you are watching beyond 100 days, president trump delivers a tough message to the un saying america is being taken advantage of 21 not tolerated. he spells out that trump policy doctrine, the keywords strength and sovereignty. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. on north korea he warned that if un sanctions fail to restrain pyongyang, america will have no choice but to destroy the country. as president trump attacked big trade deals, multinational treaties and global bureaucracies, this global body listened in silence. we ask hillary clinton's running mate what he makes of the address. away from the un, hurricane maria is pummelling the caribbean as a category five storm. some islands devastated by hurricane 0mar are now being hit again. also, donald trump's speech to the un was focused entirely on america's

interest. we get the view from europe on his performance and whether he was playing to the right audience. and the english language school in hot water over this advert in croatia. the first lady has threatened to sue. welcome to the united nations in new york, christian fraser is in london. if anyone thought donald trump would go timidly to the un, they were wrong. this was a robust repudiation of much of what the global body stands for and his speech was met by stony silent. he stressed strength and sovereignty but said he would no longer accept a world where america is taken advantage of. this was foreign policy in populist terms. for too long, said the president, the middle classes in america had been failed by multinational trade deals in global bureaucracies. he called the deal with iran and harassment, one of the worst transactions in history. his

strongest threat was reserved for north korea. no—one has shown more contempt for other nations and for the well—being of their own people than the depraved regime in north korea. it is responsible for the starvation deaths of millions of north koreans. and for the imprisonment, torture, killing and oppression of countless more. the united straits has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself and its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself, and for his regime. what to make of that comment and that speech? let's speak to nicholas burns, former american ambassador to nato, whojoins us now burns, former american ambassador to nato, who joins us now from burns, former american ambassador to nato, whojoins us now from harvard. ambassador, what does donald trump mean when he says he is going to

totally destroy north korea is the united nation sanctions do not work? well, he is right to take the decision that if the united states all south korea orjapan are attacked, we will defend ourselves. that has been our policy since the 19505. that has been our policy since the 1950s. he is also right to cool out countries criticised, like russia and china, that are aiding and abetting through craig and through military supplies the north korean regime. the problem with the speech today was the tone, you cannot imagine ronald reagan, eisenhower, 01’ imagine ronald reagan, eisenhower, or george hw bush giving this speech, they would have been steely, determined, talked about the alliance, talked about the entire world being at risk. they would not have talked in such narrow, parochial terms and such bombastic terms. the language that he used does not really work in international politics and will not be received well internationally, particularly in south korea, by the

way, and i worry that president trump may give, unwittingly, propaganda advantage to kim jong—un. we have heard from foreign diplomats that there were gasps in the room when the president was speaking. if you were looking for a foreign policy doctrine for the trump administration, it seems to be that america is being taken advantage of by multinational treaties and administrations and that. under president trump, is that a foreign policy doctrine that will work?m will fail, that is what america first is, it is quite insular, a rejection of international trade, the way it has been practised so successfully, it is a rejection of oui’ successfully, it is a rejection of our alliances and partnerships around the world, even a rejection here in the united states of our willingness to take in refugees and immigrants, and we are an immigrant nation, as you know well. president trump, under this banner of america first, which was lindbergh‘s banna, when lindbergh did not want to help britain and france before the second world war, he is appealing to

americans to pull back and draw inward, it is an isolationist message to the american people and with the rest of the world it will not work in 2017, it is contrary to every interest that we have. christian here in london. the righteous many comey said, must confront the wicked view and he certainly count iran among the wicked view. listen to what he had to say about iran. the iranian government masks a corrupt dictatorship behind the false guise of a democracy. it has turned a wealthy country with a rich history and culture into an economically depleted rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshed, and chaos. the longest suffering victims of iran's leaders are, infact, its suffering victims of iran's leaders are, in fact, its own people. he is right, isn't he? yes, they might be complying with the nuclear deal but when you look at the relationship in the round, look at the yemen, syria,

all sorts of places in that region, iran is at the centre of it?|j all sorts of places in that region, iran is at the centre of it? i think he is right about that, i think if he is right about that, i think if he sticks to that message, apart from the nuclear deal, that iran right now is causing mayhem and instigating violence and filling it with its arms in yemen, syria, iraq and lebanon, punching a big hole into the world, you will have the sunni arab world, many of the europeans, and i think republicans and democrats behind him, not that we are trying to fight iran but we should work with countries to contain iranian power. but losing the less effective part of the message today that somehow this nuclear deal is the worst negotiated in the history of negotiations, that is not true. it is a messy deal, it was a compromise, but it has worked out well for britain, united states and other countries, so that is the pa rt and other countries, so that is the part of the message today i think you would be much better off

sticking with the first part. ambassador burns, thank you for being with us. we have our own rocket man in the studio with us, katty, no analysis is complete without ryan christie who is with us. workshop was in the george w bush camp and i assume you have listened to the speech, what did you make of it? supporters of donald trump will say it is a strong, muscular speech, reasserting american sovereignty. if you don't like donald trump or don't believe this message then you will say the president was belligerent, said there is a mixed bag for the supporters and detractors of the president, a clear sign that business as usual will not be tolerated the united states in the un. ron, spell something out for me, because several times in the course of the speech donald trump seemed to suggest american sovereignty was under threat, i guess that is why he repeated the idea about sovereignty and strength, but how is american sovereignty under threat? it is not actually easy to see that. good

afternoon to you, katty. i think listening to the president, what people have been saying today, he views north korea as not only a threat to america's sovereignty but oui’ threat to america's sovereignty but our allies in that region of the world, as well as iran, very much a threat to the united states, president trump feels threatened by them, but of course it was telling for me looking at the north korean seats, they were vacant during the president's remarks, so i think the intended audience might not have beenin intended audience might not have been in the house to listen to them. president rouhani has been speaking today, he said exiting such an agreement would carry a high cost for the united states, in other words they will quickly return to what they were doing before, which is enriching uranium. how does that benefit the world? i think what the president has said, and he has been clear about this, is that they are funding state terrorism for one, and secondly iran has not, in my view, been caught following the terms of the deal and said the president is saying, you know what, if you are not going to follow the terms of the

deal, we will pull out and we negotiate, but most importantly at the united states' provocation. you will stay with us, there is plenty more to talk about. katty, there will be critics of the president to say it is incoherent because he is urging the world to come together to deal with the problems and won't people say, well, we did that with the iran deal to combat the threat, we did it with the paris climate agreement, you wa nt to the paris climate agreement, you want to pull out of that, we do it regularly within the un general assembly? yes, andi assembly? yes, and i think it is also this rather confusing idea that countries should be sovereign and strong and not interfere in other countries' business but that also people should work together, well, that involves compromise, sometimes you have to give something up to get those accords. you said it earlier, christian, that for me this was a foreign policy version of the populism i heard time and again during the course of the election speech, it was about those threats of north korea and iran, ron is

right, but also something more existential, which is that america has had a bad dealfrom trade deals, from international treaties on global bodies like the united nations and that is what he wants to put an end to. idid end to. i did tell you that president rouhani had spoken, just seen this from reuters, from the foreign minister, who says that his remarks at the un general assembly today, president trump's remarks, were shameless and ignorant. no love lost of course on the iranian side. plenty on the speech, on north koran and north —— north korea and iran, but nothing on the paris climate agreement from which donald trump is planning to withdraw? the swedish foreign minister, by the way, spoke to the bbc after the speech, she said it was the wrong speech, she said it was the wrong speech at the wrong time to the wrong audience. the french president, who followed mr trump, said there would be no renegotiation of the paris agreement. france, he said, would commit $5 billion in the next three years to fight climate

change. we can speak to the first vice president of the european commission, who was listening to the speech in new york for us. it is a great pleasure to have you on the programme. doesn't it reflect what president trump thinks of the paris agreement that he did not even mention it? there is no level of sovereignty that will protect you against the consequences of climate change. there is no level of sovereignty that will protect you against the negative consequences of globalisation if you do not act internationally, so i think there is a wide understanding in the international world that is clearly reflected also in the discussions we are having here in new york that you need international cooperation to face these global challenges. sovereignty is not an answer to that. international cooperation is, speaking to deals like the paris agreement is, sticking to deals like the deal with iran on the nucleoside isa the deal with iran on the nucleoside is a contribution to creating more stability —— on the nuclear side. i

would like to underline that international cooperation is one of the few instruments we can use globally to face challenges that affect the whole of humanity. collaboration is very important, the americans have said anyone that is dealing with north korea should be put on notice that the americans are not going to deal with them any more. last week we saw a list of those countries that are dealing with north korea, people will be surprised to see france and germany on that list? we have increased the sanctions against north korea as the european union, but we also believe that the diplomatic instruments we have have not been fully used, and i think if you want to contemplate stronger measures, you have to be absolutely sure that you have used all the diplomatic instruments at your disposal, i think this is what recent history tells us. there was an effort within the speech to

justify the refugee capi has put in place and he had this advice for world leaders on what we should do with refugees. for the cost of resettli ng with refugees. for the cost of resettling one refugee in the united states, we can assist more than ten in their home region. 0ut states, we can assist more than ten in their home region. out of the goodness of our hearts, we offer financial assistance to hosting countries and we support recent agreement of the g20 nations that will seek to host refugees as close to their home countries as possible. this is the safe, responsible, and humanitarian approach. he made two point on that issue during the speech, one is that host country suffer when they take in a lot of immigrants and the other is that there is a case to be made for settling refugees close to home. he is right on both, isn't he? yes, yes, but that does not discharge is

of the responsibility to other safe refuge of people knock on your door fleeing from war and persecution. if there is something that binds us across the atlantic it is fundamental values and one of those fundamental values and one of those fundamental values and one of those fundamental values is that you do not say no to someone who comes to your door and says, if i stay in my home i will be bombed and i will die. soi home i will be bombed and i will die. so i think there is no contradiction between offering asylu m contradiction between offering asylum and refuge to refugees and on the other hand building facilities and capabilities to offer refuge close to their homes. sometimes you don't get the choice, if people arrive at your door, as we have seen in europe, and they are refugees, i think we are under a moral obligation to make sure they find a safe haven. there is some discussion in the united states at the moment about whether one should simply ignored donald trump's tweets and the tone of speeches like this and look at the substance, and if you look at the substance, and if you look at

the substance, and if you look at the substance, allies are still dealing with the us, there is not that much of a break in american foreign policy, do you buy the argument that the term does not matter? it does because it has an influence on public opinion, it has an influence on feelings in society, andi an influence on feelings in society, and i believe our societies have become so diverse and over the last ten to 15 years differences in our societies have increased, also income differences, it makes a huge difference whether you are a college graduate or whether you are not in terms of where you are financially and the outlook on your life. and i think that we need to make sure that we start building bridges again in oui’ we start building bridges again in our society and i think this is a challenge to all western societies, not just the united challenge to all western societies, notjust the united states, we face the same challenge in europe and i do believe that we have learned, since the second world war, that looking for compromise, trying to understand each other‘s differences, looking for middle ground is a better way forward than just hammering on sovereignty and saying eve ryo ne hammering on sovereignty and saying everyone should see the world as i

see it. i was thinking today, listening to the speech where he set out the grounds for the nation state, how different it was from the speech we heard from your boss, jog orjob last week about expanding the federal state, expanding the federal zone, taking away powers from the nation state, are you sure you got that message right? —— from your boss, jean—claude juncker will stop let me clarify something, jean—claude juncker did not argue for a treaty change, he argued for using the possibilities of the treaty is better than we have done so farandi treaty is better than we have done so far and i do believe there is a case to be made, that we are not using all the possibilities we have on our treaties to solve problems that simply cannot be solved by nation state on their own. i think we need to be extremely pragmatic about this, if you look at an issue like climate change, how is an issue like climate change, how is an individual nation going to have a meaningful and that the challenge? if you look at globalisation, how are we going to harness

globalisation and make it work for society at large if we do not do thisjointly as society at large if we do not do this jointly as europeans? individual nations could never do this on their own.|j must askew, while we have got you, i will be going to florence on thursday, all ears to hear what mrs may, the british brand minister, will say on friday... 0h, may, the british brand minister, will say on friday... oh, you are? good! what is it that you want to hear from good! what is it that you want to hearfrom her and good! what is it that you want to hear from her and are you agreeing with articles in the british press today that there is not a coherent plan? i think i know the today that there is not a coherent plan? i thinki know the united kingdom quite well and there are so many talented people in government and in society. britain will figure this out in some form or other, i don't worry too much about that. but to make things work, to make sure we canjointly find to make things work, to make sure we can jointly find a solution for brexit that does as little harm is possible to all sides, it is about time we knew what britain wanted...

we know now what britain doesn't want, that has been made abundantly clear, but it would be helpful if it would be a bit clearer what britain does want in the longer and in terms ofa does want in the longer and in terms of a relationship with the united —— european union. you have to help us make it work, though?” european union. you have to help us make it work, though? i think there isa make it work, though? i think there is a huge willingness in all member states to find a constructive solution to the problem. there is absolutely no attitude of wanting to be punitive, not one member state wa nts to be punitive, not one member state wants to sort of punish the united kingdom or something like that. on the contrary we want to try to find solutions that work for everyone. but to do that we need to have an idea of where britain wants to go. frans timmermans, very good and happy with us. we will have to leave it there. i think we will have to have you back again to have a discussion about brexit as well on a day when donald trump has not spoken

at the united nations and caused a sword an amount of consternation, did you think, christian, around the world ? did you think, christian, around the world? i think there is something in the tone and substance, i am hearing a here about voges on the substance but, as he said, the tone matters as well and the tone of this was striking. 0k, striking. ok, let's go a few hundred miles south from the united nations, the eastern caribbean already devastated by hurricane irma is in harms way again, this time from hurricane maria. 0vernight it pummelled the island of dominica with torrential rain and winds of more than 200 kilometres per hour. it could be some hours before we know the scale of devastation. maria is headed to porto rico and the british virgin islands, hit so hard, of course, from where our correspondent reports. she is a mighty force of nature, barrelling in from the atlantic. hurricane maria hit guadalupe hard, the french authorities talking of extremely violent winds,

ordering people to stay indoors. in martinique, too, high winds and heavy rain, as the hurricane eye passed within 30 miles. widespread flooding. but perhaps the worst so far has been dominica — conditions so bad hardly any pictures have emerged. an unverified video posted while the lights went off. the church roof has gone in, my neighbour's roof, gone! even the prime minister could not escape the storm, posting on facebook, "my roof is gone, i'm at the complete mercy of the hurricane. house is flooding." and he continues, "focus now is on rescuing trapped and securing medical assistance for the injured." the forecasters are frantically trying to plot maria's future course, with puerto rico on the highest hurricane alert.

there's a rush to get supplies to protect homes and lives before maria arrives. timber, food and water, in high demand. queues at the petrol pumps. here in the british virgin islands getting the first taste of what is to come, with these squalls passing over in advance of the arrival of hurricane maria. these communities know full well the damage that can be cause by a powerful hurricane, and that is why they are battening down and preparing for the worst. right until the last minute today, these shattered communities have been doing their best to prepare. the fear, the forecast, is that hurricane maria is about to sweep through these already devastated islands. if irma was a knockout punch, what is predicted next feels like a low blow. for francine, it is all too much. i am homeless, because all

the shelters are full. this is the devastation. you notice i have on different shoes, notice how i am dressed. we really need help here, because a lot of people are suffering. are you strong enough to take this again, another hurricane? well, no, but what can we do? hope and pray. the harsh reality here is that all the tonnes of debris can't be fixed down or made safe before the next hurricane is due to hit. the last thing these communities need. adding to the problems here, the drains are clogged with debris. more flooding seems inevitable. there's a lot of loose debris all over, the trees act like a barricade to the strong winds, all the leaves are gone, some of the trees have fallen. the trees on the hillsides, so if we have a lot of rain we are going to have some erosion

and potential mudslides, so that is a big concern. everyone here is doing all they can to prepare. more than 20,000 british citizens facing their second potentially devastating hurricane in as many weeks. now, katty, iam not sure now, katty, i am not sure if you notice this but there were a few moments during president trump's address at the un that seemed a little awkward. long pauses. just ta ke little awkward. long pauses. just take a look. we cannot abide by an agreement if it provides cover for the eventual construction of a nuclear programme. light applause. socialism has been faithfully implemented. light applause.

bat is the sort of applause i get from the team at the end of a programme! maybe they factored in some gaps for the applause. his audience really is not in the room, his audience is outside, and i was looking at a poll today, 37% of americans think the un is doing a good job, which means 63% think they are not doing a good job at all. they clapped because we asked them to, christian, by the way! have you not found that out?! iam not found that out?! i am actually surprised it is 37%, i have lived in the united states for many years and i lived through the time when the un board —— when people thought the un had black helicopters that would sweep down into texas and take over parts of the country said there have been long—standing antipathy to the building behind me. what is a little surprising is that people board donald trump might, and on his first address to the body, make some effort to reach out a hand of diplomacy. he did it yesterday, his

tone was more measured. today he came in full barrel and said, this is what i think, and i think the united states has had a rotten deal from bodies like this one and it is going to stop, and that is tough language for people here to hear. i bet it was standing room only today, i bet everybody wanted to watch the speech, i did not see many spaces. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up robbie was on the bbc news channel and bbc world news, life after a vice presidential bid, we will speak to tim cain about america's role in the world and what he makes of donald trump's made in un address. and reports of wire—tapping and expensive suits, the scandal around donald trump's falling campaign had paul manafort and links to russia in last yea r‘s paul manafort and links to russia in last year's election, all that still to come. hello, the latest on hurricane maria

head—butt first of all the uk weather and let's celebrate what was a fine day across large parts of the uk with good sunny spells around, warmer than it has been of late, and you can see on the satellite picture the extent of the sunshine, you can also see things are changing from the atlantic as we have another weather system moving in, which will gradually bring more cloud across initially western parts of the uk overnight and outbreaks of rain into northern ireland and western parts of scotla nd northern ireland and western parts of scotland with a westerly breeze eastern areas clear the longest will see temperatures down into single figures but for most of us, in contrast with what we had this morning, tomorrow morning there will be a much milderfield things.

temperatures, as you can see, widely into double figures but a few spots in the east, especially the countryside, into single figures and perhaps the odd mist and fog that. a weather system coming in from the atlantic, ahead of it it is dragging in milderair, atlantic, ahead of it it is dragging in milder air, which is why the feel of the weather is changing for wednesday, the air from the south west rather than from the north, which is of course what we had for several days. but we are seeing the weather front moving, so for northern ireland and western scotland, outbreaks of rain. eastern scotla nd scotland, outbreaks of rain. eastern scotland rather more patchy, some dry spells. that rain encroaching into western counties of wales and the far south west of england during the far south west of england during the afternoon, but for much of east wales and the rest of england, despite increasing cloud it will stay dry and feel quite warm body will not feel the benefit of the milderair will not feel the benefit of the milder air where you have the rain for northern ireland and into scotland, much of scotland as we go through wednesday in billing, of that crossing but you can see most of it stuck out as we start thursday through south—west england, wales, northern england, eastern scotland, it will be heavy in places and slowly moving east through the day. ahead of it, still dry in eastern england and one behind it, it will turn cooler, some showers following into north—west scotland. hurricane maria, as you can see on the

satellite picture, potentially catastrophic major hurricane continuing to head north westwood and that is how it is described for the virgin islands again and puerto rico as it moves right across through wednesday and after that when it comes close to the dominican republic and then back towards the turks and caicos islands. this is beyond one hundred days, with me katty kay at the united nations in new york — christian fraser's in london. our top stories — president trump delivers a tough address to the un — saying america has been taken advantage of and he won't tolerate it. 0n north korea he warned that if un sanctions fail to restrain pyongyang, america will have no choice but to destroy the country. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. coming up in the next half hour. as president trump attacked big trade deals, multinational treaties and global bureaucracies — this global body listened in silence. we ask hillary clinton's running mate what the world will make of this address.

and was president trump's former campaign manager wiretapped, and if so, why? we'll get the view of a senior republican. just some breaking news coming from mexico and they report the united states geological survey, a huge earthquake of a magnitude of 7.4 with the presenter in the southern pa rt with the presenter in the southern part of the country. so strong that they felt it in mexico city where we are told thousands are out on the street. the extraordinary thing is that just today they were marking the anniversary of the 1985 earthquake in which 20,000 people died. so painfully aware ofjust how dangerous earthquakes would be and then this huge tremor of 7.4. and

then this huge tremor of 7.4. and the country of course has an earthquake last week as well. we will keep an eye on that. today was another first for president trump as he stood before the un general assembly and addressed leaders from around the globe — stressing what he thought america's role should be on the world stage. it's hard to believe thatjust a year ago mr trump was still locked in a bitter presidential contest. but there is one message which has remained consistent from the campaign trail to today. as president of the united states i will always put america first. just like you and the leaders of your countries will always and should always put your countries first. for more on that message and america's foreign policy challenges we are joined now by democratic senator tim kaine who served as hillary clinton's vice presidential nominee. thank you forjoining us. donald

trump has a point, every leader puts the desires of their nation first and why should countries not embraced their own sovereignty?” and why should countries not embraced their own sovereignty? i do not think that is the problem, but it is how you define that. one of my favourite presidents was president truman and he changed the seal of the office of the president so that the office of the president so that the eagle was holding the arrows of warand the eagle was holding the arrows of war and the olive branches of diplomacy and he changed it so the face of the eagle would be towards the olive branch of diplomacy. you push that first and you back it up with military might. that is where the president gets it wrong, today it seems that the speech, the tag line of that speech is the total destruction of north korea and yet he has officials like secretary matters said it needs to be diplomacy first and where the administration falls short again and again is on the diplomatic option

side. the president does not seem to understand that that should be the preferred position backed up by military might. you have written about the need for america to have a new president truman doctrine, what is the downside risk of president trump and his more isolationist approach, is that that other countries such as russia watch what is happening and try to step in to fill the void? that is part of the risk but just to fill the void? that is part of the risk butjust to put it in the most challenging context right now, north korea. president trump has not even sent to the senate and money to be ambassador to south korea, the nation most threatened by this. so there is a key diplomatic position lacking. president trump has tweeted that he wants to undo a trade deal with south korea and he also is mad at south korea for appeasing north korea. so at this time of great risk he is leaving diplomatic positions unfilled and making our chief ally

in the region even more nervous. and more to the point today he goes after the iran deal, the iaea last week to certify that iran is complying with the deal. if the president holds out, pulled out of a nuclear deal when the global community says actually iran is complying with that y—word north korea ever do a diplomatic deal with united states. why would allies ever help the us to a diplomatic deal to curb the nuclear programme of north korea if we truly are supposed to be putting diplomacy first y—word the president for cold water on the prospect of a diplomatic deal and only talk about total destruction? it struck me listening to the speech is was almost a foreign policy version of the populism we heard on the campaign trail. i spent months following the campaign trails around the country and many american voters

may have listened to what he said today to say thank goodness that someone is standing up for our country and putting american interests first. we have been standing upfor interests first. we have been standing up for the country and we need to but when you prefer military action, my older son is a marine commander and when you talk about total destruction but you're not taking the steps necessary to try to explore the diplomatic side, and even suggesting the us should pull out of diplomatic deals, we pulled out of diplomatic deals, we pulled out of diplomatic deals, we pulled out of the paris agreement and he wa nts to out of the paris agreement and he wants to pull out of the iran deal even though iran is complying. americans remember this as well, especially americans who have children and loved ones in the military, we'll write a place 1015 yea rs military, we'll write a place 1015 years ago where the iaea said iraq does not have weapons of mass destruction. the bush administration said they are wrong, we are right and we will start a war over that. we started a war and thousands were

killed. we found that the american political leadership was wrong and the iaea was correct. 0n the armed services committee, i'm very promilitary and i support our military and support sanctions against bad actors. but we must explore diplomatic options and when you leave diplomatic posts unfilled and when you suggest you will pull out of the diplomatic deal even if it is being followed, you close the door to diplomacy than no president should do that. from what you just said, everyone would accept he has gathered around him some good people in his national security apparatus. yes but after a bunch of really bad people were chased out, yes. the national security team that isn't there now is very strong.” national security team that isn't there now is very strong. i sensed what you're saying that you are still nervous that diplomacy might fail. -- still nervous that diplomacy might fail. —— that is there now. and your supporter on the authorisation of

military force and you want congress to have a bigger say. does the language you heard from the president today mean that you would push even harderfor president today mean that you would push even harder for that? indeed. i think congress, and this is bipartisan, congress, with both parties, it has enjoyed defaulting ona parties, it has enjoyed defaulting on a responsibility to declare war, and that a president do that. if it works out well we are with you all the time and it works out badly, your fall. the 911 authorisation has been used to justify military action and 37 occasions in 14 countries. it is time for congress to get back in the game, to hear the administration present a plan for the battle against non—state terrorism for example and then craft with the administration and appropriate legal authority. i've been leaning on my collea g u es authority. i've been leaning on my colleagues to do that and i think the activities of this president

showbiz real danger in congress defaulting on the responsibility and giving carte defaulting on the responsibility and giving ca rte blanche defaulting on the responsibility and giving carte blanche to the executive to do whatever they want. and we had a similar debate here in the uk. thank you very much. let's stick with us politics — and the senate intelligence committee cancelled an interview today with trump's personal lawyer michael cohen, because he broke an agreement in issuing a statement to the media before they had met. it is reported the committee will now issue a subpoena. mr cohen, a long—time trump employee, is one of the closest figures to the president, outside his family. he was mentioned by name in a controversial intelligence dossier prepared by former british spy christopher steele. mr cohen has adamantly denied meeting with russians in prague in 2016. meanwhile special counsel robert mueller continues his work. and one figure most definitely in his sights is mr trump's former campaign manager paul manafort. today we heard reports that manafort was wiretapped before

and after the election. in the new york times there's extraordinary detail of a raid on mr manafort‘s home. paulj manafort was in bed early one morning injuly when federal agents bearing a search warrant picked the lock on his front door and raided his virginia home. they took binders stuffed with documents and copied his computer files, looking for evidence that mr manafort, set up secret offshore bank accounts. they even photographed the expensive suits in his closet. let's get the thoughts again of ron christie — he worked in the administration of george w bush — and today, is in london. what this shows is how aggressive this investigation is getting. no question about that. and he was wiretap before and after the election and to meet that looks as if he is intensifying his investigation and continues to move.

i wonder if we will see an indictment soon. so one thing to ta ke indictment soon. so one thing to take from this is that they have a wiretap on him, which is not easy to get, you have to go through special court and prove you need to wiretap this person. the bar is high. they dropped that and then go back again. but it must mean is that there are tapes and according to people around donald trump he was still talking to paul manafort into this year which would should jest the right tapes of a conversation with the president. this is a bombshell revelation. i think the president might be on audio tape and what was he saying, what was the context of that conversation, did they talk about other matters, could these be a violation of privacy for the president. it amazes me that his own government, the department of justice, may have been recording the president of the united states. he may have known about this because he

sent out a tweaked in march, he must‘ve known what is. it is stretching it a bit to say that he's being wiretap because presumably in these investigations they wiretap mobile phones and even though paul ma nafort mobile phones and even though paul manafort has an apartment in trump tower, they would not be wired trapping the tower. nobody again perhaps the president was overheard. what was the context of this conversation, as a lawyer i look at this from privacy concerns and there are many issues that need to be gone into more deeply because the president even though he spoke to his own personal paternity needs to make sure he's not being overheard. you have been critical of the russian investigation and in your view it seems as if there is nothing really there but were you concerned when robert miller expanded this to look at the trump organisation and its finances because i've had people in that world say to me unless your

finances are spoken span, if a special prosecutor comes after you blind trouble. i think that is the case and why so many people in the us have their own accountants because of course they want to make sure all their finances are in order. this was significant, i worry about the breadth of the investigation and think that robert moller might have expanded begone —— beyond his authority by looking at finances. you have to say to yourself he's doing all the digging and has to try to find something. i think someone will be indicted in the coming months. thank you very much. a colleague of mine, an american colleague said something brilliant yesterday, that washington, dc is robert moller‘s town and the rest of us just live there. and this presidency, whether he concedes —— he can succeed in foreign policy, get the world galvanised around more sovereignty and more security, all of that is

going to be overshadowed by what robert moller finds out and the indications are that that is moving faster than one might think. so if nothing else watched that. let's get more now on hurricane maria. it's already battered the tiny caribbean nation of dominca and the prime minister says early reports suggest widespread devastation. communications on the island have been cut by the monster weather system, as it heads towards islands recovering from hurricane irma. puerto rico is in maria's path — and our correspondent will grant is there. the last time puerto rico was hit by a storm like this was back in the 19305. a storm like this was back in the 1930s. there are now three times as many people who live in puerto rico. that is right and it gives you a sense of the scale were talking about. and the kind of precautions people will need to be taking in the next few hours before hurricane maria makes landfall. we've already

seen people trying to get enough drinking water, boarding up their homes and closing their businesses. there is this strange uneasy mix if you like of expectation and nervousness pulled up those final few hours before the storm makes its way here. it has already gone through dominica which is close by isa through dominica which is close by is a category five. what kind of information are you getting from there? pretty patchy still because publications have been cut off but we know the prime minister has given a vivid account from facebook of just the devastation caused. that rules have been ripped off the majority of homes there and it sounds like again another one of these smaller island nations in the caribbean feeling the full brunt of a category five storm. we know what her contempt to did to all kinds of islands from turks and caicos islands, the british virgin islands,

and again now another storm heading up and again now another storm heading up the other islands that were missed out the first time around, it feels a bit like that. thank you. myanmar‘s de facto leader aung san suu kyi says her government isn't afraid of "international scrutiny" of its handling of the rohingya crisis. she was giving her first address to the country about the violence in northern rakhine state, which has seen more than 400,000 rohingya muslims cross the border into bangladesh. but she said she didn't know why so many people had fled their homes. in spain police have raided the offices of a catalonia based delivery firm that's thought to be handling leaflets for an independence referendum next month. madrid has vowed to stop the poll and police are under orders to seize election materials. there has also been a rally in support of more than 700 catalan mayors who back the referendum and are to be questioned by prosecutors in barcelona. the wreck of a german submarine that sank during world war one has been found in the north sea. the u—boat is said to be in good condition, lying at a depth of 30 metres off the belgian coast.

experts think it was sunk by a mine and could have 23 bodies still inside it. donald trump's choice for russian ambassador, jon huntsman, says there is ‘no question' that russia meddled in the 2016 us election. the former utah governor was speaking at his senate confirmation hearing. he promised to raise the issue of moscow involvement with the russian government. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come — lost in translation — why the first lady wants her image removed from this croatian billboard. sir vince cable has — in his first speech to the liberal democrat conference as leader — called for his party to "lead the fight against brexit". he urged what he described as the "sensible grown—ups" in other parties to work with the lib dems to keep britain in the single market and customs union. 0ur political correspondent vicki young is in bournemouth at the conference —

her report contains some flashing images. after two dismal election results, the liberal democrats need a revamp. vince cable's not exactly a fresh face on the political scene, but the 74—year—old says this is the time for grown—ups in all parties to join forces and prevent brexit becoming a disaster. his promise, a referendum once negotiations with the eu have finished. this is not a call for a rerun. it is not a call for a second referendum on brexit. this is a call for a first referendum on the facts. the lib dems should lead the fight against brexit, he said. but we should not be consumed by brexit to the exclusion of everything else. we're not a single—issue party, we're not ukip in reverse. he said returning to government was his aim. and my role as your leader is to be a credible potential prime minister. applause. sir vince called for major public

spending on infrastructure, a penny rise in income tax to fund the health service, and government backed house—building to help young people onto the property ladder. vince cable is sounding ambitious — what do lib dem members make of it? vince cable says he could be the next prime minister — it's not going to happen, is it? not with that attitude, i don't think so. i think absolutely going forward he could be, and i think we all truly believe in liberal values and that's exactly why here. macron became president, so, you know, anything can happen. are things volatile enough to get vince cable into number ten? why not? why not indeed. now, this veteran politician must show that he can deliver results. vicki young, bbc news, bournemouth. you're watching beyond one hundred days. the british prime minister has brushed off suggestions of a rift with her cabinet colleague, borisjohnson, by saying he's doing a greatjob as foreign secretary. mrs may, who's also here in new york, is meeting world

leaders for one—on—one discussions on the sidelines of the un general assembly. mrs may was speaking to reporters after mrjohnson insisted he has no plans to resign if his brexit demands are not met by the prime minister. this report from john pienaar contains some flashing images. guess who we saw back from jogging? boris johnson didn't look much like britain's foreign secretary, but gossip or no gossip he was not planning to resign over brexit. we can take advantage of the chances brexit holds. theresa may would love to be sure of that. she has enough on her plate. at the un meeting the secretary general, and a diary full of leaders, while planning her next move on brexit, and trying to sound confident that will not be derailed

by ministers splitting or quitting. the government is absolutely clear, and the cabinet is clear, and boris and the cabinet are clear that we have one focus in what we're doing on the european union issue. but you believe he's not about to walk? we're very clear we have one focus, and we're all working together to achieve that aim, which is the best possible deal for the united kingdom in the european union. a prime minister's diary is always a nightmare. meetings with leaders and business leaders in new york, promoting britain as a world player before and after brexit, and coming up fast, her big speech in florence on friday, which many see as a big step in eu negotiations. especially if she promises tens of billions to the eu after britain leaves. today she was just getting on with it, or trying to. you knew this job was going to be tough. you can't have known quite how tough — any regrets? i'm doing what i always do, and what i've done throughout my life, which is getting on with the job in hand, and i think that's what the british people want their prime minister to do. tomorrow it is theresa may's turn to address leaders gathered here, and many are experienced political

players who may see her as a political lame duck, but she won't find much sympathy here or at home. there is work to do, and politics is a harsh and unforgiving business. john pienaar, bbc news, at the united nations, new york. more news on mexico and 7.4 magnitude earthquake has hit the south of the country. strong tremor, even felt in mexico city, shaking buildings there and sending thousands into the street. it was an anniversary today of the earthquake in 1985 anniversary today of the earthquake in1985 and anniversary today of the earthquake in 1985 and just looking at some details of that, this around 7.4 and in 1985 it was an eight. and it caused so much damage that at least 5000 people were killed. let's hope it is nothing like that but kind of spooky that it happened on the same day. melania trump has asked an english

language school in croatia to stop using her image in its billboards in zagreb. ‘just imagine how far you can go with a little bit of english‘. a lawyer representing the first lady said the school — called the american institute — should not have used the photograph without consent. it's been told to remove the billboards within 24 hours. she's no stranger of course lawsuits. i was told as a young journalist, that when you're caught out you should apologise quickly and put it somewhere prominent. so this is what the american institute did today we re the american institute did today were threatened with a legal suit, they put this up... # i'm sorry, so sorry...

that is the 1960s hit song from brenda lee, i'm sorry. does that cut it? this is not a couple batters at stranger to lawsuits critically when they feel their brand and reputation is being damaged in some way. already back in april this year melania trump settled for damages an apology with a british newspaper over allegations about what she had or had not done when she was a model during her modelling career. so they do not shy away from this, they want to make sure that their brand is protected and do not think this has been helping her brand. but the sorry is quite cute, i like that. she speaks slovenian, english, french and german i should say.

quite the linguist, so they got it wrong. you have a bit of a soft spot for the first lady! i want to show you some pictures of donald trump who as you know is a teetotaller. this is the us president at the un launched today after that speech and hearing is appearing to take a bit ofa sip hearing is appearing to take a bit of a sip of the red wine during a toast. i suppose it could be non—alcoholic. but it got the social media going. i reckon it is diet coke, that is what he drinks. his brother of course died of alcoholism and since then he does not drink and his kids do not drink either, he is very strict about not touching alcohol and he talks about it co nsta ntly. alcohol and he talks about it constantly. i cannot believe he would stand in public and be seen to drinka would stand in public and be seen to drink a glass of red wine. it was diet coke. we know that he loves his diet coke. we know that he loves his diet coke. we know that he loves his diet coke. you like a glass of wine,

he likes diet coke. coming up next on bbc world news — ros atkins is here with 0utside source and for viewers in the uk — we'll have the latest headlines from clive myrie. for now — from katty kay in new york and me christian fraser in london — goodbye. the latest information on hurricane maria to come but first the uk weather and we celebrate a fine day across a large part of the uk with some good sunny spells. warmer than it has been of late. you can see on the satellite picture the extent of the satellite picture the extent of the sunshine and also that things are changing from the atlantic as we have another weather system opinion. that will gradually bring more clout in across west about the uk initially overnight and some outbreaks of rain in northern ireland and western scotland. eastern areas, temperatures just dipping down into single figures but

for most of us in contrast with this morning, tomorrow morning will be a much milder peel. temperatures widely in double figures. again some spots in the east mayjust be fresh in the countryside and into single figures. so a weather system is coming in from the atlantic. i hope that it coming in from the atlantic. i hope thatitis coming in from the atlantic. i hope that it is dragging in some milder airand that is that it is dragging in some milder air and that is why the weather feels different on wednesday, they're coming from the south west instead of the north. but we are seeing the weather front moving in, and for northern ireland and west of scotland, outbreaks of rain and east of scotla nd scotland, outbreaks of rain and east of scotland rather more patchy with some drier spells. the rainjust approaching western counties of wales during the afternoon. for much of east wales and the rest of england, remaining dry and quite warm. but where you have the rain you will not feel the benefit of the

warmer air. and for much of scotland through wednesday evening and a little bit further east, most of that rain remains stuck and quite heavy and places. 0nly slowly moving east during the day. ahead of that quite warm and behind it turning cooler with a few showers following on. hurricane maria as you can see on. hurricane maria as you can see on the satellite picture, a potentially catastrophic major hurricane continuing to head north west and that is how it is described for the virgin islands again and puerto rico as it moves right across during wednesday and after that it comes during wednesday and after that it co m es close during wednesday and after that it comes close to the dominican republic and then back towards the turks and caicos islands. this is bbc news, the headlines at 8pm. president trump has told the united nations that the international order is being threatened by a small group of rogue nations. he said that, if threatened, the us would totally destroy pyongyang. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime.

the united states is ready, willing and able but hopefully this hurricane maria is sweeping through the caribbean having already devastated the island of dominica overnight, at least one person was killed and two others are missing in guadeloupe. the british virgin islands and puerto rico are preparing for the storm. police investigating the grenfell tower disaster now say that the death toll injune may not be quite as high as 80 —