you're watching beyond 100 days. suspicious devices sent to the homes of former presidents clinton and obama. and another device sent to the headquarters of cnn television in new york. that's four in all — today's devices follow a similar package sent yesterday to the home of liberal donor george soros. the white house and new york officials denounce the threats. what we saw here today was an effort to terrorise. this clearly is an act of terror. and the man whose bad language got him thrown out of the white house joins us to talk about the aggressive nature of today's politics. also on the programme. the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi — saudia arabia's crown prince salman finally speaks out and say those responsible will be brought tojustice. a high—profile businessman has won a legal battle to stop a newspaper printing harassment claims against him in the uk. the ruling has ignited a debate on non—disclosure agreements and whether it is time to change them. a familiar face appeared as a suspected thief

in blackpool in england. ross from friends appears to have a doppleganger with a liking for beer. the actor has proof he was in the us at the time so the investigation continues. hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington. nuala mcgovern is in london. a rash of explosive devices sent to political leaders and media institutions in america is prompting confusion and fear. after suspcious devices were sent to george soros, bill clinton, barack obama and cnn, the white house condemned what it called violent attacks and promised to hold the perpetrators accountable. we've just received this image of the package that was addressed to former cia directorjohn brennan and sent to cnn. the devices are thought to be low grade and investigators believe they are linked. here's the bbc‘s nick bryant with the latest. in the leafy suburbs north of new york city, the home of bill

and hillary clinton, today surrounded by a much bigger security presence than normal after a suspected explosive device was addressed to the former presidential candidate. the package was intercepted by the secret service during routine screening procedures, and law enforcement officials said mrs clinton was not at risk of receiving it. we are fine, thanks to the men and women of the secret service, who intercepted the package addressed to us long before it made its way to our home. every day, we are grateful for their service and commitment and, obviously, never more than today. a few minutes later, news of a second suspected explosive device, this time addressed to the washington residence of barack and michelle obama. again, it was intercepted by the secret service and did not pose a threat to the former president's family. we're going tojump in, there's a fire alarm here.

the news organisation cnn was reporting these developments when it became part of the story, its anchors forced to broadcast from the street following the discovery of a suspected package in its new york bureau. the package was mailed and made it into the building. as the nypd cordoned off the area around central park, reports came through that be suspected package was addressed to the former cia director john brennan, a strident critic of the trump presidency and a regular guest on a rival network. a law—enforcement source said the packages contained crude, low—ordnance explosive devices that were functional, and at least two of them were apparently made of a pipe, wires and black powder. what we saw here today was an effort to terrorise. this clearly is an act of terror, attempting to undermine our free press and leaders of this country

through acts of violence. i want to make very clear that the people of new york city will not be intimidated, that we're going to go about our lives undeterred. the suspected devices were similar to a pipe bomb found on monday in the mailbox at a home of the billionaire philanthropist george soros, a property in the new york suburb is not far in the new york suburbs not far from where the clintons live. as the bomb squad removed the suspected device from the office of cnn, the white house condemned what it called these despicable, terrorising acts. and nick bryantjoins us now. we are getting news that there is a package at capitol hill, which is being looked at there. what is the latest on your reporting? governor andrew cuomo who was stood

alongside mayor bill de blasio said his office received a suspected device. in florida they are looking ata device. in florida they are looking at a suspected explosive device at the office of the democratic congresswoman, a former head of the dnc. it seems there is a pattern, senior democratic figures targeted by suspected device is that the police have said are low—grade bombs. the florida example is interesting because apparently the address on the envelope was recalled, the former attorney general in the obama administration and another high—profile democrat. the worst terror was used immediately in the press conference. yes, bill de blasio describing this as an act of terror and the white house statement initially from sarah

sanders described it as despicable, terrorising acts and we are expected to hear from the terrorising acts and we are expected to hearfrom the president. he said he wholeheartedly agreed with the statement the vice president mike pence said, describing this as cowardly act. there has been criticism in the heightened and highly charged political climate right now, some of the rhetoric of the president himself has made this political climate even more toxic and even more aggressive. he holds these almost daily rallies where chanting of lock her up against hillary clinton have been a feature. he has singled out george soros for criticism and he has been critical of other democrats and people are saying, that more civility has to become a feature of american politics and it has become too

aggressive. more civility could be used on both sides of the atlantic, i think, at the moment. we do live ina i think, at the moment. we do live in a divided time. but these devices have prompted criticism across the board. you've heard the vice president and here was new york city's mayor on today's political climate. this is a very painful time in our nation. it's a time when people are feeling a lot of hatred in the air. and incidents like this exacerbate that pain and exacerbate that fear. we cannot let the acts of a very few changes we are. joining us now from new york is former white house communications director anthony scaramucci — author of trump, the blue collar president. i want to pick up on what bill de blasio said and what our reporter was saying, this toxic environment we live in and to some extent the

president and his language contributes to some of this toxicity, to what extent can we draw a line between that and what has happened today? it is really hard to know what happened my guess is it could have an anarchist trying to get both sides to think they are shooting at each other but if you are making the point, a point i agree with, that we have to dial down the toxicity rhetoric, which sta rts down the toxicity rhetoric, which starts with the president. he would likely disagree with me on this but iam likely disagree with me on this but i am telling you i believe his polling numbers would go up if he dialled it back. i will give you a vivid example, he was very silent in the bill cavanaugh process and most of the mainstream media was focused on him and lo and behold the president's approval rating move

two, three, four point so dialling the rhetoric down would be helpful. he is clearly not listening because every night he goes out on the campaign trail inciting these state m e nts campaign trail inciting these statements lock her up. that is why i got statements lock her up. that is why igot dumped! statements lock her up. that is why i got dumped! it might not have been. listen i think the rhetoric, the discourse, is not helping hand i am hoping he is getting advice from people saying you have great policies, the economy is doing well you have good ideas going on in a national security front. why do we have to win gauge this. you may remember ted cruz said over the weekend he thinks someone will get hurt. he probably sees it as one—sided but i see it as a bipartisan issue. i want to get your ta ke bipartisan issue. i want to get your

take on this, somebody who advises somebody on media relations, the president has said things that are not true, prose and —— promising people can get a tax cut. saying there are middle east and is in the ca rava n there are middle east and is in the caravan of migrants. there is no evidence of that. why does he say things that are not true? you know the adage, a politician is lying when his lips are moving and they are all lying to different degrees. he is probably doing it more blata ntly he is probably doing it more blatantly as he tries to galvanise his base. i got in trouble with cnn because they put a banner up, anthony scaramucci says donald trump isa anthony scaramucci says donald trump is a liar. they are all liars, i do not understand why that is breaking news. i wish he would be more truthful but the point of my book, it is that he has captured the imagination of blue—collar people. he has become a metaphoric wrecking

ball for the establishment and they love that and if you think they are fa ct love that and if you think they are fact checking him, the people i grew up fact checking him, the people i grew up with, from the neighbourhood i came from, they are not fact checking him and if you ask them do you care if the president is a liar, some will say they do, some will say they don't but all will say they ca re they don't but all will say they care about the policies more than keeping score of his getting facts right or wrong. would it not be then that the world of deceit that is created then feeds into a more hostile environment? it is right, i have no disagreement with what you are saying, but they do it on both sides. i think you know that. they are probably doing it in great britain. they have a tendency to

haze the facts. what is unique in oui’ haze the facts. what is unique in our society, because a smartphones and everybody having a camera in their pocket, we move into an age of transparency where people may be the 17505 transparency where people may be the 1750s could chop somebody up the consulate, but it is impossible today. the stretching of stories and the actions and incidents will be uncovered. look at what happened to me. i thought i was talking casually toa me. i thought i was talking casually to a friend from the neighbourhood next to mine. he ran to cnn that the tape andi next to mine. he ran to cnn that the tape and i got myself fired. we are moving into a different world where we will hold people accountable and i think the age of transparency is upon us and our friends i think the age of transparency is upon us and ourfriends in saudi arabia are learning that the hard way now. we are also learning video can be manipulated. i want to go to a point in your book. you said donald trump may be suited to bridging political divide because he

does not care about anything but himself. do you think that is true on that point of bridging political divides? i do not remember saying he only cared about himself. i said he was non—ideological. my two decades of experience with him is i saw him as someone who decided to go harder to the right to capture the nomination of a party, but i felt once he got to the presidency, he would be a deal—making person and try to reach compromises, and so it has not happened so far but i am holding out hope he will be the type of person who will be able to do that. i want to pick up on something the president said the other night in texas when he called himself a nationalist. it got me looking back over the definition of patriotism versus over the definition of patriotism versus nationalism which got been back to george orwell. this is what he says. do you think the president was

right, given what you say about blue—collar workers, and his base, to talk about nationalism, given the connotations with white nationalism in the states and fascism in europe? ido in the states and fascism in europe? i do not think so. i said that on cnn and brought in barbara tuckman‘s book. and she talked about nationalism. people who study history know it is not a great word. he is trying to stick a finger in the eye of the mainstream media, domestic and international. people tell him not to say that, he said

that in the speech. people tell me not to say it, but i will say it anyway. not to say it, but i will say it by not to say it, but i will say it anyway. by those definitions, he is more of an america first agenda, helping middle—class people, lower—middle—class people. i do not see him as a guy who wants to start a war. i give you good news, i have beenin a war. i give you good news, i have been in meetings with him when the decisions have to be made and he is tempered and a serious guy on those decisions. he has toggled off big crowd mode. and when someone tells him not to say something, it is pretty much guaranteed that is what he says. he will probably triple down on it. anthony scaramucci, thanks. we are going to go to the president if he starts the rally in minnesota

because we want to hear what he says about the suspicious devices, but we have been watching these rallies. i'm sorry, he will be at the white house. we have watched the rallies and the tone particularly in the last two weeks has been more aggressive, the language has been tougher, the chanting of lock her up. journalists have said people in the rallies have come up to them and mind slitting their throats, which does not reduce the toxicity. if we wa nt to does not reduce the toxicity. if we want to do that, as anthony scaramucci says, it starts with the president and dialling back some of the rhetoric is important. it is interesting the point he made that mrtrump, it is interesting the point he made that mr trump, people believe he is the same one from 2016 but perhaps the same one from 2016 but perhaps the two different trumps are the one at the rally and the other making

decisions in the office but the language is what we see when he is out on the campaign trail. it is not just out on the campaign trail. it is notjust here in the states. we have heard it in the uk. when theresa may was asked to bring her own noose to a meeting. it's a drama that has played out several times in recent years — often by celebrities trying to hide their indiscretions. a newspaper wants to publish revelations about a well—known individual. the individual gets an injunction granted against said newspaper and blocks publication. but a story in the uk's daily telegraph today adds another important element — the non—disclosure agreement. the telegraph front page reveals an investigation into allegations of bullying, intimidation, and of racial and sexual harassment against a leading businessman. we want to cross to washington. the president of the united states and mrs trump. presidential anthem.

good afternoon, please sit down. before i begin i want to take a moment to talk about today's news and the attempted attacks on president clinton, president obama, their families, public officials, individuals and organisations. we cannot tolerate those cowardly attacks and i strongly condemn all who choose violence. i am grateful to the secret service as well as the local and federal law enforcement for all they do on a daily basis to keep us safe and encourage people across the country to choose kindness over hatred. i want to welcome you all to the white house to reflect on the progress the

administration has made on tackling the opioid crisis and more importantly to look ahead at the work still to be done. we are here to talk about the continued actions we are taking to combat the opioid epidemic, which my husband will talk about ina epidemic, which my husband will talk about in a few minutes. i must say i am proud of our president and the work being done in the white house and across so work being done in the white house and across so many work being done in the white house and across so many agencies to help those affected by drug abuse and addiction. just last week i visited thomas jefferson university hospital to learn about their maternal addiction treatment, education and the research programme. this programme supports families and babies born with neonatal syndrome and providing mothers with the tools they need to help become successful parents. the campaign is committed

to helping children and the many issues they face as they grow up. and sadly, drug abuse is one of those issues. we will continue to shine a light on successful programmes that demonstrate positive results for children. 0ver programmes that demonstrate positive results for children. over the past yearl results for children. over the past year i have travelled both nationally and internationally, learning about many of the programmes offered through private organisations, schools and hospitals, which are meant to help children and families as they deal with drug addiction. what i consta ntly with drug addiction. what i constantly hear is the need for support at all levels. law enforcement needs our support and the resources necessary to stop criminals from putting drugs on the streets. families need resources to

get treatment and follow—up care. those who are addicted need support, resources and guidance, to know they are fighting a disease and should not be ashamed. young mothers need the support necessary to not only beat addiction but to gain the tools needed to become successful parents. babies born addicted need the resources for treatment, but also need follow—up care for years to come. i was honoured to be part of a roundtable comprised of several experts at thomas jefferson university hospital that was convened to help with the design and implementation of a new initiative the department of health and human services is working on to measure the long—term health outcomes and needs of infants suffering from

neonatal abstinence syndrome. as a nation we must come together to fight this epidemic by providing as many resources as possible and i know that as long as my husband is in office, this will remain a priority. fighting opioid abuse goes across all party lines. thank you all for being here and being part of the fight to end this epidemic. it is now my honour to introduce the president of the united states. applause

i want to thank you very much, i know how hard you have worked on this. that isjust know how hard you have worked on this. that is just one know how hard you have worked on this. that isjust one of many languages you know. it is just amazing the way you can do it, thank you very much, darling, i appreciate it. i also want to thank mrs pence for being here, who has been terrific working alongside our great vice president. i really appreciate it. i would like to begin today's remarks by providing an update on the suspicious packages and devices mailed to current and former high—ranking and government officials. the safety of the american people is my highest and absolute priority. i havejust concluded a briefing with the fbi,

department ofjustice department of homeland security the us secret service will stop as we speak the packages are being inspected by top explosives experts and a major federal investigation is under way. the full weight of government is being deployed to conduct this investigation and bring those responsible for these despicable a cts responsible for these despicable acts to justice. we will spare no expense in this effort and i want to tell you, in these times, we have to come together, to unify, and send a clear, strong message that acts, threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the united states of america. applause thank you very much.

president donald trump at the white house condemning bomb threats against senior democratic figures in the us and against a news organisation. you have been watching beyond 100 days. my administration will provide additional updates as they become available and i want to thank everybody for their understanding. we are extremely angry, upset, unhappy, about what we witnessed this morning and we will get to the bottom of it. we are gathered together today to address america's drug crisis and a crisis it is, which now claims 70,000 lives a year. one year ago i addressed the

nation in this very room. donald trump at the white house and we will keep you posted on what else he has to say on the bomb threat in the united states over the course of today. it's a drama that has played out several times in recent years — often by celebrities trying to hide their indiscretions. a newspaper wants to publish revelations about a well—known individual. the individual gets an injunction granted against said newspaper and blocks publication. but a story in the uk's daily telegraph today adds another important element — the non—disclosure agreement. the telegraph front page reveals an investigation into allegations of bullying, intimidation, and of racial and sexual harassment against a leading businessman. he's presented as a silhouette because he can't be named after he successfully secured an injunction. but the paper reports thatjust like harvey weinstein last year, this british businessman used controversial non—disclosure agreements to silence and pay off his alleged victims with "substa ntial sums".

mark stephens is an employment law solicitor. he represents zelda perkins, a former employee of harvey weinstein, who signed a non—discolsure—agreement then spoke out about alleged harrasment by the filmmaker. harvey weinstein has denied all allegations and also says any sexual relations were consensual. perhaps we can explain what's the nda is. relations were consensual. perhaps we can explain what's the nda ism is shorthand for nondisclosure agreement, and it is a contract, i pay y°u agreement, and it is a contract, i pay you a sum of money and you cove na nt to pay you a sum of money and you covenant to be quiet and not say all the misdeeds i have been doing. historically, they were there to cover up things that were like civil roles, like i had been rude, perhaps i had discriminated against you on

grounds of pregnancy, disability, something of that kind. that might be morally reprehensible but that is what happened. what has happened in more recent yea rs what happened. what has happened in more recent years is they have been extended and are being used for the rich and powerful to buy their way out of police scrutiny, out of regulatory and tax scrutiny and that i think is not acceptable. in the way this man has spent £500,000 and serried ranks of seven lawyers have come forward and he is now strutting around london whilst, my wife, my children, may well come into contact with him. they are not forewarned, four armed, that he is a potential danger. we do not need to get into the particulars of this case. it came up in prime minister can question is. van theresa may has said the —— prime minister questions. theresa may said the nda

system is not fit for purpose. america is much further ahead because they have said you cannot have these ndas in america and you cannot use taxpayers money, shareholders' money to buy silence and to stop proper and rigorous investigations. yet we have seen cases in the states, i think of the us gymnast team case when someone hundred and 50 women came forward to accuse larry nasser of sexual abuse are many had signed nondisclosure agreements, and the fact they did that meant he could carry on longer then he might have been able to. it i wonder if it is time to get rid of ndas. i think it is. you have highlighted one example. the other might be penn state college where the football team have problems. there are other examples. where

somebody has done something that is criminally wrong, very seriously morally wrong, i think we have to have a situation where you cannot buy the silence of an individual. it may be a victim of sexual harassment, attempted rape, would wa nt to harassment, attempted rape, would want to keep quiet about that for personal reasons but they should not be able, the rich and powerful, be able to abuse the position by using nondisclosure agreements to buy silence, so that if we have a recidivist and in this case we have five nondisclosure agreements, that person needs to be identified among the community and their behaviour examined. cases of sexual harassment are about power and it is nearly always a powerful person putting pressure on a weaker person and it is the

pressure on the weaker party to sign these n d as. yes, it is entirely about power. my client is older perkins, who was harvey weinstein's assistant, she said she didn't think he was a sex addict but he was a power addict. that case was about controlling behaviours and in many cases, particularly with the rich and powerful men, invariably it is meant, in those circumstances that is why they did it. it is about controlling the future behaviour of their victims. that is why the nondisclosure agreements are being abused. thank you very much for coming into us. it is a year now after the #metoo movement. these

questions come up again and again. the fact that it was talked about at prime minister's questions, could that be some changes? maybe it is difficult to be able to specify if nobody is able to talk what the coercive behaviour might be. you can't highlight what the behaviour is and the risk is to future victims. that is why the larry nasa case is so interesting. if the girls had not been put in a position where a nda was available to them, would the behaviour have stopped earlier? would it have been stopped? we must point out that harvey weinstein has denied any sexual harassment and said the relationships were consensual. let's move on. donald trump and melania trump have been addressing reporters about the

opioid crisis. the stats are shocking. in 2017 - there were 70,000 drug overdoses in us — the majority of them, opioid related. more than 130 people die from opioid an overdose every day. which means someone in america dies of an opioid overdose every 11 minutes. joining us now from new york is dr andrew kolodny, who's the co—director of 0pioid policy research at the heller school. thank you forjoining us. president trump has said his administration ta kes trump has said his administration takes this very seriously. has enough being done by the white house? absolutely not. it's very clear that president trump would give himself and his administration a and give himself and his administration aanda in give himself and his administration a and a in response to the crisis. i would give them a diva. there is quite a bit they have not been doing. president trump did refer to

the opioid crisis as an emergency. he gave it a designation as a public health emergency little over a year ago. after referring to the problem as an emergency, one would have expected president trump and his administration to respond with urgent action and a coordinated plan. unfortunately, we have not seen any plan from the administration. there has been a lot of talk, some funded appropriating from congress but no coordinated action for addressing this public of crisis. with your experience, what would be the top priority if you had the year of the president? the reason the united states is experiencing record high levels of opioid overdose deaths, the reason we are seeing heroin and fentanyl

flood into non—urban areas, a soaring increase in infants born with opioid defendants, injection diseases, the driver has been a very sharp increase in the prevalence and the numberof sharp increase in the prevalence and the number of americans suffering from opioid addiction. greater than 900% addiction increase over the la st 900% addiction increase over the last 20 years. the reason so many americans have become opioid addicted is because the medical community has been over prescribing. there was a sharp increase in the prescription of opioid pain medicines that led to a serious epidemic. to bring the epidemic under control, we have to make sure that less americans become opioid addicted and that those who are addicted and that those who are addicted to have access to treatment. we need interventions to

achieve both. unfortunately, the administration isn't addressing either very effectively. you point to the fact that this has happened for the last 20 years. it was taking place under 0bama for the last 20 years. it was taking place under obama and president bush before that. if america doesn't address the issue of overprescription of pills and opioids by doctors in the first place, you are never going to break this cycle. the power of the pharmaceutical companies is so strong that they will resist any attempt made to reduce those prescriptions. absolutely correct. the food and drug administration appears poised to approve a new opioid that's 500 times more potent than morphine. we are still not properly regulating pharmaceutical companies manufacturing opioids. the medical community continues to over

prescribe. we have to treat people who are addicted but we also have to prevent more people from becoming opioid addicted. i know you have an international audience. the campaign to increase prescribing launched by the pharmaceutical industry is being recreated elsewhere in the world. with some effect. we are seeing opioid prescribing going up in the uk and western europe, central europe, asia, south america. as the prescribing goes up it is very likely that other nations will go follow in our footsteps and that is something we must work to avoid. thank you very much forjoining us. what really struck me there, i was thinking of the uk, it is quite hard to get antibiotics if you don't severely need them. even if you

might have a sore throat, they are not going to prescribe as the job of a hat. i lived in the states, as well, the state of play with doctors and how big pharma interacts with them. there is a lot of money to be made from madsen in the united states, for insurers, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, or doctors. the issue of overprescription of opioids, that's exactly where it comes in. this so far has been a uniquely american problem but it is interesting to hear the doctors say that the rate of prescriptions is increasing in other countries and in the uk, as well. there is a very clear mapping of the overprescription of opioids for legitimate reasons leads to addiction and the kind of crisis that we have here in the united states. if it is happening in the

uk, it needs to be watched there. for the first time since journalist jamal khoshoggi was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul, the crown prinice mohamed bin salman has addressed the issue publicly. the saudi crown prince has vowed to punish all the "culprits" responsible for the murder of writer jamal khashoggi in turkey, saying that "the crime was painful to all saudis". is the saudis have previously denied accusations that the prince, the de facto ruler, had a role in the killing. thousands of migrants fleeing central america are crossing mexico from south to north in the hope of reaching the united states. the un estimates that the group, many of which are parents with young children trying to escape violence, has grown from about 1,000 to more than 7,000. ajapanese journalist who had been held hostage by militants in northern syria for the past three years has been released. jumpei yasuda originally went missing in june 2015 after travelling from turkey to syria to report on the country's civil war. in a video sent from the turkish border, the freelance journalist confirmed he was safe and well.

his wife, who had been campaigning heavily for his release, appeared on live tv when the news was announced. the european parliament has voted for a complete ban on a range of single—use plastics across the union in a bid to stop pollution of the oceans. meps backed a ban on plastic cutlery and plates, cotton buds, straws, drink—stirrers and balloon sticks. the measure is expected to be passed and the eu hopes it will come into full effect by 2021. a record—breaking 1.6 billion—dollar lottery jackpot has been won in the united states. the draw for the mega millions lottery has a potentialjackpot of $1.6 billion dollars, which is more than £1.2 billion pounds — the biggest pay out in history. it's been confirmed that a winning ticket was sold in south carolina — more winners could yet come forward to split the jackpot. i'm afraid no one in the bbc pool got a look in! two weeks before the mid—terms, the president wants to talk about immigration which he sees

as a rallying issue for his supporters. democrats on the other hand want to talk about health care, which polls show is a good issue for them. whoever succeeds better in getting those respective messages out may well win the election. a washington post poll found that in 69 of the most contested house districts in the country 50% of voters support democratic candidates. while 47% support republicans. based on those figures — it's no sure thing that democrats will take back the house of representatives. for more on that we can speak to the author of the power up newsletter from the washington post, jacqueline alemany. great to have you with us. joining us from washington, dc. i saw you we re us from washington, dc. i saw you were using the headline purple rain. not read, not blue. the poll on monday showed us that the race has really tightened. there was

additionally a wall street journal poll that had the race tightening, as well. the republican pollster that conducted it caused it a pitch battle for the house and now a barn—burner. for a british battle for the house and now a barn—burner. fora british audience, a very tight battle. again, democrats already hold a sizeable advantage overall. 63 out of the 69 battle ground races are being fought on republican territory which gives the crags and automatic advantage. all of this talk of blue wave and a backlash to trump leading up to this election really has dissipated all been rivalled by a republican enthusiasm which we saw pivot after the cavanaugh hearings. we thought

we we re the cavanaugh hearings. we thought we were going to see a democrats energise. a lot of people believe it was a energise. a lot of people believe it was a miscalculation on the part of chuck schumer. democrats are very energised but i don't think we thought that the republicans would come back with that energy and engage ina come back with that energy and engage in a way that they previously weren't engaged. for the first time since 2016, they saw that voters we re since 2016, they saw that voters were angry, combating voter turnout issues. we are seeing a lot of parallels to 2016. there was a smart observation that poses an all—time high approval rating of 44 —— 47% and aligning with how people voted

in 2016. these startling similarities have the democrats on their heels. politics moves incredibly fast here in the us. a day can feel like a week or a month. we are still two weeks away. what do you think over the next two weeks that you see over the horizon could change the dynamic of this race? again, it is a really valid point. it underscores the entire argument. things can change in the span of a day. the president was presented with another political gift with the migrant caravan and he has chosen to hinge a lot of racially tinged language and anti—immigrant language at his rallies around the country, especially in battle grounds like texas, and nevada. but the issues to

favour the democrats. most people are concerned with health care in cove red are concerned with health care in covered and preconditions. in congress, people have voted for the most part on bills that we can preconditions. in addition to the anti—immigration migrant rectory at —— rhetoric, anti—immigration migrant rectory at — — rhetoric, you anti—immigration migrant rectory at —— rhetoric, you have seen the white house tried to own the health care debate, as well. with claims that aren't necessarily factual based on truth. thank you so much forjoining us. we will keep watching the polls and your podcast over the next two weeks. 0ne and your podcast over the next two weeks. one thing that may have an impact on the mid—term elections, who knows how it plays out, everybody will be watching it, the latest on the suspicious devices sent in. what had looked like a

device sent to the governor andrew cuomo is not actually a device. we have confirmation that suspicious devices were sent to bill clinton, barack obama, cnn, reports also seem to be confirmed that from the capitol hill sorting facility a device was sent to democratic congresswoman maxine waters. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come — it's one of the most glamourous cities in the world, and ahead of the brexit we'll be discussing london's push to export more homegrown luxury to america. huge crowds have turned out to see the duke and duchess of sussex on the second day of their visit to the south pacific island of fiji. so many people tried to catch a glimpse of meghan at a local this is beyond one hundred days. she is one of the most famous faces in the world,

but since she married, we have heard almost nothing from her until today. at the university of the south pacific, the couple watched a dance about climate change, and then, for the first time in a long time, it was meghan's turn to speak. she spoke about the right to education and its particular importance to young women. when girls are given the right tools to succeed, they can create incredible futures, not only for themselves but for all of those around them. and while progress has been made in many areas across the commonwealth, there is always scope to offer more opportunities to the next generation of young adults and specifically to young women. from staff and students alike, enthusiasm for meghan and her message. without harry but surrounded by adoring crowds, meghan went

to the market in suva, to visit a project for women's empowerment. it's very rare on these trips for meghan to do an event by herself. this is the second one today and each time the message has been about changing the way that women and girls are treated. it was a very brief visit and there were a fair few disappointed fans. the authorities didn't expect the numbers that turned out and security became a concern. but here in fiji, meghan has started to define her role. jonny dymond, bbc news, suva. when it comes to high end swag — you can't get much better

than the uk. a burberry bag, an alexander mcqueen dress, vintage scotch whisky — and there is nowhere in the world where luxury sells better than the us. the british luxury sector exports nearly 80% of what it produces — and with brexit approaching it's upping its push into the us. the big sell began with an event at the us ambassador‘s residence here in london, attended by big names, established brands and hopeful newscomers. the conversation was dominated, yes, by brexit. we are all absolutely waiting with bated breath for some government official to give us some view that is absolutely robust on brexit. i don't think any of us really know what is going to happen with all that, but i think we have all had challenges in life and that isjust business. 0ur style, i think it is unique. italians have their style, the french have their style. the british — we have got our style. i think whatever happens, we will make the most of it, but america is a huge market and we need it. we're joined from new york

by helen brocklebank chief executive of walpole which represents the uk luxury sector. thanks very much forjoining us. how important is it for american luxury brand producers to secure big outlets in the us with the prospect of brexit? the american market has always been the single biggest market for british luxury. whilst we are very robustly pushing for a pro—business brexit, we have always exported well to the us and it feels like a opportunity right now to look beyond our borders to future trading relationships to absolutely amplify everything that we can. it's worth £85 billion to the luxury economy in the us. a third of that market is in new york where we have our trade and media trip. we are delighted to be

here in new york to fly the flag for britain. always night to have a nice week in new york are especially with the wining and dining. how much are people talking about brexit? not a huge amount. you'll talk... it will come up because everybody will recognise that if you're british it's a preoccupying concern. but actually it's how we do business with the customer. the customer is not really a european customer for british luxury. the biggest market is the us, followed by china, followed by the middle east. the us economy is flying high so that gives us an opportunity. it is a focus for what we can do as businesses in a context where we have given ourselves a bit of a knock with brexit, we can recognise that we have an extraordinary responsibility

to promote what is amazing about britain. creativity, innovation, craftsmanship, excellent entrepreneurship. all of that is in the british luxury sector and that is what we're trying to underline and get the message across. people not that bothered about exit in the us. they recognise it but it is what we can do here for the economy. you are targeting the us, the first market. i would have thought that age would have been the place to go and put your chips down if in fact brexit is on the way. well, the asian market, china particularly is the fastest—growing luxury goods market but not the biggest. we have a very special relationship, i know people use that expression to describe what we have with the us,

we've been trading luxury goods with the us for hundreds of years. some of those relationships, johnson of elgin, burberry, bentley— rolls—royce, going elgin, burberry, bentley— rolls— royce, going back elgin, burberry, bentley— rolls—royce, going back over 100 of years. we've done a piece of research with brand finance which two thirds of americans say they are huge fans of britain. they are really behind the special relationship. that in teesras exists in the us and those bonds go back. the soul and the heart and the friendship is there. that makes it easy for us to degrade business. thank you very much forjoining us. in my interactions with the americans they meet. most people are pretty confused. i sympathise. i get pretty confused. i sympathise. i get pretty confused. one is a suspected thief.

the other, a hollywood star. the question is — who's who? yes — thousands of comedy responses were posted on social media when blackpool police shared this cctv image of a suspect — who many have claimed is the "spitting image" of the actor david schwimmer — best known for his role as ross from friends — now seen on the right of your screen. the force later confirmed that schwimmer was not in the uk at the time of the offence. and even the actor himself wanted to reassure police he wasn't the man they were looking for — tweeting ‘it wasn't me' and posting this video. this is of course the actor having bit of fun in a spoof of the original. good to see he has a sense of humour. there is a clue there. that stand on the end has a new york yankees sign.

ican the end has a new york yankees sign. i can tell that was in the us and not the uk. i spotted the clue. the other guy is going to be found. the hunt continues. coming up next on bbc world news — kasia madiera is here with 0utside source. and for viewers in the uk, we'll have the latest headlines from vicki young. for now — from katty kay in washington and nuala mcgovern in london — goodbye. good evening. a lot of dry weather across the uk over the last day. some winners and some losers. blue skies in lincolnshire earlier. down the road in cambridgeshire, more cloud feeding in through the afternoon. that is feeding in to what is happening in the remainder of the day and into tonight. quite a

lot of cloud into the midlands and southern parts of england. the north—east of england will see the clearest weather. generally, more cloud around than in recent nights. a pretty mild night. a higher range of single figures. a fuel in double figures. note when we see them next in this broadcast in a different context. in this broadcast in a different co ntext. 0 n in this broadcast in a different context. on thursday the best of the sunshine in the south and east with rain coming into the north—west in the evening. temperatures are couple of degrees down on today. this front of degrees down on today. this front of making a big difference as it crosses the uk. most of the rain peter and out on thursday night. by the end of the week, gone is the mild atlantic wharf, into the arctic blue. biting north winds. some

showers around eastern coasts on friday. temperatures single figures orjust about friday. temperatures single figures or just about double friday. temperatures single figures orjust about double digits in the south—east. that wind chill is going to be significant. ahead to the weekend, not much set to change. it will stay cold but with a chilly wind and most of us enjoying decent sunshine. around the coast, some quite prolific showers. pembrokeshire, into devon and cornwall, the north east of scotland and perhaps the eastern coast of england. quite a keen wind coming down from the north. you will effectively get wind chill and temperatures will feel like this as you step out. foremost, above freezing. this is bbc news, i'm vicki young. the headlines at eight. suspected explosive devices have been sent to the homes of barack obama, hillary clinton and other

senior us officials. we are buying, thanks to the men and women of the secret service who intercepted the package addressed to us. this is one of the devices recovered — the fbi says they appear to be pipe bombs. the full weight of our government is being deployed to conduct this investigation to bring those responsible for those despicable a cts responsible for those despicable acts to justice. in his first public comments since the killing of a journalist in istanbul — the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman promises those responsible will be punished so—called gagging clauses underfire as the prime minister