like christian fraser we have heard the police helicopters overhead. es and to reiterate what christian said, this still feels like a live operation. they need to identify who the attacker was. was he known to the attacker was. was he known to the police, was involved in other activities? were there any accomplices, this activity will have to go quickly before they can reassure people that this live operation is over. would it have been normalfor operation is over. would it have been normal for police officers to been normal for police officers to be on the champs—elysees on a regular evening? on some regular evenings, yes, g|ven regular evening? on some regular evenings, yes, given the context of the last few years, if you go down the last few years, if you go down the champs—elysees at any point in the champs—elysees at any point in the last few years you might well have seen police officers and possibly soldiers as well, this morning i saw police officers blocking one particular pathway down from the arc de triomphe. i have seen soldiers in camouflag

i'm christian fraser in westminster, our headlines: theresa may takes the uk by surprise.s a snap election to be held onjune the 8th. at this moment of enormous national significance there should be unity here in westminster. but instead there is division. the country is coming together, but westminster is not. what does this mean for brexit? and will the snap election change anything? we'll get the view from europe. and scotland's first minister describes it as a huge political miscalculation — will this affect her independence bid? we'll be live in edinburgh. i'm jon sopel in washington. our other headlines: a legal battle is underway in arkansas, where authorities are trying to carry out

christian fraser is on the champs—elysees.re becoming of the sequence of events tonight? a little bit clearer. we have had a briefing from the interior ministry. we know one police officer has lost his life in two have been injured, and we also understand that the gunmen pulled up alongside this police van, jumped out with a semiautomatic rifle and opened fire on them. i have seen dramatic pictures of the immediate aftermath of the attack were one of the officers is pointing his weapon at someone who is down on the ground, in the immediate aftermath of that when they shot the attacker. the question mark was whether there was a second attack in the vicinity at the time. we are hearing from reuters that an arrest warrant has been issued for another man who is supposedly linked to this attack, who came into france from belgium. we also hear there is no investigation underway in an apartment in eastern paris. a lot of friends at work is underway now, not only at the cupboard at the apartment. they are hoping to find out who this p

our correspondent christian fraser is in the champs elysees. a developing, breaking story. latest, christian?” a developing, breaking story. what is the latest, christian? i can tell you, the police operation that was under way for the last two hours around the champs elysees has come to an end. police activity we're seeing is around that car, which has pulled up alongside the police van. thereafter render it police officers working on that car. to the east of paris they are going to an apartment they believe is linked to the attacker. we don't know yet whether attacker. we don't know yet whether a second attacker was involved. it is possible. the counterintelligence police here, dgs i, in france, say they know the identity of the attacker, it would suggest their may well be a terror link. three days before a french election there will before a french election there will be working through the night to find out who this person was, who did he speak to, who did he know? and whether there is further risk. we understand president francois hollande has called an emergency meetin

hello and welcome to one hundred days, i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser's in paris. us politics has dominated headlines since we began the era of donald trump, but now there's another election that demands our attention. this weekend is the first round of the french election and the latest polls suggest it's a tight race. in the next hour, french television will start grilling the candidates, there are 11 of them in total, but there are five in particular who we are keeping our eye on. each contender will getjust fifteen minutes to convince french voters they should be in the second round run off. a quarter of those who plan to vote say they may still change their minds on who they will plump for between now and sunday. the big question of course is whether the populist trend we have seen in britain and in the united states will spread to france. the histories of france and america have often followed a similar path. the american revolution that ended in 1783 was quickly followed by the french revolution of 1789. the question is whether history is about to repeat its

i'm christian fraser in westminster, our headlines: theresa may takes the uk by surprise. the prime minister announces a snap election to be held onjune the 8th. at this moment of enormous national significance there should be unity here in westminster. but instead there is division. the country is coming together, but westminster is not. what does this mean for brexit? and will the snap election change anything? we'll get the view from europe. and scotland's first minister describes it as a huge political miscalculation — will this affect her independence bid? we'll be live in edinburgh. i'm jon sopel in washington. our other headlines: a legal battle is underway in arkansas, where authorities are trying to carry out a series of executions before one of the drugs required expires. and president trump's team is on the move. while he focuses on america first, his top cabinet members are in some of the world's hot spots. the prime minister was adamant — there would be no general election until 2020. the country needs stability, she said, through the brexit negotiation. that

this is 100 days, with me, katty kay, in washington and christian fraser in london. four days after donald trump launched cruise missiles against syria, it's not clear what else he wants to do in that war, if anything. america today certainly doesn't feel as if it's on war footing. and different members of the trump team are saying different things about america's syria policy and the future of president assad. here is the us ambassador to the un nikki haley on sunday. there is not any sort of option where a political solution will happen with assad at the head of the regime. if you look at his actions, at the situation, it will be hard to see a government that is peaceful and stable with assad. but not everyone in the administration seems to advocate regime change. here's us secretary of state rex tillerson with another. what we are hopeful is through this syrian process, working with coalition members, un and through the geneva process, we can navigate a political outcome, and we wish the syrian people will determine bashar al—assad's fate and his legitimacy. it is

hello, i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.on likes to think he has a good relationship with vladimir putin — the russian president even gave him an impressive medal three years ago. but there was no warm welcome for the new us secretary of state in moscow today. he flew in for talks on syria — and the russian promptly lambasted america for indulging in iraq style war tactics. the us wants moscow to drop its support for president assad. but the west has almost no leverage. on monday in italy, the british foreign secretary had told reporters this was a window of opportunity. it's time, he said, for putin to face the truth. 24—hours on his plan is in tatters. germany and italy are opposed to further sanctions. the only agreement said the secretary of state is that somehow assad has to be removed. it is clear to all of us that the reign of the assad family is coming to an end but the question of how that ends and the transition itself could be very important in our view to thejury could be very important in our view to the jury ab

welcome to the programme — i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser's in london.trump says north korea has to behave. speaking in the rather incongruous setting of the white house easter egg roll, the president added only that "you'll see" how the us decides to respond to north korea's latest provocation. his vice president, mike pence, was firmer, suggesting america's patience is wearing thin. two days after a failed missile launch mr pence stood at the edge of the most heavily militarized border on the planet — and stared across at the communist north korean soldiers. and they stared back, taking pictures of the white house delegation that was barely 30 metres away. for mike pence this was an emotional trip. his father edward fought in the korean war and was awarded the bronze star for his service. today almost 64 years on, the two countries are still technically at war. the white house says it is looking at all options short of military action to resolve the stand—off. but the vice president warned them the strategic patience is over. since 1992, the united sta

welcome back to 100 days, i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.— this time it looks like he didn't ask for permission when he took thousands from russia today — against the law for a former military officer. and coming up — day 100 is fast approaching for the us president — is he really putting "america fi rst" ? i'm laura trevelyan live in the state of pennsylvania — voters here helped catapult donald trump into the white house — but what do voters make of his first 100 days? donald trump's "america first" rhetoric, alarmed many in the washington establishment. the heavyweights in foreign policy circles warned that if the president withdrew america from the world stage the russians and chinese would quickly fill the void. in fact, the trump administration is now a lot closer to conventional foreign policy than perhaps many of his supporters would have wished. in the last several weeks — tomahawk missiles have been fired at a syrian airbase, they dropped the biggest 'conventional‘ bomb on is in afghanistan, and north korea — as we have discussed —

the nearby stations to the paris metro had been closed and we can bring in the bbc‘s christian fraserin. in terms of what is happening in and around... hi, christian. i am just what is happening in and around... hi, christian. i amjust watching the helicopter. apart from the champs—elysees itself, are people able to move around within the area quite easily? yes, but there are not a lot of people. a public announcement has gone out, urging people to stay away from the champs—elysees. that seems to have been led by people in this area. there are very few people on the pavements at the moment. the people are being directed from other areas, directed away from the champs—elysees. i can still see, down the champs—elysees, there are armed police in prominent positions up armed police in prominent positions up and down the champs—elysees, near some of the restaurants and hotels. what i do not know is whether people have been allowed to leave restau ra nts have been allowed to leave restaurants or whether they had been keptin restaurants or whether they had been kept in place until they are a

christian fraser is in london. a us nuclear submarine pulled into a south korean port today.s aircraft carrier arrives there soon. and tomorrow, all 100 us senators have been invited to the white house for a really unusual secure briefing on the crisis. is the north korea situation at a tipping point, or is this political theatre from the white house? earlier today, pyongyang carried out a major live fire military exercise to mark the 85th anniversary of the founding of its armed forces. it is thought to be planning a sixth nuclear test — mr trump says it is time to take off the blindfolds and solve the problem. according to the new york times today, here's what the trump administration may be looking at... for more, i spoke to former us ambassador to the un just a short time ago. governor richardson, how urgent do you think the north korean situation is at the moment? has it become more so is at the moment? has it become more so just recently? is at the moment? has it become more sojust recently? it is at the moment? has it become more so just recently? it has become more ur

for now though from katty kay in washington and me christian fraser in london — goodbye.ticularly to the east and we have some decent sunshine in east yorkshire. the showers have been fairly isolated and we keep this quiet theme tonight and we keep this quiet theme tonight and tomorrow as well. 0vernight, a a few showers but rather few and far between. temperatures do not fall too far, staying frost free for most. a light southerly breeze and sunny spells to greet us on saturday. not a bad the prospect, any showers will be reasonably isolated. the breeze by the end of the date will pick up the further west you are. at least the wind is coming from the south so we see temperatures into the high teens. off to the tour of yorkshire today, —— this weekend, perfect conditions for cyclists and spectators. and if you're heading to wembley for the boxing it will be a dry affair, too. the potential for change in boxing it will be a dry affair, too. the potentialfor change in the middle half of the weekend with an area of low pressure forming that could bring some heavy rain in the

christian fraser is there. has it sunk in yet for eve ryo ne christian, has it sunk in yet for everyone at westminster? they're all on their starter‘s blocks. i don't think they can quite believe it, no. most of them, particularly within the conservative ranks, suspected that she would look at it more closely given the polls, still they had no word that she was going to call an election this morning. certainly they were saying the prime minister has a poker face for us. -- pokerface, ros. minister has a poker face for us. -- poker face, ros. it's minister has a poker face for us. -- pokerface, ros. it's been interesting seeing how the different parties are fighting this election on different platforms. they're focussing on different issues. yes, they are. that's going to be the really interesting thing. first off, the conservatives as you heard from theresa may will campaign on leadership and making brexit work. of course, the liberal democrats who are opposed to brexit, they will campaign the other way and loo

hello, this is breakfast with christian fraser and sally nugent. north korea has said it's prepared to respond in kind to any nuclear attack from the united states. tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians have taken part in a huge military parade amid growing speculation that the country is preparing another nuclear test. good morning. it's saturday, 15th april. also ahead: learner drivers will have to prove they can use a satnav in new changes to the practical test. the sun columnist kelvin mackenzie has been suspended and reported to police over an article he wrote about the everton footballer ross barkley. half of the world's bluebells are found here in the uk, but we'll hear why the british bluebell could be under threat. in sport, brighton take a giant stride towards the premier league. the championship leaders win at wolves, and are now on the verge of promotion. takeit take it easy. it was definitely a challenge for me. i've been finding out how the team gb alpine skiers, are hoping to leave their opponents adrift. and philip has the wea

hello, this is breakfast, with christian fraser and sally nugent.orth korea has said it's prepared to respond in kind to any nuclear attack from the united states. tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians have taken part in a huge military parade amid growing speculation that the country is preparing another nuclear test. good morning, it's saturday the 15th of april. also ahead: learner drivers will have to prove they can use a sat nav in new changes to the practical test. the sun has suspended its columnist, kelvin mackenzie, for expressing what the newspaper described as "wrong" and "unfunny" views about the people of liverpool. half of the world's bluebells are found here in the uk, but we'll hear why the british bluebell could be under threat. in sport — brighton take a giant stride towards the premier league. the championship leaders win at wolves, and are now on the verge of promotion. and philip has the weather. not a bad day in prospect for most parts of the british isles. can we keep it going by the rest of the holiday weekend? all the

christian fraser is on the champs elysees now. you we re is on the champs elysees now.ere there when this incident started. yes, we were. i will try to set the scene a little bit for you. we are looking down onto the plas delle i2. we are looking down onto the plas delle 12. you can see the traffic going around. just beyond that, that is the champs elysees going down towards concours, most has been sealed off. just above the metro station, that is where the coordinates. it understand that attack was further down the champs elysees than that. where we were standing, we were about to broadcast at 8:50pm and we got scenes like this, police cars flying past us, one almost took at a pedestrian, and they were coming from all directions. it was clear the warning had gone out on police radios, ambulances were coming down here, and right now we're watching the helicopter, which is making its way up helicopter, which is making its way up and down the champs elysees. and on the underground pass, we had armed police officers here, and we have had armed police officers at the end of

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in paris.er wanted an election about change, try france this weekend. french voters have just upended decades of political tradition, ousting the main parties and promoting two outliers. in almost equal numbers they voted for a young, centrist man who doesn't even have a party and an older, far—right woman who captured a desire for nationalist revival. the two candidates will debate on wednesday and face each other in a second—round vote on may the 7th. the meteoric rise of emmanuel macron has been remarkable — he resigned from the socialist party a year ago and no—one thought he'd do this well. equally showstopping is marine le pen, who's transformed the front national and made it a force in this race. the bbc‘s lucy willamson has this report. two years ago, he was a new face in politics. in two weeks he could be the new president of france. last night, emmanuel macron arrived for his victory speech with his wife, brigitte. 2a years older than him, she was once his drama teacher. his youth and

hello, i am katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.ay 77 of the trump presidency and a defining moment for this new administration. a short time ago, donald trump left a very rainy washington to fly down to his mar—a—lago resort in florida for his first meeting with chinese counterpart xijinping. mr trump is already warning that it will be a very difficult meeting. the leaders will dine together this evening before formal talks begin on friday. president trump wants a better deal for america on trade and more cooperation from beijing on north korea. but after candidate trump was so harsh on china, what kind of concessions can he get from the other global superpower? after all, remember what he said during last year's campaign? we can't continue to allow china to rape our country! they have taken our money, they have taken ourjobs. china is a currency manipulator. america has lost 70,000 factories since china entered the world trade organisation. when you look at china, when you look at every country, every trade deal we have is horribl

france, the presidential candidates face a grilling on tv ahead of the first round of voting, christian fraser watching for us. and we'll find out what's on the front pages of tomorrow's newspapers with henry mance, political correspondent at the financial times, and david wooding, political editor of the sun on sunday. that's all ahead on bbc news. hello, i'm 0lly foster. these are our sportsday headlines tonight: the most realsitic route to next seasons champions league, manchester united can reach the europa league semi—finals tonight. murray's been knocked out in monte carlo, but he's looking looking at the positives after his third round defeat. and robertson reveals his addiction to video games that has threatened to ruin his snooker career. it's a big european night at old tarfford tonight. the europa league is fast becoming manchester united's priority because it carries that extra incentive for the winner, a place in next season's champions league, and united can't be sure of achieving that in the premier league. their quarterfinal tie against the belgians anderlecht is balanced at 1—

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser's in london.ve seen more video today from the gas attack in syria, it's miserable viewing. rescue workers hosing down the lifeless bodies of children trying to wash away the chemicals. trump said he is the basher al—assad has changed. he said the attacks gci’oss has changed. he said the attacks across a lot of lines but he didn't say what he was going to do about it and he didn't condemn russia. we will show you what doctors say is evidence that sarin gas was used. his patients have those pupils which do not react to the flashlight and that would be a common symptom of a sarin gas attack. syria admits attacking a rabble target in the town of khan sheikhoun, but they say the bomb hit a rabble factory manufacturing gas. western sources said that is not likely. there is no information of such a factory existing and the casualties were over a wide area indicating the chemicals came from big brother. let me say a few words about recent events. yesterday, a chemical attack, a chemical attack which was s

live now to paris and my colleague christian fraser. good evening welcome to paris.here are just six hours of this campaign left before the first round vote on sunday. but the day dominated by events last night on the champs elysee. and questions already being asked about why this particular attacker was not on a police watch list. he had served 1a years in prison for the attempted murder of three policemen and had been in touch with fighters from so—called islamic state since his release. karim cheurfi was shot dead on the champs elysee last night. the work ongoing is to find out who he had been in contact with, in the days and hours before the attack. we are waiting for an update from the paris prosecutor. we will take you straight to that when it begins. first, here's a report from james reynolds. i tell you what, we will go straight to that press conference. translationz... the to that press conference. translation: . .. the charging to that press conference. translation:... the charging of three individuals who were preparing a terrorist attack and yesterday, on

christian fraser is in london.t, 13 —— noes to the left, 13. every vote for the conservatives will make me stronger when i negotiate with the european union. and we will find out from greece how child migrants are being settled into local schools as their families realise they won't be able to travel further into europe. let's ta ke let's take a look at georgia, georgia in america. the southern state is where a democrat has come within a whisker of taking back a congressional seat that has been held by the republicans the decades. he tookjust over 48% of the vote against 17 candidates. he needed 50% to secure the set. he was just 3000 votes short and well now face a run—off against his republican rival who won just under one fifth of all the votes cast. the set was left va ca nt the votes cast. the set was left vacant when congressmen tom price resigned tojoin vacant when congressmen tom price resigned to join the trump administration as secretary of health and human services. so, a challenge for the republicans, n

i'm christian fraser live at westminster, as the prime minister calls for a snap general election. iresa may says divisions i j in parliament were putting at risk the country's ability to make a success of brexit. at this moment of enormous national significance, there should be unity here in westminster, but instead, there is division. the country is coming together but westminster is not. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says he welcomes the announcement, as a chance to fight for social justice. we are going out there to put the case, about how this country could be run, how it could be different, how we could have a much fairer society that works for all, for everyone in our community. that's the case i'm putting and i'm looking forward to doing it. for some, the election is a political opportunity.

hello, i am katty kay in new york, christian fraser is in london. us senate is about to decamp to the white house as a top admiral wa nts the white house as a top admiral wants lawmakers a north korean attack on the us is possible. mr trump has summoned his senators were briefing, quite a show. the television image of senators going into the white house make the president look assertive in the run—up to 100 days but then he has already shown his resolve coming to korea. the carl vincent battle group is now positioned. and the us michelin is always there. the us military last night began to deploy pa rt military last night began to deploy part ofan military last night began to deploy part of an anti—missile defence system. sparky overnight in the south. meanwhile these are big strawberry pictures yesterday from north korea. hundreds of tanks lined up north korea. hundreds of tanks lined up on the beach for a massive exercise in life fire. it is a p pa re ntly exercise in life fire. it is apparently only a tiny portion of the total artillery arsenal a

christian fraser is in london.st non—nuclear bomb ever used has been dropped by the us air force on a remote area of afghanistan that was being used by so—called islamic state. the weapon is know in short—hand as the "mother of all bombs", and it is so destructive it has never been used by the us military before. the area they targeted was the achin district of nangarhar province in the east of afghanistan. it is one of the most remote regions of the world, and, of late, we know isis fighters have moved in, across the pakistan border. at the weekend a us soldier on special operations was killed in the same area. white house press secretary sean spicer has been giving his daily briefing and this to say about the bombing. at 7pm local time in afghanistan, last night, the united states military used a gbu—43 weapon in afghanistan. the gbu—43 is a large, powerful and accurately delivered weapon. we targeted a system of tunnels and caves that isis fighters used to move around freely, making it easier for them to target

christian fraser is in paris this evening.nded in 1783 was quickly followed by the french revolution of 1789. the question is whether history is about to repeat itself this coming fortnight. there are obvious similarities between donald trump and marine le pen. nationalism, populism, protectionism, support for brexit, a hatred of the mainstream media and both cast by the people as revolutionaries in the battle against the establishment. there are many things besides marine le pen that we regard as quintessentially french, chanel, the food, the fine wines, the smell of burnt rubber in the paris metro. and equally distinctive is the french style of thinking. translation: the programme of mr melenchon goes a long way to changing capitalism. i am for emmanuel macron, i would changing capitalism. i am for emmanuel macron, iwould not changing capitalism. i am for emmanuel macron, i would not vote for marine le pen. yet these days france's increasingly inward looking, farfrom france's increasingly inward looking, far from the fashion

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.art in russia, ten people have been killed in an explosion between two underground stations in st petersburg. president vladimir putin said all causes, especially terrorism, were being investigated. the head of russia's national anti—terrorist committee says another explosive device was later found and made safe at ploshchad vosstaniya station. st petersburg metro system sees more than two million passengers travel on the system each day — this is the first time it's been targeted. richard galpin has the latest. in the immediate aftermath, passengers turned to the dead in the immediate aftermath, passengers tend to the dead and injured who have been laid out on the station platform, while others mill around the scene, smoke from the blast hanging above them. it's reported the explosion happened as the train was travelling between two stations. and this is the damage it caused at 2:40pm local time this afternoon, once again, people trying to do what they can to help. this is the first i

tim: my colleague katty kay and christian fraser talked to the taxel-erian about plan. he was appearing on "100 days." tty: one reason that financial iddy is thee been getti promise of a cut of a corporate tax rate to 15%. do you think it is important the white house lays out how it will pay for the tax cut? important. is very there are 2 elements to the tax plan. wine is tax reform. some -- one is tax reform. simplifying the system, making it easier, more transparent, less captive by special interest. another element is aggressive tax cuts, the other element the trump administration is pursuing here, people need details. it is a race between economic growth and debt. if economic growth wins it is fine, but if debt wins, the economy will be worse off. people will be watching closely how much growth will this promote, and will it be enough to upset what will likely be a higher deficit? , the opposition labor party said we are shoving our corporate tax rate higher. in america, they have the opposite attitude. is there any evidence that cutting corporate tax rates so low a

i'm christian fraser live in paris, where the centrist candidate, a perfect day to begin campaigningecond round. i'm christian fraser live in paris, where the centrist candidate, emmanuel macron, and the far—right national front leader, marine le pen, have made it through to the second round of the french presidential election. macron, who has never run for political office, told his supporters they had changed the face of french politics, and it was his job to reconcile the country. marine le pen described her victory as historic and said a vote for her was important for the survival of france. it's the first time in nearly 60 years that neither of the country's established parties has had a candidate in the second round of the race. james reynolds reports from paris. the centrist candidate emmanuel macron began his run—off campaign this morning. his supporters believe he's now one step away from winning the presidency. france now prepares for a choice between macron and marine le pen, pro—eu versus anti—eu. pro—immigration against anti—immigration. at the macron campaign headquarte

hello, this is breakfast, with christian fraser and sally nugent. north korea has said it's prepared to respond in kind to any nuclear attack from the united states. tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians have taken part in a huge military parade amid growing speculation that the country is preparing another nuclear test. good morning. it's saturday, 15th april. also ahead: learner drivers will have to prove they can use a satnav in new changes to the practical test. the sun columnist kelvin mackenzie has been suspended and reported to police over an article he wrote about the everton footballer ross barkley. half of the world's bluebells are found here in the uk, but we'll hear why the british bluebell could be under threat. in sport, brighton take a giant stride towards the premier league. the championship leaders win at wolves and are now on the verge of promotion. takeit take it easy! and the slalom was definitely a challenge for me. i've been finding out how the team gb alpine skiers, are hoping to leave their opponents adrift. and philip

christian fraser is in paris. good afternoon. be concentrating on the final election campaigning day, before the first round of the vote on sunday, but that is not what has been happening. but nothing ordinary about the selection, particularly after the attack on the sean is a lazy classmate. extra policemen coming the president has been meeting security officials, trying to get an understanding of the threat. ensuring that nothing else has interfered. these pictures show the final moments of the champs elysees attack. police officers appear to shoot down the gunman, who's hidden behind the vehicle. the police had been deployed on this avenue to protect civilians, instead they ended up being targeted themselves. the french media has named the attacker as 39—year—old karim cheurfi. reports say he had a previous conviction for attempting to kill police officers. the victim has been named as 37—year—old xavierjugele. he'd been a police officer for seven years. this morning, the champs elysees was reopened. france is still piecing to

just one or two around, but the vast majority hello, this is breakfast, with christian fraser and sallykind to any nuclear attack from the united states. tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians have taken part in a huge military parade amid growing speculation that the country is preparing another nuclear test. good morning, it's saturday the 15th of april. also ahead: learner drivers will have to prove they can use a sat nav in new changes to the practical test. the sun has suspended its columnist, kelvin mackenzie, for expressing what the newspaper described as "wrong" and "unfunny" views

he spoke to katty kay and christian fraser on the bbc's "100 days" program. gov.ich: they wanted me to go, and i went in to see him. i went to munich for the security conference with john mccain. i told him people didn't want to hear all of his folks. they wanted to hear from him because there was a question about what america was going to be like. we talked about the health care plan, that i also told him in my first 100 days as governor, things were rocky. i didn't have it down, and one day, my wife said to me, john, you are the governor of ohio, which means you are the father of ohio. as an't tell him that message other than it's kind of an interesting story. he listened, shook his head, and we moved on. it takes time to understand these jobs. and i surprised that he would say this job is a lot more complicated than i thought it was going to be? no. he never did politics. remember, he was his own man's band, but now he has a board of directors made up of 535 house and senate members. he is realizing he can't just order something and have it happen. laura: john

our correspondent christian fraser is there: a fascinating evening in prospect for us here.y very tight up and down the country. 11 candidates, two of them will go through to the final round of the vote a week on sunday. but all eyes on the far right candidate, marine le pen. she was voting this morning. ina le pen. she was voting this morning. in a poll published on friday evening before the campaign finished, she wasjust evening before the campaign finished, she was just two points behind emmanuel macron, the centrist candidate, just 39 years old. he would be the youngest president in france's yesterday. trailing in third, francois fillon, the former prime minister dogged by corruption allegations. he is still in the race and just ahead, the hard left candidate melenchon, who is still in with a shout. plenty to look forward to, we'll be on bbc news with a special results programme from half past six. the first projections come at seven o'clock. four trains from different eras have travelled side—by—side towards york in an event celebrating the past, present and future of b

our correspondence in paris, christian fraser spoke to a counsellor for left front, one of the millionsre likely to vote for no one in sunday's election. melo my natural candidate would be john in sunday's election. melo my natural candidate would bejohn luke melling john, because he is from the same political side. i have too many disagreements with him. for example on immigration. i think that today... goes back years to tough? yes. i am for the free installation... i am yes. i am for the free installation... iam not yes. i am for the free installation... i am not for his controls on frontiers. i think that france has a responsibility in what happens today in the integration of people from africa, north africa... goes like you would have an open door policy? maybe you were collared open door, but you cannot prevent people from emigrating. it is impossible. the obstacles that are put ina impossible. the obstacles that are put in a way might be counter—productive? put in a way might be counter— productive ?|j put in a way might be counter-productive? i think we have about everybody, not

let's join christian fraser in paris. hello. a warm welcome from paris. it isa hello.ome from paris. it is a beautiful evening here. the cities is looking resplendent. there is the eiffel tower lit up. but the shining lights in the presidential election very much a emmanuel macron and marine le pen. both have gone through to the second round run—off, which will take place a week on sunday. let's show you how they are looking at the moment. there are still votes being counted. but the forecast, so far, the projection putting a emmanuel macron on 23.8%, and marine le pen on twitter i.7%. and easy francois fillon, the former minister, i9.8%, in a third. he conceded earlier. jean—luc melenchon has not yet conceded. he wants to see the votes counted in the city before concedes. the really sorry story was ben maher hum of. —— benoit hamon. with these projections, we expect an annual benoit hamon and marine le pen will be fighting in the second round on the seventh of may. they go through toa the seventh of may. they go through to a run—off in two weeks time. mr macron said t

more minutes to get through some of the questions you have been sending in, with the help of christian frasers based in london, he was our correspondent in paris. the first question we have got is from a viewer who wants to say, will the french election result have any impact on the uk election? well, a lot of people will be watching that french election, because it is highly unpredictable at the moment, four candidates at the top of the polls, and you can throw a tea towel over all four. we will be watching the first—round very closely and waiting to see whether marine le pen and perhaps even jean—luc melenchon of whether marine le pen and perhaps evenjean—luc melenchon of the far left get into the second round. people will try to draw a pattern from that. the thing is that the earthquake in british political terms as already happened with brexit, and when you look at the polls, it would have to be some reversal for theresa may not to get that majority, because i think, reading today, there is no sitting conservative prime minster who are sad a majority as she has had in the polls, or a lead

christian fraser looks at some of the data ahead of a snap election. 0k, ok, let's look at general electionives took 331 seats. a majority of 12. 99 more seats. a majority of 12. 99 more seats than labour, who were practically wiped off the map in scotland. this is the only seat of their health, edinburgh south. it was a difficult election for the liberal democrats, who were wiped out in the south—west. they returned with just out in the south—west. they returned withjust eight out in the south—west. they returned with just eight seats. let's compare that then to the referendum in 2016. you can see the map looks broadly the same. conservative areas broad —— voting broadly in favour of brexit. north wales, the northwest, northeast, the labour heartland going for brexit. that will be the forjeremy corbyn on the doorstep. yes, the viewership is in favour of brexit, but not all mps, and they are deeply divided over the terms of brexit they want. let's look at the by—elections. this is a bright spot for the liberal democrats. they overturned a whopping 23,000 majority that zac goldsmith was hold

christian fraser is in paris for us this lunchtime.ake, this was a full throated rebuke of the system in france, the two parties who have ruled the country for over 60 years since the founding of the fifth republic eliminated in the first round and the ruling socialist party getting just 6% of the vote. lamentable. 0ut of the ashes of the old system emerges the freshfaced emmanuel macron who would become the youngest president since napoleon proving there is an appetite for the centre ground in europe. and of course marine le pen of the front national who is promising to free the french from the ruling elite. this was still a populist vote but on this occasion it is no longer the preserve of the right. emmanuel macron began his run—off campaign this morning. his supporters believe he is now one step away from winning the presidency. fran is now prepares for a choice between macron and marine le pen, pro—eu versus anti—eu. pro—immigration against anti—immigration. at the macron campaign headquarters supporters cheered candidate into the

watching all the developments is christian fraser.sense that security concerns are going to put people off going out and voting tomorrow? it remains to be seen but i think most people i have spoken to over the last 2a hours or so are pretty determined that if they were going to vote, they are still going to do that, but it will be tense after what happened on friday. 67,000 polling stations around the country. it is a bit of frustration on a day like this because we want to talk about the election but we are of course bound by the rules in france. i can tell you about the final poll, which is interesting. it was published last night before the campaign ended at 6:30pm. out in front, about the biggest lead i have seen, emmanuel macron with a two point lead over marine le pen. she wasjust in front of the right—wing candidate, and john luke mellin shan't of the far left. it is perfectly possible that we could have this situation where the hard left and hard right go through to the second round. with that in mind, everyone is focused on t

because it is day 99 of the top residency, and so we will be joining christian fraser here in londongton for an extra addition of 100 days from 7pm to 7:30pm. let in the meantime look at some other news. if former royal marines commando who shot dead and injured taliban fighter in afghanistan has been released from prison. sergeant blackman had been originally found guilty of murder but his conviction was the gist of manslaughter on appeal last month. duncan kennedy reports. it was just after midnight, alexander blackman was driven out of jail having served more than three yea rs of jail having served more than three years of his seven—year sentence. sitting on the back—seat, his head covered by the white blanket, he was taken away for a beginning with his wife claire. for fellow marines that campaign to get alexander blackman release, this was a moment for satisfaction. long journey, long battle. tiring battle. but it is amazing. especially this morning, to see them together, it has made the last three and half years worthwhile, without a shadow of a doubt. this was the reaction cam

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. pictures are appalling, the pattern all too familiar, and the international response predictable. civilians in a rebel—held area of syria have been gassed and murdered. it has happened before, with red lines crossed — by both sides — with impunity. today, in the seventh year of the syrian civil war, it seems president assad's regime can do what it wants. so far, at least 58 people are known to have died in this latest attack. the syrian observatory for human rights said the air strikes in khan sheikhoun, in the north west of the country, came early in the morning while many were still sleeping. our correspondentjames robbins has the report. he is alive but he is struggling to breathe. around him, other children are already on oxygen, all of them victims of gas. other pictures, too graphic to broadcast, show fire crews in the streets of khan sheikhoun spraying adults and children where they fell, many of them clearly among the dead. translation: i lost my son, my children, my neighbour

christian fraser is in paris for us.looking behind us at i was just looking behind us at the champs—elysees, where there are thousands of people. judging by that, you would say that people are pretty much getting back to normal after the attack on thursday, perhaps good news for the vote tomorrow. plenty of people that we spoke to over the last few days saying that they are intent on going out to vote. today, of course, we are outside the campaign so bound by french rules. we cannot hear from the candidates but i can share with you a final poll that we saw last night, just before the campaign closed. it is an ifop poll, a rolling poll of 1500 people. it gives you an idea of how tight this will be tomorrow night. in that, emmanuel macron, the centrist, was out just emmanuel macron, the centrist, was outjust in emmanuel macron, the centrist, was out just in front. emmanuel macron, the centrist, was outjust in front. he was in front of marine le pen, who was in front of marine le pen, who was in front of francois fillon, an

there will be a special edition of the 100 days programme tonight at 19:00 with katy kay and christian fraserout easter holidays, but it isa bank talk about easter holidays, but it is a bank holiday so another weekend just around the corner. it looks quite reasonable, a good bit of dry weather on saturday. there is some rain in the story into mostly the southwest, somebody quite heavy but it will be welcome to a certain degree. we are starting to get desperate for somewhat for the crops and gardens. not much around on saturday, sunny spells and a light southerly breeze, if you're isolated showers and temperatures actually responding quite nicely, particularly in comparison to just a few days ago. highs of 9—17dc. the wind will spend another night, as saturday into sunday, and we could see some rain, some of it quite heavyin see some rain, some of it quite heavy in the southwest, across wales through the day. for the bulk of the country, we still keep it dry and sunny, that from shift north and east on bank holiday monday, leaving sunny spells and scattered showers and still reasonably pleasan

live to paris for the latest with christian fraser. a very warm welcome to paris.s a huge upset for the established parties last night, with two outsiders progressing to the second round. mr macron, who has never run for political office, told his supporters they had changed the face of french politics, and it was his job to reconcile the country. marine le pen described her victory as historic and said a vote for her was important for the survival of france. it's the first time in nearly 60 years that neither of the country's established parties has had a candidate in the second round of the race. james reynolds reports from paris. the centrist candidate emmanuel macron began his run—off campaign this morning. his supporters believe he's now one step away from winning the presidency. france now prepares for a choice between macron and marine le pen, pro—eu versus anti—eu. pro—immigration against anti—immigration. at the macron campaign headquarters supporters cheered their candidate into the night. this is the 39—year—old's first ever election. he is the newcomer,

for from paris with christian fraser as well. now the weather and jay wynne.f our weather watchers in aberdeenshire. not so long ago. you can see the cloud that brought the snow. this band of cloud is bringing outbreaks of rain. behind it, you can outbreaks of rain. behind it, you ca n follow outbreaks of rain. behind it, you can follow the isobars back up into the arctic. yes, some cold air is spreading its way across all parts over the next day or so. yes, overnight tonight, we will see low temperatures. it will be frost. there is further wintry showers to be had. most of the showers overnight will be across northern scotland. wintry up over the hills. some of that will get down to lower levels. there will be showers for eastern parts of england and further west, wintry showers, but many inland areas will be dry. it will turn cold. from early on, we will see some frequent, heavy, wintry showers in scotland, rain at lower levels and sleet and snow at tiles as well. there will be a few early showers, but across the bulk of england and wales, it will start on a