katty kay and chomstian fraser he bbc's "beyond 100 days" program have been to west invi to see how thesage is going down there. katty: west virginia is one of mpdonald 's favorite states. back in 2016 he won the election here, he got almost 70% of the christian: you know why, it is coal country. you go through charleston, you see the rolling hills. i guess they believe that the policy he is putting in place are reviving the state. dokatty: which may be why nald trump has been to this state 8 ames since he got elected why he is here again in the final days of the midterm campaign. christian: a radio host --do you remember him on the show? wchu. katty: yeah, that is a conservative talk-radisohost. that ithing people are concerned about? >> they are concerned about three things -- coal, god, and guns. katty: tom has a daily morning t show and gets a callers, so he is a good barometer of the republican mood. god, guns, and coal, but i will throw another there, donald trump. >> he has moved into the top four, maybe the top three, and i think that is because what he says resonates with those

laura: katty kay and christian r frasorting there from west virginia.ef time ago i spoke to our political analyst ron christie, who was an adviser to president. george w. bu ron, the president he this election about him. he is barnstorming the country tonight. but is he helping those in danger, the house republicans in subuan seats? is he helping house republicans? ron: i don't think so -- good evening to you, laura. there are a lot of people, --ublicans an suggestions, in his swing districts, suburban philadelphia, right outside ginia,gton, d.c., in v that want the president to stay as far away from them for fear of what they will see other -- at the ballot box tomorrow, could be them losing if they are too closely associated with president trump. laura: why isn't the president closing his campaign on y?e econ why is he closing in on this fear of mobs and the migrant invasion? ron: i think it plays very we.l with his f there is no accident that he has refocused his efforts on immigration. this is something he campaigned neon. he campaon building the wa

stay with us, because very soon, we willjoin katty kay and christian fraser for beyond 100 days.ore coverage of these us mid—term elections. there have been some very heavy showers today, with some of the west in northern ireland. 25 millimetres in the space ofjust six hours. that isa in the space ofjust six hours. that is a picture of belfast who threw the afternoon. tomorrow, it looks much prior, but it still will be much prior, but it still will be much breezy. there is a big area of low pressure here, it is swirling into the atlantic like a snail shell. it will continue to swing weather fronts around its shell. it will continue to swing weatherfronts around its periphery towards us in the coming days. through this evening and overnight, there will be a gap between these two weather fronts and we eyes of ours will open up. the wind will fall lighter and with clear skies, it is november, temperatures will start to come down. by the end of the night, it will be a chilly story. lows of 3—5d, in the north of scotla nd story. lows of 3—5d, in the north of scotland could be down to

and then, from midnight, katty kay and christian fraser will bring you all the results throughout the laughing as they burnt a cardboard model of grenfell tower on a bonfire. the men aged between 19—55 handed themselves in to police last night after the video was widely circulated on social media. they've been arrested on suspicion of intentionally causing harassment, alarm or distress. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. this afternoon, a house in southeast london became the focus for police gathering possible evidence. 24 hours on from the appearance of the video, the investigation was well under way. this is a still from the video, which shows a model of grenfell tower on a bonfire. the footage emerged on social media, and today, neighbours near the house being searchjoined the chorus of outrage. how can anybody wake up in the morning and think that it's 0k to make a box in detail, cutting out windows and the outlines of people with their hands in the air? the men being questioned are being held under the public order act, which says that, "a person is guilty of an o

and we've a us election special starting here on bbc news at midnight tonight — with katty kay and christian all the results throughout the night. five men remain in custody, having been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence, after a video was posted online showing a cardboard model of grenfell tower being burned as part of a bonfire party. the metropolitan police said the men handed themselves in at a south london police station last night. in the footage, people can be heard laughing and joking as the model is set alight. the men have been arrested under section 4a of the public order act, which covers intentional ‘harassment, alarm or distress' caused by ‘threatening, abusive or insulting' words or signs. well, the victoria derbyshire programme spoke to rukayet mamadu, one of the grenfell tower survivors and asked her how she felt when she saw the video. i feel very ifeel very bad. i feel very bad. particularly when there are people going through the enquiry now. going through what they went through during the fire and some people are making like a joke. there are children in th

this is beyond 100 days with me katty kay in washington. nuala mcgovern is in london.divisive immigration campaign ad, and pledges to send 15,000 troops to the mexican border. staff at google around the world take part in protests about the company's treatment of women and ethnic minorities. coming up in the next half—hour... doctors in the uk are to prescribe medicinal cannabis to patients for the first time. and scientists show the practicality of counting whales from space from singapore to california, employees of the tech giant google walked out of their offices today in protest at the company's record on sexual harassment. specifically, they are angry at reports that one high profile executive received a $90 million payout despite what google considered a "credible" allegation of sexual misconduct made against him. google's ceo supports the walk—out and says he understands the anger. what employees now want is an end to forced arbitration which would mean victims would be able to sue if they are harassed. sophie long reports. i am fed up! a clear message from goo

i'm katty kay in washington, and christian fraser is in london. in the case of who ordered the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi, donald trump appears to trust the word of an autocratic ruler — even though his own intelligence service reportedly disagrees. in an interview with fox news yesterday, mr trump was asked whether he believed the cia's reported conclusion that mohamed bin salman, the saudi crown prince, ordered the killing. here's the president's reply. he told me he had nothing to do with it. he told me that, i would say, maybe five times at different points, as recently as a few days ago. do you just live with it because you need him? well, will anybody really know? but at the same time we do have an ally and i want to stick with an ally that in many ways has been very good. those comments come as saudi arabia's king salman bin abdulaziz addressed the kingdom's shura council today. in the speech, he lauded his country's judiciary and public prosecution for "carrying out their duty in the service of justice". but, tellingly, the

in half hour, we'lljoin katty kay and christian fraser in washington for beyond 100 days as america buildsp to the crucial mid—term elections. at 8pm, we'll be speaking to a former gang member about how to tackle knife crime — that's after four stabbings in five days in the capital. and later on, a look at tomorrow's front pages in the papers. joining me tonight — dawn foster, columnist for the guardian, and liam halligan, chief economics commentator for the daily telegraph. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm azi farni. coming up: "bolder" and more "courageous" — that's what captain joe root wants from his england test side against sri lanka. rooney's returning, but not all of english football is behind it. and james mcclean says the fa are turning a blind eye to sectarian abuse. also coming up in the programme: floyd mayweatherjunior is heading back to the ring, but not for boxing. ican i can wrestle a little bit, i can box a little bit. hello and welcome to sportsday. thanks forjoining us. plenty to come on the programme, but let's start with cr

i'm katty kay and christian fraser is with me in washington. midterm election didn't give the world the satisfaction of a clear answer to the question of whether americans love or hate their president. but it did provide a key to the future of politics here. donald trump proved he's still a formidable candidate and his rhetoric has appeal here. democrats showed they are the party of women — who often decide elecitions in america — and of racial minorities and suburbs, sectors of the country that are growing in number. the president's agenda will now be limited but today he claimed this as his own personal victory. the bbc‘s north america editorjon sopel starts our coverage. we have been saying since the beginning of this campaign that change is coming... cheering. first result of the night, a democratic party gain in virginia, was this the much vaunted blue wave that would see donald trump's republicans swept away in a seismic upheaval? but it was not, democrats across the country did well and have retaken control of the house of representative

hello and welcome — i'm katty kay with christian fraser in washington.mericans are voting and the world is watching. in what may well be record numbers, democrats and republicans are going to the polls today to deliver their verdict on donald trump. some love him, some hate him. they started voting 8 hours ago on the east coast of the us. and here is a look at how things will evolve through the night as each state closes its polls — we will be here to take you through the results from east to west. key states like florida and virginia will come in early and then we'll have to wait for the critical races in the midwest before we finally get the tally from california. right now we do not know the results. but what we do know is that today's election will have a huge impact on donald trump, america and the rest of the world. here's the bbc‘s nick bryant. this is the day when the american people get their say, when their voices, notjust the president's, finally get to be heard. and despite the ugly weather, the lines at this polling station on the outskirts

i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is with me.in three states this evening as his presidency is put to the test for the first time. with the democrats hoping to take control of the house of representatives, their star campaigner, barack obama, steps up the rhetoric in virginia. coming up in the next half hour: iran's president vows to defy sanctions imposed once again by the us, declaring that his country is in a state of "economic war". and back on the campaign trail, we've been to arizona to meet the people voting on a single issue — health care. here's a tweet president trump sent out on friday. it is an image taken from the game of thrones. a play on their theme, winter is coming. well, those sanctions have arrived. today, the united states reimposed all the sanctions on iran it had lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear agreement with some temporary exemptions. president trump says they are "the strongest sanctions that our country has ever issued." in a letter to the un chief, antonio guterres, iran said the sanctions were "irre

i'm katty kay with christian fraser in washington.s 28 years old, a marine corps veteran, he'd had run—ins with the law and a history of mental health problems. last night, armed with a glock handgun, he killed 12 people in a bar in california. your first reaction may be, how could this happen so soon after the shooting in a synagogue in pittsburgh less than a fortnight ago? two in as many weeks. but, in fact, since that pittsburgh attack on october 27th, there have been 11 serious shootings across the country, with multiple victims. the bbc‘s james cook is in thousand oaks, california with this report. keep moving down this way. for the united states, this is the nightmare that never ends. it could be las vegas, orlando, virginia tech or sandy hook. but this time it is thousand oaks, the borderline bar and grill. it was a college night and the place was packed with young people enjoying country music and dancing when the shooting started. i saw the gunman with his gun drawn at the front, where you pay, and i was really, really close

i'm katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london.he us secretary of state has dismissed criticism of the killing of jamal khashoggi as "cat mike pompeo made it clear that there woud be no further punishment of saudi arabia, despite the fact that the cia has reportedly concluded that the saudi crown prince ordered the journalist's murder. mr pompeo was on capitol hill both briefing senators on the khashoggi case, and berating them for their calls for tougher sanctions against the saudi leadership. his argument is that getting tough on mohamed bin salman wouldn't help us interests — and wouldn't help end the war in yemen. we are on the cusp of allowing the us envoy martin griffiths to, in december, gather the parties together and hopefully get a ceasefire in yemen. it is something we have been diplomatically striving for for months and we think we are right on the cusp of that. so the view of the administration secretary, mattis and myself, the passing a resolution at this point undermines that. our state department correspondent barba

hello, i'm katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london.id donald trump have a conflict of interest in his business dealings with russia during the 2016 campaign? was his praise of vladimir putin in anyway linked to the fact that he was engaged in real estate negotiations with moscow while he was a candidate for president? those are key questions that arise from the news that mr trump's former lawyer pled guilty today to a charge he'd lied to congress. mr cohen had said previously that business dealings over a prospective trump tower project in moscow ended in january 2016. but, in fact, they continued throuthune 2016, which suggests mr trump was engaged in real estate negotiations with russia in the midst of a campaign, and in an election in which moscow had interfered in order to help elect him. the president says he is not worried at all. i was allowed to do whatever i wa nted i was allowed to do whatever i wanted during the campaign! i was running my business, a lot of different things, during the campaign. so very simply, michael cohen

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.d trump is sticking by saudi arabia, even if crown prince mohamed bin salman knew about the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. in a statement titled simply "america first," the president effectively gives the prince a pass, in the name of us national security interests. mr trump makes the case that iran is the bigger problem and the us should continue to back saudi arabia — whatever the facts of the khashoggi killing. his statement says the relationship with the kingdom is too important to jeapordise, and mentions specifically the value of defence and oil contracts. mr trump repeats mohamed bin salman‘s own denials to him but tellingly he adds this... joining us now is robin wright, a staff writer at the new yorker magazine and an expert on middle east policy. thank you for coming in. you have had the chance to read the 2—page statement. the president is in utter denial. it's shocking given intelligence assessments by his own people, that the crown prince had possibly a decisive ro

hello and welcome — i'm katty kay with christian fraser here in london.aid the prime minister tonight. which is why the british people just want us to get on with it. despite the overwhelming rejection of her plan in the house of commons today she vowed she would deliver a brexit for the whole of the uk. that is what they expect she said and that is what we owe it to them to deliver. no question that outside this bubble — and all the naval gazing that goes on within in — there is national fatigue setting in. frustration. and as all this has been playing out in the uk, today the members of the european parliament began having a look at the draft agreement. let's speak then with german mep hans 0laf henkel, to see what he thinks about it. you have been urging and grammatical to give written something favourable. is this agreement a favourable. is this agreement a favourable one? certainly not from my perspective. well i really appreciate the enormous tenacity of your prime minister, i have always been of the opinion that any brexit is a lose lose situation

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i'm katty kay. and i'm christian fraser.is only half way through his term — but the vote is being seen as a referendum on his presidency. we have correspondents spread out across the us — watching the results in florida, newjersey, pennsylvania, and arizona. iam i am ross atkins in our virtual co ng ress i am ross atkins in our virtual congress explaining how the elections were, who is most likely to be taking these seats, and what it all means for president trump. there's enormous interest notjust in the us but around the world. we'll bring you the best analysis of the night —

katty kay, rudy guiliani is right. there is a pattern here.ntentional on the part of the special down sell's office? >> reporter: i find it hard to see there is a conspiracy office in bob mueller's office where nay are deliberately trying to make things trouble as he travels abroad. at the moment, bob mueller has to wrap things up, he is moving fast. he has seen a slew of things wrapping up. because of matt whit caner to come out with what he has and to have some kind of report ready that at least the new house intelligence, the democrat-led house committee could subpoena that report. >> that seems more likely to me. i don't know bob mueller's thinking on this. he doesn't seem like the kind of guy that would play international politics on this. people know two he is now, watching this investigation there, watching it closely. foreign leaders are watching it closely. he flies down there to argentina. they want to know what kind of mood he is in? will he arrive in a pad news? i can't tell you the number of conversations i had with diplomats who

katya adler has been speaking to katty kay.sion is pushing ahead for a special seal the deal brexit summit in brussels on sunday. michel barnier today was very much in step with the prime minister, doing a hard sell on the brexit deal, helping her market it at home. promising it would help the uk take back control and an ambitious economic and strategic relationship in the future between the uk and the eu. but storm clouds are gathering over the text of the brexit deal in the eu too, but they're not quite as menacing as in the uk. suddenly we heard from spain today. it wants written guarantees that eu uk... up until now there had been parallel bilateral talks going on between spain and the uk over gibraltar, and france is demanding fishing rights in uk waters make up part of a future free trade deal. this is a clear exa m ple of future free trade deal. this is a clear example of how domestic uk politics can mess in the brexit process. you've got the spanish prime minister and the french president not looking very good in the po

in half hour, we'lljoin katty kay and christian fraser in washington for beyond 100 days as america builds how to tackle knife crime — that's after four stabbings in five days in the capital. and later on, a look at tomorrow's front pages in the papers.

i'm not sure what he was trying to get at, katty kay, but this just adds to the list of reasons why our allies and other countries around the world just look at america differently today. >> yeah, so the social meme things going around finland are groups of people getting out over the weekend and humorously raking as trolling donald trump. the idea that the world is not laughing at america at the moment, but on that one they are because it patently wasn't the case that that was what was happening. we will look back and see that one of the great tragedies of this political moment of division is the extent to which climate change has become a victim of that partisanship. if you are on the side of donald trump and his supporters, you will go to the ends of earth to say that climate change is not responsible for what is happening out in california or other parts of the world at the moment, and if you are a believer in climate change and science, you will try to address that. but the president is an incredibly powerful position, to lead the world right now on what is probably the most pressi

. >> katty kay, you were in london this past week.h did the president's reactions when he was there for the 100th anniversary, is it still reverberating? >> what is reverberating, and you see it in this whole khashoggi thing is the allies feeling donald trump feels more comfortable siding with authoritarians than western democratic leaders. he was prepared to give authoritarians like mohammad bin salman of saudi arabia the benefit of the doubt. well, he told me five times at least that he has nothing to do with it. how many times have we heard the president say, well, president putin told me he had nothing to do with interfering in the american elections. it's the same instinct that's perterbing them when democracy seems to be in retreat around the world, why is he not standing up for it. you hear none of that from this president and that's what's concerning allies. >> speaking of that, meanwhile, nbc news learned the white house is looking for ways to remove turkish cleric goulin who has lived in pennsylvania for years. two senior u.

and we've got a us election special starting here on bbc news at midnight tonight — with katty kay andll the results throughout the night. five men have been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence, after a video was posted online showing a cardboard model of grenfell tower being burned as part of a bonfire party. the metropolitan police said the men handed themselves in at a south london police station last night. in the footage, people can be heard laughing and joking as the model is set alight. the men have been arrested under section 4a of the public order act, which covers intentional "harassment, alarm or distress" caused by "threatening, abusive or insulting" words or signs. my colleague louise minchin spoke to moyra samuels from the campaign group justice for grenfell and asked for her reaction to the footage. like most people in our community, i'm absolutely appalled by it. it's disgusting. what kind of impact does it have on the community, when they see something like that? i think the community feel that, yet again, given everything they have endured, and given the f

i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is westminster in london. prime minister says she is still confident that the uk parliament will approve her brexit deal. listening to the commons today, her self assurance sounds a little lonely. there was almost no support for the deal that's just been approved by the european union. the vote on the deal, we were told tonight, will be on tuesday december 11th. right now the numbers don't look very promising for the prime minister. altogether she has 326 mps — 316 conservatives and ten democratic unionists who vote on a confidence and supply arrangement. the problem is the dup won't back it. and on the latest count, it is said 85 tory rebels will also oppose it. that means that even with a bit of backing from labour rebels, and we think it is around 15 at the most, she falls well short of the 320 majority needed to get the deal over the line. i can say to the house with absolute certainty that there is not a better deal available and my fellow leaders... my fellow leaders were very clear on that themselves ye

. >> katty kay, it's so interesting.hael avenatti said the best person to run against trump should be a white male. i'm just thinking these midterms have proved that that might not be true. >> i don't know, mika, i have had a number of democrats who have said to me almost in a whisper, i'm not sure we can run a woman against trump. he'll make mincemeat of any female candidate. i came out of the midterms thinking the exact opposite. i think the ideal candidate to run against president trump is a woman, partly becaubecause it's baiting a bet. if you put a woman against president trump, he will reveal himself and say something so outrageous that that would turn a lot of women against him and they would pick the female candidate. >> i can't just imagine anybody who would be better against donald trump than nikki haley. was it giuliani who corrected her, or somebody corrected her, and she said -- kudlow. she said, i don't get confused. that is a woman tough enough to take donald trump down in the republican primary. >> yeah.

bbc‘s europe editor katya adler has been speaking to my colleague katty kay from brussels.ow from european leaders? look, it's broadly supportive, i'd say. i mean, regardless of what's going on, all that political turmoil in the uk, because the uk cabinet approved a draft text of the brexit withdrawal agreement last week, eu leaders are pushing on with their plans for that special seal the deal brexit summit here in brussels on sunday. they want to put this chapter behind them. that said, there are storm clouds over the text of the brexit agreement here as well, but they are not as thick and menacing as they are in the uk. for example, today, spain complained that the withdrawal text doesn't make it clear enough, it says, that eu—uk negotiations cannot apply automatically to gibraltar. it's very unlikely they are going to try and veto any of the process, but they are at the moment asking for written clarification. if we look at that second brexit document, which is called the political declaration on how the eu and uk expect their future relations to look like after brexit,

and at 7pm this evening, katty kay and christian fraser are both in washington for a special editionin a speech later today, the health secretary, matt hancock will say the aim is for people to have five more years of healthy, independent life by the year 2035. here's our health editor, hugh pym. the health and social care secretary will say that ten times more public money is spent on treating disease than preventing it and that this does not stack up. mr hancock will point to a new strategy for england next year, which will include measures to encourage employers to help improve the health of their staff, including getting those who are off sick back into work. the government wants to see digital technology used to predict illnesses, allowing doctors to target advice at sections of the population, and genome sequencing analysing patients' dna playing a role in preventing future health problems. but labour argue that the conservatives have imposed cuts in public health services in recent years. the health foundation think tank welcomed the focus on prevention but said that the lates

we have katty kay with us. sam stein former aid to the george w. bush white house. elise jordan.iser to george w. b h bush, amerimark mcken janan and robinson. chief white house correspondent for the "new york times," peter baker. joe and mika have the morning off. robert mueller's office is accusing former trump campaign chairman paul manafort of violating the plea deal he agreed to earlier this year. in a joint status report filed last night mueller's team writes this. after signing the plea agreement manafort committed federal crimes by lying to the federal bureau of investigation and to the special counsel's office on a viert of subject matters. manafort's lawyers are disputing those assertions. manafort's team writes manafort has provided information to the government in an effort to live up to his cooperation obligation. he does not agree with the government's characterization or he breached the agreement. in august the federal court found manafort guilty on several counts of financial fraud. manafort entered a plea deal agreeing to cooperate with prosecutors. cases involve

and at 7pm this evening, katty kay and christian fraser are both in washington for a special editiontures so relatively it‘s going to be mild for november. a lot of dry weather across november. a lot of dry weather a cross m ost november. a lot of dry weather across most of the country. a few spots of rain in northern ireland and western scotland. a very mild start tomorrow but in the west later on the weather is going downhill and we are expecting heavy rain and the following 24 hours will be very wet particularly in south—western parts of england and wales. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: four people stabbed to death in five days in london. scotland yard say hundreds more officers will be deployed on the streets of the capital. we are committed to doing everything we can to bring down we are committed to doing everything we can to bring down those we are committed to doing everything we can to bring down those levels we are committed to doing everything we can to bring down those levels of violence. we have specialist investigators investigating each of the murders. iran vo

-- 0ur live coverage starts at 11 tonight here on the bbc news channel, and then from midnight, katty kayroughout the night. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: polls have opened in the us mid term elections, as americans decide whether president trump's republican party should keep control of congress. vital homecare services for thousands of elderly people across england could be disrupted after the regulator issued a warning about the future viability of one of the country's biggest providers — allied healthcare. the brexit campaign group founded by businessman arron banks and an insurance company he owns face fines for data protection breaches. ben foa kes saves the day for england — he's 87 not out as england recovered on the first day of the first test against sri lanka, to finish 321 for 8 at stumps. liverpool will finish top of their group if they beat red star belgrade in serbia tonight in the champions league, while tottenham need a result at wembley against psv eindhoven to avoid another group stage exit. and wayne rooney will not captain england, wear the

i'm katty kay. and i'm christian fraser. first polls have closed here in the us midterm elections, with control of both the senate and the house of representatives the big prize. donald trump is not up for election — he is only half way through his term — but the vote is being seen as a referendum on his presidency. we have correspondents spread out across the us — watching the results in florida, newjersey, pennsylvania, and arizona. iam i am ross atkins in our virtual c0 ng ress i am ross atkins in our virtual congress explaining how the elections were, who is most likely to be taking these seats, and what it all means for president trump. there's enormous interest notjust in the us but around the world. we'll bring you the best analysis of the night — here in the studio. the bbc‘s coverage of election 2018 starts now. welcome to this bbc news election special. 1000 candidates have campaigned for months, billions have been spent, now american voters get their turn. what they have decided we will learn during the course of