you're watching beyond 100 days. 70 years of nato, as celebrations go that was quite the summit. tensions over syria, russia, china and the future direction of the alliance were all on display all smiles and back slapping when leaders know they're on camera. but behind the scenes it's a different story — the canadian leader appears to mock president trump — who hits back well, he is two—faced. and honestly with trudeau, he's a nice guy, i find him to be to be a very nice guy. but the truth is that i called him out on the fact that he's not paying 2%, and i guess he's not very happy about it. the impeachment investigation into donald trump enters an important new phase as the housejudiciary committee begins a hearing into his conduct.

also on the programme. borisjohnson sticks with his pledge for a british digital tax — risking the ire of donald trump and possible tariffs. showing big budget retail brands how it's done: one hardware shop in wales is proving a christmas advert doesn't have to cost the earth. hello and welcome — i'm michelle fleury in new york, christian fraser is in london... the nato chiefs had agonised over the celebrations for their 70th anniversary. normally, as was the case with the 50th, it would have been held in washington, where the founding treaty was signed. but given donald trump's unpredictability — and the obvious doubts he has shared about the alliance — they decided to hold the summit in the uk. the actual anniversary was in april, attended only by foreign ministers — nato worried what might happen if the leaders were brought

together. and with some reason, the tensions were on full public display. there were the perennial disagreements over defence spending, emmanuel macron accused turkey of colluding with islamic state proxies, president erdogan threatened to block nato's defence plan for the baltics. in the end of summit press conference, borisjohnson tried to paper over the cracks reminding everyone of what nato had achieved in its 70 years. it is he said a shield of solidarity. it is absolutely true to say that nato is the most successful alliance in history. and it now guarantees the peace and prosperity of a billion people around the world. in 29 countries. it will shortly be 30, of course, now that north macedonia is joining. and everybody also attested to the fundamental reason for the success of that alliance, and it is based on the idea of solidarity, in defence of our values of freedom and democracy. the basic idea of all

for one, and one for all. but in truth there was precious little solidarity on show this week. at the evening reception nato leaders were caught mocking the president for the length of some of his press conferences. mr trump was asked about that video and justin trudeau's comments. the response was typically blunt. he later cancelled his planned press conference well, he is two—faced. and honestly

with trudeau, he's a nice guy, i find him to be a very nice guy. but the truth is that i called him out on the fact that he is not paying 2%, andi on the fact that he is not paying 2%, and i guess he is not very happy about it. a couple of you were there, and he's not paying 2% and he should be paying 2%. but then the american president himself was caught in an off—mic moment, talking about justin trudeau's comments. just before we came on air we spoke to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. it's been an odd a few days, what do you think we got at the end of it all? a very interesting expression ofan odd all? a very interesting expression of an odd a few days when you go into what is the 70th birthday party of the alliance described as the most successful in history, and all of the headlines are about president

macron describing it as strategically brain—dead, and then we finished it with a video recorded in buckingham palace with a bunch of leaders sitting around, or standing around gossiping, it's picked up and thatis around gossiping, it's picked up and that is the headline of prime minister justin that is the headline of prime ministerjustin trudeau been described as two—faced. while that has been the headline the reality is that nato believes this is been a very successful summit because despite the perception of unity, and there's tensions, 29 l in a world where everything is on social media, of course they're going to be things that come to the surface as they have, but the core fundamentals of nato, the agreement of the threats even though they don't agree on what order they should go on but the agreement of the threats now and in the future is clear. one of the things i did pick up, and it's this business of wall way and there

involvement of the sg infrastructure and ii involvement of the sg infrastructure and 11 countries have told them they will not buy the equipment, that we get ina will not buy the equipment, that we get in a proper answer from will not buy the equipment, that we get in a proper answerfrom boris johnson as to whether the uk is one of those 11? no. it's one of the many questions he backed away and said they had not made that decision yet, and impeded the course but they are in an election campaign. very interesting listen to the nato secretary—general. he mentioned the fa ct secretary—general. he mentioned the fact that modernising nato including a5g fact that modernising nato including a 5g mobile network is crucial, and he said we agreed that it had to be with trusted and secure networks. no china, but behind the headlines and luxury hotel behind mate that would have been discussing and it's on the agenda the first time at a nato meeting, which countries are buying, canada, britain and many others? the

united states has made it clear. stop it. i wanted to talk to you about president of turkey. he was seen as about president of turkey. he was seen as one about president of turkey. he was seen as one of the awkward members of the table. how did that work out in the end. awkward indeed. president erdogan of turkey announce before this meeting that turkey would block what is a signature success would block what is a signature success of the nato alliance which is the expansion in the baltic states, it's crucial to the baltic states, it's crucial to the baltic states and very much feel threatened by russia. if nato did not agree that the kurdish groups in syria are not terrorists. in the end that is one of the issues that nato was able to resolve. turkey took it off the agenda and it will find a form of words, a way of dealing with that does notjeopardise what it regards as its most important missions.

thank you so much forjoining us. joining us now from washington is danielle pletka, senior vice president of foreign and defense policy studies at the american enterprise institute. thank you forjoining us today. picking up where she left off there, talking about the turkish president, one of the other concerns of courses here you have a nato member that's buying defence equipment from russia. was that an issue that people were keen to kind of not get to into in order to try and paper over the cracks that were clearly on evidence at this meeting?” over the cracks that were clearly on evidence at this meeting? i think you're absolutely right. the problem for all of nato is that no one really knows what to do about turkey. 0n the one hand you want to keep turkey inside the alliance because it is the most important alliance, and turkey is a hugely important country. on the other hand turkey seems to be doing everything possible to alienate its nato allies

including going to one of their biggest adversaries, russia and buying defence equipment that is antithetical to our own interest. what was striking to me was that going into this meaning a lot was made of donald trump is not criticism of nato and the concerns about the object ability of what he might do and say when he was in london. for all that he seems to have done rather well in the sense that nato, long been focused on russia is now saying it will focus on china, one of america's top priorities. i hope that after 70 years nato is capable of chewing gum and walking. the most powerful, venerable and successful alliance in human history and if we can't look at russia for china, or china for russia we really got a bit of a problem on our hands. what i found ironic was not the geostrategic question, it was that everybody complains about donald trump or his childish behaviour or inability to

control himself and what happened was that was well on display from oui’ was that was well on display from our nato allies. i don't get what they set themselves up that way. i don't understand why that was appropriate. we all have come to expect this from donald trump s which is we regret it. but i don't appreciate you seeing the rest of them behaving exactly the same way. it's a good point particularly when some of them, as in canada as donald trump made clear they are not paying the 2% that he asked them to make. the programme last night we talked about the success he has had of getting nato members to cough up this 2% but there's no getting away from the fact that his comments on nato have started a new conversation in europe. is very problematic. there's always been a quiet behind closed doors conversation about the effectiveness of nato in the post—cold war era, it's the stuff

that nerds like me talk about. but even in the halls of power there's lots and lots of lamenting about the efficacy of nato and their inability to act in what is frankly disinvestment in nato that most of oui’ disinvestment in nato that most of our european allies. that being said, donald trump is the first person who kind of suggested frankly and openly that the emperor is not perhaps as well—dressed as we would like him to be. not properly covered as it were. and i think that that was good and effective in the sense that it started a conversation, that it cost our allies to begin to consider spending more on defence, although they are not there yet. on the other hand was fodder for nato public enemies. for the isolationists on the left and right in america and in europe who think that nato is a relic of the past era and we need tojust do nothing. that nato is a relic of the past era and we need to just do nothing. good to get your thoughts. thank you for coming on the programme tonight.

the huawei issue, it's a big thing. and donald trump is quite adamant if they go down the huawei route it's a risk. we look at telecoms companies here in the us, planning ahead especially when you're talking about the role of 56 which takes years of planning american companies have relied on multiple different suppliers, so they will be less affected by what donald trump is pushing for. that's not necessarily true if you look at what's going on in parts of europe. bt in the uk for example has been, has helped create the success of huawei, let's break at the first foothold and trying to untangle that is very expensive. i suspect that may be why you see that hedging from borisjohnson

understanding the business pressure as well as the political pressure. it's a hot potato because he tried to get the door open for china and of course trying to keep in alliance with the americans as well. that's going to be one for after the election. on of the atlantic for fans of legal history and procedural roll call votes, today's impeachment hearing had plenty of both. the housejudiciary committee is debating whether or not there are grounds to draft and approve articles of impeachment. and viewers were quickly reminded of what a partisan affair this is — with republicans at several points seeking to slow down the proceedings with a series of motions. four law professors were called to testify. the first expert, noah feldman who was invited by democrats, argued trump did commit offenses that warranted his removalfrom office. but jonathan tu rley, the only witness called by republicans and a familiar face to viewers of this programme — cautioned against the rush to impeach. president trump has committed impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors.

by corru ptly abusing the office of the presidency. specifically, president trump has abused his office by corruptly soliciting president zelinsky of ukraine to announced investigations of his political rivals in order to gain political advantage including in the 2020 presidential election. i'm concerned about lowering impeachment standards to fit a paucity of evidence and an abundance of anger. i believe this impeachment not only fails to satisfy the standard of past impeachments but would create a dangerous precedent for future impeachments. the bbc‘s nada tawfik has been following the testimony on capitol hill for us and we speak to her now. michelle is right, there will roll calls and all sorts of procedural interventions, it seemed at one point the republican strategy was to make this so unbearable to watch that everyone would turn off. and

you know, this committee is known for this. they are often taking on these really cultural issues that get a lot of heated debate. they are used to calling and legal scholars to help them go through the constitution, but when you add an impeachment to all of this which is so impeachment to all of this which is so divided the nation that is clearly a recipe for even more quote unquote bickering. ithought clearly a recipe for even more quote unquote bickering. i thought it was really interesting that some of that pushback came from one of the witnesses themselves. professor pamela carlin criticised the ranking republican on the committee and saying that she was insulted by his suggestion that there was not enough evidence and it was all rushed. she said she read through every page of the depositions and but it struck at the depositions and but it struck at the heart of what the hearing was about. during a given that this is a political process and then starting with this legal arguments, i'm

curious what american voters will make of that. you know, it's really interesting, michelle, because americans can look at this and say here again democrats and republicans putting witnesses and able to select arguments that support that position. at the end of the day this isa position. at the end of the day this is a political process and americans do have to remember that. this will essentially go to likely the house drawing up articles of impeachment and it seems like democrats based on what we are here for witnesses feel comfortable they could bring articles of impeachment notjust on abuse of power and obstruction but potentially bribery and trying to push that through the vote as early as christmas, but it's important remember that even if the president is impeached by the house of course if the senate they get to try that and they will likely, unless anything major changes has republican allies in the senate will likely equip president trump. ——

acquit. underscoring the political nature of all of this. for more on the legal arguments made today we're joined from washington by former federal prosecutor, joe moreno. joe, i wanted to start with the comments from the witness called by the republicans, a regular on this show. he said that the case was not quite there, that more time was needed. but he did not dismiss outright the basis for the investigation. that's right. i think we had a very different tone from the three witnesses called by the democrats. professor charlie, the sole republican witness came out of very objectively. he said look, there could be a case maybe there is, maybe there's not. there are factual questions here, there are process questions here and his big ta ke process questions here and his big take away was don't rush this because if you ran this through on a pure power exercise you're going to leave the american public behind.

that was very different than what we heard from the democrat experts who are wholeheartedly in support of impeachment. personally i think the professor was much more effective is coming across as a sober, objective expert in these areas, and answering the kinds of questions that many of us the kinds of questions that many of us who are still on the fence here really wa nt us who are still on the fence here really want to know. you mentioned that the three witnesses of three legal scholars called by democrats all supported it so there was enough grounds for impeachment, were they making the same argument or have different reasons for that? they seem different reasons for that? they seem like they were in complete lockstep with the democrat majority who was asking them the questions as well as with each other. again, i can call 100 legal scholars and get 100 different opinions. i don't think it necessarily helps if the purpose of this hearing was to possibly change minds and educate members of congress and the american

public to get people who simply tow the line with what the democrat majority asked them. again, these are respected scholars, certainly entitled to their opinions and i may be interested in those opinions in some form, but ijust don't know if they do anything in this particular case other thanjust they do anything in this particular case other than just to add to the noise and the partisanship that both sides are already engaged in.|j think whatjonathan sides are already engaged in.|j think what jonathan was sides are already engaged in.|j think whatjonathan was pointing to it was the timeline. it's not that the record does not contain direct evidence of the president stating quid pro quo, it's that, and i'm quoting him, the committee did not subpoena the key witnesses who had direct knowledge. he's talking about nick mulvaney the chief of staff or mike pompeo the secretary of state. the energy secretary. these are the people that had day—to—day involvement with the president who would know whether there was that quid pro quo. correct. that's a key point here. the evidence in this

case is largely incomplete. there's a way to complete it and that's to subpoena these witnesses, work through the courts and ultimately compel their testimony and hear from them. that's possible, that is doable. it takes time and will require some patients but in that in my opinion and it sounds like in this professor public opinion that's the right way to go about this. by simply saying we invited them to testify, they said no thank you and now we are moving forward. not just with the impeachment case but also alleging obstruction ofjustice. it's way too far and again that may appeal to the democrat base that's already in favour of impeaching a president but it's not going to change a single mind as to anyone who's really trying to take a step back and say what do i believe here? and how can a fairly look at the evidence for both sides? always good to see you, thank you very much. the rugby union star, israel folau, has reached a confidential

settlement with rugby australia in his unfair dismissal case. folau, a christian, was sacked in may for comments he made on social media about gay people, and others he considered to be sinners. he suggested "hell awaits" gay people. both parties say they won't be making any further comment. the french government is creating a national ‘hate crime' bureau, after vandals attacked jewish graves. more than 100 headstones were daubed with swastikas at a cemetery near the eastern city of strasbourg. the country's interior minister says the attacks are borne out of ignorance and fear, and must be investigated. the eu's top court has thrown out an attempt by vinegar makers in italy's modena province to stop competitors from using the term "balsamic". the producers had argued the description "balsamic vinegar from modena" was theirs to use exclusively under eu rules. the phrase has been protected as a "geographical indication" since 2009.

but the european court ofjustice ruled this didn't mean exclusive use of the word "balsamic". they can cost million of pounds and take up to a year to plan, but are the big high street retailers about to see their christmas adverts eclipsed by a small family—run business in mid wales? the owners of havod hardware in the market town of rider spent a day and just 100 pounds on their effort which has gone viral. 0ur wales correspondent, hywel griffith, has been to meet the stars. # let us die young and let us live forever.# it's the time of year when every company wants to sell as that warm, fuzzy feelings. a shop offering plungers and drill bits is not the first place you would expect to find it. but hardware in mid—wales has put itself on the map reminding customers that small, independent shops are there to help too.

the video has already been watched tens of thousands of times after going global. the reaction has been incredible, we are totally overwhelmed. the amount of likes, shares, the e—mails we have had from all over the world of people saying how much they love it and that it has put a smile on their face, it's really, really nice to hear. the star is tom's two—year—old son arthur who tookjust a morning to deliver his role doing jobs around the shop. polish the counter. you like polishing the counter? yeah. and cleaning the floor? yeah. you worked very hard. yeah. do you think father christmas will come and see you? yeah. you've been a good boy? yeah. while the likes ofjohn lewis and deb them spent millions of pounds perfecting their christmas campaigns with focus groups and film crews, this shop made its video with a total budget of £100. this is the third christmas production made by tom and his friend josh. it may not bring millions of shoppers to mid wales, but it is delivering a bit of festive cheer. hywel griffith, bbc news.

which brings us onto our next christmas advert of today's programme — which hasn't been recieved quite as well as that of the havods. the exercise bike company peloton is this years turkey. they have been widely mocked on social media for an ad which is criticised for being "sexist" "dated" and "out of touch" — it's all about a woman who gets an exercise bike for christmas, from her husband. take a look, see what you think. 0k, are you ready? yes! now! a peloton! 0k, give it up for our first time riders. all right, first ride, i'm a little nervous, but excited. do this. five days in a row. are you surprised? lam. 6am, yay. rising with the sun. that was totally worth it. let's go, grace in boston, 50 rides. she just said my name! a year ago i didn't realise how much this would change me. thank you.

right, it does not matter what you think about this advert, what is really remarkable, michelle, is that the outrage on social media is taking the stock price. for a second day ina taking the stock price. for a second day in a row now the share price has been hit as a result of the memes an idea that this is gone viral and people are being critical of it. i don't know if this is the case of outrage culture getting out of control, but investors are taking this seriously. they share price was down 5% today and that's on top of the losses yesterday. i've got a theory and it's going to go down and people are going to start looking in the share price is going to climb a bit. i don't know. we will see. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — we continue our series looking ursula von der leyen's first 100 days in charge of the eu commission — today we examine how her proposals align with voter priorities.

and melania trump — in her visit to london — helps launch the salvation army's annual present appeal. and she has never had a mince pie. hello there. it wasn't a bad day across england and wales, again, plenty of sunshine around, albeit rather chilly. but it was wetter across scotland and northern ireland. in fact, this was weather front, which will continue to move southwards and eatwards overnight tending, to fizzle out. well, there will be lots of showers packing into the northwest of the country. and you notice the isobars closer together, so it means it will be quite windy. so lots of showers here, windy too overnight. further south and east, those winds will be light and we will see some clear spells. so, again, it could be quite chilly across this southeast quadrant, such a frost, perhaps, in one or two rural locations, but the further north and west you are, it will be milder

because of the breeze, the cloud, and those showers. as we head on into thursday, it's low pressure which will be taking over, particularly across the north and the west, you can see a real squeeze in the isobars there. so a blustery day for all, but especially in the north, where we will see gales. especiallly around northern and western scotland into the northern isles. outbreaks of rain moving across northern ireland, scotland, maybe even northern england, but it will be heaviest and most persistent for western scotland, where we could see up to 18mm over the high ground, that could cause some minorflooding in places. a very gusty day, wherever you are, but particularly across the northern half of the country, like i mentioned, those winds 40—50mph. it will be quite mild though across the north, 11—12 degrees, perhaps. those temperatures just about touching double figures in the south and east. another fairly chilly day here. now through thursday night, it stays very blustery, and outbreaks of rain begin to push southwards. it could be quite wet for parts of wales through the night. and into friday morning, that rain will tend to be across more southern areas. the milder air will across the south too, by friday morning, it will be very mild to start for england and wales.

even fairly mild as well across the north. friday looks pretty unsettled, another blustery day, outbreaks of rain, followed by sunshine and showers into the afternoon. winds coming down from the northwest across scotland and northern ireland, so it will begin to cool down here. it will stay mild in the south and the east 11—14 degrees. so the pressure chart into the weekend shows a brief ridge of high pressure, another spell of wet and windy weather, which will move through during saturday night. and sunday looking very blustery with further showers, and these will be heavy at times, and extremely windy across the irish sea coasts. it will tend to stay mild across england and wales, but something cooler in the north.

you're watching beyond one hundred days. our top stories.. tensions mar nato's seventieth anniversary meeting here in the uk — all smiles when they know they're on camera. but behind the scenes, a different story — the canadian leader appears to mock president trump — who hits back. well, he is two—faced. and honestly with trudeau, he's a nice guy, i find him to be to be a very nice guy. but the truth is that i called him out on the fact that he's not paying 2%, and i guess he's not very happy about it. the impeachment investigation into donald trump enters an important new phase as the housejudiciary committee begins a hearing into his conduct. also on the programme..... the environment‘s a top priority for the eu commission's new president.

but do voters across the continent feel the same way? we'll find out. and the trailer for the latest james bond film is out, giving fans a flavour of what to expect from daniel craig's final outing as 007. so last week, in keeping with the founding principles of this programme, we began a new series. we are tracking the first 100 days of the new eu commission, which began its work on sunday. so it's week one for the new president ursula von der leyen and she fronted her first press conference today. well, we say that europe is strong when it is united, and when it acts as one soul. unity has to start here

at the core of the european institutions in the college. so, von der leyen is ready to go — and has already set out her key priorities, but what about the priorities of the voters in europe? eu—pinions, is a project run by the german foundation bertelsmann stiftung — it is a survey of over 12,000 people from around the eu. so, do the results of their survey match up with what the commission is proposing? 0n von der leyen's list for herfirst100 days — which we showed you last week — is a european green deal. it sets big targets for lowering emmissions. 0n the economy she wants every worker in the eu to have a fair minimum wage, and by the end of next year she wants to resolve the thorny issue of a europe wide digital tax. and the european public? well their top priority is the same, protecting the environment, they also want the eu to do more to create jobs, their biggest concern is the rising cost of living. with us to discuss, from eu—pinions,

is isabell hoffman. is about, welcome to the programme. just looking at the prairies for eu citizens, i am strapped that they have shifted in previous years, because migration was one of the topped themes, and it's nowhere to be seen. absolutely. we have started to see that at the end of last year, that priorities have changed with the european public. climate change began to climb up the ladder. past migration, and pass the economic and social issues. the of course, the key question for european citizens is whether these targets that she has sent herself, the first 100 days, which seemed to mirror what they want, whether she can achieve them. imean, them. i mean, doesn't undermined her cut ability from the beginning if she doesn't get them done in the first 100 days? well, it is very true that the european public has a high support in belief in european politics, and the potential of european politics in principle, but

they have a very low level of trust in its capacity to actually deliver. so, there would be a very great challenge for her to not only make it happen, so basically put her addendum into policies, but also bring that message out to the european public. let them know that they are acting. let them know that actually presenting results. but there is epic? , actually presenting results. but there is epic?, because you know, it has been traditionally very difficult for the european commission to get the word out and to get the communication going with the european public. it's also due to the european council. so we have to the european council. so we have to look at the european council and ask why are they not more supportive in actually putting into the spotlights, the european successes. 0ne spotlights, the european successes. one of the things that comes up in your survey is the economy and the rising cost of living. a notice from her top 100 days priorities is this

goal of the minimum wage. does that satisfy or address what people are looking for? yes. it's very interesting, because we ask people what is your most important issue generally speaking for society, and then most of them and told us climate change. but when we where asking them what is your most pressing concern in your personal life, then they told us rise of living costs. so, i think it's a very telling into politically significant finding, because we have seen significant finding, because we have seen that in a situation in which the belief in the just distribution of costs of policies is weakening, it is ever more important that when we go into future policies, and these big systematic shifts that we are talking about here, that, you know, they are not bound to the

suspicion that those who have less will pay more, relatively speaking, than those who have a lot. we have to leave it there, but thank you so much forjoining us today. thank you. during the impeachment hearings one of the names that has come up the most is rudy giuliani, who served as the president's personal attorney, and became the point man for pressuring ukraine to investigate the bidens. now, phone records released by the house intelligence committee showjust how active he was. in the two days leading up to president trump recalling his ukraine ambassador early — mr giuliani was on the phone with the white house more than a dozen times. you would think he might try to lay low now, but according to the new york times that is not the case. instead he has been in budapest and kyiv this week to talk with former ukrainian prosecutors for a documentary series intended to debunk the impeachment case. for more, laura trevelyan

is in washington for us. so, rudy giuliani is ignoring the house subpoena that is upon him, and he's travelled to the ukraine to investigate the scheme that is the basis for donald trump's impeachment. that is quite brazen. well, the new york times is calling it an audacious attempt by rudy giuliani to try to undercut the impeachment inquiry. remember, rudy giuliani is at the centre of the pressure campaign. when those three amigos, ambassador sunderland, kurt volker, when they went to the president and said, let's invite the ukrainian president to the white house, we went to his inauguration, we are impressed, the president sort of snorted and said "talk to rudy". because rudy giuliani has been pushing for these investigations into charisma, the ukrainian gas company that joe biden into charisma, the ukrainian gas company thatjoe biden son hunter biden was on. and also into the second source of the presidents obsession from a crowd straight, the idea that the dnc serve a hacked by

the russians was in fact a ukrainian inside job, and that server is somewhere in ukraine. so these are the two things, the two investigations that president zelensky of ukraine was supposed to announce investigations into, and then get his military aide. that supposedly the quid pro quo at the heart of the impeachment inquiry, so rudy giuliani has gone off to interview these ukrainian prosecutors to support his version of events. former prosecutors, not even government prosecutors, they are people not even a government car they? these are people who were sacked. these are the people who we re sacked. these are the people who were sacked, allegedly for not being good enough as prosecutors. the western perspective on these prosecutors was that they weren't doing enough to root out corruption. however, the rudy giuliani president trump version of events is that these prosecutors were doing their job, joe biden was somehow pushing back against them not to investigate his son who was on the board of

charisma. so it's pretty comforted, but rudy giuliani nonetheless, is making a documentary series for conservative media. a couple of episodes have already aired, and i should say, the president is very keen on this network, america one news. he's even sometimes sniped at fox and said that this is a better network. so, the result of rudy giuliani's documentary, his interviews with these prosecutors will be seen on that network. people will be hearing an awful more about rudy giuliani as well. thank you very much for that, laura. i was also looking at some of these phone records. he was also in touch with the office of the budget office, the office for management and budget, which is the office that was controlling the $400 million of aid that ukraine was supposed to get. i mean, it's one thing a child to be talking to the white house, it's quite another to be talking to the budget office when you are not evenin the budget office when you are not even in the administration. now, all of this came out of the house intelligence report that was released, and of course if you go through the details of these call

logs involving rudy giuliani, one of the numbers that features is sort of a —i, and apparently that appears, the assumption is that that was the president. so if you go through, it does appear that he was on that phone call with people at the 0mb, rudy giuliani, and that —i phone call with people at the 0mb, rudy giuliani, and that —1 number appears, potentially the president there. yum x0 what does the judiciary committee make of all that? let's move on. the uk's general election isjust days away and from the beginning some politicians have been keen to frame it as the brexit election — but what do britain's poorest families make of that? research by the joseph rowntree foundation — who work to tackle poverty in the uk — shows that 1.2 million people on low incomes who didn t vote in the last election are planning to do so this time. around 170,000 of them are thought to be swing voters. the research found high levels of distrust and cynicism among voters after years of what they see as broken promises. our special correspondent ed thomas has been to grimsby where1 in 4 are on low incomes.

that's all i have to my name. brexit, you've not mentioned it. the situation i'm in, it can't get any worse. they was like this, trying to keep warm. the town is just getting worse and worse and worse, it's going down and down and down every year. these are the stories of struggle and desperation. but all from people with a voice and a vote. £1.50, when you're ready. this is the community shop. cheaper food for people on mea ns—tested benefits. what would you do without this place? struggle. the place for three—year—old phoebe, her mum and grandmother. nearly one in two kids grow up in poverty in this area. you see it everywhere, yeah, around here. and i've got three kids myself, so it is hard. he's obviously put the chocolate in there. michelle and john moved to grimsby this year. 25p a bag. you know, it's good food.

i could never afford to give my kids chocolate while i was living down there. they came from margate, after living in a hotel for the homeless. how old is your daughter? five. it crippled us, we'd hit rock bottom. does it feel like a big general election for you guys? massive. does it feel like somebody could change your lives? yeah, a huge amount. who is the politician who is going to transform the way you guys are living? it's going to sound awful but i like everything that boris is talking about. for some, the priority is staying warm. we were all like this, bearing in mind we had dressing gowns on underneath as well. this year, lucy, a single parent with two kids, has struggled to heat her home. what are your children saying to you? sobbing. theyjust was like this, trying to keep warm. lucy is now getting help from the charity national energy action. do you have any faith in politics? no.

and, in some ways, i wish i did, but who do you trust? and also with brexit coming up as well, it's worrying times, really. and is your vote up for grabs? yes. again and again, people talk to the lack of faith and trust. this foodbank has never fed so many. 57. 57 people? in 50 minutes. 0h, right, oh, that's good. most days, it's pam who feeds the hungry. we've seen a 10% increase every month. we've got a lot of zero—hours, we've got a lot of benefits, again, universal credits. we're getting business people, getting people who are working, who just can't cope. do you know who you are going to vote for? not at the moment, no, and who do you believe? who do you believe? you are seeing all this poverty, all this desperation. yes, all this desperation, every single day. and you don't know who you are going to vote for?

not at the present. who do you believe? and for some like dwayne, who's slept on the streets this year, political loyalties are changing. i've voted conservatives all the time and now i've switched to labour. for the first time? for the first time, yeah. returning from the foodbank, rachel and her son bradley. show them your room. living in temporary accommodation. this is my room. when were you made homeless? the 7th of october. that's all i have to my name. what's your main concern in your life right now? making sure my son's fed and he's got a roof over his head for the time being. if i didn't have him, i wouldn't be here. i know i wouldn't. it's because of him i'm still here. when you see politicians up and down the country wanting your vote, what does it mean to you? sometimes i think they don't deserve it, because they don't get it, they don't understand what it's like to be without.

after years of austerity, confusion over brexit, for some here, there was little hope politics could change their lives. ed thomas, bbc news, grimsby. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come — 007 is back! we take a look at the first full—length trailer for the new bond film, no time to die. more than 100 firefighters were used to tackle a blaze which broke out at a hotel in west london. 160 staff and guests had to leave the travelodge in brentford in the early hours of this morning. no one was hurt. a warning first, that sonja jessup's report does contain flashing images. although the fire is now out, you can probably make out a number of firefighters still behind me. in fact, few moments ago, we saw some of them up on an aerial platform,

just trying to make sure that the building is safe. we are told that at its height, there where around 100 firefighters tackling this blaze. and that it broke outjust before 3:00 in a bin room of a neighbouring building and then spread to the travelodge. around 162 people were evacuated, luckily, nobody was hurt. but, among them were elderly and young children and we are told some people were wearing very little, in very cold temperatures. the alarms were going off for a fire in the hotel. come outside, all of a sudden, when we are outside, we see people rushing around the building, turns out there's a massive blaze there. so, it's all a bit panicky then, the fire brigade turns up about five minutes later, starts extinguishing that blaze, but next thing we know, it's going up, the actual cladding, and there is smoke pouring out of the top of the building. they brought a bus down to keep everyone warm and stuff, they've told us that we might

be able to grab our stuff in the morning, but that'sjust a rumour right now, because we've been told that the fire brigade have to go into the rooms individually to make sure that the rooms are safe. the fire brigade has told us that a full investigation into how this blaze started will be carried out, although, they have told us that initial investigation suggest that cladding was not responsible for the spread of the fire. travelodge has told us that it is making arrangements for its guests, and has thanked them for their cooperation. melania trump has been in london, with the president for the two day nato summit. and today she has been visiting a salvation army centre in east london. the first lady met children from a nearby primary school in clapton. yeah, and she was kept busy,

putting the gifts in bags for the charity's annual present appeal for local families. there is some flash photography in this report from daniela relph. traffic was stopped, the road closed. london e5 had a vip visitor. the salvation army in clapton had just a few days' notice that melania trump was coming. the children of baden powell primary school nearby were only told this morning who they were about to meet. a church hall in east london is perhaps an unusual setting for a visit from an american first lady. but this is safe territory for melania trump. a christian organisation and a global charity, the salvation army was seen as a good fit for today's event. melania made christmas decorations and chatted to the kids and their teachers. the talk was of christmas in america, the journey to london and the trump family — along with the odd revelation. she's never had a mince pie, an english mince pie. she has never had a mince pie? i was like, "you need

to try it, then!" did she try one? she hasn't tried it yet but she is going to try it tonight. if you think about it, we're not really going to get a chance to see her again, so you have to kind of keep remembering. the visit of the first lady may have been a little unexpected for the salvation army but will be a boost for their christmas present appeal. the salvation army has a lot of work in america and i think mrs trump has seen our work there. but also the salvation army's home is the uk, and she really wanted to come and meet children. the visit ended of course with a year five class photo. today with a special extra guest squeezed in, as this american first lady got a taste of christmas in the uk. daniela relph, bbc news, clapton, in east london. good on the first lady, that must‘ve been quite a buzz for all those children who were there. i mean,

come on, she's never had a minced pie? i don't even think she has any way, because they probably put it in her handbag and then ditched it a bit later on. i ask, her handbag and then ditched it a bit later on. iask, ourassistant editor here, whether she's ever had a minced pie, she's from washington. she's never had one. and doesn't wa nt she's never had one. and doesn't want one. how can you get through christmas without one? to the american family members, minced pie is not minced beef. but it's a sweet feeling. so the name itjust throws a lot of people operate from the beginning. persuading them... yes. but fruitcake, we are not big on fruitcake over there either, are you? well, i mean there is, no, not so much. you might know. 0k. just have a cup of tea at christmas, that's the only way to get through it. moving on. the president of european football's governing body — uefa — has told the bbc racism in the game is much worse now than it was 20 years ago.

aleksander chehverin has pledged to do more to tackle abuse. the bbc has been following the anti—discrimination group fare — who've gathered evidence of what they believe was racist abuse of celtic players by lazio fans at a match last month. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, reports. you are clearly not from a scottish family, are you? know. our -- our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, reports. it seemed they seem like the normal match day boos, but are these noises in fact something more sinister? jeering. this is secret footage taken by specially trained antiracism observer inside the stadio 0limpico when lazio faced celtic. they believed these jeers from some lazio fans changed to monkey chants when 0dsonne edouard missed this chance. it's hard to capture on camera, and when european football's governing body uefa was shown this footage, they decided not to charge the italian club.

we have to try to do more, and we will. aleksander ceferin is president of uefa. today, i asked him whether it is doing enough to tackle racism. i can understand the desperation of people where they see sanctions and the incidents happening again. of course, the logical conclusion is that's not enough. but there's no magic stick. the situation is not the same as 20 years ago. it's much worse, and it's getting worse and worse. for us, it was a high—risk game, for sure. pavel klymenko works for fare network. they sent those observers to the lazio—celtic game, one of 150 matches attended every season to help report discrimination to uefa. fare has a job on its hands. in the last month alone, top players have protested against racism in italy and the netherlands and, in ukraine, midfielder taison was left in tears after monkey chants from the crowd. this is what he'd heard. monkey chants from crowd.

in england recently, an fa cup match was abandoned after alleged racism from away fans, and when the national team faced bulgaria, there were monkey chants and nazi salutes. bulgaria's punishment from uefa was a fine and a one—match stadium closure. i don't think anyone's in agreement with the punishment that was handed out. they have to diversify, and i hope that happens, sooner rather than later. currently, an all—white male panel decides what's racist and what isn't. ceferin is committed to changing that. we need more diversity in the disciplinary committee. you have to have people who felt that abuse, because they look at it differently. that could help fare's work enormously. really clearly doing nazi salutes. uefa charges in 60% of cases fare brings to them but not with this video of lazio fans from last year. this is the kind of thing

you are up against, isn't it? because even when your observers clearly risk their safety... yes, it takes lengths for our observers to record evidence. if some of it is being thrown out, this hurts a lot. some players feel the same. ceferin acknowledged their pain but wouldn't promise tougher sanctions. with race hate crime on the rise, though, this is a war football alone can't win. natalie perks, bbc news. an important issue, tougher sanctions needed. right. christmas really has come early. at least for me. the first full—length trailer for the new bond film, james bond, has been released. no time to die. it is daniel craigs last appearance in the role. i've always wanted to do that. did you see how i did that? the new promo features rami malek in character as the latest villain for the first time, as well as a new female agent with — of course — a licence to kill.

here's a preview. gunfire. the world is arming faster than we can respond. where's 007? i need a favour, brother. you're the only one i trust for this. the world's moved on, commander bond. you were double 0? two years. so stay in your lane. you get in my way, i will put a bullet in your knee. the one that works. do you think he survives? i think he probably does. this american cia guy is in it again, i've never trusted felix. he's been in all the bond movies, and he never seems to be any good forjames bond. cast him aside.

the thing that made me feel old was having to introduce my niece to sean connery as james bond. she had never seen any connery as james bond. she had never seen any of them. yum actually not, surely not. i won't be here tomorrow. but michelle will be. bye— bye. tomorrow. but michelle will be. bye — bye. we tomorrow. but michelle will be. bye—bye. we will see you then. hello there. it wasn't a bad day across england and wales, again, plenty of sunshine around, albeit rather chilly. but it was wetter across scotland and northern ireland. in fact, this was weather front, which will continue to move southwards and eatwards overnight tending, to fizzle out. well, there will be lots of showers packing into the northwest of the country. and you notice the isobars closer together, so it means it will be quite windy. so lots of showers here, windy too overnight. further south and east, those winds will be light and we will see some clear spells. so, again, it could be quite chilly across this southeast quadrant, such a frost, perhaps, in one or two rural locations, but the further north and west you are, it will be milder because of the breeze, the cloud, and those showers. as we head on into thursday, it's low pressure which will be taking over, particularly across the north and the west, you can see a real squeeze

in the isobars there. so a blustery day for all, but especially in the north, where we will see gales. especiallly around northern and western scotland into the northern isles. outbreaks of rain moving across northern ireland, scotland, maybe even northern england, but it will be heaviest and most persistent for western scotland, where we could see up to 18mm over the high ground, that could cause some minorflooding in places. a very gusty day, wherever you are, but particularly across the northern half of the country, like i mentioned, those winds 40—50mph. it will be quite mild though across the north, 11—12 degrees, perhaps. those temperatures just about touching double figures in the south and east. another fairly chilly day here. now through thursday night, it stays very blustery, and outbreaks of rain begin to push southwards. it could be quite wet for parts of wales through the night. and into friday morning, that rain will tend to be across more southern areas. the milder air will across the south too, by friday morning, it will be very mild to start for england and wales. even fairly mild as well across the north. friday looks pretty unsettled, another blustery day, outbreaks of rain, followed by sunshine

and showers into the afternoon. winds coming down from the northwest across scotland and northern ireland, so it will begin to cool down here. it will stay mild in the south and the east 11—14 degrees. so the pressure chart into the weekend shows a brief ridge of high pressure, another spell of wet and windy weather, which will move through during saturday night. and sunday looking very blustery with further showers, and these will be heavy at times, and extremely windy across the irish sea coasts. it will tend to stay mild across england and wales, but something cooler in the north.

this is bbc news. the headlines. the summit marking 70 years of nato alliance ends with borisjohnson insisting the discussions were practical and harmonious — despite reported divisions meanwhile, a video emerges that appears to show some leaders talking about donald trump — the us president hits back at canada's prime minister. well, he's too fast. and honestly with justin trudeau, he's a nice guy and i find to be a very nice guy. the truth is, i called him out on the fact that he is not paying 2% and i guess he's not very happy about it. the impeachment inquiry into president trump moves up a gear, as the us house judiciary committee