was a john kerry talking to katty kay earlier.here has been gunfire at a complex in the philippines, in manila. there are reports of people jumping to the ground in an attempt to escape the bullets. the white house says that president trump has decided to delay of moving the embassy from .el aviv to jerusalem israel spoke positively of mr. trump's expression of friendship to israel and its commitment to moving the embassy in the future. still too, on tonight's program, pakistan denies involvement in the massive blast in the afghan capital. we will have the latest from . bul at least 10 soldiers have been .illed in the philippines the army has been trying to retake the city for a week, but duterte has-- insisted the violence was purely the islamic state. a residential city in the southern philippines has become a battleground. deployed bye been the army and support of ground troops and rockets from helicopters to try to flush out rebels. the insurgents have proven to be a fierce enemy through days of airstrikes the military has sai

ambassador to the united nations bill richardson and he spoke a short time ago with my colleagues katty kay and christian fraser on the bbc's 100 days plus program. katty: governor richardson, thank you for joining us. there are questions about his captivity. you helped get him out of north korea. was in a,ou know he and what happened to him? i found out when the news was reported to the state department. i was in north korea 20 times in the past year. i sent in a delegation to try to get him out in exchange for humanitarian assistance. i learned a year later after he was an eight,. this was a crime of humanity. -- i learned a year later after coma. in a this was a crime of humanity. the botulism excuse, the sleeping pill -- he might have been tortured. he might have been abused. this is wrong and there should be some kind of punishment to the north koreans. katty: i imagine it would make any negotiation with the north koreans more difficult. it is an indication that you didn't know, and no one else knew, how little we know about what is happening in north korea, how limited our intelligenc

-led planes as a target earlier, my colleague katty kay spoke with former u.s. defense secretary william cohen as part plus" program.s katty: there has been a sequence of events -- russia says it will cancel the hotline and the iranian missiles and the americans shooting down the syrian government warplane. how serious is this? mr. cohen: it cannot get much more complicated without it spreading into a conflagration. russia has to be careful, what it is saying and doing. the united states is being very careful about protecting its own troops and those we are supporting. put the hotline back in operation. this is a dangerous situation, which i don't think the russians want to take on the united states -- certainly, we don't want a war with russia. by i think talking is going to -- but i think talking is going to be more important. katty: extraordinary position where we are even talking about the possibility of america not wanting war with russia. you got the russians, turks, iranians, syrians, and the americans. the potential, i imagine, for a mistake being made in

welcome back to 100 days plus — i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.ps for the mess she got them into, as she fights to form a government with her northern irish partners. and coming up — a year ago this week 49 people were shot dead in the pulse nightclub, 0rlando. we will hear from the choir that is helping the community heal — through music. with so much going on in the white house, there's not been much focus on possible conflicts of interest with mr trump and his businesses. that could be about to change. the attorney generals of maryland and washington dc are suing the president for foreign payments to his hotels and clubs. the lawsuit — from two democrats — claims the payments violate the us constitution's anti—corru ption clause. mr trump handed the running of his business to his sons after the election but there is a question of how much involvement he still has and whether there is a conflict of interest. never in the history of this country have we had a president with these kinds of extensive business entanglements. or a president who refus

katty kay has talked me through it.with a bill that has been incredibly unpopular here in the us. only 12% approval rate. now they have to go back to their districts for the 4th ofjuly holiday, and they've got to try and sell something that people clearly don't like. the problem for the president is trying to come up with a bill that will win over moderate republicans, who want it to be more generous, and to come up with a bill that will satisfy conservative republicans, who bill to be more fiscally responsible, is going to be very difficult in deed. i don't see how they are going to do it. they are how they are going to do it. they a re clearly how they are going to do it. they are clearly struggling with it. what is the chronology here? how long do they have to get it through after they have to get it through after the holiday? they have an almost three weeks before they get into the summer recess, three weeks before they get into the summer recess, the august recess. after that, time starts running out, because the p

. >> joining us now from london, bill neely d in washington, washington anchor for bbc news katty kaye? how tight are the polls? what are they expecting here on election day? >> reporter: good morning. much, much tighter than certainly theresa may expected. three weeks ago, she had a big lead and she thought this was going to be the brexit election. two terror attacks later and everything has been turned on its head. it's also the national security election. her record is the law and order minister under real scrutiny. her campaign has been inept. the first rule of leadership is that you should turn up, and she ducked the tv debates. jeremy corbyn, her opponent, a guy that didn't even want to be the leader of the labour party, the accidental leader, has run a decent and compassionate campaign. the polls much, much closer than anyone expected. it is thought that theresa may will win a majority. after brexit and in the era of trump, i wouldn't predict that for one moment. >> bill ne. ly for news london, getting us started on this. >> katty kay, things have certainly changed quickly. you

welcome back to one hundred days plus, i‘m katty kay in washington.govern as a minority administration. this money is to help address the deficit and to improve hospitals and schools and to address the deficit in the public services. i think there is a case to be made from around. —— northern ireland. as india‘s prime minister, narendra modi prepares to meet president donald trump for the first time on his visit to the united states... we look at what the two leaders expect from each other. a deal has finally been signed — two weeks after british prime minister theresa may found out her party had lost its working majority in the house of commons, the conservatives have now agreed a pact with northern ireland‘s democratic unionist party. the deal with the party‘s ten mps now means that mrs may‘s conservatives do now have this majority and will be backed on key votes such as on the budget and brexit legislation. but it‘s cost the government an extra one billion pounds — that‘s in addition to the 500 million already committed for northern ireland. that d

welcome to the programme, i am christian fraser in london, katty kay is in washington. hillsborough disaster is the worst tragedy english football has ever seen. in april 1989, as an fa cup semi—final kicked off between liverpool and nottingham forest, a crush at one end of the stadium, led to 96 deaths. for 28 years the families have fought for justice. last year the hillsborough inquest ruled the fans were unlawfully killed. but what the families still don't have is accountability. who was really to blame? today having reviewed thousands of documents from two seperate inquiries, the crown prosecution service announced it will be prosecuting six people in connection with the disaster. our correspondentjudith moritz has the story. they've had inquiries, investigations and inquests, but the hillsborough families have never had public prosecutions. they've fought for nearly 30 years for this moment. i'm absolutely delighted. we've got today everything we could've asked for. the decisions by the cps in my opinion were correct, or are correct. and we look forward to the due

washington anchor for bbc news america katty kay. here. >> donny's going to get very angry in a few minutes. go up to the hamptons. >> joyce white vance, unanimously confirmed by the senate and retired hours before donald trump was sworn into office. >> she's going to join the university of alabama this fall as a visiting lecturer in school of law. >> roll tide. >> that's right. columnist and associate editor for "the washington post" and political analyst eugene robinson. we'll get to all the stories in a minute. >>> first, mika, stories out of georgia six, real concerns for republicans, osoff is moving ahead in the polls. >> the gop may control the house in congress but republican voters apparently don't like what they see. according to gallup, 41% of republicans say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the country, a 17-point drop since may. and the lowest point since president took office. >> stop right there. stop right there. donny, take a look at those numbers. if you were advising any corporation and a ceo had

i am katty kay in washington — christian fraser is in london.gon says the intelligence is compelling — it has identified planes and also the hangar in which it says the syrian government may be preparing another chemical attack. the white house said to president assad he will pay "a heavy price" if the weapons are used. in april, a sarin gas attack on the rebel held town of khan sheikhun killed at least 87 people, many of them were children. the attack was launched from this same base. today the syrian president bashar al—assad denied any new preparations were under way. and perhaps in defiance of that us threat, he paid a visit to a russian airbase in the west of the country — even climbing into the cockpit of this sukhoi fighter jet. not the image of a man cowed by american threats. a short while ago the us ambassador to the un, nikki haley issued this statement about what the white house has learned. they have seen activities that are similarto they have seen activities that are similar to preparations of a chemical weapons attack, much like

welcome to the programme — i'm christian fraser in london, katty kay is in washington —— is brexit alreadyuk poorer? in his annual mansion house speech the governor of the bank of england mark carney, said price rises are now running ahead of wage growth and real incomes are falling again. speaking alongside the governor, the chancellor of the exchequer philip hammond was making the case for a longer transition to brexit — he wants the uk and the eu to agree a new customs‘ agreement under which current border arrangements would remain in place — perhaps for some years following britain's exit. in a moment, we'll hear from the british international trade secretary who's trying to whip up business in the us — but first, this report from our economics editor, kamal ahmed. a year on from the referendum, and cars waiting in sunny southampton for a journey to the continent of europe. exports to the european union like these are a key driver of our economy, an economy that the chancellor said would now be at the heart of those complicated brexit negotiations. speaking at the mansion house in cent

before that — at seven — we'll join christian fraser and katty kay for 100 days plus —— to get the globalin stories including the partial reinstatement of president trump's travel ban. and how many hours sleep do you get a night — and what effect does it have on you? after eight—thirty, we'll be looking into the world's largest sleep study — and talking to the scientist behind it. and at 10:40 in the papers, a look at tomorrow's front pages, with dan bilefsky from the new york times and rosamund urwin, a columnist at the evening standard. that's all ahead on bbc news. hello and welcome to sportsday. here's what's coming up this evening. heather watson wows at eastbourne as she beats the world number nine to reach round three. the british and irish lions have failed to impress so far — head coach warren gatland has now been labelled ‘desperate‘ by his opposite number. frank de boer is looking up — he's the new manager of crystal palace and says he wants their struggles to stop... and fielding at cow corner — how one bull fancied getting in on the action at a local cricket match. this time

and at seven — we'lljoin katty kay and christian fraser in 100 days plus, for more on what the us saysmpelling evidence that president assad is preparing a chemical attack. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm damian johnson with our main stories. world cup controversy laid bare as fifa decides to publish a critical report into the bidding process for the tournaments in 2018 and 2022. england's under 21's look to reach the final of the european championships for the first time in eight years, but germany stand in their way. england's women post a record breaking total of 377 in their world cup match against pakistan. plenty of tries, but the british and irish lions blow a iii—point lead to draw the final midweek match of their tour to new zealand. fifa has decided to publish a controversial internal report into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 world cup tournaments in russia and qatar. it follows a leak of the report written by fifa's own ethics investigator michael garcia to a german newspaper. 0ur sports

we'll join christian fraser and katty kay for 100 days plus — who are looking at the death of a us student been detained by north korea. we'll be looking at how long the heatwave affecting large parts of the uk will last. that's all ahead on bbc news. hello, you're watching sportsday with me, reshmin chowdhury — the headlines tonight. a shock at queens — as defending champion andy murray crashes out in the first round. the british and irish lions win big in their last warm—up up match, ahead of the first test against the all blacks. there was defeat for odds—on favourite churchill in the big race on day one of royal ascot. and as part of women's sport week, britain's most decorated paralympian and soon to be mother—of—two dame sarah storey looks into how elite sportswomen are treated when they have a baby. welcome to the programme. we start with a huge shock in the last half hour because defending champion andy murray is out of the aegon championships at queens — beaten by world number 90 jordan thompson of australia. thompson was only playing because murray's original opponent aljaz beden

in fact he'd appeared in a channel 4 documentary last year, welcome to 100 days plus — i'm katty kayn washington. christian fraser is in london where british police havejust released the identities of two of the men involved in the attack this weekend. one, khuram butt, was a british citizen, born in pakistan. police say he was known to the authorities. another, rachid redouane, claimed to be of moroccan and libyan decent — he was not previously known to authorities. they were both shot dead during the attacks. both lived in barking in east london. police say they are still working to confirm all the identities of the attackers. it does appear that in the case of both manchester and these london attacks, members of the community had raised concerns about some of the men involved — and it seems those warnings may have been missed. tonight london paused to reflect.|n the past hour a vigil and a minute's silence was held near london bridge evening in solidarity with the victims. lets cross to ros atkins who is close to borough market. with the victims. let's cross to ros atkins who is c

i'm katty kay in washington.tian fraser is in london. the fired director of the fbi doesn't think the current president of the united states tells the truth. james comey told senators at a block buster hearing today that donald trump lied about his firing — mr comey also said he was worried mr trump would lie about other things too. mr comey confirmed much of what we already knew from his testimony — the president asked for his loyalty, he asked him to drop the investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn and he did it repeatedly. but mr comey would not say whether he thought the president was guilty of obstructing justice in the russia investigation. although the law required no reason at all to fire an fbi director, the administration chose to defame me and, more importantly, the fbi, by saying the organisation was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. those were lies, plain and simple. a lot of testimony focused on a february 14th discus

. >> bbc anchor katty kay. from "the washington post" eugene robinson, "new york times" reporter jeremy peters and in new york veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. good to have everyone with us this morning. we begin with this, former state department speaking out the trump administration planning to roll back punitive measures against russia almost as soon as he took office. dan frooed who served until late february said colleagues asked them to appeal to congress after they were directed to develop a sanctions lifting package and to arrange a summit between trump and russian president vladimir putin as part of a grand bargain with moscows. to these officials it felt like a win-win for putin who said they were unclear what america got out of the deal. quote, we've ben reviewing all the sanctions and this is not exclusive to russia. the administration backed down after senators made clear they would pass a law to enforce obama's punitive measures. but a "washington post" report we told you abo

this is what he had to say to the bbc‘s katty kay. the president of the united states on behalf of his country. it was fake news in the president was not direct, was not truthful about what was said about the treaty, the agreement not a treaty. rather than putting america first i think he has put america last, in line with syria and nicaragua. nicaragua wanted to do more than what the agreement did. this is an agreement in which no other country has required the united states to do anything. this isa united states to do anything. this is a voluntary agreement. every country designs at its own programme and the president could have simply changed the programme. he had that right, he did not have to pull out and it pulled out because he is appealing to a narrow ideological base at the expense of the interests of america, together with china led people to china, led in paris and help come to an agreement which the world need to do a lot more on the even paris. it is a fundamental failure and will be judged historically is one of the most

let's hear more of what he had to say to the bbc‘s katty kay.ery moment of self—destruction i a president of united states on behalf his country. —— self—destruction of a president of the united states. it was big news. he was not truthful about what was said. —— fake news. he, rather than putting america first, i think he has put america last, along with syria and nicaragua. nick aragua, by the way, want to do more than the agreement did. so i president really avoids the reality that this is an agreement in which no other country has required the united states to do anything. —— nicaragua. it is a volu nta ry anything. —— nicaragua. it is a voluntary agreement. every country designed as an programme. the president could have just cheesy programme. he had that right. he did not have to pull out. but he pulled out because he is appealing to a narrow ideological base at the expense of the real interests of america. the american leadership, together with china, tried to lead people to paris, and help them come to an agreement which the world is so

you're watching a special, slightly earlier, edition of 100 days + with me, katty kay, in washington, christian fraser is in london. two big events on either side of the atlantic to bring you over the next hour. here, the us attorney general, jeff sessions is due to testify on capitol hill, as part of congress's investigation over russia's role in the us election. we'll bring that to you live, as soon as it happens. we're also watching events in paris where the french president emmanuel macron is hosting the british prime minister, theresa may. it's mrs may's first overseas trip since the snap election which saw her conservative party win the most seats in parliament, but not an overall majority. mr macron and mrs may are due to give a news conference — we'll go to paris live when they do. well, it's been a busy day for theresa may. before she left for paris she was in the commons for the opening day of the new parliament. and once again the prime minister was signalling that without that working majority, there would need to be more compromise when it comes to brexit. as we face diff

katty kay is looking through the results.s the power of an american president. what he doesn't seem to have is the world's respect. according to the nonpartisan research centre, only 22% of people survey did that seven countries have confidence that mr trump will do the right thing for the world. 64% felt the same about president obama when he left office. it's not even close. impaired to follow world leaders, mr trump comes last in terms of global confidence gocompare. he falls behind germany's angela merkel, chinese president ge and even vladimir putin. but it is personal and part of it is policy. let's start with the politics. of three of his major initiatives, more than 70% of those survey disapproved. those it include withdrawing from climate initiatives, trade deals and building that famous wall. then there is the personal. three quarters of those survey and found him arrogant. for them 60% think he is in tolerant, even dangerous. on the upside, more than half described him asa the upside, more than half described him a

hello, i am katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. go to the polls in just over 2a hours and an election that was all about brexit has suddenly veered into security and policing in the wake of manchester and london. today third attacker was named as rachid redouane. reports in the italian press suggest he tried to travel to syria last year, but was stopped by italian police. uk officials say youssef zaghba was not on their watch list. authorities in the uk are reviewing their intelligence. so are we doing enough? one man who thinks authorities are going about it in the wrong way is nazir afzal. up until 10 days ago he was the chief executive of the association of police and crime commissioners. he was stopped from speaking after the manchester attack and so he resigned so he could have his say. he is in our salford studio. do you think muslim communities in your view are taking enough ownership of this problem? obviously they're doing as much as they can, but there is more they could do. that is what i have been trying to say. it is a

hello, i am katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. 12 hours from now pollings stationsn the uk. it's an election the ruling conservative were expected to win in a landslide over labour. but during the six week campaign the polls have narrowed. we're going to focus first on the front runners. theresa may has her final event in birmingham whilst jeremy corbyn has two events in london before the campaign closes at midnight. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. morning. she called it to win it, but it's not her choice. it's all of ours. a few hackles at 5:30am, following her trail like the missteps in the last few weeks. jolly photo ops aren't quite her style, and there's not much jolly about this campaign. with security and tighter terror laws on her mind. at eight o'clock in glasgow, jeremy corbyn enjoying his time in the sun. i signed up just for you. with his long—held views on security, cautious about the idea of changing laws on human rights. our human rights act protects our rights. the way you deal with a threat to democracy is not by reducing democracy, it

i'm katty kay in washington. christian is off this week. in an hour, we will find out if america first really means america alone. or, to be more precise, america in the company of nicaragua and syria. if president trump pulls out of the paris climate accord, that's who the us willjoin as the only countries in the world not to have signed the landmark 2015 agreement. it will signal a withdrawal of american leadership on perhaps the most critical issue of our time, with enormous implications for the future of the planet, politics and jobs worldwide. so what is the paris accord? under it, countries committed to capping global warming at 2 degrees celcius with an "endeavour to limit" temperature gains even further, to 1.5 degrees. rich countries also agreed to provide "climate finance" to help poorer nations switch to renewables. they pledged $100 billion a year by 2020, many countries wanted more. today, the top ten greenhouse gas emitters make up over 70% of total emissions, china overtook america as the world's biggest emitter in 2007. for

i am christian fraser in london, katty kay is in washington.still don't know how many people died in the grenfell tower blaze police say it will be more than the current death toll, which stands at 17. and such is the destruction inside the building it could take firefighters weeks to recover the remains. today sniffer dogs, much lighter than people, and specially trained to locate bodies, have been sent into the building to help with the search. 37 people remain in hospital, 17 are in critical care. our home affairs editor mark easton has this report. slowly, inch by painstaking inch, fire officers continue their grim and dangerous work. amid the soot—blackened shell of what was once home to hundreds are some who did not make it out. exactly how many, we do not know, but the emergency services are warning the scale of this tragedy is yet to become clear. sadly, i can confirm the number of people who have died is now 17. we do believe that number will sadly increase. there are 37 people receiving treatment, of which 17 are still in critical car

with us, washington anchor for "bbc world news america" and "morning joe" special guest katty kay. >>alking about this before. i heard on the bbc last night that theresa may actually got 44%, which was about the same that tony blair got and margaret thatcher got in huge landslide victories. why wasn't 44% enough for her to get a majority? >> what theresa may did, her majority expanded in safe tory seats. the labor party managed to encroach in conservative areas, scotland, london, southeast england and took away some pretty critical seats. even kensington -- the places you stay in london, joe, which are looking safe -- >> oh, my god i may have nowhere to go. >> this was the revenge of young voters who failed to turn out in the brexit elections and turned out this time around and voted heavily for the labor party, who liked what they saw in jeremy corbyn, didn't like the stiff candidate that theresa may was. london was furious with the tory party. >> you have that. did she ever recover from the so-called dementia tax? >> no. up to when the tory party manifesto -- after the manifesto her

with us, katty kay. lots going on in the republican's vote on health care. >> the shock and sadness of the death of otto warmbier. he was convicted in 2016 for attempting to steal a propaganda poster. he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. he was returned with brain damage. they claim he contacted botulism. president trump, who once said it would be an honor to meet kim jong un weighed in on warmbier's passi passing. >> otto warmbier has just passed away. he spent a year and a half in north korea, a lot of bad things happened, but at least we got him home to be with his parents where they were so happy to see him, even though he was in very tough condition. but he just passed away a little while ago. it's a brutal regime and we'll be able to handle it. >> senator john mccain was more direct in a statement saying in part let us state the facts plainly. otto warmbier, an american citizens was murdered in the kim jong un regime. in the final year of his life he lived the nightmare in which the north ko

. >> washington anchor for bbc, katty kay. i don't know if the shade stay on the whole show. former white house aide -- our friend john meacham in nashville and from "usa today," heidi pryzbyla. joe and heidi have posted an op-ed in "the washington post." people can read that in a few minutes. just your initial reaction from what you saw yesterday from the president. >> it's really hard to see this as anything other than sexist and vicious. he was incredibly personal. he used the office of the presidency to launch an attack against a television anchor who every morning does her job. and he did it in a way that was vindictive and bullying and it's very hard, even republicans i think would agree with exactly everything i've just said, most of them. it's very hard to conclude anything else because it shows us an awful lot about his temperament and the way he criticizes those who goes after people who he feels are critical of him. >> you've been critical of a guy you've known for a long time in donald trump, now president trump. were you surprised by what you saw yesterday? >> no