this is bbc news. election campaign has one unused after another. will the leaking of donald trump as my tax returns change anybody‘s mind? $750 with the amount he paid in federal income tax a year he won the presidency and the europe that as well campaigning in the carolinas, the notice time as vice president shall hope kamala harris is a visit. also... a rebellion brewing and conservative backbenchers as there are ever tighter restrictions to head of a second coronavirus spike.

and if planning to get engaged on a boat, first disengage throttle. the skipper whose romantic moment at sea, quite literally floored the bride to be. hello, i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. for five years, donald trump has defied us tradition and refused to release his tax returns. now, five weeks before the election, the new york times has exposed them for him. the financial records show mr trump was amazingly succesful at not paying taxes. possibly, even criminally so. the leaked returns have caused an uproar in the campaign, but the president himself has dismissed them. here he is speaking yesterday. it isa it is a total fake news, made it is a totalfake news, made up. we went through the same stories, you could have asked me the same

questions. i litigated and talked about it. total fake questions. i litigated and talked about it. totalfake news. questions. i litigated and talked about it. total fake news. let's ta ke about it. total fake news. let's take a look at some of those numbers. he paid $750 in federal income tax in 2016, the year he won the presidency and then he bed sediment but when you're as well. compare that to the number of how much the average american worker will pay an annual taxes, around $12,000. 16 times the president's division in those years. mr trump paid more taxes to other countries than he did to his own government. in 2017, his $750 contribution to the us was dwarfed by the 15 thousand dollars he paid in panama, the 145 thousand dollars he paid in india and the 156 thousand dollars he handed over in the philippines. 0h. and the new york times also reports that the president claimed, in personal expenses, 70 thousand dollars to style his hair during the filming of the apprentice.

that's even more than christian fraser spends on his hair. let's bring in our senior north america reporter, anthony zurcher. amateur problems as for the president? i think first and foremost it is a distraction. it gets him off message, he will have to talk about his taxes and answer questions about his taxes, when he would much rather talk aboutjoe biden and different campaign issues. beyond that i think it will hurt him with the few people who may still be undecided. notjust with the few people who may still be undecided. not just because with the few people who may still be undecided. notjust because thejoe biden campaign is leaning into this, saying that putting up a website where people can compare how much they pay in taxes to how much donald trump paid in taxes. so it will be a challenge for him to ship the conversation again from this. it is not a lot of new information, but it isa not a lot of new information, but it is a complicating factor for his campaign. democrats have been pushing president trump to release his tax returns even since before the last campaign. was there

anything in here that was the bombshell that they might have been expecting? a lot of people were talking about ties to russian mobsters, shady characters. and it shows donald trump was in very serious debt, $400 million in debt, in the next four years. it doesn't say where it comes from but there was no direct link to any of these suspicions. and it showed that donald trump wrote a lot of losses of and balanced out my that he was getting from the apprentice. we knew he did not commit there was earlier titled returns reported by msnbc backin titled returns reported by msnbc back in the 90s thatjodi did the same sort of thing. but i think he also took the big tax refund in 2010, 70 $5 million, probably why he is under audit by the irs still. any bombshell, no, ithink is under audit by the irs still. any bombshell, no, i think this fits in the pattern, it just bombshell, no, i think this fits in the pattern, itjust gives more information about where donald trump is my business empire is and it is

by and large built upon a foundation of sand. it has been well timed by the new york times on the eve of the first televised debate tomorrow. the question is whether he will go toe to toe with joe question is whether he will go toe to toe withjoe biden on the issue of his taxes as he did with hillary clinton back in 2016. maybe he doesn't want the american people, all of you watching tonight commit to know that he has paid nothing in federal taxes because the only years that anybody has ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino licence and they showed he didn't pay any federal income tax. that makes me smart. it also makes all the other americans paying the ticket stupid. —— taxes. the other americans paying the ticket stupid. -- taxes. i think thatis ticket stupid. -- taxes. i think that is the risk. joe biden is already running with this. they are up already running with this. they are up with a television commercial saying how much firefighters and teachers and blue—collar workers pay in taxes. donald trump is explained before that he has taken advantage

of every loophole he can find and thatis of every loophole he can find and that is what makes him a good businessman. i think his base probably will buy that. that doesn't mean this isn't a chance for democrats to press the issue again and not only that but also undermine donald trump's assertion that he is this very profitable business empire when at least on his taxes according to new york times he was losing money, haemorrhaging money from all of these different companies and properties he owns all of the world. the only thing really keeping them afloat was the man he was getting from the apprentice and licensing his name. i was saying earlier, if you are a private citizen being vetted for a federaljob at the moment, and you are carrying that amount of debt, would you get your pass from the fbi? i would definitely be a red flag for them. nancy pelosi as speaker of the house in an interview recently said that this was a big concern. she didn't really care that much about the fact that donald trump didn't pay very much in taxes, paid $750 in taxes,

she saw this as a national security threat. if the president of the united states is deeply in debt, if he has all these deaths coming due and he we don't know where they come from, they could come from banks and governments over seas “— from, they could come from banks and governments over seas —— deaths. it all dealing with the covid virus. he may have a financial interest and businesses opening quickly because he has so many businesses that have been damaged by the pandemic. will the democrats pick up that line a bit more? do you think tax authorities expect that from those on television. my daughter is a student and pays more than $750 every year so it is quite a big difference. depending on audiences that they serve, cable networks...

depending on the audiences they served — cable networks took very different slants on last night's tax story. so different that you may have been mistaken they were talking about the same new york times investigation. take a listen. we begin tonight with the breaking news that bombshell headline like today, . .. a news that bombshell headline like today,... a new report revealing some of the information president trump has worked hardest to hide. this is so significant for several reasons. as tax returns. he dismissed the story completely as totally fa ke. dismissed the story completely as totally fake. what do you make of the timing of this, the coming out the timing of this, the coming out the day before the debate? the timing of this, the coming out the day before the debate ?m doesn't include property taxes, a role taxes, real estate taxes. this is the same play big red tide in 2016 and that the american people rejected. and they will do so again. so how is this story playing in those critical battleground states we have been following? let's speak now to francene marie — one of our regular radio hosts — whose show airs on seven stations in the key swing state of north carolina. she joins us now from charlotte. lovely to have you with us. when you

think about it, very little has moved his core by support the impeachment trial, the access hollywood types, do you think this will make a difference? we hope it moves the needle but you know what we are more shocked about is he thinks —— page 750 dollars in tax.l lot of people were looking at the polls today. he is critical close to north carolina. there is a new poll out today and they are virtually neck and neck, 46—45 in biden's figure. the packet will be coming through this state in the last week suggest they know this is going to be won or lost in the suburbs. exactly. the state has flipped. most people are forgiving in this bible belt, we forgive what you do and to give what you did. as far as trump is concerned it will be tough, it will be touchy. you just don't know where he is going to end up. but people are hopeful that they will

get masked up and will get out for biden. i have heard so many stories. obviously one issue is how news and events affect swing voters and whether some people suddenly decide to vote for either trump or biden. another important issue is getting out those core supporters of years and making sure they actually either between now and november three or on the down turn out and vote. what is driving the democratic base, what is motivating them to get to the polls? most of the churches you will see are doing these wonderful meetings and gatherings and are just trying to get people to register to vote and let the people for 2020 really don't even need to vote. there will bea don't even need to vote. there will be a rush to the polls. why do they not see the need to vote this time around? because the needle doesn't change. in some neighbourhoods the

needle doesn't change so you don't have the route in the first place. as you are standing and talking people and you need to register to bid, we are trying to give them facts and figures of this putting more money into the community and changing the community so it is almost like we are living off the backs of their politicians... we had a conversation practically every week about what is going to drive this election, is it going to be coronavirus, black lives matter, the economy, this, the supreme court, what do you think much of its motor is the most? you don't know which one to pick. some of them, you have breonna taylor, people are like my vote, whether to change black lives matter, police brutality, then you have this woman who was nominated

but she has a bit of a past that women who are going to be moving backwards i don't know that for a fa ct, backwards i don't know that for a fact, but if you look at the picture, where are we going? it is a huge question. is covid still something that is permeating this election fought voters down there in north carolina or have they been so many new stories that covid gets lost in the mix? if you go out on a saturday and sunday, we are not immune to covid, we are not that masked up right now. people are itching to get out and hopefully itching to get out and hopefully itching to get out and hopefully itching to get to the polls. tomorrow night is the first televised debate in a swing state like north carolina where people there are still some undecideds, do they tune in either hanging on every word? there will be a population

hanging on every word, and then some will get the highlights, don't have time to watch that whole thing was toi time to watch that whole thing was to i really believe it will be one to i really believe it will be one to watch. i think it will be one to watch. good to talk to you. come back and talk to a swing about your very tight race in north carolina. i noticed there was a lot of flag picked up by twitter and one of those tweets that he had decided to die, about the integrity of the election. i will read you what he said. he said the ballads is being returned to states cannot be accurately counted commit many things are already going wrong. the twitter flag thanks to whether there is voterfraud, twitter flag thanks to whether there is voter fraud, they send it. twitter flag thanks to whether there is voterfraud, they send it. also the us postal service from the other day, their tweets is 330 million barrels over the course of the last six weeks is equivalent to 75% of

what they deliver in any doubt. they can handle it. this will come up in the debate to manage? we have had a list of topics. this will be hosted by fox news tomorrow night. chris wallace of the moderator. you will notice climate change in there. there is the integrity of the election at the bottom is that will come up. you can probably add the tax returns right up there in the top. because they will have to touch on the news of the day. my big question is whether, lots of people will be tuning in and there will be a debate to watch but actually if you look historically this time around look at the numbers of people that think the presidential debates are important. we have come way down to 2996 in important. we have come way down to 29% in 2020, down from 2012. i think that people's minds are made up. they are either die—hard democrats or die—hard republicans and drum supporters and there is very little to sway people's minds this time around. but i'll be watching and

christian won't be because it will be the middle of the night. christian won't be because it will be the middle of the nightlj christian won't be because it will be the middle of the night. i will be the middle of the night. i will be watching. the highlights. let's get some of the day's other news... donald trump's former campaign manager, brad parscale, has been admitted to hospital after barricading himself in his home in florida. his wife called the police, saying he was armed and threatening to harm himself. mr parscale was replaced as campaign manager injuly, after donald trump's comeback rally in tulsa flopped. wildfires are growing in california's napa valley, with thousands of residents forced to leave their homes. the so—called glass fire took hold on sunday morning near calistoga, about 60 miles north of san francisco, and was fanned through the area's vineyards by gusty winds. it's the latest in a series of devastating fires in the region. huawei executive, mung wan—jo, is in a canadian courtroom today, as her lawyers resume theirfight to block the united states' efforts to extradite her. she was arrested in canada in december, on a us warrant, charged with bank fraud — linked to violations of us sanctions against iran.

her arrest led to an rift between beijing and ottawa. for those watching on bbc world news — we'll be right back. tough new measures are being introduced in parts of the north east of england which — from wednesday — make it illegal for people to meet indoors in private or public venues with people they don't live with. our north of england correspondent fiona trott explained where the restrictions will come in to force. there, here in newcastle, gateshead, north and south tyneside, northumberland and sunderland. the incident writes had gone over 100 in each of the six of the seven areas here in the north—east of england. and forget the teesside area is not affected by this. latest figures suggest here in newcastle there are

235 cases per 100,000. that'sjust here in newcastle. over 700 new cases compared to the week before. but this has taken the council here by surprise. they weren't expecting the announcement today. central government says more funding will be made available to the council here to enforce the new restrictions. so in the uk, there are now more than 16 million people living under some sort of coronavirus lockdown. there are tough new measures being introduced including those restrictions in the north east of england where cases are rising. mixing between households in any indoor setting will be banned from wednesday, and enforced with steep fines. but borisjohnson has a problem. there is revolt brewing among his own mp‘s, who want more say in scrutinising the government's emergency powers. the mps will vote on wednesday to renew the coronavirus bill first passed in march,

and they are lining up behind an amendment, which would in future give them a straight yes—no vote on any new powers introduced. we're joined by katy balls, deputy political editor at the spectator. good to have you back. tell us about wednesday. are the mps going to get an amendment to vote on? this is the big question. we know these mps have the numbers. ithink big question. we know these mps have the numbers. i think in the initial amendment you have 43 mps backing it. i understand that the rebels involved think it is close to double, around 80. there is a big catch which lindsey hoyle the house of commons speaker i not select it and actually the expectation in government is that is a common speaker will not pick this amendment because they will say it is out of scope. it won't have legal force. therefore there won't be about on it. i think what is interesting is this afternoon you have had the government chief whip meet with a selection of the rebels to talk things through and i think that no matter what happens in terms of

selecting this amendment, there has beena selecting this amendment, there has been a realisation in government that having around 80 tory mps opposed to your plan is not a good situation, that it is close to being a dangerous number. i think whatever happens we will have probably some type of climb—down, something to offer the rebels, it type of climb—down, something to offerthe rebels, it might type of climb—down, something to offer the rebels, it might not be all that they want but something to try and say stick with us. the concern among the mps and this was spelt out bytes even bigger yesterday on the sunday shows, it is the prime minister advising a bit like a character from the lord of the rings commit you know the great ageing character, some in some sort of dark spell, it is quite a good analogy, do they really think that he is not listening to cabinet and to parliament? i think a lot of mps think that. partly what we are seeing is if you go back to the row over dominic cummings about

lockdown, bernard castle, at the time there was an effort to say from mps who were unhappy with the advisers around boris johnson, mps who were unhappy with the advisers around borisjohnson, who also heard previously to that, i think then bad things start to happen and mps start to feel concerned, we often see them looking to borisjohnson concerned, we often see them looking to boris johnson advisers. concerned, we often see them looking to borisjohnson advisers. i don't think it is the first time we have heard negative comments of boris johnson's top team. but i do think that what will worry the government is the fact we had a debate this afternoon in the house of commons chamberand a lot afternoon in the house of commons chamber and a lot of tory mps, not just your usual suspects, lining up to criticise the government. and going into what will be a very difficult three months, probably six months, maybe even beyond that, you could get to a point where mps start making demands of the prime minister if they have enough numbers. i think it is in part why in recent weeks at least it seems number 10 is really trying to improve their party management because they know this is not a sustainable situation.|j management because they know this is not a sustainable situation. i am still amazed, we are watching the

video in the cafe and i'm still amazed at the very same people not wearing masks because here you wouldn't be able to go into a restau ra nt wouldn't be able to go into a restaurant without a restaurant without is gone, can i ask you a slightly nonpolitical question, christian and i have interviewed list of immunologist on this programme of the last month or so, and one of the things they say is essential for any country to get a handle on this virus, is trust, and government institutions and in the government itself, and i am just wondering what impact all of this is having on trust in government, because if we are heading in for a bad 3—6 months during the winter, we are going to need people to trust what the government says. are going to need people to trust what the government sayslj are going to need people to trust what the government says. i think the government have a problem here. we have seen approval ratings from the government's handling of coronavirus are definitely on the downward slope. it is not the trajectory they want. also there has been interesting data in terms of when you do a poll here of the public, you often find things like attend pm kirby and another national lockdown, it actually does have a lot of support. but the data where

people are asked if you have been asked does not isolate with you and have you, it is actually very low in terms of it being people adhering to the rules and you can put that into a numberof things, the rules and you can put that into a number of things, like a fight in the strategy, a desire not to have life impacted. but it does suggest that what borisjohnson has my government saying is not what the general public are enlarged doing andl general public are enlarged doing and i think it is a big problem because it means you can add lots of restrictions and we are expecting that, but if the uptake isn't very high, a lot of this will be quite meaningless and we might end up in a very strict lockdown based on the government's regulations and before too long. thank you. no one is looking forward to the next few months. seven years ago, jason liversidge was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, but he decided it wouldn't stop him taking on a series of challenges. since then, he's climbed mountains, abseiled from bridges — and now has set a guinness world record for driving an electric wheelchair at more than 100 kph.

graham satchell reports. elvington airfield, yorkshire. jason liversidge is getting ready for a world record attempt to be the fastest ever in an electric wheelchair. i am feeling really excited forjason. i'm feeling a little bit apprehensive, but i'm absolutely certain he can do it. jason has motor neurone disease. he can no longer walk or talk — but has just enough movement in his left hand to control this specially adapted wheelchair. a test run. the current world record is 62 mph. jason gets to just over 50. there's no stopping him, really, you know, if you said to jason

you can't do something because that's impossible for someone in jason's condition, he'd find a way round. back at the airfield the final checks are done and it jason is on his way. when they announced he got 66 miles an hour it was just amazing. elated and jumping up and down and screaming. oh, my god! the top speed confirmed at 66.82 mph, the new world record. my ultimate goal was to do it for my girls, lily and poppy. for them to have a certificate of my achievement, along with the other memories we have created. it's so much to share it with my girls. i thought it was really awesome. what you think of your dad? i think it's really amazing

that he made the record. jason is a world record holder and he's planning more challenges in the months ahead. graham satchell, bbc news. asking for your partner's hand in marriage is a nerve wracking moment. assuming you're confident they will say yes — you've still got the task of making it special. no easy feat. so why not do it on a boat, thinks this man. because water is romantic, right? so here you see him bringing together the two vessels, and it would seem from her response that he is in luck. or is he. because just as he leans in to seal it with a kiss — she falls, kicks the throttle of her boat, then kicks him in the head for good measure. clearly the ring wasn't up to much.

she wanted a bigger rock. watch this when she kicks him in the head. fantastic! the question is did she say yes? good evening. it's a quiet weather story out there as we bring the first day of the working week to a close. tomorrow, another quiet day — if anything, perhaps more in the way of sunshine tomorrow. a lot of dry weather on the way and just light winds, all thanks to this ridge of high pressure now building in from the west. it has been rather more hit and miss today because we've had a weather front working its way west from east. thicker cloud and some rather persistent drizzle now pushing its way into eastern england, and that's where we'll find it in the smaller hours of tuesday — quite murky, as well, with that moisture in association with the weather front. to the west, light winds, clear skies and it is a little chilly across scotland and northern ireland, with temperatures on the lower

end of single figures, perhaps a few pockets of frost in the sheltered glands. milder under the cloud, temperatures in the double figures. so a grayer, gloomier, damper start across eastern counties of england, but it should brighten here as the morning goes on. come the afternoon, as you can see it's pretty much a dry story across the board. slim chance of a shower towards the southwest, perhaps across western scotland, but overall dry, light winds and temperatures in the mid to high teens. but that is pretty much where it ends. we get to wednesday and low pressure will take effect from the atlantic. even overnight tuesday into wednesday, the winds will strengthen the rain into northern ireland, but wednesday morning making its way to western scotland, wales, and the southwest of england. the southwest of scotland and northern ireland particularly favoured for some of the more heavy and persistent rain on wednesday. eastern england could escape some of the worst of it, but i think we will see a pulse of heavier rain coming in from the south here through the afternoon and into the evening, and a cooler feel. and then, once that low

pressure is through, we are left with a series of areas of low pressure dodging around each other as we go through the end of the week and on into the weekend. and that'll make it very difficult for us to pinpoint the exact detail on when we will get the heaviest, most persistent rain and strongest winds. what i can tell you is that there is a clear signal low pressure will dominate our weather by the end of the week, dragging in cooler air, meaning it'll be often windy and the rain at times will be heavy. if anything, perhaps thursday is offering a little bit of a respite from the wet and windy weather for many parts of the uk. but still much cooler than we've been used too. just take a look at the outlook — a case of rain, rain, and more rain in the coming days.

you're watching bbc news with me, katty kay, in washington. christian fraser is in london. our top stories... donald trump insists that he's paid plenty in taxes — despite reports that he shelled out just $750 for two years in a row. walking away with a story to tell. a former adviser to mike pence has criticised the administration. we'll get her thoughts on the latest court intrigue. also in the programme... how many milestones must we cross? the world is on the verge of one—million covid fatalities. we'll check in with the world health organisation about what, if anything, can be done. sir david attenborough says he listened to birdsong to soothe his nerves during the pandemic — christian will be revealing his top tips for how to keep calm

and carry on. we have become used to members of the trump administration leaving the white house and criticising mr trump. the list is unusually long — anthony scaramucci, jim mattis, john bolton, john kelly. you get the picture. but one recent defection stands out for her criticism of mr trump's handling of the coronavirus. olivia troye was an adviser to vice president pence, and she worked on the coronavirus task force. she left the administration in august, saying mr trump wasn't looking out for americans in his handling of the pandemic. ms troye joins us now. thanks very much forjoining the programme. you left in august, remind us what it was that made you

get out of it all? i did. there were a numberof get out of it all? i did. there were a number of reasons for that decision, to be honest. some of it had to do with internal dynamics, the environment i was working in. primarily, ijust got to the point where enough was enough. i had been working on the task force since january, since before the vice president was actually leading the task force, and i worked very closely with him and the members of the task force team. and at some point, ijust felt it was time for me to move on. i saw a lot of things happening behind—the—scenes that we re very happening behind—the—scenes that were very difficult for me. just to be clear, you're not critical of vice mike pence and other members of the task force itself? i am. my criticism is directed at donald trump because he consistently, repeatedly even today undermines the work that these people are all

trying to do — whether it be the vice president, whether it be the doctors, all the experts on the task force, i saw all these people working very hard day and night, me included, to try and figure out how we would handle this pandemic response. and at a moment's instance, that would all fly out the window based on a tweet that trump would put out that would directly counter the narrative that we were trying to actively help the people of united states. could you give us an example of that? quite frankly, just today, he said that the us is turning the corner, rounding the corner on the pandemic, and we have the vice president out there trying to tell the truth, saying americans need to be repaired for an increasing number of cases. but quite specifically, when you were there, was there an instance where you needed a decision from him and he wasn't fully engaged? yes, there

we re he wasn't fully engaged? yes, there were numerous times on that. i've gone on record saying we've had task force meetings where we were supposed to be focused on what was coming ahead, evacuating americans who were on cruise ships, or trying to figure out how we would get people from wuhan home who were americans — that's what the task force does, how will we going to eat people when they come to the us? at the meeting, mr trump people when they come to the us? at the meeting, mrtrump chose people when they come to the us? at the meeting, mr trump chose instead to focus on his preferred news network and what they had said the day before. he was incredibly upset at their comments, he was tasking people in the room, asking who would get on the phone and put them back in line. why are we discussing tucker carlson in a task force meeting when we are supposed to be talking about a crisis that's about to impact the us? olivia, can we talk a bit about anthony factory? it's been pretty clear there was tensions between mr trump and some of the members of the task force

members,, including of the members of the task force members, , including dr of the members of the task force members,, including dr fauci? trump is brought in a new doctor who seems more sceptical of masks. when you look at the task force, can you tell who's in control, where he's getting his advice from? unfortunately, i think that he's getting it from the people that will tell him what he wants to hear. and in that situation, it looks like it's doctor scott atlas. he was the one in the rose garden recently, the other experts on the task force were nowhere to be seen. so you have dr fauci telling people today or yesterday that he was concerned about the information that was being given to mrtrump. about the information that was being given to mr trump. that is in line with what's happened during the time i was there in my tenure. the doctors would come out, dr birx or dr fauci, or doctor redfield, who

would come out and testify on factual statements on what the data and science was saying, and mr trump would react to it because it wasn't in line with his belief that it was a hoax or reopening the states or businesses, or schools because that's where his focus was so he could say that everything was completely fine. and it wasn't. just on the issue, there was this news of the debt over the weekend were doctor robert redfield was talking about scott atlas, who you just discussed, and this is what he says. "everything he says is false." and the feeling is that dr birx has made the feeling is that dr birx has made the same sort of issue here, that this man has come in and is telling mrtrump this man has come in and is telling mr trump everything he wants to hear, and maybe it's not actually based in fact? i can understand doctor redfield's frustration. i've seen him have this frustration before, and i'm sure for someone of

his expertise and calibre, it's got to be appalling and incredibly frustrating for him and the others who are actively trying to manage this whole situation, and then to have this one voice overshadowing no matter what they do, even if their voices are in the room, that one voices are in the room, that one voice will carry over because it's the one truth that he wants to hear, and it's his truth — not the actual reality of what's happening. olivia, thank you very much forjoining us. interesting, we've got someone do to come talk to us later in the week who was also in the vice president's office. you've got all these people coming out of the administration because they're interesting to talk to because of the real insight going on into what's in the white house. do think as we get closer to election day, we will see more of these administers and officials who hung on and just can't take it any

more? it's interesting, someone like olivia who was working more as a civil servant and adviser to mike pence, and felt that it was an untenable position for her to be in, and the white house present position is that they are all disgruntled employees. there are more disgruntled so—called employees who have left this white house than i've ever seen in any previous administration. just because there've been several of them doesn't mean shouldn't remember hoekstra neri this is. you don't get people leaving the obama administration, turning around and criticising the demonstration, nor with george w. bush. it is not normal to have so many people leave. the names people are talking about are the names of people who have already left, but in the light of bob woodward's book, whom we will talk to later this week. i likejohn kelly, the chief of staff, coming out between now and the election in confirming the things that were in woodward's book. will general james madison come out again and confirm what was in woodward public book? ——

james matus. i'd never heard of olivia before she left, i know 1—2 others in that position i'd never heard of. there are no big names because now we've gotten to the core of people who are extremely loyal to the president at senior levels. a couple of them are family, as ivanka and jared, couple of them are family, as ivanka andjared, and couple of them are family, as ivanka and jared, and kaylee machen ne, whose incredibly loyal to the president, and mark meadows. it'll be lower level people, but watch general matus if he comes out and says anything else. a battle is brewing over donald trump's nomination for the us supreme court. this weekend, mr trump announced judge amy coney barrett to replace ruth bader ginsburg. confirmation hearings start two weeks from today, with many republicans hoping to have her confirmed before for the november election. judge barrett's nomination is a contentious one. she aligns herself with conservative values, and her devout catholic faith has raised concerns about how she'd rule from the bench. in the past, she's said that abortion is "always immoral", and that marriage is based on the "commitment

of a man and a woman." but does she represent a new form of feminism — conservative feminism? ronnee schreiber is a professor at san diego state university, and author of righting feminism: conservative women and american politics. welcome to the programme. what is conservative feminism? the first of all, thanks so much for having me. conservative feminism in some ways doesn't actually exist. i think generally speaking, it is more in media terminology. there are some conservative women who i identify with being either choice feminist or what some would call an authentic pro—life feminist. but most conservative women of study to our leaders wouldn't actually identify asa feminist leaders wouldn't actually identify as a feminist per se. so it's a term that has applied to the people like amy coney barrett but not one she would use herself. justice ginsburg was a trailblazer for women across

the road, she would refer to yourself as a feminist? how would she feel about her perspective replacement being amy coney barrett? i think she would be grossly dismayed. i'm sure that like most feminists, they're pleased that the feminists, they're pleased that the feminist movement has enabled someone like amy coney barrett to make it to the process where she would be nominated, so feminism has certainly enabled her ability to do that. but having said that, she's being nominated to be a supreme court justice, being nominated to be a supreme courtjustice, and being nominated to be a supreme court justice, and her values being nominated to be a supreme courtjustice, and her values in the way she interprets the constitution have very deep and profound effects on the weight —— people's lives. her sta nce on the weight —— people's lives. her stance on marriage equality and abortion are ones that are concerns. . . because a abortion are ones that are concerns... because a history of the feminist movement is one that supports legal abortion —— in the history. i guess one of the slight differences in terms of emphasis for

women who might call themselves conservative feminists, or new feminists is this idea of family being very important to them, right? that marriage is important. there was a book i was reading not long ago about the surrendered wife in america, which says that the husband and the family is really important— it's a reorientation, it's all about the career but also about the family. is that part of what we're looking at here? i think it's the kind of framing or language some of the women who would identify as conservative feminists would actually use. i think it's inaccurate to say that the feminist movement as we understand it doesn't actually take that into account. in fa ct, actually take that into account. in fact, many things at the feminist movements have advocated for have been things like paid family leave and encouraging men to be involved in parenting, and so on. setting that aside, absolutely. i think that women who would identify or use the

terminology conservative femen feminist would say women... their status to their husbands. thank you very much forjoining us and coming on the programme. we talk about this before about how they can talk on brett kavanaugh and 2018, and i know you think it galvanised the democrats and actually work for them the way they took him on. what about this time? when she was appointed, amy coney barrett, to the appeals court, they gave her quite a hard time, the democrats, on herfaith. and i wonder if they'll go there again this time? that was senator dianne feinstein, who really grilled her and referred to it as a dogma, saying that dogma is strong within you and that would be hard for her to rule on the law without bringing into her catholic faith. i don't think that's where they're going to

go. think that's where they're going to 90- my think that's where they're going to go. my understanding from democrats is that the strategy is to focus on health care, because the affordable ca re health care, because the affordable care act comes up for review on the supreme courtjust care act comes up for review on the supreme court just a care act comes up for review on the supreme courtjust a few days after the election, and they think it'll be much more powerful — not to focus on her or her catholicism, though some people have on the fact that she has this large family, i think that that would not be at all helpful and is kind of irrelevant anyway. it really just helpful and is kind of irrelevant anyway. it reallyjust a focus on theissues anyway. it reallyjust a focus on the issues around health care, which they think is one of the most powerful issues. i was just thinking once we talk to the professor there, remember the last big conservative feminist female figure in the republican party who became very famous for a while but for very different reasons was mike sarah palin. now you wonder what's happened to her. it was a new kind of feminism and very focus on family and faith. it has been 202 days since the world health organisation declared covid—19 a pandemic — today we approach another grim marker. the world is edging closer to one million deaths —

according to johns hopkins university. that death toll has doubled in the last three months — and today the who warned we likely are actually beyond that one million figure. if anything, the numbers that are currently reported probably represent an underestimate of those individuals who have either contracted covid—19, or will have died as a cause of it. we're joined now by dr margaret harris, from the world health organisation in geneva. thanks very much forjoining us. was it inevitable that we would get to this milestone of 1 it inevitable that we would get to this milestone of1 million people dying? no, it wasn't inevitable. this virus is very transmissible. it's a lethal, as we've seen, we've lost so many people. but it's also one you can suppress. you've got to do everything to suppress it, but it can be turned around. so not inevitable. but the job now is to make sure no more people die. how

did the world fail? it's understandable, if you don't see it, many people believed it really wasn't the threat that it is. it was much more transmissible than most people thought, and initially it didn't make all that many people ill, and it takes a long time to kill us. so when it arrives in a population, it's not clear that we are really dealing with this killer. but we did warn, but it's always difficult, somebody saying there's a problem, but until you see it with your own eyes, it's difficult to believe it's a problem. we've talked about europe and the united states in this programme and where the graph is going, it goes up, then down, than up. but when you look at the global cases, the graph for that

is just the global cases, the graph for that isjust an the global cases, the graph for that is just an exponential rise. i've talked a lot about on this programme that we don't come out of coronavirus until we all come out of it. can you understand the attitude of the white house to not be part of the global answer to vaccination? we would certainly like every country tojoin, because you put it beautifully. no one is safe until everyone is safe. and if ever there was an instance of the world needing to act together, this is it. in the role of science, we've seen extraordinary achievements with the work to get vaccines and the speed with which a whole range of tests have been produced. there's lots of evidence that we are all working together, we just need all of us to do it. i want you to talk to me about your new rapid test. but it struck me when we were looking at the map, we were focusing on the red splotches. look at their massive red

splotches. look at their massive red splotch over the united states, then it sort of stops in a line, which is the border with canada. is that because they are betting it —— better at testing? what if they done that we haven't? if you look to the world, in many different places, when we look at curves, it is quite extraordinary how you will indeed see a huge outbreak in one country, and nearby and country is doing something different. even south america has had many, many countries with terrible outbreaks, but uruguay has one of the lowest numbers of cases and has had a really effective response because they had a very strong public health system and they took action early. like ways, a lot of east asia took action very early, they tested and their populations got the seriousness of the matter —— likewise. can you very quickly tell us about your rapid test? 0k. likewise. can you very quickly tell us about your rapid test? ok. so the rapid tests have been out for a while, but the difference for us is

we've listed, emergency use listing, which means that in countries that don't have the regulatory framework, they can use them. and we've gone into an agreement which means that we've got access to large volumes that go to the lower and middle income countries at a very cheap rate. so that means people can use them widely, and the point—of—care tests can be done much more quickly and locally. so whether it's at the bedside or in local clinics — in other words, it really speeds things up other words, it really speeds things up and speeds up access. doctor margaret harris, thank you very much. those rapid tests, people are talking about them a lot at the moment. they may not be perfect but they should be able to show you where there is some kind of flare—up happening. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: using political power to help mother nature — 65 countries sign up to save habitats and wildlife

at risk from climate change. in his first conference speech as leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey acknowledged that the party would need to change its approach in the run up to local elections and next year's holyrood election. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. it's a struggle to be seen, and heard, when you're the leader of the liberal democrats these days. but ed davey arrived at his party's headquarters in london this morning hoping to make his mark. looking forward to it. addressing party members online, his tone was sombre, and he made clear social care would be his priority. having looked after his mother — and now a disabled child — for him, he said, it's personal. it was easy caring for mum. i loved her. but it was also incredibly tough visiting her on a totally unsuitable dementia ward, in my school uniform, alone by her bedside when she died.

he promised to be a voice for the country's carers. but beyond that, after a run of terrible election results, ed davey admitted the lib dems had lost touch. we can't fix this with a catchy new slogan, or by fighting the same battles in the same way. the answer is to listen to what people are really telling us, and to change. ed davey takes pride in his time in coalition government with the conservatives, but overcoming the broken promise on tuition fees and a more recent anti—brexit stance, he admits will take time. are you in this for the long haul? i think it's the national level where the listening exercise by the party really needs to be focused on, for months and months and months. i don't think this is, there's no quick fix to this. but listening to voters can only last so long. elections are the ultimate test for any leader, especially one with a limited voice.

jonathan blake, bbc news. leaders from 65 countries have signed "pledge for nature", a plan to save wildlife and habitats which are in danger because of climate change. countries whose leaders have yet to sign include those from the us, china, and australia. here in britain, national parks, areas of outstanding natural beauty, and other protected areas make up a quarter of land in england. boris johnson has promised that the government will increase the amount of protected land to 30% by 2030. here's our science correspondent victoria gill. peaceful, picturesque — many of us have looked to the countryside, to nature as an escape from at least some of the anxiety that this year has brought. but even in the most scenic, rural, protected places, like this site in the west pennine moors that belongs to the wildlife trust,

many species are in decline. we're losing biodiversity in this country. a quarter of native uk birds and mammals are now under threat. so, environmental groups have welcomed the announcement by the prime minister that 400,000 additional hectares of english countryside — equivalent to about 400,000 football pitches — will be protected, set aside for the recovery of nature. like so many 2020 meetings, the biodiversity summit today where mrjohnson spoke about his plan was held virtually. we can't afford to dither and delay, because biodiversity loss is happening today, it's happening at a frightening rate. and if left unchecked, the consequences will be catastrophic for us all. borisjohnson there, who may or may not calm your nerves. when there are so many burning issues facing the

world, it can feel tough to be a little zen. this week, sir david attenborough — perhaps the calmest man in broadcasting — has revealed his own special technique for relaxing during lockdown. birdsong look at that. i feel better already. actually, david attenborough would be very proud of me because during lockdown, i started watching — i became quite obsessed by bees. and i started watching this beekeeper in norfolk called stewart springs, i'm giving them a great plug. but he's brilliant, he's soothing and checks his hives, he tells you how to do it. and i have these ambitions of having my own allotment and having a beehive on it. and then of course, there was the other sign, when i'm bored of that, i go to the good old favourite — yes, the burnley podcast. which doesn't actually calm

your nerves, it never comes your nerves. you're lucky, what i did on lockdown was listening to the white house press conferences every evening. more bird song for you. more birds less coronavirus. hello. for the next 24 hours, the weather for the uk looks pretty quiet — light winds, a lot of dry weather, and for tuesday daytime, the promise of some fairly extensive sunshine. but that's pretty much where it ends in terms of the quiet weather. from wednesday onwards, we'll be at the mercy of areas of low pressure swinging in from the atlantic. more on that in just a moment. we have a weather front, though, quietly making its way eastwards through the uk at the moment. first thing on tuesday, it will still be producing a little bit of drizzly rain, perhaps, across eastern counties of england, leaving a legacy of cloud. that should clear, though, for the afternoon. a lot of sunshine to come, light winds as promised, and plenty of dry weather.

slim, slim chance of a shower towards the south—west. temperatures in the mid teens for scotland and northern ireland, close to 20 in the south—east of england. but as we head on into tuesday evening, the wind will start to lift towards the west of the uk and then into the early hours of wednesday, the cloud and the rain come piling in to northern ireland. the skies remain clearer further east, but thanks to the strengthening wind, a milder night ahead. but for northern ireland, under the cloud, temperatures in double figures. the rain for northern ireland on wednesday potentially quite relentless as this frontal system moves in. and also, i think, for the south—west of scotland — you'll notice as the day plays out it doesn't really go anywhere here. whereas further south, it does run its way eastwards a little more, out of wales and the south—west of england, into the midlands. potentially a pulse of heavier rain coming into the south late afternoon and on into the evening. it will feel chillier thanks to the wind and the rain on wednesday. but temperatures still getting up into the mid teens, perhaps 16 or 17 degrees. colder air, though, digs in behind this cold front,

so for thursday, a chillierfeel, but actually, for thursday, if the fronts position themselves as the model has them at the moment, that's not a bad—looking day for many parts of the uk. chance of some showers, though, to the south, that could be a little heavy and squally at times. but cooler, as i've said, thanks to us moving into a northerly air stream. temperatures, well, barely into double figures to the north, perhaps 13 or 14 further south. thursday into friday — at the moment the thinking is we'll see a low pressure developing to the south of the uk, but what we have is a series of low pressure centres and it's a bit of a battle as to which one will deepen most significantly. but as you saw there, cooler air gets pulled in as a result of those low centres moving through. so the story for friday is a pretty chilly one for everyone. at the moment, it looks like it will be rain across england and wales, drier and brighter for scotland and northern ireland, but that detail, that positioning of the rain, could be subject to change as the week pans out. the same to be said for this area of rainfall sitting across eastern england on saturday.

if it plays out like this, though, that's some pretty significant rainfall totals possible to the east of the uk through the early part of the weekend. drier and brighter further west, but still sitting in that chillier air. and we have a big buckle in thejet stream as that cooler air tucks in from the north—west. when you see a big buckle like this, it leaves us ripe for development, and we're also on the polar side of the jet, so we're in the chillier air, and with that buckle in the jet stream, there's the potential for this area of low pressure coming in from the north sea to swing into the north of the uk and develop quite significantly through sunday, on into monday, bringing widespread, potentially severe gales across the northern half of the uk and some wet weather to all regions. so as you can see, after that quiet day on tuesday, it really is all change.

tonight at ten, the north—east of england is facing even tougher restrictions following a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. the region, with some two million people, has already been under restrictions for the past ten days, but ministers say more action is needed. we do not take these steps lightly, but we must take them and take them now, because we know that swift action is more likely to bring the virus under control. the new measures mean it would be unlawful for people to meet in a pub or restaurant with anyone outside their household. we'll also have the latest on growing demands to review the 10pm closure times for restaurants, bars and pubs. also tonight...

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