04/03/2017

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:00:16. > :00:19.I'm David Eades, and from here at the BBC Newsroom,

:00:20. > :00:22.we send our correspondants to bring you the best stories

:00:23. > :00:28.In this week's programme, the other side of the American dream.

:00:29. > :00:31.As Donald Trump sets out his vision for the next four years,

:00:32. > :00:36.Ian Pannell assesses the challenges that lie ahead.

:00:37. > :00:38.If you want to know what poverty in America looks

:00:39. > :00:41.President Trump says he is going to fix it.

:00:42. > :00:44.He's going to deal with what he calls the carnage

:00:45. > :00:46.in America, of crime, of drugs, of gangs,

:00:47. > :00:54.Quentin Somerville tells the tale of the Syrian baby

:00:55. > :00:57.who lost her parents and had nearly every limb broken in

:00:58. > :01:06.And also her reunion with the British doctor who saved her.

:01:07. > :01:31.David Shukman reports on plans for two passengers to join the first

:01:32. > :01:33.manned flight to deep space for more than 40 years.

:01:34. > :01:36.It's going to give two rich people the thrill of a lifetime.

:01:37. > :01:38.Basically it's really an adventure thrill ride that

:01:39. > :01:41.President Trump used his first speech to Congress to declare

:01:42. > :01:44.what he called a new chapter of American greatness.

:01:45. > :01:46.In a surprisingly measured tone, he asked legislators to pass

:01:47. > :01:50.a $1 trillion package to build new infrastructure and he missed

:01:51. > :01:54.massive tax relief for the middle class.

:01:55. > :01:58.But what about his pledge at his inauguration to help the poor

:01:59. > :02:01.and repair what he called the carnage in America, crime,

:02:02. > :02:08.Well, Ian Pannell has been to Baltimore, where a quarter

:02:09. > :02:10.of the population lives in poverty, and many no longer see America

:02:11. > :02:18.A citizen of the wealthiest country in the world has ever known.

:02:19. > :02:25.They have no home of their own, and every morning, they come

:02:26. > :02:28.to the Manor House Charity, where the poor of Baltimore

:02:29. > :02:33.meet for a little food, warmth and compassion.

:02:34. > :02:35.What is your message to President Trump?

:02:36. > :02:41.Instead of critiquing is, come and help us.

:02:42. > :02:59.Baltimore was even more violent than Chicago last year,

:03:00. > :03:02.For some of its residents, this is a city where selling your

:03:03. > :03:05.body or selling drugs is the only job available.

:03:06. > :03:07.If you want to know what poverty in America looks like.

:03:08. > :03:10.Incredibly, this entire block is pretty much made up

:03:11. > :03:16.Incredibly, some people are living in between here.

:03:17. > :03:18.Under President Obama, poverty grew in America,

:03:19. > :03:21.and President Trump says he is going to fix it.

:03:22. > :03:24.He's going to deal with what he calls the carnage

:03:25. > :03:26.in America, of crime, of drugs, of violence

:03:27. > :03:41.And there are few places better to do that than Baltimore.

:03:42. > :03:44.And this is where it resides, on a bleak row of abandoned homes.

:03:45. > :03:47.This is the end of the line for Americans gripped by poverty.

:03:48. > :03:49.Here, we met the last family living on the block.

:03:50. > :03:52.Three generations of the Stewart family are crammed in here.

:03:53. > :03:56.Unpaid bills are piling up, not surprisingly they just have

:03:57. > :04:06.They've been evicted before, forced to live in one of Baltimore's

:04:07. > :04:11.It hurts, it hurts that they have to stay wrapped up in blankets

:04:12. > :04:16.They don't want to get out of bed because there's no

:04:17. > :04:21.They get bullied in school because of it.

:04:22. > :04:29.For so many people, this is no longer a land of opportunity.

:04:30. > :04:33.And the children who clamour for charity hand-outs

:04:34. > :04:38.It will be perhaps the biggest challenge for the new president.

:04:39. > :04:46.The Syrian conflict of course is full of terrible tales

:04:47. > :04:49.of horror and suffering, but one story stands out

:04:50. > :04:54.as a symbol of just how brutal and unfair war could be.

:04:55. > :04:59.In the New Year, five-year-old Maram lost both her parents and nearly

:05:00. > :05:03.every limb in her body was broken when her house was bombed in Aleppo.

:05:04. > :05:06.The British surgeon who operated on her watched her leave

:05:07. > :05:09.for asylum in Turkey, not knowing if she would survive.

:05:10. > :05:11.Well, seven months on, Doctor David Nott has returned

:05:12. > :05:18.As Quentin Somerville reports, this is a harrowing story

:05:19. > :05:27.So much of Aleppo's pain is anonymous.

:05:28. > :05:31.But Maram's suffering was unforgettable.

:05:32. > :05:39.An air strike killed her parents and left her gravely ill.

:05:40. > :05:46.Inside Syria, Doctor David Knott worked to save her leg.

:05:47. > :05:52.From here, and only five months old, she was evacuated

:05:53. > :06:00.But after months of searching, the BBC tracked her down

:06:01. > :06:52.The final surgery was nearly too much.

:06:53. > :06:59.Her wounds are healing, but there will be work

:07:00. > :07:03.to reconstruct her bones and repair damaged nerves.

:07:04. > :07:10.It's said children can't remember pain.

:07:11. > :07:13.Few though have as much to forget as Maram.

:07:14. > :07:16.When I saw Maram today, it was very emotional.

:07:17. > :07:21.As a doctor, you try and stay fairly unemotional when you're dealing

:07:22. > :07:27.I suppose having got children as well now,

:07:28. > :07:33.and how much you love that child, you know, a tiny piece of my heart

:07:34. > :07:44.That's what I have been thinking about everyday since leaving.

:07:45. > :08:06.How ready are we to fly to the moon and back for a holiday?

:08:07. > :08:09.Well, the prospect of space tourism has moved a little closer this week,

:08:10. > :08:12.after an American aerospace company SpaceX has said it has room for two

:08:13. > :08:16.This would be the first manned flight to deep space

:08:17. > :08:18.in more than 40 years, although it would involve

:08:19. > :08:21.-- would not involve a lunar landing.

:08:22. > :08:24.It's going to cost you $100 million a seat.

:08:25. > :08:27.Our science editor, David Shukman has been to find out more.

:08:28. > :08:31.Bold and often boastful, this young company knows how

:08:32. > :08:38.This is an animation, but already, two tourists have been promised

:08:39. > :08:43.seats on it to fly around the moon as early as next year.

:08:44. > :08:46.Not since the last Apollo mission, back in 1972, have any humans flown

:08:47. > :08:54.The tourists will not be landing on it, but if this trip happens then

:08:55. > :08:56.they will get amazing views, and space scientists

:08:57. > :09:06.We are really now entering the era where space

:09:07. > :09:11.Maybe not for another 10, 15, 20 years, for ordinary

:09:12. > :09:17.It will be the playground of the rich.

:09:18. > :09:23.When I met him he spilled out a startling vision

:09:24. > :09:28.I think we are really entering a new era of space travel

:09:29. > :09:32.There is a history of SpaceX promises running late

:09:33. > :09:39.Ten days ago, it landed a huge rocket, significant

:09:40. > :09:42.because reusing spacecraft will make launches cheaper.

:09:43. > :09:46.Last year, one of its rocket blew up, but SpaceX quickly got

:09:47. > :09:49.back to its key business of launching satellites.

:09:50. > :09:52.This week, its Dragon capsule delivered cargo

:09:53. > :09:57.A trip to the moon is obviously harder, and critics say it

:09:58. > :10:03.Well, it's going to give two rich people a thrill of a lifetime.

:10:04. > :10:08.It's not anything to do with science or exploration.

:10:09. > :10:11.It's repeating missions that have been done 40 plus years before,

:10:12. > :10:13.so it's basically an adventure, a thrill ride that

:10:14. > :10:26.Well, tourists visiting the International Space Station have

:10:27. > :10:35.We don't know who the two passengers are, but if they get there,

:10:36. > :10:38.they may pave the way for others to follow.

:10:39. > :10:45.That's your lot from Reporters this week.