:00:13. > :00:15.Hello, it's Wednesday, it's 9.15, I'm Norman Smith in for Victoria.
:00:16. > :00:23.New money for housebuilding, cuts in police, social care
:00:24. > :00:26.and welfare - some of the announcements the chancellor George
:00:27. > :00:29.Osborne is going to make when he sets out his spending plans today.
:00:30. > :00:46.I'm David and I run a small business and unfortunately we are going to
:00:47. > :00:51.have more cuts. I'm Amanda, single parent, I received working tax
:00:52. > :00:52.credits. I'm a student, and I'm worried about getting on the housing
:00:53. > :00:56.ladder. Also on the programme -
:00:57. > :00:59.why are babies born during weekends in England more
:01:00. > :01:10.likely to die in the first seven We found there was a raised
:01:11. > :01:13.complication level at weekends, but also on Thursdays and Fridays.
:01:14. > :01:16.And after being in lock-down for four days over fears of an
:01:17. > :01:19.imminent terror attack - schools, public buildings and the metro are
:01:20. > :01:34.We'll speak to some of those affected.
:01:35. > :01:36.Hello, welcome to the programme, I'm Norman Smith in for Victoria
:01:37. > :01:43.this morning - and quite frankly anything could happen.
:01:44. > :01:46.As always we're on BBC 2 and the BBC News Channel until 11 and we'll
:01:47. > :01:49.bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories.
:01:50. > :01:51.The programme will be dominated by the government's planned
:01:52. > :02:02.Plus, more on how GPs are being urged to report older drivers they
:02:03. > :02:06.And we'll get a rare insight into life under so-called Islamic
:02:07. > :02:14.As always, keen to hear your views on all the stories we're covering -
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:02:39. > :02:41.How is the Chancellor going to make cuts of ?20 billion to government
:02:42. > :02:43.departments and a further ?12 billion
:02:44. > :02:51.We'll find out at around 1230 today when George
:02:52. > :02:54.Osborne stands up in Parliament to outline his latest spending plans.
:02:55. > :02:56.It's called a comprehensive spending review - but is effectively
:02:57. > :03:02.So what can we expect from the announcement?
:03:03. > :03:11.Overnight we have had a briefing about a huge push and housing. Today
:03:12. > :03:14.is more than about individual announcements -- huge push on
:03:15. > :03:18.housing. It is about what the next five years are going to be like, the
:03:19. > :03:23.benefits we may or may not get, the taxes we pay, the public services we
:03:24. > :03:31.received, how the economy takes long. How our businesses do. Today
:03:32. > :03:42.is big bananas for all of us. Let's have a look at what the Chancellor
:03:43. > :03:47.might do. He is likely to give cash to house-builders. We had a briefing
:03:48. > :03:52.about 400,000 affordable homes which the government would like built over
:03:53. > :03:55.the next five years, they will put aside ?6 billion worth of taxpayers
:03:56. > :04:03.cash to pay for that. Who else might benefit? The generals, soldiers, the
:04:04. > :04:07.military, they will benefit. Just the other day we have the Strategic
:04:08. > :04:11.Defence Review where there was the promise of an extra ?12 billion for
:04:12. > :04:18.the Armed Forces, and the military will be getting more. Spies, we are
:04:19. > :04:23.going to recruit around 2000 more spies to deal with the emerging
:04:24. > :04:32.terror threat, and if you're looking for a job, you could do worse than
:04:33. > :04:37.that at MI5. -- than look at. Nurses and doctors in the NHS, they could
:04:38. > :04:41.do well, we know Jeremy Hunt announced yesterday he was bringing
:04:42. > :04:46.forward spending on the health service, front loading it to try to
:04:47. > :04:49.ease it through some of the reforms. We have got the doctors strike
:04:50. > :04:54.coming up and winter is always a difficult time. But how do you pay
:04:55. > :05:01.for this? Huge pain elsewhere, I'm afraid. The police looked like they
:05:02. > :05:05.could be one group hit hard, and certainly the Chancellor, when he
:05:06. > :05:10.has been pressed about this, he has given no indication that he will
:05:11. > :05:14.protect the police, even though we know that these are very difficult
:05:15. > :05:20.times in terms of security. Who else might be hit? Social care, the help
:05:21. > :05:25.we give to our elderly, that could face a squeeze with signs that much
:05:26. > :05:31.of the burden will be shifted onto local authorities. Lastly, working
:05:32. > :05:36.families, in the budget we have the plans unveiled for cuts to tax
:05:37. > :05:42.credits which caused an almighty stirrer, suggestions that around 3
:05:43. > :05:47.million families, some of them could be losing up to ?1300 per year, and
:05:48. > :05:51.so there was a big row about that, the Chancellor under massive
:05:52. > :06:00.pressure to have a rethink. What do you want to hear from the
:06:01. > :06:08.Chancellor? We have an invited audience. We'll so have a Labour MP,
:06:09. > :06:12.Rebecca Long-Bailey, Chris Philp 's from the Conservatives, and Hannah
:06:13. > :06:18.Bardell from the SNP. -- Chris Philp from the Conservatives. We want to
:06:19. > :06:21.start with some of the people who have direct experience of the
:06:22. > :06:28.biggest round we are likely to get at this Autumn Statement, that is
:06:29. > :06:31.tax credits -- the biggest row. What difference do they make to you and
:06:32. > :06:37.what would be the implications if you lost them? I'm a secondary
:06:38. > :06:47.school teacher, and a single-parent 282 and a half -year-old. Under the
:06:48. > :06:54.plans which were unveiled -- single-parent to a 2 1/2-year-old.
:06:55. > :06:57.Tax credits go to pay half of my childcare costs which enable me to
:06:58. > :07:01.physically get out to work and that means that there is money left over
:07:02. > :07:04.the month for things like food, clothing and transport, which would
:07:05. > :07:10.not have been there because my salary is taken up by rent, council
:07:11. > :07:17.tax and childcare costs. Amanda, you also get tax credits, is yours a
:07:18. > :07:20.similar story? I'm a single parent, I work part-time for a small
:07:21. > :07:27.business, and I've been told I could lose between ?750 and ?1000 each
:07:28. > :07:37.year, which, although it is less than you, really that is food on the
:07:38. > :07:41.table. I don't save any money, because I just about budget
:07:42. > :07:48.correctly. What would you say, Chris? What would you say to Chris,
:07:49. > :07:53.a Conservative MP, and it is his government which is looking at, what
:07:54. > :07:58.is your message to him? First of all, I would say, I remember David
:07:59. > :07:59.is your message to him? First of do this before the election, so I'm
:08:00. > :08:04.confused as to how come do this before the election, so I'm
:08:05. > :08:12.through this again. What I would like to know, what am I meant to do?
:08:13. > :08:20.It is so deep and so quick. At the moment, working tax credits is
:08:21. > :08:26.calculated, it sees what the poverty line is and whether you are just
:08:27. > :08:30.above it, so how comes this cut can be half which means I will be below
:08:31. > :08:36.the poverty line, so have you changed the calculation? Chris? The
:08:37. > :08:43.reason the Chancellor has proposed these changes originally, and that
:08:44. > :08:46.become onto the changes in an we are spending ?30 billion a year and tax
:08:47. > :08:50.credits and some employers are effectively underpaying their staff,
:08:51. > :08:56.and then relying on tax credits to top it up, and it seems unfair that
:08:57. > :09:02.the general taxpayers have got to stop this up. The minimum wage will
:09:03. > :09:06.be increased, and to your childcare point, the plan is to double free
:09:07. > :09:11.childcare to 30 hours a week to sort out the problem that you mentioned.
:09:12. > :09:18.What seems to have come out in the last three months, as you have made
:09:19. > :09:20.What seems to have come out in the softening in terms of the speed at
:09:21. > :09:25.which it gets implemented to give time for the minimum
:09:26. > :09:29.which it gets implemented to give need to give time for those to catch
:09:30. > :09:35.up. need to give time for those to catch
:09:36. > :09:38.understands, you are working very hard, struggling to raise a child on
:09:39. > :09:42.your own, we understand you are doing the right thing by working, so
:09:43. > :09:48.we do want to make sure you are helped in the best way to do that is
:09:49. > :09:52.to increase wages. Is that OK? You did not answer my question about why
:09:53. > :09:58.David Cameron, before the election, to get people onside to vote, said
:09:59. > :10:01.he was not going to do this? He said he would not reduce the absolute
:10:02. > :10:06.level of child tax credits cover which stays the same, but these are
:10:07. > :10:12.technical changes about the way the withdrawal rates work. He said we
:10:13. > :10:15.need to find ?12 billion of welfare savings, that was in the manifesto
:10:16. > :10:24.and he was quite clear. As a country, we are 1% of the world's
:10:25. > :10:27.population, but 4% of the economy, and 7% of the world's welfare, and
:10:28. > :10:30.the key thing is to replace that with higher wages, and that is why
:10:31. > :10:33.the massive increase in the minimum wage is so important, and also free
:10:34. > :10:37.childcare, wage is so important, and also free
:10:38. > :10:38.rising, as well. The Chancellor needs to understand their needs to
:10:39. > :10:43.be softening in terms of the timing. needs to understand their needs to
:10:44. > :10:48.A bit of softening, that will sort you out? I don't think it will sort
:10:49. > :10:54.the art, but anything would be better than what was proposed mast
:10:55. > :10:58.and -- sought me out, but anything will be better than what was
:10:59. > :11:02.proposed last time. I'm a teacher, the government is paying me, so how
:11:03. > :11:10.is the government subsidising low wages? I'm a teacher. I still can't
:11:11. > :11:14.pay my childcare. Childcare, that is welcome, 30 hours, but my son is two
:11:15. > :11:16.and a half and I was able to go back to work when he was four months old,
:11:17. > :11:20.I needed to to work when he was four months old,
:11:21. > :11:25.people are not helped, in the three-year-old thing, do you see
:11:26. > :11:28.what I mean? David, the argument is that business should be putting up
:11:29. > :11:34.wages, it should not be the taxpayers subsidising people. I
:11:35. > :11:37.agree. As long as you are doing a profit and turnover, you can
:11:38. > :11:43.increase wages, and my son works for a big chain of stores, very ethical,
:11:44. > :11:47.and they are increasing the minimum wage, but there is a way that the
:11:48. > :11:51.government can raise money very quickly and help soften the cuts,
:11:52. > :11:58.and that is cut the international development fund. How can we support
:11:59. > :12:00.third World countries... Not even third World countries, but
:12:01. > :12:08.dictators, why can't we help in this country? Can we go to the other MPs.
:12:09. > :12:11.The government takes the view that tax credits are philosophically a
:12:12. > :12:14.nonsense, because what is the point taking money off low-paid people and
:12:15. > :12:20.then giving it back to them? You don't buy that argument? Absolutely
:12:21. > :12:25.not. The fundamental point, as Amanda said, the Prime Minister gave
:12:26. > :12:29.a guarantee a head of the election, people did not vote for the
:12:30. > :12:33.Conservatives across the UK on that basis and they did not vote for them
:12:34. > :12:37.in Scotland on that basis, they by and large voted for the SNP.
:12:38. > :12:41.However, you don't pull the rug from under people's feet before you have
:12:42. > :12:47.given them the opportunity to get better jobs and to invest, we
:12:48. > :12:52.believe that we stood on a manifesto platform that a modest increase in
:12:53. > :12:56.spending, 0.5% would bring ?130 billion into the economy and that
:12:57. > :13:03.would also help reduce the deficit and the debt in a responsible
:13:04. > :13:06.manner. There are many academics who think, including a couple from city
:13:07. > :13:10.University, who said the Chancellor is not going to meet his plans to
:13:11. > :13:14.reduce the deficit, he will miss them significantly, but we will
:13:15. > :13:17.drive down in the meantime people who are some of the poorest in
:13:18. > :13:23.society, and some of the poorest children. The government is also
:13:24. > :13:30.wiping off child poverty targets. It is getting rid of child poverty and
:13:31. > :13:34.making people poorer. Rebecca, your leader Jeremy Corbyn is opposed to
:13:35. > :13:37.cutting tax credits, but John Donnell, the Shadow Chancellor, he
:13:38. > :13:42.said you would oppose all of the benefit cuts -- John McDonnell. We
:13:43. > :13:46.have got to reduce the deficit, but we do this in a sustainable way and
:13:47. > :13:50.we need to have that sitting alongside a long-term industrial and
:13:51. > :13:54.economic plan which we have not been shown by the Chancellor. This
:13:55. > :13:58.country is at the bottom of EU countries in terms of its spending
:13:59. > :14:02.on research and development, we were once a leader in manufacturing and
:14:03. > :14:05.industry, and I want Britain to be at the forefront of industry once
:14:06. > :14:10.again, that will only come with investment and innovation. To finish
:14:11. > :14:18.on that point, many people don't realise, in terms of the iPad. Dot.
:14:19. > :14:23.The iPhone, rather, it was put on the funded by American state funded
:14:24. > :14:26.investment, but there are no similar plans and the Chancellor and that is
:14:27. > :14:38.quite shocking -- in terms of the iPad... . You came from Ukraine, one
:14:39. > :14:42.of the other big announcements today is housing, and I know my kids are
:14:43. > :14:46.struggling to get on the housing ladder, the plan to build 400,000
:14:47. > :14:54.affordable homes in the next five years, does that tackle the problem,
:14:55. > :14:59.do you think? It will, to some extent, in my opinion, I run a
:15:00. > :15:06.financial services company and we work with first-time buyers and
:15:07. > :15:13.second time buyers, and on our list we have people who can afford to
:15:14. > :15:17.buy, but there is nothing to buy, and in London this is a big problem.
:15:18. > :15:20.This will not sort out all the problems in the country, we need
:15:21. > :15:25.much more, but the point is, and I agree with the gentle man, we need
:15:26. > :15:33.cuts, we cannot spend money we don't have. Where cuts will come, that is
:15:34. > :15:36.another question. Let me ask you, we know the Prime Minister has been
:15:37. > :15:41.talking about stopping EU migrants from claiming in work benefits for
:15:42. > :15:55.four years, how do you feel about that? Ukraine is not a EU country
:15:56. > :15:59.yet. I'm a financial adviser. I do believe you can claim benefits if
:16:00. > :16:04.you contribute into the economy, I've been in the country 15 years
:16:05. > :16:09.and I think I was entitled to some benefits at some point, but I never
:16:10. > :16:13.did that. I cannot see how you can come into the country for two
:16:14. > :16:15.months, have a job, and then have full support from the country, that
:16:16. > :16:26.is taxpayers money. You are a student at the LSE.
:16:27. > :16:32.Talking to students, friends, colleagues how big an issue is
:16:33. > :16:37.housing for them? It is an enormous issue, especially for a lot of my
:16:38. > :16:42.fellow students who are renting. The price of renting in London is
:16:43. > :16:46.extremely high compared to other places in the country. And a lot of
:16:47. > :16:50.them are worried about getting on the housing ladder in the future.
:16:51. > :16:59.Let's face it, at the moment in London, you probably would not be
:17:00. > :17:04.able to get onto the housing ladder until you are 30, 40 years old. I
:17:05. > :17:09.think this will temporarily sought out the problem but the price of
:17:10. > :17:13.housing will always go up. As long as the economy goes and interest
:17:14. > :17:18.rates remain low, the price of housing will always rise and people
:17:19. > :17:24.will always be... People will always be shut out from the housing ladder.
:17:25. > :17:29.Why don't you just build houses? You go back to the 50s when we had
:17:30. > :17:34.massive pressure on housing. The Government said it was going to
:17:35. > :17:38.build housing. Why did you not do that? The money you mentioned is
:17:39. > :17:43.designed to build a load more houses. The housing bill is designed
:17:44. > :17:47.to make it much easier to get planning permission, particularly on
:17:48. > :18:00.brown field sites in London. We can start building the 250,000 houses we
:18:01. > :18:03.need a year. There is housing problem, particularly in London but
:18:04. > :18:05.across the country as well. The only solution is to build more housing.
:18:06. > :18:10.That is what the Government is determined to do. Jeremy Corbyn does
:18:11. > :18:19.want to build council housing but it is a blow back to the past, isn't
:18:20. > :18:23.it? We need to take a view in terms of strategy regarding
:18:24. > :18:29.house-building. When the welfare state was setup, the ideology was to
:18:30. > :18:35.create mixed communities and not large-scale estates. Perhaps in the
:18:36. > :18:37.60s we lost our way a bit. Going forward, Jeremy certainly would be
:18:38. > :18:42.in favour of creating a mix of housing types. The Government's
:18:43. > :18:48.proposal today, the devil will be in the detail. I would like to see a
:18:49. > :18:53.mix of social housing, to help those greatest need. There is a huge
:18:54. > :18:59.issue. I say this is a huge issue. I say this as one people are not
:19:00. > :19:03.competing against each other but competing against an international
:19:04. > :19:08.market. Many people who buy from the international market, in many
:19:09. > :19:13.countries you have to live there and be domiciled. There is a huge issue
:19:14. > :19:16.in London, which skews the rest of the country. For anyone who is
:19:17. > :19:23.trying to get onto the housing ladder, it is a huge issue. A couple
:19:24. > :19:28.of texts we have received. Why must I work to support the lifestyle of
:19:29. > :19:34.those who can but do not work? Brian in Essex, we do not need or want
:19:35. > :19:39.cuts. Cuts, I guess, will bring us to areas that will not be capped.
:19:40. > :19:44.You are a mental health nurse. You have direct experience of the NHS.
:19:45. > :19:49.Yesterday we saw Mr Osborne and Mr Hunt saying we are planning more
:19:50. > :19:57.money, 8 billion over the next five years into the health service.
:19:58. > :20:00.Within the NHS, is this government supporting you in the way you want?
:20:01. > :20:05.They would argue they are putting in the cash. It comes down to two
:20:06. > :20:07.things. The row in the MA -- in the NHS is quite local. We have a
:20:08. > :20:11.deficit of nurses. With everything NHS is quite local. We have a
:20:12. > :20:17.going on with the junior doctors, it is important that people are able to
:20:18. > :20:23.want to work for the NHS. I love the NHS. I would protect it as much as I
:20:24. > :20:29.possibly could. Yes, money is great, it is helpful. I guess it is
:20:30. > :20:34.about where the money goes and building the reputation of the NHS,
:20:35. > :20:40.which has taken a bit of a beating recently. Also about providing
:20:41. > :20:44.training. I know you were talking about paediatrics and children dying
:20:45. > :20:50.over the weekends with junior doctors going on strike. The
:20:51. > :20:55.Government needs to be doing more to promote the NHS. On the side of that
:20:56. > :21:00.also to say, yes can give money to the NHS. At the same time cutting
:21:01. > :21:05.social care. That will be the downfall. It means the NHS is
:21:06. > :21:10.picking up where social care is not able to provide. That means more
:21:11. > :21:16.people in beds, less people able to be discharged, and subsequently more
:21:17. > :21:21.expense for the NHS. I just ask very briefly, one of the Government's
:21:22. > :21:26.names seems to be too tried to present themselves as on the side of
:21:27. > :21:31.working people. -- to try. They were pointed things like the housing
:21:32. > :21:35.announcement, more free childcare. -- they will point to things. Has
:21:36. > :21:44.George Osborne done enough to convince you he is on your side? No.
:21:45. > :21:49.Straight answer. Yes, on my side. I think the Tory rhetoric that you can
:21:50. > :21:56.pull yourself up by your route straps is very hollow at the moment.
:21:57. > :22:02.-- boot straps. It is pulling opportunities and people's feat. A
:22:03. > :22:09.true politician! It remains to be seen, I have to say. A massive
:22:10. > :22:13.increase in the minimum wage, free childcare and a tax cut for those
:22:14. > :22:13.increase in the minimum wage, free low incomes all shows the Tory Party
:22:14. > :22:19.is on the side of low incomes all shows the Tory Party
:22:20. > :22:22.No, I cannot agree is on my side for that there are quotes about how we
:22:23. > :22:28.need to work harder than people in China and benefit claimants do not
:22:29. > :22:32.have dignity. That is not a true flexion of my life. It is getting
:22:33. > :22:36.there, not quite there but it is getting there.
:22:37. > :22:39.there, not quite there but it is say he is on the side of working
:22:40. > :22:43.there, not quite there but it is people when working people in work
:22:44. > :22:43.there, not quite there but it is are going to have benefits cut. We
:22:44. > :22:49.can call that a mixed are going to have benefits cut. We
:22:50. > :22:58.someone in the Treasury was listening. Thank you.
:22:59. > :23:19.Should doctors be forced to report elderly drivers who are not fit for
:23:20. > :23:22.driving? And we will get reaction after white police officers shot a
:23:23. > :23:26.teenager in Chicago 16 times. The Chancellor, George Osborne,
:23:27. > :23:31.will outline how he plans to cut 20 billion pounds from the public purse
:23:32. > :23:44.when he unveils the Government's There will be a new house-building
:23:45. > :23:50.programme and cuts are expected in police and education. The tax cuts
:23:51. > :23:54.have already been rejected once by the House of Lords.
:23:55. > :24:04.Russia has confirmed that one of the two pilots
:24:05. > :24:07.from its warplane which was shot down and crashed on the
:24:08. > :24:10.Syrian border has been taken to safety
:24:11. > :24:17.A short while ago Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he does
:24:18. > :24:21.We do not have any intention to escalate this situation.
:24:22. > :24:25.What we are worried about is to defend our security
:24:26. > :24:38.In the north of Latakia, there is a migration towards our borders.
:24:39. > :24:50.We are trying to protect our kin, our brethren.
:24:51. > :24:53.A white police officer in the United States, who shot a black teenager 16
:24:54. > :24:59.Police video footage shows 17-year-old Laquan McDonald walking
:25:00. > :25:05.away from officers before one of them opens fire.
:25:06. > :25:11.Jason van Dyke has been charged following the incident in Chicago
:25:12. > :25:14.To watch a 17-year-old young man die in such a violent manner is deeply
:25:15. > :25:18.disturbing and I have absolutely no doubt this video will tear at the
:25:19. > :25:21.hearts of all of Chicago. I know Laquan's mother and other
:25:22. > :25:24.family members have been opposed to the release of this video and I
:25:25. > :25:29.certainly understand their concerns and their anguish.
:25:30. > :25:34.Schools and metro stations in Brussels re-open this morning, four
:25:35. > :25:37.days after they were shut amid fears of an imminent extremist attack.
:25:38. > :25:40.The Belgian capital remains on the highest alert level,
:25:41. > :25:43.with hundreds of armed police and soldiers on patrol.
:25:44. > :25:46.An arrest warrant was issued yesterday for a man named
:25:47. > :25:50.Mohamed Abrini, who was seen in a car with leading suspect Salah
:25:51. > :25:58.Doctors are being urged to tell the DVLA if they suspect patients
:25:59. > :26:01.are continuing to drive against medical advice.
:26:02. > :26:04.The health watchdog says GPs have a duty to protect the public.
:26:05. > :26:06.But there are concerns that reporting patients to
:26:07. > :26:10.the licensing authority may breach their right to confidentiality.
:26:11. > :26:12.It might also deter drivers with minor health issues
:26:13. > :26:19.Let's catch up with all the sport now and join Olly - and
:26:20. > :26:26.a good night for the English clubs in the Champions League last night.
:26:27. > :26:32.It certainly was. Good morning. We are in the middle of the Champions
:26:33. > :26:37.League week. Arsenal and Chelsea looked really good last night. Had
:26:38. > :26:42.Arsenal lost or drawn at home, they would have been out, failing to
:26:43. > :26:46.qualify for the last 16. They did the business. Bayern Munich beat
:26:47. > :26:53.Olympiakos in the other qualifying match. The gunners live to fight
:26:54. > :26:58.another day. They go to Olympiakos in a fortnight and they need to win
:26:59. > :27:09.by two goals. Jose Mourinho said he needed a calculator after they beat
:27:10. > :27:13.Macabi Tel Aviv. Not really. They have lost John Terry to an injury.
:27:14. > :27:24.Jose Mourinho is not very happy about the state of the pitch in
:27:25. > :27:30.Haifa. You're probably make is -- he will probably miss the match at the
:27:31. > :27:35.weekend. We will be looking at more pressure on Lord Coe. He has been
:27:36. > :27:41.asked to explain what role he played, if any, in Eugene, the
:27:42. > :27:44.American city, getting the 2021 world athletics Championships. The
:27:45. > :27:52.city is very heavily associated with Nike. Coe has an advisory role with
:27:53. > :27:57.them and said he did not lobby on behalf of Eugene and declared all of
:27:58. > :28:01.his interests at the time. Report on a rising British star in
:28:02. > :28:07.weightlifting. Her name is Rebecca Tyler. She is only 16 but she is
:28:08. > :28:15.very strong. That is worth a watch. All coming up at 10am. That is
:28:16. > :28:22.extraordinary. You wait and see ex-commissioner Mark it is
:28:23. > :28:25.incredible. Thank you so much. -- you wait and see!
:28:26. > :28:28.Schools and the metro in Brussels are reopening today, four days after
:28:29. > :28:31.they were closed by the authorities over fears of an imminent attack
:28:32. > :28:36.The Belgian capital will remain on the highest level of alert - with
:28:37. > :28:38.armed police and soldiers patrolling the streets - until Monday.
:28:39. > :28:40.The search for Paris terror suspects goes on.
:28:41. > :28:42.Let's talk now to some of those who have who've been caught
:28:43. > :28:46.Geertrui Segers-de-Smedt is the headteacher at a primary school
:28:47. > :28:50.with 225 children which has been closed but re-opened this morning.
:28:51. > :28:55.Guy Gypens is the director of the Kaai Theatre, they've had to
:28:56. > :28:59.Sumit Gupta, is the owner of the Rock Salt Chilli Pepper
:29:00. > :29:05.restaurant, they stayed open but had lost a lot of trade and AN VAN HAMME
:29:06. > :29:09.from the Brussels Transport Company which has suspended its buses
:29:10. > :29:35.What has been the mood of the children? How have they responded to
:29:36. > :29:40.the lockdown and state of emergency? The past days we had a very
:29:41. > :29:45.important role. We communicated a locked by e-mail with the parents.
:29:46. > :29:52.Just because the fact that a lot of parents did not know how to handle,
:29:53. > :29:58.how to communicate with their children, about the closed school.
:29:59. > :30:03.Was it a day of holiday? Was it a day of party, staying at home? It
:30:04. > :30:10.was not. We had to help a lot of parents just to be realistic, to
:30:11. > :30:16.tell them the truth, but with good words, the words adapted to the age
:30:17. > :30:21.of their children. This was a very important role that we had as
:30:22. > :30:27.educators. This morning at the school door, it was different. We
:30:28. > :30:32.communicated yesterday evening, yesterday afternoon, towards all of
:30:33. > :30:37.our parents. We talked about what the measures were. We transmitted
:30:38. > :30:41.the confidence that we have, that we had, towards the Belgian
:30:42. > :30:47.authorities. Of course there were more persons at the door. For us, it
:30:48. > :30:55.is very important that we transmit that we are very happy that our
:30:56. > :31:01.school door can open again. We only have one school door, which is
:31:02. > :31:06.lucky. For us, security is, let's say, a tricky word, easier to
:31:07. > :31:10.handle. It was very important that we were there. I was there in front
:31:11. > :31:15.of the door with my colleague, the head of School, with a smile on our
:31:16. > :31:20.faces, showing we were happy to see them all back again. Let's talk a
:31:21. > :31:25.little bit, if I make about how people are getting around in
:31:26. > :31:28.Brussels on the transport side of things. After the London bombings
:31:29. > :31:37.there was a real wariness among some people about using the tube. Are
:31:38. > :31:43.there any signs that people are edgy about using public transport, the
:31:44. > :31:53.metro in particular? At the start of the day we noticed it was less
:31:54. > :31:57.crowded and the metro, -- on the metro, but now it is normally back
:31:58. > :32:04.to normal again, we do not have all stations open yet. Only half of them
:32:05. > :32:10.have opened today. That brings less people, that's normal, but buses and
:32:11. > :32:15.trams run normally, and we have guarantees from the government
:32:16. > :32:23.regarding the security of our passengers and our staff. You run a
:32:24. > :32:27.theatre in Brussels, without being flippant about it, people do not
:32:28. > :32:32.really want to go out much and enjoy themselves in this kind of
:32:33. > :32:37.environment? You have two reactions, people who are worried and preferred
:32:38. > :32:42.to stay at home, but also the opposite, people who want to get
:32:43. > :32:49.back to normal again and really want to go out and do something which is
:32:50. > :32:54.something else than worrying. We have two reactions, and of course we
:32:55. > :33:02.have cancellations, but there are people who want us to reopen as soon
:33:03. > :33:06.as possible. Your restaurant, do you have two now put in checks with
:33:07. > :33:12.people coming in? That must be deterrent for people going out for a
:33:13. > :33:18.meal, if you have to be searched. deterrent for people going out for a
:33:19. > :33:23.We're not doing kind of security, we trust the police to do this job, and
:33:24. > :33:29.I think they are doing a great job. We will not put everyone in the same
:33:30. > :33:31.boat, to check them. People are here, when they come to arrest and,
:33:32. > 0:26:36they come to a table, if