tv Beyond 100 Days BBC News June 19, 2019 7:00pm-8:01pm BST
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you're watching beyond 100 days. another candidate is out of the conservative leadership race as the field narrows. the outside contender rory stewart is not out leaving four men vying to be the next british prime minister. 0nce men vying to be the next british prime minister. once again, boris johnson tops the poll extending his lead over his nearest rival, jeremy hunt. keep america great, it's the new slogan for a new campaign as donald trump launches his bid for re—election in 2020. also on the programme. . . re—election in 2020. also on the programme... the un's special rapporteur said there is special evidence linking saudi arabia's crown prince to the murder of
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journalist jamal khashoggi. and crown prince to the murder of journalistjamal khashoggi. and we will meet the ten—year—old girl from colorado who to love has just become the latest person to climb l kapitan. hello. i'm in washington, christian fraser is in london. rory stewart was the outsider in the conservative leadership race but he turned that into a strength from a weakness. he was quirky and combative. last night, he took a challenge directly to boris johnson. it was the only one in the race that ruled out no deal, but that challenges don. he hasjust been eliminated any latest round of the votes. here is the result.
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and rory stewart, who did not have a great night by his own admission went down to 27. euro sealed his reaction. by the end, perhaps some of the things i was saying that a no—deal brexit would be catastrophic 01’ no—deal brexit would be catastrophic or you cannot negotiate a new deal with europe probably proved to be truths that people were not quite ready to hear but i still think they are truths and i will still sit keep saying them. lies straight to the houses of parliament. vicky young is there. rory stewart saying the conservative party leadership race is ceding the centre ground and has to regain that for the long term, and ina to regain that for the long term, and in a sense, he is right. the four left in the race have the same policies. he thinks his honesty is what caused him, he was telling the party things they did not want to hear particularly about brexit
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because he thinks it is unreasonable to think that a new deal can be negotiated by a new prime minister before october 31 as some of the other candidates are suggesting but yes, i suppose it is not surprising giving that more of the conservative mps are on the brexit side of the argument and they know the grassroots of the conservative party is as well so there are tory mps who say there has to be two brexiteers going forward to that final vote and it has to be someone signed up to the project who can show optimism and enthusiasm for it, something they say theresa may did not have so they say theresa may did not have so the dream for rory stewart is over. he is one of the few has gone into this as a cabinet minister and said we will not serve under any of the other so he has done himself out of a job whereas others might be running in order to try and keep their jobs. running in order to try and keep theirjobs. the race for second place as well and truly under way with four remaining candidates and another round tomorrow morning. with four remaining candidates and another round tomorrow morningm with four remaining candidates and another round tomorrow morning. is a two round tomorrow? we have to get
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down to two by tomorrow night. when you look at those battling out for second, michael gove had a bit of momentum today but the problem for him is that borisjohnson is so far ahead, he can lend votes to whoever he wants to become the second candidate, right? i cannot believe you think that has not been happening. that has been the rumour. the rumour is that there are some in borisjohnson's team the rumour is that there are some in boris johnson's team who are looking at who we will face in the final two, deciding which one they want that to be and making sure that the others are not out, so that is the allegation. team johnson absolutely deny that, they say they are trying to build momentum, his vote is going up, up and up. they say that they are not farming out there votes to other people but the suspicion from some is that they have lent their votes to sajid javid and they deny that completely in his team in order to get rid of rory stewart because they did not want to face him in the final two, and that may well happen
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again tomorrow. we do not know of any of that is true but the suspicion levels here are almost as high as the nerves. why is mag not a battle for the faint hearted. for the moment, thank you very much indeed. let's to the minister for children and families who were supporting dominic raab before he bowed out of the race yesterday. good to see you. let me put to you that dominic raab, who was eliminated, was the only one absolutely committed to leaving on october the 315t. let me play you what borisjohnson said last night any bbc debate. i share michael's. .. can you give me the guarantee? michael has guaranteed to get out by the end of december. i think x over sist the end of december. i think x over 31st is eminently feasible. that is not eminently feasible. is he guaranteeing it or not? boris has
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been very clear, i spoke to him before and after the debate that we will be preparing the country to leave on wto terms by the end of october. no ifs, no buts, but he was equally clear that by preparing the country to leave on wto terms by the end of october, he would actually get a good deal, fair deal for the united kingdom with the eu that i think will be the best option, which is to deliver a good brexit, unite the country, unite the party and of course the v jeremy corbyn and put dear old nigel farag —— back in his box. —— of course defeatjeremy corbyn and put dear old nigel farage backin corbyn and put dear old nigel farage back in his box. the answer is i will be no tariffs or quotas. that is what we want to do is get a standstill in our current arrangements under whatever it
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happens to be until such time as we have negotiated the fta.“ happens to be until such time as we have negotiated the fta. if it was so have negotiated the fta. if it was so simple and we are going to trigger a standstill, why did the government not do that any last three years? you ask an important question. the government chose a path which was to try and get the withdrawal agreement with the backstop, that did not have an end date on it, through parliament. they tried three times, it clearly didn't work and boris johnson and tried three times, it clearly didn't work and borisjohnson and dominic raab had the courage to resign from the government because they both felt they could not walk that deal through parliament. one of the ministers who is only preparation, my department, the education department, is a donor department to defra and hrmc. when you're getting closer to the 29th of march, on the
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other side, the eu had put forward exactly what boris was actually talking about which is contingency plans of a nine month standstill whether it is on haulage, so all of out whether it is on haulage, so all of our whole years would have free movement across all of europe as long as we would reciprocate with the european hauliers. —— all of would have free movement across all of europe. borisjohnson is clearly right in pointing out he does not wa nt right in pointing out he does not want a no—deal brexit as much as we do not want a no—deal brexit. the standstill is achievable still. standstill is achievable —— do not want a no—deal brexit. the standstill is achievable —— the eu does not want a no—deal brexit as much as we do not want one. you might both parties have to agree that they are going to have the standstill arrangement. -- both parties have to agree they are going to have the standstill arrangement. that is not there and that is the problem with that. you are right but look at the contingency planning, published only last week on the issue of the northern irish border,
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the eu themselves want to have no board at all and use technology instead. this idea, the same applied for hauliers and flights, in a no deal scenario, let's assume we get to be no deal scenario, wto terms, both sides would say that is what is already on offer. would you prefer a no deal scenario? the europeans even yesterday, you had germany's europe minister saying we cannot reopen this, it is not for reopening of renegotiating, the withdrawal agreement. there is no renegotiating to be done. i would certainly not prefer a wto brexit or a no—deal brexit, as you describe it. i want to see us deliver a deal. the only way that you get a good deal is if
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you are interlocutors believe that you are interlocutors believe that you are interlocutors believe that you are able to walk away if they do not deliver a fair... that is no guarantee of a good dealfor you. it might strengthen your hand but it does not guarantee a different deal. anything that strengthens your hand will have a much greater likelihood, probability of delivering a good deal and i think that is what boris johnson will do. the other side will believe that we will effectively deliver the preparation. we've gone a long way in preparing for no deal. the cabinet secretary, if you're following the story last week, came out and following the story last week, came outand said, following the story last week, came out and said, look, we are pretty much prepared to go to wto rules and there will not be that much of an impact, some impact. that's not what you want but ultimately you can only get a good deal if the other side believes that you're prepared to walk away on wto terms. these issues will be gone over time and time again running up to the vote. thank you very much. if you think the
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conservatives are having problems, look at labour today. they have had a meeting with the shadow cabinet and there is a lot of pressure on jeremy corbyn to move away and get behind remain. iwant jeremy corbyn to move away and get behind remain. i want to draw your attention to this line in a briefing paper that was presented to the shadow cabinet. jeremy corbyn has come out tonight and he has said that the only real choice is to put whatever deal is agreed to a public vote, so, despite the pressure from tom watson, is deputy leader, he is not shifting to remain. the party has made the decision that the poll yesterday from yougov pointed out that it is not left or right on political issues, it is brexit and parties
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have made that they platform within the contest but not there there at the contest but not there there at the moment. looking at massive campaign rallies. they are part theatre, part political speech and a great way to raise cash, republicans have pulled in almost $25 million in 24 have pulled in almost $25 million in 2a hours since president wants his re—election campaign at a rally in florida last night, the rally itself, in many same themes as donald trump's 2016 rally, fake news, and even looking up hillary clinton. he did bring out a new slogan. make america great again has become keep america great and judging by the response, they seem to make —— they seem to like it. he plans to fight this robustly and it will be divisive. our opponents are
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driven by hatred, presidents and rage, they want to destroy you and destroy our country as we know it. not acceptable, it's not going to happen. i'm joined now not acceptable, it's not going to happen. i'mjoined now by not acceptable, it's not going to happen. i'm joined now by the chairman of the american conservative union. what do people do with their maga hats? they will become vintage, collectors items? this is a great thing. this is what fashion people do to us, you have to buy new things. it's like going from bell bottoms to skinnyjeans. the democrats, you know this, do not wa nt to democrats, you know this, do not want to destroy america, they are not even people bent on the destruction of this country. why does the president go to these extremes, why take the election to this level? because what this whole election is about is socialism... it is all about, 14% of democrats would say they are socialists, now 50%,
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may 5152% except the idea of being a socialist. what does that do forjoe biden who was middle of the road? he was pro—life earlier in his career. he has taken on socialist positions. these democrats are running cookie—cutter positions on all the big issues and their big, collectivist, very left—wing ideas. what happened in america as we had a ce ntre—left what happened in america as we had a centre—left party and a centre—right party and what is happening now is a democratic party embracing the idea of socialism. that, in and of itself, is not consistent with america. we can have a long debate about the definition of socialism. may be another day. i make even bernie sanders only calls himself a democratic socialist. because it sounds better. last night, hillary clinton's name came up repeatedly during the course of this rally. that was two years ago. let's take a
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look at that. look at hillary clinton and the dnc. what crew could hillary said, if i wind, are you going to support me? —— what crooked hillary said. 33,000 e—mails deleted. think about it. he's not running against hillary clinton, thatis running against hillary clinton, that is history. why bring up the old bogeyman? because he has not -- like she has not endorsed anyone. people will keep writing... this has never happened in our history. 2a or 25 democratic candidates is a lot. doesn't have to be something new? the secondary reason he brings up hillary clinton as he has a special counsel on russian collusion all thought up by the clinton campaign and this all hinges back to 0bama and this all hinges back to 0bama and clinton using our intelligence
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agencies to stop trump, quote on quote. there is a clinton line... the fbi felt they had to investigate, not hillary clinton. she did come up with the dossier and give it to the fbi that got it all started, you have to give me that. at rock concerts i'm going to, they a lwa ys at rock concerts i'm going to, they always like the golden oldies, the old hits. there was not much new last night. what does the american conservative union want? what policies will float their boat in 2020? there are two things that american conservatives want more than anything else. they love the fa ct than anything else. they love the fact that the economy is robust and that the american people for the first time are beginning to feel optimistic about their economic future. the other thing that conservatives would like to see is a return to a constitutional order in their government. barack 0bama famously said, even when he lost a majority in congress, he could use
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his executive power because he had a pen and a phone, and do what he wanted, did not need to work with congress. i think that conservatives wa nt to congress. i think that conservatives want to get back to an idea that government is limited, does what it does very well but doesn't need to does very well but doesn't need to do everything and needs to get back out of health care. 0k. do everything and needs to get back out of health care. ok. so, in terms of who he would want to run against, you look at this, there are such a big field on the democratic side. who would you fear?|j big field on the democratic side. who would you fear? i get so confused as to who is who, there are so confused as to who is who, there are so many people. for me, i thinkjoe biden with a —— joe biden would be a great candidate to run against. he makes a lot of mistakes, he has run twice before and had to pull out of both those contest because he made some pretty terrible statements. he is really bad when he is off script and has made terrible mistakes. like mike he is a leading in so many states, why would you want to run against him? ——
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states, why would you want to run against him? -- he is leading in so many states. two people have a matchup so i think thejoe biden donald trump matchup is pretty good for donald trump. i would feel to go to, as katty would say, someone who isa to, as katty would say, someone who is a very young candidate like a barack 0bama going against a donald trump, that could be a nice contrast for the democrats. thank you for coming in. the crown prince of saudi arabia should be investigated over the murder of dissidentjournalist jamal khashoggi because there is credible evidence that he and other senior officials were involved in the killing, that according to a report by a un investigator. in a 100 page paper about what happened in the saudi consulate last october, a special rapporteur says the death of the journalist was an international crime. it was set out how there was refusal to acknowledge
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any knowledge of the killing. and this all goes back to a tweet from president trump. we will now speak toa president trump. we will now speak to a seniorfellow president trump. we will now speak to a senior fellow at the harvard kennedy school and a former friend ofjamal kennedy school and a former friend of jamal khashoggi. thank kennedy school and a former friend ofjamal khashoggi. thank you for being with us. how will this report go down in saudi arabia are among those people who are nervous about the crown prince becoming the king? i think there will be some people in saudi arabia who are nervous. the way that the body... the way he was killed in the way the body was disposed of, this is very much a problem for real, good, since your muslims to get rid of the body like that. many object to the cover—up, the line for two or three months, and they might be fearful that this will damage their country. many
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people do not like the total power thatis people do not like the total power that is put into his hands. there are people in saudi arabia who who do not like what he's doing. they'd cannot express themselves but they will be concerned if you start getting international sanctions, which has been asked for, to investigate more criminal investigations, as was asked for and for countries to take the responsibility with the international jurisdiction, responsibility with the internationaljurisdiction, because this is an international crime, and start applying sanctions. if saudi businesses are sanctioned, all these things together will trouble a lot of saudis but none of them have any power right now to do anything about it. it doesn't look like there are powers in the middle east were really going to stand up to the crown prince over the issue of jamal khashoggi. do you have any hope that
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the white house might change its position because of the support? the white house might change its position because of the support7m isa position because of the support7m is a very slim chance. he might possibly change it if enough people find a new partner. we will have to wait and see. there is a big gap in the middle east. and the arab world between governments and citizens. most of the government either like the saudis because they give their money or they help them against the likes of yemen, qatar. the saudis are using their power all over the region and in very decisive ways which want of people do not like but a lot of people, citizens over the world do not respect what the saudi crown prince is doing. what the
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saudis, the egyptians, the israelis and americans are doing together is closing the space all around the arab world where people can express themselves. the media is being closed, censored, people are being thrown injail and closed, censored, people are being thrown in jail and this closed, censored, people are being thrown injail and this is the problem now that even if there was opposition, it does not have a way to really express itself. we've just been showing that fateful footage of jamal khashoggi entering the consulate in turkey. you saw him a few months before he died. did he express to you concerns for his safety? he did, i did not see him, he was in the united states when i was in boston forfour months, i e—mailed him. he said he was in washington and we will get together soon. washington and we will get together soon. he said, i'm not going back to saudi arabia now because i'm afraid for my safety. it's not a safe time to go. he clearly was worried about
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what would happen if you went back there. i'm sure many people in saudi arabia told him that. that's why he did not go back. he felt he was safe in the consulate but apparently not. thank you very much. a quick look at other news now from around the world, the un secretary general antonio gutierrez has appealed to turkey to stabilise the situation in the syrian province where an increase in fighting between rebels and pro—government forces has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee. the ambassadors of russia and syria both deny that their forces are deliberately bombing civilians. an elderly woman is in a serious condition in hospital after a road accident involving the duke and duchess of cambridge's police export. prince william and kate were travelling from london when the woman who was hit by a marked police motorbike in the convoy. kensington palace said the couple are deeply
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concerned and saddened and have been in touch with the woman who is called irene. the police watchdog is now investigating. youtube is considering moving all children's content considering moving all children's co nte nt o nto considering moving all children's content onto a separate stand—alone youtube kids app to better protect them. the change would be the biggest everfor the them. the change would be the biggest ever for the platform especially as children's videos are among the most popular and they carry millions of dollars in advertising. right, iwant carry millions of dollars in advertising. right, i want to show you another step that we are taking towards robots running the world. this is the first robot that scrubs every dish, removing every speck of food. it works somewhat like a carwash, it picks up the dish, they wheeled into the machine, the robot does the rest, it even uses a camera to spot the top spots on the plate and stack them up neatly at the end. wouldn't we all want one of those?
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except, when i watch this, i went to look at how many dishwashers there are in the united states who earn around $15 an hour, there was half a million. half a million who would be put out of a job by this machine. i was looking at some of the research here in britain. you have 1.5 millionjobs in britain who here in britain. you have 1.5 million jobs in britain who are at real risk from robots. there was an office for national statistics study office for national statistics study of people who work in supermarket checkouts, 25% of them lost their jobs in the six years to 2017. jobs are disappearing. they are. part of the reason that populace are being elected in places becausejobs are disappearing. 0xford elected in places becausejobs are disappearing. oxford university got a 150 million donation, the biggest ever, from a wealthy american billionaire to look at the issue of ethics in al and it's notjust looking atjob spots cyber, election
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meddling as well. what we do about jobs in the industrial revolution is a big issue. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. hello again. many of us, today has been a cloudy day. bright spells, heavy showers. this was a scene during the afternoon and great chesterfield, in essex where a shower crowd was passing through. everyone is as well. what a difference it really made with plenty of sunshine to end the day. not many people on the beach as well there on st ives in cornwall. 0n the radar picture, we still have showers across the north—west of the country but this line of rain you can see going through east anglia and south—east england is actually a weather front and as that which is clear, the threat of thunderstorms goes away, so it will become dry overnight for much of england and wales but showers will continue across north—western parts of the country. tempers are wise,
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overnight, looking at all those between 8—12dc and the forecast for thursday, it's another day of sunshine and showers, and close by to an area of low pressure is scotla nd to an area of low pressure is scotland where they will see the most frequent of those showers getting going. showers will also move into northern ireland in the morning where most of england and wales will start the day on a drying note with some sunshine, really enjoying the afternoon where we see the showers get heavier. —— really during the afternoon you showers get heavy. gaps between the showers, more of us heavy. gaps between the showers, more of us younger heavy. gaps between the showers, more of us younger anyway of sunshine. feeling fresher across england, temperatures reaching a high of 19 celsius. i will show you something we are not seen for the whole of the month. this is an area of high pressure. we've not seen one of high pressure. we've not seen one of those at all during june. it is building through friday and we weekend so for many of us, the weather becomes dry and settled at last. friday, still a few showers across the north—west of scotland but otherwise a dry picture. the best of the sunshine, the best of the sunny spells will be across
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england and wales. most of us will see sunshine at least at some time. temperatures of 16—21dc and with the area of high pressure still affecting the uk through the weekend, for most of us a dry weekend, for most of us a dry weekend with temperatures in the high teens too low to mid 20s. getting warmer, 2a celsius possible in london. in parts of england and wales, turning more humid as we head through sunday. then we see an area of low pressure moved quite close to the west of the uk late on sunday and that will threaten some rain which might get heavier as we go through sunday night. that is your weather.
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you're watching beyond 100 days. our top stories... conservative mps narrow the field for prime minister. once again boris johnson tops the poll, and rory stewart is knocked out. donald trump supporters fill an arena to hear the president launch his re—election campaign. also on the programme... european leaders are preparing to meet in brussels tomorrow for european leaders are preparing to meet in brussels tomorrow for an european leaders are preparing to meet in brussels tomorrow for an eu council summit. theresa may's last as prime minister. we'll speak to selah schneiter — she just became the youngest person to summit el capitan
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in yosemite national park. the race to become the democratic nominee for the 2020 presidential elections is a crowded field. 2a have thrown their hat in the ring. the candidates need to keep the media's attention while demonstrating to democrat supporters why they are different from the rest of the pack. but one of the trickiest things about running for president surely has to be quickly responding to difficult questions. thinking on yourfeet. and that can be hardest of all not when you're being asked about politics, but when you're being asked about yourself. job interview style. the new york times put them to the test. what is your comfort food on the campaign trail? when you are vegan it means lots of veggies on the go. idry to it means lots of veggies on the go. i dry to stay away from it but vegan cupcakes is probably a real threat. any kind of fast food. chicken sandwich from mcdonald's no source, two of them. what was the last time
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you were embarrassed? 5-10 times a day from my brother depending on where i am. if you call someone by the wrong name. i get on the plane, this nice guy behind me goes, hey, senator, he left something there in the aisle and it was my rather brightly coloured underwear. the aisle and it was my rather brightly coloured underwearlj the aisle and it was my rather brightly coloured underwear. i made a really big mistake and i were cargo shorts to the gym. on some level something happens embarrassing to me daily. we're joined now by sydney ember, the politics reporter at the new york times. thank you forjoining us. did you feel like you were finally getting a human response from people who are so well—versed in giving canned political responses? you know, we actually did feel that way especially in some of the more personal questions, it seemed like they really opened up for us. what
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about on the political stuff? where the did they all have the same positions when you about things like being wealthy or health care or other things like that? yeah, there we re other things like that? yeah, there were certainly some commonalities, on the death penalty almost everyone said they were opposed, but there we re said they were opposed, but there were definitely differences. we asked them where they would go on their first international trip as president and they had many different answers on that, we asked about afghanistan, health care, so there were definitely a range of opinions on the questions that we asked them. in the way they responded, did you get a feel for which policies will define the candidates on the left, which policies will come to the fore, did you sense they had been working out policy structures and answers to some of these questions? yeah, i
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think we already saw and the responses on health care for example a lot of the candidates say they support a single payer health care syste m support a single payer health care system but when we lot of them said they viewed it more as aspirational, long term, and they didn't speak of medicare for all as someone like senator bernie sanders might, so thatis senator bernie sanders might, so that is definitely one issue that will separate the candidates a lot and it was really interesting to see how the answer did for us. he asked them a question about whether anyone deserves to be a billionaire and i listen to the responses and i thought it was interesting because you got a range of well, people should be able to earn money, this is america, but also people questioning the notion of the use of the word deserve, what did you make of the responses there? we thought that was a really interesting question to ask them and it definitely highlighted how concerned most candidates were about the
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wealth gap, income and the quality, but then you had a range of answers from one senator who said no, you do not deserve to have $1 billion, to others who said earning $1 billion is something all americans, it is baked into our american values so it was definitely interesting to hear how they answered and many of them really did focus on that word deserve and it puzzled them at the beginning, we got a lot of people saying, deserve, and then they would think about it. definitely something that there were differences on. sidney amber, thank you. it is all there on the website. check it out on the website. i wish they had released in instalments because it isa released in instalments because it is a lot at one time. they have to start asking the candidates the naughtiest thing they have ever done. i wonder how many of them have run through a field of wheat.
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done. i wonder how many of them have run through a field of wheatm done. i wonder how many of them have run through a field of wheat. it was good that one of them talked about leaving brightly coloured underwear on the plane, that would bejust leaving brightly coloured underwear on the plane, that would be just a bit embarrassing. let's go back to parliament and vicki young. she is joined by one of the four contenders are still in the race. they have whittled it down to four and there will be another ballot. 0ne whittled it down to four and there will be another ballot. one of those is home secretary sajid javid who joins me now. what will be your pitch to mps who may be still haven't made up their mind or the candidates was knocked out, why should they put you through to the next round ? should they put you through to the next round? i am very pleased to be in the finalfourand next round? i am very pleased to be in the finalfour and i next round? i am very pleased to be in the final four and i will try my very best to win. my message to my collea g u es very best to win. my message to my colleagues which i think is resonating is first of all we need a constructive competition so when we get to the final two we know boris johnson will be one of those and well done to him, but in terms of having a real constructive competition i can provide that. secondly i think we need a change
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candidate because we need to recognise after nine years of incumbency, not delivering brexit, people cry out for change, if we don't offer change they will vote for change in a form of corbyn and i can be the agent to change. thirdly we need to reach out to new audiences. my own background and how i chose the conservative party, got into politics is very different from all the other candidates and i think it can resonate with so many other people around the country and help us people around the country and help us to reach new audiences. what might you talk about being an agent for change and we heard a lot about your backs story that you are the son ofan your backs story that you are the son of an immigrant from pakistan, is that enough, have you laid out your vision of what you want britain to be? of course background is not enough but it is important how it informs your vision for the country and the late informs me is because my background was challenging in its own way, i can stand here today as a candidate as a home secretary, i
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wa nt to candidate as a home secretary, i want to help others achieve their dreams. i want to help create a society where it doesn't matter who you are or what your background is, you are or what your background is, you can achieve what you want and i wa nt to you can achieve what you want and i want to remove those obstacles out of the way. recently i talked a lot for example about schools and colleges, i relied on my local comprehensive school, my local college, like 90% of the population do andi college, like 90% of the population do and i want to be out there championing these things such as schools and other things that help people with social mobility and make it my vision to help anyone to achieve what they want to know if they have a go they can succeed in anything. about brexit, we think you put your hand up when you said you were sticking to the 31st october, you are willing to leave without a deal and that will not be popular with some people in the country.|j have been very clear, i set out a very credible brexit plan, i will try and get a deal but i have also said we need to keep preparing for no—deal and that is not because i
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wa nt no—deal and that is not because i want it, i just no—deal and that is not because i want it, ijust think no—deal and that is not because i want it, i just think something no—deal and that is not because i want it, ijust think something any responsible government needs to do it, my aim and policy will be to leave by the end of october but i have also said that i will have two asa have also said that i will have two as a prime minister not a dictator have to recognise the will of parliament and that is true for anyone who wants to become prime minister so i have been very realistic but i will be clear we will do everything we can to leave on time. thank you very much. one of the contenders still in the race and that ballot happens tomorrow morning. thank you, great that you got sajid javid on the programme for us. we've talked a few times on this programme about the plight of the british iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. she was arrested in april 2016 at tehran airport as she headed back to the uk with her daughter, gabriella, after a family visit. she was sentenced to five years in jail on espionage charges, accusations she has always vehemently denied. yesterday, during the bbc‘s conservative leadership debate, borisjohnson was asked about the gaffe he made when he was foreign secretary
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when he wrongly claimed that nazanin had visited iran to "teach journalism." well, actually i think it is very important, emily, that in this context we should pay tribute to the work of the foreign office in doing what they can... words have consequences. but in seeking to point the finger either at to me or at anybody in the uk for the incarceration of nazanin or anyone else i have deepest sympathy for nazanin and her family, else i have deepest sympathy for nazanin and herfamily, but in pointing the finger at us. words have consequences, that was abdullah's phrase. in that case i didn't think it made a difference. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is currently on hunger strike in tehran. as is her husband richard, who since the weekend has been camping outside the iranian embassy in london, hoping to some draw attantion to his wife's sitaution. and this morning i went to see him.
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so, last night borisjohnson told emily maitlis he didn't think his comments about nazanin had made any difference. do you think they did?|j difference. do you think they did?” was outraged when he said that. i have heard the transcript. of course his comments had a difference. they are not the recent years in prison, but where they then used to justify the court case, did it propaganda for a number of weeks, the court case, did it propaganda fora number of weeks, it the court case, did it propaganda for a number of weeks, it is ok to make mistakes but you need to take response ability. i have been quite measured with borisjohnson over the yea rs. measured with borisjohnson over the years. the story became about boris johnson rather than nazanin and my job is to keep the focus on nazanin. i sensed when we last spoke some months ago things were progressing in the right direction albeit slowly, as the stand—off in the gulf over the last few weeks made things more difficult? i can't read it. i see volatility and complexity both ways. last week there was an american green card, then we had the
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gulf stand—off, there is clearly a confusing two tone element to us policy and iranian policy. of course the basics if things get more importance, it is harderfor eve ryo ne importance, it is harderfor everyone to climb down. you have been on hunger strike... day five, four days and a bit. how are you feeling? you might probably slowly getting there. weaker and slower in my thinking. you can probably... my a nswer my thinking. you can probably... my answer is i am a bit more brusque, sleeping on the pavement and not eating for five days... you are matching her hunger strike on iran, she is in hunger strike again. matching her hunger strike on iran, she is in hunger strike againm she is in hunger strike againm she is in hunger strike againm she is going to do it again, i should go through it, but also knowing just to see it in person, here everyone gets to see it, they get to see it, making suffering visible and amplifying the boys and
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saying this is a problem that needs to be solved. how is the embassy responding? they have put the big steel barriers in front of the doors. they have been trying all sorts of different tricks to move us away. first they called the police to try and move the sun and the police said this is a democratic country and the right to protest, they then started tweeting to say we are blocking the embassy and harassing the staff and people came down to check, we want, a couple were knitting and there was a candlelit vigil and then there's barriers, they have done different things and at one point they were spray things and at one point they were spray washing defences... they were saying we would get wet and i said i would take my chances. then i started sending the thing and putting all over it and they started to say, blocking the pavement and we have to move it. the police said listen, if you need to arrest me, thatis listen, if you need to arrest me, that is your call, i agree with your colleagues, this is the line, we have been reasonable and we are not looking at. they want to blockade
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the own embassy, that is their business. good for you. i have to ask a given that borisjohnson is the favourite in the race, if he does become prime minister, what is your message to him?” does become prime minister, what is your message to him? i think you should take responsibility for his mistakes. myjob will be to make sure nazanin is the number one priority. he works hard, richard, and he has been there forfive priority. he works hard, richard, and he has been there for five days. extraordinary actions of the empty putting up the steel barrier and they have been trying to enchant into the road. the police got on the embassy he has every right to be there and protest but he was telling me off the back of the interview that one seniorfigure me off the back of the interview that one senior figure from the embassy came down and said you were causing me an awful headache, so it has obviously gone all the way up the chain to iran because there is a social media presence now and they are focusing on richard because my campaign in the embassy and it has gone viral in iran so it is coming down the chain and they are getting it in the neck. as he says she is on hunger strike so that is why he is doing it so that everybody can see it so it does get attention. this is
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beyond 100 days. still to come... i can't believe i just beyond 100 days. still to come... i can't believe ijust did that. we meet the ten—year—old girl from colorado who's just become the youngest person on record to climb the perilous el capitan in yosemite. selah schneiter will tell us how she did itand selah schneiter will tell us how she did it and how she found the view when she got to the top. health experts say the fight against deadly but preventable diseases like polio and measles has stalled in many parts of the world. the wellcome trust found that a fifth of people in europe either disagree with vaccines, or are unsure about their safety. our health editor hugh pym looks at the implications of this study. he was funny, he used to make up dances, make up songs. one of his classmates actually said that everybody was his friend. gemma's son sam got measles at the age of three. he hadn't had the injections at that stage because of other health problems. earlier this year at the age of six, he developed a rare brain disorder,
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sspe, linked back to the measles virus. he died in hospital. measles is highly infectious. this little girl was too young to be vaccinated. she recovered after nine days in hospital. health chiefs are concerned that some of the family is influenced by false claims about vaccine safety, are refusing jabs. there have been calls for them to be mandatory. the idea of a compulsory vaccination system is now part of the debate. not least because other countries, other european countries are moving there and some states in america are moving there. but i'd rather we didn't do that. historically, we've had very high vaccination rates in the uk and we still have some of the highest in the world, but they are dropping off. persuasion doesn't always work. this gp and others in west london was told by officials to contact parents about vaccinations after measles outbreaks at local schools, but there wasn't much response. we suspect that it's not a strong enough message to convince people who are very convinced they don't
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want the vaccine to then change their mind. gemma has this message for parents as they make their decisions. it's not always just about your family. vaccinating your child, if they can be vaccinated, you could help save another parent from burying their six—year—old, or younger. three weeks have passed since the eu leaders gathered to discuss the bloc‘s top jobs, and little has changed. tomorrow the leaders will reconvene in brussels for what is billed as a decisive summit to decide who will become the next commission presidents. expectations of a breakthrough are not altogether high. for what it's worth theresa may will be there. though brexit won't play any prominent part this week, not while the conservatives are choosing a new leader. yesterday mr barnier rejected any idea that parts of the withdrawal agreement,
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those parts that protect citizens‘ rights, could be adopted if there is ‘no deal‘. the focus remains he said on ratifying the entire deal. let's talk to david herszenhorn, chief brussels correspondent for politico. lovely to see you. what we are going to get tomorrow? it seems to me there is an almighty row brewing about the commission president. yes, about the commission president. yes, a long light into the night discussion among the 28 new leaders, theresa may will be there although she has pledged to be a constructive and silent partner in the process as the eu struggles to figure out who it once and all of these top jobs beginning with the commission president but also the council president, president of parliament and high representative for foreign affairs. in those three weeks and change since the european election we have not had clarity in the parliament they have been working out some internal political family issues but they haven't rallied around a single candidate, the social candidate system is hanging bya social candidate system is hanging by a thread here, because it has
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been no consensus on the parliament about which of those three main candidates, the first vice president, manfred webber or margaret the competition commission, which of them should be the rightful nominee. the council has to make that decision. the 28 leaders using a process called the rainforest qualified majority, 21 out of 28 eu member states representing 65% of the population. one interesting thing is that the uk is actually missed here because germany and france take the lead. there is a lot of tension there. often the uk could come in and help break the logjam and tilt one way or other. the uk's presence in this discussion be sorely missed. i know brexit has not been discussed at the summit, the leadership issues, tell me from your conversations with people in brussels what they are making of the tory party leadership contest and the prospect of borisjohnson who is the prospect of borisjohnson who is the frontrunner becoming britain's next by minister, what are you
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hearing about it? as you can imagine there is a lot of focus and attention being paid in brussels, indeed there is a point during the summit where they will meet on 27 format for a quick update on brexit. they promised that after they agreed to the last extension that pushed the cliff to october of 315t. but the cliff to october of 315t. but the line has been very consistent. the facts on the ground have not changed. but one line i heard today, the mat hasn't changed so the politics have to change on the uk side. they haven't heard anything from borisjohnson or side. they haven't heard anything from boris johnson or any of the other candidates for tory leadership that they are prepared to make fundamental changes in theresa may's red lines that might open this up to a new set of negotiations. they withdraw agreement they say is done and dusted. it was agreed with the uk, not theresa may personally, and if there will be changes it will be the political declaration that accompanies the withdrawal agreement. but so far no sign of any change. borisjohnson agreement. but so far no sign of any change. boris johnson the frontrunner said he will take the uk out one way or another on october the 315t. i don't states that in brussels anybody fully believes
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that. they want to hear the house of commons say they have authorised a no—deal brexit. they haven't blocked it but they haven't okayed it either. once we get the point they will have a new european commission, new uk prime minister, a lot of reasons right there to do another delay. it's not the most popular thing to say but that is where we will be heading. we had no deems are we one of the ministers on tonight saying what we do is what the eu is really offering, if it is moving to position stand still for nine months and they want to resort to wto terms, then start talking about it a different type of trade deal, how does that go down in brussels? did i think that is pie in the sky or is it something that has been rumoured? it is really pie in the sky. there isa it is really pie in the sky. there is a lot of head shaking about a lack of understanding of all the practical implications of making that kind of mood. if you pull back on wto what is the plan? what sort
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of tariffs would be put in place? if you put tariffs in place how does that affect uk industry in terms of the competitiveness? what does it do for consumer prices? lots of implications and a lot of potential damage on the british side that makes brussels not really take that seriously but also wonder how three years now after the brexit referendum there can be so little understanding still among many people of the real—life consequences of this decision. thank you for joining us from brussels. we must leave it there. with more than 70 films to his name including dangerous liaison, the king killing fields and bonaire, john malkovich is worried one of the most versatile actress. today he returns to the west end for the world premiere of bitter weight, the new play tackling the recent abuse scandals tackling hollywood. tim muffett has been to see him. the story of a deprived
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hollywood mogul and his abuse of power. bitter weight starring john malkovich is a work of fiction with echoes of real life. there is talk that it echoes of real life. there is talk thatitis echoes of real life. there is talk that it is based on harvey weinstein. is it? i would that it is based on harvey weinstein. is it? iwould say that it is based on harvey weinstein. is it? i would say that was more of a kind of starting point. it is not harvey, but it i'm sure would recall certain aspects of harvey, the behaviour harvey is charged with. once all of hollywood's most powerful figures, harvey weinstein will stand trial in september accused of rape and sexual assault. he denies all allegations of nonconsensual sex. you have described this play as a black first. is the subject matter suitable for a first? people made firsts of hitler, who decides when
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something can be funny or not funny. international date line, i always thought it would be a great name for a dating service. you have made over 70 films. when you aware during your long film career that this sort of behaviour is talked about in this play was going on? no. not at all, no inkling? i had let say overheard some things that may have not been ideal in terms of collegial behaviour or what you come to work for. i didn't really ever have discussions about it. that some people know it was going on? i'm sure they knew. is troubling you? no, it's fine. is something troubling you ? no, it's fine. is something troubling you? yes. the other gains —— allegations against harvey
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weinstein feel the need to movement, which saw other people coming forward. do you think there is more to come? do i think it is the last of it? i doubt it. it is very tough. what is to end unless bad behaviour and don't see bad behaviour ending any time soon. john malkovich there. el capitan in yosemite national park is a 3,000 ft vertical climb and in places it isa sheer rock face. it is very dangerous. and so all the more remarkable that selah schneiter, a 10—year—old girl from colorado, has just become the youngest person on record to climb it. look at that hair raising view. she spent five days going up there with her dad who is an expert climber. i'm not sure i would want my
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precious little girl dangling from a rock like that. luckily her dad is like crack climber too. we will be speaking to her on tomorrow because ‘s programme. see you then. hello. for many of us today has been a pretty cloudy day. a few bright spells but also some heavy showers. this was the scene during the afternoon in essex with a shower cloud passing through. there were some heavy rounds as well. the other side of england in western england, what a difference it made with plenty of sunshine to end the day. not many people on the beach in cornwall. 0n the radar picture we still have showers across the north—west of the country but the line of rain you can see going through east anglia in south—east england is a weather front and which is clear the threat of thunderstorms goes away. it will become dry overnight for much of england and wales but showers will continue across north—western parts of the country. temperature wise overnight we are looking at lows between eight
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and 12. the forecast for thursday is another day of sunshine and showers. close by to an area of low pressure, scotla nd close by to an area of low pressure, scotland that will see the most frequent of those showers, getting going quickly in the morning. showers will also move into northern ireland through the morning. most of england and wales will start the day ona drying england and wales will start the day on a drying out with some sunshine. it will be during the afternoon where we start see showers getting going and becoming quite heavy. even then there will be some gaps between those showers. probably more of us seeing more and the way of sunshine. feeling pressure across england. temperatures reaching a high of 19. i will show you something we have not seen for the whole of the month, this is an area of high pressure. we haven't seen one of those at all during june stop it is building through friday at the weekend so for many of us the weather will become dry and settled at last. friday, still a few showers across the north—west of scotland but otherwise a dry picture. the best sunshine will be across england and wales.
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probably most of us will see sunshine at least at some time. temperatures 16—21. the area of high pressure still affecting the uk through the weekend, for most of us it isa through the weekend, for most of us it is a dry weekend with temperatures in the high teens to low to mid 20s. it will get warmer, so low to mid 20s. it will get warmer, so 2a possible in london. a cross parts of england and wales it will start to turn more humid as we head through sunday but then we see an area of low pressure moved quite close to the west of the uk late on sunday and that will threaten some rain which might come in through sunday night. that is your weather.
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this is bbc news, i'm clive myrie. the headlines at eight... rory stewart is knocked out of the conservative leadership contest, leaving four in the race to be the next prime minister. in the end, perhaps some of the things i was saying that they nokia brexit would be catastrophic or that she can't deal brexit would be catastrophic or that she can't negotiate a new deal with europe, probably proved to be true and people went quite ready to hear, but i still think they are truths. two further rounds of voting will take place tomorrow, from 10am, to whittle the field down to the final two. we'll bring you all the reaction to the result, live from westminster. in other news... a 64 year old man is arrested on suspicion of manslaugter, by detectives investigating the death of footballer, emiliano sala. four men are identified
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