you're watching beyond 100 days. hurricane michael was fast and brutal. in a hit—and—run strike, it left a path of devastation. buildings, trees, power lines were simply tossed aside and snapped in half by some monster winds. the storm has already moved on, and today the sun is back out, but that's little comfort to people who's homes have just been shattered. it was brutal, absolutely brutal. the damage that we see are looking around us, i really, really feel that it could have been a tornado. everything is gone but i'm just glad we made it out saved, because i thought i was getting trapped in there and not be able to get out. president trump says it would be unacceptable to cancel us defence sales to saudi arabia over the disappearance of a saudi journalist. also on the programme... soyuz, we have a problem. the moment a russian rocket malfunctioned while heading to the international space station. the two men on board are hugely fortunate to be alive. president trump is out—trumped in the oval office by kanye west,

whose rant seems to leave him speechless. it was something about, when i put this hat on, it made me feel like superman. you made a superman, that's my favourite superhero... what do you take to soothe the nerves when you are flying, a sedative, a cup of tea — or how about a squirrel? hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. hurricane michael was the strongest storm to hit the us mainland since 1969. and it caught everyone by surprise. far worse than authorities had expected. with winds of over 155 mph, there has been catastrophic damage in parts of the panhandle. panama city took the brunt, where rooves were ripped from houses, pilons and trees were uprooted. so far, two deaths have been reported, but we don't yet know

the fate of those who stayed behind in those areas, where the storm surge was over 8ft. hurricane michael is now tropical storm michael, it is currently over the carolinas, which of course were badly hit by hurricane florence. in florida, more than 700,000 people are without power. the rescue crews are trying to get into the worst hit areas. president trump spoke about it a few moments ago. the big problem with this hurricane was the tremendous power, unfortunately it was very fast. it was my tremendous destruction. webb these residents explained why they we re these residents explained why they were lucky to survive. i did not ta ke were lucky to survive. i did not take precautions of howl were lucky to survive. i did not take precautions of how i should have in my town home, at first the attic caved in and evelyn was having so attic caved in and evelyn was having so quick when it landed, and then after that, like, my so quick when it landed, and then afterthat, like, my roof so quick when it landed, and then

after that, like, my roof came so quick when it landed, and then afterthat, like, my roof came in from the top part to the bottom, so ever thing is gone but ijust glad we made it out saved, because i thought i was going to get trapped in there and not be a will to get out. it was brutal, absolutely brutal. the damage we say, looking around us, i really feel it could have been a tornado. sustained winds, it was plus 100 mph. amazing that some people stayed through that storm. gary 0'donoghue is in mexico beach for us now. the communications are a little tricky with that area but we think we can get through to gary. gary, what is the scene down there? we have seen the aerial pictures, it looks devastating, how bad is it? we walk down a road that is down from the bridge that comes over into mexico beach down to the beachfront itself, there were just two houses and things still standing on that road. you can simply walk into

people's living rooms, into their kitchens, their dining rooms, without going through a front door or even going through anything that is not flattened. people's goods are all over the street, you can see all sorts of things, people's kettles and their microwaves, their mattresses, we even saw someone's noveljust sitting on the street, just on its own. all sorts of household things will stop the devastation is extraordinary because the winds came straight off the sea, which is there, and we were at the 155 mph, and everything in its wake oi'i 155 mph, and everything in its wake on the beachfront was devastated. the governor rick scott saying it will take weeks if not months to put all this back together. what was extraordinary about michael was how i built extraordinary about michael was how ibuilt up extraordinary about michael was how i built up so quickly and then howard moved with such pace through florida. was. it continue to be a very fast storm.

there was whipping up all of that water. the north—east part of the storm hits. having spoken to a lady who was telling me that she had five feet of water in the bottom of the house, and while she hid in the closet trying to hide from the storm, waiting for it to pass. the wind was so fast at that time that it tore the place apart. these are holiday homes, they are retirement homes. 0ne lady we have just spoken to moved here four years ago to retire. spent four years rebuilding the house, getting itjust right, and it was just a shell. the house, getting itjust right, and it wasjust a shell. she was absolutely devastated, she was in tears, she was carting her belongings from the back of a car with a friend of hers. hold the front of her house was ripped off, and she was trying to salvage what

she could. the number of storms has not necessarily increased but the length and the cost of the storms has increased. the five most expensive hurricanes in history have all been this century, so insurance companies looking at that very closely and agreeing that climate change is a factor. the crown prince of saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman, ordered an operation to lure the journalist jamal khashoggi back to saudi arabia, according to us intercepts of saudi officials who had discussed the plan. the details carried by the washington post suggest the saudi prince had tired of the criticism he was getting from the dissidentjournalist — and he meant to silence him. if the us intelligence agencies were aware of that plan, did they do enough to warn mr khashoggi of the threat? that question — and the lack of any satisfactory response from saudi arabia — poses donald trump a major problem, particularly since his son in law jared kushner has fostered such a close relationship with the crown prince. last night a bipartisan group of senators —

yes, working together — demanded that donald trump impose sanctions on anyone who is found responsible for khashoggi's disappearance, including saudi leaders. for more on this we can speak to shane harris who is the intelligence and security reporter for the washington post. shane, you have a story about us intelligence agencies having intercepts. what exactly did those intercepts. what exactly did those intercepts tell us intelligence organisations question not they certainly found out that the crown prince and self wanted to find a way to get him back into saudi arabia where he could be detained. we know severally from this reporting it is very trusting, friends of the journalist have told us he was being contacted throughout this past summer contacted throughout this past summer by saudi officials close to crown prince mohammed were saying that jamaal should come back, but if he came back he would be protected. you might even get a job in the crown prince's, in the government, close to the crown prince. so it is

clear that the highest levels of the saudi government wanted to find a way to get her out of the united states, which then leads to the question of whether or not what happened in istanbul at the consulate was some kind of back—up plan, because he did not go back to saudi arabia, you did not feel safe there. clarify a bit more to your reporting said, did saudi arabia wa nt to reporting said, did saudi arabia want to do harm to mr khashoggi, or did theyjust want to do harm to mr khashoggi, or did they just want to want to do harm to mr khashoggi, or did theyjust want to detain him? want to do harm to mr khashoggi, or did theyjust want to detain him7m is not entirely clear, but by now we have no reason to believe they explicitly said they were trying to harm him, and certainly no one has indicated they were trying to kill him. but this question comes up, if the americans had a credible reason to believe that he could be harmed if he were to go back or he could be somehow unlawfully obtained, the guidance is prettily clear that they

would have had an obligation to warn him of that but it will really come down to precisely the language that was being used, and how was it figured out. president trump said he knew nothing about it, that is not strictly true, is it? i don't think so. strictly true, is it? i don't think so. some of the information that was coming out of turkey was being conveyed to senior levels at the white house. it is remarkable that it took the white house a week to even speak about jamal khashoggi's case, so when he said he knew nothing about it, i don't think that's entirely accurate. really interesting reporting, shane, thank you very much indeed. a brief time ago president trump addressed the khashoggi case in the oval office and had this to say about the prospect of stopping us arms sales to saudi arabia. again, this took place in turkey,

and to the best of our knowledge khashoggi is not a united states citizen, is that right? permanent resident, 0k. citizen, is that right? permanent resident, ok. we don't like it, john, and we don't like it even a little bit, but as to whether or not we should stop $110 billion from being spent in this country, knowing they have four or five alternatives, two very good alternatives, that would not be acceptable to me. hisham melhem is the washington bureau chief of the al arabiya news channel and he is here with us now. thank you very much for coming in. if you were thinking that the us might take some kind of retallick it a reaction against saudi arabia, what the president has just said —— some kind of retaliation, what the president hasjust said some kind of retaliation, what the president has just said would probably disabuse you of that. just a correction, i am now go with our arabia. we will get that right. the

president looks at that saudi arabia and he sees a bank vault. everything in terms of foreign relationship is based on transactional benefits for him. he propped up mbs from the beginning. jared kushner has a special relationship with him, he speaks with him regularly. without these calls being monitored or recorded, which is extremely important. and the president does not have the moral authority when he speaks about abusing the rights of reporters when he refers to reporters when he refers to reporters repeatedly as the enemies of the people, which has emboldened people like mbs, cc image of, heard again in turkey and —— sisi in egypt, erdogan in turkey. but this could get at a fan. there is an outpouring of anger on the hill, in the congress, and we saw that important letter yesterday. and i remind people that the congress of the united states imposed an arms in

bago on turkey in 1974, so the congress can make life difficult for the president. we are getting these mixed messages, we have senator bob corker just today saying sanctions could be imposed on saudi arabia if it was proven that saudi arabia did kill mr khashoggi, somebody you had known in washington, and then you have the president saying hold on the second, we have a lot of money at stake here comes so which is it? which wins? you can have the magnitsky act and then impose actions on mbs himself, the crown prince of saudi arabia, if he is seen as the main suspect. hard to seen as the main suspect. hard to see jared kushner agreeing to that, is it? that's true, that there would bea is it? that's true, that there would be a lot of pressure and they could make life difficult for the saudis, they could hold on the delivery of certain items, because the war in yemen has angered many lawmakers before the khashoggi issue, so the saudis were running out of friends in washington long before they did

that to khashoggi. the difficulty for donald trump and the administration is that this is not an isolated incident. reporters without borders are saying today more than 15 journalists and bloggers have been arrested in a com pletely bloggers have been arrested in a completely illegal manner in saudi arabia in 2017. of course you are of lebanese heritage, we have that rather quasi—abduction of the lebanese prime minister as well so this is not in isolation. that is why people are angry at the administration because also the administration because also the administration gave mbs a lot of leeway. ironically the kidnapping and possible murder of khashoggi could hurt saudi arabia and washington and mbs presently, because already his sheen has been tattered or tarnished, and now people are wondering how come the atrocities in yemen did not receive the attention they should have, or the attention they should have, or the kidnapping or the luring of the lebanese prime minister to saudi arabia and being forced to resign,

how come the arrest of many academics in saudi arabia, including women academics, activists, who were calling for basic human rights, and not to mention what happened in the ritz, in which there was, people we re ritz, in which there was, people were held against their will, and then when they paid ransom, they we re then when they paid ransom, they were released and they did that in the name of fighting corruption. and this man has bought a yacht at the cost of half $1 billion. so talk about irony here. thank you very much forjoining us. sometimes we take space travel for granted. but the margin for error is small. and today we got a perfect example of how quickly things can go wrong. a russian spacecraft, the soyuz, which had blasted off from the desert in kazakhstan, carrying an american astronaut and a russian cosmonaut, suddenly got into difficultyjust a few minutes into the flight. there was a malfunction with the main booster. the two crew members on board were forced to seperate from the rocket — and begin a steep, emergency descent back to earth.

0ur moscow correspondent sarah rainsford has the details. liftoff. and there is liftoff of the soyuz. it looked at first like a routine launch, a burst of fire and noise as a soyuz rocket lifted its russian and american crew into orbit. then this. less than three minutes into the flight, commander alexey 0vchinin reports an emergency with the booster system. behind the translator, you can hear his calm voice, quipping that it was a quick flight. moments later, though, the astronauts are hurtling back to earth. rescue teams were poised to rush to the landing site. the crew did train for exactly this type of scenario, the gruelling g force their bodies have to endure, but russia's soyuz rocket hasn't failed on launch for 35 years. this is a major blow to its space programme. for american nick hague,

it's also an abrupt end to his first ever mission. he's been training for years to spend six months on the international space station. currently russian rockets are the only way to reach it. now all flights have been suspended as an investigation is launched. we are working together for the international space station with our american colleagues, with russia, with japan and canada, and the europeans. and of course this mishap of today is not a very good thing for us, because we need the transportation to the international space station for our astronauts. the crew are looking remarkably well after their ordeal. russian space officials, though, face tough questions over what went wrong here. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. now comes the bit of the programme you have all been waiting for. there have been some pretty wild events during the trump presidency, but the one just now in the oval office beats them all. rapper kanye west took over the room with an extended, impassioned riff on superman,

guns, planes, china, women, and the wonders of trump. he was in the white house endorsing the president, enjoying some lunch and using language never before heard in the oval office. we can't repeat those words or do the full spieljustice, but here's a snippet. i love hillary, i love everyone, right, but the campaign, i am with her, just didn't feel me, as a guy that didn't get to see my dad all the time as a guy that could play catch with his son. there was something about when i put this hat on, it made me feel like superman, thatis on, it made me feel like superman, that is my favourite superhero, and you made a superman cape also as a guy that looks at tu, american industrial guys. this is a public service announcement, if you have about half an hour, listen to the whole thing, it is definitely worth it. let's get more with matt schlapp, who's the president of the american conservative union. i wish you had seen the whole thing,

it is so funny. have you ever seen anything like that in the oval 0ffice anything like that in the oval office before? you're i will say one thing about the language to christian, which is my guess is that all of that language has been used in the oval office... and in this newsroom! in american office, there isa newsroom! in american office, there is a breakdown of the old order, and the way you have to credential lies your voice to be heard. we have smashed that, we feel like the professional leticia and sat by and large failed to tackle the big questions. people are very open to listening to all kinds of new voices, that is true in entertainment as well, so you would be surprised. my guess is it impact for. you think that can your west has a real position in american politics? identify would go that far but as a citizen and people follow and love his music and think is interesting, it will be impactful —— kanye interesting, it will be impactful —— ka nye we st. interesting, it will be impactful —— ka nye west. it

interesting, it will be impactful —— kanye west. it is unusual for an african—american to be stepping forward in his make america great hat. unusual that certainly was. we have you in the studio.|j hat. unusual that certainly was. we have you in the studio. i feel like you want to stay. valli what happens when you pull on that hat, matt, do you get that superhero feeling? probably not. more likely than anything else i am afraid in washington, dc that someone might hit me. obviously i am a big supporter of the president and i like the fact he is shaking things up, that was a lot of shaking. and president omar mateen met jay—z. up, that was a lot of shaking. and president omar mateen metjay—z. —— president omar mateen metjay—z. —— president obama. it weak front 2012, yesterday by that standard, pennsylvania last

night was wrong. i would disagree with you because the one thing you can't change is the fact elections come every two years in america, and i think what trump is doing with his rallies, some people have of them is just campaign stops, but it is one of the most important vehicles he has to communicate to his supporters, the country and the world. everyone is following these rallies stem to stern and so to consider them just a campaign stop force their importance. i would not have advised him to go around the country because i would have given him the wrong advice. they have been incredibly impactful. what i keep reading about, after kavanaugh, and you might not see this in the polls, but what they are telling is that democrats are raising big amounts of money. that might not show in the polls but somewhere down the line it will create real problems for insiders like you in the gop. completely the opposite. the fact is that democrats and liberals in america have had their hair on fire ever since donald trump had the

audacity to win that presidential campaign two years ago, and they are at full tilt, their intensity is as high as you can get, if it is one to ten, they are at 11 plus. the problem is on the republican side, a lot of trump supporters who think the president is doing a greatjob, they look at congress and they think it is kind of if the, they don't know why it is important to vote. what kava naugh know why it is important to vote. what kavanaugh did is build their intensity site we on more available playing field. trump said if democrats in the house, i could work with them, we all want infrastructure, will that make if you republicans around the president nervous? why seek control already? americans like divided government, presidents tend to get re—elected, or at least the last two democrats got re—elected when they lost congress, and this idea that their liberalism would be put in check by congress yet they would still be the president worked out very nicely for them. so for the president worked out very nicely for them. so forthe president's re—election, losing the house would

not be the worst thing. for the republican party, a party i am a pa rt republican party, a party i am a part of, it wouldn't be good at all, so part of, it wouldn't be good at all, so that is a dynamic here. so you need to have words! thank you for joining us, i want to get your views on our closing story later on on your favourite animal to take on a plane. i can't stand when they take these animals on planes, i love dogs but they are not on my lap on a flight, 0k. but they are not on my lap on a flight, ok. that is called a teaser from matt on our final item. let's gets in other news. klindt macro a woman has had a swastika carved onto her stomach by the supporters of the brazilian president candidate. it was in

retaliation for her wearing a not him to shut. the police operation for the uk visit injuly is estimated to cost nearly £80 million was nearly 10,000 officers from across the country were needed to cover the us president's four day trip, it was increased and wants of policing because of the hot weather, the summer festivals and the football. rafael nadal has been helping flood victims in his native mallorca, clearing mud and water. the 32—year—old complete with broom in hand pleated sad day in mallorca. my in hand pleated sad day in mallorca. my sincere condolences to the relatives of the deceased. at least ten people have died. flying can be an emotional roller—coaster for many people. a drop of lavender, some chamomile tea, maybe even a bit of brandy to soothe the nerves. or.....perhaps, a squirrel. cindy torok had boarded her frontier airlines flight from orlando,

florida, to cleveland with her "emotional support squirrel". the airline says police were called when the passenger refused to leave the plane. in the end all passengers had to disembark and reboard, causing a two—hour delay. cindy, who was clapped by some, booed by others says the airlines treatment was a disgrace. this was cindy's reaction to the prospect of having her squirrel taken away. isaid, you're i said, you're not taking my squirrel, sorry you are not. i refuse, you will not take my baby from me. you will not take that squirrel out of my dead, cold hands. what is it about a squirrel? when i watch a squirrel in the park and it is eating a nut, it is not calm, it is anxious, it is not the animal that you take onto a plane. no, but it might be the baby horse, which is something one person once took on a

plane. i had squirrels once, my mum rescued a family of squirrels that was about to be cut down from a dutch elm tree in oxfordshire, and they are a nightmare, they trashed oui’ they are a nightmare, they trashed our living room, they used to run up inside our trousers and excellent we should have left them in the dutch elm tree, and i would never, ever recommend taking one on a plane to make you calm. the airline says this goal is a rodent and they have an anti—rodent policy. she is going to sue. the world is mad. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — we'll revisit those unique pictures of kanye west's visit to the white house, as the outspoken rapper manages to silence the president. and as part of our series on european identity, we travel from italy to germany through austria, the route taken by many migrants over the last few years. hello, storm callum is on the way to

the uk, which means a spell of strong, potentially destructive winds from any part of the uk on through friday, and from this, and this is storm callum, the steep area of low pressure, rain to the north and west of the uk that will last into saturday, and will bring the potential for some problems, especially into south wales, where the met office has an amber warning on the friday and saturday, more on south facing hills. a risk of flooding from that will stop evening showers will clear and then wind strengthens for all, you can see the rain coming in from storm callum later in the night as well, overnight temperatures of seven to stop you will wake up tomorrow, many northern and western parts of the uk without breaks of rain, strong gale force winds, perhaps severe in the west. ijust wa nt to perhaps severe in the west. ijust want to focusing on the morning wind gusts. they are at their strongest into western parts here, 50, 60 mph, more on exposed hills. there will be

some morning sunshine around from northern ireland and ireland but gusts like this will bring some disruption, particularly with an impact on travel within places so check the situation near you heading out in the morning. it remains very windy, widespread gales to the north and west, outbreaks of rain, a pulse of that feeding northwards through wales questioning linda to scotland, dbjust click wales questioning linda to scotland, db just click the eastern side of northern ireland. technically it is still mild but stays dry with some sunshine, east anglia and the south—east, but it is windy but some in the uk it is very wet. friday evening, noticed this area brain sticking around, this weather front will continue to bring some rain into saturday as well across northern and western parts of the uk, so it is southern scotland, wales, western england that we will see that rain, and the rain totals mounting during saturday with particular concern when we have that amber warning to south wales, much of eastern england staying dry too

much of saturday, and the potential for it to be very warm again with temperatures into the mid—20s. but still very blustery. light winds on sunday, outbreaks of rain here is to its and sunny spells developing, a few showers to the north—west but sunday thankfully looking like a much quieter day. this is beyond 100 days with me katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories... one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the us causes devastation across the south—east of the country. hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses remain without electricity. as pressure grows to find out what happened to the missing saudi journalist jamal khashoggi, president trump says it would be unacceptable to cancel us defence sales to saudi arabia. coming up in the next half hour... donald trump hosts kanye west at the white house, in a rambling speech the rapper tells the president he made him feel like superman. and it seems we're all talking to machines these days in one way

or another but is artificial intelligence changing not only the way we live, but how we think? last week was a very good week for the white house. brett kavanaugh was confirmed to the supreme court and the president announced a new trade deal for north america. but a week is indeed a long time in politics and things can and do change fast. the us ambassador to the un, nikki haley, suddenly announced her resignation. the dowjones fell a collosal 800 points yesterday and the president has been criticised for holding a campaign rally in pennsylvania at the same time that hurricane michael was hitting florida. but lets face it — the only thing people are talking about right now is kanye west's visit to the white house. here is a little more of what unfolded. so the flyest, freshest, most amazing car and what we want to start with. ..

i brought a gift with me right here. this right here is the iplane 1. it is a hydrogen—powered aeroplane and this is what our president should be flying in. look at this. can we get rid of air force one? no, you don't like that idea? well, we are going to have apple, an american company, working on this plane with us. with us now is our political analyst and former adviser to president george w bush, ron christie. did that happen a lot when you are in the white house? no, it did not! in the white house, the president used to say that he didn't want anyone to speak in front of him for more than one minute. you can't make this stuff up but a week in the trump administration is like that.

first the president looked bemused but then you can sort of see him saying, "wait, this is my show." kanye saying, "wait, this is my show." ka nye we st saying, "wait, this is my show." ka nye west says saying, "wait, this is my show." kanye west says that he had donald trump 's kanye west says that he had donald trump '5 share the same mentality. it is easy to be cynical and smear, this is a man who is streetwise. maybe they will go and have lunch with a bit later and could something positive i hope so. i think it is very important for the president to hear from diverse voices, very important for the president to hearfrom diverse voices, people from different perspectives, people from different perspectives, people from a different philosophy that he has. if ka nye from a different philosophy that he has. if kanye west, certainly a gifted musician, he is not my cup of tea of what i listen to but i respect that he has millions of people around the world who listen to him. maybe president trump can learn something from him. he was on

saturday night live for the premier at the weekend, do we have that clip? he was everything on the stage and there were a lot of african—americans standing behind him... they are planning to take the fathers out of the home and put them on welfare. does any body know anything about that? so many times i've talked to a white person about this and asked about trump. if i wanted to not have anything to do with racism, i would have moved out of america. you get a flavour of the... you get a flavour there of what some people think about him.

they looked uncomfortable behind him and he gets booed when he says that it doesn't matter to him at donald trump is racist. how is he going to square this with the african—american community? there will be some people who will think he is being used. there might be but there are certainly a lot of people in the african—american communities and look at me and say," how can you bea and look at me and say," how can you be a conservative or a republican? you're supposed to think one way, act one way and vote a certain way." i tell you, i was teaching my stu d e nts i tell you, i was teaching my students last night in class and the young african—american woman said that one thing that she had learned about ka nye west that one thing that she had learned about kanye west and donald trump is that she thought she should be a certain person and kanye west has taught her that she can think different way. maybe this will have a positive development. can ijust make one point that can you flip that and you can have conservatives that and you can have conservatives that say this was classic, a liberal media who won't allow kanye west to speak. there is this the in the states that there is is political

correctness that doesn't allow conservative voices to be heard.|j totally agree with you on that. look how uncomfortable the people behind kanye how uncomfortable the people behind ka nye west were. wait how uncomfortable the people behind kanye west were. wait a minute, this is an part of the script, you are not supposed to do that. they get put them on notice that there are other people about there who don't a lwa ys other people about there who don't always think the same. blarney trump has been speaking in africa speaking about her anti—bullying online initiative that she has been pushing. let's see what she says about how she is treated online. i would say i'm the most bullied person on the world. you think you're the most bullied person in the world? well, one of them. if you really see what people saying about me. that is why my be best initiative is focused on social media and online behaviour. we need to educate the children of social, emotional behaviour so when they grow up and they know how to deal with those issues. indeed we do, 100%. the trouble is

that when she put that message out there which is very positive, her husband gets on twitter and bullies people and doesn't set the right example. i'd say there is no tougher job in the white house than being the first lady of the president of the first lady of the president of the united states. you have a responsible as if nothing but a remarkably large platform to do good. people who want to attack you, the inside the donald trump must have its own challenges!” the inside the donald trump must have its own challenges! i will leave it there. thank you the joining us. since europe's huge influx of migrants and refugees began in 2015, more than 1.5 million asylum seekers have entered germany. nowhere has this been felt more than in bavaria, germany's southern — and most affluent state. as part of the bbc‘s season on european identity, ros atkins is travelling through europe looking at the rise of the anti—establishment parties, fuelled by mass migration. he's currently in munich, the capital of bavaria

where regional elections are taking place on sunday. he set off from the italian city of verona. here in italy, matteo salvini dominate politics and his claim that italians are being replaced has found popularity. well, we are across the board into austria and we have just left a place called brenner and it was there in 2016 that we saw clashes between the austrian police and protesters who took issue with their actions. austria also deployed soldiers on the border. well, we have got as far as innsbruck and just like italy, here in austria you don't have to look hard for evidence that populism is impacting on the political discourse. translation: i'm a foreigner you see and in that respect, a lot has changed. austrians have a different image of foreigners. or, as they say, people

with a migration background. translation: it is mostly the case that with these hordes of refugees, you might call them that, it is not always people with economic problems that come here but also convicted criminals. you simply don't know who they are. everyone here in austria is getting used to the new government. the election last year produced a coalition which contains the far right freedom party. this year, the government announced new policies which mean there are restrictions on the kind of support that migrants and refugees can access. we just stopped at rosenheim in the very south of germany and i wanted to point it out to you because rosenheim very much has a place in the story of the migrant crisis. at its peak in 2015, this place took in far more immigrants that it was able to cope with. it has to build temporary accommodation for instance. now, angela merkel has always argued that the peak of the migrant crisis was an exceptional moment, one that won't be repeated.

this may be the perfect person to speak to about european politics. you are french, you work in austria but you are just heading back from austria to your home in munich, is that right? exactly. so i'm crossing the borders every day. and we were talking about borders in europe which is funny. and, as you will know, within the schengen zone, the borders are supposed to be invisible. are they invisible on this journey, on your commute? no, because this train, for example, is almost late on a daily basis and it is always the same reason. crossing of international borders, i thought it was quite interesting to call it ‘international borders‘ when they were abolished a few years back. you are german? correct. julia, you are austrian. the government has moved a little more right, like it used to be. so i think that is why the people also changed their mind and their opinion and little bit.

i am feeling bad, i am feeling pretty scared about my future and the future of my family. so we've got here to munich, it is one of the wealthiest cities in germany in its wealthiest state. and populism is making itself felt in bavarian politics as well. i'm sure you all remember those pictures from munich station in 2015. locals turned out to greet migrants with applause and with gifts. here in bavaria, you can see, as you can see across germany, how the migrant crisis created an opportunity for populism. it is just under four weeks until the us elections that will help define the rest of donald trump's presidency. the midterms will see people vote for members of both houses of congress, as well as for governors in 36 out of 50 states. and the stakes are high. not only is the election being seen a score line for the president, it will also determine whether republicans get to keep

their majority in both houses. so we're taking the temperature in six key midterm congressional districts. last week we went to iowa, today we're in florida. the sunshine state where they still like trump: 51% approval, 45% disapproval. and to help us take a closer look at things we were joined, a short while ago, by brian mudd from west palm beach in florida. he's the talk show host of the morning rush & the brian mudd show. you're in southern florida, you are away from the ravages of hurricane michael. what is the single biggest issue that voters are concerned about down there in your district in west palm beach? you know, it is interesting, until we had the brett kavanaugh situation come about, your number one issue in south florida were gun—control in the wake of the shooting at high school marjorie stoneman douglas in parkland, florida. but i tell you, ever since the brett kavanaugh saga began and led to the confirmation, that has been the hot button topic. that is one of the questions

we are weighing right now, will the momentum and the enthusiasm on both sides about brett kavanaugh and his confirmation, will that hold until election day or will we be back to some of the other issues like gun—control? tell us a little bit about your district. it is an interesting one because hillary clinton won it but you have a moderate republican who is running for the congressional seat there and who could win it. would it suggest that there is still room in trump's republican party for a moderate? no question. it is fascinating, we have a couple of districts, in fact, in the entire united states, the two districts that are most heavily supportive of democrats, held by republicans, do happen to be here in south florida. district 26 and 27. democrats did feel coming into the cycle they would be best positioned to hold onto them. district 26, that is a district that

hillary clinton won by 16 points but carlos curbelo won by double digits just two years ago. the question is, can democrats pick both of those up? in most of my projections, most of my estimates, whoever wins those two races will probably control the united states house injanuary of next year. they are fascinating to watch but the republicans are still polling very close to the democrats in these races. running against carlos curbelo, brian, is a latina immigrant. how do the latinos see donald trump because he has not been too favourable towards mexico or indeed towards cuba? you raise a really good point and in a great question. in south florida, we understand hispanic to mean about 30 different things. because literally, we have hispanics from all the caribbean islands, from central and south america. so it can mean different things to different people. but when you look at donald trump,

he still has good ratings in florida which of course he took two years ago. is he on the ballot this time? is he what they are going to make a decision on? is fascinating because in our governor race in particular you see this issue the most. we ended up having the establishment candidate, he had 12 state—wide we ended up having the establishment candidate, he had won two state—wide races as agriculture commissioner by 18 points, the best record of any republican in state—wide elections in florida history, he lost in the primary because he was the trump candidate. donald trump has not been very visible in florida since our primary in late august. only a few weeks before the general election, will trump show up as a factor or are you going to have the candidates that run their own elections independent of the trump message? you are right that donald trump is polling still favourably in florida by two points right now but we don't see a lot of the republican candidates necessarily willing to wrap themselves around the president. you see trump willing to make himself an issue, that could be considered

on the ballot but i'm not sure you are seeing the embrace by the politicians themselves. brian, great to get your thoughts. brian there in west palm beach. the florida race is fascinating. one of the big races that we are going to be focusing on in three weeks' time. notjust the governor 's position but also the senate race as well. yeah, i'm going to go down at the end of next week and look particularly at that hispanic vote. as brian was saying there, cuban—americans have as brian was saying there, cu ban—america ns have traditionally voted republican. they have an african american running to be governor. we'll hispanic voters vote for him or vote at all? they don't tend to vote in large, is, will there be a change this time? will hispanics vote democrat at all? a lot of hispanics are socially conservative and may prefer to vote for republicans. it is a fascinating race on lots of levels and will be doing the show from down there in

about ten days' time. this is beyond 100 days. still to come: how is artificial intelligence changing the way we live? and are alexa, siri, cortana and the rest, any good for us? employers could be forced to reveal the difference between what they pay ethnic minority staff and other employees, under new proposals unveiled by the government. a consultation has been launched into whether mandatory reporting will help address the significant gaps in pay that were revealed in a race disparity audit last year. here's emma simpson. it is a diverse workplace. this big accountancy firm is one of the few companies that have already reported the difference in pay between its white employees and its black, asian and minority staff. there is an average pay gap of nearly 13%. having those results published is very important. it makes our company transparent and then everybody, if everybody can see all the results then we can see where we stand.

it was something that we all read and were very happy that was being published, when we know how severe the issue is, we can putting solutions in place. it starts that conversation because some of the people "well, the pay gap, i'm not really comfortable talking "about such a thing." they sure are now. here at pwc, the gap is driven by the lack of ethnic minority staff at the top. we know we need to do a lot more work to level the playing field and, by publishing the pay gap, we know we can shine a spotlight on some of the challenges. we can have conversation, we can have dialogue and that will make it far quicker and make us better equipped to close the gap. thousands of businesses have already been forced to publish their gender pay gap, exposing some big, uncomfortable differences in pay between sexes. doing the same for ethnic minorities would be even more sensitive and complex. the prime minister wants to hear from employers on how best to gather ethnicity pay data.

she has made it her mission to create a fairer, more diverse workplace but this is just a consultation for now. christian has a secret woman in his life. her name is alexa. he wakes up to her, he goes to bed with her. and i am told his wife knows. but are alexa, siri, cortana and the rest of them good for us? or is artificial intelligence changing not only the way we live, but how we think and what these companies that manufacture these speakers are able to determine about our lives. in three years' time there will be almost as many voice activated assistants on the planet as people. judith shulevitz is the author of the atlantic magazine's november cover story called: alexa how will you change us? thank you forjoining us. i read

your article and felt that it was me andi your article and felt that it was me and i was equally horrified at the same time. tell us about the change in status of technology that alexa brings about in our lives. alexa is very convenient, that is why you have her, isn't it. she is also becoming increasingly personal. i talk in this piece about the technology behind that, the artificial intelligence technology behind that which is actually called artificial emotional intelligence. she is getting better and i should say that siri and cortana are getting better at being personal, charming and witty and endearing themselves to us. soon, they will be really good at detecting how we feel

and respond appropriately. the question i ask in this piece, aside from pointing out how fast they are taking over the world, notjust the plastic cylinders but voices embedded in our cars and appliances, they will be ever closer to us and they will be ever closer to us and they will be ever closer to us and they will have a certain intimacy with us. with intimacy comes power. you say in your piece, "within our lifetimes, these devices will likely become good conversationalists." it struck me that to be able to do that, they need to remember and know what we like and the sort of things that we might buy. i'll be going to see that we might buy. i'll be going to see machines that have memories? yes, they already do. they do store that information or the company stores that information about your preferences. that is worrying in itself. yes, of course. that happens all the time. when you shop on

amazon or anywhere else they remember your preferences and slice it and started and often sell it. what they are going to have on earth is emotional data. how we feel. they are going to remember maybe that we are going to remember maybe that we are always upset on thursdays because we have our meeting with the boss. all they are going to remember how we react emotionally to a certain piece of music or a certain piece of news. they are going to be able to manipulate us, i think, little bit that way. that sounds better than a spouse actually! absolutely, in some ways, yet! whenever talkback. i am very curious, other machines or voices that contradict you and tell you you are stupid? yeah, i have one! she's not a machine though. why is it different listening to a voice and

interacting with a voice from reading words on the screen? we'll have our mobile phones agreed words the whole time but is there some think want to fire the different about the fact that it is a voice? may be because it is a female voice? that is changing, it is not always a female voice. female voices test better. our brain is programmed to respond to voices differently. we posit that there is a human presence and consciousness behind the voice and consciousness behind the voice and even though that is artificial and even though that is artificial and we know it is an algorithm, our brain can't help responding to it as if it were human. we respond emotionally. every voice carries all kinds of emotional markers that we are not conscious of, directing us to have certain feelings. the artificial voices will be no different. i don't know, christian, do we get really depressed now or do we think thank god someone is going

to know that we feel sad, first aid and that we have a meeting with our boss? what happens on saturday when burnley inevitably lose ? boss? what happens on saturday when burnley inevitably lose? maybe alexa tells with the score and she plays the music to lift my spirits? maybe alexa needs to be around? my wife can't pick me up on a saturday, maybe alexa can. before we go, the ftis maybe alexa can. before we go, the ft is reporting that theresa may has briefed her inner cabinet this evening about the historic brexit steel, saying it is close. the much of michel barnier has said this week that they are going into a dark tunnel but there may be light at the end of it. they are trying to find details that may be more palatable to the british government. the sticking point was over this deal with island. whether or not that historic wrecks its deal is suitable for the dup remains to be seen. what we need to know, aside from the withdrawal agreement, what sort of wording is going to be the in the

future trading relationship which goes hand—in—hand?|j future trading relationship which goes hand-in-hand? i feel slighted that we have been here before with cha pters that we have been here before with chapters being promised a deal. we know that not everybody could sign on to that. my question with this story would be that deal that is close, is it so loose as to allow everybody to sign onto it? would dup agree to it because is there enough detail that protects them, they feel, in northern ireland? maybe they have had a major breakthrough. you would think there needs to be some movement on the irish issue because that is the sticking point. last night i was being briefed that the problem we were going to get anywhere in october and it was going to be at the november summit. we are going there on wednesday with the programme. you know how we can find out? we can ask alexa. what is the

perfect brexit steel, alexa? she must have the answer! we will see that the same time next week and thank you very much watching. storm column is on the way to the uk and that means a spell of strong, potentially destructive winds to many western part of the uk on through friday. this is calum, the steep area of low pressure on the brain to the which will bring the potential for some problems, especially into south wales where the met office has an amber warning in force for rain. widely 40-80,000,000 litres of in force for rain. widely 40—80,000,000 litres of rain and more on south facing hills. evening showers will clear to leave some dry weather, clear whether around overnight. those winds will strengthen and we will see rain

coming in from storm callum late tonight. overnight averages 7—13d. you'll wake up tomorrow, many northern and western parts of the uk without breaks of rain. strong gale force winds in the west. i want to focus in on the morning wind gusts. they are in that strongest in western parts. more on exposed coasts and hills. rain has cleared from northern ireland but there will be some sunshine around. very windy. gusts like this are bound to bring some disruption and impact travel in places. do check the situation may you heading out in the morning. it remains very windy across the day, widespread gales out to the north and west. a pulse of that is feeling its way northwards through wales and west of england into scotland. technically, it is still miles. it will stay dry with some sunshine with east anglia into the low 20s. it is windy for some in the uk and for some very wet. this area of rain

sticking around and this waving weather front here will continue to bring rain into saturday as well across northern and western parts of the uk. it is southern scotland, wales, western england that will see that rain and rain totals mounting during saturday. in particular concern we have at amber warning in south wales. much of eastern england staying dry on saturday but the potential for it to be dry again with temperatures into the mid—20s. lighter winds on sunday, house bricks of rain clearing eastwards. some say spell developing but sunday the much brighter day. rain, this is bbc news. the headlines. ahead of a crucial eu summit next week, senior cabinet ministers have met with the prime minister to discuss progress in the brexit talks conducting an extremely tough

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