you're watching beyond 100 days. a leaked manuscript, accusations of quid pro quo, senators on edge. the impeachment trial of donald trump enters day six with a lot of drama. could revelations from a former white house official change things in the senate? this is bbc news. john bolton was fired i'm geeta guru—murthy. by donald trump. the headlines at 8pm: now, he's getting his revenge a us prosecutor says prince andrew has provided zero with a tell—all book saying co—operation to thejeffrey epstein the president withheld aid to ukraine for his own political gain. sex trafficking inquiry. i haven't seen a manuscript but i can tell you nothing was ever the southern district of new york said to john bolton. and the fbi have contacted prince andrew's attorneys and requested to interview prince andrew. and to date, prince andrew has provided the death of basketball star zero, operation. —— zero has united this divided nation — kobe bryant was a hero here and a legend to his peers. cooperation. the government considers airlifting

he burned so competitively british citizens out of the worst—affected area in china, hot and desire to win, he brought it each and every night hit by the coronavirus. the family of harry dunn — on both ends of the floor. who was killed in a car accident — not too many guys can say that have tonight met the foreign secretary. throughout nba history. an american woman is wanted on suspicion of causing death also on the programme... by dangerous driving, a us prosecutor says prince andrew but the us have refused an extradition request. has provided "zero cooperation" with thejeffrey epstein sex trafficking inquiry. could a trade deal with the us be at threat if boris johnson doesn't freeze huawei out of the uk's sg networks? one republican congressman tells us he believes so. it would make it very difficult if not possible to achieve that gold standard trade agreement which we all want. and why did this skeleton get dressed up in a bucket hat to go for a ride along an arizona road? and was he any better at map reading than me? all will be revealed. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and james reynolds is in london. there is a lot of movement today in the impeachment trial of donald trump, none of it particularly good news for the white house. senate republicans have been put on the spot after explosive

revelations from former national security adviserjohn bolton. in a leaked copy of the manuscript of bolton's upcoming book, the new york times reports he says, "he," referring to the president... this directly contradicts the president's own assertions — and now republicans are suggesting that they want to hear from mr bolton directly. remember, it would only take four republican senators to say they want to hear from witnesses to force the leadership‘s hand and potentially prolong the trial. this morning mitt romney, the republican senator for utah suggested enough of his colleagues may have changed their minds because of the bolton book. i think it's increasingly likely that other republicans willjoin those of us who think we should hear from john bolton. and whether there are other witnesses and documents, that's another matter. but i thinkjohn bolton's relevance to our decision has

become increasingly clear. one republican senator walking that same witness tightrope is susan collins — named among the most likely to cross—party lines and side with the democrats — and she issued this statement... all of which is making democrats hopeful that they will get those. if there was ever even a shred of logic left to not hear witnesses and review the documents, mr bolton's bookjust erased it. we can bring in alexis simendinger, the national political correspondent for the hill. thank you very much forjoining us. how much is changed overnight with the leaking of this manuscript i

john bolton? well, and books in the span of john bolton? well, and books in the s pa n of less john bolton? well, and books in the span of less than 2a hours, the optimism in the white house and among publicans optimism in the white house and among publica ns that optimism in the white house and among publicans that they could quite the idea of witnesses with what they thought was a very strong defence on saturday from the president's uighur team has after considering today. —— from the president's legal team. there seems to be at least an idea that a fair trial includes witnesses and that john bolton fonseca manuscript is releva nt to john bolton fonseca manuscript is relevant to the questions that they wa nt to relevant to the questions that they want to ask and remember the actual debate about whether to hear from witnesses comes after the senators questions which are expected to begin later this week with 16 hours of questions that they have to submit in writing. right now the defence team for the president is again making their case and we expect that they will say what

exactly to refute john bolton's assertion that there was a political quid pro quo here? so far, at least from the senate republicans who do not want to hear witnesses, the argument is that there is nothing new. there is also direct reputation from the president and his own legal tea m from the president and his own legal team that there any connection between the us aid to ukraine and the president's interest in an investigation and we have seen a statement from the acting chief of staff at the white house mick mulvaney and his attorney very carefully wording, backing away from this idea that there was any connection or that he ever heard the president make a connection or that he had ever listened to the president's discussions with rudy giuliani on the phone. so even that statement i think has raised some interest among some senators. well, if mick mulvaney can put out a statement, perhaps we might want to hear from statement, perhaps we might want to hearfrom him. we have not got to that point yet but there does seem

to be an interest in the idea that witnesses might be more helpfulfor those republicans who want to try to look like it has been complete. fascinating to hear that and we understand proceedings are carrying on in the senate of course. alexis i'm just fascinated to know whether 01’ i'm just fascinated to know whether or not it would change the trial. can you envisage a situation in which a senator would sit there listening say "gosh that windows has made me change her mind and i'm switching my vote" or the other way around quiz about that is a good point to make because we are talking about their 51 senators... 51 senators willing to hear from witnesses but what we have known for months has been that it is very unlikely to find two thirds of the senator willing to convict the president on two articles of impeachment. even susan collins from maine considered a moderate republican who right now is very unpopular intrastate, she voted to acquit bill clinton of two articles

of impeachment in 1999. so her desire to hear witnesses is not a suggestion that she would convict president trump. another argument that we are starting to hear from republicans is that there are two issues here. one, did the president abused his power as president? and then a kind of second one being added on was well even if he did, is that an impeachable offence worth removing him from office for? are you hearing that to alexis that there is a kind of well maybe he did do it but we do not ask me think thatis do it but we do not ask me think that is a reason to get rid of him. the president's legal defence that began on saturday was an echo of points that the president has made on twitter. anybody who has been paying attention to president trump's defence on twitter has been hearing this for months. the president's argument is multipronged which is that there was no part time echo quid pro quo, no abuse of power, besides the fact that i have

a lot of power and none of these things would be impeachable. this is the argument we are hearing today from legal scholars like alan dershowitz. and so the entire defence has multi—angles to it offering the idea that the president has so many powers, this is beyond the idea of impeaching a president before an election. alexis simendinger, thank you very much. this change could go on a little while longer. a question to you are the senators enjoying being stuck in the senators enjoying being stuck in the senate and salmon jurors? no. the senators enjoying being stuck in the senate and salmonjurors? no. —— as assignmentjurors was of you know who is really not enjoying, though senators who wish they could be an iowa campaign because of course this isa iowa campaign because of course this is a week today from that very critical first vote in the 2020 election campaign, the nominating contest for the democrats. i spoke to amy klobuchar who is a present of candidate senderfrom to amy klobuchar who is a present of candidate sender from minnesota she said "i was doing fine but then i

saw this reports that peter buttigieg is running around busy as a bee in iowa... " and she sat behind a desk! they would like for this to be over. borisjohnson likes to tout his good relationship with donald trump as a benefit to the uk — but there is one area where the prime minister is seriously at odds with the president — the role of huawei in britain's 5g network. tomorrow, mrjohnson‘s government will decide whether to let the chinese tech firm build parts of the uk's future technology network. the americans hope he'll freeze huawei out because, they say, allowing a chinese company any access to western networks is a security risk. white house officials have suggested there could be repurcussions for the uk if it goes ahead with using huawei's technology. which leaves mrjohnson having to walk a fine line. the way forward for us clearly is to have a system that delivers for people in this country the kind of consumer benefits that they want through 5g technology or whatever. but does not in any way

compromise our vertical national infrastructure, our security, orjeopardise our ability to work together with other intelligence powers around the world. —— our critical national infrastructure. there's a lot of pressure on the uk government to come a decision because the stakes are high. once implemented, 5g technology will transform the way our devices use the internet. first — 5g will speed everything up. this is how long it takes to download an hour—long tv show on 5g network. seven seconds. a 4g network would have only downloaded 3% of the file in that time. but the higher frequencies used by 5g mean they can only travel shorter distances — and so to match current coverage, a whole network of antennae has to be built. each antennae is roughly the size of a pizza box. internet enabled devices like cars and smartphones can download data straight from nearby antennaes. but to do that the 5g tech needs

to be enabled in a way that 4g doesn't require — meaning the network is integrated in a huge range of everyday parts, from traffic lights and cars to electrical grids. tomorrow the uk government will decide whether to grant limited access to huawei to non—core parts of the network which includes those antennaes. we spoke to republican congressman mark gallagher. british authorities and intelligence are convinced they can protect the sensitive parts of the uk's 5g network from chinese intervention if they allow huawei to build these antenna and other support mechanisms. do you think british intelligence is wrong?” mechanisms. do you think british intelligence is wrong? i think that if you consider the nature of the 5g networks, the distinction between the periphery and the core becomes very obscure. indeed when we are talking about cyber warfare and cyber competition, what is the core versus the periphery or if we get

the chinese calmest party the ability to suck up sensitive data largely from the private sector and civilian sectors, that gives them just as much leverage if we endangered a key core within the national security networks. —— give the chinese calmness party. in talking with experts within the united states by techno— experts in austria who has made the decision to exclude huawei from the networks, we should air on the side of caution particularly in light of what we already know about huawei systems compromising information in africa 01’ compromising information in africa or through the finite states report just the nature of their system being open to data exfiltration or giving the chinese communist party deeply to shutdown the entire network itself. how then do you account for the fact that british government and british intelligence seem to a very different view from yourfindings? seem to a very different view from your findings? well, i think it is not just a security your findings? well, i think it is

notjust a security issue when you have these discussions. i think it is fairto have these discussions. i think it is fair to say that huawei are able to undercut their competitors on price sometimes by 30—50% in large pa rt price sometimes by 30—50% in large part because they received massive state subsidies from the chinese communist party. i think the other thing prime ministerjohnson does raise an interesting point when he says that huawei offers an integrated solution, 5g in a box, you deal with one company and one solution. if you go with a free world free—market alternatives you have to deal with three or more companies. when you consider what type of trade gives you want to forge in a post—deal —— post president from, my hope is that the us and uk can associate gold standard trade agreement and i think the security of our 5g networks would be the first step in such a trade agreement. picking up on your, immense about a treaty of, one of the president pots a form and fire services saying that if the uk was going to give huawei a limited role

in building a 5g network here, he did not think congress would approve an overall us— uk trade deal. is that how you see it? i do, i do think it would be a risk something pock for some and i would say to your listeners in the uk this is actually not a partition issue in the united states was up anytime and it seems that everything is partisan, there is actually no daylight between myself and my democratic colleagues when it comes to the necessity of guarding our domestic networks from huawei and ct and the chinese communist party. we have excepts in unison democrats and republicans to do that i think this is actually regardless of who wins the white house in 2020, i think it would make it very difficult if not impossible for us to achieve that gold standard trade agreement which we all want. and hopefully the decision will be made not to go with allowing huawei onto your networks in britain. congressman gallagher, think you very much for that. joining us now is lord peter ricketts — who was previously on the uk

government's national security council and also highest ranking civil servant at the foreign office. you saw the congressman positive response there. should the uk abandon huawei than?” response there. should the uk abandon huawei than? i think this has gotten blown out of proportion. this is a difficult technical issue which we ought to be capable of resolving ourselves. we have some of the best experts in the world in our gchq intelligence agency who can advise ministers on what we all want to achieve which is a 5g network which is safe, protected that which can be done quickly and effectively. ido can be done quickly and effectively. i do not believe that my former collea g u es i do not believe that my former colleagues who are still in the civil service would recommend to ministers a way forward which risked british security you know as well as idid british security you know as well as i did that the most recent report which was released by the national cybersecurity centre which spread to gchq. they say they can... only partially guarantee risks... there are no... there are no risk—free

solutions in our life. one thing that surprises me. if this is such a critical issue for british and us nationals cutie, how come they do not have 5g of their own? we or they do not have a 5g solution of their own,... we have to rely on other countries with chinese equipment or remind huawei. when i hear people say we're going to turn over... this will be billed by pt and vodafone under the watch five the british government. the question is put a small part of it be accommodated by huawei along with others? —— by bt and vodafone. that seems like our national security experts could saw —— settle themselves but we under this huge lobbying campaign from the us. their assent and unanimity of opinion in the uk as i want to read you a tweet from theresa may's former adviser nick timothy. he sent this out today...

" if "if it wasn't" if it wasn't good enough for the london underground,, white skin for 5g? none of us are technical experts but i can and send the people do not want to be dependent on a sickle supplier weather for 3g, 4g dependent on a sickle supplier weatherfor 3g, 4g or 5g. as you know our networking the 3g and 4g areas is full of huawei equipment. a lot of it in america as well as i understand it which would certainly not be safe to depend entirely on huawei for our future telecoms network, nobody is suggesting that. i think diversity in the system is a strength. i personally believe that if we use some of this equipment on the edges of the system in a careful and controlled way as part of a diverse and resilient system, that will serve uk national security. and

i therefore worry that this has become all wrapped up with politics but with us determination to secure dominance over china on the next generation of technology and instead of being about national security it is become about a whole lot of other things as well. laura ricketts, thank you forjoin us. perhaps we should get telecoms expert telesis. —— lord ricketts. the world of sport is mourning the basketball legend kobe bryant — who was killed in a helicopter crash in california on saturday along with his 13—year—old daughter gianna and seven others. their chopper came down in heavy fog. bryant was one of the most iconic figures in american sport — and entertainment. he was known around the world by his first name alone. from los angeles, sophie long reports. reverse! he was one of the greatest players of all time. for two decades, the fierce soul of the la lakers, his remarkable talent and absolute devotion to winning earned him

the eterneal admiration of angelenos, and inspired a generation of young players round the world. he burned so competitively hot and desire to win, he brought it each and every night on both ends of the floor. not too many guys can say that throughout nba history. he won one of the first ones to leave high school and come to the nba, and do so well. becoming one of the best scorers the la lakers has ever seen. celebrities paid tribute and world leaders. those present and past united in praise. his helicopter was travelling in in thick fog. it plunged into rugged hillside near calabasas, with an impact that scattered debris over an area the size of a football pitch. nine people were onboard, no—one survived. with him was his 13—year—old daughter, gianna bryant was a basketball star in the making.

keen to carry on her father's legacy, she had coaches say his spark and his determination. we are going to see both teams... at nba games across the country play was paused for 2h seconds. 2a, the jersey he wore. returning from a game in philadelphia, lebron james the current lakers superstar. wiped away tears. in la people poured on to the streets to pay homage at his sporting homeches since news of crash broke thousands have made their way here to the home of the la lakers and the place where kobe bryant played throughout the whole of his 20—year career. they come here to express their grief and to pay tribute as the world comes to terms with the loss of a sporting legend and his young daughter. what he stood for, i tried to embody, i embody it my whole life, as a basketball player, an entrepreneur, things i do in my life. off the court he was an advocate

for the city of la, he worked with the homeless, he was all for women's sports which is huge for us. kobe was their king but he was no saint. in 2003, he was accused of rape. the case collapsed, he said the sex was consensual. i ran up and down every court. since leaving the court the third highest scoring player of all time with two olympic golds he has won an oscar for his animated love letter to the game. he was a living legend, he will always be and i conin the city of angels. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. —— he will always be an icon in the city of los angeles. for those who have heard and joining us now is sports reporter for the washington post, neil greenberg. for those who have heard of the brand but don't know what a huge deal his death is in america, explain what made him so remarkable. asserts with how great of a bass while player he was. i heard in the setback that you played was how he was one of the first and best to

make thejump was one of the first and best to make the jump from high school directly to the pros. it is very difficult to discuss the story pass by without mentioning kobe in quite a few instances. he was part of the la kers a few instances. he was part of the lakers 3p, he won five titles, he was a two—time mvp in the finals, and mvp in the regular season. he wonjust and mvp in the regular season. he won just about every individual accolade as you put as well as every tea m accolade as you put as well as every team honour. he just accolade as you put as well as every team honour. hejust really accolade as you put as well as every team honour. he just really was one of the most iconic players not only in basketball but in any sport.|j was struck by one tweet by andre it would not who is a best well player who set "this is like our princess diana orjfk moment" notjust a sporty moment but where the nation paused in shock, do you see it that way? i do because he transcended the basketball court. you mention before he won an oscar for basketball court. you mention before he won an oscarfor an basketball court. you mention before he won an oscar for an animate basketball court. you mention before he won an oscarfor an animate a short film. he was very involved

with his daughter's basketball career, budding basketball career. he truly was respected on and off the court. and there were some hiccups along the way. but by and large, this was a person that was beloved by many in all walks of life. he played his whole career with the lakers in los angeles, is that what made him so much part of that what made him so much part of that city? yeah, it certainly... in my mind he is probably the best la kers of my mind he is probably the best lakers of all time but the los angeles lakers lakers of all time but the los angeles la kers have lakers of all time but the los angeles lakers have such a storied franchise and he was so successful within him it only ingrained their wealth for him and you saw the outpouring outside the stadium but also at different stadiums. he scored 62 points and three quarters against the mavericks in 2005. mark cuban against the mavericks in 2005. mark cu ban the owner of against the mavericks in 2005. mark cuban the owner of the mavericks said nobody will ever wear 2a for his team for some it was notjust on players and team, it was literally

eve ryo ne players and team, it was literally everyone around league. best lakers of all time, better than magic johnson? i think so. of all time, better than magic johnson? ithink so. he is of all time, better than magic johnson? i think so. he is the fourth highest score of all time now after lebron james fourth highest score of all time now after lebronjames passed in the other night. he is one of the most efficient scores ever in the history of basketball. i also think the error that he played was a little bit different than the one magic johnson was in. —— the error that he played yet the three peat into titles after that, in my mind there is an argument that can be made that he is the best los angeles lakers of all time and one of the best nba players. so i think both the eye test and the stats would back me up on that. neal greenberg, thank you for joining on that. neal greenberg, thank you forjoining us from the washington post. 26 nguyen americans pay best but which gives you a sense of how many fans there we re you a sense of how many fans there were kobe bryant. —— 26 million americans. anyone who's been to the us

will know traffic in many of our cities can be a nightmare. hours spent sitting idle, much to the frustration of drivers. but we do have carpool lanes, which are exclusively for the use of cars with two or more people in them. and often, they're a lot quieter. "aha," says one driver in arizona. "why don't i tie a fake skeleton to the passenger seat with some rope, so i can ride in the carpool lane?" a sure—fire way to speed up any journey. that he did. but police weren't too impressed. they quickly pulled him over and the 62—year—old man was given a penalty ticket. as far as we know the skeleton was let off free. what was he doing with a skeleton anyway? maybe he didn't want a random back—seat driver. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. half a million medical staff are sent to the chinese province where the coronavirus first emerged last month. he will be speaking to a harvard epidemiologist about what we know about the disease. us

prosecutors say they have had no response from prince and you're following his request to interview following his request to interview following —— as part of their investigation intojeffrey epstein. all to come. hello there. for some of us a taste of winter to come overnight and into to say with some snow and ice around. we have seen snow in the showers falling across the highlands of scotla nd showers falling across the highlands of scotland leaving a covering on the roads. seen these become more commonplace overnight. certainly a whole rash of cloud showing up on the satellite picture for the sticker cloud towards eastern and southern england is what has brought the day's rain but that will be clearing out followed by blustery rain showers overnight. the showers will be... the snow will most likely cause issues in areas of scotland and also as well as the snow risk, temperatures plunging below freezing in places particularly in the countryside, there is an additional

risk of icy stretches. the main risk areas for seen risk of icy stretches. the main risk areas for seen snow risk of icy stretches. the main risk areas for seen snow overnight into to say in the high ground of wales, northern ireland, northern england, other parts of low—lying levels in scotla nd other parts of low—lying levels in scotland and eastern parts of the country. we could get something like five cm, maybe ten cm over the hills. that is enough to cause localised destruction into scotland and if it is not the snow, it is the ice that can cause problems elsewhere. a soupy start to the say, weather will improve... showers again with cold air feeding and across northern areas in the uk, temperatures at struggle and showers will continue to be wintry with for the snow in the highlands of scotland. for the south showers like me to fall as rain with temperatures around seven or 8 degrees. an area for pressure seams and off the atlantic, some uncertainty about how far north or south this weather system will ultimately be. he was the optics of rain pushing into the south of our rain band, it turns mild there with temperatures reaching double figures throughout

the afternoon across southern parts of wales. the northern band will be cold so we could see northern rain on this age of the system be freezing, and we will keep you updated. south—westerly winds to start the day on thursday with mild air. things will cool off in scotla nd air. things will cool off in scotland and northern ireland and times here but for the south it stays mild for some 11 or 12 degrees. and if anything as we headed through friday and into the weekend the weekend the start of february, it gets even milder still. temperatures could reach 1a degrees, temperatures we would normally see at the start of spring.

you're watching beyond 100 days with me katty kay in washington, james reynolds is in london. our top stories: an explosive revelation from former national security adviserjohn bolton that donald trump did withold aid to ukraine. the president denies it, but will this affect his trial in the senate? tributes from across the world for the former basketball star kobe bryant, killed in a helicopter crash along with his 13—year—old daughter. coming up in the next half hour: the number of people killed in china by the new coronavirus has risen to 81, with almost 3,000 confirmed ill. plus, a top prosecutor in the us says prince andrew has provided zero co—operation over thejeffrey epstein six trafficking inquiry.

the chinese government has shut down cities, banned travel, extended the new year holiday and still the coronavirus is spreading fast. half a million medical staff have been deployed to hubei province, where the disease emerged last month. the internet is overflowing with information and misinformation about the virus — but we've found one reliable source that gives real figures in real time. a team of scientists atjohns hopkins university in the us has developed this dashboard showing cases, new infections, locations, deaths and recoveries. it's updated hour by hour using sources from the who, the us centre for disease control and chinese health sources. here are their key findings. the total number of cases confirmed so far is 2,886. here are the confirmed cases in each

country. . .. and in the last hour, a female chinese national has tested positive for coronavirus in sri lanka. jaime santirso is a journalist for el pais — he arrived in wuhan just before the travel lockdown was imposed on the city. we spoke to him from his hotel and he started off by describing his visit to the new 1000—bed hospital which the authorities are racing to build. there is no way of moving around in the city because the cars have been stopped for two days. yesterday i took a bite and went all the way to where they are building this new compound, 25 kilometres outside the city. very spectacular, there is hundreds of metres of trucks waiting to come in, thousands of people

working on it. they are working in the area 24 hours a day. the workers are getting paid three times the usual salary. it looks like the plans are going faster than expected. the hospital will be open one day before the plan, february the 2nd. another of the measures the chinese government has been doing to tackle the spread of the coronavirus has been tracing every single person that left wuhan before the lockdown was imposed, that means checking train tickets, flight tickets, all sorts of ways. that has not proven very effective so far so they have turned to community— based very effective so far so they have turned to community—based finding of these people that mean some of the neighbours report when people from wuhan have moved in, that has

created some sort of persecution against them. an interesting reaction to the outbreak also has happened in the small villages, where some villages have taken it upon themselves to protect their small towns and the people who live in them by blocking them from the outside and not allowing anybody to come in. these sort of local militia are armed with anything they can find, from spears to knives, and they are standing at the entrance of they are standing at the entrance of the villages, blocking the way in for every person. such interesting pictures of people putting borders in their villages. dr eric ding is an epidemiologist at the harvard chan school of public health. should and well at the who declared this a global health emergency? i think the who absolutely should

declare a health emergency. last thursday they punted on the decision because then there was limited data, we did not know the transmission, reproductive number but now we do know that number and experts say anywhere between 2.9, 2.6 and 2.9, numbers as high as five but these numbers as high as five but these numbers are clearly very dangerous. the cdc have said this has higher pandemic risk than for us. can you explain those numbers and why they are important? the reproductive number, transition reproductive number, transition reproductive number, transition reproductive number of one means the virus will be even, if less than one of the virus will dissipate over time, if it is more than one it will keep spreading. originally over the weekend we had numbers of 3.8 but those numbers have since come down to 2.6 and 2.9 which means for every

single infected person, that person will infect 2.6 to 2.9 additional people in a cascading effect which is why it has a dangerous reproductive number and the who should differently declare an emergency, especially when experts say it has a higher reproductive pandemic risk than sars. what information are you getting from chinese authorities and are they giving it to you? i'm going by the scientific sources. the imperial college mrc is a who collaborating resource and they have the best who data inside 2.6 and the chinese cdc says 2.9 and these are published report. we do not know precisely what the fatality rate is, very difficult to calculate that based on evidence released so far but the best evidence so far says, from the who and chinese cdc, this

number is very dangerous and pandemic level. experts all say containment is not likely possible. the global health community... shutting down the cities is not necessarily going to stop this? i think it is too little, too late, because millions more, this virus first emerged, jumped from animals to humans in november, 2.5 months to proliferate. millions of people have already travelled before the lockdown started. this is why there is this pandemic fear. the overseas cases are rapidly growing, even separate of what the chinese are reporting inside. thank you very much forjoining us. great to get solid numbers on this because, as you said, james got lots of misinformation out there and people obviously afraid but we need to get solid numbers.

china's premier, li keqiang, made a surprise visit to wuhan today. here he is in a local supermarket — but there was one shopper who was clearly determined to get her groceries packed up and paid for despite the vip making a speech just over her shoulder! you can take your eyes off, incredible! —— you cannot take your eyes off her. prosecutors in the united states say they have asked the son of queen elizabeth, prince andrew, to be interviewed as part of their investigation into jeffrey epstein, but have received no response. they said prince andrew had provided zero co—operation to either his office or the fbi. during a bbc interview last year, that led to him stepping back from public royal duties, prince andrew said he would be prepared — if necessary — to help with an investigation. here's what the us attorney prosecuting the case had to say. for more we can speak to nick bryant who's in new york. how significant step is this? how significant step is thi57m how significant step is this? it is a bit ofa how significant step is this? it is a bit of a rebuke how significant step is this? it is

a bit ofa rebuke ofa how significant step is this? it is a bit of a rebuke of a british royal from the us attorney who is heading up from the us attorney who is heading up ongoing criminal investigation into jeffrey epstein and people who may have been co—conspirators with him ina may have been co—conspirators with him in a sex trafficking operation. the us attorney was speaking outside the mansion of the late billionaire, just near central park just the mansion of the late billionaire, just near central parkjust off fifth ave. during the course of the availability about the problem of sex trafficking in general he was asked about whether prince andrew had cooperated as he promised he would do with us investigators and this is what he had to say. the district of new york and the fbi have contacted prince andrew's attorneys and requested an interview with prince andrew and to date prince andrew has provided zero cooperation. zero cooperation, pretty stiff words from the us attorney. he said there

have been repeated attempts been made by the fbi and federal prosecutors to try and get some kind of meeting with prince andrew through his legal team but, as he said, they have not been forthcoming in any way. this is clearly not what prince andrew said in that interview late last year when he said, i am willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency with that investigation. clearly what the new york attorney is saying is that is not happening, what happens now to prince andrew? they cannot compel him to come over and testify, can they? there are legal moves they can take. we are talking about the most aggressive prosecutors office in the united states of america, the southern district of new york, lower manhattan, they are famed for their aggressiveness and taking on high—profile cases. there is the possibility they could issue some kind of subpoena to try and compel

prince andrew to speak to him. that raises all sorts of issues over how that subunit would be served with generally has to be in person, given a royal security, political and diplomatic fallout of a move, they would have to weigh that up. they are not suggesting that they have reached that stage yet but clearly there is growing frustration on the side of the atlantic over the lack of cooperation from prince andrew and as you say a written statement as he stepped back from royal duties late last year after what was widely perceived to be a disaster interview with emily maitlis on newsnight, he said of course i'm willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agencies with their investigation if required. well, the us prosecutors are saying it's required and they are saying it's required and they are not getting any help. nick, thank you very much. elderly survivors of the nazi death camp at auschwitz have been giving moving accounts of their experiences as children at the hands of their captors. more than 200 former inmates

werejoined by world leaders from sixty countries at a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp. the parents of harry dunn, the 19—year—old who died in a car accident outside an raf base in northamptonshire, have held talks with the foreign secretary, dominic raab. american anne sacoolas is wanted on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, but the us have refused an extradition request. afterwards, the family said that they're satisfied that the foreign secretary is in there batting for harry — and they have no worries or concerns that this is going to be swept under the carpet. president trump says his administration's long—delayed middle east peace plan will be released in a little under 24 hours' time. mr trump made the announcement at the white house as he greeted israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu — who was invited, along with his political rival, benny gantz, to be briefed on the plan. today marks the second week of the impeachment trial in the senate.

at the centre of this trial are these questions — did mr trump abuse the powers of his office in his interactions with ukraine and if so should he be removed from office? a new book argues that there's a broader issue before the senate than the specific scandal recounted in the articles. it's not only the president who is on trial, but mr trump's vision of the american presidency. for more, we arejoined now by susan henessey, author of unmaking the presidency: donald trump's war on the world's most powerful office. susan, what's the bigger picture you are alluding to, all the trappings of democracy seem to be in place, journalists don't reporting, the senate to its job journalists don't reporting, the senate to itsjob in journalists don't reporting, the senate to its job in the journalists don't reporting, the senate to itsjob in the impeachment trial, how can one man unmake the presidency? we are used to in the united states having lots of debates and arguments over at the outer boundaries of executive power, what the president can do in that small grey space between executive power and the legislator, executive power and the courts but with donald trump we see

he is not abusing the outer edges are expanding the outer edges, he is instead abusing the core powers, the powers he indisputably holds and putting them to his own personal purposes and that is the reason why we are in impeachment proceedings, not because the president does not have the right to communicate with foreign leaders, for example, but because he used as communications in order to further his own personal political interest at the expense of the national interest which plays out across a lot of different contexts. what else, if it is beyond ukraine got what specifically would you point to? in some ways the ukrainian scandal is sort of a manifestation of what we've seen domestically already. the president is the head of the executive branch, he is in charge of law enforcement. we rely on a series of norms, independent law enforcement, in order to preserve this really important concept that law enforcement does not exist to go

after the president pours my enemies and protect his friends, it is supposed to be evenhanded and what we've seen president trump do essentially ignore those norms and not be concerned about being perceived are constrained or legitimate and pushing for the persecution of hillary clinton, pressuring jeff sessions, former attorney general to prosecute or investigate the heroic clinton, precisely the same way switching outside the us to use ash —— investigate hillary clinton. surely building up the power of the presidency is nothing new? we saw that under richard nixon with the so—called imperial presidency, we saw that when dick cheney was pursuing the unitary executive theory under george w bush, doesn't every president want to increase the power of the office and their personal power? this is an idea we try and take very seriously in the book and in some ways donald trump is not entirely

new, just the completion of a long—standing trend. there are ways in which she is genuinely proposing something different and a different vision of the office. richard nixon, for example, someone who plainly abuse the power of his office but richard nixon had the decency to fa ke richard nixon had the decency to fake it, he had the decency to pretend it was not happening and that may sound absurd but attempting to hide these things is itself a constraint. what donald trump is doing is saying i'm doing it in the open and telling you, i'm tweeting why this is happening and the effect of that is pleasing vision on the table for the american people to gratify in the next election. susan, thank you. —— fought the american people to ratify in the next election. republicans, of course not made the same point about president obama, by doing lots of thing through executive order. this is beyond 100 days. still to come —

why a new 50p coin commemorating brexit is causing the commotion, all down to the humble comma. we'll explain all. the uk government insists a trade deal is possible by the end of the year, after britain leaves the european union on friday. but eu officials are more cautious. ireleand's taiseoch, leo varadkar, has told the bbc, in a rare interview, that the eu will be the "stronger team" when the talks begin. he's been speaking to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. of course, looking down at you. this is michael collins, one of the founding fathers of the country. and the founding father of my party. the past and present have been part brexit‘s haggling, with one of the leaders in the fight for irish independence supervising him from the office wall, leo varadkar has held many of the cards. i don't think the uk has yet come to terms with the fact it is is now a small country. he might claim that,

but as one phase of brexit closes, another opens. so does the eu or the uk hold the power in round two? we have our population and market of 450 million people, the uk is about 60. if these were two teams against each other play football, who do you think has the stronger team? as long as we are united. do you think at any point it might have been fair to suggest ireland was being stubborn? i think some people felt that. they felt, why is this such a big deal, they are being stubborn, they won't back down. just have a time limit, just tweak here or there. what would you say to that? a lot of people unfortunately in westminster and in britain don't understand ireland or know much about ireland, and britain has a very powerful history, a very colonial history and i think there are people in britain who thought that france, germany and britain would get together at a big summit and tell the small countries what is what. that's not the way the 21st century works. it's certainly not the way the european union works. borisjohnson says he disagrees with his irish friend. leo varadkar faces an election, and his influence may

fade away. but ireland will have a voice and when it comes to brexit friends and opponents can be one in the same. italy's far—right leader matteo salvini has suffered a setback after his league party failed to unseat the left in a key election in the country's north. this election had been seen as a test of italy's national coalition government. a high turnout ensured the democratic pa rty‘s incumbent candidate maintained control. mr salvini campaigned extensively in emilia—romagna, hoping a victory there would force snap elections. mr salvini quit the coalition last summer — but was using this vote as a platform for his return to power. james, you were our rome

correspondent got you left in september and i'm right in thinking around that time matteo savini... he left about the same time, we didn't coordinate! didn't he say he would back in government quickly. he said he wanted to come back as soon as he said he wanted to come back as soon as possible so he needed to find an election where he could triumph and destroy the centre—left populace coalition. this was the election, did not work. that is a setback to him because his attempt to get back into power has been curtailed and essentially it means the march of foreign populism which we've seen in the march of foreign populism which we've seen in some the march of foreign populism which we've seen in some european countries has been checked for the moment. as it was in the eu elections. very interesting to watch what happens to matteo savini, going forward. there have been tributes around the world for the retired basketball star kobe bryant, who died yesterday in a helicopter crash. the five—time nba champion was with his 13—year—old daughter, gianna, and seven others when the accident happened. the news has been met with shock and disbelief in equal measure as people try to come to terms with the star's death.

for more on the legacy he leaves behind, we can speak to monique curry, former basketball player for the washington mystics. shejoins us now from portland, oregon. really great of you to speak to us. one of your former colleagues said no nba player supported the w nba woman's college basketball more than kobe, is that how you see it as well? i do and it is really u nfortu nate, well? i do and it is really unfortunate, the timing of his death because his daughter was an basketball star. he was an advocate for women's sport and basketball in particular. i think he would have, even elevated the wnba to the next level. i just want to bring in this clip of kobe onjimmy kimmel back in 2018, talking about his daughter's hopes to follow in her fathers footsteps, and cruicially, his support of that. the best thing that happens is when we go out and fans come up to me and

she is next to me and the outlook, you've got to have a boy, you've got to have somebody carry on the legacy. she is like, hey, i got this! but that's right, yes, you do! the girl has got this! what was it he did for women in basketball, in your experience? i think as a basketball player, his career speaks for itself, every one strives to be as great as he was and is commitment and dedication and his love for the game, it inspired us all, men and women. to see how he advocated once he retired for women's sport and kind of validated women's sport and kind of validated women's basketball because so many people give it a hard time, if somebody like kobe bryant, who is arguably the greatest player to ever play, supports women's basketball and says it is a great game, i think it was a way to bridge that gap

between people who didn't really respect the game, the women's game, when you can relate somebody like kobe to the game. there must be particular pain in the wing kobe brya nt‘s there must be particular pain in the wing kobe bryant's13—year—old daughter was so interested in basketball herself, she might‘ve wa nted basketball herself, she might‘ve wanted to pursue that in college professionally, that adds to the pain you be feeling? it does and i am still processing what happen yesterday when i found out, i was in shock, like everyone else and just stock, and then when the news came his daughter was also on the helicopter, thatjust made its even more difficult to process. just because she was so young. i could see myself in her and her team mate, they were on their way to basketball tournament like many other young girls peeing basketball right —— many other young girls playing

basketball right now. so hard to come to terms with. when we look back on the life of a public figure we look back on the achievements and some of the times they make have fallen short of the standards they set themselves. lots of people have been talking about what kobe bryant went through 2003 when he was accused of sexual assault, it was settled, he offered assault, it was settled, he offered a form of apology afterwards, how should we look at that in the totality of his life? i think kobe, he didn't hide anything admitted he was not a perfect person admitted to his m ista kes perfect person admitted to his mistakes when he came into the league he was 17 years old and i believe he was 24 when the incident in colorado happened. he owned up to it, he apologised, like you said. it's part of the story, it is nothing to be ignored but it shows how people grow and people grow up and people learn for their mistakes

and people learn for their mistakes and all you can do is try and correct your wrongs and move forward and bea correct your wrongs and move forward and be a better person every day and i think that's what kobe did. and be a better person every day and i think that's what kobe didl monique, thank you forjoining us. the uk chancellor has unveiled a new commemorative coin to mark the uk's departure from the eu this friday. unsurprisingly for anything brexit—related, — it has provoked strong emotional reactions and sparked fierce debate. but not for the reasons you might think. the 50p coin bears the inscription "peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations" — missing — some argue — an oxford comma between the words ‘prosperity‘ and ‘and'. this is a big debate because in america they always put the comma but i thought we did not in britain. i thought it was fine when i saw it. it's not the hell i'm going to die

on, maybe people will start putting the comma when they get the coin —— it is not a hill i am going to die on. we will see tomorrow. for some of us a taste of winter to come over night and into tuesday with some snow and ice around. we've already seen snow across the highlands of scotland leaving some on the roads, scenes like these becoming more commonplace overnight. rash of shower clouds on the satellite. for quick cloud for eastern and southern england and has brought the rain but that will clear out of the way followed by a blustery rain showers overnight. showers will be wintry over high ground in northern ireland, wales, northern england but the snout most likely to cause issues into areas of scotla nd likely to cause issues into areas of scotland at as well as the snout temperatures dropping below freezing, particularly in the countryside that is an additional

risk of ice stretch. the men it's now risk areas over higher ground of wales, northern ireland and northern england but coming down to low levels in scotland, especially in eastern parts of the country. five centimetres possible, ten centimetres possible, ten centimetres for the hills which could cause localised disruption for scotland. it's —— if it's not this now the ice could cause problems elsewhere. slippery start in some spots but the weather will tend to improve throughout. sunshine and showers with the cold air are feeding in across northern areas temperature struggle and showers continue to be wintry with further snow in the scottish highlands. further south the show is more likely to fall as rain. for the middle of the week another area of low pressure coming in off the atlantic. uncertainty over how far north or south this weather system will be. outbreaks of rain pushing in and to the south turning more mild, temperatures reaching double

figures through the afternoon across southern england and wales but to the north of rain band pretty cold air still sew on the northern edge of the system the rain could turn to snow for a time so we will keep you posted on that. thursday, south—westerly winds to start the day bringing mild air. thing is cooling off later in scotland and northern ireland, rain at times, further south staying mild and temperatures 11 or 12 celsius. if anything, for friday and the weekend, it gets even milder still, temperatures could reach 14 celsius, temperatures could reach 14 celsius, temperatures we normally see at the 00:58:35,813 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 start of spring.