you are watching beyond 100 days. the dough surges through 26,000 breaking records and govern the white house something to cheer about. —— dow. a new survey says the financial burden is largely thanks to donald trump, not barack 0bama. this is the moment the dow broke records thanks to high investor confidence. the children kept captive in their family home confidence. the children kept captive in theirfamily home in california, some chained to their beds. also on the programme, building a bio defence. why the united states isn't only worried about the threat of nuclear missiles. and the type of police chase that can only happen down under. keep in touch using the hashtag. there's a curious disconnect in

america today. the president has record low approval ratings but the stock market is hitting record highs. the dowjones smashed through the 26,000 mark for the first time ever than the economists say president trump should take credit. it took the dow just 12 days president trump should take credit. it took the dowjust 12 days to move it 1000 points making it the fastest gain on record. a group of economists says the president's policies on taxes are largely beyond the market's strong performance and donald trump made it clear he is proud of that achievement. we have broken a lot of records and we're breaking another one today. unemployment is the best it has been in recorded history, fantastic and the best number we have had. we have never seen anything close and we are very honoured by that. the

phraseology may be odd but clearly the president is happy with what dow is doing and what the level of unemployment amongst african americans which is low, let's get more on this. let me start by asking you about the survey done by your former employers at the wall street journal, suggesting mr trump and not president 0bama after credit for the stock market boom, with you stand on that? clearly it is a stock market boom that started under president 0bama at the depths of the last downturn and the recovery we have seen downturn and the recovery we have seenin downturn and the recovery we have seen in 2010 was quite substantial even seen in 2010 was quite substantial even before president trump took office but he does deserve some credit for what we have seen over the last year. right after the election stocks went on a tiered and it is because president trump is getting corporate america at the two things that really wants, lower taxes and looser regulations, so it

is getting both of those and that is providing the tail when that stocks need to keep rising this quite had a bit of scepticism that this can keep going forever. as wall street disconnected from main street? are working men and women feeling their stock market boom ? working men and women feeling their stock market boom? people who have 401 ks stock market boom? people who have 401 k5 are feeling it. stock market boom? people who have 401 ks are feeling it. pension funds. the stock market is heavily tilted towards people of higher incomes but what we haven't seen yet asa incomes but what we haven't seen yet as a pick—up in general wage growth. we saw moderate wage growth over the 0bama years, one of the puzzles of his presidency, and president trump hasn't changed any of the core trajectories on figures. the figures are all relatively somewhat of what they were during the 0bama years. i think people are kind of surprised about this stock market boom

continuing and president trump himself called it a big fat ugly stock market bubble and he was cheered on by quite a few sceptics for saying that because plenty of people believe it will come crashing down at some point before long. and thatis down at some point before long. and that is the interesting point, when you look towards the midterms, is the political danger of tying yourself to what could be a bobble? there is a huge danger. every presidential administration up until now had avoided talking about the stock market in this way and never wanted to attach themselves to a market that has plenty of people scratching their heads when it keeps going up and up and up. where does this leave them? the president on average once a week has tweeted about the stock market. he has fully embraced it and really has lost the ability to blame his predecessor for anything when it comes to the stock market or the economy, so he owns it

now and if it is to correct as everyone expects, history shows it will revert back to some normal range for stocks, when that happens, he will have to come up with some answers and that is not going to be comfortable for him or anybody in the administration. thank you for your thoughts. what goes up can come down and that is the political danger for the president but we shouldn't underplay the fact that when you look at polling, the majority of americans are very happy with the way they have not —— the way the economy is going. the polling numbers show that americans are looking at the stock market and it is having an effect on general in consumer and investor confidence. what they hope is that as this trickles down to the general population and people see their pension funds are performing better

than perhaps the approval ratings will go up, but it is crazy the power of investors and consumers to forget that markets can crash as well as solar. but the feel—good factor is important and we will have to see where it goes. that is what people are crediting the white house with. former white house strategist steve bannon has been subpoenaed by robert noor‘s crash investigation and may now have to appear before the grand duty to a nswer to appear before the grand duty to answer questions on ties between the trump campaign and moscow. as far as we know this is the first member of the inner circle to be subpoenaed by mueller. he will still be under oath and what he has to say has taken on new significance because of the book fire and fury in which steve bannon described the meeting between donald trump's summoned russian operatives as treasonous. joining us as reid

wilson. we don't know of course what steve bannon told the committee in the house today. how significant is it that he has been subpoenaed?m is not entirely clear and this could bea is not entirely clear and this could be a play by mueller‘s investigative tea m be a play by mueller‘s investigative team to get him to cooperate more than he has the past and it is not unusualfor a than he has the past and it is not unusual for a sabena to than he has the past and it is not unusualfor a sabena to be issued evenif unusualfor a sabena to be issued even if one isn't entirely necessary. it probably tells us that steve bannon is not the target of the investigation. it is very unusualfor the investigation. it is very unusual for the target to be subpoenaed and an investigation like this. there are also a couple of other members of the trump campaign who are going to appear before the house committee, we think this week. 0ne house committee, we think this week. one of them is the chief of communications and the white house, interesting because she is still in the white house. angie has been worth the president longer than just about anyone that has said so presumably after has been talk of

obstructing justice or anything else that robert mueller has been looking into. that is what steve bannon has been the focus of as well. he was not in the room when a lot of these decisions were made and wasn't even working for the trump campaign when the meeting with the russian operatives happened, but he clearly knows of what kinds of links between the various players in the donald trump world exists, and whether any meetings involve the president himself before he was president.- yea rs old himself before he was president.- years old and they keep clear. himself before he was president.- years old and they keep clearlj wa nt to years old and they keep clearlj want to talk to you about the immigration meeting last thursday in which donald trump used the rather salty expression with which we are all familiar. the man who told us about that was a republican, senator lindsey graham, speaking in the senate judiciary today. he lindsey graham, speaking in the senatejudiciary today. he has been playing golf at the president and became a lot closer, just listen to this. tuesday we had a president

that i was proud to golf with, call my friend who understood immigration, he had to have border security, with a wall, but he also understood that he had to do it with compassion. i don't know where that guy went but i want him back. interesting. the problem is, he told them to come up with the bipartisan deal and then between tuesday and thursday, the hardline conservatives got to him and all disintegrated. thursday, the hardline conservatives got to him and all disintegratedm may even be a difference of a few hours. he spoke with the senator who had been working with lindsey graham thursday morning just a couple of hours before the meeting and that that meeting the president brought ina bunch that meeting the president brought in a bunch of those immigration hardliners you just referred to, so it is clear the president is hearing from a bunch of different people and one person i wouldn't overlook his

chief of staffjohn kelly, the former department of homeland security secretary who is a hardliner himself. kelly reportedly told the president this was not going in his favour if you had reached this bipartisan deal, that it would happen with his own base, and that is nothing that moves this president more than hearing he might hurt his standing with his own base. thank you. and read this disintegration around immigration and the acrimony that has blown up between democrats and republicans, we are looking ahead to friday, the government budget is up for renewal and they have got to find a bipartisan deal and that, are we looking at a government shutdown? we have only had one before in 2013 when the government shutdown. everyone has said they would like to try and avoid it but the whole issue around what president trump called some african countries and haiti has

caused a huge amount of acrimony between democrats and republicans and president trump getting at democrats, and the chances of some kind of deal around immigration seems to have just gone out the window like that, and what that is the prospect we could have a government shutdown. they may try and limp along with one of these because there are serious consequences with the government shutdown and people don't get paid any more, so shutdown and people don't get paid any more, so it has a real impact on people's lives, but i have to say the mood in this town as it is a bit like preparing for the snowstorm. everyone is thinking it may well happen. he will blame it on the democrats but as others have said it doesn't look good when you control three branches of government and have shutdown. they are the ones who tend to get blamed. let's move on to a story in california which is just so shocking. first, imagine having 13 children and a margin torturing

them. a couple in california has been arrested after police raided their home and discovered brothers and sisters ranging in age from 2—29 chained to beds and severely malnourished. 0ne chained to beds and severely malnourished. one of the kids was able to escape and alert authorities and she was so emaciated they thought she was ten years of age initially. 0ur colleague reports from the scene in perris. in public they looked like a big happy family, devoutly christian, renewing their wedding vows in las vegas, david and louise turpin played the part of proud parents, but in private, say police, the turpins had a dark secret. at dawn on sunday a 17—year—old girl escaped from this house and called for help. inside officers said they found her 12 brothers and sisters dirty and malnourished, shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks, the home dark and foul smelling. neighbours now admit there were signs that something was amiss. i never saw a scooter,

i never saw a bike, isaw the infant may be three times, maybe, i never saw the infant again. how did they look when you saw them? they were always pale, like abnormally pale. the children do look pale in pictures posted on facebook. here they are visiting disneyland. police say the siblings were so small that they were shocked to discover that seven were actually adults, the eldest 29. they are now being treated in hospital. they are all in very stable condition and they are all doing very well considering the magnitude of what's been described. this quiet californian suburb is now under intense scrutiny. neighbours here are stunned but they are also searching their souls asking, could we have saved these siblings sooner? as for the parents, david and louise turpin are under arrest charged with torture and child endangerment. james cook reporting and authorities

in perris have just james cook reporting and authorities in perris havejust given james cook reporting and authorities in perris have just given a james cook reporting and authorities in perris havejust given a news conference and medics looking after the children say they are friendly and cooperative and they are hopeful their lives will get better. 0ne their lives will get better. one of the photographs that stood out for me was when they were in their red t—shirts, i notice taken from the cat in the hat books what it takes on a different meaning, that particular photo. now, foreign ministers from around the world are meeting today in vancouver to focus on curbing north korea's nuchal ambitions but is is notjust nuclear threats that the united states is worried about, biological agents and the ability to inflict mass casualties are also a big concern. what would such an attack look like and as the country prepares? those

are questions that they occupy the secretary of health and social services under bill clinton, who joins us now from miami. when you hear about something like a biomedical attack it sounds like a bad summer blockbuster, but to cds could such an attack to be? what are we envisioning? this is the 100th anniversary of the spanish flu, so some of these could be intentional and that is why we want a bio defence system, but some are unintentional or the result of natural occurrences, as ebola was, where it wasn't formally introduced by some country, so you have to have broader view of this and at the end of the day, we have to have the infrastructure not only here in the united states but around the world to be able to detect it and contain

these bio events. they really are biological events that are covering and increasingly we are recognising it as much a local issue and that is how we are treating it in miami, taking a look at the local response. we don't get a response until we have tracked a series of local reports, so states and counties and stones. states and towns and villages all over the world have to have a reporting system so that they can have a reporting system so that they ca n ca ptu re have a reporting system so that they can capture these events quickly and make sure we can reduce the opportunities for beth. —— death. you make the point that once a community receives a biological attack then it is too late to stop planning? it has to be done in

advance and you have to have the infrastructure, a recording system, a detection system, love to release that can make quick diagnosis and then a strategy for containing the biological event. and this has to be in place whether it is intentional or unintentional or whether it is simply the result of an archiving, naturally occurring biological event. you're talking about preparedness and i was thinking when we talk about the international response, we hear that uk councils are stretched and don't have the funding to repair potholes. how are they going to be prepared to put in place a bio defence system, the kind you think would protect us? this is public health infrastructure. in england, the national health service

has a relationship with local health authorities and the councils in england. preparation costs money, it costs training more than anything else, and every physician and naas has to be trained enough that the report as quickly and accurately as possible. 0nce report as quickly and accurately as possible. once you have seen the patter is, then national organisations can make some decisions about whether it is an outbreak that will spread, or certainly an outbreak that can be contained in particular area. and of course these biological events can also be the result of countries introducing. we know that north korea has the capacity to do this but we know that other countries in the world, whether russia are serie aor the world, whether russia are serie a or0rion, the world, whether russia are serie a or 0rion, other countries that have the capability and have the equipment where they could introduce

these kinds of events. —— syria or iran. that is one reason why the defence and public health prevention people have to work together. but when you talk about the decision—making process, when you are facing a big biological threat there will be some point at which you stop trying to treat everyone on an individual basis and you have to make strategic decisions about cutting off an entire area. the point i am making when it comes to local councils as i am not sure people are prepared to make those decisions. if they watch what who we re decisions. if they watch what who were able to do with ebola when we we re were able to do with ebola when we were able to do with ebola when we were able to do with ebola when we were able to isolate certain areas and african countries where the countries themselves made those public health decisions and kept as many people safe as they possibly could in those local communities, there are ways to do this, but we also have to remember that diseases spread very quickly and evenly

spanish flu spread all over the world before the delay had aeroplanes and we certainly had ships that carry the disease. being prepared this absolutely necessary and having the capacity to contain but you can't do the total containment because of the world we live in and because diseases now no borders. we have to make sure we have treatment protocols and that we have treatment protocols and that we have well—trained people all over the world. the hudson institute which is sponsoring this event tomorrow in miami, this is a bipartisan effort in the united states with senator lieberman, senator daschle, secretary tom ridge, it is a bipartisan effort to look at a complex issue. plenty to think about, thank you.

the government of bangladesh has said it hopes to repatriate all rohingya muslims within two years but reservations have been expressed about the plans saying any return to myanmar must be voluntary and said the insured. a motorway bridge under construction in central colombia has collapsed killing at least ten workers. around half of the suspension bridge has fallen into the valley below. the cause of the collapses under investigation. the uk government has ordered a fast—track investigation into the activity the directors of the failed construction firm carillion. 0ne trade body estimates up carillion. 0ne trade body estimates up to 30,000 firms a road money. a lot of anger here surrounding the colla pse a lot of anger here surrounding the collapse of carillion. was a risk—taking in such of bigger profits and bonuses? we spoke before about the pay gap in general but now

the boss of the world's biggest public investing firm blackrock has reacted to this, saying that... it is interesting, he is threatening to ta ke it is interesting, he is threatening to take action against companies that don't do that. that is the interesting thing, he is notjust saying we should do this but he is saying we should do this but he is saying if you don't we will not invest, and he has the lot of punch, investing $6 trillion worldwide. he says profit is all well and good and you have to satisfy shareholders but also society expects more from corporations and we have talked a lot about the dismay there as at corporate greed and the way executives are skimming of the prophet without putting something back into communities. but we

started the programme with the record high stock market and we spoke about tax reform and ceos beholden to shareholders, looking to maximise profit, it'll be interesting to see if they respond to this and if he carries the threat. the invitation is there for him. here is something even the locals don't see everyday and australia, eight walla by locals don't see everyday and australia, eight wallaby evading police, a low speed chase in downtown sydney. the marsupial was spotted on the nation's most famous landmark, the sydney harbour bridge. 0k, kudos to the team that put that together, they were genius making that look like, james bond. who knew that wallabies had such lane discipline! that was our chance to show you a gratuitous animal video for this week because there's so video for this week because there's so much heavy news on this programme that we like to give you something to smile about well.

the wallaby was eventually captured and vets say he is in good health. he was looked after at a zoo in syd ney he was looked after at a zoo in sydney before being released back into the wild. how common is it to get wallabies jumping around sydney? in washington we get dearer. we always think that kangaroos all over sydney but a p pa re ntly kangaroos all over sydney but apparently that aren't many. he has been treated by the vet and i love his story with a hoppy ending. this is beyond 100 days. coming up, no more migrant camps like the calais jungle will be allowed says the french president. he promises to make britain help out. and americans starred gymnasts simone biles reveals she is one of more than 100 girls sexually abused by the team doctor, that is still to come. good evening, strap yourselves, a

bumpy ride with plenty of whether to talk about over the next couple of days and the met office have issued amber weather warning, be prepared for some disruption. we have seen snow showers on and off throughout the day in scotland and northern ireland. elsewhere, we have showers, he wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow, chiefly wet further south but some of it could settle particularly with any elevation. the windy night and showed a firm many others and called for the north. that will lead into issues first thing tomorrow with the temperature falling below freezing. first thing on wednesday morning a tricky start to the day, frequent showers continuing across scotla nd frequent showers continuing across scotland and northern ireland. a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow with ice and issue first thing, so

more story into northern ireland and north—west england. further south, fewer showers around, starting off cold with some ice in this around, freezing if you have had overnight showers, but never the less predominantly sunni. the difference tomorrow is hopefully fewer showers around and further between. still some in the far north—west still causing issues but generally speaking a windy day with sunny spells. factoring in the wind, still not feeling warm. still another lady of low pressure deepening and it arrives through wednesday night and into thursday and as this low pressure develops on the southern flank, the isoba rs pressure develops on the southern flank, the isobars squeezed together and we are likely to see severe gales in the early hours and on the leading edge still the risk of more significance now in central and southern areas. moving into the early half of thursday, severe gales

could be an issue, heavy rain and snow. clearing away promptly on thursday leaving the baby generally asaof thursday leaving the baby generally as a of sunny spells and a few scattered 5: the =— half of the weekend keeping showers. things quieting down but staying cold. this is beyond 100 days. the top stories... the us stock market hits a record high fuelled by strong corporate earnings and high invested confidence. a california couple have been arrested after police found their 13 children had been held captive in the family home. a short while ago please gave more details. a 17-year-old girl called 911 from a deactivated cell phone and reported that her siblings were being held against their will and some were chained. coming up... in calais, ahead of talks with theresa

may, president macron calls for britain to take more migrants. the us olympic gymnast simone biles says that she was sexually abused by larry nassar, the us team doctor. send us your thoughts. use the hashtag. sanctions pressure must be maintained on pyongyang to force it abandon their weapons programme, say nations meeting about north korea in vancouver. foreign ministers are discussing ways to keep pressure on north korea as he grows over the country's nuclear ambitions but russia and china have not been invited. borisjohnson china have not been invited. boris johnson told china have not been invited. borisjohnson told the meeting that he believes the crisis is getting worse. . . he believes the crisis is getting worse... we have had 20 tests in the last year, 20 missiles, two of which flew over japan. last year, 20 missiles, two of which flew overjapan. 0ne testing of a

nuclear device. everybody can see that this isn't only proliferation within the region but also a transmission of nuclear weaponry to non—state actors, to terrorist groups, with unthinkable consequences for the world. barbara platt usher is at the meeting and joins us now. barbara, china and russia are not there at the meeting, how successful or meaningful can it ever be? i think without china here, they cannot agree on anything substantive because china is key to anything that changes on north korea. as we know, it is this biggest ally and has trade with north korea but people here are at pains to show that they were not deliberately excluded but they are

not part of this club. they send aid to the un war effort in the 1950s, then fighting alongside north korea at the time, they have not been invited the rex tillerson, the secretary of state, said that it would take a nuclear threat from north korea to have enemies like us standing shoulder to shoulder against the threat. at the chinese have not been very impressed, they've been rather annoyed. they said, what can it achieve and why haven't we been invited? why are you having the meeting anyway? other nations have less experience than others when it comes to enforcing sanctions. part of the focus will be on fully implementing what has been passed? that is true, the point of the meeting was looking at how to prevent north korea from evading the sanctions. the meeting was called after the last missile test when

people were anxious on what was going on. since then, this talk ahead of the olympics between them and korea, the climate has eased. in the meeting we were looking to see whether it would change the tone here but it hasn't. the response has been very much, we believe that strong been very much, we believe that strong pressure been very much, we believe that strong pressure needs to be put on and we will not allow north korea to put a wedge into our resolve. the way that we are going to do this, according to those who were speaking, is that we need to make sure that the sanctions were enforced and a way of doing that was trying to stop the sanctions, there have been ship to ship transfers of fuel which have been banned from north korea, photographs have been shown in the last few months. there are talks about ways they could increase the ability to stop and search ships that may be ships. barbara plett usher, thank you.

emmanuel macron has been in calais today to ask the uk to increase funding for security and the development of the city. the president's high—profile trip comes two days before he is due to meet theresa may. the 2003 agreement between britain and france is at sta ke between britain and france is at stake which effectively moved the uk border onto french territory. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson reports now from calais. once the uk was a magnet forjuma, today it was the french president. after months of camping around calais, the sudanese migrant has decided to apply for asylum in france. mr macron's government has promised a quicker welcome for those it accepts, a quicker rejection for those it refuses. juma is still waiting for his answer. so you are our president, not in front of you, but in my heart. but hundreds of migrants around calais are avoiding asylum centres like this in a bid to reach the uk illegally, and mr macron wants more help from theresa may in dealing with them. translation: we need to better

manage the issue of isolated minors, reinforce police co—operation in calais, with the departure and transit countries and unblock funds for the calais region. i will raise these points with our british friends in 48—hours. despite big british investments in security, migrants continue to test border defences. this petrol station, its perimeterfence broken, a new favourite for those trying to board lorries bound for the uk. we caught this man squeezing through before being caught by a police patrol. mr macron is due to talk to the prime minister on thursday about how to improve the joint management of the border here. france would like britain to take more migrants from calais and to pay more money towards security and border checks. mr macron has vowed to prevent another jungle taking root. police routinely demolish the small

camps that cling on, but aid workers say that some here, including families, have reached the uk in the past few months. discomfort no match for that renewal of hope. lucy williamson, bbc news, calais. so, i was wondering whether you were surprised by emmanuel macron's tough tone on immigration, he has received a lot of pushback in the french press. some people say that he risks losing his position as a humanist andi losing his position as a humanist and i wonder why you think he has adopted this strategy? his leverage isa simple adopted this strategy? his leverage is a simple answer. in the next round of brexit talks, i'm sure he would be playing up that agreement as well as talking about brexit. you scratch my back, i will scratch yours. britain but a lot of money m, yours. britain but a lot of money in, 40 million euros into building up in, 40 million euros into building up those defences and it is having

an effect. the concerns are people have spread from calais to other parts of the coast. a lot of migrants are there, about 1000 from iraq, afghanistan, eritrea, ethiopia. the fear has always been on the british side, that if they collapsed they would move the border from dover to calais and that would create chaos on the border. i do not think it would happen that he will wa nt think it would happen that he will want more from the british side. american gymnast simone biles one —— won four gold medals and became a hero. she is also a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of the us team doctor larry nassar. he is accused of abusing more than 100 girls, he was jailed for 60 years for possessing images of child sexual abuse. today is the first day of the hearing into the assault of the athletes. sports correspondent natalie perks was watching. commentator: the final move of her

olympic championships. full twisting doubleback. .. but last night, simone biles, the self—proclaimed happy, giggly and energetic girl made international headlines as she admitted to feeling broken. physician larry nassar was part of the us gymnastics programme from the ‘80s to 2015. he is accused of sexually abusing more than 130 women under the guise of medical treatment and is serving 60 years in jail for possessing images of child sexual abuse. in a lengthy statement last night, biles said it had been impossibly difficult to relive her experience, but says she's not afraid to tell her story any more. "i love this sport too much and i have never been a quitter," she said. "i won't let one man and the others that enabled him to steal my love and joy." some of her biles' 0lympic

team—mates also say they were abused by nassar, including aly raisman. she has accused authorities of a cover—up and believes more should have been done to protect the girls in his care. what did usa gymnastics do and larry nassar do manipulate these girls so much that they are so afraid to speak up? usa gymnastics said it was "absolutely heartbroken, sorry and angry that any of our athletes had been harmed by the horrific acts of larry nasser." it said its support for biles and others is unwavering. she used the hashtag "me too". they hashtag been used to raise awareness of sexual harassment and abuse. used to making the spectacular look effortless and disclosing the so—called special treatment inflicted on her has been a painful process but by witnessing the courage of other survivors, she finally feels able to share her story. natalie pirks, bbc news. she said it

was difficult to speak about this and she thought was she somehow to blame? could she have stopped this? was she being naive? sexual abuse stories leave a lingering feeling with the people who have been abused, that somehow they were at fault. speaking out could be a powerful moment for her. then at some point this week we get the sentencing of the doctor at the centre of this. she will not be defined by that, her story is defined by that, her story is defined by that, her story is defined by what she did at the 0lympics defined by what she did at the olympics and more, which is how it should be. four gold medals, amazing. the european council president donald tusk has suggested the uk would be welcome to stay in the uk would be welcome to stay in the eu if it changed its mind on brexit. you may recall last week former ukip leader nigel farage floated the idea of a second referendum himself. donald tusk said

in the european parliament that britain's hearts are open and they could change their mind on brexit even at a late stage and return to the family of the eu... if the uk government sticks to its decision to leave, brexit would become a reality with all of its negative consequences in march of next year. u nless consequences in march of next year. unless there is a change of heart among our british friends, wasn't it david davis himself who said "if a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy"? we hear on the continent haven't had a change of heart. 0ur on the continent haven't had a change of heart. our hearts are still open. it is quite emotive, the brexiteers have had fun with that, like a boyfriend you cannot get rid of, last year he was evoking john lennon, imagine there was no brexit? they've been having fun with it. michael gove was questioned on it this evening and he said that he was

listening to their close european partners but they also listened to the 17 million people who voted for brexit. i like the idea that it is like a bad marriage! it feels like it's been that way for a long time! maybe they just it's been that way for a long time! maybe theyjust need therapy! get them to talk it all out, have them on the programme! it is you! yes! serbia has condemned the killing of a prominent kosovo serb politician, describing it as an attack on all serbs. he was shot dead outside of his office in the north of the country. where a lot of the population is largely ethnic serb. president trump's former campaign manager paul manafort‘s trial has been delayed. he was indicted for money laundering and tax fraud as pa rt money laundering and tax fraud as part of the probe into the russian interference into the us residential

election. uk supermarket chain iceland say they will eliminate plastic packaging from their stores, it will be replaced with paper which can be recycled. i think christian should make sure that i get the tricky pronunciations. thank you.! this is beyond 100 days, coming up... what these two jars of sweets tell us about donald trump's favourite treats... from manchester to bradford, it is a journey of less than 40 miles but even on the fastest trains it takes nearly an hour to get there. i have done it! today a plan to modernise transport links in the north of england over the next 30 years was unveiled. danny savage had a look... the hills of the north — beautiful, but a physical barrier between the conurbations either side of the pennines. travelling by car can be painful,

the few routes over the top are often congested. as for the trains, they're frequent, but relatively slow and can be overcrowded. because there's always delays on the train. improving transport links across the pennines is nothing new. this is the leeds & liverpool canal, built more than 200 years ago, but instead of taking a few days by water, the hope is, for example, getting leeds to manchester by train down to about half an hour. after years of discussion about improving things, there's now a plan the northern cities agree on. there used to be a train tunnel between sheffield and manchester, that's long gone, but a new road tunnel, like this one in norway, is proposed and could halve the current journey between the cities. a new transpennine railway line will link leeds and manchester via bradford. i think we also need to make sure that we cover hull, sheffield, newcastle and manchester of course, so all our major city regions. this is vitally important for the north. but remember, this is a 30 year plan and it's still only at the ideas stage.

former transport secretary, john prescott, walked out of the launch in hull today unconvinced. it'll have no powers. it can talk to the treasury along with the strategic bodies, but it can't make a decision. it doesn't get any money. it's a bloody fraud. and it's the government that will have to stump up the money for these ambitious projects to upgrade the north which, at the moment, feels left behind when it comes to transport. danny savage, bbc news, leeds. you are watching beyond 100 days. tech giants like google and facebook are fond of telling us that they wa nt to are fond of telling us that they want to connect an interconnected utopia. 0ur want to connect an interconnected utopia. our next guest argues they need a history lesson starting with the political events of 2016 when

the political events of 2016 when the networks were exploited and manipulated in ways that have pulled their creators. in his new book the square and the tower, bestselling author niall ferguson says that a world run by networks is an anarchy. the way to avoid chaos is for the un security council to take back control. you talk about networked ages, the first was in 1500 with the invention of the printing press and then we jumped forward 500 years to then we jumped forward 500 years to the second network age, what do we mean by that? throughout most of history, hierarchal structures like states have been dominant, and social networks have been relatively weak. we called the book the square and the tower because the square of power dominates. when technology empowered social networks relative to authority, we mentioned the age

of the printing press, enabling things like the reformation and the enlightenment to happen. in our own age, emanating from silicon valley, it has become possible for giant social networks, like facebook for example, to exert enormous powers relative to established governments. you talk about a constant tug—of—war in history between networks or hierarchies, let's call them the masses. in the age of facebook and twitter, how does it actually work? how are the masses taking power from the hierarchies? it isn't so much the hierarchies? it isn't so much the masses. that seems like language from another era, the era of class conflict when the working class were going to sweep to power but what is characteristic of these giant social networks is the way in which they tend to be polarised. liberals

retweeti ng tend to be polarised. liberals retweeting liberals and conservatives retweeting conservatives. to speak of the masses isn't quite right but what is striking is the extent to which the advent of giant online social networks has changed the political game in all democracies. we saw that not only in the us in 2016 but also the uk. during the referendum. not only in the us in 2016 but also the uk. during the referendumm networks can be, i'm not sure of the phraseology, corrupted, by individual power groups, are we better off if traditional hierarchies exert influence over those networks? that would be a bit too facile, we cannot turn back the clock and make facebook and google go away... but they are trying to regulate them, would that be a form of, not making them go away, but controlling them? i think there needs to be greater regulation, it is an anomalous state of affairs

that facebook is now the biggest publisher of content in history and yet under us regulations it isn't treated as a content publisher. there's no liability for things that are on the platform. in that sense it's a position of great advantage compared with traditional content publishers. we have talked about the square through history, in the modern day, what is the tower in the title of your book? i talked about trump tower, making the point that no matter how powerful a social network may has both —— may have become, power is invested in governance. you can see that in china, i've come back from a trip to beijing and it's very interesting how the chinese government can affect the communist party and has affected technology companies there like eilidh barbour, 10 cents, as opposed to fine, facebook, netflix and google, it is clear that

technology companies had to play second fiddle to the party, if necessary giving up data on citizens if they have too. it's a different state of affairs to what we see in the us. there is minimal regulation there. europe is between the two, europe is trying to regulate tech companies. they are mostly american but to me it seems to be an unresolved problem, in all democracies. how do we content with the fact that the public‘s view has been completely transformed and we are operating with regulations created for a public sphere dominated by televisions and newspapers? that has gone and i don't think people have finally got their heads around it. niall ferguson, thank you forjoining me. there have always been networks and there is a science to them and who controls them. if you wanted to look at this programme, you would have

the producers and the director, and the producers and the director, and the presenters. if you looked really closely, you would see at the help of the network the real power, is that right? the power structure at the centre of the network? the person who controls it all? is that what he was saying? absolutely! he didn't actually say my name but he was about to say it. the person he is the main hierarchy on this programme. can i just is the main hierarchy on this programme. can ijust say, if you ever wa nt to programme. can ijust say, if you ever want to say that i am facile, as professor ferguson did, i let him get away with it! i found as professor ferguson did, i let him get away with it! ifound it as professor ferguson did, i let him get away with it! i found it quite amusing. but i would put my fist through the screen and punch you on the nose! i will go back and watch the nose! i will go back and watch the unedited version! yes, ok! the white house position will go into

more detail today on the president's health check. the white house press secretary sara sanders said that doctor ruaridh jackson secretary sara sanders said that doctor ruarithackson would give a detailed readout and answer questions at today's presque —— press reading. he does not smoke or drink but he is partial to fast food and a diet coke but his doctor has claimed he could be the healthiest person ever to be elected to the presidency... what we have learned todayisit presidency... what we have learned today is it isn't only diet coke and mcdonald's, but also... starbursts! how do we know that the president likes them? the majority leader, kevin mccarthy, in the house, he was on air force one and he noticed when the president went for the sweetie jar, he started picking out the pink and the red ones. he only likes pink and the red ones. he only likes pink and red ones! more power to mr

mccarthy. if you look at the pictures from mar—a—lago at the weekend, who has the stardust sprinkled? mr mccarthy! he is right next to the president. it obviously works. this is how to get to his heart. it is also one of my five! my favourite is clearly the greenlands, i'm hoping yours aren't. we would have to fight over them and that would be boring —— the green ones. pink and red is the colour of the day, which is why you are wearing it today! we spent the budget of the programme, the annual budget, on sta rbu rsts programme, the annual budget, on starbursts today. our producer has picked out one of the pink and red ones. but he did send a jar with his name on it to the president and a p pa re ntly name on it to the president and apparently be president smiled, he liked it, and not! and some republicans have suggested that he

has become too cosy... he has referred to his own gemma fabia, —— phobia of germs, in context to the christopher steele dossier, he said that would never happen to him, he is afraid of germs. but what has been said on health and the issue of being slightly obsessive. he says that exercise is a disaster, his friends work out a lot.|j that exercise is a disaster, his friends work out a lot. i agree with you! and they need hip replacements and knee replacements. he said that shaking hands is barbaric and more people do it in civilised societies and we shouldn't do it. he washes his hands compulsively and he said that he is "a clean hands freak". what is interesting is the quirks on that side of being totally compulsive and yet eating a terrible diet! and not exercising! how does

he stay, whatever the doctor said, one of the healthiest people ever to be elected to the american presidency on that kind of diet? well, it clearly works. he is the healthiest president ever...! see you same time tomorrow. with our starbursts! this evening. structural cells —— strap yourselves in, it's going to bea bumpy strap yourselves in, it's going to be a bumpy ride the next few days, the met office has issued a be prepared warning, there could be snow and ice. some snow showers throughout the day across scotland and northern ireland. this is where the amber weather warning is but elsewhere we have showers. a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow. cheaply wed further south but some could settle on an elevated areas. a showery night for many of us, called

a further north. that will lead to issues first thing tomorrow morning. temperatures in northern england, scotla nd temperatures in northern england, scotland and northern ireland falling below freezing. first thing on wednesday morning, it's a tricky start of the day. frequent showers continue across scotland and northern ireland. a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow. a similar story into northern ireland and north—west england. as we come further south, fewer showers around. it begins called and there could be some eyes around, if we have overnight showers, —— we have ice around. but predominantly sunny. the difference tomorrow is that hopefully there will be fewer showers around and further between. some in the far north—west, causing some issues but generally it is a windy day with sunny spells for england and wales. factor in the strength of that went, it still will not feel particularly warm out there. another area of low pressure

deepening, arriving wednesday night into thursday. as this area develops, on the southern flank, isobars squeezing together and we are likely to see gales, or severe gales, early thursday morning and on the leading edge still a risk of significant snow in central and southern areas of scotland. in the early half of thursday, severe gales could be an issue. heavy rain and snow as well. it will clear pretty prom ptly snow as well. it will clear pretty promptly on thursday, leaving a day of sunny spells and scattered showers along west facing coasts. cold in the north, milderfurther south. low pressure is neverfar as we move into the early half of the weekend, keeping showers here but things quietened down but stakeholder. —— but stay colder. this is bbc news —

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