tv The Briefing BBC News February 4, 2020 5:45am-6:00am GMT
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and finally, is this the ultimate reusable water bottle for the environmentally conscious? luxury brand chanel have launched a gold—coloured water bottle with lambskin flask bag and gold chain, which is now on sale for the eye—watering price of around $5,000. you would certainly want to reuse that, not a single use container there. with me is the political analyst and broadcaster henry bonsu. let's start with that story in the independent, and it feels like, darei the independent, and it feels like, dare i say, something of a pattern. when a terror attack oi’ a pattern. when a terror attack or something awful like this happens, the cry goes up lock them up for longer and that. it happening. it is never as simple as that, is it? it is never as simple as that. who should we go to for advice? maybe the independent reviewer of terror legislation, senior qcjonathan holt, who said just
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before this attack happened, just a mile away from where i live, streatham is just just a mile away from where i live, streatham isjust a mile away, jail provides a perfectly receptive and captive audience for recruitment. the big problem is when people go into prison, whether they are in there for just over prison, whether they are in there forjust over a year or so, like this individual was, oi’ so, like this individual was, orfor three years, so, like this individual was, or for three years, they may still be dangerous if they haven't received appropriate rehabilitation and close attention and an attempt to de— radicalise them. remember, this is not like robbing a bank and being told he shouldn't rob a bank and then your life changing, and you coming out is a different person. this is an ideology that you have imbibed, that you have absorbed, that you believe in, that you think you believe in, that you think you are going to go to heaven if you sacrifice yourself, get killed by police either on the battlefield in syria or in south london. if that is deeply ingrained, how do you tackle that? if there is enough support, if there is enough
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anti— propaganda in prison? and according to this story and others, there simply aren't the resources , others, there simply aren't the resources, and there is the focus on this, as there should be. that is the point, isn't it? it is all very well to say incarcerate people, put them in jailfor incarcerate people, put them in jail for longer for terrorism offences. in the end, most of them have to come out. and on them have to come out. and on the other side is the actual space to lock people up. prisons are under huge amounts of pressure and we are seeing situations where there is a loss of control and there are small riots happening. there have even been terrorist offences committed in prison. just a couple of months ago, hmp whitemore. we jail more people than any other country in europe, i was going to say in the european union, we are no longer in the european union, but it doesn't seem as though we are rehabilitating people. the package for rehabilitating the prisoner should start the moment they enter, not when you are considering them for release, half or a third of the way into their sentence. at this point,
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henry, i was hoping we were going to be able to talk about the result of the iowa caucus. the democratic party voting, the first major vote to choose their candidate to take on donald trump. however, the delays as reflected on the washington post online mean that we don't yet have a result. that gives me the chance to channel howard dean circa 200a. we are going to going to iowa, new hampshire... you have seen thatjoke before. i always wonder exactly why this particular caucus is so important. i saw you talking to your correspondent, katty kay, and it seems as though people can get momentum if they do well there. many centres lost last time to hillary clinton, this time he is hoping to win this time he is hoping to win this time. and it is an interesting demographic, older, white, more rural. if you can win there, where they are a little bit more centrist, then perhaps he can do even better when they move into a much more
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liberal constituency or state. but of course, the other candidates, like joe biden, will expect to do very well there, and particularly elizabeth warren. each of them going for the middle to sort of centre ground, not to hard—core left, like bernie sanders. but i saw his speech about 45 minutes ago, and that man is on something, i would like to have what he is having. because at 77, he doesn't need an autocue, he doesn't need a prescription, he doesn't need a prescription, he is much more comfortable thanjoe he is much more comfortable than joe biden, he is much more comfortable thanjoe biden, the erstwhile front runner. it is interesting because, as a political a nalyst, because, as a political analyst, it would be interesting to know your thoughts on how important is the momentum in those early stages? i think so, the momentum in those early stages? ithink so, because remember, it isn't just stages? ithink so, because remember, it isn'tjust about the 1600 and whatever different caucuses who get together and decide which candidate they going to promote or nominate for the eventual presidential nominee —— they are going to promote. it is about how the media report your campaign. there are people who were considered to be front runners
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in 2004, like hillary clinton in 2008 and howard dean in 2004, but when they lost iowa, their campaigns were derailed. they lost a lot of momentum, and in 2008, barack 0bama, first—time senator, one iowa and shot up the ranks. similarly, john kerry did very well in iowa and surged past the front runner, howard dean. so it is about how you are seen by the media and by the other states that are going to caucus 01’ states that are going to caucus or do their primary is later. states that are going to caucus or do their primary is laterlj or do their primary is later.|j should just point out, for anyone watching in the uk, the terminology can be quite confusing. a caucus effectively is like a hustings, isn't it? there is a meeting in a certain place at a certain time, face—to—face, you hear the candidates. it lends itself to people who are good at browsing a crowd, and people vote at the end of it. where is the primary ts, end of it. where is the primary ‘s, which people will hear mentioned, it is a statewide, more like a mini vote, a poll thatis more like a mini vote, a poll that is taken. i think it is worth saying because these are terms we don't have in the uk.
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i thought caucus was a latin word, apparently it goes back to the greek and it is a vessel in which you carry a drink. maybe in the us style definition it is where you carry a vote or carry political opinion. the reason for these word is always fascinating. opinion. the reason for these word is always fascinatinglj word is always fascinating.” love etymology. looking at politics on this side of the atlantic, and this rather bizarre situation where number ten downing street was trying to bar select reporters from a government briefing. well, this is the kind of thing that is parfor is the kind of thing that is par for the cause is the kind of thing that is parfor the cause for is the kind of thing that is par for the cause for the trump white house, but we don't expect to see it here. it appears director of communications decided that when these correspondence who came infor when these correspondence who came in for the technical european briefing came into downing street, the favoured journalist, the senior ones for the bbc, laura kuenssberg and others, were told to go to one side of the corridor, and
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reporters for publications like the daily mirror, the huffington post, the independent, were told to stand on the other side of the podium. they weren't sure why until they were then told you quys until they were then told you guys on the right, you leave. you are not welcome. you guys on the left, you can come in. instead of saying 0k, we will go home and we will go in, they all left in an act of solidarity that you don't often see, andi solidarity that you don't often see, and i thought that was fantastic. and it basically says we, the journalist, fantastic. and it basically says we, thejournalist, are not going to be divided and ruled in this way. you can't cherry pick. you need to be open. it is a democratic society. it is not north korea, it is not trump. you need to treat us all fairly and we will report on this number ten, this government, without fear or favour. at the moment we are seeing quite a lot of this happening. the main moment it first broke on the bbc, the today programme, is still being boycotted by borisjohnson and his ministers, which is extraordinary. it wouldn't have happened in my day when i was working here many years ago, we wouldn't have allowed it. no
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way. it is a work in progress, i think, henry. way. it is a work in progress, ithink, henry. let's have way. it is a work in progress, i think, henry. let's have a look at this, talking about how times are changing. children opting for youtube... i times are changing. children opting foryoutube... i mean, the thing is, it's hardly a surprise, is it? well, more and more it is the speed of the change. a whole raft of statistics here. one of the graphs says connected children, so graphs says connected children, so 50% of 10—year—olds now have a smartphone, 80% watching video on demand. the thing that really kind of hooks me is the success of your tube. 45% of youngsters choosing to watch youtube ahead of other streaming services. plummeting numbers watching live television, that was parfor the course for me, and you are a bit younger than me, but also parfor a bit younger than me, but also par for the course for you. i suspect what it is is the algorithms are now so effective that they predict what you as a child, a ten—year—old a 15—year—old, i going to like. and ifind 15—year—old, i going to like. and i find myself 15—year—old, i going to like.
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and ifind myself getting hooked to on demand services and watching less and less live television myself, but then my pa rents television myself, but then my parents don't worry about my habits. i am old enough and mature enough. won't make you say that, they probably do still worry about it. yes, but these youngsters are getting more and more autonomy, and the big question is what level of control in this year where youngsters are encouraged to have human rights in their own choices at an earlier and earlier age? just briefly, do you carry a reusable coffee cup? that's right, i go to the cop cup? that's right, i go to the c0 p eve nts, cup? that's right, i go to the cop events, i am not sure this isa cop events, i am not sure this is a good idea. £4410, what about the carbon footprint for producing that? a very good point. you would hope it wouldn't leak, either. really good to see it. stay with us, plenty more still to come. i will see you later. hello. we've got some fairly chilly and windy conditions out there at the moment. with low pressure very much
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in charge of the weather at the moment, it is an unsettled story. quite lively weather, in fact. early tuesday, we're likely to see a bit of travel disruption, particularly for scotland and northern england, with a combination of some severe gales and also some icy stretches, and wintry showers around too. now, we've got an area of low pressure that's moving south through the north sea. quite a lot of isobars on the map, so it is going to be a windy picture first thing tuesday morning, and quite a chilly morning too. temperatures just about above freezing for most of us, but a little below freezing, i think, in the countryside first thing. and if we take a look at the wind gusts we're likely to see tuesday morning, up to around about 40—50 mph quite widely across much of scotland, perhaps even 55 mph across the pennines. windy too for northern ireland, down towards the midlands, and even along the south coast we could see gusts of wind reaching around 45 mph. so tuesday, blustery showers really wherever you are, also a bit of sunshine on offer. but do watch out for those icy stretches first thing, particularly across the pennines, southern uplands, and highland scotland as well. most of the showers should gradually ease away, though, through the day
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on tuesday, so it will be a gradually improving picture. some sunshine developing, a bit of patchy cloud here and there, and those strong, gusty winds slowly starting to ease on into the afternoon. but temperatures only around about 8—10 degrees, and with the wind chill, with that brisk northerly wind, it will feel a little bit colder than that. and then, as we move through tuesday night and then on into wednesday, eventually we'll start to see this area of high pressure building in from the west, so that will quieten things down. we're going to be seeing largely dry, clear conditions through tuesday evening and overnight into wednesday as well. perhaps a little bit more cloud across the north and the west of scotland, with a few showers here. elsewhere, clear spells, a few mist and fog patches, and a touch of frost. so first thing wednesday, temperatures quite widely down to around about freezing, perhaps a degree or two above in the more urban spots, but a chilly morning, certainly, first thing wednesday. a little bit of mist and fog around, especially further south across england and wales. that should lift into low cloud, but more sunshine developing during the afternoon. a little bit cloudier across the north—west of scotland. fairly cool temperatures, somewhere between about 7—9 degrees for most of us.
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looking ahead towards the end of the working week, that area of high pressure stays with us, so not only dry on wednesday, but also for thursday and into friday too, with a bit of sunshine. but also watch out for frost, mist and fog. and then, as we look towards the weekend, well, later on friday into saturday, the first weather front moves across the uk, bringing outbreaks of rain at times. so it's a fairly unsettled story as we look towards the weekend. particularly by sunday, things turn wet and windy once again. bye for now.
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