you are watching beyond 100 days. theresa may prepares to talk to her party tonight with little sign she is one and support for her brexit deal. ahead of the critical vote in parliament the prime minister says you —— leaving the eu with no deal could break up parliament. she's not seem able to be sure any brexiteers but she still says her deal is the best there is a. i also took members on all sides of the house, whatever you have previously concluded, over the next 24 hours give this deal a second look. though it is not perfect and yes, it is a copper misys. president trump denies ever working for russia after a stunning new york times report reveals that intelligence services investigate that possibility. not only did i never work for russia it is a disgrace you ask that question because it is a hoax. all -- also on

the programme day 24 of the shutdown and no perceivable interest in the —— change in the present‘s mood. and the egg has become the most popular icon instagram. —— egg on instagram. hello, iam katty icon instagram. —— egg on instagram. hello, i am katty kay. icon instagram. —— egg on instagram. hello, iam katty kay. christian fraser is in london. the next 24 hours in the life of brexit will be historic. the least on that everyone can agree. but what happens to is av can agree. but what happens to is a's proposed deal with the eu will depend not only on the way her mps vote but on the scale of the defeat. if it is a big defeat no one knows when that will enter. today jean—claude juncker and do not when that will enter. today jean—claudejuncker and do not task —— donald tusk signed a letter saying that the deal would only be

triggered in an emergency. it is not legally binding but does have some legally binding but does have some legal force. legally binding but does have some legalforce. prime minister said whatever it be concluded about the deal it was time to give it a second look. because occurrences of voting against this deal tomorrow are becoming ever clearer. with no deal we would have no format mac —— temperament mac period. no certainty for businesses and workers like those i met in stoke this morning and we would see changes everyday life to northern ireland that would put the future of our union at risk. it rather than leaving at no deal this house blocked brexit that would bea this house blocked brexit that would be a subversion of our democracy, saying to the people we were elected to serve, but we were unable to budge are willing to do what the —— unwilling to do what they instructed. jeremy corbyn rejected

the bremen is to's argument. given the bremen is to's argument. given the lack of support for the prime minister deal. he think she would try to reach out. instead she is saying that members are threatening to undermine the faith of the british people in our democracy. mr speaker, the only people that are undermining faith in our chrissy is the government itself. mr speaker, i can think of no greater example of democracy in action and for this house to reject a deal that is clearly bad for this country. the letter sent from task and younger —— donald tusk and jean—claude juncker audit confirms what is in the agreement. there is a firm commitment from the eu to work speedily on alternative arrangements so speedily on alternative arrangements so that the backstop will not need to be triggered. also confirmed

trade talks will begin as soon as both parliament rat —— ratify the trade agreement. in other words the uk be pushed into the backstop the one country holding the uk to ransom. we spoke to europe editor whojoins us from ransom. we spoke to europe editor who joins us from brussels. to see you. but does russells want from this vote tomorrow night? clearly what brussels want is for the deal to pass in the house of commons because there have been many derisive words about this letter in the uk today. is nothing new, no new offers or brussels but you could ask why would brussels offer something new? it is not as if this brexit deal was concocted overnight. it was the result of two years of difficult negotiations between the eu and theresa may, largely centred around her red lines of taking the uk out

of the single market and out of the eu's of the single market and out of the eu's custom union as well so what the eu did today was to try and highlight points in the deal. it's felt that may has really field to sell —— failed to sell. the underlying message is it is not as bad as you think but this is the only divorce agreement on the table for the uk. you take it or leave it. russells want to put the pressure on mp at the moment the think of alternatives to the deal. what brussels and theresa may together, they coordinated these letters before the appeared today, what they say is focus your mind, look at the called fax and the reality, this is the exit deal. letters get out and renegotiate our trade relationship with a prose brexit uk. does some pa rt of with a prose brexit uk. does some part of the uk still wish that the eu would changes mind's —— that some

pa rt of eu would changes mind's —— that some part of the eu wished the uk would change its mind? it is seen as a minimal possibility and the eu want to get on with it. of that was meant to get on with it. of that was meant to bea to get on with it. of that was meant to be a lifeline for the prime minister it is not seem a lifeline for the prime minister it is not seem for the prime minister it is not seem at theatre in terms of tomorrow's vote. after tomorrow between tuesday and friday, will that attitude from the eu still apply or will they find something else? of course that is the question. as we know, look at greece, italy, when the eu says no, when push comes to shove, when it has a higher ideal in mind, the impossible can become possible. take the backstop, this much contested disliked guaranteed in which there was a lot of assurances in the letter, it has become a uk wide backstop at the uk's request. this is something the eu said would be

impossible until it came to the point when no deal could be reached for theresa may and suddenly it became possible. so what happened? europe will be watching this vote very carefully tomorrow, see if the deal passes and if it doesn't, they wa nt deal passes and if it doesn't, they want to know by how much. they are looking for signs from parliament as to which direction it is going in because as we have said, there are so because as we have said, there are so many alternatives being thrown around at the moment in the houses of parliament. what the eu want to see is where do mps start uniting around an alternative to theresa may's plan or a particular change to theresa may's plan animator thinking about it. up until this point it is interesting to note that the 27 eu leaders have never discussed a possible plan b, even amongst themselves. they have not even permitted to each other it is a possibility. this conversation will change, probably, after tomorrow's vote but there will be limits to their flexibility. thank you. a

brief time ago i spoke with the government minister rory stewart. does the prime minister still series we believe she can get this deal through? i think the prime minister believes this is the best deal and she thinks you can get it through. whether we can get it through tomorrow seems pretty difficult at the moment. i guess the ideal would to be —— the idea would be to try and combat with an amended version. the alternative is no deal or no brexit and commands even less support than the current deal. brexit and commands even less support than the current dealm would seem that the aim of the game right now is to get the skill of the defeat down to eight manageable level so you can convince them brussels that eventually you can get it over the line. you must have discussed numbers as to what is survivable? the common today in parliament was that people were saying something like a hundred votes of loss would be a success. that surprises me. i guess a lot of

this has today with two things. one is living brussels over the line. the other is making sure that we get a support in parliament. be smaller the margin that has to be crossed, the margin that has to be crossed, the more likely you are to get labour mps feeling it is worth taking the pain and voting for this deal. if they feel there is no way to get across the line, they may be relu cta nt to get across the line, they may be reluctant to take the heat. to get across the line, they may be reluctant to take the heatm hostile amendment passes and deprives the government of the control of brexit, the government in effect would be in opposition? british politics has usually relied oi'i british politics has usually relied on very strong executive with whips and a parliamentary majority. we are i'iow and a parliamentary majority. we are now going back into a world but we have not really seen since the 18th century where parliament and independent mps are trying, with 650 of them to create a policy. it creates a lot of instability because

you're ina creates a lot of instability because you're in a situation similar to the one we have at the moment, where it feels like there is no majority for anything so how do you make a decision? would you presume given the scale of the possible defeat, that there is a plan b? this idea of a plan b is misleading. i would not have thought there would be anything like the kind of man be that people imagine. this is the only deal with the eu, a plan b in otherwords which meant an alternative brexit deal would have to be a 500 page document negotiated over two years of the eu and she's not going to have two of those to produce. usually when people say they want a plan b basically mean they do not wa nt plan b basically mean they do not want to leave the european union atoll. they do not mean they credibly argent a different brexit deal. the prime minister was asked about the prospect of a no deal and she said again uk would be leaving on the 29th of march. she firmly

believes that a new hat is seen she's sticking to the line throughout, it is no deal or her deal‘s do believe that is the case? in the terms of the way it was passed in parliament that is the legal situation. we will read in march. would you support that? i would find that difficult. i am supportive of the prime minister and i will continue to support strongly but i think a no deal will be deeply damaging economic week and politically which is why i feel we have to get this deal across the line. legacy of that argument has any more impact tomorrow than it seems to tonight. the prime minister has gone into a meeting with the 1922 committee with the usual banging and yelling of the —— usual banging and yelling of the —— usual banging of the desk and yelling. 0n the eve of this crucial vote in parliament, which seems to you to be gaining traction, the prospect of no

deal? 0r gaining traction, the prospect of no deal? or the prospect of no brexit? ido deal? or the prospect of no brexit? i do not think either really. in many ways what you are seeing here isa game many ways what you are seeing here is a game of who blinks first and there are three parties in this game of who blinks first. there is theresa may, she takes the view that eventually politicians, whether remainers or brexiteers, will blink and accept deal at the last minute, if maybe not tomorrow. equities tend to think we should not blink, why should we? to think we should not blink, why should we ? the to think we should not blink, why should we? the position is britain should we? the position is britain should just leave. with all without the deal. the third lot are those who are very worried about no deal and would prefer britain to remain in the european union. they are also thinking, hang on a minute, theresa may cannot be serious about britain leaving the european union without a deal so why should be blink? we come to the question admit admits this crisis, who will bug first? perhaps

none of them. 0k. who will bug first? —— blink first? you will not be blinking because you will be covering the story. the pre-match warm up will be more interesting than the actual event, the amendments put forward to. and whether in any way that the forms which way the brexit goes. you have one from the conservative mp and eurosceptic. .. will one from the conservative mp and eurosceptic... will they be inspired by summing legaland eurosceptic... will they be inspired by summing legal and the text to get them through a second vote? the other one is from hilary benn who was to seek no to theresa may steel and noted no deal at all and that would be the backbenchers taking over the process. what you sense from labour today is the do not want to support hilary benn, the want a clear vote on theresa may's deals defeated and then in move to a vote

of no—confidence. defeated and then in move to a vote of no-confidence. one indication of how critical this vote is that a labourmp how critical this vote is that a labour mp has rescheduled a c section that she was due to have urgently, on monday or tuesday, and against the advice of her doctors she is now going to have that c section on thursday later this week so section on thursday later this week so she can be there for that critical vote tomorrow. the reminder of how important people think this is. but does move on to a more can politics. —— letters move on to american politics. donald trump is that he has never worked for russia. despite denial comes after a pair of front news report that questions mr trump's relationship with the russian president. the washington post that he was keen to hide the contents post that he was keen to hide the co nte nts of post that he was keen to hide the contents of his meeting with mr putin, including taking the notes away from the us interpreter is that in one of the encounters. the new

york times reported that the fbi opened and intelligence investigation into whether mr trump was a russian asset. that prompted a slew of angry tweets from the president overtook them until this morning to come out with this and denial. i never worked for russia and you know that answer better for anyone. not only did i not work for theml anyone. not only did i not work for them i think it is a disgrace that you even ask that question because it isa you even ask that question because it is a big fat hoaxer. it isjust a hoax. let's bring in our north america editor. he is indignant about the very question but some people think about that press conference in helsinki with the american president blamed the united states about the interference of russia? there has been summoned different examples where donald trump, who is been very free to criticise other world leaders, he is

gone after theresa may and angela merkel and emmanuel macron, he gone after theresa may and angela merkeland emmanuel macron, he has never said a word against flood your putin and these meetings have taken place. the one in helsinki you have referred to and one in hamburg where he allegedly at the 620 said to the translator, and over your notes to me and do not discuss this with anybody else atoll, any american official who might want to find out what happened in the meeting and that fuels suspicion. you get a story which on the face of it, you just think i can not believe what i've just read. the fbi launched an investigation into a sitting president about whether he was a russian agent. it is gobsmacking. there should be said that no evidence of that nature has been produced atoll. donald trump was indignant but at the same time if you'd been a bit clearer in his conclusions were russia there maybe this will not arise. the curious thing is he is more informed about russian interference bunny was as a

candidate that over the last year has not really changed his attitude to russian president. he has not really wanted to except it was just russian interference in the 2016th collection. here is his problem. if he accepts, and yet go into his mind set, if he accepts there was russian interference and russia was actively involved in the campaign to help him win and hillary clinton lose, does that delegitimise his victory? does that delegitimise his victory? does that mean that people can say you do not really went, it was because of the russian. he does not want to admit that. is that he will see their all sorts of bad actors out there, the chinese were at it, the north koreans, maybe the iranians. there also is a people using cyberspace to be bad actors in the us election and yes double refused to blame russia. we have had a normal us demonstration in its response to russian behaviour where

there have been the dramatic expulsions, there's been condemnation of the salisbury attack but never from the himself vladimir putinstop president mac thank you. there is that washington post article to say the president went to great lengths to hide his one—on—one interactions with president putin from his staff. enjoyed by former cia officer, becky for coming in. i think most people find it incredible to believe that the president of the united states might be working for russia. it just seems united states might be working for russia. itjust seems too out of bounds. and yet when you piece everything together, it doesn't seem to you actually barely understandable that us intelligence officials will have started to look into the possibility? it seems not only understandable, i would be surprised if they hadn't because thatis surprised if they hadn't because that is what the american taxpayers

pay fbi counterintelligence officials to do. their mandate is to investigate any and every attempt on the part of a foreign intelligence service either influence or penetrate the us government at any level. so when there has been so many indications, such an over abundance of evidence to suggest that russia, specifically vladimir putin, is influencing donald trump, why would they not investigate it? i've seen counterintelligence investigations launched at a much lower level for lesser reasons so if there is any indication, and there have been many, that the oval office has been penetrated by russian intelligence, then absolutely, but should be investigated. would it be investigated if the president did not know he was being manipulated by russia? absolutely. let's presume

that donald trump is completely innocent. let's presume he is an witty. —— unwitting. osha still be a counterintelligence investigation. there is ample evidence to suggest that putin does have trump in a compromised position, where he wants him. if it walks, swims and talks like a duck. and butchering that saying. then it is probably not a dog, it is a duck. we have to remember putin's background. use a very skilled manipulator. this is textbook k6b tactics and four donald trump to go head to head against vladimir putin in any kind of negotiations, closed—door in the public, it's like an angry entitled public, it's like an angry entitled public plaintext against kasparov.

—— playing public plaintext against kasparov. — — playing chess. public plaintext against kasparov. -- playing chess. you would maybe understand why the premise —— president would not want it translator to go out and see what has been said to. what normally happens? would there be a historical record would to share the information with his national security adviser? how would it work? the extraordinary length that the president has gone too to make sure that none of the meeting is leaked to the public xp question why. what is so bad? what is so damning? but not only the public should not know it but his top officials and government officials and aids, why should they not know it? even if the public should not know it yet and see there is classified information, absolutely normal protocol would say there is extensive notes and is part

of the historical record. we have extraordinary information weather has been an attempt on the part of the president to a bit —— obliterate that from the historical record. thank you. we should reiterate the president categorically denied he had ever worked with the russians. he called it a hoax and was offended the question had even have to be asked. this is not mean there was a criminal case being built but it has to be something that the democrats are looking at as they launch their investigations and as we look at the possibility of impeaching the president. you know the will have been reading these reports. the point is when the fbi went to congress a sore something suspicious in the president's behaviour. everyone did, they were reporting on it. if the president was completely innocent and they discussed that too, they had to get to the bottom of it very quickly. they had to

investigate it so that he can get on with his agenda. yeah. they said it was the president's own words precipitated to launch this counter in terrorism investigation. we do not know if it is still going on what the status was after the mother probe was launched. the former militant communist has arrived in rome after being captured in bolivia. the 64—year—old was two yea rs into a bolivia. the 64—year—old was two years into a 12 year sentence when he escaped from prison in italy in 1981. a group of lucky customers from the airline cathay pacific has scored high class seat. this was the second blunder this month. tickets from hong kong to portugal were sold for one and half thousand dollars instead of the usual 16,000. that never happens to me. the tennis star

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surpassing the 80 million originally accrued of kylie jenner and surpassing the 80 million originally accrued of kyliejenner and a picture of her newborn daughter. why was this done? the account holder wa nts to was this done? the account holder wants to be the existing was record and missed jenner has responded in kind, poking fun at the content with a video of herself dropping an egg. maybe at this point of the story you have more questions than answers. that is asked to. this story fried our brains. if you think i'm on omelette get away with that you have another think coming. between the us republican urges president trump to temporarily reopen parts of the government. it is an shot for more than three weeks. —— it has been shot.

things are set to get colder as you move through the week. believes we will see a little bit more of this. it isa will see a little bit more of this. it is a beautiful morning with sunshine across east sussex. this site picture shows the cloud well broken up across parts of eastern scotland, north—east england through this part the country. pick a card at the west as we move through the night. as high pressure slips away allowing this weather front across the top we will see more cloud and outbreaks of rain, pushing into the far north. some of that will be quite heavy and persistent bursting on tuesday morning into scotland. elsewhere the cloud is breaking up. it is going to be a mild afternoon.

as we move into tuesday that rain will put itself steadily southwards across northern ireland into the borders of the north of england. bind it the winds will start a stretch round one of a northern lake and we could see showers turning increasingly dwindling to higher ground. though rains but is awaiting went and wales, bind it colder with a snow showers. seven to ten further south. i was a move out of wednesday thatis south. i was a move out of wednesday that is when the cold air is starting to filter is way down across the country and this little weather frontier will introduce the risk of poor showers ow—mac some of them turning equally wintry as well. we have to say goodbye to this man there we have got at the moment as there we have got at the moment as the cold aerostar is to push down with those winds over the next few days by the end of the week there is a notable difference in the feel of a notable difference in the feel of a weather right across the country. 0n a weather right across the country. on thursday it will be largely dry with a risk of atheist after showers through the —esque —— the risk of a few scattered showers through the

east coast. that will be quite pleasant. four to 7 degrees. with clear skies by date that will be clear skies by date that will be clear skies by date that will be clear skies overnight so it is worth bearing in mind that first thing on friday morning we could be waking up toa friday morning we could be waking up to a hard frost but hopefully, some rain to sparkling sunshine. this is beyond 100 days. i'm katty kay in washington. christian frazier is in london. the british prime minister appeals for british mps to support her brexit deal. trump has denied accusations of working for russia. and its day 24 of the us government shutdown and neither democrats nor republicans see an end in sight. what is school for? and an artist

goes viral with his question of what schools actually teach us that useful in life. welcome back, and we begin with a public service announcement. if you are flying to the us pack a dose of patience because travel is worse than normal. niamey, houston, atlanta and washington airports have reduced their security screening facilities because of the government shutdown. transportation agents are not being paid and some are staying home. mr trump says the government will stay shut until democrats agreed to fund his border wall but polls this week shows the us public still blame him for the shutdown. so who are the

labelling for the shutdown? 53% say president trump and republicans are responsible while 29% blame the democrats. we had some good graphics to show you but we will move swiftly on. i could have done one of my home—made ones with a sharpie. should we do it while i am talking to rod? should we do it while i am talking to rod ? we should we do it while i am talking to rod? we are saving money at the bbc. good to see you, so if we had the graphic we would have showed our audience the 53% of the public who thinks this is to do with donald trump. better late than never. 29% blame democrats. it's nice to see those graphics up on the screen. president always get blamed when

there is a government shutdown. when i worked on capitol hill president clinton had shot that government done and the public wanted to know why they couldn't go to the museums, they blamed the president, for being they blamed the president, for being the head of government it's natural that people look to him for leadership. here's the other issue, that part of the problem for the white house is they keep changing the causes of the crisis. they said it was terrorists coming across the border, then drugs, then the humanitarian crisis then illegal immigrants coming in. if you cannot stick to one message it is hard to say there is a crisis. this specific example is one difficulty of not having a strong message and sticking to it. president bush was very much on message, whatever was going on you knew that he knew whether it was

economics or education he was talking about, president trump had a message for the shutdown at 10am, a different message at noon, and the public says if this is that important, why do you keep changing the narrative? but if you look at these figures, among the general public and especially republicans, support for the wall itself is growing. it is. there was a new washington post abc poll that came out today and it looks like support for the wall has gone up from 34% to 4296, for the wall has gone up from 34% to 42%, strongly in favour by the republicans but you're starting to get it taken up by independents, so as long as the white house can't decide what they are pushing so hard for this model, he can make a case

for this model, he can make a case for it but the shifting sands does not help his cause. meanwhile he is inafoul not help his cause. meanwhile he is in a foul mood about this, lindsay graham is normally on that level with the president and now he's saying why don't you partially open it for three weeks? he doesn't like that idea, and for a veteran like myself who has worked on capitol hill, you want them to feel the pain for this politically and that is why donald trump's mood has seemed to sour. he thought he would take the shutdown, he said he would take the responsibility, then come deteriorating poll numbers and he sees he needs to find our way out and he has boxed himself into a corner and i don't think any of his staff know how he can get out. corner and i don't think any of his staff know how he can get outlj have just found a new urgent poll number that we didn't make a graphic

for, this is according to a survey, 154% of all americans. for, this is according to a survey, 15496 of all americans. absolutely! 0k, 15496 of all americans. absolutely! ok, this is a problem for the president and it will carry on being a president, as we have been reporting there are 800,000 americans suffering because of this shutdown, we said those closures of security checkpoints at airports... this is serious. all these people who check your bags are not being paid. another story that is interesting in politics, steve king, a republican member of congress has a republican member of congress has a history of controversial remarks on race, he has compared immigrants to dogs and in austria he met a far

right group of holocaust deniers, all met with silence from the republican leadership. but now mr king, who was re—elected last november, said in an interview with the new york times, white nationalist civilisation, how did that become offensive? today the new york times is suggesting i am an advocate for white supremacy. i want to make one thing clear, i reject those labels and the evil ideology they define and i condemn anyone who supports this ideology. that was steve king. the republican house is now threatening to sanction him. isn't it time for the republican pa rty‘s isn't it time for the republican party's and good that it takes action against steve king? this guy

is dumberthana action against steve king? this guy is dumber than a bag of rocks. steve king has been saying this for years, and this past weekend i took to twitter and said he needs to go, president trump needs to tell him to resign, kevin carr thief needs to tell him to go? so why don't they? he was elected in 2004 so why hasn't he gone already? a lot of these republicans think they will offend their base if they have to go after one of their own for racism, but these aren't perceived racist comments, they are racist comments. he does not need to be in the position of elected responsibility, he needs to go and i'm glad people likejeb he needs to go and i'm glad people like jeb bush are saying we need to ta ke like jeb bush are saying we need to take him out during his next bid for office rather than let him get to

the general election. ron christie, thank you for coming to join us on both those stories. theresa may warned mps today that had no—deal brexit could lead to the break—up of the uk. she raised the spectre of scottish independence and a united ireland as she tried to persuade brexiteers and dup rebels to back her agreement. but those opposed to the deal restated their determination to vote no and the work now is to reduced to defeat to something manageable in the hope downing street can convince brussels that further concessions would get it across the line. let's bring in nigel evans and seema malhotra. good to see you, as nigel evans and seema malhotra. good to see you, as ever. nigel evans and seema malhotra. good to see you, as ever. nigel, i've been following the rumours on twitter that the erg eurosceptics

will fall in behind theresa may and then steve baker says no, we are voting no, so what would you do tomorrow? i will vote against the deal, i've just come from a meeting of the 1922 backbench committee where theresa may has been giving us her last hurrah to get her a deal over the line. she spoke passionately about wanting to deliver on what the british people voted for in 2016 and she knows her deal is a compromise but one real problem we have is that we need the support of the dup to be able to govern and so if deal got the route tomorrow, we were not able to govern for the rest of the three years, so i believe the deal will not get the route tomorrow. i think there will bea route tomorrow. i think there will be a few more conservative mps who

will support it because they are frightened that if we don't get it through, there may not be any brexit, but the prime minister in answering questions today made it clear to a labour answering questions today made it cleartoa labourmp answering questions today made it clear to a labour mp that as far as she is concerned, we leave in march and there will be no extension or revocation of article 50, which started all this, so march the 29th is when we will leave. it's clear this isjust is when we will leave. it's clear this is just another project fear by the prime minister, there will be no brexit, fear of a united ireland, and she hasn't come to the house showing she is prepared to listen. she struggled today to put sticking plaster over the ever—growing cracks on her own side and the idea that she's coming to the house to face another huge defeat this week, in a week where we will see parliament

ta ke week where we will see parliament take back control and for two years theresa may has been sidelining parliament but now she will find herself sidelined as parliament tries to get a majority voice on how we move forward in the interests of the country. it is theresa may's own analysis that shows every region will be poorer under her deal but her political declaration has no proper direction, it's like leaving your home without knowing where you will be living and that is my red line about why i will not vote for her deal and she has to say, i will come and work with parliament, find a way forward in the interests of the country that can deliver the referendum and give people a final say. how much pressure are members of the conservative party under to vote for the prime minister's plan,

what pressure is being put on them? it's enormous. i feel an mp for 27 years and when i got elected we had to go through the last treaty under john major and the whips used pressure to put that through and it only got through on a vote of confidence from the prime minister who threatened to go to buckingham palace and dissolve parliament. i don't think theresa can be put in that position because of the fixed term parliament but there is huge pressure on mp5, especially the newcomers who got elected in 2017 where the whips are phoning them on a daily basis, the prime minister is individually phoning mps, the chief whip, igot individually phoning mps, the chief whip, i got a call today to say he would like a chat with me tomorrow but unless we get the dup on board,

this will not go anywhere. i don't think the defeat will be as large as people expect because some people will either abstain instead of voting against and one or two others may vote for the deal to get something over the line. but this isn't the way to make such an important decision about our future because there are different views about what will be in our economic interests and political interests, andl interests and political interests, and i believe... if you don't like it, when will you hold that vote of no—confidence the government?” it, when will you hold that vote of no-confidence the government? i hope we hold it soon, because the prime minister is losing confidence of parliament and of the country. we know we need a change in leadership to go back to the eu, to negotiate a different arrangement for the

future, to express a view of parliament and i have said we should look again at an eea —based deal, a customs union that keeps us closer to what we have enough while dealing with challenges around the common fisheries and agricultural policies, freedom of movement and people i have talked to this week said they would much prefer that under closer relationship with the single market than to leave under the bassist theresa is proposing. theresa -- seema wants to stay in the european union. no, we would have a deal which doesn't believe our businesses. seema and nigel, thank you forjoining us, we will get you back after this vote. those conversations with the chief whip

used to be scary, arm—twisting and threats but you wonder if they hold the same menace at the moment now the same menace at the moment now the prime minister has lost control. and both seema and nigel in quite a sombre mood tonight. alleys don't talk by twitter, that is the pushback from the turkish foreign minister who says his country will not be deterred by threats from donald trump. he warned turkey not to attack america's kurdish allies. he tweeted from syria, while hitting the current remaining is caliphate hard, they would attack again if it reforms. here you can see a map of how complex that region is, the kurdish area in light green and turkey in red. trump hasn't said

where the safe some would be, the turkish foreign minister said last week that turkey would embrace a safe zone along their border with syria. let's talk to the director of the turkey programme at the washington institute. mike pompeo was asked to date on his trip around the middle east what the president meant when he said he would crush turkey economically if it moved against america's kurdish allies. he didn't seem to know what it meant. do you understand what the president's tweet meant? based on my conversations with friends in washington and resequencing that beat from the end to the beginning, it out differently saying that there are talks within turkey and the us to establish a safe haven along

turkey's border with syria, that in return turkey agrees to not attack the kurdish why p&6 return turkey agrees to not attack the kurdish why p86 and at the same time the kurdish why p&6 commits not to attack turkey. this seems to address turkey's legitimate concerns about what they consider a kurdish terrorist group, turkey agree not to carry out an incursion and the news that comes out is rather positive. carry out an incursion and the news that comes out is rather positivelj that comes out is rather positive.” was just that comes out is rather positive.” wasjust going to that comes out is rather positive.” was just going to say, with that 20 mile exclusion zone be enough to keep the two sides apart on the ground? i think it would because it includes kurds but also arabs and will allow locals to take over governments so it would switch from the kurdish militia more to the locals, that is acceptable to turkey

and it is in turkey's interest right now to avoid our full conflict in syria. there are elections coming up in march and it would look good, diplomatic deal that allows turkey to establish a safe haven would look like a history for president brilliant and his supporters so the reaction from ankara was rather some -- i think reaction from ankara was rather some —— i think president erdogan wants a deal so he was underplaying the tone of the tweet and maybe if you read the tweet from end to the beginning, it delivers a lot of positives. turkey seem to say this is for domestic consumption, this is trump talking to his own audiences at home and it made me wonder if president erdogan, i think they talked on the

telephone to date, whether the turks are figuring out how to manage this unusual president and they realised when he is talking to his own audience rather than proposing a meaningful change in policy. there was a phone call at 11am between trump and erdogan, they have spoken quite often since trump's decision to withdraw from syria, turkey do not want to end up having to take charge of syria, they would like a us presence so turkey wants a deal that involves america but also pushes that kurdish militias away from the border, so all sides need their security needs met on the border. thank you forjoining us. still to come, it's notjust europe

seeing record—breaking weather, even washington has a blanket of snow. more to come on that. wood—burning stoves, open fires and use of chemicals on farms or face restrictions under government plans to tackle air pollution. the clean air strategy aims to reduce pollution across much of the country by2030 pollution across much of the country by 2030 but green groups have said the scheme is too vague and lacks clear action. david shipman has the story and his report contains some flashing images. blow! squeeze, squeeze, squeeze. research into the effects of air pollution. in a major study 3000 children in london and luton are having their lungs tested. what do you know about air pollution? it is really bad for your lungs.

children are especially vulnerable because they are growing very rapidly and it seems clear that pollution particularly affects the development of organs, whether it is the brain or the lungs for example. and another little bear... ella kissi—debrah suffered from asthma. her family say air pollution contributed to her death six years ago and they want permission to apply for a new inquest. hardest of all is cutting pollution from traffic. all our work is based on our best assessment of what we need but the government are not bringing forward the funding we need. back at the school's project the children are fitted with monitors to track the air

they are exposed to. the state of their lungs will show how well or badly the government is fighting pollution. now, i hear there has been plenty of snow in washington. residents are responsible for clearing the snow outside their homes. let's look at one street, is this year's? and that is my street but that is not outside my house and my house was cleared immediately after it started to snow. my husband went out and cleared our snow and the neighbour's snow. i think that isjon sopel‘s house. jon sopel lives two doors up and he was shaming you on twitter

last year. we had a nice time playing in the snow. in the first half of the programme we told you about a picture of an egg that went viral, a bad pun was made by somebody, you might feel it was tied toa——a somebody, you might feel it was tied toa ——atad somebody, you might feel it was tied to a —— a tad vacuous but for every bad egg on the internet there is a good one. meet prince ea, who makes videos on worklife balance and one of his latest videos has people talking on line, including katty‘s daughter poppy. it's about the education system, if she's talking about it we thought we should talk about it we thought we should talk about it. what is school for? feel free to call me slow but i spent 16 years going to school and i still

don't know. i didn't know how to do my taxes, buy a home, don't know. i didn't know how to do my taxes, buya home, i don't know. i didn't know how to do my taxes, buy a home, i didn't know about investments, building credit for getting the job. i graduated top of my class and all i had with this fa ncy of my class and all i had with this fancy diploma to sit at home with. this prompted a discussion, we had 1113 —year—old girls in at the weekend for poppy‘s birthday and she said this shows we should drop out of school but then we started discussing that education was a privilege and lots of kids had a tough time getting access to it, so we came to the conclusion that it wasn't about education but testing and education systems and then we looked at finland, where they have less testing, so this prompted a good discussion about education and

what it means and my daughter will go to school when it reopens. do you know he has more followers then you, 8.5 million facebook france, 1.2 million on instagram. we should make a guest on the show. we will carry on following prince ea and see what else he comes up with. we will see you back here tomorrow. some colder weather on way later this week, at the moment the cold air is to the north—west behind this cold front and at secondary weather front is where the really cold air is that we are ahead of the cold front now and our air is coming in from the atlantic, so milder conditions but a lot of cloud, a few brea ks conditions but a lot of cloud, a few breaks across eastern england, cloudy skies pitching in, some rain likely across the north of scotland,

for shetland there will be one or two showers but elsewhere for — 6 degrees. into tuesday, a lot of cloud, a little sunshine across more eastern parts of england, maybe a few spots of drizzle around western hills that much of the rain will be about the north of scotland but temperatures 9—11d so milder than today and blustery with those winds and then we see a cold front moving down from the north—west overnight and colder air behind that second front, but it's rain that is mostly pushing across the uk on wednesday, this first band of rain heading into england and wales but it turns colder across scotland so the rain turns to sleet and snow and perhaps in the far north of scotland to lower levels that we still have 9 or

10 degrees across england and wales. that colder air pushes south overnight, a bit of rain, sleet and perhaps note on hills but that colder air pushes down. with clearing skies, a frost early on thursday, not so much further south because there's more cloud through the night but that will soon move away and then those stronger northerly winds will bring some wintry showers to the north and east of scotland, but elsewhere it should be dry, wind is not as strong and lots of sunshine so by crisp day but temperatures will be low work and with clear skies widely overnight, friday morning could start cold and particularly frosty. this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at eight. theresa may has appealed to mps get behind her brexit deal. she says that rejecting the deal

would lead to paralysis and endanger the departure from the eu.” would lead to paralysis and endanger the departure from the eu. i say that we should deliver for the british people and get on with building a brighter future for this country by backing the deal. building a brighter future for this country by backing the dealm building a brighter future for this country by backing the deal. it is clear, if the prime minister's deal is rejected tomorrow, it is time for a general election, it is time for a new government. new restrictions on combustion. air pollution tackling. jailed british iranian woman held in