i'm katty kay with christian fraser on capitol hill in washington. we on capitol hill in washington. apologise for being 6 as we apologise for being a little late as christian was having a nap after as christian was having a nap after a very long a few days. not true, we had a few technical problems. on the night before the us senate votes in his impeachment trial, donald trump came to capitol hill and reminded americans why he's such a divisive figure. his state of the union address began with republicans chanting "four more years" and democrats walking out early in disgust. welcome to campaign season 2020. the president touted a litany of his economic

achievements, several of which were disputed by fact—checkers. he made direct appeals to groups of voters who might help him win re—election — suburban women, manufacturing workers, even african americans. this was more campaign rally than state of the union. here's our north america editorjon sopel. paradoxically, the standout moments from this speech contained no words. it was the psychodrama between the president and the democratic speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, the woman who led the moves to impeach donald trump. first off, he very deliberately refused to shake her hand. and look at her facial expressions as the speech progresses. and finally the coup de grace — as republican lawmakers are blistering their hands from clapping so much, nancy pelosi made clear

what she thought of the speech. impeachment was never mentioned directly. instead, it was a victory lap on his achievements — particularly the state of the economy. jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling, confidence is surging, and our country is thriving and highly respected again. it was a speech aimed at his blue—collar and conservative base, but there was also an attempt to broaden his appeal. this is election year, after all, and it was noticeable how much he talked about the african—american community. african—american youth unemployment has reached an all—time low. african—american poverty has declined to the lowest rate ever recorded.

but look at the sea of faces, either loving or loathing — a microcosm of america. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. let's bring injonathan turley, constitutional law professor let's go live to the senate. senator mitt romney is speaking. he has just told the senate he has voted to remove the president from office. does anyone seriously believe that i will consent to these consequences other than from an inescapable conviction that my oath before god demanded of me? i sought to hear testimony from john bolton not only because i believed he could add context to the charges but also because i hoped that what he might

say could raise reasonable doubt and thus remove from me the awful obligation to vote for impeachment. like each member of this deliberative body, i love our country. i believe that our constitution was inspired by providence. i am convinced that freedom itself is dependent on the strength and vitality of our national character. as it is with each senator, my vote is an act of conviction. we have come to different conclusions, fellow senators, but i trust we have all follow the dictates of our conscience. acknowledge that my verdict would not remove the president from office. the results of this senate court will in fact be appealed to a higher court, the judgement of the american people. voters will make the final decision just as the president's lawyers have implored. my vote will likely be in the minority in the senate. but irrespective of these things, with

my vote, i will tell my children, their children that i did my duty to their children that i did my duty to the best of my ability, believing that my country expected of me. i will only be one name among many, no more, no less. to future generations of americans who look at the record of americans who look at the record of this trial. they will note merely that i was among the senators who determined that with the president did was wrong, grievously wrong. we are all footnotes at best in the annals of history. but in the most powerful nation on earth, the nation conceived in liberty and justice, that distinction is enough for any citizen. thank you, mr president. i yield the floor. that was mitt romney the senator from utah who was told the senate that he will vote to remove the president from office on the first article of impeachment.

that is abuse of power. he is the only republican as far as we understand who is going to break party ra n ks understand who is going to break party ranks and find the president guilty after this senate trial. it does not mean as you heard the senators say they are that the president will be removed from office but it is a stand that president trump will not appreciate. a repudiation of not only donald trump who is very popular in it mitt romney's state of utah but also a repudiation of his colleagues. there are colleagues more toward the centre who believe the president did do something wrong and this was not a perfect call and he is pointing to that evidence and say that is what we needed to hearfrom that evidence and say that is what we needed to hear from a former national security adviserjohn bolton, to get some clarity on what we saw through this trial. let's bring injonathan turley, constitutional law professor at george washington university. he's in our washington studio. i want to get your reaction to that breaking news that mitt romney will vote to remove the president from office on that one article of impeachment, abuse of power. office on that one article of impeachment, abuse of powerlj

thought it was an excellent speech. i don't think anyone who has had even passing interactions with senator mitt romney would doubt his veracity. i think that he has taken this book very seriously and he has fulfilled his oath as he believes it must be fulfilled. it is a decision that could very well put a lot of pressure on senator susan collins. she has already indicated she will not vote to convey it, she will vote to acquit. and for that she may be getting added blowback in her state i'iow getting added blowback in her state now that one republican has broken ranks. this is now technically a bipartisan effort to convict the president. i was also glad to see senator rodney rejected the second article of impeachment dealing with obstruction of congress. that is the article that i testified against most vociferously in the house. i think that was a very flawed

article. in that article could well add a bipartisan element the other way. it is possible that a couple of democratic senators may be troubled by article two and it joined the republicans in voting to acquit him of that article. you say that it is now a bipartisan impeachment but of course there are democrats on the other side he were going to have trouble with this vote. some of them in purple states and submit republican states. think of doug jones of alabama and a joked mansion of west virginia and from arizona, they might go the opposite way. we have heard in the last 2a hours from jerry nadler, the chair of the judiciary committee, he says he will still subpoena john bolton. word does that go? if they acquit today, where does that process go?m does that go? if they acquit today, where does that process go? it is a curious position of the house of representatives. when i testify, i

strongly encourage them to wait a couple of months to complete this record. it was an incomplete record, it was guaranteed to fail. and more importantlyjohn it was guaranteed to fail. and more importantly john bolton back it was guaranteed to fail. and more importantlyjohn bolton back then was saying he was one to testify if the house subpoenaed him. none of it made a lot of sense to some of us. they rushed the boat and they waited a month and that effectively nothing. and now after the vote, they will subpoena john bolton. so there will be a lot of questions as to what coherent strategy the house leadership ever had here. now clearly they could subpoena john bolton to come and do some greater damage to the president but the thing to keep in mind is that this is almost a many people have turned the sound off. they really came to this for the conclusion. people in the united states tend to be increasingly at sideload in their news that they get. this sort of echoed journalism where they hear what they want to hear. so even if

bolton comes in and has that moment, that sort of hands a duffel bag moment that shocks everyone in that committee, it may not move the needle much. people are pretty baked it is to how they view this impeachment. how does mitt romney and it is only one senator, the other republican senators will vote to acquit the president, but how does it change history's reading of this impeachment trial?|j does it change history's reading of this impeachment trial? i don't think history will be kind to either side. this is not the way to impeach a president and it is not the way to try a president in impeachment. i think both sides will be show in history to have made to consequential if not catastrophic blunders. the house made a historic blunders. the house made a historic blunder by rushing this vote. it will not look well in history. it was a mistake that cost of the impeachment. they handed the record

notjust of the impeachment. they handed the record not just of the opposing impeachment. they handed the record notjust of the opposing house but to the opposing party and then asked if they would please complete what they had failed to do in the house. they could have done that. they could have waited to my march and april is when i suggested, and had a lot more in terms of a record to go forward with. it would not necessarily have change the result that would have made it much more difficult for the sleep senators. the white house with a colossal blunder in concert in their defence around this theory by professor alan dershowitz. their position was it is all invalid because you don't have a crime, that abuse of power is not a basis to impeach someone on. the minute that alan dershowitz sat down, this case became the dershowitz defence. they met a lot of good points but all of that was lost. and i think it robs a president of any legitimacy historically because people will speculate whether the senators based their vote on what was a deeply flawed and widely discredited theory of constitutional law. valuable

contacts. thank you very much for your thoughts. to remind you, mitt rounded the senator from you don't have to sit on the floor of the senate that he is going to vote in favour of the first article of impeachment that there was an abuse of power. —— met robbie from utah. he assumed republican who will vote that way because susan collins from maine said she did not think she will vote that way. there'll be repercussions to that and we will see and keep our ears across what else is going on the senate floor over the next few hours. it is worth pointing out that level of hostility we saw at the senate and have seen in the senate over recent days was there in the chamber yesterday as well. at the state of the union address. for the president, well. at the state of the union address. forthe president, both republican and democrats can was normally a bipartisan affair. not this time. case in point here. applause.

indistinct chatter. applause. asjon mentioned, nancy pelosi rather theatrically ripped up her copy of the speech just as the president finished talking. that's received a lot of attention on tv and social media today, not least from the president, who tweeted and retweeted on the incident more than 20 times showing his disdain. meanwhile, the substance of the speech has been subject to intense debate over the facts. republicans clearly liked what they heard, but democrats said the president was lying about his record. we've put some of the main points to our own fact—checking team. "we have created seven million jobs, and the unemployment rate is the lowest in half a century." that is true.

there is some context needed here. during the first three years, the 6.7 millionjobs have been created in america. during the last three yea rs of in america. during the last three years of the obama administration, 8.3 millionjobs were years of the obama administration, 8.3 million jobs were created. that is false. no one will dispute the fact the american economy is humming. jobs and on employment are good. look back at the bill clinton record, they noticed 4%1% —— at one point and nudged 5% under barack obama. that is false. in fact, the president's lawyers are in court as we speak trying to get the affordable care act from

president obama that made a prefix in condition for health care overturned and made also conditional. we're joined now by cassie smedile, deputy communications director of the republican national committee. some faqs disputed but some patently false. there were also a tonne of true positive facts that the democrats could not smile about let alone applaud. this was a speech for the american people. the president spoke of it to the american people despite the people in the review may not like him, it was for those at home he needed to hear and be reminded, unfiltered with full context of all the good that is happening in our country. they heard that message loud and clear and you are seeing that in the way they have responded to last night's speech which has been overwhelmingly positive. it was very well-received in the chamber last night. plenty of standing ovations from people at the beginning who perhaps did not believe in donald trump. when you look at his approval rating at the

moment, has been climbing week on week in recent times and last night at 49%. so when you look at that, acquitted today and whatever mitt romney has said some of the mess in iowa, the speech last night, he goes into a iowa, the speech last night, he goes intoa campaign iowa, the speech last night, he goes into a campaign probably in a better position that he could ever have imagined. a great week for a president trump and republicans and for the country. you mentioned i will come of that was yes technologically a disaster but as you look at the candidates on the left, no one is emerging as a favourite. —— left, no one is emerging as a favourite. — — look left, no one is emerging as a favourite. —— look at iowa. the democratic party is not registering with average everyday americans and neither are there candidates. conversely, president trump, go to his rallies and people are lining up 40 hours in advance sometimes but on average a quarter of the attendees are registered democrats. sometimes more than half the crowd not republicans. that is not happening oi'i republicans. that is not happening on the left. that is a movement and if some people like what they are seeing from this president so far.

let me ask you about the breaking news that mitt romney says he will vote to give it the president on the first article of impeachment. how disappointed are you that you will not get a clean slate on the republican side and there will be a bipartisan effort technically to convict the president on abuse of power? disappointed is the right word but i think that is what his constituents are probably saying about him right now. so a poll today that the president is more popular in utah than the junior senator so he will have to reconcile with his constituents. and we know from a wide last of a polling that the american people are not interested in this impeachment trial. they are interested in their elected officials working on the priorities i that the better work on, something that has not really happened. relative senator is about to vote to remove the president from office potentially because of abuse of power. mitt romney certainly has not been quiet about his disagreements with the president and i don't think they are the same style a person. but that again is going to have to be something for all senators and

thatis be something for all senators and that is a case and will have to go back and part of their constituents about who overwhelmingly support the president and support the results of this administration. thank you very much. i have got the pronunciation right now, thank you forjoining us. it is very cosy on this balcony, i worry you will help me over. you have been here a while, christian. i think worth pointing out that mitt romney is dealing with issues in his state the other republican senators are not. he has had a history with the president. he was taken out to dinnerfamously become the president. he was taken out to dinner famously become a very awkward and are in new york where he was photographed as he was being wooed for secretary of state and then was overturned. but he is one republican senator who has spoken out consistently against the president. on a variety of issues. he has made his views clear and president trump has a 45% approval rating in utah which is lower than the national average of the moment. there are figures today we have seen

today in the gallup polling climbing and climbing and lots people think they are better in the pocket and think they are doing well with the economy. last night he spoke about a blue—collar movement. that is something that is really going to hurt democrats on the campaign trail. look at those economic figures and a blue—collar boom to my moving into their territory. also been fact checked on that because manufacturing job growth has not been as high in some places as he has claimed that he reached out directly people in michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania and reached out to african—america ns wisconsin, pennsylvania and reached out to african—americans and suburban women. it was a campaign speech as much as it was anything else. can we talk about the tweet from mike pompeo? there was a tweet last night from mike pompeo that has lisa simpson in the shot. it is a picture of lisa simpson ripping up her homework which was on making america great again. that is the picture there. what he took out is

the contact. people were tweeting this and do you know why she ripped up this and do you know why she ripped up her homework was met because she was so upset that she came to washington and america was not great. it was not great. but that was left out. talks with the division there is in washington at the moment. other news around the world. a turkish passenger plane has skidded off the runway at an istanbul airport, breaking into three pieces and injuring 52 people on board. the pictures are extraordinary. the aircraft got sheared in half. the pegasus airlines jet was landing at istanbul's sabiha gokcen airport in heavy rain when it had what transport minister cahit turhan described as a "rough landing" flying in from the western province of izmir. the jet was carrying 171 passengers and six crew when it crashed. no—one died. remarkable weeks the pictures. passengers were led off the plane, but officials were still working to free some still stuck on board. let's speak now to irem koker

from the bbc‘s turkish service. what more do we know about how this happened was met those pictures are dramatic. indeed they are. we re ce ntly dramatic. indeed they are. we recently had some new information from the government. who said there we re from the government. who said there were 183 people including two babies and six crew members confirmed to be oi'i and six crew members confirmed to be on board. and it is eight boeing 737 aircraft operated by pegasus which isa aircraft operated by pegasus which is a turkish local airline. it crash landed in istanbul. the second largest airport in the city. so far at least 120 people are injured and they are hospitalized and as we can see, there from the live footage, the rescue works are still under way. and we don't as of now know what actually caused this crash. but the governor said the plane crash from an altitude of 22 metres and

skated before hitting the perimeter wall and some circus aviation experts say adverse weather conditions and to strong detailed wins may have played a key role in the crash. just talk to me about the people on board. you give us some details about the injuries but you look at that and remarkable as she said there were no fatalities. but imagine some of the injuries are quite serious. indeed we can. we still don't know the details on the injured people but again the official statement such as all art well except one or two people. and it is not a very... we still don't know how many are in serious condition. locally, the turkish media report that two pilots have seriously injured themselves in the crash. but still we don't have any confirmation on that and from the footage and from the reporting

coming from the ground, we can say that there are still searches for survivors going on. especially in the front part of the aircraft seeming to be damaged quite heavily and it is literally upside down. so they are looking underneath to find if there are any casualties or survivors. ok, thank you very much for joining survivors. ok, thank you very much forjoining us. survivors. ok, thank you very much for joining us. unbelievable pictures of this plane it literally sheared in the middle into different places. to the live shot from istanbul there and remarkable as he recited there were no fatalities on that. venezuelan opposition leader juan guaido is currently visiting president trump at the white house. it comes a day after the president used his state of the union speech to support guaido's effort to oust socialist president nicolas maduro, who stands accused of corruption and human rights violations. the european union's enlargement commission has proposed changes

to the way it admits new countries. the new methodology, which could smooth the path towards eu membership for balkan countries, has been welcomed by france. president emmanuel macron has previously blocked negotiations with north macedonia and albania. the metropolitan police are investigating after reports that david cameron's bodyguard left his gun in a toilet on a transatlantic jet. it's claimed a passenger found the weapon together with the former prime minister's passport and raised concerns with staff on the ba flight from new york to london on monday. the met says the officer involved has been removed from operational duties. prince charles yesterday announced that he'd appointed a new ambassador for the british asian trust. another charity, another celeb. nothing to see here, you might think. but it was his choice that's raised a few eyebrows. yes, american pop star katy perry is the woman in question. anyone vaguely familiar with the singer will probably recognise that she is neither asian nor british.

the charity sets out to tackle poverty and inequality in south asia, a noble cause no doubt, but her appointment has invited ridicule online. i'm thinking how many people are there who are either british and asian or british or asian whom i have been able to do this job just as well as katy perry? seems a very odd choice. just been overseas in india and is going through a period of reflection at the moment and she does do a lot of charity work. but there are others. i'm available as well. you are british but not asian. more qualified than she is.

certainly not a celebrity however. this is beyond 100 days. we are on capitol hill. us senators will vote in a few hours on whether to acquit president trump at his impeachment trial. in the last hour, mitt romney became the only republican senator to declare he intends to convict the president. to future generations of americans who look at the record of this trial, they will note merely that i was among the senators who determined that what the president did was grievously wrong. what mr trump didn't mention once was the word impeachment. a striking omission, since the senate will vote in his impeachment trial in a couple of hours' time. coming up in the next half hour: the who calls for more money to fight coronavirus —

street by street to stop the spead. is britain diverse enough at the top levels of management? companies are taking steps — but not enough to hit government targets. the world health organization has appealed for $675 million to help fight coronavirus. the head of the organisation gave this warning: "invest today or pay more later". the numbers speak for themselves. the last 24 hours has seen the most cases of the virus diagnosed in a single day — with almost 25,000 now confirmed — and nearly 500 deaths. in another development, at least 10 people on board a cruise ship docked in the japanese port of yokohama have tested positive. all 3,700 passengers have been placed under a 14—day quarantine and there are fears the number of infected could rise as tests continue. the chinese authorities say they've increased efforts to control the spread of the virus, with approximately 18 million people in central and eastern china now

required to stay at home. here's our beijing correspondentjohn sudworth. wuhan is a city at war with an invisible enemy. and they're trying everything they can to defeat it. state media is now full of images of a heroic struggle, the brand—new hospitals held up as proof it's one they're winning. but xiao huang is not so sure. it took him days to find his granddad a bed in this hospital corridor. not long after he took this video, he was dead. he fears his grandmother, who also has the virus, is dying too. if they had been admitted earlier, of course things would have been better, he tells me. wuhan is overwhelmed by illness, with hundreds more cases than available beds and these patients hooked up

to makeshift drips. one woman, who doesn't want to be identified, tells me that her uncle's death won't even be counted in the official statistics. there are so many cases like his, she says. this is the death certificate. he never made it to hospital. all of this might have been prevented. this massive banquet was held even though the virus was known to be spreading fast. the authorities, putting the economy and political stability ahead of public health. with the epidemic raging, travel records show 5 million people were able to leave wuhan before the city was finally locked down. with infections now taking hold across china, other cities have begun imposing restrictions. nanyang, hangzhou, wenzhou, harbin, all requiring

people to stay indoors. only one person allowed out every two days to buy food. the increasing disruption is why some countries, including the uk, are advising people to leave. others are getting out anyway. quite a bit disappointed, but i think it's ok because they're trying to keep us safe. the cost of all this is immeasurable. this was the middle of beijing in what should be the middle of a working week. the ruling communist party knows that as well as economic, there are political risks in all of this. the deep public anger that the officials didn't do enough to tell people what they knew soon enough, which is why we have seen the highly unusual step of the ruling politburo admitting this week that mistakes were made. the big question now of course is can they fix this. with the propaganda in overdrive, the remotest corners are getting the public health message.

but china faces a long journey yet. not far from where we're standing, the house foreign affairs committee is holding the first congressional hearing on the coronavirus outbreak. one of those giving evidence is jennifer bouey — an epidemiologist at the rand corporation. we spoke to herjust before she went in and i asked her what recommendations she would be making. my advice to the government is it should contain its own domestic outbreak of this disease. but then in addition to the social distancing pi'op in addition to the social distancing prop policies, they probably should also consider how the strategies to control the boomers and the stigma associated with this disease... and i also think this is a great time to provide humanitarian and the public

health assistance with china, again because china is carrying the most burden of the disease now. the chinese government is getting credit for the way that it is handling the virus now, but at the beginning of the reporting is that they try to suppress the information about it. how much of a problem was that getting a handle on the virus early on and how much time was lost? well, i have to say that compared to sars, another similar outbreak 17 years ago, china's response this time is much faster. they announced the outbreak in about a month and in another 12 days they identified the virus through genetic sequencing and then another nine days, they triggered a public health emergency and that is where the country's case reporting system comes in. so you really feel the chinese government did everything right at the

beginning of the virus? at the time, i would say that between the second and the 19th, there was a delay. there was a delay in case reporting because the expert team fought that the epidemic was well under control. i suppose the concern would be, globally, that there is no other country really on the planet that can control it like china does because they are able to lock down cities and ensure that people don't move. it really got a hold here in the united states, the us government wouldn't have that kind of power, wouldn't have that kind of power, would it? i don't think so. but again, i would it? i don't think so. but again, lam would it? i don't think so. but again, i am not surprised would it? i don't think so. but again, lam not surprised because when you look at sars, that is exactly what the chinese government did. after they finally admitted the there was an epidemic anyway. so there was an epidemic anyway. so there is a same kind of pattern, but this time the scale is certainly unprecedented. jennifer bouey, thank you forjoining us. the centre for

control of diseases is sending representatives to china here today from america, so presumably they will see what is needed and they are going to have to step up what they provide to the chinese. and the rate at which it has spread in the last 24 hours is really alarming. let's get more american politics now. the democratic presidential candidates have moved their campaigns to new hampshire for the next contest — and yet we are still waiting for the full result from the caucuses in iowa from monday night. some of the candidates are back here on capitol hill for the impeachment trial — senators sanders, warren, klobuchar and bennet — will all be in the senate for this afernoon's final vote. which gives joe biden, and pete buttigieg a free run at it, at least for 24 hours. here's what we do have from iowa. with 71% of the vote counted in iowa, it's pete buttigieg who , 75% ——is leading the way.

here to discuss the race, we're joined by political reporter maggie severns from politico. so as they go into new hampshire, pete buttigieg still in the lead from those caucuses... how does that affect the new hampshire primary? well, yeah, it was a little bit of not a lot of people expected him to be the winning candidate and there are a couple of things happening... he has definitely gained momentum in the race but he didn't have that victory party. and bernie sanders, who is also in the lead, didn't get to have that victory party. so where we are in this strange kind of suspended state where candidate who feel like they are winning have actually just feel like they are winning have actuallyjust gained some momentum, but not quite got the lift they want. and then you have joe biden,

who trailed in america and hasn't taken the hit he would have with the result on caucus night. can we just mention for a second that we are 36 hours on from the caucus finishing and we still only have 75%? in the uk, we get boxes thrown from the scilly isles and i think there are more than 7500 people who vote in that election and yet here in iowa, they have got telephones... all right, we know the app doesn't work but they have got telephones. how can they only have 75% of the vote counted? it has been absolutely wild and something we should say when they do their state primaries it can go they do their state primaries it can go quite late into the night, but you know, 2— mack go quite late into the night, but you know, 2—mack days is absolutely crazy. nobody expected it to be this way, there wasjust crazy. nobody expected it to be this way, there was just a total breakdown in the plan. after 2016, when there was a lot of acrimony after the iowa caucus between hillary clinton and bernie sanders,

the democratic party doesn't want to mess this up or have any questions over the results they are releasing, so over the results they are releasing, so they are really taking their time when it comes to releasing the results, so that they are not... there isn't any error. but the problem with that if there is then a lot of rage over the amount of time when we are so used to having everything so fast these days. can we just everything so fast these days. can wejust quickly talk everything so fast these days. can we just quickly talk about the man who is the frontrunner still in a national poll? will have to look at the update to the polls post iowa, butjoe biden. he got away with one on monday night because he made what was a fairly triumphant speech, even though he has finished fourth in this race. but listening to people who have around his team today, they we re who have around his team today, they were saying that he is pretty short on cash? yeah, joe biden is pretty short on cash and his candidacy for months people have seenjoe biden in person and they have been concerned, saying he doesn't seem like he has been doing great on the trail but he

has been doing really well in the polls. but in fundraising, he has been trailing people like bernie sanders, who have just raised way more money than him. joe biden entered january with less than $10 million in the bag, way less than elizabeth warren, weigh less than bernie sanders. so joe elizabeth warren, weigh less than bernie sanders. sojoe biden could be facing a cash problem if his donors look at his finish and iowa and say, i don't think... i think some of those long—standing concerns about joe biden really some of those long—standing concerns aboutjoe biden really are true and despite his position in the polls, i think this place in iowa shows that he really can't do the kind of politics he needs to do and can't do what needs to be done on the ground. if those donors he has on the ground walk away, he is really going to have problems mounting the national campaigns that he needs on super tuesday, when you have to be running across the country in states like california, texas, where it costs costs a lot of money. you need to be getting yourself in front of the

vote rs getting yourself in front of the voters across the country and really making your case. maggie, thank you very much forjoining us. it's 2020 so you'd like to think that what a woman wears in the workplace would not be any where near as important as what she says, or even does. especially if you are someone important like, say, a member of parliament. well, sadly, you'd be wrong, as shadow culture secretary tracy brabin realised to her cost yesterday. she was wearing an off—the—shoulder dress in the commons, and it slipped a little, as she leant forward to speak. someone tweeted her, questioning whether her outfit was ‘appropriate'. that prompted a barrage of comments online, including many really offensive and sexist comments. ms brabin took them on head on— tweeting to state that she was neither ‘a slag, hungover, a tart, about to breast—feed, a slapper, or drunk. you are raising the point before we

came on that if a man came onjust differently, they would be attached to, and that there is a good point, but he wouldn't be attacked with sexual words. can but he wouldn't be attacked with sexualwords. can youjust but he wouldn't be attacked with sexual words. can you just underline be part that i was playing devil's advocate? is that an inappropriate dress for a woman in a public forum like that? there is, but what you are saying is... it is the reaction. this is beyond 100 days. still to come — britain's biggest companies are struggling to improve the representation of ethnic minorities sitting on boards. we'll ask one expert what's behind this. voters in ireland go to the polls this week in a general election. three years ago when the openly gay and mixed race leo varadkar became prime minister he was seen as a symbol of modern ireland. but now he is facing a possible defeat, while there appears to be

growing support for the irish republican party sinn fein, who were included — last—minute — in last night's leaders debate. in last night's leaders' debate. emma vardy has this report. the ancient west of ireland has seen rapid change. galway, now the 2020 capital of culture. but long—time resident nuala ward, the woman behind ireland's oldest gay pride, remembers a less liberal city. i came out as lesbian. i didn't know the word lesbian, and i didn't know what coming out was. leo varadkar has been symbolic of ireland transformed, the legalisation of abortion under his premiership a watershed moment. the high cost of living, hospital overcrowding and a major shortage of housing are turning people away from the main parties, while polls have indicated a dramatic increase in support for sinn fein.

hello, and you're very welcome to prime time: the leaders' debate... after a poll by the irish times suggested sinn fein were now in the lead, the irish broadcaster rte was forced to make a late change and include sinn fein president mary lou mcdonald in last night's debate. but in large parts of ireland, the party still struggles to shake off its historical links to the ira. younger people are judging based on policies. sinn fein's past is less important? yeah, i guess so, i mean i'm focusing on the future. the surge for sinn fein has become the shock of the selection, ——this election. but because of the party's own connections, fianna fail and fine gael insist they won't go into coalition with them, and no party is expected to win overall majority. if you were watching

on tuesday, we brought you a special bbc report on is supporters and their children detained indefinitely in syria. today, we look at what happens, when families are allowed home. in indonesia some have returned — but with catastrophic consequences. our correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman darren conway have followed the route of one couple. the armies of the caliphate left much behind in syria. detention camps full of their wives, their children, entire families. dozens of countries are now asking the same question. can they welcome back orphans and daughters and mothers who belonged to the enemy of the world? from the camps and prisons of syria, retraced the journey of one family who answered the islamic state group's core, through the back streets of turkey,

all the way home to asia. in this istanbul neighbourhood, the group tightened its grip on two indonesian followers. husband and wife suicide bombers rullie zeke and ulfah hid out here for months after they failed to get into syria. that setback didn't stop these two fanatics. they had failed to achieve martyrdom in syria, so instead they would try closer to home. while other countries dither, here in indonesia they are already running a de—radicalisation programme. tiny minds were a big part of the islamic state's plans. but theirs was a childhood without song, without playtime. here at the rehabilitation centre, the children ofjihadists are given love and attention and allowed to have fun. they are learning to be kids again. some of the children here have just returned from turkey. their radicalised parents are being treated here,

but we were not allowed to meet them. the counsellor at the camp met the couple. did you realise how dangerous they were? translation: i was surprised when we learnt of the terrible things they did. because when they left here, they were nice, cooperative, they were better than the rest. in the year after they left the centre, we visited them and they were still good. i didn't expect that they would go back to this path. can you guarantee that given there are hundreds of indonesians trapped in syria who support is, that if they come back, they won't be a danger, they won't commit more atrocities, they won't commit acts of terror? translation: no, we cannot guarantee. we went to uncover more of rullie zeke and ulfah‘s story. sofi an is a former extremist. he knew the couple.

and met them at the rehabilitation centre. he is against bringing more indonesian is supporters home. translation: i disagree with bringing them back because it will create problems. they are not trustworthy people. in many cases former terrorists get involved again with groups even after they have been rehabilitated. the wild and uncovered jungles of mindanao in the southern philippines were where rullie and ulfah headed next. here they would become martyrs and mass murderers. hundreds of asian fighters crossed two oceans to join the islamic state group in the middle east. the worry now is that since the comfort is lying in women, ———the caliphate is lying in ruin ——

that that flow is reversed. just look at the territory down here. there are miles upon miles of open sea, hundreds of islands, difficult to protect. and it is easy to move among them. easy to move among countries. our next report is from here in the philippines where the islamic state group is claiming new recruits and new attacks. some amazing reporting there from our team some amazing reporting there from ourteam in some amazing reporting there from our team in indonesia. two years ago the uk government set their biggest companies a target to improve the representation of ethnic minorities at board level. it was called the parker review, aimed principally at ftse100 companies and it was a relatively modest target — a minimum of one non—white director sitting in the boardroom. but statistics out today show that 37% of boards for the uk's 100 biggest companies are still all—white. that is an improvement on 2017, when 51% were all—white. the figures are even worse for the ftse 250. more than two thirds of them today have all—white boards. we're joined now by the review‘s lead academic advisor, dr doyin atewologun.

thank you so much forjoining us. what is behind the slow pace of change at the board level when it comes to what is behind it? there are multiple factors. one of the things we are finding in working with it is we are finding in working with it is we are finding in working with it is we are learning from what has happened with regards to gender and boards. and the slow pace, when we have worked with our colleagues in improving woman's representation on boards is replicated in what we see here. it takes a little while full change to happen and we are finding that... the initial conversations with the initial chairs and search firms are onlyjust beginning to ta ke firms are onlyjust beginning to take place. so one thing that i have heard, actually often from white men who would like a seat on a board,

is, oh well, i tried to get a seat ona board, is, oh well, i tried to get a seat on a board, but they only want women oran on a board, but they only want women or an ethnic minority. and i think the subtext of that, which is quite insidious, is somehow that women or ethnic minority person is less good than a white man would be. is there still that attitude? i think you raise a really pertinent point. one of the issues we raised in that report is the myth that having a conversation around diversity means sacrifice of merit. it is really a fallacy. we find when we look at the material that the board is reporting on, a lot of commentary linked to diversity on their boards was also associated with a message, a messaging around not wanting to compromise on merit and that is one of our strongest recommendations. that we call out this fallacy that it is one on the other. you can

easily, we would say, with the right search consultants, find talent there. i'm so sorry, we have lost that line in washington. but don't worry, we will get that line a little bit later because we will be having catty and christian a little bit later on doing an impeachment special, where we will be going live to the senate, as you can see there. where we'll get the vote from the senate, the vote to decide whether or not we will remove president donald trump from others. he has been charged with two articles of impeachment, obstruction of congress... the likelihood is he will be acquitted, but we will go

back to katty kay and christian and please dojoin them. back to katty kay and christian and please do join them. stay with us. hello there, good evening. fog could cause one or two problems for most of us, but for the mopar the most pa rt of us, but for the mopar the most part the weather is calm and will remain so until friday. after that, however, after that, things look set to change quite dramatically. for the time being, though, high pressure is firmly in charge. that is keeping us largely dry as we go through the night. this area of high pressure is putting a lot of cloud into northern ireland, western and northern into parts of scotland and that cloud perhaps enough to squeeze out the odd spot of drizzle for eastern scotland. and certainly then across england and wales, there could be some clear

spells, allowing it to get a little chilly. nothing especially unusual for this time of year, a typical cold winter's night but frost for some and potentially some fog patches across parts of the midlands, wales and down towards the south of england, some of that fog could be quite dense and slow to clear. breaks and a fair amount of cloud around generally, especially for northern ireland and western scotland. temperatures between 7—9 degrees, it may be a little lower than that if you are stuck with fog for any length of time. friday expected to bring a stronger wind, which means not as much fog in the morning and not as much cloud for the day, so we should see some sunny spells, but two other systems are approaching. ——weather systems. the first brings some showers and then some more persistent rain later in the day. as we go through friday night, we are going to push that rain band eastwards across many parts of the uk. behind it, a window of dry weather. it's not a bad looking start of the weekend, but then here comes a more meaningful band of rain. and with it especially for the latter part of saturday, a spell of gales initially in northern and western parts of the uk. and that is not the end of it. the weather for the second half of the weekend is currently in development across the south

of the usa. rain and snow expected to be picked up by an incredibly powerful jet stream. the jet stream winds high up in the atmosphere expected to blow up to 270 mph for a time. that essentially supercharges the atmosphere and brings unsettled weather our way, but really deepens this area of low pressure. this is an exceptionally deep looking low, which has been named by the met office storm ciara. still a few days away and the details may change, but wherever you are across the uk, there is the risk of damaging winds.

this is bbc news i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at eight. hours before president trump is likely to be acquitted in his impeachment trial — republican senator, mitt romney says he will break with party ranks and vote to convict the president. acknowledged and vote to convict the president. that my verdict\ not acknowledged that my verdict would not remove the president from office, the result of this senate court will affect the an appeal to the higher court, the judge court will affect the an appeal to the higher court, thejudge of the american people. and, at half past eight we will have a special programme live from capitol hill as president trump's impeachment trial reaches its verdict. in other news, the world health organization asks forfive hundred million pounds to tackle the coronavirus —— as china steps up their efforts to contain the disease that has killed nearly 500 people. here, the government launches an eight week consultation over