you're watching beyond 100 days. european council president donald tusk says a no deal on brexit is more likely than ever before. but theresa may insists she's still confident a deal can be reached, even though the irish border isn't yet resolved. in parliament, the prime minister says she wants cool, calm heads to prevail in the brexit negotiations. good luck with that! tempers are running high. i continue to believe that a negotiated deal is the best outcome for the uk negotiated deal is the best outcome forthe uk arm negotiated deal is the best outcome for the uk arm for the european union. i believe that such a deal is achievable. 13 days after a saudi journalist disappeared inside this consulate in istanbul, turkish investigators are finally allowed inside to try and find out what happened. also on the programme. president trump is in florida with the first lady to see for himself the devastation left by hurricane michael. and along the shore of mexico beach there's barely a house left standing. at the start of their tour down under,

prince harry and meghan, the duke and duchess of sussex, have announced they are expecting a baby in the spring. it will be seventh in line to the throne. and meet the republican club — of all the pictures donald trump could choose he picks this one to hang in the white house. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. a majority of brexit supporters, 63 per cent, would choose to leave the europea union, even if that meant breaking up the united kingdom — that was the finding of a poll this summer. but theresa may says no british prime minister could ever vote to break up the union. the eu wants an insurance policy though. if it can't find a future deal to maintain frictionless trade with the uk, then brussels demands that northern ireland remain a separate customs entity to the rest of the uk. the loyalist dup says it will fight "guerrilla warfare" to stop that happening.

scottish conservatives have equivalent concerns. which means brexit is an existential threat to the united kingdom. and the prime minister is battling to hold the deal — and the union together. we cannot let this disagreement derail the prospect of a good deal and leave us with a no deal outcome that nobody wants. i continue to believe that a negotiated deal is the best outcome for the uk aren't for the european union. i believe such a deal is achievable. in these coming weeks brexit will be a high—stakes game of political poker. the eu's negotiator michel barnier says europe is ready for no deal. jacob rees mogg and eurosceptics threaten to vote down any compromise they don't like. while arlene foster, leader of the dup, says no deal is now "the likeliest outcome". who is bluffing 7 and who holds the strongest hand? we will speak to jeffrey donaldson of the dup in a second. but first, our political correspondent rob watson who is with me. we have blown the entire 100 days

budget on that photograph, let us stick with the poker theme. clearly the eu has the strongest hand, they are 27. are they prepared to keep trees theresa may. who was responsible for that photograph? to a nswer responsible for that photograph? to answer your question sensibly, i don't think there is any doubt that both the eu and britain would very much prefer a deal. a no deal would be pretty terrible for the uk and it would be bad for the eu, too. in our photo, we have got arlene foster, does she hold all of the cards? she

has those crucial ten votes that theresa may needs. now they are threatening to bring the whole thing down if they don't like the compromise that she strikes? the problem for arlene foster and the dup is what would happen if it wasn't theresa may, it could be somebody that they like even less, guess who? jeremy corbyn. yes, on the one hand, in a minority government are votes are needed, but on the other hand, theresa may might be tempted to say, go on, try me. this doesn't look like poker, it looks more like the game of thrones! nobody trusts anybody else. the final season has not yet started and the clock is ticking. i thought we we re the clock is ticking. i thought we were going to have this big meeting on web and stated that would resolve

things. every time i ask christian, he says not yet. when will we get clarity? we are leaving on march the 29th. i think itjust means that you have two be a bit careful about scoring this process, there are bound to be dumped in the road. we are watching history in the making. regular viewers of bbc world will know what i always say, and that is that the dynamic has not changed. we have got the european union saying, we are sorry that you are leaving, but he will not get as good or a better deal outside the eu than in it. then you have britain, who are still saying that we want all of the things that we like about the

european union, free trade, movement of capital, but none of the things that we don't like, like being part ofa that we don't like, like being part of a political union. yes, you can throw in these issues that you have got their like that theresa may doesn't have a majority, the issue of scotla nd doesn't have a majority, the issue of scotland and northern ireland, but at the heart of it is that dynamic, is there some way around that. for the moment, thank you. for more we are joined now by sirjeffrey donaldson who is dup chief whip. cani can i put to you that quote that we had there in our introduction but was in the weekend papers that the dup is prepared to fight guerrilla wa rfa re dup is prepared to fight guerrilla warfare with theresa may to get what it once. i think that tends to be an exaggeration of the way that we do politics. i think that we will continue to discuss these issues with the government in a calm and

reflective way, but being very strong and very clear on where we stand in relation to the kind of outcome that we need for brexit. that certainly is not an outcome that separates northern ireland from the rest of the united kingdom. in terms of the trade that we do with the rest of the uk. the pragmatists would say, there is already a regular treat customs border of sorts in the irish sea because all of the agricultural products are coming to northern ireland have two be checked as a matter of course. if you had a lighter touch on something akin to that, what would be the problem? that does not involve tariffs, does it? it is simply about animal health, and we want to protect the high standards of animal health that we have in northern ireland, the traceability that we have that makes our beef some of the most attractive in the world. it is not only northern ireland, only 50%

of irish beef exports from the irish republic go into the united kingdom. they do not want a border in the irish sea, either. why would our country, the unaided kingdom, want a customs border right down the middle of the country. that is not what people voted for when they voted for brexit. do youjust people voted for when they voted for brexit. do you just want the deal to colla pse brexit. do you just want the deal to collapse as it is at the moment? absolutely not. we want a fair trade deal, we don't want a hard border, i'ioi’ deal, we don't want a hard border, nor do we want an ordeal. we recognise that there are issues pertaining to the belfast good friday agreement that need to be upheld. we want to maintain our corporation with the irish republic, but we also want to ensure that we benefit from the uk leaving the european union, any new trade deals that the uk enters into. what

brussels are proposing at the moment would exclude northern ireland from those new trade arrangements. that means we will not benefit from brexit in the same way, as i believe, the rest of the uk will benefit. you do accept that the prime minister has to renegotiate on behalf of the whole of the united kingdom, notjust of northern ireland and the dup? of course. the prime minister herself has said that i'io prime minister herself has said that no british prime minister could contemplate supporting a border in the irish sea. those are the words of the prime minister and we agree with her on that. we have been involved in negotiations for many years in the northern ireland peace process and we recognise that as you move towards the end, as you enter the final stages of those negotiations, there will be all kinds of speculation and we are remaining on what we need to achieve for the whole of the united kingdom, but that means including northern

ireland because we are an integral pa rt of ireland because we are an integral part of the uk. i think it would be wrong, as the prime minister has said, for brussels to put forward a proposition that separates one part of the uk from another and if such separation were applied to northern ireland, you can be rest assured that scottish nationalists would be pressing for the same arrangement. that is why ruth davidson, the leader of the scottish conservatives has supported the sense that we are taking and has said clearly that the prime minister should not sign up to a deal that created border between any part of the united kingdom. the beginnings of a defence from saudi arabia appear to be emerging in the case of missing journalist jamal khashoggi — and the messenger is donald trump. the saudis still deny they had any involvement in the case. but today president trump suggested "rogue killers" could have been responsible for mr khashoggi's death. he made the comment after speaking to the saudi king and just as turkish investigators finally got access to the saudi consulate

in istanbul, 13 days after the journalist disappeared. we are going to leave nothing uncovered. the ken firmly denied any knowledge of it. he didn't really know, i don't want to get into his side, but it sounded to me like maybe it could have been rogue killers. we will try to get to the bottom of it. his was a flat denial. mr trump has dispatched his secretary of state to riyadh to get answers on the disappearance. mike pompeo is making the trip as turkish investigators prepare to enter the saudi consulate in istanbul from where the journalist disappeared. with more we are joined now by our state department correspondent barbara plett usher. the president spoke with the king to day, but all of the focus was on the crown prince. yes, this was the

first time that the king has stepped in to weigh in on this crisis which has been building for more than a week now. it it a high note yesterday with the first signs of public tension between the president himself and the dowdy kingdom. the president said that the saudis would face severe punishment if there was evidence that mr khashoggi had been killed. it was after that that the president called on mike pompeo and said it would be a good idea if he could speak with the saudi leadership. since then, the tension has dialled down somewhat. with the call between the king and mr trump. mrtrump put call between the king and mr trump. mr trump put out this statement that perhaps, it was rogue killers. yes, it is interesting to see what mike pompeo can come up with in this trip. he is going to try to get the

saudis to produce evidence to back up saudis to produce evidence to back up theirclaim saudis to produce evidence to back up their claim that mr khashoggi disappeared after he left the consulate. he will also press them on an investigation. it is a very difficult time and although mr trump was quite severe yesterday, he does seem to have stepped back. joining me now is brian katulis — middle east analyst and former state and defense adviser for the clinton administration. what do you make about these comments that the president made just a couple of hours ago that this may have been rogue killers? are they looking for cover?|j may have been rogue killers? are they looking for cover? i think it is too soon to conclude that. president trump as a military strategy that runs through tabak one. whether it is countering 0rion, he has closely spoken to tabak one.

he is so closely dependent on the saudi government that it is hard for him to think out of the box. saudi government that it is hard for him to think out of the boxm seems like there was a whole team of clea ners seems like there was a whole team of cleaners went into day. do you think they will come up with anything?” am sceptical that we will get to the bottom of this. if the facts seem as they are right now, this is a brazen, brutal silencing of a critic. do you think us intelligence knows? i think there are hints that they may know and i think it is troublesome. it raises big questions about our partner in saudi arabia. the president is clearly reluctant to endanger the arms deal he has signed with saudi arabia. if he is not prepared to go down that avenue, what sanctions are open to him?

congress last week acted and said that underan act, congress last week acted and said that under an act, whenever there is an abuse of human rights, president trump has two respond within100 days with some sort of action. they can look at a number of things including holding back on sales, they can sanction individuals that may be suspected of being involved with this. i think that we need to hear more facts which we have not just yet from the investigators. the saudi stock market plunged, i think it has recovered some of those losses. i just wondered it has recovered some of those losses. ijust wondered how much the crown prince's stock may have fallen, given that the corporate is falling out. i think that is a key metric that we can watch. when i have met the crown prince myself he has focused on foreign direct investment. the fact that many companies are pulling out may matter more than what governments are doing

right now. this whole incident, demonstrates that there is a saudi leadership that is unstable and insecure, not only in this instance, but if you saw the reaction to canada's criticism. this does not demonstrate a leadership that is confident in itself. you are quite rightly say that we do not know the fa cts rightly say that we do not know the facts yet. we need this to play out. there has been a lot of room. what is your hands at the moment?” suspect with president trump in the 0val suspect with president trump in the oval office, he may write it out. the wild card is congress. you have republicans and democrats rightly saying, what are we doing here? if this is such a flawed alibi, not only because of this incident, but because of the yemen war, should we because of the yemen war, should we be putting all of our eggs in this

basket? it is less really about the government as it is about big corporate is. you look at richard branson pulling corporate is. you look at richard bra nson pulling out, corporate is. you look at richard branson pulling out, ford company, thatis branson pulling out, ford company, that is the sort of thing that will head the saudis far more than what donald trump says. congress and the president can move far more slowly. ceos of big corporations are having to ta ke ceos of big corporations are having to take a political stand on issues like this in a way that theyjust didn't until recently. brand repetitions can be lost rory quickly, which is why you also have uber pulling out. the president said today that he had spoken to the king and the king had the heavenly denied any —— the king had denied that there was any involvement. but it was he who denied any involvement in

the 911 attacks. president trump and the first lady have landed in florida to tour the areas left devastated by hurricane michael. the pair will meet with first responders in florida and georgia, and assess the damage left behind by the deadly category four storm. they were greeted by florida governor rick scott and fema representatives as they landed at eglin air force base. they'll be visiting areas left ravaged and desolate by the hurricane, while emergency services are continuing their search for dozens of people who are still missing. we'll have more on the visit later in the show. a bbc investigation has found that at least 106 chemical attacks have taken place in syria in the past 5 years. a joint investigation by bbc panorama and bbc arabic shows for the first time the extent to which chemical weapons have been used in the syrian war. these attacks appear to have been crucial to president assad's victory in the conflict. storms in south—west france have

killed at least ten people. civil defence officials say the equivalent of three months' rain fell in a few hours. flash floods in the aude region inundated a number of towns and villages. weather monitoring services say the floods are the worst the region has seen in more than 100 years. german chancellor angela merkel‘s conservative sister party has suffered huge losses in bavaria's state election — raising new doubts about her ruling coalition. the centre—right christian social union is set to lose its absolute majority in the state parliament, which it has dominated for more than 60 years. the anti—immigration afd party is expected to enter the parliament for the first time. the us retailer sears, that once dominated america's shopping malls, has filed for bankruptcy. the company, which owns k—mart, has suffered, along with many other traditional retailers, from a rise in competition by online firms such as amazon. the company employs nearly 90,000 people in the us. there was some happy news today with the announcement

of a new addition to the royal family prince harry and meghan markle kicked off a tour in australia with the announcement the duchess of sussex is expecting the couple's first child, due to arrive in the spring of next year. here'sjohnny dymond. a low—key entrance to a high—profile tour. the duchess doesn't normally carry her own stationery, an attempt perhaps to keep prying eyes away. a few hours later, the announcement on social media — a modern medium for a modern couple. the congratulations came from the top down. it's wonderful news, very happy for them. there is a cheeky side to prince harry that has always got on with children. they speak the same language. he's made no secret of his desire for children of his own. one step at a time, and hopefully we will start

a family in the near future. it was at princess eugenie's wedding on friday that the couple told his family. slightly curious timing perhaps, but with the tour coming up maybe the best opportunity to catch everyone face—to—face. her mother, the palace said, is very happy and looking forward to her first grandchild. it's five months almost to the day since the couple were married at windsor. a wedding that captured the imagination of many. that day saw harry shrug off the image of a party prince. now he is to be a father. this seems to me to be a natural continuation of his character. he loves playing with the little children of his brother, he loves being with them, so he obviously wants his own as well. the duke and duchess's four—country tour starts tomorrow here in australia, where the news was greeted warmly by locals and visitors alike.

i think it's very special as well that they've chosen to announce it when they are in sydney so it's great news. very exciting. very exciting news. a little royal baby! we are americans — i think it's great! there was already excitement about the duke and duchess coming to australia — with today's news the place will be buzzing. and for the duke and duchess, what a place to be together as they prepare for their first child. jonny dymond, bbc news, sydney. she was wearing a long coat at the wedding on friday and he thought was because she is going to australia, it is going to be a lot warmer and the thought was that she wouldn't be able to get away with it in australia because the pump will begin to show. i am very happy for

them. you are not thrilled though! time in australia at the beginning of your pregnancy, presidency, pregnancy! technically, this baby could be in line to the throne, but also be the president of the united states, technically. only issue was to fly back and have the baby born here which i can't see happening. but nice to come up with a conspiracy story. congratulations. the first family have a unique privilege when they first arrive at the white house. they get to choose how to decorate it. and that includes the paintings they hang on their walls. imagine, being able to take your pick from the collection of works at the national gallery. what would you choose? i doubt you would choose the painting spotted in the white house on sunday night during the president's interview with cbs.

it's a portrait of donald trump sitting at a table with other former republican presidents — including abraham lincoln, ronald reagan and, yes, there's richard nixon. president lincoln appears to be sharing a joke and the president is laughing along. he is drinking a coke. many of those commenting on twitter say it reminds them of this — the dogs playing poker series by cassius marcellus coolidge. there is quite a poker theme developing tonight. the painter of the so called republican club is andy thomas, who says it was given to mr trump by a republican senator. and it seems he's extremely fond of it. would you be fond of that? i was just struck by the fact that it is richard nixon that is in the foreground. there you have all of these republican presidents, including the bushes. what is your

hourly prone to? all of these great presidents are sat around him, and yet trump is the centre of attention. you have two admire him. iam going attention. you have two admire him. i am going to hazard a guess that he has lost a little bit of weight. yes, he is a good colour though. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — donald and melania trump arrive in florida to survey the trail of damage left by hurricane michael. it comes as the president casts doubt on whether humans are behind the earth's rising temperatures, accusing climate change scientists of having a "political agenda". that's still to come. that area of low pressure and cloud

that brought those damaging winds, and more recently some flooding rains across france. this area contains a bit of hurricane michael. we will find a weather system coming towards our shores. at the moment, we have still got a week whether frontier which is responsible for this cloud and rain and drizzle. most of the rain tending to die out. some fog patches forming towards the south—east. not quite so cold overnight for scotland and northern ireland. the breeze trying to pick up ireland. the breeze trying to pick up towards the end of the night. that weather system bringing this rain into the north—west through the morning. ahead of that, a lot of

that low cloud will tend to lift and there will be some sunshine, there could be a warm day. for most parts of the country, it should be a warmer day due to those winds. that weather fronts that is bringing the rain and will slowly push its way in. the windsjust rain and will slowly push its way in. the winds just drop to nothing. we could find a band of cloud stretching towards the south—west. south—east of england, some early folk and then we will get some sunshine. not quite as warm on wednesday. if you showers and a bit of sunshine coming through. that weather front could stop in a different sort of place, but it could move away overnight. toppling around the top of it some chilly air coming in of the atlantic. probably the coldest night will be wednesday night into thursday. not quite so

cold in east anglia and southern england. here there will be a bit more cloud lingering. away from here plenty of sunshine, a lovely day. those temperatures will be a bit lower. but fairly typical for this time of year. this is beyond 100 days, with me, katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories: theresa may tells mps it's time for cool calm heads and insists a brexit deal is "still achievable" despite differences with the eu. the us secretary of state mike pompeo heads to saudi arabia for urgent talks about the disappearance of the saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi. the crown prince has suggested rogue killers could be responsible. donald trump flies in the face of comprehensive scientific evidence and says that he doesn't know if humans are responsible for climate change. coming up in the next half hour:

proving her point — the us senator elizabeth warren reveals she does have american indian ancestry after the president called her a fake pocahontas and challenged her to take a heritage test. and why was this picture sent out by the us state department in australia? the president gave a long interview on us television last night in which he made it clear he does not embrace the concept of american exceptionalism — an idea of global leadership based on values and ethics. it's a notion that's been around for 70 years, but donald trump sees foreign relations more in terms of the costs and benefits to the us. the interview touched on a huge range of issues — khashoggi, north korea, trade, the eu and it's worth a watch in its entirety to understand how mr trump sees the world. but one issue has got particular attention — the president's view of climate change. 0ur science editor david shukman

has this analysis. hurricane michael tore into florida gave few days ago, because global warming has raised the level of the sea, the floods were more serious. the us government's coincide to bloom are warning of worse to come, but the president disagrees.” bloom are warning of worse to come, but the president disagrees. i think something is happening, something is changing and will change back again. i don't think it is a hoax, there's probably a difference, but i don't know if there is man—made. i will say, i don't want to give trillions and trillions of dollars, i do not wa nt to and trillions of dollars, i do not want to lose millions ofjobs. and trillions of dollars, i do not want to lose millions of jobs. but the reality in america as more people now work on solar power than in the coal industry. clean energy is creating jobs, and this comes as climate scientists say it is urgently needed. what donald trump is saying about climate change flies

in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, that the gases given off by traffic and power stations and other sources are heating up the planet. earlier last week the un climate panel said the world had warned by one celsius since preindustrial times because of human activity. we are on course for a rise of three degrees by the end of the century, and our boys the dangers of that we need to cut the gases causing the warming by 45% by 2030. making that cut will be all the harder as america leads the only global agreement on climate change. the head of the un was to and come back in. the west should rejoin, but we need to understand that in the cities and business community, in some states, a very solid commitment to climate action. governments are really those who are more lacking

behind. we see society is moving fast and that is a good signal. here the government has planning a tougher target as we have heard. but it is also reducing the subsidies for electric cars and allowing the fracking to start for shale gas. tackling climate change is never going to be easy. well, today president trump and the first lady have flown to florida to assess the damage left behind by hurricane michael. some of the pictures we have seen, particularly of mexico beach, are staggering. we told you last week these properties weren't built to resist the winds and floods of this magnitude. and so it's proved. the entire shoreline of mexico beach, as you can see, destroyed. the death toll is currently at 18 — although that is expected to rise as the recovery operation continues. joining us from san francisco is ron christie, former adviser to george w bush. what really jumped out

what reallyjumped out and everyone was deadline that he gave on climate change in his interview. he seems to feel that scientists have a political agenda. and when she pushed him on that, he said he would have to show me what the scientists are saying. the un document was put on his table last week. he hasn't read it. yes, we have heard a lot about what the president reads doesn't read, and it was a telling line in that interview, in above republicans will certainly say that the scientists are looking at this and the planet is seeming to heat up. that does not mean you have to bea up. that does not mean you have to be a global climate change believer, but you can certainly look at the size and say there is clearly something at hand. that would be a popular thought within the republican party, that climate change is happening but it is not man—made? change is happening but it is not man-made? that is exactly the sentiment. there are a lot of republicans who believe that the planet is

warming up but it is not man—made. i will defer to the size, i am a lawyer and endless major, not a scientist, but have listen to what they have to say her look and with a strong view to make sure that i am as best informed as i can be. the other thing that is interesting, ricky did it with climate change, is to say that maybe the world is warming but i am not prepared to the sake of american jobs and profits today for something that may be coming down the line. we have heard the same argument on saudi arabia, not prepared for america to lose money in order to take action against saudi arabia. what struck me about that interview on a range of issues was this very transactional nature of this presidency. it is not values all ideas or morals, it is whether it is a good deal for america. absolutely, that religious you watch this interview. you really are speaking to a former new york city real estate developer who views

his transitions with people as transactional. it is astounding, and i have also looking at this interview that the way she talked about foreign nations, nato, almost like, with them today, may not be with them tomorrow, and it makes you wonder the thrust of his foreign policy, given the transactional nature that you described. the bust of the crimes of north korea, he has been open—minded about saudi arabia, speaking to the king today. let's have a listen. do you agree that vladimir putin is involved in assassinations and poisonings? probably, i don't know. but i rely on them, it is not in our country. but they shouldn't do it, this is a terrible thing. so the message seems to be, a dangerous message that he

doesn't care if it is not happening in the united states. you could do to your own citizens what you want, as long as it not taking place and american soil are hurting american jobs, it doesn't matter. that is the first of its focus, he is very american centric. he's very concerned about what happens in our borders, but not so much otherwise. what struck me in that clip is that leslie stahl also asked him, would you say anything critical of vladimir putin? and he also does not seem vladimir putin? and he also does not seem to criticise the russian oligarch and russian leader when givena oligarch and russian leader when given a perfect opportunity on american television to do so. heavily important matter, we said a minute ago that the royal baby, meghan‘s baby, i was saying that it could be the american president, or the monarchy here. elizabeth has

treated us to say that any child born to an american parent is entitled to american citizenship and could run for president no matter where they are born. that is not true. my next—door neighbour when i was growing up was born injordan. he had american citizenship but you have to be born on our shores, or on the territory. even if you're born to american parents. the royals will have to come to america and have a child so that they can have either the opportunity to be the more like the opportunity to be the more like the american president. miller met a sequence the american president. miller met a sequence of events has do happen for the royal child to be president. we haven't enough time. we seriously do not have enough time. laughter we are done. senator elizabeth warren — the darling of the liberal wing of the democratic party — is up for reelection in massachussetts in 22 days' time. but forget this year's midterms — what she's really interested in is the presidential election in 2020. which is why ms warren has released a glossy campaign—style video, and why she's taken a dna test that

shows she most likely has native american roots. she'd claimed that ancestry before, but it was refuted, and was continuously brought up by donald trump as a campaign joke. so, now, test in hand, she's fighting back. the president likes to call my mother a liar, what are the facts? the fact suggest that you have to only have native american ancestry. —— you absolutely have to. and kristina peterson — congressional reporter for the wall streetjournal — joins me now in the studio. we should put this into context, because the reason that elizabeth warren has had this dna test to show that she has native american lineage is already because donald trump, i wa nt to is already because donald trump, i want to play you what he has been saying. let's take a listen. did you ever hear poker hunters? it is poker contest, elizabeth warren. poker hunters is not happy! she is the

worst. pocahontas, we have a representative in congress who say was here a long time ago. they call her poker hunters. why does donald trump use elizabeth warren like this asa trump use elizabeth warren like this as a foil in campaign rallies? he uses nicknames for most of the people that he uses as foils to use asa people that he uses as foils to use as a pithy way to identify what he sees as their fault and jab at it. we saw that when all of his rivals in the last presidential campaign, and he thinks that senator warren is and he thinks that senator warren is a possible rival in 2020. he said today he would relish going face—to—face with her. . today he would relish going face-to-face with her. . she produced this video and knock this idea of her native american history on the head in order to show that she can fight donald trump? is the shelling she can go head—to—head?” think that is part of it. she is

edging closer to coming out with an announcement. she had been coined for months and late last month she said she was going to take a hard look at running and 2020. this seems likely next step in showing that she is prepared for a real battle. we also have midterm elections in three weeks, let's talk about that. it seems that the campaign has been dominated by brett cavanagh's confirmation of the past couple of weeks. are you still see that that is still playing out? it is a major effect on the republican side to energise voters. now that she has been confirmed, there is less for them to be angry about and anger can bea them to be angry about and anger can be a efficient tool for motivating voters. my guess is that it is subsiding elizabeth on the republican side, may have narrowed the enthusiasm, but i am not sure it does change the several results. jim sina, 0bama's campaign manager, said

that they can argue the substance may want... democrats constantly standing on their own message. i would say that this has been a year where they have not had a cohesive message, they had been running on the enthusiasm of vote rs been running on the enthusiasm of voters who are upset by donald trump. that has been the unifying factor more than any specific policy. we see that playing out in the final three weeks. we will be in florida and pennsylvania, we will be going to west virginia to cover some of those key races that the democrats have do win fa are going to ta ke democrats have do win fa are going to take back the house. the senate looking more tricky. you are coming with me, you? youtube to agree to windsor castle, i will take you to

west virginia. i am not taking my wallet. sometimes you just have to let things go and move on. yemen could be facing the world's worst famine for 100 years. the united nations has warned that food shortages in the war—torn country are threatening the lives of 13 million people. it's calling for a halt to air strikes — led by saudi arabia and its coalition allies — which it says are exacerbating the plight of civilians. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin, producer nicola careem and cameraman lee durant sent this report from sanaa. a warning — it includes distressing scenes. sanaa, inhabited for more than 2,500 years, with a history stained by blood. it has seen many wars. the latest is now threatening millions of yemeni lives. it rarely hits the headlines. it is one of the hardest places forjournalists to reach. we took a riskyjourney by road. the saudi—led coalition

has stopped civilian flights to the houthi— controlled north. and in sanaa, one mother among many, afraid her child will waste away. her child is two years old. a victim of yemen's growing hunger. in the beds across the way, doctors want us to see another two—year—old. it is hard to look. his grandmother, nadia, shares his torment. she is skin and bone herself. this boy was born into the arab world's poorest nation, but war has pushed it to the brink. now the currency has collapsed and food prices have doubled in a month. this doctor, who trained in liverpool, says only peace will save yemen's children. the final solution for our problem is to stop the war.

after that, everything will be ok. do you have any hope of that? myself, no. children die here every day, because of malnutrition and other preventable diseases. victims of man, not of nature. well, this is where you can really see the tragedy of yemen. there is ward after ward here of severely malnourished children. nowhere in the world are more people at risk of starvation. i was here in sanaa two years ago, and it is really shocking to come back and see how much worse things are now. and the united nations is warning that if the war continues, within months, yemen could face famine on a massive scale. i think many of us felt as we went into the 215t century that it was unthinkable that we could see a famine like we saw in ethiopia, like we saw in bengal, like we saw in parts of the soviet union.

that is just unacceptable. many of us had confidence that that would never happen again, and yet, the reality is that in yemen, that is precisely what you are looking at. do you think we should be ashamed? yes. there is no question. we should be ashamed, and we should every day when we wake up, renew our commitment to do everything possible to help the people that are suffering in the conflict. those that escape starvation might not escape air strikes by the saudi—led coalition. this man survived one a fortnight ago. 0nly just. he has lost one leg, and may lose both arms. he tells us he was in a clinic treating civilians, but it was hit. he is not a fighter. he is a nurse. staff here say most air strike

victims are civilians like him. they have been keeping a grim countenance the war began. —— count since the war began. translation: we have seen about 800—900 injured. about 200—300 have died. the burns were very deep. from head to toe, they had no hope of surviving. in the market nearby, a bitter harvest for yemen. food that many here can no longer afford. they are trapped between the houthi forces who control the capital, and these saudi led coalition, which bombs at. caught in a civil war which has become a regional power struggle, people here feel abandoned, but wonder why the world has let them sufferfor so long. our message to the international community, and the

european countries is to look at our situation. it is getting worse and worse. what have we done wrong to deserve to be besieged. what crime have we committed? yemen has been called the forgotten war, but more than three years on, many here say it is not forgotten. it is ignored. this is beyond 100 days. still to come — hillary clinton says her husband bill's affair with monica lewinsky was not an abuse of power—— we'll bring you the reaction to her comments.

the energy firm cuadrilla has begun fracking for shale gas in lancashire again. it's the first time fracking has taken place in the uk since 2011 when it caused two small earthquakes near blackpool. the work involves pumping liquid underground at high pressure to fracture rocks and release natural gas. dozens of protestors gathered near the site as the work got underway. danny savage reports. the fracking may have started again, but the protest haven't stopped. we need to stop using fossil fuels now. iam need to stop using fossil fuels now. i am cold but i have to be had because it is going to affect our grandchildren. we had to stop it. pamela sloan taught geography locally for more than a0 years and has spent many days here. kids at lancashire are adults and they know that global warming, climate change is real, and this is part of it. we

have got to keep this fossil fuels in the ground. within this site deep underground, drilling and pumping gas is now under way. fracking involves drilling first deadly then for the first time in the uk horizontally to stop water, sand and chemicals are pumped at high pressure into shale rock which has gas trapped inside it. when it fractures, gas is released and brought the service. 0bjectors do not like the method, worrying it is not like the method, worrying it is not safe green. the company and paul says it is important for our future energy needs. growth in renewables has been welcomed, but it has been confined to the electricity and we still use pretty much gas for all of oui’ still use pretty much gas for all of our heating, she want to teach or home and cook your food we needed for many decades. after two minor earthquakes in lancashire seven yea rs earthquakes in lancashire seven years ago where fracking, the work he will be closely monitored. if there is viable, the industry has its eye on plenty of other

locations. expect protests thereto. amid the me too movement, the democrats have always had a particularly sensitive issue. was president bill clinton guilty of sexual misconduct? yes, we know he had an extra—marital affair with monica lewinsky, but was it more than that — was it a very powerful man abusing his position over a much younger subordinate? after all, he was a9 and she was just 20 at the time. and if it was an abuse of power, should mr clinton have resigned? well, his wife has now weighed in — and just as she did two decades ago, she is sticking by her husband. do you think he should have resigned in the 905 in the wake of the monica lewinsky scandal? absolutely not. so it was not an abuse of power? no. you do not believe he should have

resigned? how do you content with members of your partisan he should have? they were not in the middle of it, that is their opinion. this is a tricky issue for the democrats. hillary has stuck by her husband but there are a lot of democrats who would say that if this we re democrats who would say that if this were today and bill clinton had done what he did and we knew about his history, then he probably would not be elected president and actually hillary clinton did not do enough to protect the woman, in fact she sometimes in some cases sanctioned private investigators to investigate the woman's pastoral as part of a smearcampaign the woman's pastoral as part of a smear campaign against some of those women. there is actually one woman who worked for hillary clinton during the 2016 campaign who has come out, a senior official, here's what she tweeted this morning. that is someone close to hillary

clinton saying that. 21 days from a midterm election, here are the democrats getting it wrong again. because their steps on their overall campaign message and people i talk about hillary clinton? i do not think this is going to have a huge amount of longevity. people are annoyed with the clintons, probably remind people why hillary was not elected. so much baggage. i think that has been called out, hillary clinton has been called up for hypocrisy and it is something that when i was going round on the campaign trail in 2016 women would raise it, they did not like the way she had behaved the way she protected her husband, particularly over monica lewinsky who was only 20 at the time. this is our random animal segment at the end of the programme. cats and the internet. there's no shortage of the former appearing on the latter. and now it seems that even

official government offices are feline the mood. the us embassy in australia sent out an email invitation featuring this — which as you can see is a cat wearing a cookie monster outfit, holding a plate of biscuits. it was mistakenly sent out by the us state department. titled "meeting" — and sent to an unknown number of recipients. the embassy has since apologised, calling the email a "training error". but what was training for? how to make chocolate chip cookies? how to dress your cat up in a silly blue outfit? what is the training

element? as we have discussed before, this is evidence that the state department has gone to the dogs. any more bad puns? malan that one is perfect. let's move on.” dogs. any more bad puns? malan that one is perfect. let's move on. i am here all night. i love that man's confidence. ruble back again tomorrow. that area of low pressure and cloud that for those damaging winds across siberia, more recently some flooding rains in france, this low pressure contains a bit of ex—hurricane michael, again diving towards iberia and weakening. we will find a weather system coming in from the atla ntic weather system coming in from the atlantic was my shorts, but right

now we have a weak weather front which is responsible for this cloud and a bit of rain. working its way north is back across wales, northern england into southern scotland. most rain dying out. mr pollard was the south—east, skies clearing. not quite so cold overnight for scotland and northern ireland, breezed penny to pick up towards the end of the night. deals developing in a north—west of scotland, rain intervened north—west through the morning, becoming lighter as it moves morning, becoming lighter as it m oves a cross morning, becoming lighter as it moves across scotland and northern ireland over the irish sea. ahead of that, a lot of low cloud lifting, sunshine in the south—east and east anglia, could be a warm day, temperature 22—22dc. for most part it should be warmer due to those southerly winds. that when a font bringing the rain from the north—west is going to slowly push its way into england and wales. ed. again because the wind just got up to nothing. we could find a band of cloud stretching from lincolnshire through the medallist the

south—west, a bit of rain on that. south—east, early mist and fog and then sunshine, not quite as warm on wednesday, further north—west across the uk should be largely dry, few showers and a bit of sunshine coming through. that band of cloud stopping any different place, but it should tend to move away overnight. high pressure building in behind, some chilly air moving from the atlantic, the coldest night is going to be wednesday into early thursday. a touch of frost across scotland, northern ireland, proxy far north of england. not so cold in east anglia, a bit more cloud lingering into thursday, but away from their plenty of sunshine, a lovely day with light wind on thursday, ten metres a bit lower, 12—15 surface, but that is fairly typicalfor this lower, 12—15 surface, but that is fairly typical for this time of year. this is bbc news.

i'm carole walker. the headlines at eight. theresa may has told mps she believes a deal with the eu is achievable despite differences over how to handle the irish border. we cannot let this disagreement derail the prospect of a good deal and leave us with a no deal outcome that nobody wants. meghan and harry will become parents in the spring. the royal couple announce they're expecting their first child. as police arrive at the saudi consulate in istanbul, the diplomatic pressure increases on the saudi leaders to explain what's happened to missing journalist jamal khashoggi. after scientists warned last week of the potentially devastating effects of climate change, president trump says he thinks it may be real, but he isn't sure if it's man—made.