Nada this is bbc world news repoing from wasn, i am nada tawfik. After packed week of testimony, President Trump fires back against the impeachment inquiry and says he wants a trial in the senate. ll have the latest on what lies ahead. Party leaders in the u. K. Get a grilling less than three weeks befo voters go to the polls. They get a chance to ask the questions. Ever dressed up like a girl nada the boy in the dress has something to sing about. Two of britains biggest stars te up to bri life. Book to nada for those watching on pbsr annd the globe, welcome to world news america. It has been a marathon week of impeachment hearings, and ea side is claiming t witnessed bap their claims. For democrats, it was a clear he president using his office to investigate a rival. From republicans, the argument remains that there is noirect evidence of a quid pro quo. And today President Trump made his case on the airwaves. Adjourned. Ss nada han 24 hours after two weeks of dramatic and contentious impeachment hearings ended, President Trump is out with his counterattack. Increasingly, every waking moment in washington seem to hang on the latest revelations from these 12 u. S. Officials called as fact witnesses by democrats to bolster their case that presint trump abused his office for personal political gain. Me with impea all but certain and pressure building, the president rang into his favorite program, fox friends, for a nearly hourlong interview. Mr. President , you expect an impeachmentto vote, you expec get impeached. You say you embrace pres. Trump no, i dot expect it. You dont expect democrats are going to vote for this . H es. Trump i think it is hard for them to impeen they have absolutely nothing. Nada still, the president has begun strategizing with republicans and claims he wants a senate trial. But a key question, whher the white house meeting on u. S. Aid was expressly tied to an investigation into the bidens. Pe rhaps the most damning testimony was ambassador to the eu gordon sondland. Ambassador sondland was there a quid pro quo . The answer is yes. Id nada the prt again denied it and claimed the reported phone ca about investigations pres. Trump there was no quid pro quo. I want nothing. Nada democrats believe they have enough evidence to draft articles of impehment with a full house vote possible by the end of the year. The president s faes in 2020 to the Republicancontrolled Senate and then perhaps to voters. For more i spoke of his family go with for more, i spoke a brief time ago with anita kumar, politico. Respondent for what did you make of the president s interview this morning, and the fact that he is doubling down on thesega discredited alons that ukraine interfered in the 2016 election and defending the fact ukraine policy . Y giuliani to run anita i think he feels he has toay that. At as the reason for this in the first place, that he thinks there is corruption and problems with the 2016 election. If he pulls away now, what was the point of this whole thing . You will see him and the republicankeep talking abo that. Nada what about democrats . Do you think they have enough to draft articles of impeachment, or do you think they should have waited and gone to theourts to t the likes of secretary of state pompeo, mick mulvaney, the Vice President to testify . Anita well, you have seen that people have been sg to them, some people, wt until you get wait till you get mickget mulvaney, all those people you said. I think that House Democrats feel they have enough, more than enough. They had a lot of key witnesses but they had one key witness, gordon sondland, earlier this w we said there was a quid pro quo, and they feel like i dont need all those people, because what they are going tore do thedent is not letting these people testify, were not getting the documents, that is an aicle of impeachment. He is obstructing justice, obstructg our iestigation, and they will use it against him. Nada th we hearpresident in this interview, but what are you hearing behind the scenes . Does the president feel confident after these public hearings . Anita we hear that every day he has a different mood. The first day he felt, last week, on the first day, oh, this wasnt such a great witness, and he was feeling betr. And then if you remember a week ago he tweeted about Maria Yovanovitch and people thought that was such a mistake. Every day has been back and forth. He is knowing that he is going to be in this place. He knows, as he said on the interview, that the use is and they will vote. Hese articles now theyre switching. We are in anotr phase where he is starting to meet with Senate Republicans to strategize about what the trial will look like. Nada the wants it to be aet robust trial. Does he think this helps him politically . Does it take away attention from the democrats, or does it help why does he want this trial . Anita a couple things. He wants to say i put it all out there, and he knows they wnol vote to remove him from office, so he can say i went to hrough this whole trial and ivi waicated. Part of me thinks that he wants a little revenge. He is saying he didnt, but one of his spokespeople said on tv yesterday, we are going to call joe biden, we w bl call hunten, we will call adam schiff. I dont know if that is going to happen. Ifny of those things happen, they could get what they want to do the whole time, they y uld ything they want to adam schiff. I dohink the big goal is he wants a trial, he will be acquitted, and he will campaign for reelection on i was exonerated. Nada john bolton has resurfaced on twitter, a bit of bd forth whether he was taken off by the white house or not. He is back on. Ise the lastmoking gun here . Is there any information he has that could upend the impeachment inquiry . Anita lets be clear, he has information cause he spoke to the president every single day. So does mick mulvaney, so does don mcgahn. There are so many key people we did not hear from. I think he probably hasio inform he is teasing us a bit. He wan to sell a book or g the information out there. Remember, they did not part on good terms here, john bolton and donald trump, and they h feud backandforth on who got fired or whether he resigned. He is putting it out there like i have some informion. I think thdemocrats will move on ahead. They dont want to wait, they want to get this done by christmas time, and so they cant be waiting for these other people to come forward. Nada anita kumar, thank you very much. Anita sure, thanks. Nada well, from u. S. Politics to u. K. Politics, and the upcoming election tooke center stght. With less than three weeks to go until voters to go to the polls the leaders of the four biggest parties appeared on the bbc to answer voters questions. Hn pienaar sent this report. E is looking confident, it is what he does, but the campaign is getting going. Just look at jeremy yn. Young voters often like him, and he needs them. Tonight, though, he wants to reach more than just the converted. Oe so dlib dem leader jo swinson, and snp leader Nicola Sturgeon. A for themll, it is a big night. First up, the labor leader, and from Jeremy Corbyn a clear answer to the brexit question. Or leave the eu is elected . Ain why wod anyone vote labor without knowing the answers the john the answer was neither one, and his frustration showed. Mr. Corbyn we will negotiate a credible leave deal with the please n union t me finish, im trying to answer the gentlemans question. Second, we will put thate alongsmain in a referendum. I will adopt a neutral stance so i can credibly carry out the sults to bring our communitiesan country together. John then, a question that has hu him, antisemitism in the party, his own treatment of a jewish woman mp. A jewish mp was heckled out of the press conference, and that you are at the end of the press conference chatting happily to theame heckler. I dont buy this whole nice old grandpa. I see that video and that tells me all i need to know. Mr. Corbyn misogyny, racism in any form is not acceptable in any form whatsoever. Th johne is the question over the union. The snp wants a referendum. He says not his priority. Is that year twye year three, four . Mr. Corbyn early years, first two years at least. John another answer that will be remembered. But Nicola Sturgeon wants more and hopes to get it if no party wins the election outright. If there is a hung parliament, what is the price of your corporation with a minority government . Ms. Sturgeon i cannot in good conscience ever put Boris Johnson into number 10 downing street. [applause] ms. Sturgeon in terms of what i would seek to win from a minority labour government, i woulmyask for and expect jere corbyn to respect the right of the scottish people to choose their own future. John jo swinson next. She is a potential powerbroker, too. The lib dem pledge to block brexit came with a cost, leavers. 7. Article 50 confirming Million People that you think are stupid and did not know what they were voting for . You want toeave, and i dont think it makes you a bad person. I want to remain in the eu, and i hope you dont think that makes me about person. You can disagree with me. Ms. Snson i have not changed my view on whether we are better off in the european union. John nt then, the one they out of his job, and straightaway, a tricky one for Boris Johnson, who is so often accused of stretching and breaking the truth, this time to his face. How important is it forpo someone in yoution of power to tell the truth . Prime min. Johnson i think its i think its absolutely vital. And i think the issue of trust in politics is essential to thin election andmental to the corrosion of trust in politics at the moment. So why do you think you are being asked that question . Prime min. Johnson lets be clear, it is the failure politicians to deliver brexit. Hang on. Prime min. Johnson we have a deal, and its a good deal. [applause] j prime minson its a great deal. It is there, ready to go, as i never tire of saying, ovenready. John a potentially awkward moment used to make the case for brexit. No shortage of tgh ones from this one to the man once compared muslim women in burkas two ban robbers in letterboxes. Racism in this country is rife. Will you admit that you personally conibuted to this d say the words im sorry . [applause] prime min. Johnson ive written many millions of wor as a journalist and i havnuinely never intended to cause hurt or pain. What i was doing was mounting a strong liberal defense of the right of women in this country wear what they choose. John and again, could the country believe what he says . Why should i believe another pledge that you will recruit additional 6000 gps overhe course of the parliament . Prime min. Johnson well, richard [applause] prime min. Johnson 5000 more doctors this year than last year. G we are makogress. Of course i want more gps and of course i want more investment in the nhs. We are putting in now the biggestever cash boost into the nhs under this onenation conservative government. You survive john john he survived the ordeal, they all did. Boris hnson seemed pleased, or at least relieved, without a hint that gone. Ttrust is an issue with a leaders of the campaign. They all seemed defensive. Sheffield. , bbc news, nada a quick look at other news. The siege at the Polytechnic University in hong kong appears to be nearing an end. Te at least 8 pers surrendered on friday, and hong kongs police chief has urged those remaining to leaas as soon ossible. He has promised not to arrest those under the agof 18 years straightaway and has appealed to end the standoff peacefully. Billed as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the ancient city of petra in million tourist visits. Social media has played a large role in boosting the sites populari, and with entry alone costingrs 100 per , the site is providing a significant noboost to the jordanian e. Today, President Trump hosted a roundtable of experts to dis iss the healact of a vaping and whether or not there needs to be a ban on flavored products that attract young people. At times the mting became contentious with voices from the industry saying jobs would bf lostey were banned, and that responsible marketing was the answer. Doctors stress this was a Health Crisis that needed to es add. A brief time ago i spoke to ath doctor frouniversity of Californiasan Diego school of medicine. Thank you so much for joining us. There s a lot of attention today on the surge of youth vaping. Do you think one of the t solutions ban flavored products advertised for children . Ia scary situation we are in. Ere are a lot of children,en ers, and young adults using vape devices. They are getting hooked on them one of the workarounds is to make them less appealing, so the ban of flars like bubblegum, grapeflavored, eme brulee, chocolate, all of these things can help make them less appealing anhopefully get fewer kids and teenagers hooked nada the cdc reported as of confirmed deaths from vaping and more than 2000 cases of lung injury. Many people are quesoning if vaping is in fact safe. Is there a lot left to learn in this area . Are there real answers yet for people . Bsolutely. We are not sure what is driving the lung injury and thus the deaths. The vitamin e signal is pretty strong. Rs it apphat whatever is causing the toxicity is likely being mixed in with rtc in ular. Were working really hard and fast to try and get to the bottom of this and get some answers so we can make these devices more safe, because they e not going anywhere. Vaping is going to be around for years to come. Nada do you think federal regula looking at the safety of these products before they became so widely available . Dr. Alexander i think it is easy to cast blame, looking back in time. I do think that if they were regulated as soon as they entered the International Market in 2007, maybe we wouldnt be in this situation with so many young people using these devices and getting si. Idthat being said, the fdary to regulate them multiple times over the last few years and gotc d by various groups. Regulating these devices to make them less accessible by children and teenagers is a huge step forward in trying to nip this epidemic and nicotine addiction surge in the bud. Nada thank you so much. Dr. Alexander thank you for having me. World news america. Still to come on tonights program, two men who discovered fighting pressure are discovered viking treasure are heading to jail after trying to sell a piecef history. Nada the British Government has announced that a number of chdren wse british parents were inside the former islamic statterritorynd died in syria are being returned to the u. K. Reporting Restrictions Mean that a few details have been revealed. Quentin somerville repts. Quenti these children are looking for a way home, inill trapped syria. Today,eddish orphans who are not shown here british orphans who are not shown here are finally ablehe to skip misery of syrias camps. They are in the care of u. K. Diplomats and are doing well. With look at the individuals very carefully, and in the circumstances it is the right thing to do. These children should be safe and sound in the u. K. At home and not caught up in a vicious conflict. I hope they are given the time and space and support to return to some kind of norm life. Quentin around 60 others from the u. K. Are caught up in the islamic states afrmath. A social worker in the camps sayshey, too, need to be returned. Heaid, we are calling upon countries western, foreign, or arab, to take their undocumented children back so they have proper care at home ane so that thesds know their families, aunts, uncles, and relatives. It is wider than detention camps. In prisons, there is more than 150 children. Stephen fromin same is one of them. I never joined them. My mother brought me to idlib. They took me here without me wanting to come. Dreams of returning home. Hers, his father is waiting for him. The british children didnt choose the islamic state. They are now free from its suffering. But for thousands more, the hardship continues. Tin somerville, bbcews. Nada two men using me detectors to look for treasure in the u. K. Have been jailed for stealing a vikhoarof coins d jewelry worth millions of dollars. They did not declare the more than 1000yearold find, and sold it to dealers. For their crimes, George Powell was jailed for 10 years and layton daviesen wasnced to eight and a half years. Robert hall reports. Robert the treasure stolen by a viking invader. , golver, coins, a missing link in the birth of a nation. What we have is coins minted in two neighboring kingdoms, wessex, everything south of the thames, d mercier, which extends from the thames. This dates from the very moment that england as a single kingdom is taking shape, so you could arrse this is englands hoard. We dont know why the viking loot was buried here, but it laid undiscovered for 1000 years until it was stolen again. A treasure trove unearthed piece ce and captured on the finders mobilephone. Layton davies and george poll, metal detectorists for years, now had a decision to make. Need to declare it within 14 days of knowing it is treasure. They didnt. They declared some of it, being the gold, something you couldnt sell becau it is so unique. Robert the coins were another matter, and the thieves found just the man to sell them. He took samples to a london dealer and passed on ts that they were looking at a value of over 3 million pounds. By the time the trio enlisted paul wells, another local dealer, police were on their trail. But it wasnt easy. An unregulated body, the coin dealerships of the united kingdom. That proved a big problem for us. There is no regulation, no records. Robert one crucial piece of home. Nce turned up at pas coins from the hoard carefully sewn intthe case for a magnifying glass. This is a fraction of what the the trail has gone cold, and they have done nothing to aid the search for the treasure. The feeling of finding Something Like that will be amazing. The first thing motionil detectoristsdo is share that we want to share that with a museum, share that with friends. The fact that these two guys havent done that undermines all the good work of people who do the right thing. Bert the men, who will return to court today, could hold the key to a mystery yet to be solv. Nada now to a musical that is ngmaany stop to take notice both for the stars behind it and the subject it tackles. Dr the boy in ths is based on a book by david walliamsnd features new music cowritten and composed by robbie williams. It is thstory of dennis, star athlete who wants to wear a dress. Will gompertz spoke with the creators abo teaming up with the Royal Shakespeare company to bring the story to the stage. Though it feels so right to me how do i know that it isnt wrong he gave us two weeks. Two weeks to write 24 songs. Elton john wrote the songs for billy elliot in one week. Yeah, but i can go la la la. I dont know how to do that. Words are very different. I bet elton john did. Lee hall took about two months to think the words. Ok. Have to admit thats a perfect fit ive never dressed up like a girl you wouldnt ever know it it is written beforeou had a child, written before instagram and social media has a becoig thing. If you were writing it today, would you write it differently . Nk i hope not, because i t the theme is always relevant. The theme is what it is to be different and celebration of someone who has the courage to be different. The interesting thing is that debate has moved a lot in 10 years. When t book came out, it was not much of a success commercially, because people were resistant to the title of the book. And the creative process, my process is im going into the udio today to get a hit. I think that other people that may have written musicals beforu thinking about the book and the journey, where it needs to go, the elements. It is like each individual song im juhinking should be a number one someone in the history of music. Will does this show relate to shakespeare . T i think does in a way. There was a point deciding on a piece of programming, we would do as you like it and the boy in the dress. The girl in the trouses and the tboy dress. Rosalinds in u like it puts on her trousers and understands the different perspective on humankind. I think dennis does the oyme in then the dress. Nada i dont know, i think i agree with robbie williams, two weeks to write all the songs for a musical is pretty impressive. , all of the days news on our website. Plus, to see what we are working ont any time, check us out on facebook. Am ada tawfik. Thanks for watching world news erica, and have a great weekend. Narrator funding for this presentation is made possible by. Babbel, an Online Program designed by language specialists sh teaching spani french and more. Narrator funding the freeman foundation. By judy and peter blumkovler foundation. F pursuing solutio ericas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like y, thank you. Narrator be more, pbs. Reporter good evening im judy woodruf on the newshour tonight, after two weeks of public hearings, whatappens next in the impeachment inquiry ast the president . Then, the white house weighs on what to do on vaping. Will they reach a deal . Plus, its a Beautiful Day in this neighborhood its a Beautiful Day for neighbor tom hanks putn the iconic red cardigan and steps into the neighborhood of the legendary mr. Rogers. Look what hereated for half hour at a time, extraordinary smart, wiseth this made children understand the world a little bit better. If you only get a halfut hour of that once a day, i