he you're watching beyond 100 days. president trump flies south to inspect what he calls an immigration crisis on the mexican border. but if there is a crisis — the us public might think it is one of competence and fairness. america can't keep its government open so federal workers aren't getting paid. on day 20 of the us government shutdown, mr trump touches down in texas — insisting he won't accept any budget deal that doesn't include money for a border wall. ten years after a landmark speech in cairo by barack obama, mr trump's secretary of state is there with a speech of his own and pretty blunt criticism of the previous president. the age of self—inflicted american shame is over and so are the policies that produced so much needless suffering. also on the programme. the japanese prime minister tells his british counterpart the whole world wants the uk to avoid a no deal brexit. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says a general election is the best way out of the brexit deadlock. he'll call of a vote of no

confidence in the government — but not he says until his party has a chance of winning it. and the two elderly sloths retired to an animalfarm in wales, where they are taking things just a little bit slower. hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. president trump has just landed in texas to inspect the border and make his case that america needs a long wall to stop illegal immigrants coming across from mexico. as he left washington, he said the situtation is so critical that he may yet declare it a national emergency in order to get defence budget funds to pay for the border wall. he may need those military dollars since democrats in congress are adamant that they won't give him the money. and as the president seemed to acknowledge today it's pretty clear mexico has no intention of paying for it either. which, you'll remember is not what he said at those

feisty campaign rallies. we will build the wall 100% and mexico will be paying for the wall. when i said mexico will pay for the wall in front of thousands and thousands of people, obviously they're not going to write a cheque, but they are paying for the wall indirectly many, many times over by the really great trade deal wejust made. and for more on the politics of the president's trip to the border i'm joined now by ron christie, a former advisor to george w bush. and on and on. we are going to build and on and on. we are going to build a wall. mexico is going to pay for it indirectly. what else can we say? the optics of the president going down to the

border. he can fly down there, we have seen air force one, it is a powerful symbol, a he change any minds by going to the border to promote the wall? we will see what he has received. this week for the first time the president used the trappings of his office. he is using air force one, that majesty of that particular aeroplane to project power. but it is all about substance rather than optics. what he has two cis to rather than optics. what he has two c is to move the american people, not his base, but move the american people to believe there is a crisis on the border. the 20 of the shutdown, many americans could be forgiven for saying, a plague on both your houses, we cannot get peas, you cannot even keep the american government open, what is happening to this country? at what point does the start to get nasty? it'll point does the start to get nasty? it‘ ll start point does the start to get nasty? it'll start to get nasty soon. trump thinks he is winning. the democrats thinks he is winning. the democrats think they are running. as long as neither side thinks there is a thing

to lose the shutdown will continue. we have had a shutdown when i was on the hill. those paycheques are vital. constituents, what do they do? the longer those federal employees do not get paid the more angry they will be with their government and this will have long—lasting ramifications. we have had just a week of this president working with a democrat controlled house, how is it going so far? before you answer that, let us watch this. i find china frankly in many ways to be far more honourable than brian, chuck and nancy. i really do. i think that china is actually much easier to deal with than the opposition party. they might get past this but they have got to work together for another two years. this is a forerunner of what is going to come over the next two years. there is not called to be a lot of business

donein not called to be a lot of business done in washington. no. that clip shows you all that you need to know about where the president's mindset is. china, who does a lot of espionage against the united states, who try to undermine oui’ united states, who try to undermine our economy with currency manipulation, he is saying they are more honourable than the track and nancy, to citizens who represent constituents, if he continues with this rhetoric there is no incentive for them to work with him. there will be nothing that takes place over the next two years. the american people will see, a plague on both of your houses. you circulate amongst republicans on the hill, f sidi clears a national emergency to appropriate the money, who will republicans in the senate feel about that. —— if he declares a national emergency. the last couple of days, they are nervous on capitol hill. they are

looking at their own re—election. one third of the senate is up for a re—election next year and they do not want to be in the position that they could not make a deal to keep they could not make a deal to keep the government open and find a way to deal with immigration reform. they do not want the president using this action because if the president uses this, nothing is going to get done on capitol hill. it is hard to run for election on nothing. it is already having an impact on the schedule of the president. he has announced he will not be going to davos. i am guessing the optics of them flying to davos while federal workers are not getting paid, not so good. not so good. well, despite president trump's trip to texas — not all lawmakers there think a wall is the best way to deal with border security. among them is democratic congressman joaquin castro who joined me a short time ago from capitol hill. in the course of the last man you

have visited three different border patrol facilities, did you find signs of crisis? there is a humanitarian crisis and the president made that point in his address the other night that there is not a national security crisis. you have many migrants coming from central america who are seeking asylum, who are fleeing desperate and violent situations in their own countries. but unlike the picture that the president tries to paint of 1 that the president tries to paint of i million violent people trying to harm americans these are desperate, mostly women and children, not trying to evade border patrol, that are coming up to border patrol and asking to be considered for asylum. do you think that an extended wall, as the president has asked for, would do something to address that humanitarian crisis? in the past

democrats have suggested a barrier on the border. i do not agree, it would not stem the humanitarian crisis. because the united states, around the world, notjust now, but for generations, has stood for the few things, a place of freedom, where you can use oppression and pc from bodily harm. and in this case, from bodily harm. and in this case, from drug gangs or any kind of violence. that will not change whether you put a wall up or not and even more than that, the place where the president wants to put the wall is on american soil, so somebody if they are trying to claim asylum, could still get onto american soil and asked to be considered for asylum, which is a ridiculous idea, but putting up this wall is going to stop people asking for asylum. is there any deal you would be prepared to do with the

president, for example to protect young people who are brought to the country by the appearance legally? it is important that everybody continues to keep an open line of communication. i think it is productive for republican and democrat legislators to come up with a proposal to end this. we are indeed 20 of the shutdown, are you concerned that at some point your constituents might blame democrats for the fact they are not getting the paycheques. so far they have been blaming the president and the republicans but this is volatile unchartered territory, they could start to blame democrats. unchartered territory, they could start to blame democratslj unchartered territory, they could start to blame democrats. i know that the question is political, but my first concern is for the people that are missing the paycheques, because now they are going to go, not being able to make a rent or a mortgage or a car payments, incur late fees on credit cards, we should

open up their government for those people, and do it in a bipartisan way. this is what i mean by that. in yea rs way. this is what i mean by that. in years passed before we had president trump, if the senate has passed that bill unanimously, the senate majority leader would have stood up to the president and said, we just got 100 votes on a piece of legislation, so even if you want to veto that piece of legislation, we have more than enough votes to override your veto. instead of doing that mitch mcconnell wilted to president trump's well. there is a lwa ys president trump's well. there is always the danger in politics you will get blame, we accept that, but i also think the american people realise who is to blame, and that is the man in the white house. thank you. extraordinary, the congressman said they could be the wrong side of the wall and still claim asylum.

by wall and still claim asylum. by saturday this becomes the longest shutdown in history. is there a sense of urgency growing? the fact that the white house is starting to blame democrats for their smaller than the president saying he is proud of this suggests they are aware of the political peril and they are aware of a sense of urgency, i also think that might be president decides to declare a national emergency, that allow him to get funds from the us military for the wall. that would then be challenged in the court. the president could see, i fought for you, ifought president could see, i fought for you, i fought for the wall, president could see, i fought for you, ifought forthe wall, iforced to reopen the government, and then those courts came along and challenged my national emergency declaration. ron said something interesting when he was leaving the studio, from his time on the hill as a republican duelling president clinton's user when there was a

shutdown, what they learned, in the end the buck stops with the president, a shutdown is in the end a lwa ys president, a shutdown is in the end always blamed on the president, and i think there must be some awareness of that in the white house as well. today the us secretary of state made his case for america's role in the middle east. speaking in cairo mike pompeo stressed the threat posed by iran but he seemed to save his harshest criticism for the obama administration's policies. no coincidence he made this speech at the same american university where president obama had spoken ten years ago at the beginning of his presidency. on the same stage mr pompeo said the former commander in chief had failed to confront radical, islamist terrorism — and he didn't stop there. he told you that 9/11 led my country to abandon its ideals, particularly in the middle east. he told you that the united states and the muslim world needed, quote, a new beginning, end of quote. the results of these misjudgements have been dire. let's speak to our correspondent barbara plett usher.

when you hear mike pompeo criticising the former president who gave that speech ten years ago, does that strike you as unusual? yes, that is very unusual. this administration has been critical of president obama in general but for the secretary of state to go in this way, i have not heard of this before. he did it in quite a brash and baldly. he painted president obama asa and baldly. he painted president obama as a loser. he said he had misjudged when he reached out to the muslim world the danger of extremism. he said that led to the

conditions that created partly islamic state and also emboldened iran. he laid it on thick. then in a counter to that narrative he presented president trump and said everything is changing now, we are reclaiming our role as america not only cheats, protecting ourfriends. in all of this, whatever the truth is, he did not go into the context, president obama was trying to undo the damage or address the damage done by president berdych. iam done by president berdych. i am confused. a lot of this speech was about the chaos of america in retreat yet he and the national—security adviser have been during the middle east this last week trying to explain why they are withdrawing from syria. it is ironic. this was not a speech

for interventionism. he said that the united states, the trump administration, will stand strong and not retreat until all the islamic state militants have been defeated that he did say they were still pulling out of syria, they would maintain strategic air strikes and special operations, and so on, but he said they wanted their partner to do more. he was trying to make it all fits together. in terms of the proactive element of the speech, that was iran, he and many in the administration see iran as the danger. they are focusing all their energies on trying to isolate and weaken iran. that was the take away from his speech, that mr trump's middle east policy was focused on countering iran, and if the allies were weakening iran, that

would be the benchmark injudging the alliance. as you know there has been a lot of criticism of president obama's policy, particularly on the red line on chemical weapons in syria. it is unusual to hear a sitting secretary of state being particularly critical. if mps vote against the prime minister's brexit deal next week, then the leader of the oppositionjeremy corbyn said today he will call a motion of no confidence in the government at the moment hejudges it to have the best chance of success. in a speech in wakefield, in the north of england, the labour party leader also said it is possible that the article 50 negotiating period will need to be extended. this paralysis cannot continue. uncertainty is putting people'sjobs and livelihoods at risk. and if a general election cannot be secured, and we will try, we

will keep all options on the table, including the option of campaigning for a public vote. but an election must be and is the priority. in london the prime minister was meeting with the japanese prime minister shinzo abe, here to familiarise himself with the brexit debate and its implications forjapanese companies based in the uk, that together employ 150,000 workers. and he threw his support behind the draft withdrawal agreement on which mps will vote next week. translation: we truly hope that a no—deal brexit will be avoided and in fact that is the whole wish of the whole world. we can speak now to owen smith, an opposition labour mp who broke with his party's official policy last year by endorsing a second eu referendum — leading to him getting sacked from labour's official front bench team. thank you for being with as. if the

vote against theresa may's deal goes down next week when will a motion of no government bat a motion of no—confidence big table saw that it has best chance of success? i assume we would do it at the first possible moment which i would have thought would be on the wednesday after the vote so that we could have that vote of no—confidence in the government on thursday. that would be the normal way to do it.|j government on thursday. that would be the normal way to do it. i am sure that is what we are thinking. it would not succeed. dup has admitted it would fought with the conservatives. i suspect that this right. it has always been something that we might want a general election but it is not in our gift. dup and rebel tories will rally back to the tory flag. that should not stop us doing it but at any other juncture when a government loses

flagship legislation, the country would expect the opposition to table no confidence in the government and thatis no confidence in the government and that is what we should do. your colleague, jess phillips, in a leave constituency, was speaking about another labour mp amendment that would protect workers' rights.“ another labour mp amendment that would protect workers' rights. if we could not have a general election, we should seek to have a second referendum. i am we should seek to have a second referendum. iam not we should seek to have a second referendum. i am not picking we should seek to have a second referendum. iam not picking labour party policy but even if i was, to be honest, i would feel comfortable about that, at the moment, i have to think about the livelihoods of the people in my constituency and that a lwa ys people in my constituency and that always comes first. she seems to be intimating that compromise would be better to protect the employment of constituents because if you have a general election, a second referendum, more time will go by,

there might be more risk to business. my business. my impression of the amendments, they would not guarantee workers' rights and environmental protections. all of those things are going to be up for grabs in the negotiation that takes place after the withdrawal agreement that we are currently voting on. that is going to ta ke currently voting on. that is going to take several more years. i entirely agree with jess, protecting our constituents livelihoods is what we are sent to parliament to do. i have always been clear i was never going to fought for something that meet my friends and neighbours and constituents worse off as my fear has always been that any form of brexit is guaranteed to do that which is why i have been consistent for the last two and a half years, and have been sacked from the front bench for saying so, that labour ought for economic reasons and our values as an international party that wants to provide freedom and equality for people, we should be

opposing brexit. they only need to do that is to call for a people's court to allow people to express whether they want to stick with this brexit or whether they would like to their mind. that will take more time, a people's votes, or a general election. at least if we get to march 29 and there is a decision, even on a withdrawal agreement that then leads to a two—year transition, at least that is a decision that businesses can count on. they know thatis businesses can count on. they know that is the withdrawal agreement, they know there is more work, or there is a hard brexit, there is clarity. is it worth a500 people laid off from jaguar land rover, partly because of brexit, partly because of the chinese situation, is it worth extending any of that uncertainty? it is a false perspective to suggest that the

decision on march 29, even if it is to exit the european union, will provide certainty, because we are going to then enter a period of transition, which as the business secretary himself conceded a couple of months ago, could be two years, four years, and be identified to figure out what the parameters of our trade with europe is over that period and potentially longer. there is nothing that can be done in the next couple of weeks that is going to provide certainty. what would provide a greater degree of certainty would be if we went for a people's votes. to do that we had to extend article 50. if we were proposing to the european union that we wa nted proposing to the european union that we wanted to test the will of the people once more and determine whether they still wanted to stick with this brexit now that they know what it looks like, i think the european union could extend article 52 allow us to do that. thank you

very much for your thoughts. where are we now, four days before the vote, argue any clearer about how the wind is blowing beyond next tuesday? i tend to comply with some of these thoughts that it will go down on tuesday, there will be amendments, there will be a softening of brexit and workers' rights and environmental protections. to conservatives have come back to the government today and there are signs, prime minister has talked to unions today, people likejess phillips are looking at compromise, i think there is a fair chance that she will go back to brussels, see if she will go back to brussels, see if she can get some more, there might

bea she can get some more, there might be a second thought, see if it goes down again, as we get closer to march 29, it goes through, but a lot of people want the deal, particularly europeans as well. economic data in germany and france, thatis economic data in germany and france, that is downward. they do not want the implications of no deal either. if there is animal news anywhere in the world you will know by now, that we will find out. or christian will. so how about this? this is firefighter alden blair surfing off the coast of ventura in southern california. with a pod of dolphins in tow. quite spectacular. three of them in total. they really do seem to be enjoying themselves. at a slightly slower pace, we are going to take you to a zoo in wales, where one of the pens has been refashioned as a retirement home for sloths. folly farm in tenby announced in november it would open its doors to older sloths that were previously on display in european zoos. and these are the first arrivals. 2a—year—old tuppee and 3a—year—old lightcap, who i am told

is the fifth—oldest sloth in europe. they have been known to live up until the age of 50 in captivity. they have two—tiered cod—liver oil and have their vegetables mashed up. sounds like a view older men i know. iam not sounds like a view older men i know. i am not sure how a retired sloss is lazier than another slot. —— retired sloth is lazier than another sloth. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news: as the us government shutdown begins to bite, we take a look at the advice given to workers to avoid going into debt. and we discuss how

a telescope in western canada has picked up mysterious signals. good evening. it's been a fairly chilly and cloudy sort of day out there today but there have been a few spells of sunshine breaking through that cloud. this picture was taken by one of our weather watchers in highland scotland, near aviemore. some blue skies around there. things will turn a little milder through the day tomorrow, staying mostly dry, and we will see some spells of sunshine breaking through once again. but it is high pressure that is dominating our weather at the moment. what we're seeing is the winds rotating around that area of high pressure. reasonably mild conditions are now going to be moving in from the north, spreading their way southwards across the uk as we head through tonight and tomorrow, as well. so this is how it is there at the moment. one or two spots of rain around the south—east, they should clear overnight, and then we have got that milder air piling its way so it will be less cold than it has been over recent nights, generally a frost free start to friday morning, with temperatures around 3—7. could be a little mist and fog here and there to start your friday morning.

through the day, largely dry, high—pressure dominating things. a fair amount of cloud but i think there will be more breaks in that cloud developing through the day. so a little bit more sunshine than we saw today, particularly through parts of north—east england, down towards the midlands, as well. temperature wise, not as chilly as it has been, highs around eight to ten. things will continue to turn a bit milder as we head through the course of this weekend. it's also turning quite breezy, in fact, windy at times, particularly by sunday, but it will feel milder and we will see a mix of sunshine and showers through the course of the weekend. so this is how saturday is shaping up, then. we start the day perhaps with a few showers across parts of central and southern england, and a frontal system which is clearing towards the south—east, lots of dry weather on the clouds. winds picking up from a north—westerly direction, bringing more rain to western parts of scotland, sunnier skies further south and east and temperatures around 9—11. looking to saturday night and on into sunday, still got high—pressure sitting here to the south—west, another frontal system makes its way gradually in from the north—west. quite a few isobars on the map, too.

so sunday set to be the windier day of the weekend. still showers blown in, particularly across parts of scotland, of scotland, one or two filtering into north—west england, wales and northern ireland. further south and east, you're likely to stay dry with some spells of sunshine and quite a bit milder. highs of 11 or 12. this is beyond one hundred days. i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories: president trump arrives in texas to try to boost support for his plan to build a wall on the us mexico border and inspect what he calls an immigration crisis. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says washington is determined to rid syria of iranian influence despite the plan to withdraw american troops. coming up in the next half hour: japan's prime minister shinzo abe holds talks with theresa may and says the whole world hopes the uk will not crash out of the european union without a deal. and stepping into the limelight once more — the duchess of sussex becomes a royal patron of four charities, including the national theatre.

mike pompeo's speech on the middle east in cairo today was a repudiation of much of the obama administration's policies, in particular, the iran nuclear deal. reflecting the trump administration's approach, the secretary of state took a notably harder line on iran in the speech than mr obama did 10 years ago. the tone was noticeably different — and gone was any attempt to reach out to the islamic republic. i recognise it will be hard to overcome decades of mistrust, but we will proceed with courage, rectitude and resolve. there will be many issues to discuss between our two countries, and we are willing to move forward without preconditions on the basis of mutual respect. it is important to know also that we will not ease our campaign to stop iran's malevolent influence and actions against this region in the world.

the nations of the middle east will never enjoy security, achieve economic stability or advance the dreams of their people if iran's revolutionary regime persists on its current course. well, for more on these opposing views of us foreign policy, we are joined now by former democratic congresswomanjane harman who is now president of the woodrow wilson center. thanks forjoining us. it's no surprise, particularly, that mike pompeo would have a different view of america's role in the middle east to that of obama administration. but we re to that of obama administration. but were you surprised he was quite so critical of the former president on foreign soil? i was. critical of the former president on foreign soil? iwas. ithink critical of the former president on foreign soil? i was. i think the tone of the speech was unnecessary, i think mistakes were made in the bush administration and the obama administration, and lessons need to be lying. so i would go there with him. --

be lying. so i would go there with him. —— lessons need to be learned. i think him. —— lessons need to be learned. ithink mike him. —— lessons need to be learned. i think mike pompeo is a capable man who brings good skill sets to the role, but just bashing who brings good skill sets to the role, butjust bashing obama, calling him another fellow or another person, not by name, i don't think is necessary. and the irony of blasting iran for greg ‘s behaviour —— reckless behaviour when we are in love with north korea is not lost on me. one of the things he said about iran is that under the trump administration, the determination was to get every last iranians but out of syria. do you think that is something the ministry can can achieve? no. i think something the ministry can can achieve? no. ithink most something the ministry can can achieve? no. i think most people in this administration, certainly including the national security adviser, this agreed with the decision to leave syria in 30 days. —— disagreed. fortunately that decision has been walked back, but i'm told by someone inside that it has lately been walked back for a—6

months, not forever. but that was one of our most efficient activities in the middle east. we had 2000 military advisers cancelling a force, very capable force, the sdf, of 60,000 syrians including kurds, and they were effectively going after isis. and if we take us out and they are hobbled or destroyed by this tax coming in —— by the turks coming in, that allows the ascension of the aside resume —— assad regime to bea of the aside resume —— assad regime to be a long—running operation in syria. i don't see how leading syria is any good way to get the iranians out of syria. i was based in cairo ten yea rs out of syria. i was based in cairo ten years ago when president obama came to speak, i remember clearly the hope ended easy as he engendered among the egyptian public. i did not

see the same today. —— hope and enthusiasm. if you look at the last ten yea rs enthusiasm. if you look at the last ten years and the gross human rights violations there have been in egypt since the arab spring, i think something like 60,000 political prisoners are now being held in egypt, is it right that america does not refer or pays very scant detail to those kinds of humour rights abuses? —— human rights abuses. chat the obama speech was wonderful, but that's fault obama with not following through on the speech. he did not avert his attention, it didn't happen. i think the point of the speech that was and is right is that we cannot be everywhere and do everything, that was a good thing to save those but he held out his hand, we reached a deal with iran which was transactional, conservation of, we helped it would be transformational but it was not. it is not make the region safer, as far as the arab spring, the arab people,

i would call it, none of the governments affected by that has become a stronger and better government. but —— arab people i would call it. in addition to that, we have the human tragedy in yemen in which we are to some degree per i think human rights abuses are greater throughout the region, failing governments are in many places throughout the region, and if obama worst president, would everything be perfect? absolutely not. but i think —— if obama were still president. but i think slamming obama as president is unfair. thank you forjoining us. briefly, listening to chain speaking there, you have to think back along way to find an american president who has got foreign policy right in the middle east. she's right... she's right to raise issues. she is right to raise issues with president

obama because he did engender all that help and then two years later we we re that help and then two years later we were standing there and i remember the tanks surrounding the square and all those people there, the americans nearly walked away. it was a michelle o'neill clinton, actually, who encouraged president obama to get involved and speak out in favour of the revolution. —— it was only hillary clinton. so they never did abandon them in 2011. but the human rights abuses are worse. we have said before on the programme that president obama's policy on syria was possibly the weakest part of foreign policy in the eight years of foreign policy in the eight years of his presidency, certainly worth pointing out. from foreign policy to president trump's top domestic issue — building a wall on the southern border. as we've discussed, mr trump is currently in texas pushing his case, and the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue is there in mcallen. i think he'sjust i think he's just about arrive, or maybe has, what are you expecting

him to say? what can he do to shift the debate? he's actually already speaking to border patrol agents at one of their centre is just a couple of miles from where i'm standing here. you can see the traffic all backed up. he is due to come through this way in a few minutes to visit the river, go down to the river to see the borderfor the river, go down to the river to see the border for himself closer. he has made many of the ordnance we are a0 hertz, quite frankly. the crisis on the border. —— made many of the argument we have already heard. many agents have sons and daughters who have been killed by gangs at the borders. we have seen a lot of this before. of course we are wondering about that national emergency. he has not declared that so farand emergency. he has not declared that so far and crucially, he has not brought the white house cancelled with him on air force one as eve ryo ne with him on air force one as everyone said he would, which we thought would be a precursor to him signing those documents were he was down there. —— the white house

counsel. we will see what he does when he gets and the giver, but so far it is much the same arduous. remember we were told he thought this trip was pointless photo opportunity. —— much the same arguments. well, before he left, the president pressed repeatedly that he had the right to bypass congress and declare a national emergency for the funds he needs to build the wall. that route is becoming increasingly likely if the two sides can't come to any agreement, and here is what the president said about his legal advice. i have the absolute right to declare a national emergency. the lawyers have so advised me. i'm not prepared to do that yet but if i have to, i will. for more on the president's assertion and the legal debate over this issue we'rejoined now by former federal prosecutor berit burger in new york. do you think that president trump legally has the right, let's clear this up, to declare a national emergency in this case? and the national emergency act of 90s and is

it, the patent statute we will be dealing with here, the president really has broadly a waiter declare a national emergency in this type of situation if he wants to. —— a waiter. this can be challenged and he would have to specify a certain type of statute for which he would actually get his funding. so while he could certainly declare a national emergency, he then would innocents have to choose —— in essence have to choose which of these approximately 130 different statute would be the sort of funding he was going to rely upon. what would be challenged legally, potentially? would it be whether there is actually an emergency? is that what he would have to prove in a court? it's interesting because we are on sort of new fitting here. we have not seen these types of legal challenges before. in order to challenges before. in order to challenge this in court, first, you would have to have a party that had

legal standing to bring this kind of a challenge. so while that could theoretically be the house democrats, it could also be somebody that actually is a little closer to the crisis itself, for example, it could be a landowner that had land that was on this board whose land was going to be taken over by some sort of eminent domain theory by the building of the war. so somebody that actually could point to some sort of horrible for them could actually be the one to bring this standing. —— harm for them. actually be the one to bring this standing. —— harm forthem. and there would have to be a justification that there was actually some sort of emergency and be specific statute that the president had invoked as a source of the funding was an appropriate statute for this type of crisis. is there are time—limit for a national emergency and is there a precedent for the supreme court striking when downpours like there's not that strict time limit here. but

interestingly the more the president says maybe i will, maybe i want, and time goes by and nothing happens, it is slightly undercut the emergent nature of the crisis. we have seen presidents declaring national emergencies for a whole host of different situations, things like hostage situations, the swine flu, 911. there is not really one specific prototype for what a national emergency looks like. it is intentionally very broad as to what could constitute a national emergency stop what we have not seen as something like this that is really more of a political crisis than a major harry kane or something like that. so it would be a novel use of it and it will be interesting to see what the courts do you such challenges brought. —— a hurricane. why we have got you, the white house

is lori and up and going to defend donald trump using executive privilege to fight the release of all form part of the mother report. is there in issue without? —— muller for. can these executive privilege to stop robert muller from releasing this report? it is not surprising they have hired additional lawyers and are preparing for this. this is something that will certainly come up something that will certainly come up as the special counsel's office is completing their investigation. i mean, there are many president out there dealing with the contours of executive privilege. —— precedents. this investigation will present many new legal challenges that will be brought, probably to the highest courts of the land. there are going to present some new legal challenges, and so it is entirely expected that they would be sort of

preparing for this type of thing. interesting to hear your thoughts, thank you. since the partial shutdown, now into day 20, shows no sign of going away, it is perhaps no surprise the furloughed federal workers are gathering outside the white house today demanding that president trump allows the government to reopen. union leaders say bringing employees to the president's doorstep will hammer the message home that the shutdown is genuinely affecting people's lives. earlier this week we spoke to jamie rodny from california — she's in dc today to take part in the demonstration and she's stopped by our studio. thank you for coming in. welcome to washington. i wish that washington was working better for you and that the government was open. you came to the government was open. you came to the demonstration today outside the white house, what did you hope to achieve? thank you for having me today. i hoped to achieve the goal of ending the shutdown now. i along with dozens of wonderful federal

employees and congress men and women spoke today outside the white house demanding that president trump, or mitch mcconnell and senate republicans, reopen government now. and you say, mr trump or republicans. you feel this is their fault? you're not putting any blame on democrats? they could reopen government, too. here's the deal. if president trump is not willing to move forward on this federal spending bill, we have another branch of government, the legislative branch. and they could do it two thirds majority vote to overrule the president'sveto and reopen government now. senator mcconnell is not allowing that voted happen. i want to show our viewers something i saw earlier today. it's a five page tip sheet that

contractors who work for the us coast guard or sent suggestions from their employer support programme that there are struggling to pay bills they should perhaps consider having a garage sale or baby—sitting or dog walking or serving as a mystery shopper. i don't know about you, i don't know if you've had something like this, but i would be spitting if my employer had sent me something like that when i was working without pay. have you had anything like that? how disrespectful, right? i mean, this is absolutely shameful. you know, my husband and i, we decided to do the goffin me site, because we are truly quite desperate, to be honest with you. —— the gofundme site. will being a mystery shopper walking dogs give me the thousands of dollars i get in my pay cheque to pay for my

mortgage and daycare and student loa ns mortgage and daycare and student loans and all of the bills we have to pay? no! now it will not. ifind that to be incredibly shameful that they sent out. we're not... we are not morons. we know the little things we can do to hopefully try to trickle in a little bit of income here and there, even if it's, you know, unofficial. but honestly, come on. this is ridiculous. this is not going to give us the income we get from our paycheques that we require for our budget. are you hell for this will end soon? —— hopeful this will end soon? unfortunately, i am not. ike ugbo president be so obstinate, you know,. —— i hear the president be so obstinate. when he said bye—bye to congress men and women who were trying to negotiate with him, i throw my arms, this man

is not negotiating in good faith and how are we going to move forwards with this substance? unfortunately i am very scared. —— with this obstinate. and the thousands of other federal employees out there are very other federal employees out there are very worried as well. they differ coming in, have a good trip back home and we hope it ends for you soon. thank you so much. heavy snow is causing widespread disruption across much of central and eastern europe. at least fourteen people have been killed, and avalanche warnings are at their highest level. ski resorts and mountain villages have been evacuated, and three regions in austria have been declared catastrophe areas. our correspondent, bethany bell, reports from scheibbs in the foothills of the austrian alps. winter has central and eastern europe in its grip. for days now, much of the region has been covered in a thick blanket of snow. and more is on the way. in turkey, roads have been blocked and ferry services cancelled. in greece, temperatures have

dropped to —23 degrees. the snow has even reached south—eastern italy, where some schools have been closed. but it's the alps which have seen some of the greatest disruption and loss of life. there have been some spectacular rescues. this helicopter pilot, near chamonix in france, couldn't land as he tried to save an injured climber, so he stuck the nose of his aircraft into a snow drift in order to let the rescue team land. translation: it'sjust to gain time when we have rapidly changing conditions on the mountain. clouds can come down at any minute, so we choose to do this to deploy as quickly as we can. it's something we train for, not in such spectacular conditions, but we do practise. in austria, some ski resorts

and mountain villages have had to be evacuated. and it's a constant struggle to keep paths and roads clear. austrians are used to the snow, but the sheer amount of it that's fallen in the past few days is making life very difficult for people here in the mountains. this path was shovelled clear just a short time ago, but as you can see it's now completely white again. people are bracing themselves for more. across the region, heavy snowfalls are forecast over the next few days. the risk of avalanches is very high. do not let the fact that it looks picture perfect for you, those are very dangerous conditions! —— do not let it full use. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come — meghan markle becomes the patron of numerous

charities and as a former actress, one is a naturalfit. a woman who lost both her hands and her feet after suffering from acute pneumonia and sepsis has successfully undergone a rare double hand transplant. quadruple amputee corinne hutton, from lochwinnoch, went through a 12—hour procedure at a hospital in leeds. she had been waiting five years for limbs that were a match for her size, blood group and skin tone. the procedure was carried out by surgeons at leeds general infirmary. lorna gordon has more. awa ke awake in and thankful after 12 hours of surgery for double hand transplant. i got hands! and so excited, they're absolutely brilliant. they just excited, they're absolutely brilliant. theyjust looked excited, they're absolutely brilliant. they just looked like mine. they were amazing. i'm so thrilled. thanks to the team. i've got fingers and they can move! i've

managed to move them. i shouldn't be doing that, right enough, but they have already moved. it's absolutely incredible. the 47-year-old lost her hands and feet five years ago after nearly dying from pneumonia and sepsis. she set up a charity supporting others who have also lost limbs. climbing mountains, abseiling, skiing — she has been determined her condition never get in the way. her next challenge now lies much closer to home. she wants to hold her wee boy's hand. it's simple things as a mother. she wants to hold his hand again. she wants to sort his hair with her fingers rather than with a stump. hand transplants have only been performed six times in the uk. for corinne hutton, these are still early days. the charity ms hutton founded said the individual whose hands she received and their family had changed the lives of many. they promised corinne will not waste a moment with their gift. lorna gordon, bbc news. the duchess of sussex

has been made patron of the uk's national theatre, as well as three other charities — all causes she has had an interest in for a long time. the move is a major milestone for the american—born former actress, as takes the first steps in public life as a member of the monarchy. here's our royal correspondent, sarah campbell. idid i did love the pop of that cult. cameras or no cameras, this charity says, the duchess of sussex always get stuck in. it's a good idea. smart works provide coaching nowell to help people get back into work. . gemma weir delighted have her

involved. she's all about helping women be the best they can be, we feel it is related in. millions watched her transformation from tv actress to royal duchess, but away from the cameras, she was quietly working out which organisation she would be willing to put her name to. having meghan as patron is the equivalent of winning the lottery. what these organisations need is support and profile, and that's exactly what meghan can offer. she takes over from the queen as patron of the association of commonwealth universities. she has spoken previously about her belief in higher education for all. here she is aged 18 in a school production. to decades later, she is now patrick harvie royal theatre. —— patrick harvie royal theatre.

many of the things she's very passionate about are principles that we hold very close to the centre of what we do at the national theatre, so we expect the relationship will be a very full and thriving one. and staff at this dog and cat shelter in north—west london are delighted animal lover meghan is their new patron. it will be a huge boost for our service users. we will be able to do more, hopefully. it's a huge boost for all the staff, students and volunteers who work here. with her baby due in the spring, meghan already has a busy year ahead, but having her own niche as a working royal is also high on her list of priorities. sarah campbell, bbc news. a radio telescope in western canada has picked up mysterious signals emanating from a distant galaxy — but the precise origin of the radio waves is unknown. among the 13 fast bursts was something very unusual — a repeating signal. they think with more radio

telescope, they might be a to work out what it is. i'm not sure, even walking on my kitchen i can't tell what's beating, how will you find it in outer space? with that, we will say goodbye and see you next week. and no more space stories but a lot more animals, we can promise. good evening. it's been a fairly chilly and cloudy sort of day out there today but there have been a few spells of sunshine breaking through that cloud. this picture was taken by one of our weather watchers in highland scotland, near aviemore. some blue skies around there. things will turn a little milder through the day tomorrow, staying mostly dry, and we will see some spells of sunshine breaking through once again. but it is high pressure that is dominating our weather at the moment. what we're seeing is the winds rotating around that area of high pressure. reasonably mild conditions are now going to be moving in from the north, spreading their way southwards across the uk as we head through tonight and tomorrow, as well. so this is how it is there at the moment. one or two spots of rain around the south—east, they should clear overnight, and then we have got that milder air

piling its way in. so it will be less cold than it has been over recent nights, generally a frost free start to friday morning, with temperatures around 3—7. could be a little mist and fog here and there to start your friday morning. through the day, largely dry, high—pressure dominating things. a fair amount of cloud but i think there will be more breaks in that cloud developing through the day. so a little bit more sunshine than we saw today, particularly through parts of north—east england, down towards the midlands, as well. temperature wise, not as chilly as it has been, highs around eight to ten. things will continue to turn a bit milder as we head through the course of this weekend. it's also turning quite breezy, in fact, windy at times, particularly by sunday, but it will feel milder and we will see a mix of sunshine and showers through the course of the weekend. so this is how saturday is shaping up, then. we start the day perhaps with a few showers across parts of central and southern england, and a frontal system which is clearing towards the south—east, lots of dry weather on the clouds. winds picking up from a north—westerly direction, bringing more rain to western parts of scotland, sunnier skies further south and east and temperatures

around nine to 11 degrees. looking to saturday night and on into sunday, still got high—pressure sitting here to the south—west, another frontal system makes its way gradually in from the north—west. quite a few isobars on the map, too. so sunday set to be the windier day of the weekend. still some showers blown in, particularly across parts and of scotland, one or two filtering into north—west england, wales and northern ireland. further south and east, you're likely to stay dry with some spells of sunshine and quite a bit milder. highs of 11 or 12. this is bbc news — i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at eight. the car makerjaguar land rover confirms it is cutting a,500 jobs worldwide, most of them in the uk. a slump in demand for diesel cars and a sales slowdown in china are blamed... at the very moment, the automotive industry but also jaguar land rover are facing unprecedented disruption

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