:00:14. > :00:19.Barack Obama wins a second term in the White House.
:00:19. > :00:24.He tells jubilant supporters that victory over Mitt Romney has left
:00:24. > :00:30.him more inspired than ever about the work that lies ahead. We have
:00:30. > :00:34.picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back. And we know, in our
:00:34. > :00:38.hearts that for the United States hearts that for the United States
:00:38. > :00:47.of America, the best is yet to come. The defeated Francois Mitterrand
:00:47. > :00:51.says he wants Republicans to -- the defeated Mitt Romney says he wants
:00:51. > :00:56.Republicans to work with President Obama. At a Tim like this our
:00:56. > :00:59.leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work.
:00:59. > :01:06.There are jubilant scenes among Obama's supporters as they
:01:06. > :01:11.celebrate four more years. We will have all the latest
:01:11. > :01:16.reaction to that result of the US Presidential election, from here in
:01:16. > :01:21.Washington DC and around the world. The other headlines: the new report
:01:21. > :01:25.that says more at-risk children in England should be put into care.
:01:25. > :01:29.David Cameron pledges help for refugees of the Syrian conflict as
:01:29. > :01:32.Britain says it's to begin talks with armed Syrian rebels.
:01:32. > :01:36.Four days before Remembrance Sunday, the Queen visits the factory which
:01:36. > :01:42.has been making poppies for 90 years.
:01:42. > :01:46.Later on BBC London: The mayor announces tube and bus fare also
:01:46. > :01:56.rise by more than 4 nurse January and we report from Essex on the
:01:56. > :02:11.
:02:11. > :02:16.Hello. Good afternoon. Welcome to the BBC News at one, live from
:02:16. > :02:20.Washington DC. Barack Obama has won a second term
:02:20. > :02:25.as President of the United States, defeating his Republican rival Mitt
:02:25. > :02:30.Romney. At just after 4.00am, the results from the state of Ohio gave
:02:30. > :02:35.the Obama team the news they had been waiting for - he had enough
:02:35. > :02:37.votes to win the Electoral College which picks the President, and so
:02:37. > :02:42.secure another four years in the White House.
:02:42. > :02:48.This is the picture here so far, with the result in Florida still
:02:48. > :02:54.too close to call. Barack Obama has won 303 Electoral College votes, to
:02:54. > :02:59.Mitt Romney's 206. The popular vote was much closer. Currently
:02:59. > :03:06.President Obama has secured 40.1% of the overall vote. Mitt Romney,
:03:06. > :03:10.not far behind, on 48.3%. We will have all the latest
:03:10. > :03:13.reaction to Barack Obama's victory in just a moment. First our
:03:13. > :03:20.Washington correspondent, Steve Kingstone, has the story of a
:03:20. > :03:27.dramatic election night. The first Family stepping out for a
:03:27. > :03:33.second term. To the strains of Signed, Sealed,
:03:33. > :03:39.Delivered, he briefly savoured the moment and then looked forward,
:03:39. > :03:43.drawing inspiration from the voters. You, the American people, reminded
:03:44. > :03:50.us that while our road has been hard, while our journey has been
:03:50. > :03:54.long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back and we
:03:54. > :04:03.know, in our hearts, that for the United States of America, the best
:04:03. > :04:09.is yet to come. By then, it was nearly 2.00am. The
:04:09. > :04:13.culmination of an exhilarating night. This is an ABC News special
:04:13. > :04:18.report. Your voice, your vote. The race had been settled when US
:04:18. > :04:21.networks called the result in the most important swing state of all.
:04:21. > :04:28.The battleground state of Ohio for President Obama, which means you
:04:28. > :04:32.are looking at the President of the United States, Barack Obama. At his
:04:32. > :04:36.hotel, the winner shared a moment with his running-mate and their
:04:36. > :04:46.wives, before sealing victory publicly with a tweet. The caption
:04:46. > :04:55.reads, "Four more years. " Then they parted. At Obama HQ in
:04:55. > :05:02.Chicago. In New York's Times Square. -- they partyed.
:05:02. > :05:07.It is the greatest things for America, for more years. We need
:05:07. > :05:12.him for a better future. The Obama supporters are out here but this is
:05:12. > :05:15.not the euphoria of 2008. It's principally relief. A weary nation
:05:15. > :05:22.has given the President the benefit of the doubt. Barack Obama has
:05:22. > :05:26.another four years to repay their trust. As for the challenger, his
:05:26. > :05:31.moment has passed. Mitt Romney ran the President close in the over all
:05:31. > :05:35.vote count but fell short in the decisive swing states. I so wish I
:05:35. > :05:39.had been able it fulfil your hopes to lead the country in a different
:05:39. > :05:45.direction. -- to fulfil. The nation choose another leader.
:05:45. > :05:49.Anne and I join with you to earnestly pray for him and for this
:05:49. > :05:53.great nation. Thank you and God bless America. You guys are the
:05:53. > :05:57.best. Thank you, thank you so much. Thanks, guys. So what decided it?
:05:57. > :06:01.Well the exit polls tell us the economy was the dominant concern.
:06:02. > :06:05.But almost half of voters questioned felt things were now
:06:05. > :06:11.getting better. And history may also conclude that the President
:06:11. > :06:15.benefited from his handling of Hurricane Sandy, in whose aftermath
:06:15. > :06:19.New Yorkers cast their votes yesterday. To take America forward,
:06:20. > :06:26.Barack Obama will have to work with a divided Congress, but in victory
:06:26. > :06:31.he offered optimism. Whether I earned your vote or not, I have
:06:31. > :06:37.listened to you, I have learned from you. You've made me a better
:06:37. > :06:41.President. And with your stories, and your struggles, I return to the
:06:41. > :06:47.White House more determined and more inspired than ever about the
:06:47. > :06:52.work there is to do and the future that lies ahead.
:06:52. > :06:56.And so, it's over. A $2 billion election that shook America, but in
:06:56. > :06:59.the end left the political landscape in tact. The hope of
:06:59. > :07:09.Obama supporters lives on, as it again falls to this man, who
:07:09. > :07:12.deliver change. Well for weeks the polls had put
:07:12. > :07:16.the two contenders neck-and-neck and yet President Obama's strike
:07:16. > :07:22.turned out to be far more convincing than many observers had
:07:22. > :07:26.expected. Jeremy Vine explains Y$$TRANSMIT Here we are in front of
:07:27. > :07:31.our and White House to give you the story of the night. How it was that
:07:31. > :07:35.two men went from being President and challenger to winner and loser.
:07:35. > :07:41.The answer comes down to Electoral College votes. To win a US
:07:41. > :07:44.Presidential election, you need 270. You can see the bar up there. They
:07:44. > :07:47.are calculated baseding on population size. In nearly every
:07:47. > :07:53.state, you win the state you win all the Electoral College votes.
:07:53. > :07:57.Let'slike at the states as they came in. Indiana was again to the
:07:57. > :08:03.Republicans, and Kentucky, South Carolina, the southern states,
:08:03. > :08:10.Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and the
:08:10. > :08:15.bankers, Vermont, Delaware, DC, Illinois, Barack Obama's home state.
:08:15. > :08:19.They all went blue. We tot up the Electoral College votes from those
:08:19. > :08:28.different sets of states and we see in the early hours, the Republicans
:08:28. > :08:35.were ahead. That changed. Let'slike at the next ones. Here they are --
:08:35. > :08:42.let's look at the next ones. Here they are. The two districts of
:08:42. > :08:48.Nebraska and mane are the two which split their Electoral College votes.
:08:48. > :08:52.-- Maine. On the Democrat said, Mai, in ex-'s 1st district and New York,
:08:52. > :08:57.juicy votes there and Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, all going blue
:08:57. > :09:04.and we tot up the votes and you see the Democrats are edging closer to
:09:04. > :09:08.the win line. The next set of states we have, Montana and Utah,
:09:08. > :09:15.Arizona, Idaho, Missouri, North Carolina was a begin but it wasn't
:09:15. > :09:20.nearly enough for Mitt Romney. -- was a gain. On the Democrat side
:09:20. > :09:27.holding on to difficult states as well a easy ones. California, the
:09:27. > :09:32.biggest state by population. What I wouldia, Washington, Oregan, Iowa
:09:32. > :09:36.and Ohio, was nip and tuck between the two. Absolutely crucial in
:09:36. > :09:39.terms of the election mathematics. In the end it was those voting
:09:40. > :09:43.groups that have supported Obama all the way through, single women
:09:44. > :09:50.particularly, women more generally, voters who are either African-
:09:50. > :09:54.American or Hispanic, working class voters, particularly auto-industry
:09:54. > :10:01.voters in Ohio who were helped by the car industry bailout that
:10:01. > :10:04.President Obama brought through. When those states in look what
:10:04. > :10:08.happened - he took the presidency back. There were more states that
:10:08. > :10:13.came in, but at this moment it was certain that Mitt Romney had failed
:10:13. > :10:17.in his challenge to be the next President of the USA and Barack
:10:17. > :10:23.Obama had been re-elected. That was the story of the night.
:10:23. > :10:26.And that was Jeremy fine with the maths. Let's discuss it with our
:10:26. > :10:29.Washington correspondent Jane Little, who has been following the
:10:29. > :10:33.night's developments. It has been fascinating, in the sense that how
:10:33. > :10:37.many weeks have all the pundits saying it is so close, so close,
:10:37. > :10:41.you can't put a credit card between the two men and yet the scale
:10:41. > :10:47.actually, as people woke up, far bigger than people thought? Quite a
:10:47. > :10:51.surprise here. Although the victory was narrower than four years ago,
:10:51. > :10:56.in 2008, it was more decisive. We still have Florida to hear from,
:10:56. > :11:00.still counting, but already he's well beyond the 270 electoral votes
:11:00. > :11:05.he needed. He appears also to have won the popular vote, which is
:11:05. > :11:10.important. Why? That's what people are asking. The improvement in the
:11:10. > :11:14.economy, the car industry that he bailed out was important. Also, a
:11:14. > :11:18.really good get-out-the-vote operation, but perhaps more
:11:18. > :11:21.importantly a changing electorate. A lot of young people turned out to
:11:21. > :11:25.vote. A lot of Hispanics, they voted for Barack Obama. They did so
:11:25. > :11:28.more than last time. There is a real lesson in this for the
:11:28. > :11:33.Republicans. They have relied very heavily on white, older voters and
:11:33. > :11:35.male voters. They really need to go away, assess what went wrong, but
:11:36. > :11:40.really look at broadening their base.
:11:40. > :11:44.Thank you, Jane Little. Well, President Obama's first term
:11:44. > :11:48.in office certainly wasn't the easiest, as we have been reflecting.
:11:48. > :11:52.He had to deal with America's worst economic crisis in decades and a
:11:52. > :11:57.lot of resistance on Capitol Hill to many of his plans. So will the
:11:57. > :12:03.next four years be any easier? Our diplomatic correspondent James
:12:03. > :12:06.Robbins has this assessment of the challenges ahead.
:12:06. > :12:10.Barack Obama has won despite the state of the American economy. He
:12:10. > :12:13.has won a second term in the midst of a deeply-divided, sometimes
:12:13. > :12:17.poisonous politics, capable of paralysing the re-elected
:12:17. > :12:19.President's attempts at action. He still faces deadlock in the House
:12:19. > :12:24.of Representatives where his Republican opponents have kept
:12:24. > :12:29.their majority. But the defeated Mitt Romney made
:12:30. > :12:35.this plea in his concession speech. The nation, as you know, is at a
:12:35. > :12:38.critical point. At a time like this, we cannot risk partisan bickering
:12:38. > :12:41.and political posturing. Our leaders have to reach across the
:12:41. > :12:43.aisle to do the people's work. what are the big chalsnenges front
:12:43. > :12:49.and centre, it's the economy. -- challenges?
:12:49. > :12:52.On January 1st, America will head over what's been called "the fiscal
:12:52. > :12:57.cliff." Temporary tax cuts expire and a commitment to cut public
:12:58. > :13:03.spending kicks in. In all, America needs to save $620
:13:03. > :13:08.billion but economists worry that risks the loss of 2 million jobs
:13:08. > :13:11.and could slash GDP by as much as 4%, plunging America back into
:13:11. > :13:15.recession. The world beyond America's shore also watch all this
:13:15. > :13:18.anxiously, but when they look at America's foreign policy, many
:13:18. > :13:21.countries may be relieved that continuity is today's obvious
:13:21. > :13:26.headline. Without unpredictable change at the
:13:26. > :13:29.top in America, the re-elected President is already signalling a
:13:29. > :13:36.second term where the United States will go to war, only in the most
:13:36. > :13:42.exceptional circumstances. Our economy is recovering. A decade
:13:42. > :13:46.of war is ending. A long campaign is now over.
:13:46. > :13:50.But it's huge uncertainty over Iran's nuclear intentions, which
:13:50. > :13:53.remains the greatest threat. Israel's Prime Minister, Binyamin
:13:53. > :13:58.Netanyahu, says only early military strikes can stop Iran building a
:13:58. > :14:03.bomb. He seemed to favour Mitt Romney and has been rebuffed,
:14:03. > :14:09.leaving Israel's elder statesmen to sound soothing about President
:14:09. > :14:18.Obama today. And what is said about Iran, he will do. I am convinced
:14:18. > :14:22.completely. The be responsibility that is falling on his shoulders
:14:22. > :14:25.are not simple. The rise of China and imminent leadership change
:14:25. > :14:32.there is another challenge for President Obama. How will that help
:14:32. > :14:35.or hinder his efforts to rebuild America's prosperity? A President's
:14:35. > :14:39.second and final term often feels quite different from the first.
:14:39. > :14:42.There's no need to worry about another punishing election campaign
:14:42. > :14:52.but Barack Obama will worry about his legacy and the extent of change
:14:52. > :14:57.
:14:57. > :15:00.More reaction to the victory in a moment, from our correspondent in
:15:00. > :15:04.Downing Street, Norman Smith, world affairs editor John Simpson in
:15:04. > :15:12.Beijing, but first let's talk a wee bit more about us economic
:15:12. > :15:16.challenges ahead with Hugh Pym, who joins me. It is January 1st, this
:15:16. > :15:21.looming date, and one wonders how much the President can mitigate
:15:21. > :15:24.against that, particularly given the divided Congress. Well, indeed,
:15:24. > :15:28.and many business leaders and economists are saying the fiscal
:15:28. > :15:32.clip is one of the biggest threat to the world economy right now,
:15:32. > :15:36.never mind just the US, because if the US does go into recession, it
:15:36. > :15:40.will affect all its trading partners, including the UK, and
:15:40. > :15:45.there are enough difficulties as it is with the eurozone. As James
:15:45. > :15:49.Robert was saying, it amounts to the equivalent of 4% of annual
:15:49. > :15:53.economic output being taken out of the US economy, with spending cuts
:15:53. > :15:57.which automatically kick in, at the end of tax cuts which will be
:15:57. > :16:01.reversed. To give you an idea of what that amounts to, it is what
:16:01. > :16:05.George Osborne is trying to do over three years, never mind over one
:16:05. > :16:09.year, so it can be averted if there is agreement in the US political
:16:09. > :16:13.establishment, but as we have seen in this campaign, there is a huge
:16:13. > :16:16.divide between the democrat view that you taxed the wealthy and the
:16:16. > :16:21.republican view that it is better done by cutting spending. It is
:16:21. > :16:25.quite a close call, this one. Norman Smith in Downing Street,
:16:25. > :16:28.what reaction from David Cameron? As you would expect, there have
:16:28. > :16:31.been messages of support and congratulations from the Prime
:16:31. > :16:35.Minister and Ed Miliband, but there is a paradox and the response of
:16:35. > :16:38.politicians in that you would imagine an Obama victory would be a
:16:38. > :16:43.cause for celebration in the Labour Party, but they are not holding
:16:43. > :16:47.their head in hands in dismay in government, because they argued
:16:47. > :16:51.that President Obama's victory shows that an incumbent leader can
:16:51. > :16:54.win an election even when presiding over a sickly economy. More than
:16:54. > :16:57.that, they suggest President Obama has adopted many of the same
:16:57. > :17:01.messages on the economy that they have been pushing, namely that it
:17:01. > :17:05.is the fault of the previous administration, the economy is
:17:05. > :17:08.taking longer to turn around than expected, and we are all in this
:17:08. > :17:12.together. More significant is that President Obama represents
:17:12. > :17:15.continuity and stability. Mr Cameron already has a working
:17:15. > :17:21.relationship with him, he is not having to rethink transatlantic
:17:21. > :17:25.relations because of a new man in the White House. Norman, thank you.
:17:25. > :17:30.Over to Beijing, where world affairs editor John Simpson is
:17:30. > :17:38.there because China itself is not far off from selecting a new leader.
:17:38. > :17:42.What will be the view where you are today? Well, the main view here is
:17:42. > :17:45.what is going to happen here is much more important than what
:17:45. > :17:50.happened in the United States. Everybody, just about everybody
:17:50. > :17:56.tells you that the difference between the two main candidates in
:17:56. > :18:01.America was pretty small, whereas here what happens, when the new
:18:01. > :18:06.leadership is finally unveiled, in just a few days' time, will change
:18:06. > :18:11.the world. That is certainly how they see it from this point of view.
:18:11. > :18:17.They were pretty dismissive, I have to say, on Chinese television,
:18:17. > :18:22.state television, about the results, very little about it, in fact, they
:18:22. > :18:26.rather talk about it dismissively, as money politics and said that so
:18:26. > :18:30.much money had never been spent on an election before. And that was it,
:18:30. > :18:34.if you blinked a couple of times, you would not have seen it, because
:18:34. > :18:41.all the rest of the news was about the preparations for the 18th Party
:18:41. > :18:46.Congress. Nevertheless, President Hu Jintao, the outgoing President,
:18:46. > :18:51.has congratulated, of course, President Obama, re-elected. He
:18:51. > :18:55.said, China is willing to work with the United States for the future
:18:55. > :18:59.and in order to get better relations and greater benefits to
:18:59. > :19:07.the two peoples. But it did not sound exactly very warm to me when
:19:07. > :19:11.I went through the detail of the statement. John Simpson, Norman
:19:11. > :19:14.Smith, Hugh Pym, thanks very much for now. We will have more from
:19:14. > :19:19.here in Washington DC in a little while, just a reminder that you can
:19:19. > :19:27.get much more detail, background and breakdown of all the results
:19:27. > :19:30.and audible means on the BBC News website. -- more detail. That is
:19:30. > :19:35.all from Washington for now, back to you, Simon.
:19:35. > :19:39.Thank you very much. Two other news now, at more children at risk of
:19:39. > :19:43.harming England should be taken into care according to a report by
:19:43. > :19:48.MPs who have warned that too often the benefit of the doubt is in two
:19:48. > :19:52.neglectful parents who fail to improve. Here is Michael Buchanan.
:19:52. > :19:56.He is young woman had an unstable, problematic childhood. Both her
:19:56. > :20:00.parents were imprisoned, and she was taken into care when she was
:20:00. > :20:04.eight years old. With hindsight, she says, she should have been
:20:04. > :20:08.removed from home when she was even younger. The system is designed
:20:08. > :20:11.around how the parents are doing. If they are improving, we give the
:20:12. > :20:17.children back. If they are doing this, we take that away. It is all
:20:17. > :20:20.about the parents, and it should be about the children. The death of
:20:20. > :20:24.Baby P in 2007 has led to an increase in the number of children
:20:24. > :20:29.in care in England. Latest figures show that more than 65,000 are
:20:29. > :20:33.being looked after by local authorities. But a committee of MPs
:20:33. > :20:39.say more children should be removed from their parents. They say the
:20:39. > :20:42.system is too slow and overly lenient. Too many parents
:20:42. > :20:48.struggling to provide adequate parenting are given too many
:20:48. > :20:53.chances, and children suffer too long. This charity says that most
:20:54. > :20:58.of the calls it receives are from 13-17 year-olds, a group that the
:20:58. > :21:01.MPs assay are often let down and ignored by the care system. The
:21:01. > :21:04.teenagers to call his helpline typically talk about a breakdown in
:21:04. > :21:10.family relationships, about how difficult it is to find someone to
:21:10. > :21:14.talk to, and how ashamed they are to have to seek support. But the
:21:14. > :21:19.charity and the MPs say that just because someone is 15 or 16 does
:21:19. > :21:22.not mean they do not need support if they are being neglected. For
:21:22. > :21:27.frontline professionals, however, putting more children into care is
:21:28. > :21:30.not the answer. I think they need to be more children provided with
:21:31. > :21:34.resources that intervenes early enough in her life so they do not
:21:34. > :21:39.have to be taken into care. The last resort is care. A judge will
:21:39. > :21:43.make a decision about that, and it should be the last resort. Despite
:21:43. > :21:49.those reservations, the message to social workers from today's report
:21:49. > :21:54.is clear, you need to remove more children from their parents.
:21:54. > :21:57.David Cameron says the UK is to open direct talks with rebel
:21:57. > :22:01.fighters in Sir Ria, helping, he said, to shake the opposition to
:22:02. > :22:05.President Assad. He was speaking in a visit to Jordan where he has been
:22:05. > :22:11.meeting refugees from the conflict in Syria. Frank Gardner was with
:22:11. > :22:16.the Prime Minister. A dawn flight over a working
:22:16. > :22:20.capital, flying low with the Prime Minister on a surprise visit to
:22:20. > :22:23.Jordan's troubled border with Syria. David Cameron was briefed by
:22:23. > :22:28.Jordanian officers. He wanted to hear first hand what is happening
:22:28. > :22:35.across this valley. And these villages in Syria, are they
:22:35. > :22:39.controlled by the regime or the Free Syria Army? Regime. This
:22:39. > :22:43.border is tense, and with Syria getting worse, Mr Cameron admitted
:22:43. > :22:47.the world is failing its people. Every night 500 refugees are
:22:47. > :22:51.fleeing the most appalling persecution and bloodshed to come
:22:51. > :22:55.to safety. And frankly, what we have done so far is not working,
:22:55. > :22:59.the country behind me, Syria, is history is being written in the
:22:59. > :23:03.blood of its own people. This is about the closest that most Western
:23:03. > :23:05.leaders have come to the conflict in Syria, at David Cameron has come
:23:05. > :23:12.here today when Britain has announced it is gone to start
:23:12. > :23:19.dealing directly with armed Syrian rebels. -- it is going to start.
:23:19. > :23:23.Some confusion at first over to David Cameron was at a nearby camp
:23:23. > :23:27.holding 20,000 Syrian refugees. Many here are still traumatised.
:23:27. > :23:31.The majority of them have seen a family member die, they have seen
:23:31. > :23:35.of violence, things that no children should ever be confronted
:23:35. > :23:39.two, and some of the children have told us that they saw their school
:23:39. > :23:43.teachers being shot and killed in front of them. I do not think you
:23:43. > :23:47.get over that. The Prime Minister told me he blamed Syria's President
:23:47. > :23:51.Assad squarely for their plight. While that man is running Syria,
:23:51. > :23:55.while he is raining down tear on his people, they cannot be peace,
:23:55. > :24:01.they cannot be progress. But no safe passage for him, you want him
:24:01. > :24:03.to go to a law court. I would like to see him face justice, but any
:24:03. > :24:07.option that involves him leaving the country and a transition taking
:24:07. > :24:11.place would be good for the people behind me here. They want to go
:24:11. > :24:15.back to their homes, they want a fresh start, and they cannot have
:24:15. > :24:19.it well as add is running Syria. But that could still take some time.
:24:19. > :24:28.For children like these, there is little immediate prospect of a safe
:24:28. > :24:31.return. The camp is fast becoming With just four days until
:24:31. > :24:35.Remembrance Sunday, the Queen has been visiting the Poppy Factory in
:24:35. > :24:38.south-west London. The factory provides work for wounded ex-
:24:38. > :24:41.service personnel and is celebrating its 90th anniversary.
:24:41. > :24:47.Royal correspondent Peter Hunt reports.
:24:47. > :24:51.This is where 12 million copies have been made this year and some
:24:51. > :25:00.100,000 Reeves. The one laid by the Queen on Remembrance Sunday has 93
:25:00. > :25:04.poppies. Why 93, she was asked? are right! At a factory where
:25:04. > :25:09.everything is made by hand, visitors are encouraged to join in,
:25:09. > :25:13.even royal ones. As well as employing former servicemen and
:25:13. > :25:17.women here, the charity also helps to veterans such as Jack English,
:25:17. > :25:24.he was adjusting to civilian life after service in Bosnia, Northern
:25:24. > :25:28.Ireland and Iraq. Get us back into work and give myself an identity
:25:28. > :25:34.again, help us move forward, give me some respect again, some self-
:25:34. > :25:40.confidence. And do you know, just start the path of rebuilding where
:25:40. > :25:42.I want to go. This is a visit by the head of the armed forces who
:25:42. > :25:46.lived through the Second World War to an organisation which has been
:25:46. > :25:50.producing poppies for 90 years. The theme of remembrance will continue
:25:50. > :25:53.on Sunday when, at the Cenotaph in London, the Queen will lead the
:25:53. > :26:00.nation's tribute to all those who have fought and died for their
:26:00. > :26:06.country. A look at the weather now with Jay
:26:06. > :26:10.It is looking pretty reasonable across large swathes of the United
:26:10. > :26:15.Kingdom this afternoon, a lot of dry and bright weather to be found,
:26:15. > :26:18.but a noticeable breeze across northern parts. Not a completely
:26:18. > :26:23.dry story, this line of cloud working its way into Scotland is a
:26:23. > :26:26.weakening weather front, bringing rain into the afternoon. Quite wet
:26:26. > :26:31.in the West of Scotland, but the east of Scotland is drier and
:26:31. > :26:35.brighter, but there is a gusty wind. The tail-end of that weather front
:26:35. > :26:39.pushes into Northern Ireland, some rain and bright spells. To the east
:26:39. > :26:43.of Wales, brighter weather. For the west of Wales, thicker cloud and
:26:43. > :26:48.light rain or drizzle. A little bit cloudy across Cornwall, but
:26:48. > :26:51.generally speaking for the Southern Counties, yes, a fair bit of cloud,
:26:51. > :26:55.but bright enough underneath it, and there are holes and the cloud
:26:55. > :26:59.to be found, so the best of the sunshine across Kent, up through
:26:59. > :27:03.the East Anglia region and on into Lincolnshire. Not too windy in this
:27:03. > :27:06.part of the world, temperatures up to 10 or 11 degrees. Similar in
:27:06. > :27:11.northern England, but the main feature here will be the strength
:27:11. > :27:15.of the wind, particularly to the east of the Pennines, after 45 mph,
:27:15. > :27:20.maybe even a little bit more, and it is a crosswind on the A1 in
:27:20. > :27:24.particular. The winds continue into the overnight period, patchy rain
:27:24. > :27:26.slipping down the western side of England and Wales, and during the
:27:27. > :27:32.small hours the wet weather in the West of Scotland will gradually
:27:32. > :27:36.fade away. A lot of cloud developing overnight, but
:27:36. > :27:40.temperatures not falling too far. Some rural spots may get a bit
:27:40. > :27:43.colder. A lot of cloud to start Thursday, breezy, the winds easing,
:27:43. > :27:48.cloud breaking up, so many of us brightening up quite nicely with
:27:48. > :27:53.good spells of sunshine. Through the Midlands and the north-western
:27:53. > :27:56.quadrant, a bit more cloudy and some rain. Temperatures looking
:27:56. > :28:00.pretty good, 11 or 12 degrees. Change on the way for the end of
:28:00. > :28:04.the week, the next Atlantic weather system is heading our way, quite a
:28:04. > :28:09.lot of isobars heading our way as well, so some rain coming with that
:28:09. > :28:12.front. That will mostly be across Scotland and Northern Ireland
:28:12. > :28:16.spreading southwards and eastwards to all parts. It clears for the
:28:16. > :28:21.start of the weekend, temperatures down by a couple of degrees, some
:28:21. > :28:25.sunshine on Saturday but equally some showers around, and it will
:28:25. > :28:30.turn colder for Saturday night, with a frosty start on Sunday, but
:28:30. > :28:33.Sunday looking like a decent day for most places. Clouds thickening
:28:33. > :28:40.on Sunday night, rain arriving setting us up for a wet start to
:28:40. > :28:44.Let's get more on our top story from Jane Hill in Washington.
:28:44. > :28:50.Simon, thank you very much indeed, a few thoughts about what is to
:28:50. > :28:54.come from a democratic strategists. With me in the studio is Matt
:28:54. > :28:59.Bennett, an aide to Vice President Al Gore. Hello to you. Your man has
:28:59. > :29:03.won, but he has got a divided Congress, and that is a difficult
:29:03. > :29:07.situation, things did not get done much in the last four years, how
:29:07. > :29:10.difficult is it going to be? Much will depend on the next two months,
:29:10. > :29:17.because he has to negotiate to get out of what they're calling the
:29:17. > :29:21.fiscal cliff, this incredible witches brew of problems. If those
:29:21. > :29:27.negotiations go well, we think a lot is possible. Bill Clinton faced
:29:27. > :29:31.a similar situation with a divided Congress, and they got quite a bit
:29:31. > :29:36.down, welfare reform, a big deal to provide healthcare to children, and
:29:36. > :29:40.so we hope that the Republicans will be willing to negotiate and
:29:40. > :29:43.make progress on Climate Change, immigration, perhaps infrastructure
:29:43. > :29:49.and some other things, but much will depend on the next two months
:29:49. > :29:55.of negotiation. January 1st is a grim day. Exactly. Thank you very
:29:56. > :29:59.much indeed for being with us. That is it for now from Washington DC on
:30:00. > :30:03.the day that Barack Obama won a second term as President of the
:30:03. > :30:13.United States. Let's ends today's programme with some of the most
:30:13. > :30:35.
:30:35. > :30:45.Four more years! I am so happy, my first election that I have voted in,
:30:45. > :30:46.
:30:46. > :30:52.four more years! So excited, oh, my God, I am so excited! I cannot even
:30:52. > :30:56.standard, oh, my God, I am shaking, I'm so excited! I think the right
:30:56. > :31:02.man won the job, and I'm just glad that America took it upon
:31:02. > :31:09.themselves to make the right decision. Being here at the White
:31:09. > :31:14.House, My nation's capital, it is just like amazing. A huge