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Russia blinks, just a little,
in Syria, allowing a brief daily | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
truce to get humanitarian aid
in East Ghouta. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
From tomorrow, for 5
hours, there will be | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
a humanitarian pause -
but today the bombing continued | 0:00:20 | 0:00:22 | |
and more civilians were killed. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:27 | |
The United Nations pressured
Moscow to allow some | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
relief after 500 people,
including children, were killed | 0:00:29 | 0:00:33 | |
in the area last week. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:34 | |
Brexit will mean Brexit -
says the government - | 0:00:34 | 0:00:36 | |
but the opposition is less resolute
- today the Labour party | 0:00:36 | 0:00:39 | |
in | 0:00:39 | 0:00:39 | |
laid out its vision
with closer ties to the EU. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:43 | |
Also on the programme. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:50 | |
From gun control reform to Brexit - | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
as politics becomes ever more
polarised on both sides | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
of the Atlantic we go looking
for the common ground. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:59 | |
Six months on from surviving
for the common ground. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:00 | |
Hurricane Harvey we meet the Houston
residents trying to rebuild | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
their homes and their lives. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:03 | |
Get in touch with us
using the hashtag | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
'Beyond-One-Hundred-Days'. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:11 | |
Hello and welcome -
I'm Katty Kay in Washington | 0:01:17 | 0:01:19 | |
and Christian Fraser is in London. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
For five short hours tomorrow,
the thousands of people trapped | 0:01:21 | 0:01:23 | |
in East Ghouta will be able
to leave their underground | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
shelters and seek relief. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:27 | |
Aid will go in, the wounded will get
treatment and people | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
will be allowed to leave. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:32 | |
The pause will continue daily. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
This small reprieve comes
because Russia has given | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
in to pressure from an international
community horrified by the images | 0:01:37 | 0:01:41 | |
of suffering we have seen
in the rebel held enclave. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
It's an important concession given
the ongoing bombardment | 0:01:44 | 0:01:47 | |
of the rebel-held enclave. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:47 | |
Reports suggest more than 500 people | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
were killed last week alone. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
For more on how things
are playing out on the ground, | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
we can speak to Linda Tom
from the UN's Office | 0:01:55 | 0:01:57 | |
for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs. | 0:01:57 | 0:01:59 | |
She joins us now from Damascus. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:07 | |
on. The reasonable conditions have
to be in place for aid workers to go | 0:02:07 | 0:02:12 | |
on, do you think five hours is a big
enough window? We welcome the UN | 0:02:12 | 0:02:20 | |
resolution for this sensation of
facilities which should last at | 0:02:20 | 0:02:23 | |
least 30 days. We are calling to see
that resolution implemented now. It | 0:02:23 | 0:02:31 | |
is critical we can reach people in
need and our UN and had -- | 0:02:31 | 0:02:38 | |
humanitarian partners can get to
people in need. We are ready to do | 0:02:38 | 0:02:42 | |
that now in order to help people.
You have the people who are ready to | 0:02:42 | 0:02:48 | |
go in and you have the need? That is
correct. We came here to Syria along | 0:02:48 | 0:02:56 | |
with our partners and we are working
together in order to respond to the | 0:02:56 | 0:03:04 | |
needs of people. But we need the
access. The supplies are ready. The | 0:03:04 | 0:03:10 | |
teams are ready on the ground. As
soon as conditions allow, we are | 0:03:10 | 0:03:18 | |
ready to provide aid. The last time
aid got him was two weeks ago and | 0:03:18 | 0:03:23 | |
the situation has deteriorated since
then. His five hours enough to give | 0:03:23 | 0:03:27 | |
people assistance? The needs in
Eastern Ghouta are enormous. There | 0:03:27 | 0:03:37 | |
are 400,000 people there. Some of
those areas have been besieged for | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
many years. That means that people
are not only deprived of humanity | 0:03:41 | 0:03:47 | |
mean access but they cannot go in
and out. It means that is a lack of | 0:03:47 | 0:03:55 | |
food, nutrition supplies, lack of
medicine. And the hospitals are | 0:03:55 | 0:04:01 | |
working on a shoestring. Some of
their equipment is no longer | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
functioning because of the lack of
electricity or damaged by the | 0:04:05 | 0:04:09 | |
fighting. Do you trust the Syrian
government to stick by this brief | 0:04:09 | 0:04:14 | |
humanitarian window everyday? Of
course we are hopeful. The UN team | 0:04:14 | 0:04:22 | |
is here and our partners are here.
We hope to deliver humanitarian | 0:04:22 | 0:04:28 | |
assistance. In the last 48 hours, we
have received reports of military | 0:04:28 | 0:04:36 | |
operations, resulting in the death
of at least 30 people which includes | 0:04:36 | 0:04:40 | |
women and children. In the meantime,
attacks on Damascus from Eastern | 0:04:40 | 0:04:45 | |
Ghouta have also continued. You said
you welcome the security council | 0:04:45 | 0:04:52 | |
decision, can I put you what the
chairman of the medical cheer of | 0:04:52 | 0:05:01 | |
relief said, I am embarrassed for
the UN Security | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
how do you react to that? We would
have to say this situation is | 0:05:18 | 0:05:24 | |
horrendous. Hospitals in Eastern
Ghouta were impacted with the | 0:05:24 | 0:05:30 | |
shelling. The hospitals have had to
go out of service. We have not had | 0:05:30 | 0:05:37 | |
access and the February 14. Even
then we were only able to bring in a | 0:05:37 | 0:05:43 | |
small amount of aid, not enough for
what was needed. Prior to that it | 0:05:43 | 0:05:48 | |
was over 70 days since we had been
able to reach Eastern Ghouta. Thank | 0:05:48 | 0:05:53 | |
you very much for joining us from
Damascus. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:57 | |
Joining me now is our North America | 0:05:57 | 0:05:58 | |
correspondent, Nick Bryant. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:03 | |
You were at the United Nations last
week when they were debating this | 0:06:03 | 0:06:08 | |
resolution. This is a Russian
dictator to humanitarian resolution | 0:06:08 | 0:06:12 | |
were looking at? Yes, this is not
Russia adhering to the ceasefire | 0:06:12 | 0:06:19 | |
solution. The Russian Ambassador
raised his hand in support of it on | 0:06:19 | 0:06:24 | |
Saturday but this is a Russian
initiative. The humanitarian | 0:06:24 | 0:06:30 | |
resolution was a call for a 30 days
of cessation of hostilities. The | 0:06:30 | 0:06:35 | |
Russians are calling for a five
hours on Tuesday. So a convoy | 0:06:35 | 0:06:41 | |
contriving get some medical
evacuation in place. This is not | 0:06:41 | 0:06:45 | |
abiding by the resolution but this
is the Russians showing they are in | 0:06:45 | 0:06:53 | |
charge. They are the most
significant presence on the ground | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
and we will decide what happens, not
the UN. We live in a Darwinian | 0:06:55 | 0:07:02 | |
universe. If our body continues to
be dysfunctional, eventually | 0:07:02 | 0:07:08 | |
governments are going to look at the
Security Council and see it is not | 0:07:08 | 0:07:14 | |
effective? The French ambassador
said that very starkly last week | 0:07:14 | 0:07:18 | |
ahead of the vote. He said this is a
moment of truth for the Security | 0:07:18 | 0:07:23 | |
Council to show it has credibility.
He even said if it failed to act, it | 0:07:23 | 0:07:29 | |
could sound the death knell of the
United Nations itself. You have | 0:07:29 | 0:07:34 | |
people like Linda Thom who are on
the ground, UN professional staff | 0:07:34 | 0:07:38 | |
who are ready to go, just waiting
for the green light from the UN | 0:07:38 | 0:07:44 | |
Security Council and that has been
blocked repeatedly on Syria by | 0:07:44 | 0:07:48 | |
Russia. Now the green light but
Russia still says they cannot take | 0:07:48 | 0:07:53 | |
action because we do not think the
conditions are right for a | 0:07:53 | 0:07:56 | |
ceasefire. We will decide if it
happens or not. It does make the UN | 0:07:56 | 0:08:02 | |
but irrelevant but you feel sorry
for UN professional staffers who are | 0:08:02 | 0:08:06 | |
ready to go in there and deliver aid
but are being hamstrung by their | 0:08:06 | 0:08:12 | |
Security Council and mainly by
Russia. Thank you very much. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:22 | |
That is no guarantee that outside of
the five hours that the attacks will | 0:08:22 | 0:08:28 | |
not carry on. Five hours does not
give anyone a lot of time. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:36 | |
There are no tariffs on goods
or services that move | 0:08:36 | 0:08:39 | |
between the United Kingdom
and the EU. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
The Customs Union that binds
all EU member states, | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
ensures frictionless trade
across internal borders - | 0:08:43 | 0:08:44 | |
and it also sets a common tarrif
on imports that come into Europe | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
from non EU members. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:49 | |
The quid pro quo is that Brussels
negotiates the external trade deals | 0:08:49 | 0:08:51 | |
on behalf of its 28 members. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:53 | |
Post Brexit, that may change,
the British Prime Minister | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
says the UK will be leaving
the customs union and taking back | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
control of its own trade deals. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
Today the opposition Labour party
attempted to set a clear dividing | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
line between their position -
and the one Theresa May will seek | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
to establish on Friday. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
Mr Corbyn's been speaking to our UK
Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:15 | |
All of the noises from
the European Union on this have been | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
that if we want to have a customs
arrangement with them, | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
they set the rules. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:24 | |
There would be 27 countries
against us, we wouldn't have a say. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:27 | |
They have interests in this country,
we have interests in Europe. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:31 | |
There is an interest all around
in not sending this country off | 0:09:31 | 0:09:34 | |
into a sort of Donald Trump style
of Transatlantic Trade | 0:09:34 | 0:09:39 | |
and Investment Partnership
economy dominated by tax | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
cuts and deregulation. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
We're not going to do that. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:49 | |
Chris Morris from the BBC's
Reality Check is with us. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:55 | |
A lot of concern in Britain at the
moment because we do not know what | 0:09:55 | 0:10:00 | |
the government plan is. How did it
relate to business and the customs | 0:10:00 | 0:10:06 | |
union? Yes, it is a big issue for
many companies based in the UK | 0:10:06 | 0:10:10 | |
because they have become used to
having, as you described, this | 0:10:10 | 0:10:15 | |
tariff free access for the whole of
the European market. When she bought | 0:10:15 | 0:10:21 | |
goods, you can move them across
borders without any other payment of | 0:10:21 | 0:10:25 | |
tariffs. A lot of companies rely on
that with what they called | 0:10:25 | 0:10:31 | |
just-in-time manufacturing. I have
been looking in particular at the | 0:10:31 | 0:10:33 | |
car industry. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:36 | |
This is the BMW factory in Oxford
mentioned by Mr Corbyn where they | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
make the Mini. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:40 | |
Its components cross EU
borders multiple times. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:42 | |
A crankshaft cast in
France crosses to a | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
plant in Warwickshire
to be finished. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:47 | |
And then goes back to Austria to be
built into an engine | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
which then comes back to Oxford
to be put in a completed car. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:53 | |
Half the cars built
in Oxford are then | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
exported back to the EU
and it is all tariff free. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
The government argues the problem
with a customs union is you cannot | 0:10:58 | 0:11:00 | |
negotiate during trade
deals around the world. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:06 | |
A key part of taking back control. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:07 | |
It is true you are constrained,
you cannot alter tariffs on goods. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:10 | |
You can still do goods and services. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:17 | |
And on harmonising
regulations with other | 0:11:17 | 0:11:18 | |
countries. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:19 | |
Labour says it still wants to be
involved alongside the | 0:11:19 | 0:11:22 | |
EU, negotiating any trade deal
in the national interest. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
Is it trying to have
its cake and eat it? | 0:11:25 | 0:11:28 | |
Business leaders are
still looking for more | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
clarity. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:32 | |
Being in the customs union
is a hassle-free solution. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:37 | |
There are different
types of customs union. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:42 | |
What we heard Jeremy Corbyn saying,
is not all of the details, we need | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
to get more before business know. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:52 | |
Every time I think I understand
Brexit something happens and I | 0:11:52 | 0:11:56 | |
confused again. Just to clarify for
me, what is the difference between | 0:11:56 | 0:12:04 | |
Labour's position that the
government? The government is | 0:12:04 | 0:12:09 | |
talking about a customs arrangement
which does not mean much, he can be | 0:12:09 | 0:12:14 | |
anything. A customs union is a
technical term in the world of trade | 0:12:14 | 0:12:18 | |
talks. What the Labour party is
saying is that we will stay in a | 0:12:18 | 0:12:25 | |
customs union, otherwise businesses
will suffer. The government says you | 0:12:25 | 0:12:29 | |
then cannot do deals around the
world. That is not quite true | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
because you can do some trade deals.
What you cannot do is deal in goods | 0:12:33 | 0:12:39 | |
because you cannot change that
tariff rate which is set by being in | 0:12:39 | 0:12:43 | |
the customs union. You can still do
deals and services and with third | 0:12:43 | 0:12:49 | |
countries which harmonise
regulations so there are some things | 0:12:49 | 0:12:51 | |
you can do but it makes it more
difficult. Thank you very much | 0:12:51 | 0:12:56 | |
indeed. That is probably a majority
in parliament in favour of a customs | 0:12:56 | 0:13:08 | |
union but for the government to be
beaten on it and move towards | 0:13:08 | 0:13:14 | |
Labour's position that would have to
be enough Tory rebels to move | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
towards Jeremy Corbyn's position
which he set out today. The simple | 0:13:17 | 0:13:23 | |
arithmetic is that unless the DUP,
if they move or if enough Tory | 0:13:23 | 0:13:31 | |
rebels move then that could happen
but it is very unlikely. It is | 0:13:31 | 0:13:36 | |
likely when it comes to vote that
the government will set up as a | 0:13:36 | 0:13:44 | |
confidence motion and will -- and
the rebels will have cold feet. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:50 | |
Thank you very much for that
explanation. I think we have done it | 0:13:50 | 0:13:53 | |
for today until the next one. | 0:13:53 | 0:14:02 | |
President Trump today met Governors | 0:14:03 | 0:14:04 | |
at the White House to talk
about the Florida school shooting. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:06 | |
Over the weekend several
US companies reduced | 0:14:06 | 0:14:08 | |
their ties to the NRA -
America's powerful gun lobby group. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:11 | |
In the long televised
meeting Mr Trump once again | 0:14:11 | 0:14:13 | |
criticised law enforcement officers
for the way they handled | 0:14:13 | 0:14:16 | |
the shooting - and suggested
he would have been braver | 0:14:16 | 0:14:17 | |
than the armed guard who failed
to confront the killer. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:25 | |
I got to watch some deputy sheriffs
performing this weekend. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:27 | |
They were not exactly
medal of honour winners. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:29 | |
The way they performed
was frankly disgusting. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:33 | |
I really believe you don't know
until you are tested. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:35 | |
But I really believe
I would run in there, | 0:14:35 | 0:14:37 | |
even if I didn't have
a weapon and I think | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
most of the people in
this | 0:14:40 | 0:14:41 | |
room would have done that too. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:46 | |
The gun debate has been
ferocious this past week - | 0:14:46 | 0:14:49 | |
with one side attacking the other
ever since the Parkland shooting. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:51 | |
It has revealed the extent of tribal
loyalty in the country | 0:14:51 | 0:14:54 | |
on this divisive issue. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:55 | |
President Trump today
stressed mental health | 0:14:55 | 0:14:56 | |
concerns over gun control. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:57 | |
The two issues have almost become
shorthand for which side | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
you are on in the US -
and compromise seems | 0:15:00 | 0:15:02 | |
further away than ever. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:03 | |
According to a new book
it is just one area of growing | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
separation in the US. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:07 | |
The author, Amy Chua, joins us now. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:12 | |
Thank you for coming in. Is
gun-control symbolic of what you | 0:15:12 | 0:15:22 | |
call political tribalism gone right
in the US? It is a perfect example. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:27 | |
Human beings are all tribal but the
problem is that tribalism has taken | 0:15:27 | 0:15:34 | |
over the American political system.
When you are tribal, you see | 0:15:34 | 0:15:40 | |
everything through the lens of your
tribe and facts don't matter. Logic | 0:15:40 | 0:15:46 | |
does not matter. You take the
position of whatever your tribe says | 0:15:46 | 0:15:50 | |
and this prevents us from having
important discussions and | 0:15:50 | 0:15:53 | |
gun-control is this. People in the
country divided into two camps, | 0:15:53 | 0:16:02 | |
hurling horrible freezes at each
other. Literally, in this political | 0:16:02 | 0:16:09 | |
tribalism, the other side is
immoral, the enemy. A motive | 0:16:09 | 0:16:14 | |
language. You want children to die.
It is not just gun-control but every | 0:16:14 | 0:16:23 | |
issue in the United States,
immigration, climate change. Has the | 0:16:23 | 0:16:27 | |
internet exacerbated this?
Definitely, internet, social media. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:38 | |
There are studies I described that
people actually get physical | 0:16:38 | 0:16:43 | |
pleasure from seeing the other side
suffer. This is terrible. It takes | 0:16:43 | 0:16:50 | |
effort to get a lot of clicks, if
you start annoying the other people | 0:16:50 | 0:17:00 | |
and scapegoating the other side.
Even in countries like Iraq, it is | 0:17:00 | 0:17:07 | |
the same dynamic, you can whip up a
lot of sentiment by tapping into | 0:17:07 | 0:17:12 | |
these primal instincts. In colonial
times, Britain used this idea to its | 0:17:12 | 0:17:20 | |
advantage. It used to pick out the
smaller tribes in particular | 0:17:20 | 0:17:25 | |
countries and put them in power and
of course they stayed loyal because | 0:17:25 | 0:17:29 | |
they were fearful of the bigger
tribes. How does that relate to | 0:17:29 | 0:17:34 | |
foreign policy today? Does the
United States understand the tribal | 0:17:34 | 0:17:40 | |
conflict -- condition of every
country on the planet? Absolutely. I | 0:17:40 | 0:17:47 | |
specifically compare the United
States to Britain, Great Britain was | 0:17:47 | 0:17:51 | |
a master of divide and rule. They
know about the different tribes and | 0:17:51 | 0:17:58 | |
religions for us strategic ends. The
US, because of our unusual history | 0:17:58 | 0:18:04 | |
of successful assimilation has been
the opposite. We tend to be blind to | 0:18:04 | 0:18:08 | |
the group identities that matter
most to people on the ground. You | 0:18:08 | 0:18:15 | |
have Germans, Hungarians, Japanese,
they all become Americans in one | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
generation. We think that democracy
is the panacea. We think if we bring | 0:18:18 | 0:18:26 | |
elections, that will smooth out
problems but in fact, democracy has | 0:18:26 | 0:18:35 | |
exacerbated the conflict over and
over. If you look at women, white | 0:18:35 | 0:18:41 | |
woman in America, the majority of
them voted for Donald Trump ahead of | 0:18:41 | 0:18:47 | |
Hillary Clinton and yet there are
plenty of white women across America | 0:18:47 | 0:18:51 | |
who hate Donald Trump. I think there
are sound bites out there which are | 0:18:51 | 0:18:59 | |
confusing what is happening in
America. While of course that is a | 0:18:59 | 0:19:05 | |
lot of coding, Trump is coming back
and saying let us go back to the | 0:19:05 | 0:19:11 | |
America we used to know. But there
is another piece of those which is | 0:19:11 | 0:19:20 | |
white on white resentment. It is
mostly educational difference which | 0:19:20 | 0:19:25 | |
has split the white majority in
America. The rhetoric and resentment | 0:19:25 | 0:19:31 | |
between the coastal elite, whites in
the cosmopolitan cities, well | 0:19:31 | 0:19:39 | |
educated and whites in the
heartland, men and women, you will | 0:19:39 | 0:19:44 | |
see it is like two Americas. So
fascinating. We could talk about | 0:19:44 | 0:19:50 | |
this for a long time but we have to
leave it there. Come back and join | 0:19:50 | 0:19:55 | |
us again. Thank you so much for
having me. | 0:19:55 | 0:20:02 | |
Six months ago we
watched as a massive | 0:20:02 | 0:20:04 | |
storm hit Houston, Texas. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:05 | |
It took a couple of days
for the full scale of | 0:20:05 | 0:20:07 | |
the devastation to emerge. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:08 | |
Hurricane Harvey killed 68 people. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:10 | |
40,000 more had to
flee from their homes | 0:20:10 | 0:20:12 | |
as the water poured in. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:13 | |
The devastating floods
sparked questions | 0:20:13 | 0:20:14 | |
about the city's preparedness -
it is not, after all, | 0:20:14 | 0:20:16 | |
the first time Houston,
which sits on the Gulf of Mexico, | 0:20:16 | 0:20:19 | |
has suffered a disaster like this. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:20 | |
Laura Trevelyan reported the story
for us in August and has | 0:20:20 | 0:20:23 | |
returned for this report. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
Houston underwater. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
This was the catastrophic flooding
caused by Hurricane Harvey. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
As record rainfall saturated
the city, deluging neighbourhoods | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
and turning lives upside down. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:36 | |
You know you're home? | 0:20:36 | 0:20:37 | |
Yeah, we're home, baby. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:39 | |
It's an emotional moment for Gloria,
clutching Snoopy as she shows us | 0:20:39 | 0:20:42 | |
where she was rescued
from while the floodwaters rose. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:48 | |
It was devastating. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:50 | |
I just couldn't believe it. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
I am still looking at it
and it's still hard. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:57 | |
Gloria's home of nearly 20 years
was uninhabitable and she did not | 0:20:57 | 0:21:03 | |
have flood insurance,
like thousands of others in Houston. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
Now Gloria is living
in a hotel paid for by | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
the Federal Emergency Management
Agency. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:09 | |
But she does not feel safe. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:13 | |
The other night I have to barricade
myself in here every night | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
because that is so much
going on out there. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:18 | |
Prostitution every night. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:19 | |
Guys are driving by one night,
they shot about eight times | 0:21:19 | 0:21:24 | |
towards this hotel and I had to get
on the floor. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:29 | |
Volunteers from a Houston charity
are helping rebuild Gloria's home. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:32 | |
Hopefully she can return in March. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:38 | |
Federal officials are trying to help
the 4500 Houston families | 0:21:38 | 0:21:40 | |
like Gloria's's get back home. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:45 | |
People do expect someone to fix it. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
Fema's role is not that,
we want to help everybody, | 0:21:48 | 0:21:50 | |
every way we can as quickly
as we can. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:55 | |
But in doing that we also have to be
mindful of the taxpayer dollars | 0:21:55 | 0:21:58 | |
that we are spending. | 0:21:58 | 0:21:59 | |
Here is how this well-to-do suburb
west of Houston looked | 0:21:59 | 0:22:02 | |
when I was here in August. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:04 | |
The neighbourhood was deliberately
submerged as officials let water out | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
of the nearby reservoir
to stop it overflowing. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
Dan and Virginia Reid did not have
flood insurance and they are | 0:22:10 | 0:22:13 | |
still trying to rebuild. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:15 | |
Six months on, we are
still not home yet. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:20 | |
We vacillate between wondering do
we want to be in this house or do | 0:22:20 | 0:22:24 | |
we just want to start
over somewhere else? | 0:22:24 | 0:22:28 | |
As Houston recovers from the impact
of Harvey, the next hurricane season | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
is only four months away. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:36 | |
This is a sprawling coastal city
with bayous like this | 0:22:36 | 0:22:39 | |
which are vulnerable to flooding. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:40 | |
So is anything being done to defend
Houston against future hurricanes? | 0:22:40 | 0:22:45 | |
It's important for the city
to take steps to mitigate | 0:22:45 | 0:22:48 | |
the risk of flooding,
which means if they are living close | 0:22:48 | 0:22:51 | |
to a bayou, the bayou
needs to be expanded. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:55 | |
Or there needs to be more detention
basins put in place. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:59 | |
Hurricane Harvey destroyed
homes and lives. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:02 | |
Though Houston is rebounding,
the road to recovery is a long one. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:12 | |
Of course there are questions about
whether or not enough is being done | 0:23:16 | 0:23:20 | |
in Huston but when you compare what
is happening in Puerto Rico where | 0:23:20 | 0:23:25 | |
they still do not have electricity
and access to basic services, the | 0:23:25 | 0:23:30 | |
devastation was far worse. There are
a lot of people there are saying | 0:23:30 | 0:23:34 | |
what about us? We have been
forgotten because we are less | 0:23:34 | 0:23:43 | |
politically important to the White
House. You can actually juxtapose | 0:23:43 | 0:23:45 | |
these, Florida, Huston, Puerto Rico.
Who got the most help? Yes. Shall we | 0:23:45 | 0:23:51 | |
move on. Let us talk about the most
important issue of the day. | 0:23:51 | 0:24:01 | |
Now it's only 4 weeks
to go until Easter. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:03 | |
There's a warning today | 0:24:03 | 0:24:04 | |
that the traditional Hot Cross Bun
may be in short supply - | 0:24:04 | 0:24:07 | |
or at the very least not
contain as many raisin | 0:24:07 | 0:24:09 | |
and sultanas this year. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:10 | |
It's all down to world shortages. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:12 | |
The wholesale price | 0:24:12 | 0:24:13 | |
of dried fruit has been pushed up
this year by the wildfires | 0:24:13 | 0:24:16 | |
we reported on in California
in October and November. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:19 | |
Which means we are more
reliant here in the UK | 0:24:19 | 0:24:22 | |
on the sultanas from Turkey. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:24 | |
And when there is a shortage
of supply of course, prices go up. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:27 | |
40 per cent since September. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:37 | |
In the unintended consequences of
globalisation, when we reported on | 0:24:38 | 0:24:46 | |
those fires, we never projected
forward and thought this would have | 0:24:46 | 0:24:50 | |
an impact on hot cross buns. Yes,
these are supposed to be eaten on | 0:24:50 | 0:24:59 | |
Good Friday. For those who do not
know, it is a spicy barn and they | 0:24:59 | 0:25:04 | |
are traditionally eaten on Good
Friday. In our household, the air in | 0:25:04 | 0:25:09 | |
the bread then all the time. The
stock food for our children. They | 0:25:09 | 0:25:17 | |
were invented in the 14th century by
a monk, how did that monk get his | 0:25:17 | 0:25:26 | |
reasons? Not from California ISM. I
think I might have a ransom. Do you | 0:25:26 | 0:25:36 | |
know the difference between reasons,
sultanas and currents? You are such | 0:25:36 | 0:25:42 | |
an know it all. Sultanas are dried
white grapes. Reasons are dried | 0:25:42 | 0:25:52 | |
black rapes. I would presume the
monks grew their own grapes. | 0:25:52 | 0:25:59 | |
This is Beyond 100
Days from the BBC. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:01 | |
Coming up for viewers
on the BBC News Channel | 0:26:01 | 0:26:03 | |
and BBC World News -
when you're the president's senior | 0:26:03 | 0:26:05 | |
advisor and daughter,
where do you draw the line | 0:26:05 | 0:26:07 | |
between family and business? | 0:26:07 | 0:26:14 | |
Very cold weather and it has been
well talked about, now it | 0:26:14 | 0:26:19 | |
Very cold weather and it has been
well talked about, now it is here. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
Already some of us have had snow
showers or snow flurries. Bitterly | 0:26:21 | 0:26:26 | |
cold day from Siberia running across
much of Europe and the UK. This | 0:26:26 | 0:26:33 | |
pressure from the south will come
into the cold air and make it more | 0:26:33 | 0:26:37 | |
widespread. The first part of the
night, snow showers to the east. Two | 0:26:37 | 0:26:46 | |
things to notice, this line inside
East Anglia and this area is now | 0:26:46 | 0:26:50 | |
running north-east up to Yorkshire
and into the Midlands and into at | 0:26:50 | 0:26:56 | |
least in Scotland as well. These
areas most likely to see disruptive | 0:26:56 | 0:27:01 | |
snow going into the morning. The Met
Office Hazzard amber warning in | 0:27:01 | 0:27:07 | |
Forss versus looks, and the London
area. Another amber warning for | 0:27:07 | 0:27:13 | |
parts of Yorkshire, north-east
England's, perhaps ten centimetres | 0:27:13 | 0:27:20 | |
of snow, wet snow as well so
accumulating rather than blowing | 0:27:20 | 0:27:24 | |
around like powdery snow. Disruption
as possible in some spots. Some snow | 0:27:24 | 0:27:29 | |
in parts of Wales. Further snow
showers on Tuesday. Some sunny | 0:27:29 | 0:27:35 | |
spells around, some in the West. The
showers will stay dry. It will feel | 0:27:35 | 0:27:41 | |
colder than the temperatures
suggest. Ahead to Wednesday, this | 0:27:41 | 0:27:45 | |
area of concern is moving north.
Into eastern England and Northern | 0:27:45 | 0:27:58 | |
Shortland, # northern Scotland. You
can see the showers moving in as we | 0:27:58 | 0:28:02 | |
go through Wednesday. Some spread
all the way from east to west across | 0:28:02 | 0:28:07 | |
the UK, reaching parts of Northern
Ireland. Feeling cold and in these | 0:28:07 | 0:28:12 | |
temperatures suggest when you factor
in the winter. It feels well below | 0:28:12 | 0:28:16 | |
freezing and the wind gets even
stronger. This area of low pressure | 0:28:16 | 0:28:21 | |
is coming into the cold air from the
size. There is a risk of heavy | 0:28:21 | 0:28:28 | |
disruptive snow spreading north,
making blizzards as well. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:38 | |
This is Beyond 100 Days,
with me Katty Kay in Washington - | 0:30:10 | 0:30:12 | |
Christian Fraser's in London. | 0:30:12 | 0:30:13 | |
Our top stories. | 0:30:13 | 0:30:15 | |
Vladimir Putin, a key ally
of the Syrian regime orders a daily | 0:30:15 | 0:30:19 | |
humanitarian pause in the fighting
to allow civilians to leave. | 0:30:19 | 0:30:24 | |
Nigeria deploys extra troops
and planes to search for 110 | 0:30:24 | 0:30:27 | |
schoolgirls believed to have been
abducted by Boko Haram last week. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:34 | |
Coming up in the next half hour. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:36 | |
The UK's Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn
sets out key details | 0:30:36 | 0:30:38 | |
of his party's Brexit policy -
he wants the UK to negotiate | 0:30:38 | 0:30:41 | |
a new customs union with the EU. | 0:30:41 | 0:30:43 | |
Braving the beast from the East -
Europe shivers as the Siberian blast | 0:30:43 | 0:30:46 | |
hits - how long will it last? | 0:30:46 | 0:30:54 | |
Let us know your thoughts by using
the hashtag Beyond 100 Days. | 0:30:54 | 0:31:04 | |
The Nigerian airforce is scouring
the north East of the country | 0:31:04 | 0:31:07 | |
looking for 110 girls
who were kidnapped from | 0:31:07 | 0:31:10 | |
a school last Monday. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:13 | |
Four years after Boko Haram took
more than 270 girls in Chibok - | 0:31:13 | 0:31:16 | |
this latest kidnapping got very
little global attention. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:19 | |
And yet the same Islamist militant
group is thought to be responsible. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:23 | |
So let's remind you
what Boko Haram is. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:25 | |
It's been around since 2002. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:28 | |
They follow a strict
interpretation of the Koran, | 0:31:28 | 0:31:30 | |
opposing Western style education. | 0:31:30 | 0:31:33 | |
The military operations began
in 2009, and they've been focused | 0:31:33 | 0:31:36 | |
on the north-eastern part
of the country. | 0:31:36 | 0:31:38 | |
The US has listed it
as a terrorist organisation. | 0:31:38 | 0:31:47 | |
Of the 276 schoolgirls the group
took from Chibok in 2014, | 0:31:47 | 0:31:49 | |
100 of them are still missing. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:51 | |
That same year, copying the tactics
of the Islamic State, | 0:31:51 | 0:31:54 | |
they set up their own caliphate
in areas under Boko Haram's control. | 0:31:54 | 0:31:57 | |
A regional coalition -
made up of troops from Nigeria, | 0:31:57 | 0:32:00 | |
Cameroon, Chad and Niger -
has recaptured most | 0:32:00 | 0:32:01 | |
of the besieged region. | 0:32:02 | 0:32:06 | |
But Boko Haram militants
continue to operate | 0:32:06 | 0:32:08 | |
and with some effectiveness
in the country's north. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:15 | |
Let's get the thoughts
of Linda Thomas-Greenfield, | 0:32:15 | 0:32:17 | |
who was assistant secretary of state
for African affairs. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:19 | |
She joins me in the studio. | 0:32:19 | 0:32:24 | |
Why did he get so much attention on
the previous group of girls that | 0:32:24 | 0:32:29 | |
disappeared and this story has
almost passed us by? It is a | 0:32:29 | 0:32:35 | |
difficult question. This kind of
terrorism in Africa does not get the | 0:32:35 | 0:32:38 | |
same attention that terrorism gets
elsewhere. Chibok was shocking. I | 0:32:38 | 0:32:51 | |
was under the impression that the
Nigerian Government had been | 0:32:51 | 0:32:56 | |
effective against Boko Haram. What
does it say about the organisation | 0:32:56 | 0:32:59 | |
that it can still do this? The
organisation has made every attempt | 0:32:59 | 0:33:04 | |
to let the world know that they are
still out there and they are still | 0:33:04 | 0:33:09 | |
having an impact in Nigeria. It is
important that the Nigerian | 0:33:09 | 0:33:13 | |
Government continues its efforts to
go after Boko Haram and stop the | 0:33:13 | 0:33:17 | |
carnage they are causing in northern
Nigeria. | 0:33:17 | 0:33:22 | |
When you talk about the group IDC
does not have the same focus as | 0:33:22 | 0:33:26 | |
Islamic State. In 2015 it was cited
as the most deadly organisation in | 0:33:26 | 0:33:33 | |
the world, why has the United States
not got to grips with this group? It | 0:33:33 | 0:33:37 | |
is not the United States. You cannot
blame the US for this terrorist | 0:33:37 | 0:33:44 | |
activity. There are a lot of
terrorist organisations that are | 0:33:44 | 0:33:48 | |
demanding attention and the world is
focused on Syria, and is not focus | 0:33:48 | 0:33:53 | |
on Africa. The Nigerian Government
and the press in particular needs to | 0:33:53 | 0:33:57 | |
make sure that you get the news out
that this is still happening in | 0:33:57 | 0:34:04 | |
Africa and it is having a major
impact. I know that it was a focus | 0:34:04 | 0:34:11 | |
after 2014, and it has affected a
huge area of Western Africa. This is | 0:34:11 | 0:34:19 | |
a very big group across an awful lot
of countries. Can you hear me? No, I | 0:34:19 | 0:34:29 | |
lost you. We have had a
communications failure. One of the | 0:34:29 | 0:34:37 | |
critical issues in Africa is trying
to get more girls into education, as | 0:34:37 | 0:34:42 | |
there a knock-on impact in families
been reluctance to send their | 0:34:42 | 0:34:46 | |
children to school? That is my
biggest worry, in an area where | 0:34:46 | 0:34:50 | |
girls education is not given the
attention it should get and girls | 0:34:50 | 0:34:54 | |
are not being sent to school, and
girls are now being sent to school, | 0:34:54 | 0:34:58 | |
to have them televised sends a very
negative message. My biggest concern | 0:34:58 | 0:35:03 | |
is that parents will start having
second thoughts about sending their | 0:35:03 | 0:35:07 | |
girls to school. We have to work
with the Nigerians to address this | 0:35:07 | 0:35:12 | |
issue because the education of girls
is extremely important. | 0:35:12 | 0:35:20 | |
We were getting mixed messages from
the Nigerian Government. This is | 0:35:20 | 0:35:25 | |
behind some of the fact that the
story has not been reported earlier. | 0:35:25 | 0:35:31 | |
Look at the global attention on
Chibok, and some of those girls were | 0:35:31 | 0:35:35 | |
recovered.
The president put out each week the | 0:35:35 | 0:35:43 | |
other day saying it was a national
disaster, perhaps that explains why | 0:35:43 | 0:35:48 | |
they are doubling their efforts at
the moment. | 0:35:48 | 0:35:53 | |
The British Government is seeking
to reassure the devolved governments | 0:35:53 | 0:35:59 | |
that taking backing control of power
from Brussels does not | 0:35:59 | 0:36:01 | |
amount to a Westminster power grab. | 0:36:01 | 0:36:03 | |
David Liddington who is
Theresa May's number two, says | 0:36:03 | 0:36:05 | |
the nations of the United Kingdom
need to work as one | 0:36:05 | 0:36:07 | |
to secure the best possible
trade deals post Brexit. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:09 | |
The Cabinet Office Minister has
promised to strengthen | 0:36:09 | 0:36:11 | |
and enhance powers for Wales,
Scotland and Northern Ireland. | 0:36:11 | 0:36:15 | |
The vast majority of powers
returning from Brussels he says | 0:36:15 | 0:36:19 | |
will be returned to the devolved
nations and he explained why | 0:36:19 | 0:36:22 | |
he believed that would work well
for the whole of the UK. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:30 | |
Our new proposal reflects the
seriousness of our desire to strike | 0:36:30 | 0:36:34 | |
agreements with devolved
governments, our seriousness about | 0:36:34 | 0:36:37 | |
delivering more powers to Scotland,
Wales, Northern Ireland, while at | 0:36:37 | 0:36:42 | |
the same time making sure there are
no new barriers for people across | 0:36:42 | 0:36:46 | |
the nations of the United Kingdom so
families can continue to buy and | 0:36:46 | 0:36:50 | |
sell freely, businesses will not
face extra bureaucracy and higher | 0:36:50 | 0:36:56 | |
costs, so people face minimal
disruption and maximum certainty | 0:36:56 | 0:36:59 | |
that things can carry on as normal. | 0:36:59 | 0:37:01 | |
Stephen Gethins is the SNP's
spokesperson on matters | 0:37:01 | 0:37:03 | |
to do with the Europe. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:04 | |
We caught up with him
a short time ago. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:08 | |
I asked him if they believe when and
if the UK gets freedom to negotiate | 0:37:08 | 0:37:13 | |
trade deals Westminster will act in
the interests of the entire UK. On | 0:37:13 | 0:37:18 | |
the point of the Prime Minister
talking about leaving the customs | 0:37:18 | 0:37:21 | |
union and single market we know from
the Government's order analysis that | 0:37:21 | 0:37:24 | |
that would be devastating for jobs
and the economy in each and every | 0:37:24 | 0:37:30 | |
part of the UK. Although it would
not be good for our partners | 0:37:30 | 0:37:32 | |
elsewhere in Europe and further
afield that would be even worse for | 0:37:32 | 0:37:37 | |
businesses and the economy in the
United Kingdom, including Scotland. | 0:37:37 | 0:37:40 | |
What we think is that those areas
that are devolved to the Scottish | 0:37:40 | 0:37:46 | |
Parliament should remain the
responsibility of the devolved | 0:37:46 | 0:37:50 | |
administrationss and that is
something that was promised to us by | 0:37:50 | 0:37:54 | |
the UK Government during the EU
referendum. What David Luddington | 0:37:54 | 0:37:58 | |
has said today is that to protect
the UK internal market and to meet | 0:37:58 | 0:38:04 | |
international obligations there
should be one set of common rules | 0:38:04 | 0:38:07 | |
that would apply to these trade
deals and he is saying that if you | 0:38:07 | 0:38:11 | |
devolve some of the crucial things
that are up for negotiation in the | 0:38:11 | 0:38:14 | |
trade deal you make it more
complicated, and you undermine the | 0:38:14 | 0:38:20 | |
entire UK economy. I am not sure why
he is making the case in that way, | 0:38:20 | 0:38:24 | |
does not make sense. The Scottish
Government has ready said on some | 0:38:24 | 0:38:29 | |
issues, issues that were the
responsibility of the EU, like food | 0:38:29 | 0:38:34 | |
labelling, maybe it makes sense to
have a go at this at a pan UK level, | 0:38:34 | 0:38:39 | |
but the Scottish Parliament has got
a clear set of responsibilities, and | 0:38:39 | 0:38:43 | |
if you look at the Tory party's
economic mismanagement and a | 0:38:43 | 0:38:46 | |
disastrous is taking us down, I
trust the Scottish Parliament is | 0:38:46 | 0:38:50 | |
more with the Scottish economy and
making sense on the economy for the | 0:38:50 | 0:38:55 | |
entire UK, than I trust the UK
Government at the moment. We were | 0:38:55 | 0:38:59 | |
promised that we would be given all
the powers that we have got, they | 0:38:59 | 0:39:04 | |
would be a powers bonanza for
Scotland, therefore I want to see a | 0:39:04 | 0:39:09 | |
dual where the Scottish economy can
thrive, or at least the least worst | 0:39:09 | 0:39:13 | |
option, that includes keeping the
powers we have got, although there | 0:39:13 | 0:39:17 | |
will be some areas from work with
the United Kingdom, but also other | 0:39:17 | 0:39:21 | |
areas where we were promised powers,
such as over immigration. Scotland | 0:39:21 | 0:39:25 | |
needs immigration, freedom of
movement is a good thing, that is | 0:39:25 | 0:39:29 | |
yet another broken promise from the
Conservative Party Government and | 0:39:29 | 0:39:33 | |
they break their promises this
crucial areas cable break. Says on | 0:39:33 | 0:39:37 | |
other areas. And editors, in your
words a power grab, then what? If it | 0:39:37 | 0:39:46 | |
is a power grab the Scottish
Parliament should have responsible | 0:39:46 | 0:39:49 | |
to you over these areas and in terms
of what happens in the future of the | 0:39:49 | 0:39:53 | |
Scottish Parliament is preparing
legislation. Also there has to be a | 0:39:53 | 0:39:57 | |
legislative consent motion that goes
through the Scottish Parliament | 0:39:57 | 0:40:00 | |
because the Westminster Parliament
is not able to legislate over areas | 0:40:00 | 0:40:04 | |
that are the responsibility of the
Scottish Parliament. Not just from | 0:40:04 | 0:40:09 | |
the SNP but the other parties in the
Scottish Parliament, we know that | 0:40:09 | 0:40:12 | |
the plant as they stand are not
acceptable to the Scottish | 0:40:12 | 0:40:16 | |
Parliament and different that
legislative consent motion would not | 0:40:16 | 0:40:19 | |
be given. Very good to talk to you.
Thank you for being with us. | 0:40:19 | 0:40:28 | |
Divisions within the fabric of the
UK, the Government has got quite a | 0:40:28 | 0:40:32 | |
challenge. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:33 | |
Censors in China are erasing online
criticism of the announcement | 0:40:33 | 0:40:36 | |
that the president, Xi Jinping,
could stay in power indefinitely. | 0:40:36 | 0:40:38 | |
The phrase "two term
limit" has been blocked. | 0:40:38 | 0:40:41 | |
As has "Winnie the Pooh" -
the lovable British bear character | 0:40:41 | 0:40:43 | |
Xi is often compared to. | 0:40:43 | 0:40:46 | |
This comes after the Communist Party
proposed removing presidential | 0:40:46 | 0:40:50 | |
conditions, which limits
presidencies to two five-year terms. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:54 | |
Let's get more on this
with the author Yukon Huang who's | 0:40:54 | 0:40:57 | |
from the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace. | 0:40:57 | 0:41:03 | |
There was quite a backlash against
this announcement with people online | 0:41:03 | 0:41:07 | |
in China saying they would be
compared to North Korea, this is | 0:41:07 | 0:41:10 | |
what the neighbours are doing, it is
too much like an authoritarian | 0:41:10 | 0:41:15 | |
regime will are you surprised by the
backlash and surprised by the | 0:41:15 | 0:41:20 | |
crackdown on social media? Not
surprise. Those who put their faith | 0:41:20 | 0:41:26 | |
on the fact that China is moving
forward with stable political | 0:41:26 | 0:41:32 | |
evolution, including term limits for
the presidency, are disappointed. | 0:41:32 | 0:41:36 | |
Those who are still hoping for
progress and social and economic | 0:41:36 | 0:41:43 | |
objectives, it remains to be seen
whether this will help or hurt that | 0:41:43 | 0:41:48 | |
process. It does look like Xi
Jinping is amassing considerable | 0:41:48 | 0:41:51 | |
power in the country and he wants to
keep it. Ybor City but in a | 0:41:51 | 0:41:56 | |
particular way, the presidency as
itself does not have power. -- he | 0:41:56 | 0:42:04 | |
wants to keep it in a particular
way. What does that mean that he | 0:42:04 | 0:42:10 | |
wants the title of president for
more than the term, he wants to make | 0:42:10 | 0:42:15 | |
the Constitution paramount in
guiding China in the future. I | 0:42:15 | 0:42:22 | |
suppose when he looks at the
instability in the West, in | 0:42:22 | 0:42:25 | |
so-called stable countries, Brexit,
Mr Trump, the rise of the far right, | 0:42:25 | 0:42:33 | |
his focus on continuity and
stability, you can understand why | 0:42:33 | 0:42:36 | |
you might want to fix himself in
position in some time. This has made | 0:42:36 | 0:42:41 | |
it easier. He points to the West,
disorder, divided and Parliament, | 0:42:41 | 0:42:47 | |
inability to move forward, the
vision for the last three - five | 0:42:47 | 0:42:52 | |
years, more prosperous, more
powerful on a global sense, this | 0:42:52 | 0:43:00 | |
aggregation of power gives both time
and authority to meet these kind | 0:43:00 | 0:43:03 | |
long-term objectives. What does it
mean in geopolitical terms, how does | 0:43:03 | 0:43:10 | |
it affect relationships across the
globe of years there for the long | 0:43:10 | 0:43:13 | |
term? Jonah's advantage in terms of
foreign policy making is that they | 0:43:13 | 0:43:20 | |
can think in terms of decades
whereas the West is often driven by | 0:43:20 | 0:43:23 | |
election cycles. The advantage of
China in terms of foreign policy. | 0:43:23 | 0:43:36 | |
That's probably strengthens his
hand. Thank you for joining us. | 0:43:36 | 0:43:44 | |
I've while ago we talked about Xi
Jinping wanting to seize this moment | 0:43:44 | 0:43:48 | |
because they saw Donald Trump as an
opportunity, while the world was | 0:43:48 | 0:43:53 | |
distracted, they could move forward
with amassing a certain amount of | 0:43:53 | 0:43:57 | |
power and expanding global outreach.
That is also the point that was just | 0:43:57 | 0:44:01 | |
me dear, you get Democrat and
Republican governments and there is | 0:44:01 | 0:44:07 | |
flip-flop in international
relations, he is there for the long | 0:44:07 | 0:44:10 | |
term, that is a long path ahead, and
that will make China more | 0:44:10 | 0:44:15 | |
competitive on the world stage.
Unless there is a backlash against | 0:44:15 | 0:44:18 | |
this consolidation of power that he
is doing. | 0:44:18 | 0:44:24 | |
The UK's was senior counterterrorism
officer has revealed that for attack | 0:44:24 | 0:44:29 | |
plots were foiled last year. He
described the threat from far right | 0:44:29 | 0:44:35 | |
terrorism as organised and
significant and said he wanted to | 0:44:35 | 0:44:38 | |
highlight the recent growth of
right-wing terrorism. We have always | 0:44:38 | 0:44:43 | |
had right-wing groups who organise
protests and hate crime and a degree | 0:44:43 | 0:44:51 | |
of criminality. Occasionally in the
past we have had lawn actors | 0:44:51 | 0:44:56 | |
committing right-wing terrorism but
what we have no is a degree of | 0:44:56 | 0:44:59 | |
organisation. 18 months ago the Home
Secretary declarant National Action | 0:44:59 | 0:45:10 | |
a terrorist organisation. They are
home-grown white supremacist | 0:45:10 | 0:45:14 | |
terrorist organisation, that has to
be a matter of concern that we have | 0:45:14 | 0:45:18 | |
that degree of organisation here,
and that reflects in number of | 0:45:18 | 0:45:22 | |
arrests and the fact we are now
announcing a combination of | 0:45:22 | 0:45:27 | |
organised and individuals acting
that has led to four plots being | 0:45:27 | 0:45:31 | |
foiled last year. | 0:45:31 | 0:45:34 | |
A mother and her three children have
narrowly escaped a fire in Houston. | 0:45:34 | 0:45:38 | |
Dramatic pictures show how
firefighters managed to get them out | 0:45:38 | 0:45:46 | |
after their apartment caught fire. | 0:45:47 | 0:45:48 | |
Officials say no one was hurt
and everyone accounted for. | 0:45:48 | 0:45:50 | |
Germany has moved a step
closer to ending months | 0:45:50 | 0:45:52 | |
of political deadlock. | 0:45:52 | 0:45:53 | |
Chancellor Merkel's Christian
Democrats have approved | 0:45:53 | 0:45:55 | |
a planned coalition. | 0:45:55 | 0:45:57 | |
But their proposed partners,
the Social Democrats, | 0:45:57 | 0:46:00 | |
still need the deal cleared
by their membership. | 0:46:00 | 0:46:09 | |
Several senior European Union
politicians have condemned | 0:46:09 | 0:46:10 | |
the killing of a Slovak
investigative journalist. | 0:46:10 | 0:46:12 | |
Jan Kuciak recently reported
on alleged tax fraud involving | 0:46:12 | 0:46:14 | |
a luxury property development,
with links to Slovakia's | 0:46:14 | 0:46:16 | |
interior minister. | 0:46:16 | 0:46:17 | |
Both the minister and
developer deny wrongdoing. | 0:46:17 | 0:46:25 | |
If one thing is certain
about Mr Trump it's that he likes | 0:46:25 | 0:46:28 | |
to surround himself with his family. | 0:46:28 | 0:46:30 | |
People like Jared Kushner, his son
and in law, and Ivanka Trump, | 0:46:30 | 0:46:36 | |
his daughter and senior
White House advisor. | 0:46:36 | 0:46:38 | |
But what happens when
lines are blurred? | 0:46:38 | 0:46:39 | |
Can there ever really be
a distinction between personal | 0:46:39 | 0:46:42 | |
and professional relationships
when your father is President | 0:46:42 | 0:46:46 | |
of the United States? | 0:46:46 | 0:46:50 | |
Here's Ivanka talking to NBC's | 0:46:50 | 0:46:51 | |
Peter Alexander in South Korea. | 0:46:51 | 0:46:58 | |
Do you believe your father's
accusers? That is an appropriate -- | 0:46:58 | 0:47:03 | |
that is not an appropriate question
to ask. He has stated there is no | 0:47:03 | 0:47:10 | |
truth to it. That is not a question
you would ask many other daughters. | 0:47:10 | 0:47:16 | |
I believe my father. I know my
father. | 0:47:16 | 0:47:20 | |
The problem is that many other
daughters do not also have what is | 0:47:20 | 0:47:25 | |
basically a political position in
the White House as an adviser to the | 0:47:25 | 0:47:29 | |
president of the United States and I
am not sure you could have it both | 0:47:29 | 0:47:33 | |
ways, have that title, access to
information and state secrets, | 0:47:33 | 0:47:37 | |
because she went to South Korea, to
talk about new sanctions against | 0:47:37 | 0:47:43 | |
North Korea, that suggests high
level of access, and then to say | 0:47:43 | 0:47:48 | |
that the question cannot be asked.
He has got to make an appointment to | 0:47:48 | 0:47:55 | |
the Civil Aviation Authority. The
federal aviation authority. The | 0:47:55 | 0:47:59 | |
equivalent of the Civil Aviation
Authority. He is proposing his own | 0:47:59 | 0:48:05 | |
personal pilot, someone who he has
known for years, to a position, you | 0:48:05 | 0:48:10 | |
could question whether he has the
know-how and experience to do a job | 0:48:10 | 0:48:14 | |
like that. That is not the first
time that a nominee that has the | 0:48:14 | 0:48:17 | |
bridge followed by Mr Trump was
questioned for his experience. The | 0:48:17 | 0:48:21 | |
pilots in question, Donald Trump
used to sit on the runway, sometimes | 0:48:21 | 0:48:27 | |
the airline would be delayed, he
used to say, if only you had a pilot | 0:48:27 | 0:48:35 | |
running the authority you would not
have these delays. It is an | 0:48:35 | 0:48:40 | |
indication of how he likes to
surround himself once again with | 0:48:40 | 0:48:44 | |
people who come from his inner
circle. | 0:48:44 | 0:48:46 | |
This is Beyond 100 Days. | 0:48:46 | 0:48:48 | |
Still to come -
An icy-cold Colosseum - | 0:48:48 | 0:48:50 | |
Rome sees snow for the first time
in six years and other European | 0:48:50 | 0:48:53 | |
cities are bracing for more of it. | 0:48:53 | 0:49:00 | |
Five people are now known to have
died in a large explosion | 0:49:00 | 0:49:03 | |
in Leicester last night,
which destroyed a building | 0:49:03 | 0:49:06 | |
in the middle of a parade of shops. | 0:49:06 | 0:49:08 | |
Five others remain in hospital,
one is said to be in | 0:49:08 | 0:49:10 | |
a serious condition. | 0:49:10 | 0:49:11 | |
Emergency teams have been searching
through the wreckage, | 0:49:11 | 0:49:13 | |
as Sima Kotecha reports from
Leicester. | 0:49:13 | 0:49:22 | |
Plumes of smoke
billowing into the sky. | 0:49:22 | 0:49:24 | |
Last night an explosion. | 0:49:24 | 0:49:30 | |
A shop and the flat
above it were destroyed. | 0:49:30 | 0:49:32 | |
Flames shot up into the air. | 0:49:32 | 0:49:35 | |
Towering over the
surrounding buildings. | 0:49:35 | 0:49:38 | |
I heard a big bang. | 0:49:38 | 0:49:40 | |
The owner of the shop
was inside at the | 0:49:40 | 0:49:43 | |
time. | 0:49:43 | 0:49:45 | |
I didn't know what was that
and I found myself on the floor. | 0:49:45 | 0:49:49 | |
Eyes open. | 0:49:49 | 0:49:52 | |
Looking up. | 0:49:52 | 0:50:02 | |
Half of my body was
under the, how to say, | 0:50:02 | 0:50:05 | |
bricks and rubble. | 0:50:05 | 0:50:06 | |
How do you feel? | 0:50:06 | 0:50:08 | |
I don't know how to tell you. | 0:50:08 | 0:50:08 | |
Never I feel how I am now. | 0:50:08 | 0:50:12 | |
Well, the shop was a Polish
supermarket and had | 0:50:12 | 0:50:14 | |
only been operational since January. | 0:50:14 | 0:50:17 | |
Firefighters today spent hours
wading through rubble, trying to | 0:50:17 | 0:50:18 | |
find survivors. | 0:50:18 | 0:50:25 | |
Police have confirmed
that five people died | 0:50:25 | 0:50:26 | |
inside the building and several
are in hospital with injuries. | 0:50:26 | 0:50:28 | |
But there could be more. | 0:50:28 | 0:50:29 | |
We can't confirm exact numbers. | 0:50:29 | 0:50:34 | |
We are working on the possibility
there could be people | 0:50:34 | 0:50:38 | |
still within the building
and we will sweep | 0:50:38 | 0:50:48 | |
through with our teams
to | 0:50:48 | 0:50:49 | |
make sure that we have located
everybody that could be in there. | 0:50:49 | 0:50:52 | |
Investigators will start
looking for the cause | 0:50:52 | 0:50:54 | |
of the explosion, once
the | 0:50:54 | 0:50:55 | |
search and rescue effort ends
and the area is declared safe. | 0:50:55 | 0:51:05 | |
You're watching Beyond 100 Days. | 0:51:06 | 0:51:08 | |
Heavy snow is falling | 0:51:08 | 0:51:09 | |
in the UK and Europe as cold winds
from Siberia sweep | 0:51:09 | 0:51:12 | |
across the continent. | 0:51:12 | 0:51:16 | |
The so-called beast from the east
is bringing freezing temperatures | 0:51:16 | 0:51:18 | |
and disrupting transport -
forcing the cancellation of train | 0:51:18 | 0:51:20 | |
services and flights. | 0:51:20 | 0:51:30 | |
Rome has seen its first snow in six
years while other cities in Germany, | 0:51:31 | 0:51:39 | |
France, Sweden and Austria have
also been blanketed. | 0:51:39 | 0:51:43 | |
Authorities are warning more
freezing weather is on the way. | 0:51:43 | 0:51:53 | |
BBC Weather's Louise Lear joins me. | 0:51:54 | 0:52:04 | |
In the wind it is called, who
called? | 0:52:11 | 0:52:17 | |
It is going to get colder. In Russia
temperatures had fallen 2-40, it is | 0:52:17 | 0:52:25 | |
that called air coming from Siberia
that is affecting all of Europe. It | 0:52:25 | 0:52:29 | |
is a significant late winter
service. | 0:52:29 | 0:52:33 | |
You have got some graphics about the
beast from the East. | 0:52:33 | 0:52:36 | |
We have been forecasting this for
over one week. Most people should be | 0:52:36 | 0:52:40 | |
aware that is coming. It is called
air coming right out of Siberia. The | 0:52:40 | 0:52:47 | |
high pressure is sitting across
Scandinavia and that wins circulate | 0:52:47 | 0:52:51 | |
in a clockwise direction sucking
that called you in. | 0:52:51 | 0:52:54 | |
Normally we get it from the other
direction? When it is low pressure | 0:52:54 | 0:52:59 | |
at the go anticlockwise but we are
and the influence of that high. | 0:52:59 | 0:53:03 | |
At the moment we have significant
snow across the Ukraine, Bulgaria, | 0:53:03 | 0:53:07 | |
Romania. And you can see those snow
showers across Italy as well. But | 0:53:07 | 0:53:16 | |
look at what is happening in Iberia.
Portugal and Spain. | 0:53:16 | 0:53:22 | |
Is that snow? It is, across the
Pyrenees and into France. The | 0:53:22 | 0:53:31 | |
Portuguese met surface. Strong winds
and buzzards. | 0:53:31 | 0:53:48 | |
I am glad I did not have to look at
your leggings. | 0:53:49 | 0:53:59 | |
I have two as to what extent this is
an impact of climate change? | 0:53:59 | 0:54:04 | |
We are heading into March. The
diplomatic answer for that one is | 0:54:04 | 0:54:14 | |
that it is difficult to take one
specific set of events and apply | 0:54:14 | 0:54:23 | |
that to climate change. We have seen
some extreme weather that it has | 0:54:23 | 0:54:28 | |
actually been quite mild in new look
for part of the winter and across | 0:54:28 | 0:54:32 | |
into that unites States you will
have seen some extreme weather, it | 0:54:32 | 0:54:36 | |
has been bitterly cold, and in New
York one week ago I was talking | 0:54:36 | 0:54:42 | |
about a record-breaking heat for
February. They brought an 80 year | 0:54:42 | 0:54:47 | |
record with temperatures as high as
26 degrees. | 0:54:47 | 0:54:50 | |
It was like some of the other day.
We were all out in T-shirts. How | 0:54:50 | 0:54:58 | |
many of these extreme events do you
need in one season before you can | 0:54:58 | 0:55:02 | |
definitively say this is an impact
of climate change? | 0:55:02 | 0:55:06 | |
If I could predict that I would not
be sitting here doing this job, I | 0:55:06 | 0:55:10 | |
would be far higher up in the
echelons. | 0:55:10 | 0:55:19 | |
How long this is going to last in
Europe? At the moment the signs are | 0:55:19 | 0:55:24 | |
that it will be here for at least
one week and even into next week we | 0:55:24 | 0:55:28 | |
are still going to seek significant
calls but a little less calls. | 0:55:28 | 0:55:33 | |
Beginning of March, first week of
meteorological spring, it looks like | 0:55:33 | 0:55:40 | |
there is nothing particularly
springlike until the middle of next | 0:55:40 | 0:55:42 | |
week.
That beast from the East might be | 0:55:42 | 0:55:47 | |
suffering from a performance crisis,
it has to live up to the billing it | 0:55:47 | 0:55:51 | |
as hard, everybody is shivering and
looking at the forecasts, but it | 0:55:51 | 0:55:55 | |
could be pretty cool this week.
Just really glad he does not flash | 0:55:55 | 0:56:00 | |
your legs on television. | 0:56:00 | 0:56:04 |