with uk will benefit. i will be back with you at apm but now it is over to my collea g u es you at apm but now it is over to my colleagues michelle and christian. you're watching beyond one hundred days... democrats take a big step forward in their impeachment investigation of donald trump. the vote in the house of representatives sets the ground rules, as democrats prepare to go public with their case against the president. but the house is divided. the resolution passed almost entirely along party lines, with the speaker shrugging off the republican complaints that the investigation is unfair. sadly, this is not any cause for any glee or comfort. it is a sham, it should not have happened, it's a tainted process. the latest witness is national security council official tim morrison, who corroborated previous

testimony linking donald trump to a quid pro quo. also on the programme... nigel farage interviews donald trump on his lbc radio show. the president says he is hopeful the us and uk could strike a trade deal but he's concerned about the current brexit plan. we want to do trade with the uk and they want to trade with us. to be honest with you, this deal, under certain aspects of the deal, you can't do it. and for the first time in 100 years — a washington dc based team wins the world series, perhaps in part — maybejust a little bit — due to me. hello and welcome — i'm michelle fleury in washington and christian fraser is in london. in a vote which split, almost entirely along party lines, the house of representatives has endorsed the democratic—led

impeachment inquiry into president trump. the resolution, which was passed a few hours ago, provides for open hearings and a written report on the case. it also entitles the president to legal counsel in the hearings which so far he has been denied. but it also sets the president and the house speaker on a collision path — the two most powerful politicians in washington —— whose careers could be on the line in this impeachment fight. speaking earlier nancy pelosi said today's vote was no cause for celebration. sadly, this is not any cause for any glee or comfort. i doubt anybody in this place or anybody that you know comes to congress to take the oath of office, comes to congress to impeach the president of the united states. republicans however, have stuck

by the president and house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the impeachment inquiry unfair and undemocratic. democrats are trying to impeach the president because they are scared they cannot defeat him at the ballot box. this impeachment is not only an attempt to undo the last election, it is an attempt to influence the next one as well. today's vote marks only the 4th time the full house has authorized an impeachment inquiry. the others were andrewjohnson in 1868, bill clinton in 1998. richard nixon resigned before he was impeached. jonathan turley is with us. he is a constitutional law professor at george washington university and the bbc‘s legal analyst. thank you forjoining us. democrats moving a step forward in this process. how much closer are we to seeing them actually bring charges,

these articles of impeachment? there isa these articles of impeachment? there is a strong sense that nothing is going to stop this train. there is just overwhelming democratic support to go to articles of impeachment and submitted to the senate. in some ways that is a defeat for speaker nancy pelosi. we are looking at an investigation which will be different, it will be public, we will have healings, it will be more consensual but it will be hard to see hayley avoid voting for the articles of impeachment. as the argument that because it was along party lines, no republican voted in favour of this resolution? it is deeply partisan. past impeachment have been partisan. the republics are saying it is bipartisan because are saying it is bipartisan because a couple of democrats voted against it but these lines are rigid and static and very better. it is not going to get better with time. a lot

of people hope, as with the nixon impeachment, where you had a majority against the impeachment, this would shift, including among republican members but we are not seeing this. this seems to have hardened. on a point of law, can we be clear, is the withholding of military aid in exchange for the investigation of a political opponent, is that unimpeachable offence? i actually think this is clearly impeachable if they can prove the quid pro quo. the problem of articles of impeachment is not that they don't qualify but they can be hard to distinguish from other decisions made by presidents or politicians. he will have a jury composed of self dealers. they are a horrible duty. i was the last legal counsel and an impeachment trial and i would love to have struck half of them off their duty. to argue in

front of those people you should not self deal in office will lead to a curious case. they are moving pretty much only on ukraine. one of the arguments the republicans will make, you have been talking about impeaching him on russia and on obstruction but no it is just ukraine. -- but now. i read all the pages of the impeachment today and one line stands out to me which is this, if the president unlawfully refuses to cooperate with the congressional request, they will have their decision of improving specific remedies. are they saying you can interrogate all the witnesses but if you do not play ball, we were to commit some of your rights? that is correct. democrats have been playing hardball. the white house has a valid point that

up white house has a valid point that up until now there has been a distinct lack of due process. the democrats have been holding these healings out of the public view. they have been stopping some questions by the republicans. they have been denying access to the president's council. these steps do not parallel past impeachment. this isa not parallel past impeachment. this is a shot across the bay. it says if you obstruct these healings, we will limit your role. you will see a lot of rough play coming in next few weeks. thank you very much for helping us make sense of today's resolution. so that is the house vote which will formalise these proceedings. what about the inquiry itself. well today — still behind closed doors — they have been hearing testimony from timothy morrison — he is the most senior advisor on russia and europe within the national security council and the highest—ranking white house he was brought into the wh by the former national security adviserjohn bolton, who we are yet to hear from.

there are some suggestions he may appear next week during the recess. for more on the investigation we're joined by elisabeth bumiller — the new york times washington bureau chief. as jonathan was asjonathan was saying, this will suck up asjonathan was saying, this will suck up enormous amounts asjonathan was saying, this will suck up enormous amounts of airtime on cable views. it is of for months. yes, it is. in that regard, you would think that is terrible news. foran would think that is terrible news. for an incumbent president. but it does not come without risk. it is not obvious to me that democrats will be happy dated this ninth site. we will see how it goes, there are a lot of things that could go right and wrong. —— happy with this in hindsight. it could end up going to

the senate and being more genetic and close run than people expect but likely it will be dead on arrival in the senate. the muller investigation, at its crescendo looked like it would be devastating for president trump and could look like it would lead to impeachment and tending being driven from office but in hindsight it was a political draw at best. so this will consume all of washington but we cannot assume this spells the political demo the president and certainly i think it unlikely he will be forced from office. american politics is so divided right now, it is not clear to me that this fundamentally changes the dynamics of american politics as we head into the 2020 election. getting back to the headlines today and over the next week, there has been a lot of

speculation about whetherjohn bolton will end up being a witness and will testify behind closed doors, what do you hear on that?” think it is still a?. there is no a nswer think it is still a?. there is no answer on that. even ifjohn bolton does testify, it is not clear what that will mean. john bolton is not suddenly rooting for the impeachment and removal of president trump, at least we cannot assume that. john bolton is very conservative and while there are reasons to think he may have a low opinion of president trump in many ways, despite having worked for him, perhaps as a function of having worked for him, john bolton i think is diametrically opposed to much of what democrats stand for. he will be thinking about his role in all of this. ideally, he will be thinking about telling the

com plete will be thinking about telling the complete truth and what is appropriate and moral but in a political sense, however much he resents parts of what donald trump represents, he is no supply of the democrats. i do not think we can assume he will go and deal a lethal blow to president trump, even if he does testify which is still an open question. thank you for walking is through that. president donald trump has been speaking to nigel farage on his lbc radio show here in the uk. mr trump said he was looking forward to doing a trade deal with the uk which he said could be worth five times more than it is now. but he also said he was concerned that certain aspects of the withdrawal agreement mrjohnson has negotiated with the eu, could prove to be an obstacle to the us uk negotiation. the president, who is never shy of injecting himself into someone elses political debate, said he thought borisjohnson had brought "a lot of energy" to the brexit negotiation

since taking over from theresa may. he was not so complimentary about jeremy corbyn. corbyn would be so bad for your country, he would be so bad, he would take you in such a bad way. he would take you into such bad places. but your country has tremendous potential, it's a great country. for more unless are joined by a editor. what did you make of his comments? -- more on this. one of the things we have learned from coupling donald trump in the last three years, he cannot see a door without wanting to shatter it. he has waded into the general election which isjust has waded into the general election which is just two days old in the united kingdom in unmistakable terms, saying the leader of the opposition party, the labour party, the leader is not fit. he would do such bad things for the country. he

also, another intervention he makes, is the idea that nigel farage is the leader of the brexit party, the main party advocating a hard and swift departure from the eu, he was advocating some kind of mileage between boris johnson advocating some kind of mileage between borisjohnson and nigel farage, which he said would be an unstoppable force. it is peculiar thus. you have the leader of the brexit party, in direct opposition to the conservative party, he invites him onto his radio show and says, he has great energy. this is a quy says, he has great energy. this is a guy he will be running against in six weeks' time. yes, how thought through it was and what the message the president wanted to land remains to be seen. three and a half years

ago i accompanied barack obama when it came to london to talk about the forthcoming referendum on remaining in the european union and he infuriated brexiteers by saying that britain would go to the back of the queue of that left the european union. ina queue of that left the european union. in a lot of ways that was counter—productive. it felt like big brother america was poking its nose and when it did not belong. although imc are donald trump's intention giving this interview was to boost borisjohnson giving this interview was to boost boris johnson and giving this interview was to boost borisjohnson and boost nigel farage, i wonder whether in the labour party they just think of getting t—shirts printed saying that, footballers, get donald. -- i am sure. that is up for debate. jeremy corbyn has tweeted back, donald trump is trying to interfere

in the election... need to talk about the nhs but as you said, some labour people will say this is a boost for us because it ties donald trump directly to borisjohnson and nigel farage. i will not swim outside myleene klass they say here in america. —— outside my lean as they say. but i unsure there are people in their labour party who think, not bad but those in the conservative party will be thinking, great but did we need that right now? we shall consider that phrase, swimming in yourown now? we shall consider that phrase, swimming in your own lane. barely 48 hours have passed since we learnt the uk would be heading for a december general election — and yet the uk's political parties have wasted no time in springing their campaign machines into life.

gone are the days when prospective candidates would devote all their energy to a catchy campaign leaflet or maybe a well timed meet and greet in the village hall. of course those elements still play a part but now, the early focus is very much on the social media side of things. the clips. the posts. the tweets and retweets. all indispensible in the lead up to the fight at the ballot box. so what are we dealing with this year? joining us now to discuss is the bbc‘s digital political journalist, joey d'urso. let us go back in time to the political apps from 2013. i want to people —— to show people the difference between then and night. as sure as night follows day, labour puts up taxes. is that it? my daughter could do better than that. that is what the tories dead. this is what labour were doing.

music plays. —— tories did. the only way is up as they say. so that was 2013, the pundits were saying this is the era of social media making all the difference but it did not. if you look in the statistics, just a few percent of the money spent on adverts was spent on digital adverts but now it is pushing 50% and it could be higher. so more money into more resources, banks and people with laptops making

different versions of adverts, it is a central part of the campaign now. what does work? they tested. they run lots of different apps, you could see todayjo swinson, different pictures of her face and they are testing which one people will engage with most. so the fixer as they go through this —— through the campaign? yes it is called testing, advertising campaigns test various looks and if something works, they will do more of it and if not, they will not. most of the ads will be spent in the last few days of the campaign. at the moment they are trying things out but a week before, unable pump out all these adverts. compare and contrast this to what you get over in america. that is to we were looking

at the pictures from 2015. have a look at this first from 2019 and we can read it afterwards. let us get brexit done because we have to get on and deliver on the priorities of the people. we are going to energise their country with more police. broadband sprouting in every household. we are putting off the quy household. we are putting off the guy ropes of self—doubt and negativity, we are going to unite this amazing country. at least the music is better. yes, i

am curious what you thought, how much improvement there was and how much improvement there was and how much we can expect going forward? there is clearly a massive improvement in production values compared to years ago, it looks like a music video. but there is a twist, politicians are going the other way, if you look at borisjohnson just now, as opposed to aware to sell the video on the back of a car. some people think that is more engaging. asa people think that is more engaging. as a politician, rory stuart in the uk, had a campaign, he did these weird stealthy videos and people find that more engaging than the really slick videos. —— stealthy videos. —— selfie videos.

we should talk about twitter and facebook, twitter banned political adverts. this book now under pressure. yes, twitter banning political ads and it will be interesting to see what this does to facebook. ultimately they got good publicity out for twitter but they are not the size of facebook. i want to turn to something close to your heart. it has been almost 100 years since a baseball team from washington won the world series. so something quite incredible happened in houston last night. the washington nationals defied all the odds, to beat the astros. yes the nationals are the world series champions, and let me tell you there were some very sore heads in this office, when i came to work this morning. i'll bet. and one of them was matt morisson. euphoria. and more than a little beerfilled the night air here in

washington, dc as the nationals clinched the world series here on wednesday night. the must—win game seven was played in houston, nationals fans flocked to the local stadium to watch and to celebrate. i have been waiting for this my entire life. we finally did it. with victory secured, tributes came pouring in from both church, the national cathedral lit up its facade national colours and state. president trump praised the team for a great season and an incredible world series. this is the first time since 192a that a washington —based team are world champions. back then they had a different name — senators. hawaii and alaska

were not states yet. as for beer, prohibition was in full swing so good luck — this year's version of the team brought some 21st—century personalities to the game. there was the dancing, the camaraderie. there was the song. that song. baby shark became the team's unofficial and slightly unusual anthem for the season. try getting that out of your head. as the postseason stretched into october, fans and players took up the slogan, finish the fight. after nearly a century long drouoght, they finally did. now i am no trophy hunter but i think we already have it on record that the nationals are my newly adopted team. and can i say that since i visited the nationals stadium, the first week ofjuly, the team has not really looked back. where is that photograph? and that can't be any coincidence. i like to think that i played

some small part in this. but not as big — it has to be said — as superfan, and regular contributor, ron christie, who is in arkansas today and walking on cloud 9, mr christie? he is not on the telephone line but he is on cloud nine. he probably still has a sore head from all that cheating. how many bags of cracker jacks will you eat celebration?” still have packet of crackerjacks at home which my son was supposed to eat but he did not like them. they remind me of that day at the nationals with rob christie and laura trevelyan. i have to confess that i do not understand the rules yet, i know there are no wickets and there are nine innings. i understand

they were down in the seventh and then in the last two innings, they came roaring back. i do know this much, they were the overwhelming favourites. they were the favourites, they have been a great tea m favourites, they have been a great team not just this favourites, they have been a great team notjust this season but in past seasons. there were some? sub out some picture decisions but let us not... —— there were some questions about picture decisions. someone has been e—mailing me to tell me about the state of her health after watching the game. we will toast to rob christie when we go eight foraging later. —— michael out for a chunk later.

we will be hearing from party activists, stay with us. hello, much of the uk has had a few dire days so we can take advantage of those, not everywhere. we have had low pressure in south—west england, still there today with cloud and breezy conditions and a bit of rain at times. that becomes more widespread in the next few days across the uk, potentially stormy for some of us on saturday. this is the pictures we go through the night and into the morning, a spell of rain pushing north and east of the exception of northern scotland. it means a mild night man recently. some temperatures in double figures.

low pressure, several days looking changeable. a milder feel, low pressure, several days looking changeable. a milderfeel, at least on friday with this set of weather fronts coming in for england, wales and northern ireland. a lot of cloud around as we start the day, the speu around as we start the day, the spell available push further north into scotland but behind it will be brighter skies for many of us. but another spell of rain later for northern ireland, wales and south—west england. strengthening south—west england. strengthening south—west when. temperatures in the mid teens, cooler in scotland. look at as low pressure coming in for saturday, deepening as it does, uncertainty about the track and that affects the heaviest rain and strongest ones. so it might outstay this way but it gives you an indication of the possibility for saturday. we could well see heavy rain moving through some spots, there could be disruption perhaps in wales and west in england. strong

wales and west in england. strong wales and west in england. strong wales and scotland. whatever the low pressure may be, strong winds, that could be south wales in southern england. there could be because the boxes 70 miles per on the south coast but it is not set in stone. to keepin coast but it is not set in stone. to keep in check with forecast, especially with fireworks events on saturday evening and night. on sunday, low—pressure easing away gradually eastwards. it is not blustery but still windy, rain and showers around but some idiots will get drier and brighter weather as well on sunday. —— but some areas will get drier and brighter weather.

this is beyond one hundred days with me, michelle fleury in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories: the impeachment investigation into president trump will move to a more public phase after a vote in the house of representatives. labour launches its election campaign asjeremy corbyn promises to rebuild public services — we'll hear from two campaigners who'll be selling that message on the doorstep. coming up in the next half hour: funding for the health service is always a hot topic in the uk — but with a winter election campaign falling over flu season it could beecome even more decisive. and president trump has been at photoshop again — or at least someone on twitter has. this time it's the hero dog involved in the weekend's islamic state raid

who's had his image altered. so the democrats have voted to formalise their impeachment inquiry into donald trump. in his phone call with nigel farage this evening the president said hisjuly phone call with the ukrainian president was "perfect" and "very appropriate." mr trump said the democrats had nothing and were "desperate". he has also been tweeting: the greatest witch hunt in american history. these public hearings are going to suck up enormous amounts of air time on cable news in the us. it is going to be wall to wall impeachment hearings for months. it is going to look a lot more like a public inquiry. staff lawyers will be able to interrogate witnesses. and it enables the president or his counsel to participate in the proceedings, and cross examine the witnesses. before coming on air, we spoke with democratic congressman tom malinowski.

congressman, why did you vote for this resolution today? today we moved to the next phase of the impeachment enquiry, a phase where we will have public hearings with the president and his attorneys, afforded all of the due process rights that presidents clinton, nixon had in the last two impeachments. and it will be a chance for the american people to see all of the evidence we have been gathering to judge for themselves whether it was right for president trump to, in my view, trade our national security for personal politicalfavourfrom ukraine. it is a chance for you to take your case to the public but there is a risk that when you look at the vote, it was very much along party lines?

well, it's interesting that some of my republican colleagues have been pressing us to hold this vote and to establish these rules and to hold public hearings and today, you know, they asked for it, they got it but they voted against it. what that shows us is that they just want to argue against the process. they don't have good substantive arguments to protect their president and defend him. so at every stage they are trying to call the process into question. i don't think that's going to be helpful to them or the president because the american people are going to start seeing formally and fully the evidence we have been gathering and the evidence is damning. hard for them to defend. i would not want to be in their position right now. congressman, i heard the comments we got from nancy pelosi after the vote. she said, we've not made any decision to impeach. in fact, she said that repeatedly. you just said there that the evidence is extremely damning. it's not true, is it, that you have

not formed an opinion on it? i have formed opinions about the president's conduct based on the evidence that i have seen, but i believe passionately in due process. we are defending here the process and the constitution and the rules for how we do things in america in america's democracy so i absolutely am open to evidence from the other side if the president actually does have an argument here, that his conduct was correct, that there are people that can come forward and provide some legitimate reason why he held up this vitally needed assistance to ukraine other than that he wanted dirt onjoe biden, his potential rival next year. then i'm all ears. only when this process is complete am i going to decide whether i will vote for articles in the future. so far the fact that we had

from the various witnesses are so far the facts that we had from the various witnesses are not really in doubt. what is disputed is how people feel about it. tim morrison, who we understand has been giving evidence today, has said that many of the things bill taylor, the most senior diplomat, had said, were true. but it hadn't rung any alarm bells for him. and i wonder if that is the risk for you, when the facts are laid out, in the court of public opinion, the country will be split on whether it really matters? well, first of all, that's not exactly what tim morrison said. i was in the room and i can't discuss the details, it is not correct that it didn't raise any alarm bells for him. it certainly raised alarm bells in my view for literally everybody in the trump administration who was working on the policy towards ukraine. and i don't think too many of my fellow americans, when they

see evidence that not only did the president pressure a foreign government to interfere in our 2020 election, but that he withheld assistance that country, ukraine, needed to defend itself against russia and assistance that the congress, elected by the american people, appropriated for that purpose — i don't think too many americans are going to consider that to be appropriate behaviour. one way i know that is that very few of my republican colleagues are defending it. that is why they are arguing about the process, because they can't defend the substance of what the president is dead. can't defend the substance of what the president —— president did. congressman, we are very grateful for you coming on the programme today. thank you. only two democrats broke ranks and voted against. one was from minnesota and the other, jeff van drew. he gave an interview a short while ago, and he said, at the end of the day we will have the same

president, same candidate and a failed impeachment process and the only difference is the president will have been exonerated on charges. he might have a point. look, they are making the argument that you are seeing the republicans make, which is this should be decided at the ballot box, not through impeachment. depending on your views on the president's behaviour. the thing to remember is that those democrats are in districts trump won won in 2016 against hillary clinton. pietersen has a tough challenge in 2020, michelle fish back challenging him. that being said, plenty of democrats in red districts who voted in favour of this resolution, including the congressman from southern district of brooklyn, where i'm from, and was one of the last, it is worth noting,

max rose, one of the last to support impeachment among the democrats and yet he voted today in favour of this resolution. going forward, how many of these will stick along party lines as this moves forward? that will be one to watch. especially in the senate. more than 70 people have been killed and dozens injured in a fire on a packed train in pakistan. the minister for railways said the blaze was caused by the explosion of a gas cylinder being used to cook breakfast on the train travelling from the southern city of karachi to rawalpindi. some survivors said electrical problems could have been the cause. scientists believe measles is more dangerous than previously thought because it can make children vulnerable to other infections. researchers have shown that the measles virus can destroy parts of the immune system that had built up protection against other diseases. they say it makes it even more vital that children are given the mmr vaccine. british detectives investigating the death of harry dunn have interviewed the woman accused of killing him.

the 19—year—old motorcyclist died in northamptonshire in august after a crash with a car driven by anne sacoolas, who left the uk claiming diplomatic immunity. firefighters in california are facing a fresh crisis as strong winds have triggered more wildfires in the south of the state. the fires have led to mass evacuations and power cuts over the last week. governor gavin newsom has declared a state—wide emergency. the first ever women's wrestling match in saudi arabia will take place tonight. the wwe fight is part of the conservative kingdom's reforms policy. the match has received mixed reaction with some saying it contradicts religious law. jeremy corbyn has officially launched the labour party campaign for december‘s snap general election — vowing to transform the uk and take on what he calls a ‘rigged, corrupt‘ system that

works only for the elite. corbyn's speech was no pitch for the centre ground — it is designed to appeal to younger votes, those who feel disenfranchised by politics more generally. the party is also making a conscious effort to focus on issues beyond brexit — well aware that its chances of electoral success depend on winning votes from both the leave and remain camps. today we launch the most ambitious and radical campaign our country has ever seen. to bring real change to all parts of this country. if you wa nt to all parts of this country. if you want to live in a society that works for everybody, not just want to live in a society that works for everybody, notjust the billionaires, if you want to save our hospitals, schools and public services from tory cuts and privatisation, if you want to stop the big polluters destroying our environment, then this election is your chance to vote for it.

jeremy corbyn speaking a little earlier. so, let's bring in two labour activists who are preparing to hit the pavements — momentum's ben leonard who's in leeds and councillor jennifer wilson—marklew who's in milton keynes. jennifer, let me start with you. so often our politics is about personality and if you look at the polls and how jeremy personality and if you look at the polls and howjeremy corbyn is performing and he is at the lowest since michael foot. how does it work when you go out on the doorstep? is he doing thejob when you go out on the doorstep? is he doing the job for you? i think the key is that you are not voting forjeremy corbyn, you are voting forjeremy corbyn, you are voting forjeremy corbyn, you are voting for your mp, you are voting for the labour party. we are lots of people coming together to try and make change happen. what about you, ben? you are going out in places like morley where there is a conservative majority or pudsey where there is a 300 vote majority for conservatives. it is narrow. is he the reason some people are coming

over to your side? there are those who are friends of jeremy corbyn. there are leaders who get it in the neck from the media. the way ed miliband was treated was dreadful and some people have short memories. ourjob dreadful and some people have short memories. our job now dreadful and some people have short memories. ourjob now is do what we did in 2017 and turn those figures around. ithink did in 2017 and turn those figures around. i think once the immediate legally start to behave themselves in the run—up to an election, it makes the job easier. how tough is it going to be, having to move the path of brexit? i don't think it will be too much of a task. the media focuses on brexit quite a lot but i think when his focus on voters out there, most people care about the schools their kids are attended, the hospital is crumbling under tory rule and the environment being degraded. as the election proceeds we will see brexit slip away more and more as people realise this election is about what

the country is going to be like for the country is going to be like for the next five or ten years and not just our relationship with the eu. do you agree with what ben just said, jennifer? are you concerned that the message labour has put forward on brexit at times has been confusing? i agree with ben, and i think the message from labour has been consistent with what labour members believe. we now have a really clear plan and it's really great to be able to go out on the doorstep so when we are asked about brexit we can be really clear and we can beat really precise about exactly what the plan is. can you? it surprises me because you have a shadow front bench that is divided and the policy is that you would negotiate a new deal with brussels and then put that to the vote. how would leavers who you are speaking to be able to trust a front bench that predominantly wants to remain is going to negotiate a good

deal? i think it is in the best interests of the country to negotiate a good deal with europe and then it is up to the people whether they accept that deal. what we are offering is working hard to negotiate a good deal and then taking that back to the people and allowing them to make their minds up. we were talking to a guest yesterday on the show who basically was in a former labour area but basically was fairly frustrated with the elite and he limped in labour politicians, saying there wasn't much daylight between labour and conservatives in terms of their backgrounds, schools he went to. ultimately he was quite distressful. ina way distressful. in a way you can't blame him. when you look at the number of mps in a way you can't blame him. when you look at the number of mp5 from working—class backgrounds now compare to a few decades ago, that is something we have fallen back on and we need to address. i think look at the policies have and they are interested in working people and

more so interested in working people and more so since the end of the second world war, if not before. a lot of a front bench have proven records of supporting the trade union movement or as supporting the trade union movement oras mps and supporting the trade union movement or as mp5 and shadow cabinet members. i don't think you can deny which class it is that our party is fighting for and we are 1 million miles from the tories on that. it would be remiss not to mention that there are some of these policies jeremy corbyn that there are some of these policiesjeremy corbyn has put forward which are pretty popular of the doorstep. city centres designed for people who live and work there, football clu b for people who live and work there, football club ownership for fans. do people know about these policies? once the manifesto is published it is ourjob to spread that message. it is our half a million members which is our biggest strength, getting out there and putting our message of hope to the people. that is the incredible thing about the party at the moment. we are notjust talking about overturning austerity and fixing public services, we are talking about a transfer of wealth

and power to people, saying, you don't have to live your life at the beck and call of others. we can offer you wealth and power and put our trust in the working people of this country. i think that message is going to resonate. have you got the thermals are ready, jennifer? get the gloves and the sta bles jennifer? get the gloves and the stables out. thank you very much. —— and the thermals out. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come: conan, the injured hero dog, from the al—baghdadi raid is going to washington to meet president trump. more than 50 mps are standing down at the election — among them 18 women — some of whom say a growing level of abuse and bullying has been a factor in their decision. our special correspomdent lucy manning has more.

who would want to be an mp? some politicians, despite all this, want to carry on. lots of people don't like your daddy, you know that? but some female mps are stepping down, saying the abuse is too much. culture secretary nicky morgan is going and says the abuse is a factor. i've had people prosecuted for death threats, that kind of thing. i had an e—mailto the threats, that kind of thing. i had an e—mail to the office which a few yea rs an e—mail to the office which a few years ago we would have reported to the police and we said, it's not as offensive as some as the others we get. this is a form of terrorism. it is winning and we wouldn't accept it in any other sphere but because we are deemed to be mutineers, traitors, all these awful words that are used,

people think nothing on it. there has been an enormous increase in abuse sustained by mps. mps were receiving 32,000 abusive tweets in january, by september that had reached 87,000. it is notjust female mps. there has been a homophobic flavour to some of them we are getting and the vandalism of my office twice in one week, including a homophobic slurs. but in westminster today, a ministerial car getting this perception. the aggression and tension all too visible. even while in the middle of a visit to a hospital today, the prime minister couldn't help but mention the b word. he repeated his promise to get the uk out of the eu by january and then bring the country together.

this is the strategy that the pm is banking on, he wants to keep the election about brexit. the labour party, as we were discussing earlier, wants to make it about other issues— the economy, inequality, the nhs. and it's on that issue that a december election becomes decidely trickier ground for the conservatives. december doesn't just mean christmas, it also means flu season. and the periodic headlines of an nhs in crisis as a&es and hospitals struggle to cope with the growing numbers of us getting sick. so how much of a risk is this really? our health editor hugh pym spoke to us a short time ago. we have an election on december the 12th. one of the things that concerns people is the risk of a winter crisis in the nhs. some people say it could be one of the worst we've seen. christian, traditionally things get really tight for the national health

service over the winter with weather and with influenza if it is above average, that doesn't tend to kick in until late december and is particularly acute in january and february. what some people are saying is that hospitals are already under a lot of stress because of patient numbers coming through the door. a&e departments have found it really quite tough before any cold weather has arrived. there is speculation whether some of the problems in the health service will emerge before polling day and with theissue emerge before polling day and with the issue of health been prominent in the election campaign so far, this may add an extra level. they are clearly aware of it. how will they tackle it? they will argue they will put more money into the nhs, they promised more money in a long—term plan. borisjohnson has more money in a long—term plan. boris johnson has unveiled more money in a long—term plan. borisjohnson has unveiled plans to build more hospitals. there will be an attempt to show how that will help local communities but the opposition parties may well say,

look at the reality now. that being said we haven't had any of this emerging into the open yet. it is warning things could get tough. looking at pictures ofjeremy corbyn who has been making a great player about this dispatches report this week that revealed secret meetings taking place between uk government officials and representatives of the us pharmaceutical companies where the price of nhs drugs was discussed. this is a real political hot potato for the government. there is resentment in the us administration that drug companies in the us charge higher prices for their medicines to us health providers what the national health service gets from those same companies and that is in one sense because of different systems. there is an insurance —based system in the us and there is a centralised health service relying on an advisory body in the uk. the negotiating power of the advisory body has allowed them to keep drug prices down so there

speculation that president trump may demand higher prices for us pharmaceutical products in the uk. so far the response from the conservative party has been absolutely not. a red line will be drawn and there will be no involvement of the nhs in the talks at all. isn't the reality, if you look at it here, from the american perspective, certainly, they want big pharmaceutical companies greater access to the uk market, in whatever language that takes place. any american trade negotiator is going to be pushing hard for that and it is hard to see how the uk is going to ta ke is hard to see how the uk is going to take it off the table. the wider point here is that the national health service does have private provision. therefore a trade deal might open up these contracts to more us companies. us companies

can still get into the national health service through european subsidiaries but can a trade deal open it up? conservatives have said absolutely not, there is no covert plan to allow american companies to come in and take contracts, but there will be that suspicion. come in and take contracts, but there will be that suspicionm come in and take contracts, but there will be that suspicion. it may be demanded. looking at this transcript of the phone conversation with nigel farage and this did come up. president rob's said they wouldn't get involved in the nhs —— president trump. i think people may want to see more of these remarks to be certain what he meant by that but at this stage he seems to be wanting to distance himself away from it. i think he is aware of how politically sensitive this is. another thing, why a government go there? prices go up, you have to put

taxes up. it would be a road to ruin for a conservative government.“ taxes up. it would be a road to ruin for a conservative government. if a national health service has to pay more for its drugs, it is a bigger bill for the uk government. why would any uk negotiating team want to allow that? in trade talks, things get tough, anything could come up. we are currently being told it is absolutely not on the table. thank you very much, hugh. the president says he doesn't want to get involved in the nhs but he doesn't refer to drugs and drug prices. i think that is the key point people should remember. america is not interested in the nhs per se. they are not talking about running it. what the president and us pharmacy onceis what the president and us pharmacy once is greater access to the uk market, and it is going to be the language around that that will be crucial to keep an eye on. crucial to keep 0k. yesterday, the pentagon released footage of the raid that lead to the death of the islamic state leader.

the newly declassified video showed part of the daring, two hour raid that took place. but it seems the president had his mind elsewhere that day, for he was busy uploading a photoshopped image of himself placing a medal around the neck of the dog involved in that raid. the image is an altered version of mr trump awarding the medal of honor in 2017 to james mccloughan, a retired army medic who was honored for saving the lives of 10 people during the vietnam war. this is an image of an altered vision because president trump did this in 2017. he was awarding the medal to james mccloughan. for some reason his face has been replaced with a dog. after president trump sent that tweet, people have been posting their dogs and then someone tried to get declassified cats to start trending. it is ridiculous. from the sublime to the ridiculous. anyway. the dog

is called:, they declassified the name. i don't know whether he did that by mistake. we will see you next week. goodbye. much of the uk has had some drier days. not everywhere, though. we had low pressure looking where it has been in south—west england, with cloud and breezy conditions. rain at times. becoming more widespread over the next few days with low pressure across the uk. stormy on saturday, potentially. this is the picture as we go through the night and through the morning. the rain pushing north and east, with the exception of northern scotland. eight milder night than we have had recently, temperatures in double figures by morning. one weather front moving temperatures in double figures by morning. one weatherfront moving on through with low pressure moving on behind. looking very changeable. a

mild feel to think is on friday around this first set of weather fronts coming in. for england, wales and northern ireland in particular. a lot of cloud around, with the first spell pushing north. behind it will be some brighter skies for many of us. england, wales and northern ireland for a time but then another speu ireland for a time but then another spell later for northern ireland and south—west scotland. temperatures in scotla nd south—west scotland. temperatures in scotland feeling cool. then this area of low pressure deepening, with uncertainty about the track. that will mean heavy rain but what we are about to see may not stay this way, giving an indication of the possibility for saturday, that we may see a spell of heavy rain in some spots. some disruption in parts of wales and west of england. strong winds in northern scotland and potentially still be on the southern flank, wherever that may be. this

indicates south wales and southern england. gusts of 70 mph possible. it is not set in stone, so keep checking the forecast, particularly with fireworks events on saturday evening and night. as we take a look into pa rt evening and night. as we take a look into part two of the weekend on sunday, low pressure is on your way eastwards. still very blustery but not as windy. still some rain or showers around but some areas seeing some drier and brighter areas at times as well.

this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8pm... as the election campaign gets under way, president trump gives his opinion on the contest. he backs boris johnson and nigel farage and attacks the labour leader. corbyn would be so bad for your country, he would be so bad. he will ta ke country, he would be so bad. he will take you on such a bad way. he will ta ke take you on such a bad way. he will take you on such a bad way. he will take you into such bad places. but if your country has tremendous potential. it is a great country. it comes as labour launch their election campaign, with a promise to take on, what they call, the establishment elite. we are going after the tax dodgers, we are going after the dodgy landlords, we are going after the bad bosses, we are going after the big polluters. because we know whose side we, the labour party, are on.