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Quite literally to the right. Get in touch with us using the hashtag. Hello and welcome im katty kay in new york, with Christian Fraser is in london. Authorities in las vegas increasingly believe Stephen Paddock had help. They dont know who from, or how, but the local sheriff says its almost impossible that he carried out americas worst ever mass shooting without assistance. The sheriff said paddocks scheme was so elaborate that he would have to be a super human to pull it off alone. They also now believe the killer was planning to escape from the attack. From las vegas, our north america correspondent, james cook has the latest. The golden glass were shattered by a man intent on mayhem. Why . Police still dont know but they say there is evidence Stephen Paddock planned to survive the attack and he may have had help. They want to know why he went on a weapon buying spree a year ago, although he had been amassing an arsenalfor years. We know Stephen Paddock is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and living a secret life. Much of which will never be fully understood. So far there has been a lot of attention paid to the actions of the man who was in that building and what he did, firing down on this concert below. But what many people who were at that gig have told us is that they think the focus should be on the response and the bravery that was on display there. This 24 year old kept running from the bullets even though she had been shot in the back. I felt something hit me really hard and then i felt something splatter on my back, so i thought it was either somebodys drink, it kind of felt like a paintball or Something Like that. Its not fair and its not right. And now ill forever have to have a bullet in my back. For no reason. The girlfriend of the man who inflicted such suffering said he was kind, caring and quiet. Marilou danley has now been questioned by the fbi. A lawyer read a statement on her behalf. He never said anything to me or took any action that i was aware of that i understood in any way to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen. The rapidity of the shooting was made possible by a device called a bump stop, which can make a rifle fire continuously. Now congress may debate a ban, but change is not guaranteed. This country has a capacity for staring at the faces of its dead and doing nothing. James cook, bbc news, las vegas. Our correspondent, rajini Vaidya Nathan is in las vegas for us. What more can you tell us about the idea that there may have been at some accomplice . More than 100 investigators, not just some accomplice . More than 100 investigators, notjust here, but across the country, are combing through the past of Stephen Paddock, and his movements, as they still search for a motive. Now one area that they are looking at is a purchase he made in october of last year, where he bought 30 weapons in one go. And they are wondering whether or not, as they say, a specific life event may have brought on this huge purchase. They are, as you say, is well looking as to whether or not he had an accomplice in carrying out this attack. He checked into the hotel with ten suitcases stuffed with guns and bullets, and police are wondering how he managed to get all of that from the lobby to the 32nd floor without any help, and how he managed to amass such a large arsenal of firearms too. Fbi Officials Say they are astonished they still dont have more information about the gunmen, and one of the reasons they say that is is because he had virtually no imprint on social media, very few close friends. He had a very private personal life, so that is why Marilou Danley book remains the focus of the investigation as a person of interest, because she was his live in partner, so right now she is really the one person who knew him best. It is interesting, christian, we heard it there in the report of james cook, christian, we heard it there in the report ofjames cook, the idea that they are starting to talk about some kind of limited legislation. It might be around the idea of banning these bump stocks, these ideas that devices that connect semiautomatic weapons and automatic weapons. We have had some fairly Senior Republicans coming out to say they are at least open to the idea of looking at that. The question though, as ever in these cases, will be what happens when the National Rifle association gets involved. Because up until now they have been very quiet, and in the past they have opposed any kind of Gun Legislation after these mass killings, so it will be inched into what happened on Start Talking about what happened on Start Talking about what happened. Lets move on. There is no indication that sundays referendum on independence in catalonia is leading to a solution to the regions problems. On the contrary there are several signs that the situation has become more tense not less since the vote. The top Spanish Court today suspended a planned session of catalonias parliament in order, it seems, to prevent the separatists from declaring independence. One of spains biggest banks has decided to move its legal base out of the region amid the unrest. But Financial Markets in spain rose today amid speculation the separatists themselves are divided. Our correspondent gavin lee is in barcelona. The Spanish Government saying the night, gavin, they wont be blackmailed . No, and i think what we are seeing is almost a reflection of what happened last week, and actually the days leading up to the referendum, that the Spanish Government are aware that if they can try to suffocate and just give less air to the ability of the cata la n less air to the ability of the Catalan Government to have this key meeting, this extraordinary meeting in parliament on wednesday on monday where it is likely that the president will explain the process of how they bring backjudicial powers, fiscal powers, and therefore launched the transition to unilateral independence can which could happen on monday night was top what the const schlupp court of spain have done is to declare that the legal. They have looked at the releva nt a ct the legal. They have looked at the relevant act of a constitution said they cannot have that meeting at all. So therefore the president of the parliament would face trial for holding it. Still may not on paper stopped the Catalan Government and the parliament from holding that debate, because the consequences are they could argue far wide of. The other Big Government chose the wider instability, you have two big banks, both of them having meetings about going elsewhere. We understand that saturday, one of the biggest banks here, will actually up sticks to go to alicante in the south because of the concerns but they have to pass it through the internal regulator first, which is why they are fairly quiet about it. Itjust first, which is why they are fairly quiet about it. It just shows first, which is why they are fairly quiet about it. Itjust shows you the Ripple Effect of the days to come. I am interested in what the mood is in barcelona because in previous protest referenda, we have seen it has caused quite a lot of division between people. So what is the atmosphere amongst catalonian i the atmosphere amongst catalonian s . Here in barcelona, you have the full with the flag and with the flag of spain. It is very hard when you see people in the street are sensibly to demonstrate, which one is which, because people unhappy about the violence on sunday are still coming out. You see far more of the catalan flag, but on sunday the Spanish Government and the Peoples Party of the Prime Minister telling people to get to the streets to show their unionist spirit, and using that because there is no dialogue at the moment between either the Catalan Government or the Spanish Government. One of a brief thought, the Catalan Police here, the union of the spanish authorities are saying there are Catalan Police in their hundreds trying to leave to go to the spanish force because they are unhappy with the independence movement. Moss s claim it is propaganda, just being divisive, in case catalan becomes a state in the days to come. But you get a sense of both sides here, propaganda, and that being slightly heightened head of monday. Absolutely. Thank you for the moment. Just before we came on air, we talked minister of the government of catalonia. The Constitutional Court has today announced it is suspending your session on monday, which we are told you are intending to declare your independence . The situation is there is no order of the day that simple is no order of the day that simple is as what is going to happen, so theyis is as what is going to happen, so they is simply beginning to happen something that is not established. That is a new attempt from the constitutional poll, which is by the way very politicised body, so it is not unusual, it is not an impartial one. In orderto not unusual, it is not an impartial one. In order to impede the normal functioning of the catalan institutions. It is a new attempt to ta ke institutions. It is a new attempt to take control of the catalan, and that shows through well that we are not confronted to a question of legality, it is a political question and needs to be addressed politically. Any attempt is the Constitutional Court decision right now will simply fuel and fuel even more frustration the catalan society. Are you prepared to carry on, even if that means imprisonment for sedition . I dont like to think about prison. Actually i dont thing anyone should be put in prison for not committing any crime. We havent done anything illegal. You know that Prime Minister rajoy is under pressure from conservatives in his government to really clamp down on your movement, to shut down the cata la n your movement, to shut down the Catalan Government altogether and ta ke Catalan Government altogether and take power back to madrid. That is not a fight that you can win, is it . When you have millions of people demanded to be listened to, i think it is impossible to deny that reality, and we need to confront this politically. Negotiation, dialogue, politics is the only way to sort it out. You saw spanish Financial Markets rose today because they believe that there are divisions in the separatist movement on how hard and how fast the push for independence. Are you all on the same page . Atchley what i saw on saturday is the clear determination of the people to move all a sense of the Spanish Government trying to get them to get about. The division is only between those who dont understand democratic and suppose, and the fundamental rights, in front of those who tried to stop those lunch those rights being implement it. That is the only break. On the other side, we understand that not solving that situation is creating some problems. That is why we very much insist addressing politically that situation, that circumstance. Mr romeva, two of the biggest Spanish Banks have threatened to pull out of catalonia today if you declare your independence. It is quite clear the European Union are not going to back you, so you will be isolated there. There will be all manner of financial and economic pressure that madrid puts to bear on catalonia. You must be prepared for that, surely . Again, threats, threats, threats. What about politics . What i am trying to say is that we have seen am trying to say is that we have seenin am trying to say is that we have seen in the past a lot of threats, this was not enough. This happened anyway. So please try to understand here and everywhere that what we needis here and everywhere that what we need is a political dialogue, and there is no other solution to address that situation in a more reasonable manner. Where does this 90, reasonable manner. Where does this go, the reality is that they still dont have a majority of catalans voting because the majority of cata la ns voting because the majority of catalans did voting because the majority of catala ns did not voting because the majority of catalans did not turn out to vote, and yet the spaniards are still handling this in a very heavy handed way, shutting down the parliamentary session on monday, what happens now . We dont know, is the simple answer that it we dont know, is the simple answer thatitis we dont know, is the simple answer that it is getting pretty serious. There was a very interesting article in the Financial Times thatjonathan powell wrote, the chief negotiator for the British Government during the Northern Ireland talks. He was saying there may be a hope and a wish in madrid that the separatistss saint events in catalonia will fade away. You just heard from mr romeva, they are not there to do that, and he was making there to do that, and he was making the point that there clearly comes a point where someone has to come between spain and catalonia, a third party to, to help steer them through. They have the us senator george mitchell, who was the third party in the Northern Ireland talks. It is not going to happen where you find a way forward and an agreement, u nless find a way forward and an agreement, unless you have someone in the middle who can talk sense to both parties. Yes, how to see who that would be, both parties would accept to be in that position, though. You all know what the cold war was commuterfrom a all know what the cold war was commuter from a know what a hot war is, but have you heard of the term a hybrid war . Thats what ukraine says moscow is doing in its country. A combination of propaganda on the airwaves and support for separatists on the ground. Today kiev expelled the Second Russian journalist in recent weeks accused of disinformation. This hybrid war is also definitely violent. More than 10,000 people have died in Eastern Ukraine since 2014 even with a notional ceasefire in place. Moscow denies any direct involvement, while admitting that russian volu nteers are helping the rebels. Now washington is said to be actively considering sending heavy weaponry to the government in kiev. In a moment, well talk to the us special representative for ukraine, kurt volker first as someone who reported in ukraine, initially in crimea heres a reminder of how we got here. They were known to us as the little green men, the soldiers and russian style uniform who had arrived in crimea without any of the identifying insignia. Within days, this mysterious military force had seized the government buildings, parliament, airport and Ukrainian Army barracks that we were watching. And so there is a dilemma for the ukrainian military, submit to the new authority in crimea or else. Russia had grabbed a piece of ukraine, with barely a shot being fired. But the same can be said of the dumb bass region, the eastern pa rt the dumb bass region, the eastern part of ukraine on the russian border. For three years, part of ukraine on the russian border. Forthree years, Government Forces and russian backed separatists have been locked in a war that has killed over 10,000 people, forcing 2 million from their homes. Through august, observers recorded 1500 nightly ceasefire violations. The minsk agreement of 2014 and 2015 were supposed to lead to the restoration of ukraine has my international border. They are supposed to have brought a ceasefire. Russia continues to ignore them. The occupied east now harbours one of the largest tank forces in europe, tens of thousands of Russian Troops poised across a border that moscow controls. So what happens now . Vladimir putin has suggested to playing a Un Peacekeeping force, but many question the russian president s real intentions. What might give the kremlin falls for thought is the knowledge that Russian Troops would meet for us fierce resistance. The german chancellor is reportedly open to supplying kiev with defensive weapons, an idea that is also getting traction within the white house. Lets talk about some of those key points with the us special representative curt falkirk, who is with me in the studio, good to have you with us, i understand you are going to belgrade on saturday to talk to the russians. How realistic is this idea that president putin has put forward, without a Un Peacekeeping force going into ukraine . I think it is interesting that he put forward any idea at all. Russia doesnt have to do anything, they can dakin, they have done it to other places. The fact they are willing to open a dialogue is very interesting and something we need to explore. It is, because in the spring they were rather satisfied with the status quo, he turns the heat out of any tender down. Things have changed a little bit since then. You are in place, a former nato ambassador, the commander the president has committed more to nato and the sanctions have been tightened. Maybe he feels this is a bit of a stone around his neck. Tightened. Maybe he feels this is a bit of a stone around his neckm you look at it from a Russian Point of view, the intervention in ukraine has not really achieved anything positive. It has unified ukraine, made it a more nationalist, anti russian country than ever before. And then they face the costs of this, which as you said, there are sanctions and growing sanctions, there is the reputation that russia suffers from having on this. There is the greater support for ukraine thatis is the greater support for ukraine that is in the offing. And there is also the lack of any progress in a us also the lack of any progress in a us russia or eu russia relationship. So those things make you wonder if it is really worthwhile. To see proposals were maybe there is a way we can get out of this, bring in a un force, create some genuine security. Protect the russian people out there . Do you trust . I think we need to test him, are they serious about it, and if so can we help and make this a success everybody . Is there a consensus of opinion that it is time now for the lethal weapons have a government of ukraine . Angela merkel who was opposed to it now seems to be in favour, you have former Obama Administration National Security people coming out in favour of it though obama had been averse to it, do you think that is the consensus now . Certainly there are more and more voices that recognise ukraine has a right to defend itself. We followed a policy, as you mentioned, under the Obama Administration, denying ukraine certain types of assistance while providing others, and that has not had any impact on resolving the conflict, in fact 2017 has been one of the more dangerous, bloodiest years we have seen. We still see ukrainian soldiers killed on average every three days. So helping ukraine to have the means to defend itself just seems helping ukraine to have the means to defend itselfjust seems very reasonable. Lets talk about the russian government and their intentions, and i want to bring up the russia investigation. You have talked about us russian relationship is being crippled potentially by ukraine but what about russian involvement in the last us election . Just yesterday we had the head of the Senate Intelligence committee, richard bourke, coming out and saying listen, the russians are planning to do this again, lets ta ke planning to do this again, lets take a listen. What i will confirm is that the Russian Intelligence Service is determined, clever, and directly around that every campaign and every election official take this very seriously, as we move into this very seriously, as we move into this novembers election, and as we move into preparation for the 2018 election. I am going to assume that you agree with senator bera that the prospect was well there that the russians will do that again . Identified much to comment on us the best of politics, other than russias actions have created a climate in which it is very difficult for russia to gain any traction in the United States, similarto traction in the United States, similar to what they did. They invaded and occupied part of ukraine, and now they have created a more westward looking and unified ukraine. By doing what they have donein ukraine. By doing what they have done in the us elections, they have created 98 votes in the senate in favour of sanctions against russia. Soi favour of sanctions against russia. So i cant predict, i dont want to second guess the chairman of our Intelligence Committee how we are looking at this but i have to say it is not working for russia, and i would hope that in the face of these sorts of things we can find other ways of dealing with some of these issues. But the view, in your position now, trying to deal with the russians over the issue of ukraine, what gives you any reason to think you can trust the russians, when we see what they did in the us elections, and in other elections, and what they have done in ukraine, why would you trust them . |j and what they have done in ukraine, why would you trust them . I dont think it is a question of trust. If we we re think it is a question of trust. If we were there it would be very difficult. It is a question of looking to see whether there are actions we can both take that help resolve a conflict would both like to resolve, if that is true. Russia has said that they dont have forces in ukraine. They have said that they support the safety and security of russian speaking people. If we can actually live up to those two statements, i think we would all agree on those, and we would be successful. The problem is that where there are Russian Forces in ukraine, that is where the risks to russian speaking people live. If we can remove the Russian Forces, have an International Force to come can remove the Russian Forces, have an internationalforce to come into genuinely provide security it can actually provide a way forward and maybe even a base for improving Us Russia Relations at a point when it is already very low. We are talking a lot about the reaction from moscow, what about the reaction from kiev . One of the criticisms of kiev is that they dont do enough to reach out to those people in the dom bass region . I think they do need to do more to reach out to those people, every thing from communication, education, pensions. They make some effort but there is a lot more they could do. At the same time, you put yourself in the position of ukrainians, where you are seeing position of ukrainians, where you are seeing someone come position of ukrainians, where you are seeing someone come in, invade your territory, take part of an occupied part of it, claim to annex of it, it makes it very difficult politically to take steps to be reaching out, when you dont see anything coming from the other side, no ceasefire, no security, no withdrawal. When you sit down in belgrade on saturday, it is the minsk agreement on the table, that is the starting point . Yes, and it is the starting point . Yes, and it is what needs to be implemented. What is failing as there is a lack of political will to do it, so we are having with greater Us Engagement with russia we can generate political will and see if we can move forward. It is an Important Role you are playing, thank you for speaking to us. Iraqi forces say theyve recaptured hawija from so called islamic state. The city was the jihadist militant groups last stronghold in the north of the country. I s now holds only a desert area near the syrian border. The win was aided by Us Led Coalition air strikes and shia militias. Police here in the uk say that the former british Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath would have been questioned about allegations of raping an 11 year old boy and indecently assaulting six other people if he was still alive. Officers added it should not be assumed that the politician, who died in 2005, was guilty. And the man once known as the german james bond has been sentenced for tax evasion. Keeping a low profile in court, werner mauss, was found guilty of owing millions of dollars in back taxes, on assets held in accounts abroad. The 77 year old former spy, who once helped foil a plot to poison the former pope, has been ordered to serve a two year suspended jail sentence. The more attentive of you will have noticed that kelly has not been with us noticed that kelly has not been with us catley has not been away. You are talking to opinion formers, top guests, getting the inside on the big stories in washington. So imagine my surprise when i go on twitter this week and i see you with this guy. Yes, there are very few quys this guy. Yes, there are very few guys that i would ditch or four. Hang on, we are late on the picture, can wejust hang on, we are late on the picture, can we just the picture first before you give an explanation. Is that the kind of guest we will get in the studio . Hey, listen, if we got big bird in the studio we would be very lucky. I wouldnt leave you alone, christian, for very many people, but somebody as tall and blonde and famous as big bird i think is even worth leaving Christian Fraser four. I have to say, this was an event where i was hanging out medals to major philanthropists have done extraordinary things. The most famous person in the room and that person that everybody wanted to have their photograph with, the big yellow fluffy bird. Did you meet the man inside . I did, and he is remarkably normal. I asked him when he was growing up is that what you wa nted he was growing up is that what you wanted to do and he said he was going to be an engineer. He is a small man forced small man in big bird. We will have all from big bird and us. Tonights weather will be very different to last nights weather. For a start it will not be as windy. The stronger winds are getting pushed away into the north sea. There is a weather front approaching the north west but it is High Pressure that will be in control of our weather overnight and it is pointing to a cold night. Those stronger winds pushing out into the north sea, taking away most of the showers, one or two continuing to run in the irish sea. Otherwise, we will have clear skies overnight, the wind is dropping, temperatures will be dropping too. It is chilly air, those other numbers in towns and cities but widely to the 5 degrees in the countryside with a touch of frost perhaps the north. That is where we will kick off fridays weather, a cold start, sunshine coming through, giving that mbodj is a bit ofa coming through, giving that mbodj is a bit of a boost, still some showers around scotland. But fading away as pressure builds through the irish sea, so drying off in north wales and north west england. The odd shower just and north west england. The odd showerjust clipping parts of norfolk and perhaps suffered as well, but the bulk of the showers on the strong winds are out at sea. Lighter winds, lots of sunshine to begin the day. And it should stay sunny for most across england and wales, at is in scotland. We will find cloud tending to increase, most of it high, but towards the north west, Northern Ireland, North Western scotland, the cloud is going to be lowering, and maybe later in the day the first signs of a little rain but otherwise a dry day. A chilly day after that cold start, temperature is 12 to 15 degrees. But the following night wont be as cold, or is that cloud and rain in the northwest topples down across the country, those were the fans taking it southwards. And the fans taking it southwards. And the winds will be strengthening as well. A bit of a blustery sort of day on saturday and quite cloudy as well. The main rain probably not amounting to much away from the hills, sitting southwards but still quite clever behind that. The best of the sunshine is scotland and north east in where it should not be about afternoon but still the bridge is 40 degrees. The best we will manage a 17 in the south east of england. Winds not a strong on sunday but generally a westerly flow, maybe some sunshine around the eastern areas, filling in with more and more cloud, temperatures about where they should be this time of year and it will be quite a cloudy weekend to sum up. Most of the wet weather will be on saturday, it should be drier and brighter, especially in the east, and sunday. This is beyond 100 days, with me katty kay in new york Christian Frasers in london. Our top stories the girlfriend of the las vegas gunman says she had no idea he was planning any kind of violence, in which 58 people were killed. And spains Constitutional Court provisionally suspends a session of catalonias parliament set down for monday, amid fears it could vote to declare independence. Coming up in the next half hour as Rex Tillerson puts to bed rumours about his future as secretary of state its a subject the president just wants to keep talking about it. After that speech, the conservative government rallies round in defence of the Prime Minister. Let us know your thoughts by using beyond100days. Breaking news, nothing from the nra after the shooting in las vegas well in the last few minutes we have got a statement, let me read you the first part of it unfortunately the first part of it unfortunately the First Response from some politicians as the beam to call for more gun control, banning guns from law abiding americans based on the criminal act of a madman will do nothing to prevent future attacks. This is an interesting statement, they go on to say it is a fact which has been proven time and again that this would be just the act of a madman, but here is the critical bit of their statement, they do say, and we we re of their statement, they do say, and we were talking about this, that they are open to looking at the idea of regulating devices which can turn semiautomatic weapons into fully automatic weapons. It is generally banned in the United States to usefully automatic weapons so you would think these devices all to be not allowed anyway, i would not enhance our x band gun control legislation. To stop these bump stocks as they are called, 99 bump stocks, that would take us to where legislation is, in forcing current legislation is, in forcing current legislation effectively but i am interested to see the nra conceding at all because i have not seen it before, that there is room for some kind of expanded legislation or regulation when it comes to do with guns. We should explain its the stock which replaces a shoulder stock and allows you to fire a semiautomatic weapon like an automatic weapon. Press secretary sara sanders has been talking about this. Right now our focus has been been talking about this. Right now ourfocus has been on healing and uniting the country, the Investigation Continues to be at the very early stages. We know members of both parties in multiple organisations are planning to take a look at bump stocks and related devices. We welcome that and would like to be part of the conversation. We would like to see a clear understanding of the facts and input from the victims families, from Law Enforcement and policy makers and we are expecting key rings and other important fact finding efforts on that and we want to be part of that discussion. Interesting developments, Sarah Sanders talking at the white house. President trump was on twitter this morning saying Rex Tillerson never threatened to resign and suggesting congress should investigate the media for spreading fake news. Mr trump was responding to a report by nbc news yesterday that his top diplomat was so fed up of working for this white house that this summer he had to be persuaded not to step down. But theres more. Yes, i can hardly believe im saying this but here we go. The american secretary of state did not call the us president a moron or even a bleep bleep moron. Or at least that is what the state departments spokeswoman says. The secretary himself is not exactly denying the story. The latest episode of chaos in the white house heirachy is dismaying mr trumps republican colleagues. Heres the Top Republican senator on the Foreign Relations Committee Bob corker. Secretary Rex Tillerson, chief of staff kelly, secretary james mattis, those people who celebrate our country from chaos. They work very well together to make sure policies well together to make sure policies we put forth around the world are sound and coherent. There are other people within the administration that dont. Not a ringing endorsement of the president. And joining us now from washington is former us defense secretary and bbc World Affairs analyst william cohen. Thank you forjoining us, you served as the us defence secretary, how important was it as you travelled around the world and dealt with americas allies and adversaries for those leaders to know you had the full backing of president clinton . It was critical to my ability to carry out the mission of our country. Subject to the president s direction. Whats astonishing to me is there does not seem to be an interagency process whereby all of the officials dealing with a particular subject matter are on the same sheet. If secretary Rex Tillerson is going to china you would expect him to talk to the chinese about how to achieve a diplomatic solution to the problem of north korea. Thats hisjob, to seek diplomatic outcomes as opposed to just talking about military measures. So its hard for me to comprehend why there is no coherence within the administration in order to have a plan that can be carried out by the secretary of state. Its pretty confusion and it undermines the secretary of state himself. If he does not appear to have the authority or the power to speak on the president with a consistent message other countries will not be ina message other countries will not be in a position to make a commitment or they will wait until they can talk to the president or someone else. It undermines the secretary under those circumstances. This is what i find confusing, i am wondering if the president realises that when he sends out a tweet undermining Rex Tillerson he is also undermining Rex Tillerson he is also undermining his own administration, its not just tit for tat with the secretary of state. If he cannot be the effective diplomat he needs to be thats not good for the Trump Administration. Absolutely. The president , if he has a strategy needs to have people execute that strategy. If there is a difference between the secretary of state and the president of the United States guess who wins . The president. So if the secretary is unable to carry the message effectively the president loses as well. This is something pretty fundamental, elemental as we would say, that the president should pick people who support his agenda and his philosophy, who are prepared to carry out his direction. If you asa to carry out his direction. If you as a cabinet memberfind you no longer feel you are as a cabinet memberfind you no longerfeel you are being as a cabinet memberfind you no longer feel you are being effective, or that you are no longer able to persuade other people Obey Authority then i think it brings you to appoint you say how can i continue to serve at the president s pleasure and continue to serve him . I think those are the kind of issues, if they can be corrected, they should be right away. There may be a situation where the Humpty Dumpty of trying to put it back together again and to send a message to the world that the president and his secretary of state are on the same page, the same mission and the same philosophy. I was just same mission and the same philosophy. I wasjust thinking, same mission and the same philosophy. Iwasjust thinking, if i asked catty if she had called me a moron she would say yes i did and this is why, she would not say what Rex Tillerson said yesterday. The main headline of the story that you called the president a moron, if not where do you think these reports. Lam not where do you think these reports. I am not going to deal with petty stuff like that. This is what i dont understand about washington. I am not from this place. But the places i come from we dont deal with that kind of petty nonsense. Its intended to do nothing but divide people. I its intended to do nothing but divide people. Lam not going its intended to do nothing but divide people. I am not going to be pa rt of divide people. I am not going to be part of this effort to divide this administration. Do not say that, deny it. That isjust ducking it. I do not buy it. The tweet on north korea, looking at it from an american perspective, he says i have told him hes wasting his time, save your breath, save your time, how does that look any part of a world where you travelled a lot, in china and also to north korea if the man who is negotiating is kneecapped by the president. He is being kneecapped. I dont know what the secretary of state does when he goes to meet with the chinese leadership to meet with the chinese leadership to prepare for the president s visit to prepare for the president s visit to talk about ways in which the chinese can bring that kind of pressure which will bring the North Koreans to the table under the right circumstances. To say you are wasting your time, why is the president going to seek a diplomatic solution as opposed to a military one. If you are unwilling to try and find, if its possible, a diplomatic way out of this crisis then your only option is to take military action to try to stimulate and forced the North Koreans to take something in the way of military action to which you can respond. Thats something we ought to do everything we can to avoid. I think the mission of the secretary of state is to say let me talk to the president of china, preparing for President Trump to come, lets see what strategy we can to squeeze the North Koreans in a way that makes it clear to them the regime cannot survive without Chinese Support in the way it has been given in the past. Then perhaps we can find a way to solve this without thousands or hundreds of thousands possibly been killed in the course of the military conflict. Should secretary tillerson resign . That if the decision two people can make, the president can ask him to leave and secretary tillerson if he feels he can no longer be effective and cannot carry on the mission, thats a decision he would make saying i serve at your pleasure if i am not serving you effectively and you have made clear then i want to step down but i know Rex Tillerson is a great patriot, he was not looking for this job, Rex Tillerson is a great patriot, he was not looking for thisjob, he gave up was not looking for thisjob, he gave up a was not looking for thisjob, he gave up a lot to accelerate all his options coming from his prior company. I think he wants to stay, once to carry out the mission. But at some point in time he will have to say if i continue to be publicly undercut how can i possibly carry on thejob i have been hired to do . Undercut how can i possibly carry on the job i have been hired to do . We will watch that with interest. Always good to see you, thank you. The japanese born, british author, Kazuo Ishiguro has been awarded the nobel prize for literature. The Swedish Academy described his novels as having great emotional force. He has written eight books, the best known of them, the remains of the day, focuses on the fragile and at times unreliable nature of memories. Heres our arts editor, will gompertz. The nobel prize in literature 2017 is awarded to the english writer, Kazuo Ishiguro. I thought in this age of false news, i thought it was perhaps a mistake. Kazuo ishiguro has written seven novels in a 35 year literary career which has other numerous awards to go with his nobel prize. His first novel made an Immediate Impact when it was published in 1982. It, like his second book, features a japanese protagonist. I do feel that the japanese part of my upbringing is crucial to who i am as a person and as a writer. Im a british citizen, ive lived in this country since age five, entirely educated in this country, but i grew up in a japanese home. There was always this other dimension. I saw things through the eyes ofjapanese people, i saw British Society through japanese eyes. He is perhaps best known for his novel the remains of the day, which was turned into a film starring Anthony Hopkins and emma thompson. Mr stevens . Yes . You mustnt take anything i said to heart. It is hideously easy to miss great opportunities in life. And i think that is something we all face. And i think my books have often addressed that. People who didnt quite see love when it came. Yes, mr stevens . It is one of the things i resort to, is to create a situation in which the character perhaps understates things, almost frustratingly from the readers point of view. I want the reader to say, why dont you react more . Why arent you screaming . Why keep these things to yourself . Kazuo ishiguro creates characters and worlds we can inhabit and believe in. Of course that is the job of a novelist. It is just that he does it better than most. Mike pence has announced that us astronauts will be sent back to the moon in a bid to revitalise americas space programme. The us Vice President was addressing the first meeting of the renewed National Space council in chantilly, who have been tasked with shaping the us space agenda. He said a base on the moon would help further missions to mars and be vital to National Security. The moon will be a stepping stone, a training ground. Our adverse use are aggressively developing jamming hacking and other technologies intended to cripple military surveillance, navigation and communication systems. In the face of these actions america must be as dominant in space as we are here on earth. Top brass at this event, take us earth. Top brass at this event, take us through a few of them. I think almost everybody in this administration as if they did not have enough to do are on this space council, hr mcmaster, elaine chao, i think shes trying to deal with infrastructure here on earth but also on things going to mars it would seem. Rex tillerson there as well. Wilbur ross the commerce secretary, everyone whos anyone in the Trump Administration is looking to ta ke the Trump Administration is looking to take america to the moon and beyond. Thats quite a brief, the real roads and the moon. I got traffic jams and the moon. I got trafficjams and moons, what is your breath . This is beyond 100 days. Still to come when living in a liberal state becomes all a bit much the american conservative calling time on california, and helping others to do the same. Sales of new cars in the uk have fallen for 6 months in a row. Its first time in 6 years that figures have fallen in the september market a key month for car sales and could be a sign of faltering consumer confidence. Our economics correspondent andy verity has more. If you want a test of consumer confidence, its here, in aluminium, steel and glass. Consumers dont shell out thousands for a new car if theyre uncertain about the nearfuture, and right now, according to car dealers, theyre not confident. People are seeing the headlines, seeing growth forecasts being a lot lower. Certainly the confidence in the economy doesnt seem to be as strong as it once was. Thats been borne out by some recent figures. So itsjust causing consumers to delay purchasing. How long theyll delay them for remains to be seen, but certainly we are seeing the impact now and its really beginning to accelerate. After record sales last year, a drop of 1. 2 in registrations of new petrol fuelled cars doesnt look so bad. What sent the figures plummeting was sales of new diesel cars, down by more than a fifth. Whats put us off diesel . Proven to be not as clean as they originally thought they were, and polluting a lot, so i wouldnt even think of buying a petrol car. Im a hybrid man now. Theres lots of things in the news about diesel at the moment. And is it carcinogenic and fumes coming off . I know that my mum tells my dad not to get diesel cars. Why have you decided to buy a diesel car . Most manufacturers now offer scrappage schemes where you trade in your diesel and get £2000 off your next purchase, but that hasnt stopped sales dropping. People are concerned about the values of diesels if they buy diesel, can they sell it on . Will they be penalised in clean air zones or by taxation purposes. In a lot of cases new diesels wont be penalised in clean air zones, which will come as a surprise to a lot of people, and we are waiting to hear on the clarification around taxation on diesels in the autumn budget. Sales of electric and hybrid carsjumped by a third compared to last year, but they were the exception. With other big purchases like sofas also selling poorly, the consumers readiness to spend more than ever before on cheap credit is gradually becoming exhausted. Andy verity, bbc news. Youre watching beyond 100 days. I guess we should have learned over the years not to take Financial Market reaction to events as gospel truth, but the slide in sterling today did seem to reflect a reality that this was not the British Governments best ever week. Indeed germanys largest industry grouping said today that german firms doing business in the uk should prepare themselves for a very hard brexit, simply because the British Government doesnt know what it wants. Coming after mrs mays difficult Party Conference performance yesterday there are a lot of questions about her future and the future of brexit negotiations. With me is our Political Correspondent ross hawkins. A lot of talk last night about if there would be a vote of no confidence, the magic number they talk about is 48 conservative mps to bring her down, but is it as simple as that, is it the numbers . Young its not and it could be simpler, it could be the right people turning against at the right time. We are an extraordinary situation. The reason the pound did whatjust described is because the market understands and mps because the market understands and mps understands, planet politics understands that at any moment a delegation you rather a large number of backbenchers are potentially cabinet ministers could go to her and say frankly we think the game is up and say frankly we think the game is up and we are willing to say that public life. A few days ago i was in a room at an evening reception at the conference were the conservatives were holding their party, the Prime Minister a few meter away and everyone sang happy birthday and you could have assumed all was well and bright. If you watch almost all the on the record state m e nts watch almost all the on the record statements they may as well have been singing her praises, one said she could go on for 25 years. I would not say dont quite believe a word of it but take it with a massive heap of salt because the reality is people are biding their time waiting and watching and the overriding emotion is not one of hope or opportunity but here. They fear if they get rid of theresa may v2 point up with something they like even less. Its an indication of how cynical we have become about politics and how much we think the conservative party has become a shark tank that when people come out and say nice things about theresa may and rally to her defence the day after a tough speech we look at it and think they have alternative motives. Cynical . Ask . The very thought there one way to kill your career in the conservative party at the moment is to be the one mp who went over the top in an unexpected way and either letjeremy corbyn become the Prime Minister because you spark the general election or alternatively if you are one of those who once a particular brexit of the sort maybe borisjohnson likes you could end up within another cabinet minister with the opposing view or the opposite could be true, you might hope for something more along the lines of maybe the word soft is pretty meaningless in terms of brexit but maybe longer transition, maybe we stay closer to europe are longer and you could end up with borisjohnson. They are very concerned about getting rid of the leader and winding up they dont want. Getting rid of the leader and winding up they dont want. Thanks. Never cynical about the state of british politics so divisions on the right of uk politics just as there are divisions on the right, here in the United States. But those splits are nothing compared to the gulf that exists between conservative republicans in Middle America and the liberals of the east and west coasts. So what happens if you find yourself in a state which leans in the opposite direction from your own political thinking . The obvious solution is to up sticks and move. And that is exactly what one conservative has done relocating from liberal california to texas. He told us how hes now helping other americans to do the same i compare leading california with leaving a bad relationship. You dont know how bad the relationship wasnt a lever out of it. Iam pauland i am paul and this is my wife brenda and we are here in texas, just north of dallas. California used to be a very red state, reagan and nixon. I remember when the School Systems are great, schools were safe, street to receive, a lot of industry but theres been a big turn. It is largely controlled by a far left ideology that is very much anti business, anti Public Safety and more on an agenda of legalising drugs, promoting the socialjustice thing and that doesnt make sense to us. Asa us. As a military officer and reserve Deputy Sheriff i have always put Public Safety first. Being a republican in california is difficult. If you have the strong sense of family values we do you do not feel like you fit in. You look other laws being passed, danger on the streets, problems with the schools and if you are a dad or a mum and you cared about the future of your kids california is not the place to raise them. And we thought wouldnt it be neat to create a company that helps families do exactly what we did. So we created this little idea called conservative move. We lunched on social media and overnight it exploded. Hundreds of people, thousands now have contacted us, told stories, written e mails saying have contacted us, told stories, written e mails saying i cannot even mention i am republican. I dont feel welcome in my own state. Due to the state s destructive liberal policies i cannot live there. Trapped in liberal hell, save me. I will not be tolerated in california. That is what we hear a lot. That they cannot even have a conversation. It is not that they are seeking a state that has a certain ideology, they are seeking things for her family and those things for her family and those things exist because of those ideologies. That is what texas is. I miss my california weather. But im glad im out. I know you have secret ambitions to go and live in california one day but it does mean well be divided yet again because one of my favourite states in the union is texas. It must be the cowgirl in me. You never get a warmer welcome anywhere than you do in texas. I think i will you an apology, i would never call you a moron. I might leave you for somebody taller and far more yellow but i would never call you a moron. Thats what i call a proper denial, none of this wishy washy stuff the secretary of state has given us. Thanks forjoining us, we will be back next week, roz atkins is up next with outside source. Good morning. The farmers may well have gathered the harvest and fields but thats not stop the weather watchers from sending photographs of the harvest moon, look at this one in berkshirejust a the harvest moon, look at this one in berkshire just a few hours ago. Its in berkshire just a few hours ago. Its clouded over since then, not greater full moon, its clouded over since then, not greaterfull moon, 98 , i expect a full moon tonight, but for the time being the cloud has arrived, strong winds and rain for the next few hours and that eases away to the south east corner, going to be a damp start first thing thursday morning, if you are travelling to work along the m4 corridor there will be outbreaks of rain and pretty blustery with it, but behind it clear end and there will be geese and spells of sunshine not a bad start to the day. A scattering of showers to the north and west but they should be fairly well isolated. As we go into the afternoon we continue with the risk of a few showers and maybe one or two driven along by the north westerly breeze driving down to the cheshire gap towards the north midlands but elsewhere it will be dry with decent stars of sunshine, the winds lighter than yesterday and in actual fact highs likely of around 11 17d. With those clear skies by day thats going to lead into clear skies by night, so that means for the football in the evening it could turn quite chilly and thats worth bearing in mind if youre going to watch those international matches. The reason for that is High Pressure set to build from the west, writing things down quite nicely but it means a chilly start to the friday morning before wet and windy weather arrives at the start of the weekend. Friday morning first thing we could see a touch of light frost. Despite the chilly started could be sunny and lovely spells of sunshine coming through, temperatures will recover 916d through, temperatures will recover 9 16d by the end of the day more cloud into western scotland and Northern Ireland, a weatherfront arriving, we will see a cloudy weekends ahead for many of us, rain around into the north and west, best of the brighter spills into the east. Saturday looks likely to be the most unsettled day after a misty and murky start, showers in the east light, by sundays fingers crossed things will be that little bit quieter, drier, any showers chiefly out of the north and west, highs again 11 17d. This is bbc news. The headlines. Police investigating claims of sexual abuse against the former Prime Minister edward heath say he would have been questioned if he were still alive, but insist no inference of guilt should be made. He would have been interviewed under caution in order to obtain his account of the allegations against him. After yesterdays eventful Conference Speech an effort by ministers to bolster the Prime Ministers position. She has my full support. The girlfriend of the las vegas gunman says she had no idea he was planning any kind of violence. Spains Constitutional Court provisionally suspenda a session of catalonias Parliament Amid fears that it could vote to