you're watching beyond one hundred days. a budget for an orderly brexit. but if there's no deal, says the chancellor, britain will need a new budget to set out a new strategy for the future. but austerity will come to an end, says the chancellor. there's new money for social care, schools, defence and from next april — 32 million people will be paying less tax. president trump will travel to pittsburgh tomorrow after the synagogue shooting, but 30,000 locals sign a petition saying he's not welcome. also on the programme..... winds of change continue to blow in europe as german chancellor angela merkel — arguably the most powerful woman in the world — says she won't stand for re—election in 2021. the new president of brazil — jair bolsonaro — approves of torture, likes dictatorships, and once said he'd rather his son was dead than gay, but financial markets love him. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington

and christian fraser is in london. surprisingly, brexit was not a word that appeared very often in the british chancellor's budget speech today. and yet it looms large over the spending commitments philip hammond has made. that's because nobody really knows how brexit will end, or whether mr hammond will need to find more money in march 2019, to support the british economy. the chancellor insists commitments he has made today will stand whatever happens. "austerity is coming to an end", he said by which he means government spending will rise. and in many ways, this did feel like a budget beyond brexit. there was an upgraded growth forecast. more cash for the nhs, extra money for social care, plus an additional £1 billion for defence. there's 1.7 billion to get help people switching to the uk's new all—in—one benefits system known as universal credit. and the chancellor brought forward by a year a rise in the tax—free personal allowa nce. which means from next april 32 million people will be paying less tax. let's cross to our political

correspondent rob watson who is at westminster for us. so does this budget fulfil the prime minister's promise to end austerity. canl minister's promise to end austerity. can i first check, are you both nice and warm in the studio? good? excellent. i feel much better about that. does it? i guess technically it does at a bare minimum. it is not as if the uk government is going to turn on the spending taps and we will have gold—plated hospitals and schools. you will see just about bare minimum increases on public services and in some areas there is still going to be some big squeezes in the year ahead and there is a big but, but it all depends on brexit working out the way the government and the government's forecasters hope it will. i suppose the real

audience for this was the people in the chamber who, have to vote on whether to vote for the prime minister's deal or to vote it down? absolutely and it was more of that same message which we have discussed oi'i same message which we have discussed on this programme, that is the prime ministerand in this on this programme, that is the prime minister and in this case the chancellor, saying you may not like me or the deal that i have in mind with the eu, but guess what, the consequences of with the eu, but guess what, the consequences of not having a deal would be ghastly, austerity might have to continue and guess what, if we get a good deal, maybe we can ease austerity off more than we're promising. so rob, as often, ithink the brexit process is confusing and this budget falls into that cat dpoir. how can you make a budget when you don't know what will happen and we face one of biggest economic over hauls. i have to stop you. brexit process? confusing? come on! i guess the short answer to your

question that is it is not possible. in the following sense, that the chancellor himself, the chief finance minister, said, look, if there is a no—deal brexit, we may have to do this all over again. that is the answer — this is predicated, the idea of easing up on austerity is predicated on britain getting a good deal that won't see a massive economic dislocation. is this just a taster then, rob, do economic dislocation. is this just a tasterthen, rob, do you economic dislocation. is this just a taster then, rob, do you think, economic dislocation. is this just a tasterthen, rob, do you think, do they... dangle this in front of us and say, look, if there is a deal, you could get more of this?” and say, look, if there is a deal, you could get more of this? i think that is right. i think that is what it is. i think, look, that is right. i think that is what it is. ithink, look, in that is right. i think that is what it is. i think, look, in some ways it is. i think, look, in some ways it is surreal, in the sense we are making these plans and we have these discussions and we are not talk

about the few pounds in my pocket. you're talking about an economy of a 262 billion dollar economy. these are huge things. there are people saying, having this discussion and planning spending and tax policy and what will happen to ordinary folk, but really we haven't got that much ofa but really we haven't got that much of a clue of what is going to happen next march. 0k. rob watson, i'm glad other people don't have much of a clue either. in his speech, mr hammond also set out the uk's growth forecasts for gdp - 1.6% for 2019, then 1.4 in 2020 and 2021, even by 2023 it looks pretty gloomy when you compare it with other g7 economies. in fact, since the referendum in 2016 the uk — which was the fastest growing of the g7 economies — is now well below the average. let's pick this up with stephanie flanders, senior executive editor at bloomberg. welcome to the studio. when you look

at the figures, we are borrowing 11.6 billion less than year than forecast in march, but because of new commitment, we are still in deficit by the time of the next general election. i thought this government was supposed to fix the roof. a few tens of billion, we don't care. we got so used to the really big numbers after the financial crisis. you had much better figures than we expected even six months about in terms of forecasts, the borrowing was 11 billion lore. he has spent all of that and not paid a price in terms of market reaction. people were looking at it as an exercise in economic dexterity, how can you make

these decisions with brexit looming and a prime minister who wants it to be a big budget. he had pressure on him leading up to this, and quite a lot of hands being tied, because this massive promise for the nhs which was made a few months ago dominated everything else. so you have theresa may for understandable reasons wants to make it a water shed. but you're just a few months before this big question mark. the chancellor raised growth forecasts, but still compared to other european economies, we are towards the bottom of the pile. at what point in his projections can we see growth picking up substantially are can we not make that assessment yet. picking up substantially are can we not make that assessment yetm picking up substantially are can we not make that assessment yet. it is interesting, he said, there had been discussion about would he be in effect threatening mps and saying, you have got this wonderful, nice

extra spending, but it will be on hold if you don't vote for a deal on brexit. he didn't talk about the negatives of brexit, but talked of brexit dif vidend and it is not clear looking at the independent official forecast that that is real is tick. there is nothing of a growth up tick and no reason why it would necessarily go up even with a good deal. because their numbers assume already a good deal and no impact on trade, which many say is optimistic. the new tech tax, which will be introduced in 2020, if the oecd countries can't get their own act in order. that is a bold move. it will only bring in £400 million, but it says we are going to do this whether the rest of you do or not.|j think the first part of your

sentence was contradicted by the rest. it looks like a bold move, but you're not going to raise much money, he was saying something that was more impressive than it was. i used to work in a tax think tank and i get interested in taxes, if you have a tax that has been described in one paragraph and we won't have small companies, we are not going to be taxing internet retail, nothing consumer might not like, only the big bad companies affected. that sounds like it can't be implemented and we will see him wait for international action. that is the only thing that makes any sense. thank you. can i get to the big headline of the budget — a new 50

pence piece. we haven't seen it yet. will we approve? we do now see it. is this what it looks like? at first i thought it was a joke. it says friendship with all nations. someone on twitter talked about article 50p, which i thought was good. and a blue passport. yeah. you mean all the last two years of complicated negotiations and every time i asked you when will this get resolved and theissue you when will this get resolved and the issue of northern ireland is fine, because we have a 50 pence piece and a blue paz —— passport. exactly. that is what we voted for. now to american news. muslim groups have raised money and offered

to protect theirjewish neighbours at worship. the far right website frequented by the pittsburgh killer has gone off—line after service providers suspended its accounts. that is the country toning down divisions and uniting behind jewish americans. but the white house has been criticised for fostering an atmosphere of dvision after the shooting by criticising the media. a few moments ago the white house press secretary rejected the idea that donald trump is in anyway to blame. the very first thing the president did was condemn the attacks both in pittsburgh and in the pipe bombs. the first did the media did was blame the president and make him responsible for these acts. that is outrageous. the only person responsible for carrying out either of these acts were the individuals who carried them out. the white house pushing back against the idea that the president is to blame for this. let's cross now to gary 0'donoghue — who is in pittsburgh for us.

sarah sanders announcing president trump will visit pittsburgh tomorrow. but there is a petition from 30,000 people saying he is not welcome. there is a letter circulating from a group of what you might call liberaljewish circulating from a group of what you might call liberal jewish leaders, in very explicit terms saying the president is responsible for white nationalism and until he renounces that he won't be welcome. there is a political gamble the president is making by coming here. he could face serious opposition. people have been voicing to us concern about the nature of the language he uses and not of course that he in any way created this atrocity, but he in a sense, the atmosphere that is induced by the partisanship makes

that sort of hatred possible. i can tell you robert bowers, the man accused of murders on saturday, he has appeared in court here just very briefly. he was in a wheelchair, because of course he had been shot several times by police, in handcuffs, only spoke to confirm his name. he didn't apply for bail. he would haven't got that. he will be backin would haven't got that. he will be back in court on thursday. 0k, thank you. and joining us now from new york isjehjohnson, who served as secretary of homeland security in the 0bama administration. thank you forjoining us. what is the difference between the way this president has responded to this atrocity and the way that previous presidents have responded ? atrocity and the way that previous presidents have responded? well, very definitely part of a president'sjob in very definitely part of a president's job in an very definitely part of a president'sjob in an environment like this is to bring the nation together and to heal. and bring

people together. i think that right i'iow people together. i think that right now the president's no one priority has to be that he speaks to the nation and calls on even running for any elektive office next week to lower the temperature and try to restore some level of civility into oui’ restore some level of civility into our political debate. i don't know exactly whether what's going on in oui’ exactly whether what's going on in our dialogue led to what happened in pittsburgh, but this is on the heels of the attempted pipe—bombings around the country, directed at certain leader. so this ought to be a wake up call for the american people to demand of their leaders, president on down, that they restore civility to the dialogue and the president's got the largest microphone and this president in particular has the largest microphone by about a factor of

five. it is incumbent on him to try to restore civility to debate and insist others do the same. some of the pipe bombs were sent to your former colleagues, including former president, barack 0bama, but there we re president, barack 0bama, but there were mass killings under previous presidents. there was 18 under barack 0bama. it is a stretch as sarah sanders said to suggest this president is responsible. this is a fa ct of president is responsible. this is a fact of american life and it happens repeatedly hear? very definitely. this unfortunately is not new in is in country. however, we do live in an environment where certain individuals, certain deranged individuals, certain deranged individuals feel its their place to ta ke individuals feel its their place to take matters like this into their owi'i take matters like this into their own hands with a rifle or a pipe bomb to bring about some sort of

change. cause and effect or not, a numberof us here change. cause and effect or not, a number of us here in is in country believe that those running for office our political leaders, need to do their part to dial back the toxic in the debate. i take your point about the president having the biggest megaphone. i was reading the washington post by the daughter of ronald regan, she said maybe we need to reset our expectations with this president and he doesn't see his role as being different as a moral leader. then we won't be disappointed? well, americans are having to reset their expectations of their president in a number of respects. i refuse to accept that a president should not be the number one spokesman and the moral leader of our nation. that is part ofjob

description, because of the visibility of american presidencies, there are times when you nighed need there are times when you nighed need the leader to set the tone, because everyone will listen to him. words do have consequence and people in this country do listen to what their leaders have to say, whether they agree or disagree with them. i would urge president trump to do what he says on occasion he should do as president, which is to strike a very different tone from the tone we have seenin different tone from the tone we have seen in the run up to this midterm next week. to try to bring people together and lower the temperature. thank you. violent crime is at record lows. but what has gone up is the hate

indices. and jewish leaders have picked up on the fact there has been a rise in anti—semitism and anti—semitic attacks during the trump presidency. but president trump presidency. but president trump has big jewish allies. the president denounced anti—semitic attacks. but another difference with this president is in the reaction of the country in under president 0bama when there was mass shootings, we saw a spike in gun sales, because people were concerned a mass attack could lead to restrictions in gun control. with president trump that is not happening. there was no spike in gun sales. we will see what happens after this. because they are not concerned, because he said the a nswer not concerned, because he said the answer islet‘s have a gun. not concerned, because he said the answer islet's have a gun. he has said that guns have nothing to do with this and they don't feel their

rights are going to be infringed on. another suspicious package addressed to the atlanta headquarters of cnn has been intercepted this morning. the discovery was made just a few hours before the man accused of mailing last week's bombs made an appearence in court. cesar sayoc is suspected to having mailed at least 14 pipe bombs to prominent democrats and critics of president trump. he appeared in court in florida and was charged with five federal counts including threatening a former president. he will remain injail without bail until his next hearing on friday morning. there's been a changing of the political guard this weekend. brazil elected a new populist president — we'll have more on that later — and europe lost its longest serving, most establishment leader. or at least she's on her way out. angela merkel announced she will step down as chancellor — though not until 2021 when her mandate ends. by then she will have led germany for 16 years. but her party has been battered in local elections recently and, after suffering another set back on sunday in the state of hesse, she won't run again after this term. matthew karnitschnig is chief europe correspondent for politico.

thank you for being with us. i suppose whether angela merkel is able to see it out to 2021 depends on whether her successor is someone fave rabble to her. that is right we will know the answer to that question as soon as december when the party vote takes place to replace her as party leader. if her hand—picked choice for that post, the current secretary general of the party, wins that vote, then i think angela merkel has a good chance of remaining in office until 201. if she loses and one of her rivals ends up she loses and one of her rivals ends up being the head of christian democrats it would be more difficult to remain as chancellor. i'm always cynical about these leaders who announce the date of when they're

leaving and i think back to tony blair, it didn't him any favours, their power seems to leech away and emmanuel macron is now trying to push her to more reform. yes and angela merkel last month was stressing that it was important for her to stressing that it was important for herto keep stressing that it was important for her to keep both the job of chancellor and the leadership of her party until the end of her term. this underscores the pressure she is under from within after the losses in elections and going as far back as last year when the party didn't do well in federal elections. what it means for europe is not clear, although it does seem inertab that her influence at the european level will also diminish in the coming months. she has made herself a lame duck with this move. matthew, i'm going to post the radical idea that

16 years in office is probably enough for almost any leader and it is in the interests of democracy that we foster new talent, if angela merkel had not had the whole immigration issue, do you think she would have been staying for longer and made this announcement?” would have been staying for longer and made this announcement? i think thatis and made this announcement? i think that is a good question, because of the refugee crisis, her whole career is seen through the prism of that. for any leader who has been in power for as long as angela merkel has, they run out of runway and it seems that this is more thanjust about the refugee crisis, it is really i think a the refugee crisis, it is really i thinka certain the refugee crisis, it is really i think a certain fatigue that has taken think a certain fatigue that has ta ken over think a certain fatigue that has taken over the political think a certain fatigue that has ta ken over the political landscape here with angela merkel ruling together with the social democrats in this so—called grand coalition. it has not good well, this new government, which took power six

months ago, there is a deep frustration that the people are ready forking in new. we have seen the greens surging in the polls, partly because they're an alternative that has not been tried in almost a generation. i think it is partly the refugee crisis, but there is a large degree of angela merkel fatigue at play. interesting times in germany. thank you. the wife and son of thai businessman known as mr vichai, the owner of leicester city football club who was killed on saturday evening in a helicopter crash close to the club's stadium, have visited the site to lay a wreath. the thai businessman was killed alongside four other people after the aircraft spiralled out of control. srivaddhanaprabha bought leicester city in 2010 and had received widespread praise among fans for the team's miracle premier league win in 2016. an indonesian airliner which crashed into the sea with 189 people on board had suffered instrument problems the day before, according to a technical log obtained by the bbc. the boeing 737, operated by the low—cost

airline lion air, plummeted shortly after taking off from the country's capital jakarta bound for the western city of pangkal pinang. china's top economic planning body is proposing to cut the tax on car purchases in half. it's the latest move to try to stem the impact of the ongoing trade war with the us. the proposed cut comes on the back of a ten percent fall in sales last month sparking fears of an economic slow down. coming out of the rain presents a mini conundrum for many of us — what to do with the umbrella? do you close it and carry it inside? or perhaps you go inside and then try to shut it at arms' length? donald trump does neither, apparently. on his way to visit indiana on saturday, the president went up the steps of air force one... ditched his giant umbrella by the entrance to the plane... and walked on. and itjust

and it just rolls and itjust rolls around. i had visions of umbrella picking up in the wind and going into the engine. but i've come back from holiday and i have the same thing with the macks you try to zip up. it is raining and so you try to zip up. it is raining and soi you try to zip up. it is raining and so i have huge sympathy with the president. 0k. let's see if you leave your mac on the step for somebody else to pick up. mrs fraser wouldn't be happy with you. this is 100 days on the bbc. coming up donald trump says the us economy is booming. what do the numbers tell us? and saudi arabia's chief prosecutor meets his turkish counter pa rt prosecutor meets his turkish counter part to discuss the murder ofjamal khashoggi. after a cold and frosty start this

morning, it has been a quiet autumn day. the weather not changing too much. most places enjoying blue skies and sunshine. there are a few showers in the east, producing some lovely double rain bowes. those showers will continue on the eastern coasts of scotland and england. the temperatures perhaps making double figures. there is more cloud towards the north—west. that is not bothering us today. but in europe we have seen heavy snow in the pir knees. mountains, this cloud has low pressure that will bring heavy snowfall to the alps and as it runs north it will have damaging winds in scandinavia. we will be in the edge of that and it will clip some eastern parts of england. 0ur weather could be a lot worse. instead tonight we need to worry

about the temperatures. we have clearer sky and colder weather in the west and temperatures down to minus three. for the eastern side of england and scotland, more cloudy and temperatures will be higher than last night. this cloud coming in from off the north sea. there is the rain from that area of low pressure, around it some strong winds, just clipping east anglia and the south—east of england and moving out into the north sea. there will be more cloud around in general on tuesday. the cloud should break up across scotland and some showers running towards the west and more sunshine for wales and the south west and clouding over in northern ireland. temperatures similar to today, highs of eight to ten celsius. that low pressure runs towards scandinavia and northern parts of north sea and that bound of cloud pushes into the western side of the uk. wednesday sees cloudier skies for the western half of the uk

and some showers and for eastern scotla nd and some showers and for eastern scotland and eastern england and the midlands and southern england it should be dry with sunshine, before we see rain approaching the south—east later on. should be milder on wednesday and it stays milder on wednesday and it stays mild on thursday. this is beyond one hundred days with me, katty kay, in washington. christian fraser is in london. our top stories: the british government presents the last budget before brexit and promises austerity is coming to an end. jair bolsonaro has become brazil's new president. we'll look at how this far—right politician scored a sweeping electoral victory. coming up in the next half hour: as the saudi prosecutor holds talks in istanbul, turkey demands full truth over the killing ofjournalist jamal khashoggi. and as the midterm elections approach, we look at one candidate who could make history for her people. when the british chancellor set out his autumn budget today,

he set out a raft of measures to stimulate business investment to make it clear that britain is open for business. but what was noticably absent from his speech was detail on the other b word — brexit. thousands of companies up and down the country are still wondering how they will operate when the uk leaves the european union next march. a short time ago we were joined by bruce carnegie brown, chair of the insurance market lloyds of london. mr carnegie brown, there is £500 million extra in the chancellor's budget today for brexit preparedness. does that answer some of the concerns of businesses like yours with yellow i think the concerns of business is less about money and most about the time in which to prepare and time is fast running out and saw the call you get from businesses does give us some certainty. it doesn't matter what it is but give some certainty so we can plan. so i think the key issue is now like in cricket the run rate is

running out. you seem to have run out of patience in some sense. you are accelerating your preparedness by moving to a second headquarters in brussels. well, i think in common with all financial services businesses, we have had to be prepared for a hard brexit for regulatory reasons if no others and so we regulatory reasons if no others and so we set up our regulatory reasons if no others and so we setup oui’ own regulatory reasons if no others and so we setup our own research as regulatory reasons if no others and so we set up our own research as to what we wanted to do we wanted to do it really quite early on so it has been the plan for a long time that we would be ready to go. is that because you think no deal is now more likely? no, we had to do it because it was a contingent plan but once you make these plans they become inevitable whatever the outcome isn't so we have set up a subsidiary in brussels, inside the eu, from which we will start our eu business and we start that this week. mr carnegie brown, to pick up on what christian was just asking you there, you say you would prefer a soft brexit, links still to the single market. reading the westminster tea leaves and the brussels detainees at the moment, which do think it is going to be,

ha rd which do think it is going to be, hard or soft? i do think a soft brexit is in the interests of the financial services community. financial services has everything it needs within the single market and so needs within the single market and so any kind of a brexit seems to me to be worse than the status quo and there from a financial services perspective the softer the better, but actually a more practical pointers this issue of needing some certainty about where we end up so that we can do the planning and it doesn't really matter what the exit strategy is as long as we know what it is and we can work around it. you are setting up of 40 people in brussels. it doesn't sound very many. is that a big investment for you? yes, and it is £125 million of capital as well and hopefully over time it will grow. 0ne capital as well and hopefully over time it will grow. one of the things we're seeing here is that it could become a potential opportunity for us become a potential opportunity for us but the regret will be that it is an opportunity for belgium and not for the uk. that was mr carnegie brown joining for the uk. that was mr carnegie brownjoining is earlier. if there is one thing that president trump can boast about in his presidency, is that the us economy is doing incredibly well.

and in the run up to the midterms, this has become a major campaign slogan for republicans. but there are some concerns. last week a government report for the last three months showed that american gdp growth is still strong — at 3.5% — but it is lower than had been predicted earlier in the year. one reason growth is slowing is related to international trade — after the tariffs on chinese goods came into effect, us net exports went down by 1.78%. and this has contributed to growing fears on stock markets — last week the dowjones and the s&p 500 tumbled — wiping out their gains for this year. to talk more about this, stephen moorejoins us now from new york. he is the author of the book trumponomics. they give forjoining us. do you have any concerns about the us economy, looking at the market? the markets have been rushed the couple of weeks so this is a bear market

but the fundamentals of the economy are but the fundamentals of the economy a re really but the fundamentals of the economy are really very strong in terms of employment and the gdp number we got last week. 3.5%, that is the second straight quarter of over 3.5% growth and we inherited a economy that was going at1.6%, so and we inherited a economy that was going at 1.6%, so that is very good. i think that this bear market that we are seeing right now in the stocks has been in some ways tied to trade and the real worries of a trade and the real worries of a trade war. i think those are exaggerated but i think the investors are nervous. the british chancellor would love 3.5% growth. it is not looking too bad. you are a lwa ys it is not looking too bad. you are always been a classic free—market conservative economist. you're also in favour of immigration reform. and yet this is a president that has moved to restrict immigration and has imposed tariffs on european countries and asian countries. so

how do you stack up against that? this is not somebody who fits with your economic orthodoxy. we talk about this in the book. the co—authors of the book who i work side by side with on a campaign is now the chief economist for donald trump. we talked to them and said that we were forced free trade and she was more of a protectionist and i remember he got very angry at us and said he is not a protectionist and said he is not a protectionist and he wants international trade and understands the importance of global commerce but he wants better deals for the us and the failure, level playing field. i actually feel today that things are actually a lot better on the trade front than they we re better on the trade front than they were six or nine months ago. there was a lot of worry about a global trade war that could be sparked by donald trump's policies but if you look at the last few months he looks like years got a good deal in the works of the europeans. we would love to see the british get out of

the european union so we could have a true free trade agreement with britain. and then of course the canada— mexico deal. so i think the big worries of a major trade war has been alleviated. i will tell you one issue that i probably disagreed the most on with donald trump is probably the steel tariffs. they really have a negative effect on american production and they have helped the steel industry but they have heard just about everybody else. can i take you back to immigration because there is a feeling that this president denies immigrants thatare feeling that this president denies immigrants that are coming across the southern border. audi grow your approach with his attitude to immigrants? i read today that the pentagon multiply 5000 troops to the us- pentagon multiply 5000 troops to the us — mexico border, and you do you know what they are going to college? 0peration faithful patriot. after the shooting at the weekend, is that really necessary? i am pro—immigration. i have been a pro—immigrant person for a long, long time. there is no question that

immigrants are great assets to the united states. but it's also true that the american people are very concerned about the legal immigration and my position is a legal immigration we have to get very tough on but legal immigration we need more of that. i think ultimately having talked to donald trump about this over the last couple of years, i do sort of thing thatis couple of years, i do sort of thing that is where donald trump is. the american people want that borders secure. american people want that borders secure. either way, americans are very secure. either way, americans are very nervous secure. either way, americans are very nervous about this caravan that is coming. they believe that it is kind ofan is coming. they believe that it is kind of an assault on america. i don't know what the truth is. i don't know what the truth is. i don't know what the truth is. i don't know these people that are coming. but until we get the borders secure, this is just coming. but until we get the borders secure, this isjust a political reality in the united states, there is not going to be a lot of support for the kind of legal immigration reforms that make a lot of sense. we need more workers in this country. we need for agricultural workers. weaving works service workers and more technology workers. i want to see the well built on the borders secure so see the well built on the borders secure so we see the well built on the borders secure so we can get see the well built on the borders secure so we can get the kind of immigrants in this country we need

to grow our economy. the book is trumponomics. - you very much trumponomics. thank you very much for joining trumponomics. thank you very much forjoining us. i'm not as convinced as you are that some of the people around the president are as keen on immigration as he was suggesting there. certain people like stephen miller who have moved to restrict even legal immigration. 0n miller who have moved to restrict even legal immigration. on this issue and where the debate is today on the back of the shootings at the incidents that we saw last week, he wa nts to incidents that we saw last week, he wants to get back to dropping out immigration. he doesn't want to be talking about what happened in pittsburgh. yes. and that is what republicans would like to talk about as well because they feel that immigration and this caravan is very good for them. there have been some polls that have come outjust in the last we can even one that can today that suggests that the president's own approval ratings are down about six out of eight points either get is just of the last week. this is a referendum on president trump, these midterm elections, that is not a good number good number for the republican party. brazil's president elect, jair bolsonaro, approves of torture, likes dictatorships, once said a female politician

was too ugly to rape, but financial markets love him. brazil's stocks hit an all time high on monday, after the conservative firebrand was elected by a resounding margin. investors hope the new president will fulfill his promise of slashing regulations, stamping out corruption and enforcing law and order. in an echo of donald trump, who called to congratulate him today, mr bolsonaro has promised to make brazil great again. here's katy watson with more. there was no holding back their excitement. the legend, as mr bolsonaro's supporters call him will be brazil's next president. mr bolsonaro! mr bolsonaro! stop with the robin, they chant, a dig at the worker's party. more thanjust the robin, they chant, a dig at the worker's party. more than just a victory forjair bolsonaro, these elections have been a referendum on the left, and it's poster boy the

former president. mr bolsonaro and his supporters blame them for all of the ills brazil is suffering, growing violence, economic struggles, and political graft. that hatred has propelled jair bolsonaro right to the top. his defeated rival responded. translation: here we have a commitment to the prosperity of this country, we have helped build democracy, one of the biggest in the world. in brazil, we must have a commitment to maintain it. jair bolsonaro's victory was a blow for millions. when the results came through, chants of, not him, rang out. he has been accused of not respecting the rules of democracy, of admiring the country's former dictatorship and offending minority groups without a thought. the country has ta ken groups without a thought. the country has taken a sharp swing to the right but the opposition says they will not give up, determined

not to take away the gains it has made since it returned to democracy 30 years ago. for more, we arejoined by the bbc‘sjulia carneiro who is in brazilfor us. just judging justjudging by the reaction of the market, they seem quite satisfied that mr bolsonaro will get serious about corruption. well, they do, and i think there is a big backing from entrepreneurs and businesses and from companies, but i think they are one side of the story and we have seen one side of the story and we have seenin one side of the story and we have seen in the first statement byjair bolsonaro lots of promises that have pleased investors, that are pleased the markets, saying that he is going to provide a leaner state, that he is going to do everything he can to control public debt and generate jobs and this country that is suffering from huge numbers of unemployment. over 30 million people

on applied because of the economic crisis that has been spreading. on the other hand, there are lots of concerns because of their long history ofjair concerns because of their long history of jair bolsonaro and all of history of jair bolsonaro and all of his comments that reflect intolerance and prejudice towards minorities. he has said things like minorities. he has said things like minorities will have two bow down to the role of the majority and brazil or the state is a christian state and not a lay state. so these are comments, this was during the campaign. it is not something he said back in the 1990s. these are things that people will have to follow with lots of scrutiny and very closely to see how he will act as president. will he continue saying those things? and if so, when he faster intolerance in the country among the population, among minorities? that is one big concern that people here have now that he was elected. thanks very much, julia. this is beyond one hundred days.

still to come: hoping to make election history. in new mexico — a native american woman is looking to be one of many firsts during the midterms. among his many announcements today in britain's last budget before brexit, the uk chancellor philip hammond made a pledge to tackle potholes and other minor works needed in the uk. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has been to a car mechanics in chorley, lancashire, to find out what today's budget means for business. today i present to the house a budget for britain's future. as the chancellor got started, work was well under way here in lancashire. fred is in charge of the nine staff here, but he's not worried that the extra 400 million from philip hammond spending on fixing the bottles will put him out of business. no, i don't think so. i think we will still be... we are

very busy at the moment so i don't think there is a problem about that but it is about time the potholes we re but it is about time the potholes were fixed, really, isn't it? it is afamilyfirm were fixed, really, isn't it? it is a family firm and sun shone has just bought his first house in a big development nearby. the new residents are helping the business. it has definitely increased what we do. our customer base is so much bigger and it grows every year and new people turn up all the time and we retain our existing customers. new people turn up all the time and we retain our existing customersm the back office ‘s twin sister jessica. for her, the announcement to help small firms afford apprenticeships will solve their bigger problem. there'sjust not enough people at the moment who are willing to train to do the job. average pay in charlie is a little bit below the national average. sylvia grew up here and says there is good news for caching people's pocket. some people are on more than minimum wage already living wage as they call it, but they will benefit from the tax threshold going up and that will be the main difference for

them. and the era of austerity is finally coming to an end. do you believe in? no, not up. right making work pay is the goal of the chancellor but here in charlie it didn't seem enough to make a difference day to day. saudi arabia's chief prosecutor met his turkish counterpart in istanbul today to discuss the murder of jamal khashoggi. the journalist's body has still not been found — even though saudi arabia now admits it killed him, and planned to do so. turkey still suggests it has more evidence surrounding the killing — though when or whether it will decide to release that isn't clear. mr kashoggi's fiancee has been speaking to bbc arabic reporter selin girit about how his death has affected her. translation: we didn't think he was killed. we didn't thinkjamal was

killed. we didn't thinkjamal was killed. it was such a massive shock. imean, we killed. it was such a massive shock. i mean, we were preparing to get married very soon, and then one day something like this happens and you are in such a shock. it went —— he went inside the consulate, but he didn't come out. we didn't say any good buys. if someone dies, you have to see them to come to terms with their death, to believe there are dead. that hasn't happened here. i'm joined by our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. saudi arabia has vowed that it will conduct a thorough investigation, but so far of the accounts that we have and from turkey have been widely different, so people are right to be sceptical. and we have had a personal account, a reminder that this has become a global issue, the death of a prominent saudi journalist in the consulate in istanbul but it is also a deeply personal tragedy. his fiancee, still reeling and still in shock, not surprisingly. the family ofjamal

khashoggi. his son has now been allowed to leave saudi arabia, so the family wants to grieve and they don't have the body. the fiancee wa nts to don't have the body. the fiancee wants to grieve. but in terms of the wider geopolitical story, whereas the body? it has been nearly a month since jamal khashoggi walked into the consulate in istanbul and still hasn't come out. what the saudi and turkish versions now agree on after many different versions coming out is that it was premeditated. it wasn't an accident. it wasn't a rogue operation. someone planned it. this is what the turkish president said. but would we don't know yet from saudi arabia is how far it went up from saudi arabia is how far it went up and who ordered it, how far did it go up. 18 people have been arrested in saudi arabia. turkey says they should be extradited to turkey, but we don't expect that to happen. the saudi authorities are pushing back. the foreign minister has said there is too much media hysteria about this. we will carry out a transparent investigation in saudi arabia. how much pressure to the saudis still feel that they are

under because of this? i saw today for example that the chief executive of hsbc, your‘s biggest bank, john flint, said that it is most impossible to extricate their dealings from saudi arabia. he didn't go to that conference, by the way, but clearly they still intend to do business with the kingdom. you might guess, and that is an example. the real situation as people look very closely at the glittering investment conference, the set piece event that is the highlights of their efforts to try to move investors to saudi arabia. a lot of the big names both political as well as financial. didn't show up. but the place was still almost full. because as you say the saudi both in terms of its oil, in terms of its investment, in terms of its hedge funds and investment possibilities, people won't want and they will not extricate themselves and the saudis

know that but it is undeniable that some damage has been done. the big question is how much political and financial damage will there be in the long run. no sign that the washington post will let that drop. thank you very much indeed. new mexico could soon send the first native american woman to congress. deb haaland is a lifelong democrat and member of the laguna pueblo tribe. but she's also one of a record number of native americans running for office in next week's mid term elections. the bbc‘s james cook has been on the campaign trail with her in new mexico. old traditions die hard in new mexico. after suffering for centuries at the hands of european invaders, these little dancers are celebrating a big moment for their community. deb haaland, a member of the laguna pueblo tribe, is on the brink of becoming the first—ever

native american woman elected to the us congress. if you always wait to be invited, you might never get invited. there's a lot of love for this candidate as she campaigns to protect the land, champion renewable energy, and improve health and education. for deb haaland, this is familiar territory to say the least. and trustee here stretches back to the 13th century and she knows that victory would be historic. through the centuries, woman have been oppressed. we have been beaten up and jailed and killed because we wa nted and jailed and killed because we wanted the right to vote. we have been paid less than men for centuries. ijust think it's time andi centuries. ijust think it's time and i think a lot of women feel like it's our time. for the people cold this land home for the longest time, the path to participation in modern american politics has been long and hard. for many decades, native americans were persecuted,

marginalised and disenfranchised. but now the pace of change may be picking up at last, and notjust here in new mexico. the truth is, i've had to fight my whole life because of who i am, who i love, and where i started. this mixed martial a rts where i started. this mixed martial arts fighter also has a good chance of heading to washington as a democrat from conservative kansas. in all, a record number of native americans, more than 100, running for state and federal office this year. most are women, and the vast majority of democrats. many say this was the moment of their political awakening, standing rock in north da kota, awakening, standing rock in north dakota, a protest against an oil pipeline two years ago. not since the battle of the little bighorn at the battle of the little bighorn at the tribes gathered in such strength. now they're under attack again from a law which may stop a third of the state ‘s indigenous

voters, some 20,000 people, from casting a ballot because they use po box is not street addresses for their male. it is one of these things where it is so obvious it is painful but if you look at a law that basically says that all ids count except for tribal id, it is pretty obvious that you're alienating a very specific segment of the population. they took a long period of time to gain the right to vote and now it feels dilemmas for that light is being stripped away. time it seems has not hailed the wounds that soaks these lands in blogs, but if electoral chicanery does determine the fierce conquests for congress, this time it would be without a fight for native americans. —— it won't be without a fight. new mexico is so beautiful. deb haaland is not the only candidate who could make history in these elections. never before there's been a whole wave of cadidates on both sides who could contribute to change the face of american institutions. let's have a look at some of them... in georgia, democrat stacey abrams —

could be the first black woman to ever be elected governor in any us state. and in the midwestern state of south dakota, republican candidate kristi noem could become the first woman to be picked as state governor. and moving south, in florida, tallahassee mayor andrew gillum could be the first black man to govern the state. and finally, whatever the election result, arizona is set to get its first woman senator. republican candidate martha mcsally was the first american female fighter pilot to fly in combat back in 1991. she runs against democrat candidate kyrsten sinema. there are a tonne of firsts. there could be the first muslim woman, the first korean, the first transgender governor of state. this an extraordinary election for firsts. yes, the first time christian fraser will have been there for the midterms. yes, this is what they are all talking about over here. we're going to west virginia on friday. mr

trump is having a rally and so we are going to fly into huntington west virginia and go to that rally. i think that is going to be your first trump rallied to, isn't it? it is. i'm looking forward to it. we'll have fun. is it me? oh, yes. iwant to tell you about a story. this year's fashion week in istanbul has seen an unexpected special guest... our producer said it was the best pun story. a cat on the catwalk. perfect, i said! pun story. a cat on the catwalk. perfect, isaid! possibly pun story. a cat on the catwalk. perfect, i said! possibly the easiest pun story we have had this year, one that is sure to be included in the fashion catalogues later in the spring. catalogues. we got it, kristian, we got it. i am so glad you are back because you are a top investigative reporter and i was very impressed with the fact that you have really been doing your research on the story. i have, i have. i looked for all the detail in

cosmopolitan magazine this afternoon andi cosmopolitan magazine this afternoon and i was caught reading it in the newsroom and i and i was caught reading it in the newsroom and i can and i was caught reading it in the newsroom and i can tell you that thatis newsroom and i can tell you that that is a stray cat that gets onto the catwalk and they walked around it for some time while it licked itself and it poured them and they just carried it on because they are professionals, like you and me. yes, purr—fesionals. hello. after a cold start of the week, temperatures will creep up. at the end of the week, it will be increasingly wet and windy for some of those. today, it was a story of good sunny spells for most places. not as much on offer into tomorrow. the big picture was an attack of weather fronts coming into the uk. this is a weak one but this area of low pressure with destructive rain, snow for some and strong winds across some parts of europe will give a glancing blow to some parts of england. overnight, you can see the blues on the

temperature dropped. the further west you are with the clear skies we will be seeing frost. temperatures below freezing. in the east, maybe a touch of frost but then cloud increases and we will start to see temperatures heading up as the night goes on. some outbreaks of rain. particularly the closer you are to the coast of eastern and south east england with a brisk wind going into tomorrow. some breaks offering. this is the glancing blow on that area of low pressure moving north through europe. patchy, drizzly rain possible from the east of northern ireland and was wheeled into the midlands. the rest of wales to south—west england seen some sunshine and good sunny in scotland. winds at their strongest with the wrinkled and eastern parts of england with more cloud compared to today. it will not feel too special. here and across the uk for most temperatures are still stuck in single figures. as we look at things going into wednesday, we are going to see that area of low pressure pulling away from the east. we are going to see another one certain

from the atlantic and it is the atla ntic from the atlantic and it is the atlantic that starts to take over whether whether for the remainder of the week. as that happens, the further west you are on wednesday, you are more likely to see cloud and some outbreaks of rain very slowly edging in. in the rain will avoid the south—east. some rain could be heading to you on wednesday night from the self. temperatures getting back into double figures for england and wales. some outbreaks of rain for eastern and south—eastern england, elsewhere some sunny spells. as the atlantic weather comes back, wetter and windy for many of us on friday and into weekend. this is a bbc news budget special. i'm julian worricker. the headlines. the chancellor says the era of austerity is coming to an end — and puts an extra £2.7 billion

into universal credit philip hammond's more than 80 minute speech brought forward plans to cut income tax — and announced a modest improvement in forecast growth. and reached a defining moment on this long journey, opening a new chapter in our country's economic history where we can look confidently to the future. the reality is that whatever the chancellor claims today, austerity is not over. english councils are to get more than £400 million to mend potholes and receive extra money to fund social care. duty on beer, cider and spirits is frozen. and there are changes to stamp duty.