you're watching beyond 100 days... then there were ten. the first official day of the conservative leadership contest and one candidate has already gone. the former universities minister sam gyimah won't be nominated — after he said he'd failed to get enough support from his fellow mps. tomorrow the parliamentary hustings begin, there will be two days of internal campaigning before the second round of the vote on thursday. the mexican peso rises after trump backs down on tariffs — was it a major win or an unnecessary drama? also on the programme. the democrats descend on iowa for the first major event of the 2020 cycle.

19 candidates — all of them gunning for the front runner, the former vice presidentjoe biden. and at the tonys, it is hadestown that wins best new musical, in a year when broadway is enjoying some record boxoffice success. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in new york and christian fraser is in london. it could be the most poisoned of poisoned—chalices. how to steer the uk towards calmer waters. a new prime minister won't solve brexit, but those who want the keys to number 10 will tell you they have a formula, a solution, that for three years has evaded theresa may. today the contest to replace her officially got under way. the former universities minister sam gyimah — who resigned from the government in november over the prime minister's brexit deal has

pulled out of the race, saying he had not had enough time to build sufficient support from conservative mps. that leaves ten candidates still in the race. five of them, today launched their leadership campaigns — let's have a listen. (tx sot) we are facing a constitutional crisis. a new prime minister will decide over a hung parliament. we won't deliver brexit with bluff and bluster, i am the brexiteer with conviction and a plan and focus to the desired by the end of october. if we just become the brexit party then we are finished. we need to return to the gaping centre ground thatis return to the gaping centre ground that is in the heart of british politics. we know that the eu has been holding us back so surely it is time we take control of our destiny? have mps who are prepared to be strong enough to take control of our destiny and go forward. it is not enoughjust to

destiny and go forward. it is not enough just to believe destiny and go forward. it is not enoughjust to believe in brexit, you have also got to be able to deliver it. one of my concerns when i was on backbenchers was every trigger article 50 without a proper plan for brexit. michael gove trying to get his campaign back on an even keel to get his campaign back on an even keel. five different messages from different candidates. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is at the houses of parliament. the bar is set little higher over the next two days? yes, it is, they will have to get support from the mps on thursday and this group of ten will be whittled down then on thursday. between now and then, they will try and convince the fellow mps why they should back then. i spoke to rory stewart just why they should back then. i spoke to rory stewartjust before became on—air, he is one of the lesser—known candidates but he is

hoping to do well, he thinks he will meet the next threshold which in effect is 17 members of parliament, including himself. he added a caveat, that is if some of them have not pledged to support other candidates. they can only back one candidate. people party had the most sophisticated electorate which is to say they are two—faced, putting it more bluntly. they can say they are backing someone until transfer their allegiance to think someone else will when. i would allegiance to think someone else will when. iwould be allegiance to think someone else will when. i would be surprised if all ten managed to meet that threshold, they will be whittled down and subsequently it gets whittled down byjune the 20th with just two candidates going to the membership to make make the final decision. at the end of the first official day, does it still look like this is borisjohnson's leadership contest to this? in many

ways it does. he has set the piece, his proposal today to increase the tax threshold, help better off taxpayers, has attracted detractors but also a lot of attention. we were not seen him articulate this himself, he's staying focused on what he needs to do to any of his fellow politicians at this stage. he is talking in a closed room behind closed doors to mps. he has not been making a lot of media appeased —— appearances to open himself up to wider scrutiny. thank you very much indeed. let's speak now to jack blanchard — editor of politico's london playbook. you have been watching, who is up and who's down? as in said, boris johnson is very much the man to beat. the other candidates are putting themselves as hiking a beat

borisjohnson? putting themselves as hiking a beat boris johnson? you putting themselves as hiking a beat borisjohnson? you heard their pictures, they say they are the serious person, can i deliver brexit? they are trying to frame themselves as a more serious candidate to boris johnson themselves as a more serious candidate to borisjohnson as he is seen and some peoples eyes as less serious. so he is setting the pace and they are trying to define themselves against him. i would say it has a negative forjeremy hunt, the foreign secretary, he has had two big endorsement from cabinet colleagues. jenny mordant supporting him and also amber rudd, one of the leading remainers in the cabinet. he has attracted big hitters from both sides of the debate. at the moment it feels like a race to be in the final two alongside borisjohnson. he looks like winning the race right 110w. he looks like winning the race right now. i suppose michael gove and sergeant gavin —— sajid javid where

the frontrunners. it is a challenge to get out front and offer something different tojeremy to get out front and offer something different to jeremy hunt. that's right. an interesting dynamic will come into play in the next ten days and as candidates start to drop out, the game is on about where did those candidates and their supporters start go to? there are operations under way in parliament at the moment behind closed doors saying, you and i know this candidate will not win, where we go next? people like sajid javid and michael gove, it is about picking those people up to build management into next week. as we get caught up in the excitement of the leadership contest, ivy putting on the back burner the fact that britain is still facing, whoever is chosen of these ten people, the biggest political crisis in decades?m

these ten people, the biggest political crisis in decades? it is amazing, at the last eu summit donald tusk told people not to waste this six—month extension and we have just spent the weekend talking about michael gove post mike occasional drug use 20 years ago. whoever wednesday's crisis will be thrown into the most extraordinary situation where they will have a few short weeks to get a brexit deal through parliament, which looks impossible or get a new brexit deal out of the eu which also looks impossible. all the talk about raising taxes or lowering taxes, he has done this or that in the past is a sideshow as to what will matter for this new prime minister who will be in for this new prime minister who will beina for this new prime minister who will be in a situation worse then you can think of in recent memory. thank you very much forjoining us. we will be watching this closely from brussels, they must be wondering what to make of this? i was then that islam are

on friday with michel barnier at a security conference. —— i was in bratislava. it is clear nothing much has changed from his point of view. whoever is chosen as the british leader, you mean? yes, whoever comes forward , leader, you mean? yes, whoever comes forward, there has to be this withdrawal agreement. i asked forward, there has to be this withdrawal agreement. iasked if forward, there has to be this withdrawal agreement. i asked if he could add a time limit to the backstop, could there be stages as we pass each test? no is the answer. we cannot have an insurance policy with a time limit. jamie hunt said he spoke to angela merkel on the site of the dd commemoration services and she said we are not the ones with the backstop problem, you have to come up with the solution. what i picked up on on friday is the sense of exasperation with the uk.

if there is no sign of a general election or second referendum by 0ctober, election or second referendum by october, at what point does the solution to this mess in britain and the protracted mess become more costly tha n the protracted mess become more costly than no deal itself? we only have four months left until that 0ctober deadline. american politics 110w. donald trump has eitherjust pulled off a spectacular deal forcing mexico to get tough on immigrants by weilding the threat of tariffs — or the us president manufactured a crisis, didn't get much new from mexico and called it a win. opinions of mr trump's latest struggle to clamp down on us border security are divided here. the new york times reported this weekend that many of the border actions that mexico agreed were not actually new — they had been negotiated months ago. that report incensed the president leading to a flurry of angry tweets. this morning mr trump called into a television show to boast about the deal he made. this is something the us has been trying to get for over 20 years from

mexico and then never been able to do this. since i put tariffs on the table, it was done, it took two days. joining us now from washington is our state department correspondent barbara plett usher. let us stand back, what is new in this deal? has mexico gone further thanit this deal? has mexico gone further than it has gone before?” this deal? has mexico gone further than it has gone before? i think it has gone some way further but not in the sort of detail of what is promised so it has agreed to deploy 6000 of its newly formed national guard members in the southern part of the country and at various checkpoints to stop migrants and people smugglers. it has agreed to expand a programme which allows migrants to stay in mexico while their asylum applications in the usa being processed. it was already doing both those things. it had agreed to expand both of those things but what mr trump's

intervention did was have them accelerate those programmes and also the going to be putting more of the national guard to counter immigrants than they would otherwise. so it is reinforcing existing agreements but giving it more, speeding it up and focusing the minds of mexicans on it. it was noticeable how much the business community in the us push back against this plan to impose tariffs, saying it would make it difficult for them to do business. doesn't still leave a lingering sense you can never quite know when the white house is going to threaten tariffs, impose tariffs and therefore for allies of the native states, planning this relationship increasingly tricky? yes, i think so. increasingly tricky? yes, i think so. it was interesting that republicans who had also come out against these tariffs and warned about the danger to the new free—trade agreement with canada and mexico are now saying let us move

ahead and get this agreement ratified. is that agreement is going to have the same certainty that such a deal should have when you have a president who plays brinkmanship with tariffs? also the business community was rattled by this. in the words of one person, everyone was really freaked out. they will not forget that. they will start advocating for congress to start to pull back some of the trade powers it has given to the presidency over the past decades, that has happened ina the past decades, that has happened in a series of decisions and now you may see attempts to try and reverse that. thank you very much indeed. well someone who knows the president's thinking well is chris ruddy. he was part of the entourage that accompanied mr trump the uk for his state visit. he is both a friend of the president's and ceo of the newsmax media organization. mr ruddyjoins us now from boca raton, florida. we so each other last outside

buckingham palace which sends very glamorous. it is good to have you backin glamorous. it is good to have you back in sunny florida for us. glamorous. it is good to have you back in sunny florida for usm glamorous. it is good to have you back in sunny florida for us. it was good to see you there, it was very nice. it was fun. on the tariffs in mexico, there's been widespread reporting that a lot of these things had been agreed to previously buy mexico, is there a sense in which the president has a habit of saying thatis the president has a habit of saying that is a great eminent threat, getting some kind of deal, declaring victory and yet not much has changed? victory and yet not much has changed ? you can victory and yet not much has changed? you can take north korea, ta riffs changed? you can take north korea, tariffs or iran and put them on the same bucket. i think there are some apples and oranges there. iran and north korea are a serious threat and he took them to the brink so to speak verbally and certainly for north korea he got them to the negotiating table. i think he will get a compromise from iran

eventually. with mexico, the suggestion that donald trump held this in his pocket, was waiting on this in his pocket, was waiting on this and had the deal done, believe me, there were probably some very crucial issues at the end that he wa nted crucial issues at the end that he wanted done, maybe 80 or 90% of this was done before last week but he still had critical issues they were not bending on. he was working them until the very end. he is a type of quy: until the very end. he is a type of guy, he has something in his pockets, he comes out quickly, if he had good news, he would have let people know quickly. i don't think he was hiding or holding back, there was nothing devious about it. you concerned about use of tariffs as a foreign policy to? you are notjust a friend of the president but you area a friend of the president but you are a businessman, i am sure you are healing the concerns of fellow businessmen about the idea of ta riffs businessmen about the idea of tariffs hitting consumers and

businesses? generally as a rule i oppose tariffs, i think they are bad. i oppose protectionism, i believe it is a tax on the american taxpayer. i buy products, we sell things as a company, we get some of the things from china. we had seen a genetic in interest placing which we have to pass on to our consumers so that has hurt. —— dramatic increase in pricing. the present has said if the chinese are not allowing our companies to compete in their market, why should we allow an open doorfor them in the us? if you look at the pools for this, the working people love what the president is doing. he wants reciprocity for ta riffs doing. he wants reciprocity for tariffs and he is using this as a club. he is not going off the cliff with it, he has already got a good deal with europe and with canada. he will get a good deal at the end of

the day with the chinese. we have in the day with the chinese. we have in the makings some rebalancing with mexico which is going to be positive for both countries. he divides opinion over here in the uk, some say he is unconventional, sometimes reckless but i sense in some quarters in the uk, there are some admiring glances at what he's doing. i wonder if he negotiates, in this unpredictable way, is what some people on the brexit site once and it might influence what the conservative membership to say to doing the coming weeks. they want a of donald trump? some people junk -- mightjokingly call it the madman theory of negotiations where everybody wants to stave off the madman from acting. i do not think donald is a madman at all, i think he is clever and calculating. he has

taken off at times, he has done this in real estate deals, he takes an extreme position to start with and ends up in a compromising position asa ends up in a compromising position as a win—win for both sides. with brexit, there is no way out, he has looked at it and said there is no compromising path which liberates the united kingdom from the rest of europe so we have to do a hard brexit and that is what he has been pushing for us you know. you just do not have a government that wants to push for that. the successor to theresa may will basically support the president's position on this, britain is better off with the harder brexit, a cleaner cut. i know that does not go over well in britain, i wasjust that does not go over well in britain, i was just there and i that does not go over well in britain, i wasjust there and i no, it is not popular but it seems like the only way out they have. interesting thoughts, we will probably get a response to that on twitter. thank you for much indeed.

just to bring you some breaking news, pictures of a helicopter crash, this is in downtown manhattan in new york. it has crashed into a building on seventh ave. it is difficult to make out because of the rain but that is clearly a lot of activity down there in the street. i cannot see any sign of the wreckage but their firefighting department said on twitter they are on the scene of the crash landing almost immediately. that is all we have at the moment. we will bring you more news as we get it. it sounds like it crashed into the building, the weather here in new york, i have been here all day and it is really foul. trying to navigate helicopters with the high—rise buildings and the weather conditions, we cannot see across the river even. there was very little visibility at the moment. that might explain it. we will bring you more on that as we

have it. you think there are a lot of candidates trying to become leader of the conservative party — well it's nothing compared to the number of democrats running to be their party's nominee for president. on sunday 19 of the 2a presidential candidates took the stage in iowa — each was given five minutes to impress the party faithful. keep in mind iowa is a state that matters because its the first state to hold its caucus to choose the contender. with admittedly eight months to go until iowans vote, here's a new poll from the state. joe biden is on 24%, bernie sanders on 16%, while elizabeth warren and pete buttigieg are at 15% and 14% respectively — none of the rest of the field for more, we'rejoined now by eliza collins who's covering 2020 for the wall streetjournal

iowa is not massively representative of the country as it is a white state, not much diversity but how do you think it reflects the state of the democratic race generally? well as you said, it is the first state to hold its caucus so this is where we will see who in this massive field rises and falls. people need dropout after iowa but iowa is a very important marker and a lot of candidates see it as important which is why we saw 19 of them there over the weekend. we did not seejill biden there who is leading in the pool biden there who is leading in the pool, but he has dropped since the last straw poll of the area. he was at the graduation of his granddaughter which is why he was not there. he was not disrespecting

iowa. some 60% of respondents said their priority was someone who could beat donald trump, only one third said they had to reflect their political responsibilities, winning is the key for the democrats in the moment. yes, we have seen that in all sorts of pools. when you go further, the ask who they think will win. they ask who the voters like the most which is why we are seeing joe biden who is leading in iowa and south carolina. he is leading across the country. that is because a section of the democratic electorate know his name, he was vice president and they believe he can beat donald trump. if you are looking at the figures for excitement, he does not perform as well as for other candidates. if he was 24%, 8% ahead

of bernie sanders and you look at the rest of the field, 25% in candidates who are no hopers so he is not clear is he? no, he is not. he has seen his numberjob. the other people who has seen people catch up as bernie sanders. he has beenin catch up as bernie sanders. he has been in clear seconds place but now he has elizabeth warren right up their time with him so this poll is not a good news for either bernie sanders orjoe biden. you have a whole bunch of other people taking up whole bunch of other people taking upa share whole bunch of other people taking up a share of the vote as well. when he was talking there he said joe biden is occupying the middle ground, standing for nothing, he is not taking any risk which is what they see about boris johnson not taking any risk which is what they see about borisjohnson here but i suppose you do that as the frontrunner? right. that is what joe biden has tried to do, run a

campaign that keeps him out of the public eye but he is the frontrunner andi public eye but he is the frontrunner and i was an issue last week because he had taken a middle ground approach on abortion, he said he supported the right to an abortion but did not support the government paying for it and he got by —— piled on by all the other democratic candidates and ended up reversing so we will have to see where he comes out on other issues. he has always taken the middle ground by the democratic party has moved further left. thank you very much for joining us. investigating charm or impeaching trump is not in the top ten of issues they want to see investigated. —— investigating trump. how many of you spend your days confined to the office chair, yearning for some much needed exercise. well, how about combining both? this is the latest craze injapan,

the swivel—chair grand prix. there are 10 races this year, the latest in the city of hanyu, where teams of three, battled it out for two hours, i think this would be a good way to pick the next conservative leader? can we just scroll back and slo mo that first corner watch this guy in the blue. you will not see cornening like that in the entirety of the formula 1 season. a full steering—lock reverse. sublime. we should just have run this for half—an—hour. that is not sublime. that is not sublime. top prize on this occasion — no, not the keys to number 10 — but 90 kilograms of rice. which i researched today, would keep a family of four going for about a year. and that in japan and that injapan and it is quite a rule behaving place but that is quite anarchic. —— i lived injapan.

this is beyond one hundred days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news in the era of president trump what does it mean to be conservative? we'll ask veteran columnist george will where those on the right of the political spectrum now stand. hello there, there will be a lot of rain around this week. some parts of the country ever ready started evaluating. we have had torrential downpour in the south—east. heavy rain spreading and across eastern england under the plans. main focus of the wet weather through this afternoon and evening will be london and the south—east, rain turning heavy and potentially thundery. there could be flooding issues as well. further north and west of the uk, we willfind well. further north and west of the uk, we will find sunshine. there will still be sunshine —— showers. warm enough in the sunshine in belfast, 17 degrees about 40813 and with the rain it will be chilly for this time of year. overnight, the

winds will pick up the cloud and rain. eventually we blow a lot of that rain away from the south—east and east anglia, working up to the midlands and wales on the south—west. quite a keen wind with the rain as well. mild overnight, not dropping much from daytime highs. the wet weather continues tomorrow and the next day as well. not living far at all but the winds will be stronger, the wind —— the rain continues across northern england and wales, should move away from the safe. as it brains up in the south, the south—east will get sunshine, a bit warmer, some heavy country showers around. the winds will strengthen as well and everywhere will feel cold, 12 degrees at this time of year is quite unusual. further north for scotla nd quite unusual. further north for scotland and northern ireland, some

sunshine on its showers. 0n the wednesday, the rain remains, it is grinding toa wednesday, the rain remains, it is grinding to a halt across england and wales, perhaps into the net once and wales, perhaps into the net once and towards the south—east, some sunshine banging fund any downpours. largely dry for scotland and northern ireland, not seeing the persistent rain just yet but overnight and into thursday that weather front pushes into scotland and northern ireland, planning the rain. low pressure across england and wales saw widespread showers. a lot of rain this week, heavy enough for flooding. lot of rain this week, heavy enough forflooding. a lot of rain this week, heavy enough for flooding. a rather lot of rain this week, heavy enough forflooding. a rather cool lot of rain this week, heavy enough for flooding. a rather cool week ahead.

this is beyond 100 days with caddie kay and christian fraser in new york. a helicopter discretion new york after trying to land in bad weather sucked ten candidates will look to succeed theresa may as the leader of the conservative party in the next british prime minister. and coming back in the next half hour, hong kong seized the biggest protests against chinese rule in 30 yea rs protests against chinese rule in 30 years but the government possibly as a dozen tree. and the friendship tree planted by donald trump and emmanuel macron has appeared to met u nfortu nate emmanuel macron has appeared to met unfortunate demise.

let's remind you that breaking news that we brought you about a helicopter the discretion to a high—rise building in midtown new york city. this is the city live -- seen york city. this is the city live -- seen live in the city right now. she was telling us about the bad weather and just how rainy and miserable is in new york city. what we hear is it was trying to land on a building this helicopter i would think low to seventh ave but that is where it has york fire department sent this tweet... andrew cuomo spoke to reporters a few moments ago stop with this is very preliminary introvert nation —— information. the fire department is on scene and they are responding with preliminary information is that there was a helicopter that made a

forced landing, an emergency landing, or landed on the roof of the building for one reason or another. there was a fire that happened when the helicopter hit the roof. people who were in the building said they felt that the building said they felt that the building shake. the fire department believes the fire is under control. there may have been casualties involved with people in the helicopter. to know how many at this point were on the helicopter? we do not know. just to clarify, it did not crash into the building, it crash landed on the roof of the building and you heard the governor saying any cash tools —— cavities there would have been inside the helicopter itself. there is the wife pictures with ambulances and fire trucks now on seventh ave in that region. which is as you can see bad weather and i suspect that

has something to do with it. let's move on. by the end of next month the uk will have a new prime minister but only after the contenders have jumped through a series of hoops designed to whittle down the numbers until two names are ready to be put to membership. the te na nt ready to be put to membership. the tenant them have secured the backing of at least mps each, eight mps each, what happens next? the candidates will face the first circuit bout among conservative mps on thursday. by which point they must have the support of 16 mps to stay in the race. more sick about take place next week with the number rising to 32. mp5 next week with the number rising to 32. mps will then continue to vote when the least popular candidates being a limited one by one until we have just to left. we will know who those two are byjune the 27th they say when the party membership will start voting five poster for their top choice was of the winning candidate should be announced the week ofjuly 22. but speak to matthew goodwin, professor of politics at kent university. it goes

to the membership and i wonder whether the membership stance slightly aside from the rest of the country because today across the north of it and, quite unprecedented. all the local newspapers campaigned on the same front page, power up the north they see a north—south divide and that was driving brexit. and the new prime minister is going to have to address that. i think you just hit the nail on the head. the big divide todayis the nail on the head. the big divide today is very much between the cities and the small towns and coastal britain. the next conservative leader i think has to really think about that strategic dilemma. how are the conservatives going to hold more working—class seats that they want like mansfield or stoke—on—trent south. but also crucially fend off the liberal democrats and some of those southern more middle—class, more programming seats. a really difficult dilemma. borisjohnson has, seats. a really difficult dilemma. boris johnson has, and seats. a really difficult dilemma. borisjohnson has, and said he wants to give a task at the people who

effectively earned between £50,000 a year and £80,000 effectively earned between £50,000 a yearand £80,000 a effectively earned between £50,000 a year and £80,000 a year. let me tell you, most of the new conservative party voters that the party won over from ukip in 2017, they are not on the kind of money and they're going to look at that and think this is good for conservative members but what about us? do you think is this race goes on over the next week or so race goes on over the next week or so the successful candidate has to set up more thanjust more than just breaks it, more thanjust breaks it, set more than just breaks it, set up with their vision is for the next five or six years? i think the conservative party needs to define what it is and, with a new vision and showed the country that it understands that people are looking for a new radically ambitious, compelling to messick a policy agenda because yes we are in the brexit quagmire but we are about to come out on the other side and we will be left with these questions. what will we do about racial inequality? what we do about educational inequality? —— regional inequality for someone we do about

wells in northern england being left behind compared to london in the southeast was of why are we investing so much and high—speed rail in the south when it takes someone rail in the south when it takes someone to travel between northern cities and towns? these are all indicators that the social and economic settlement in britain has gone wrong. and we need an answer to that. matthew in the short term though as they dance around how to navigate brexit in order to get the most possible votes for the membership, are they going to run the risk of sacrificing remain 40 conservatives in areas like canterbury in kent where you are working at the expense of areas of the country that are heavily brexit? i think that is another fascinating question. go back to 2015 and remember linton crosby's masterstroke then was to offset conservative losses to labour or you ke pt conservative losses to labour or you kept by stealing some of those liberal democrats seats in the west

country. what is interesting about where we are today is that those liberal democrat and former liberal democrats seats in the west country. what is interesting about where we are today is that those liberal democrat and former liberal democrat seatsif democrat and former liberal democrat seats if anything are going to likely go room to manoeuvre while labour going to hit the party in london, parts of the southeast and university towns. the next conservative party leader has a difficult task at hand stop of a very interesting, matthew goodwin think very much. both matthew and i have northern links. let me tell you, it is a different picture travelling on the railways in the north to how it is in the south. matthew was saying while we were on camera wide retirement age as to when we do not have proper trains on rail lines in the north of the country? that's a good question for a future conservative leader. you we re a future conservative leader. you were to how much they will adjust that when press it so dominates the political landscape. with the get around to addressing those social services issues during the course of the next two weeks was that people

will hope so but brexit still so much dominant. absolutely. one big question about american politics right now is this, in the era of trump what does it mean to be conservative? the president has abandoned many of the tradition conservative norms — and some high profile conservatives intellectuals have left the republican party because of it. one of them is pulitzer prize winning columnist george will. in mr will's new book donald trump's name does not appear once — instead it focuses on america's origins and how the nation developed. mr willjoins us now from washington to discuss the conservative sensibility and what it means in today's political environment. george thank you forjoining us. what is the difference between conservatism and trumpism ? conservatism believes in limited government, it believes in the market allocating wealth and opportunity rather than particle power such as protectionism, and it believes in the certain degree of

sensibility, civility and politics. most of all it believes and reconnecting today's america with america's fountain, when conservatives are as with one to conserve that is the answer. they wa nt conserve that is the answer. they want to conserve national —— natural lights, the architecture of medicine's constitution and a more restrained presidency. —— james madison plus i constitution. during the 2016 election was the surprising thing was that a lot of people who voted for the republican nominee who voted for the republican nominee who voted for the republican nominee who voted for donald trump actually did not necessarily agree with some of the classic conservative economic principles. they wanted health care and medicare and medicaid and a social welfare net. they did not necessarily buy into free—trade. conservatives are not against the welfare state. conservatives in america are fully accepting of the social safety net of medicare, medicaid and social security. where they draw the line is whether the government should be as active as it

is in allocating the rewards of society because inevitably the government is responsive to organised, compact, intense, articulate and well we're factions. elizabeth warren running on the left of the democratic field has a firm graph —— grip on half of the point. she understands there is a reason why five of the ten wealthiest counties in the united states by per capita income are in the washington area. it's because they specialise this cluster around the government in siphoning off the rewards. her problem is that what she wants is a bigger government a more intrusive and breaker tory government. which in the judgement of conservatives will make matters worse. your time people in your cause not to vote for donald trump. what is your alternative option in 2020? the alternative option in 2020? the alternative option in 2020? the alternative option is for the republicans to hold the senate which they are marginally favoured to do and if you hold the senate under our

marvellous separation of powers and our government for blocking mechanisms, judicial review, veto, vita overrides, two halves of the legislative branch, there is very limited legislative damage that can be done. obviously a progressive democrat controlling the effective apparatus can shape policy with breaker tory appointments and the re st breaker tory appointments and the rest but there is much less to fear in our system with the separations of powers that you would interfere in your system if sayjeremy corbyn took over. george we had a moment where conservatism is waning and socialism is rising in america and for decades i do not believe there was a socialist bone in the american body and that this was an fema. i saw a poll today that 51% of young women prefer socialism over capitalism. i don't know if this is just a reaction to donald trump or a reaction to conservatism, is the conservative sensibility of america

in decline? trump or no trump. i don't think so and the metric that produces that kind of enthusiasm for socialism is not plumbing deep into the meaning of it. for an awful lot of young people, socialism means of sociability, everybody be nice to everybody. we don't have a traditional clause for government regulation that unites the economy and we will not in the near future. there is little support for national health service that would involve abandonment of private health insurance with by turning 20 million americans having and liking it. so the idea that there is a real well—thought—out socialism is i think preposterous. the book is concerta sensibilities. george will, thank you for your time for some. sudanese workers are refusing to go to work, in an attempt to pressurise

the ruling military government to make way for civilian rule. the opposition called for a campaign of civil disobedience including a national strike, which began yesterday. four people were killed after security forces fired tear gas and live ammunitions. south korea and the uk have reached an agreement in principle which would allow the two sides to keep trading in the event of a no—deal brexit. the preliminary agreement marks the first post—brexit trade deal the uk has secured in asia. south korea exports around five billion pounds worth of goods to britain. the us baseball star david ortiz is in hospital after he was shot in the back in the dominican republic on sunday, according to local police. in a statement, the boston red sox say the three—time world series winner is recovering after surgery. 0rtiz was a 10—time all—star who ended his 20—year major league baseball career in 2016. i should get his name right, 0rtiz. every baseball fan will be on to me on twitter. if the figures are correct then one in seven people that live in hong kong took to the streets

this weekend, to protest a new law that would facilitate extraditions to mainland china. it is one of the largest demonstrations we have seen in hong kong since the territory was handed back to china in 1997. nonetheless the government in hong kong is vowing to press ahead. opponents of the bill fear it would give china the power to detain and extradite, dissidents, human rights activists, and journalists. there are more demonstrations expected on wednesday, when the legislation is set for a second reading. hong kong's chief executive carrie lam, who has been widely criticised, said today the law was necessary and denied she had been directed by beijing. translation: this bill is not about the mainland alone. this bill is not initiated by the central people's government. i have not received any instruction amending from beijing to do this bill. vincent ni from the bbc‘s chinese servicejoins me now. good to see you vincent. we should

just point out that hong kong does not directly elected government. it's chosen by a body of people. the best way to make their feelings known is to protest on the street. there was a long history of protest in hong kong whenever there is something that citizens are not happy with, they will go onto the street. so this is the ark meant that pro—beijing people in hong kong are making saying that they are complaining about beijing's encroachment on hong kong's freedom but also hong kong citizens are still allowed to protest. but i think we heard what carrie lam the chief executive of hong kong said earlier. she is in a difficult position right now. on the one hand, she needs to be seen by her bosses in beijing that she is capable and competent as a leader. and on the other hand she also has to men division within the society of hong kong. talk to me about the

extradition law. why did they think it is necessary? kong dawn -- hong kong does not have any extradition treaties with anybody including the us. it's the one —— it is the idea of having a exhibition treaty with china which is causing the outrage wasn't if the figures array, one in seven hong congers went dominant“ someone seven hong congers went dominant“ someone who was... if he is staying in taiwan ——... he is remaining in hong kong. protesting against extraditing of criminals from hong kong to taiwan because there are independent judiciaries in taiwan, kong to taiwan because there are independentjudiciaries in taiwan, i think the point is they're not happy with the potential prospects of china asking hong kong to extradite

those who china doesn't like to hong kong. how wide-ranging it is. vincent, thank you for supper watch that with interest of the next few days. you wonder how sustainable thatis days. you wonder how sustainable that is for even the chinese are hong kong government. we now have confirmation that one person has died. the helicopter crashed onto the roof of a building in midtown manhattan. it occurred in the rain which is foggy here at the moment. dozens of emergency vehicles have swarmed the busy area around 70 fifth ave between 51st and 52nd st for those of you who know the city, that's close to times square. governor andrew cuomo who is at the scene soon governor andrew cuomo who is at the scene soon after the crash told reporters that the helicopter attempted a forced emergency landing on the roof and that no one inside the building was injured. a fire that broke out following the crash was quickly brought under control. mr cuomo said people who were in the building said they felt it shake. as

you see the pictures there, the live images from new york from midtown. this is beyond 100 days. still to come, hitting the high notes. why business on broadway is booming as new york theatres enjoy their sixth record—breaking year in a row. a court in india has sentenced three men to life in prison for the rape and murder of an eight—year—old muslim girl. rajini vaidya nathan reports. siren blares. judgement day in a crime that challenged india's conscience. amid heavy security, the men accused of a brutal and barbaric attack finally learnt their fate. retired government official sanji ram, the mastermind. policeman deepak khajuria also found guilty. asifa bano was just eight years old when they murdered her. held captive at this hindu temple in the city of kathua in north india last year,

she was drugged, tortured, and repeatedly gang—raped. investigators say the group of hindu men planned the crime to drive her family from the area for good. when i met the girl's parents a few months ago, her mother told me they still live in fear. and this is why. in the aftermath of the murder, dozens marched. hard to believe, but these people came out to support the accused. among those joining the protests, two state—level ministers from the ruling hindu nationalist bjp party. they were later forced to resign. this case represented a watershed moment here in india. in a country where hundreds of crimes against children are reported every day, this one sent shock waves notjust because of its brutality but because it exposed the deep religious divides in this secular nation.

at court, the judge sentenced the main perpetrators to life in prison deciding against the death penalty. this unmarked grave, asifa bano's final resting place. tonight, her family say they are relieved they got justice even if it can't bring their little girl back. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. broadway's success is normally linked to soaring ticket prices but now attendance is also booming. it was against that backdrop that the tony awards were handed out here in new york last night. for the city it is good news because as tourist numbers soar, broadway theatres enjoyed their sixth record—breaking year in a row. certainly a new act for the theatre houses that were struggling in the 1970s, as tom brook reports. today, we are only selling tickets for this evening and is listed on the board on either side.

broadway theatre is definitely bringing in the crowds. # way down hadestown... hadestown, a musical revolving around two greek mythological couples which won the best musical tony award, is just one of several new productions to power up the box office. from to kill a mockingbird, an adaptation of harper lee's classic 1969 novel, to tootsie, inspired by the hit 1982 the ferry man, a british import one top best plea tony award. it's an epic drama involving

a former ira man in 1981 in northern ireland during the troubles. an ambitious three—hour play set in a farmhouse that even includes a live goose and a live rabbit in its cast. other plays in made an impact include an impact include an almost one—woman show, what the constitution means to me starring heidi schreck. it's her rumination on the us constitution and the experiences of women in herfamily. when i was 15 years old i would travel the country giving speeches about the constitution at american legion halls for prize money. the sense that theatregoers are being lured by plays relevant today. these are all very much in conversation with what is going on in our country right now. and they are asking the important questions. but one key reason why broadway is booming is tourism. it's estimated that

tourists constitute 63% of broadway audiences and the number of tourists coming to new york is breaking records. perhaps more than anything else, broadway is proving that wife entertainment still has currency. the more that we as people live on our phones and on tablets and screens, the more we seek a collective experience. we are actually searching for an experience which is now, and present, and amongst people. while the overall numbers for broadway are very good, investors and individual show should proceed with caution. 70% of new commercial productions fail financially proving that broadway finds —— despite its current good fortunes, remains a risky business. tom burke, bbc news, new york. i watched that and there are so many

of those that i want to see. i need more time because town barry man, norma mack i'm desperate to see. this programme is no good forgetting to theatre. i know. a quick update, the president has tweeted about the helicopter crash thinking the first responder is saying they have done an excellentjob... we are getting reports that it is mechanical issues caused by the weather that cost is helicopter to crash on top of the building. it made a crash landing on top of the building and one person has died. we have some news to bring you. it was a gift to symbolise ties of friendship between two world leaders — an oak tree from france planted in the grounds of the white house during emmanuel macron's state visit to washington dc last year. you might remember the images, donald trump and emmanuel macron filling in the hole

with their spades outside the white house with their wives looking on. at the time the french president tweeted... but sadly it appears to have withered and died. so we will bring in the metaphor and just a second. it was removed a few days laterfor quarantine — which is mandatory for imported plants. but it has not reappeared since — a diplomatic source told agence france—presse it had died in quarantine. overture christian with the symbolism. well it has not been an easy relationship, has at? if there isa easy relationship, has at? if there is a metaphor may be this tree is it. but maybe there needs to be some investigation within the quarantine

department for some root and branch reform because clearly this is not working. they didn't look after the tray. i have never given christian entry so there is no simple as him in our relationship, we are ok. would you give me a tree?l in our relationship, we are ok. would you give me a tree? a pine tree. there will be a lot of rain around this week. we have had torrential downpour is in southwestern england. this is the study and at times heavy rain that has been sprinting across ascending and in the midlands. main focus of the really wet weather this afternoon and through the evening will be in london and the south—east, the rain turning heavy and potentially thunder he could bring a months worth of rain injust a thunder he could bring a months worth of rain in just a few hours and flooding issues. further north and flooding issues. further north and west of the uk we will find some sunshine around perhaps but there still will be some showers and those could still be heavy and thundering. warming up in the sunshine, but for norwich, 13 with that rain it is quite chilly for this time of the

year. overnight the winds are picking up together with the cloud and rain. eventually we should blow and rain. eventually we should blow a lot of that rain away from the south—east of eckman and east anglia as you can see it works its way up into northern inland across the midlands towards wales and the south west. quite a keen win without rain. pretty mild overnight. temperatures not dropping from daytime highs. the focus of the wet weather continues tomorrow and the next day as well on that weather front there. it's not moving very far at all. the winds will be stronger and that rain continues on and off across northern england, across wales, should move away from most of the south was of a gun. the north minutes catching rain as well. as it brightens up towards the south—east we get sunshine. there may well be some heavy and thundering showers around. with the winds and strengthening as well. it will feel cold. 12 degrees at this time of the year is quite unusual. further north and west scotland and northern ireland some warm sunshine at times. fewer showers than today.

the rain is still there, maybe not in this position but you get the idea that it is grinding to a halt across much of northern england, wales, perhaps into the midlands for the south and the south—east some warm sunshine again bringing thundering downpours. at this stage still largely drive for scotland and northern ireland. we are not seen the more persistent rainjust northern ireland. we are not seen the more persistent rain just yet but overnight and into thursday, that weather front pushes its way into scotland and northern ireland bringing the rain and we have low pressure crossing the dead wales and widespread heavy showers. a lot of rain this week. it will be heavy enough to give localised flooding and localised winds, and it is a rather cool week ahead.

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