you're watching beyond 100 days. borisjohnson boris johnson tells borisjohnson tells the conservative party there can be no further delays to brexit. the official launch of his leadership campaign, the front runner calls for courage, and conviction. we still lack details on how mr johnson intends to solve this brexit impasse, but the october deadline he says must be respected. delay means defeats, delay means corbyn, kick the can again, and we kicked the bucket. president trump steps up his battle with congress exerting executive privilege in order to not hand over documents that democrats are asking for. also on the programme.. several states are introducing new gun control measures. but some police say they won't

enforce the laws, and again, end ourgun end our gun owners ready to comply? @ like a knee jerk reaction, yeah, sure, it might save a life, but at what cost? and model students — why one school in wales has been given more than 200 dresses. hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. boris johnson has sat for very few interviews this year. we have had the occasional insight into what he's thinking in his paid weekly column for the daily telegraph. so far in the early stages of this conservative leadership contest, mrjohnson himself however has been largely absent until today. at the official campaign launch, mrjohnson was upbeat, typically effervescent, but there weren't many clues as to how he intends to shift the brexit logjam. he tookjust six questions from the press, four of them related to his character.

another launching today was home secretary, sajid javid. though he was forced to wait this afternoon, by by labour attempt to stop a no deal. we must do better than the current withdrawal agreement that has been rejected by three times by parliament, let me be clear that i am not aiming for a no deal outcome. i don't think that we will end up with any such thing, but it is only responsible to prepare vigorously and seriously for no deal, indeed it is astonishing that anyone could suggest dispensing with that vital tool making a success of brexit is only the first step we need to take. in some ways, you could say it's the easy bit. british voters are rightly very demanding of those who govern them. just delivering brexit, doing

what we promised that we would do. will not be enough for us to win a majority at the next general election. the leadership contenders will all be breathing a sigh of relief this evening. that labour motion, to take control of parliamentary business, in order to block no deal, was defeated. but five conservative mp's voted against the government, defying the whip, which tells you how challenging it is going to be for those committed to leaving in october, deal or no deal. ayes to the right, 298, the no's to the left, 309, so the no's have it, the no's have it. unlock! probably not as close as we were thinking, but close nonetheless, let's speak to ben rates, let's focus on boris johnson let's speak to ben rates, let's focus on borisjohnson for a second, i'm not trying for no deal outcome he says, but it is only responsible to prepare vigorously, what does that mean in practise? doesn't mean that mean in practise? doesn't mean that there will be a holy brexit cabinet, if we were to get it? well

borisjohnson is arguing cabinet, if we were to get it? well boris johnson is arguing that cabinet, if we were to get it? well borisjohnson is arguing that it will be possible to reopen this withdrawal agreement, to change the backstop, there's the component of it that's causing the government so much difficulty as it tries to get this through, and get it through parliament by october the 31st. now many people doubt whether that is a remotely plausible strategy, because the eu of courts have consistently said this deal is not going to be reopened, but that's the platform he and others in this campaign are standing on, but i thought what was interesting about boris johnson todayis interesting about boris johnson today is that he wasn't being gung ho about the possibility of a no—deal brexit. he was saying that it's not his preferred option at all. he doesn't want to see it, it could be survivable, he things we should plan for it, but he doesn't wa nt should plan for it, but he doesn't want to see it. he does want to throw his efforts into trying to get a withdrawal agreement that can get the approval of the house of commons, and considering, you know, he is britain's best known to not brexit year, he led the leave campaign, but to become prime minister, he first needs to win over

tory mps, many of whom do not share his level of enthusiasm for brexit, and are worried about the possibility of a no—deal brexit. it's not surprising that today i thought he tempered some of his no deal rhetoric, and tried to sound as, you know, determined to get a fresh agreement as possible. been, interesting of the questions he was asked, four were about his character, the six questions he was asked of the press, is that his weak point going forward? definitely. borisjohnson has a long history, political history, personal history, and all tory mps are aware of it. questions about his character, his judgement, have followed him for a long time, and during the fairly brief question and answer session, he only allowed six questions from the press, he did get some queries about things he had said in the past, provocative language that he had used, statements that have landed them in hot water before. i

mean he sailed through them at relatively unscathed this time, but he will face repeated questions about his character, and the way that he can conduct politics. he tried to turn back to his advantage today by saying people are sick of monochrome safe technocratic managerial politicians, and he things the way that he does politics is actually absolutely where 21st century politics is at the moment, and people forgive, and want the sort of colour and vibrancy that he brings to the political arena, but it is, you know, there are many questions i think tory mps privately harbour about borisjohnson's character and his competence, i mean his role in the foreign office, as faras his role in the foreign office, as far as secretary, did no favours in burnishing his credentials as a serious politician, but at the moment, when it tory mps look at jeremy corbyn but they look at the numbers in parliament, and the likelihood of a general election very soon, they look at the threat posed by nigel faraj and the brexit party, take a lot of tory mps are

prepared to bury their reservations about borisjohnson prepared to bury their reservations about boris johnson at the moment. just a very brief one if you would on the labour vote tonight, five conservatives defying the whip. what do you make of that? yet, although it wasn't the reason that the government defeated labour's attempted, it was actually that so many labour mps attempted, it was actually that so many labourmps either attempted, it was actually that so many labour mps either abstained or voted against their own party on this effort to try and carve out some parliamentary time that would give mps in a couple of weeks some space to try and close down a no—deal brexit at the end of october. i think the government will be quite reassured that even now, four months before we are currently due to leave the eu, there is no parliament to majority for taking the sort of stuff that labour was inviting the house of commons to today. 0k, been there at westminster for us, thanks very much ben. so where do the ten candidates stand on deal or no deal. five of them, including the frontrunner boris johnson, as we've said, say there can be no further extensions past the end of october. the other five say they would

consider another delay, if they felt it was necessary to secure a workable deal. the 11th candidate to succeed theresa may, sam gyimah, who dropped out of the race on monday was the only of the candidates who supported a second referendum. he joins us now from westminster. i'm pleased to say, good to have you with us. i should ask you first of all, how you voted in the motion this afternoon? well i voted against the government, and the motion was crafted by oliver let win, a conservative mac and p, and the reason why it was done by a liberal position day, is that it's the only date in the calendar that he could find to get this motion debated, and voted on. the reason why i did is very simple. it's that i think that parliament as a means to deliver a new deal brexit is an extreme act, is an affront to democracy, and therefore we needed a vote on it, so that we can hopefully stop it if a new prime minister

wants to deliver a no—deal brexit, they should see parliamentary approval. —— seek parliament tree approval. borisjohnson approval. boris johnson subdivided we approval. borisjohnson subdivided we are doomed, he's right, isn't he? if the conservatives keep putting off the inevitable when it comes to brexit, there's going to be no trust in the country. so i mean is this you putting country before party, and do you find it very difficult now to sit within the conservatives ranks? no, i don't find it very difficult at all, as i mentioned at the top of the programme, iwas in at all, as i mentioned at the top of the programme, i was in the leadership race, albeit for a short while, and outside of brexit, i think a lot of my policy ideas were welcomed by my colleagues. i think where we are on brexit though, is that there is no majority for anything, but there is definitely a majority against no deal. which is why boris tempered in his lunch speech today, his comments about no deal, saying it's not something he's aiming for, i know a deal, saying it's not something he's aiming for, i knowa number of my colleagues who are supporting him,

because they believe it's not something that he will go far in the end. however, although he's a front runner, he is not guaranteed to win, so runner, he is not guaranteed to win, so the actions that we were taking todayis so the actions that we were taking today is to make sure that if someone today is to make sure that if someone else today is to make sure that if someone else were to today is to make sure that if someone else were to win, who is more resolved to take the uk out of the eu by parliament to achieve no deal that we have the option available, but the motion didn't pass. let mejust available, but the motion didn't pass. let me just put you on that a little, how do you see your position within the conservative party as somebody who would like to have a second referendum, as someone who would like to have no deal taken off the table, itjust doesn't seem that that's where the direction of your party membership is heading, certainly. well i think within parliament, there is a significant majority against no deal in parliament. that is definitely the case. what people are not resolved on is what they are for. so if the choice, of the 31st of october is no deal, or a general election or a second referendum, it will be

interesting to see which way my colleagues break. but i am definitely in the majority, in the conservative parliamentary party, and being against no deal, not least because that was not on the ballot paperin because that was not on the ballot paper in the 2016 referendum. and there is a reason why it theresa may, having flirted with it for a long time, knowing that she could go down that route, and see if her premiership buckles before the 29th of march, it's not something that any responsible prime minister can do lightly. and so i don't think that it's comfortable for the party come i think of any of us are thinking about our own constituents, it's not something we will do, and the responsibility therefore is to explain to them why no deal is not really the right thing for us to pursue without public consent. very grateful for your time this evening, thank you very much indeed. just wa nt to thank you very much indeed. just want to draw attention to something that happened in that borisjohnson press co nfe re nce that happened in that borisjohnson press conference today, caddy, and that was the booing of beth rigby. our colleague from sky, who asked a

question about boris johnson's character, quite a legitimate question, given that he wants to stand to be the prime minister of this country, let's just have a listen. you brought shame on your party when you described veiled muslim women as letterboxes and bank robbers. people who have worked closely with you do not thank you are fit to be prime minister. beth, i'm, i'm delighted that many of my former colleagues seem to descend from that, but, but... applause. something creeping into our politics, we drew attention to it when laura kunz berg was booed, about a year ago, at a jeremy corbyn event, and i think we should draw attention to it again, it is ourjob, as the press, as the media, to hold their feet to the fire, particularly in a contest like this, where they want to become the prime minister of the country, character is paramount in the debate, and i

think it needs to be stamped out, doesn't it? look, i think think it needs to be stamped out, doesn't it? look, ithink we think it needs to be stamped out, doesn't it? look, i think we are getting more of this contentious relationship between politicians, parties, and the press, generally, and it's creeping up around the world, it's obviously here, fake news, the president today using that expression, fake news, talking about the media is corrupt, telling a reporter in the white house to be quiet. and it's something that is spreading, we are seeing it in other countries as well, the use of fake news, by the way, up as a reason for imprisoning journalists around the world, in the course of last year, so it's a dangerous expression. talking of which, the battle between the white house and congress kicked up the white house and congress kicked upa the white house and congress kicked up a gear the white house and congress kicked up a gear today when mr trump exerted executive privilege in order not to hand documents that democrats are asking for, this time it's not russia that's causing tension. at issue in this particularfight, are documents concerning the us census. il met congress was to investigate whether the white house is using the census for political gain, asking respondents if they are a us citizen. statisticians say they can

skew the responses, because undocumented residents and noncitizens may choose not to fill in the census form at all. but it could favour republicans, a few moments ago, the president defended the decision. i think when you have a census, and you are not allowed to talk about whether someone or not is a citizen or not, that doesn't sound so good to me. 0k, joining me now is susan page, washington bureau chief for usa today, this issue of not handing over documents, and exerting executive privilege, how much more contentious doesn't make the relationship between congress and the white house, susan? while we are just ina the white house, susan? while we are just in a period of standoff between particularly the house of representatives now controlled by democrats, and the white house since house —— census debate, it's an important fight, but we've got others over the background in the muller investigation over the presidents tax returns, over other policy issues, where the administration, the white house, since democrats won control of the

house, are telling officials and former officials, not to testify, even when subpoenaed, they are refusing to turn over documents, even when they are subpoenaed from us even when they are subpoenaed from us about traditional oversight that we saw not much of in the first two use of the trump administration by republicans who control both houses of congress, or seeing democrats and the whole string to assert themselves and being very frustrated by the other two that the white house has taken towards this. so president trump has been meeting the polish president today, the two been holding a press conference at the white house, and addressing issues between them and the president, of course, is going to be i imagine, asked about domestic issues of this nature as well. does this put democrats in a tricky position to be having to the white house stonewalling like this? it does. for one thing, it fuels the frustration that makes some democrats more supportive of the idea of impeaching the president, which would be a very drastic and step to take, it makes it very difficult to achieve anything. democrats want the house

with the promise of doing things about prescription drug prices, or access to health care, or protection for people who have pre—existing health conditions. and they have been basically unable to do anything except pass bills in the house, and they go to the senate, nothing happens to them. so politically, it's a difficult issue, and it increases the tension within the democratic party, about whether impeachment is the right step to take. susan, the president has been tweeting again today, reviving his attacks on the polling industry. denying reports that his own internal polling suggests he's in trouble in certain key states, but there is a pull out today that shows him losing 26 2020 democrats by as little as five points all the way up to 13 points, you can see there, he's a long way behind joe biden. is this a president who think she's in trouble? welll this a president who think she's in trouble? well i think, we think he thinks he's in trouble, although he very much denied that when he talked to the press today. what the new york times reported has now been

confirmed by other news organisations is that there is internal polling by the trump campaign that shows the president in trouble, lagging and some of the states that he must win if he's going to win reelection, states like florida and texas. and the president flatly denied that that polling existed. he said that reporters are making it out. so pushing back very hard, even though there are multiple sources confirming that his polling shows that, not unsurprised his polling which of that, because that's what public polling is showing. that poll tested president trump again six different democratic prospects, and one interesting thing is that the president supports almost very little at all, depending on which democrat he's running against, it was between 42% regardless of who he is running against, so that looks like he is... he was a long way behind in 2016 two. that was the point he made. that was the point he made, susan page, thank you very much for coming in tojoin us. he made the point

that he was behind in 2016, that polls can be trusted, and that he won anyway, and to be fair, once president trump has an opponent, he can characterize that opponent, and that's the way he says that he, his supporters say that he is going to boost his numbers, is that it's very ha rd boost his numbers, is that it's very hard for them to run against the whole group of people, give him one person to demonise, and attack, and as we know, the president is good as attacking people when it comes to elections, and that he will start doing better amongst voters. let's switch to hong kong now, where police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas at people, protesting about a new extradition bill and what is the worst unrest in the territory for years. the bill would allow, beijing has a lack of human rights for suspects, and could use it for political gain. china insists it's there simply to stop people fleeing justice. crowds of people surrounded the assembly building and eventually authorities were forced to postpone a debate on the bill. the protestors say they

will be back tomorrow. rupert wingfield hayes is in hong kong. this was the centre of hong kong this afternoon. scenes of mass violence, the like of which have not been seen here since the 1960s. the day had been tense from the start — huge crowds surrounded hong kong's legislature — determined to stop any discussion of the hated extradition bill. the object of their anger, this woman — hong kong's chief executive carrie lam. last weekend, hundreds of thousands of people had taken to the streets here demanding she scrap a bill that would allow hong kong people to be extradited to china but she is refusing to budge. why is she quite so adamant, quite so determined? you would call it arrogance on her part, stubbornness. no, she isjust doing all this at beijing's order. she is just some little puppet of the beijing regime. today's protesters were almost

exclusively young, aggressive and boiling with rage that their government is giving away their freedoms. it seemed only a matter of time before things turned violent and so they did. few here have ever experienced the searing pain of being tear gassed. you could see the shock and confusion. i think there are lines that we can have the freedom from fear, that we are every day facing right now, so i guess we feel angry and we do not get respected by our own government. by early evening, police had begun to gain the upper hand — launching barrage after barrage, driving protesters away from the government quarter. what we are witnessing here in hong kong tonight, with this operation to clear the streets, is a hong kong government determined not to allow another protest movement

to establish itself and occupy the centre of the city like it did back in 2014 and a government that is determined it seems to push ahead with an incredibly controversial extradition law regardless of the consequences. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. extra new pictures, protesters say they will be back in the morning. joining me now is professor steve tsang — director of the china institute at soas in london. welcome steve, what happens next, i suppose that largely depends on beijing's reaction? it will depend on beijing's reaction, it also depends on how carrie lam decides to move forward. these laws which hong kong does not need, there is no urgency in passing them, she can ease off and back off a bit, and let the temperature fall a bit before

moving forward. so it postponed the debate today, we don't know when the bill will come back. talk to me about carrie lam, because she's an interesting character, she broke down actually and one of the interviews she did today, because she's accused of selling out debating, where does she come from, and where do her loyalties lie? well carrie lam was an administrative officer in the old british colonial service in hong kong. so she was with a service that was dedicated to do the bestjob she understood how to do it. so i think she genuinely does not feel that she is selling out hong kong. she believes that she's doing the best she could for hong kong, but she doesn't have a good political sense. she doesn't understand that when you have a policy opposed by one seventh of the entire population, you simply cannotjust the entire population, you simply cannot just keep on the entire population, you simply cannotjust keep on added. steve, the pictures from hong kong today we re very the pictures from hong kong today were very dramatic, and partly

because we haven't seen police in hong kong in previous protests use that kind of force. has there been an orderfrom that kind of force. has there been an order from beijing that kind of force. has there been an orderfrom beijing for hong kong police to step up their use of force ? police to step up their use of force? well we don't know where the police use force in hong kong because of a direct order from beijing or not, but what we do know is that the police have changed their ways of policing in hong kong in 2014. before 2014, for this kind of massive demonstrations, police in hong kong would wear soft hats, and will be armed with bottled waters and medical kits, and you go out and help the demonstrators, and talk to them. and they always got cooperation sin return. now they are going out in riot gear, armed with truncheons, tear gas, and today, rubber bullets, that make the huge difference in how they manage it, and they get a different response

from the general public. yeah, 70 people were admitted to hospital yesterday, thank you very much indeed steve, good to see you, thank you. japanese prime minister is in toronto on a visit aimed at easing tension between iran and the united states, he will spend the next two days there, japan has strong ties with both countries, but trade has come to a halt with iran, as it complies with us sanctions. the state in western india is bracing itself for cyclones, which is expected to make landfall early on thursday, tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from coastal areas, and relief centres have opened. the storm is already causing these huge waves, you can see them there on the coast further south. french president says he will send a replacement oak sapling to president trump, the one we talked about last week, they planted it together at the white house last year, it died, causing many to say it was a symbol for how their relationship has

changed. mr micron said the real symbol was planting the tree together, not what happened to the tree afterwards. such pressure on the quarantine lab, when it arrives, imagine if it dies again. pressure on this poor tree now, to kind of restore franco—american relations, everybody in the quarantine lab is going to be looking after this tree to make sure that it's. .. polishing the tree, watering it every day, making sure... the 24 hourjob of securing the relationship. by the way, i think we mentioned the story on monday, which is just mentioned the story on monday, which isjust an mentioned the story on monday, which is just an indication of how busy this week has been, because if it was yesterday. ella mack was of this week,. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up tribute to mac viewers on the bc world china, the british prime minister announces plans to cut the country's carbon emissions to almost zero by 2015, but is that achievable? and colorado is one of the states

about two impose gun measures, both the police say they want to enforce them. we have the latest battle over gun owner rights, that's all coming up. hello again, we are going to see some further heavy rain likely to cause some further problems over the next 24 hours or so. now since sunday evening, we are seeing a colossal amount of rain, picking up 105 mm of rain, that's nearly smack bang on twice the amount of rain we would normally expect at this time of year. for the whole of month of june, and there is more rain on the way. you can see that heading into east anglia, and southeast england at the moment. of more concern is this area of thunderstorms that is developing across western germany, thatis developing across western germany, that is going to swing across the north sea, and will bring torrential downpour overnight into parts of northeast england and eastern areas of scotland. so we are likely to see some further issues with localised flooding, very difficult travelling conditions to be expected as well.

so through this evening, there will be further bursts of rain, those german thunderstorms, if you like, making their presence felt across northeast england, the southeast of scotland, that is where the rain is going to be heaviest, there will be showers elsewhere, and with a lot of cloud around, its not going to be a cloud around, its not going to be a cloud night, but the tempers are academic really, the main focus on the weather is going to be across the weather is going to be across the southeast of scotland, where the met office have issued a december weather warning, over the hills, we could get 80—100 mm of rain, although away from southeast scotland, there will also be some torrential downpours here and across northern england that could also cause some issues, just on account of how persistent and how heavy that zone of wet weather is going to be. so there's the heavy rain coming down well into thursday, so south of this, a lot of cloud, some heavy thundery showers breaking out, could seize some few brighter sent skies across england, temperature sneaking up across england, temperature sneaking up to 18, for most of us, rather cloudy, cool, and for some, a very wet kind of day. on into friday, our

area of low pressure remains slow—moving, and around that low, we will continue to see whether fronts are bringing further bursts of rain. one of these fronts will push across wales, and to southern and eastern areas of england, mixtures of bright spells and showers later in the day, because showers are likely to turn heavy, and thundery in places. give ita heavy, and thundery in places. give it a little bit more in this way of sunshine between downpours, we could see temperatures getting up to 90 degrees toward southeast england, which wouldn't feel too bad compared with the weather we have seen over recent days, but it does kinda feel quite unsettled still, through the weekend, and into next week, across the northwest in particular.

you're watching beyond 100 days... our top stories, home secretary sajid javid says he will embrace the opportunities of brexit. as we face the challenges that are unlike any we've have faced before, this calls for a new kind of leadership from a new kind of leader. president trump steps up his battle with congress exerting an executive privilege order not to hand over documents the democrats are asking for. the president is speaking out on the white house lawn. coming up in the next half—hour, britain could become

the first major nation to cut greenhouse gases to almost zero by 2050 under a new government plan but will it make a real difference? first steps are never easy especially for this newborn elephant. we'll show you how this baby elephant. we'll show you how this ba by calf elephant. we'll show you how this baby calf was helped along by its mother. the uk is taking a stand, the first major economy to set a target of reaching zero carbon emissions by 2050. it will require transformational change in the uk of how homes are fuelled and insulated, what cars people drive even down to what cars people drive even down to what people eat. so what chance is there of the uk reaching these targets when they are already

missing current targets? it is important governments look at climate change. here's our science editor david shukman. this is a huge moment in the effort to tackle climate change, a radical vision to shut off the gases that are raising temperatures. no more sights like this, of exhaust fumes pouring into the air, and no more gas burning in our homes for cooking or for heating. these are the men, and here is the metal. the country that led the industrial revolution got rich with the help of coal, but using it released carbon dioxide that's still in the atmosphere, and adding no more of it is one of the prime minister's final moves in office. well, i believe that we have a moral duty to leave this world in a better condition than what we inherited, and that's why today we are announcing that we will be ending our contribution to climate change by 2050, and legislating for a net zero emissions target. so, what is a net zero target? well, it means running the economy

without adding two levels of greenhouse gases. offshore wind turbines are key to that, and there will be a lot more of them, and it also means making big changes in our everyday lives, like in this eco—house. first off, triple—glazed windows, and walls that are incredibly thick and well insulated. amazingly, this place has no central heating at all, instead the natural warmth of the room is drawn off through these extractors, taken into this device, where it's used to heat up fresh cooler airfrom outside, which is then warmed up, and released through this pipe up here. the result — a temperature of 21 degrees, for virtually no power, and with technologies that are available right now. what about the cost of all this? if we are all going to switch to electric cars, for example, who pays for the chargers? the treasury is worried that the bills will mount up.

supporters say cleaning the air will benefit everyone and reduce costs for the nhs, but one of the teenage school protesters says everything's too slow. 2050 is far too late, unfortunately. we urgently need to actually take immediate action, rather than having this over the course of nearly 30 years. so, what's the international view of britain's action? well, china is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, dwarfing whatever we produce. but it's also investing the most in clean technologies, with the world's biggest fleets of electric buses. even so, the chinese economy and others are set to quadruple in size. so whatever we do, may not make much difference. global warming and addressing global warning is overwhelmingly about how do you deal with four chinas, four indians, four africas within 30 years, oh, and another billion and a half people as well. a map of global warming,

despite every effort, temperatures keep rising around the world, with the risk of the impact becoming more severe. britain hopes that taking a lead will set an example that others will follow. david shukman, bbc news. let's speak to dr phil williamson — he's been working on climate change since the 1980s and is an expert on what we can do about it. good to see you. let's talk about the plan. clearly theresa may is looking for a legacy and this would be some legacy of the target was met. we won't know whether the target will be met until 30 years have gone by but nevertheless you have gone by but nevertheless you have to have the plans and the commitment. the uk was already committed to 80% commission reduction and now we're saying it will be net to zero. there is that much difference and it won't cost a lot more if it costs anymore at all. does it send a message to private industry in terms procurement and

innovation in the technologies they develop? is that what is important? it is very important to have the long—term goals and stability. hopefully some of the policy changes that have been in the last few years on special assistance and subsidies, if we get that i'm a firm footing and have a long—term commitment then changes can be made. that technology we saw in the report there about heating a room with almost no power, thatis heating a room with almost no power, that is clearly a bright spots. how scalable is that right now?m that is clearly a bright spots. how scalable is that right now? it can be applied to all new buildings but some can be retrofitted. a lot of buildings can be approved in energy efficiency. also across transport and industry. if we are aiming for net zero there might still be some emissions but we have to think how we can take out some of the greenhouse gases from the atmosphere that we might have put in 50 or a

hundred years ago. one of the problems for politicians in tackling climate change is getting a balance between ambitious reduction targets and not creating a political backlash. i'll be at a stage because of technology where that balance is achievable? where people won't feel they're having to sacrifice a lifestyle they have got used to? the situation in the uk at least at present is very positive. there is a lot of public support. going about it the wrong way is doubling the prices of energy overnight, that would be unacceptable but actually many sources of energy are coming a lot cheaper and it's just phasing in the right sort of things and phasing out the wrong polluting energies on making sure that the transition consistently happens undertaking forward over the next five to 30 yea rs. forward over the next five to 30 years. going back to the attitude in

government, there has been criticism of this particular chancellor and he has put a price tag on it, saying it is £1 trillion cost to do this instead of seeing it as an opportunity. isn't the message from government ministers important going forward ? government ministers important going forward? if you look at it as only a cost you only see the negative. the benefits outweigh the costs and that is why we are doing it. there is a whole host of different things for uk industry that if we are world leading and can export some of the technologies and be ahead of the field, and develop these clean technologies, it will benefit all the way. if we don't do it and the rest of the world doesn't do it we are ina rest of the world doesn't do it we are in a real mess because it will be too late and the cost of climate change is absolutely enormous and will double that and we won't have a planet fit to live on in 50 years' time. thank you very much for joining us. it does seem to be a

very interesting moment in the uk perhaps more than here when politics and public sentiment are lining up with technology to potentially in the face of this massive catastrophe thatis the face of this massive catastrophe that is climate change produce a moment where actually things can get done and move forward. do you want to hear my start of the day? if you wa nt to hear my start of the day? if you want to blue planet or any of the other documentaries on plastic pollution you will know we are ingesting these minuscule particles of plastic in the food and water weight consume. here is a stat from the australian university of newcastle commissioned by wwf charity. it says that plastic pollution is so widespread that we ingest five grams a week. do you know what five grams amounts to? a credit card. so every week we digest as much plastic as they put into a credit card. isn't that incredible? disgusting. that is the way to make

this realfor disgusting. that is the way to make this real for people. disgusting. that is the way to make this realfor people. that disgusting. that is the way to make this real for people. that is what is happening to you if you don't do something. and yet we have enough headlines the other day, canada is one of the only countries that has banned single use plastic by 2021. where are all the other countries following suit? that is an incredible statistic and it affects us all. in the coming weeks, several democratic—run states in the us will introduce new gun control laws. the problem is, many local police forces are refusing to enforce them on the grounds that they violate gun—owners' rights. one state is colorado, where there's resistance to a new, so—called "red flag law", where guns can be taken away from someone going through a mental crisis. from there, aleem maqbool reports. on this side of the wall we have where the deputy perishes.

on this side of the wall we have where the deputy's medals that he was awarded posthumously. at the office in colorado where he once worked, there is now a memorial to a sheriff's deputy shot dead on duty. body camera footage shows zack parrish trying to calm down a man who had a history of mental health crises but moments later when deputies kicked down the door of his home, the man unleashed a volley of bullets, killing zack. gunfire. the government was shot dead too. zack's boss became one of the driving forces behind a new law in colorado which says police can now take away the guns of people deemed to be an extreme risk. zack's life will not be lost in vain. all those people who were mentally ill and lost their lives because of the mental illness will not be in vain now. we can use this tool to apply it

when appropriate to save peoples lives and that is where we started off in the beginning. we said let's save some lives today. sadly the state has a history of shootings where lives have been lost that have hit the headlines nationally. the aurora cinema shooting happened just a few miles in that direction. the columbine high school massacre not very far over there. it's not like people here haven't known massive tragedy when it comes to guns but even then, talk about the notion of taking away people's firearms for whatever reason and that is something that some gun owners in colorado simply cannot stomach. with the new so—called red flag law, they particularly seem to have a problem with police being able to take away guns before the owner can argue their case. they would have to appear before a judge to get back their firearms. i think that it's another way that the government can take guns

when maybe they don't need to. i think there should be some scrutiny involved whenever it comes to taking them away from people. it sounds like a knee jerk reaction to something that, yeah, sure, maybe it might save a life but at what cost? what is the cost? you're taking away my property. the talk of rights and the cost of such a law is something we kept hearing, even from some in law enforcement. one sheriff may have campaigned for the law but others in the state say they'd rather go to jail then take away guns from people. is that really what you want to give your rights up to? a subjective ruling from law enforcement applying to a court to say that someone's rights should be terminated. but if it means it could potentially save lives? at what cost? at the cost of taking someone's firearms away from them for potentially a short time.

what i am telling you as a government official and a law—enforcement person, i don't think law enforcement should have this power. and many sheriffs across several states feel the same way. touch firearms rules in america, even if it is to take guns away from those in mental crisis and to stop people getting killed, and you are sure to arouse strong feelings and angry resistance. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in colorado. colorado has a particularly strong gun culture and this is a very complicated issue to try and tackle. another issue that someone is tackling... jon stewart is best known as a comedian the former host of the daily show — but he's also been a long—time advocate for new york's first responders who were working during 9/11.

18 years on thousands of people are sick from breathing in the air around ground zero. yesterday he sat before a congressional committee and he didn't hold back. behind me a filled room of 9/11 first responders. in front of me a nearly empty congress. sick and dying they brought themselves down here to speak to no one. shameful. it's an embarrassment to the country and it is a stain on this institution. you should be ashamed of yourselves. for those that aren't here but you won't be. accountability doesn't appear

to be something that occurs in this chamber. your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity, time. it's the one thing they're running out of. they did theirjobs. with courage, grace, tenacity, humility. 18 years later, do yours. thank you. well. he got a standing ovation for that and quite rightly so. i remember reporting for that post 9/11. they were the people who brought america back together, went down to ground zero and dug in the

ruins of the world trade centre, this is what it was all about. it is absolute absolutely paramount they look after these people and go through life don't have to incur costs of medical bills because of the state of their health. yes, so many of them have suffered from cancer. so where is congress on this? this is due to expire next year, the fund, this is why he was down there saying it cannot expire. every single one of those congressmen and women have also said these are the heroes of the united states. that is what he was trying to point out. they are heroes and they don't do anything. let's go to they don't do anything. let's go to the white is quickly because the president is speaking about north korea. our remains are coming back. he saw the beautiful ceremony with mike

pence. we are getting the remains back. there has been no nuclear testing whatsoever. they would like to do something. i did get a very nice letter from chairman kim and i think we are doing very well. when i took over as president i told you it looked like it would be war with north korea and it was going to be quite brutal, strong force with the strongest force in the world, but thatis strongest force in the world, but that is a strong force and we started off very rough relationship but i think we have a very good relationship right now. we will see what happens. i'm in no rush. there has been no nuclear testing whatsoever. when i took over that it was nuclear testing all the time. if you look back to the last four or five years but go back further than that, in all fairness to president obama, go back 20 years it was very difficult situation. it is different

now. i made change. it might change. i will be very quick to tell you what is going on. it may change. right now we have a very good relationship and we have a better relationship and we have a better relationship we have had for 25 years, may be for ever. they have been there for a long time, the grandfather, the son and nobody has done it anything except me. i hope it stands up well for you and everybody. i will give my follow up very quickly. do you see russia as an ally oran very quickly. do you see russia as an ally or an ad for terry? are you talking to me? was that a setup question? speaks polish. translation: it is a country that is

much bigger than poland. i believe we have more courage in us and we are brave and courageous. in respect of everything that is what we have demonstrated in world war ii. we demonstrated in world war ii. we demonstrated that in many other places across the globe where polish soldiers died to make sure that poland is free after the second world war. this didn't happen and we found ourselves under the russian occupation. but even then for almost 20 years there was this anti—communist, and tight soviet underground and those people were murdered. today we called them unbreakable soldiers. we commemorate their memory. it was impossible to find out remains so they couldn't have graves but we always knew how to defend ourselves. history was brutal towards us and we never had a

great friendship with russia. russia was always looking out. part of the territory was ta ken was always looking out. part of the territory was taken by russia. polls we re territory was taken by russia. polls were deported to the east and then came a aggression in the recently reborn poland which rose in 1918 from the ashes of the first world war. in 1919 russia attacked poland and wanted to grab pole in's territory and bring communism to the we st of territory and bring communism to the west of europe. it was asked at stop them by the bravery of polish soldiers, we defeated them and then we chase them back to the east. then they took their revenge on us in 1939 by attacking us together with nazi germany and murdering our officers. so as you can see this friendship is a very difficult one. today we are in the following situation, russia attacked a georgia. then in 2014 it attacked

ukraine. these are facts. these are facts that belong to recent history. so the polish president talking about the importance of the alliance between america and poland. i was at an event on friday with the foreign minister of poland and he was talking about how he wants nato to be strengthened post brexit. today they are talking about that a military alliance. on average there are around 4000 american troops in poland at any one time and they want to up that number by another thousand. there is a deal on the table to buy f 35s from the united states as well. so poland certainly looking west rather than east. yes, and present —— president trump saying he wants to visit poland in october.

the cost of prom nights can run into hundreds of pounds. can't afford that so there was a campaign on social media to get dresses for girls. they have received 200 dresses, most have only been worn once. we can speak to a teacher now. thank you forjoining us. tell us about the dresses you received the you received. you taken by surprise? most definitely. it has been instrumental. we have had over 300 dresses and the response from the local community and local businesses has been outstanding. i know from girls here that go through prom it isa very girls here that go through prom it is a very big deal. it can cost an awful lot of money. will this make a difference to the girls in your school and their ability to enjoy the prom? we hope so. we are trying to reduce and reuse and recycle. it

is about not spending $1 million but looking $1 million. it is ok to wear a dress that is probably only been worn once and from some local businesses they are absolutely brand— new. we businesses they are absolutely brand—new. we are in a very lucky situation to be able to award is our young people this opportunity and hopefully this is still in its infancy and there is room to scope and we will help support other schools and communities as well. katty was saying there is a tradition in america of sending in your old bridesmaid dresses which are probably only been one once. is that the sort of thing you are getting? we are getting everything. the traditional ball gowns, extravagance ball gowns, we are also getting less formal dresses. we are getting less formal dresses. we are getting everything really which gives the student is an element of choice. we have got about 70 to 80 students, girls at my school and it

gives them that element of choice, not only in sizing but also in styles. such a great story. so glad to hear that. i hope the girls enjoy their promise. it is a very good deal thus make a very big dealfor girls. the average cost of a prompt for a kid girls. the average cost of a prompt fora kid in girls. the average cost of a prompt for a kid in a girls. the average cost of a prompt fora kid in a us girls. the average cost of a prompt for a kid in a us state school is $1500. the limo, the tickets, the nails, their heads and the dresses, you come to a total of $1500. it is insane how much kids spend on this event. way too much! we need a random animal story and this baby elephant is pretty unsteady on her feet. it is understandable given this was filmed just moments after she was born. the asian elephant was born at a zoo in belgium. she will joina born at a zoo in belgium. she will join a large herd of indian elephants. look, the pictures are so

cute. some mornings i get upjust like that! yeah, but your mum still loves you. see you tomorrow, guys. good evening. many parts of england and wales have had a month of rain in the past few days. we need the rain but all at once it is causing problems. in parts of eastern england we have seen twice thejune average rainfall in the last few days. there is more to come. there are flood warnings on the rivers and with more persistent rain to come through this evening overnight and into tomorrow the chances are those river levels will continue to rise and we will see further flood warnings issued. there were met office warnings widely as well and an amberwarning in office warnings widely as well and an amber warning in south—east scotland. you can see how wet it looks through the night as the rain continues its progress in

northwards. it is dry in the north—west of scotland and northern ireland but it is mild. mild and murky over the hills. for the commute in the morning with that heavy persistent rain and strong winds and looks miserable. the met office amber warning encompasses the south—east of scotland. 80 millimetres of rain is possible here through the night and during the day on thursday but we could see rainfall in the north and east of england as well. here too there is a risk of river flooding and flash flooding at lower levels with spray and standing water. it looks pretty miserable through the rush—hour. rain spreads its way gradually northwards and westwards to the central belt and scotland as well. further south it looks as if another weather front will become very showery with torrential downpours as we go into the afternoon. that northerly breeze will make things feel well below par for this time of

year. the low pressure moves out into the atlantic on friday so we get a south—westerly wind and it will start to feel a bit warmer between the showers. the rain will between the showers. the rain will be in different areas and it looks as though on friday will see the wet weather in northern ireland but again everywhere else is very showery, slow—moving and potentially torrential downpours. we will see a bit of sunshine between the showers over the weekend and looks set to sedate generally unsettled. details as ever on the website.

this is bbc news, the headlines at eight o'clock. boris johnson this is bbc news, the headlines at eight o'clock. borisjohnson watches his campaign to become the next prime minister with the promise to deliver brexit and win the general election. delay, means defeat, delay meansjeremy election. delay, means defeat, delay means jeremy corbyn. kick election. delay, means defeat, delay meansjeremy corbyn. kick the can again and we kicked the bucket. sajid javid became the last of the ten candidates to set out his campaign according to the foreign secretary, yesterday's news. he does not have a big role to play, if we are trying to connect with the next generation and move forward as a country, then it is time for the next generation bought new agenda.

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