with me, christian fraser, in london. top stories. of the fbi steps down with immediate effect. it's believed andrew mccabe the fbi steps down with immediate was forced out. effect. he had faced repeated criticism from president trump. effect. andrew mccabe had been criticised by president trump. criticised by president trump. transition period after brexit. it says the white has said he had nothing to do with the decision to step down. for the uk's transition period after brexit. with the decision to step down. uk will have britain will have to obey eu rules, but will have no to obey all say on them. this process and we would refer you eu rules during to the fbi. the transition. to the fbi. therefore it must apply all the eu rules. the single market cannot cannot be a la be a la carte. after brexit but should not be able to vote on eu policy matters. carte. 1. to vote on eu policy matters. soldiers die in an attack on a military base in kabul. military base in kabul. against the government. attack in just over a week in the capital. capital. we will look at what's behind the upsurge in violence. behind the upsurge in violence. in the us immigration row. what does the future hold for the dreamers? president donald trump repeatedly on a night that highlighted accused of political bias, american army bases abroad. the time is up and has quit. good need to campaigns. by dangerous driving.

evening. killed today and 16 wounded in kabul. kabul. i'm christian fraser in london. than 200 terror his first state of the union address. over a week that kaboul has been targeted. offences. targeted. also coming up — no more towels on by islamic state but on saturday it was the taliban. was the taliban. sun loungers. the stellar performance of the american economy. by special counsel robert explosives into checkpoint killing over 100 people. mueller. over 100 people. the militants to attack the capital within the supposed ring of steel. within the supposed ring that he had wanted to fire mr mueller last summer. of steel. ambassador to canada and to france and hejoins me from washington. and hejoins me from washington. very good to have you on the with immediate effect. programme. programme. investigation, and has been a constant target for the president. this checkpoint killing 100 people and this attack today which is isis. and this attack today which is isis. on the fbi director, christopher wray, to you spot the patent, taliban, ices, taliban, isis. sack mccabe. what's going on?

of a security meeting. here's how that exchange went. have you been told that andrew mccabe has resigned? mccabe has resigned? thank you, thank you. pointing to that as a major problem that has to be resolved. that has to be resolved. said, you would have to get rid of me, too. so what has changed? ultimately, was mccabe pushed? as part of that coalition are aiming at urban centres. at urban centres. the former virginia governor, a friend of hillary clinton. adequately supplied and helped and friend of hillary clinton.

supported. supported. hillary clinton's use of the private e—mail server. are not spoilers e—mail server. and act constructively. clintons to suggest that mccabe constructively. is biased. biased. is now preparing to send another 1000. 1000. political connection to the clintons. syria and iraq and there —— the russia is mission creep. investigation. investigation. creep. that is why the president is so furious. president is so furious. predominantly, if not wholly not involved in daily combat. involved in daily combat. and any other type of activity needed by the afghan role in it, suggesting that improper things have gone on. forces. needed by the afghan forces. things have gone on. double after specific targets and there is a poor. there is a poor.

events, the reformation and the vote and the committee. and the committee. president fired the director of the fbi. fbi. capability is used by the afghans, the us and nato against the taliban. the us and nato against the taliban. interview it was to do with the russia probe into him. russia probe into him. come. of what is widely expected to be his resignation date in march. resignation date in march. good starter for ten, thank you. michael moore is a former us attorney, and joins us from atlanta. good to have you here. your thoughts on mr mccabe standing aside early? aside early? pakistan and the united states at the moment are pretty weak. he was due to go in march, but he is going early. the moment are pretty weak. march, but he is going early. president trump and his administration. administration. anything i think it's particularly suspicious. suspicious. united states but our allies in that region of the world.

region of the world. critical both of mccabe, that probably spurred on his decision. violence and terrorism that we see coming out of this region. coming out of this region. their appetite for that? appetite for that? they had been there and they are getting stronger after 17 years. getting stronger after 17 years. decades and decades, even longer than that. than that.

way for trump to try to fire rod rosenstein. rosenstein. believe he is the type of person who will do the white house's bidding. will do the white house's bidding. with the scourge of terrorism that we have seen for far too long. we have seen for far too long. any other president he might be serving under. serving under. need to improve the nation's crumbling infrastructure. crumbling infrastructure. house committee will decide whether or not to release this memo. or not to release this memo. we should explain this to our viewers. wants private investors to pay for it. it. democrats say the federal government has to pay more. government has to pay more. we have been looking at what has to be fixed. be fixed. is grinding to a halt on the busiest bridges into the city. bridges into the city. is clearly struggling to deal with the volume of traffic. is that typical? typical? this is typical of our entire network. page, who was associated with the campaign. entire network.

campaign. network is failing to meet the needs of our communities. of our communities. compiled by christopher steele, which was funded by the democrats. which was funded by the democrats. rates the nation's infrastructure every four years. the current grade is. is. to get intelligence through the court using improper methods. court using improper by 2025, seven trillion lost in business sales and 2. methods. 5 million lost jobs. jobs. this will hurt our economy and it hurts as each individually. it hurts as each individually. time of the infrastructure this year and in some areas need urgent republican primary, so attention. you will see... areas need urgent attention. you will see... the unusual step that we are talking about... that we are talking about... january causing chaos and additional flight cancellations. that are happening in the secret court. flight cancellations. court. individuals about those applications and foreign aren't keeping pace and aviation gets a capital d. surveillance. and foreign surveillance. gets a capital d. traffic delays

of the public domain just so they can protect their president. cost the can protect their president. economy. cost the economy. one in five miles of highway is in poor condition. of highway is in cast doubt on the investigation at this point. poor condition. this point. rhodes also score d. they have us tax the steele dossier —— attacked the steele dossier. —— attacked the steele dossier. much of the information contained in that dossier has proven true. infrastructure and $90 billion improvement backlog. that dossier has d proven true. minus. other parts of that dossier have come out. come out. we've got raw rosenstein under pressure and also andrew mccabe. pressure and also andrew mccabe. legislation to protect robert mueller? mueller? have done that for decades and we are now seeing the results. are now seeing the results. legislation if congress would step up and do itsjob. up and do itsjob. see counsel scenario through the congress. minus.

congress. the bridge is is in urgent need of replacement. urgent need of replacement. the project will create 3000 jobs and boost the economy. president will need to find a way to get rid of and boost the economy. rod rosenstein. get rid of rod rosenstein. speed things up by cutting the time to process permits. to process permits. another attorney general and the rid of sally yates. exactly who will pay remains an open question. of sally yates. pay remains an open question. i think this is what you will see here. you will see here. one thing the president really needs is already in short supply... is already in short supply... cooperation from democrats. of rod rosenstein will actually do the president's bidding. the president's bidding. michael moore, good to get your thought. roads, getting from a to b moore, good to get your thought. could be a bumpy ride. what about katty kay today, as she has a cold, but i have ryan christie with me. that cooperation? but i have ryan christie cooperation? with me. a former adviser to george w bush. former adviser to george w bush. —— ron christie. in the rhetoric, more bipartisan, more collegiate. more collegiate. that'll do the trick when it to

to be very careful not to overstep their infrastructure? infrastructure? i think it should and i think it will. bounds. their bounds. and i think it will. will be competent and taking it to the subordinate officers who work within the executive branch. the executive branch. democrats. the democrats. would take away his constitutional power, is ludicrous. power, is ludicrous. question is, whereas robert mueller going with the investigation? this and work together to get this done. going with the investigation? done. have is going for over a year, there are still no signs of collusion. are still no signs of collusion. or will they said they will not do anything donald trump wants. anything donald trump wants. constitution where they have their power. see the red lights flashing behind you, the fire alarm, you better go! you, the fire alarm, i pressed you on this last week. you better go! week. we will speak to you if that ends! we hope it's a false alarm, i'm sure it to be using the fbi and the department ofjustice in this way? department ofjustice in this is. let's move on to brexit. way? the united states has taken quite a leads the eu in march 2019, that much we know. hit here. it is. much we know.

will be the status quo in all but name for a few years. name for a few years. that we have enshrined a 10—year term of office for the fbi director. term of office for the fbi director. brexit round of talks with the uk, so let's get into a bit of that. so let's get into a bit of that. the president but also from the justice department, to do theirjob. the brexit editor of the telegraph. brexit editor of the telegraph. justice department, to do theirjob. westminster at a time when pretty fractious already? fractious already? president trump gets itself into trouble. trouble. times but it holds here, the devil will be in the detail, i'm afraid. will be in the detail, i'm afraid. large part byjeremy special counsel. counsel. carrying out the negotiations and also in the government. also in the president should be acting in government. this way. —— why you have a special counsel. ron, thank you for your thoughts. guideline, we have seen them before in some way, shape or form. in some way, shape or form. britain's departure from the european union next year. among the 27 and they are going for to agree their that. that. position. i think i saw that tweet when it was...

the guidelines "until the end of were published. 2020". published. heidi alan tweeted that it seems reasonable. it seems reasonable. for all eu citizens. it seems like us got the support of that side. us got the support of that side. three months earlier than britain had originally envisaged. delivered this message earlier today. last 21 months, that is what they are saying in the opening gambit. are saying in the opening gambit. continue to take part in the customs union. —— during the transition. therefore it must apply all the eu rules. the single market cannot be a la carte. body of eu legislation is going to apply to us, that that is certain. apply to us, that that is certain. 0ur brussels reporter adam fleming joins us now.

in effect, no the table at all levels will be brexit until 2020, passed on to us. 20 21. passed on 21. a controversial thing to say in the current climate. the current climate. to us. british waters, the government would push for a say on that. the uk will no longer be a member of the european union. the european union. push for a say on that. it will be out of the club, and that is brexit. of the club, and that is brexit. policy, including sanctions, that government, that they are delivering that. is important. that. important. negotiating language, it's intentionally left quite ambiguous. intentionally left quite ambiguous. limited exceptional cases we might have some say. have some have to change at the end of the transition period. say. transition period. clarity on what they would consider to be exceptional cases. to be exceptional cases. causing the prime ministers so much trouble at home. pass new legislation or new rules during the transition period. trouble at home. during the transition period. the british government says two things. british government says two tweet, the ambassador to london for denmark. things.

generate any new laws that affect them in any serious way. them in any serious way. that is the first thing they say. first thing they say. sides are screaming, pick a course, any course and stick to it. any course and stick to it. i think that's fair. that's fair. two sides happy and that's important. important. uk can be involved when it is no longer a member. longer a member. eu's chief negotiator, it is not keen on that. keen on that. support and confidence of both sides. case—by—case basis if all the other countries agreed. countries agreed. sides. she's not picking one side and going full steam ahead. uk could be involved in agreeing those new rules. and going full steam ahead. those new rules. up even last year when all of this happened and the eu seems to be... happened and the eu seems to be... they have a clearer vision than we do, unfortunately. do, unfortunately.

their own terms but the outcome and we would really know what is going to happen. what is going to happen. —— a bit you get my drift. of a fudge. drift. a fudge. into the debate about theresa may at the moment. thank you. before following several hundred with their parents. while off piste. they face being while off piste. expelled. and the two men were pronounced dead at the scene. 0n the table is a proposal from the president. at the scene. to build his wall, plus immigration reform. details of his new us major league soccerteam in miami. details of his new us major league soccer team in miami. we will see where that goes. soccer team in miami. in the increasingly bitter us immigration debate? stadium site to be given an mls franchise. franchise. recipient from los angeles, whojoins me now from washington. today, the manager, team and cultures follow soon. cultures follow soon. chance to choose their sunbed before they have even left home. tell us a bit about your life. they have even left home. states, and what do you do at the moment? specific lounger in advance of thank you for having their holiday. holiday.

me. document of immigrants from california. california. i was born in guatemala where i grew up without parents. down to get their sunbeds with their towels early in the morning. towels early in the morning. where i grew up without parents. how many of us have done that? this is beyond and received my entire education 100 days. here. here. i work for an organisation working for human rights. working for human rights. excerpts from the book, fire and fury. different privileges that daca was able to give us. able to give us. i have been a daca recipient since 2016. recipient since 2016. than 200 offences, including five murders. murders. commander in the also volunteer force. goes to show the resilience of the immigrant spirit. immigrant spirit. force. circumstances he would have changed for you since mr trump ended the daca programme? been jailed for 25 the daca programme? years. —— 35 years.

122 people have lost their status every day. apologies for that. every day. we appear to have lost that package. have lost that package. people to lose their status every day after march five. we will see we can get back to it shortly. day after march five. we can get back to it shortly. everything following around our ea rs. everything following around our ears. been focused on tried to educate the public... ears. public... does that mean you would have to go back to guatemala? fire alarm and the package freezing as well. have to go back to guatemala? apologies for something we should be that! thinking about. about. leisure time to the story about brexit. time to the story about brexit. we will show you michel barnier. will show you michel barnier. and give a pathway to citizenship to almost 1. pictures as he came into almost 1. the room today. 5 million immigrants, and that is the dream act. today. that is the dream act. restriction is trained to bring to migrant communities. would like to see from the negotiations. migrant communities. this is the opening gambit. gambit. mobilise to educate our public about their rights. their rights. rights even though we are brussels and negotiate the terms for this transition. undocumented. undocumented. this got until you might have to go to what our? transition. what our? is your life effectively a ticking clock

at the moment? ticking clock at the moment? no, it is not a ticking clock. is not a ticking clock. life is to keep my immigrant community together. community together. thinking about how much time negotiating trade deals while the transition period is on. have left. left. transition period is on. daca ends, and that is the reality for all of us. areas where the british government will be able to negotiate. for all of us. will be able to negotiate. the rules of the european court of justice. xenophobia and division of our community. community. the grammy awards in new york last night. night. passing the dream act by the eighth of that order. —— for including best record, alan and song of the year. others. of melody, good to hear you. let's bring ron back in. the bring ron back in. year. also two awards for ed sheeran —— bruno table, a proposal put forward by the white house. white house. mars. sheeran —— bruno mars. 24 carat tragic, bruno

mars. tragic, bruno mars. would seem the white house is not in to give them what they want. to give them what they want. without giving them something in return. who took on six grammys including the big three. return. the big three. record, album and song of the year. song of the give one political party year. or that they want. one reason and one reason only and that is love. the numbers vary between 800,001. that is love. 800,001. have documented status who would benefit from the president's plan. benefit from the president's plan. platform to highlight notjust one but many of the issues of the day. a very pivotal evening some of these supporters of daca. but many of the supporters of issues of the day. daca. with the movement to end sexual misconduct and gender inequality. misconduct and gender inequality. about getting what there's still a lot to be you are looking done, is in there? for. for. in there? than high demand, i expect, and you will give. will give. a safe workplace, so i think the time is up.

issue, not only tomorrow night, but in the days that come. run, thank you. —— ron. were reportedly exposed to diesel exhaust fumes. stage, she has accused herformer producer of sexual misconduct. producer of sexual misconduct. group funded by three car companies, including volkswagen. its chairman has described the tests as "totally incomprehensible". of the heaviest rain for a century. las vegas and the ariana grande concert in manchester. above its normal level. remain without electricity. liberty to draw attention to current immigration itches in america. really major flooding. —— issues. and the clean upjob will take weeks. issues. political with an appearance by hillary clinton. hillary clinton. criticised by members president trump's administration. the city's water trump's administration. supply. of a severe drought. recognised in the mainstream awards but is the world's first major city to it wasn't. but it wasn't.

run dry. talk of equality, a few women were even nominated for the big prizes. even nominated for the big prizes. reflect the huge diversity of this industry. of china spying on plenty of music and politics. us phone calls. according to axios. the music industry's biggest events until later in 2018. from variety magazine. from variety magazine. hejoins me from new york. america's on the ball with this. it's going all wrong here! you saved us that the right time. tell us about for spying by beijing. the awards. europe, on the other hand, seems to have a different approach. in the uk, germany, and spain. but he cleaned up in every group he was nominated. roll—out of 56 wireless technology. was nominated. the us‘s stance is not sheer paranoia. technically an r&b artist but really more of a pop artist. i sort of huawei's relationship with the think... think...

chinese state. so where does that about as conservative as they could leave us? have been. have been. at the software firm carbon black. hejoins us now from orlando. tell us about five g. this is going to be a national roll—out. the centre and they went with music that is safe, to be honest with you. to be a national roll—out. that is safe, to be honest with you. state to take over the building and running of it. running of it. have made substantial investments in carbon black technology. carbon black technology. from him, they may have scared off some viewers as well. some viewers as well. of notjust more book on occasions, but all it communications. but all it communications. out of the categories in which she was nominated. . create a security risk to both the us and europe. us and europe. i found that astonishing. astonishing.

beginning with the campaign back in 2001. 2001. so why do you think europe is taking a different approach? taking a different approach? you can force a hip—hop fan or critic to make. critic to and nokia and all the european mobile phone companies. make. mobile phone companies. choose bestial mark what dangerous to give a country like china... ? about ed sheeran? sheeran? question of huawei and whether or not is as a righteous organisation. not is as quite a disappointing night for him, really. a righteous organisation. really. categories he was nominated in which is more thanjay—z. categories he was nominated in which is more than jay-z. i suppose. black also granting access to the regime to the country of origin. regime to the country of origin. —— having access to sg. —— having access to 56. having access to 56. anyone utilising that backbone infrastructure. infrastructure.

and by the national security council to make popular artists and also it happened at the expense of female artists. at the expense of the strategy apparent. female artists. to make the strategy apparent. for thought for policymakers in europe. europe. for them at a very unfortunate time and they while i have you, i want to ask you about this strava story. ask you about this strava story. made it worse. and they made it worse. published a heat map showing the path. showing the paths its users take as they jog or cycle. and it happened at an unfortunate time. let's get into some of soldiers move around them. the politics. politics. they had artists reading from fire and fury, the book. from fire and fury, in the desert, or on a beach, more of a problem. the book. of a problem. trump did not enjoy his own inauguration. did not enjoy his own inauguration. pocket when you leave bluetooth and wi—fi turned on. wi—fi turned on. the stars were determined to embarrass giving a beacon on your position, and many times, nation states and... and many him.

embarrass him. times, nation states and... i think we have lost tom. let's bring in ron. bring in ron. politicisation of these awards ceremonies. that's a fair point going to nationalise 56, make eu policy makers set to make. up. policy makers set up. make. china and the threat they might pose. i think you are so they were reflecting the audience that they knew. right. that they knew. united states over the next couple of years. the rest of the country is open to debate. of years. debate. but other parts of the country i don't think it was as popular. don't think it was as popular. step back and say, witty minute, this should be our purview. this should be our purview. really good to get your thoughts, thanks for being in new york for us. thanks for being in new york for us. will be addressed to see what happens in the days to come. happens in the days to come. —— wait we hope he will be back with us tomorrow. we are back at the same time. a minute. join us for that. see you tomorrow. thanks very much, ron. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc.

mishmash of weather across the british isles. british isles. down to the passage of this weather front. front. a bit of a mishmash of weather across the british isles today. across the british isles that through your window, pretty miserable january sort of thing. miserable january sort of thing. today. pretty miserable generally down here. here. could have improved to something as good as that. good as that. improved to something as good as this. this. going for the rest of the evening and overnight in many spots. and overnight in many spots. the temperatures will begin to death away. away. that frontal system, the temperatures will begin to date. temperatures will begin to date. across northern and western parts of scotland. scotland, because here you have the combination of cloud and breeze. combination of cloud and breeze. scotland. you have the combination of cloud and breeze. of cloud and breeze. that will help to keep the temperature is relatively speaking. temperature is relatively speaking. countryside, there will be quite widespread frost to start new day. widespread frost to start new day. countryside, quite a widespread frost to start the new day. frost to start the new settled weather to be had across the greater part of england and wales. greater part of day. england and wales.

across the greater part of england and wales. and wales. parts that see the bulk of the frost. frost. will find more cloud and a fresh breeze coming from the south—west. breeze coming from the plenty across northern and western parts of scotland. parts of scotland. south—west. the wind guinness on the very highest ground. on the very highest bit of winter must perhaps on ground. the highest ground. great deal changes —— highest ground. the wintry nests. not much changes in the south—east. south—east. south—east, things clare bailey south—east. south—east. pembrokeshire before the edge of the afternoon. —— end of while over the north—western quarter of scotland. of scotland. the afternoon. over the hills it could be 50—60 millimetres of rain. be 50—60 millimetres of rain. and other vehicles, as much as 50 to 60 millimetres. 60 millimetres. playing a part in wednesday's weather. —— two which we seek a good deal of call there. frontal systems. there. it streams its way into the british isles. british isles. streaming its way into new day on wednesday across southern parts of england and wales.

the british isles. parts of england and wales. isles. so a wet start to wednesday across southern england and wales. across southern england and wales. and cities are not much better cloudier and wetter for many on friday. 00:28:15,802 --> 1073741526:09:34,208 this 1073741526:09:34,208 --> 2147483051:50:52,615 is 2147483051:50:52,615 --> 3221224577:32:11,021 bbc 3221224577:32:11,021 --> 4294966103:13:29,428 news. than four celsius. four celsius. cloudier and wetter for many come friday.