More than 15,000 nurses in Northern Ireland walk out in an unprecedented strike over pay and patient safety. Relatives of four british soldiers killed in the hyde park bombing win a civil case against convicted ira member, john downey after his criminal trial collapsed in 2014. And coming up in sport, liverpool through to the final of the Club World Cup after beating mexican side monterrey. Historic scenes coming to us from the united states, members of congress are getting ready to vote on whether to impeach donald trump. Impeachment is the two stage procedure which can lead to the removal of a sitting president. In the first stage today, a majority in the house of representatives would need to support the move. ani if that passes a trial would be held in the us senate dominated by republicans next month. Thats unlikely to happen. But if it did donald trump would be forced from the white house 0ur north america editorjon sopel has this report. Merciful god, we pause in your presence and ask guidance. December 18, 2019, a day that will go down in American History, a day that started at least with celebrity. Give them wisdom and discernment. But very quickly moved from the sacred to the profane is the bitter partisan dogfight took over. If a president undermining our National Security and using the federal government for his own selfish gain is not impeachable conduct, then madam speaker i dont know what is. Today we have a president who seems to believe he is a king, or above the law. And then the counterblast from the republicans. It is a sham impeachment. It has been carried out at the expense of hard working americans who just want us to move forward. There is no proof, none, that the president has committed an impeachable offence. And from the democratic speaker, a tone of sorrow rather than anger. I solemnly and sadly opened the debate on the impeachment of the president of the united states. If we do not act now, we would be derelict in our duty. It is tragic that the president does make reckless actions make impeachment necessary. He gave us no choice. The last president to be impeached was bill clinton in 1998 over lying about his relationship with the white house intern, monica lewinsky. And before that, you have to go back another 130 years to president andrewjohnson. By the end of today, donald trump well in all likelihood have joined the club that no one wants to be a member of. The president has spent the morning and spent the morning in the residence where his twitter fans have been busy. But for this first part of the impeachment process, it wont be about prayer, it will be about votes, and donald trump doesnt have them. A lot incoming on the story this evening and their corresponding and political commentators from both sides of the debate, plus well go back to life pictures when things move. So do keep with us for that story on impeachment. The uk is facing a crisis because of the rapid rise in the number of People Living with dementia. Thats according to the charity the Alzheimers Society which says the care system is failing those with the disease and the families who often end up looking after them. The condition devastates the lives of those who get it. But it can also be devastating for their loved ones many of whom are forced to walk away from their own careers to provide round the clock support. Around 850 thousand people in the uk already have dementia but that number is set to double over the next 20 years. Unless far more money is invested in the social care system the charity is warning that by 2035 almost three Million People will find themselves, in some way, having to care for a Family Member who has dementia. Jeremy cooke has spent time with two women, whove become full time carers to their husbands both in their 60s. What he found is a story of emotional and physical exhaustion. And the threat of financial ruin. 0k . Anne is the face of dementia care. Put it on your face. On your face, like that. So, every morning, at home in newcastle, she helps her husband john, who is 64, to relearn the most basic tasks. Turn around, that is it, like that. There you go, like that. Can you put your arms through . Yes, he can get up out of bed if i tell him its time to get up but, then, from that moment on, virtually everything has to be done for him. One, two, three. At home in essex, julia is a full time carer for her husband bob, who is 69. He is living with dementia but also parkinsons and diabetes. Julias life is now totally dedicated to his physical, mental and emotional needs. I remember the way he was, how good looking he was and then i look at him now. And hes so changed. John was a factory worker. He is a family man, a dad, a granddad, hoping for a long and happy retirement. Unfortunately, that didnt really materialise, because obviously john was diagnosed when he was 57. John . Yeah . What do you think of anne . What do you think about anne . John chuckles. 1. 8 Million People in england care for someone with dementia. Are you drinking your tea . Got to drink your tea. Forjulia and anne, its meant giving up their own careers for what can feel like a 24 7 drip feed of mundane tasks. All set against the backdrop of losing someone you love. Julia . Yeah, im gonna come and help you. Julia . Yeah, im coming. I peed my trousers. Did you . Its going to claim you, its going to make you ill, make you depressed. Lift your foot up for me. It is not the dementia that is killing me, its exhaustion. Even at night, forjulia, there can be little peace. Ill record this because then maybe somebody can give us the answer. In desperation, she has taken to filming what happens. I cant step back because im. Stepping in your room. Bob, bob. Its all a long way from when bob had a senior role at bt. Julia has fought in vain to get better professional support but, at 3am, she is still coping alone. Remember then that, when we called him luke . He connected with that, see . John has rare moments of clarity. Bob can go from total immobility to this, busy doing nothing, going nowhere. Although both are suffering chronic progressive disease, they, like thousands of others, fall under the social care system rather than the nhs. In the end, a care home may be the only option, but that can mean the family home, the savings of a lifetime, can be lost. When ive been phoning round various homes, some of them were quoting £1800 a week. Im quite convinced that somebodys getting very rich out of frail, vulnerable, very, very sick people and that is wrong. Ive worried about that probably from day one. Because of the money . Yeah. If it was this moment in time, id be left with nothing. Like bob, john and anne get some support from their wider family and he has access to a day centre twice a week. The Alzheimers Society organises events to raise awareness, warning that, in the next 15 years, the number of us giving care to someone in dementia full time or part time, will have risen by almost a million. The loneliness is just terrible. Its a cruel disease, isnt it . Its awful. No matter what you do, theres going to be no happy ending whatsoever. You are very tough on yourself. And you are very lovely to him. Doesnt always seem that way. Julia, can you do me a favour . Shouldnt i be in bed with you . In an ideal world, absolutely, yes. Going to get some sleep. If you had a moment of clarity with him, if he had a moment, what would you say to him . Come back. I miss you so much. Sally copley is director of policy at the Alzheimers Society, and shejoins me now from our 0xford studio. Top story, representatives on capitol hill, our correspondent has been following those closely and joins us now. Leading up to a vote and you are sensing in the house of representatives, the divisions throughout this entire two month process and from talking to people over the country, people who have backed donald trump, whether they are republican, they are in favour of keeping him in office and reelecting him but the democrats, the people who do not like donald trump want him out of office whether it is impeachment or election in november. These divisions are very sharp. The greatest casualties so far is public faith in the ability of congress to actually get into a nonpartisan agreement to rise up in these partisan battles . This is more ofa these partisan battles . This is more of a reflection of that and it is a very sharply divided country that is getting its information from very different sources and cannot agree on basic facts. Democrats talk about how the president abused his power and how the evidence is very clear in this case that he tried to pressure ukraine into open investigations that could be politically beneficial to him. The point of the transcripts as an example. Republicans will point to the same transcripts and say there was no explicit quid pro quo in conditioning and it exonerates them. You were the same bits of evidence, you can reach two very different conclusions and i think that is just reflective of where america is these days but it did not happen overnight. Going back to events this evening. Washington, dc. You are expecting that vote to pass in the house of representatives given as you have been describing, the partisan nature of the events we are seeing that the democrats have the majority in the house. There are enough democrats in the house of representatives on the record as of right now that impeachment of both articles of impeachment with pass. 0nly articles of impeachment with pass. Only two democrats who are going to vote against impeachment and so, u nless vote against impeachment and so, unless theres a major shock, impeachment is going to pass even without republican support, this will move the process from the house of representatives to the senate where there will be a trial come january you have to remember, republicans controlled the senate and even still, there is a higher bar to remove the president of the chamber following a trial so, despite all of the drama that were seeing today, the end result will be donald trump very likely, almost certainly, will remain in office and will face reelection in november. As weve seen the president has been tweeting his thoughts today lets talk to someone who knows him well eric bolling is a friend and supporter of President Trump. Hes a former fox news host, and the host of america this week on the Sinclair Broadcasting network. He joins us now from washington. Thank you very much forjoining us. Your observations of what you have heard so far from the floor of the house. This is been going on for months and your guest is right, he did swear President Trump would be impeached this evening around seven oclock or eight oclock eastern time in the us. It will happen and it will go over to the senate in january but there is no way he gets convicted of impeachment. The senate will acquit him, they need 20 congressmen to lead the Republican Party diverted for impeachment. The democrats have played their hand. There was no smoking gun, there will be some that move over to the republican side. They have zero right now. This is a process, i am not sure with the gain was with the play was here because in the midst of all of this, the poll came out today saying that President Trump is at the highest but he has ever been in terms of approval ratings. And the American People are against impeachment to a greater degree than they had been prior to the proceedings. This big charade in the house is really come around and hurt them. Donald trump, i am a personal friend of his that letter that he wrote to nancy indicated to me that this is bothering him. He does not wa nt this is bothering him. He does not want this to be a part of his legacy but he will get over it. The issue is whether or not youll be impeached fully out of, i think it will lead him towards the 2020 victory. They will use this running against the democrats coming in the next year. The democrats themselves say that they did this reluctantly. They did not do this for political advantage and they might be nodding when they hear you say that it is not making them friends electorally but they felt a sense of obligation. Something called president ial integrity and they did not see you didnt call it out. That is a pollyanna can view. The reality is the democrats in the house announced in impeachment prior to the phone call in question with the ukraine taking place. They were looking to impeach him, they just taking place. They were looking to impeach him, theyjust want to find the right reason to do it. When they say theyre concerned about the integrity of the office of commander in chief in america, that isa commander in chief in america, that is a good sound bite, but the reality is, they do not like him and theyre trying to get rid of in any way that they can. Impeachment was the only way that he was not going to bea the only way that he was not going to be a president in 2021 through 2024. What do you think about the phone call, the phone call at the heart of this impeachment inquiry because obviously the president has tweeted that it was a perfect phone call. Is that what you think was make you are a friend of this but do you have some degree of detachment in your assessment of this was blue 0k, in the constitution, it has to bea high 0k, in the constitution, it has to be a high misdemeanor, bribery or treason. The articles of impeachment are talking about two things the president of the ukraine basically said that he never felt pushed, he never felt that it was some kind of quid pro quo or bribery. The money was released days after the phone call a nyway was released days after the phone call anyway and the investigation never happened. If none of the things happen, how can there be a crime there . Because, it appears that way for an hour or two are a couple of hours, or a day afterwards. If that is going to be the standard in which we impeach people, president s, judges or whatever, we will have nobody who will run for office or no one who can remain in office. There is so many real quid pro quo, they are doing deals with Foreign Countries all the time. A congressman or a senator going to a congressional delegation, going to a foreign country, shaking the hands making some sort of deal. From what . Clearly for some sort of benefit for themselves. That is real quid pro quo, so if conversations that can be loosely interpreted as may be pulling money back but was never actually held back and nothing was returned a value for it, that is high crime misdemeanor or treason, there will be trouble. In terms of your view on this, some American Voters may feel that it is a plague on both of these houses and a loss of faith in the ability of politicians on both sides to act in the national interest. Anyone who thinks politicians act in the national interest, Great Britain or anywhere else in the world is a fool. And id like to play cards with them because these people start their reelection campaigns the daily to get elected, theyre trying to figure out ways they stay in power. Very few people with perfect hearts, perfect political hearts. I have just never run into one in 20 years covering politics here and abroad. It is unrealistic. But they will all claim that theyre doing it in the country, but the reason why theyre spending six more hours on top of 100 hours of testimony already is because the reason why theyre doing it is they want to be on record. These congressmen want to be on records they can go back to the constituency and say, democrats, i tried and i did myjob, im trying to read the president was see, republicans are trying to defend the president they love so much. They are trying tojust be on tv because they love it. It is more about self preservation and self promoting than the good of the country. And unfortunately that is american politics. Its been fascinating talking to you, thank you for joining us. As we move towards those votes on the floor of thousand representatives on capitol hill. And at 830 here, we will be joined representatives on capitol hill. And at 830 here, we will bejoined by doctor brian, an assistant professor at the University College london. Uninterrupted at the University College london. Uninterru pted coverage of at the University College london. Uninterrupted coverage of the impeachment proceedings. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. Good evening. Fans love to the former arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said fans will have to give mikel arteta time to adapt, if hes named the new boss at the emirates. Arsenal are in talks with Manchester City where arteta is assistant to pep guardiola. Arteta is expected to be in the dugout when city play 0xford in the league cup tonight. Wenger says arteta has the qualities to succeed. Passion, i believe that we will have a great future and in this first position is an assistant coach. And after that, we will have two deal with the fact that he has no experience at that level and we will have to get to have a good environment. Roberto firmino scored a dramatic injury time winner only five minutes after coming on as a substitute as liverpool beat mexican side monterrey to book their place in the Club World Cup final. Craig templeton was watching. Scoring a dramatic time winner. Five minutes. It would take them on and saturdays final. Fallon sherrock says female darts players need more opportunities after becoming the first woman to win a match at the pdc world championship. She was only the fifth woman to ever play in the event and one of only two women to qualify for this years competition. Here she is after a memorable night at the ally pally, as she came from behind to beat ted evetts 3 2. And sherrock admits shes proud to put womens darts on the map after a dramatic victory in london. Im so proud, to put women starts on such a little. There is always the stalk that we were not good enough and the fact that we are able to prove them wrong and we can beat the men, which is the more opportunities. There are more women they can play to my ability if a better and we just need the recognition and the experience, the opportunity to do it. Head coach of the england Womens Cricket Team says her nationality wont stop herfrom coaching the side to the best of her ability. Lisa keight ley is australian, and took over from Mark Robinson in october becoming the first full time female head coach of the team. She follows eddie jones and Trevor Bayliss in becoming an australian in charge of an england team but says it doesnt matter where shes from. Coaches coming from Different Countries and coaching different teams, it is not really seen asa thing. Just hopefully getting the best person for the job and who fits well in that environment, there are looking for. I think, i suppose as an australian had a lot of those qualities, because we are, you know, england and australia, we do a lot of things very similar. So, i do not think it is a big thing. But it definitely gets mentioned a lot. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. The Alzheimer Society is saying that the uk faces a crisis because of the ca re system the uk faces a crisis because of the care system letting people down because the numbers of those have been diagnosed going up and the fact that millions of people are going to have to come at the numbers up to 3 million, will be looking after their loved ones. Talking to the director of policy and joining us from our 0xford studio. Thank you forjoining us. 0xford studio. Thank you forjoining us. We saw in the report earlier does make very distressing cases of women who were at their wits end, exhausted, emotionally and physically from looking after partners with alzheimers where they to do and such overwhelming circumstances with no support . To do and such overwhelming circumstances with no support7m to do and such overwhelming circumstances with no support . It is a national crisis. There are 850,000 people at the moment in the uk living with dementia and u nfortu nately, living with dementia and unfortunately, the way our system is set up, which have a diagnosis of dementia, your care is provided by the social care system which is fa ntastically the social care system which is fantastically underfunded. This is a story of underfunding and Senior Leaders from across the professions, whether social care, local government, the nhs itself but also charities are all saying the same thing andi charities are all saying the same thing and i just charities are all saying the same thing and ijust do not know how much more evidence we need before action is taken. Presumably the a nswer action is taken. Presumably the answer that question is we do not really need more evidence, we have all the evidence. But it is just to let individual partners, Family Members struggle alone, rather than do something about it at a national 01 do something about it at a national or local government level. Dementia is absolutely heartbreaking as you saw from the stories the use of this evening, it is a devastating condition to live with and to cope with personally and one in three people in the uk are affected by dementia and we estimate that now there are more than 30 people in the uk that are directly caring for someone uk that are directly caring for someone with dementia and i will only increase. And one of the things that they said to me while ago a people have given up fighting because you cannot fight both the system and the disease that is the ciux system and the disease that is the crux of it. We actually have to say that this is really the time now to sort this out. We know this is a problem for years and years in this Prime Minister promised that when he sat on the front door steps of number ten the summit, he said he was going be the Prime Minister to fix social care and that is what we are asking him to do. And now at the beginning of this office of the new government with a large mandate of a large mandate of the majority of 18, do you think that this is the moment for the Alzheimer Society to strike with that message then . We have been working with parties across the house of commons for some time now saying this we been calling for both that long term reform which is beyond time, but long term reform but we are also calling for short Term Investment as well so people can deal with that crisis today and now is the time, the government have heard loud and clear, thousands of people have joined the Society Campaign to call for that reform and thousands of people have written to their mps are going to see their mps and certainly we know that senior government ministers across the area have heard and personal have heard about how urgent this is. And what is the most urgent this is. And what is the most urgent thing for those people that you described as living with alzheimers and then the supporting families and loved ones, what is the one thing they need more than anything else this point . When you have that diagnosis, if youre diagnosis is a condition that care is provided for by the nhs and provided courtesy of the state, but we come across all the time we have a helpline is that people have to pay for their own care. Someone who had spent £500,000 of her own money on her own care even though she, she cannot eat, drink or talk, she can only move her eyelids and yet she was providing her own care, so there is an urgent investment that people are looking for. Thank you for talking to us this evening. Time for a quick look at the weather. Hello there. Today, weve seen outbreaks of rain move into many Western Areas, and that heavy rain falling on saturated ground has already caused this local road in cornwall to turn into a river. I think we could see more scenes like this coming up over the next few days. More rain is on the way. But, tonight, the rain will spread northwards and eastwards. Strong winds for a time across our western coasts and hills, potentially gusting as high as 60 70mph. But its the southerly winds that will be driving milder air northwards. So, by the end of the night, temperatures will be up around 9 10 degrees in northern scotland. A night where temperatures will rise through the night. Tomorrow, while rain at times to start the day across england and wales, so a damp start here, it be drier further north, with a little bit of hazy sunshine coming through. But its during the afternoon that we will start to see the rain turning heavy again across wales, the midlands and southern england. Yes, it might be mild, but this extra rain falling on saturated ground increases the risk of localised flooding. And as that further batch of rain pushes northwards during thursday night, more rain will follow to the south. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. A historic vote on capitol hill, congress will decide on whether to impeach donald trump, in a debate that deeply divides the house. If a president undermining oui house. If a president undermining our national scared and using the federal government for his own selfish personal gain is not impeachable conduct, then, madam speaker, i dont know what is. Its a sham impeachment thats been carried out at the expense of hard working americans who just want us hard working americans who just want us to move forward. Brittons dementia crisis, millions may be forced to become carers for loved ones, unless more money is invested in the system. Former Prime Minister, tony blair, launches a scathing attack of his parties performance of the election, laying the blame on jeremy performance of the election, laying the blame onJeremy Corbyn. More than 15,000 nurses in Northern Ireland walked out in an unprecedented strike over pay and patient safety. Back to one of those stories. Former Prime Minister tony blair says labours performance at the election has brought shame on the party and let the country down. Mr blair the only labour leader to have won a general election in the last 45 years attacked the current leadership for going into the campaign with a strategy for defeat. His damning words came as Emily Thornberry became the first mp to publicly declare herself as a leadership candidate. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. This is what losing looks like. Labour fell away in leigh, the seat they have held for nearly a century. Seats like it fell like dominoes, more than four years afterJeremy Corbyn took over labour. The only man born within a century to win an election for the labour party. Its clear what went wrong, in his view. The takeover of the labour party by the far left turned it into a glorified protest movement with cult trimmings, utterly incapable of being in credible government. The result has brought shame on us. We let our country down. But the contenders for taking over arent screaming for a huge change in direction away from mr corbyn, at least not yet. Keir starmer, who wanted to campaign to stay in the eu, wants the job. Jeremy corbyn was right in 2015 when he said we should be an anti austerity party, we should be against cuts to public spending, and that was a fundamentally important shift in our party, and what i am concerned about in the aftermath of this election is that we oversteer and lurch to a different position. As does his fellow europhile and london mp Emily Thornberry, who has been shadow foreign secretary. The closest candidate toJeremy Corbyns machine is rebecca long bailey. Like the other contenders, its the half a million or so members they have to convince when the contest starts proper injanuary. My own preference is for becca long bailey, but i think its welcome that the members are going to have a real choice. It could be a choice between many, not few. 0ther mps, like jess phillips, lisa nandy and Yvette Cooper may run as well. The scale of labours loss here is onlyjust really sinking in, and at labour hq there is a long list of questions that beg hard answers. First, can the party avoid slipping into a bitter blame game over what went wrong, before a healthy discussion over who and what might be next . It might be five years before labour has another chance on the doorstep for the next general election, but time may not automatically be a healer. Without doubt for labour, there are many wounds to put right. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. We can cross to westminster and speak to our Political Correspondent iain watson. Ian, lets get more on the contenders who are coming forward, Emily Thornberry. Thats right, virtually neighbouring seats, Emily Thornberry is Jeremy Thornberry isJeremy Corbyns neighbour. Which is just thornberry isJeremy Corbyns neighbour. Which isjust slightly thornberry isJeremy Corbyns neighbour. Which is just slightly to the west, some people are arguing that perhaps, given the swath of losses, the labour suffered in the north of england and in the midlands, perhaps, icounted north of england and in the midlands, perhaps, i counted it from outside london would be more appropriate. Although there is no official announcement yet from lisa nandi from wigan, or just official announcement yet from lisa nandi from wigan, orjust phillips from birmingham, i am told they have got serious campaigns, and they will undoubtedly declare, possibly not untiljanuary, when undoubtedly declare, possibly not until january, when the undoubtedly declare, possibly not untiljanuary, when the National Executive sets out a timetable. So the first person thats actually declare it went a bit further, the shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry. She set out her pitch, which obviously, from her point of view, is that she can take on Boris Johnson, she can anticipate his strategic moves, she can demolish them at the dispatch box, she argues, at the house of commons. But what she also did was criticise, in a way, that i think was quite interesting the corbyn regime. She did not go forJeremy Corbyn, who is still quite popular amongst the left wing membership. Instead, she had in her sights, left wing membership. Instead, she had in hersights, in left wing membership. Instead, she had in her sights, in her targets, Jeremy Corbyns advisers. Theres been a role in the labour party, because perhaps less well paid staff have been brought on before the election or in temporary contracts, or who work for specific shadow ministers, or potentially facing redundancy pretty soon, because of labours defeat will stop Emily Thornberry said perhaps some of the more senior advisers should be considering their position. I think that what jeremy did was that he brought us back to who we really are as a party. And i think that was right, and i think the clarity of that vision was something that was incredibly appealing. But then that then it got lost. But not to the general country though. But that then got lost. And the point is that that then got lost, and we got ourselves buried in brexit and not being able to deal with issues like anti semitism and reacting in the wrong way to issues like salisbury and so on. I think that jeremy has been very badly let down by people who advised him badly. And in the end, i think picked up theirown agenda, and were pushing that and that was wrong. Interesting, quite a careful answer there from Emily Thornberry. Going back to what we were saying earlier though on this story, you know, former prime Prime Minister, tony blair, bit more blunt, he is not standing this time, so we can afford to be more blunt, talking about bringing shame on the party. Yes, he was pretty clear in his views. I think to be fair, he always felt that this is where it would end once Jeremy Corbyn was elected in 2015. He told people than vote with your head not your heart, but lots of people joined the labour Party Inspired byJeremy Corbyn. They liked this type of politics, they liked this type of politics, they liked his type of personality, not a conventional politician. So i think it is the case that very many people in the Labour Party Membership are not necessarily going to listen to tony blair, even if some former labour supporters think that he is speaking sense. Nonetheless, i think there is a problem for Emily Thornberry, and indeed for care starmer, because there is a left wing candidate, she hasnt declared yet, but its rebecca long daily, the shuttle business secretary. She is likely to be supported by lots of people who supported by lots of people who supported eitherJeremy Corbyn or John Mcdonnell or both, but certainly those who have moved the party to the left, and im not entirely sure that Emily Thornberry can really when these people ove rco m e can really when these people overcome and to some extent, the pairof overcome and to some extent, the pair of them overcome and to some extent, the pairof them are overcome and to some extent, the pair of them are soft soaping when it comes to that section of the party. It may well be that they need to say, look, the party has suffered its low lowest tally of seats since 1935, and they need a change of direction. I think their calculation at the moment is that many of the members, like Jeremy Corbyn, at the moment is that many of the members, likeJeremy Corbyn, what it did to the labour party, brought in lots of new people, lots of young people, also moved the party into an anti austerity stance, and they believed that unless they can win these people over, that the leadership campaigns may ultimately not succeed. Its interesting that just phillips come as i mentioned earlier, is a different business model. Her view is that you need to get people who have left the labour party underJeremy Corbyn back in, or people who havent been inspired byJeremy Corbyn who want an alternative to the conservatives, and what she was saying in an article at the weekend was join labour in order to change labour. So i think thats the difference. They are trying to win over the existing member ship, although they will take new members as well. Just phillips, for example, saying, actually, existing mentorship is probably also out of touch with the way of the country, the way people who have traditionally voted labour. We need to bring people into the party in order to change leadership. Very interesting different diagnosis of the patient, thank you ian. Fascinating stuff. Back to our top story this evening, the us house of representatives is debating whether to make donald trump only the third president to be impeached. Lets remind ourselves of why were at this point today. Remember this is not about the mueller inquiry that investigation into whether the Trump Campaign colluded with russia. This is about a separate issue whether donald trump asked ukraine to dig up dirt onjoe biden in return for us military assistance. Heres katty kay. Late 2018, the Us Congress Approves 250 million in military aid to ukraine. July 18, 2019, officials in the state department he asks president zelensky to investigate his political rival, joe biden, and his son, hunter. Someone in the white house with knowledge of the call files a complaint that eventually ends up in congress. Politico posts a story about the Trump Administration blocking military assistance to ukraine. Its the first time that its reported publicly. The Washington Post and the New York Times report that the whistle blowers complaint involves mr trumps call with the ukrainian president. And now things move fast. September the 20th, the public learns about mr trump asking a story in the wall streetjournal outlines the details of the call between mr trump and mr zelensky. Mid november, Congress Holds hearings with key so if there is how we got here. Now, dr brian klaas is an assistant professor of Global Politics at University College london, and a columnist for the Washington Post. Thanks for coming in in the evening for us. Your assessment of this moment . Well, its history. Its history, because trump will become, inafew history, because trump will become, in a few hours, most likely, the third president in American History to be impeached by the house of representatives, and even if that does not result in his rule of office, because there will be a senate trial in early 2020 this is going to be the first thing you open an history book, the first line will be he was one of the three people to be he was one of the three people to be impeached in American History. So it will be his legacy forever. Its a serious scandal. So i suspect this will probably be on partisan lines, the vote today, but there will be a majority for the democrats to vote to impeach him. And, obviously, the counter argument that we have been hearing from the public inside, oh, they were just try to find a way to get at him. They didnt think that they could beat him in the election, so they are trying to get at him this way. Is that, as far as you can make out, an argument that works for the section of the American Public who support President Trump . Yes, but i think that the base for trump is not going anywhere, no matter what. There was a moment in the campaign when trump joked that he could shoot someone on fifth avenue and still not lose any supporters stop he might not have been all that wrong. I think the idea that these are not serious allegations is just fundamentally wrong. If we put it in a british context, if you imagine that Boris Johnson a british context, if you imagine that borisjohnson were to be accused, and i know this did not happen, but the same thing, a k. A. , holding up security aid to ukraine and saying, you can have it, and you can have a visit to ten downing st if you investigate the labour party, or who tried to dig up dirt on Jeremy Corbyn. Thats a serious allegation. So i think this idea that its not a serious charge just doesnt pass scrutiny. I think its also important to remember that the main witness testimony from the house impeachment proceedings, from people that donald trump selected himself. Gordon sunderland, who is trumps himself. Gordon sunderland, who is tru m ps investor to himself. Gordon sunderland, who is trumps investor to the European Union donated 1 million to trumps inauguration, and then was made trumps inauguration, and then was made tru m ps investor to inauguration, and then was made trumps investor to the European Union. He said there was a quid pro quo, where in ukraine because men took what the Founding Fathers worried about when they wrote the constitution was the corrupt abuse of Public Office for private or personal gain, and that is what trump is accused of. So its a serious charge in history tonight. And how do you think that the president will play it himself . I mean, we have heard him obviously talking about a witch hunt, talking about a coup, does that kind of language help him it, or is that just more noise . I think one of the extra net just more noise . I think one of the extranet things about trumps presidency, if you just log onto twitter and look at his tweets today, there is a series of very bizarre messages coming from the us president. Many of them in all capital letters, many of them proclaiming that hes being treated worse than witches in the past, in the salem witch trials, things that are very strange the salem witch trials, things that are very strange for president to say, but they just are very strange for president to say, but theyjust dont break through any more. Right . Its the new normal. So trump will continue to react in these ways, but you know, it increasingly, the media just ignores his tweets, because they are the same every day. His base lapse them up, they dont change their minds, and i think what you are fundamentally going to look at going into november is that the Democratic Base does not like trump. The republic and base does not like trump. In the battle is going to be for those independent voters who could swing either way. Right now, the polls suggest that trump is losing the battle with them, impeachment is unlikely to help them significantly, and, therefore, the question is how does this play out in the election . Because he is probably not going to be removed from office. We had a friend of his ona from office. We had a friend of his on a few minutes ago, who was basically saying, well, actually this all plays quite well for him because there are people who are shifting into his camp, as a result of this. They are just frustrated, exasperated, they think its a charade. I think when you have clams like that you need to back them up with data claims, come in the data we have some of the most recent poll, from fox news, trump does not believe fox news is the deep stage him as he would put it, they are traditionally allies of the president. That poll shows that 54 of americans support impeachment, and 41 oppose it. So, if youre going to claim that this is some political victory, those numbers are much worse than the numbers of public support for removal of office of richard nixon, who is the only president who was not impeached, but actually resigned from office before that procedure to place. So, you know, the majority of the us public favours and extraordinary step, the third ever president to be impeached by the house of representatives. To make the argument that thats a winning political strategy, to me, beggars belief. We shall see dr klaas, thank you so much forjoining us. Thank you. The headlines on bbc news. Congress will decide whether to impeach President Donald Trump in a historic vote on capitol hill this evening. Track britains dementia crisis millions of people may be forced to become carers for loved ones unless more money is invested in the system. Former Prime Minister tony blair launches a scathing attack on his partys performance at the election laying the blame onJeremy Corbyn. 15,000 nurses in Northern Ireland have walked out in an unprecedented strike over pay and conditions. Its the first time in its 103 year history that the Royal College of nursin has taken strike action. A 6. 5 pay rise last year, for all nhs staff excluding doctors, has not been implemented in Northern Ireland, because of budgetary reasons, and political paralysis. Unions argue the real value of nurses pay has fallen by 15 over the past eight years. Northern irelands health service, which is devolved, is already under strain, with record waiting lists, and staffing problems. Emma vardy reports. Horn honking. Cheering. From eight this morning, an unprecedented step. Thousands of nurses out of the wards and on picket lines. Nobody wants to be here today but we are at the point where nurses have been talking for a long, long time and action has been required. No one is standing out here in the rain out of choice but we feel it is essential for our patients safety. Nearly 5,000 outpatient appointments were cancelled today, and a number of minor injury units closed, but there was significant support for Health Workers striking. From those like sean, who came to stand in solidarity with the nurse who cared for his dying daughter. Where she died was like something out of the 1980s, a horrible grey room, its a horrible environment, the facilities are poor. 0ur hospitals need major investment, our staff need major support from our politicians. There are problems with filling posts and retaining Health Workers in part because pay here has fallen behind the rest of the uk. Hospitals in Northern Ireland have become badly short staffed. It would be very common to find a nurse crying in the corner because they feel that they arent able to provide the care that they want to provide to their patient. It would not be unusual for me to work a 12 hour shift and maybe have a 20 minute break in that period. Just 20 minutes . 20 minutes. In12 hours . When you are working with a patient, they become your responsibility. Almost like your family. And you cannot walk away. Waiting lists are the longest in the uk. It took three years for nick to get surgery on his foot and he now faces another long wait for a hernia operation. It was debilitating and very, very annoying. Its the not knowing. Im sick and tired of Northern Ireland being treated like the kind of second class pariah of the united kingdom. Weve already got one of the major strikes in the whole of Northern Irish history, its been going on for three years, its called the assembly and theyre getting paid. And they havent done a stroke of work for three years. Mounting criticism is being directed at the politicians who are meant to be sitting here. Since power sharing between sinn fein and the democratic unionists collapsed, theres been no ministers to tackle the health crisis. Now there are calls from all sides for westminster to intervene. But downing street says for the parties to start governing together again is the best way for this dispute to be resolved. Emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. Relatives of four british soldiers who were killed in the 1982 hyde park bombing in london have won a civil case against a former member of the ira. The judge ruled that the suspect john downey was an active pa rticipa nt and was jointly responsible with others, for the attack on servicemen who were riding through the park. The judgment will mean that the families can now seek damages. 0ur correspondent Angus Crawford was at the high court. Theyve waited years, the bereaved. Fighting to get to the truth. The judge gave that decision, but no matter what decision hes given, nothing can bring those four boys back but weve worked tirelessly as a family to get that decision. A wicked, premeditated attack, the court heard. On a warm summers day in 1982, an ira car bomb in hyde park cut down a troop of the household cavalry. Killing squadron quartermaster corporal roy bright, lieutenant dennis daly, Lance CorporalJeffrey Young and trooper simon tipper. Fellow soldier simon utley was just 18. I had a problem with my side, i had shrapnel in it, but at the time, i didnt know and ijust remember staring in this direction, walking over but then stopping because i was frightened. And just. Ijust did not know what to do. This man, a convicted member of the ira, john downey, did Face Criminal Charges five years ago, but the case collapsed because of a so called comfort letter sent to him by the government. The letters followed the good friday agreement, ruling out criminal prosecution for some ira suspects on the run. More than 180 were sent. But they dont apply in civil cases. Thisjudgment turned on parking tickets, bought for the car which carried the bomb. The judge said she was satisfied the prints did belong tojohn downey and he couldnt explain how they came to be there. Today, after 37 years, some measure ofjustice for both the living and the dead. Angus crawford, bbc news. A drug dealers beenjailed for murdering a 14 year old boy in a targeted violent and frenzied attack. Jaden moodie was knocked off a moped and repeatedly stabbed by a rival gang member in east london in january. Ayoub majd ouline was found guilty of murder last week after his dna was found on the murder weapon. Today the 19 year old was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 21 years. 0ur correspondent, richard glapin, was at the old bailey when the sentence was handed down. We just had the sentencing with the judge Richard Marks saying that this had to be a life sentence, because he had been convicted on murder. But saying that the life sentence would be with a minimum of 21 years. Thats potential should go down by about a year, when they take into account the amount of time which majdoulin had on remand. He also went on to say that majdoulin was one of five people who drove the car in north east london, back in january. They were prowling the streets, and then, when they saw jaden moodie on a moped, they targeted him deliberately. Driving the car right into him. He actually catapulted over the vehicle and was then clearly seriously injured, lying on the ground, and then, that ayoub majdoulin was one of three people who then came out of the car with knives and stabbed jaden moodie nine times with forceful blows. The knives penetrating deep into his body and he died, obviously, from a huge loss of blood. The judge was describing this as drug and gang related violence with planning, and, therefore, the sentence. Richard galpin. The Home AppliancesCompany Whirlpool has apologised for technical problems affecting a website set up to help customers identify whether their washing machine is faulty. Yesterday the Company Recalled half a million hotpoint and indesit models, because they present a fire risk. Australia has experienced its hottest day on record. The National Average temperature reached a high of 40. 9 decrees c with some areas enduring temperatures above 45 degrees. It comes as the nation battles a severe drought and bushfire crisis. Forecasters have predicted it may get even hotter later in the week. Now its time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. Hello there. As our weather turns increasingly wet over the next few days, theres an increasing risk of seeing more scenes like these. This was spotted in cornwall today on account of the heavy rain falling on saturated ground, and weve got more wet weather on the way. Indeed, overnight tonight, rain is already spreading into many Western Areas, and this rain band is going to be pushing northwards and eastwards with time. So we will all get some wet weather. The rain accompanied by some strong winds across western coasts and hills, with top gusts of around 60 70mph around our coasts and hills. But the rain will be unrelenting, really, across the midlands and central southern england as well. Its southerly winds that we have blowing in, and those winds are mild winds, temperatures actually will be rising through the night across northern areas. By the end of the night, northern scotland should see temperatures coming up to about 9 10 degrees celcius. All this means is, its going to be a mild start to the day nationwide on thursday. But with low pressure staying to the west of the uk, and further pulses of heavy rain in the forecast moving across the country, as i say, there is a risk of some localised Flooding Issues building in. Now, for england and wales, might be a damp start to the day. Further north, some dry and bright weather, quite a brisk wind wherever you are. And as we go through the afternoon, we are looking at the next area of rain moving up from the south to affect wales, southern england and the midlands as well. It will be mild nationwide. Temperatures from 10 13 degrees. Through thursday night time, as ourfirst area of rain moves its way northwards across the Northern Ireland into scotland, we will then see another area of rain moving back and across england and wales. All this heavy rain will be falling on increasingly saturated ground, bringing in the risk of some localised flooding, with areas, perhaps most at risk, wales, the midlands and also parts of southern england. So we could have some localised disruption on the roads, and may be locally on Railway Lines as well. There is more rain to finish the week too. This area of rain will push northwards. It moves into scotland, could push a little bit further westwards with time. But across these Western Areas of the uk, temperatures will be dropping closer to normal for the time of year. Highs typically around 7 8 degrees for these Western Areas. Still quite mild across eastern england. Temperatures staying up around 11 degrees. There could be more rain for the weekend, particularly across southern counties of england. Otherwise, a mixture of bright spells and showers. Thats your weather. Impeachment trials like most trials, have witnesses. To have none would be an aberration. I have not seen a single good argument about why these witnesses should not testify or these documents be produced, unless, these documents be produced, unless, the president has something to hide. A historic vote on capitol hill they will decide on whether to impeach donald trump. A debate that deeply divides the house. If a president undermining and using the federal government for his own selfish personal gain is not impeachable conduct, madame speaker, i do not know what is. It is a sham impeachment. Carried out at the expense of ha rd working impeachment. Carried out at the expense of hard working americans thatjust want expense of hard working americans that just want us to move forward. We will be live in washington bringing you the latest action and analysis of the impeachment debate on capitol hill. Dementia crisis, many will become terrace for loved