once of this year. last month on an official state visit to the u.k. u.s. president trump had dinner with the queen trump reveled in the royal treatment traditionally reserved for a select few britain's special friends but then came the leak the whole world knows what the u.k. ambassador thinks of president trump tonight london in washington in a royal mess that special relationship is suddenly a strained strange relationship in berlin this is the day. if very good the way you feel about the ambassador and those comments that's 4 of us are in washington i think is a fine public servant has done a very good job you should look at the president tweets we're not always going to agree with each other. that the british government won't be trusted the secrets

that it looks like we're on the precipice of having a prime minister. well that i've got a good relationship with the white house. also coming up italy shuts down one of europe's largest migrant centers and warns boats carrying rescued refugees no docking oh well tonight a special report on fortress your. lampedusa is at the front lines of a struggle over who is allowed into europe and who is not as italy's right wing government slides its gates shut an international network of rescuers is trying to keep those gates from closing for good. or to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the dysfunctional u.s. president the wacky british ambassador and a relationship quickly going from special to strained to strange it has been 48

hours since a secret u.k. cable was leaked revealing to the world what the u.k. ambassador in washington really thinks about the us president in effect this functional crash and burn those were just some of the words written by ambassador kim derek well last night the ambassador was promptly uninvited to a dinner at the white house and today trump unleashed a tirade on twitter aimed at the ambassador and his boss prime minister to resign me to the wacky ambassador that the u.k. forced it upon the united states struck tweeted is not someone that we are thrilled with a very stupid guy he should speak to his country and prime minister may about their failed breck's it negotiation and not be upset with my criticism of how badly it was handled i told it to resume a how to do that deal but she went her own foolish way was unable to get it done

a disaster i don't know the ambassador but i've been told that he is a pompous. the u.k. government has condemned the leak but is standing by its ambassador and his right to communicate honestly about the u.s. administration but trump's lambasted have to resume a and breaks it that led u.k. foreign minister jeremy hunt to tweet this message today for the u.s. president he writes dollar friends speak frankly so i will these comments are disrespectful and wrong to our prime minister and my country your diplomats give their private opinions to the u.s. secretary of state pump a go and so do ours strong words for that special and now strained relationship but publicly the british government remains more concerned that a secret diplomatic cable was leaked to the public the government has ordered a special investigation to track down the leaker the problem is the leak that's the

fundamental problem is that the british government can't be trusted to keep secrets the reality is there is number 3 in washington who although i don't agree with his analysis was doing exactly what the british people paid him to do which is to give his understanding and his best insight into the u.s. administration at the time and that's exactly what he's done. all right so a test of transatlantic ties and we're covering it tonight on both sides of the atlantic here with me in the studio at the big table is the w's alex forrest whiting alex spent years reporting on the british parliament she is considered a westminster insider and our white house insider tonight joins me from washington helena humphrey to both of you welcome helena i want to start with you the white house uninvited the u.k. ambassador to a dinner last night at the white house but it did not stop there what has happened

today. 1st right brant i think you get the sense that the president has been stewing over these leaked diplomatic cables for a number of days and today he really doubled down with his signature weapon of choice which is name calling on twitter referring to the british ambassador as whacky calling him a pompous full saying that he was a very stupid guy and he didn't stop there that name calling also extended to the outgoing british prime minister the woman of course that president trump famously once held hands with here in washington no less saying that to research a was also also foolish for not having delivered breaks it as he had instructed her to and then i think most worryingly he also hinted that with a change of prime minister would also come a change of leader and i say that that's worrying because i think most experts agree that the idea of you know outside influence certainly would compromise the

diplomatic service and also compromise the idea that diplomatic cables should certainly be frank so i think that was certainly a source of concern today and of course we do know that the trumpet administration and trumbull likes to fill his cabinet with people who are complementary to him the idea of him being able to have a hand in other governments in that constellation and how they refer to the president is alarming or use a very good word to describe it and once we know that maybe that explains to the so no wonder the british government is standing behind the same bester in washington and instead that they're looking for the mold for. a new day i think it's important you say that for now downing street are saying that they are sticking by sick kim and i think part of that is because they do want to show that they understand that the civil service that is what sikkim is part of so it is

a part of the civil service that it is. from government and from political interference but also they want to prove that you know the u.k. even though it loves the u.s. does not want to be pushed around by another power however the point that helena was saying there is important to reason may's only going to remain british prime minister for the next few weeks who will be next well it's a toss up now between jeremy hunt the foreign secretary and boris johnson who is the favorite naïve already read out a tweet from jeremy hunt who has said that sikkim will if he becomes prime minister stay in the post so what about boris johnson well they've both been head to head in a t.v. debate this evening which they finished not that long ago and boris johnson was asked this over and over again and we can now hear a clip of how he says it. whoever whoever leaked that deserves to be screwed out of the question i want all know it all go on several straight out

as a couple of little did i say there's another one who's going to just. so i will keep him until these due to retire and i think we'd like to know if you could well i'm not going to be so presumptuous amazing amazing because he doesn't answer that question a tall and i think that a lot of people particularly in the audience was surprised that he wouldn't stand by them and in washington certainly for the time being so what will happen to him we don't know and we've also you've been in touch today via twitter with the journalist to report this leak the journalist is known to be one of the top boards to yours nigel for raj what's the connection here yeah isabel too is a keen bricks a tear so much so that she even goes to wrote a book called the bad boys of bricks in american banks am banks led to the unofficial breaks it leaves campaign for the referendum he's also

a big. and if and to. say that there is a lot of talk about why did she how did she get the story why did she write it she's saying it's just a good story but this was set in a benefit nigel we know he has a good relationship with donald trump a don't know trump in the process said that he would make a great british ambassador to the u.s. even if ferrari just now saying no no i'm not diplomatic enough it does him no harm whatsoever we cannot say though that he is behind it all that has anything to do with that because they are on the conspiracy theories for example that this was done to a hostile state even in russia at that moment on we know is that there was an inquiry an investigation into how this leak happened is there's a big and really here too we've we've got talk about the u.s. president getting the u.k. ambassador in washington fired take a look at what the u.k. investor wrote just a few weeks ago in the atlantic about how important british diplomats are to the

united states all right here it is for the u.k. has one of the largest diplomatic footprints of any country with embassies in missions around the world this reach is hugely valuable and the americans recognize this the u.s. has no diplomatic presence in pyongyang or tehran we have had ambassadors and teams in north korea since the early 2000 and in iran since 1821 the united states relies on us to be its eyes and ears in places where it has not been there the ambassador talking about why the u.s. needs us helena if the u.k. ambassador if he's highly aware of the worth of british diplomats what about the u.s. president is he aware of how much he needs them. well brant you do have to wonder i'm essentially on monday we saw the u.s. president declare the british ambassador persona non grata saying that he would not

be working with him in the future at a time of course of such heightened global tensions and we're talking about of course the u.s. is closest ally and we've got issues to deal with such as iran for example north korea russia to name but a few and of course fortune in the u.s. have always worked together perhaps you know in the most closest man and when we talk about europe for example you only have to look yesterday at germany rebuffing for example america's request for more troops on the ground when dealing with syria that said i think it's important also to look beyond the bluster and take a look at the concrete steps i've certainly been monitoring reaction from the state department very closely today and there was no indication that the current british ambassador necessarily would be rebuffed when it comes to dealing with them and i think perhaps the tactic from the british delegation at the moment is to keep a low profile wait for this to blow over i mean we did see that meeting between the

trade secretary liam fox and the commerce secretary wilbur ross council today that perhaps it's a case of keep calm and carry on for now carry on for a moment and just wait until there is a new prime minister and then we'll know for sure what the next step will be. what do you to the table with me until an offer in washington to both of you thank you. after almost 20 years of conflict and countless dead rival groups in afghanistan including the taliban say that they've agreed on a road map for peace this after a historic intra afghan meeting in doha after 2 days of talks the long time foes well they've issued a joint statement with a list of agreed principles for a post-war afghanistan now these include an islamic legal system the protection of women's rights and the assurance of equality for all ethnic groups.

tell of and talks in doha were interrupted for the peace conference which some are hailing as a genuine breakthrough well we believe so more than ever before is the real problem is especially now that the taleban that american. ideal you believe that they need a lot of different results so it's just a matter of this as they wait up more out of the kitchen and they asked from all sides. that to. do so for deduction. of the civilian casualties and i did my own for a withdrawal of all 40 forces from the finest on. so peace in afghanistan my next guest spent 5 years as the u.s. state department special representative for afghanistan and pakistan she's now director of the asia program at the international crisis group i am happy to

welcome a real busy miller to the program she joins me tonight from washington ms miller it's good to have you on the day this resolution or this roadmap for peace it sounds like a major breakthrough for afghanistan and your opinion is it. it's a step forward there's no question about that it was positive spirit and in town by all accounts and they were able to produce a joint statement that set out some basic principles and ideas that they agree on participants but i put hesitate to call it a major breakthrough because it was not. a sharon of a peace deal it was what is often referred to as. talks about talks eliminating

talks my evolved into an actual negotiation some kind of peace deal but it wasn't a negotiation as yet it was bill or have you had a chance to read the the unofficial english version of that resolution yes i did it and i would say it again i mean it was positive in tone it was clear that they were looking for some areas of agreement but it was limited in its scope it didn't delve into any details they set aside some of the more difficult questions and it is an unofficial and. a document so again a positive step forward but well short of a clear beginning of the peace process i ask you that because there are reports

that in the english version we have the taliban agreeing to protect the fundamental rights of women but in the past 2 version there is reportedly no mention of women's rights are you aware of this. i've heard that there is just agreement between the different language version and i don't know as yet whether that is intentional or an error in fact even if it's correct sometimes it is rather difficult to translate between the different languages but nevertheless even based on what is set in the english version it's not really any different than statements that the taliban has made before they have including recently said publicly that they would respect women's rights. as those rights are subject to islamic law islamic principles that is

a statement that many afghans would probably agree with but it raises the question who in the system of government gets to be the interpreter of islamic principles and what is and is not consistent with islamic principles several. and even based on the more the more positive seem a version of what was said it's it's not really a new statement it's not really crossing law that the taliban hasn't crossed before and it's important also to remind our viewers that what was agreed to these or recommendations are not legally binding anything that's in this agreement but we also understand that there are separate talks taking place between the u.s. and the taliban they're scheduled to resume today do you expect the united states to commit to a withdrawal of foreign troops if the taliban promises that it will never use afghanistan again as

a base for terrorists. that's what's being negotiated right now the u.s. and taliban sides didn't meet again and this morning my understanding is it was a fairly recent meeting they had that concluded this strand of negotiations and in the meantime investors all may cause the american negotiator has left for a previously planned trip to china and then he said he's coming back to washington so there's there's a pause in the u.s. taliban negotiations for both sides to consult but that negotiation process just involves the u.s. the taliban has advanced much further and a dialogue among afghans before we run out of time this mother i want to ask you the trumpet ministration we know does not hold the u.s. state department in very high esteem how does that attitude impact the

leverage u.s. negotiators have when they sit down to talk with the taliban is that a factor i don't think it's a factor in this case it's very clear that about star college who ready is working within the state department structure has been india then a very clear mandate with political backing to negotiate the us out of afghanistan and so i don't see that there's any. any constraints on him resulting from the way things were these days on. the way things work these days in washington's that's right the real miller with the international crisis group ms miller we appreciate your time tonight and your insides thank you very much. it is not a question. you don't have to speak italian journalist and what they're saying. that's what these

protesters were sheltering italy's interior minister today when he came in to shut down what he said was europe's biggest reception center for migrants the complex atman a.o. in sicily at one point held more than 4000 people it became a scene of the crime enjoyed as well as being the town's biggest employer. mateo's salvini said that he was keeping a promise to the italian people here's part of what he said today. they called me crazy when i said as a minister that i wanted to close the center because it exceeded 4000 people we cut the numbers and today we're at 000. s. it is at that former camp in mindanao he tells us more about why the government decided to shut it down well it is unclear why they closed it in fact there was

conflicting opinions of course on the one hand it had been underfunded for a long time and it was it became a place of criminality and there was drug bust and prostitution here now that wasn't everything though at one point at its height there was classes people to take classes in different topics so it was on the one hand a place of criminality but on the other hand it could have been an example of how refugee centers could have been run if you can see here the houses were built for american troops and there it was a place for american troops families until 2010 so it had a lot of resources so activists say that. wanted to close it as a symbol to send to the public that he's taking a hardline stance against immigration. and that was. reporting there before me and went to sicily he wanted to see the situation on the italian island of lampedusa which has become the new frontline in europe's struggle to deal with

the migrant crisis and he spoke to some of the people who have made that dangerous journey from north africa to europe and he also spoke to some of the island's residents. lampedusa island of recreation island of breath which. is the closest european shore to the coast of libya lampedusa takes in several 100 asylum seekers in an average month those who survived the treacherous journey across the mediterranean. no see planes as many lives as this. helps coordinate rescue missions for the german n.g.o.s see watch he was on my producer when the italian government attempted to block their ship from bringing 53 rescued migrants a short. sea watch was kept and all of a kid the italian coast guard and forced her way into the harbor she was arrested for her act. what we're seeing is that the criminalization of sea rescue missions

isn't stopping people from coming from libya more people are dying and the routes are becoming more dangerous as once migrants arrive on the island most are taken to this immigration center where they are registered in a 1st step toward applying for asylum after being registered the residents are free to leave. at the church in the center of town i meet mahmoud. it early there is. a free in libya and so there are these. days left leaving. as i'm leaving the church square a man begins shouting. i've known are sure enough that if it wasn't for the migrants the media wouldn't come to lampedusa. no one cares about us lampedusa. produces mayor tells me he welcomes those rescued at sea well look i

think what my father was a fisherman and i am a fisherman. but scuttled if and when a fisherman rescues a person at sea we apply one loan. so you do not the french uptick not the german or anyone else's loan. they scoff and chase a pig. they don't have to be dying so you don't have to document them insecure that you just saved them on saturday evening another standoff begins a rescue boat defies the government's order to stay away it enters the port carrying 41 migrants the vessel is called alex operated by italian angio meditate and then. there is commotion at the dock where locals have gathered to watch a representative from italy's right wing leg a party is here too she wants to send a message to the new arrivals as well as the boat's crew for example but get that damn i'm here because we have to fight against those who traffic human beings these

people are not save us they are people who traffic human beings on the boat is taken into police custody on the other side of the bay. the exhausted passengers wait another 7 hours before they are let off the boat as the mayor of lampedusa told me immigration to this island is nothing new. he believes the current standoff can only be resolved by european solution. you know because i mean as if they're reporting well the day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at u.w. news or you can follow me at brick go off t.v. don't forget to use our hash tag the day and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody.

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