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h “a fi james robbins' report. if you think of the slogans, we james robbins‘ report. if you think of the slogans, we are going to rip up of the slogans, we are going to rip up the trade deals, so he‘s formally announcing that america is going to pull out of the transpacific partnership, that it is seeking to renegotiate the north american free—trade area, the agreement with canada and mexico. you can remember the kind of build the wall slogan, well, there‘s going to be action probably taken on immigration quite quickly to expel illegal immigrants from the country, and there will be other measures as well. another slogan we heard a lot of during the campaign was, draining the swamp. it may be that we are about to hear there will be a freeze on new federal employees, and also perhaps term limits for congressmen and women, so they can‘tjust carry on. change is coming to washington. donald trump will want to see that it‘s happening quickly. donald trump will want to see that it's happening quickly. we shall be watching, jon sopel in washington, thank you very much. newsnight‘s underway on bbc two, with emily maitlis in washington. from us though, it‘s goodnight, and we‘ll leave you with some of the defining images from this historic day.
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# 0h, say can you see # by the dawn‘s early light, # what so proudly we hailed # at the twilight‘s last gleaming? # whose broad striped and bright stars # through the perilous fight # o‘er the ramparts we watch... i will faithfully execute... the office of president of the united states. the office of president of the united states. congratulations, mr president. from this day forward it‘s
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going to be only america first, america first. # o‘er the land of the free and the home of the brave #. a lovely sunny day in many areas of
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the country. this was sent in from one of our weather watchers, beautiful skies. for most it was like that but in east lothian, for example, quite a bit of cloud. that cloud is starting to be eroded away and it is a very thin area now. i think scotland will fare better and probably northern ireland as well because underneath that high—pressure it is squeezing out the moisture that could potentially form into fog overnight. and again across eastern parts of england, as well scotla nd across eastern parts of england, as well scotland and northern ireland, perhaps into eastern england and east anglia. rosti virtually everywhere. some is escaping but are harsh frost widely, colder than it was last night —— frosty virtually everywhere. with a high—pressure it should stay dry with some sunshine. on balance saturday looks like the sunnier day. yes, some fog to clear
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away in the morning from eastern areas which usually takes time at this time of year, plus in the north some patchy fog, but then it should bea some patchy fog, but then it should be a lovely day, much sunnier for southern scotland compared to recent days. there has not been sunshine there all week. hopefully sunshine in the east of northern ireland, but for eastern england, north—eastern england, more cloud compared to today. a week front in off the north sea. bright rather than sunny into the afternoon and cold. for all of us. 3—5 knots down on recent days. saturday follows the general trend, cold and frosty, a few like showers around possibly sold there could be more ice around, but as you can see the temperatures are not widely as low but they will be low. “4, —6, in those clearer rural areas. so for some it does look slightly cloudier
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but for most still dry and bright. little changes on monday, moistening up little changes on monday, moistening up the air, so there could be more fog problems into the new working week. there is more online. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. on bbc news. with me are the european features reporter for the wall street journal, charlie wells, and the evening standard columnist, rosamund urwin. we will be speaking to both of them ina we will be speaking to both of them in a moment, reflecting on how the newspapers are reporting the inauguration of donald trump, but of course lots of events still taking place, notably the parade, which is still underway in washington. running somewhat behind schedule. things did seem to lack a little earlier in the day. we were not sure
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whether he quite managed to be inaugurated by 5pm our time, but they caught up. but so much to pack into a day like this, but the parade is still underway, and is going to be for quite some time. of course there are the inaugural balls which mrtrump and his there are the inaugural balls which mr trump and his family will attend later on. so a lot to keep them all very busy, but of course this is the only story really on the front of the newspapers tonight, which is exactly what you would expect. so let‘s have a look at them... well we are still looking at these pictures, rosamund and charlie, what we re pictures, rosamund and charlie, what were your thoughts today when you watch the speech? one of the papers says it electrified the world?” thought it was rather short on hope and rather full of gloom. thought it was rather short on hope and ratherfull of gloom. he thought it was rather short on hope and rather full of gloom. he sort of set out his case that america, in all the ways he feel wood felt it was failing to be great, and he spoke about gangs and there was not
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much that felt like an olive branch reaching out people who did not vote for —— all the ways he felt it was failing. this would normally be the time to say, come together, even if you did not vote for me, but actually felt the pitch to the same people who for him who he campaigned so hard to get rather than reaching out to other people, and don‘t forget he has very bad approval ratings already before he has even done anything. it might guess, the lowest ever, for someone becoming president. donald trump is a fan of professional fighting and wrestling in particular. and he has made so many huge promises. i think what a lot of experts are wondering is, will he keep them? but what he said today, he is brilliant in keeping what he —— it was related to what he said through his whole campaign. populous, in some people‘s view, protectionist, as in putting america first, but what that means for him is america will come first. let‘s
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not start dabbling in what is happening in other parts of the world, too many people relying on america coming to fix their problems. we have problems at home so the fix those first. surely that will resonate with a huge number of people in the states, charlie, who feel they were left behind by the previous demonstration? yes, predominantly people from white working—class backgrounds in parts of the midwest where donald trump surprisingly won, who actually feel they are a minority within the united states, you know, despite the demographics that might show otherwise. but somebody needs to look after those voters then, and he feels he is the man to do it. it is really interesting, isn‘t it, that they think somebody so wealthy, so far removed from their lives, they think that is the person to do it, but clearly there is something he tapped into there. we can see that, thatis tapped into there. we can see that, that is what happened. but i think
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it is interesting. this was a terribly protectionist speech. we knew it would be but of course that is very divisive for republicans, so i think actually that speech did not reach out to his party either, the pa rt reach out to his party either, the part of his party that finds a lot of what he says very problematic, so that was also interesting i thought. and obviously it was a terribly anti—elitist speech, which is what we would have expected, but again, who is he speaking to? some of these people he‘s really going to have to work with. surely, you know, he is fa ntastically work with. surely, you know, he is fantastically rich by anybody‘s standards, and he made the point of his campaign, look, i don‘t have a military background, i don‘t have a political background, i am not part of that capitol hill establishment, that surely was the thing that made people feel they had something in common with him even if, you know, they were at the other end of the wealth scale? it was certainly a draw but as we have seen over the transition period, the people he has
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put up for his cabinet do not seem to represent the sort of up to the grassroots, common man, there are billionaires put up... goldman sachs is well represented there, yes. billionaires put up... goldman sachs is well represented there, yesm is well represented there, yesm is so awkward, just watching him deliver this antiestablishment speech, mere feet from former presidents amber establishment itself, and he now holds the highest position, the elite of the elite itself —— former presidents, the establishment itself. let's turn away from those pictures to the papers. the daily mailfront page, i swear to be the people‘s president. there he is, and on the bible his scottish mother gave him when he was nine, in an incendiary speech, it said. was the tone incendiary?m was actually quite lower energy to some of his previous speeches. yes, i thought it seemed quite sort of
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and passionate. given he clearly did manage to engage his audiences so much on the campaign trail —— it seemed sort of un—passionate. obviously we did not want him screaming the same things then. but idid screaming the same things then. but i did feel it was un—passionate. this is a grandiose situation and some historians will say, going up the steps of the capitol hill, feel the steps of the capitol hill, feel the gravitas of the office, and it seems to a degree he felt that. many people have said this already of course, but in comparison with barack obama‘s inauguration speech eight years ago, it lacked all of those sort of rhetorical devices that great speeches are supposed to have, but perhaps for the people he is speaking to, they didn‘t need all of that? i fundamentally think trump‘s vocabulary is far smaller... but he could have had help with the writing, it is not like you put it on his own. well, he has claimed, or
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they have claimed, he did a lot more than expected, but we are comparing him with obama, who is probably... one of the most fantastic orators, audibly, so it is not a cane comparison to anyone, however it felt very basic speech.” comparison to anyone, however it felt very basic speech. i remember when barack obama was running for re—election, and they spoke about these voters so swayed by the beautiful things he said but felt as if he hadn't delivered, sol beautiful things he said but felt as if he hadn't delivered, so i think sticking to that simple approach, explaining right to the people... we did geta explaining right to the people... we did get a few ideas about exactly what donald trump‘s priorities were going to be, this idea he wants to eradicate islamic state and islamist terrorism in its entirety. yes, and that was obviously huge part of the speech, and he has made it sound as
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though... of course the islamic state is in a worse position than it was, i don‘t know, a year ago. he has sort of said he will remove them from the face of the earth, i think that was the phrase. but he doesn't wa nt to that was the phrase. but he doesn't want to get involved in other people‘s battled abroad. want to get involved in other people's battled abroad. yes, quite clearly a tension there. obliterating carer, as he suggests, is really difficult. it is interesting to note how obama spoke of global terrorism. he often referred to it as a cancer. you do not necessarily beat cancer, you try to put it into remission. in a way that was part of... obama's view on terrorism, so we are seeing a huge diverging. and of course he was the person who said, trump, that he knew more about is than the generals do, one of those bizarre things that despite having no background in this, he of believes his got is somehow more powerful than people who know a great deal —— his gut. i find this a very troubling
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characteristic in a person. we have some bagpipes! there we are. let‘s have a listen to those for a second. the commander—in—chief, saluting. the commander—in—chief, saluting. the times front—page commentator: in god we trust, it said. what was the word he used —— you used, rosamund, snark? you can read it on two levels but i suspect it is the rest of us might be trusting in god... someone i spoke to earlier watching said what struck them as odd was that he thanked barack obama, because he said he had been magnificent in helping him with the transition, he couldn‘t have asked
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for any more, but then went straight on to criticise all politicians because they are corrupt, and there was a need to "give america back to the people," sort of rest it back from the politicians. yes, he tends to flip—flop. the washington journal wrote a fascinating article on his leadership style and how he creates this sense of deliberate chaos, and in creating that, agreeing with some things, changing, listening to one person but not another person, he actually can maintain control.m certainly has the media on the hop, hasn‘t it? they are not used to dealing with somebody like this who is very difficult to pin down. yes, and often in a story, where he had said something plenty of people or is obviously notre, you do not learn that until... so he will say something, and i think there is a real struggle in newspapers on how to cover somebody who has made so many statements that are false —— or is obviously not true. it is a real challenge and i do not think the
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media has quite got it yet.” suppose you need access to a longform interview to sort of keep going back to those first principles of journalism, really going back to those first principles ofjournalism, really insisting somebody answers a question. and of course the times, well done to them, they got that interview, but who did it? michael gove, the obviously was a journalist, but plenty of us in journalism felt that fell short in terms of actually questioning trump when trump said things like calling people illegals who are refugees, and that is where you don‘t say yes, and that is where you don‘t say yes, and things to do with brexit, things he said that were completely andrew, we we re he said that were completely andrew, we were being forced to take migrants —— completely untrue. that is really a challenge somebody in an interview and i felt, is really a challenge somebody in an interview and ifelt, watching is really a challenge somebody in an interview and i felt, watching those clips, i found it interview and i felt, watching those clips, ifound it pretty interview and i felt, watching those clips, i found it pretty troubling. this is what he will do, isn‘t it? he will go to people who are not going to be tricky with him. that is why it is so interesting that this times front page has preserve, protect and defend the constitution
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of the united states as its main line, and the constitution includes the freedom of the press, free speech, something that were a lot of trump's critics have said he has not done well so far. no, with all those accusations of fake news levied at cnn and the like, both feed, even the bbc. -- cnn and the like, both feed, even the bbc. —— buzzfeed. cnn and the like, both feed, even the bbc. -- buzzfeed. it is a funny he has taken something that has benefited him, saying things like the pope backed him, which obviously did not happen, shared around the internet so many times, and he has taken this concept and weaponised it for him when actually it was something being used in his favour in the first place, but now it is waged at the press. the mirror. trump‘s waron waged at the press. the mirror. trump‘s war on the world. tivos to put the united states first and to
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hell with every other country, in a chilling inaugural speech. hell with every other country, in a chilling inauguralspeech. i hell with every other country, in a chilling inaugural speech. iam interested in so other adjectives used to describe it. yes, i think we we re used to describe it. yes, i think we were both not necessarily impressed either way. he did were both not necessarily impressed eitherway. he did mention were both not necessarily impressed either way. he did mention allies, though, and! either way. he did mention allies, though, and i think i saw in some of the british press, happy about what that means for brexit, outside of the european union, theoretically, and something else to focus on in this mirror page, this curtain with gold parcels hanging off of it, and ido gold parcels hanging off of it, and i do not know if the paper is trying to convey this idea, but it seems very regal. yes, i wasjust thinking that. watching today's pomp and so oi'i that. watching today's pomp and so on it reminded me of watching the preparations for the coronation. that curtain with a parcels, the parade, and the whole choreographed spectacle, it would have been the same whoever had one. there are certain elements that have to be... yes, but the paper is trying to
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convey something. we can all probably mimic donald trump if we wa nted probably mimic donald trump if we wanted to, because of his hand gesture of... small hands. the aoke up, this fest, the powerfulfirst —— the 0k up, this fest, the powerfulfirst —— the ok sign. you like the thing with michael gove, and he doesn‘t like germs, so perhaps doesn‘t want to shake somebody‘s hand, but, yes, germs, so perhaps doesn‘t want to shake somebody's hand, but, yes,“ very big on the hand gestures. we are big on that with politicians. tony blair had his hand gestures. i don‘t know. it feels like he is sort of trying to make out, make up for the lack of anything coming out of his mouth of any real import... clearly what he does say resonates within people, doesn‘t it? ok, he did not win the popular vote as we have said many times, but he is popular. we have been speaking to
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people all day who say, you know, i know he might need to rein it in a bit on twitter, but i like what he says, i like his intentions. the financial times, america first, fest in the air, competent —— combated inaugural address, in the air, competent —— combated inauguraladdress, rejection in the air, competent —— combated inaugural address, rejection of globalism? that is a huge issue. people are trying to figure out what will happen in these first hundred days, and the problem that modern journalists have had is the present these large macro ideas, america first, we are going to focus on america for most, then he has these micro ideas, targeting ford, for instance, in protectionism, targeting gm, for instance, but we do not get that middle part, how these policies are actually going to be implemented from today forward. isn‘t that because he is be implemented from today forward. isn't that because he is not a politician. the fundamental thing he is lacking is years of actually doing that at state level. but he
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will be surrounded by experts, and barack obama said, you know, don‘t try to do this on your own. yes, pointless from the obama and ministries working for him because they have been so slow to fill... the financial times is focused on the idea that america first, you know, trade and all the protectionism, and somebody pointed out that the caps, they make america a great again caps that were being given out, they were made in china. so we see that it does not quite filtered down all the way. not straightaway, anyway. the mirror, pages straightaway, anyway. the mirror, pa g es two straightaway, anyway. the mirror, pages two and three, inside, declaration of independence, trump‘s waron the declaration of independence, trump‘s war on the world, a variety of different pictures. michelle obama looking quite, well, a frown on her face, certainly. then we have hillary and bill clinton. what must have been going through her mind that they? and the picture of course
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of those protests? we have not really spoke a lot about the protesters, and what is fascinating —— what is fascinating about this inauguration is the diversity of protesters. people there for racial reasons, gender reasons, economic reasons. and this is very different from inaugurations in the past. it goes back to woodrow wilson, where there were women who came to his inauguration in their early —— there were women who came to his inauguration in their early -- in the early 20th century to protest for women's suffrage, but that was a focus issue during that. protesting the vietnam war during the inauguration, and fairly similar in george w bush's second inauguration, but you are the protesters are coming to protest against many different things and sort of his entire persona. yes, i think that is right. obviously huge contingent tomorrow will be women protesting. but he has been a terribly divisive candidate and there are a lot of people who are angry. it is very difficult to say, well, women are
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anti—drum, when clearly they are not. the majority of white women voted for him, yes. finally on the papers we will look at this hour, page ten of the daily mail, could it be something he said? two pictures here, on the left what the national mall looked like when obama was inaugurated in january 2009, mall looked like when obama was inaugurated injanuary 2009, and the same shot today. what we do not know, to be fair, is at what point in the proceedings each of those photographs were taken. the obama picture could have been at the height of the gathering, and the other one could have been, you know, before people really got there, but are they taking liberties? we don‘t know. this is going to be painful for donald trump because trump is someone who, in many of his speeches and to defend himself, often mentions the number of people who come to his rallies. he speaks about
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huge crowds, and he actually mentioned this at his big press conference, so seeing a photograph like this, and undoubtedly he will see something like this because it will circulate on twitter and we know he is a big twitter user, would be incredibly painful, but the question is will he continue to govern in the way he has managed this transition? that he has a mandate, some sort of popular backing, despite the fact that he lost the popular vote by almost 3 million votes. that is it for the papers this error. much more to talk about. actual governance has already begun. quite a few things have already been set in motion. we will speak about those again with charlie and rosamund who are back again at half past i! for another look at the papers. time to catch up with the weather forecast with helen. good evening. a lovely sunny day for many areas of the country with just
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a few exceptions. this was sent in from helen in conwy, one of our weather watchers, beautiful blue skies, but in east lothian here, quite a bit of cloud. that cloud is starting to be eroded away, and i think southern scotland will fare better in the sunshine and probably northern ireland as well. underneath that high pressure area, squeezing out the moisture that will form into fog potentially overnight, and where we have the brakes on the cloud in northern scotland and northern ireland and again across eastern england, perhaps north—eastern england, perhaps north—eastern england into east anglia, and virtually frosty everywhere. perhaps a few towns and cities escaping but it will be a harsh frost and colder night widely than it was last night. into the weekend those frosty nights continue but it should also with the high—pressure steam in the dry with some sunshine. plenty of that around on saturday and unbalanced that looks like the sunny day. some falkirk wheel await the morning from eastern areas which will take its
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time as it does at this time of year and on and off some patchy fog but thenit and on and off some patchy fog but then it should be a lovely day. much sunnierfor southern then it should be a lovely day. much sunnier for southern scotland compared to recent days. we have not seen much sunshine here all week. hopefully more sunshine in the east, northern ireland, north—western england, but for north—east england there will be more cloud computer today. a weak front coming off the north sea, to bring a few showers and over the hills it is cold enough for those to fall as sleet and snow. workload into southern areas compared to recent days, so bright and sunny here in the afternoon, and cold. 3—5dc, and notched down on recent days. saturday night follows the general trend —— called in southern areas compared to recent days. —— cold in recent areas. sandez does look slightly cloudier. for most, still dry and bright, a few wintry flurries in the east and
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west, and a lot of dry weather as well. little changes on monday, moistening of the aerosol more fog into the working week. as ever, there is more online. —— moistening up there is more online. —— moistening up the air. hello. this is bbc news a special programme on a donald trump‘s first hour was as the 45th president of the united states. the big moment— mrtrump takes the united states. the big moment— mr trump takes the oath of office in a ceremony on capitol hill. to
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protect and defend the constitution of the united states, so help me god. congratulations, mr president. tens of thousands gather to watch as listed trump vows to give power to the people. a new vision will govern ourland. the people. a new vision will govern our land. from this day forward it is
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