you're watching beyond 100 days — rhetoric versus reality. president trump is poised to make one of the biggest foreign policy decisions of his administration so far. he's always said he hates the iran nuclear deal, but that doesn't actually mean he's going to pull america out of it. he's famously called it the worst deal ever made, but america's allies and tehran await his decision and the fallout. they've been held hostage forfive years in afghanistan — now an american family is free and in the hands of the pakistani military. 85% of puerto rico still doesn't have power after hurricane maria. today, president trump threatened to pull out government help. if it's a deep and special relationship developing between these two men, it's not brought any breakthrough in the brexit talks — at least not yet. and is donald trump taking executive privilege too far when it comes to marking his card — or is he world beating at golf too? get in touch with us using the hashtag #beyond0nehundreddays.

hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in new york and christian fraser is in london. president trump has his inconsistencies but not when it comes to iran. on the nuclear deal, mr trump has been entirely consistent. it's an embarrasment, the worst deal america's ever made, he's said. so, today, as he prepares to announce the future of that deal, why is there any doubt about what he will actually do? we expect the speech tomorrow, and reports suggest he will say the deal‘s not in america's interest. but he's unlikely to pull out of it, leaving that decision to congress. according to this morning's washington post, the president "threw a fit" when his secretary of state, rex tillerson, and defence secretaryjim mattis tried to convince him the nuclear deal was working. in a bid to placate him, those closest to the president have

come up with a fudge. tomorrow, it is expected he will de—certify the deal, but the decision on whether to reintroduce sanctions will rest with congress. not all military leaders, however, would disagree with donald trump. this was generaljack keane speaking to the bbc a little earlier. imean, we i mean, we cannot let iran have nuclear weapons. they are already and developing icbms. iran with those weapons is not a threat to the region, they are a global menace, and we can't permit something like that to happen. are you seriously suggesting that the united states would unilaterally attack iran? we would unilaterally attack iran? we would probably do it with the israelis, i'd imagine, and the assistance of the sunni arabs. let's speak to richard haass, president of the council on foreign relations and author of a world in disarray. people who support the idea that

america might reimpose sanctions on iran say they have to use their level ridge because the deal has emboldened iran to cause chaos in the middle east. are they right? the short answer is no. even before the deal, iran had an aggressive foreign policy around the middle east and this deal was never meant to stop that. this deal was meant to stabilise the nuclear challenge for a limited period, and that's what it will do. it doesn't solve the nuclear challenge or the other challenge of what you might call an imperial iranian foreign policy. the president has consistently said that this is the worst deal, and embarrassment the thinning —— to the united states. he campaigned on the idea he was going to rip it up, so why isn't he doing that?”

idea he was going to rip it up, so why isn't he doing that? i think he wa nts why isn't he doing that? i think he wants the symbolism of opposing it but he does and what would actually come, the consequences of ripping it up, if the states would do that which isolate ourselves, not iran. we couldn't get sanctions signed on to buy any of the other signatories of the regime. we already have one nuclear crisis on our hands with north korea, and we don't want iran to restart it programme now. there is any number of reasons why we don't want to rip it up and why we don't want to rip it up and why we don't want to rip it up and why we don't want congress to reimpose the sanctions. one question is whether congress introduces different sanctions, and how iran reacts. those closest to the administration say the new strategy will be to decertify, pressure and fix. what does that mean? decertify is under the legislation that came after the agreement. the president will say he

can certify the disagreement is in the us national interest. i don't think he can say iran is not complying. pressure means new sanctions, but there is a difference between introducing sanctions that we re between introducing sanctions that were in place, as opposed to new ones relating to iran's regional activity. fixed, several senators have said this is the moment to renegotiate the agreement, to get more intrusive inspections and extend the duration of the various limits on uranium related nuclear activity, from centrifuges to the amount of iranians do lee uranium they can have. but iran isn't going to renegotiate, they are not interested in doing it. the other signatories are not going to support us, so this is an idea which sounds good but is an unworkable. we have just been read an excerpt from the details of this meeting, rex tillerson try to persuade the president to hold the line. clearly over the last few weeks they are not

getting on and seeing eye to eye, and you have been one of the people who said that rex tillerson should resign. why do you think that?” thought the president put him in an untenable position when rex tillerson was meeting in beijing with his chinese counterpart and the president was telling him to stop wasting his time and there is no place for diplomacy to deal with north korea. this is the chief diplomat of the united states and, if the president is publicly undermining you, why would you continue in the job? undermining you, why would you continue in thejob? i don't think rex tillerson has approved the job particularly well, he has put too much emphasis on reorganising his department. but the real question is whether donald trump will empower his secretary of state to do the job and, at the moment, i would say, to be generous, thejury and, at the moment, i would say, to be generous, the jury is out. and, at the moment, i would say, to be generous, thejury is out. thank you very much forjoining us. that speech from the president, we have just heard, is going to be tomorrow

lunchtime at 12:35pm eastern time. that is what the white house is telling us. what we are getting the picture of is the president wanting to make big gestures, wanting to fulfil campaign promises that he was going to be a disrupter of american policy, but then he gets into office and find that the generals who he respects and who he has appointed, along with other republicans, they are saying, listen, this deal isn't great. it's maybe a deal you don't like, but ripping it up could cause even more problems. it's this idea of nuance which this president found difficult when he campaigned and rejected, and now he is finding it difficult when he governs. hearing those thoughts about rex tillerson and what sort ofjob he has or hasn't done, richard haas is one of the people donald trump really likes, and you wonder whether he'd likes, and you wonder whether he'd like him in thatjob instead of rex

tillerson. there was a lot of speculation during the election campaign that richard haas might be somebody the president wanted as a potential secretary of state. i have spoken to him many times and he has assured me it is not thejob he would be interested in. how many women did harvey weinstein abuse? the met police in london have confirmed tonight they are investigating an allegation of sexual assault made against the hollywood producer in merseyside. weinstein has re—emerged today in la after several days in hiding. this is the picture on the front of the evening standard tonight — not sure he looks all that apologetic? not massively! here in new york, the police are conducting a separate review to see if there are any further complaints they need to investigate. the academy of motion pictures is also meeting to decide what action they will take. the bbc‘s nick bryant brought us up to speed a little earlier. what more can you tell us about what the new york police department means

when they say they are reviewing some of these allegations? they have announced this review, as you say, and it relates, i am told, to a case from 2004, an allegation of sexual assault, and we are told that it involves the actress, or the aspiring actress, as she then was, lucy aspiring actress, as she then was, lu cy eva ns, aspiring actress, as she then was, lucy evans, a woman whose name was featured in that new yorker article that came out earlier in the week. she claims that harvey weinstein forced her to commit a sexual act. -- lucia forced her to commit a sexual act. —— lucia evans. harvey when steam's lawyers have denied this strongly and said there were no nonconsensual sexual relations we have another development with the metropolitan police saying they are assessing an allegation that comes apparently, from the early 1980s, from the

london area. it was revert initially to the merseyside police and they referred it to the metropolitan police. we now have police investigation is notjust in new york but in london as well, on both sides of the atlantic harvey weinstein re—emerged today, a walkabout outside his daughter's house in la. quite a strange affair. it was. first, he started directing the cameras. it was him playing himself as the movie mogul, telling the cameras where to go, saying he'd been a good guy. he was asked how he was feeling. he said, not good, but he was trying to get through it and seeking treatment. i was struck by the things he didn't say, to be honest. he didn't give any apology. he's already given a written apology through his lawyers, but he didn't verbalise it in front of the cameras today. frankly, he didn't seem particularly remorseful. was talking

about himself, rather than the people, the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. it was a rather bizarre appearance before the cameras, and what struck me, frankly, was harvey weinstein seemed to be focused on himself, rather than the women who have come forward with allegations. thank you for joining us. we were saying the same thing after that statement, that it was largely about him and not the women who had accused him. meanwhile, emma thompson has been speaking to bbc newsnight. ididn't i didn't know about these things, but they don't surprise me that they are endemic to system. what i find it extraordinary is that this man is at the top of a very particular iceberg, you know. i don't think you can describe him as a sex addict, he isa can describe him as a sex addict, he is a predator, but what he is the top of the ladder of is a system of

harassment and belittling and bullying and interference, and what my mother would have referred to in the olden days as pestering. american actor seth macfarlane has come forward about a joke he made during his role as host of the oscars in 2013. mr macfarlane said the joke was inspired by his friend and colleague, actress jessica barth, who had recently confided in him about an alleged unwanted sexual advance by harvey weinstein. he said these women no longer have to pretend to be attracted to harvey weinstein. macfarlane posted a statement on twitter saying: people starting to speak out. we didn't hearfrom people starting to speak out. we

didn't hear from many of them when this story initially broke last friday, and you have to wonder whether, now he's been disgraced and resigned, people are feeling a bit more confident about coming out with allegations and stories that they knew about. a lot of people in britain will say that there are echoes of what happened withjimmy savile. it may not be of the magnitude and scale of what we have seen with jimmy magnitude and scale of what we have seen withjimmy savile. we don't know how the allegations will come forward , know how the allegations will come forward, but there are echoes of, once the power has dissipates, people start to come forward, and maybe not just people start to come forward, and maybe notjust against harvey weinstein. we have seen an apology from, who was at yesterday was to mock ben affleck. the same thing happened in the uk. we had stuart hall and rolf harris and max clifford, and maybe they are not world—famous, clifford, and maybe they are not world —famous, but they clifford, and maybe they are not world—famous, but they were at the top of their game in the uk and, once the allegations were out there, it started to snowball, and the same might happen in hollywood. one other

thing is there has been quite a lot of pushback from women in the united states about this idea that this is somehow an illness, that he was addicted to sex and that in any way might excuse what you did. i think he said, i'm addicted to sexually abusing women, if he said that it might be one thing but to say i had an illness and i'm going to get treatment and it's not my fault, i don't think that will wash with a lot of woman in hollywood or anyone else. an american family has been freed from captivity by pakistani security forces, five years after they were taken hostage in afghanistan by the taliban—affiliated haqqani network. american caitlin coleman, 31, and her canadian husband, joshua boyle were seized while walking in the hills outside kabul. caitlin was pregnant when she was kidnapped. the couple had two more children born in captivity. here's what president trump had to say about it a short time ago. i want to thank the pakistani government and pakistan. they worked very ha rd government and pakistan. they worked very hard on this, and i believe

they are starting to respect the united states again. it's very important. right now, a lot of countries are starting to respect the united states of america once again. aleem maqbool is in washington for us. this is a really bizarre story. what more can you tell us from your time in pakistan about this family and what role the pakistani ‘s might have played in freeing them? it's not clear, the circumstances under which they were freed. apparently, this family and their captors had just crossed into pakistan, and there had been some intelligence that was given by the american intelligence forces to pakistani security forces that they had done so, and then we hear this morning that they were freed by the pakistani security forces. we

believe, while they were still mobile, while they were travelling, we don't understand as yet whether there was a firefight, whether it happened peacefully, whether anything was given in exchange, but it doesn't appear anything was given in exchange for this family being released. they were captured in 2012. the demand had been from this network, an arm of the afghan taliban, they wanted certain members of the taliban freed from afghan custody if this family was going to be released. but demand was never met, there was no ransom that was asked for otherwise from the family, but little was heard for a long time about this family until videos were released by the taliban themselves, the last of which was last december. caitlin coleman, who is american, and her husband, joshua boyle, had been travelling in afghanistan for

just a few days before they were picked up, but caitlin had been five months pregnant at the time. she had not only that child but two other children in captivity as well. they have been released, but it now appears they are not getting on the plane to get out of pakistan, and the reason for that is just unknown as well. an extraordinary story. stay with us, because i know you are just back from puerto rico. three weeks after hurricane maria crippled puerto rico, nearly the entire island still doesn't have power. people are struggling to find clean water, hospitals are running short of medicine and the economy is a mess. worthy of pity, you might think, but not from president trump. in tweets today, mr trump warned puerto rico that he may soon pull the government's relief workers out of the island — effectively threatening to abandon what is an american territory. we understand general kelly, chief of staff, has made a statement saying that they will stay, the administration will stay in puerto rico, but the demands are massive.

huge. i mean, utter desperation for many of the 3.5 million people living in puerto rico. it's interesting, just yesterday, the american government were saying that some residents of puerto rico and resorted to drawing water from wells that were contaminated with hazardous waste and yet, today, the president is talking about a situation of their own making. you know, if there is an economic problem there, it has been exacerbated by the fact that more than 80% of that island, for three weeks now, is still without communications and electricity, running water is hard to come by, and yes, there is an american relief effort there now, but many people feel that it came too late, and its stayed injury feeling among many puerto rican is that, while they are us citizens and they can potentially come to the us mainland, which a lot do, they are treated as second—class citizens. i want our student at

every single reporting fact that you had fun today. now american politics. you cover washington as well. when the president tweets, we may have to pull out sema, and then he has his chief of staff come to the white house briefing room and say, we will stay as long as they need us. what does this mean? we have had this throughout this administration. we have had a clean—upjob, administration. we have had a clean—up job, we have administration. we have had a clean—upjob, we have had them day m, clean—upjob, we have had them day in, day out throughout the last ten months of the administration, so it isn't surprising to hear a member of his own administration going against what he has said. we have seen that from rex tillerson and almost every member of his cabinet, contradictions. but he was asked as well, john kelly, about whether he felt that the citizens of puerto rico werejust as felt that the citizens of puerto rico were just as important to america as those of florida and

texas and he said, yes, absolutely, but that isn't how people are feeling on the ground in puerto rico, where they saw massive evidence on the ground after hurricane burma —— hurricane irma and hurricane harvey, and they are not feeling the same thing. what are three stories 41! who says that the bbc doesn't get value for money. how many could you do? one at a time. i'm one of those men who can only do one thing at a time. in the tortuous process that is the brexit negotiation today was supposed to be a big day. britain and europe were meant to move the discussion to what the prime minister describes as the deep and special partnership of the future. no deal, said michel barnier, the eu chief negotiator — we're not ready for that conversation. as is often the case in divorce negotiations, money is the main sticking point. specifically, how much will britain pay to leave the marriage. on the other issue of the rights of eu citizens currently living

in the uk, david davis, the brexit secretary, says the two sides are closer. but it's pretty clear mr barnier and mr davis aren't on the same page on the pace of progress. translation: in her florence speech, theresa may explained that the uk would honour the commitments entered into as a member of the union, and thatis into as a member of the union, and that is an important commitment. this week, however, the uk repeated that it was still not ready to spell out these commitments. they have therefore been no negotiations on this subject. we confined ourselves to technical discussions. useful discussions, but technical ones. so, on this question, we have reached a state of deadlock, which is very

disturbing for thousands of project promoters in europe, and it's also disturbing for taxpayers. as much certainty as possible for business, citizens and the eu, and on this we are making real progress. but i make the security of the fact that, to provide certainty, we must talk about the future. the prime minister's speech set out the condition for our partnership in the eu, and the case for a simple, clear and time—limited period of implementation on current terms. as isaid implementation on current terms. as i said last time, i hope the leaders of the 27 will provide michel with a way to explore further ways forward on that. i'm joined now in the studio by henry newman, who's director of the policy think tank open europe. one thing that puzzles me, michel barnier often says, and he said today, that withdrawal has nothing today, that withdrawal has nothing to do with future relations. how so,

when it comes to the board issue in northern ireland ? when it comes to the board issue in northern ireland? i think it's unsustainable, and i tweeted something like that, and i was congratulated for that by people who are not normally on the leave side of the argument. we shall barney is keen to separate this and talk about what the eu wants to talk about, earl of northern ireland, money, citizens rights but, with northern ireland, these are international. even on the question of whether sufficient progress has been made, this is a politicaljudgment that michel barnier has made, and he is ina michel barnier has made, and he is in a better place, quite keen to go on to talk about the next stage, but a p pa re ntly on to talk about the next stage, but apparently france and germany and romania are saying, no, we want to get more money out of the uk, we wa nt to get more money out of the uk, we want to see the colour of their cash. it's interesting you mention germany, because there is obviously a big coalition negotiations going on there at the moment. people are saying we could do this in three days, never mind three months. how much is the politics in germany

getting in the way? the german coalition building has not started yet. there is another election this weekend in saxony and, after that, i think there will be more progress, but it is not coming soon. i think that will take some time. but ultimately this needs, it's a political test and it needs a political test and it needs a political solution. emmanuel macron and angela merkel been to say, we've got to find a way through, we don't wa nt to got to find a way through, we don't want to alienate britain. i think theresa may in florence gave a constructive speech, saying we will honour our previous commitments and will pay for the transition period as if we are a member. on that basis, i think the uk has put enough cash on the table and said they want to do everything they can to keep the peace process intact and avoid a ha rd the peace process intact and avoid a hard border on the irish frontier, and an citizens, they have made a generous and comprehensive offer, so it's time to about the future. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news —

president trump's latest moves in his attempt to repeal obamacare. and the british woman who travelled to syria four years ago to act as a recruiter for the so—called islamic state group has reportedy been killed in a drone strike. that's still to come. it's been a decent enough day, drive for most of us in some good spells of sunshine this morning, although the cloud came in this afternoon into the north and west. there was a touch of drizzle with it on these weather fronts, but we will find more substantial rain through the night, driven on by the near gale force south—westerly wind. so it will be much milder across the board tonight, with only ten or 11 even in the south. there will be some quite wet weather for the rush—hour in

scotla nd wet weather for the rush—hour in scotland and northern ireland, and we are concerned about the amount of rain we will see in the likes of cumbria and north—west wales, particularly for cumbria, where there is a risk of further flooding, and there are still flood warnings out. a lovely afternoon once the rain cleared in scotland and northern ireland. however, the rain persists across the gills in the southern uplands and into the lake district and cross towards the dales and snowdonia. not a great day, with lots of misty, low cloud. the best chances of dry and great weather will be further east, feeling warm and 19 or20. will be further east, feeling warm and 19 or 20. friday evening and overnight, the weather front stays put, weakening over time, but it will go northwards on saturday. that weather front will be around for much of the weekend but, out in the atlantic, another low pressure is running along that system, pushing its northward. as it pushes north, its northward. as it pushes north, it draws in warmer air so, where we

see the sunshine this weekend, temperatures will be in the mid—20s, 24 possibly. it will take a while, because there will still be quite a bit of cloud on saturday, with bad weather front meandering into central areas before it goes north, so not everybody seemed that better weather. potentially more sunshine on sunday, and that's where we could see 23 or 24, but equally saturday night into sunday looks wet across north—west scotland in particular, and still a strong breeze but nothing compared to what is heading our way. this is the remains of hurricane ophelia, which looks set to pack a punch. at the moment, in the western part of the uk, the warnings are out for ireland, steady wins, gusting at about 60 mph, possibly higher. we will keep you updated. there is more on the website. this is beyond 100 days, with me katty kay in new york. christian fraser is in london. the world waits for donald trump's decision on the iran nuclear deal.

he has three days to decide whether to decertify the agreement. police in the us and uk are now investigating sexual assault claims against harvey weinstein — as oscar winner emma thompson tells the bbc the movie mogul is a predator. coming up in the next half hour —historian simon schama on trump, tribalism — and how it's getting harder to love your neighbour in america. that becomes notjust respectable but actually a dominant force in populist politics and that, i think, is deeply un—american, actually. a british woman working for so—called islamic state in syria — has been killed in a drone strike. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag #beyond100days. this week, relations between the white house and republicans on capitol hill took

another hit when president trump decided to go after the chairman of the foreign relations committee. some would say not entirely wise given that he needs those same lawmakers to get his agenda passed. soon, congress could have even more on its plate if the president decides to decertify the iran deal we have been discussing — it will be lawmakers who will have to decide whether to re impose sanctions. a brief time ago we spoke with republican congressman scott taylor on capitol hill. what do you want the president to say about the iran deal when he speaks on it tomorrow, we think? it's no secret that i was against the deal itself, i think basically it has the western world and the world at large trading short—term regional instability and iranians ambitions, and the belief you have stability globally, but i believe long time wisely have instability

regionally and globally with this deal, because it solidifies their ability to get nuclear weapons and the long—term sidelight super —— i'd like to see the president...m the long—term sidelight super —— i'd like to see the president... if it thinks it back to congress will you reimpose sanctions on iran, given the iranians said they would restart the iranians said they would restart the nuclear programme if that happens? i want to see it go back to congress, i think the deal originally was a treaty so it has to be approved by the senate under our law. i think it should have been there in the first place. in depending on the details, that will show whether i will vote yea or nay, but we see the iranians using money in iraq, syria, and gaza, to spread influence, create regional instability, undermine our allies and working on their ballistic programme so once and working on their ballistic programme so once the deal expires,

they will have nuclear weapons and global instability. i think there are better ways to get it done, that we can work together as partners and not give away the farm in some deal, and if there's a treaty, it have to go through our senate. europe would say that the iran agreement never designed to stop the things donald trump accuses iran of doing it was there to slow the nuclear programme, —— programme, and to that and there to slow the nuclear programme, —— programme, and to thatand it there to slow the nuclear programme, —— programme, and to that and it has been effective? as i said before, i don't disagree with the fact it has slowed things, but again, what we have done as a world community has traded short—term instability regionally as iran uses their time and money to create their own hegemonic ambitions regionally, working on their nuclear programme not so much but that the capability to deliver nuclear weapons, so the united states without a lead on dealing with that if they have their work to get nuclear weapons and be a

position to deliver them and have more influence regionally. third degree, i respect my friends over in europe, and around the world, but i don't agree with them 100%. while we've got to, there are some stinging editorials today about the president's temperament. can i read you the editorial from the new york times today... the accusation is that republicans know of the fears about the president and they are not talking about it. look, i don't know anything about the fears of the president launching a nuclear strike. i think some of that is political in terms of that legislation, it sounds political to me. we have checks and balances in this country and there are wonderful

people that, the president's instinct is right on many things, i understand there are some worries about his personality and things like that, but he is one man and there are people around and are competent and care and understand foreign policy, national security and what those applications would be. ithink and what those applications would be. i think a lot of that is very political. congressman, thanks for being with us. always a pleasure. a number of lines dropping on the wires, general kelly is giving a press co nfe re nce wires, general kelly is giving a press conference at the white house, some saying he needed to respond to lines like the porto rico ‘s story. it tells you how worried the white house is that the message at the moment. there was a lot of reporting here in the moment about dysfunction in the white house and the president's mood, that the president

is feeling isolated and dissatisfied with his team and with his legislative agenda. general kelly was brought into bring stability, and that has heart some of the president of which some of his allies. that may have contributed to donald trump being in a bad mood and some are concerned that when he does feel like this, he becomes more irrational. but i think you're right that it's a sign of concern about the reporting that the white house made this unusual move of putting general kelly, the chief of putting general kelly, the chief of staff, out there. talking about legislation... president trump is not having much luck getting legislation passed on capitol hill — so he's taking things into his own hands. today, he signed an executive order to help small businesses work around current regulations under obamacare. it comes after repeated failures by congress to repeal and replace the affordable care act. and today he also announced a major appointment. for more on both fronts, we are joined by our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan in washikngton.

rajini vaidyanathan in washington. talk to us about what he has signed here and how important it is? as within talking about on the programme for months, he has failed to get republicans in congress to agree about repealing and replacing obamacare. today, use the power of his pen and signed this executive order although it's worth noting that he almost forgot to sign this is effective order and it was a vice president mike pence add to usher him back and remind him to do so. usher him back and remind him to do so. here is a little bit of what he said. with these actions, we are moving towards lower costs and more options in the health care market, and taking crucial steps towards saving the american people from the nightmare of obamacare. just to sum up what these changes would mean, he wants to make it easier for small businesses to group together and form associations which

can buy health care plans across state lines and also allow people to buy short—term health care policies up buy short—term health care policies up to three months. the white house says this will reduce costs for the many people who voted for trump who felt their premiums had gone up under obamacare felt their premiums had gone up underobamacare and felt their premiums had gone up under obamacare and that they were burdened by health insurance in the first place. critics say there will bea first place. critics say there will be a cost to patients, because these people policies you can find now will be stripped back and bare—bones. it won't cover all medical conditions like obamacare policies do. the other concern is that healthy people will buy cheaper plans, taking them away from the obamacare plans, taking them away from the obamaca re market which plans, taking them away from the obamacare market which could raise premiums for sick people. the political nightmare that is american health care. let's talk about appointments. it looks that general kelly is expanding his reach in this administration, his potted jake has just been announced of lead homeland security? kynaston nilsen who

currently works under john security? kynaston nilsen who currently works underjohn kelly at the white house. for that, currently works underjohn kelly at the white house. forthat, she worked with him at homeland security, going back to her roots in a way. she's a cyber security expert for 45 years old, and is clearly pa rt of for 45 years old, and is clearly part of the discipline wing of the white house, close to trump as well. she is not seen as the content of appointments that is likely to get confirmation in the summit but it will be an in complex introduction, homeland security covers immigration, deportations and the travel ban as well. a lot of politically contentious things she will have to deal with. as if by magic, you are talking about kirsten nielsen, i think they are gathering in the white house. they are about turnouts that she is taking over at homeland security. we've seen the pictures of melania trump and the vice president. nothing happening at the moment. i thought the president would come to the podium but it seems not. let's move on. he doesn't

act on your command of the? -- does he? get the telegram out. you are old—fashioned. a british woman who travelled to syria four years ago to act as a recruiter for the so—called islamic state group has reportedly been killed in a drone strike. sally—anne jones,originally from kent, nicknamed the white widow, became a high profile supporter for is and used social media to encourage western girls to join them. our security correspondent frank gardner reports. iconic, threatening and british. the jihadist recruiter and convert sally—anne jones from kent. she fled to syria in 2013 and joined so—called islamic state. she was married to this man, junaid hussain, a computer hacker later killed in a drone strike. together, they plotted attacks on the west and gave propaganda online. she made raqqa half—time. the

caliphate strength by the day. us and british intelligence had her in their sights. a missile strike by a us airforce drone their sights. a missile strike by a us air force drone similar to this one, reportedly killed her injune, is close to syria's border with iraq, it is not known if her sun was with her. it would make six people killed in drone strikes in i. what we saw with the cluster of britain's worst they were actively involved in plots. we have seen this in the united states and the uk, they are targeting individuals they see as a threat. we know from other details and research that there were some british individuals involved in this direction. jones was useful to i the publicity. now the group is on the

verge of military defeat, it will have little impact on its shrinking fortunes. the former punk rock singerfrom kent, who turned 50 fortunes. the former punk rock singer from kent, who turned 50 this year, is one more to perish in the colla pse year, is one more to perish in the collapse of the isis caliphate. nikita malik is senior researcher in radicalisation and terrorism at the henry jackson society. in military terms, this makes little difference eis, but in propaganda terms, probably cut damaging? lucy hurds that sallyjones is a convert, a white woman from the uk, a lot of are propaganda was tailored to other young women and she married an extremely well—recognised propagandist as well. he was one of the forefront of people who was also looking at cyber attacks, logistical ways of doing attacks. the fact that she is gone makes little difference.

what i think matters is who they will use to replace her now, will there be someone else, a female figurehead, i think it remains to be seen. figurehead, i think it remains to be seen. that message and how it will be conveyed. talk to us about isis and how they have recruited women, because it's pretty unusual ease and in terms of islamic terrorist groups, this group and the recruitment of women and profiling? it was the first organisation to put advertising for women. they created advertising for women. they created a state where women could join a big pa rt of a state where women could join a big part of a family, and something sallyjones also was get us into the propaganda was promoting her child asa propaganda was promoting her child as a forefront child soldier. that was an example to other women who we re was an example to other women who were going out tojoin islamic state. as recently as a few weeks ago, we have seen the first time that our band come out with a

magazine for women their role there. —— that taliban. so it is recruiting women. what about when that were recruited from london, were killing to the caliphate? it was ideological in nature. although a lot of these young women knew their lives will be extremely difficult and they will be married to a stranger, the ideology was still very much that there are contributing to a state building project, the afterlife will be very good, they were losing behind the lands of the uk or us is filled with disbelievers and going to a legitimate muslim state. all of these aspects, very theological, particularly western and english —based propaganda, to attract these young girls to become essentially be wise and ba bymaking young girls to become essentially be wise and babymaking machines of the

next generation of fighters. —— extraordinary story thank you. this is beyond 100 days. still to come — historian simon schama talks to us about trump, populism and race relations in the us today police in london and new york are investigating allegations of sexual assault by hollywood movie mogul harvey weinstein. actress emma thompson told the bbc sexual harassment is endemic in hollywood. nick bryant reports. harvey weinstein emerged from his daughter's house, in los angeles, the movie mogul still trying to direct the scene. come on. i will take it with you. perfect. don't follow. i am being good. it is the first time he has spoken on camera since scandal engulfed him. are you doing 0k? i am trying my best.

but there was no apology to his alleged victims, no evident display of shame. he did talk about himself. i am not doing ok. iam trying. i got to get help, guys. you know, what, we all make mistakes, second chance i hope. but second chances seem a long way off right now. despite an earlier written statement apologising for causing pain. because the storyline is being written by big name movie stars like angelina jolie and gwyneth paltrow. more than 20 women who claimed he harassed them and worse. he has denied three accusations of rape and any non—consensual sexual relations, but now the nypd has announced it's conducting a review and is looking to speak to an individual regarding an allegation of sexual assault against him from 2004. in an interview with newsnight, emma thompson said the problem of sexual harassment goes beyond harvey weinstein. they don't surprise me at all, they are endemic to the system anyway. there are about a million opportunities to call this man out on his disgusting behaviour.

i have always been loyal to you guys. this brief encounter spoke of his cosy relationship with some in the media. i have been a good guy. get some help, man. it is notjust the press chasing this story, the accusations are being investigated by police on both sides of the atlantic. when president barack obama was elected in 2009, there were many who believed that a new day had dawned in the usa, a new era of social tolerance and racial harmony. many of those same people were then disappointed by the election of donald trump. among them is the author and historian simon schama. in his new book ‘belonging: the story of thejews' he explores the racial tension that can arise from mass migration with particular reference of course to the history of the jewish race. when i met him earlier, i asked him why ‘belonging' remains such a hot topic today and why it presents such a challenge for communities across the world?

at the heart of the issue is whether or not you can live two lives at the same time. in the united states, you can be happily hyphenated as a polish—american, hispanic—american and so on. and the jews really were always looking to see whether they could live fully as citizens or subjects of their host country, and yet retain the distinctiveness of thejewish religion and culture. on that issue of living in the united states, you have lived there since 1979, do you feel as connected and at home in the united states today under trump as you did when you arrived? what has been horrifying about the accession of donald trump, so many things have been horrifying, one is the coarseness to the point of baseness, really, the absolute moral indecency of what has happened to political language. if you are a university professor, you are going to be horrified

by the indifference to truth. and the relaxation of the media saying he's not as bad as we think, you know... do you think we go too easy on him? yeah, and how. i do. what can we expect? another day of lunacy. but another day of lunacy can end in a nuclear exchange. it's the new normal, it's not normal at all. it isn't normal at all. and one of the things is because there is so much else to be upset about, is the hollowing out of public trust of government itself. this is the work of stephen bannon principally, with trump along for the ride. the notion that you will point to government departments, people who have spent their entire lives thinking there shouldn't be government departments on the environment, or of energy. and that actually all america should be is private sector with an army. it's an appalling reversal notjust

of obama, of kennedy and lyndon johnson, but all of american history since theodore roosevelt, not just franklin roosevelt. and that is the destruction of an enormously important institution, set of institutions in american life. so that has been a surprise. ifjews have been accepted, welcomed into the united states on an equal footing for many years, did you find charlottesville deeply unsettling? well, what i found unsettling was donald trump's reaction. saying they are perfectly fine people on either side. it's more, really, that actually, a more generalised form of tribal populism, which is unrepentant about saying we only want our neighbours to be people who look like us, pray like us, sound like us.

and that has become, not just respectable, but actually a kind of dominant force in populist politics. that, i think, is deeply un—american, actually. fast forward 50, 100 years, how will historians like you explain marine le pen, brexit and the phenomenon of donald trump? well, i don't think it will be about economic disadvantage. it is entirely cultural and racial in my view, i think liberal elites have overlooked the economic disadvantage is a complete myth, there is no evidence whatsoever, the basic, the average median household income of trump voters was $85,000 a year. they are not unemployed automobile workers, in fact there really are no unemployed automobile workers because everybody has a job in that industry, again. so there's this extraordinary mythology of the broadsheet press

that the terrible sin was flyover neglect. what was being neglected was the sense of hatred of barack obama in particular, and equally the sense you hear around the time the brexit vote, "i don't recognise england any more". is it more basic than that? is it about, as human beings,... who you want to be your neighbour. and who we are? what our identity is, we belong to a tribe? that's a basic instinct, isn't it? yeah, but the world is in a state of kind of profoundly misplaced nostalgia for times of tribal purity which never existed. that was really interesting as much for what simon schama said to you as to the reaction that i can well imagine from mr trump's supporters that the united states would level the witticism that sound shallow represents coastal elites here in america. —— the criticism that simon

sharma. and how much fox news does he watch and shares view, he rejected the idea of liberal elites and trump not seeing eye to eye? he's doing an e—book cold civilisation. he has a new book cold return of the tribes which is about nationalism and tribalism, how we belong. i would dispute his idea that none of this is about economic ts, that none of this is about economic ‘s, because i interviewed people whose wages who hadn't grown and had lost theirjobs in industries. identity is important to people in smaller places like in lincolnshire,

boston and places are voted for brexit. the thing that got me going today, and i feel brexit. the thing that got me going today, and ifeel i'm picking on trump, asa today, and ifeel i'm picking on trump, as a golfer his golf game is in the bin, this really got my goat. this idea that he knocked around 73 at the weekend. he's played with senator lindsey graham, who said he didn't double bogey any holes, he went like a pro. i'mjust didn't double bogey any holes, he went like a pro. i'm just not buying it. this golf magazine said today, patiently unbelievable. i went around and had to look at what 71—year—old are knocking around golf courses i found this fact that the hall of fame golfer hale irwin who turned 72 injune, he is the same age as the president, have the average score of 73. send us donald trump is about to turn pro and join the senior circuit, he is not knocking it round in 73. there. you

have too much time on your hands clearly if you are going around looking your 72—year—old golf scores. 72-year-old golf scores. he said he —— you say you felt inadequate, you have to put up with me every day. there might be a little bit of golfing sour grapes. it's all jealousy. they said bill clinton was the same, he used to have mulligans so he does his shot and not declare it. so your president of the united states you lie about your golf? that's what i need to do. what do they have in common? we will be back. god forbid. we will be that same time next week, thank you for watching, goodbye. —— be back same time next week. delivering. it's a decent enough day. good spells but the cloud came

in this morning, just a little earlier. there was a touch of drizzle and is weather fronts but we will find more substantial rain through the night, driven on by gale force south—westerly winds, so it will be much wilder telematic milder. even the south will see 10-11. we milder. even the south will see 10—11. we will 10—11. we are milder. even the south will see 10—11. we are concerned about the amount of rain across cumbria and north—west wales, particularly cumbria where it was so wet there was a risk of further flooding. there are still flood warnings across the weather system. the lovely afternoon once the rain clears in scotland and northern ireland, however the rain just persists particularly over the hills of the southern uplands into the la ke of the southern uplands into the lake district across to the dales, into snowdonia, really not a great day here. lots of misty low cloud, the best of the chances of dry and

bright weather are further ease, 19-20. bright weather are further ease, 19—20. through friday evening and overnight, the weather weekends and it will. to me northward into saturday. let's take the bigger picture, the weather front will be around most of the weekend that you can see of the atlantic, low— pressure can see of the atlantic, low—pressure running along the weather system and pushing it northward. as it pushes northward, it throws in the warmer air, where we see this sunshine below the target of a run about the mid 20s, 23-24 target of a run about the mid 20s, 23—24 possibly. it will take a while with cloud on saturday, meandering in central layers before pushing northwards, not all seeing warm and dry weather but fairly warm rain and brightness initially, 20—21 as the sun comes out, more sunshine on sunday. we did to the 23—24 but equally saturday night into sunday looks quite wet across the northwest and scotland particularly, nothing compared to what is having away.

these are the rains of hurricane or the yulia, looking set to pack a punch. one is out for ireland, steady winds around 60 mph, possibly higher than that, we will keep our eye on it and keep you updated, there is more on the website. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 8pm. the eu warns of deadlock after the latest round of brexit talks — as the two sides still fail to agree on the divorce bill. on this question, we've reached deadlock which is very worrying. while there is still work to be done, much work to be done, we've come a long way, it's important to recognise the significant progress we've made since june. police in new york and london are investigating after a string of sexual assault allegations against hollywood producer harvey weinstein. emma thompson has joined those condemning him. i didn't know about these things, but they didn't surprise me

at all and they're endemic to the system anyway. sally—anne jones, the british woman recruited by so—called islamic state in syria, has reportedly been