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0:00:11 > 0:00:13British MPs travel to Washington to talk to American companies
0:00:13 > 0:00:17about Russian interference.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The lawmakers are frustrated by the tech giants' failure
0:00:20 > 0:00:21to provide useful information about outside meddling
0:00:22 > 0:00:25in the Brexit referendum.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28But the tech companies downplay the idea that Moscow
0:00:28 > 0:00:32used their platforms to disrupt the Brexit campaign.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35A senior White House official, Rob Porter, is sacked as staff
0:00:35 > 0:00:37secretary following allegations by his two former wives
0:00:37 > 0:00:39that he battered them.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Also on the programme:
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0:00:46 > 0:00:49Damascus calls it a war crime - the Pentagon says it has
0:00:49 > 0:00:51the right to self-defence.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53A major milestone for Marvel - the premiere of their first black
0:00:54 > 0:00:55superhero film Black Panther.
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0:01:08 > 0:01:12Hello, I am Katty Kay in Washington, Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Tech giants in the US today pushed back against the idea
0:01:15 > 0:01:17that their platforms were used by Russia to meddle
0:01:17 > 0:01:19in the Brexit referendum.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21In the first ever hearing of a parliamentary select
0:01:21 > 0:01:25committee outside the UK, British MPs grilled the US companies
0:01:25 > 0:01:30about outside interference in the Brexit campaign.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32The tech companies said they did have evidence
0:01:32 > 0:01:38of interference in the US 2016 presidential election
0:01:38 > 0:01:40but very little in the UK's referendum on Europe.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42The chair of the the digital, culture, media and sport committee,
0:01:42 > 0:01:50Damien Collins, has struggled to get information from the companies
0:01:50 > 0:01:52which is why they came to Washington.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Here's what the committee refers to as interference.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Would you be prepared to conduct the same analysis which he did in the
0:01:58 > 0:02:06United States for the UK looking at potential Russian interference in
0:02:06 > 0:02:09about the Referendum? We are willing to cooperate into the
0:02:09 > 0:02:13investigation into whether there was any interference in the elections in
0:02:13 > 0:02:20the UK. We have conducted a thorough investigation around the Brexit
0:02:20 > 0:02:24referendum and found no evidence. We have looked at advertising with any
0:02:24 > 0:02:29link to Russia and no evidence of our services being used to interfere
0:02:29 > 0:02:36with the referendum. We are happy to co-operate with any further efforts.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Damien Collins, wrote to the companies for more
0:02:39 > 0:02:40information but says he has struggled to get the answers
0:02:40 > 0:02:42he wanted which is why they came to Washington.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44He joined us a short time ago.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47It seems they are saying to you, nothing to see here. There was no
0:02:47 > 0:02:52Russian involvement in the Brexit campaign. Do you believe them?
0:02:52 > 0:02:56I think that is not proven. Facebook is still conducting the research we
0:02:56 > 0:03:02have asked them to do and we are waiting to see. With regard to
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Twitter, identifying a relatively small amount of bot accounts. I
0:03:06 > 0:03:08think the true picture will be a greater number and academics who
0:03:08 > 0:03:13have done their own research looking at Twitter data have already found
0:03:13 > 0:03:18far more than that number. I think it is incomplete. It is fair
0:03:18 > 0:03:24to say, isn't it, that Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have downplayed
0:03:24 > 0:03:29the idea that Russia has meddled in the Brexit campaign in a significant
0:03:29 > 0:03:32way on their platforms? We don't know that they've looked.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36We have asked you Tube whether they will provide similar evidence that
0:03:36 > 0:03:40they have provided to the Senate to look for U-tube channels and films
0:03:40 > 0:03:47that may be linked to Russian agencies. Facebook has yet to give
0:03:47 > 0:03:50that information to the committee, it will be by the end of February.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54We have had a bit more information from Twitter, we want to see if
0:03:54 > 0:03:59there is more that can be done there and certainly independent academic
0:03:59 > 0:04:02research of Russian bot activity on Twitter would indicate a far larger
0:04:02 > 0:04:08number of accounts that were problematic than Twitter announced
0:04:08 > 0:04:10today. UL had to go all the way to
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Washington to get answers and when I look at the panel, they are not the
0:04:14 > 0:04:18most senior executives from these companies. Do you think they are
0:04:18 > 0:04:25treating you with disdain? I think we have had similar problems
0:04:25 > 0:04:30to the US Senate. We have had meetings with Senator Warner and
0:04:30 > 0:04:33other senators, we have both found it frustrating getting answers out
0:04:33 > 0:04:38of the tech companies. The reason we decided to come to America to take
0:04:38 > 0:04:41evidence was because we wanted to have global policy leads giving
0:04:41 > 0:04:45evidence in front of the committee rather than the UK representatives.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48We have had that today and I think we have had a lot of good,
0:04:48 > 0:04:54interesting evidence that I think it does highlight, because there is a
0:04:54 > 0:04:57lack of real legal liability on behalf of the companies to deal with
0:04:57 > 0:05:01serious social issues like this information of fake news that they
0:05:01 > 0:05:06are not invested enough in it and it is telling that just a tiny
0:05:06 > 0:05:09proportion of the massive amounts of money they make from advertising do
0:05:09 > 0:05:13they reinvest in tackling this bad content.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18You referred to research indicating the impact was far greater.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23Scientists in the University of California found that 45,000 tweets,
0:05:23 > 0:05:30sent by mostly Russian bots in the last 48 hours of the referendum
0:05:30 > 0:05:33campaign. That would suggest you are being fobbed off today and how would
0:05:33 > 0:05:39you know if you weren't being. Quiz-mac we had a short statement
0:05:39 > 0:05:44that was read out to the committee and all I can say is that when you
0:05:44 > 0:05:50study these, it is a partial answer to the question you asked.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55There are plenty of other studies that have shown far wider use of
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Russian bots and links to Russian agencies. It is clearly a problem
0:05:59 > 0:06:03and we want to map the scale of it. This isn't just about what happened
0:06:03 > 0:06:08during the Brexit referendum in relation to Russia. To retire said
0:06:08 > 0:06:12today the policy is that if someone is using an anonymous profile,
0:06:12 > 0:06:17spreading lies about you, that is not a breach of their community
0:06:17 > 0:06:20guidelines and it is something they wouldn't tackle and I think many
0:06:20 > 0:06:24would say that is not acceptable. Thank you for joining us.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Fake news is not always fake - sometime it takes a grain
0:06:27 > 0:06:28of truth and it twists it.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29Remember this?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32A woman in a hijab looking at her phone on Westminster Bridge
0:06:32 > 0:06:33after last years terrorist attack.
0:06:33 > 0:06:39The image went viral, it became an Islamophobic meme.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41In fact, the woman had been helping the first responders
0:06:41 > 0:06:44and at that moment was trying to alert family, she was safe.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Here's another example - this time in America.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Last year, two Russian-linked Facebook pages organised opposing
0:06:50 > 0:06:52protests, on the same day, at the same time outside
0:06:52 > 0:07:02an Islamic centre in Houston.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10You have been listening to what Damian Collins said. My take was
0:07:10 > 0:07:14that tech companies were saying there wasn't much meddling as far as
0:07:14 > 0:07:19they could tell, on their platforms. That is what they were saying, that
0:07:19 > 0:07:22they would co-operate with any other investigations that were going to
0:07:22 > 0:07:28take place. But I asked MPs, what was the point of the hearing if
0:07:28 > 0:07:34that's all you got- these verbal reassurances. What they said was
0:07:34 > 0:07:36that actually, they couldn't get more than that at the moment but
0:07:36 > 0:07:40they could express their discontent at what was going on and potentially
0:07:40 > 0:07:45recommend that in the future there is something enshrined in law to say
0:07:45 > 0:07:51that tech companies are legally responsible for the content that is
0:07:51 > 0:07:54produced on their platforms. They don't have to do that now.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Commercial enterprises at the end of the gates are about the amount of
0:07:57 > 0:08:05time we spend on Twitter or Facebook and it wasn't just about Russia. MPs
0:08:05 > 0:08:10were asking questions about why, for example, some researchers showed
0:08:10 > 0:08:14that 70% of views to far right videos on YouTube were actually
0:08:14 > 0:08:22referred by U-tube themselves on the up next recommendation. Questions
0:08:22 > 0:08:24like that, which all the tech companies said they were doing
0:08:24 > 0:08:29something about but there was nothing concrete that has come out
0:08:29 > 0:08:32of this enquiry. MPs are saying it could lead to something in terms of
0:08:32 > 0:08:37the law in the future. There is quite some pushback from
0:08:37 > 0:08:43those on the panel today about the Terran fake news. It is the
0:08:43 > 0:08:45favourite term of President Crump but it is not particularly useful
0:08:45 > 0:08:51when we are talking about this today. Sometimes there is an element
0:08:51 > 0:08:58of truth in the information. Yes, it is not just the tech
0:08:58 > 0:09:02companies. Right now there is a second session taking place with
0:09:02 > 0:09:08editors and American reporters as well, looking at this topic in a
0:09:08 > 0:09:11slightly different way. A lot of the things we are talking about and
0:09:11 > 0:09:16things like the auto complete function on Google. Is that fake
0:09:16 > 0:09:19news? It is coming under the enquiry. There has been research
0:09:19 > 0:09:29that if you type the word due into the search engine, it can lead you
0:09:29 > 0:09:36to a lot of anti-Semitic sites. There are questions over whether
0:09:36 > 0:09:43they are doing enough. But the use of fake news is not really
0:09:43 > 0:09:50explaining what is going on here. Very diverse issues going on here,
0:09:50 > 0:09:58not just in the tech industry but also a traditional journalism.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02It is difficult to find the balance. I was reading today that Germany
0:10:02 > 0:10:06have brought in some fairly Draconian laws to tackle this, so if
0:10:06 > 0:10:12they find something that challenges this, it has to be pulled down
0:10:12 > 0:10:18within a week or there is a £50 million fine for the company.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Facebook only have people working within the country so rather than
0:10:20 > 0:10:24sift through the messages, they take them all out and that amounts to
0:10:24 > 0:10:27censorship and that is a problem with the balance.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32That is what the French are talking about doing. The Czech Republic is
0:10:32 > 0:10:35not taking the site down, relying on the mainstream media to explain this
0:10:35 > 0:10:42is fake news. The trouble is people watching the sites are not
0:10:42 > 0:10:44necessarily looking at mainstream media so they are not actually
0:10:44 > 0:10:46getting their message out.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51An aide to President Trump has stepped down over
0:10:51 > 0:10:53that he beat his wives.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55What's more, senior aides to the President are said to have
0:10:55 > 0:10:57known for months about these allegations of domestic violence.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00The Washington Post say both of Rob Porter's ex wives accused him
0:11:00 > 0:11:03of abuse and they contacted the FBI in January 2017 with their stories.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06In the autumn, Mr Trump's Chief of Staff John Kelly and others
0:11:06 > 0:11:08reportedly became aware of those allegations.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11All this time Mr Porter failed to get proper security
0:11:11 > 0:11:15clearance because the FBI was investigating the claims.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20John Kelly now says he's shocked by the allegations -
0:11:20 > 0:11:23which is a bit odd as he has reportedly known about the claims
0:11:23 > 0:11:25for six months.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28And in a statement to the Daily Mail newspaper yesterday he said this:
0:11:34 > 0:11:42Let's get reaction to that from our North America Editor, Jon Sopel.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45The president has always promised us that he was going to hire the very
0:11:45 > 0:11:50best people to work in the White House and John Kelly said that Rob
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Porter is a man of high integrity and honour. Is this the type of man
0:11:54 > 0:11:59that is classified as the very best? I think a lot of people thought when
0:11:59 > 0:12:02John Kelly was appointed compared to some of the chaos that has gone
0:12:02 > 0:12:05before, he was the right person to get the trains to run on time and
0:12:05 > 0:12:11get everything smoothly running. It used to be when I reported at
0:12:11 > 0:12:15Downing Street that if an official got a photograph of the Prime
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Minister, they had to buy a drink for everyone else because they had
0:12:19 > 0:12:23got too close to the action. John Kelly has got extremely close to
0:12:23 > 0:12:29where the action is. That is and comfortable place to be. He is meant
0:12:29 > 0:12:34to be making sure things go smoothly. The statement that was put
0:12:34 > 0:12:38out yesterday, I can't say enough good things about him... Even though
0:12:38 > 0:12:42he knew about allegations that he had beaten his two ex-wives and
0:12:42 > 0:12:47there were these photos being put up, that doesn't really square. John
0:12:47 > 0:12:52Kelly had been someone who a few months earlier, when defending
0:12:52 > 0:12:58Donald Trump about the way he spoke to the family of a soldier who died
0:12:58 > 0:13:03in service, he said one of the great things... When I was a kid growing
0:13:03 > 0:13:07up, a lot of things were sacred in our country. Women were sacred,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10looked upon with great honour. How does that fit with the
0:13:10 > 0:13:14photographs we saw yesterday of one of Rob Porter's former wives, when
0:13:14 > 0:13:19she has got a huge black eye because he hit her?
0:13:19 > 0:13:23It is very hard to reconcile. There is the picture. Quite
0:13:23 > 0:13:27shocking. If it is true that John Kelly knew
0:13:27 > 0:13:32about these allegations and still put out a statement saying that Rob
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Porter was a great guy, man of unimpeachable integrity, what are
0:13:36 > 0:13:44they giving? They have just piled up a huge series... Maybe this will be
0:13:44 > 0:13:48something that came and went. It suggests at the moment you have a
0:13:48 > 0:13:53chief of staff that is rather incident prone.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56This is far from the first error of judgment. Last week he was talking
0:13:56 > 0:14:01about the undocumented migrants, and this is what he had to say about
0:14:01 > 0:14:06them. There are 690,000 official
0:14:06 > 0:14:12registrants of DACA anti-President sent over what amounts to be two and
0:14:12 > 0:14:19a half times that number, 1.8 million. The difference between 690
0:14:19 > 0:14:25and 1.8 million are those who were maybe too afraid to sign up or were
0:14:25 > 0:14:33maybe too lazy to get off their ass. The idea that they are not going to
0:14:33 > 0:14:39get off their ass to fill out the right documents, it's incredible.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43As I say, the chief of staff is not meant to be the story. They are
0:14:43 > 0:14:45meant to ensure the smooth running of the White House machine that
0:14:45 > 0:14:51allows the President to get whatever he wants. And it hasn't worked out
0:14:51 > 0:14:55terribly well for people who get in the way of that. So I kind of would
0:14:55 > 0:15:00imagine that Donald Trump is pretty angry about the way this has been
0:15:00 > 0:15:06communicated, the way his White House has communicated. This more
0:15:06 > 0:15:09elements because apparently Rob Porter, the man who resigned
0:15:09 > 0:15:13yesterday, was in a relationship with the communications director who
0:15:13 > 0:15:17helped draft the original statement talking about him being," those of
0:15:17 > 0:15:23us who have had the privilege of knowing him are better people
0:15:23 > 0:15:26because of it. He is a man of integrity and exemplary character
0:15:26 > 0:15:30Doc" the more that comes out the more you have to question that.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34There are questions about the level of security clearance he had. How
0:15:34 > 0:15:37was it that someone who couldn't pass the highest levels of FBI
0:15:37 > 0:15:40clearance was the man in charge of filtering which documents would get
0:15:40 > 0:15:46onto the President's desk for them to see?
0:15:46 > 0:15:53The best of the best. The best of the best, I like it.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57I was making the point on Tuesday that the White House has a problem
0:15:57 > 0:16:05with letting people but this wasn't setting because they knew about it.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08-- this wasn't vetted. The FBI was looking at the
0:16:08 > 0:16:17allegations but all that time, and let's call it domestic violence, the
0:16:17 > 0:16:20captain on staff. Not only was he kept on staff, he was gradually
0:16:20 > 0:16:24promoted during the course of last year and he was seen as one of the
0:16:24 > 0:16:27stars of the organisation and John Kelly, the chief of staff, had to
0:16:27 > 0:16:32roll in promoting him. They circle the wagons around him.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36What about Kelly? Could he be pushed out?
0:16:36 > 0:16:40We hear there have been rumblings between John Kelly and the president
0:16:40 > 0:16:43over the last few weeks and the president hasn't always been happy
0:16:43 > 0:16:47about the way John Kelly has got himself into the news like this but
0:16:47 > 0:16:51that he also recognises it was John Kelly who brought an element of calm
0:16:51 > 0:16:54to what had been a very chaotic White House. I would be surprised if
0:16:54 > 0:17:00John Kelly goes over this because that would also have to be an
0:17:00 > 0:17:03admission by this White House that they had got it wrong in this
0:17:03 > 0:17:07particular case.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Syria has accused the US-led coalition of war crimes,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12after a series of attacks on their forces in the north east of Syria.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14US officials say at least 100 pro-government fighters
0:17:14 > 0:17:16were killed in the incident, in retaliation, they said,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19for an "unprovoked attack" on allied forces.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21There are reports that Russian mercenaries were among government
0:17:21 > 0:17:29forces that were killed.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32You get the sense things are getting worse again.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Meanwhile in Syria, the rebel held enclave of Eastern Ghouta,
0:17:35 > 0:17:37close to Damascus, has been bombed, for a fourth consecutive day.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says more
0:17:39 > 0:17:41than 200 people have been killed since Monday.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Some 400,000 people are still in the province,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46food and medical supplies have not been allowed in since last year.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47And there are reports chlorine-filled munitions have
0:17:47 > 0:17:49been fired several times on the rebel-controlled areas.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52And joining us now here in Washington is James Jeffrey
0:17:52 > 0:17:59who formerly served as US Ambassador to both Iraq and Turkey.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Thanks very much for joining us. This spat between the Russians and
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Americans over the air strikes and whether Russian mercenaries might
0:18:06 > 0:18:13have been among the dead. How serious could that be?
0:18:13 > 0:18:18This is very serious and it is not just between Russia and the US.
0:18:18 > 0:18:25Right now this week you have Syria as the most dangerous place in the
0:18:25 > 0:18:30world. You have the Civil War, the fight in Eastern Ghouta between
0:18:30 > 0:18:34rebel forces and government backed Russians and Iranians and then you
0:18:34 > 0:18:43have the Israel and Turkey, US backed, bumping into each other but
0:18:43 > 0:18:47also trying to some degree balance Iran and in the middle of all of
0:18:47 > 0:18:53this is Russia. And meanwhile, Eastern Ghouta is
0:18:53 > 0:18:59meant to be a de-escalation zone but if anything it is escalating.
0:18:59 > 0:19:05Exactly. That was a Russian commitment that it made to the Turks
0:19:05 > 0:19:09several months ago and the Russians are violating that and meanwhile
0:19:09 > 0:19:18they have shut down Turkish air operations. So it is an extremely
0:19:18 > 0:19:21confused situation right now. What do we know about the chemical
0:19:21 > 0:19:26weapon attacks in the area? These appear to be chlorine attacks.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31The US State Department today expressed concern about this. They
0:19:31 > 0:19:36don't have enough information, probably, to take further action. Of
0:19:36 > 0:19:40course, Russian diplomats have blocked this in the UN. This is
0:19:40 > 0:19:45probably not enough for a US strike because it is chlorine, not a
0:19:45 > 0:19:48classic chemical weapon. We are seeing the images, the kind
0:19:48 > 0:19:51of images we haven't seen for several months and it is awful to
0:19:51 > 0:19:56see them again. You talk about this toxic brew of different countries
0:19:56 > 0:20:00involved in the moment in Syria and at the centre of them is Russia.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03What are the chances of a mistake happening and Russia retaliating in
0:20:03 > 0:20:09some serious way against coalition led troops?
0:20:09 > 0:20:15That it's a real risk but there are risk of the Turks and allies having
0:20:15 > 0:20:24a confrontation over different views of the P Y D in northern Syria.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29There are several problems. If the US doesn't come up with a consistent
0:20:29 > 0:20:37policy to organise Israel and Turkey and to take a consistent position
0:20:37 > 0:20:42vis-a-vis Russia on where Syria is going.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Thank you for joining us. We will be keeping an eye on Syria because as
0:20:46 > 0:20:49you say it does seem to be deteriorating.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52A series of aftershocks in Taiwan have been hampering efforts to find
0:20:52 > 0:20:54survivors of Tuesday's earthquake, which struck the popular
0:20:54 > 0:20:59tourist city of Hualien.
0:20:59 > 0:21:06At least 10 people are known to have been killed by the 6.4 magnitude
0:21:06 > 0:21:08quake, but revised figures suggest only ten others are missing.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10India's Supreme Court has ordered the government to produce
0:21:10 > 0:21:12a long-term plan for protecting one of the country's
0:21:12 > 0:21:14most precious landmarks, the Taj Mahal.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16The World Heritage Site faces a range of challenges,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19including smog and the impact of millions of visitors.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21After winning the superbowl, the Philadelphia Eagles
0:21:21 > 0:21:22are going to hold a victory parade.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Fans have already begun to gather for the event,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28which organisers hope will not see a repeat of the looting and rioting
0:21:28 > 0:21:38which followed the game on Sunday.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42It was absolutely freezing, even though it was sunny. That didn't
0:21:42 > 0:21:47stop them because they are very happy indeed. Free beer and free ice
0:21:47 > 0:21:54cream. Everyone is going to be happy. They said it would be calm
0:21:54 > 0:22:03today. How could it be calm if there is free ice cream? It is long
0:22:03 > 0:22:10overdue for the Equals. The parents are dropping off on beer and the
0:22:10 > 0:22:13children are hyped up an ice cream! Perfect combination!
0:22:14 > 0:22:16The latest superhero film from Marvel has its European
0:22:16 > 0:22:18premiere tonight in London, but what makes this action-adventure
0:22:18 > 0:22:20different, is that it features an all-black cast
0:22:20 > 0:22:21of actors playing the heroes.
0:22:21 > 0:22:27The film has created a huge buzz on social media with many
0:22:27 > 0:22:28fans using the hashtag #WhatBlackPantherMeanstoMe
0:22:28 > 0:22:30highlighting its significance for black audiences.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34Our Entertainment Correspondent Lizo Mzimba reports.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40A free cinema trip would have been welcome enough for these
0:22:40 > 0:22:42American schoolchildren, their sheer joy is because
0:22:42 > 0:22:45the movie is Black Panther.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Such is the film's significance, people around the world are crowd
0:22:47 > 0:22:49sourcing money to give black children in particular
0:22:49 > 0:22:52the opportunity to watch it on the big screen.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55People like this actress from London, she has so far
0:22:55 > 0:23:01raised around £4,000.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04I think it is just a film you don't really see,
0:23:04 > 0:23:08you don't see black superheroes in the big blockbusters.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11The positive representation is good for people growing up in this area
0:23:11 > 0:23:16but I think all over the world.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Black Panther is being seen as a cultural milestone.
0:23:19 > 0:23:29A predominantly black cast leading a big budget blockbuster.
0:23:29 > 0:23:36People making it a reality for kids who maybe wouldn't be able to go
0:23:36 > 0:23:43to the movies and experience it, I think it is beautiful, man.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46It's the kind of film many have been waiting decades
0:23:46 > 0:23:49for Hollywood to make, not only a host of black role models
0:23:49 > 0:23:57but also strong female characters at its heart.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Black Panther is a moment and hopefully it is one...
0:23:59 > 0:24:02It will obviously exist for long after this particular moment we want
0:24:02 > 0:24:04the momentum to keep going.
0:24:04 > 0:24:10I don't think it is Black Panther's responsibility to change the world.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13How important was it for you making sure this was primarily
0:24:13 > 0:24:15a piece of entertainment, even with this huge amount of social
0:24:15 > 0:24:18responsibility that was inevitably going to come into the equation?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20That is what it is.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25It is not a political lecture, you know what I mean?
0:24:25 > 0:24:28It's a movie.
0:24:28 > 0:24:34It has got to work as that.
0:24:34 > 0:24:40And that is a movie expected to have one of the biggest openings ever,
0:24:40 > 0:24:42and more importantly, show others in the film world how
0:24:42 > 0:24:52lucrative diversity on screen can be in the 21st-century.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02I would like to go and see that although the tickets are all sold
0:25:02 > 0:25:10out. This looks like it'll be a massive hit. We had Wonder Woman. In
0:25:10 > 0:25:11this film, he has a suit that is bullet-proof.
0:25:11 > 0:25:21Is yours? Some say that. Shall I test it? Do you know, Idris
0:25:21 > 0:25:28Elba was saying that he didn't get superhero roles, he only got petty
0:25:28 > 0:25:31criminal roles because he's a TV companies in this country wouldn't
0:25:31 > 0:25:35take a brisk and didn't think it was commercially beneficial. The success
0:25:35 > 0:25:41of this film shows it is so maybe we will see better roles in future.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43A good one to go and see.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News -
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Japan's ambassador in London warns that no foreign company will be able
0:25:52 > 0:25:55to operate in the UK if Brexit talks do not secure frictionless trade
0:25:55 > 0:26:02with the EU.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04And talking about her time at the White House,
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Omarosa Manigault tells her Big Brother housemates she's
0:26:06 > 0:26:07still haunted by Trump's Tweets.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08That's still to come.
0:26:12 > 0:26:23North and south taking turns to see which is the fastest. Tonight we
0:26:23 > 0:26:26switch things around with the frost towards the north and milder further
0:26:26 > 0:26:33south. Heavy rain in moments across western England and Wales, pushing
0:26:33 > 0:26:40eastward overnight. Strong winds touching gale force. A few wintry
0:26:40 > 0:26:44showers pushing in and clearing skies with temperatures dropping dot
0:26:44 > 0:26:47in the north and west we see the frost and a risk of icy surfaces
0:26:47 > 0:26:52around. Temperatures are holding up because of the rain towards the
0:26:52 > 0:26:56south-east corner. Here is the weather front as the restart,
0:26:56 > 0:27:00splitting the country in two. In England and Wales, heavy rain for
0:27:00 > 0:27:07the early risers and there will be batches of showers, mainly of rain,
0:27:07 > 0:27:10hail and sleet pushing across. East Anglia and the South East.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Elsewhere, brighter skies with a couple of wintry showers with a lots
0:27:14 > 0:27:17of sunshine through the afternoon. To give back to the rush hour half
0:27:17 > 0:27:21of the country, a lot of showers. Mainly in northern and western
0:27:21 > 0:27:26areas, a few eastwards on the breeze but a lot of sunshine in between as
0:27:26 > 0:27:31well. After an icy start, temperatures will lift but for many
0:27:31 > 0:27:37it will be staying in the lower figures. Through the last stage of
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Friday, rain in the south-east corner will clear away and clear
0:27:39 > 0:27:45skies again with ice around. The greatest chance of frost into
0:27:45 > 0:27:52Saturday morning in the south-east. As the weather front pushes them, a
0:27:52 > 0:27:56lot of snowfall in Scotland and into Saturday morning in northern England
0:27:56 > 0:28:01with strong to gale force wind. That weather front pushes down to England
0:28:01 > 0:28:06and Wales through the day with heavy bursts of rain. Reaching East Anglia
0:28:06 > 0:28:12at the end of the day. Saturday, temperatures dropping but most
0:28:12 > 0:28:16places seeing rain. Saturday night Sunday we could see a nasty area of
0:28:16 > 0:28:20low pressure developed across the UK. It looks like England and Wales
0:28:20 > 0:28:25will bear the brunt the southern flank, slow across the Pennines.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30Further north and south to get out of the way for Sunday, pushing back
0:28:30 > 0:28:32into north-westerly cold winds and temperatures well down into single
0:28:32 > 0:28:36figures. Another update later.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12This is Beyond 100 Days, with me Katty Kay in Washington -
0:30:12 > 0:30:13Christian Fraser's in London.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16Our top stories - British politicians travel to the US
0:30:16 > 0:30:22to grill social media companies about how fake news is spread
0:30:22 > 0:30:23on their platforms.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Japanese firms tell Theresa May they will not
0:30:25 > 0:30:27continue to operate in Britain if Brexit trade barriers
0:30:27 > 0:30:30affect their profitability.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Coming up in the next half hour - In Afghanistan US forces
0:30:33 > 0:30:34launch precision missiles and turn their fire
0:30:34 > 0:30:38power on the Taliban.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Both the United States and North Korea engage in propaganda
0:30:41 > 0:30:43exercises ahead of the 2018 winter olympics that get
0:30:43 > 0:30:46under way tomorrow.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag...
0:30:58 > 0:31:01In what is perhaps a taste of things to come in Afghanistan later this
0:31:01 > 0:31:03year , an American B-52 bomber dropped 24 precision-guided missiles
0:31:04 > 0:31:08this week on Taliban training camps.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11The US military said the attack on Badakhshan
0:31:11 > 0:31:13in the north east of the country was the biggest
0:31:13 > 0:31:15of its kind by a B-52.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18The fighting has continued though the winter, but as we known
0:31:18 > 0:31:21the Taliban always gears up for a spring offensive once
0:31:21 > 0:31:23the opium poppy crop is in.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26The Americans have been focusing on that drug trade,
0:31:26 > 0:31:29these were further attacks this time on a Taliban opium factory
0:31:29 > 0:31:33in Helmand province.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36For more on America's history of involvement with both Afghanistan
0:31:36 > 0:31:41and Pakistan I spoke a brief time ago with Steve Coll, author
0:31:41 > 0:31:42of the new book Directorate S.
0:31:42 > 0:31:49He told me about the complications the US has faced in the region.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53The US government as a whole entangled itself in so many war aims
0:31:53 > 0:31:56that were laced with contradictions and
0:31:56 > 0:31:57that were laced with contradictions and the CIA was part of that failure
0:31:57 > 0:32:02for sure, they had a long relationship with Pakistani
0:32:02 > 0:32:06intelligence, they knew what they were dealing with and have
0:32:06 > 0:32:10collaborated to help defeat Soviet occupation but the problem was for
0:32:10 > 0:32:15the CIA and for three administrations they have not been
0:32:15 > 0:32:19able to solve the riddle of Pakistan's own interests in the
0:32:19 > 0:32:24region and in many cases they have judged or that they do not say
0:32:24 > 0:32:27publicly that Pakistan was more important in the United States in
0:32:27 > 0:32:33Afghanistan so they got tangled up in a series of reviews and strategy
0:32:33 > 0:32:38reviews that ended up creating a big muddle and that is why we have been
0:32:38 > 0:32:43at it for so long.In your book you point to a turning point in
0:32:43 > 0:32:49Pakistan's attitudes to the United States in 2004 when America and
0:32:49 > 0:32:53President Bush appeared to side with India over its nuclear programme,
0:32:53 > 0:32:59what changed in direct -- directorate S at that point?They
0:32:59 > 0:33:02concluded the United States was determined to become a strategic
0:33:02 > 0:33:07ally of India, their arch ally and United States were withdrawing from
0:33:07 > 0:33:12the Afghan war because of the debacle in Iraq and between those
0:33:12 > 0:33:17two factors the Pakistani army returned to their traditional policy
0:33:17 > 0:33:21towards Afghanistan which was to seek influence in the country
0:33:21 > 0:33:25through proxies like the Taliban said the Taliban began to revive and
0:33:25 > 0:33:29by 2006 it was evident that the Pakistani intelligence service was
0:33:29 > 0:33:35playing a role in the Taliban's returned the Afghan battlefield.So
0:33:35 > 0:33:40the Pakistanis who the Taliban, the Taliban and then starts to kill
0:33:40 > 0:33:44people in Pakistan in much greater numbers so the Pakistani government
0:33:44 > 0:33:49clamps down on the Taliban within Pakistan, Pakistan today is more
0:33:49 > 0:33:54stable but what has happened in Afghanistan meanwhile?They have
0:33:54 > 0:33:58succeeded in Pakistan in pushing a lot of the violence back over the
0:33:58 > 0:34:02border to Afghanistan, they were destabilised in that period in part
0:34:02 > 0:34:07because Al-Qaeda fled Afghanistan after 2001 into Pakistan elaborating
0:34:07 > 0:34:14with local groups and went to war with the Pakistani state. By 2015
0:34:14 > 0:34:19Pakistan had restored some security but at Afghanistan's expense.So,
0:34:19 > 0:34:23today in the region what would you say is the greatest threat to
0:34:23 > 0:34:27American national security interests, is the resurgence of
0:34:27 > 0:34:29archived in Afghanistan or what is happening in Pakistan and the
0:34:29 > 0:34:36nuclear programme?Both are serious concerns not just for the United
0:34:36 > 0:34:41States but international security generally. They are making smaller
0:34:41 > 0:34:45bombs, more tactical bombs, they have dozens of extremist groups on
0:34:45 > 0:34:51their soil, the nightmare scenario of a group getting a hold of a small
0:34:51 > 0:34:55nuclear weapons remain something to be concerned about as to the
0:34:55 > 0:34:59terrorism picture, there is an Islamic state entity that has a
0:34:59 > 0:35:02foothold in eastern Afghanistan, not clear how much international reach
0:35:02 > 0:35:08it has but it is a source of concern, there are Al-Qaeda remnants
0:35:08 > 0:35:11and many other groups with similar ideology along the Pakistan
0:35:11 > 0:35:16Afghanistan border so all the neighbouring countries, China,
0:35:16 > 0:35:20Pakistan, generally they will acknowledge the US war in
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Afghanistan has a counter-terrorism purpose that is meaningful but the
0:35:23 > 0:35:27problem as it is grinding on as a stalemate and producing in many
0:35:27 > 0:35:35cases as much instability as it is addressing.What was interesting
0:35:35 > 0:35:41about what his research is in this book which refers to the Pakistani
0:35:41 > 0:35:43secret service department that is in charge of dealing with the Taliban
0:35:43 > 0:35:48is he makes a point there has been 16 years of war, billions spent by
0:35:48 > 0:35:51the Americans and thousands of American should have died and many
0:35:51 > 0:35:56more than that of Afghanistan that died but all the time you have had
0:35:56 > 0:36:01the Pakistanis affectively subverting America's gains in
0:36:01 > 0:36:05Afghanistan because of their nervousness about India and the
0:36:05 > 0:36:09Americans getting closer to India and the degree to which their
0:36:09 > 0:36:16intelligence failures and strategic failures on both sides is really a
0:36:16 > 0:36:21staggering to report.And the theories they will get sucked back
0:36:21 > 0:36:25in again, since he has taken office Donald Trump has increased troop
0:36:25 > 0:36:29numbers from 8500 to 14000 and another thousands are on the way and
0:36:29 > 0:36:34were not even into the spring offensive.Just like Barack Obama he
0:36:34 > 0:36:42said he would wind down these wars.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45The North East of England is in the top three regions
0:36:45 > 0:36:48of the UK that voted to LEAVE the EU in the June 2016 referendum.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51In a leaked government forecast - it shows that the North East
0:36:51 > 0:36:54is predicted to lose out the most - regardless of the deal the UK
0:36:54 > 0:36:57strikes with Europe - taking a hit of up to 16% in lost
0:36:57 > 0:37:00economic growth over a 15 year period.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Compare that to London - one of the top three regions
0:37:03 > 0:37:06that voted to REMAIN - and the study finds that in the very
0:37:06 > 0:37:16worst scenario of no deal - the economic hit would be just 3.5%.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18And the fears of an economic downturn following Brexit are felt
0:37:18 > 0:37:20beyond Europe's borders.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Japanese manufacturers are heavily invested in the UK.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Its ambassador to Britain, after talks at Downing Street today,
0:37:25 > 0:37:32warned of the possible consequences.
0:37:32 > 0:37:38If there is no profitability of continuing operations in the UK, not
0:37:38 > 0:37:45Japanese only, no private company can continue operations. So, it is
0:37:45 > 0:37:52as simple as that and this is all high stakes that I think all of us
0:37:52 > 0:37:55need to keep in mind.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57The billionare investor George Soros, known as the man
0:37:57 > 0:38:00who "broke the Bank of England" by betting against the pound
0:38:00 > 0:38:03in the early 90s, is now backing a campaign to reverse Brexit.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05George Soros has donated up to £400,000 to pro-EU campaigning
0:38:05 > 0:38:08group Best for Britain through his Open Society Foundation.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10So is there evidence that the public wants a second referendum?
0:38:10 > 0:38:14Or is this a case of a Remain group asking the same question on Europe
0:38:14 > 0:38:19until 'it get the answer it wants'?
0:38:19 > 0:38:24Joining me now is the CEO of Best for Britain, Eloise Todd.
0:38:24 > 0:38:30Are you trying to subvert democracy? Well, democracy is about listening
0:38:30 > 0:38:35to people and understanding what they know and what they think as
0:38:35 > 0:38:39events change and we will be in a new situation in the coming months,
0:38:39 > 0:38:44the vote was nearly two years ago, the government absolutely had a
0:38:44 > 0:38:48right to start those negotiations, what they did not have a right to do
0:38:48 > 0:38:51was to seal the deal. They did not get a blank cheque and now we have
0:38:51 > 0:38:55seen on your report the Japanese ambassador saying every private
0:38:55 > 0:38:59company could be in peril in this country, this is serious stuff and
0:38:59 > 0:39:04it is time to people to step up and speak out and that includes civil
0:39:04 > 0:39:07society but also includes business and we will see that change this
0:39:07 > 0:39:12year.People were warned about this and still took the decision two
0:39:12 > 0:39:17years ago, nothing much has changed in terms of economic forecasts, I
0:39:17 > 0:39:20want to talk about the Daily Telegraph because the details of
0:39:20 > 0:39:25this George Soros meeting in which you got a big cheque suggests that
0:39:25 > 0:39:28Britain invited all these conservative donors, you told them
0:39:28 > 0:39:33he wanted to put more pressure on Conservative MPs who are wavering
0:39:33 > 0:39:37and to defeat Theresa May when the vote comes in October, even if that
0:39:37 > 0:39:41means bringing the government down and pushing us towards new
0:39:41 > 0:39:46elections. That will really concern people who voted Brexit.I think the
0:39:46 > 0:39:50spin that Nick Timothy has put on this is quite clever, it also masks
0:39:50 > 0:39:54some of the figures you were talking about earlier and it is no
0:39:54 > 0:39:59coincidence that came out today. Nick Timothy was part of the story
0:39:59 > 0:40:07and wrote a very bizarre piece in that paper. George Soros has given
0:40:07 > 0:40:13you a check. Yes, he has, it was not produced at that meeting. That is
0:40:13 > 0:40:17not news, so to speak. But what we want to do is focus on the final
0:40:17 > 0:40:20deal and we are clear about opposition, lust up impressive,
0:40:20 > 0:40:24trying to stop Brexit because we think it will harm people across the
0:40:24 > 0:40:28country and who are not trying to patronise, trying to engage people
0:40:28 > 0:40:31in this debate, we are going around the country, my colleagues in the
0:40:31 > 0:40:36North of England holding barnstormer vents trying to talk to people,
0:40:36 > 0:40:41teaching the activists that feel passionately about staying in how to
0:40:41 > 0:40:44have an open conversation can we do not want this to be divisive any
0:40:44 > 0:40:48more but we know people are trying to change their mind and we want to
0:40:48 > 0:40:53let them know that until the 29th of March 2019 we are members of the EU
0:40:53 > 0:40:57and if we think this is a bad idea, for the businesses start to leave,
0:40:57 > 0:41:01if the jobs start to go, if people think I'm not sure about this then
0:41:01 > 0:41:06we can have a vote on the new set of arrangements and it is vital people
0:41:06 > 0:41:12know we could still stay in if we want to.What is the evidence you
0:41:12 > 0:41:16have when you say people are trying to change their minds because the
0:41:16 > 0:41:22perception I have is every time data is produced whether this economic
0:41:22 > 0:41:27impact report or other data, if it is data that supports Brexit then
0:41:27 > 0:41:31believe people are happy and if it is data that is against Brexit, the
0:41:31 > 0:41:33remaining people are happy but no one seems to change their minds in
0:41:33 > 0:41:40the face of numbers.Actually, the latest figures show that there is a
0:41:40 > 0:41:45bigger gap than ever between those that regret Brexit at 46% and 40%
0:41:45 > 0:41:49that think it was a good idea. And that gap is widening and it is
0:41:49 > 0:41:54important to note. This will not be won by facts and figures, it is the
0:41:54 > 0:41:59real stories, I was contacted by a friend who knew somebody who had all
0:41:59 > 0:42:03ready had their hours cut at Elsner Port car factory and it was a really
0:42:03 > 0:42:07big stress on the factory -- family because they did not know how they
0:42:07 > 0:42:12would match outgoings with incomings and a friend who has been reasonably
0:42:12 > 0:42:16casual about Brexit thinking committed to shame and then he said
0:42:16 > 0:42:20actually my start-up might have to relocate to Europe because we do
0:42:20 > 0:42:24business overseas and I never thought of that, how can I help so
0:42:24 > 0:42:29what we are seeing is the real stories trickle through and people
0:42:29 > 0:42:34from my hometown in Hull who have seen this boost to the NHS is
0:42:34 > 0:42:38frankly is not happening whatsoever and if anything it is under more
0:42:38 > 0:42:42strain on another, these things are being noticed, it is the stories of
0:42:42 > 0:42:48the real people in this country that will change the game on Brexit. It
0:42:48 > 0:42:52is about public opinion and the MPs in Westminster have an absolute duty
0:42:52 > 0:42:57to listen to people if they change their mind. We are fighting for an
0:42:57 > 0:43:02open debate and the discussion was not around during the referendum.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Thank you for coming in.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Twitter, President Trump's preferred social media outlet,
0:43:06 > 0:43:08has posted its first ever quarterly profit.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11The news sent the company's shares surging more
0:43:11 > 0:43:14than 18% in early morning trading in New York.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16That was despite the number of people using the social network
0:43:16 > 0:43:20coming in below expectations.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22A new behaviour code is to be introduced for thousands of people
0:43:22 > 0:43:25working in the UK Parliament - as part of an attempt
0:43:25 > 0:43:28to crackdown on bullying and abuse at Westminster.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31The proposals have been drawn up by a cross-party
0:43:31 > 0:43:34group; they include an independent complaints process, confidential
0:43:34 > 0:43:37helplines and compulsory training for everyone.
0:43:37 > 0:43:38There'll be separate procedures for allegations
0:43:38 > 0:43:42of sexual harassment.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44When President Trump visited France he was witness to a parade
0:43:44 > 0:43:48of the French military.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50He later said "It was one of the greatest
0:43:50 > 0:43:51parades I've ever seen".
0:43:51 > 0:43:53This week he asked officials to organise an American version
0:43:53 > 0:43:55in the nation's capital.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58The Pentagon today said that that Washington DC was only one option,
0:43:58 > 0:44:07and that other locations were also being discussed.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10In the run-up to the Winter Olympics in South Korea there's a big
0:44:10 > 0:44:12propaganda war between North Korea and its adversaries.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15Today the North held a military parade attended
0:44:15 > 0:44:18by leader Kim Jong-un.
0:44:18 > 0:44:23Meanwhile US Vice-President Mike Pence arrived in South Korea and met
0:44:24 > 0:44:27South Korean President Moon.
0:44:27 > 0:44:30Both American and North Korean officials say the two sides
0:44:30 > 0:44:33won't meet at the games - even though the vice-president
0:44:33 > 0:44:35and Kim Jong-un's younger sister will be seated just
0:44:35 > 0:44:40metres apart at the opening ceremony.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43Kim Yo-jong will be the first immediate Kim family member
0:44:43 > 0:44:44to cross the border.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47Joining another famous relative...
0:44:47 > 0:44:50President Trump's daughter Ivanka, who will also reportedly attend
0:44:50 > 0:44:58several of the sporting events in the games.
0:44:58 > 0:45:06Awkward, a little.It may just be awkward.His sister is the first of
0:45:06 > 0:45:10the dynasty to come to South Korea since the 1950s and she will meet
0:45:10 > 0:45:16President noon on Saturday at a dinner. He sees it as an opportunity
0:45:16 > 0:45:20to talk to the north Koreans, I'm not sure how the Americans will feel
0:45:20 > 0:45:23about that, they have concerns about President noon and the way he's
0:45:23 > 0:45:29approaching it. They have real concerns about this rapprochement to
0:45:29 > 0:45:34being used by Pyongyang to say everything is fine and we are
0:45:34 > 0:45:38starting to integrate ourselves and be a good neighbour and we can be
0:45:38 > 0:45:41treated as a normal part of the global community. That is the
0:45:41 > 0:45:45Americans concern and why Vice President Pentz arrived in Japan to
0:45:45 > 0:45:55say we want to make it clear this is all propaganda. I was hearing from
0:45:55 > 0:45:57South Korea and apparently they held that video and put it out just at
0:45:57 > 0:46:03the time when Vice President Pentz arrived and in South Korea they were
0:46:03 > 0:46:06watching split screens so instead of having this big arrival of Vice
0:46:06 > 0:46:11President Pentz, you had two things going on at the same time which
0:46:11 > 0:46:13explains the propaganda war going on.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15Ok earlier in the show we were talking about White House
0:46:15 > 0:46:18staffing and departures and now we can bring you an update
0:46:18 > 0:46:22on one person who shown the door in December.
0:46:22 > 0:46:23Omarosa Manigault joined the Trump campaign early
0:46:23 > 0:46:25on after starring in the Apprentice.
0:46:25 > 0:46:29When he won she got a job in the White House.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32No one quite knew what she did there and then in December she left
0:46:32 > 0:46:35amidst reports of a confrontation.
0:46:35 > 0:46:41Now she is about to star in the real reality show Big Brother and ahead
0:46:41 > 0:46:44of her debut they released this clip of her talking about her time
0:46:44 > 0:46:49in the White House.
0:46:49 > 0:46:54I felt like it was a call of duty, like I was serving my country, not
0:46:54 > 0:46:59him. When accept a political appointment it was always the
0:46:59 > 0:47:06country. I was haunted by tweets every day, what would he tweets
0:47:06 > 0:47:13next?Does anybody say Tim, what are you doing?I try to be that person
0:47:13 > 0:47:17and all the people around him attacked me, keep him away, do not
0:47:17 > 0:47:29give her access, do not let her talk to him. Who has that power to say
0:47:29 > 0:47:37what is going on? I am not there, it is not my circus, not my monkeys. I
0:47:37 > 0:47:48would like to say not my problem but I can't say that because it is bad.
0:47:48 > 0:47:52Not my circus, not my monkeys. What is that all about? That is
0:47:52 > 0:47:59extraordinary! Have a look at this picture. I was googling today, this
0:47:59 > 0:48:17is a picture we found. Rob Porter in the headlines at the back and
0:48:17 > 0:48:23gawker, who was the go front who has his finger out was on the campaign
0:48:23 > 0:48:33also of beating a woman so you do have to say this White House has an
0:48:33 > 0:48:36extraordinary staff of characters and by the standards of most
0:48:36 > 0:48:39administrations an awful lot of turmoil for a president who made a
0:48:39 > 0:48:42big thing in the campaign of saying he would hire the very best people.
0:48:42 > 0:48:46If you look at all five of those people who left the campaign or the
0:48:46 > 0:48:51White House under something of a cloud but that bit about it is not
0:48:51 > 0:48:55my circus, not my monkeys, I wonder how that is going down in the White
0:48:55 > 0:48:59House today. Interesting this into drift into these things, Rob Porter
0:48:59 > 0:49:03wasn't in front of the President for awhile and ended quite a good job
0:49:03 > 0:49:10and came and close. For months we did not know what she did but they
0:49:10 > 0:49:18seem to hang around and fit in. Let's see if there any more of them
0:49:18 > 0:49:19or that is it.
0:49:19 > 0:49:20This is Beyond 100 Days.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23Still to come - They packed their bags and moved to Canada
0:49:23 > 0:49:24after Donald Trump's victory.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26We check in to see how the couple from South Carolina
0:49:27 > 0:49:31is doing up North.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37New figures have revealed January to be one of the toughest months
0:49:37 > 0:49:40ever for A&E departments in England.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42And hospital-only A&Es recorded their worst ever figures
0:49:42 > 0:49:44since records began.
0:49:44 > 0:49:48Trolley waits continue to be a big problem too,
0:49:48 > 0:49:51with 1000 patients waiting more than 12 hours to be cared for by any
0:49:51 > 0:49:52medical staff at all.
0:49:52 > 0:49:57Our Health Editor Hugh Pym reports.
0:49:57 > 0:50:01The NHS flat out with staff working at a frantic pace just to keep
0:50:01 > 0:50:04services running. That is the picture which emerges from the
0:50:04 > 0:50:07figures for January in England, a service overstretched and intense
0:50:07 > 0:50:13strain. In some areas there are schemes trying to curb the number is
0:50:13 > 0:50:18going to hospital, here are senior A&E consultant is out on the road
0:50:18 > 0:50:23with a paramedic taking hospital care to patients at home.We carry a
0:50:23 > 0:50:30laptop giving us direct access into the same hospital system that we
0:50:30 > 0:50:34have, we have another job.That job is to meet up with an ambulance crew
0:50:34 > 0:50:38which is picked up a woman with chest pains. Tony's experience as a
0:50:38 > 0:50:43consultant means he can reassure the patient she is safe to stay at home.
0:50:43 > 0:50:48Presumably it is a relief he did not have to go to hospital.Brilliant. I
0:50:48 > 0:50:55did not want to go to hospital.In the 3.5 months since its relaunched,
0:50:55 > 0:50:58more than 300 patients have been treated at home who otherwise would
0:50:58 > 0:51:02have needed ambulances to take them to A&E. Some of them would have
0:51:02 > 0:51:07otherwise been admitted to hospital so beds have been freed up for
0:51:07 > 0:51:12others. But they recognise the huge pressure every day across the NHS.
0:51:12 > 0:51:17There is frustration but we want to be able to say we have done the best
0:51:17 > 0:51:21for our patients and when the system makes that difficult, back and be
0:51:21 > 0:51:25frustrating. And working in an overly congested system sometimes
0:51:25 > 0:51:28leaves us feeling that we cannot deliver the best possible care for
0:51:28 > 0:51:34patients.They are trying to deliver that level of care and as for much
0:51:34 > 0:51:41staff it has been harder than ever this winter.
0:51:41 > 0:51:43You're watching Beyond 100 Days...
0:51:43 > 0:51:46After the last presidential election you had a few people declare
0:51:46 > 0:51:48they were moving to Canada.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50Well Robin and Heather Vargas actually did it.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53We met them a few months ago when they were packing to leave
0:51:53 > 0:51:54South Carolina and head north.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57Now they are settled in their new home in Halifax,
0:51:57 > 0:52:05Nova Scotia and we've gone to hear how it's going.
0:52:05 > 0:52:10We knew Canada was not a liberal mecca but we felt some reasons we
0:52:10 > 0:52:22left America there is more than we had originally assumed in Canada.
0:52:32 > 0:52:35It has been interesting since we have talked about moving up here
0:52:35 > 0:52:39that feedback we have gotten from the public, first thing everybody
0:52:39 > 0:52:44said is you know it is cold in Canada. Yes, we are aware so it is
0:52:44 > 0:52:49funny after we moved Carolina got snow for the first time in decades
0:52:49 > 0:52:54so it wasn't like that here so you got a message everybody, where is
0:52:54 > 0:52:57the cold now? We had similar messages on Facebook, I stopped
0:52:57 > 0:53:00counting people giving us their phone numbers and saying let's take
0:53:00 > 0:53:04you out and we will show you out and welcome to Halifax.
0:53:11 > 0:53:20We received some backlash for reasonings and what were assumed
0:53:20 > 0:53:23point of use. I guess because I am Hispanic people thought I was
0:53:23 > 0:53:28straight up illegal.We are not claiming refugee status, that seems
0:53:28 > 0:53:33to be a thing because of the fleeing Taider, we're not trying to do that.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36We did everything through legal challenges -- legal channels and it
0:53:36 > 0:53:46was arduous but worth it. You read the American headlines it is like
0:53:46 > 0:53:50this my life, my reality and my country and it is funny you feel
0:53:50 > 0:53:55like you apologise every other day for all of it and in Canada it is
0:53:55 > 0:54:01almost like you you get to step back and I can breathe, this is in my
0:54:01 > 0:54:04country, we are still citizens and love America but it is different
0:54:04 > 0:54:07when it is out of the country.
0:54:17 > 0:54:22A lot of it is the political ideologies, more of a conservative
0:54:22 > 0:54:25mindset you left a great country with a great president but if you
0:54:25 > 0:54:31are a more liberal mindset it is welcome to Canada, there is that
0:54:31 > 0:54:35divide which is very heavily present in America and who are familiar with
0:54:35 > 0:54:38that and that is one of the biggest things it is still very heavily
0:54:38 > 0:54:44present in Canada, too.We're not saying our interactions with people
0:54:44 > 0:54:51in are bad but here they are more welcoming and more supportive.The
0:54:51 > 0:54:55slogan is diversity is our strength and that is very apparent.And it
0:54:55 > 0:55:05shows, through and through.Life in Nova Scotia. Next week is the Winter
0:55:05 > 0:55:09Olympics. And Christian will not be with us, we think the two are
0:55:09 > 0:55:15related because take a look at this. I hear you are a very good skier.
0:55:15 > 0:55:23And you are very good at doing tricks in particular. You have been
0:55:23 > 0:55:27trained. Christian is upside down. And this means we are hoping on
0:55:27 > 0:55:35behalf of team beyond 100 days you might end up with one of these. You
0:55:35 > 0:55:39said you are going on her term but we believe you are going and during
0:55:39 > 0:55:43the Olympics.I'm going into an endurance sports next week taking
0:55:43 > 0:55:50the kids skiing. Have you got your skis and polls, hat and gloves. It
0:55:50 > 0:56:00is exhausting.Can I have a hot chocolate? Have a good week. Have a
0:56:00 > 0:56:01good half term. See