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Departure from the European Union on the slst ofjanuary. Also on the programme. The one year countdown to an eu uk trade deal both sides have already sounded their warnings. Will the eu turn to protectionism . Plus, how this airplane passenger made an 88 year olds dream come true thanks to a heart warming act of generosity. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and James Reynolds is in london. We dont know, the day after, exactly what impact the impeachment of President Trump will have on the election next year. It could help him or it could hurt him. We do know one thing though impeachment is doing nothing to bring the country together. In the hours since mr trump became the third american president to face the sanction of impeachment, the anger, on both sides has only increased. Republicans today are denouncing what they call a sham, toxic, embarassing process. By contrast, democrats say that the president and Top Republicans have gone rogue. Mr trump himself is back in the white house today after holding a raucous rally in michigan last night. It doesnt really feel like were being impeached. They dont even have any crime. This is the first impeachment where theres no crime. We did nothing wrong, nothing whatsoever. This was just an excuse. Theyve cheapened the impeachment process. This lawless partisan impeachment is a political suicide march for the democrat party. Have you seen my polls in the last four weeks . Cheering. The bbcs Laura Trevelyan is by the white house for us. Mrtrump is now mr trump is now the third a relu cta nt mr trump is now the third a reluctant member of the impeached president s club, what is the mid likely to be at the white house . The president is inside the white house, he will speak in about 45 minutes or so we he will speak in about 45 minutes or so we will hear from him directly. This morning he is avoiding the direct topic of the fact that he is indeed the third president ever to be impeached. He is focusing in on the idea that democrats are holding back before they send the articles of impeachment to the senate for a trial and he is saying that this shows that the whole thing is a hoax. And the white house is pleased that not a single republican defected, so that enables them to present this as just a partisan episode any deeply polarised country, but of course, for the president , who in some ways almost escaped being held accountable in his private life always escaping held accountable and spread lie, he was able to declare bankruptcy, use his wealth, the legal system, nondisclosure agreements, to shield himself from a lot of accountability, now the peoples house has impeached him and he doesnt like it. He told friends any week leading doesnt like it. He told friends any weekleading up to doesnt like it. He told friends any week leading up to this, he did not wa nt week leading up to this, he did not want this on his resume. And yet, last night it was interesting listening to him in mexican, because there was a lot of this being a sham, a crime, andjust there was a lot of this being a sham, a crime, and just listening to him in a michigan. He was almost 20 turn the whole thing around his advantage. Right, because he knows that republicans are in control of the senate and he will be acquitted. This is the worst bit anyway, the impeachment by the house. Soon he will be able to declare vindication, evenif will be able to declare vindication, even if democrats do not send the articles of impeachment or if they send them and there is a quick acquittal. The one thing that it does is become a huge 2020 issue and you can see, already, that the Trump Campaign is fundraising off it, talking about treasonous behaviour by those who tried to impeach him. The Trump Campaign will use it to drive ternet, fundraising and a further wedge against the democrats. Thank you so much. Last night, two democrats in the house broke party ranks and voted against impeaching mr trump on the charge of abuse of power. Three broke ranks and voted against impeaching him on the charge of obstruction of congress. Today republicans, from the president down, are seizing on that to say their party has come out of this process more united than the Democratic Party. When she started this impeachment, she promised her own members that the public would be for it. Well, we found that not to be the case. She promised that theyd be stronger theyre going to be smaller. Were the stronger conference after it. Ijust dont find that any of this was healthy in any aspect that you measure. It definitely is not healthy for our government, but it is definitely not healthy for america itself around the world. And joining us now from new york is President Trumps former director of communications, anthony scaramucci. Thank you forjoining the programme. I want to pick up on that point that Kevin Mccarthy was just making that this has not been good for the country as a whole. As a medical less healthy because of impeachment process . Less healthy because of impeachment process . Is america less healthy. I think it is more healthy. It is the process when you have someone thatis the process when you have someone that is acting on this and lets just already claim again because there was a crime. Theyjust did not put it in the context of impeachment because of tactics and strategy. He is out there effectively by the need foran is out there effectively by the need for an official to get information ona for an official to get information on a political adversary, so it is also a form of fascism because he is attacking individual citizens who are private citizens, someone like Vice President biden, so it is obviously crime. Kevin mccarthy, what he is trying to say is that the argument is in process and the argument is in process and the argument on optics and i think it was quite valid ways of voting for impeachment, those who did vote for impeachment. There was a lot of democrats in tough districts, trump is districts, that voted for it a nyway is districts, that voted for it anyway because they understand the constitution and that they have to make sure that nobody is above the syste m make sure that nobody is above the system of law inside the United States and that is what made this pie so great and frankly, that has given me the opportunity to live the american dream. If we had a tyrannical system, a lunatic like President Trump, for the last hundred years or that cellar management, we would never have a plurality of opportunity that we have in the country, so yesterday was a great day for america or that style of management. What will likely be a bad day for america is at the senate decides, after looking at the senate decides, after looking at the senate decides, after looking at the evidence and looking at the law and recognising that there are four or five primary witnesses that have not been called to testify, people like mick and of may or my compay already giuliani and if they do not testify acquit him, that will bea do not testify acquit him, that will be a bad day for america mr giuliani. And we talked about optics, that is widely around the world, we covered it widely at the bbc and one who has been watching particularly capital i was president Vladimir Putin in russia. I want to play but he just said about the impeachment process. I want to play what he said about the impeachment process. Translation the Democratic Party is trying to get the results it wanted by other means and accusing trump of collusion with russia, then it turns out that there was no collusion and that this cannot be the basis for impeachment. Now theyre trying to pressure him through ukraine, which is made up. So republicans have usually stood firm against russia, but im listening to present put in there and im almost hitting republican talking points about this impeachment process president putin. The language is almost the same, what do you make of that . He is obviously the White House Communications director. He would have lasted longer than 11 days at the peten and the job because that is literally exactly what they are saying. Im not here to comment on the russian us relationship and i find it is odd that the republicans have decided to side with the russians and i hope there are enough people in the eight states that are psychologically minded that they will look at the facts that are going on in the United States, and will seek to oust him in 2020 or seek for his removal. Those are the choices we have just now. 20 republican senators out of 50 they would need to break with Republican Party to convict mr trump. In alphabetical order, if you would like, can you name the 20 republican senators most likely to defect . see a bit differently than that. You need about four or five senators, someone need about four or five senators, someone like senator alexander or senator romney or senator collins, if you get four or five senators to just call for a fair process and a fair trial, and then you can get justice roberts, to subpoena there was a primary witnesses, i believe that the president resigned the next day. Because there is absolutely no way that those witnesses are going to lie under oath in a nationally Televised Senate trial and so, i dont think you need to 19. I think you need four or five and then we call this the needy and it will basically be game over, Richard Nixon like activity. We call this a day. Whenever it happens, it may look likely. Dont misunderstand me. The president will never be able to withstand the on the record, on the author for a five primary witness testimonies including john boltons testimony. There is no chance of that. On the oath. Lets see if that happens. Mitch mcconnell wants a short try, maybe even shorter than the time is spent as a white house staffer, with a short while be a good idea . Lesson, it has a fair trial, i dont really mind the shortness of the trial. But if it is not a fair trial, lets see it as a soviet style trial and they just trial, lets see it as a soviet style trial and theyjust Kangaroo Court acquit him, i think that is very bad for the country. I think yesterday was very good, that would be very bad. A fair, due process, nobody is above the rule of law, the guy broke the law and we have not heard from primary witnesses yet. That would be the tell tale thing. We have to see if that happens, but a short trial, i get a lot of things donein a short trial, i get a lot of things done in 11 days. You can get a lot done in 11 days. You can get a lot donein done in 11 days. You can get a lot done in 11 days. You can get a lot done in 11 days, trust me. He to our viewers around the world, why this process and why these witnesses, in your belief, so critical and could, as youve made it out, lead to a very dramatic outcome for the president. John bolton, there were two or three people testifying about him not wanting to get involved with the drug deal that was going on. The metaphor they used there. The secretary of state pompeo would have thing to say about this, he would have to open up and sit honestly under oath. He did go to west point andl under oath. He did go to west point and i do not think is going to commit perjury for the president. And i think once you have full confirmation of the recklessness, the amorality, the lawlessness, the bribery, you know, ithink it the amorality, the lawlessness, the bribery, you know, i think it is very very possible that the president resigns. I also think it is very possible that, if those smoking guns are lodged inside the trial, that he may get to those 20 people that i could not name in alphabetical order, but they may say, i do not need this aggravation, we need to get rid of the sky. Thank you very much. Knowing the president. Go ahead, go on. Iwas just then, knowing the present as well as i know him, he just then, knowing the present as wellas i know him, he is just then, knowing the present as well as i know him, he is any full blown panic over this. Well as i know him, he is any full blown panic over this. Thats president as well as anyone. He has any film planning right now and fora he has any film planning right now and for a fiver those people break, he is taking the helicopter back and out. Which is why the process matters. Happy holidays, thank you. There isa is a lot of debate about the process today. We will talk more about when this actually does go to the senate. 0ne more about when this actually does go to the senate. One thing that theres not much debate about his Nancy Pelosis hold on her party. I wa nt to Nancy Pelosis hold on her party. I want to play you, again, at the moment where she declared that President Trump had been impeached because they had passed the article of impeachment. I have not seen it. Article one is adopted. It is that. What was that at the end . That is like, what i did my children, dont even think about it, guys. No applause, was that what she meant . The democrats were about to celebrate. Would anyone dare to dissipate sketch disobey her . |j celebrate. Would anyone dare to dissipate sketch disobey her . I have met her many times and you would not dissipate nancy pelosi, she is ferocious. They were about to cheer the article of impeachment and she is like, kids, do not even go there. I suppose that as the americans have been looking at it, britain has got one as well, the queens speech where black rod gets the door slammed in his face, the representative of the queen. The victorious conservative government has been setting out its agenda for the next year in the queens speech. There was a certain sense of deja vu amid the pomp and ceremony and thats because the last queens speech was only nine weeks ago, before the uk went to the polls. There is a decisive difference now the conservative party is now in power and Boris Johnson is able to make his promises reality, as the queen outlined today. My governments priority is to deliver the united kingdoms departure from the European Union on the slst ofjanuary. My ministers will bring forward legislation to ensure the united kingdoms exit on that date and to make the most of the opportunities that this brings for all the people of the united kingdom. This governments priority as we heard over and over again during the campaign is to get the uk out of the eu. Out of the 30 plus bills announced today, 7 were about brexit, but the governments also announced other plans enshrining into law its commitment to boost nhs funding and increasing prison sentences for violent offenders. The National Insurance threshold will be raised, and the National Minimum wage also goes up too. Also, a new lifetime deposit for renters, so they dont have to save up every time they move. The introduction of a points based immigration system, which the uk couldnt do while it was an eu member, and more funding for schools. Now, lets bring in conservative member of parliament gillian keegan. She represents chichester. Kind of you tojoin us. Britain is she represents chichester. Kind of you to join us. Britain is leaving the eu on the 31st of january as pa rt the eu on the 31st of january as part of a transition deal. That is in no way saying that brexit is over. That is really the beginning, surely, of another process, the negotiations toward a trade deal and a future negotiation. Why is the Brexit Department being abolished and why is the term brexit being phased out . Well, it is actually a very important step. It is not to be underestimated. If you think back to the parliament that we had, the last parliament, the vast majority of the discussion was about rerunning the referendum, so once we actually pass as withdrawal bill, that will be gone. So we will definitely be leaving and we will then of course have left the institutions and we then had a year to put in place a new agreement. A lot of the groundwork is being done already, so for 3. 5 years thousands of Civil Servants have been working across the channel and here on putting in place the bare bones, the principles, i guess, place the bare bones, the principles, iguess, of place the bare bones, the principles, i guess, of a trade deal, which is why we think it is very possible to do with envy gear. A lot of that work has already begun and it is just a lot of that work has already begun and it isjust going to be to get that pit into an agreement, basically so that we can all sign up to to do within the year. Basically so that we can all sign up to to do within the year. Page seven of your manifesto, we have introduced and consistently raised the National Living wage and will do it further. Page 60 of the government briefing document accompanying todays queen speech, the chancellor says that the National Living wage will increase, providing that Economic Conditions allow. That is quite a qualification, which is not what voters who read the manifesto, that page, where thinking, were expecting. We have already increased and we have already put in deviously and we have already put in deviously and in previous budgets, a plan of continual increase. Of the minimum wage. And that will go up to i think 10p 50 by the period 2023 or 2024. £10 50. That is 10p 50 by the period 2023 or 2024. £10 50. That is why you have the budget every year, and a review of the budget, mid term to make sure that you can afford as a country, only thing that you pledge. Of course that is the case, but i have no doubt that the minimum wage will be going up and i have doubt that our economy will continue to thrive as we leave the European Union and, if you look at what happened after this election, a lot of investment that had been pent up, waiting to be made in the country, was started to be made and it has released this kind of pressure valve that we have had. Im very confident of that. Nobody can predict the future when youre looking forward four and five years, three and four years even. So thatis years, three and four years even. So that isjust years, three and four years even. So that is just prudent, years, three and four years even. So that isjust prudent, to put it that way. I have no doubt that we will be including scratch and increasing the minimum wage, as well as the National Insurance special. Nobody can predict the future, especially when it comes economic cycles and what will happen with the economy, especially at there is now still some concern since the election and comments by mrjohnson that the prospect of a no till between the may no deal between the eu in the uk trade deal was not hammered out by the end of this year. And that would not help the british economy. Of course it would not. And i have no doubt that there is going to be a trade deal. Why . Because it was 100 in the interests of others and the other 27 countries across europe and because a lot of the groundwork has already been made. The people have talked up no deal in this whole discussion had been people who wanted a second referendum. And they have done it as though it was the outcome of brexit to try and scare everybody into wanting a second referendum. That is not entirely fair. There have been people in the conservative party as well have talked up the prospect of a no deal. Well, i think before borisjohnson got his deal, because there were such tight timeframes, it was a legitimate concern. And i know some people dont have that concern but, actually, when he got that deal, which nobody thought he would get, when he went off and he got that deal, at that point in my view, no deal, at that point in my view, no deal is literally the chance of it is very, very small indeed. Thank you very much forjoining us. Anne mcelvoy is Senior Editor at the economist and has been listening in our westminster studio and joins us now. I want to pick up on that comment that we heard that a pressure valve has already been released since the election and investment has resumed since the election. Have we seen evidence of that . Well, i think it is generally the case that there is a sense of release and relief any more settled sense. It would be a very early to talk about the promised one investment hitting the uk and really transform economic fortunes, but i do think it would be fairto fortunes, but i do think it would be fair to say that investors like to know roughly what they are up against and what is coming down the line and they know what kind of government they have got. And, in fa ct, government they have got. And, in fact, in lots of business and investor circles, there is a stop banging your head against the wall kind of feeling that they did not getJeremy Corbyn kind of feeling that they did not get Jeremy Corbyn which would have been much more of a challenge to the basic model of business and trade. I can say that. The point at the end about no deal is of the table. I think the risk is much, much less thanit think the risk is much, much less than it was, but it does not mean that you could not have an accidental malfunction or, indeed, given that Boris Johnson accidental malfunction or, indeed, given that borisjohnson has got into a very thorough position in the queen speech with how intense the negotiate, his relying a lot on the eu thing, were prepared to make a lot of concessions to buy that too. What did you make from the queens speech in terms of commitment, particularly on the issue of infrastructure in the north and expansion of social Building Programme is a penny has . Were absolutely going to see a shift in spending patterns in they know it is a very big place as well and it is going to go to the north and the north and north east. It is a big place, they north to north east in the midlands. You can put quite a lot of money in there and does not go as faras lot of money in there and does not go as far as simply flipping a switch. The north is not a kind of mythical place. It has beginnings and ends and they often want Different Things and perhaps an Infrastructure Project of the kind that has maybe been promised in the north east, my native land, so to speak, which is very keen to get small railway, particularly places that are not well covered and then bus links that link to the railway system. That is different from saying, im going to die a bigger project, much more regular, high speed trains going across the country im going to do it much bigger project. It also hits your commitments to h52, between london, leeds, birmingham. It is a very different where you want to put your money. There is only so much of it, even money. There is only so much of it, evenif money. There is only so much of it, even if you relax assertive, to quite a considerable extent. Thank you very much. A lot there in the queens speech, james. How much of it can be delivered in . How much can they keep together this ad hoc brigade of every marketers, prosperous suburbs and northern working class. That is a brigade that has to last five years. So interesting. It is a very different looking tory party, with a different set of priorities as well because of that election. It is the week before christmas the news agenda has been insanely busy and we all need something to smile about. So here is our good news story of the day. No one loves flying long haul squished into an Economy Class seat. So imagine the surprise on one passengers face when she learnt she was getting bumped up to first class all thanks to a fellow passenger. Yes, 88 year old violet a retired nurse from new york was travelling to london to visit her daughter. Before boarding her flight, shed got friendly with a young man called jack who was returning home to the uk after a trip to the big apple. Shortly after boarding jack went and found violet, who was in the back of the plane, and traded his first class seat with her economy one. This is violets reaction priceless. We know this story because one of the crew members on board that flight amy who works for Virgin Atlantic recounted the tale in a Facebook Post recalling her most memorable journeys. She said jack sat in economy and didnt make a fuss at all. Now that is a christmas tale worth telling. That is so sweet. I love that story. I have some ideas on how to keep doing that. If youre in Economy Class, always make friends with those in first class,. I never thought about that. I love that, yeah. And people tend to give the best seats to those who listen to the safety announcements. Yeah. What if everyone listens to the said te na nts if everyone listens to the said tenants must . No one does. What if everyone listens to the safety announcements . This is beyond 100 days from the bbc. Coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news the trump 2020 team is already using impeachment to motivate its base for support and donations. Well hearfrom his re Election Campaign on how the topic plays with core republican voters. And is it the purr fect holiday film . Or is cats a catastrophe in the making . The big budget blockbuster has had poor reviews, but the star studded cast could claw back the box office. Thats still to come. Hello there. Its already been a pretty wet start to december across parts of southern england. The grounds saturated, what we dont need is extra rain, but that is what is in the forecast. Now, today, weve seen a lot of cloud around, some rain around already today. But what weve got working in right now is this thicker cloud, and thats going to be pushing heavy rain across england and wales over the next few hours, with another batch of thick cloud just passing the northwest of spain. Thats going to be bringing more heavy rain across the uk overnight tonight as well. So, rain at times best sums up the weather. The ground is saturated, so we could start to see some localised surface water flooding impacts. Quite quickly, the rain will spread northwards this evening across england and wales, reaching Northern Ireland and scotland later in the night. Drier and quieter for a time, but then theres the next batch of rain returning later in the night, again, across england and wales. Now, given all the cloud and rain around, its not going to be too cold. Temperatures 5 9 degrees celsius. But its the rain that is cause for concern, with the risk of some localised flooding, we could see some disruption on the roads and the railways on account of this wet weather. With the rain increasingly falling on saturated ground. Through friday, our belt of rain in england and wales will tend to push northwards, working into east and scotland as we go into friday afternoon. Now, there is some uncertainty how far westwards in scotland it will get, but for the time being, it looks like eastern areas will see the heaviest of the rain. And the rain reluctant to ease off across central and eastern england, still some wet weather hanging around here into the afternoon. Perhaps some dry weather for Northern Ireland for a time. Now, this weekend, we see low pressure systems working towards the english channel. Otherwise, its going to be a weekend of bright spells and scattered showers. Now, with that said, on saturday, i think well start off with a lot of cloud, and some showers pushing northwards across northern england, scotland and Northern Ireland. Its later in the afternoon, really, that well start to see the next weather system bring more rain in across southern england, perhaps skirting into the far south of wales well. Temperatures 7 10 degrees for most of us. Now, the second half of the weekend, that area of low pressure will continue to pull rain away from east anglia and south east england. And sunday is an improving weather picture. The skys generally a little bit brighter, but there will be further showers around as well. Temperatures 7 10 degrees. Thats your latest weather. Bye for now. This is beyond one hundred days, with me, katty kay in washington, James Reynolds is in london. Our top stories. Senate republican leader Mitch Mcconnell accuses democrat congressmen of being driven by pa rtisan rage after yesterdays house vote to impeach President Trump on two counts. The queen officially sets out the conservative governments agenda at the state opening of parliament promising to get brexit done and increase funding for the health service. Coming up in the next half hour. We judge the new Eu Commission on its First One Hundred days in office this week focusing on trade. Will the eus new top team be defending the blocs interests more assertively against china and the us . A star studded cast but how well is the remake of cats being received . Some say its cat astrophe. The president is in the white house today and although we have not seem him yet, he has been busy on social media. Hes been retweeting messages of support and sending out his own tweets, criticising the whole impeachment process. Heres one. So what does this all mean for mr trump and how is he handling his new place in history . Lets pick this up with anita kumar, White House Correspondent at politico who joins me now in the studio. I need to very much for coming in. We may hear from i need to very much for coming in. We may hearfrom President Trump i need to very much for coming in. We may hear from President Trump at a bit, because he may come out and talk to reporters. But in the meantime, what are you hearing, how is he handling the fact that hes become the third american president to be impeached . , well, its a bit of both. I think he was feeling pretty well this week, he was excited about the trade agreement with canada and mexico, excited about the spending bill. He feels like hes had a good week, but when you come right down to it, he was impeached. He saw the vote, he was bitter about the vote come he saw him last night at the rally where he was really lashing out. We have seen them on twitter as we just talked about. So i have talked to people who are close to him who say throughout this whole process, its been up and down, rake was make good points and bad points. There was a moment in the rally last night where he criticised a dead democratic congressman, whos widow had spoken to the president earlier this year, and he suggested that he was watching the process from hell. Thats been broadly criticised, even by republicans in michigan. What are they making of it in the white house . You know, you saw some of the white house officials were out talking on tv and doing other interviews today, and they have kind of sidestepped it, they have kind of just said, well, its up for other people to decide. Itsjust one of those things where he does this every those things where he does this eve ry once those things where he does this every once in a while. Weve got news of the brush language, but its one that people thought went over the line. Theyjust dont really wa nt the line. Theyjust dont really want to deal with it. They are just trying not to answer that question. Itsjust one of trying not to answer that question. Its just one of those things that makes them uncomfortable. I the democratic hopefuls are debating in los angeles tonight, some of them will have to be on the jury, those members of the senate, will they all be looking forward to it, the trial . I dont think there will be looking forward to it. One reason is, just the timing of it. We assume that the trial will be in january, it sounds like it might be pushed off a little. Remember, the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire primary are right there in february. They are right around the time that they wish they were on the campaign trail. Also, they are not going to get a lot of attention. They are not going to be able to talk as much, and there is just going to be able to talk as much, and there isjust going to be one of many. There are five of them now in the senate that willjust have to sit there and listen. So, you know, its not something i think they are looking forward to in terms of getting them off the campaign trail. From what i understand, none of them will want to just sit and listen. That is not what they will want to do. In the trial itself, who will set the rules, the Senate Majority leader, or the chiefjustice . So, the chiefjustice presides over the trial, but the rules are actually set by the senate themselves. And as you know, the republicans are in charge of the senate. It will take two thirds to remove the president , two thirds to remove the president , two thirds to remove the president , two thirds of the senate, nobody thinks that will happen. But it only takes 51, a simple majority to set the rules. So you saw chuck schumer, Senate Minority leader, proposing some witnesses and some other changes, and he thinks that he can get some things through. Because all he needs to do is pick off a couple republicans to get to some of those things going. But its a little bit unclear. Generally, whats happened in the past, democrats and republicans sat down together and came up with a compromise. Unclear if thats going to happen this time though. Anita, thank you so much. Lets stay with this, because there is some confusion today about what happens next in this process. Normally, nancy pelosi would now send the articles straight up to the senate for a trial there, to determine whether mr trump will be removed from office. But the democratic speaker declined to say when impeachment articles will be delivered to the senate because she wants to ensure a fair trial. We have done what we have set out to do. The house has acted on a very sad day to protect and defend the constitution of the United States. So, we will make our decision as to when we are going to send when we see what they are doing on the senate side, but thats a decision we will make jointly. For more on whats next legally for the president , we can cross now tojonathan turley law professor at the George Washington university. Professor, the speaker simply just delay when she decides to send articles to the senate . Well, she can. It doesnt make a lot of sense. You know, the democrats have been saying for weeks that they couldnt even wait for court decisions, because this was a crime spree in progress. And then to suddenly throw on the brakes and say, we are going to wait until we are satisfied, sort of contradicts the narrative. But its also not much of a threat, you know, if you wait, you push this closer to the Iowa Caucuses, which we all view, many of us view as the reason they wanted to impeached by christmas. So come i dont think Mitch Mcconnell is going to be much influence by this particular threat. Professor, since we are talking about procedure, we spoke earlier on the programme to entity scare mojica for the former white house medications director, and he gave this answer about why the process he feels matters so much. Lets take a quick listen. If you get for having five senators to just call for a fair process in a fair trial, and then you can get justice process in a fair trial, and then you can getjustice robert to subpoena those primary witnesses, i believe that the president resigns the next day. Whether or not you agree with him if there, it was an indication of why there was this fight going on, isnt it, over process. Fight going on, isnt it, over process. Process fight going on, isnt it, over process. Process when it comes to these things matter, because that then affects who we are from, which could affect senators minds. Right. The most critical question for a trial is whether you will have witnesses and how many. In the johnson impeachment in 1868, there was a great number of witnesses, about a dozen called by the johnson team twice that number called by the house managers. With clinton, they abandoned that model. They allowed only three witnesses and none of them were allowed on the floor to give live testimony. Its a game changer, and its also something thatis changer, and its also something that is hard to predict as to what is going to happen. You know, you dont know what someone like john bolton will say. So the senate could order depositions and make a decision later as they did with clinton, whether to allow those witnesses in the trial itself. Or it, they could come as seems to be the preference of Mitch Mcconnell say, no witnesses. The democrats are ina rough say, no witnesses. The democrats are in a rough position here, because they opposed witnesses in the clinton trial. In fact, chuck schumer, who is going for witnesses now, back then, said that witnesses would just be political theatre. Now, back then, said that witnesses wouldjust be politicaltheatre. Do you think there is any chance, as mr scare mejia suggested, that if these witnesses are called to him and they would be under oath, so they would have to testify honestly, that it could lead to the president doing what Richard Nixon did and just stepping down, or do you think thats fantasy . I dont think its necessarily fantasy, you cant rule anything out, because we dont know what they would testify to. The real life torpedo in the water here is john bolton. You know, he was kicked out of the white house by tram, there was no love lost between them. Ifjohn bolton there was no love lost between them. If john bolton came there was no love lost between them. Ifjohn bolton came onto the senate floor and said there was a quid pro quo in an effort to conceal this arrangement, then it certainly that could present a very different situation for president drum. A President Trump is not the type of guy that resigns. You know, he pretty much counterpunch his way into this impeachment. You know, he is usually priding himself on being the last dog in a fight. 0k. Youre my professor, sorry, its james here, just, in the first two centuries of American History there we re centuries of American History there were two impeachment process, johnson and nixon. The last of 22 decades, there has been to alone. Why is it speeding 7 been to alone. Why is it speeding up . Well, we dont know if there really is causation with this correlation. You know, it is true, we now have had two impeachments, caddie and i remember the clinton impeachment well. I testify that the clinton impeachment. This is too soon, by any measure, but its not much of a precedent. You know, the fa ct much of a precedent. You know, the fact is the precedent for Senate Trials in the United States is composed of two, because nixon resigned. Weve only had two president ial trials. Resigned. Weve only had two president ialtrials. Its resigned. Weve only had two president ial trials. Its the easiest lot course you could possibly take. You just have to rememberto possibly take. You just have to remember to rest two cases. 0k, professor, thank you very much, and thank you, by the way, jonathan, for sitting with me for so many hours yesterday as we covered that story. The mac i loved it. I loved it. When ursula von der leyen took up her new role as president of the Eu Commission on the 1st december she set herself 100 days to start delivering on her pledges. Each week this programme has been tracking the record of the new commission so far judging ms von der leyen against her own goal. So far, weve looked at her policy agenda for the new commission and how that aligns with the priorities of eu citizens and last week examined if europes Green New Deal goes far enough. And this week christian will be especially upset not to be here not only is he missing the latest part of his own pet project, but were talking about one of his very favourite topics trade how will this new commission protect its trade interests when the multilateral institutions it claims to support are so paralysed . Meredith crowley, a Cambridge University trade expert, joins us now. Miss crowley, will we see a different Eu Commission in its attitude to trade when it comes to perhaps china and the United States than the previous one . So, the us and china just had our trade truce this week, and the big outcome of thatis this week, and the big outcome of that is going forward, those two countries are going to resolve any future disputes by lateral negotiations. So they are no longer going to go to the wto when they have something they want to disagree about. This puts europe in the position of saying, well, wait a second, if you guys arent using the wto, our new approach, at least to the United States may be is going to have to be more bilateral and more direct. With regard to china, its a little bit trickier. The us has kind of left europe in a strange position. The eu in the us have very similar concerns about china. In the us has said, look, we will deal with intellectual Property Protection of us intellectual property by going bilateral, and forcing china show, you know, make concessions that we want. Similar concerns about technology transfer. The us is also said we are going to go it alone in regards to our relationship with china. The eu would have liked the us and the eu to come together with some other high end Income Countries and try to put something together multilaterally to get better cooperation out of china. So, now they are left in a position for those particular issues, intellectual property Chinese State aid, technology transfer, they are going to have to figure out how they wa nt going to have to figure out how they want to go forward now that the us is basically abandoned a multilateral approach. Im speaking with you from london, of course, how will the eu uk trade talks go, and is 11 months enough time for them . I think everyone who has time for them . I think everyone who ha 5 followe d time for them . I think everyone who has followed this thinks 11 months isa has followed this thinks 11 months is a really ambitious timeline. Its going to be hard to get a full deal complete within 11 months. That said, ithink complete within 11 months. That said, i think the eu wants to have a positive trade relationship with the uk going forward. They are known to be tough negotiators with all trading partners. Ithink be tough negotiators with all trading partners. I think they are going to, once this temporary deal is pushed through in the formal brexit happens. I think as they go into this longer 11 month process, maybe it will actually take, you know, more time, 24 months, 36 months, i think they are going to be quite assertive about trying to get the best deal for themselves, but they also understand that their own businesses do want to have a healthy and constructive relationship with the uk businesses. The Commission Wants a trade enforcer. Is there anyone you recommend for that, if there is not a Single Person recommend, what kind of qualities might they need, apart from being tough . Well, they want to trade a trade enforcement to look enforcer. They want to go forward with anti dumping and anti subsidy cases. And they want the commission to bring these forward, rather than individual companies within the eu. For thats you know, somebody like the us trade representative, Robert Leight heiser has been very assertive towards china. If they wa nt assertive towards china. If they want to get some concessions out of china along the way that the us has come of the us hasnt been terribly successful with this aggressive stance, but maybe they want to give that a try to have somebody more assertive about putting tariffs on chinese merchandise. Meredith, thank you very much forjoining us. A lot of assertiveness going on at the moment. Perhaps the European Union is also going to get more assertive when it comes to issues like Climate Change with the us. They have tried lots of ways of dealing with the trump administration. One senses a bit of muscular creeping in there. One of the many films juggling for you attention this Holiday Season is the adaptation of the hugely successful musical cats, which is released on friday heres a bit of the trailer. Its so easy to leave me all alone with the memories of my days in the sun. Im im not sure what you made of that katty but the critics have not been kind. The guardian called it a purr fectly dreadful adaption and gave it one star. The Daily Telegraph didnt give any stars saying this star studded moggy has dragged in a mess. The bbc managed 2 stars the daily mail though thinks that cinemagoers are going to love it and gave it a big 4 5. What do you think . You know what, it looked like the michaeljacksons music video, thriller. No . Is anyone else thinking that . I will tell you what it reminded me of, mean animal. The 1983 american series in which a man transforms into animals to solve crimes for the police. Its a very cold series. Man imal. Crimes for the police. Its a very cold series. Manimal. You are super easter tarik, who knew. Christian, eat your heart out. This is beyond 100 days. Still to come 2019s word of the year for english round the world is revealed have you woke up to it yet . Ididnt want i didnt want to say it the watchdog that oversees complaints in the armed forces has called on the ministry of defence to do more to tackle racism. The mod says its committed to stamping out racism. Our defence correspondentjonathan beale has been talking to one former soldier. Its not the image the army wants. Recent recruitment ads have highlighted its diversity and desire to do more. But heres the problem, ethnic minorities make upjust to do more. But heres the problem, ethnic minorities make up just 7 of the armed forces, but they account for nearly 40 of complaints about bullying, harassment, and discrimination. Now, the ombudsman overseeing the complaint system is calling on the forces to do more to root out racism. I think racism is prevalent in the armed forces, and whether or not its described as institutionally racist or there are racist incidents that are occurring and are increasing in a depressing frequency, the issue needs to be tackled. Ifi tackled. If i tell you something you are doing is wrong, i expect you to buy in it, except that, and change. The mod insists it is tackling the issue, including diversity Training Like this. The army also has a unit to deal with what it calls unacceptable behaviours. The fact that the army has invested in a team of six, and hopefully a team that is going to get bigger, shows that the army takes all these issues seriously, and its notjust about racism and sexism, its about all u na cce pta ble racism and sexism, its about all unacceptable behaviours. But it didnt stop mark from suffering racist abuse. Yeah, its broke me. I was. Racist abuse. Yeah, its broke me. Iwas. Really quite a strong character. I am a. Mouse. Now. The mod has now paid market compensation. But he will never forgive the army he once loved. Jonathan beale, bbc news. Within minutes of last nights historic impeachment vote, mr trumps reElection Campaign sent out a fundraising people, using impeachment as a way to motivate his supporters to give more money. They believe this vote could work in their favour. The president himself also thinks this is a way to rally his base last night he tweeted out this image we think its rather dramatic part apprentice, part action hero perhaps . So, how are mr trumps supporters feeling the day after the vote . Earlier katty spoke tojenna rives whos on the board of the president s reElection Campaign. So, jenna, how do you think this plays out, the impeachment of donald trump, in terms of his chances of being reelected next november . I think there is no question at this point that President Trump will be reelected in a landslide. You know, this entire impeachment sham and hoax, as President Trump has been calling it, which is completely accurate, both legally and constitutionally, but this has really been the democrats a full campaign for 2020. I mean, you are not even hearing about their supposedly leading candidates right now. So their only attempt at a passably winning the 2020 election was to have some sort of impeachment scheme, and that has completely backfired. I mean, you saw the only bipartisan support from both parties out of the boat yesterday was actually against impeachment and the base of President Trump at all of his rallies come i mean he was at a rally last night in michigan, theyjust love him, and the base is more excited than ever to get out and vote trump in 2020. So, jen, talk to me specifically in terms of the campaign, what kind of discussions youre having about how you might use this, whether its in ads or for fundraising . Yeah, well, you know, the fundraising is already being provided itself. I mean, President Trump has hit record levels for all of the quarters comparatively with president obama, who was very popular during his reelection for the same quarters in and president obama going into his reelection year in those years. President trump has surpassed all of them, and, so, i think its been very clear to the American People that this impeachment scheme isjust a scam, and so we are definitely using that in of course campaigning, but really, the point is to tell the American People the truth, which is that the democrats are simply trying to oust a sitting president who, we, the American People voted for, and i think that thats a very effective, not only in terms of messaging, but actually telling the American People the truth. Do you have any concerns looking back to history in 1998 when bill clinton was impeached, it was actually a republican who took the white house in the election after that impeachment. Do you have any concerns that there might be people in the middle of the electorate, those swing voters, not the die hard supporters, but those swing voters, who you also need to reach, who might be turned off by this impeachment process against the president . There are a lot of differences between 1998 and now, first, bill clinton was already in his second term when the impeachment happened, so he couldnt run for reelection. So, thats a major difference. But, also, it was bipartisan supporting impeachment will stop there was a real legitimate question of whether or not bill clinton would be removed, and during that year, because he had actually committed a crime. There was evidence that he had lied and committed perjury to congress. So, we dont have any of the same facts, and we certainly dont have any of the same due process considerations that bill clinton, even in the face of legitimate impeachment charges, had in terms of how he was able to have effective representation from the senate. So, the comparison here isjust night and day, and so, i think that, again, the American People are very excited to go to President Trump. We are seeing the face come out in moderates, and even some Democrat Friends of mine who im talking to, you know, i do a lot of media, and the democrats that im on in the panels you know, they are telling me this is completely ridiculous. They are embarrassed for their party come and some of them have even said that they are coming out and voting for trump, because this is such an unconstitutional, unprecedented impeachment, that is completely antithetical to what our Founding Fathers envisioned when they gave the power of impeachment to the house. Ok, jenna from the Trump Campaign, thank you so much forjoining us. Thank you so much. A very quick look at other news from around the world. Several people have been wounded or killed in a shooting near the headquarters of russias main intelligence agency, the fsb. The agency has had one of its officers was killed in the attack in central moscow, and it had to come in its words, neutralise the assailants, or they are trying to establish his identity. The British Government has rejected a fresh request from the snp leader to allow a second independence referendum in scotland. But Nicola Sturgeon said the mandate for a new independence referendum is now unarguable. The snp won 48 of the 59 seats in scotland at the general election. And some good news a father here in britain was saved by his quick thinking three year old. Stefan snowden left home on his paw patrol truck after his father had a seizure at home. He was then spotted by two women as traffic beeped and passed around him. Stefans mother praised him for his bravery. Its nearly our last show of 2019 were back on monday but still a good time to look at what word has had an impact this year. And according to a us company that tracks trends in language usage worldwide, this year its. Woke. Defined as where one is awakened to the call of socialjustice. Yeah, thats the definition but to some people its become a bit of an insult this is what i saw on the side of a mug recently behind every woke man is an exhausted feminists and maybe the anti woke feeling is strong in President Trump. In america the phrase happy christmas has been widely replaced with the non denominational happy holidays but at his rally in michigan last night, mr trump said hes determined to defy the pc trend. And did you notice that everybody is saying Merry Christmas again did you notice . Everyones saying Merry Christmas. Mrtrump has mr trump has long waged that were on happy holidays and is delighted to say happy christmas. There is a lot of opc and on pc, but i want to talk about that word of the year, because i think that word is kind of old. Everybody knows that word, was that 2017 . Listen, idid Everybody Knows that word, was that 2017 . Listen, i did some very deep investigative research, and im not happy with woke as the word of the year. I went to my kids and it said what is the year, james, i bet you wa nt to what is the year, james, i bet you want to guess. Here you go, my graphics, it is capped. Yup. As in. It means, appear the, graphics, it is capped. Yup. As in. It means, appearthe, well, i had no idea what it meant, had to ask for the explanation, and i got when it says it means life. Here is the example. Dude, stop capping. I went to the casino and win 200, no cap. No cap, right. Poppy tells me theres an emoji for no cap. Here you go. I am so cool. So cool. Absolutely. Your favourite words, we will getjames absolutely. Your favourite words, we will get james is later, absolutely. Your favourite words, we will getjames is later, ive run out of time for him. We will get your favourite words of the year later on, james, as ever, thank you very much, see you next week. Goodbye. Hello. If an end to the rain where you are cant come soon enough, there is drier weather in the forecast next week, but we are not there yet. Its been a thoroughly wet day for some of us today, particularly across parts of england and wales. That area of rainfall pushes north through scotland and Northern Ireland as the night goes on and we bring another area of rain in from the south. There are some met Office Yellow warnings for that rain and particularly across southern parts of england, parts of wales and the midlands where weve already seen a bit of flooding and where further rain in the next couple of days is not going to help that situation. Certainly some difficult travelling conditions in places. So this is how the rest of the night is looking Northern Ireland and scotland seeing that rain gradually pulling away. This next batch of wet weather pushing in from the south to england, wales. Some brighter colours in here. There will be some heavier bursts in that as well. No frost going into tomorrow morning. So tomorrow, then, still some wet weather towards western parts of scotland early on. That will just turn more showery during the day. This next batch of rain, which may just fringe towards eastern most areas of scotland, but actually scotland and Northern Ireland see a fair bit of dry weather, certainly by friday afternoon. A few fog patches in the morning, though, could be slow to clear in Northern Ireland. This is where the rain is sitting in england and wales and it does look really soggy even into the afternoon through parts of the midlands and northern england. It may just brighten up if youre in wales and southwest england. Temperatures have been in double figures today across the board. Those sort of temperatures are just the further south you are, more of us now back into single figures. The weekend picture another area of low pressure bringing some rain towards parts of southern england and south wales later on saturday. It does look as if these systems over the weekend become focused the further south you are, with more rain where its not wanted, whereas elsewhere, its just a case of getting some showers. So saturday starts with sun and showers. Some of those are going to fade as this next area of rain that again, could be quite heavy, pushes in towards southern england and south wales. Some uncertainty about how far north thats going to get before pulling away from south eastern parts of england on sunday. So this is how part two of the weekend is shaping up. Once thats gone, its some sunshine, a few showers around, most of these across western parts of the uk and, at this stage, most places into single figures. Temperatures not too far away from average for the time of year. Next week we start with showers. Looks like the High Pressure is going to build in to turn things drier, but it will feel a bit colder by then. This is bbc news. The headlines at 8pm. The queens speech with brexit at its heart spells out the ambition of Boris Johnsons premiership my my governments priority is to deliver the uks departure from the European Union on the 31st of january. The tensions between Prime Minister and leader of the opposition were clear, as they prepared to debate the new governments programme of legislation. After the dither, after the delay, after the deadlock, after the paralysis and platitudes, the time has come for change and the time has come for action. This government, that conservative party, does not stand for the people at the receiving end of their policies. Despite all their promises, that is exactly what this queens