my colleague katty kay spoke to her from burlington, vermont. katty: you have now secured the democratic nomination for the governorship of vermont. why did you decide t ms. hallquist: my whole passiona was to solve c change, but november 9, 2016, changed everything. i went into political depression, and i was in denial in 2017 because i thought vermont would be isolated from these incidents at the national level. but i came to realize that our vermont republican governor was using the same divisive tactics as the national party and was focused on tearing down the public education system, much in the way of betsy devos. i decided january 20 of this year that i could not sit back any longer. katty: and yet you voted for the current republican governor. ms. hallquist: yes, i did. i knew phil scott, our governor, for a long time. many of us kn him, and many democrats voted for phil. but this isn't il scott that we knew. katty: are you suggesting that the donald trump presidency is having an impact on people like phil scott and transforming the natu

and i guarantee the woman in washington is katty kay, but is this melania trump? or is it a body double? get in touch with us using the hashtag... hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. even in deathjohn mccain is making his presence felt. the white house's decision to raise the flag back up from half mast afterjust one day has been widely criticised as disrespect for an american hero. the fact that mr trump is not invited to senator mccain's funeral says all you need to know about the bitter divide between the two men. however, george w bush and barack obama, who both defeated mccain in his presidential bids, have been asked to give eulogies. in death, as in life, he works across the aisle to make a point. there aren't any politicians quite like him left in the senate. as he liked to say himself, he really was a maverick. commanderjohn mccain.

>> you're watchin katty: you are watching "beyond 100 days" on pbs. microsoft takes on moscow, shutting down sites it says were targeting the u.s. senate and think tanks. christian: the russian military was behind the latest attempt to disrupt american democracy. katty: it is increasingly left to tech companies to protect elections, which leaves britain's foreign secretary urging the e.u. to increase sanctions on moscow. and brexit enters its final phase, but judging from what the negotiators said today, there is still a lot of differences to overcome. christian: also, no one has run faster than

katty, and natasha stay with me.ichard, i pose to you this same question i posed earlier when we just got this story. this account very interestingly quoted rudy jewel ygiuliani whon in public as a sloppy booster of this president making a much more careful argument in private, telling donald trump you remove jeff sessions in this way that itself could be obstruction. your response, richard? >> if president trump tries to undermine the mueller investigation in any way, including removing jeff sessions to put someone else in there to control the mueller investigation, donald trump tries to undermine this mueller investigation, then he is going to be obstructing justice. and bob mueller's going to be coming after him. if bob mueller gets fired, somebody else is going to come after him. it's way past time for the united states house and senate judiciary committees to be having hearings with respect to richard nixon. this president has already obstructed justice, already removed the fbi director james comey, he has tried

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. microsoft says it has ta ken steps to stop interference in us elections. the tech giant last week shut down six internet sites it says were linked to the russian military and were targetting the us senate and us think tanks. microsoft's announcement suggests russia is stepping up attacks ahead of the important mid—term elections in november. and yet donald trump says he might lift sanctions against moscow. speaking to the reuters news agency, mr trump said he would consider it if russia "did something that would be good for us" but he added he wouldn't consider it without that. in the same interview mr trump once again raised doubts about whether russia did actually meddle in the 2016 election. even though all us intelligence agencies say they did. in regard to russian involvement in the mid—term elections, we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by

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washington correspondent for bbc world news america, katty kay. presidential is historian and msnbc contributor john meacham. in phoenix white house correspondent and long-time capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell. and joining us by phone former senior advisor and the host of "deadline white house" on msnbc, nicolle wallace. nicolle, i want to start with you since you spent so much time behind the scenes with somebody who most americans know through their television sets, through the campaigns that he waged through seeing the moments of the past few years. what was john mccain, the man, like behind those closed doors when the cameras were off? who was the man that you knew? >> you know, i think so much of john mccain's person a was consistent with what i saw behind the scenes. what you see is what you get. but what i think the high profile moments in politics we

katty kay, tell me something i don't know. >> i'm going to give you a break from politics. we're all married so this doesn't necessarily apply to us economist has a new cover story out today how all of our phone habs are changing because of smartphones. one of the biggest is relationships in a marriage. one-third of marriages in america today start through online dating sites. >> they start that way? >> yeah, they come from online dating sites. >> no more bar scenes. >> just go online. >> everybody wanted facebook to make big changes and they have. they've made it more restrictive for candidates and changed the calculus lou you get a message out. there's gob less spending on facebook in 2018 and 2020 and the people hurt will be the candidates with the least amount of money. >> which is the biggest republican upset this fall? >> bob casey losing. >> randolph county, georgia, a big decision by county officials whether they close from having nine voting centers to only two

>>katty. >> when you lump this together for the president's orders, for his ability to pardon people when he wants to, is this just extending his presidenti presidentialabiliti presidentialabilitipresidential abili abilities? >> no conservative lawmakers are speaking out significantly, i mean conservative lawmakers who actually have to run for re-election in the future, speaking out against the problems of this and the challenges this could present to national security. he is going to perhaps keep moving forward until someone stops him or attempts to. what i believe we've seen senator warner try to do with this amendment and john brennan with a possible lawsuit. >> you know, john heilemann, though, we're talking about executive orders and executive power. this is something republicans

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. the first shots in a trade war between china and america were fired last month. but they were small compared to what the trump administration is planning next. this week chinese officials will fly to washington to try to prevent a full scale artillery assault on chinese exports to the us. and today hundreds of american businesses added their voice telling the white house, please don't ratchet up this battle. many us importers don't like it and nor do some exporters. here's one example — american lobster sales to china had been growing steadily in recent years, but that stopped when beijing hit the american lobster industry with a 25% import tax. it was retaliating against us tariffs on chinese goods. it's exactly how trade wars start. nick bryant reports from maine. the waters off maine has become an unexpected theatre of the trade war. with the local lobster fishermen in the defenceless victims of the battle that is intensifying between washington and beijing. china has targeted lobs

i asked the bbc‘s katty kay more about the potential political fall out from all this.onald trump has, that is unlikely to crumble very far because of this, but his support amongst suburban women is declining and that could erode further because of this. because big political issues, extremely tumultuous day and what has been a very tumultuous presidency. we've talked about how remarkably tolerant republicans have been but the unique experience, you talked with republicans on and off the record, have you seen any shift in their support for president? what they're to look at is what republican voters think and their own states and in their own districts. and so far, all of our bbc reporting shows that republican supporters are sticking by the president. we even had one woman in new york state that everybody

i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. search donald trump and twitter today and you will get a veritable torrent of hits. in the past few hours, the president has taken on the media, social media, the justice department, james comey and even, most striking of all, perhaps, the chiefjustice of the supreme court. while mr trump was using twitter to rail against his perceived enemies, most of the nation was fixing on another image — this bipartisan scene in arizona, where mourners gathered to celebrate the life and public service of former senatorjohn mccain. so is this tweet storm an indication of stress in the white house? joining us is ab stoddard of real clear politics. what do you make of the fact i think we are up what do you make of the fact i think we are up to ii the president has tweeted and many of them about legal issues? not only the number but they we re issues? not only the number but they were more desperate in tone than usual. 15 months after giving an

hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london.or a snap shot of the state of both the republican and the democratic parties you can't do better than the results of a florida election yesterday. first — there was record turnout on both sides, suggesting voters, left and right, are very energised. second — a liberal democrat won his party's nomination for the governorship while a hardline pro trump candidate won the republican spot. just how pro trump is ron de santis? take a look. everyone knows my husband ron de santis is endorsed by president trump. but he's also an amazing dad. ron loves playing with the kids. build the wall! he reads stories... then mr trump said, you're fired. i love that part. he is teaching madison to talk. make america great again. people say ron is all trump, but he is so much more. big league, so good. i just thought you should know.

with me katty kay in washinton, christian fraser in london. our top stories: the uk government sets out its first detailed guidance in the event that britain crashes out of the european union without a deal. reunited with her daughter, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, jailed in iran and accused of spying, has been temporarily released. we've had so many dashed hopes and false dawns and i had heard rumours that this might happen and i didn't believe them. coming up in the next half hour: we've heard lots of warnings about the impact of donald trump's trade tariffs but now we hear from the american business owner who's applauding the new taxes on chinese imports. and love in the modern age — are smartphones making it easier or harder to find a romantic partner? let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag 'beyond—0ne—hundred—days' i like the look of him.

i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. donald trump is trying to brush off the events of the past 2a hours, but make no mistake, this has been the most consequential day in his presidency so far. it is possibly also the most damaging. there are still a lot of questions about what this means for donald trump, both politically and legally and we will get to them all in this programme. what we do know is that two men who were both close to mr trump got tangentially swept up in the mueller investigation and have now been declared guilty. it is not good news for the white house. here's our north america editorjon sopel like an episode of 2a, a blockbuster drama played out in a most momentous five minutes that could shake this gene presidency. at a courthouse in new york donald trump's long—term lawyer and mr fixit michael cohen pleads guilty to a series of crimes and implicates the president. 200 miles south in another federal courtroom, his one—time campaign manager paul manafort is found guilty of a series

the what how much group in a celebrity was a member of news were from and was also associated where katty babu a mother who with a extremely brutal security group that worked with her front while the white home is can claim affiliation to these terrorist groups and they will claim that there are a few bad apples if there are a few bad apples committing the atrocities that the white how much have been shying to be committing and participating in among the syrian arab red crescent for example or in the red cross that would be international outrage instead what we see is a complete blanket protectionism can't. lane waged by western media western governments think tanks institutions including the un should protect this group and that's a really thank you no doubt james the missouri the u.n. and the u.k. department rigid actual development would deny allegations against them we hope to put specific other allegations right outside of the white helmets next time he's on the show but that's if it is going on the guy will be back on monday to investigate alleged paid police corruption with former

hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london.heresa may is on a trade mission to africa, a visit many think is long overdue. president macron of france has made nine trips to the continent since he became president. and angela merkel will arrive in nigeria shortly after mrs may leaves. the big western powers are taking a new interest. britain is already the second biggest aid donor to africa, after the united states. the plan is to use that aid to support private sector investment on the continent. but africa will never replace the trade the uk has with europe — britain's exports to the eu are £240 billion. combined annual exports to south africa and nigeria arejust 3 billion. still, the prime minister believes there is plenty of potential. one of the benefits of leaving the eu is we will be able to negotiate

i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london.ch donald trump and twitter today and you will get a veritable torrent of hits. in the past few hours, the president has taken on the media, social media, the justice department, james comey and even, most striking of all, perhaps, the chiefjustice

katty: you're watching "beyond 100 days" on pbs. 10 tweets in one morning.p steps up on everyone from the press to the supreme court. christian: he is under legal pressure and clearly does not like what he is seeing in the media. katty: mourners from both sides of the aisle celebrate the public service of john mccain. >> my name is joe biden. i'm a democrat. [laughter] but i love john mccain. katty: in the u.k., frank field quits the party saying leadership is becoming a

elisabeth and then katty kay. elisabeth, i mean at this point this looks like a completely nonfunctional white house with a raging unhinged president whose

. ♪ katty: you are watching "beyond 100 days" on pbs.ay for donald trump as his legal problems explode. christian: he tries to shrug it off with a tweet, but this is the most tumultuous moment in his presidency so far. katty: after his former lawyer pleads guilty to campaign finance charges, mr. trump for the first time is implicated in a crime, and uncle: could have more damaging information to spill -- michael cohen could have more damaging information to spill. christian: also, the white house strategy is to cast cohen

katty: what impact does his best have on the u.s. military? he was a huge supporter of u.s.roops and visited them constantly arounwathe world and a big supporter of u.s. engagement around the world. he did stand up to generals when he thought it was necessary, wh different suspending or most famously on torture. i cannot think of someone else the senate who has tha position. gen. petraeus: well, he had great moral authority on a number of topics. given his own service and his time as a prisoner of war, when he came to the issue of torture -- and i might note that i was very much with him on that particular issue for a variety of reasons. thankfully, he was one of the great supporters of the surge, which i was privileged to command in iraq, as you will recall, and the surge in afghanistan and there's initiatives during my time in uniform. we s a great deal -- no one backs and comment more than he did in the 18 or so years of this particular century and particularly in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. he has done an enormous amount soldiers,that our sailors, airmen, marines had t

. >> you katty: you're watching "beyond 100 days" on pbs.merican voters rush to the extremes on both sides of the political spectrum. christian: vetters in florida show support for donald trump but equalry for democrats. katty: the election for governor in the sunshine state will pit an african-american against a trump republican. the death toll from hurricane maria revised upwards, almost 50 times upwards, almost 3,000 people thought to have died. christian: british and french fishermen clash over scallops.

katty: mrs. may has outlined britain's first trade deal in africa, rejecting criticism that the u.k. has ignored the continent for too long. >> we already the biggest investor here in south africa. katty: after appeals from his own staff, donald trump reverses course, paying a late tribute to senator john mccain and lowering the flag at the white house. christian: donald

katty: mayor cruz, how did the vernment get the estimates so wrong? mayor cruz: first of all, they were denyier the truth. ody could see what was happening, the despair we were in. we all knew, all the mayors and alnethe politicians and ever in public service knew that there weredieople without ysis. to this day there are people in sithe island without a dia center, because there is no electricity in that particular area. we all knew what was hapning. there was a humanitarian crisis, and you had to make a decision. you either spoke up and spoke truth to power like i did. i stood before president trump and i said this is not about politics, this is about saving or, for whatever reason, you in shut up and in a way become an accomplice to the disaster that ensued not only from the natural disaster, but from the botched efforts of t trump administration, and their ridiculous obsession of making the puerto rican story a good news story. this was not a good news story from the beginning. christian: mayor, there were lots of recommendations in the fiport, bu

katty: you're watching "beyond 100 days."silence on john mccain's death prompts criticism in the u.s. >> even to a man who still believed in american leadership around the globe. katty: flags across america are lowered to half staff where they were raised one day after the senator died. we'll be talking to william kearn who new john mccain well. donald trump says he wants to get rid of the name and the deal after reaching an agreement with mexico on a new bi-lateral trade agreement. >> a retired ambassador to the united states says the pope was aware and covered up abuse allegations leveled at the former archsbishop in

elisabeth and then katty kay.at this point this looks like a completely nonfunctional white house with a raging unhinged president whose clearly disregarding the truth and trying to save himself while there's a massive investigation on pertaining to our national security and our election process, we have a president who cozies up to putin, helsinki, north korea. at what point do people with any sense of moral compass or any knowledge of history, national security and foreign policy step up at this point? inside the white house? >> right now the white house staff is maggie and katie rogers yesterday just keeping their heads down trying to weather this one out. they are basically -- they've been in the trenches for so long, this is normal for them. i would say in that clip we just saw, this is the president's greatest hits of the last year. a year ago was the first time he told us in an interview that he was upset about jeff sessions and it's become sort of normal now for the president of the united states to go aft

katty: and who knew that american lobsters would end up as collateral damage in a trade war? trump;s lawyer raises an interesting question. is there any such thing as the truth anymore? >> it isn't truth. truth isn't truth. christian: she fell off the back of a cruise liner in the dead of night and survived. longstaff is one lucky woman. >> i fell off the

katty, british girl, living it up in... who wrote this?iles, all women get a lot of swipes on my dating apps. there is a lot of online action. how many end in marriage? in america, one third of all marriages start online, it is huge. if we trade up, this is what we need to do. just as well for everybody else, we are both married and not on the online dating apps because with those profiles, we will not get anywhere. we will see you all next week. goodbye. good evening, yesterday it was 27 celsius in lincolnshire and 19. we have seen cooler and fresh air pushing down across the whole of the country and as we get more of the north westerly airflow, temperatures are set to fall lower again over the next 2a hours. in the fresher air you can see the shower clouds and be that, the band of cloud which brings heavy bursts of rain. as it moves saddles, it is becoming lighter ambition be much rain in the south and east anglia. that moves through but the shows keep going in the north westerly airflow and skies elsewhere. a significant change in the s

my colleagues katty kay and visionrar spoke to him for their program "beyond 100 days, and started byetting his reaction to the controversy at e house over flying the flag at half-mast. gen. petraeus: well, it is a bit inexplicable. there are times when one should rise above differences, and death is one of those times. nd is heartening to see the flag eventually loweredhe president read a proclamation because i'm a very much of mine with my old shipmate and buddy for militaryimes, jim mattis, on the extraordinary legacy that senator mccain leaves. katty:t wpact does his best have on the u.s. military? was a huge supporter of u.s. troops and visited them constantly around the world and was a big supporter of u.s. gagement around the world. he did stand up to generals when he thought it was necessary, whether on an issue like different suspending or most famously on torture. i cannot think of someone else in the senate who has that position. gen. petraeus: well, he had great moral authority on a number of topics. given his own service and his time as a prisoner of war, whens he came to

katty kay, the bbc‘s presenter of beyond 100 days joins us on the line.ou have covered washington since the mid— 90s, how big a figure was john mccain? well, he ran for president twice during the time i have been in washington and has been in the senate for many years as well. he became well known because he was one of those senators who chose to speak his mind, whoever was in power. he would speak out against republicans as well as democrats. he had a very high profile amongst the media, during the 2008 campaign and icky security republican nomination. he was a rare figure in washington as someone he was a rare figure in washington as someone who would buck against the system, enjoyed the spotlight, was quite irascible, was certainly a flawed human being and happy to add meat it. he could be very grumpy and taciturn, but he also got this prominence because he was outspoken against his own party and that was increasingly in american politics, a rarity. in most recent times he has been also outspoken against donald trump. i was going to ask you about that

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katty kay.an and author "soul of america" and rogers professor of the presidency vanderbilt university john meacham and joining the conversation columnist for "wall street journal," peggy noonan and "new york times" columnist, tom friedman with his latest book. peggy, i want to go to you because john mccain was not always a happy warrior. he didn't always bob his head like the gipper and smile with a nice hollywood flare with everything he said. he reminds me in a sense of bobby kennedy. we were telling the story a couple of weeks ago. i asked my parents, i said tell me about bobby kennedy what was he like? my dad said he was a real s.o. b. then i went off to college. i asked my liberal professors. ethical me about bobby kennedy and he thought for a second, he's a real s.o.b. of course we were laughing about it but bobby kennedy was tough and he needed to be tough and he gave the same tough speech whether he was in the inner-city or whether he was talking to rich white kids at an ivy league scho

also washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay.the conversation editor-at-large of the weekly standard, bill krystol and jeremy peters. while whil whi >> i wouldn't call it challenging. i'm familiar over the course of our decade long relationship, i'm familiar with most of our theories. rare when i here you post a theory i'm not familiar with. this morning in the 6:00 hour you floated a theory that i never heard you propound previously and i know we both shared aversion to speculate but i invite to you speculate to explain your theory. your theory trump will not run for re-election in 2020. please explain. >> well as far as speculation goes, first of all, you know, john, i'm so averse to speculation that the motto of this show is not all the news fit to print it's all the speculation you can fit in three hours. this speculation comes from speaking close to donald trump, people that worked with him on the last campaign, people that worked with him in the administration who say that the very essence of donald trump is being the stron