you're watching beyond 100 days. a combative president celebrated victory, slammed reporters and criticised republicans who hadn't welcomed him on the campaign trail. but, as only donald trump can, in the same breath he promised a new era of beautiful bipartisan cooperation. what's not likely is a better relationship with the american media — at his first post election press conference mr trump took on his favourite sparring partner as never before. cnn should be ashamed of itself having you working for them. you are rude, terrible person. the white house can't get much done now without cooperation from democrats who won the house of representatives and this woman in particular. we as democrats are here to strengthen the institution in which we serve , strengthen the institution in which we serve, not to have it be a rubber stamp for president trump. also on the programme... it's florida so there

must be a recount. republicans won the governor's race but the senate race was so close that they'll have to count the ballots again. and it was an election of firsts. two muslim women — and the first native american woman win seats in congress. hello and welcome. i'm katty kay and christian fraser is with me in washington. the midterm election didn't give the world the satisfaction of a clear answer to the question of whether americans love or hate their president. but it did provide a key to the future of politics here. donald trump proved he's still a formidable candidate and his rhetoric has appeal here. democrats showed they are the party of women — who often decide elecitions in america — and of racial minorities and suburbs, sectors of the country that are growing in number. the president's agenda will now be limited but today he claimed this as his own personal victory. the bbc‘s north america editorjon sopel starts our coverage.

we have been saying since the beginning of this campaign that change is coming... cheering. first result of the night, a democratic party gain in virginia, was this the much vaunted blue wave that would see donald trump's republicans swept away in a seismic upheaval? but it was not, democrats across the country did well and have retaken control of the house of representatives, giving the party significant powers to put the president under real pressure, to box him in. today is more than about democrats and republicans, it is about restoring the constitution's checks and balances to the trump administration. cheering. in the senate, a different story, here, republicans made net gains, where donald trump had campaigned most, republicans won, like senator ted cruz, in texas. this was an election about hope and the future and the people of texas rendered a verdict that we want a future with more jobs and more security and more freedom!

cheering. and that left the rock star of these elections, democrat o'rourke, ruing what might have been. i am as inspired, i am as hopeful as i have ever been in my life, and tonight's loss does nothing to diminish the way that i feel about texas or this country. what these elections have profoundly underlined is just how divided america is, between young and old, back and white, men and women, between those in the suburbs and cities and those in the countryside. that was last night, today, a new political reality, real checks and balances on what the president will be able to do. now is the time for members of both parties to join together, put partisanship aside, and keep the american economic miracle going. he was irascible, and took it

out on cnn and other members of the media, familiar targets. that's enough, put down the microphone. are you worried about indictments coming round? cnn should be ashamed of itself having you working for them, you are a rude, terrible person, you should not be working for cnn. injim's defence, i have travelled with him and worked with him and he is a diligent reporter. i am not a big fan of yours, either. maybe it was exhaustion, but the president was not happy with the new political circumstances. we told you there was energy in the campaign. so it proved. americans turned out in huge numbers yesterday. 113 million voted — almost one third more than in the last mid term. it was also watched intensely around the world. and the impact will be felt globally. for a start, the president said today he's looking at key personnel changes and that could mean a shake

up in the national security team. there are also global policies that will be affected by this election result. we're joined by ron christie, our political analyst and former adviser to george w bush on set. let's look at how the world is responding, a huge amount of interest and i think one of the policies the world is looking that is trade wars, does what happened in these elections make a trade war with china in particular more or less likely? i think it's a lot less likely, the president was going to work with a republican congress to get these measures put through know his hands are more tight than they we re his hands are more tight than they were last night and other democratic congress a lot of the democratic members who are worried about a trade war with china i think the president is less likely to have a trade war. what happens on climate change and another thing that the world is looking to america for?” think nothing. the democrats will press hard for action and pass something in the house but it will go to the senate and that is what i

will be looking at, the senate will be the graveyard for everything nancy pelosi and the democrats pass in the house. but no more deregulation of the energy industry? not necessarily, there is a movie caught back to the future, i had to do it, i look at what happened with president obama in 2010 where he used executive action to get a lot of things done. i think donald trump will find his pen and find a new phone and start doing some things. hejust finished the phone and start doing some things. he just finished the biggest, phone and start doing some things. hejust finished the biggest, the longest press conference he has ever done, we were up for six hours last night, you will have to bear with us today, but he said on monday i have a few regrets, i need to soften the tone, let's watch this again.|j think you should let me run the country, you run cnn. that's enough, that's enough. that's enough. that's enough, put down the microphone. you

are rude, terrible person. i enough, put down the microphone. you are rude, terrible person. lam not are rude, terrible person. lam not a big fan of yours either to be honest. just sit down, please. you are the enemy of the people. thank you very much. sit down. sit down, please. sit down. i did not call you. just to be clear, this is a man who accused president obama of not being presidential. where does one begin? having worked for a president four years i've never seen anything like it, i never saw president obama or president clinton acting this way and this was almost like the donald trump reality show starring the white house press corps. is there an underlying reason for that, what he's just seen in these elections, does he feel as if he's on the defensive? you have seen him in so many rallies saying fake news and pointing to the roster and seeing you guys are fake news and now having them in his house i think he wanted to get out on them and let's not forget, i think he wanted to embarrass some these people, jim

from cnn, peter from nbc news, what a humility can way to treat people. you have to go back to president nixon to find a president who has such a bad relationship of the press corps and even he was not this bad. he did it once, the saturday night massacre and never using that type of language. we were in west virginia on friday and it was booing, it plays well with the base. but you are not fake news. kudos to oui’ but you are not fake news. kudos to our producers are putting that together. barbara plett usher is at the white house where the president held his press conference. have you ever seen have you ever seen anything like that? i have to say, the press co nfe re nce that? i have to say, the press conference in singapore and the press conference in the un, both of them trump unleashed in a foreign concept were almost as long if not longer and equally surreal. in a way, yes. very combative and at the

end when somebody mentions he had at some point mentioned he might think of softening his tone and asked if he were still thinking about that he saidl he were still thinking about that he said i would like to but if the media is going to attack me and say wrong things about me then i have to be able to fight back so basically it's your fault. that particular bugbear of his with the media came out ina bugbear of his with the media came out in a strong way. do you get the impression talking to your collea g u es impression talking to your colleagues that he came out having decided to pick this fight on this particular day or was he tired and unhappy and it just particular day or was he tired and unhappy and itjust happened?” doubt she came out deciding to pick a fight with the press corps, i think it's always in the background of how he deals with the press. he started out sounding very tired, i expect he been up all night, but he was very much putting a positive spin on the election, he refused to acknowledge there had even been a

loss, he was asked several times about that and he said he had learned he is popular and people like what he's doing so perhaps he was annoyed at being challenged on that and being challenged on the investigations which might be coming. that may have been behind it. but also, you know, this kind of back and forth, it is unseemly and perhaps humiliating but it also gives profile to the journalist to do it andjim gives profile to the journalist to do it and jim acosta of course was standing his ground. it's become a spectacle, i think. i think it standing his ground. it's become a spectacle, ithink. ithink it has, he called on jim spectacle, ithink. ithink it has, he called onjim acosta on cnn to get that kind of reaction. thank you barbara. in both a tweet and at his press conference this morning mr trump warned democrats that he would win in any fight over investigations. it was, he said, a game he can play better than them. indeed, he said the democratic victory in the house, could be a political win for him. so how does the president now deal with the new divided congress? with us is alexis simendinger is national political reporter at the hill newspaper.

welcome to the studio. it is good to see welcome to the studio. it is good to see you, you look very perky! that is an allusion! i have never seen a president dancing on the graves of members of his own party who lost in an allied action and that is what he did in that press conference. carlos in florida, utah, the race is not even been called yet, barbara in virginia, have you seen that before? it's the kind of victory dance that he himself lost to do in a combative way for his pace and it was a warning signal. he is already running for 2020, you can tell he's picked his running mate in the room, mike pence. the message is if you do not surely enough fealty then you better watch out. stick with me or suffer the consequences, he wanted to tell that story about what had happened in the senate race in

particular. he has a point. although not completely victorious point that he was trying to describe. that is what he's saying about republicans who do not like him this morning, how do you think he deals with democrats? he set out two scenarios, we could have a great bipartisan relationship or are you investigate me and! relationship or are you investigate me and i win. it's interesting because i have covered previous presidents when they have faced divided governments and they often wa nt divided governments and they often want to say let's work together for the good of the people, trump is so transparent that he said it would be better for me politically if i didn't because he's already saying it would be good for 2020 to keep up the combat but he also said rhetorically he'd like to work together. he respects nancy pelosi, we know he's been a democrat in the past and he's worked collaboratively for 20 minutes with the leadership of the democrats. it'sjust for 20 minutes with the leadership of the democrats. it's just the range of things they could work together on successfully is very small. listening to nancy 's --

nancy pelosi, she said we will be holding the white house to account and will not be a rubber stamp, if the democrats to psychological slew of investigations into financial dealings, what they say is corruption, what does president trump do? he was already suggesting on twitter and on the press co nfe re nce on twitter and on the press conference he would retaliate and the retaliation would be the senate, through the senate, they would be able to block or he would then investigate them, whatever that means, i would investigate them, whatever that means, iwould investigate investigate them, whatever that means, i would investigate you. investigate them, whatever that means, iwould investigate you. he's trying to set up warning flares right away but he's fully aware and the white house is a little late but trying to get prepared for to come and nancy pelosi i thought as the pending speaker was also suggesting they are going to work very carefully to collaborate about where they go. she wanted to say her co nfe re nce they go. she wanted to say her conference will not go off on bed and without some sort of organisation. there will have to be

compromise on the democrat side, they cannot just compromise on the democrat side, they cannotjust be obstructionists, here is nancy pelosi's problem, the belford 2020 has been wrong, she will have a number of democratic candidates who want to get things in place which undermine their main opponent. the challenge and she has and i've seen in previous congress's is you have to have investigations or oversight which is the role of congress, that actually produces something tangible. otherwise she is feeding into a narrative that president trump is just waiting to continue to argue which is that it's a two left—leaning democratic party, to combative and too much the angry mob. thank you very much for coming in after a long night. last night there were a series of firsts across the united states and women led the way — with a record number of female candidates elected. among them were the first muslim women voted in and the youngest woman ever elected to congress atjust 29 years old. nada tawfik has more. a warning her report contains flash photography. the face of congress is changing,

election night saw a record number of women and minorities claim historic wins. we still believe, america... native americans, muslims and lgbt candidates ran ground—breaking campaigns that promised a new era of politics in america. an unprecedented number of female candidates ran for the first time. alexandria ocasio—cortez in new york became the youngest woman elected to congress, in a campaign ad, she said that women like her were not supposed to run for office, last year she was serving cocktails in new york, now she is a prominent regressive voice. a prominent progressive voice. this is what is possible when every day people come together in the collective realisation that all our actions, no matter how small, or how large, are powerful, worthwhile, and capable

of lasting change. democrats rashida tlaib in michigan and ilhan omar she came to the country as a refugee, she is also the first somali american in congress. people are choosing hope overfear, this is an interesting time, to be sending a somali refugee to congress, when somalis are on the muslim ban, this is a clear message. throughout the night, it was clear that female voters were instrumental in big democratic wins in the us house of representatives, college—educated women turned off by the history of sexist and racist remark from the president, turning out in high numbers, flipping republican strongholds in suburban areas but the president is stronger than ever with his base,

particularly white voters in rural areas, and while republicans did not field as many female candidates, it was also a night of firsts for them. in tennessee, marsha blackburn became the first woman elected to the senate in that state. they want leaders who are going to tackle the big problems. and they want leaders who are going to be there to work with the president. the rhetoric of president trump galvanised women and minorities to get into politics for the first time, the question now for democrats as they look to the next presidential election is how to balance the progressive views of the new political generation with the white working class male voters they need to take back the white house. democrats now have choices of their own. do they spend the next two years simply fighting trump or do they cooperate with him? in the past hour, nancy pelosi has been giving her own press conference, saying she was confident she's be the next speaker of the house, she said that

under her leadership the house would not abandon its oversight responsibilities, but neither would it go looking for a fight. joining us is karinejohn pierre — a national spokeswoman for the liberal voting group move on.org. what do the democrats do know, they have some power, they've taken back an element of power, what do they do with it? the people who put them into power want them to be a check on this administration, health care and the economy was key in issues that voters wanted to get excited about, but it was also the underlying factor of trump, being a check on his administration, stopping the runaway train as some folks had out there as i was travelling across the country. democrats really truly have to do that because voters don't want to see that because voters don't want to see what we have been seen the last two years. they have do be able to

walk and chew gum at the same time. in the 1990s republicans investigated bill clinton and it did not go so well, there is a risk this happens for democrats, they spent the next two investigating trump, and whatever is found the supporters of him will say we don't really care, we are fine with that, and democrats will say its offal which they think inoue, will much be gained? they have to be able to walk and chew gum, they have to be able to protect, there is the family separation, voters want to make sure that's taken care of, there is medicaid and medicare, they have to work on those issues as well as keeping the president in check and his administration, and oversight, it's all part of the menu of things vote rs really it's all part of the menu of things voters really want to see. do they go overboard? voters really want to see. do they go overboard ? absolutely voters really want to see. do they go overboard? absolutely not, democrats should not be going overboard and going willy—nilly for anything but there are key things we

need to know about, he is the president and we have to make sure he's not conflicted. and also his administration, there are a lot of questions about things they been doing we should get answers to. we just saw the unprecedented array of candidates winning last night, many on the democrat side of the ticket but looking forward to 2020, do you think the results last night did anything to resolve the split in the democratic party, whether you choose a centrist candidate or a liberal, a liberal candidate? when i look at stacy brahms in georgia, andrew gale in florida, bectu or rourke, these are all left candidates that lost. the thing about all of those candidates which is key is that they we re candidates which is key is that they were authentic. they talked about the issues. we had never really seen that before in a midterm election. i think that's a lesson democrats and ta ke think that's a lesson democrats and take with them, authentic, talk about the real issues, they could raise money, the energised the base.

the fact so many democrats came out and voted says volumes in a midterm when they normally don't. that should send a message to the democratic party. nancy pelosi is 78 yea rs democratic party. nancy pelosi is 78 years old, is it time for her to step down and give somebody of your generation at stand up the leadership? i was in the obama administration the first two years and in those two years she got the energy bill, the economic stimulus package, health care reform, equal pay, in two years and in my lifetime she been the most successful speaker in history. she understands her caucus and how to win and i think she's an excellent speaker. to her your point we have many people who are young and fresh faced going into congress who should have a seat at the table but i think leadership is still needed. the bright spot last night was the rust belt states, pennsylvania, she can, wisconsin,

you put those states together and you put those states together and you get 46 electoral college votes and that's a long way to the white house. seven states were flipped from republican to democrat last night which is huge win. eight years of obama who i worked as i mentioned, we lost 1000 house states teats, we are getting back to a place where we need to be and they have long—term ramifications as you we re have long—term ramifications as you were alluding to 42020, redistricting is going to be key, medicaid expansion in those states which could give over! million people health care socially beneficial, long—term ramifications for 2020. thank you so much. we have talked a lot about the new faces that will be in congress — but these midterms also saw the confirmation of some congressmen who have recently been in the news for their troubles with justice. two republican congressmen who are facing indictment have been re—elected.

they are chris collins and duncan hunter. mr hunter has been charged along with his wife for allegedly misusing over $250,000 in campaign funds. he denies the allegations and says it's a frame up. and new york representative chris collins faces charges of insider trading. he had to temporarily suspend his campaign in august after being arrested. they both still won. on the democratic side, in newjersey senator bob menendez won the re—election despite the fact that in 2017 he was on trial for corruption and bribery. the court procedure ended in mistrial after a jury deadlock. if the fact that two people who had been indicted and one person who was investigated and had to go to trial is not enough to persuade you this is not enough to persuade you this is an unusual midterm election how about this? if you happen to be a brothel owner who is dead based on last night ‘s election results you have a 100% chance of being elected here in america. this is dennis

hoth, he campaigns, he owns a brothel in arizona. he died last month. he was elected in the primary by the evangelicals, he wrote a book on the art of the pimp and got the ticket last night for the state house. we promise you this is real. he died on october 16 after a weekend of partying to celebrate his 72nd birthday. serious point, a brief, serious point, that is absurd, but however, on the issue of indictments this is something democrats tried to run on, the idea that government needs cleaning up, the idea of investigations, it's an extension of democrats saying the republican party has these problems with corruption, and that they felt it was important for them to run the

ideal cleaning up government, clearly voters felt it was fine to elect two congressmen who had been indicted. there is a democrat somewhere in arizona who lost to a dead man who wrote a book called the art of the pimp. he's going to the party and saying give me a chance i can do this and they say no, you lost to a dead man. it is not great for yourself confidence. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — we're live to florida where after a hard fought race the republican's came out on top, in both the race for governor and for the senate. but that one now has a recount. and we will talk more about the results, what does it mean for a divided america and where did the independent school in this election? that is all still to come. many of us seeing wet weather

through the day today, fairly breezy as well, temperatures not particularly warm but are a touch above average for the time of year in general. some beautiful photos, double rainbow coming from wolverhampton and some bright intervals at times, this coming from a weather watcher in norfolk. looking at the pressure chart, low pressure towards the west and these weather fronts gradually pushing their way north through the day. there will be more persistent rain for a time for northern ireland and western parts of scotland and showers working their way in from the south—west. going through tonight the showers will ease as will the rain, some clear spells and under clear skies it's going to be a chilly night compared to what we've seen chilly night compared to what we've seen of late. these are the temperatures in towns and cities, google in the countryside, into the early hours more showers pushing

into western areas, they will work their way gradually north and east through the morning and then the next area of rain starts to work its way into western parts for south—west england and parts of wales further persistent and at times heavy rain and gusting winds, in the south—east largely dry and bite with highs of around 14. as we move into friday it's all lies to the west again, this next area of low pressure bringing stormy conditions as we move into friday, another breezy day, the best of any bright and dry weather over in the east, showers to start pushing east across scotland and then we will see the heavy persistent rain pushing into northern ireland and western parts of the uk, strong winds, gales or severe parts of the uk, strong winds, gales or severe gales at times, temperatures add a maximum of around 14 celsius. that rain pushes across fairly quickly overnight as we move into saturday, and then saturday

will bring a fairly unsettled day, it will be breezy again with showers, showers generally the further south you are and to the west a ny further south you are and to the west any dry and bright weather in eastern areas, temperatures on saturday fairly similar to what we're looking at who much of the rest of the week, highs of around 14 in the south, around 10—11 further north. goodbye. this is beyond 100 days. i'm katty kay and christian frasier is with me in washington. our top stories: ina in a divided america, clamp delivers a big victory, despite significant losses. they take control of the house of representatives. —— the democrats. we, as democrats, are here to strengthen the institution in which we serve and not to have it be a rubber stamp for president trump. but there's success for republicans as they consolidate their grip on the senate — donald trump can't resist taking cnn should be ashamed of itself,

having you working for them. you are a rude, terrible person. coming up in the next half hour: ina dramatic development in florida, the democratic senator who holds the seat, bill nelson, asks for a re—count of the votes. and it was an election of firsts. two muslim women, and the first native american women, win seats in congress. president trump now faces limits on his power after the us mid—term elections. a quick recap: democrats won control of the house of representatives, for the first time in eight years, but the republicans consolidated control in other areas. they did unexpectedly well in one key state. florida is the third most populous state in the us, with 19.9 million residents. it sends 27 members of the house to washington. and it's a swing state. which is why it's hard to win the white house without winning florida and why we are looking

at it today. rajini vaidyanathan is there for us. tell us about the recount, how long will it take? how close is it? it is that word that gives people the shadows here in florida, the word recount. we are talking about the senate race here, the senator, bill nelson, was hoping to make it a fourth time in the senate seat. but last night, the result was looking close with the republican contender ahead by less than a percentage point. late last night, rick scott took to the stage in front of his supporters and claimed victory. shortly after, bill nelson's chief of staff spoke to a team of reporters and that said that they

we re reporters and that said that they were disappointed and that senator nelson would speak to people today to thank his staff. crucially, there was no confession. what we now know is that through the course of the night, at around 3:15am, the gap narrowed to the point that it was less tha n narrowed to the point that it was less than 0.5%. under florida law, if the margin of victory is less than 0.5% —— less than half a percentage point, it automatically goes to every count. so, senator nelson is now waiting for the recount, and in his statement, he said that wiki will look carefully at his campaign at how the vote was conducted. they describe it as possible partisan irregularities. conducted. they describe it as possible partisan irregularitiesm was a long night, don't worry! as republicans wait for the recount, they will celebrate the fact that there can do great —— candidate, ron desantis, won the governorship, even

though the democratic representative was ahead in the polls. how important is that for republicans as we look ahead? it is the day after the elections, so we must be thinking about the next presidential elections. well, there is more drama coming your way from here in florida, because there are now people saying that perhaps he conceded too early. as those final tallies are being trotted up in the governor's race, we are now looking ata margin governor's race, we are now looking at a margin of victory for republican ron desa ntis. at a margin of victory for republican ron desantis. we last checked, it was at 0.16%. so if it drops to less than half a percent, then we have another automatic recount. again, that is speculation at the moment, but there are people saying he called it too soon, he conceded too soon. but as you say, the republicans are claiming to be directories here in the state of

florida. —— two big victory. but, it wasn't a resounding victory in either case even if they have the seats. thank you very much. that was a big one, and google. he said his tea m a big one, and google. he said his team down there to campaign —— he said his team down to campaign for ron desantis, and he wasn't going to win. now the democrats have won control of the house of representatives, what will be they do with their power? here is nancy pelosi speaking a few months ago. american people want to put an end to an checked gop control of washington on restoring again the checks and bala nces restoring again the checks and balances envisioned by our founders. that's a responsibility we have when we take that oath, to protect and defend the constitution. let's get the thoughts of

democratic congressman gregory meeks who joins us now from new york. thank you forjoining us. there was someone on our panel thank you forjoining us. there was someone on our panel that said this was the perfect result for donald trump, because he not only help the senate, but he was now able to use the democrats in the house as the perfect foil. he will keep beating up perfect foil. he will keep beating up on the democrats and that will work for him in 2020.” up on the democrats and that will work for him in 2020. i think that is not the case. i think that we knew what the results would be, we had wished that we had a perfect storm on the senate, but we expected to win the house, which we did in a resounding way. now, there is a check on the president, so that he is not able to throw everything down american people's throws, he will be in the house of representatives, and he will be to stand up to some of his misguided policies and put forward policies that will benefit the american people and the world.

you have power now, some power, what do you do with it? we tried to do the things that are beneficial to the things that are beneficial to the american people. we talk about, as we did through the campaign, making sure that we help individuals who have pre—existing diseases, intra— health care for all, that we do infrastructure and have the budget for infrastructure to redevelop america. we look at bridges and tunnels and highways and roads, the info structure improvement, we will move in that direction. we talk about how we have a level dealfor all direction. we talk about how we have a level deal for all americans, those who are poor, they get better and we don't have policies and tax policies that seem to benefit only the top 1%, but we have tax policies that can put together... will be beneficial for everyone across the board. so we will do as we campaign, we will work for the people of the united states of america. we have just watched the president in what

was his longest press conference that he has given since coming to office. he attacked cnn, and he attacked the democrats if they stood in his way. it was unprecedented what you saw there. seeing a president that is threatening individuals, murderers of the press, and quite friendly, threatening the democratic party. —— members of the press. saying that unless we do our jobs, all bags are. it was unprecedented and the way he presented itself as the president, it was close to the abuse of power. we will stay focused on the democratic side to try and do the best we can to deliver for the people of the usa and when he tries to abuses power, we will call him on it. thank you forjoining us. david frum is former speech—writer to george w bush and now a senior editor

at the atlantic magazine. thank you for coming in to join us. when you look at the situation in the house and the situation in the senate, better night for donald trump and the republicans, or better naturally democratics? almost a perfect length of the democrats. at one point during the evening, it seemed to be an act of the democrats we re seemed to be an act of the democrats were losing on twitter, but winning in the house. here's what they picked up, they now have the double —— ability to have oversight, that is an usually important in this administration. when the president loses one has the other, the congress is then able to do a better policy check on the president, a more effective policy check. this is another illustration where the issue is not policy differences, so much as scandals. abuse of power and crimes. so abuse of power is most

important and good democrats want to know if he is paying his taxes. timer has revealed that through his life, until the early 2000s, he'd avoided taxes to the degree of perhaps a fraud. did he turn over a new leaf in 2004, or has the also been committing tax frauds? democrats are in a position to find the answer. how much money is the president receiving from foreign individuals? we wouldn't understand it even if we so his tax returns. under the law from 1924, the chair from the laws and means committee has the ability to demand those taxes and i suspect they can. i suspect the president is afraid —— is not afraid we would understand, he is afraid that we will. says that the long—term trends in america favour the democrats. moving from the suburbs away to rubble areas, the suburbs away to rubble areas, the country is becoming more diverse. so the field of candidates

that the republicans put out last night, how much longer can they continue to do that? i think i have a different view of this that is a little more worried. it is true the country is changing demographically, but it is also changing electorally. from 1913, when americans began electing their senators director, until the late 1970s, the tendency was for the franchise to become wider and more equal. since the 19805, wider and more equal. since the 1980s, the tendency has gone the other way. while the country is changing, the electorate is not. until now,... changing, the electorate is not. until now, . .. because changing, the electorate is not. until now,... because minorities are not voting in numbers, trouble to numbers of white people? —— comparable. the right act was gutted in 2014, so power holders can now exclude minorities and other groups. there are other ways in which building has been made more difficult. of course, the american

political system comes the votes of the centre of the country more than the centre of the country more than the coasts. the countryside more than the cities, whites more than blacks, and all this is becoming more software. experts used to know they were doing it, most people didn't. i now have the realisation that the focus of power and system of power is so disproportionate, because you have two senators from north dakota, which has five people and to bison... i'm exaggerating. and two senators from new york state. i am wondering at what time the division in the country causes so much frustration... why are they two da kotas ? so much frustration... why are they two dakotas? because the republicans wa nted two dakotas? because the republicans wanted it that way. because the president thought that four senators indicator would be better than two. it was very easy in the 90s to make two territories out of one. there

has democratic expansion and recession. from the end of —— until the end of the dreadful war, they we re the end of the dreadful war, they were in recession, and they are so now. son thank you very much. last night's election showed two trends among america voters— the democrats are gaining support in suburban areas with highley diverse populations and republicans are strengthening their base in more rural areas and across the heartland. we can cross now to van mobley, president of teensville, wisconsin. he is a supporter of president trump, and two years into trump's presidency, and van's enthusiasm is just as strong. not a very good night last night for republicans in wisconsin, because you lost the governor's mansion. we did, scott walker campaigned hard, the democrat campaign hard as well, i would like to congratulate him on his victory. he won by arguing in more favourfor money his victory. he won by arguing in more favour for money from or

education. and its binding health properties, which is what walker was campaigning on as well. he had a similar message and the voters simply trusted the democrats to get it done more. wisconsin is one of the state that has been redistricting in the republican's direction. now they will be a new process in 2020, that could set the democrats up to have an advantage just in terms of the districts. that could be a disadvantage to president trump in his re—election bill?” think the state is very evenly divided. president trump just barely beat hillary, and... 10,000 votes. and this contest was very close as well. the internal district in, maybe you would conjure up a system by which the democrats would find it easier to have four as opposed to

three congressman's, but i don't think that it is all that gerrymandered. we talked earlier about the president and his press conference, he spoke of those republicans who have lost across the united states last night. people who had not shown him enough loyalty. do you think there is a lesson for public and candidates?” you think there is a lesson for public and candidates? i do, i think they should stick with trump, and i would say that some of the democrats are performed very well were very similarto tramp in are performed very well were very similar to tramp in certain areas. for example, the senate candidate, or the democratic candidate who won here, she is with trump on trade issues and friendly, on the infrastructure is you as well. tramp, in some ways, is closer to the democrats than he has been to other republicans, like paul ryan. soi other republicans, like paul ryan. so i think we have an opportunity to move forward. i would encourage congressmen meeks to do so and not listen to other people. good to have

different points of view, i'm sure you will agree on this problem. let's look at this more broadly. the democrats had a good night notjust in your state, but in which again, in pennsylvania. will it be tricky now for the president to go into 2020? it was tricky for him into the two —— 2016, and it will so be in 2020. but the results are optimistic for 2020. if i had my own way, i would see that the democrats and the republicans cooperate on some infrastructure, health care initiatives and then on trade, and do good work for the american people, and then we will let 2020 ta ke people, and then we will let 2020 take care of itself. thank you for joining us. please come back again, great to have you. this is beyond 100 days. still to come — as the newly emboldened democrats take control of the house,

we'll take a closer look at which of their stars could challenge trump in the 2020 presidential race. it's said to be at least 40,000 years old and hidden deep in a limestone cave on the island of borneo in asia. now scientists say the depiction of an animal, painted by ancient humans, is the oldest known in the world. the animal is amongst many rock art images on the cave walls, including other large images of wild cattle, hand stencils and depictions of humans. victoria gill has the story. these mountain forests have been hiding a secret of our human past, a secret that scientists have now set out to reveal. there is australian and indonesian team spent days travelling by kenya, then trekking

through the jungle. it was all to read this one limestone cave, its walls are covered in some of the world's first paintings. among hand stencils and resume and figures are three large sections of what appear to be cattle. they are faded by millennia of water dripping over their surface, but that has also dripped chemical traces on to them that allow scientists to date them. the analysis confirmed that at least 40,000 years old, they are the earliest defection of animals ever found. this is 30 5000-45,000 years old... along with other figures, these animals seem to be a crucial pa rt these animals seem to be a crucial part of our past. this is very exciting, because it pushes back the art in that area as early as we can represent animals in europe. what does it mean for the story of our a ncestors does it mean for the story of our ancestors of what these people were choosing to depict and paint? people representing the animals are important to them, animals imported forfood orfor their

important to them, animals imported for food or for their power, important to them, animals imported forfood orfor their power, or because of their magical power. we will never completely understand the lives of people who listen —— lived here thousands of years ago, they have allowed as evidence with ancient stories they told on these walls. well it hasn't even been 24 hours since the midterm election polls closed and already we can't help already talking about the presidential election in 2020. this statement, we are pleased to announce that there will be a new acting attorney general in the united states, becausejeff sessions, the attorney general, has resigned. the white house statement says they thank him for his service and wish him well. a permanent replacement will be nominated at a later date. we have over north america editor with us. every body

was watching this, but i wasn't expecting him to resign so quickly. it was the most troubled relationship with any of the members on his cabinet. donald trump has never forgiven jeff sessions for accusing himself for the russia investigation. he feels that has opened a can of worms that has played his presidency since the moment he fired the former director of the fbi. donald trump has systematically tried to undermine his position, calling him a week, unreliable, extraordinary things in public that you don't normally do to someone. public that you don't normally do to someone. you public that you don't normally do to someone. you serve public that you don't normally do to someone. you serve the president's pleasure, and if he's giving him dispersion, why not fire him ages ago. it is like witnessing a really bad relationship where every time you met the same person, you say, i'm sick of him, and you just want to say, just dump them. he hasn't yet, but he has now. interesting that he fired him after the longest press co nfe re nce that he fired him after the longest press conference he has just given. he wasn't fired, he reside at the

president's request. —— he resigned. did hejump or president's request. —— he resigned. did he jump or was president's request. —— he resigned. did hejump or was he pushed? i think you jumped before he was pushed. what has happened is that jeff sessions has proved himself to be rather stubborn, because i think that donald trump was hoping that he would have gone a lot earlier when donald trump expresses extreme dispersion that everything that he was doing in the department of justice. it is interesting that the person you would expect for the head of department ago and the deputy ta kes of department ago and the deputy takes over. at the white house says it is not the deputy attorney general who will take over the justice department, it is mr sessions' chief of staff who will be the acting attorney general. this might be in the wings of the robert miller investigations. you would have the deputy takeover, but i think there is tension between the

president and the deputy. but what happened with the senate last night, the republicans picking up at least easy, this is to his detriment and to tramp's gain. a lot of people said he didn't have the votes to bring ina said he didn't have the votes to bring in a new attorney general before the election, but with at least three republican seats, i feel like the president felt more emboldened to push out his attorney general. keeper bobby felt more emboldened when his friend in the senate gave him some support on this. lindsay graham was one of the champions ofjeff sessions, because they served in the senate is together. do we think that lindsay graham, who has been very favourable to donald trump, in ways that might surprise some people, given how critical he used to be of donald trump, as somebody who is looking at jeff sessions' job. i don't think there is any coincidence that the passenger of the un has resigned,

she is from south carolina. she becomes an instant front runner of the attorney generaljob and of course, the former ambassador can be... what does this mean for the russia investigation?” be... what does this mean for the russia investigation? i don't take anything. i think there are still in charge and continuing, and you have mr marlow, who is continuing. you have a democratic house, who wrote put up with the idea that rod rosenstein will be fired and the russia investigation ends. under counterfactual is of last night result was that if the republicans had held onto the house, maybe donald trump would have considered that, winding up the robert muller investigation. i think his manoeuvring has limited enormously because of the democrats taking controlled the house. some argue several rosenstein will carry on, but he has been under enormous pressure and the feeling was that he would be pushed out. is e-learning

up would be pushed out. is e-learning up the stands? technically, he could still... the president could do what he wants full stop he said he could fire them all, he said this at the press conference. but the president has been asked repeatedly if you would fire the deputy attorney general, he has said no and with the house going to the democrats right now, both robert muller and rod rosenstein rsa. because they're in a stronger position so they would not tolerate getting rid of either of them? that is exactly what this election was all about and the president should hold off. election was all about and the president should hold offm election was all about and the president should hold off. it is likely this isn't the last resignation or sacking from the cabinet. no, there are other people, there is a phrase in scotland, the coatis there is a phrase in scotland, the coat is hanging by a peg, there are a few cabinet members whose coat is hanging bya a few cabinet members whose coat is hanging by a peg. there are some pretty important ethical questions.

you've gotjohn pretty important ethical questions. you've got john kelly pretty important ethical questions. you've gotjohn kelly as chief of staff, where there have been president rumours that he will go. also, the defence secretary... people wouldn't want to see him go. donald trump hate the phrase the grown—ups, so that limits your life expectancy once you are phrase, the grown—ups, donald trump isn't one. that is a phrase that does the so—called grown—ups great damage, because they are immediately seen as big of suspicion. as you know, after a mid—term election and after two yea rs a mid—term election and after two years working in any ministration, there is a shake—up. what would be recycled here that might worry people around the worldthat of chief of staff, more often than not they don't stick around for more than two years. of course, general kelly has put the brakes on the impulses of president trump. if he goes, could they have somebody strong to take that spot? you would like to second the white house at this moment? from

christian and i, that is it on the mid—term, day afternoon at times. we will be back with you for more tomorrow. goodbye. good evening, some of us have had a real dredging today thanks to heavy showers. northern ireland got some of the worst of the rain, across antrim and down, up to 25 millimetres injust six hours. tomorrow, our prospects are looking much drier. it will still be rather breezy. our weather continues to be driven by a big area of low pressure here, shipping up on the satellite picture, swirling into the atlantic like a snail shell. its heart is in the west. it will continue to swing weather front around towards us in the coming days. the evening and

overnight, there is a gap between two weather fronts. the overnight, there is a gap between two weatherfronts. the isobars overnight, there is a gap between two weather fronts. the isobars will open up and the wind wilful lighter, with clear skies, it is november, temperatures will start to come down. by the end of the night, it will be a chilly story. those of 3—5 degrees, in the north of scotland, it could be done to freezing. by the end of the night, we will have a yellow colour here towards the west and south—west, that is because there will be more cloud, again, we are talking about some showers into the south—west of wales, perhaps some into the north—west of england and southern scotland. but a narrow band of showers. a lot of dry weather on the whole for thursday, some of the rain, towards the west, page—turner resisted later on in the day. a lot of sunshine, and mild again. in the brightness, highs of up again. in the brightness, highs of up to 15 degrees full stop still windy, and the gusts are notable around the irish sea coasts. these black arrows are indicating the gas

of strength on thursday afternoon, particularly at the boundary. that will clear through to the end of the week, but then all eyes to the atlantic. there will be the prospect of some very strong winds on friday, particularly in the west, struggling with severe gales through the day. there will be some heavy rain as well. likely to cause disruption, particularly to irish sea ferries, potentially also to flights. the day doesn't start off too badly, don't be fooled by that, the wind will strengthen as the day goes on, a lwa ys strengthen as the day goes on, always strongest in the west, gusts up always strongest in the west, gusts up to six demands per hour. heavy rain arising as well which will sweep rain arising as well which will sweep across rain arising as well which will sweep across the uk into friday evening. this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at eight: donald trump claims "tremendous success" after mixed election results for his republican party. he offered an olive branch saying he'd work with democrats — but hit out at foes in the media. cnn should be ashamed of itself.

having you working for them. you are rude, terrible person. changes already at the white house — attorney generaljeff sessions is fired after months of criticism from the president. the democrats celebrate taking back control of the house of representatives — which will allow them to block the president's legislative programme. here, a 98—year—old man is attacked by burglars in his home in london in what police describe as a brutal and senseless assault