over his wife's working arrangements, while today the candidate many see as the front—runner emmanuel macron, unveiled his manifesto. he's promised to ban nepotism in parliament, and spoke about the transforming france's rigid labour market. translation: we and our project have chosen first of all to look to the future, the transformation of the world of work, the transformation of oui’ world of work, the transformation of our productive model, the digital transition. these are risks, but they also brilliant opportunities, and so, at the heart of this project there is the refusal to knowledge defeat. i will not say in this project, that we have already lost the battle over the nature of work. no. work is going to change, and we will part of that change, we will go with it, and we will transform the balance of forces. how correspondent hugh schofield is

in paris for us, we will get onto him ina in paris for us, we will get onto him in a moment, first of all, francois fillon, there has been a lot of heat over his white's job arrangements. apparently there has been a raid on his flat? is a p pa re ntly been a raid on his flat? is apparently there has been a police raid. grade, i mean they have searched is flat, looking for evidence. it is not surprising because we know there is an investigation open and we know that ina investigation open and we know that in a couple of weeks he will appear before a judge because that is what he said yesterday, and he has been put underformal he said yesterday, and he has been put under formal investigation personally hence crisis. there is crisis. this evening we are seeing defections by large numbers of people from his party, from the republicans party. people who had before been aligned with his rival,

alainjuppe, he has lost as treasurer and his director. more and more mps saying that we should be looking for an alternative candidacy. the most likely person will be alain juppe. candidacy. the most likely person will be alainjuppe. there is a real sense, things are moving fast. he's also at this time, down in the south talking to an audience, and he is saying that he is not budging. he says the people with him and he is not moving. we are just showing some of that speech. the man who seems to have benefited all the candidates the most, is emmanuel macron, from the most, is emmanuel macron, from the problems of francois fillon. he has finally laid out an agenda, a lot of people suggesting he is perhaps a bit too much of a style merchant and not having too much substance but he did lay out an agenda that he believes could be the platform for a successful run? yes i think those accusers are silenced,

perfectly legitimate criticisms of what he has said but to accuse him now, of being a style merchant, is wrong. there is substance, some of it is quite controversial, for example he's talking about changing the pension system. so that there is no longer this two tier system between the private and the public sector. bring the two together, and it has brought thousands and thousands of public sector workers onto the streets. it is controversial, he is talking about com pletely controversial, he is talking about completely revamping the whole social security system. so it is paid by tax and not by contributions so paid by tax and not by contributions so that where the state runs into it it is not run in partnership between businesses and the union. again, thatis businesses and the union. again, that is a complete break with the way that the country has run thing since the second world war. and it shows i think that his proposals are very real, very concrete and certainly need to be taken seriously. and that he's notjust someone seriously. and that he's notjust someone who is like an internet style guru, like some people have said he is. good to see you. thanks.

let's talk now to a journalist and physical commentator based in paris. hi, good to see you, thanks were being with us. we will start with mr francois fillon, his flat has been raided, senior defections, is it toast for him? it gets much closer toast for him? it gets much closer to toast every day, there is a large rally that is planned for him just on the other side of a cent from the eiffel tower on sunday, and more and more people are saying no, we are not going to show up. it looks like it is curtains this time. let's go one to his challenger, and is emmanuel macron. pique today with a lot of policy suggestions, pique today, trying to say that he is a bit more substantive than a lot of people like giving him credit for. what do you think of the platform he

has laid out? he has always been substantive din that he is a tough mandarin comedy runs as an independent outsider but he's nothing like that at all. he was the economy minister under francois hollande, before that he is the graduate of the most prestigious graduate of the most prestigious graduate school in france that shapes bosses and politicians and top mandarins. and a great deal of those proposals, they have been dusted up, and a bit of glitter has been thrown on them but they are classical proposals of the kind of, system by which france has been administered with a strong influence of the state and attempts to deregulate in a sort of command way. so he has good ideas to change taxes and society, all of this is nice and it sounds very good, there is a great deal of digital land new economy thrown in. he says like many people before him that he wants to make it easier for people to do business but at the end of the day, it isa business but at the end of the day, it is a series of technocratic measures, most of them making sense,

some of them being slightly stretched, such as the idea, that cellphones would be forbidden, in classrooms but also, in all of france's schools, it is very well known that in france, in french prisons, there are cellphones everywhere, even though they are forbidden. i don't know how they can do this in schools. it is going to be tricky. i have seen so many french presidents, and he is potentially going to be one, suggest that they will deregulate the labour market and then they ride on the crest and as soon market and then they ride on the crest and as soon as market and then they ride on the crest and as soon as they get in, the unions crush them? well we are coming at the end of a very long arc in which people say that you can't change anything in france, and we now have a debt of 2 trillion. euros. and we never reach the maastricht criteria of having a deficit that would be a budget

deficit that would be a budget deficit under 3%. and that is the moment where you realise that the country has to pay interest on the interest that we hope and right now we are coasting because interest rates are so low but that is not going to last so he's coming in at a time with the unions are three week. you have to realise that the french population, the french workforce, only 7% unionised. the public sector is 3%. unions bark but they don't have much power. very interesting, good to see you, thank you very much for joining good to see you, thank you very much forjoining us. the chief inspector of hospitals in england has given a stark warning about the state of the nhs saying that it stands on a burning platform. with most trust in to patient safety. professor sir mike richards says the traditional model of caring for patients is no longer capable of delivering the needs of today's population. what we are seeing is increasing numbers of people being referred to hospital or a riding accident and emergency. we see a difficulty in

what we call it flowed through the hospital, so people are having to wait too long, if they require admission. this is where people referred to trolley waits. people having to be moved from ward to ward because, just to check all of the beds. people not being able to be discharged because medical patients are having to be on surgical wards, we find that surgical operations need to be cancelled. all of that is the burning platform that we referred to and that is what leads toa referred to and that is what leads to a transformational change. joining me now is somebody from the university hospital. that has bucked the trend seemingly. good to see you, thanks for being with us. how have you but the trend? we heard that in that clip, that the flow through a lot of hospitals is getting blocked up. evil having to wait too long in corridors, the juggfing wait too long in corridors, the juggling of beds, people are unable to be discharged, in a timely

manner. how have you been able to deal with that? we are not manner. how have you been able to dealwith that? we are not immune manner. how have you been able to deal with that? we are not immune to those pressures, we found that we required improvements, still it was about managing the level of demand through accident and emergency which is going up year—on—year but we found that we are keeping our patients say. and they found that we we re patients say. and they found that we were being created and in the tip, with the solutions that we are using to try and manage pressure. so we saw outstanding care in our surgical services, where there is a planned programme that tries to minimise the impact, on planned operations, so they don't get cancelled. so much, there is a safety check list in our emergency department which is award—winning, that is being picked up award—winning, that is being picked up by award—winning, that is being picked up by other hospitals in the west of england that make sure, even if the accident and emergency is under severe pressure, that, there is very little chance of missing anyone's decision deteriorating. these are

the kind of innovations that the staff themselves have brought forward in the last sears as a response, to learning from the previous cqc report or indeed other reports. that is interesting, you basically had a consultation with the managers and the people on the front line saying what is the best way to speed through patients, at a time when we have people, with many more competent in medical procedures to deal with, because people are living longer. but the people on the front line, they help sort this mess out. that is absolutely right, we have put an awful lot of work in it, we have made sure that we have a vision and strategy that staff understand. we have got organisational values and influence. we have got a huge leadership focused on the safety of our patients and managing risk to patients, but the decision that i and other senior managers in the trust took, is to stop and spend

more time attending, to the experience of our staff at work. listening to their concerns, and their suggestions for improvement, and, what is so gratifying, is the passion and innovation, that has been unleashed, simply by doing that. that is a good news story from the nhs. good to see you, thank you for joining the nhs. good to see you, thank you forjoining us. 100 days is coming up in a couple of minutes but first—time to joined for the 100 days is coming up in a couple of minutes but first—time to joined for the weather 100 days is coming up in a couple of minutes but first—time to joined for the weather forecast. good evening, a pretty reasonable day for many of us, starting with a picture from our weather watchers, spells of blue sky, in greater london. a bit patchy cloud as well, we look at the satellite sequence. the best was earlier on, if you showers in the north and the west and slightly more general rain, pushing into northern ireland and the irish sea. a bid snow in the

hills, pushing its way into the uplands. and over the higher ground, the showers fading away, this will be quite clear and we will see a touch of frost developing. further south, rain moving in, that will keep temperatures moving at around six or seven or 8 degrees. it will be quite a wet start for many counties of england and quite windy as well, particularly the south—west. some of the rainfall set shall in southern england, could be on the heavy side. and not a great commute. but the north of wales and northern england starting on a reasonable note, broken cloud and sunshine, on the chilly side. radiant parts of northern ireland and scotland, but in northern scotla nd and scotland, but in northern scotland after a cold start, you'll see it early on and i think it is in the north of scotland, the best of the north of scotland, the best of the sunshine. elsewhere, sunshine short supply, a lot of cloud and rain moving its way north across england, wales, it stays pretty wet in the south—west. the south—east,

it is here we will see the highest temperature, about 11 or 12 degrees. six or 12 degrees. 6078 degrees. as we head towards the weekend, keep your body is handy because there will be some rain at times, i did think it will be a complete wash—out, it will be a wet and fairly breezy day for many of us, and also across western europe, quite a bit of rain, notjust rain but some parts of the alps could seek a metre of snow this weekend which would make some pretty good spring skiing once the strong winds eased down. it will be quite windy and wet across the north of the uk saturday, scotland and northern ireland fairly cloudy. some of that heavy, slow on the hills of scotland and across the bulk of england and wales, showers coming through. many inland areas doing quite well. nine to 11 degrees top temperatures on saturday. then the heaviest when moves further south. so it will be england and wales and the southern half that sees the most and a bit drier further

half that sees the most and a bit drierfurther north, 7 half that sees the most and a bit drier further north, 7 degrees half that sees the most and a bit drierfurther north, 7 degrees in glasgow and nine or ten in and around the london area. goodbye for now. hello and welcome to 100 days. another senior member of the trump administration is under scrutiny for links with russia. there are growing calls for the attorney general to resign after he misled congress about meetings with the russian ambassador. under oath, jeff sessions said he did not meet the ambassador during the election campaign. it now turns out he did, twice. but the country's top law official is defiant. i have not met with any russians, at any time, to discuss any political campaign and those remarks are unbelievable to me. senior republicans ask sessions to withdraw from investigations into russian links with the trump campaign. democrats want him to go altogether. better for the country if he resigns, but let's get a real investigation going.