19/01/2017 Outside Source

Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.

Donald Trump has arrived in Washington for events leading up to

his inauguration on Friday. The vice President-elect says this will be a

smooth transfer of power. Our job is to be ready on day one.

American people can be confident that we will be.

Donald Trump's relationship with Russia is already

I'll play you a BBC interview with President Putin's spokesperson,

who denies that the Russian state hacked the US elections.

Senegalese troops have entered the country to support

who's been sworn in, despite the old president

Up to 35 people are missing after an avalanche hit

If you have any questions on the stories we are covering, in

particular about inauguration day. You can contact us on social media.

You can see the contact information on the screen throughout. If I can't

answer the question, I'll try and find someone who can.

This time tomorrow, Doanld Trump will be President of America.

Let's have a look at some of the pictures that have come in in the

last few hours. Here he is, landing

at Andrews Air Force base He spoke to his staff at a lunch

at his Washington hotel earlier. There was a jovial atmosphere, as

you would imagine. Staff, supporters and his family all gathering to,

well, celebrate what he has achieved, which is something quite

extraordinary. I'm not sure many people apart from Donald Trump and

soul thought it would be possible he could get the presidency, but he has

proved all of those doubters wrong. -- Donald Trump himself.

He laid a wreath at Arlington Cemetery less than an hour ago.

That was to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in service to the

US military. This is where the ceremony will take place tomorrow.

You can imagine the amount of preparation involved in putting on

inauguration day in Washington, DC is quite something. And, well mike

would be surprised to hear this - there are lots of extra security and

police around. @davidcommon CBC News: "Always

lots of police in #Washington, but with protest and security

threats, way more In a moment, I will speak to Jane

O'Brien, live from the Washington newsroom. Let's just quickly have a

look at the concert going on at the moment. This is a concert to make

America great again, that is the title of the concert. As you can

see, lots of people turning out right at the other end from where

the inauguration ceremony will take place. We'll keep an eye on that

concert. We can speak to our US

Correspondent, Jane O'Brien. Washington is a city like any other

anyway, almost a city apart from the rest of the country. -- unlike any

other. I guess it changes fundamentally at this particular

moment. We have just seen an abrupt change of tone in the last few

minutes. When Donald Trump laid the wreath at the tomb of the unknown

is, it was a very powerful symbol of the responsibility and the

seriousness that he will assume as the nation's commander-in-chief.

This was the first real official event when we see this transfer of

power, this peaceful transition of power from one president to the

relaxed. As I said, the real weight of responsibility that he will also

assume when he takes the oath of office at noon. It's also a

tradition that is aimed at establishing a real connection with

the military. Of course, Donald Trump has never served in the

military, with the men and women that he may come as

commander-in-chief, may asked to make the ultimate sacrifice. -- may

have to ask. Very different to the mood at the concert at the Lincoln

Memorial that we were just showing. That is more of a celebration. In

the last half hour or so, we have really witnessed that first

transition of power. You mentioned he will take the oath of office at

noon. Does his speech directly follow that? To be perfectly honest,

I'm not sure of the exact sequence of events. What we are expecting

from the speech is first of all it will be quite short. We are told

that he is still preparing it. He is edits. And a few tweaks here and

there. It's being described by Sean Spicer, his press secretary, at his

very first press briefing today, as less of an agenda and more of a full

as the goal document. I don't quite know what that means, -- a

philosophical document. It's going to be a statement of Mr Trump's

thoughts of what it is to be in government. What it is to be a

citizen and his expectations and ambitions for America under his

leadership. Depending on who you are in America, you are either excitable

apprehensive about what Mr Trump is going to do when he assumes this

role. When will the work begin? Can he get on with things tomorrow

afternoon, or should we wait until Monday before the work really gets

going? One minute past name, that is when the work begins. The Corompt

team are up against it, because a lot of the key Cabinet positions

have not yet been filled -- by Trump team. The confirmation process is

still underway. The second tier of jobs of these various agencies are

also unfilled. The team have established what they have called a

beachhead of workers and volunteers who will go into these agencies and

literally one minute past name and they will just keep them running,

keep them functioning and told the management can really be

established. He has also had to ask a number of Obama administration

people in key posts, including several key posts in national

security, to stay on, because he hasn't been able to fill those jobs

yet. Although the work technically can begin immediately, it's going to

take a little longer to establish the real structures and the

formation of these agencies that he's going to be in charge of. Jane,

for the moment, thank you. Good luck tomorrow for you and all my

colleagues in Washington, it will be a very busy day on inauguration day.

You can get full coverage of the inauguration of Donald Trump on BBC

News. One other detail I spotted on Twitter, this from the BBC world

Twitter feed. Trump hints New York Jets

owner Woody Johnson That's not confirmed. Just a comment

that suggests it is made by Mr Trump's thinking. Let's turn to an

interview that came into the BBC news room not long ago.

Stephen Sackur from BBC's HardTalk spoke earlier with the Kremlin

spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, who works closely

Stephen came onto the earlier edition of Outside Source

after that interview to tell me about it.

It was absolutely fascinating. You can imagine here in Moscow, minds

are very much focused on what the Trump presidency will mean for

Russia- US relations. And of course, I asked Dmitry Peskov, chief

spokesman for Mr Bruton, all about that in the course of the interview,

which we recorded just a short time ago -- President Putin. There was

one other big issue I wanted to discuss with Mr Peskov. He

personally has been described in some of the leaks on the information

that has been flying around in recent days as 80 architect of what

some alleged to be a concerted campaign of Russian bloody tricks --

as a key architect. Bastareaud cyber hacking, -- dirty tricks. I had to

ask Mr Peskov about this, about the allegations of cyber hacking. He

responded by trying to turn the tables on me somewhat. He said, you

know, it is in the United States where they suffer from cyber

hacking. We suffer from it here in Russia, too. That might listen to

his answer. Everyday, we have hundreds of thousands of cyber

attacks against our digital systems in the Russian Federation. Some of

them are coming from the territory of the United States. Dozens are

coming from the territory of Germany. Dozens are coming from

Great Britain. Do you think that it means, with a high state of

certainty, that those attacks against our digital systems are

being promoted by the governments in Washington, in London, or in Berlin?

No, you are probably saying no, neither the Russian government nor

the Kremlin, nor President Putin personally, nor military

intelligence stand behind those attacks. If they really exist. Yes,

Mr Peskov look to be in the eye and said, I can tell you, we are not

responsible -- looked me in the eye. The Russian government are not

responsible for the hacking of the DNC, the Democratic party e-mails,

or any of the other that some in the West have accused us of. I said to

him, well, somebody is lying here. It is either by Western intelligence

agencies or it is you in Russia. He said, I agree with you. We will with

interest the investigations and fold in the US, if they have real

evidence, they should present it. In the view of Russia, that real

evidence does not exist. That's Mike move onto the second topic that

dominated our conversation, that of what Russia makes of Donald Trump.

Mr Trump issued certain warm words about Mr Boot Room, saying he is

smart and he believes -- President Putin. He believes President Putin

is Abra ball. Does that mean there will be a warmer relationship

between Donald Trump's Administration and Vladimir Putin's

Russia? Here are the thoughts of Proskow on what comes next for

Russia live in US relations. We want to have good relations with America

-- thoughts of Peskov. We believe that we cannot solve lots of

problems in this world and in our region that are endangering our

country without cooperation with the Americans. That's why we are

desperately needing a good relationship with Washington. But it

takes two to tango. And what will be the approach by President Trump?

This is the question. Stephen, did you pick of frustration by Mr Pasok

Peskov that the narrative has been accepted in the West? Yes, there is

a great deal of frustration about that. I think Mr Peskov believes

that the Western approach to Russia is deeply prejudiced and deeply

unfair. But then he probably would say that, wouldn't he? I'll tell you

something interesting, though, that came out of the interview. He

believes, and it's clear that the Russian government in general belief

that Barack Obama, in the last few days and weeks, has been trying to

in a sense limit Donald Trump's room for manoeuvre. Everything Mr Obama

was saying yesterday for example about the importance of not easing

sanctions on Russia unless Russia gives ground and the Ukraine issue,

that is something the Russians deeply resent. Of course, they are

hoping Donald Trump might well be a trusted in easing those sanctions,

which are hurting the Russian economy -- might well be in trusted.

Mr Trump will broadly expect something in return, and on that, Mr

Peskov was not giving ground at all. I asked Mr Peskov, will there be a

summit meeting between Putin and Trump in the near future? The

Russians clearly wanted. Mr Peskov said, that is something we will work

towards, but it is likely to take months rather than weeks. That is

something we will obviously keep watching.

You can catch Stephen's full interview with Dmitry Peskov

on HardTalk, starting from the 21st of January.

We are not going short of big interviews an Outside Source today.

We have had Dmitry Peskov. We will also play you, Ahmed talking to the

UK Prime Minister Theresa May. And we will talk about what is happening

in the Gambia. That is the new president being sworn in. But he is

not able to do it in his own not able to do it in his own

country. We will explain what is going on, and why Senegalese troops

have come across the border. The former Northern Ireland Deputy

First Minister, Martin McGuinness, has announced he is to retire

from front line politics and will not seek re-election

to the Stormont Assembly in March. He said he had intended

to step down in May, but that plan was overtaken

by health problems and the political My own health problems have come

after that crisis. I've really been dealing with this health situation

for the last couple of months. It's a very serious illness. It has taken

its toll on me. But I'm very determined to overcome it. And I'm

very determined to overcome it to an extent where I can be very much

involved in the whole process of peace and unity and reconciliation.

This is Outside Source, live from the BBC newsroom.

Events have begun in Washington leading up to Donald Trump's

Earlier, Mr Trump laid a wreath at Arlington Cemetery to honour

Let's turn to the main stories from the BBC World Service.

Turkish media is reporting that the man suspected of attacking

a nightclub in Istanbul on New Year's Eve is saying he chose

On BBC Mundo, you'll find these pictures

It's been increasingly active since October.

Lava and ash is being thrown more than 2000m into the air.

Let me show you a bit more of the Make America Great Against concert,

taking place at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. -- great again.

Let's have a listen. That is the first of many bands we

are going to hear both today and tomorrow as the various events tied

in with Donald Trump's inauguration get underway. There is a huge parade

tomorrow, featuring lots of bands like the one we have just seen. We

will keep an eye on that concert and play more of it a little later on. I

want to turn to what has been happening at the annual World

Economic Forum in Davos in Switzerland.

Theresa May has speaking at the annual World

There was particular attention on what she said

after that speech earlier in the week, where she laid out her

Here is the Prime Minister with the BBC's Economics

What I described in my speech when I spoke about Brexit is actually our

ambition as Britain, our ambition for a global Britain, ambition for a

Britain which not only has a good free trade agreement with the EU but

a Britain that is trading around the rest of the world. We have seen a

number of countries that want to do trade agreements with us. Earlier

today the Australians confirmed their commitment for a trade deal

with the United Kingdom. So I want to be ambitious for the UK, and I am

ambitious for the UK in what we can achieve, trading with the EU but

also around the world, a truly global Britain. What have the banks

said to you about why they are moving jobs? I have had a very good,

positive discussion with banks about the benefits of the City of London,

what has brought them there and how we can continue to build on that for

the future. And there are huge benefits for investment in the UK.

We have a fundamentally very strong economy. We have a service sector

that is very important to us, that is valued around the world. I

believe that truly global Britain can bring drops and prosperity to

the UK across the board, including financial services -- can bring

jobs. The white you can find that interview online. You can find that

interview online. You might have heard that the nominations for

Donald Trump's cabinet is continuing.

President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Treasury Secretary

He is a former banker with Goldman Sachs.

He is nominated as Treasury Secretary.

Here's some of what he said during his confirmation hearing.

I want to correct the record about my involvement

Since I was first nominated to serve as Treasury Secretary,

I have been maligned as taking advantage of others,

Nothing could be further from the truth.

That is all to do with when he led a buyout of IndyMac, which collapsed

in 2008. It was connected to the financial crisis, some call it the

second-biggest banking collapse after Lehmann Brothers. There was a

lot of two and fro about the role that he played in picking up of that

business and the transformation of it. You can get more background

online, look at the Washington Post and New York Times if you want

details reporting on what is happening in that Treasury Secretary

hearing. Perhaps a story that is not quite as

important, you may have missed this. You might have missed this,

but it appears that here in the UK we're in the grips

of a courgette crisis. The Manchester Evening News says

shoppers just can't cope. As the Daily Mail explains

here, it's all down There's a bit of bad weather in

Italy thrown in as well. Lots of drama. You wonder if people losing

here. A Twitter user says, what is this waking nightmare?!.

The BBC has been down to a wholesale market in London. Everything out of

Spain, they have had very, very bad weather. Torrential rain, and now

they have got snow in the reasons of the broccoli and the courgette being

grown. -- the regions. It is just everything coming out of there.

Courgette and normally six or sevenlbs, they are now ?20 and

struggling to get them. I've been in this trade in 40 or years, I've

never known it as bad as this. Everything is so dear. It has

affected the up-and-coming sort of fruit from the trees. Things like

that as well. The long-term effect we may still feel. A very serious

story in Teheran today. The collapse of a high-rise building was shown

live on state television. It is because of a big fire. This is what

happened. We know the building had been

evacuated, but unfortunately dozens of firefighters had gone into the

building to try and deal with the fire. The city's mayor has confirmed

that at least 20 by Paul were killed. -- 20 people were killed.

BBC Persia have been covering this story. The building has collapsed

totally. It is the way it collapsed, it is like the 9/11 print our

collapsing in New York, the whole thing falling through. -- Twin Tower

collapsing. The fire started at 7:30am. We presumed there were some

people inside it. The authorities tried to evacuate the area, and the

neighbouring areas. From the British Embassy, the German and the Turkish

embassies. They did manage to put out the fire, or they thought they

had. Then more firefighters went in, even civilians, people who had

businesses there, went into check. And then suddenly the whole thing

collapsed again after the fire restarted. Thanks for that update.

Turning from Iran to West Africa and the ongoing crisis in the Gambia.

Senegalese troops have gone in to support Adama Barrow, who has been

sworn in. He was sworn in in Senegal because he doesn't believe it is

safe to be in the Gambia. Yahya Jammeh is refusing to relinquish

power. Let's bring in a BBC correspondent. Tell us more about

this military operation? Well, West African troops led by Senegal, we

understand, have crossed into the Gambia now. It has been confirmed by

the spokesman of the Senegalese army. We don't exactly know how far,

how deep they've come into the Gambia. It is possible that some of

the troops have to be ferried across the river, so we don't exactly know

the position. Everything is calm here in the capital, the city is

like a ghost town tonight. And that's been the case for the whole

day, actually. The streets are deserted, there's very little

traffic on the main roads and the shops, the gas stations, everything

stayed closed the entire day. And obviously here there is an anxious

wait, to know whether the Senegalese forces are going to come all the way

to the capital the night and whether they will meet any resistance. So

far, the army spokesman of the Senegalese troops were telling us

that they haven't met any resistance on the way. Do we know where the

president is's the president who lost this election? You're talking

about joy Jamala. We understand he is still in the state house, --

Yahya Jammeh. We are not aware of a new whereabouts. But what we are

told is that he's still there. There's very little security

presence around the straight house. A few checkpoints, -- the state

house. Nothing too major. And certainly what will be questionable

tonight is whether the security forces that are still here in the

capital are deployed on the President Jammeh's rule, whether

they will try to resist the advance of the Senegalese troops and the

Nigerian colleagues as well. Thank you, we appreciate the update. We

have just had a message from one viewer saying, when you refer to the

new president, please use his name. It is a he was inaugurated at the

Gambian Embassy in Senegal. He wants to get home, when he will be a bull

to do that, we just don't know. -- his name is Adama Barrow.

Good evening. There is a lot going on with the weather in the world at

the moment. I have to start in Europe. Winter weather has been

causing some big problems close to the