you're watching beyond one hundred days... rare unity among britain's opposition mps — uniting, for now, in a bid to stop a no deal brexit. they could take the first steps as soon as next week to ensure a further brexit delay — beyond the current 31 october deadline. it's not what borisjohnson wants — this is the man who said the uk would be out by halloween, do or die. the amazon is burning but brazil's jair bolsonaro wants an apology before he'll accept international help to put out the flames. also on the programme... johnson &johnson is ordered to pay $572 million for its part in fuelling oklahoma's opioid addiction crisis. the drugmaker says it will appeal.

plus — why the internet just can't get enough of this image of melania trump greeting the canadian prime minister. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and david eades is in london. if you want a sense ofjust how critical the brexit crisis has become, opposition party leaders invoked the spirit of world war two today. for good measure, they gathered at church house — a westminster building that mps used during the war itself. there, leaders of the five opposition parties agreed common ground to defeat a no—deal brexit. in a joint statement sent out by labour, lib dems, the greens, plaid cymru and the snp — they agreed they would act together to find practical ways to stop a no deal. and to get there, it was clear they had to trade compromises and, for now at least, to set aside personal and party

preferences. the priority is to prevent a no—deal exit from the eu because of all the damage it would do to people'sjobs, economy, and our relationships with the rest of the world. so we've had a discussion this morning with all the other opposition parties, and agreed that i will put forward a proposal which will make sure that parliament is able to debate a legislative way of preventing the government crashing us out with no—deal. so let's have a closer look at those options as there are two broad routes being mapped out by opposition mps. one would involve simply legislating against a no—deal while the other would require passing a vote of no—confidence in the government. today they agreed that they'll be directing their efforts at the first. but it won't be easy — it's hard, under the uk constitution, for anyone other than the government to pass legislation. they would still need to come to a shared view on what the law would actually say — whether it would simply extend the brexit date or revoke

it completely, and on whether it would be a one—off law or a permanent one. the other option is a vote of no—confidence — this was previously labour's preferred option. it could be used to trigger a general election or install a caretaker prime minister. labour'sjeremy corbyn has made no secret that it should be him. non—labour mps have made no secret that it shouldn't be him. which explains why it is not deemed the best first course of action. we're joined now in our newsroom by labour mp rupa huq, and liberal democrat mp christine jardine who's in the shetlands. thanks forjoining us. if you can give us at this moment of unity between these five parties, a very simple explanation as to what this legislative process does, and it is fairto point legislative process does, and it is fair to point out you don't even know you have a majority in parliament to do it. yes, i was at the meeting in church hours today that you describe, and we are in

uncharted territory, this is a path which has not been trodden —— church house. we have an unwritten constitution and that requires relationships of trust and confidence between the legislature and the mps, and the government, the executive, but what we are worried about is that borisjohnson who has about is that borisjohnson who has a majority of precisely one mp and thatis a majority of precisely one mp and that is only with adding the conservatives to the dup, is trying to completely disregard democracy and parliamentarians and steam roller through a no—deal brexit. and parliamentarians and steam roller through a no-deal brexit. as you know, his view is that that is perfectly within his right and he can avoid parliament taking any other course at the moment. let me come onto the second point, about the question of a no—confidence motion, because again unity only goes so far, doesn't it? the bottom line is you don't have unity as to where you would go in the next step.

we can go to christine jardine. if it came to a choice that it was hard to get this legislation through, impossible to get it through, and the liberal democrats had to choose between having jeremy corbyn as the prime minister, caretaker prime minister, and having revoking a no—deal brexit, which would you choose? eating at the moment is to avoid a no—deal brexit and what you saw today was cross—party agreement and consensus that we have to do what we can to stop that —— the thing at the moment. jeremy corbyn is acknowledging that he cannot on his own command the support it would needin his own command the support it would need in the commons for him to be the caretaker prime minister, so our preferred option has always been the legislative route and it seems now thatjeremy legislative route and it seems now that jeremy corbyn has accepted that that jeremy corbyn has accepted that that will be the preferred route and that will be the preferred route and

that will be what we will try to do, because the priority at the moment is stopping no—deal brexit. there we re is stopping no—deal brexit. there were people in the room today for whom that is a priority but they do not share our commitment to preventing brexit completely and what we have to do is move on from this to working to stop brexit, but the first thing has to be to stop something which even the government's own reports, even conservative mps say would be disastrous for this country. can you see a way in which you would move closer, the labour party, to the lib dems position, stop brexit being the single top priority? the labour party has moved a lot from where originally mps were whipped into voting to trigger article 50 although personally i rebelled on that, to our current position. it was a sequential thing, a set of stages and a phased process, and we tried to go for a single market deal with a customs union and we tried

for the cross—party talks and i even had half an hour with theresa may in april but we always said all options should be on the table and there are no sensible options left. our current policy is to have a peoples vote in event of any deal and nobody voted for this, they are economic reasons as christine pointed out, that a no—deal brexit is a act of self—harm but they also reasons democratic reasons and for anyone who is interested in democracy, this despotic dictate it like —— dictator like prime minister with a majority of one who is behaving like a medieval monarch must be stopped at all medieval monarch must be stopped at a ll costs. medieval monarch must be stopped at all costs. there are constitutional problems and we laid them out earlier, very difficult for any group outside of the government to bring legislation but there is also the tactical problem which is that you don't even know how many labour mps you might lose on a vote on this legislation. and therefore you don't

know how many conservative mps you need to come across the aisle to you. 170 people joined the church house decoration today from all different parties and we know consistently that parliament has voted against a no—deal brexit so thatis voted against a no—deal brexit so that is the priority at the moment. the constitutional mechanisms, we area the constitutional mechanisms, we are a new ground here, and it seems the fixed term parliament act was not worth the paper it was written on if it gets tossed aside by prime ministers. we have to be very careful not to get wrapped up in process. we are facing a crisis and the only reason to talk about the process is as the means of getting out of the crisis, to prevent no—deal brexit. we are in a situation where promise johnson potentially is going to deny the british people the right to have a say on whether or not they want no deal —— boris johnson. say on whether or not they want no deal —— borisjohnson. he is threatening to prorogue parliament and that would deny parliament be right to have a say and what we must

not do is get caught up in a constitutional process. we have to keep our focus on the fact that the clock is running down and on the sist clock is running down and on the 315t of october, if we don't find a way of stopping it, we were crashed out of the eu, and with it all the economic that it will the food shortages that we have been told we could face, the medicine shortages we have been told we could face, the fuel shortages, it is a situation which we have to take seriously and we have to avoid and that is why the liberal democrats have been working so hard to bring everybody together to work together, and jeremy corbyn has now realised that this has to be about everyone working together rather than one specific party. about everyone working together rather than one specific partym looks like today was a day when that view was shared at least by five opposition parties, so to both of you, thanks forjoining us. it is fairto you, thanks forjoining us. it is fair to say it is a rare show of

unity and there were a few very positive tweets from some of those in there about people who they have spoken poorly of until now, so there is clearly determination to pull together a united front but they can say it is not about process and it remains about process. it remains about process every time you start looking at the numbers, calculating how you get from 160 up to 320, to get carried. that will depend on what the legislation says and what the brexit voting labour party members think, and the process in this respect, as well as other things, the process will threaten that unity. when we actually get into the details of it. the amazon is burning but brazil's president won't accept international help to put out the flames unless emanuel macron apologises to him.

a personal spat between two leaders seems to be more important than a measure to help an ailing global ecosystem. here's how it started. last week president macron called the amazon fires a global crisis that should be addressed at the g7 summit. bolsonaro said that showed a colonialist mindset and warned him to stay out of brazil's internal affairs. macron said bolsonaro had lied about his commitment to climate change and threatened to cancel a trade deal. then it got personal — bolsonaro mocked brigitte macron's appearance. macron said that was very rude and brazilians were probably ashamed of their president. it was at this point that mr bolsonaro demanded an apology before he'd accept $20 million in international help to put out the fires. and as the forest burns today, that's where we've got to. here's sophie long from brazil. the heart of the amazon, the world's lungs on fire.

a chorus of condemnation echoed around the world and this ecological disaster became a global political issue. brazil's president did not strike the match that lit these flames but many say he might as well have. today, when state governors asked him for help, he told them to unite, so brazil can maintain its sovereignty. and yet the world's largest rainforest continues to smoulder. we are just passing over an area of rainforest that is still burning. my guide tells me it's farmland but it's very close to indigenous land, home to a huge amount of wildlife, and also a tribe of people that has almost no contact with the outside world. it means they also have almost no means by which to put out the fires that are raging towards them. what is the greatest threat to the land where your community lives? in the forest on the banks

of the xingu river, this man tells me it's brazil's leaders. translation: one of the biggest threats my people face today is our government. they are trying to destroy the amazon, to exterminate our people. they are the people trying to destroy our and the amazon. some fingers have been pointed at farmers who want to raze the forest for their crops and cattle. but adelrado corner and his daughter who have worked the farmland here for more than three decades tell me farmers are not to blame, translation: it's people acting illegally who want to claim the forest. farmers who own registered land don't burn and they don't deforest. we have to leave promptly. the community here are angry about the way their country and their president are being portrayed. a group of indigenous leaders say the fires are just one of many threats to the amazon. one spoke anonymously

because he fears for his life. he says his community have been threatened and if they don't leave their land by wednesday they will be killed. translation: if the government don't send protection and get the illegal loggers to leave, there will be a massacre. white people will kill indigenous people and indigenous people will kill white people. while miners and loggers continue to encroach on the scorched earth of the amazon, president bolsonaro says he will re—evaluate the laws surrounding indigenous lands to increase productivity. as flames are put out, hundreds of new fires are sparked. sophie long, bbc news, altamira in the amazon. clearly a complex picture in brazil. meanwhile, this morning president trump has been full of praise for mr bolsonaro's handling of the crisis. bolsonaro — he tweeted — is working very hard on the amazon fires and in all respects doing

a greatjob for the people of brazil — not easy. he and his country have the full and complete support of the usa! mr trump himself chose not to attend the g7 discussion on climate and the amazon fires — his empty chair, a symbol of american absence on a critical international issue. i've been speaking to richard haass — president of the council on foreign relations, and author of a world in disarray. the president is praising bolsonaro for his efforts in brazil, combating the fires, but he did not turn up to this g7 meeting addressing the crisis, is this an area where donald trump could be useful if you chose to be? he could be but he has clearly chose not to be, and his only public comments were about pollution rather than climate change and from the get go he and his administration essentially are opting out of combating one of if not the greatest challenge of the century. i also say though, that

beyond what the president said and did not do, the reaction of the rest of the g7 was pretty modest. 20 odd million dollars to help the brazilians seems to be symbolic more than significant and then the brazilian rejection calling it colonialist, well, that seems to be an outdated notion. this 20 million that the g7 came up with to combat the fires, is an indication of what the fires, is an indication of what the world looks like when america is not there, the other countries may wa nt to not there, the other countries may want to step in and take the leadership role that america has pulled back from but theyjust can't and they don't have the clout that the us has. they don't have the clout and the resources and they don't have the habits. the bottom line is the alternative to a us led world, which we have grown familiar with over the last 75 years, is a nobody led world, at a nobody led world is a world in which we see more and more regional conflicts and less global cooperation to meet global challenges. let me ask you

about a couple of areas where donald trump pulled back from previous positions that may have caused concern going into the g7. particularly about iran, where he had been more belligerent and more hawkish going and then he came out of, first indications that he could be open to a meeting fairly soon, is that progress? it is progress in the sense that the president continued to show a certain interest in negotiation or at least diplomacy and this is almost reminiscent of his north korea approach, he clearly likes the drama of high—level meetings. his problem here is that it is not clear that the iranians will share his interest in that and they may set certain preconditions but i think it all takes place against a backdrop when you have a us iranians drift towards war and getting into another middle eastern war is very much not on donald trump's agenda. i still think there

is some potential chance for a positive movement on the diplomatic front between the us and iran but it won't be easy. given the politics of both sides and given the history. and a pull—back of a difference on china, it is a bit confusing to know exactly where donald trump is on this after a weekend of back—and—forth but maybe he has pulled back from a trade war with china? perhaps, we are always one tweet away from a new situation but the bottom line is donald trump's trade policy is in conflict with his larger political aim of presenting himself to the american people as the person who brought a stronger and more robust economy. he is going to have to choose in some ways between the economic growth he wants to ta ke between the economic growth he wants to take credit for and the trade policy he would like to take credit for and policy he would like to take credit forandi policy he would like to take credit for and i think what the china episode shows is he can't have his ca ke episode shows is he can't have his cake and eat it. what we saw the

other day was a slight dialling back of the confrontational trade policy and we will see if this lasts and we will see if the united states and china can come to some sort of a limited agreement. something ambitious is probably beyond them, but some sort of a limited trade agreement is still a possibility. you were prescient, it is indeed a world in disarray. alas. alas! thanks forjoining us. in a landmark ruling in america a judge has ordered the drug manufacturerjohnson & johnson to pay $572 million for its part in fuelling oklahoma's opioid addiction crisis. the judge said the company ran, "false, misleading and dangerous "marketing campaigns, which caused exponentially "increasing rates of addiction, and overdose deaths". it is seen as an important ruling because it sets a precedent for thousands of other lawsuits that

have been filed against opioid makers and distributors. let's take a closer look at america's addiction crisis. opioids were involved in almost 400,000 overdose deaths in the us between 1999 and 2017. more than 130 people die everyday in the us from an opioid overdose. since the year 2000, some 6,000 people in oklahoma have died from opioid overdoses. but despite the ruling, johnson &johnson's share price rose more than 5% — as a much biggerfine of up to $2 billion was expected. the company denies any wrongdoing and intends to appeal the decision. i'm joined now by regina labelle — director of the addiction and public policy initiative at georgetown law. given the fact thatjohnson & johnson makes in sales some $80 billion a year, this is a pretty small fine. the judge decided that he would give $572 million for the first year to abate this issue, to abate the crisis in oklahoma, not

the $17 billion they had asked, so it certainly it is a drop in the bucket compared to what they made. one of the concerns we continue to have is, addiction is a chronic condition so what happens after that year to people who may be in treatment who rely on the systems which have been established that may or may not have money going into the second year, so this epidemic is not going to stop tomorrow and it will be with us for quite some time. some 2000 lawsuits out there at the moment, what does this ruling suggest for them? i think it is a message that is sent to other companies and also most importantly it isa companies and also most importantly it is a message to thousands of people around the country who have lost loved ones because of the epidemic. that the courts heard them, thisjudge heard them, and the message that is sent is that the children, the loved ones who died, they have their day in court, but it

doesn't have legal effect on the other cases that are going to begin in october because this is a very specific oklahoma state nuisance law. can i ask, especially with your focus on public policy, how do you square the circle where these are government approved and regulated products? there was a case going back to 2007 where perdue farmer settled rather than go through the courts and they said one company cannot be held accountable for a complex public health issue like the opioid crisis. do they have a point? in this case, what we have before us is an addiction epidemic, and all of us is an addiction epidemic, and all of us in our society are accountable and the people who produce the opioids have a role to play and also the doctors who prescribed but also those in public policy, there has

been an underfunded addiction treatment system in this country. health care leaders are responsible. so, going forward, hopefully we can have more of a long—term national strategy as opposed to a big sale approach to this important issue. strategy as opposed to a big sale approach to this important issuelj was going to bring in thejohnson & johnson lawyer. we can have a listen to her. you need to understand that not one oklahoma doctor was brought to the stand to testify that they we re to the stand to testify that they were misled by anything thatjohnson &johnson said or did. and not one patient or family member testified about any abuse or misuse of a johnson &johnson medicine. what do you think of that? i have been

working on this issue since 2009 and ican working on this issue since 2009 and i can tell you i have met hundreds of families, hundreds of doctors, who can tell you how they were influenced by marketing practices and in this case this summer the trial, there were people from other states, other doctors who came, so i'm not going to second guess the trial mechanisms and why they chose not to bring oklahoma doctors, but i know for a fact there are hundreds of people who were affected by the marketing practices. that is also what the reporting on this issue shows, thanks for joining what the reporting on this issue shows, thanks forjoining us. at most meetings of world leaders — it's the bonds between those attending that often sparks interest on social media. and this year's g7 was no exception to that. the scene was the customary family photo to mark the end of the summit — when one photographer captured this image — showing a smiling melania trump greeting canadian prime minister

justin trudeau. the warm embrace is par for the course when the cameras are out, you may say. perhaps... but that didn't stop the internet having their two cents. "melania is ready to risk it all", writes loni love. dean suggests melania is thinking of an escape plan to canada. but as karl points out — trudeau has that look a lot of people like — so give her a break. this is all very unfair, isn't it? ridiculous. it is small-minded and mischievous and i think this is misplaced but who am i to argue with the millions who are picking this up on the internet? you take one freeze—frame of a whole load of others and you can capture pretty much the image you want when people are greeting each other in that situation. as you say, they will pick up on these, and they are in the high—profile aren't they? this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news —

we look at the latest polling ahead of the 2020 democratic primaries — which hasjoe biden in the top group but not top place. that is coming up. much like sunday and monday, 33 celsius was the hotspot of the day, as we saw again through tuesday afternoon, but it will be cooling off through the week. the atlantic weather systems continue to take over thanks to the invigorated jet stream. a couple of weather fronts might be changed to the conditions, bringing thunderstorms this evening and for the first part of the night and for the first part of the night and bringing intense storms through the midlands and into northern and eastern england, torrential downpours and maybe even frequent lightning. moving north into eastern parts of scotland and they should tend to clear off into the north sea during the early hours but the next weather front will be pushing into

western areas bringing thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain and low cloud and outbreaks of rain and low cloud and mistand and outbreaks of rain and low cloud and mist and muck. and outbreaks of rain and low cloud and mistand muck. it and outbreaks of rain and low cloud and mist and muck. it will be a muqqy and mist and muck. it will be a muggy night in central and eastern areas, 15—16 in towns and cities. this is the second weather front moving in, and it will be a messy pitch of a wednesday, a lot of cloud ata pitch of a wednesday, a lot of cloud at a different feel to things across england and wales, outbreaks of rain further, with mist and merck, and the rain could be heavy at times, but they will still be sunshine around, especially in the south—east and increasing amounts of sunshine in northern ireland and western scotland, but a lot cooler, 2a in the south—east, a good 10 degrees lower here, but the invigorated jet strea m lower here, but the invigorated jet stream will bring further low pressure systems to our shores for thursday and friday in the systems will be quite deep so it will turn breezy on thursday across the board but also quite windy across scotland and northern ireland. may be quite a

bit of rain falling especially for western scotland. some showers further south but the best of the sunshine here again and climates —— temperatures ranging from the high teens to the low 20s. wet conditions for scotland and northern ireland on friday. also pushing into western england and wales, but the farmers in the south—east will be crying out for the rain at this point and it looks like being another dry one. certainly feeling fresher. it turns even fresher on sunday, where it will remain breezy with further rain and showers especially in the north and showers especially in the north and west.

this is beyond one hundred days with me katty kay in washington, david eades is in london. our top stories.. in a rare show of unity, britain's opposition mps agree a strategy to stop no—deal brexit. the move could force a further brexit delay — beyond the 31st of october. the priority is to prevent a no deal exit from the european union because of all the damage it would do to peoplesjobs the economy, and our relationships with the rest of the world. the amazon is burning but brazil's jair bolsonaro wants an apology before he'll accept international help to put out the flames. coming up in the next half hour. jeffrey epstein's accusers tell a new york courtroom that he was a coward to take his own life and that justice has never been served.

and bust a move! we'll check out the day time disco for the over 65s in south korea. while uk opposition mps game out potential ways of blocking a no—deal brexit — there still remains the possibility that their plan will never be necesssa ry. that is, if borisjohnson manages to negotiate a new withdrawal agreement with eu leaders and pass it through parliament within the next two months. experts are almost universally sceptical that all this could occur in such a short timeframe. and the latest comments after a phone call between european commission president jean claude juncker and borisjohnson would appear to back up that view — mrjohnson set out that the uk will be leaving the european union on october 31 "whatever the circumstances".

he also said that that unless the withdrawal agreement is reopened and the backstop abolished, there is no prospect of that deal. let's pick this up with nick gutteridge, brussels reporter for the sun newspaper. ijust wonder in light of i just wonder in light of what ijust wonder in light of what has been said it is difficult to see any glimmer of hope? it is. if you look at the positions of both sides of the moment, boris johnson at the positions of both sides of the moment, borisjohnson is still saying the backstop has to go entirely. the eu are simply not going to get rid of that. we have seen some slight changes in the language being used in the last few daysin language being used in the last few days in terms of can you reopen the withdrawal agreement ever so slightly and make some technical changes to it. perhaps but only if the uk comes up with proposals that are compatible with the basic aims

of the brexit deal that theresa may did as it is. as you say as well the timeframe is very tight for getting something negotiated and plenty think this will go down to the last minute. and the onus is on the uk to come up with alternatives but the irish foreign minister simon coveney said that the alternatives did not even come close to doing the same job as the backstop. he seems to be shutting the door more than anything. absolutely, the eu position and the irish position as well has been that those alternative arrangements, technologicalfixes that the brexiteers are in favour of simply do not cut it when it comes to the quite wide—ranging aims that the backstop encompasses in terms of avoiding infrastructure on the irish border but also basically keeping

the all ireland economy in ireland going. they are saying the eu is not entirely against technology, they will say that it forms part of the solution but cannot do it all and you have to have some kind of strong regulatory ties in effect the uk following eu rules on key stuff otherwise you simply cannot have that seamless trade. what is the timetable in terms of borisjohnson coming up with these alternative proposals, it is not entirely clear in this readout from the conversation with the irish whether he has already presented something to dublin and they have come back to say this does not work whether that works. but what is your understanding on that, when will we know what it is that is being put on the table by borisjohnson? know what it is that is being put on the table by boris johnson? that is kind of the game going on at the moment, borisjohnson kind of the game going on at the moment, boris johnson picked kind of the game going on at the moment, borisjohnson picked up on angela merkel mentioning this 30 day figure. that is not any kind of

official eu timetable. david frost, who is the chief adviser to boris johnson on the eu is over here tomorrow to talk to the commission and the council. we get the sense that behind closed doors there are some talks going on around some technical things and you might be able to look at the backstop in terms of sector by sector approaches. either certain bits that could be revisited to help him with that aim ultimately of wanting to diverge from some eu rules and not be completely trapped in the customs union. but that said, this is not yet the basis for negotiations, this is both sides on either side of the channel looking at something that may become a possibility but it is incredibly early days for that. and yet we only have a short time! thank you very much.

whether it's fair or not, we know a president's chances of re—election often depend on how the economy is going, or even more importantly, how people feel it's going. and on that there's some good news for president trump in the latest poll from cbs. a majority of those polled think donald trump is doing a good job on the economy. 53%. and 57% say they're confident about being able to pay for food and housing. but less than half feel the same about being able to pay their medical bills. and it's that last figure democratic candidates are seizing on as a way to beat president trump. a new poll from monmouth university shows bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, the two most prominent champions of universal healthcare, are tied at the top. former vice—presidentjoe biden is also still up in that top group. in this poll, california senator kamala harris is losing momentum. for more, we'rejoined by anthony salvanto, who is the elections and surveys director at cbs news.

health care is the overriding issue in this election campaign?m health care is the overriding issue in this election campaign? it is indeed. i think in our polling we have seen democrats in particular say that health care is their top issue. interesting that within the democratic party you find a fairly even split between those who want what we will consider a more progressive solution, they want medicare for all policies, expanded health care in the us and those who would say that we just need to kind of amend what it is we already have. and those photos have been more for joe biden in our polling, reflecting a larger split in the democratic electorate right now between those who would adopt a more progressive agenda across a wide range of issues and those who would sayjust go back to the way that things were under former president obama. i think that is the the lens through which we need to watch this democratic

primary go forward. interesting because joe primary go forward. interesting becausejoe biden primary go forward. interesting because joe biden is primary go forward. interesting becausejoe biden is more centrist on these issues and not as progressive as elizabeth warren or benny santos. i wonder if that is why he put out this ad today in iowa stressing the personal issue of health care for him. my son beau was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given only months to live. i can't fathom what would have happened if the insurance companies had said for the last six months of his life, "you're on your own." the fact of the matter is, health care is personal to me. sojoe biden so joe biden not sojoe biden not saying he wants universal health care but saying that he cares about health care. it isjoe biden that he cares about health care. it is joe biden going that he cares about health care. it isjoe biden going to be nervous about that monmouth university polling that has him, elizabeth warren and bernie sanders tied in top position effectively for the democratic nomination?” top position effectively for the democratic nomination? i think the way to look at this race is to look at it in terms of tears, there is

joe biden hill is frankly leading in most polls including our poll and then elizabeth warren and bernie sanders and kamala harris who all define that top tier. and by that i mean these are the candidates getting enough of a percentage in order to earn delegates to the national democratic convention next summer. it seems a long way away to look at that but that is how the campaigns will look at this, they are trying to earn those convention delegates so any candidate that you see above what would be 15% threshold in those early stages is ina threshold in those early stages is in a strong position and that is how i define the top tier. the other thing to add is that when you look at health care is cost that democratic voters often talk about as their top concern not necessarily access. and even in our most recent polling when people talk about concerns about paying for health ca re concerns about paying for health care bill, that really overrides even questions of access and that is

where i think we will watch whether these democratic candidates can really speak to what is the top concern about health care in that electorate. in terms of conventional politics this would be extremely useful for the democrats to pore over, we are not in conventional times, do you think that these sorts of findings and surveys are as valid and valuable today in this very split political world that we see in the us as they might normally be?” do think they are valuable but they ought to beat read the right way which is to say look at the issues that voters care about. and try to understand the way in which they will make their decisions. it is much less valuable to look at the horse races every day and who is up by one point or down and if there's one thing we know about primary failings and especially this far out is that they will move around and good reason for that. a human reason behind that, these are people making

up behind that, these are people making up their minds who know they still have months in order to pick a candidate. so are something of a contrivance to see them chucking up and down for a pointer to which, what is really important is that things we've talked about, what are theissues things we've talked about, what are the issues they care about, however going to make their decisions and that i think is valuable and the way to watch this. interesting figures. thank you very much. that thing about being worried about paying for health care, we are lucky that at the bbc we get good private insurance here in the united states but we recently switched on insurance and my gp who i'll have a lwa ys insurance and my gp who i'll have always been to is no longer in my insurance plan so to go to her now for a checkup would cost something like $600 now. the effect of that is that i have not been for a checkup in the last 20 years because i do not want to pay $600 and that is what health care costs mean to

americans. and i might point you are one of one third of people being asked that question who admitted to forgoing a trip to the doctor.m asked that question who admitted to forgoing a trip to the doctor. it is crazy. i can completely understand why people do that. some 30 women who say they were sexually abused by jeffrey epstein have told a new york court that they haven't gotjustice because the late financier committed suicide in prison. federal prosecutors want the case against epstein dismissed because of his death. but the presiding judge said the accusers needed an opportunity to speak. here's what one of them said after leaving the court. it was so powerful in there hearing all the other victims and very similar stories that i have enjoyed. —— endured. i want to thank the judge for letting us speak. and having some closure. not all of the women were willing to speak publicly. here's the lawyer representing some of them, gloria allred. it took a lot of courage for them to write the statements. and to have their voice heard. and i really commend

them for being here. becausejeffrey epstein's death, whether it was suicide or murder, does not end the case. does not end their fight forjustice. it does not end their feeling that they were manipulated and victimised. and that they were child victims. we're joined now from outside the court by our correspondent chris buckler. difficult for some of these women to speak in public givenjeffrey epstein is dead what they hope to get from this court process now?m some ways they came here to be heard and that was the most important thing for them today. they wanted to be seen and to be heard and to really face jeffrey epstein polymer crimes and say that they were victims of them. even if they could not face an inside court. the judge

made a point of saying this is relatively unusual, the fact that a trial cannot go ahead now but the criminal case should be wrapped up but that he wanted to hear from the victims and give them that opportunity and when he invited them to speak a number of them stood up inside the courtroom. there was a long line down the middle of the court and each stood up and gave a real sense of how they had been impacted, how the crimes ofjeffrey epstein were still having an impact on their lives. at times some of them were deeply emotional and in tea rs them were deeply emotional and in tears and as they talked about how he abused and exploited them and what was really interesting at times was just how they discussed how he managed to manipulate them. how they had this strange relationship with a man who one of them described as a complex villain, they all tried to come to terms in many cases with what happened to them. obviously a very humane thing for the judge to give them that opportunity but when i talk about an opportunity for

closure i suppose we have to be realistic, it is not going to come now? no, it is not although there is this the now bite many of them to pursue civil cases and there is this pushis pursue civil cases and there is this push is well to try and look at those who were responsible alongside jeffrey epstein for some of the crimes. it was pointed out time and again by many lawyers representing the victims that he did not do this alone and there were people ultimately who recruited and helped to exploit and abuse these underage girls and they feel there investigations should continue. it was made clear by the prosecution today that that is happening and the fbi amongst others are looking at some of these issues. and also they are looking at the circumstances of his death and you heard from gloria ullrich, one of the lawyers representing the victims talk about whether that was suicide or murder in the case ofjeffrey epstein his own defence lawyers inside court

raised a number of questions about his suicide saying for example that they suspected that some of his injuries were more consistent with an attack than an actual suicide and they want that to be examined. they also raised questions about how he was looked after in prison and specifically about some video tape taken of footage outside his cell whenever he died. they say that that footage was corrupted and cannot be viewed and they want that investigated as well. a lot of questions surrounding the death of jeffrey epstein and those other people. someone that prosecutors might want to talk to as well, mentioned there as well. vets are urging pet owners to consider feeding their cats and dogs with insects — instead of more traditional food. twenty percent of the world's consumption of meat and fish is eaten by our pets. this — in turn — has a considerable impact in terms of land use, water, fossilfuels and pesticides. here's our environment

analyst roger harrabin. would you feed your dog or cat on these? the larvae of soldier flies are high in protein and edible fats. the british vets association says they are ideal for your pet. there is a fantastic opportunity here to look at insects as providing an alternative source of some of the nutrient ingredients that we use in our pet food diets. the ingredients are produced in this vast insect farm in southern holland. its uncomplaining workers are black soldierflies, chosen because they are not fussy what they eat and the grubs that hatch from their eggs are highly nutritious. these little marks on the perspex are actually black soldier fly eggs. this is a little demonstration pod, and the main breeding centre is way behind me. it's top secret, it's an industrial process and we aren't allowed there, but i can say it is bigger than an olympic swimming pool and is absolutely full

of black soldier flies. the idea of farming flies for pet food is to reduce the impact of meat production on the earth and on the climate. if we are heating up the planet and eating everything, we are going to have to start giving something back, so we have to reduce our land use, but we also have to feed people, nutritionally. so we need alternatives, and this is our prime focus — to lower the footprint of this society. the larvae eat food waste and use a fraction of the land and water of cows and produce much lower greenhouse gas emissions. ground—up larvae are fed to fish, pigs and chickens. dogs and cats are a growing market. but do pets actually like insect—based food ? it's breakfast. oh, she definitely likes it. she's usually quite a fussy eater, so i'm surprised she's eaten it all, so it must be good.

it appeals to me, because i'm a vegan and i have to wrestle with the fact that i have to literally kill animals to feed big animals, to feed my dog and big animals that are eating a lot of grain are causing all the problems, so an insect—based diet makes a lot of sense to me. in fact, most pet food is based on offal such as heart and lungs that people in the uk don't like, but the vet say if dogs eat insects instead, it will free up the offal to be exported to people who do like it. roger harrabin, bbc news. my my cat last night spent the evening chasing insects are clearly they would not mind eating bugs! this is beyond one hundred days. still to come — the dangerous game of live tv reporting... and why anything can happen. we'll explain all. documents seen by the bbc show the government knew the hs2

rail project was over budget three years ago. the documents were written in 2016 — before mps had signed—off the first phase of the project — which raises questions over whether parliament was given the whole picture. our transport correspondent tom burridge has this exclusive report. this is the story of a former manager at hs2, the public company building britain's high—speed railway, who says he was fired just as he was about to reveal an uncomfortable truth. andrew bruce says his task was to work out how much the land and property needed to build the first stretch of the railway between london and birmingham would cost. it was a crucial part of the project's budget, the figure hs2 was using at the time was £2.8 billion. i knew that the figure was wrong, i knew that it was manifestly wrong. he knew because thousands of properties and plots of land which had to be bought or compensated had been given very low values. what's more, hs2's estimate of £2.8 billion was based on 5,500

properties, when in reality more than 12,000 would need to be bought or compensated along the route. andrew bruce worked out that in reality hs2 would need an extra £2 billion to compulsorily purchase all of the land and properties, but he said that he was fired half an hour before he was due to present his work to senior figures at hs2 and the department for transport. hs2 said it doesn't recognise andrew bruce's version of events. it strongly rejects the idea that mr bruce was dismissed because of a desire to hide the true cost. last year, the national audit office found that hs2 wasn't required to submit an improved property cost estimate to parliament so it cleared hs2 of any wrongdoing. hs2 said it had also faced extensive scrutiny from parliamentary committees. but with the team appointed by the government to review the scheme set to begin their work tomorrow, it's hard to say how high speed 2 will evolve in the coming weeks.

going raving. a preserve of people in their twenties and thirties, you might think. think again. a daytime disco for over—65s is giving seniors a new lease of life in south korea's capital seoul. the event is the first of its kind, organised by the local government — and aims to tackle loneliness and dementia in the country, which has a rapidly ageing population. take a look.

that is so cool! one day that will be you and me and we will be very happy! for a chance to go dancing in the middle of the daytime.” happy! for a chance to go dancing in the middle of the daytime. i could not tell if it was slow motion or real time but either way they are cooler than i am! they're having a great time and good for them. life as a tv reporter certainly has its perks. it also has its unique hazards. when you're focused on the camera it's easy to lose track of other things happening around you. that's the lesson learned by russian sports journalist evgeniy evenvich — who was reporting on a football match. he later told the pa news agency that because he was live on air he felt he needed to keep talking no matter what. doesn't that sound familiar? just keep talking, no one will notice! fantastic. he just

just keep talking, no one will notice! fantastic. hejust comes back again and he says it was because he needed a good light so he was standing in that position! good for you. we will see you tomorrow. much like sunday and monday 33 celsius was the hotspot of the day. but through the week it will be cooling down with atlantic weather systems continuing to take over. a couple of weather fronts marking the change to conditions, this first one bringing that some thunderstorms this evening part of the night. some of those quite intense. storm is moving north into the first part of the night in eastern parts of scotland. those should clear away during the early hours but the next weather front comes in to western

areas bringing thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain. so quite a muggy night particularly across central and eastern areas with temperatures no lower than 16 degrees in towns and cities. this is the second weather front then moving and cities. this is the second weatherfront then moving in and cities. this is the second weather front then moving in and bringing quite a messy picture for wednesday with quite a lot of cloud around and a different feel across england and wales. outbreaks of rain and low cloud, some of the main could be heavy at times. still some sunshine around particularly in the south—east and also increasing amounts of sunshine across northern ireland and the west of scotland but cooler in the south—east. this jet strea m cooler in the south—east. this jet stream brings further low pressure systems in the fourth thursday and friday. the system is quite deep as well so turning breezy on thursday across the board and even quite windy across scotland and northern ireland. quite a bit of rain falling

here especially in the west of scotland. some showers further south but also the best of the sunshine here. friday a similar picture again quite windy in the north, pretty wet conditions for scotland and northern ireland and some rain pushing further south into western england and wales. but farmers and growers across the south—east will be crying out for the rain at this point. as we head into the week it turns even fresher particular on sunday and remaining breezy with further rain showers particularly in the north and west.

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