rajini: whatever happens here will send a message across america. start of a democratic, come or will it cement the republican party after donald trump? rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news georgia's sixth district. before we go, the annual easter egg roll. about 21,000 people turned up for it. the addition dates back to 1878. one member of the trump administration was already familiar with the event could look at this, in 2008, press secretary sean spicer donned the bunny costume. this years he was upgraded to reading children's stories. well done, sean spicer. for me, tim willcox, and the team, see you tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits from newman's own to charity and pursuing the common good, kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs, and aruba tourism authority. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it h

rajini vaidya nathan is rajini vaidyanathan is at president trump's mar—a—lago residents.—a—lago residents. tell usa trump's mar—a—lago residents. tell us a bit more about the trump administration's response to the international reaction to its striking syria. i think at the moment there is a question of whether syria will respond at all and what we've been hearing from officials at the un and the secretary of state is that this was a targeted attack, an act of retaliation, so any further steps measures it might take will depend on what syria's response is to that. but one thing that is important to stress is that we have been told... visuals that mar—a—lago said last night that the us is preparing further sanctions against syria. it is unclear when they will be announced but the us treasury secretary did say that there will be further sanctions. it is worth noting that in 2013, after the red line that president 0bama set after a chemical weapons attack in syria happened back then, the us did impose sanctions against syria, against certain assets and individuals they felt

rajini, ivanka trump and herfather we re rajini, ivanka trump and herfather were incredibly powerfuls on that? of course there has been a lot of criticism about her role in the white house, people saying it is nepotism, but there are others, especially trump supporters i have spoken to, who like the fact she is in the white house. she's always seen in the white house. she's always seen by her father ‘s in the white house. she's always seen by her father '5 side and she's been credited for softening some of his policy stances. eric trump said it was her influence that was one of the guiding factors that led president trump to launch the air strike in syria. you have been talking to 100 voters during donald trump's first 100 days in office, here is a facebook live you have just done with three of them. the highlight | just done with three of them. the highlight i would say is the appointment ofjudge neil gorsuch. appointment of judge neil gorsuchlj think the lowlight was the reform of healthcare, the think the lowlight was the reform of healthca re, the willingness think the lowlight w

rajini vaidya nathan reports rajini vaidyanathan reports from george's sixth district.ump isa some of our democrats in washington, trump is a disaster. who do you think should win the seat? a republican. for the very first time i voting democrat. the sixth congressional district in georgia has been in republican hands for decades, but democrats think this man can win it back. jon 0ssoff is a political adviser turned documentary maker and he has raised more than $800 million in a race that has been dubbed the make trump furious campaign. more than anything i think it would be a win for the thousands of grassroots volunteers who are getting involved in this community, many of whom have never been involved in politics before. this is a moment where we need to stand up and makea a moment where we need to stand up and make a statement about the kind of politics we want. there's no limit to the number of candidates standing for the party so there are a whopping 18 contenders, 11 are republicans, which could split the pa rty‘s vote. republicans, which could split the party's v

rajini vaidya nathan reports from georgia's sixth district.u think should win the seat? a republican candidate. for the very first time i'm voting democrat. flip the sixth! the sixth congressional district in georgia's been in republican hands for decades, but democrats think this man can win it back. let's win this on april 18th... jon 0ssoff is a political adviser turned documentary maker and he has raised more than $8 million in a race that has been dubbed the ‘make trump furious' campaign. more than anything i think it would be a win for the thousands of grassroots volunteers who are getting involved in this community, many of whom have never been involved in politics before who see this is a moment where we need to stand up and make a statement about the kind of politics we want. there's no limit to the number of candidates standing for the party and so there are a whopping 18 contenders, ii are republicans, which could split that party's vote. unlike on the democrat side where a coronation, republicans believe in competition. that compet

rajini vaidya nathan reports from georgia's sixth district in the state capitol.ster. who do you think should win this seat? a republican candidate. for the very first time i'm voting democrat. the sixth congressional district in georgia has been in republican hands for decades. but democrats think this man can win it back. jon 0ssoff is a political adviser turned documentary maker, who's raised more than $8 million in a race which has been dubbed the "make trump furious" campaign. more than anything i think it would be a win for the thousands of grassroots volunteers who are getting involved in this community — many of whom have never been involved in politics before — who see this as a moment when we need to stand up and make a statement about the kind of politics we want. there is no limit to the number of candidates standing for a party and so there are a whopping 18 contenders — 11 are republicans, which could split that pa rty‘s vote. unlike on the democrat's side where there is a coronation, republicans believe in competition. that competition has seen a nu

rajini vaidya nathan‘s been catching up with them. i'm gretchen and i voted for hillary clinton. a couple of days after the election when i said, "i can't talk to you". i didn't know what to say to her. during the election, they were engaged in a lot of heated political discussions. don't talk over me yet! i caught up with them again six weeks into their marriage. this is the room you got married in? and 100 days into the trump presidency. i never thought anyone would say that i would be living under a trump presidency. every day i wake up with a stomachache and wonder what happened overnight that i'm not aware of. i told she should be very happy because our wedding and our honeymoon was paid for by the donald trump increase in the stock market. i think the travel ban was an ill—conceived, racist ban that was never going to pass constitutional muster. the travel ban was too quick to rollout and that was the problem. the philosophy was fine, the rollout was poor. the president totally flopped on healthcare reform. it really was amazing that he didn't have a plan in place when he f

rajini vaidyanathan joins us from washington.is fairto it is fair to say that xi jinping has not done much diplomacy in an environment like this? if we talk about the diplomacy, we remember some of the things that president trump has said about china, as a candidate he said that china was responsible for taking a number of us drops and he accused china of being a currency minute later. he took a phone call from the leader of taiwan's and that is one of the adversaries of china, so when donald trump says it will be an interesting talk they have, you can bet he is right. some of the things he says he wa nts to right. some of the things he says he wants to do is to riches and he describes as the massive trade deficit us has with china but he needs the help of china on some areas, for example when it comes to helping contain north korea's nuclear ambitions. might they play some golf? i'm not sure. this is an interesting setting. we know president trump likes to play golf when at his club but it is such an interesting setting and effe

our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan is at president trump's residence in florida and gave us this updateflorida at mar—a—lago and he hasn't had any political engagements. it's understood he spent a few hours playing golf in florida, but we did hear from officials late last night in mar—a—lago that the us is planning to implement economic sanctions against syria in the coming days. so we don't know when exactly. so that is the next stage. in terms of military action, well, us officials always stressed that the strike on friday night was a retaliation simply because syria used chemical weapons. so, it is really up to what syria does next, in terms of whether any more military force will be used. but certainly, the signal that they want to use sanctions shows that the us strategy is to try to punish syria in other ways. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a step closer to ending half a century of violence: the basque separatist group, eta, is handing over the last of its weapons. 55 years of hatred and rage, as theyjump up on the statue. this funeral became a massive demonstration of b

rajini vaidya nathan in washington brought us more of the white house response.tary sean spicer described the attack as heinous, reprehensible, and said it cannot be ignored. crucially, in the statement he gave to reporters, he also blamed what he described as the consequence of the past administration ‘s weakness and irresolution. a dig president obama, who of course set in red line when it came to chemical weapons in syria. and was then criticised for not taking divisive action against president assad. we are also seeing that there the syrian regime, assad, there is no chance of changing it. it isa there is no chance of changing it. it is a political reality is another mani it is a political reality is another man i was reading. what will it be when it comes to strategy from the us white house in dealing with this attack? we know that president ram has met with his national security team, but we do not know whether he himself has set a breadline. we do not know any more details of strategy from him directly. —— has set a red line. what we do know is some of the

the bbc‘s rajini vaidyanathan and stephen mcdonell took to the streets of washington and beijing to findbe let us off a little bit of our debt to them. shall we go down here? president trump likes to talk tough on china. throughout the election he promised to bring jobs back to the us and put america first. on the other hand, xijinping says that free trade is the answer and that this is what will bring jobs to china and the us. what do you think president trump should be saying to his chinese counterpart? i'm sorry. i apologise. i have been perhaps unfair to you. i'm one of those people who thinks we should make more here. they are not a true democracy. that's the worst thing about china. social repression. who do you think gets the most out of it? definitely the us. whether they like it or not, when xijinping and donald trump are sitting across the table from one another, this is probably the world's most important connection. but it's notjust money and trade that drives the relationship. when it comes to climate change or getting north korea to contain its nuclear ambitions, america le

the bbc‘s rajini vaidyanathan and stephen mcdonell took to the streets of washington and beijing to findoperation. maybe let us off a bit about that to them. —— let us off a bit of our debt. president trump likes to talk tough on china. china's resident xi jinping says that free trade is the answer, and this is what will bring jobs to china and the us. what do you think president trump should say to his chinese counterpart? i'm sorry. i apologise. i have been perhaps unfairto you. apologise. i have been perhaps unfair to you. i am one of those people who think we should make more they are not a true democracy. that's the worst thing about china. social repression. who do you think gets the most out of it? definitely the us. whether they like it or not, when xijinping and donald trump are sitting across the table from one another, this is probably the world's most important connection. it's notjust money and trade that drives the relationship. when it comes to climate change or getting north korea to contain its nuclear ambitions, america needs china onside. with a closer look at this mee

rajini vaidyanathan‘s in georgia, and this the report she's made.his seat? a republican candidate. for the very first time, i'm voting democrat. the sixth congressional district in georgia has been in republican hands for decades. but democrats think this man can win it back. let's win this on april the 18th! jon 0ssoff is a political adviser turned documentary maker, who's raised more than $8 million in a race which has been dubbed the "make trump furious" campaign. more than anything, i think it would be a win for the thousands of grassroots volunteers who are getting involved in this community — many of whom have never been involved in politics before — who see this as a moment when we need to stand up and make a statement about the kind of politics we want. there is no limit to the number of candidates standing for a party, and so there are a whopping 18 contenders — 11 are republicans, which could split that pa rty‘s vote. unlike on the democrats' side, where there is a coronation, republicans believe in competition. that competition has seen a

the bbc‘s rajini vaidyanathan and stephen mcdonell have been finding out more in washington and beijing let us off a little bit of our debt to them. shall we go down here? president trump likes to talk tough on china. throughout the election, he promised to bring jobs back to the us and put america first. 0n the other hand, china's president, xijinping, says that free trade is the answer and that this is what will bring jobs to china and the us. what do you think president trump should be saying to his chinese counterpart? i'm sorry, i apologise, i have been perhaps unfair to you. i'm one of those people that think that we should make more here. they are not a true democracy, that's the worst thing about china. social repression. who do you think gets the most out of it? definitely the us. whether they like it or not, when xijinping and donald trump are sitting across the table from one another, this is probably the world's most important connection. but it's notjust money and trade that drives the relationship. when it comes to climate change or getting north korea to contain its nucle

rajini vaidyanathan's been catching up with them to see how they've been getting on since their big day voted for hillary clinton. i voted for donald trump. we just got married! we did have a couple of days after the election where i said — i can't talk to you. days after the election where i said - i can't talk to you. for you? it was difficult because i didn't know what to say to her. i met the couple at their home during the election. they were engaged, in a lot of heated political discussions. don't talk over me yet. i caught up with them again, six weeks into their marriage. this is the room you got married in. 100 days into the trump presidency. i didn't think i would be living under a trump presidency. i wonder what happened overnight that i'm not aware of. our wedding and honeymoon was paid for by the donald trump increase in the to being stock market. the travel ban was an ill conceived, racist ban that was never going to pass constitutional muster. it was too quick a roll out. that was the problem. the philosophy was fine. the rollout was poor. the president totally flopped on