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0:00:10 > 0:00:12Fired in a tweet - the US Secretary of State didn't
0:00:12 > 0:00:17know he was out of a job until he read it on Twitter.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20His replacement is Mike Pompeo - the hawkish head of the CIA.
0:00:20 > 0:00:30How does this change America's foreign relations?
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Rex tiller sovereign said the president called him after the news
0:00:34 > 0:00:40broke.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Rex and I have been talking about this for a long time.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45We got along actually quite well, but we disagreed on things.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47America's new top diplomat is tougher on Russia
0:00:47 > 0:00:49than the President, but shares his views
0:00:49 > 0:00:50on the Iran nuclear deal.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52In his place, the CIA gets it's first ever female
0:00:52 > 0:00:54director, Gina Haspel.
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0:01:30 > 0:01:33Hello and welcome - I'm Katty Kay in Washington
0:01:33 > 0:01:36and Christian Fraser is in London.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39On a very busy day in Washington, we have another reminder that things
0:01:39 > 0:01:41are rarely smooth in this White House.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44No sooner had the President fired his Secretary of State,
0:01:44 > 0:01:46than conflicting reports emerged of whether Rex Tillerson even knew
0:01:46 > 0:01:47he was being sacked.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Whether he did or he didn't, it is a story with enormous foreign
0:01:50 > 0:01:52policy implications for both allies and adversaries.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53Replacing Rex Tillerson as America's top diplomat
0:01:53 > 0:01:59is the head of the CIA, Mike Pompeo.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02And in his place Gina Haspel, a 30-year veteran at the CIA
0:02:02 > 0:02:04and the first woman to head the agency.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Pompeo takes a hardline on Iran and North Korea
0:02:06 > 0:02:09and would appear to be more in synch with the President
0:02:09 > 0:02:10than his predecessor.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15Here's Mr Tillerson a few moments ago.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17I received a call today from the President
0:02:17 > 0:02:18of the United States a
0:02:18 > 0:02:26little after noon time from Air Force One
0:02:26 > 0:02:28and I've also spoken to
0:02:28 > 0:02:30White House chief of staff, Kelly, to ensure
0:02:30 > 0:02:31we have clarity as to the
0:02:31 > 0:02:32days ahead.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34My commission as Secretary of State will terminate at
0:02:34 > 0:02:44midnight March 31st.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50We all have the experience of being fired and that is a bad way to go.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53The BBC's North America Editor Jon Sopel has more on what led
0:02:53 > 0:02:56to today's dismissal.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01Rex Tillerson was flying back to Washington from a trip to Africa
0:03:01 > 0:03:05when the normally buttoned up Secretary of State cut loose with
0:03:05 > 0:03:11journalists. But unknown to him the president had signed his death
0:03:11 > 0:03:17warrant. Mike Pompeo will become the new Secretary of State. He will do a
0:03:17 > 0:03:26fantastic job. But Tillerson isn't on Twitter so it fell to his chief
0:03:26 > 0:03:32of staff to ring him to inform him. Only this after the event from the
0:03:32 > 0:03:37President.I wish Rex a lot of good things, he is he is going to be very
0:03:37 > 0:03:40happy. I think Rex will be much happier now. I appreciate his
0:03:40 > 0:03:46service. Tillerson's fate was probably sealed when he called the
0:03:46 > 0:03:50president a moron. A claim that the Secretary of State didn't exactly
0:03:50 > 0:04:00deny.I'm not going to deal with petty stuff like this, this what I
0:04:00 > 0:04:04don't understand from Washington. I don't come from this place.There
0:04:04 > 0:04:08was the public undermining of Secretary of State by the President,
0:04:08 > 0:04:13sending family members to do some of the work that would normally be done
0:04:13 > 0:04:18by America's top diplomat and public naming on Twitter:
0:04:25 > 0:04:37The new man will be Mike Pompeo. He spoke to the BBC century on. On
0:04:37 > 0:04:42Russia he acknowledges the threat they pose.I have every expectation
0:04:42 > 0:04:45they will continue to do that, but I'm confident America will be able
0:04:45 > 0:04:49to have a free and fair election and is sufficiently robust that the
0:04:49 > 0:04:54impact they have on our election won't be great.Tillerson and Trump
0:04:54 > 0:05:04never gelled. The former CEO of Exxon was a corporate Titan. Surely
0:05:04 > 0:05:11the place with a lowest life expectancy in the world - being a
0:05:11 > 0:05:14member of the Trump administration.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18A short time ago, I got reaction from Democratic Senator Chris Coons.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22He sits on the Foreign Relations Committee.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Senator, Coons you have put out a statement saying that
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Rex Tillerson was never really supported by the
0:05:26 > 0:05:29President when it came to personnel and trust.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34Do you think that that is why he was fired?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Well, I think both the timing and the process for the
0:05:37 > 0:05:40firing of our Secretary of State is deeply concerning.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44The timing suggests that the Secretary of State
0:05:44 > 0:05:48put out a very tough statement standing in solidarity with Prime
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Minister May and the people of the United Kingdom in pushing back
0:05:51 > 0:05:53against Russia's very aggressive action and that may well have
0:05:53 > 0:05:56contributed to the abruptness and the very public nature with which
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Secretary of State Tillerson was let go.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03It's also been clear for some time that when it it came to
0:06:03 > 0:06:04important issues - North Korea sometimes
0:06:04 > 0:06:07and the issue of Russia - that Tillerson was not in
0:06:07 > 0:06:11lock step with the President and if you're not in lock step with the
0:06:11 > 0:06:13President, as the US Secretary of State, you can't really be
0:06:13 > 0:06:15very effective?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18That is right, it is a real challenge to be a Secretary of
0:06:18 > 0:06:21State where your President publicly cuts you out of major decisions,
0:06:21 > 0:06:24hands to his son-in-law, rather than his chief diplomat critical
0:06:24 > 0:06:26initiatives around the world, or where
0:06:26 > 0:06:29the values put forward in the
0:06:29 > 0:06:39President's budget dramatically undermine
0:06:40 > 0:06:41the ability of the Secretary
0:06:41 > 0:06:43to lead a successful diplomatic effort.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45The President has now two years in a row suggested slashing
0:06:45 > 0:06:48our Department of State by a third and it's been very difficult for
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Secretary Tillerson to preside over our global diplomatic effort with
0:06:51 > 0:06:52that head wind in his face.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55What do you make of the way this was all
0:06:55 > 0:06:56handled, this firing?
0:06:56 > 0:06:58I'm concerned that the President may have been
0:06:58 > 0:07:01acting more out of the instincts he adopted in ten years of presiding
0:07:01 > 0:07:03over a reality TV show, where the ultimate end
0:07:03 > 0:07:06was to have him point at somebody and yell, "You're fired"
0:07:06 > 0:07:11in order to win a TV audience, rather than a more measured,
0:07:11 > 0:07:13appropriate, disciplined process by which he could have transitioned
0:07:13 > 0:07:16from Secretary of State Tillerson to his now nominee, CIA
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Director Pompeo.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23This is not a matter of commanding a global TV
0:07:23 > 0:07:27attention, this is a matter of concern to our allies and
0:07:27 > 0:07:29encouragement to our enemies when the President fails to stand up
0:07:29 > 0:07:32to Russian aggression, particularly
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Russian aggression that has so directly impacted one of our most
0:07:35 > 0:07:39vital allies on earth, the United Kingdom.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41So let's talk about Mike Pompeo who is going to replace,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44assuming he is confirmed, Rex Tillerson, as the new American
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Secretary of State, what changes in American
0:07:46 > 0:07:47policy when Mike Pompeo is
0:07:47 > 0:07:51running the Department of State?
0:07:51 > 0:07:53You have mentioned Moscow, he is pretty hawkish
0:07:53 > 0:07:55when it comes to Russia.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57The other area where he is noticeably
0:07:57 > 0:08:00more hawkish than Rex Tillerson on is the question of Iran and the
0:08:00 > 0:08:01nuclear deal.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02What happens now?
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Well my concern is that Secretary of State Tillerson was well known
0:08:06 > 0:08:10to have had tensions with President Trump over his urging that we stay
0:08:10 > 0:08:13in the Iran deal and work with our European allies to improve it
0:08:13 > 0:08:18or to address Iran's aggressive behaviour in the region.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22I'm concerned that the CIA Director Pompeo
0:08:22 > 0:08:24may encourage President Trump's instincts borne of his campaign to
0:08:24 > 0:08:27tear up this deal, rather than embracing the very real
0:08:27 > 0:08:32benefit we have seen.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35I think frankly given the window we are in, where we
0:08:35 > 0:08:38are trying to negotiate some resolution with North Korea of their
0:08:38 > 0:08:41even more aggressive nuclear weapons programme that we have to be
0:08:41 > 0:08:45attentive to how Kim Jong-un, the dictator of North Korea,
0:08:45 > 0:08:48sees our handling of the Iran deal negotiated by the previous
0:08:48 > 0:08:54administration here in the United States,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56with our core European allies as well as North
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Korea and Russia.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58Senator Coons, thank you.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01I can tell you the world is watching all of this with
0:09:01 > 0:09:04fascination.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09Unprecedented for a Secretary of State to be sacked so early in his
0:09:09 > 0:09:13role. As you were saying, humiliating for a man who was
0:09:13 > 0:09:19reluctant to take the job in the first place.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22And with us now is our political analyst Ron Christie.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28Clear he he didn't know this was coming and neither did his staff. I
0:09:28 > 0:09:32know because last week his under-Secretary of state was in
0:09:32 > 0:09:37London and we talked about Rex Tillerson, listen to that interview.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42How can your allies depend that Secretary Tillerson will be there
0:09:42 > 0:09:48and this stewardship of the policies you're setting out?He will be here.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52I know there was a time last year when people referred to the
0:09:52 > 0:10:00Secretary of State as Rexit, a take off on Brexit, in the belief he was
0:10:00 > 0:10:04leaving. He was never leaving. I would like to put that part to bed
0:10:04 > 0:10:10and let people know he is the Secretary of Stay.Well he is not
0:10:10 > 0:10:14staying and neither is Steve Goldstein. He said today he hadn't
0:10:14 > 0:10:18spoken with President Trump and he didn't know the reasons and he was
0:10:18 > 0:10:22subsequently fired for putting out a statement that contradicted the
0:10:22 > 0:10:26White House. What does this tell us about the way the White House is
0:10:26 > 0:10:33run?Good evening, I think this is shocking to be Hon egs. The
0:10:33 > 0:10:39Secretary of State is the most senior diplomat in the President's
0:10:39 > 0:10:47cabinet, the first person who held the job was Thomas Jefferson. The
0:10:47 > 0:10:52fact he found out by Twitter indicates it was an impulsive
0:10:52 > 0:10:58decision. You don't treat your chief diplomat that way. What signal does
0:10:58 > 0:11:04that say to the people around the world?There were a lot of
0:11:04 > 0:11:08disagreements, they didn't agree on Iran and Saudi Arabia and North
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Korea and you have the situation where the President decides to sit
0:11:12 > 0:11:16down with Kim Jong-un while the Secretary of State is in Africa. But
0:11:16 > 0:11:22what do you make of the Russia angle? In the last 24 hours, Rex
0:11:22 > 0:11:27Tillerson said we are outraged that Russia appears to have involved its
0:11:27 > 0:11:33in the poisoning in the UK. At odds with what Sarah Sanders said in the
0:11:33 > 0:11:37briefing room?Interesting that the Secretary of State stood shoulder to
0:11:37 > 0:11:40should we are Theresa May and our allies, so what the President should
0:11:40 > 0:11:50have said. It doesn't surprised me, I think the President thought
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Tillerson can't get out saying things like that, I'm the president,
0:11:54 > 0:11:59he works for me. I think Donald Trump does not want anyone who will
0:11:59 > 0:12:03challenge his authority.I would go further and say this was chaotic at
0:12:03 > 0:12:08the beginning, look at the way this was done, it looks like the
0:12:08 > 0:12:11president wanted to fire him last Friday without even telling him at
0:12:11 > 0:12:18all. No notification. No phone call. He just wanted Tillerson to read it
0:12:18 > 0:12:22on Twitter. There is almost a form of cruelty in that.You're right,
0:12:22 > 0:12:33and look all the way back when of course President Trump was
0:12:33 > 0:12:39considering mitt Romney to be head of state, I think what President
0:12:39 > 0:12:46Trump did was hue mailiating and we saw how Tillerson looked humiliated.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50He did this on a world stage and I think it was a shabby thing for him
0:12:50 > 0:13:01to have done.Thank you. This would not have happened in the Bush or the
0:13:01 > 0:13:09Obama or the Clinton White House. Let's talk about Gina Haspel who,
0:13:09 > 0:13:16will take over at the CIA, the first female. Not an easy confirmation I
0:13:16 > 0:13:26guess.No, they like her in the agent circumstances he -- agency.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31There will be a sigh of relief that they have one of their own running
0:13:31 > 0:13:36the administration when the Trump administration has a difficult
0:13:36 > 0:13:40relationship with the intelligence community. But she has baggage to go
0:13:40 > 0:13:43into the confirmation hearings, particularly around terrorism and
0:13:43 > 0:13:49torture. She over saw one of America's black sites during the
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Bush administration in Thailand, where terrorist suspects were water
0:13:53 > 0:13:58board. She has been involved in will there was a cover up around video
0:13:58 > 0:14:02tape and what happened to the tape of the sessions of water boarding.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07That already is being raised by some Senators and it will come up an as
0:14:07 > 0:14:13objection. But she also might do a great job, but she has to know she
0:14:13 > 0:14:17could be fired at the drop of a tweet.One issue.As we have just
0:14:17 > 0:14:24learned...One of the thorny issues she will face is Russia and we know
0:14:24 > 0:14:27what the President's attitudes are to Russia. What about Theresa May,
0:14:27 > 0:14:34she has a range of options she can use to retaliate against Moscow for
0:14:34 > 0:14:38the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter. One is apparent lay
0:14:38 > 0:14:44boycott of World Cup and the expulsion from Britain of
0:14:44 > 0:14:49broadcaster Russia Today. Moscow said not a single media outlet would
0:14:49 > 0:14:55be allowed to operate in Russia if the Prime Minister followed through.
0:14:55 > 0:15:02Yes, today there were expressions of solidarity in the EU and finally
0:15:02 > 0:15:08from President Trump. But can Britain count on its closest allies.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13Here is James Landale.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16It began as a brutal attack on the streets of Salisbury,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18the poisoning of a former Russian intelligence
0:15:18 > 0:15:20officer and his daughter, that the UK blames on Russia.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22But it's become a global diplomatic row, with Britain
0:15:22 > 0:15:26looking for allies in its confrontation with Moscow.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29British ministers meeting again to discuss
0:15:29 > 0:15:32the case have given the Kremlin until midnight to explain how a
0:15:32 > 0:15:34nerve agent developed in Russia ended up in Britain.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36If the response is implausible, they are promising
0:15:36 > 0:15:40extensive measures against Russia.
0:15:40 > 0:15:46This is a brazen attempt to murder innocent people on UK soil.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Policemen still in hospital, overwhelmingly likely or highly
0:15:49 > 0:15:52likely the Russian state was involved, and the use of this nerve
0:15:52 > 0:15:56agent would represent the first use of nerve
0:15:56 > 0:15:57agents on the continent of
0:15:58 > 0:16:06Europe since the Second World War.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09As part of a huge diplomatic effort across Europe, British officials
0:16:09 > 0:16:11told the chemicals weapon watchdog that
0:16:11 > 0:16:12Russia was implicated in the
0:16:12 > 0:16:17use of chemical weapons.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Germany, France and other allies offered
0:16:19 > 0:16:22support without attributing blame, but Donald Trump at least appeared
0:16:22 > 0:16:24to accept Russia might be involved.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29Theresa May is going to be speaking to me today.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32It sounds to me like they believe it was Russia and I
0:16:32 > 0:16:34would certainly take that finding as fact.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38As soon as we get the facts straight, if we agree with them, we
0:16:38 > 0:16:40will condemn Russia or whoever it may be.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45Russia is already subject to sanctions.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Ministers insist these damage Russia's economy but their
0:16:47 > 0:16:53impact on behaviour is doubtful.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Crucially these are largely EU sanctions, the UK cannot impose them
0:16:56 > 0:16:59on its own.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01So what unilateral options is the Government
0:17:01 > 0:17:03considering?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Some of Russia's 58 diplomats in London could be
0:17:06 > 0:17:11expelled but that might promote a tit for tat expulsion.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Russians could face travel bans, but who and
0:17:13 > 0:17:18how?
0:17:18 > 0:17:21There could be tougher laws to crack down on Russian officials
0:17:21 > 0:17:24guilty of human rights abuses, and Russian television stations
0:17:24 > 0:17:30like RT could be targeted.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Here at the Foreign Office, they are also
0:17:32 > 0:17:36investing a lot of effort and diplomacy in trying to bring
0:17:36 > 0:17:39international pressure to bear on Russia but the bar is high.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Russia has a veto at the UN and some EU
0:17:42 > 0:17:47countries are reluctant to contemplate yet more sanctions.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50To date, the Russian Embassy said accusations of involvement in the
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Salisbury attack were groundless as diplomats promised retaliation
0:17:52 > 0:17:57against any new sanctions.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Russia is not a country to be spoken to in the
0:18:00 > 0:18:02language of ultimatums.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07I think it is high time the UK learned that.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09But unless Moscow gives Britain a satisfactory answer by midnight,
0:18:09 > 0:18:17some Russian diplomats here might be clearing their desks very soon.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Meanwhile London police have begun an investigation
0:18:19 > 0:18:27into the 'unexplained' death of Nikolai Grushkov, a Russian,
0:18:27 > 0:18:28who was found dead in Kingston, London
0:18:28 > 0:18:32on Monday evening.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Mr Gruchkov, a former Aeroflot executive was tried
0:18:34 > 0:18:36in absentia in Russia, and was a business partner
0:18:36 > 0:18:38of Boris Berezovsky, the Russian oligarch who was found
0:18:38 > 0:18:44hanged in his Surrey home in 2013.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Scotland Yard has stressed there is no evidence to suggest
0:18:46 > 0:18:48there was any link to the poisoning of Sergei Skripal.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, has also announced today that
0:18:51 > 0:18:53a string of deaths in Britain in which there was suspicion
0:18:53 > 0:18:56of Russian involvement, will be looked at again by police
0:18:56 > 0:18:57and MI5.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59It follows an invesigation by the news website BuzzFeed
0:18:59 > 0:19:00into 14 suspicious deaths.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05Heidi Blake is the Investigations Editor for BuzzFeed.
0:19:05 > 0:19:12Welcome. A growing list of Russian opponents who die in mysterious
0:19:12 > 0:19:15circumstances and Boris Berezovsky was one. Why do you think we should
0:19:15 > 0:19:21look again at that particular death? Well Boris Berezovsky was one of a
0:19:21 > 0:19:31group of nine oligarchs who helped get money from Russia after a wave
0:19:31 > 0:19:35of dissidents and exiles came to the UK under Vladimir Putin. There are
0:19:35 > 0:19:40nine of the men who died in suspicious circumstances. Boris
0:19:40 > 0:19:45Berezovsky is just one. In all of the cases and in five others that we
0:19:45 > 0:19:49investigated...There was no sign of a struggle with Boris Berezovsky.
0:19:49 > 0:19:58Why do you think it needs to be looked at.Well he was found hanged
0:19:58 > 0:20:03from his own shower rail. The marks were not consistent with the sorts
0:20:03 > 0:20:10of marks you get in a hanging A pathologist said they were
0:20:10 > 0:20:16consistent with strangulation of the. And he had a broken rib. There
0:20:16 > 0:20:21were fingerprints found. He was known to be the target of previous
0:20:21 > 0:20:24assassination attempts ordered by the Russian state. We think it is
0:20:24 > 0:20:27sufficient to investigate his death and the others of people surrounding
0:20:27 > 0:20:31him.You have spent a lot of time investigating the unexplained deaths
0:20:31 > 0:20:45of Russians in London. What do you make of today's news, do you think
0:20:45 > 0:20:49that Mr Glushakov's death sounds suspicious.Well he was part of the
0:20:49 > 0:20:54group of Russian exiles, many of who have died in mysterious
0:20:54 > 0:20:58circumstances. He was close to Boris Berezovsky and another of the 14
0:20:58 > 0:21:02people who died suspiciously in Britain after angering the Kremlin.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06We know he has accused the Kremlin of being involved in the death of
0:21:06 > 0:21:09his friends and he was continuing to investigate their deaths. So I think
0:21:09 > 0:21:13it is appropriate that counter terror police become involved in
0:21:13 > 0:21:16that investigation. They can hopefully conduct all the
0:21:16 > 0:21:18appropriate tests and make sure the investigation is conducted properly
0:21:18 > 0:21:22and maybe we will get a better conclusion in this investigation
0:21:22 > 0:21:28than in the 14 hoers that we have investigated.Can I ask you about
0:21:28 > 0:21:32comments from the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with Sergei
0:21:32 > 0:21:38Skripal's poisoning. The two lines, particularly one they would
0:21:38 > 0:21:43retaliate against all British journalists in Moscow if RT is shut
0:21:43 > 0:21:50and the threat of don't mess with a nuclear power. What do you think of
0:21:50 > 0:21:58that.That is why the British Government has been reticent to
0:21:58 > 0:22:01respond before. I have been talking to people in the British Government
0:22:01 > 0:22:08and they tell me Britain is scared of Russia and Russia is a nuclear
0:22:08 > 0:22:14power with extensive capabilities and are prepared to respond to any
0:22:14 > 0:22:19retaliation by the British Government and could shut out every
0:22:19 > 0:22:25British journalist from Russia if Britain shuts down one Russian
0:22:25 > 0:22:30propaganda arm. Britain is scared of moves Russia could make. I think
0:22:30 > 0:22:33here by unleashing a chemical weapons attack that may have
0:22:33 > 0:22:38affected hundreds of members of public, Russia has crossed a
0:22:38 > 0:22:42threshold and it is not possible or the the British Government to ignore
0:22:42 > 0:22:50this.Thank you.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55We need three hours for this programme today. There is so much.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Now many of us have journals where we write down our feelings
0:22:58 > 0:23:01but for seven-year-old Noah Orion - the pages became a place to express
0:23:01 > 0:23:03himself when his mother was sick with cancer.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06When she died last fall his drawings became a way to express his grief.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Now it's being made into a book - with the proceeds being
0:23:09 > 0:23:11used to help others.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14The BBC's been speaking to Noah about the project.
0:23:14 > 0:23:21It's a book where you express your feelings about each day you have.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24How is that?
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Too high?
0:23:26 > 0:23:30I was like, how could I make a book where I
0:23:30 > 0:23:35could just just do the title, like one of those journals.
0:23:35 > 0:23:36Noah created this journal, it was totally
0:23:36 > 0:23:39an idea he came up with on his own.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41There was a good day's version and a bad day's version.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46A bad day would be like when something goes wrong.
0:23:46 > 0:23:53And good days are basically holidays, winning video games.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55But if you can't find a good day or a
0:23:55 > 0:23:57bad day in their day, you don't really have
0:23:57 > 0:23:59to write about that day.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04About five years ago Sandy was diagnosed with breast cancer.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06She was diagnosed at stage 4.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07Who is Sandy?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09My mom.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13She was a real trooper when we found out.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17I mean she went camping with us one time.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24We have always had a conversation in our family about how
0:24:24 > 0:24:26it is important to talk about your feelings, or write
0:24:27 > 0:24:28it down.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31When Sandy started to get sicker, it was something we talked
0:24:31 > 0:24:32about a lot.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Dad saw me with this and he was, "That's awesome, dude."
0:24:36 > 0:24:38I really wanted to show Noah that his bright idea could
0:24:38 > 0:24:40help people.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Noah said something to me today that I thought was great, he
0:24:55 > 0:24:59said, "I want people to know they they can make
0:24:59 > 0:25:01a difference and they can help, even if they're only
0:25:01 > 0:25:02seven years old."
0:25:02 > 0:25:05I thought that was really a sweet thing.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08I feel awesome that I could contribute, help them
0:25:08 > 0:25:12to not have the same thing that we went through.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17I know his mum would be so proud of what he has
0:25:17 > 0:25:17accomplished.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21I know she would be really proud of what he is doing.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30So sad what Noah has been flu and good for him for trying to help
0:25:30 > 0:25:32other people.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34This is Beyond 100 Days from the BBC.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Coming up for viewers on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News -
0:25:38 > 0:25:40will Russia respond to Theresa May's midnight diplomatic deadline,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43as the UK demands an explanation over the poisoning of a former spy
0:25:43 > 0:25:45in southern England?
0:25:45 > 0:25:49And sun, surf and security - Donald Trump makes his first trip
0:25:49 > 0:25:51to California as President, where he's looking at
0:25:51 > 0:25:52prototypes for a border wall.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56That's still to come.
0:26:09 > 0:26:15There are some changes on the way for tonight into tomorrow. Today was
0:26:15 > 0:26:18a lovely spring day. Sunshine across the country. There was some cloud as
0:26:18 > 0:26:26you can see from our weather watcher pictures. The showers that we had
0:26:26 > 0:26:31faded away. We have some clear skies, light winds and temperatures
0:26:31 > 0:26:37will fall away tonight. The wind's picking up, blowing in more cloud
0:26:37 > 0:26:40with rain later in Cornwall and Northern Ireland. Ahead of it we
0:26:40 > 0:26:44will find temperatures falling close to freezing. In Scotland and
0:26:44 > 0:26:49northern England all the way down to the northern home counties. For
0:26:49 > 0:26:55Wednesday this area of low pressure will rotate to the west of the UK.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58And push ahead these bands of cloud and rain. The western side that sees
0:26:58 > 0:27:06the rain on Wednesday. Ahead of it we are drawing air from Spain. A
0:27:06 > 0:27:11mild wind picking up during the day. It will be a breezy day. For central
0:27:11 > 0:27:15and eastern parts dry with sunshine. The stronger winds will be where we
0:27:15 > 0:27:21have the thicker cloud and rain to the west. Gales likely to the South
0:27:21 > 0:27:25West of England and around the coast and hill and rain through much of
0:27:25 > 0:27:29the afternoon across the South West, spilling up to Wales, heading north
0:27:29 > 0:27:33in the afternoon. The winds picking up through the Irish Sea and some
0:27:33 > 0:27:37rain for much of the day for Northern Ireland, clipping the South
0:27:37 > 0:27:42West of Scotland and arriving back into the Western Isles. But plenty
0:27:42 > 0:27:48of sunshine around the Moray Firth and the Society east of England --
0:27:48 > 0:27:51south-east of England and temperatures up to 14. For Thursday
0:27:51 > 0:27:57the rain will move, not away from Northern Ireland, but moving north
0:27:57 > 0:28:02and behind it sunshine but some heavy showers. Here in the South
0:28:02 > 0:28:06West temperatures around 12 degrees. But to the north of the rain belt it
0:28:06 > 0:28:10is colder in Scotland and the north-east of England and it will
0:28:10 > 0:28:16get colder. That rain band moves north and then stops, the showers
0:28:16 > 0:28:23continue towards the south and any showers in Scotland turning wintry.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27We pick up an easterly wind. It will feel cold with some snow in the
0:28:27 > 0:28:29south. And in the east.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11This is Beyond One Hundred Days, with me
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Katty Kay in Washington - Christian Fraser's in London.
0:30:13 > 0:30:14Our top stories.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Donald Trump fires his Secretary of State,
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Rex Tillerson, replacing him with CIA chief, Mike Pompeo.
0:30:19 > 0:30:25One Democratic Senator tells us, this is no way to run a White House.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28The president may have been acting more out of the instincts he adopted
0:30:28 > 0:30:37in ten years of presiding over a reality TV show where the ultimate
0:30:37 > 0:30:40aim was to have him point at someone and yell, you're fired.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Moscow says it will ignore an ultimatum
0:30:42 > 0:30:44from Britain to explain how a former Russian double agent
0:30:44 > 0:30:47was poisoned in the UK with a Soviet-era nerve agent.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50We'll have more on both of those stories in a moment -
0:30:50 > 0:30:52also coming up in the next half hour.
0:30:52 > 0:30:53Trump travels to California for his first visit
0:30:53 > 0:30:57as president, to look at prototypes of the wall he wants to build
0:30:57 > 0:30:59on the Mexican border.
0:30:59 > 0:31:00Amazing pictures from Patagonia - the Argentine
0:31:00 > 0:31:03glacier that collapses, then reforms - we've
0:31:03 > 0:31:05more to show you.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag
0:31:07 > 0:31:17'Beyond-One-Hundred-Days'.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Let's return to our top story In the biggest shake-up
0:31:21 > 0:31:23of his Cabinet since taking office, Donald Trump has sacked his
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, following a series of public
0:31:26 > 0:31:28disagreements between the two men.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Rex Tillerson is the twentieth member of Mr Trump's
0:31:30 > 0:31:33cabinet to lose their job, or resign, since the President took
0:31:33 > 0:31:37office fourteen months ago.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39The director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo, has been named
0:31:39 > 0:31:42as Mr Tillerson's replacement, while Gina Haspel becomes
0:31:42 > 0:31:52the first woman to lead the intelligence agency.
0:31:54 > 0:32:03What do we know about what was that tipping point that fully - that
0:32:03 > 0:32:07finally pushed at Rex Tillerson.I remember when the rumours were
0:32:07 > 0:32:11swirling late last year we thought it was imminent and then at the
0:32:11 > 0:32:16start of the New Year we felt a corner had been turned and Rex
0:32:16 > 0:32:21Tillerson had found his feet and he embarked on all of these trips and
0:32:21 > 0:32:26policy initiatives. And he told us that he would be around for the year
0:32:26 > 0:32:31of the Sophie was digging in perhaps banking on this fact but Donald
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Trump does not like to fire people directly. But for the tipping point,
0:32:34 > 0:32:39Rex Tillerson got a call on Friday from the Chief of staff John Kelly
0:32:39 > 0:32:42to let him something was up. And this happened shortly after Donald
0:32:42 > 0:32:48Trump decided to meet the North Korean leader. So White House
0:32:48 > 0:32:53officials saying that he wanted to make a break, he wanted to get a new
0:32:53 > 0:32:58team in place in time to run those negotiations anti-trust and likes
0:32:58 > 0:33:02Mike Pompeo, he is more aligned in terms of policy and he decided then
0:33:02 > 0:33:08to move at this point. Coming back on the plane Rex Tillerson was also
0:33:08 > 0:33:12outspoken about Russia, he has always been more radical of Russia
0:33:12 > 0:33:17than Donald Trump to put it mildly. But he was very outspoken on the
0:33:17 > 0:33:20plane coming back and that may have tipped the scales in terms of the
0:33:20 > 0:33:24timing. I think Donald Trump had already made up his mind. But no
0:33:24 > 0:33:28doubt it was a shock wave that it was done and the timing as well.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32Just a few hours after Rex Tillerson landed after coming back from
0:33:32 > 0:33:38Africa.Mike Pompeo has been more tactful when it comes to Russia even
0:33:38 > 0:33:45though he seems to be siding with Rex Tillerson. Saying that they are
0:33:45 > 0:33:48interfering not just in the last election but in the run-up to the
0:33:48 > 0:33:54midterms. But he is more hawkish when it comes to Iran and North
0:33:54 > 0:33:59Korea.As head of the CIA he has said we have evidence that Russia is
0:33:59 > 0:34:04meddling and will medal again probably in the midterms. So he has
0:34:04 > 0:34:10taken a much stronger stance than Donald Trump. But less strong than
0:34:10 > 0:34:14Rex Tillerson. So he is in between. But in terms of the other policy
0:34:14 > 0:34:20issues, Iran, he said that we have differences on Iran with Rex
0:34:20 > 0:34:26Tillerson. The reality of that was Cabinet secretaries had told them
0:34:26 > 0:34:32not to pull out of the Iran deal. But Mike Pompeo is going to be
0:34:32 > 0:34:38overseeing backfile now. He's known to be more a hawk on Iran.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Let's speak to William Cohen who served as Secretary of Defense
0:34:40 > 0:34:45under President Clinton.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49Can you give us some sense of the importance of the role of Secretary
0:34:49 > 0:34:55of State, how much does a change in that role reflects a change in
0:34:55 > 0:34:59American policy.It really depends on the president. What kind of
0:34:59 > 0:35:02delegation of authority the president gives to his Secretary of
0:35:02 > 0:35:06State. But from the beginning it was cleared Donald Trump did not give
0:35:06 > 0:35:12full authority to Rex Tillerson. And that was indicative from the very
0:35:12 > 0:35:17beginning, they had disagreements of a variety of issues. Their styles
0:35:17 > 0:35:20are different, Rex Tillerson comes from the corporate world where there
0:35:20 > 0:35:24is a process that present tramp comes from his own world where there
0:35:24 > 0:35:28is no process but more of a chaotic environment with decisions being
0:35:28 > 0:35:34made on impulse without great consequence given to the result.And
0:35:34 > 0:35:38the relationship between the Secretary of State and secondary
0:35:38 > 0:35:44defence, we understand Rex Tillerson had a good relationship with the
0:35:44 > 0:35:52Secretary of Defence. How much does that relationship matter?It is very
0:35:52 > 0:35:57important, state and defence sometimes disagree on major issues
0:35:57 > 0:36:00and it is important that the Secretary of Defence and state work
0:36:00 > 0:36:17together. But in this case I think Mike Pompeo will work very well with
0:36:17 > 0:36:21defence. I do not think there will be any big difference of opinion.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24There may be some difference in style in terms of how they go about
0:36:24 > 0:36:33resolving any differences they might have.You said it depends on the
0:36:33 > 0:36:36president, and their relationship with the Secretary of State. But
0:36:36 > 0:36:43that tweet he said to Rex Tillerson, he's wasting his time trying to
0:36:43 > 0:36:48negotiate with little rocket man. But then he said he would talk to
0:36:48 > 0:36:53the North Korean President. He does not really want to listen to the
0:36:53 > 0:36:58candour of his Secretary of State, he wants to do it himself?Well Rex
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Tillerson was promoting negotiation to try to get to the table with the
0:37:02 > 0:37:07North Korean. And you have president moon of South Korea asking for
0:37:07 > 0:37:14negotiations. Present tramp called him an appeaser. And then he
0:37:14 > 0:37:18undercut Rex Tillerson I think you're wasting your time with little
0:37:18 > 0:37:23rocket man. Again it shows the volatility and lack of real
0:37:23 > 0:37:27continuity in terms of thinking and action put up and in this case it
0:37:27 > 0:37:32was clear that secretary Rex Tillerson was not going to have a
0:37:32 > 0:37:36long lasting literature with the president. But what is surprising is
0:37:36 > 0:37:42the manner in which it was done, without any great class or grace. He
0:37:42 > 0:37:45could have said we're just having too many differences and I would
0:37:45 > 0:37:50like you to submit your resignation. But instead he waited until he was
0:37:50 > 0:37:54out of the country and then fired him. Now Rex Tillerson apparently
0:37:54 > 0:38:00wants to stay on but usually you have an agreement to stay on for a
0:38:00 > 0:38:05couple of weeks but Dean fired with the undercut durability to carry out
0:38:05 > 0:38:11any functions.Thank you very much. If ever we have a disagreement and
0:38:11 > 0:38:15one of us has to leave the show I will tell you in person, Christian.
0:38:15 > 0:38:20It will not be done on twitter, that is not the way to get rid of
0:38:20 > 0:38:26someone. I think this one issue about Mike Pompeo, he is very much a
0:38:26 > 0:38:29political person and tied this president. Willie play the role of
0:38:29 > 0:38:32standing up to Donald Trump and disagreeing with him when he feels
0:38:32 > 0:38:36that there are policy issues between them. I'm a bit more sceptical about
0:38:36 > 0:38:51that. The president is in California now, he asked the builders to create
0:38:51 > 0:38:54some physically imposing structures for his proposed border wall. He is
0:38:54 > 0:39:00looking about how to type, there are in fact eight of them and it will
0:39:00 > 0:39:04cover 360 miles of the border. That is one of them, all different shapes
0:39:04 > 0:39:08and sizes. I have been looking at the pictures from the other side and
0:39:08 > 0:39:12quite a number of Mexicans on the other side protesting with banners.
0:39:12 > 0:39:17And just on the other side the Secret Service keeping a wily eye on
0:39:17 > 0:39:32the Mexicans who have come to protest about it. And by the way he
0:39:32 > 0:39:34still does not have the money for that wall.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Returning now to the Russian spy story.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38And the Russian government has, once again, denied being involved.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Russia's foreign minister says Britain isn't letting
0:39:40 > 0:39:42the Kremlin see the evidence of the nerve agent attack,
0:39:42 > 0:39:45as required under international law.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47From Moscow, here's Sarah Rainsford.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Today we saw the British ambassador called into
0:39:49 > 0:39:51the foreign ministry here.
0:39:51 > 0:39:56He said he came to give the message from Theresa May
0:39:56 > 0:39:59that the ultimatum was approaching, that Britain expects some answers.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01The foreign ministry, though, said he came to hear the Russian
0:40:01 > 0:40:04protest against what Russia calls a sordid attempt to
0:40:04 > 0:40:05discredit this country.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08So strong language coming from Moscow and the strongest we've
0:40:08 > 0:40:18heard yet coming from the Minister himself Sergey Lavrov.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20He has essentially rejected the deadline, he said Britain
0:40:20 > 0:40:22is violating the chemical weapons Convention by only giving Russia 24
0:40:22 > 0:40:28hours to respond to the allegation of a chemical attack.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30He says there should be ten days to respond.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33So unless Russia, unless the UK sticks to the rules than Russia has
0:40:33 > 0:40:36no intention of doing so either was pretty much the message
0:40:36 > 0:40:37from Sergey Lavrov.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39When I asked him directly whether Russia was responsible
0:40:39 > 0:40:42for this attack he said that was nonsense and Russia had
0:40:42 > 0:40:45nothing to do with it.
0:40:45 > 0:40:53And we've heard as well from his spokeswoman a little later
0:40:53 > 0:40:55today with even stronger language, she said today
0:40:55 > 0:40:56who does Britain think
0:40:56 > 0:40:58it is issuing ultimatums to a nuclear power.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00So worrying language from here in Moscow and no sign
0:41:00 > 0:41:03at all I think of Russia either meeting the deadline or backing down
0:41:03 > 0:41:08on its stance over this attack.
0:41:08 > 0:41:13So it seems another rupture in relations between the UK and Russia
0:41:13 > 0:41:15by midnight.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Joining us now is John Bayliss -
0:41:17 > 0:41:19who worked for Britain's electronic intelligence agency for almost four
0:41:19 > 0:41:23decades - and now lectures on security threats.
0:41:23 > 0:41:28When we get something like the Sergei Skripal case will focus on
0:41:28 > 0:41:33how many spies there are in the UK. How does it compare to the height of
0:41:33 > 0:41:40the Cold War do you think?I would say there are more spies now than at
0:41:40 > 0:41:44the height of the Cold War. I think we are looking at travelling
0:41:44 > 0:41:48somewhere between 40 and 50. Difficult to put an exact figure on.
0:41:48 > 0:41:53The thing about spying is that funnily enough we tell the Russians
0:41:53 > 0:41:58how many spies we have a Moscow, we do not call them spies but
0:41:58 > 0:42:01intelligence officers and they basically tell us how many
0:42:01 > 0:42:04intelligence officers they have in London and the tricky bit is working
0:42:04 > 0:42:08out who is an intelligence officer that they are not admitting to.I
0:42:08 > 0:42:13read about one Russian businessman who knows that he's been followed
0:42:13 > 0:42:17because he looks outside the shop that he runs in London and some
0:42:17 > 0:42:19locals were eating sunflower seeds which Russian people from the
0:42:19 > 0:42:23countryside he does well and quite brazen in the fact that they were
0:42:23 > 0:42:29watching him. What happens for the spies here, do we follow them around
0:42:29 > 0:42:37or how does that work.Well I think that in the day of the Cold War they
0:42:37 > 0:42:42were restricted on their movements. I think that has lapsed almost
0:42:42 > 0:42:46completely now and they have fairly free movement. Some of the people we
0:42:46 > 0:42:50know about will probably be followed. But there are too many of
0:42:50 > 0:42:54them, we do not have enough people any more to do that kind of thing.
0:42:54 > 0:43:00We concentrate on terrorism and that is where the bulk of the effort will
0:43:00 > 0:43:05go almost certainly.What are the retaliatory options with UK, you
0:43:05 > 0:43:12work that GCHQ and you understand the cyber options. The risk could be
0:43:12 > 0:43:20a trade war with perhaps unintended consequences and presumably the
0:43:20 > 0:43:26Russians would hit back in any kind of cyber attack.I think they are
0:43:26 > 0:43:30already hitting, not hitting back because they've been doing it more
0:43:30 > 0:43:34than we have I would say. They would be an option I'm quite sure to do
0:43:34 > 0:43:40that but as you say where does it end.You think we need to get
0:43:40 > 0:43:48tougher?We probably do but what are the options, I mean there are
0:43:48 > 0:43:55sanctions, expelling diplomats, not sending people to the football,
0:43:55 > 0:44:01those are the kind of options you have. There are limited options that
0:44:01 > 0:44:08we have that we can bring into play. Very good to talk to you, thank you.
0:44:08 > 0:44:13Some surprising things, more spies than at the height of the Cold War
0:44:13 > 0:44:20and the options not great. England are not going to the World Cup.
0:44:20 > 0:44:27Maybe they would have been coming up early anyway!
0:44:27 > 0:44:29President Trump is making his first visit
0:44:29 > 0:44:31to California today - there's not much love lost
0:44:31 > 0:44:33between the White House and the very Democratic state.
0:44:33 > 0:44:35Politicians there are leading the fight against the President's
0:44:35 > 0:44:37policies, on everything from climate change to immigration.
0:44:37 > 0:44:42Last week, the administration filed
0:44:42 > 0:44:45a lawsuit saying California is saying its protections to illega
0:44:45 > 0:44:46immigrants are unconstitutional.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48Today the President tweeted: Thousands of dangerous & violent
0:44:48 > 0:44:50criminal aliens are released as a result of sanctuary
0:44:50 > 0:44:52policies, set free to prey on innocent Americans.
0:44:52 > 0:44:56THIS MUST STOP!
0:44:56 > 0:44:58This trip Mr Trump will examine eight
0:44:58 > 0:45:00prototypes for a border wall.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02A short time ago, I spoke to California Attorney General
0:45:02 > 0:45:10Xavier Becerra from Los Angeles.
0:45:10 > 0:45:15Your state has the biggest economy in the US. Is it strange that it has
0:45:15 > 0:45:21taken the president this long to visit California gas mark if you go
0:45:21 > 0:45:25by past experience it definitely is because most presidents from
0:45:25 > 0:45:29Rosenfeld forward have always made an effort to visit California and
0:45:29 > 0:45:34not just early but often.I'm not sure why Donald Trump has waited so
0:45:34 > 0:45:36long since you could learn so much about what makes a nation
0:45:36 > 0:45:41successful. Blah but only the economic engine for the country but
0:45:41 > 0:45:46the sixth largest economy in the world close to passing Great Britain
0:45:46 > 0:45:50is the fifth economic power in the world.Well maybe it is because you
0:45:50 > 0:45:56are afraid democratic state and seen by the supporters of Donald Trump is
0:45:56 > 0:45:59the hotbed of the political resistance in this country. He does
0:45:59 > 0:46:06not like the politics of California, as simple as that restaurant may be
0:46:06 > 0:46:10is that he talks and we act, he talks success and we show success.
0:46:10 > 0:46:15All I know is that California creates more jobs than any other
0:46:15 > 0:46:19state, we are number one in manufacturing, agriculture,
0:46:19 > 0:46:24high-technology, hospitality, entertainment. We graduate more
0:46:24 > 0:46:27people from college than any other state in the nation, a pretty good
0:46:27 > 0:46:31record of success that I would hope that every state would want to
0:46:31 > 0:46:35emulate.Are you concerned that the president has the capacity to hit
0:46:35 > 0:46:40back against Europe economic success whether it is by building a wall
0:46:40 > 0:46:45with Mexico, and he is looking older types today over there by taking
0:46:45 > 0:46:49action against Californian cities, so-called sanctuary cities that
0:46:49 > 0:46:55protect undocumented people living in the country.I believe that the
0:46:55 > 0:47:02law will be on our side and not just history, but the law. And I count on
0:47:02 > 0:47:05the law and the institutions we have in this country are strong. I
0:47:05 > 0:47:09believe they can withstand the winds from Washington, DC and Donald Trump
0:47:09 > 0:47:12can say what he likes, it is whether the federal government has the right
0:47:12 > 0:47:18to do these things. So we will see Donald Trump" whether on the border
0:47:18 > 0:47:22wall for his attempts to coerce the state of California to do his
0:47:22 > 0:47:31bidding on immigration. We're not in the business of deportation but of
0:47:31 > 0:47:35public safety. And we are prepared to abide by the law and that the
0:47:35 > 0:47:41institutions of government prove how and when Donald Trump can act.You
0:47:41 > 0:47:46say you're prepared to fight back against some of the things that the
0:47:46 > 0:47:49president is proposing, clamping down on people who are in the
0:47:49 > 0:47:54country illegally and particularly on the prospect of building a wall.
0:47:54 > 0:48:01But he is the President, what can you do about that?Well we cannot
0:48:01 > 0:48:06stop him from doing those things that fall within the province of the
0:48:06 > 0:48:13federal government. We recognise that. Immigration enforcement is a
0:48:13 > 0:48:16federal responsibility but even with immigration enforcement you must do
0:48:16 > 0:48:21it according to the Constitution and when Donald Trump tries to violate
0:48:21 > 0:48:23peoples constitutional rights week can step in and we have. And far
0:48:23 > 0:48:29with proven that on many occasions Donald Trump has violated the very
0:48:29 > 0:48:34laws that he is supposed to enforce. Dreamers, individuals, waiting for
0:48:34 > 0:48:39status, one Donald Trump decided to deport them, they're still here and
0:48:39 > 0:48:44in fact the programme remains in effect because of the court
0:48:44 > 0:48:48challenge which instituted and we got a nationwide injunction to stop
0:48:48 > 0:48:54him from terminating the programme. We'll see where we go on the border
0:48:54 > 0:48:59wall for the but we will do what we can to defend the rights of the
0:48:59 > 0:49:06people of California and see where that goes.
0:49:06 > 0:49:07This is Beyond One Hundred Days.
0:49:07 > 0:49:12Still to come.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15What can I do for you.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17Disney's new film A Wrinkle in Time -
0:49:17 > 0:49:26why it's a bittersweet moment for the black woman who directed it.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28Here, the Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered an upbeat
0:49:28 > 0:49:32assessment of the UK economy, claiming there's "light at the end
0:49:32 > 0:49:33of the tunnel" and hinting at possible public spending
0:49:33 > 0:49:36increases in the Autumn.
0:49:36 > 0:49:38Mr Hammond delivered his Spring statement saying growth
0:49:38 > 0:49:41and employment were up - but Labour accused the Chancellor
0:49:41 > 0:49:44of ignoring a public sector funding crisis.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47Here's Laura Kuennsberg.
0:49:47 > 0:49:50Is there anybody out there?
0:49:50 > 0:49:53Number Eleven didn't want us to pay that much attention.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55No fuss, no frills.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58REPORTER:Do you have good news today, Chancellor?
0:49:58 > 0:50:05Only the Chancellor slipping off to work.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08But what was this, a cheery Philip Hammond rushing to his place?
0:50:08 > 0:50:11If there are any Eeyores in the chamber, they're over there.
0:50:11 > 0:50:20I, meanwhile, am at my most positively Tigger-like today.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27Not much has changed from the world outside.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29True, the economy will grow a little bit faster.
0:50:29 > 0:50:30The debt will start to fall, just.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32The day-to-day deficit, remember that, it's gone.
0:50:32 > 0:50:35But compared to other countries, the economy is sluggish and slow.
0:50:35 > 0:50:37Spending will stay stay tight.
0:50:37 > 0:50:41I do not agree with those who argue that every available penny must be
0:50:41 > 0:50:49used to reduce the deficit.
0:50:49 > 0:50:52And nor do I agree with the fantasts opposite who argue that every
0:50:52 > 0:50:56available penny should be spent immediately.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59But Labour accused him of not being in the real world.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01Hasn't he listened to the doctors, the nurses, the teachers,
0:51:01 > 0:51:03the police officers, the carers and even his own
0:51:03 > 0:51:06councillors, they're telling him they can't wait for the next budget.
0:51:06 > 0:51:16They're telling him to act now.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25Hard choices that will linger long after today.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Along with the Brexit bill, revealed to be
0:51:27 > 0:51:28hanging around until 2064.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30Spring has not yet really sprung.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster.
0:51:32 > 0:51:35You're watching Beyond One Hundred Days.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37"Bittersweet" - that's how the director of the new Disney film,
0:51:37 > 0:51:40A Wrinkle in Time has described becoming one of the first
0:51:40 > 0:51:46African American directors to hold a top spot at the U.S Box Office.
0:51:46 > 0:51:48Ava Duvernay says "it's sad" its only happened in 2018
0:51:48 > 0:51:50after more than a century of the industry existing.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53Our reporter Chi Chi Izundu sat down with her to discuss race,
0:51:53 > 0:51:57inclusion and Times Up.
0:51:57 > 0:52:03Your father has accomplished something extraordinary.
0:52:03 > 0:52:05Based on the 1962 fantasy novel, a Wrinkle in
0:52:05 > 0:52:08Time tells the story of a young teenage girl whose
0:52:08 > 0:52:11scientist father goes missing and it's down to her to find
0:52:11 > 0:52:13him and save the universe.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16The only one who can stop it.
0:52:16 > 0:52:20Is you.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23Wrinkle holds the No 2 spot at the US box office.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25Start over.
0:52:25 > 0:52:27And burn it all.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30In at No 1 is the Marvel epic Black Panther -
0:52:30 > 0:52:31which has also just
0:52:31 > 0:52:34surpassed the billion dollar mark worldwide.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37To the rest of the world.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Plus, it is the first time in history that
0:52:39 > 0:52:40two black directors with
0:52:40 > 0:52:43budgets over $100 million have ever taken the top two spots at the
0:52:43 > 0:52:45box office.
0:52:45 > 0:52:48An achievement the Wrinkle director, Ava DuVernay, has described
0:52:48 > 0:52:53as bitter sweet.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55They're amazing women throughout history of cinema
0:52:55 > 0:52:58who were black women, women of colour, who should have had those
0:52:58 > 0:53:02opportunities, but Hollywood and the industry didn't give them
0:53:02 > 0:53:04opportunities, so because Hollywood has decided to give me the
0:53:04 > 0:53:06opportunity, it doesn't have to do anything with me.
0:53:06 > 0:53:09It has to do with the time.
0:53:09 > 0:53:12So it is bitter sweet when we hear about these firsts happening
0:53:12 > 0:53:13in 2018.
0:53:13 > 0:53:15Do you think Hollywood's changed towards people of colour
0:53:15 > 0:53:19being forefront and centre of film?
0:53:19 > 0:53:24Changing, not changed.
0:53:24 > 0:53:25That is not the case.
0:53:25 > 0:53:27But changing, I hope so.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30That hope is turning into a reality.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33Since the start of her career, Ava DuVernay has insisted on a
0:53:33 > 0:53:34diverse cast and crew.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37Something other production houses and actors
0:53:37 > 0:53:47are now actively including in their contracts.
0:53:47 > 0:53:53A glacier arch in Argentina has collapsed -
0:53:53 > 0:53:57but this time it's not due to climate change.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00It's part of a cycle and means tourists can see the spectacle
0:54:00 > 0:54:07of huge chunks of ice falling off the glacier every few years.
0:54:08 > 0:54:17Let's take a look.
0:54:22 > 0:54:28The Perito Moreno glacier.
0:55:05 > 0:55:17It is like a video being rewound.
0:55:19 > 0:55:22So I was having a look through Twitter and found this -
0:55:22 > 0:55:29taken at a chocolate factory.
0:55:29 > 0:55:33Trump Junior apparent being interviewed by some very serious
0:55:33 > 0:55:38chocolate bunny reporters.
0:55:38 > 0:55:40Trump Jr was at Sarris Candies in Canonsburg,
0:55:40 > 0:55:41Pennsylvania, for a campaign stop with Rick Saccone,
0:55:41 > 0:55:43the Republican congressional candidate for Tuesday's special
0:55:43 > 0:55:53election in Pennsylvania's 18th District.
0:55:56 > 0:56:01And he has responded in part.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03President Trump's eldest son appreciated the joke,
0:56:03 > 0:56:05retweeting Rush's photo and adding his own quip.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07"The chocolate rabbit gave a hard hitting interview
0:56:07 > 0:56:08and was delicious afterwards," Trump Jr
0:56:08 > 0:56:18tweeted.
0:56:20 > 0:56:29One of those really boring news days! We will see you back here
0:56:29 > 0:56:32tomorrow.