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Ukraine and russia sat down for face to face meetings about the conflict in donbass. The first time they have met for peace talks in three years. And that the Golden Globes it is the golden girls were nominated. Then ifjennifer aniston, jennifer lopez, all of them over 50. Doesnt that make you feel old . If you didnt happen to read the 300 page report from the House Intelligence Committee making the case that in donald trump, today you could listen to it instead. Lawyers for democrats and republicans spent the last few hours laying out their separate cases that could be made with donald trump goes to trial. To summarise briefly democrats presented what they say is evidence that the president subverted the country for the National Security interest but his own personal gain, and the republicans say there is no case and the whole process is an offence to those who support from. The chances that peoples mines will be changed by what we have today will be slim but the Committee Chairman insists this is more than party politics. This matter represents a continuing risk to the country. The evidence shows that donaldj country. The evidence shows that donald j trump, president country. The evidence shows that donald] trump, president of the united states, has put himself for his country. He has violated his most basic responsibility to people, he has his oath. He does the counterargument from the republican side. They record in the Democrat Impeachment enquiry does not show that President Trump abused the power of his office are obstructed congress. To impeach a president who is 63 Million People voted for over eight lines in a call transcript is baloney. Baloney is a kind of meat, which means it was rubbish. Were joined now by the White House Reporterfor joined now by the White House Reporter for the wall street journal. Thank you forjoining us. It was a fairly dry feeling. This was the lawyer for the republican family lawyerfor was the lawyer for the republican family lawyer for the democrats making their case. If democrats want to change public opinion, do they have to make this list right . Today have to make this list right . Today have to make it more compelling and urgent . Either way it seems more and more likely by the day that he is going to be the third president in us history ever to be impeached and so us history ever to be impeached and so whether or not they need to jazz it up in any way is not necessarily as part of actually accomplishing the house, democrats that is, which is to impeach the president. But as far as Winning Public support is very likely that they would have to ta ke very likely that they would have to take a more compelling case and be sure that when he witnesses were called earlier in the proceedings a couple of weeks ago, there are some of the witness testimonies were very good and definitely a bit of must see tv has we call it here. When robert miller, the special counsel, testified earlier this year about his findings with the Russian Investigation of the President Trump, that was a case of again wanting to make something a little more compelling for audiences to formulate an opinion. He was older, a little bit frazzled with regards to trying to testify and so the democrats didnt feel like they got that home that they really wanted as pa rt that home that they really wanted as part of that, so this is another case here, but the republicans say either way regardless of what the democrats are laying out their falling very short of achieving their goal. With anything new you heard from either side . A lot of it was in the reports they released last week saw a lot of it was putting into words what we had already seen on paper. The democrats trying to let this case in terms of the president violating National Security protocols by going and asking the ukrainian president to investigate a political rival. The democrats trying to lay out an expansive case against donald trump. It is not just expansive case against donald trump. It is notjust because of the matter. In the process of their formulating articles of impeachment. We are looking at a number of matters so it is the ukraine matter but also the obstruction ofjustice relating back to the miller investigation in ten cases there. Some even say that we have the emoluments clause we are, whether the president abused his power basically for personal or financial gain, something that should be included, so a number of these things getting through the and of the ukraine matter in particular. The best republican argument is probably the democrats are moving too fast and yet today we have Rudy Giuliani, the president of my personal attorney in ukraine still trying to pick up things on 2016, still trying to get a Foreign Government involved. Almost making the democrats case for them giuliani has made it clear he is an avid twitter user just giuliani has made it clear he is an avid twitter userjust like his quite the president , and he has made it clear he would be vindicated by going to ukraine and personally investigating what former Vice President joe biden and his son hunter had done in ukraine in terms of their involvement with an Energy Company in ukraine and joe bidens involvement just as vice company in ukraine and joe bidens involvementjust as Vice President and wanting to help his son. So that isa and wanting to help his son. So that is a matter that Rudy Giuliani insists there is some wrong doing and he is going to uncover it, whether or not that of the case remains to be seen. A lot of these claims so far have not really materialised to any substantive realities and so he has an uphill battle in terms of really making a case. Thank you very much. Also in washington is one christie, former adviser to george if you wish. As well as the committee to date have had the long awaited report from the Inspector General looking into the apis behaviour during the 2016 campaign. To to anticipate this by President Trump and get according to the report, we did not find any document of your testimonial evidence of any improper influence to their decision. What you make of that . What i make of this, for the timel that . What i make of this, for the time i have been able to skim the summary, as time i have been able to skim the summary, as it seems to me there was a systemic failure at the Justice Department in general and the fbi in particular. They did find evidence that a low level attorney evidence that a low level attorney evidence that then allow the department of justice to go and violate a fifa application, an application in other words to spy on an american individual. That was improper so when you look at whether there was political bias involved, im looking more at the fact that from the top we the bottom of the api there was a lot of inconsistencies in the way they carry that their business to look into the president ial campaign. Youre talking about an e mail that was changed to get the warrant but the fact the president was making was that there were spies inside the campaign and they have found categorically that there were not . This isjust inspector categorically that there were not . This is just Inspector Generals report. You also have the attorney generaljohn report. You also have the attorney general john durham has report. You also have the attorney generaljohn durham has a much more expansive look at what happened with the fbi and Justice Department, expansive look at what happened with the fbi andJustice Department, so this is one report, and i would also note that the Inspector General at the Justice Department cannot issue entitlements. He cannot charge people with crimes. John durham and connecticut as one who can issue indictments and make referrals sol think we still have a lot in this process. Villagers start by saying i ama process. Villagers start by saying i am a little disappointed because i go away for three months and i had to view would have sorted out business on both sides of the atla ntic business on both sides of the atlantic and we would have looked on just saying, you have been slacking. The democrats main argument only pointjust raised about the of this impeachment proceeding is that they have to do this, it is urgent because it is an ongoing process and the president s are still trying to use foreign powers to stop the American Democratic process. Is there any evidence, in any case to be made that they have got to get this wrapped up fast, notjust for political reasons but because it is much of democracy at stake . Good afternoon and let me say it is lovely to see you back. See that i was going to say that you could have done that. He didnt so i had to. I think this is a strategy politically that is fraught with peril, and let me tell you why. If you look at the Battle Ground states, at wisconsin and the chicken in pennsylvania, the American People thus and against impeachment. It seems to me that the quicker the democrats in the house want to move to impeach the president , they run the risk of actually enhancing his ability to get re elected because they are saying, is the proof and why are you moving so quickly . If the democrats have something they would be the strong opportunity to lay down their carts and say this is exactly what we think is an impeachable offence and heeded the evidence. It is lovely to see you, thank you very much indeed for that. You missed your chance. She has been away. And it is useful that you have been away, i hope you had a nice time for three months. Been away, i hope you had a nice time for three monthslj been away, i hope you had a nice time for three months. I did, thank you. The three months that you have been away i hope you havent been watching the impeachment enquiry because it is walking waist deep in faecal ability and you come to it with a set of pressurised today and i have intrigued as to what you make of it. Fresh eyes. It was interesting being of a distance not just on this impeachment story with everything going on in washington and you couldnt help but think there was constant drama but nothing much really changes. I left at the end of august and the impeachment proceedings are ongoing but we sort of know what the conclusion is likely to be. The country are still divided, democrats do want to get out of this president however they cant believe he is a legitimate and the republicans refute it. Not many mines have been changed, so seeing this constant churn of grammar comments some more 01 less consequential, but trying to sift through that to see what really matters and what doesnt, that is the challenge you and i face, all of us the challenge you and i face, all of us and trying to interpret this extraordinary time. It is fascinating just to say, both sides of the atlantic as a sprint to the event, so democrats trying to get this done and of course of Boris Johnson will return with a majority, trying to get blekcer done at the same time, so dont go anywhere. Dont worry, i am staying for a while. New zealands Prime Minister is facing questions about whether to the student been allowed only volcanic island after it corrupted leaving five people dead. It is one of the countrys most active cone volcanoes and it is a spectacular sight popped over to the supporters notoriously unpredictable. The creator suddenly erupted sending a plume of steam and ash 12,000 feet in the air. Footage from the camera is fixed on the creator appear to show people in the area minutes before it erupted. The extraordinary few moments after the volcano erupted. It had briefly and fiercely, filling the air with huge plumes of smoke and smouldering ash. The people of the sport had left just ash. The people of the sport had leftjust moments ash. The people of the sport had left just moments before ash. The people of the sport had leftjust moments before the eruption. The boat operators were not taking any chances. Go inside, go inside these pictures of the steaming creator were found by tourists half an hour earlier. After getting in the boat and seeing the past, the group returned to ireland to look for survivors. They found the sightseeing helicopter destroyed by the eruption. The ash was still building and further down the beach a large group could be seen waiting to be rescued. It was hot, everyone had burns. Some are seriously burned, others a bit less, and i am not sure if they managed to rescue everyone. 23 people were picked up. Of those, five confirmed dead. Are still unaccounted for, including this group, seen only monitoring camera at the rim of the volcano just moments before the eruption. The eyes of unstable, possibility of further options but actually physical environment and unsafe for us physical environment and unsafe for us to return to the island. Helicopters transferred those critically ill from specialist hospitals but rescue and recovery had to be suspended. I will be a huge amount of concern and anxiety for those who have loved ones around the island at the time, and i can assure them, police are doing everything they can. Everything they can. White island may be new zealands most active volcano, but its also popular with tourists. Local Scientists Say the volcano had been more active in recent weeks. About three weeks ago we raised the alert level to indicate that there were signs of increased unrest and therefore a slightly higher probability of an eruption. But really, that goes down to the tourist operators who informed the tourists and decide whether they should go or not. Police say aircraft have been searching the island for signs of life. So far, theyve found none and save they are assuming there are no more survivors. Extraordinary images and a short timei extraordinary images and a short time i go i spoke about research which has just visiting. Time i go i spoke about research which hasjust visiting. A Prime Minister and other officials had just been speaking, what is just resilient. The Prime Minister and other officials have just been speaking, with the latest . We know that 47 people have been on the island and of the 40 75 are no confirmed page. We know 31 people we re confirmed page. We know 31 people were ta ken confirmed page. We know 31 people were taken to hospital across the country. Many have been brought here to the harbour, some are still in the hospital here, others taken elsewhere in new zealand. We also know that eight are missing and we have already been discharged from hospitals. Recently Prime Minister have also updated us on the nationalities of the people on the island. She said that among them we re island. She said that among them were New Zealanders but also tourists from the united states, United Kingdom, australia, china and malaysia. We also heard from police that at the moment, there is still no sign of life on the island and that it no sign of life on the island and thatitis no sign of life on the island and that it is still quite dangerous and quite unstable for rescue operators to get in there. He said, we will wait for advice on when to get get on that island. It is early and we are still getting all the details but there are already questions about whether people should have been on that island at all in the first place. Absolutely. As recently as december three, there has been a heightened alert on the activity of the volcano on that island. We understood that on december three there was a warning that there was gas and what bursts and motor activity, moderate to heightened activity, moderate to heightened activity on that island, but it was still deemed 0k activity on that island, but it was still deemed ok for tourists to be there, but there are questions to be asked, the Prime Minister herself wasjust asked that asked, the Prime Minister herself was just asked that question asked, the Prime Minister herself wasjust asked that question in asked, the Prime Minister herself was just asked that question in that press conference about why it was ok for tourists to be on that island women and that was heightened about the activity of the volcano. Right now, she said this was something we need to look at, but that the focus should be on treating those who are injured at the moment, but definitely this is something that everybody now will be looking to about the safety of these areas, because remember, this is one of new zealands highest, most active volcanoes, one of the most active volcanoes, one of the most active volcanoes, and it is a very popular tourist destination, so the balance that needs to be struck between safety and bringing people here, thatis safety and bringing people here, that is something that is going to be looked at in detail. Around 10,000 people a year visit this private island by the name meaning dramatic volcano. 70 of it is under the sea and this was not a particularly big eruption and it was only short lived, but a level four alert had been issued in recent weeks. The school runs from 0 5 with five being a major eruption. At white island sits on the pacific ring of fire surrounding the pacific ocean. As you can ring of fire surrounding the pacific ocean. As you can see, ring of fire surrounding the pacific ocean. As you can see, then in the west coast of the americas only way to chile. He can speak to an environmentalist volcanologist at the university of auckland and he joins us now. Good to have you with us. Can you just help me with a kind of physical structure of this volcano. While we are seeing so much stea m volcano. While we are seeing so much steam coming from it . What youre seeing on the island is essentially tip ofa seeing on the island is essentially tip of a very tall volcano, actually about 700 metres high, so it looks small but a lot of the volcano was under the water so what you are visiting is essentially the central pa rt of visiting is essentially the central part of the main active crater, and so part of the main active crater, and so that active crater area has got advisers and steam vents underneath it, probably about a kilometre below as my car, which is driving the heat and gas into the system, so it is like a little boiling whichs called on the flow of hot gases, poisonous gases, and it is also building up pressure below the ground. So this alert had been issued a few weeks ago, suggesting that pressure was building up. As a volcanologist yourself, would you have recommended that that point that people should stop visiting the silent . In your report you mention it was a level four alert but it wasjust report you mention it was a level four alert but it was just a report you mention it was a level four alert but it wasjust a level two, so essentially what was happening a few weeks ago was there with extra gas coming out in the syste m with extra gas coming out in the system was a little more unstable in terms of having bursts. Put that in context. That actually happens hundreds of times and it is only around one and 100 of these situations when that was going to an eruption, so volcanoes like this are very unpredictable so you have these periods where, there is a little more activity, a little more gas, and then goes back to normal. So that level to warming a few weeks ago isjust one of several that might have taken place over the last couple of years, where youre getting little periods of warming up and cooling down and that is because that practical system is variable all the time. Perhaps good reasons to stay away. While washington has been fixated on President Trumps interactions with his ukrainian counterpart, the ukrainian president have been for the study least of his country and how to bring it to an end. Giving place to pledge he made that the elections. Some 13,000 have beenin that the elections. Some 13,000 have been in Eastern Ukraine in five yea rs war been in Eastern Ukraine in five years war with russian backed separatists. Today he was holding his first ever meeting with the russian president vladimir putin, in paris alongside the leaders of germany and france, collectively known as the enormity group. The first time they have met in three yea rs first time they have met in three years and sent to the talks is what pa rt years and sent to the talks is what part of the Peace Agreement should come first. Ukraine argues it needs to regain control of that eastern border with russia. Moscow insists the election should be the first step. The corresponding present paris for the meeting. So these negotiations have been going on for three years and havent we got anywhere in Eastern Ukraine. Any chance know that something might change that situation . That is obviously of all for parties going into these talks. As you say it is very critical that these are the first talks of these kind in three years and just to let you know, we grab onto every little detail we can, we just saw Angela Merkel and man u mccrone passing by. The 4 way talks have recently finished and the president of ukraine in the russian president of ukraine in the russian president are in the bilateral meeting. They had in mind, this is the first time these two men have met face to face since zolinski was elected in spring with a landslide victory, and one of his key Campaign Promises was to bring peace to ukraine. He is now sitting down with the man ukraine claims for less water and they are trying to wrestle with the details on this extremely complex issue. As you mentioned, a conflict that has cost 13,000 lives since it began back in 2014. We have the Ukrainian Foreign minister on the Ukrainian Foreign minister on the programme and he suggested they are quite concerned that they are losing h. Not only is donald trump not particularly enamoured with ukraine at the moment for obvious reasons but france and germany want a much closer relationship with russia . Certainly france telephoned the man u mccrone has been very vocalin the man u mccrone has been very vocal in recent weeks, only criticising nato as brain death but talking about the need for rapprochement with russia, the fact that as he sees it russia should be traditionally and historically part of the european family in france should be at the forefront of moves to bring russia back into that family, although it should be done carefully and slowly, it will take time in europe has to be careful. Vladimir putin is going into this really what the strongest hand of cards and doing very much that ukraine is pretty weak on this. He has pressure from those at home who wa nt has pressure from those at home who want to be sure that he is not capitulating as lacey to russia, that this is not a surrender value claim, but meeting face to face is absolutely critical in all of this. Christian hyundai, full disclosure, having a bit of an existential crisis today. Not that i am back on set although that might be part of his problem, but that we are feeling lazy. Neither of us has never let anything, unlike, at the grand young age of 24, the worlds youngest Prime Minister. The finnish transportation minister was picked bya transportation minister was picked by a social Democratic Party to take charge after the Prime Minister quite. Not only is she is very young, she is notable in another way because she leads a coalition in which all the parties are led by women. Three of them are also in their 30s, and not only is she annihilating her country, as of next week she was going into the eu summit because of course fenlon has the rotating presidency, so she will be heading the world stage as well. All those older men are in the table may be due a bit of a shake up. All those older men are in the table may be due a bit of a shakeup. This is beyond 100 based on the bbc. Coming up of your on bbc news and bbc world news, for years we were told that the war in afghanistan was going well but new documents obtained by the Washington Post suggested were being misled. And remember the 120,000 banana stuck to the wall of an art gallery. It was keith. Would any moment. The deepening. For many, monty has offered a brief respite from wet and windy conditions but it will be short lived. A transient ridge of High Pressure built from the west but look at what is waiting in the wings. Yes, it will turning milder with this wedge of my will in the atla ntic with this wedge of my will in the atlantic but with that comes wet and windy conditions. For many, if i named to the day, clear skies certainly initially as we head into the overnight period but cloud. To increase from the west. While temperatures plummet initially as we head through the night and particularly towards the west they will start to recover. East anglia and the far south east of england may hang on to clear skies for much of the night and here we see a patchy frost. 0nes will strengthen it to the west accompanied by rain which will turn heavy and persistent as we head towards. Temperature close to freezing in east anglia, more like 10 celsius in the far south west. Tuesday, when found rain dominate with some heavy, the ones will be gale force in some areas, likely to cause some disruption. Strongest of the ones for facing coast, hills over the northern half of the uk and northern isles. Rain will be persistent and heavy particularly for the western half of the uk but the ones turning squally later on in the day. Temperature wise, back up into double figures but having the strength of the wind and it will be relevant. A milder air that we have in place through tuesday gets squeezed away overnight. Still no pressure in charge but cooler conditions for the one behind. Through wednesday, closer to that area of low pressure, still expecting to see gilles for northern scotland but elsewhere whence not as strong as tuesday, noticeably greasy and we start off with some sunshine but the showers get going through the day, some heavy what you risk of hail and thunder. The temperature back down in single figures. Another area of low pressure brings a spell of wet and windy weather on thursday but improving story for most places through friday. This is beyond 100 days,. , top stories, another day, another public impeachment hearing, the house of representatives moves towards a move on impeachment. What will they layout . Ash and smoke explode into the air, engulfing tours visiting a new zealand volcano, five people confirmed dead, eight are still missing. Coming up in the next half hour, the uk election enters its final day as the leaders of the main parties make the most of what time is left to get their messages home. 0ver time is left to get their messages home. Over 2000 pages of recently obtained confidential documents revealed that top american officials we re revealed that top american officials were repeatedly misled repeatedly misled the public about the war in afghanistan. We havejust misled the public about the war in afghanistan. We have just over two days of campaigning left until the uk goes to the polls, and today the leaders of the three main parties we re leaders of the three main parties were in areas of the country you might not expect a find them. Boris johnson was on might not expect a find them. Boris johnson was on manoeuvres might not expect a find them. Boris johnson was on manoeuvres the other side of the so called red wall, looking to win seats in traditional labour voting areas. Areas that voted to leave in 2016. Meanwhile Jeremy Corbyn spent his day on the opposite side of the country, the south west of england, focusing on the National Health service and why she believes that he borisjohnson government would make Health Matters worse. Do you want to take this country forward . Get worse. Do you want to take this country forward . Get brexit done, get moving again, get voting . Invest in our country . Get moving again, get voting . Invest in ourcountry . 0rdo get moving again, get voting . Invest in our country . Or do you want another year of drift, deadlock, ditherand another year of drift, deadlock, dither and delay . The tories have had nine years to fund our nhs properly. It is time to bring their regime to an end. And elect a Labour Government that is determined to find our nhs properly. Throughout this campaign we have been travelling to seats around the United Kingdom that could tip the balance of power, at night our final stop is crewe, a constituency that vote very differently. It normally has a strong labour vote while the market town of nantwich traditionally swings towards the conservatives. In 2017 labour won the seat byjust 48 conservatives. In 2017 labour won the seat by just 48 votes. Conservatives. In 2017 labour won the seat byjust 48 votes. So it is expected to be tight again. This joint life. Does it match the National Picture . Are we seeing volatility in the electorate . Certainly as far as we can tell, having been here for the last three or four days. What you see on the ground mirrors to a degree certain other areas around the country where there was a strong leeds vote. Boris johnson, his mantra, his calling ca rd johnson, his mantra, his calling card throughout this whole campaign, get brexit done. There is a persuasive argument for them that somehow borisjohnson, persuasive argument for them that somehow Boris Johnson, if you vote for him on thursday, he will be able to shutdown the spectre debate that has been going on for almost three years, that everyone is fed up of, and that is what we have been finding in leave constituencies. It is why even though some of those constituencies traditionally vote labour, including in 2017 crewe and nantwich, that is why the tories feel they can make inroads into those traditional labour heartlands because of that and he brexit message. Because of that message saying, we can get brexit done. We have found this phenomenon around the country in remain areas, the liberal democrats doing better, they have been campaigning over the last four of five weeks, suggesting the remain party, they have been more successful. The Battle Ground, the so called swing states, are these states any north and midlands. These constituencies in a north and midlands, the seats where they voted to leave and the conservatives feel that they can make inroads. Clive, i am so glad i came back to the last days of this exciting election campaign. Great to see you there. I am mesmerised by the lighting. It not distracting, it is fantastic. Am mesmerised by the lighting. It not distracting, it is fantasticm is christmas if we believe that after the selection at afterjanuary the 31st, whatever happens if we leave the European Union, it is over are you say people just want to get this done, as their patients for the idea that we still have a lot of negotiating to do after the end of january . Yes, it is a really good question. I suspect people are not thinking that far ahead and the conservatives are not going to be saying, we will get brexit done, which means we will be able to leave onjanuary 31 which means we will be able to leave on january 31 of which me that everything will be sorted out by the other of the transition period at the end of 2020 at epilogue it done and dusted. I suspect that the heart of hearts and voters know this is a long process at this is what the liberal democrats and labour are trying to point out, that you are not going to get brexit done, simply by voting for Boris Johnson, and putting him in power. This will be a long drawn out process that could ta ke long drawn out process that could take several years to get a final trade deal, a final relationship with the European Union from which we can move on. There is a sense from the conservatives, and this is what they have been pumping, that if you are talking about brexit, you are not talking about the other issues, the health service, education, transport links, jobs, zero hours contracts, short term working, if you can begin the process of sorting brexit out, then you can deal with all those other things. That, the polls suggest, is proving to be a persuasive argument so far. You have never had a better backdrop. It is like top of the pops. Strictly come dancing. What do they call it . Strict ballroom or something. I will not be doing any pirouettes. I think we have to make sure that in our budget, but we know at the end of the year, i want those lights. Somewhere on set. It was the thing that fell on his head, that was so good. Witchhunt, it is President Trump of my favourite term to describe everything from the miller report to congressional investigations, today it was the first thing he tweeted a response to the impeachment enquiry which is adding to the more than 300 times it has built his feed since becoming president. In salem, massachusetts, they know what the phrase witchhunt really means. It was there in the sickly 90s that 19 people were hanged after being accused of witchcraft. What the people they think about the way the term has been used today . They were seeing the devils work. Salem, massachusetts, where one of the most infamous and chilling witchhunts in history to place. Back in 1692, 20 innocent people where executed here for being witches, at least five more died in prison. Imagine having to come 12 mile jeffrey is a historian who takes people on private tours around salem. He bristles when politicians today talk of witchhunts. Due process is something we have today. Which is where innocent, it was all made up. But they were executed for it. Donald trump is facing due process for the allegations against him. There are Many Americans who do agree with him when he says it is all they witchhunt. I do think there is some little motivation towards what is happening. I do agree with that. There is a lot of serious accusations and evidence that supports that. I would just say, i think that is why the impeachment is occurring, to get to the bottom of it. I sense a difference in views. It makes it interesting in our household. Us polarisation over impeachment reflected in just one couple. But there is plenty modern america can learn from the dark events in salem more than 300 years ago. Contrary to popular belief, those accused of being witches here we re those accused of being witches here were not burned at the stake. They we re were not burned at the stake. They were hanged on the spot. But it all happened so fast, from the first execution after the last, just a matter of three months. All fuelled by hysteria and misinformation. There is some here who believe not only that we are still capable of such hysteria, but that it is happening and harming people today. And coming from the very top. The president has used hysteria and misinformation throughout his time in office, getting elected. He has whipped up the fervour of people who might harbour some racial resentment are like two discriminative guest immigrants and use that to his advantage. On impeachment, Many Democrats like seth milton believe that even if it all harm says party at the polls, opposition to the president s actions had to be recorded. Because history ultimately doesjudge who did recorded. Because history ultimately does judge who did and recorded. Because history ultimately doesjudge who did and didnt recorded. Because history ultimately does judge who did and didnt do the right thing. People were hanged as well, not hung. They are already tweeting me. Ijust want hung. They are already tweeting me. I just want to correct that. Hung. They are already tweeting me. Ijust want to correct that. |j hung. They are already tweeting me. I just want to correct that. I had actually always thought they were burned at the stake, so i learned something. President bush, 0bama, trump, they have also publicly in the past that things were going well in afghanistan, and that the war with the taliban was coming to an end. According to 2000 pages of confidential government documents, obtained by the Washington Post, they knew not only that that wasnt they knew not only that that wasnt the case but that the war was actually unwinnable. The documents are made up of more than 400 interviews with government insiders offering unrestrained criticism of what went wrong. There are echoes with the war in vietnam. Us officials constantly said they were making progress, they were not, and they knew it. The other similarity is the length the federal gutter that went to keep it under wraps, took the Washington Post three years took the Washington Post three years to obtain these documents. A case of history repeating itself . To leave vietnam to its fate would shake the confidence of all these people add the value of an american commitment. And in the value of americas word. Let us be united for peace. Let us also be united against defeat. Because let us understand North Vietnam cannot defeat our human the united states. Thanks to our military, our allies, and the brave fighters of afghanistan, the taliban regime is coming to an end. Tonight, for the First Time Since 9 11, our combat mission in afghanistan is over. The reporter who has been at the head of this investigation into these dogmas is craig whitlock, he joins us from the Washington Post, listening to those president s misrepresented what was happening, is that your understanding of what you have discovered in these documents that it is notjust that they didnt know what was happening, they didnt know what was happening, they deliberately told the public a different story . They did and people work for them, generals, different story . They did and people work forthem, generals, military commanders, ambassadors, they were all using the same talking points over a all using the same talking points overa numberof years. All using the same talking points over a number of years. They would all say things in afghanistan are task, setbacks, challenges, but we are making progress. They always said that. They told the American People why they had to keep fighting the war, that is why it has gone on for 18 years stop these document made clear they and people working for them did not level with the American People about how the was going. How hard it did the Us Government try to make sure that the Washington Post didnt get hold of these document . Pretty hard, unlike these document . Pretty hard, unlike the pentagon papers which were leaked by a whistle blower, these we re once we leaked by a whistle blower, these were once we try to get the Old Fashioned way through a public records request. We started this in august of 2016. Long story short, it has taken us three plus years, two federal lawsuits, we still havent won them all. We are still trying to prime more loose, names of people who gave the interviews, but everything republished to three years prior out of the government. To bring it up to the present day, i wonder of this informs us a little bit about what is happened this past weekend. Irrespective of the violence continuing and the taliban is still bombing campbell and government installations, the white house is still keen to get involved in peace talks. The Trump Administration is very keen to cut a deal with the taliban to withdraw us troops. He has been trying that for a while. The flip side is President Trump as increasingly the number of us troops in afghanistan since 0bama left office. You heard 0bama saying we are ending combat operations, that was several years ago, that is not true, combat operations continue. The bombing by the us military ideas nato allies today is ata military ideas nato allies today is at a rate that is higher than that was ever at a rate that is higher than that was ever under at a rate that is higher than that was everunder0bama. Fewer at a rate that is higher than that was ever under 0bama. Fewer troops on the ground, but the bombing at the fighting and deaths of civilians and Afghan Security forces, it has intensified. We were saying before the programme, what is fascinating about your report is the way you set it out, because so many document server so many years which could be pretty stodgy for your readers to go through, but the graphics and the way you have done it is quite remarkable. Thank you, my colleagues in graphics and design are very talented, this is something that our editors wanted to do, they said they we re really editors wanted to do, they said they were really Important Documents we have to present in a way that is readable so they can see for themselves, as when we write the stories we link to the action quotations, excerpts from the document so people know these are not in the abstract, these are real people from real black and white documents and what they said. We have tried hard to make it come to life for our readers, because otherwise it could look like just more dry government documents. We think that is not the case, this is a real history, a fresh history of philly what has gone on in afghanistan. It is a fairly damning and diamond of three different president s who have spent over the course of their time 9 billion fighting over 18 years, thousands of american lives lost, and according to these interviews it was a fatally flawed strategy, enormous sums of money wasted and they could have stopped this much earlier realising that they were never going to succeed there. They could have, but they did not, that is one of the hardest things to do any more is to stop it when you havent won. That is what we saw in vietnam, lyndon b johnson, he knew the war wasnt going well but he couldnt bring himself to admit that the americans had lost article and end to it. That is what has happened here with bush and 0bama and altron, the Us Government cannot admit this has not turned out the way it said it would. 0bama ad trumper. The people who work for their new it was unlikely after a while that they would prevail, so how do take that public, how do you see what we did was in vain . 0ne how do you see what we did was in vain . One of the interviews we quoted was with a three star general, who worked for both 0bama and bush in the white house, and he said, who will say that all these lives were lost in vain . We didnt have the focused idea what we were doing in afghanistan, what we were undertaking. This is the guy a charge of war from the white house. A fascinating investigation, were taking a look at the website. Thank you forjoining us. It is a good Old Fashioned you forjoining us. It is a good Old Fashioned newspaper report. You forjoining us. It is a good Old Fashioned newspaper report. In the way that they usually do, the dog eared investigation going back and back, trying to get these document shall be federal government that didnt want to release them, that didnt want to release them, thatis that didnt want to release them, that is why we need some of these old newspapers. Yes, but with modern technology laying it out in this great weight. 0n technology laying it out in this great weight. On thursday we told you about the watering if not mouthwatering prospect of ape and nana gaffer tape to a wall which was expected to sell at auction for 120,000. This tale took a more precise twist when a performance artist, not the original creator, found it all too appealing. He decided to steal the show. Hungry artist. Apparently this wasnt a stance, because the gallery owner seemed as shocked as the other onlookers. A replacement banana was soon taped back onto the wall and demand their commentaries devouring, was asked to leave. The gallery insisted that they hadnt slept up and that the value of the work the idea behind it, not in the original piece of fruit which was eaten. That is an expensive idea. Did make us wonder about our own budding artist, michelle and matthew, last seen taking bids for their own endeavours says no one has seen themselves, maybe their efforts have had some success. Who needs to do a dayjob at the bbc when you can stick a piece of fruit to a wall . at the bbc when you can stick a piece of fruit to a wall . I saw him leaving with his bags this morning. It is that time of year, award season, we will take a look at the snaps and surprises of the golden globe nominations. The World Anti Doping Agency has banned russia from all major sporting events, an investigation found that the russian authorities had tampered with data from an it doping laboratory. Athletes who can prove they are drug for you will be able to compete either a neutral flag. It is a sporting superpower as both host and competitor, but today russia found itself out in the cold. Ever since hosting the winter games in 2014, the country has been mired in an unprecedented doping scandal, and now it faces an unprecedented punishment. This morning at a meeting in switzerland, russia hit with a 14 year ban from International Sporting events. Russia was afforded every opportunity to get its house in order, and to rejoin the global anti doping community for the good of its athletes and for the integrity of sport. But it chose instead a different route. Russia is been polished for tampering with drugs test data from the former lab of the doping mastermind turned whistle blower who we caught up with last year in disguise and still in hiding the united states. Olympics could die. Today she welcomed the punishment by the russian officials are set to appeal. As ever with anti doping, there are caveats, a loophole means russia will be able to allow to play to host matches at footballs euros next year because thatis footballs euros next year because that is not a global event and is at last yea rs that is not a global event and is at last years Winter Olympics of russian athletes who can prove they are clean will be allowed to compete under a neutral banner. That has dismayed at those who wanted a blanket ban. The duplicity and deception that they exhibited is beyond the pale. London 2012 was one of the event so but has by russias cheating. Seven years on, the fallout from sports greatest scandal continues. If your household is lightweight, this is the season of watching a lot of television, and if your search for a useful list, help is at hand. The nominations for the upcoming Golden Globe Awards are now out. Marriage story and Martin Scorseses the irishmen are both up for best film drama, as arejoker, the two popes, and 1917. On the tv side, the crown, chernobyl, and us crime thriller unbelievable leading the way, receiving four nominations apiece. But his stars well represented. Rocket man prospect Aaron Egerton and Phoebe Waller bridge for her role in fleet bank. Let speak to the New York Times award season columnist, kyle. Here is my favourite fact of the day. The irishman, five nominations, 13 million us viewers watched it over its first five days on netflix. 0nly 80 of them made it all the way to the end of the three and a half hours. I havent seen it, does that tell me something . It may tell you something about how people are consuming entertainment now. The irishman is a 3. 5 hour movie, i have to think maybe more people would have completed it on netflix if they had released it as a limited series in discrete episodes. But that wasnt Martin Scorseses vision for the film. Whether people eventually finish that movie, i hope they would, it is a fantastic film. But it shows there is a distinct difference between watching a film in the theatre where you are held captive, and watching it on television. Are we in the netflix era of television and movie entertainment . We are, absolutely squarely in that era. It is almost absurd the degree to which netflix dominated today, 70 nominations on the tv side and 17 on the movie side. That is even more surprising. Three of the five films nominated for best drama away from netflix. That is a staggering amount, i did the oscars follow suit, they may, we may see categories they are dominated by netflix as well. Traditional theatrical hollywood has to be quaking in their boots today. Look at the golden girls who are nominated, and i dont mean that in relation to their age, but im amazed they are all over the age of 50. Jennifer lopez, jennifer aniston, nicole kidman, all of them nominated. The Golden Globes love star power. I am not sure the new generation has produced stars quite that level. That is in addition to their work this year which is fantastic. What about little women . This is coming out on boxing day. My wife is keen to see this. this is coming out on boxing day. My wife is keen to see this. I think your wife will love it, audiences we re your wife will love it, audiences were loved, so i am surprised at the Golden Globes did not love it. Nomination for lead actors, it was nominated for its score, but it was really notably snubbed not just for best drama but best director. You might recall, if you watched two years ago, Natalie Portman was present the best director category and she tweet them at the time for snubbing greta gerwig for ladybird. They doubled down today and if you look at the tv side where ever differin as when they see as, it is clear that for female directors, this is still an ongoing controversy. Thank you forjoining us. Wreckage of a presenting. It is lovely to have you back. Everyone on twitter says so. I have put together a list of things you have missed in the three months, just to make you feel better. We have had the impeachment enquiry, parliament prorogued, we had a vote in the house of commons which resulted in no election and a vote in the house of commons which resulted in lower election, then we had a vote in the house of commons which resulted in no election, they were at a vote for an election, they a Navy Secretary who went at the Washington Nationals one. I was involved at that. The Washington Nationals one, the highlight for ron christie. Washington nationals one, the highlight for ron christiem Washington Nationals one, the highlight for ron christie. It makes me exhausted just looking at that. I think i will go back to senegal. I knew there was a reason to be away. We also learn about quid pro quo. I give you something, you give me something. Three months on for many monday has offered a brief respite from the wet and windy conditions. It will be short lived. We have been either a transit ridge of High Pressure which built in from the west, but look what is waiting in the wings. Turning a milder, you can see this wedge of miles in city in the atlantic, but with that comes wet and windy conditions. For many it has been a fine end to the day, clear skies certainly initially as we head into the overnight period. Cloud will start to increase from the west. While textures plummet initially, gradually as we head through the night, particularly towards the west, starting to recover. East anglia and the far south east may hang on to clear skies for much of the night, here we could see a patchy frost. The wind will strengthen out was the worst, accompanied by rain which will turn heavy and persistent as we head towards dawn. Temperatures close to freezing in east anglia, 10 celsius in the far south west. Tuesday, when and rain will dominate the scene. Some rain heavy, wind gale force in some areas, likely to cause some disruption. The strongest of the wind for western facing coasts, hills over the northern half of the uk. The rain as well be persistent and heavy, particularly in the western half. The wind turning squally little later in the day. Tempt your wife, ten which is back up tempt your wife, ten which is back up into double figures, but add in the strength of the wind and it will be irrelevant. The amal dyad that we have in place to tuesday get squeezed away overnight. Low pressure are charged but cooler conditions follow on behind. Wednesday, closer to that area of low pressure, still expected to see gales for north and scotland, elsewhere the wind will not be a strong as tuesday, it will be noticeably breezy, and while we will start off with sunshine, the showers will get going through the day, some heavy with the risk of hail and font are, maybe some wintriness over the hills of the northern half of the uk through the day. Temperatures in single figures. Another area of low pressure bringing a wet and windy weather on thursday, improving story for most places on friday. This is bbc news. The headlines at 8pm. To british women are among those hospitalized in the deadly volcanic eruption on a new zealand island this morning. Coincide five people are known dead. Authorities say there are unlikely to be any survivors after the eruption. To those who have lost either friends orfamily, we those who have lost either friends or family, we share those who have lost either friends orfamily, we share in those who have lost either friends or family, we share in your unfathomable grief in this moment in time in your sorrow. Political fallout over the photo of a four year old sleeping on the floor ofa four year old sleeping on the floor of a leeds hospital. Serial sex attackerjoseph mccann is sentenced to 33 life sentences. The judge says he will always be a danger to society. And russia