you're watching beyond 100 days. my missiles are better than yours. donald trump warns moscow to expect a us strike in syria. the president used to say that telegraphing military plans was crazy — now he's done just that. in syria they're making the most of the head's up — clearing air force bases and protecting their helicopters. paul ryan — the powerful republican speaker of the house — wants more time with his family — that's often washington speak for he's had enough. if i'm here for one more term, my kids would only ever know me as a weekend dad. i just can't let that happen. also on the programme... more questions for mark zuckerberg who says facebook isn't collecting information from verbal conversations. love adam peaty, congratulations! 0h! the perils of live broadcasting — our colleague gets a cooling off at the commonwealth games. get in touch with us using the hashtag... #beyond100days

hello, i'm katty kay in washington, matthew price is in london. donald trump once said his nuclear button is bigger than north korea's and now his missiles are better than russia's. the prime minister of turkey says please, just stop the street fighting. as the white house prepares to retaliate against an alleged chemical weapons attack by the syrian regime, mr trump warned russia that us missiles will be coming. so the man who promised never to signpost his military plans has now given damascus a chance to prepare. reports have been coming into us today that the syrian government has been clearing its airfields, hiding its hard wear. it's pretty clear what president trump is going to do. the question now, is when? here's our middle east editorjeremy bowen. syrians who have survived the last few days of this enclave are being bussed out of the ruins

and into their new lives, which will not be easy. for theirfamilies, and only then, their recollections of what they saw. translation: we lived through very difficult times in eastern ghouta, especially the final three days in douma, when the regime carried gas which caused suffocation amongst civilians. out its attack on our civilian neighbourhoods, and used chlorine gas which caused suffocation amongst civilians. but, in washington, president trump's morning treat was particularly incendiary. he told the russians to get ready for "nice, new and smart missiles" in syria. adding they shouldn't be partners with a gas killing animal. he meant president assad. in moscow, president putin didn't respond publicly, anyway, and he didn't echo earlier more threatening comments from his diplomats. translation: the situation in the world is becoming more and more chaotic.

nonetheless, we hope that good sense will prevail. with so much hardship in syria, the russians also said, providing aid should be the priority, not the west versus the assad regime. all the indications are that the syrian regime was responsible, and we will be working with our closest allies, to ensure that those responsible are held to account, and how we can prevent and deter the humanitarian catastrophe that comes from the use of chemical weapons in the future. the war of words over the response to the attack in douma has heated up. donald trump is tweeting more fiercely than ever. we should take his threat seriously, because he is the president of the united states, and he is angry about an alleged conspiracy against him at home. but britain's theresa may and the french president, emmanuel macron, won't want to be part of an operation driven by mr trump's anger. and, will the us and its allies be

able to bomb with potentially two sets of international investigators in syria 7 chemical weapons inspectors want to visit the site of the attack, and so do the world health organisation. according to our health partners, more than 500 people present at themselves last saturday to health facilities with symptoms that are consistent to symptoms of exposure to toxic chemicals. a generation of syrians knows only war. western leaders need to work out what the bombing will make the lives of syrian civilians better or worse. using force in as complicated a place as syria, was never going to be easy or clean. we know that as we were coming tear, we we re

we know that as we were coming tear, we were getting news from bbc sources saying that government insiders are suggesting that theresa may is seeing a need for a response to the alleged chemical weapons attack in douma over the weekend. as urgent. there is a question mark, there has been a question mark on this side of the atlantic as to whether the british parliament with the two vote in favour of military action for the british government to press ahead with that. the suggestion is that that is not something that the british prime minister would wait around for. and jeremy bowenjoins me now. before i ask you about the inevitability of or otherwise of this, cani inevitability of or otherwise of this, can i pay you a quote from the secretary of defence who was asked about where they were on the evidence gathering of that alleged attack? we are still assessing intelligence. ourselves and our allies are working on this. we stand

ready to provide military options if they are appropriate, as the president determined. what is interesting there, jeremy, is secretary of defence, is saying that we are still assessing intelligence. what is going on, here? well, i suspect that the president is sounding very gung ho. he woke up this morning, he is angry about domestic issues, he did that tweet. he was to get on with it. professional military people tend to be much more cautious about what they do, do think that they are aware as well about the competition is getting involved in a really conjugated military theatre like syria. jeremy, there is absolutely no appetite amongst presidents club's base for more military against mint in syria, what he did last time round was not effective, what you think he might go for this

way? a year ago, he did one strike oi'i way? a year ago, he did one strike ona way? a year ago, he did one strike on a base, which was symbolic more anything else. he wanted the russians. will he want... people have speculated he might want to try and deal some kind of hurtful blow to the assad regime. frankly, i think, the type of trying to do that has long gone. before 2013, and that chemical attack on eastern ghouta, when president obama decided not to go ahead with a military response, i think, about that time, the regime was vulnerable. and the west to did have potential friends who might wa nt have potential friends who might want to take up arms and try and deliver some killing blows. that is not the situation, right now. particular with russia there, also in rather, the regime is stronger than at any time since the war started. bearing that in mind, then, what capacity do the americans have to inflict anything other than

superficial damage? they can do a great deal of damage. the us military is immensely powerful. they can destroy the country very quickly, what is left of it, anyway. if that is what they wanted to do... but, if they are sensible, they will be trying to come up with a joined up be trying to come up with a joined up strategy, maybe not the president, but some of the diplomats, but they will have to work out what happens the day after, does it make life harder or easier for civilians in syria woods and what what kind of strategy can they build in? these kinds of military strikes that are being discussed, and i'm not convinced at the moment that anyone has come up with that kind ofjoined that anyone has come up with that kind of joined up that anyone has come up with that kind ofjoined up thinking. that anyone has come up with that kind ofjoined up thinkingm that anyone has come up with that kind ofjoined up thinking. it is a key question, isn't it. what is the ongoing strategy? thank you very much. and joining us now from new york

is former state department official richard haass. he's president of the council on foreign relations and author of a world in disarray. great timing for that book, richard. you have written that what the us needs right now is an endurance strategy, not an exit strategy, do you see any sign from this white house that president trump has an endurance such evil syria ? house that president trump has an endurance such evil syria? it is clearly not what he wants, but he might still —— injuries strategy for syria? my guess is that he will still say the present is temporary rather than permanent, but my guess is that he will probably sign off on something that is effectively open ended, and that might be the single most important thing, that we will do in response. we will make it very difficult for isis to reconstitute

itself, it may even create some areas of syria where the syrians could live in safely, so that would not be insignificant. it would not be dramatic, but it would be significant. what are the competitions in terms of any prospective response from russia? not that hard to imagine. if russia wanted to respond, the question is, how do we then respond to their response. if they for example shoot at us and mess, what does that mean? that is one thing. if we were to use aircraft, i that is one thing. if we were to use aircraft, lam not that is one thing. if we were to use aircraft, i am not saying that we are, but if we were, that would be something much bigger. if they went after american platforms. no one should assume that they have to respond locally. what about their options in europe, russia has tools and assets in several places, and this kind of public posturing, this daring of putin might make it very difficult for him to back down,

which is one of the many reasons why i'm uncomfortable with his public use of twitter, because i think it makes it harder to publish what we want, and to manage the aftermath. it is matthew here in the securing london. i am just wondering how worried you are about a regional confrontation going into a global confrontation going into a global confrontation if brazil goes wrong in the coming days? -- if it all goes wrong in the coming days? one can imagine israel and syria, or israel and has bowler —— has bowler... is considerable that we end up with something in the region. less likely that it goes global, considerably less likely, thank god. there are many firebreaks, so to

speak before that could happen, and used have all the logic of deterrence. neither the united states nor russia has any interest in seeing this escalate, but i will be honest with you, i have never seen this kind of rhetoric but out there publicly. the management of there publicly. the management of the cuban missile crisis in 1962 was one of the diplomatic spectrum, really careful, really controlled. this comes close to being at the otherend. this comes close to being at the other end. richard, who in the white house is urging caution? who it there at the moment, given thatjohn bolton has just taken over, whose the person saying that we need a long—term diplomatic soft power strategy to follow this? well, what lam hoping strategy to follow this? well, what i am hoping is that the military voices... my experience from my own time in government, military was often the most cautious, because they understand that if things do turn violent, they are the ones who will be in harm 's turn violent, they are the ones who will be in harm '5 way. so, my guess

is secretary matos is the most cautious. —— mattis. he is also quite released it. john bolton, i did know what you're saying, but this is clearly going to be his first test. he tends to be quite forceful when it comes to confronting russia, and often we are wa ry confronting russia, and often we are wary of getting involved in the middle east. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. well, katty, the attention wasn't just indeed forjoining us. well, katty, the attention wasn'tjust on syria all day. it's being seen by analysts as a big blow to the us republican party. paul ryan — the speaker of the us house of representatives — has announced that he will not run for re—election in november. mr ryan is the most senior republican in the us congress. speaking at a news conference, mr ryan said he'll retire injanuary and intends to spend more time with his family. you all know that i

did not seek this job. i took it reluctantly. but i have given this job everything that i have and i have no regrets whatsoever for having accepted this responsibility. what i realise is, if i am here for one more term, my kids will only have ever known me as a weekend dad. joining me now in the studio is ron christie, former advisor to president george w bush. he is also a good friend of paul brian. —— paul ryan. ifi he is also a good friend of paul brian. —— paul ryan. if i said to my teenaged children, i want to spend more time with you, they would say, no way. you never wanted this job. he andi no way. you never wanted this job. he and i have known each other for 25 years. he and i have known each other for

25 yea rs. if he and i have known each other for 25 years. if it is one thing that i can tell you, he would mrs wisconsin. he misses his wife, heath mrs his kids off —— he misses his wife and kids. he wanted to stay as chairman of the house, this guy is a tax geek, he loves taxes, she loves economic policy, that is the job that he wanted, katty. 0k. economic policy, that is the job that he wanted, katty. ok. i do actually believe you, but, he is also probably looking at those mid—term elections, i may well face november and find that i cannot speak of the house any more. no way. i know him far too well. i will say this, though. there is no political calculus in this whatsoever?“ there is one, it is the fact that he

has to deal with donald trump, that donald trump has no coherent message, that he throws people out of —— under the bus at any opportunity. 0k, of —— under the bus at any opportunity. ok, you are not going to convince katty that there is no politics in this. but, their raise political fallout from this, isn't that? for the republicans, political fallout from this, isn't that? forthe republicans, and political fallout from this, isn't that? for the republicans, and some of them today i stressing unease about the timing of this and the timing his actual stepping down. i spoke to the republican leadership. they are worried. they are worried that ryan's exit will have a real consequence. that ryan's exit will have a real consequence. that this could force a wave of republicans to leave. the democrats don't need that many seats. you are talking about the low

205 to 5eat5. you are talking about the low 205 to flip the chamber. what happens if that number get5 205 to flip the chamber. what happens if that number gets into the 405 or 505 of people announcing retirement? that could be a real problem politically. matthew, you have covered american elections before. you know that they cost a lot of money. you talk about the fallout, there. paul ryan... ithink he is giving a fundraising dinner, tonight, perhaps one consequence is that our champion —— people will think, our champion fundraiser will not be around any more. that will not be around any more. that will not be around any more. that will not be good news for the republicans. that is why you have got people saying that this is the nightmare scenario. we will see. mark zuckerberg is 33. the senators interviewing him yesterday were almost twice his age.

that proved to be a disadvantage not an advantage. quite often they sounded like theyjust didn't understand what they were talking about. the stock market certainly seemed to think so. facebook‘s share price rose steadily as mr zuckerberg answered questions about privacy — about propaganda on his social media platform. he's been back again today — admitting his own personal data was compromised in the cambridge analytica breach. he also agreed that internet companies need some regulation but urged caution. i think a lot of times regulation by definition put in place rules that a company that is larger and has resources like ours can easily comply with, but that might be more difficult for a small start—up to comply with. these are all things that need to be thought through very carefully when thinking through what rules we want to put in place. our north technology correspondent dave lee is back on capitol hill — hejoins us now. how is he doing today compared to yesterday? is he getting any tough questions from the house? yes, he

i5. much tougher que5tion5, questions from the house? yes, he i5. much tougher questions, and there have been taking more notes, sol there have been taking more notes, so i want to highlight some of the key points. today ha5 so i want to highlight some of the key points. today has been much harder for key points. today has been much harderfor him. key points. today has been much harder for him. senators were criticised yesterday for four a5king frankly not too well informed que5tion5. instead, the questions from the members of the house were much more a5cetic. he admitted that hi5 much more a5cetic. he admitted that his own data had been taken by militia and —— maliciou5 actor5. he wa5 militia and —— maliciou5 actor5. he was asked if he had spoken to two kindred analytic —— cambridge analytica. the most interesting one, he suggests that the university of cambridge ha5 a group of researchers that are making app5 5imilarto a group of researchers that are making app5 similar to the one used by cambridge analytica,... the university has said that they have

seen no evidence of this, and facebook 5hould seen no evidence of this, and facebook should send the evidence to them. buta facebook should send the evidence to them. but a lot of interesting que5tion5 put to mark zuckerberg, today. dave, one of the things that mark zuckerberg said today was that it would take months to track where that's currently associated with facebook had been harvesting data? if he is going to say that it is going to take months to check, is it fairto going to take months to check, is it fair to read between the lines and say that they have not been checking and they don't care i think they ca re and they don't care i think they care now. they have been brought in the public, and it is really hurt the public, and it is really hurt the company. the chief thing for facebook is that over the years, mark zuckerberg ha5 facebook is that over the years, mark zuckerberg has continually come out and apologised, and said, we 5hould out and apologised, and said, we should learn, we should do better, and take lessons that we are taking from this, but we are in this 5ituation repeatedly. one of the

que5tion5 5ituation repeatedly. one of the questions from one of the representatives, from illinois, i 5poke representatives, from illinois, i spoke to her very briefly before she we nt spoke to her very briefly before she went in, to begin questioning mr zak about —— mark zuckerberg, and this wa5 about —— mark zuckerberg, and this was what she said. let's be clear since about 2003, mark zuckerberg has apologised countless times for things that facebook has done, so i think there certainly is some what of a credibility gap, we really to see data protection or are we going to see more transparency? it took about eight hours. for these two hearings. thank you very much. it was fascinating watching last night in the uk. the committee hearings, they have such a reputation, and they go in fighting, the senators, against titans of wall

street, a against bankers and ceos, ijust street, a against bankers and ceos, i just felt that they were almost sitting there across from one of their grandchildren, and they didn't know how to deal with him, and they he was talking a language they didn't understand. i never got the sense that they were on top of the brief. that is worrying, if we have got legislators not just brief. that is worrying, if we have got legislators notjust in the us, but around the world, who fundamentally do not understand the technology that they are required to legislate on? yes, you are com pletely legislate on? yes, you are completely right. it is only going to get worse, this problem as ai becomes more of an issue. ifigured he did yesterday that the chairman of that committee was born in 1933, that was two decades before colour television, which shows you where he is coming from intensive social media. —— in terms of social media.

media giant 21st century fox is among a number of companies targeted in raids by the european commission over sports broadcasting rights. the commission says it's investigating possible violations of anti—trust rules relating to cartels and restrictive business practices. fox and netherlands—based broadcaster, ziggo sport, say they are co—operating with investigators. lawyers for us comedy star bill cosby have launched a blistering attack on one of his accusers, labelling her a "con—artist" during cross—examination. heidi thomas testified that her wine was spiked in 1984 and she woke to the sight of cosby trying to force himself on her. mr cosby is being retried on charges of sexually assaulting ex—basketball player andrea constand in 2004. he denies the charges. if you're a regular watcher of this programme, you'll know that things don't always go to schedule. that's live tv — and we've been reminded once again, that in broadcasting, things do go awry at times. mike bushell, from the bbc‘s breakfast programme,

was attempting to interview english swimmers at the commonwealth games on australia's gold coast, when this happened... i'm going to have tojump into the water, actually. i'll be very careful because i have this sound pack on. but sarah va5ey, adam peaty, siobhan—marie o'connor, ben proud and james guy, congratulations. 0h! sorry, i didn't see the step. sorry about that. that'5 given you all a good laugh! adam is inconsolable there. just look before you get in a swimming pool in future, ok? i hope you can still hear me. i'll have to get rather close and mind the step. can you continue, sarah? because we want to talk about your gold, we don't want to talk about me falling in the water. all the people watching here are literally on the floor. i'll hold it together, you don't have to. do you know what, katty, i would have said to them, get in the water with me. let's just have said to them, get in the water with me. let'sjust get have said to them, get in the water with me. let's just get over this.

the worst thing that happened to me now, i'm standing on a roundabout in israel having done about 17 different hours of lies, and a bus nearly run me over, and the team said nothing! why didn't they say anything? i know, exactly! this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — there really is a donald trump tweet for every occasion — even military action in syria. we'll explain. all still to come. and once again, the country shrouded

with cloud, the next 24 hours not an awful lot has changed. there will be quite a lot of blood around, and dry for most of us, but not everybody. there is some rain forecast. this is the —— cloud around. but, the bulk of the uk is when you look at it in area wise, has been stuck underneath the cloud, and if anything tonight there will be spots of rain as well as some really thick cloud, drizzly conditions, and even where the cloud has fizzled away, there will be some mist and fog in places. temperatures around six or 7 degrees for most of us. around six or 7 degrees for most of us. on thursday, we will do it all over again. it will be mostly cloudy. there will be some sunshine, cornwall and devon, and a little shower brewing there and northern

and western scotland, but watch what happens later on in the day across this part of their country, here. we are respecting showers to move on, and some could be boundary, as well. there is a little change on the way as we go towards the end of the week. there will be some rain around, and then we got some rain forecast for friday across these north—western areas, but friday to saturday, we are going to see a big change in the wind pattern across the uk, because we have seen winds coming out of the south—east, the east, the winds will change direction and start coming out of the south, and then eventually be south—west, so that means that a lot of the cloud that we have had will be dispersing, will be breaking up. there will be a bit of light rain, here and there, but not a lot, we think, and by the time you get the recount, it looks like things will start warming up. some sunshine developing, still a risk of showers,

but the biggest change, after the weekend, is the exciting bit, just pause for a second and look at those temperatures. it is going to feel much, much warmer, possibly the almost spell that we have had since the end of last summer. goodbye. this is beyond 100 days, with me katty kay in washington. matthew price is in london. our top stories — president trump warns russia that he will respond to a reported chemical weapon attack by its syrian government allies. paul ryan — the powerful republican speaker of the house — wants more time with his family, and announces he won't be standing for re—election. more on both of those stories shortly. also coming up in the next half hour — attorney generaljeff sessions is sent to the border with mexico to inspect security. moo—ving with the times? why getting your milk from a glass bottle is making a return in the uk. let us know your thoughts

by using the hashtag #beyondioodays. the war of words between russia and the united states over a suspected chemical weapons attack in syria is intensifying. today, the russian military said samples taken from the site of the alleged attack in douma didn't reveal any poisonous substances. at the same time, donald trump told moscow to get ready for missiles to be fired at syria. which is odd, given that back in 2013, during barack obama's presidency, trump tweeted "why do we keep broadcasting when we are going to attack syria? "why can't we just be quiet and, if we attack at all, "catch them by surprise?" north america editor jon sopeljoins us now. we expect president trump to say different things from what mr trump

said, but he made a big point during the campaign, which is at one has military strategies would be not to broadcast what he is good to do. but the president had been coded morning, and russia's ambassador to lebanon said, not only are british it down missiles, but we might shoot down the platforms from which they come. “— down the platforms from which they come. —— goaded. such as the planes that they may be fired from. so you have the president responding entity comprising terms, saying get ready, because they will be coming, nice and new and smart, referring to the missiles. the language we have heard from the russians and from the americans sounds more like the trash talking you get between two heavyweight boxers when they turn up for the way in, and before they get into the ring to actually fight. —— a re are two permanent weigh—in. these are two permanent residents of the security council. —— permanent members. by not backing

down, it makes things more dangerous. i was looking at what the prime minister of turkey saying, almost like street fighting. but beyond the rhetoric, how much concern as they are in washington and national security circles that we are getting dangerously close to a conflict we could have russia retaliating against american military action? i sure there will bea military action? i sure there will be a good deal of thought going into how we can avoid things escalating further. i think the americans feel they have to do something more than they have to do something more than they did last time, which was kind ofa they did last time, which was kind of a one—off, discreet operation, 59 missiles at the strathaven airfield, which we now know a year later has had little effect. so it l144 are—55:47:55?! a; r; eases: a; a}, —— — . — £755. 5)»; more can. be? more, but how much more can it be? does it go for syrian regime targets's presumably we are not going to target any russian targets on the ground, but then what is

america's policy towards syria? i do not know. it is about regime change or getting involved deeper or pulling out? we don't know. good to see you, john. on the strategy points, something that we heard about at the beginning of the programme, you have just about at the beginning of the programme, you havejust said you do not know what the strategy is. bearing in mind when we started this discussion on the street fighting talk going on on twitter, the fact that people like you don't get an indication of what the overall strategy is suggests there may not be an overall strategy, and therefore it is the street fighting, this is the dangerous pit, which rules out the moment. —— rules at the moment. -- dangerous pit. last week, donald trump. about pulling all american assets out of syria. he

was talking about abolishing the reconstruction fund they had to set up. so we had what seemed like a settled policy a week ago. you then see horrific images of people choking to death, and the president seems to have gone through 180 degrees, and the policy is changing. national security advisers were caught on the hop when president trump said he wanted to pull american troops out. they scrambled to catch up. now everyone is saying, we are still trying to catch up, and when the commander—in—chief says, give me military options, you can be sure that is what they are doing. but looking further ahead than the military action itself, to three months, six months, a year, we do not know the answer to that question, and i suspect the body working in the white house knows for certain, except perhaps for the president himself, and we don't even know that he has made up his mind. or that his

know that he has made up his mind. orthat his mind know that he has made up his mind. or that his mind that has been made up or that his mind that has been made up this week is the same as the mind he makes up next week. thank you for joining us. matthew, you have not even done a full hour, you are already within me. i have had enough. -- already leaving me. matthew will be joining us we hope from beirut tomorrow. if it is a missile strike, it is a good place to have him. please go, because i get nervous when people are late for aeroplanes. my bags are packed and in the corner of the studio. i am heading off to beirut where are simmering all things cool correctly, we will be presenting beyond 100 days from tomorrow. thank you, matthew, for today. for syrian refugees who have settled in the us, this week's chemical attack in their country is a chilling reminder of the violence they fled. but enhanced security screening means far fewer refugees are able to start a new life in the us. the trump administration is planning cutbacks in the refugee program and is on track to admit the lowest number of refugees in nearly 40 years.

laura trevelyan reports from connecticut. the connecticut shoreline is a world apart from the horrors of syria. here in this tranquil corner of new england, refugees are trying to build a new life. muhammad came here from syria in 2016. he speaks to his mother in jordan daily, desperate for her tojoin him here. and he asks why the us isn't doing more to assist syrians given their national nightmare. i think syrians are most people who need help now. they don't have time to wait. muhammad's mother fled from syria tojordan, and she stuck there. the trump administration's travel ban and from syria means her application is progressing slowly. it is not clear when this is going to stop, and when the normal life is going to start.

we have got a cluster of refugees in the hartford area. for chris george, who runs this refugee resettlement office in new haven, the violence syria underscores why the trump administration should be taking more refugees, not cutting back at a time of such great need. welcoming refugees is probably the best thing this country does. it is our oldest, most noble tradition. it is the statue of liberty in action. despite the efforts to resettle refugees here along the connecticut coastline, and across america, the trump administration says it is too costly, and the money will be better spent helping people fleeing persecution overseas. critics of the white house say the attempt to cut the number of refugees is all part of a wider effort to limit legal immigration. whatever the political environment may be, the peaceful atmosphere of small town connecticut is truly a refuge for muhammad. he has a job, and longs to get married.

my dream in america is to success in the life, to have a family, to have a normal life that we lost in syria. we are... we are near to my school. america's tradition of welcoming the stranger may be redefined by this administration, but it connecticut, as volunteers teach newcomers english, those fleeing war are grateful for the chance to start over. president trump's attorney generaljeff sessions — yes, the same man mr trump says he wished he'd never hired — has been sent to the border with mexico to inspect security. the white house says there's been an up tick in illegal crossings in the past few weeks. which is why mr trump ordered us national guard troops to be deployed along the border. they're already in place in arizona and texas, and we expect more will be added in new mexico during mr session's visit. our north america correspondent, james cook,

is on the border at new mexico. we are looking here into mexico, but i am standing on the other side of this international border in the us. in new mexico, to be precise, where the attorney generaljeff sessions is visiting and will be talking among other things about the deployment here of the national guard to try to improve security on this frontier. we have been chatting to the local law enforcement and specifically to jamar cotton, who is a deputy sheriff here in the county. we are right now on the border between the us and mexico, new mexico side. the exact area is where the cut—off is for the current gate, and as you can see there is some wire and other stands where the gate was supposed to be that it has discontinued. what would happen if someone crossed over now into the us? you would see a lot of lights and fast vehicles coming this way. before they probably

got to the gate. basically, it is easy access over on both sides. and people cross over no problem? i wouldn't say no problem but it is easy access, so there is usually people out here that is watching the area and stuff like that so it is just one of those hot areas where people come over. as deputies, we are not here for immigration issues, we are here to make sure that drugs aren't being brought over here, that human trafficking and stuff like that isn't happening, so that is our main priority. how big a problem is drugs and human trafficking in this county? the drug issue is a big issue everywhere. specifically in places where there is high poverty, we are one of those areas, and so those areas are one of the concerns which we have. we are trying to combat that. being right at the border, we see it.

one of the things that is happening this week is the national guard is being deployed. do you think that is helpful, does that help you, or would you rather see money go to the sheriff's department? we could always use money! but really, i can't say. it has happened before in the past with other presidents, and i really don't know if it was successful or not. what i believe will be successful or not doesn't matter, we are going to find out, so let's just sit back and wait and see how it goes. that was the deputy sheriff here in new mexico. it is expected that the attorney—general‘s visit will be met with protesters, angry about the immigration policies of the united states, and they are particularly angry about president donald trump. as we've discussed earlier in the programme,

the most senior republican in the us congress, paul ryan, has announced he will not be running for re—election later this year. the announcement by the speaker of the house is seen by many as a big blow to the republican party. the president responded by sending this tweet — with me now is kevin sheridan who was paul ryan's communications director when he was a vice presidential nominee on mitt romney's ticket in 2012. thank you forjoining me. interesting to see what the president said there are, the praise that he heaped on paul ryan, because i'm going to take a hunch that behind closed doors, but behind closed doors, paul ryan has not a lwa ys closed doors, paul ryan has not always found donald trump uneasy presidents to work with.|j always found donald trump uneasy presidents to work with. i think they have reached an agreement where they have reached an agreement where they work closely together on similar agendas. in the early days

of his presidency, he adopted paul ryan's blueprint he had spent the last year and have developing with the house members. so donald trump could walk right in and pass something. at the end of 2017, most people did not think republicans would get anything done, and they got historic tax reform done. paul ryanis got historic tax reform done. paul ryan is living relative predicted legacy. he did not get everything he wanted, he would have loved to tackle entitlements. —— leaving with a pretty good legacy. he has spent his whole life working on reducing the us deficit. he signed a tax bill as you said, that increased the us deficit. we will see if it works out that way may well run. almost all economists think it will. we could argue that all day. he did not get a ring he wanted, that is for sure. the 60 votes in the senate rule is a problem, it increases spending, he had to make come from ices, because he wanted to fund the military. in the future, what impact will his

departure have an republicans facing a tough mid—term election?“ departure have an republicans facing a tough mid-term election? it was good to be tough whether he left or not, so it does not change the dynamic too much. paul ryan back the lot of money for republican house candidates, but they have tens of millions of dollars to spend on those races. in the first term of the presidency, it is tough for the sitting party, and i expect we will lose a lot of seats. i don't know what it will flip the house, everybody thinks it will right now. democrats are running on one message on the, though, and it isjust anti—trump. they have not, with an alternative message to that, that may be enough, we will see in the november. do you agree with chris christie, the former republican governor of newjersey, who said today that he thinks paul ryan is leaving because he realises he will probe in not be speaker after the mid—term elections because he think the republicans will lose the house? chris christie ‘s in to that opinion. i know that he has been thinking about this for a long time.

—— chris christie is entitled. he did not want this job in the first place, he took it because he was the right man for the job at the time. place, he took it because he was the right man for the job at the timelj must believe that he does want to spend more time with his kids, i would like to spend more time with mine. he worked on mitt romney's presidential campaign when paul ryan was the vice presidential nominee. —— you worked. you see another opportunity for yourself to join a paul ryan presidential campaign? paul ryan presidential campaign? paul ryan presidential campaign? paul ryan knows that i will support him in anything that he wants to do. he will take sometime off, and he will continue to shape the policy of the barbican party for sure, because he is committed to ending poverty in a conservative way, and committed to tackling entitlements, which he was never able to do. he will continue to bea never able to do. he will continue to be a voice on that, and i wish them well. thanks for coming in. wrong, i was asking kevin he would work on a presidential campaign in

the future for mr ryan. would you? —— ron. the future for mr ryan. would you? -- ron. here is my policy will stop you have governor mitt romney running for the senate in utah. do you think there is an outside possibility that if you won that race this november, he would run for president? i do. wouldn't it be nice to get the band back together if you had a ryan and romney ticket? i would work for that. would you do you put it out? —— witchy year would you put it out? —— witchy year would you put it out? —— witchy year would you put it out? 2020. all sorts of people are deciding they want to retire. there may be people who want to ta ke retire. there may be people who want to take a swipe at present trump in 2020, and i think governor romney, i would keep your eyes and ears out for him. —— president trump. would he bring his old friend back on a

ticket? we will be watching. into other news now. a military aircraft has crashed in algeria, killing more than 200 people on board. state television is reporting that the plane came down shortly after take off from a military airport, near the capital algiers. there are reports of people being killed on the ground. sophie long reports. the burnt out fuselage of the ilyushin military transport plane that had been carrying more than 250 people. it had been bound for a town in south—west algeria close to the border with morocco. but shortly after take—off, something caused it to plummet, and to crash into a field. translation: we heard a big explosion, and then me and my neighbour drove here by car. there was very heavy smoke, then we realised there was an aeroplane accident. when we arrived at the sport itself, we found piles of bodies. it is a disaster, an absolute disaster. among those who lost their lives were the plane's ten crew.

most of the passengers were military personnel. but algeria's defence ministry said some of the soldiers' families had been travelling with them. there have been no reports of any survivors. algeria's army chief has ordered an urgent investigation to find out what happened, what caused this military plane to crash with such catastrophic consequences. sophie long, bbc news. this is beyond 100 days. still to come — the return of the milkman. why sales of doorstep deliveries are up. the uk's biggest supermarket, tesco, has announced a significant rise in profits, up hundreds of millions of pounds, in the last year. sales of fresh food helped boost the bottom line, with the firm completing a three—year reform programme, following a series of disappointing results.

our business correspondent emma simpson has the details. it's britain's biggest retailer. whilst some on the high street are struggling, tesco is on the up, with pre—tax profit breaking through the £1 billion mark for the first time in four years. in 2014, tesco was in trouble, an accounting scandal wiping billions of pounds off the value of the company. and it was haemorrhaging sales. it all ended in a £64 billion loss, the worst results in its history. from 2015, the restructuring was under way. businesss were sold from tesco's south korea division to dobbies garden centre and the giraffe restaurant chain. they cut thousands of officejobs here, too, but the realfull as was getting shoppers back into their stores. just getting the basics of retail rate, getting stuff onto the

shelves and making sure prices are not out of line with the rest of the market, and getting stuff back onto the shop floor to improve standards as well. so what now for tesco? well, it has just taken control of this business. you may not have heard of it, but booker is britain's biggest wholesaler, supplying thousands of corner shops. everything here is super—sized. that is because booker supplies lots of restaurants, pubs, cafes as well, and tesco wants a piece of this market. a tie—up which will give tesco even greater buying power and scale. but it is a big bet which will need to pay off if tesco's recovery is to stay on track. emma simpson, bbc news. you're watching beyond 100 days. a bottle of milk delivered to the doorstep was a staple for most families in the uk and in other parts of the world until the 1980s.

but it's been on the decline ever since. but now, many dairies are reporting an increase in glass bottle deliveries for the first time in decades. they've put it down to the public‘s increased awareness of plastic waste. environmental campaigners say the news is encouraging, but with doorstep delivery only representing 3% of the market, more needs to be done. nina warhurst reports. all is quiet in this village. ian has the birds and the him company. a milkman for 28 years. ian has witnessed a steady decline in doorstep deliveries. we have seen some redundancies, good friends losing theirjobs, but it seems to be picking up again. keeping you

busy. keeping me busy, exactly, yeah. since january, ian's dairy has been delivering 4000 more glass bottles a week. and out dairies we spoke to, 17 said they had also seen a rise. this is the first year we have actually seen a rise in sales and production, which i think is on the back of people being more aware of the environment. not bad news for hours. the morning claimed the doorstep came a post—war stable, and despite popular advertising, there came deregulation and the rise of the supermarket, triggering a decline to just 3% of the current market. but it survived. eileen likes knowing that her bottles are reused, and she likes her milkman. how long have you known ian? about

12 years. in the winter it was brilliant. i was opening the door, and it was deep snow, the bottles just plunks inlet! paul ian. a pint of eileen's milk costs 65p, sold four of them is more than £2 50. but at the road, a major supermarket, where the same volume of milk costs less tha n where the same volume of milk costs less than half the price, so eileen's neighbours are not keen to convert. living near the sea, jill has been horrified by images of plastic waste, and yet, does that tempt you to move to glass?|j plastic waste, and yet, does that tempt you to move to glass? i like to think i would, but no, i wouldn't. it is cheaper, which is the bottom line. a waste charity told us that because of the environmental impact of delivery, glass bottles must be used 20 times to beat plastic. ian's bottles are used around 50 times, so here's

hoping more customers will see them as the green option for the white stuff. she has now actually become a milk woman, nina. we know, ron, that christian likes to switch of himself asa christian likes to switch of himself as a green person. “— christian likes to switch of himself as a green person. —— think of himself. he has now switched to having glass bottles delivered to his doorstep. look what we thought we could do for christian! and having bottles, we could have cartons. i think that is great, and we need to have christian on a milk carton, because where is he? he has abandoned us. he is in the mediterranean on his yacht with his cigars and champagne. you spend a lot of time in california. i'm often struck by the fact that things that ta ke struck by the fact that things that take off in the us did not take off in the uk. is this a movement taking an california? actually, i have single bottle delivery in san

francisco. californians love being on the retro edge, so it was cool back then and it is now. so i think it will happen in new york and san francisco, why not? it is a little fun. i loved that piece. it is meant to be environmentally friendly, ron, not a little fun! this is saving the world stuff. thank you to joining us. we will see you all back here tomorrow. once again, the country shrouded with cloud. but not everywhere. try for most of us, but not everybody. some rain in the forecast. sunny in the southern counties, the lake district, cumbria. northern and western scotla nd cumbria. northern and western scotland also enjoying the sunny skies. where the clouds visible way, some

mist and fog in places as well. on thursday, we are going to do it all over again. mostly cloudy day with a few spots of light rain here and there. but later in the day, some showers moving from the new continent, which could affect us thursday and friday, and some of them could be sundry as well. so a little change on the way as we go towards the end of the week, some rain around. these are the heavy showers early on friday, possibly moving northwards, and then some rain in the forecast for friday across the north—western areas.

friday to saturday we are going to see a big change in the wind pattern across the uk, because we have seen winds coming out of the south—east, the east, the winds are going to change direction and start coming out of the south, and then eventually, the south—west. so that means a loss of the cloud we have had across the country will be dispersing, breaking up. there will bea dispersing, breaking up. there will be a bit of light rain here and there, but not a lot, we think. and then by the timber gets to the weekend, it looks like things. warming up. some sunshine developing, still a risk is showers, but the biggest change will be after the weekend. monday, tuesday, here is the exciting bit, let's look at those temperatures, it is good to feel much warmer, possibly the warmest spell we have had since the end of last summer. goodbye. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 8pm: after the suspected gas attack in douma, the bbc learns that theresa may looks ready to join military action against syria,

without the approval of parliament. it comes as donald trump warns russia to "get ready" for missile strikes in syria following that attack. the facebook boss mark zuckerberg tells congress that he was among the millions whose data was shared as he apologises for the scandal. we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake. it was my mistake, and i'm sorry. and south africa remembers winnie mandela. thousands attend a memorial service for the anti—apartheid activist in soweto. she'll receive a state funeral on saturday.