you are watching beyond 100 days. is donald trump and a loved fest or a hate spat? they have denounced the president, he's boasts a standing ovations. the latest to speak out says he can no longer be complicit in the president's bad behaviour.” have children and grandchildren to a nswer to have children and grandchildren to answer to and so, mr president, i will not be complicit or silent. the washington post says hillary clinton's campaign funded the dossier about donald trump's ties to russia. and a european parliament debate on sexual violence against women ends up highlighting harassment in the institution itself. also on the programme, he was named for his rhythm and blues sound. 0ne was named for his rhythm and blues sound. one of the biggest stars of the early rock and roll era has died at his home in louisiana.

marshalling the moves in new york, the ground controller with the little bit of extra. do get in touch with us. welcome. christian fraser is in london. donald trump says he is any lovefest with republicans, which may seem odd after the last 2a hours. to republican senators have rounded on the government. one is stepping down because he feels he has a duty to stand up against mr trump. it came after his colleague said the president is dbase thing america. today the senator said other republicans will speak out. here is pa rt republicans will speak out. here is part of what he said on the senate floor. reckless, outrageous and undignified behaviour. this has become excused as telling it like it

is. it is actuallyjust reckless, outrageous and undignified. when such behaviour emanates from the top of government, it is something else. it is dangerous to the democracy. so, to senators have now criticised the president. just as noticeably, the president. just as noticeably, the other 50 have not. the president insists his party is united. in the past hour he gave us this description of the lunch yesterday with the senators. i called it a lovefe st. with the senators. i called it a lovefest. maybe it was a lovefest. we have standing ovation is. there is great unity. if you'll get the democrats with bernie sanders and hillary clinton, that is a mess. there is great unity in the republican party. as he was saying if you minutes ago but if you look at the polls, his supporters still do seem to love him. a paul found

78% a p prove do seem to love him. a paul found 78% approve of the job he is doing. his overall rating is 42%. it has barely shifted through the summer. numbers far better than republicans in congress. we have been speaking with the republican congressmen for illinois, who fought in afghanistan and iraq with the us air force. you have been critical of donald trump on occasion. i was just wondering what you made of the comments in the senate yesterday. he is a principled person and i think he meant what he said. ithink person and i think he meant what he said. i think it is not helpful for oui’ said. i think it is not helpful for our party to have this big food fight in front of everybody. that happens on all sides. the president with twitter and some of the comments from the senate. we have a lot of things he went to achieve internationally and as a republican to wake up every day and see this spread all over the national and world media is disheartening sometimes. look, everybody is

entitled to their own opinion. i will be supportive of the president a nyway will be supportive of the president anyway i can and when i must i will be critical. that is my job. let's talk international. you served in the airforce in iraq and afghanistan. if you were in service now, would you be concerned that there is disagreement in the party was hampering in any way the ability of america to do its job around the world 7 of america to do its job around the world? maybe a little concerned. you know, any time you have fights within a party or anything to do within a party or anything to do with foreign policy issues, they can bea with foreign policy issues, they can be a hamstring. what do you mean by that? because decisions... if the president makes a decision overseas, used to be that nothing was partisan. now it can turn into a big internal debate here at home. let me say this, the american military, and i served the british military in iraq, the art of people and they

have one mission and it is not something people like to hear, it is to take out the bad guys. if the military and the civilian leadership of america and the uk ask them to do it and they are good at it. a lot of the times these debates can be disheartening but the military goes way beyond that. it is bigger than that disputes. we like to discuss between ourselves that we are really good at what we do when we are overseas. when you are in the military, what is important is the temperament of your leaders. what the senator was talking about yesterday as he doesn't think this president has the temperament. do you? that president has the temperament. do you ? that is president has the temperament. do you? that is a tough question to answer. i you? that is a tough question to answer. lam not you? that is a tough question to answer. i am not going to get in the middle. i do not like some of the things he puts on twitter. every morning you wake up and you cringed as you log into twitter to see what he put. that is not exciting. i do think some of the tweets on international issues can actually be beneficial. look at north korea. you

have reports that they have reached out to republican consultants to say, what is donald trump made of? that can be some benefits but the american presidency has always been eager than moments and bigger than partisan debates, even though the debate tv— mac engaged partisan debates, even though the debate tv—mac engaged in partisan debates. that is something i worry about. it is important what world leaders are thinking. when they look at today when he says, yesterday i got standing ovations. there was a lovefest. that is the sort of language we are used to hearing from different leaders, not the president of the united states. yes, look, as isaid, it of the united states. yes, look, as i said, it is like white? please do not. at the same time, interesting leaders, colourful leaders in the past, and you see that and you say,

the relationships of countries go beyond what leaders say. they can be damaging but we always have a relationship that goes beyond it. the president... like i said, there are lots of things that i agree with. the tone i don't. frankly, we are lucky because he has a lot of great people around him and he does tend to allow them i think to help him make decisions when it comes to things like what to do in syria, iran, etc. thank you very much for joining us. goodbye. what do trump's supporters make of all this. joining us now is matt schlapp who chairs the american conservative union. thank you for coming in. you heard a congressman they are seeing each wishes he would tone it down and stop treating. do you reporters tv—mac supporters feel the same?” think it is unorthodox. it really worries the people who are the

establishment in dc. this is not the way they have seen a president operate before. he goes around in america. most of the media favours the democrats and he tries to go around them. it is a real strategy to top two americans and get around the media. some of his tweets hit the media. some of his tweets hit the target and some do not. let's talk about the senator from arizona. he has now said it is not the republican party for him. he is a conservative republican. pretty conservative. 95% approval rating on conservative. 95% approval rating on conservative rating. he is not a liberal. we can get into a ratings that. the high 90s to the high 70s. he is not a liberal republican. not at all. if there is not room for him, what future do they have? he says there is not room, that is why he is leaving. i sell the speech and i thought it was compelling. he is

leaving because he would lose any primary. that is not what he says. he is at 18%. he told me this personally. bob corker, why is he being so nasty? because he could not win ina being so nasty? because he could not win in a primary in tennessee. she would not have got through a primary. there is nothing about what jeff has just primary. there is nothing about what jeff hasjust said primary. there is nothing about what jeff has just said that you would agree with in terms of the criticism of the nature of this presidency? that, i think there is no... there are republicans that are uncomfortable with some of the aspects of the readership. i would acknowledge that but i would also say that most conservatives in this country, they want a republican president who will fight hard and thatis president who will fight hard and that is the part of donald trump they like, his conservative agenda and he fights back. conservatives tend to not fight back. when the media pitches back, the crowd go undera media pitches back, the crowd go under a rock. this guy does not do that. for your grassroots members,

they want things doing and these two senators, bob corker and jeff flake are going to be around untiljanuary 2019. they could are going to be around untiljanuary 20 19. they could vote are going to be around untiljanuary 2019. they could vote against the agenda. not only them but others, these are guys who do not see i'd either the president. what happens if the dig their heels in? people like ben, he is 100% rating. if the dig their heels in? people like ben, he is 10096 rating. he is going to do the conservative thing each and every time. he does have a personal disagreement with the president and he takes them on. i thinkjeff flake president and he takes them on. i think jeff flake i president and he takes them on. i thinkjeff flake i know and i respect, i do not think he will let his personal animosity get in the way for voting for the tax bill. i think he will do right by the country. stay with us because we're going to talk about hillary clinton and we would like to get your thoughts on it. hillary clinton's campaign helped pay for what's become known as the steele dossier — research by a former british spy that claimed russia was trying to get donald trump elected and that moscow had compromising evidence against trump.

the dossier was put together by christopher steele, who was recently interviewed by special counsel bob mueller‘s team. but who exactly commissioned it has always been a bit of a mystery. now the washington post is reporting that it was hillary clinton's campaign, along with the democratic national committee. a brief time ago president trump addressed the issue. i understand they paid a tremendous amount of money and hillary clinton was denied it. the democrats always denied it and now only because it is going to come out in a court case they said yes, they did it and the admitted it and they are embarrassed by it. i think admitted it and they are embarrassed by it. i think it admitted it and they are embarrassed by it. i think it is a disgrace. it isa very by it. i think it is a disgrace. it is a very sad commentary on politics in this country. we're joined now by one of the authors of the report. thank you very much forjoining us. how damaging is this to hillary

clinton and her campaign?” how damaging is this to hillary clinton and her campaign? i think it isa clinton and her campaign? i think it is a lot of political fuel. 0ne clinton and her campaign? i think it is a lot of political fuel. one of the big arguments the republicans have been making is this whole russian investigation is basically a witchhunt based on a false premise. obviously the more you can show that this began with political opposition research, democratic money, the more they think they can beat back the political issues about this investigation. look, at this point, the investigation is up and running with the special counsel. ben miller and his people have known for a time what the origins of this document were. from their point of view, doesn't really affect them that much. they need to figure out what facts they can confirm. to some extent... sorry to interrupt. one of the interesting things in the report is that you are saying that after the election the fbi agreed to continue gathering evidence on trump and russia but pulled out when his

name became public. right, we have reported that before. the issue became the fbi. if you think back to november of last year, the fbi was still interested in trying to figure this out and understand it better. they were willing to pay him to keep working. what happens in after that is the whole issue started to blow up is the whole issue started to blow up in is the whole issue started to blow upina is the whole issue started to blow up in a sense because people... more bits and pieces from within the dossier are coming out and it is ha rd dossier are coming out and it is hard to be very good spy when you are in allthe papers. hard to be very good spy when you are in all the papers. just to jump two steps ahead because this is obviously political, the republican party are saying this is all phoney and this has been trumped up by the dossier. the dossier did not lead to the council's investigation, did it? it is part of it. it is part of it. it is part of it. it is part of it. it partly led the investigation. there is no question that some of what the dossier talked about became issues of investigation for the fbi.

look, we are in a practical and legal sense, we are well past that i'iow. legal sense, we are well past that now. whatever the origins of this thing are, it has now come to look at obstruction ofjustice and finances and all sorts of things that are beyond simply what was in that are beyond simply what was in that document. thank you very much for joining that document. thank you very much forjoining us. i'm keen to get matt schlapp's perspective on this — he chairs the american conservative union. it doesn't undermine the nature of the investigation, does it, the fact that hillary clinton funded this dossier? no, but you have to rememberat the dossier? no, but you have to remember at the beginning and end if you have a president in a question of whether he would have charges brought against him, impeachment and the house of representatives, it is wrapped up in politics. the american people, they are fair. a lot of this looks like politics to start with, it helps donald trump. —— if it looks like this. how this dossier came about helps make the case that

it isa came about helps make the case that it is a lot of people making political charges. is that not the problem for the republicans, they lied about it. the campaign lied that they had funded this and now it came out that they did. christian, he is the truth, if hillary clinton did not have such bad poll numbers oi'i did not have such bad poll numbers on her character and honesty, i think she could be the president. she really has stopped tool on this basic question of character over and over again. basic question of character over and overagain. i basic question of character over and overagain. lam basic question of character over and over again. i am going to disagree with you. i do not think people will be surprised that hillary clinton did not straight shoot with where this came from. thank you very much for joining this came from. thank you very much forjoining us. great get your thoughts. it is so interesting to get matt's opinion there and all of the noise we have been hearing out of the senate. we keep going back to the poll numbers and have not moved much. donald trump's base is still very strong and that paul gave us numbers that show that people did not like his leadership, his views

on race, some of his attitudes. that has also been true for a long time that the still elected him and are sticking with him. what about this and we're goes in the senate? we we re and we're goes in the senate? we were asking that they are about the various senators who have expressed concerns about donald trump, to others, out? jeff flake says they will. i will be interested ifjeff fla ke would will. i will be interested ifjeff flake would be providing any names of the senators who might possibly come out. you and matt were talking about some of them earlier, susan collins... we might get some but i would be surprised. i would be surprised if we got a floodgate. it is worth reminding our years, john mccain has brain cancer and jeff fla ke was mccain has brain cancer and jeff flake was up for a real election. we felt some kind of liberation to talk perhaps. this is not the beginning and of the republican party abandoning president trump. you know when we are in a sorry state when the shrimp fishing industry has been

divided by politics. yes, you heard that right. a lot of this people in the industry voted for donald trump hoping he would bring backjobs. what will his policies on the environment mean for the fragile ecosystems in which the fish? we have been to mount pleasant, south carolina, to hear from have been to mount pleasant, south carolina, to hearfrom both sides. a lot of people got out of the industry because there is no money to put back into boats or make a living, really. there are very few of us left. one of my grandfathers was a fisherman and my dad was one of the first shrimpers. started going out when i was four years old. you can see the shrimp boats over here. it used to be 3—d and four on the side. now we have sailboats, yachts and sports boats. that is

something you do not want your son or daughter to get into an out the get used to be. imports from china, vietnam and the other places have affected the market. it drove the price down and flooded the market. you have all these warehouses full of froze n you have all these warehouses full of frozen shrimps. i think donald trump isa of frozen shrimps. i think donald trump is a businessman and i am a businessman and he looks out the businessman. we are in the right direction. stay local, by local. keep america first. let's unify the country. let's stay with the programme. i am not optimistic that trump can make the economy better. i know there are many people in south carolina who disagree with us. the shrimp have been less abundant this

year than they have in years past. when he degrades the environment, it will affect the shrimping communities and fishing communities. demolishing the protections that we, as the country, have spent so long trying to fulfil. we have seen just through development is degradation of the marshes, which are the estuaries for shrimp. that is not going to get better by listening protections. we do not think the trump administration is representative of us or our interests. great pictures. when you have the fishing industry divided like that and you realise bringing back jobs. .. like that and you realise bringing backjobs... we have is looking to industries but it is more than that, it is all of the industry is balanced against those who are

concerned with his environmental record. and traditional industries wherejobs are record. and traditional industries where jobs are disappearing. it is difficult to bring jobs back to those industries. let's talk about brexit now. crowds of people have lined the streets of bangkok to pay their final respect to the late king. his son, the new king, oversaw a prayer ceremony. the first of events that will see the year long period of mourning come to an end. rex tillerson is in delhi where he says the us will stand shoulder to shoulder with india to fight terrorism. he met the prime minister and expressed concern terror groups are doubled he was one

of the biggest stars of the early rock and roll era. fats domino, who has died in louisiana at the age of 89. among the hits, plenty you will know, aint that a shame, ‘blueberry hill‘ ‘walking to new orleans' there were plenty of others. he sold 65 million singles in those years, with 23 gold records, making him the second biggest artist at that time after elvis presley. our correspondent, nick higham has been taking a look back at his life. # one day, you cried... antoine fats domino started playing piano in the bars of new orleans, rolling rhythm and blues with its rich jazz and latin roots. # but i love to see with a smile... # when you said goodbye... # ain't that shame...

but soon he developed a much more popular style, one of the first black artists to top the white dominated charts. the genial fats delighted crossover audiences and, in the process, found he'd helped to invent rock'n'roll. # i've found my thrill # on blueberry hill... blueberry hill was one of 30 top a0 hits, though one he didn't write. he made millions and gambled much of it away but went on playing into old age. when hurricane katrina hit his hometown in 2005, he chose to stay at home and was rumoured dead. later, there was a visit from george w bush to present fats domino a gold medal lost in the floods and looting. as for his music, it remained as appealing and infectious as ever. fats domino, one of

the kings of rock'n'roll, has died at the age of 89. a little known fact, i was born in a village called blueberry and we used to think blueberry hill was about our village. i do not think it was. we used to sing at all the time. liberally hill is the first song i learned to play on the piano. my dad was a big fan. —— blueberry hill was the first song. he said the rock and roll stars were better than the english crooners. nice. you travel a lot, don't you? isn't the dullest pa rt lot, don't you? isn't the dullest part the bit where you taxi on the runway? what if you sort this guy out of the window? look at this. i

love this. i really love this because after have a shandy i don't like this. what i like about this. just listen... the captain is carrying on talking. like nothing out of the ordinary is going on. anyway, i got thinking to do. i had a long afternoon. beer with me. he should be listening to the higher it, he has got a song in his head. what song is you listening to's this is the one... you had we too much time on your hands. see what you think. # praying for this moment to last. # praying for this moment to last. # i've been moving so fast. look at that sidestepped. he has been moves. # night fever, no fever. how good

would you low be best every day you went to thejob would you low be best every day you went to the job and that was your attitude? i do not know what it says about my music list. i am going to start playing that in the studio. give us a bit of the post shandy wiggle. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news, why women in the european parliament are protesting, using the hashtag "me too". we'll get more from strasbourg. and abandoning britain — we report from poland and speak to the people who've left the uk — is brexit solely to blame? that's still to come. plenty to talk about with the

weather yet again. another mild day for late october. to date we have seen more sunshine as well, particularly across the south where it was cloudy yesterday. sane spells and scattered shower. you can see the peppering of shower clouds to the peppering of shower clouds to the north—west. as we go through the evening, this cloud across the channel, that weather front is going to drift its weight back northwards across england and wales as you go through the night. we keep the clearer skies to the north. the possibility into scotland and northern ireland and england to see the aurora. if you are lucky enough, sentin the aurora. if you are lucky enough, sent in some photographs. as we go through the night, mcleod and showery outbreaks of rain across wales and some hillfort. he would keep the cloud. —— wales and some hillfort. he would keep the cloud. -- qb keep the cloud. eight or 13 celsius first

thing. we start off on thursday with the best of the sunshine in the north. it will be quite windy. that will drive in more showers. the weather front continues northwards. a brand of drizzle through wales and across the south coast a few breaks, if we are lucky. 18 celsius the height. thursday will be the last day of that warmth. we are going to see a change. the weather front will wea ken see a change. the weather front will wea ke n off see a change. the weather front will weaken off and high pressure building as we go into friday. a good deal of dry weather. the chilly start and a chillier fields to things. once we have that out of the way, saturday will be a quiet day. mcleod around and a noticeable change to the story as we move into sunday. —— more cloud. a low into scandinavia will introduce these strong and gusty winds from the north. that will make it feel quite

cold in comparison to this week. the favoured spots for that the far north and north sea facing coasts. 11 to 14 north and north sea facing coasts. 11 to 1a celsius the high, further eastis 11 to 1a celsius the high, further east is feeling cold. and on the strength of the wind, it is better. take care. this is beyond 100 days, with me katty kay in washington — christian fraser's in london. our top stories: president trump calls his meeting with republican senators a "love fest" but that hasn't calmed his feud with two in the room. one republican congressman told us that some are ready for it to stop. ifi if i think it's not helpful for our party to have this kind of big food fight in front of everybody. research funded hillary clinton's campaign resulted on the dossier on donald trump. that's according to a new report which works to connect the dots. coming up in the next half hour: what the hashtag "me too" tells us about sexual harassment in the european parliament.

we're live in strasbourg to find out. wagering on the world series. the governors of texas and california are putting their hometown beverages on the line. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag #beyond100days. so republican senatorjeff flake thinks president trump's behaviour is dangerous to democracy. in this op—ed in the washington post today, flake recounted a key moment in us political history. he referred to the mccarthy era — a time of heightened paranoia about communist infiltration in the us. mr flake told the story ofjoseph welch, the former chief counsel for the army, who stood up to senatorjoseph mccarthy during a congressional hearing in 195a. mccarthy had just accused welsh's of hiring a lawyer in his boston practice who himself had ties to communism. and here's the moment jo welch fired back. you have done enough. have you no

sense of decency, sir, at long last? have you left no empathy? have you no sense of decency? we want to get some historical perspective on this cut, see how it compares to the republican party of the past. bob walker was a republican congressman from 1977 to 1997. representing the great state of pennsylvania, thank you for coming in. you saw that clip ofjoe welch taking on joe mccarthy in. you saw that clip ofjoe welch taking onjoe mccarthy and you see all the debates today about the degradation of american society that comes from the top, bob corker has said. how different does it seem today from previous times?m said. how different does it seem today from previous times? it is different and it has been made different, i think, different and it has been made different, ithink, by different and it has been made different, i think, by social media because what we have is the ability of people to divide themselves into tribes of the present time and that has an impact on the whole of politics and, sadly, it has a deleterious effect on political

dialogue. i think that it is a matter of concern. speaking about the republican party in particular, you're part of are so many years, is this becoming a party where someone likejeff this becoming a party where someone like jeff flake this becoming a party where someone likejeff flake doesn't belong anymore? well, i don't know if that is the case. he is in part reacting to his constituency. his constituency in arizona is changing, it is not a very cold water constituency anymore, it's a purple state and i think what he has found is he is out of touch with both the conservatives and the progressives in arizona, and so it has become very difficult for him but, again, this kind of tribalism makes it very difficult for politicians to walk between the various groups that impact them. bob, one of the lines in that speech yesterday went like this, "there is a sickness in our system and it's contagious. how much more damage to

american liberty do we need to witness in silence before we count ourselves as complicit in that damage?" does it disappoint you that some republicans are just sitting there in silence? well, i think it's disappointing that we have that kind of dialogue going on. i mean, i don't think there are a lot of people sitting in silence, i think there are a lot of people who look at what we have seen over the last few months and cringe at it. on the other hand, we also see a policy direction which the country is responding to. i mean, the fact is that congress has passed in the house about 300 bills. those haven't come out of the senate at the present time but some of those 300 bills, for instance addressing regulatory reform, we see that as something which is improving the economy, so i think a lot of people are separating out the policy su ccesses are separating out the policy successes from some of the

cringeworthy moments that we get in the political dialogue. and ifjoe welch thought that the contagion backin welch thought that the contagion back in the 1960s was mccarthyism and communism and the paranoia that it sewed into american society, is there a comparison with the day and is it the populism and the nationalism that we see notjust in america but over here in europe as well? well, i'm not certain i would go as faras well? well, i'm not certain i would go as far as to say this is a mccarthyism kind of situation, but there is no doubt that there is a retreat towards nationalism in many countries and i think it's because people are fearful about all the change they see around them. i mean, we are going through a massive amount of technological change, economic change, political change, cultural change and a lot of people are very scared about this and so they retreat to nationalism and the recent austrian election certainly was a “—

recent austrian election certainly was a —— retreat in that direction so it is not an american phenomenon. if you have the president's here and then asking to do one thing, what would it be? do not conduct personal vendettas. as long as you are talking about the policies that you are pursuing, you have a vast number of people in the country who are with you. what they have is a difficult thing is to cringe every time you conduct a personal vendetta on somebody or something. former congressman bob walker, thank you for coming in, come back again. it's sadly ironic that as the european parliament is set to debate sexual violence today — the institution itself has been the subject of multiple claims of abuse against women. at least four parliamentary aides say they have complained of assaults — including rape. media reports quote dozens more women who say they've been sexually harassed within the parliament itself. allegations include eu work contracts being offered in exchange for sex,

as well as inappropriate text messages sent to young female staffers. our correspondent, adam fleming, reports from brussels. this issue shot up the agenda of the european parliament following the global campaign against sexual harassment. me too, i have been sexually harassed, just like millions of other people, millions of other women in the european union, andi of other women in the european union, and i think it's about time that we very clearly say that we should not be ashamed but that the perpetrators should be ashamed. but the spotlight push on on inappropriate behaviour in this building by meps towards their staff. the me too hashtag has brought in a great range of shocking stories from a number of sectors but also sadly from this house. masturbation in offices, women being harassed in the lift, these are

things that should not exist in 2017. and what about the power relationship? if it is your boss doing it? you have got to pay your mortgage, feed your kids. doing it? you have got to pay your mortgage, feed your kidsm doing it? you have got to pay your mortgage, feed your kids. it follows allegations made by parliamentary assista nts allegations made by parliamentary assistants like jan, who wrote a diary detailing incidents involving her and her colleagues, 47 of them. i received once an e—mail coming from a political adviser, this picture taken of myself without me knowing, obviously, working in a conference room and this man was taking pictures of me and sent it to me on my professional address in the middle of the night. allegations are handled by an internal parliamentary committee and it is made up of meps. many here would like to see the appointment of external experts. that has been rejected by the parliament's president who says this solution is more awareness and

better training and the authorities say there have been zero complaints of sexual harassment by meps. we're joined now from the european parliament by catherine bearder, who is a parliamentarian on a committee that's devising a new policy to tackle harassment. thank you very much for being with us. i supposed we shouldn't be surprised because the thing that is familiar to both hollywood and politics and to the european parliament is that there are men in power who wield that power over women. absolutely and members of the european parliament are a powerful role. and wherever you get that domination of power and people who work for them, you will sometimes, sadly, get people abusing that power. so you are working on a committee that is trying to implement regulations. as you know, one of the reasons women don't come out as they are either afraid of

hampering their careers or they are afraid they will be accused of lying. i'm not quite sure what you can do to stop that being the case. well, it is by creating an atmosphere of zero tolerance and supportive work amongst the workforce, so that they realise that theirjobs will not go if they speak out. it is very difficult, because, asi out. it is very difficult, because, as i said, meps are quite powerful and especially a few have come from the country where the mep has been elected, so it does take an enormous amount of bravery. already, by experiencing harassment, whatever sort of harassment but in particular sexual harassment, it can demean people and undermined confidence, so we need to make sure that the whole parliament, the whole staff, understand this and are supportive and if somebody discloses even to a

colleague that they know the roots to go to and the processes where they will be supported and assisted and we can take of the case and here that in our committee, in a harassment committee. have you ever directly heard of a younger woman being sexually harassed ? directly heard of a younger woman being sexually harassed? have you been sexually harassed yourself in the parliament? i was a teenager in the parliament? i was a teenager in the 1960s and life was very difficult then. certainly not in the parliament here, no. i grew up in a different environment and i am really pleased now that we are taking this on as an issue. and i think having more women in politics and more women working in senior management level helps that, because they have come through and they realise it is absolutely not a cce pta ble realise it is absolutely not acceptable for people in power to abuse that power and take advantage, especially of young women and the interns who are more vulnerable and

are not protected. the committee has been set up for two and a half yea rs, been set up for two and a half yea rs , we been set up for two and a half yea rs, we have been set up for two and a half years, we have started our work, we have produced a booklet and have another one coming out for the assista nts another one coming out for the assistants and we are looking at the processes of how we can support people who come forward. hearing it is traumatic for the witnesses and traumatic for everybody involved, it is all done in confidence but that first bit of disclosing is so important, we need to make sure that people feel confident enough to actually voice their opinions. ok, thank you very much forjoining us. the work on disclosure, kristian, and secrecy around this and women feeling confident about speaking out, is so critical to trying to address the issue. but it is not unique to the european parliament. i was thinking back to when i was the correspondent in paris to an incident in 2012 in the french parliament, the housing minister, she went onto the floor in

a flowery it was the middle of summer, and you could hardly hear her speak because there were these wolf whistles and noises from the parliamentarians in the house and this story we are showing you at the moment is on the bbc news website, have a look if you have time. it basically talks about french mps who had been blacklisted by women staff, so they have a book, these aids within the french parliament, about mps who misbehave who they shouldn't get stuck in a lift with and they swa p get stuck in a lift with and they swap notes over copy and at lunch about the ones who are a real danger. that is the sort of environment that has been in the french parliament, certainly when i was there and everybody talked about it and it is only at the harvey weinstein that people are starting to talk about this thing. i read today that someone like 140 people with different cases had come forward in the european union since weinstein. and what you are talking about

happened just a few years ago and they still carrying on. let's move on. in kenya, the opposition leader has called on all kenyans to boycott thursday's presidential election re—run. raila odinga called on people to either stay at home, or go somewhere to pray. the vote is going ahead after the supreme court failed to hear a last—minute petition to postpone it. our correspondent anne soy‘s report begins in western kenya. kisumu is the opposition's heartland, where a stand—off now persists between their supporters and state security. the city is resolute no one will be going to the polls on thursday here or across large swathes of opposition leaning areas around the country. in the capital nairobi, a call to boycott the election. the opposition says it cannot be credible. when an injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty. and if there is nojustice for the people, then there will be no peace for the government. the opposition says that any

election that will be held tomorrow will be a sham, it will not reflect the will of the people and there will be demand for a new one in 90 days. the country looked to the supreme court to unlock the stalemate, but there were no answers from this bench. five out of seven judges were unavailable to hear the case seeking to stop the rerun. regrettably and with due apologies to all the parties, this matter cannot proceed to hearing this morning. the ruling party wants the vote to go on, if only to preserve their legitimacy should they win. the electoral commission is soldiering on. its chairman admits he cannot guarantee a free and fair election. with nearly half the country staying away, the outcome of thursday's vote will be far from representative. serious questions of credibility will no doubt be raised here and within the international community. let's have a look at some of the

other news today. the uk labour party has suspended jared o'mara. the sheffield hallam mp has apologise for misogynistic and homophobic comments he posted 15 yea rs and homophobic comments he posted 15 years ago. he's also of verbally abusing a woman earlier this year. the bbc has accused iran of launching an offensive against staff at bbc persian service. there was an investigation into 152 stats, former staff members and contributors. iran claims a conspiracy against national—security and has also frozen the assets of bbc personnel. this is beyond 100 days and still to

come. . . saying goodbye to britain. we speak to the poles packing their bag and returning home — does brexit have anything to do with it? we'll be finding out. the uk's economy had higher than expected growth in the three months to september — increasing the chances of a rise in interest rates next month. the office for national statistics suggests the level of gdp, or the total amount of goods and services produced in the uk, rose by 0.4%, with strong performances being seen in the services and manufacturing industries. our economics editor kamal ahmed reports. not exactly firing on all cylinders but today better news on the economy that will have cheered the chancellor. he visited the francis crick research centre in london, just the kind of high—skilled innovation he would like to encourage. a little bit of autumnal sunshine fell on the economy today and the chancellor is certainly in a better mood but at the treasury they don't quite believe it's time to hang out the bunting. that brexit risk is still there and productivity

a continuing problem. that's our ability to create wealth which leads to wage rises. for people like sadie and cindy, who live near leeds, the household economy is still stretched. working for the public sector, we haven't had a real pay rise for years. i mean, it's been capped, hasn't it? so, no. that to me, yes, if i could say i was going to get a decent pay rise, maybe something above inflation, then that would help. these are the kind of people that labour wants to speak to, arguing that the present government is not delivering. oecd, imf, the 0br, all those independent forecasters have said growth is pulling back. wages stagnating, but also, more importantly, productivity stagnating, so we're falling behind our competitors. in this budget that's coming up, he's got to change direction. all attention now on the bank of england which will decide next week

whether to raise interest rates. with growth stronger and inflation higher, many now believe they will for the first time in ten years. you're watching beyond 100 days. many eu migrants living in the uk say they're afraid brexit will affect their right to remain there — indeed addressing those fears as soon as possible is one of the few things the eu and the british government agree on. they both say it should be at the heart of the divorce negotiations. there are some signs it's being addressed already. in the 12 months to march, 46,000 migrants from countries like poland left britain. that's 59 per cent more than in previous years. but is brexit the sole cause of the flight? our europe correspondent kevin connolly reports from central poland. in cities like lodz, there are signs that the tide is beginning to turn. thousands of migrants worried by brexit and tempted by improving

wages in poland are coming home from the uk. this research scientist says that in part, it is a brain drain that the uk might come to regret. after brexit she started worrying about pensions and passports. she heard the call of home. if a lot of people leave, you will need to think about what will happen to that gap. if you have enough british people to fill it, that is amazing and you will be able to survive without us. if not, then you might need us more than we need you because we can go somewhere else, right? poland's national government says brexit is a factor here but argues this is really a story about a boom economy with higher wages and lower unemployment, offering prosperity to its own people. first of all, it is about the lowest unemployment level in poland now. that is about an economy that is booming.

people are getting more money. we have great social support for the young. we started with the children and now we are starting with apartments. it is better and better and better step—by—step. much of the money transforming buildings like this old linen mill into swanky shops and cinemas comes from the european union. piotr says his decision was not about money, he found post brexit britain too worrying to live in. i am waiting for the decision how brexit will look like. what is going to be happening with my pension? what is going to happen with a lot of things? the economic booms don't last forever, of course. but being tied the european union, rather than the soviet union has transformed these once grim streets. brexit means uncertainty for many eu citizens living in the uk. for some poles, the prospect

of prosperity beginning to appear through the autumn gloom is enough to tip the balance on one of life's biggest questions, what country to call home? that is what european governments a lwa ys that is what european governments always said, as the standards of living started to equalise across europe, people would naturally go home. whenever i was travelling as a foreign correspondent, i always had my heart set on going home, i was never going to stay forever in that country and i guess a lot of people feel the same way. and you have had the same thing here because as the mexican economy picked up, for example, that is the reason there has been net migration back south across to mexico and not into the united states. there are morejobs there, people into the united states. there are more jobs there, people want to go home to their families. if the jobs

aren't here, they are not going to come, they will follow the money. you don't often hear me talking about baseball, but i will do now but it is mostly about blues, i think. -- —— booze. last night, the world series kicked off in california pitting the los angeles dodgers against the houston astros. the dodgers came away with the first win in the best—of—seven series but it is a bet between the two state governors which grabbed our attention. should california win it all, they will be the recipient of of a six—pack of houston—brewed beer and texas barbeque. the governmentjerry brown of california will get the beer and the texas governor will get the wine. if they lose, they better be ready to part with a selection of wine from their famous vineyards. the wager has added significance after houston suffered from record flooding after hurricane harvey and california is recovering from deadly wildfires. when i read this story, i thought, hang on, the texas governor is handing over a six—pack of barbecue beer, what i read over in one of the

papers today and if he wins, the texas governor gets wine from napa, sonoma and mendocino. that is not a fair deal. iam fair deal. i am rooting for the wine ones. when we get sports stories, i'm so glad you're here. 3-1, you're here. 3—1, they won last night. i have been looking at some fact, the dodgers last won the world series in 1988 and the astros have never won it since they were formed in 1962. the astros are tired, right? they have been travelling a lot, so the dodgers have a good chance. anyway, they will be swimming in beer. i surprised you there with a little bit of knowledge. coming up next on bbc world news — ros atkins is here with outside source and viewers in the uk will get the latest headlines from ben brown. iam going i am going to spare you that rendition of blueberry hill that i learned as a child but i am going to play you out with that and another of fats domino's biggest hits. the

american singer sadly has died at the age of 89. from ours, goodbye. # i found my freedom # i found my freedom #on # i found my freedom # on blueberry hill # on blueberry hill #on # on blueberry hill # on blueberry hill # on blueberry hill # when i've found you... # when i've found you... # you made me cry # you made me cry # when you said goodbye # when you said goodbye # ain't that a shame # ain't that a shame #my # ain't that a shame # my tears fell like rain # my tears fell like rain # ain't that a shame # ain't that a shame # you were to blame # you were to blame # 0h, # you were to blame # oh, well # oh, well # goodbye # goodbye # although # although # i'll cry # i'll cry # ain't that a shame # ain't that a shame #my # ain't that a shame # my tears fell like rain

# my tears fell like rain # ain't that a shame # ain't that a shame # you're the one to blame... good evening. plenty to talk about with the weather. yet again, it's been another mild day, particularly for you late october but today we have seen a little more sunshine as well particularly across the south where it was cloudy yesterday, highs of 19 where it was cloudy yesterday, highs of19 in where it was cloudy yesterday, highs of 19 in london. sunny spells and scattered showers further north and west, not quite as one but in the sunshine not as bad but you consider peppering our shower close to the north—west. as we go through the evening, this cloud across the channel is a weather front and that is going to drift its way back northwards across england and wales as we go through the night. we keep as we go through the night. we keep a clearer skies to the north so there is the possibility overnight into scotland, northern ireland and

northern england seen the aurora. if you are lucky enough to do so, send in some photographs, i would love to see them. as we go through the night, that weather front will introduce more cloud, cherie outbreaks of drizzly rain across wales and some hill fog as well. here we keep the cloud, further north we have a clearer skies but not too cold a night, 8—13d first thing on thursday morning. we start off on thursday with the best of the sunshine up into the north and it will be quite windy, which will drive a few more showers across the northern isles on the far north of the great glen into scotland. the weather front continues to meander its way steadily northwards, a band of drizzle through wales and the midlands injuries danya and perhaps town across the south coast, a few brea ks town across the south coast, a few breaks if we are lucky, at 10—18d. thursday will be the last day of that significant warmth. we are going to see a change. the weather front weakening off in high pressure building as we go into friday, so there will be a good deal of dry

weather, chilly start and a noticeably chilly appeal to things but once we have that out of the way, saturday will be a quiet day and a little bit of background and a noticeable change as we move into sunday, because the high pressure will be squeezed away at to the west, significant low into scandinavia will introduce strong, gusty winds from the north and that will make it feel really quite cold, particularly in comparison to what we have seen this week and favoured spot about across the far north and then through those north sea facing coasts. sheltered south and west perhaps seeing 11—14, further north and east feeling cold and hard on the strength of the wind, bitter. take care. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8:00pm: growth was up 0.4% in the three months to september, increasing the likelihood that interest rates will be raised next week. what it shows is the underlying

fundamental strength of this economy. the brexit department is forced to clarify remarks from david davis on when parliament will vote on leaving the eu. the woman whose husband is accused of trying to sabotage her parachute tells a court she lied to the police to get her own back. i'm ben brown, and in the next hour — remembering fats domino. one of the most influential rock and roll performers of the 1950s and 60s — he passed away at the age of 89.