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0:00:08 > 0:00:11Teenagers confront lawmakers in Tallahasee Florida
0:00:11 > 0:00:14to try to change America's gun laws.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16And in solidarity with the Parkland victims, students across the state
0:00:16 > 0:00:25walk out of school in protest at mass shootings.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27These high school kids are the new factor
0:00:27 > 0:00:30in America's old gun debate - the question is their voice
0:00:31 > 0:00:35louder than the gun lobby?
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Because to me, to let these victims' lives be taken without any change
0:00:38 > 0:00:42in return is an act of treason.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45There is a "monstrous campaign of annihilation"
0:00:45 > 0:00:50taking place in Syria, says the UN, and it must stop.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Also on the programme...
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Donald Trump attacks Democrats, his own Attorney General
0:00:54 > 0:00:56and the FBI over Russian meddling - anyone, it seems,
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0:01:31 > 0:01:33Hello - I'm Katty Kay in Washington and Christian
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Fraser is in London.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37We've all seen too many mass shootings in the US to believe
0:01:37 > 0:01:40that the latest one in Florida will produce significant changes
0:01:40 > 0:01:42to America's gun laws - but the anger and determination
0:01:42 > 0:01:48of high school students in the state is a new factor in this old debate.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Today those teenagers took their campaign for tighter gun
0:01:50 > 0:01:53controls to the state capital of Tallahassee.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55They marched to the government building, chanted slogans
0:01:55 > 0:01:58and met local politicians.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Whether they can change anything, no one knows yet,
0:02:01 > 0:02:05but they are mobilising the support of their peers across the country,
0:02:05 > 0:02:09and we haven't seen that before.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Here's the BBC's North America editor Jon Sopel.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14A school trip like no other.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17These students from Marjorie Stoneman Douglas haven't come
0:02:17 > 0:02:19to the Florida state capital to listen.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22They have come to speak and demand change after 17 of their classmates
0:02:23 > 0:02:30and teachers were killed last week.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33And they're determined to be heard.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37No one needs these weapons that are taking children's lives,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40and they should just ban them because all they are used
0:02:40 > 0:02:41for is destruction.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45And they're just not needed.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48You should go to school feeling safe and be confident that
0:02:48 > 0:02:50you are there for an education and a bright future.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53You're not here to worry about getting shot.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56These youngsters will be heard politely and given a warm reception
0:02:56 > 0:02:58by Florida lawmakers.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01But last night those same people voted against even reopening
0:03:01 > 0:03:05a debate on semiautomatic weapons.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10The battle for gun control is going to be an uphill struggle.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12You're not up here to give suggestions,
0:03:12 > 0:03:13you are up here to demand.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16But that decision not even to debate guns in the state assembly
0:03:16 > 0:03:18has infuriated pupils, teachers and community
0:03:18 > 0:03:21leaders alike.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23I buried personally in the last four days three kids
0:03:24 > 0:03:26from my congregation.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29I watched a father want to climb into the mausoleum with his son.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33I watched a mother curled up in a ball who refused to come out
0:03:33 > 0:03:34to be with her family for the funeral.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37And they have the gall to not even discuss the issue.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40We are very upset.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42But from the White House there are small but significant
0:03:42 > 0:03:45signs of movement.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47The president apparently in favour of raising to 21 the age
0:03:47 > 0:03:49at which people can buy weapons.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51And he tweeted this.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54"Whether we are Republican or Democrat, who must now focus
0:03:54 > 0:03:56on strengthening background checks."
0:03:56 > 0:03:59And he announced yesterday that he wanted to ban bump stocks,
0:03:59 > 0:04:01the device used in Las Vegas that turns a semiautomatic
0:04:01 > 0:04:08rifle into a machine gun.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10These students have captured public attention
0:04:10 > 0:04:12with their demand for change.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15But those who have wearily trod this path before will tell you that
0:04:15 > 0:04:20winning support is a very different thing to winning reform.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25Jon Sopel, BBC News, Tallahassee.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Among the students who travelled to the Florida state
0:04:27 > 0:04:29capitol today was Julia Salomone.
0:04:29 > 0:04:36I spoke to her just a short while ago.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40On your way to Tallahassee you said that you were hopeful that lawmakers
0:04:40 > 0:04:49would listen to you. Are you still hopeful having met them?I'm still
0:04:49 > 0:04:53hopeful about these lawmakers. I've met with a few this morning and they
0:04:53 > 0:04:57have been very receptive of the message that we are trying to send
0:04:57 > 0:05:02that we want reform in gun laws and in the mental health system to make
0:05:02 > 0:05:07sure this does not happen again. They're listening to us and we do
0:05:07 > 0:05:11believe change will happen.You have a specific set of proposals that you
0:05:11 > 0:05:16would like to see happen when it comes to gun legislation and mental
0:05:16 > 0:05:25health?I would say there are just a few things I want to see, not
0:05:25 > 0:05:30necessarily set out specific things. But I would like to see a
0:05:30 > 0:05:34registration of firearms in the state of Florida and the country in
0:05:34 > 0:05:37general, that would increase accountability for gun owners. And
0:05:37 > 0:05:44create safety. I want to see the age of buying and owning a gun raised to
0:05:44 > 0:05:4921 for all firearms. I would like to see an extended waiting period for
0:05:49 > 0:05:53buying a gun. In Florida you can walk into a store and buy a gun on
0:05:53 > 0:06:00the same day with no waiting period. I would like to see three months,
0:06:00 > 0:06:06six months, so safety can be increased in that area.You were in
0:06:06 > 0:06:07the school in Parkland last week when it was attacked. You said you
0:06:07 > 0:06:12do not want your colleagues at school, your peers at school to have
0:06:12 > 0:06:19died in vain. Those who were killed. Do you think that this movement,
0:06:19 > 0:06:28that it can be attributed them?Yes. This movement is our tribute, so
0:06:28 > 0:06:33many of us have lost people we have grown up with, people we are close
0:06:33 > 0:06:38with. People we have been best friends with forever. I lost so many
0:06:38 > 0:06:41classmates personally and there will be empty seats in those classrooms.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45This move would make sure they do not die in vain at their lives were
0:06:45 > 0:06:52not lost and other lives will not be lost like theirs. So we are
0:06:52 > 0:06:56honouring them with this movement. How determined are you that there
0:06:56 > 0:07:04should be change?I am extremely determined that there has to be a
0:07:04 > 0:07:07change should up and determined to make that change was up and just
0:07:07 > 0:07:12part of it, we are a collective force, not one aged people, we are
0:07:12 > 0:07:16an entire school and now and entire country of students and teachers and
0:07:16 > 0:07:23parents and everyone just wanting change to happen. And it just
0:07:23 > 0:07:28started with us, now it is bigger than us. It is about honouring the
0:07:28 > 0:07:37lives of our classmates and making a change.Thank you.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41They're such good speakers and what strikes me about that interview,
0:07:41 > 0:07:45they're not trying to divide people guns but looking for sensible
0:07:45 > 0:07:50solutions such as background checks and age limits. Entered yet we
0:07:50 > 0:07:55remain, even those sort of things should be achievable but will remain
0:07:55 > 0:07:58cynical because after Sandy Hook this kind of things were promised
0:07:58 > 0:08:03and nothing happened so what is different this time?Maybe it is
0:08:03 > 0:08:06these students and their parents and teachers got that is what we have
0:08:06 > 0:08:10never had before. After Sandy Hook the children were aged 67 and did
0:08:10 > 0:08:14not have contemporaries to speak up on their behalf. But these children
0:08:14 > 0:08:18from Parkland have decided to make this their mission. What has to
0:08:18 > 0:08:22happen now for things to change it for them to become activists in the
0:08:22 > 0:08:28way people who are in favour of gun rights are acting. Something like
0:08:28 > 0:08:32five, 6% of the American voting population for whom the only issue
0:08:32 > 0:08:35would be built on is gun rights and they will inundate their lawmakers
0:08:35 > 0:08:40with phone calls and with protest about that. Now there must be the
0:08:40 > 0:08:42counterpart for that on the gun-control site and the question is
0:08:42 > 0:08:46whether those students become that counterpart. We just do not know
0:08:46 > 0:08:51that yet. We will have to see how the movement continues.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54It's been just over two weeks since February 4th and in that
0:08:54 > 0:08:57short space of time 346 Syrians have been killed in Eastern Ghouta -
0:08:57 > 0:09:00878 more people have been injured.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Those figures come from the UN which is describing the situation
0:09:02 > 0:09:07in Syria as a "monstrous campaign of annihilation" that must stop.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10A local resident has told the BBC that bombing is hitting
0:09:10 > 0:09:13every part of the enclave and a doctor tells us 14 separate
0:09:13 > 0:09:17medical centres have been put out of action.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19The result, says the UN Secretary General, is "hell
0:09:19 > 0:09:23on earth" for the four thousand people who live there.
0:09:23 > 0:09:30Our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen has more.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32The Syrians deny targeting civilians in Eastern Ghouta.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35EXPLOSIONS.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38These, they say, are precision strikes against artillery
0:09:38 > 0:09:41that has hit central Damascus.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46SCREAMING.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49But the evidence from inside the enclave is that civilians
0:09:49 > 0:09:54are getting hurt and dying.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57The suffering of civilians could have a political effect.
0:09:57 > 0:10:04Putting pressure on the rebel groups in eastern Ghouta to make a deal.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06The lives of their children against strategic front line
0:10:06 > 0:10:13territory near central Damascus that the regime wants to get back.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15This activist says helicopters are hovering over us
0:10:15 > 0:10:17here in eastern Ghouta.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20God help us, we are being exterminated.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24I was able to cross from government-controlled Damascus
0:10:24 > 0:10:28to eastern Ghouta several times at the beginning of the war.
0:10:28 > 0:10:33Even then it was very badly damaged by regime bombing.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Morale among the rebels was high and dozens of young men were joining
0:10:36 > 0:10:40what they believed was a revolution.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42What do you think will happen to Assad?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Killed.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Must be killed.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51When the war started the regime was under severe pressure.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55It lost control of a crescent of suburbs around Damascus.
0:10:55 > 0:11:01Eastern Ghouta is the last of them that has not surrendered.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03In 2013 Eastern Ghouta was hit by a chemical attack
0:11:03 > 0:11:04that killed hundreds.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07The Americans threatened a military strike against the regime
0:11:07 > 0:11:11and then decided against it.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14It was a turning point in the war after that the regime lost its fear
0:11:15 > 0:11:17of Western intervention.
0:11:17 > 0:11:24In September 2015 Russia intervened, decisively, on Assad's side.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Now he is more secure and he is emboldened,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31more so than at any time since the war started.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33And the Russians are becoming the dominant foreign
0:11:33 > 0:11:39power in the Middle East.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43In northern Syria the president has just sent militia
0:11:43 > 0:11:46men to join the fight against the Turkish incursion.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49He would not have the confidence to move against Nato power
0:11:49 > 0:11:51without the Russians.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53And it suggests he will not listen to foreign condemnation
0:11:53 > 0:11:57of the attack on eastern Ghouta.
0:11:57 > 0:12:05Jeremy Bowen BBC News.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Syria reminds me, those pictures we saw from Aleppo a year and a half
0:12:09 > 0:12:14ago and we did not think we would see them again and the pattern is so
0:12:14 > 0:12:19familiar. We hope the United Nations say it is hell on earth but it does
0:12:19 > 0:12:22not too much. President Assad says he's attacking terrorists in the
0:12:22 > 0:12:27region and he seems to carry on with these bombings totally with impunity
0:12:27 > 0:12:32because he has Russia on his side.I do not see what could break the
0:12:32 > 0:12:36pattern. Well they're used to be 12 enclaves around Damascus and this is
0:12:36 > 0:12:40the last and he wants to secure his grip on Damascus and on power. I
0:12:40 > 0:12:45think we will see more bloodshed in the coming days and not less. A
0:12:45 > 0:12:48pretty grim situation.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50President Trump is preoccupied with the Russia
0:12:50 > 0:12:52investigation and has now tweeted 20 times about the issue
0:12:52 > 0:12:53since last Friday.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Today he focused his anger not on Moscow on Putin,
0:12:55 > 0:12:57but on Obama and the Democrats.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Here's Mr Trump's tweet from this morning.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place
0:13:03 > 0:13:06during the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th,
0:13:06 > 0:13:08why aren't they the subject of the investigation?
0:13:08 > 0:13:18Why didn't Obama do something about the meddling?
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Why aren't Dem crimes under investigation?
0:13:20 > 0:13:21Ask Jeff Sessions!
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Russia still denies any meddling.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25At the Munich security conference last weekend -
0:13:25 > 0:13:27the former Russian Ambassador to Washington was directly
0:13:27 > 0:13:29confronted about the interference by America's former Ambassador
0:13:30 > 0:13:34to NATO, Nick Burns.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36If we're talking about nuclear security, your
0:13:36 > 0:13:38government has completely undermined the foundation for it.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41And you were Ambassador when this was happening, so you must have
0:13:41 > 0:13:43known something about it.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46I have said already that we did not meddle
0:13:46 > 0:13:49in the American political life.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53And to suggest that we started meddling
0:13:53 > 0:13:56in elections that have not started is even more bizarre to hear.
0:13:56 > 0:14:03It is your life, it is your fight.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06And Ambassador Burns joined me from Harvard a short time ago.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Ambassador Burns, President Trump tweeted today that the Obama
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Administration did not do anything, that they are the ones that should
0:14:11 > 0:14:16be investigated over the Russia collusion issue.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Was he right?
0:14:18 > 0:14:20He was wrong.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24This is a preposterous statement by President Trump.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27The facts are that President Obama expelled 35 Russian diplomats
0:14:27 > 0:14:30from the United States, closed two diplomatic
0:14:30 > 0:14:34compounds, Russian compounds, in the United States.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Sanctioned Russia and told the American people
0:14:37 > 0:14:39in the President's last month, what the problem was,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41publicly acknowledged it.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44And urged the American people and Congress to be wary
0:14:44 > 0:14:47of what Russia was doing.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50President Trump has done none of that.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53He refuses to this day even with all the tweets in the last
0:14:53 > 0:14:56couple of days to acknowledge that the Russians launched
0:14:56 > 0:14:59a conspiracy, Trump has refused to implement the sanctions voted
0:14:59 > 0:15:03overwhelmingly by the Congress.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07President Trump's statements today are just completely untrue.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10When you were at the Munich Security conference over the course
0:15:10 > 0:15:13of the weekend you confronted the former Russian ambassador
0:15:13 > 0:15:20to Washington over the issue of meddling in American elections.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23And he seemed to almost echo the Trump administration line
0:15:23 > 0:15:28that this is basically fake news.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30He did, this was a public forum in Munich.
0:15:30 > 0:15:38I was the moderator and I decided I had to confront him with the facts
0:15:38 > 0:15:41that Robert Mueller had brought out in his indictment of the 13 Russians
0:15:41 > 0:15:43that the Russian government was behind this major conspiracy.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Of course he and his boss the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
0:15:46 > 0:15:55Lavrov, they hid behind the Trump administration statements.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Sergei Lavrov even quoted Vice President Pence and other
0:15:57 > 0:15:58administration officials saying the allegations against
0:15:58 > 0:15:59Russia were fake news.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03So I thought that was profoundly depressing for an American to hear -
0:16:03 > 0:16:05that our president was basically using the same argument
0:16:05 > 0:16:10that the Russians are using to deny the undeniable facts.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13That the Russians interfered in a major way in our elections.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17And the president, our president, needs to atone for this.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20So ever since those indictments last week, President Trump has tweeted,
0:16:20 > 0:16:22I think I'm right in saying 21 times, about the Russia
0:16:22 > 0:16:28investigation.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Does it seem to you not only that this is getting under his skin,
0:16:31 > 0:16:33this investigation, but that it is preoccupying
0:16:33 > 0:16:35his presidency?
0:16:35 > 0:16:36There's no question about it.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40I think it is hanging over his entire presidency.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44No one knows what is going to happen next in the Robert Mueller
0:16:44 > 0:16:47investigation except for director Robert Mueller and his team.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49But President Trump has gone overboard in a very unusual way
0:16:49 > 0:16:53with all of these tweets.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56What is remarkable to me is that he has never uttered any
0:16:56 > 0:17:00criticism of President Putin.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Why do you think that is?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06He has criticised everybody under the sun but not Putin.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09What is your interpretation of that?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11You know this is the big question.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14My own view is that President Trump believes that any indication that
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Russia may have interfered in the election
0:17:18 > 0:17:20somehow delegitimises President Trump's victory.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Against Hillary Clinton.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23And he doesn't want that to happen.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27He's proud of his victory, proud of the way he ran his race.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28He does not want to see it belittled.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30But that is not his first job.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34His first job is to defend the States.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Dan Coats who is President Trump's director of national intelligence,
0:17:37 > 0:17:42said last week that we are under attack by the Russians.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45That we were in 2016, we are in the 2018 elections.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47And President Trump needs to get beyond himself,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50his own narrow concern, and be president of 320 million
0:17:50 > 0:17:58Americans and defend us.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00And help our states to raise their defences.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01He has not done any of that.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03I find him entirely deficient in this basic role
0:18:03 > 0:18:04of being commander-in-chief.
0:18:04 > 0:18:13Nick Burns, thanks very much for joining me.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17The indictment of the 13 Russians last week established that there was
0:18:17 > 0:18:21a conspiracy and anyone who supported it or knew about it,
0:18:21 > 0:18:26Robert Mueller could go after. I think belatedly the president has
0:18:26 > 0:18:29realised it has made it much more difficult for him to fire Robert
0:18:29 > 0:18:35Mueller. That seems to be the case. I cannot see why, any other reason
0:18:35 > 0:18:41for so many tweets in the last few days.That and his national security
0:18:41 > 0:18:45adviser saying at the same Munich conference that there was
0:18:45 > 0:18:48undoubtedly Russian intervention in the US election, now I think it will
0:18:48 > 0:18:53be difficult for him as you say to fire Robert Mueller. There's also
0:18:53 > 0:18:56talk amongst lawyers here in this town is Robert Mueller has also gone
0:18:56 > 0:19:01after a lawyer of a foreign national and they're all saying this is
0:19:01 > 0:19:05serious, he's not going to stop at anything but we do not know whether
0:19:05 > 0:19:10Donald Trump is reluctant to say something about President Putin
0:19:10 > 0:19:15because the Russians do have some kind of information about him or
0:19:15 > 0:19:19because as Nick Burns suggested he is worried his election victory
0:19:19 > 0:19:26would be regarded as not legitimate. The Watergate investigation took two
0:19:26 > 0:19:30years and may take that long but there will be answers about by this
0:19:30 > 0:19:34president is so reluctant to criticise Putin and the Russians and
0:19:34 > 0:19:37so reluctant to say there was Russian involvement in the US
0:19:37 > 0:19:39elections.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41The British charity Save the Children has apologised
0:19:41 > 0:19:43to three female employees who complained about
0:19:43 > 0:19:45inappropriate behaviour by its former chief executive.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Justin Forsyth resigned from the organisation
0:19:46 > 0:19:48after being accused of sending inappropriate texts.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Save the Children has admitted proper procedures were not followed
0:19:51 > 0:19:53while investigating the complaints in 2015 and says it
0:19:53 > 0:20:00has launched a review of its "organisational culture".
0:20:00 > 0:20:02A new study by scientists in France suggests heavy
0:20:02 > 0:20:05drinkers may risk the early onset of dementia.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Researchers looked at the habits of more than a million
0:20:07 > 0:20:09people and found that of the 57,000
0:20:09 > 0:20:11diagnosed with the disease before the age of 65,
0:20:11 > 0:20:15half had alcohol problems.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17It's thought that heavy drinking is associated with smoking,
0:20:17 > 0:20:23depression and other factors, which increase the risk of dementia.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Environmental campaigners in the UK have won another victory
0:20:26 > 0:20:29in the High Court after a judge ruled government plans to tackle air
0:20:29 > 0:20:31pollution are "unlawful".
0:20:31 > 0:20:33The government has modified its plans to reduce harmful
0:20:33 > 0:20:36nitrogen dioxide in the past following previous rulings that
0:20:36 > 0:20:40levels are too high across Britain.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42However, the court says still more needs to be done to comply
0:20:42 > 0:20:43with pollution laws.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46It's estimated that outdoor air pollution contributes to 40,000
0:20:46 > 0:20:54early deaths a year in the UK.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55The American evangelist, Billy Graham,
0:20:55 > 0:20:57has died at the age of 99.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Graham began preaching in October of 1947, and during the course
0:21:00 > 0:21:04of his life he is thought to have spoken to 215 million people
0:21:04 > 0:21:10in more than 185 countries and territories around the world.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14He was the founder and the master of the art of tele-evangelism.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Mr Graham was close to Presidents and world leaders.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Today Buckingham Palace said the Queen will send a private
0:21:19 > 0:21:22message of condolence to his family.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24But he was not without some controversy.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28He apologised after audio recordings revealed he'd failed to criticise
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Richard Nixon's anti-semitic comments and he was criticised for
0:21:31 > 0:21:41preaching behind the iron curtain.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43The problems that face us tonight that will never be solved,
0:21:43 > 0:21:47unless we bring them to the Lord Jesus Christ.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51Charismatic and handsome, Billy Graham preached a simple
0:21:51 > 0:21:57message that he took around the world.
0:21:57 > 0:22:05That people should turn to Jesus. He had a remarkable effect on a
0:22:05 > 0:22:12sometimes disinterested public.God loves you and if there's one thing
0:22:12 > 0:22:18you get out of these days we are in Edinburgh it is that God loves you.
0:22:18 > 0:22:24In 1954 London first experienced the force of the Billy Graham Brandt of
0:22:24 > 0:22:27evangelism.We have come here at the invitation of these churches to lead
0:22:27 > 0:22:32you in a crusade to win meant to Jesus Christ.As his reputation
0:22:32 > 0:22:38grew, so that the crowds. From New York to Nigeria.He was God and he
0:22:38 > 0:22:44was also man. I want you to get out of your seat right now and say I
0:22:44 > 0:22:49want my sins forgiven.It was as a Billy game rally in Earls Court in
0:22:49 > 0:23:021966 the Cliff Richard publicly declared his Christianity.
0:23:09 > 0:23:16He reached hundreds of millions. And he was courted by American
0:23:16 > 0:23:21presidents. From Nixon to Clinton. Though he never took sides. I'm
0:23:21 > 0:23:26looking forward to death because I want to go into the glorious New
0:23:26 > 0:23:29World I believe everyone that knows Jesus Christ is going to go and I
0:23:29 > 0:23:35will have all the answers that now I would like to have cancers too.I
0:23:35 > 0:23:38asked daddy what do you want on your tombstone and he thought and said,
0:23:38 > 0:23:46just preacher. That is it.Despite cancer and Parkinson's disease,
0:23:46 > 0:23:52Billy Graham was just that. A preacher, into old age, and
0:23:52 > 0:23:56thousands still flocked to hear him.
0:23:56 > 0:24:02So how did this farm boy from North Carolina comes to speak to so many
0:24:02 > 0:24:08people around the world?What is amazing but the Graham he was born
0:24:08 > 0:24:11at the end of the First World War but mastered the very modern
0:24:11 > 0:24:15technology of television. He understood that was how he was going
0:24:15 > 0:24:19to reach millions of people around the world. He was an icon, it is
0:24:19 > 0:24:23hard to overstate his influence on the Christian movement here in
0:24:23 > 0:24:30America. He bridged in South Africa to integrated audiences, he preached
0:24:30 > 0:24:34in North Korea and the soviet union service which was global for but if
0:24:34 > 0:24:40you track Billy Graham and his telly evangelical movement with the rise
0:24:40 > 0:24:44of evangelical Christianity around the world there is a parallel. You
0:24:44 > 0:24:50could say he the founder of that. Most of my knowledge came from the
0:24:50 > 0:24:58Crown!All these presidents since Robert Schumann, but he said he
0:24:58 > 0:25:02never advised them, all but he did was to pray with them.He was
0:25:02 > 0:25:06criticised for being too close to some of the presidents and that was
0:25:06 > 0:25:14the source of some controversy.Now we're focusing on this Norwegian
0:25:14 > 0:25:20cross country skier who has become the most successful Winter Olympian
0:25:20 > 0:25:34of all time after winning bronze in the cross-country team sprint where
0:25:34 > 0:25:43were the Americans? That is Marit Bjoergen.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel
0:25:48 > 0:25:51and BBC World News - we return to the issue of gun
0:25:51 > 0:25:53control - will talks between the President and survivors
0:25:53 > 0:25:55of some of the worst school shootings bear fruit?
0:25:55 > 0:25:56And ever been to the Nile?
0:25:56 > 0:25:59How BBC viewers can now explore it using the power of virtual reality.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01That's still to come.
0:26:08 > 0:26:15Good evening. The weather is going to change over the next few days and
0:26:15 > 0:26:20things will become significantly colder. But today we had some
0:26:20 > 0:26:27beautiful sunny skies. There will be more sunshine to come because high
0:26:27 > 0:26:29pressure is currently exerting influence across much of western
0:26:29 > 0:26:35Europe. And it will feed in colder air in the coming days from the
0:26:35 > 0:26:41East. It turns quite chilly through tonight, some clear spells but also
0:26:41 > 0:26:48some areas of cloud. Temperatures in the towns and cities around freezing
0:26:48 > 0:26:53but dropping below out in the countryside. So Thursday morning
0:26:53 > 0:26:59from any some spells of sunshine after any early mist and fog has
0:26:59 > 0:27:04cleared. Through the day generally more clout bubbling up. Still a
0:27:04 > 0:27:08decent look to the weather. More clout and the strengthening wind
0:27:08 > 0:27:12into Northern Ireland and the West of Scotland and temperatures around
0:27:12 > 0:27:17five, 7 degrees. Into Friday a similar looking day, a lot of
0:27:17 > 0:27:23sunshine. Some areas of cloud here and there. The breeze perhaps
0:27:23 > 0:27:26becoming more noticeable down towards the south and making it feel
0:27:26 > 0:27:34a bit colder. Then we head into the weekend, high pressure still the
0:27:34 > 0:27:39dominant feature. But it has moved further north at this stage across
0:27:39 > 0:27:45Scandinavia. So the air is coming in all the way from Siberia. Through
0:27:45 > 0:27:48the weekend things to turn increasingly cold. Getting down to
0:27:48 > 0:27:52perhaps 4 degrees is the maximum temperature on Sunday. But adding on
0:27:52 > 0:27:56the strength of the winter it will feel even colder. And the high
0:27:56 > 0:28:00pressure remains dominant as we get on into next week. What you can see
0:28:00 > 0:28:05on the chart is just the suggestion that we might see some snow showers.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10As we continued to import those cold easterly winds. The cold air not
0:28:10 > 0:28:22only reaching the UK but going a way south across Europe and some parts
0:28:22 > 0:28:24of the Mediterranean. For as the amount of snow are uncertain as we
0:28:24 > 0:28:28get into next week but we can say it will be cold with a widespread frost
0:28:28 > 0:28:34and bitter wind. And the chance of some snow.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11This is Beyond 100 Days with me Katty Kay in Washington.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12Christian Fraser's in London.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Our top stories...
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Students in Florida take to the streets in the state capital
0:30:17 > 0:30:20to demand stricter controls on gun sales.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22The UN Secretary General demands an immediate end to fighting
0:30:22 > 0:30:25in Eastern Ghouta in Syria, saying the besieged rebel enclave
0:30:25 > 0:30:27has become "hell on earth".
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Coming up in the next half hour...
0:30:30 > 0:30:33The American evangelist, Billy Graham, has died at the age
0:30:33 > 0:30:35of 99 after battling Parkinson's disease for several years.
0:30:35 > 0:30:42He devoted his life to spreading the Christian message.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45The massive dam that can control the River Nile across three
0:30:45 > 0:30:46countries.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48But this multi-billion dollar project in Ethiopia could
0:30:48 > 0:30:49trigger a major regional conflict.
0:30:49 > 0:30:54Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag...
0:30:59 > 0:31:07The United Nations Secretary General has called for an immediate halt
0:31:07 > 0:31:09to all fighting in the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta,
0:31:09 > 0:31:12which has come under fierce bombardment from government forces
0:31:12 > 0:31:14for a fourth day.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Antonio Guterres described the situation in the area
0:31:16 > 0:31:17as "hell on earth".
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Local activists say that more than 40 people have been killed
0:31:19 > 0:31:22in air strikes today, I short time ago I spoke to
0:31:22 > 0:31:25in air strikes today, and a short time ago I spoke to
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Dr Bassam Bakri an anesthesiologist who's been treating patients today.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31And he's doing it in fear of his
0:31:31 > 0:31:32And he's doing it in fear of his own wife, under the constant threat of
0:31:32 > 0:31:39bombardment.Feels not enough equipment. -- there is not enough
0:31:39 > 0:31:46equipment. No medicine. It's so hard. It's catastrophic. We don't
0:31:46 > 0:31:54have morphine, we don't have any medicine... I don't know, it's so
0:31:54 > 0:32:00hard.Does that mean that you're treating children and operating on
0:32:00 > 0:32:10children and you can't make them comfortable?Yes. It is so hard to
0:32:10 > 0:32:21treat children. There is no safe place to send them, not enough
0:32:21 > 0:32:34medicine, as I told you. No food. You can't feed them. We have money,
0:32:34 > 0:32:44maybe more than 330 injured children.And you're dying this
0:32:44 > 0:32:51amidst bombs falling around -- and you're doing this.Yes, maybe more
0:32:51 > 0:32:58than 200 bombardment and missiles. Artillery. So, you cannot imagine
0:32:58 > 0:33:17the danger and how it scales the children. -- and how its scares. It
0:33:17 > 0:33:25is so hard.How do you think this will end, doctor?I don't know. I
0:33:25 > 0:33:32will stay here until people. It's our country, our towns. We'll stay
0:33:32 > 0:33:38here and say people and help the injured. That's what we have to do.
0:33:38 > 0:33:47What you say to the outside world, the international community?The
0:33:47 > 0:33:52international community just watching us and leaving us to be
0:33:52 > 0:34:01called. I don't know why. I don't know what's our fault, just ask for
0:34:01 > 0:34:12our freedom. We want some United Nations convoys, medicine and food.
0:34:12 > 0:34:18Stop killing. We need real pressure on this criminal regime.
0:34:18 > 0:34:24Terrible listening to that. Here's a humanitarian and doctor and can't
0:34:24 > 0:34:27help the patients with them. They're not even working in a hospital.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31They're having to hide in buildings and basements. Earlier today when
0:34:31 > 0:34:38trying to get in touch with him, he said, is it possible that we said,
0:34:38 > 0:34:41is it possible to get an interview? He said, I've been working flat out
0:34:41 > 0:34:48all day. Then he said, if I get time, if I'm alive.
0:34:48 > 0:34:53Our hearts go out to them.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Returning now to the students from Parkland, Florida
0:34:55 > 0:34:58who are taking their calls for gun control to the state's capital.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Earlier many of them spoke passionately and
0:35:00 > 0:35:01here is just a sample.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04I am a high school senior. I don't know the exact course of action to
0:35:04 > 0:35:07take. I don't know exactly what needs to be done. I just know that
0:35:07 > 0:35:10what we're doing there was nowhere near enough. If I have to keep
0:35:10 > 0:35:15seeing neighbours die, friends die, other people on the news deal with
0:35:15 > 0:35:21this same tragedy... They do not deserve this. America does not
0:35:21 > 0:35:27deserve this. Humanity does not deserve this.That was an amazing
0:35:27 > 0:35:31group of articulate students who are so passionate.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33As those students press their case in Florida,
0:35:33 > 0:35:35today the President is holding a listening session with students
0:35:35 > 0:35:36and teachers here in Washington.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39For more on the politics of this we are joined now by former
0:35:39 > 0:35:41advisor to George W Bush, Ron Christie.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44You, like me have seen this happen time and time again after each of
0:35:44 > 0:35:49these events. We think things will change and America will find a way
0:35:49 > 0:35:54to stop these killings but that doesn't happen.It doesn't happen.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57One of the reasons is we have the second Amendment in the United
0:35:57 > 0:36:00States. It's in the bill of Rights. It says on the constitution you're
0:36:00 > 0:36:04allowed to bear arms. There has been such a growing political fight after
0:36:04 > 0:36:08each one of these shootings where we think we will reform the gun laws
0:36:08 > 0:36:11and expand background checks but ultimately, the Congress and
0:36:11 > 0:36:15President do nothing.Part of the reason on this and I think we have
0:36:15 > 0:36:19the numbers is that the number of people for her and our rights a
0:36:19 > 0:36:30single issue is a bigger number than those who want gun-control. If you
0:36:30 > 0:36:42call your congressmen, they listen to you.Having
0:36:43 > 0:36:46worked in that area for many years, we had many calls saying, don't
0:36:46 > 0:36:51restrict my right to bear arms.And yet, they voted not to have a
0:36:51 > 0:36:55discussion on gun ownership. But devoted to have a discussion about
0:36:55 > 0:37:02pornography, that is bad for your elf. Nothing about the pornography
0:37:02 > 0:37:06of guns, which is terrible for the children gathered outside the state
0:37:06 > 0:37:12is in Tallahassee. To elected representatives would even discuss
0:37:12 > 0:37:17it.These children are still traumatised by what happened to them
0:37:17 > 0:37:23and decided to exercise their first Amendment rights. To go to
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Tallahassee and come to Washington, DC. There was a big demonstration
0:37:26 > 0:37:31earlier today to demand lawmakers do something. We can debate with the
0:37:31 > 0:37:35right -- what the right course of action should be, but given the fact
0:37:35 > 0:37:40that the 18-24 -year-old demographic is the largest one, larger than
0:37:40 > 0:37:42seniors any native states, these politicians better be worried
0:37:42 > 0:37:51because I think these young people will mobilise the vote.Ryan, thank
0:37:51 > 0:37:57you for joining us. This is a debate we will return to several times.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Oprah Winfrey and various celebrities in Hollywood have backed
0:38:00 > 0:38:06the students. Is that a good thing? No, at the moment, the key is the
0:38:06 > 0:38:10students. They are the offence take voices and new in this debate. We
0:38:10 > 0:38:14have had liberals in Hollywood weighing in before, but the new
0:38:14 > 0:38:20thing now is these didn't. -- is these students.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23He was America's pastor - that's how former President George W
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Bush described Billy Graham and today the tributes have been
0:38:25 > 0:38:27pouring in for the preacher who reached millions.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30The spirtual guidance he gave to multiple US presidents
0:38:30 > 0:38:32is the topic of a book coauthored by Nancy Gibbs - former
0:38:32 > 0:38:33editor in chief of TIME.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36She joins us from New York now.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Nancy, Guilmette Billy Graham several times while you were
0:38:38 > 0:38:42researching this book. What was it about him, do you think, that
0:38:42 > 0:38:47catapulted him from end of the First World War birth to farm boy, to
0:38:47 > 0:38:53being the famous preacher he became? Well he of course would say that it
0:38:53 > 0:38:58was not anything he did, it was what God did. In a way, that tells you
0:38:58 > 0:39:02everything you need to know. Somehow, a man who spent more years
0:39:02 > 0:39:06in public life on the public stage than almost any figure in the 20th
0:39:06 > 0:39:13century managed to not have that completely distorted view of the
0:39:13 > 0:39:19world and have pride go to his head. By the 1950s, he was photographed at
0:39:19 > 0:39:22more than Marilyn Monroe and he was more famous than those presidents he
0:39:22 > 0:39:27became such good friends with. And I think that at some level,
0:39:27 > 0:39:32extraordinary humility that he managed to hang onto, despite the
0:39:32 > 0:39:35same and the millions and millions of people who would come out to hear
0:39:35 > 0:39:40him night after night. Really distinguished him and gave his
0:39:40 > 0:39:48message a kind of resonance with atomic age population who wanted
0:39:48 > 0:39:51reassurance and understanding of something that felt real, affecting
0:39:51 > 0:40:00an accessible to them.He came from that tumultuous time in unaided --
0:40:00 > 0:40:05in the 1960s in the native states. But he managed to reach people
0:40:05 > 0:40:08around the world. Was it through television that he understood this
0:40:08 > 0:40:13new means of mass communication?He certainly did. He understood radio.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17He had a newspaper column and published books. He had a massive
0:40:17 > 0:40:22audience that never saw him in person. On the other hand, he is
0:40:22 > 0:40:28probably an individual who spoke to more people in person than anyone
0:40:28 > 0:40:32who has ever lived. Well over 200 million people. So it was both.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36People would come to see him at these enormous receives all over the
0:40:36 > 0:40:41world but then he also had his virtual ministry that was
0:40:41 > 0:40:44ecumenical, global and used every form of medium available to him very
0:40:44 > 0:40:50shrewdly. He understood the power of media far better than certainly most
0:40:50 > 0:40:54religious speakers of age.But there was the controversy. He went behind
0:40:54 > 0:40:59the Iron Curtain at a time when that wasn't done. Why do you think he did
0:40:59 > 0:41:03that?He did it because he felt every human being has the same need
0:41:03 > 0:41:09to hear the gospel. And he was pretty immune to the criticism,
0:41:09 > 0:41:14because, in a way, he could answer by saying, he needs to hear God's
0:41:14 > 0:41:19worth more than the people who are enslaved by communism or do not
0:41:19 > 0:41:25enjoy freedom of religion in the country? So he was fully prepared to
0:41:25 > 0:41:27withstand criticism if it allowed him to preach in places where
0:41:27 > 0:41:32Christian leaders had never stepped foot in recent years.And he gave
0:41:32 > 0:41:38the indication that -- the invocation at nine presidential
0:41:38 > 0:41:43inauguration. Residents done to him in their darkest hours. What was it
0:41:43 > 0:41:46about and that they wanted to talk to and what spiritual guidance to
0:41:46 > 0:41:52tea for them?This is what's remarkable. He was valuable to them
0:41:52 > 0:41:57privately and publicly. The kind of things they talked about in private,
0:41:57 > 0:42:03from Eisenhower wanting to know whether he would see his parents in
0:42:03 > 0:42:05heaven, and Johnson, who was terribly afraid of death, wanted
0:42:05 > 0:42:10Billy Graham to fly with him because he would say, God is not going to
0:42:10 > 0:42:14let this plane Godin Billy Graham is on it. When Ronald Reagan was shot,
0:42:14 > 0:42:19Nancy Reagan took to the hospital
0:42:19 > 0:42:20on it. When Ronald Reagan was shot, Nancy Reagan took to the hospital.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23When Hillary Clinton faced enormous turmoil in her marriage, Billy
0:42:23 > 0:42:27Graham is the one she wanted to talk to. These are most intimate, Private
0:42:27 > 0:42:30kind of emotional and spiritual issues. At the same time, he was
0:42:30 > 0:42:35enormously valuable to these public figures in public. And to have Billy
0:42:35 > 0:42:41Graham at your side, whether that your inauguration of the night
0:42:41 > 0:42:45before the Gulf War began for President Bush 41, after the
0:42:45 > 0:42:49Oklahoma City bombing for Bill Clinton, after 9/11 for George W
0:42:49 > 0:42:54Bush, at these moments of enormous national pain and concern, having
0:42:54 > 0:42:59Billy Graham there was a signal to the country that the president is a
0:42:59 > 0:43:04thoughtful, spiritual man and people are praying for him. With him.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07Nancy, thank you for sharing those stories, as we remember Billy
0:43:07 > 0:43:11Graham.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14A letter sent to the UK Prime Minister from 60
0:43:14 > 0:43:16Brexit supporting MPs makes clear they are not prepared
0:43:16 > 0:43:18to swallow many more compromises when it comes to breaking free
0:43:19 > 0:43:20from the EU.
0:43:20 > 0:43:21It's the timing of the letter that's important.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24It comes on the eve of tomorrow's away day summit at Chequers
0:43:24 > 0:43:27in which Theresa May hopes to bring all sides together.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30It's clearly not going to be easy.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32What's more, a leaked government document leaves some ambiguity over
0:43:32 > 0:43:35the length of time the transition period should last.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37Earlier, I talked to influential Conservative back
0:43:37 > 0:43:40bencher Johnny Mercer.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42I put it to him that the Prime Minister goes to Chequers tomorrow
0:43:42 > 0:43:46to hammer out a deal with colleagues who might be clear that they don't
0:43:46 > 0:43:50want to compromise.I'm beginning to get fed up with all these letters
0:43:50 > 0:43:55going to the Prime Minister. I think she has a difficult enough job as it
0:43:55 > 0:43:58is at the moment. There are clearly things everyone wants from this
0:43:58 > 0:44:03negotiation. But she will get the best deal she can. I understand
0:44:03 > 0:44:07people have their opinions on her leadership and what's going on, but
0:44:07 > 0:44:11this is a critical time for the nation. This is such an important
0:44:11 > 0:44:15moment to get this settlement right for the next ten, 20 years. And I
0:44:15 > 0:44:20don't want to see her bullied by factions of the party. There's
0:44:20 > 0:44:29actually a hell of a lot more people who didn't sign that letter as
0:44:29 > 0:44:32Parliament. I the concerns of those who did, but we should calm down a
0:44:32 > 0:44:34bit and get behind the Prime Minister, get this deal done. That
0:44:34 > 0:44:40is what people want, who voted for us.We have also seen a leaked
0:44:40 > 0:44:44government document which is rather ambiguous about the length of
0:44:44 > 0:44:48transition there would be when Brett Lee the European Union. Your voters
0:44:48 > 0:44:53in Plymouth voted to leave. Would they be happy with an open-ended
0:44:53 > 0:44:59transition?No, I don't think they would. We need a clearly defined
0:44:59 > 0:45:03time where people can see what the planners. Speaking to people in
0:45:03 > 0:45:06businesses, they want that vision and timeline. What is this
0:45:06 > 0:45:10transition going to look like and how long will it last for? What does
0:45:10 > 0:45:15the future like beyond that? That is what we need to focus on. I accept
0:45:15 > 0:45:17that they will be elements of negotiation in this and some might
0:45:17 > 0:45:25want to see it open-ended. I don't think that is at it. People voted to
0:45:25 > 0:45:28leave and we need to get on with it. It transition phase may be part of
0:45:28 > 0:45:33it but not an open-ended one. Outside of the 60 MPs who wrote the
0:45:33 > 0:45:37letter, what do backbenchers think? Another debate is of course the
0:45:37 > 0:45:42customs union. People say it is not possible to keep the border in
0:45:42 > 0:45:46Ireland open if you leave the customs union.I am not going to
0:45:46 > 0:45:50pretend I know the answer to what the problem is in Northern Ireland.
0:45:50 > 0:45:56There is clearly an issue to how we have frictionless trade with the
0:45:56 > 0:46:04European Union and when you leave the customs union. I want to see a
0:46:04 > 0:46:07gracious Brexit with give and take on a number of different sides. But
0:46:07 > 0:46:11ultimately, we get the best results for the people in this country who
0:46:11 > 0:46:18voted to leave the European Union. And yes, there clear issues around
0:46:18 > 0:46:21Northern Ireland and the customs union. The Department under David
0:46:21 > 0:46:24Davis and the Prime Minister are working as hard as they can to get
0:46:24 > 0:46:34through that now. The time to judge them, and I know that is -- that
0:46:34 > 0:46:39nothing patted the thick time to judge them is when this is done.You
0:46:39 > 0:46:44would agree it is time for the plan? I do agree. I think we need to see a
0:46:44 > 0:46:49bit more vision and a programme to like the way ahead so that
0:46:49 > 0:46:53businesses in places like Plymouth have an idea of what is going on. I
0:46:53 > 0:46:57was with the CBI today and yes, it is tough. People knew this would
0:46:57 > 0:47:00happen. I don't buy this argument that people did not know what they
0:47:00 > 0:47:03were voting for. They were stupid voting for Brexit. It was clearly
0:47:03 > 0:47:10laid out by the Remain campaign and David Cameron. People knew this
0:47:10 > 0:47:16would be difficult. But let's get on and work harder to get a plan so
0:47:16 > 0:47:19people can start making decisions posted 2019 when we actually leave.
0:47:19 > 0:47:25The future is bright but we need to light it up and show that vision to
0:47:25 > 0:47:28people in this country.
0:47:28 > 0:47:33This is Beyond 100 Days.
0:47:33 > 0:47:35Still to come - the River Nile in virtual reality.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38We take a different perspective on the project to build Africa's
0:47:38 > 0:47:45biggest hydroelectric dam.
0:47:45 > 0:47:50Two victims of the "black cab rapist" John Worboys have won
0:47:50 > 0:47:53a landmark legal case against the Metropolitan Police
0:47:53 > 0:47:58after officers failed to take action when they reported him.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01The Supreme Court ruling means police may now face legal action
0:48:01 > 0:48:03if they fail to properly investigate serious cases.
0:48:03 > 0:48:08Here's our Legal Correspondent, Clive Coleman.
0:48:08 > 0:48:15For years, John Worboys cruised the streets of London in his black
0:48:15 > 0:48:17cab looking for women to dupe, drug and sexually assault.
0:48:17 > 0:48:23This woman, known for legal reasons as DST, was attacked by Warboys
0:48:23 > 0:48:25in 2003 and was the first to report him to police.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27I put my trust in the police.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29I went to them, for them to sort this out.
0:48:29 > 0:48:32I knew who had attacked me.
0:48:32 > 0:48:38Didn't know his name but I knew who was responsible for this.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40They had all the information there, they should have caught him,
0:48:40 > 0:48:42they could have stopped him.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44Warboys was able to continue to attack women until he was finally
0:48:44 > 0:48:48brought to justice in 2009.
0:48:48 > 0:48:57DSD and another Warboys' victims brought a legal challenge claiming
0:48:57 > 0:49:01claiming the police failures breached their human
0:49:01 > 0:49:03and amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05The Metropolitan Police fought them to the Supreme Court.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07Today, the court ruled in the women's favour.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10We have held that failures in the investigation of crimes,
0:49:10 > 0:49:12provided they are sufficiently serious, will give rise to liability
0:49:12 > 0:49:18on the part of the police.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20And we have further found that there were such serious
0:49:20 > 0:49:22deficiencies in this case.
0:49:22 > 0:49:30Today's landmark ruling has huge implications for both
0:49:30 > 0:49:36of violent crime and the police who investigate it.
0:49:36 > 0:49:37If they seriously fail in an investigation,
0:49:37 > 0:49:40they can face human rights actions by the victim and have
0:49:40 > 0:49:41to pay out compensation.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43Today's judgment can't make up for the police errors
0:49:43 > 0:49:44in investigating John Worboys.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47But it will put real pressure on them to ensure such
0:49:47 > 0:49:53mistakes don't happen again.
0:49:55 > 0:50:00The project to build Africa's biggest hydroelectric dam
0:50:00 > 0:50:03on the River Nile is threatening to provoke a major conflict between
0:50:03 > 0:50:04some of the countries affected.
0:50:04 > 0:50:07The dam is being built by Ethiopia, and Sudan says it welcomes
0:50:07 > 0:50:10the prospect of cheaper power.
0:50:10 > 0:50:17But the Egyptians are deeply unhappy - fearing the flow
0:50:17 > 0:50:20through the Aswan Dam and on to Cairo will be weakened,
0:50:20 > 0:50:22in a country already facing serious water shortages.
0:50:22 > 0:50:23Our Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead has travelled
0:50:23 > 0:50:26to all three countries - and sent the first of his special
0:50:26 > 0:50:27reports from Ethiopia.
0:50:27 > 0:50:28Lake Tana.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30The source of the blue Nile.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33A sacred lake of mystery and legend way up in the Ethiopian highlands.
0:50:33 > 0:50:37But as this great river launches itself on a long journey to the sea,
0:50:37 > 0:50:39there are turbulent times ahead between the three countries
0:50:39 > 0:50:46that share its waters.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48It's all about this.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50The grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54Five years in and two thirds finished, this multibillion-dollar
0:50:54 > 0:50:56dam can already control the flow of the Nile and that's
0:50:56 > 0:50:58upsetting downstream Egypt.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00When it's finished, this will be the largest hydroelectric
0:51:01 > 0:51:06power station in Africa.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09And one of the biggest dams on the continent.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11It will not only power this country, but the surrounding
0:51:11 > 0:51:12countries as well.
0:51:12 > 0:51:14And Ethiopia didn't even ask the countries downstream before
0:51:14 > 0:51:15it started building.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17That is the scale of this country's ambition.
0:51:17 > 0:51:20This project is a project that is being built by Ethiopians.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22And that will benefit other African brothers, sisters,
0:51:22 > 0:51:29and other countries across the globe.
0:51:29 > 0:51:31The project manager insists that downstream
0:51:31 > 0:51:32countries should not worry.
0:51:32 > 0:51:34As it will not consume any water.
0:51:34 > 0:51:40The reservoir it creates will be bigger than Greater London.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43It will flood the river valley for 250 kilometres upstream.
0:51:43 > 0:51:47But if it is filled up too quickly, the flow of the Nile,
0:51:47 > 0:51:4985% of which comes from here, will be reduced.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53That is what Egypt is worried about.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55These pylons will soon take cheap power to Sudan
0:51:55 > 0:51:56which supports the dam.
0:51:56 > 0:51:58It will bring electricity to some of the 70 million
0:51:58 > 0:52:01Ethiopians without.
0:52:01 > 0:52:05And it will drive Ethiopia's industrial ambitions.
0:52:05 > 0:52:09Modernisation is already changing life in the capital Addis Ababa.
0:52:09 > 0:52:11Ethiopia wants to pull its people out of poverty, to create jobs
0:52:11 > 0:52:17and get over its historic image of drought and famine.
0:52:17 > 0:52:19To the government, economic growth is everything.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22More important than human rights or democracy.
0:52:22 > 0:52:27And the dam is a modern defining national project.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30It is one of the most important flagship projects for Ethiopia.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33So Egypt has nothing to worry about?
0:52:33 > 0:52:34There's nothing to worry about.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37It is not about control of the flow.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39It is really about providing opportunity for us
0:52:39 > 0:52:44to develop ourselves.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47The dam can already control the flow of the river.
0:52:47 > 0:52:50But its full impact downstream isn't yet known.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52It is a political row that is pulling in the
0:52:52 > 0:52:56neighbouring countries.
0:52:56 > 0:53:00And we can find out a bit more about some of the stunning pictures
0:53:00 > 0:53:04you saw in that report because Alastair Leithead is here.
0:53:04 > 0:53:13I spent all afternoon in a VR lab with this man today. He has done the
0:53:13 > 0:53:16most extraordinary thing in television. Go to the front page of
0:53:16 > 0:53:20the BBC website and get some of these goggles that we will show you.
0:53:20 > 0:53:25These are the cardboard goggles. He has done this extraordinary VR
0:53:25 > 0:53:28experience down the Nile so that you can actually look around and I'll
0:53:28 > 0:53:34like this and follow the story. Tell us about how you did it.It is a
0:53:34 > 0:53:39very different way of broadcasting. As a former foreign correspondent
0:53:39 > 0:53:42yourself, your job is to take people to places will stop explain things
0:53:42 > 0:53:47to them and get them to understand stuff. But when you can actually
0:53:47 > 0:53:55take them there and show it to them... This is cardboard, it is a
0:53:55 > 0:54:00cheap version, about eight or $9. You put your phone in the front, put
0:54:00 > 0:54:04some headphones on and you're in that virtual world.It is so
0:54:04 > 0:54:13immersive. This is the camera here. Your best friend.Margin.It films
0:54:13 > 0:54:20in 360. You want, the clouds, at your feet... It's the sound as well.
0:54:20 > 0:54:26If I look at you here, I get the sound in this year but overhear,
0:54:26 > 0:54:31different sense. Do that?That spatial audio. You can do that with
0:54:31 > 0:54:37good headphones. We get the sound and located in space and people can
0:54:37 > 0:54:44be drawn to look in the right place. As you say, you can look anywhere.
0:54:44 > 0:54:51You could see it with that interview with the Minister Elliott. You could
0:54:51 > 0:54:59see his desk, things like that. Having experience of being there as
0:54:59 > 0:55:04well as hearing the story.This is really cool and their loved one you
0:55:04 > 0:55:07did on the website. But they have to say, I am a little bit disappointed
0:55:07 > 0:55:11because I thought you would come into the studio with something super
0:55:11 > 0:55:14high-tech and supermodel and all you've got is a little cardboard
0:55:14 > 0:55:19box!That's the point. We need to try get people to use these things.
0:55:19 > 0:55:23It's hassle to get a bit of kit to put your phone in and watch this
0:55:23 > 0:55:28stuff. But it's worth it. What we're trying to do, doing this film, while
0:55:28 > 0:55:32we're on a journey on the River Nile anyway, is to get people to look at
0:55:32 > 0:55:39it and see it the way that we want to it. The best way to see it is
0:55:39 > 0:55:47going to bbc.com. We are after the Nile because that
0:55:47 > 0:55:56looked like too much fun. These foreign correspondents don't
0:55:56 > 0:55:59know they're born. I used to have to go to these places and film