you're watching beyond one hundred days... the un meets in emergency session to debate the attack in syria. but since russia will veto any action against assad, what's the point? president trump and his generals say they're not ruling anything out but even a us strike wouldn't mean there's a us strategy. we are studying the situation extremely closely. we are meeting with our military and everybody else and we will be making some major decisions over the next 24—48 hours. mixed messages from the white house on a possible trade war with china — it may happen or it may not. your guess is as good as ours. also on the programme... millions of facebook users around the world are checking their accounts, as the social network reveals if their personal data has been shared. #we # we going to rise up.

# we going to rise up. # takea # we going to rise up. # take a sharp. it's a hit with audiences on both sides of the atlantic, the us hip—hop musical hamilton wins big on british theatre‘s biggest night. do get in touch with us using the hashtag... 'beyond—one—hundred—days' hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and clive myrie is in london. the united nations will meet to discuss the suspected chemical attack in syria. but honestly we all know the outcome of any such emergency meetings. western powers will denounce the horrific scenes, likely propose some form of sanction — which moscow will then veto. so far, so predictable... from london, to paris, to washington — global powers say president assad and his russian backers must be held to account. but if there's going to be action, it's unlikely to come from the un, and more likely to come from washington. here's our middle east editor, jeremy bowen — and you might find some of the images in his report distressing. most of the casualties in syria's

war were attacked with bullets and high explosives. but chemical weapons have a special horror. this is the aftermath of what witnesses said was a chemical attack, as douma, a town just outside dozens of dead bodies with foam on their mouths, which can be a sign of a chemical attack. what happened looks likely to extract a response from western countries. a big price to be paid by syria's president assad and his russian and iranian backers, according to president trump. we will be making some major decisions over the next 2a to 48 hours. if it's russia, if it's syria, if it's iran, if it's all of them together, we will figure it out and we will know the answer is quite soon.

in moscow, sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister, said there was no evidence that the russian accusations. translation: our military on the ground in the syrian and republic ground in the syrian arab republic have warned several times that a serious provocation is being prepared. the syrian government also spoke about that. the serious provocation against the civilian population. in seven years of fighting the war has changed from a campaign to overthrow the regime to a mini world war that is being fought by many of the world's most powerful countries, and looks to be escalating. a year ago, the americans retaliated after another chemical attack on syrian civilians. it was mostly symbolic. the war began in 2011. it's hard to see what the west can do to change that. in the last 48 hours,

syria's mini world war has been heating up. this is said to be an israeli jet crossing lebanon to raid syria. in february, the israelis had a plane shot down as it hit the same target, an airbase called te 4. an airbase called t4. hitting it was not about chemical weapons, but israel's fight with iran. supporters of president assad took to the streets in aleppo, the city in which the coalition between the syrian regime, the russians and the iranians scored their first significant victory. they still look to be the war‘s big winners, and it's hard to see how western retaliation for the latest chemical attack is going to change that. jeremy bowen, bbc news. let's get the latest from nada tawfik who joins us from the united nations in new york.

we are all expecting lots of words of condemnation over what is alleged to have happened in syria but are actually likely to get anything concrete beyond that? to be honest, not really. the united states is proposing a new resolution, it pretty much revived an old one to set upa pretty much revived an old one to set up a new independent investigation into why read to look into cases of chemical weapons used and to try and hold those who the un finds responsible accountable. russia has vetoed that type of resolution in the past twice before when the last mechanism ran out and the un security council tried to renew that. quite frankly, when that old mechanism found that the syrian government was responsible for using chemical weapons along with the group that calls itself the islamic state, the un security council was

too divided to do anything about it anyway. experts are saying this is just a step for the united states and france and britain to say, we have tried once more through international mechanisms to get russia on board, to get investigation under way and experts believe this could just be a tick in the box on the way to stronger unilateral military action. thank you very much. so what are the options, and what might president trump do? former us defense secretary william cohenjoins me now in the studio. given that the united nations is not really united on the issue of syria and russia is going to veto any propositions anyway, would it be better at these discussions were held in a nato context in brussels? i think ultimately they will be held under those circumstances. it does not make sense other than to raise the profile of who the russians have been supporting and what assad has been supporting and what assad has been doing. i think russia, iran,

had to be seen as being complicit in war crimes. crimes against humanity. to the extent that they are supporting a regime that will use poison gas on innocent civilians, they are just as guilty as he is. they can raise that at the un and the vetoed but the world ought to know who they are dealing with some kind of regime the russians and iranians are supporting. ultimately, i think it will go to the nato countries to say can we act in concert on a military bases but most importantly, real syrian sanctions against russia, syria and iran and that would be on a multilevel bases, not authorised by the un, it will not authorised by the un, it will not get through but by the nato countries. we heard president trump, he is making it clear, he is weighing up his military options, what could the us do on a unilateral basis that would have more impact than the strike the president lost one year ago? it need -- would need

to be more than a strike, it would need to be a strategy, a look at what happens after that. it needs to be more than just a symbolic target, it has to be something that will have real military consequences, like taking part of his air force down. that would be something that would prevent him from using poison gas again or at least limited. you could do with artillery shells, but he has been using helicopters and aircraft to deliver it. that might be one object. i am sure the secretary has a range of targets, if they choose to go the military way, but i would think the military is only a part of it. real serious economic sanctions with a bite against the economic interests of the russians, the iranians and the syrians. it is clive myrie, do you discern any overarching strategy from the trump administration when it comes to syria? no, i do not. the

president has been back and forth on this. his instinct is to get out, it is something he pledged to do during his campaign. when you propose that, he could see the reaction from his military advisers saying, this will allow russia, iran and syria to have allow russia, iran and syria to have a relationship and a geostrategic position that will put israel in danger, saudi arabia, uae, they will all be subject to this combination of evildoers as such, the new cast of evildoers as such, the new cast of countries who are doing something thatis of countries who are doing something that is quite disturbing internationally. stay with us, we wa nt to internationally. stay with us, we want to speak to you about china in a second. something interesting happened over the weekend and that was the reaction that donald trump got from some republicans. the speculation here is that president assad is painting donald trump into a box in some ways, testing the will

of america. do they really want to get out of syria? have a listen to what republican senator lindsey graham said over the weekend, speaking donald trump's kind of language. if he doesn't follow through and live up to that tweet, he is going to look weak in the eyes of russia and iran, so this is a defining moment, mr president, you need to follow through with that tweet. show a resolve that obama never did to get this right. that is the kind of thing, clive, that donald trump can respond to. he does not want to be seen to be weak. it will be interesting if that is the kind of language that pushes him to ta ke the kind of language that pushes him to take action. he of course has painted himself into a corner when it comes to syria. if you listen to senatorjohn mccain, it is the suggestion that american troops will be pulled out of syria because he believes, the president believes, that the war against islamic state has been won, but

perhaps emboldened president assad to uses chemical weapons. that is a suggestion from some and the bottom line is, presidential words have power, even in tweets. we will know in the next 2a hours or so what he is going to do. well syria isn't the only big issue where the world is waiting to see what president trump will do, the same goes form trade with china. today the he said again that the us has terrible terms of trade with beijing, and he's determined to change that, while pointing fingers as to who's responsible for the imbalance. i don't blame china. i blame the people running our country, i blame presidents, i blame representatives, i blame negotiators. we should have been able to do what they did. we didn't do it, they did. and it is the most lopsided set of trade rules, regulations, that anyone has ever seen. after a crazy week on the market. financial markets seemed reassured

today that a full on trade war could be averted — but the truth is we just don't know. william cohen is still with us and has just returned from china. i want to ask you, when you went to china, amidst all the talk of a possible trade war with the us, what was the reaction you got from officials in beijing? i have been going to china for a0 years and i have noticed a real change in attitude, the chinese feel empowered now, their economy is still proceeding quite nicely. they feel strong economically and growing military as well. i think their attitude is, we do not want a trade war, we are not afraid of one and i think the attitude is one, let's see if we can work this out and by the way, while all of this rhetoric was going back and forth, i was meeting with officials who alerted me to the fa ct with officials who alerted me to the fact that private conversations were in fact taking place between the treasury secretary and his cou nterpa rts treasury secretary and his counterparts in china. the reality was, let's find a way to discuss this privately, which is the way it should be done. i think the

president is right to raise the issue, it has been going on too long, but now the time is to sit down and work it out and you cannot down and work it out and you cannot do it simply by having this volume of rhetoric going back and forth. why do you think, then, that the president began this whole attempt to try and rein in the chinese by threatening to slap tariffs on them and then the next day turn around and then the next day turn around and say, i am best friends with the president, i do not blame the chinese, i blame everyone else, is that because the chinese said we can hit you back and hard? the president has a way of firing a shot and then andi has a way of firing a shot and then and i think if you look at the ta riffs and i think if you look at the tariffs that were put on steel and aluminium, they did not hit china, they had canada, mexico, the south koreans, all of our friends they had canada, mexico, the south koreans, all of ourfriends but they had canada, mexico, the south koreans, all of our friends but not the chinese. then he had to backtrack and say, here are some exemptions, for all of you folks who

are concerned, exemptions, for all of you folks who are concerned , you exemptions, for all of you folks who are concerned, you will be exempted. it is proper to target the chinese and say you have not been playing fair, we want you to have a much more level playing field for us to play on and we have not had one so now we have your attention, let's sit down as adults and see how we can make sure we do not injure each other and the world economy. thank you, great to get your thoughts on what is happening on —— in china. if you're on facebook and you haven't checked your messages today, you might want to take a look. users are being notified if they're among the 87 million people, whose data was shared with the controversial consultancy firm, cambridge analytica. it's one of facebook‘s largest data breaches with as many as 70 million users based here in the us. people in the uk, the philippines, indonesia and australia are also affected. here's our media editor amol rajan. in less than a decade and a half, one company has done more than any other to connect the world. and not always in a good way. each time we scroll,

share or like something on facebook, we leave a digital footprint. and our personal data can be scraped by developers of apps. 0r applications, some of whom pass that information on to companies such as cambridge analytica. the british data firm's alleged use of data has plunged facebook into the biggest crisis in its history. some 87 million users data ended up in the hands of the firm. i million of them, british. this mathematician and entrepreneurs gave evidence to mps at the same time as a whistle—blower who worked for cambridge analytica. the cambridge analytica story shows that their policies and practices are not sufficient to handle all the personal data properly. so i wouldn't trust facebook or mark zuckerberg for that matter with our personal data. personal data is an extension of ourselves. do we really want to sell it, just like we would sell an organ, maybe? so we have to be very careful. today facebook pushed out three notifications to users. one was sent to all users, showing them how to remove apps they would rather did not have access to their data. another was sent to those who had downloaded this

is your digital life. it was this app which an academic used to harvest information that was sent on to cambridge analytica. a third notification was sent to the friends of those who had downloaded this app. facebook used these messages as its effort to confront abuse. not so long ago, most of us kept our most personal information in something like this, in hard copy. if you lost it or if someone took it, then maybe one person would have access to that precious information. but now, most of us leave such information online and there, such information can be sourced or marketed to thousands of people and once you lose control of it, it is very hard to get it back. facebook has spent much of the past ia years apologising. as chief executive mark zuckerberg prepares to testify before a us congress this week, the recent changes to their privacy settings and today's notifications are a recognition that trust in their brand has been seriously damaged. amol rajan, bbc news.

i know i am not one of the 87 million people whose data was perhaps improperly use because i am not on facebook. i am one of the four people in the world who actually read the terms and conditions. and you are one of the people in the world who actually understood them. i had a lawyer with me when i read them! quite right, to! iam me when i read them! quite right, to! i am on facebook and i don't have very many friends. christian did not even accept me! i have been trying to see if i have had this notification and been used in elections around the world. it is interesting, there is mark zuckerberg, he has been on a real role for the last 15 years and i think this is a crunch time for him. it is earlier crunch time for his organisations are still a lot of questions here in the us about where they were for five days, mark

zuckerberg and sheryl sandberg who we re zuckerberg and sheryl sandberg who were absent from the cameras and. interviews they have just done a round of interviews in the us, they did not say much and i think this is a test for him and facebook but also for his leadership capacity. we are heading into the fourth age of facebook, the first was this great flowering of this beast from a tiny little dorm in harbord and then you get into the second age, essentially political facebook and the way it was used during the arab spring, the way it could be a tool for revolutionary change. the third phase we are now in, that political facebook but with a dodgy edge, perhaps, fake news and so on and manipulation by outside forces and perhaps tomorrow were later this week we could be heading into the fourth phase which is regulation facebook. before we came on air, your language describing facebook was a little bit more colourful. this is a family show! alitalia what clive really thinks later!

the american actor bill cosby is facing a retrial in pennsylvania. the 80 year old denies drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand, ia years ago. the jury in the first trial failed to reach a verdict. british prime minister theresa may has met the leaders of denmark and sweden. mrs may started in copenhagen and is now in sweden. she discussed the reported poison gas attack in syria with her nordic counterparts, as well as a broad range of other topics. today we have talked about the attack in salisbury, the threat russia poses to our shared security, wider european and international security issues, as well as our bilateral relationship and the progress we have been making towards a brexit deal. hungary's prime minister viktor 0rban has won a third consecutive term in office with a decisive victory in weekend elections. he's a eurosceptic who campaigned strongly against muslim immigration, and says his re—election will ensure the defence of the country's borders. transport disruption continues in france, with airline staffjoining rail workers on strike. the rail company sncf says

industrial action has so far cost the state 100—million euros. germany's largest airport at frankfurt, is also facing major disruptions with half of lufthansa's flights expected to be cancelled tomorrow. the chair you're sitting on, perhaps even the screen you're watching could very well have been moved across the seas by cargo ship. it's one of the backbones of the global economy — and now, the shipping business is trying to become greener. it's an issue being addressed by the international maritime 0rganisation here in london. pacific island nations are demanding deeper cuts, while other countries, like brazil and panama — whose economies benefit greatly from shipping — are arguing against any hasty action. here's david shukman. at felixstowe docks, britain's largest container port, the staggering sight of a ship that stretches for roughly the length of four football pitches. the vessels that handle global trade

have grown massively. look at the tiny figures on the quayside. but as the industry has expanded, so has the pollution it causes. so far, shipping has been exempted from international climate agreements, but that is now changing. many of the most modern vessels like these are far more efficient than older generations, but if you add up all the greenhouse gas emissions produced by ships around the world, you get a bigger total than the emissions produced by germany. no wonder there's massive pressure now on the shipping industry to clear up. in london today, more than 100 countries started to talk about cutting emissions from shipping. for some, like the small island states, vulnerable to climate change, this is a vital chance to head off the most damaging effects of global warming. we can talk about the bottom line. we can talk about profit, corporate profit. we can talk about economic development and prosperity, but if your very survival is really at stake, nothing else matters, right? a blast of fumes at dover.

the shipping industry does accept it causes pollution, but also says trade is essential. countries like brazil say they can't afford to lose out. brazil sits in a faraway location in terms of its destination export markets, so we have to really look with care any measure that would eventually be adopted that could discriminate against brazil. there are plans to make shipping cleaner. this ferry in norway is battery powered, and japanese researchers want to go back to sails, using wind power in order to burn less fuel. back at felixstowe, we watch one of the massive vessels setting off for asia. it's due at the suez canal by friday. that's when negotiations are due to finish on what to do about the industry's greenhouse gases. no one is certain of reaching agreement. david shukman, bbc news, in felixstowe.

the hip—hop musical, "hamilton", was the big winner at the 0livier theatre awards in london last night. the show about the us founding father alexander hamilton, won seven awards from it's 13 nominations. "the ferryman," a play set in rural northern ireland during the troubles also did well winning three awards. have you seen it? i haven't seen it. i suspect it is like facebook, i am one of the three people in the world who has not seen this musical. maybe ijust do not get out on a foray do not have enough friends. i do like hamilton. you'll have to ask for an massive pay raise. i do like hamilton is in bundles of ten in my pocket! do you get that? that was

terrible. it was. president obama did say... christian fraser! he has got lots of hamiltons in his pocket, he isa got lots of hamiltons in his pocket, he is a very rich man, in fact, he has on his yacht now. i think he is swanning around the mediterranean smoking a cigar and drinking champagne. christian fraser said last week that i should be fired from this programme. he has not been fired, he is off on some very big holiday. i have been lucky to meet lin—manuel miranda and i have seen hamilton and it is fantastic. he is one of those people who are super creative, super successful and then they turn out to be really nice as well. so frustrating, isn't it? so annoying! let us lay into question again, he is not like that at all! this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. still to come for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — mark zuckerberg prepares for his day on capitol hill — we'll hear from one republican,

senator who'll be questioning the facebook founder over those huge breaches of privacy. perhaps mr zuckerberg needs some coaching in ‘elastic thinking' — we'll be finding out how the digital era is stretching our minds in ways we never thought possible...that‘s still to come. halloo. scotland and northern ireland have the best of the sunshine today although there have been passing areas of showers around. cloud has been increasing, this picture from nottinghamshire this picture from nottinghamshire this afternoon, the rain has not been far away, this band of wet weather, slow—moving. it just been far away, this band of wet weather, slow—moving. itjust edged a bit further north west and this area of rain courtesy of a weather front will become more extensive into england and wales overnight, heavier bursts developing whereas

the showers in scotland and northern ireland will fade away, many others here turning drierfor a time. this is the story of the evening and night, you can see the blue outbreaks of rain across much of england and wales, heavier bursts as well, devon for example and later in the night, north—east england. some of the rain could reach the east of northern ireland and the far south of scotland. some clear spells in the north of scotland. cold overnight. plenty of cloud tomorrow. north—west scotland seem sunny spells for a time, east anglia and south wales will brighten up. the area of rain in between will move further north into scotland and northern ireland but many of us it will be light and patchy. heavier bursts in the east of scotland, quite a range of temperatures, 17 for some in south—east england, strengthening easterly flow into the sea coasts a re strengthening easterly flow into the sea coasts are pegging temperatures back into single figures. that flow dominates for the rest of the week.

if you're not part of the north sea coast, do not expect much from that temperature. it is an easterly flow. the air is coming from the eastern mediterranean. with the exception of those north sea coasts, elsewhere, temperatures will be close to above average, mid to low teens. plenty of cloud on wednesday, the rain not as extensive but there will be some outbreaks of rain affecting parts of england and wales during the day. that contrast in temperatures from both areas, some sunshine, those north sea coasts stuck under low cloud with that wind coming in from the sea. the forecast for thursday and friday, edinburgh has that sort of weather, elsewhere expect a good deal of cloud and maybe some rain, just limited sunny spells. this is beyond one hundred days, with me, katty kay, in washington. clive myrie is in london. our top stories — in the next half an hour, the un security council is due to hold in an emergency meeting over the alleged chemical attack on the syrian rebel—held town of douma.

mark zuckerberg says he'll accept responsibility for facebook‘s failure to protect data, ahead of his first congressional appearance tomorrow. more on both of those stories shortly. also coming up in the next half hour: as trump praises scott pruitt for doing what he calls a greatjob, we'll ask a former epa chief is she thinks he's up to the task. 20 years ago, the good friday agreement brought northern ireland from conflict to peace. will it now survive the brexit talks? let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag #beyond100days. we want to talk more about the facebook story we mentioned earlier. on tuesday mark zuckerberg will testify before congress for the first time. in the light of the massive data breaches and political meddling, he faces some tough questions. will the 33—year—old ceo who notoriously hates speaking in public answer

those questions in a way that satisfies lawmakers? we can speak now to republican senatorjohn kennedy who sits on the judiciary committee, which will be questioning mark zuckerberg tomorrow. thank you very much forjoining us. what do you want to hear from him? the truth. mat sadler burgers on capitol hill right now, lobbying members of congress, and that is certainly his prerogative. —— mist or zuckerberg. i am certainly his prerogative. —— mist or zuckerberg. iam not certainly his prerogative. —— mist or zuckerberg. i am not interested in being lobbied, i am interested in solving the problems. i come in peace. i don't want to regulate facebook after death. but i think it is clear that our digital promised land is not all milk and honey. there are some problems. there is a privacy problem, there is a propaganda problem, there may be

anti—trust issues that we need to talk about. i think it is well that ican go talk about. i think it is well that i can go on facebook and see what my high school buddies had for dinner saturday night, but is it a fair bargain that in return i have to give up off of my personal data to just about anybody in the milky way that facebook wants to sell it to? that doesn't sound like a good deal to me. i think a lot of people are asking themselves exactly that same question, senator. ucu common pleas, but does congress have to build at least the threat of regulations in order to get the truth from mr zuckerberg? mr zuckerberg is a bright young man. he has built a wonderful company. he knows that company better than anybody else. he understands, if he doesn't he will have to tomorrow, the two issues. the first one is the privacy issue, the second the propaganda issue.

poison is being spread on the internet. how do we stop that? how do we define poison? i would like mr zuckerberg to make some suggestions about how he's going to this issue of these two issues. what i am most worried about is that mr zuckerberg and his colleagues at facebook, they do not have control. that they cannot solve these problems because these problems are bigger than they wa nt to these problems are bigger than they want to admit. that is why i'm going to ask him that he be forthcoming. i think it is great that he is up here lobbying congressmen, but i think most of my colleagues don't really wa nt to most of my colleagues don't really want to be lobbied, theyjust want to understand the problem and try to solve it. senator, what about the responsibility on the part of users to have read the terms and conditions and to have got up to speed with the suggestion that nothing is for free and that data was part the deal? that is a very silly end point. but step one is do

people really understand what they are getting up? —— that is a very silly end point. it would help if they would rate the service agreement in english as to —— as opposed to swahili. and maybe instead of us just as putting opposed to swahili. and maybe instead of usjust as putting in, here i am, you can use all of my data, maybe we should have a right to the no, i want to opt out. and if you want to sell my data, how about asking my permission first. by the way, that is me you're selling, i am the product. do i get a portion of the product. do i get a portion of the revenues? i am not suggesting that, just seeing these are the kind of issues we need to talk about. another very important issue, facebook says very confidently when know everybody who is advertising on our platform. do you really? then how come you let the russians do it? how come, if you really know, how

come. . . ido come. . . i do not think they do. i am worried theseissues i do not think they do. i am worried these issues are too big for them. if it is too big for them, you might have to intervene. republican senator on thejudiciary have to intervene. republican senator on the judiciary committee, thank you forjoining us. so interesting. it is absolutely fascinating. that appearance tomorrow is going to be gripping television. in the ongoing drama that is the trump administration, the latest flashpoint centres on the future of scott pruitt, who heads the environmental protection agency. he's under a lot of pressure for having a very large security detail, taking first class flights, even reassigning staff who question him. mr trump came to mr pruitt‘s defense this weekend saying he had even received death threats because of his actions at the agency, so he needed extra security. one person who knows mr pruitt‘s job well is the former head of the epa in the obama administration, gina mccarthy. shejoins us now from boston. miss mccarthy, if you had done the

things that scott pruitt had done as head of the epa in the obama administration, would you get your job? this behaviour would never have been contemplated, never mind tolerated, in the obama administration. what scott pruitt has done is really a breach of the public trust. it would never have flown, and i would have been out on my but right away, without question. is there one particular thing that you think has been particularly egregious? well, look, he is supposed to work for the public, not for his opening —— on personal interests. his behaviour since day one has lacked transparency that you expect from the public, instead of embracing the science, he has been attacking the science. instead of following the law, he has been taking short cuts. the only good news here is that scott pruitt and the administration seems to only be focused on unravelling and rolling

back all of the really important public health protections that the prior administration put in place. the good news is, here, that he is not effective in this position, because he is attacking the science, denying the law, simply making pronouncements. he is a very long way from unravelling rolling back any of those significant protections, including the most important climate actions that the prior administration took. while his behaviour is terrible, in terms of his ethics, it is also... he is acting ina his ethics, it is also... he is acting in a very ineffective way, and when he has been challenged in court, the courts have actually come back and told him he is not doing things right. in some ways, it is good news for all of us. it is interesting, is it not, because a lot of republicans, people on the right, pointed to him as being perhaps the most effective cheerleader for rolling back regulation and red tape and so on in

the trump administration, but you're suggesting that he has done nothing of the sort? well, he is definitely a cheerleader, but the cheerleaders are on the side of the court, not the ones playing the game. as a person who has done rules myself, they had to do and they are equally difficult to undo, and he has not taken the time to learn, he has not worked with the career stats, he is not paying attention to science, law and data, and all of its pronouncements are simply cheers, not substantive pronouncements are simply cheers, not su bsta ntive efforts pronouncements are simply cheers, not substantive efforts to undo anything. but he has been effective in convincing the president that he should not continue with the paris climate accord, he is now talking about listening standards, emissions standards, on vehicles on the on and so forth. the potential is there to roll back all of those measures that you and president obama managed to put in place. while the rhetoric may be in place now, the actions could

come later. well, i think it is really important to understand that we do need federal leadership, but i disagree with the agenda of this administration but i think the important message that i am trying to give is that we are a long way from undoing rules that were done in accordance with the law, that were done thoughtfully and with a transparent public process. in the united states, it is not good enough to make a pronouncement. we are a country of laws. they have to be followed and the check on that is going to be the courts. absolutely nothing, no rule that was in effect in 2016 when the obama administration left, none of those rules have left the books today. they are still on the books. while he may be trying hard, he is not succeeding. gene mccarthy, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. formerly administrator at the epa. the alleged chemical weapons attack in syria on saturday has drawn international condemnation.

just to recap, reports suggest dozens of people were killed in the town of douma, though moscow claims there's no evidence of such an attack. it's also a baptism of fire for president trump's newly appointed national security advisor on his first official day in the role. john bolton has previously threatened to fire missiles to punish president bashar al—assad. people will be watching carefully as to whether he lives up to his promises. for more on how this new team may address the situation in syria, let's bring in former advisor to george w bush — ron christie, who's in san francisco. you know how important is it in any administration, to be able to manage the boss. john bolton is in sync on policy and nationalist sentiment with president trump, can he manage him? it is good to see you, my friend, in the golden state. it

really depends on the relationship that mr bolton has with the president. the national security adviser as one of the most difficult jobs in the administration. they have to balance the competing needs between what the secretary of state once, the secretary of defence and what the president ultimately wants to do when it comes to military and foreign affairs matters. it ultimately will depend on how close ofa ultimately will depend on how close of a relationship he has with president trump, and how much trust the president places in him. i cannot remember, he was ambassador to the united nations, i cannot remember if that is exactly when you we re remember if that is exactly when you were in the bush administration. he is known to have a pretty explosive personality. he can be abrasive, john bolton. i think he once suggested i should be fired on air, joining the ranks of christian! clive will probably be there by the end of this programme! do you think thatis end of this programme! do you think that is going to be a problem, given that is going to be a problem, given that trump himself does not really like people to tell him no? he was appointed un ambassador right after

i left, but having served on a board with him for several years, to call his personality and temperament explosive is probably being polite. his fiery nature, i think, is going to get under the skin of a lot of people. he was very popular with president bush initially and they realised, wait a minute, we might have a renegade on our hands. it is going to be interesting to see how he gets along with his colleagues and whether they will follow his leadership. 0ne, my friend, it is clive in london. good to see you in memphis last week! absolutely. mr bolton is very hawkish when it comes to russia, how do you think that squares with the president's attitude to russia? clive, good to see you, always enjoy sitting down with somebody over a barbecue on memphis. i think president putin... boys! caddie, we could not help ourselves. president putin has recognised that while there is a lot

going on in the american media about collusion and the chumminess of these two, president trump has taken a very hard line with russia and john bolton, i think, will stand very strongly in support of the president's position. putin is getting somebody of the new national security adviser in america who is not going to give him any slack and is going to, frankly, underscore the president's hard—line views towards russia. it was a great barbecue as well, ron. good to see you. a good to see to! we had a couple of theirs as well, actually. i hope that is all right with you. living along. cashback moving along. us senator tammy duckworth gave birth to a daughter on monday, becoming the first senator to have a baby while in office. mrs duckworth is one of only 10 women in the history of the nation to give birth while in congress, with the other babies born to members serving in the house. congratulations to her. the number of britons becoming citizens of another eu country more than doubled in 2016. the same year britons voted to quit the european union, more than 6,500 of them acquired citizenship in another of the bloc‘s states.

the increase was most noticeable in germany where the number of new citizens more than quadrupled. the american golfer patrick reed has won the us masters — the first major title of his career. he finished one shot ahead of rickie fowler, with jordan speith another stroke behind. rory mcilroy — who started the final day in second place — finished in a tie for fifth, six shots off the lead. 20 years ago tomorrow, a deal was signed in belfast that marked the beginning of the end of decades of struggle between the protestant and catholic communities of northern ireland. more than 3,500 people died — terror attacks targeted shops, pubs and high streets. the conflict began in the late 1960s and ended with the good friday agreement on the 10th of april 1998. it was signed by the governments of the uk and ireland, and backed by the political parties on both sides of the sectarian divide. it led to the creation of the northern ireland assembly. today, there are new challenges —

the stormont government is suspended and brexit threatens the open border between ireland and the north. i'm joined now in the studio by the irish ambassador to the uk adrian 0'neill. iamjoined in i am joined in the studio by the irish ambassador to the uk. good to see you. thanks for coming. how much jeopardy you believe the good friday agreement is in as a result of brexit? tony blair ‘s visit is in serious jeopardy. i think there is in no doubt that we are going through a challenging period at the moment. i think the good friday agreement as sufficient resilience for us to be able to address the challenges, assuming that there is sufficient political will to do so, which it thinks is. we have to re call which it thinks is. we have to recall that the agreement, as we said in the intro there, ended violence which took the lives of 3500 people. it was designed not just by the parties in northern ireland but by the two governments as well. incorporated into an

international treaty between those two governments. crucially, it was also endorsed by the people, both parts of the island, in referenda. 71% parts of the island, in referenda. 7196 in parts of the island, in referenda. 71% in northern ireland and 9a% in the south. it has an authority and status which means that, therefore, the two governments must be completely committed to ensuring its integrity and its continuing operability, notwithstanding — — notwithstanding the challenges of brexit. but that is a huge spanner thrown in the works, and if the words of two former promina stars, tony blair and john major, are anything to go by, that deal was predicated on the uk and ireland being in the european union and having free movement without restrictions, without problems, frictionless, along that border. is now the uk is out of the european union, and as a result it had border goes up, that is a problem, potentially, for nationalists on both side of the border, is it not? the first pandemic of the two

government as of now, i have stated stated to be completely committed to maintaining the good friday agreement and maintaining and protecting all of its provisions. there is also a commitment, the european union, the eu 27 and the uk, have committed themselves to avoiding any had border on the island of ireland, including any physical infrastructure related and controls. that is a very clear and firm commitment that includes not just the irish government but the eu 27 and the uk government, that was agreed last december. what the discussions are now focusing on is that we know what the destination must be, and now that focuses on how to checks and controls. that is a very clear and firm commitment that includes notjust the irish government but the eu 27 and the uk government, that was agreed last december. what the discussions are now focusing on is that we know what the destination must be, and now that focuses on how do we reach that, what ambassador, when the uk voted in the referendum in favour of leaving the european union, you assume that brexit was going to have to be negative for relations between ireland and the uk and northern

ireland? and ireland? ithink ireland? and ireland? i think we knew from the moment that brexit was definitely going to represent a challenge, for the reasons that clive outlined, that there was certainly a common assumption at the time of the good friday agreement was negotiated that the uk and ireland would always remain fellow members of the european union. ireland would always remain fellow members of the european unionm many ways, the good friday agreement itself, in terms of its principal and values, drew a lot of inspiration from the european union. the fact that the uk was now are going to be in the european union certainly was going to constitute a form of disruption that would be a challenge. as i say, the challenging thing now before us, before the two governments, and the eu 27 as a whole, is to ensure that we address that destruction way that ensures that destruction way that ensures that there is no damage to the good friday agreement and that the and invisible border that we have enjoyed continues to be the case. well, ambassador, it is good to see

you. thank you forjoining us. thank you, clive. clive, you just hit on something interesting, this is political and cultural as well, the impact of that border on nationalists. is a psychological as well. certainly for nationalists on both side of the border. 0bviously politically you have got two distinct areas geographically in that part of the world, but on the ground, with an open border, nationalists were assuaged interview ofa nationalists were assuaged interview of a united ireland, because they could move freely between the two. any suggestion that there could well be had border with customs checks, potentially police posts on the one, that could be very dull and drink —— damaging and is the point that is being made by the likes of tony blair. so interesting. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come — be prepared to stretch your mind — we're going to find out what elastic thinking is all about gangs that recruit children as drugs couriers

will be one of the targets of a new government strategy aimed at cutting violent crime in england and wales. the home secretary, amber rudd, has announced a series of measures including messages online, and more support for organisations helping young people. a leaked home office report linked a rise in violence with falling numbers of police officers. here's our home editor mark easton. behind the statistics and politics of violent crime is the desperate agony of heartbroken families. like the family of this boy, who died after being stabbed in london in january, one of more than 55 killings in the capital this year. he wasjust 18. killings in the capital this year. he wasjust18. as home secretary amber rudd knows, the public want a nswe rs. amber rudd knows, the public want answers. why are the killings a p pa re ntly answers. why are the killings apparently rising, and what will she do about it? a major shift in strategy to end violence on city streets, the home secretary says in

this report today. back in 2011, her predecessor at the home office, theresa may, also launched a government report promising to end gang and use violence. in 2016, another government report also promising an end to gang violence. critics point out that some of the initiatives in these documents have already been cut or abandoned. there is money for early intervention schemes and to divert young people away from drugs. there is no extra cash for more police officers, even though a leaked government document suggests pressure on police resources may contribute to rises in gang violence. but is it that simple? looking at the last ten yea rs, simple? looking at the last ten years, police numbers have fallen by around 20,000 in england and wales, but crimes of violence resulting in injury have also fallen over the decade. in fact, the best measure of crime trends suggests serious violence has more than halved. there are no easy explanations for what leads one young person to kill another, but making our towns and cities safer is a job for more than

just the police, and more thanjust the short term. you're watching beyond one hundred days. ever feel bombarded with facts, suffer from an information overload? with the constant feed of updates from our smart phone, our social media feeds and the relentless bombardment of the 2a—hour news cycle, we all consume far more new information than we used to. so, how to cope? could an ‘elastic mind' be the answer? leonard mlodinow is a best—selling science writer and author of the new book "elastic: flexible thinking in a constantly changing world", and hejoins me in the studio now. it is good to see you, thank you for being her. what is an elastic mind? human thinking can be put on a spectrum. at one end is logical, analytical, rational thought. that is where we start with a premise and follow rules to get from a to be to see. the other end of elastic

thinking. it is not following rules, it is inventing them, or realise that you have to break the rules. if you're figuring out the best way to get to work, you can use logical rational thinking. if get to work, you can use logical rationalthinking. if you're thinking that what is a good job, use elastic thinking. if you're trying to make a better taxi company, logical rational. if you wa nt to company, logical rational. if you want to reinvent the taxi business, like hooper, elastic thinking. 100,000 words of new information every single day we consume. no wonder i am so tired. what can we do about it, turn off our phones? that is not a bad thing, but we have to learn to adapt and integrate information that we have, and so i think that we do, in the book i provide certain audits, ways to order the way you think. you have to become mindful of how you think and you can do exercises to help yourself think differently. it's

part... go on, clive. it's part of the problem not that with all this information that is bombarded and coming towards us and showing us, frankly, individuals actually end up just focusing on those little bits of information that they want to, so you get a silo thinking and not elastic thinking? that is right. in order to adapt to change, you have to let in new ideas, you cannot a lwa ys to let in new ideas, you cannot always do things you used to. in the static world, you can use logical, rational thought, but any world that is changing so fast, you have to let indifferent, original, sometimes strange ideas. your brain is really an idea machine. it is constantly generating ideas. they are being generated at an unconscious level. your conscience mind has these structures called executive structures, your brain does, and the filter out most of those ideas, otherwise you would drown in them. being an elastic thinker, you have

to learn to relax that and let more coming from your unconscious mind to your conscious mind. 0k, leonard, thank you. that is amazing. 100,000 new words of information in the day. it is too much for my tiny mind. iam it is too much for my tiny mind. i am often told that i have got elastic bands in my mind, never mind elastic bands in my mind, never mind elastic thinking. cani elastic thinking. can i show you something? here is somebody with an elastic mind. a miami man who got sick of traffic gridlock and being stuck in an office, swapped his car for a paddle board and now commutes to work over water. parker lake carries his work clothes and shoes in a dry bag. i love ilove him. lena rd ilove him. lenard in the studio then that is fantastic. he has raised his hands ina fantastic. he has raised his hands in a post to this man. no traffic jams, nor read signals, no annoying people sitting next to you on the metro morning commute with an ipod

or whatever that is to load in the speakers. none of that! just water. love him. except he did once get a hammerhead shark as well. i think thatis hammerhead shark as well. i think that is the equivalent of being on this programme with christian. live, it has been a pleasure, thank you so much forjoining me. we'll see you tomorrow. hello, scotland and northern ireland have at the best of the sunshine. both eras of england and wales but for some blue skies for a time, could have been increasing. this picture from nottinghamshire. the rain has not been too far away. this band of wet weather, slow—moving, just aged a bit further north west words. in fact, this area of rain, courtesy of the weather front, will become more extensive than to england and wales overnight. some heavy bursts developing. those of showers they are seen in scotland and northern ireland fading away,

many others turning drier for a ten. this is the story of the evening and night. you can see the blue outbreaks of rain across much of england and wales. some heavy bursts in this as well. devon, for example, and later in the night and into the morning in north—east england. we could see some of that rain reach parts of northern ireland, perhaps scotland. plenty of cloud to start the day tomorrow. north—west scotla nd the day tomorrow. north—west scotland are seeing from sunny spells for a ten. east anglia, southern england, south wales brightening up. our area of rain between the two willjust brightening up. our area of rain between the two will just started to move its way a bit further north into scotland and northern ireland, but many of it late and patchy. heavy bursts into the eastern most parts of scotland. cloud range temperatures. a strengthening easterly flow into those north sea coasts, which will wash northwards, taking temperatures back into single figures. it is that flow that dominates for the rest of the week. if you're on that part of the north sea coast, do not expect much from

the temperature. it is an easterly flow, nothing to worry about in terms of beast from the east, because it is coming from the eastern mediterranean. with the exception of those north sea coasts, where the air is being could close to the sea temperature, elsewhere, temperatures close to or a little bit above the average. plenty of cloud again on wednesday. the rain not extensive but it looks like there will be some outbreaks affecting parts of england and wales during the day. that contrast between those areas with sunshine and the north sea coast thundercloud with wind coming in from the sea. for thursday and friday, edinburgh with that sort of weather. elsewhere, expect a good deal of cloud. limited sunny spells. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at eight president trump refuses to rule out military action against syria, after a suspected chemical weapons attack on the rebel—held town of douma. we are sitting at situation

extremely closely. we are meeting with our military and everybody else. and we will be making some major decisions over the next 2a to a8 hours. this is the scene live in new york as delegates arrive at the un security council to discuss the attack on douma here, the home secretary says she'll do "whatever it takes" to tackle violent crime — as she launches a new strategy to combat it. facebook begins notifying all users whose information may have been accessed by the consulting firm, cambridge analytica.