Believes in infrastructure. He was pro choice before he anti choice. I was thought he had an opportunity to pivot to the centre and go with democrats. He could get democrats are democrats. He could get democrats a re lots of democrats. He could get democrats are lots of issues if he wanted to. Most republicans are right wing. And his chief strategist, there is talkie wanted the outcome on Health Ca Re Talkie wanted the outcome on health care because he hates paul ryan so badly. As you both know, anyway you go in america you will hear people saying, Big Government is terrible but no government appears to be the implication of this. In other words, they wont do a deal on anything . This is a form of gridlock. An eccentric former gridlock. He has discovered he wasnt elected emperor. He really thought he could iuii emperor. He really thought he could run the country the way he runs his business, in a not aquatic way. He doesnt seem to understand the most basic institutional truths, constitutional truths, about how American Government works. He thought he could sack the legislator, i think. Thought he could sack the legislator, ithink. Legislature. Politically, he can recover from this. A lot of people have rocky start. George bush, Ronald Reagan. But it is his personality that is the problem. I dont think psychologically he will find it easy to recover. We know what he thinks about losers and winners. If these wounds him in a way that it is impossible for his narcissistic personality to recover from, that will be the real crux. Lets stick to the constitution before the psychotherapy we may get back to that. In terms of the pillars of the constitution, you have the legislative branch saying, thank you very much. We have already had on immigration the courts saying something similar. These are two huge setbacks on two of the biggest things he said he would do . huge setbacks on two of the biggest things he said he would do . I cant understand it. He doesnt understand his own constitutional setup. When you become a correspondent in washington, the first thing you learn is that congress is the other arm of government. That is the statutory description. He has no idea what happens when he over promises that he can do magical things and then he runs foul of the other arm of government. It damages his credibility terribly. Managing congress is really an art. It is not like Decision Making in an executive environment. It is an art of compromise. Ronald reagan did it. Bill clinton did it. One wonders if he can forge compromises in the first place because he is so full of his own importance and his own magnetism. This particular incident will undermine him terribly. Magnetism. This particular incident will undermine him terriblyfi magnetism. This particular incident will undermine him terribly. It is an old Ade Azeez Washington that you cant be strong abroad if you are a week at home. It is an old saying in washington. If you are north korea, you might perhaps be kind of careful about how you go through the next few months in terms of missiles. Do you agree . Laughter. Just a suggestion. Do you know what im talking about . where are the advisers . Does he listen to anybody . The wrong people. He doesnt listen to advisers. He couldnt fix it inside. How is he going to fix it outside . How can he have a Foreign Policy which could actually be very influential . The problem is he wants to make america great, or the greatest, as he promises people. But if he cannot tackle the internal problems, and if he is actually motivated by hatred towards obama and the democrats, how is he going to run the country . The statement he made when it went down, the statement he made was interesting. There were two guys standing over him, his Vice President and health secretary. They had obviously given him a script. And he actually stuck to it. And it was surprisingly diplomatic. He was saying, obamaca re was surprisingly diplomatic. He was saying, obamacare is bloody collapse and when it goes, the democrats can come to us and we will be open to negotiation. It almost seems as if the shock of this has made him Say Something. I was ready for him to throw an absolute tantrum, to be completely irrational. In fact what he said under the circumstances was about as rational as it could be. Why would obamaca re about as rational as it could be. Why Would Obamacare necessarily colla pse u nless why Would Obamacare necessarily collapse unless Congress Denies funding . The difficulty is it is this funny hybrid of a Government Programme and an insurance market, an idea put forward by the heritage foundation, a republican think tank. It isa foundation, a republican think tank. It is a very republican idea to begin with. It requires Insurance Companies to set premiums and get subsidies from the government. In some states, some Insurance Companies have withdrawn because they dont like the particular risk pools they have got. In some states, for the first couple of years premiums went down. This year they increased by 22 on average. In some markets, 100 . If they go so far, people dont sign up. Young people who are healthy up. Sign up. It is not that hard to do. We have made health care more complicated in america then we need to. The problem is, in the Ronald Reagan days, the republicans believed in Smaller Government but they believed in making government work. Richard nixon imposed wage increase controls. They believed the gunmen had imported things to do. People in the House Republican party now are so anti government, they cant figure out how to make it work. That bill would have been chaos for the Insurance Parties companies. Bill would have been chaos for the Insurance Parties companies. How much does it matter to those people who voted for donald trump anyway, given that he said he needs to drain the swamp because washington doesnt work. He doesnt work. As an executive he has no prizes hes had no previous experience. Reagan did have. There was more cohesion among the politicians who were the big shots of the day. There was a sense of responsibility to come together. I think they are all in for a big fight. Together. I think they are all in fora big fight. Furtrump together. I think they are all in for a big fight. Fur trump to say he wants to clean the swamp, his mindset is a swamp of contradictions that people cant quite make out. I agree. We are going through a perilous phase in International Politics where some people might ta ke politics where some people might take advantage of this weakened position. Do you think there could bea position. Do you think there could be a Foreign Policy crisis that someone be a Foreign Policy crisis that someone will manufacturer . Maybe somebody in the white house. Wagging your dog is always possible. When your dog is always possible. When you get to making war and other countries, the sober people tend to show up at the table. And the president himself, even one as feckless and strange as this man is, will get the picture that hes not supposed to be ordering people to their deaths without some good reason. There are lots of opportunities to do funny things in ukraine and to take advantage on the edges, which i think will tie him in knots. When you look at the Foreign Policy, for example, until now we havent seen for example, until now we havent seen any. For example, until now we havent seen any. He said a few days ago we should not withdraw troops from iraq. We should occupy the oilfields, Control The Oil Fields of iraq. Just imagine. In syria, for example, we dont know what he is going to do. When it comes to the palestinian question, he says there is no two state solution, there is no one state solution. Its chaos. Its chaos. Its completely incoherent. There is also another question in terms of Foreign Policy, the russia connection. If it is true that there are real connections between his people and putins russia, we are in big trouble. That is very, very serious. Lets move it on. The Security Services in britain and the United States have advised that laptops and similar devices should no longer be allowed on certain flights, to counter the threat from sophisticated bombs. But in london this week as we have seen in france and germany in the past year . Low Tech Terrorism is also deadly and difficult to prevent. What, if anything, can be done . Imean, in i mean, in some ways many people have said its not surprising this happened because we know big open democracies will always be a target. Big open democracy is what we have and what we want. We dont want to do anything to mitigate the freedoms. This is what its all about. If we destroy the social values and the political values the country stands for In The Name Of stamping out any conceivable possibility of any misfit, any hangeron, any possibility of any misfit, any hanger on, any lunatic going Over The Edge and doing something on a one off basis, what is the point . Clearly, this particular action might have been preventable in the sense that had there been armed guards on that date at westminster, possibly. But those are technical questions. The idea that you can actually control the behaviour of every conceivable person who might get hung up on this obsessive thing for his own private pathological reasons, no, it isnt possible to prevent it. Did any of you think in some ways this was a very good week for british democracy . It was horrible to watch, but politicians rose to the occasion. They kept going. They made statements which we re very going. They made statements which were very statesman like. The Prime Minister and others. It was a good week for theresa may. Incidentally, i was week for theresa may. Incidentally, iwas in week for theresa may. Incidentally, i was in the parliament when the attack took place. I was actually detained for six hours. What i noticed, honestly, the confidence, the Crisis Management impressed me. Suddenly, in a few minutes, the terror squad was there in the parliament with their arms, with their masks. Everybody was quiet, everybody was calm. Everybody wanted like to go on as if nothing happened. The british are inherently calm it was well orchestrated calm. Which is very, very impressive. The message of this terrorist attack, it did not actually affect people. It did not actually affect people. It did not actually affect people. It did not reach its destination. One is the calmness and that a big democracy, an ancient democracy like britain does not allow itself to be forced its knees because one maniac. And the second is, asjanet says, you can add 100 safeguard yourself against that kind of attack. We have already 3000 or so presumed terrorists who are being watched night and day. Then suddenly someone comes in who is not on the radar screen. Comes in who is not on the radar screen. We have two ask ourselves, why do we spend so much time covering an individual like this on the news . It gives him extra fame, as it were. We accept the inevitability that such acts occur and we have to continue with our inner strength. I think sang fraud is really the only way. Sangfroid. The purpose of terrorism is to terrorise. If you are not terrified, it makes a big difference. If you look at how people really die in the world, toddlers killed more people in america last year through handguns left around the house, than terrorists did. But we dont get rid of toddlers. There are so many Road Accidents on the roads in britain. People are using their Mobile Phones when they are driving. I you going to get rid of Mobile Phones . No, you figure out a solution. In this way, better policing, better Security Work is the only way to go. Otherwise we give up society. Work is the only way to go. Otherwise we give up societyli otherwise we give up society. would question whether society is cohesive enough to contain this. You have to talk in terms of prevention, telling the mohsin Muslim Community to reporters going on early on. Is our society performing properly . How we creating little ghettos . The enclaves of Islamist Indoctrination have to be dealt with. There is good evidence to show there is considerable intelligence being received from the Muslim Community. The Security Services tell us they have forestalled any numberof tell us they have forestalled any number of incidents. tell us they have forestalled any number of incidents. I think you have to think of it like the cold war. It took a long time to win the cold war. There were communists in our midst. There were lots of ways this video that you worked. 20 years ago there were not muslim men driving their cars down streets to kill people. We hope in 20 years from now they want again. Cold war was an argument. You can persuade people communism was not the answer. This was not an argument. This was a confrontation with insanity. For some of the people, yes, they may be insane. But it is an ideology. There is an infrastructure and a belief. It is just the extremist youre getting. Talking about the Muslim Community, in this country particularly, they were extremely cooperative. They rejected this kind of terrorism immediately. They were or operating with the Security Services. That is why, for ten years, this country never witnessed anything like this since the 7th Of July 2000 and five. It tells first the efficiency of the Security Forces, the cooperation of the people with the Security Forces to prevent these kinds of things. The European Union is celebrating if that is the right word the 60th birthday of the great project which has help ensure democracy has spread across europe, from former soviet satellites in the baltic, to former fascist style dictatorships in greece, spain and portugal. But as britain begins to leave, is the european project now running out of steam, out of ideas, and out of Popular Support . The ever closer union we hoped would emerge isa the ever closer union we hoped would emerge is a more fractious union now. We dont seem to be able to deal with the problems, starting with external borders, the refugee problem, the euro, which hasnt been solved. And also, importantly, the imbalances between peoples lives in union. The pope made a great point yesterday. The unemployment and the austerity consequences of one size fits all currency is a dramatic damage to peoples hopes, young peoples hopes for the future. That has to be tackled. The refugee crisis, also, will now come down to turkey and all countries to solve. Turkey and all countries to solve. Turkey used to be a pillar of stability. Now look at the 3 million refugees in turkey, and look at president erdogan threatening europe. We find Building Sites all over the place. It doesnt look as if it is in very stable condition. You need a face lift at 60, the European Union you need innovation, you need new ideas. Think seriously about this. Look at europe now after 60 years, they are facing immigration, they are facing terrorism, they are facing slow growth. I dont believe any of this was anticipated when this treaty was signed. This is the problem. The new reality is taking place. You have to look at it from a different perspective. Im believe there must be some innovation. I believe. Perspective. Im believe there must be some innovation. I believe. We have had ideas, the lisbon agenda, where they promised to overtake america within ten years in terms of growth. We have two owned up to our on declarations and be truthful to what we set ourselves. You have to remember the founding philosophy of this. It was built after the second world war, after a terrible period in which Nation States had disgraced themselves. The anti democratic nature of the European Union is not an accident. The idea was that terrible people had been elected by the democratic process in europe and this was a terrible sort of shame and guilt, and the abolition of the power of the nation state and the National Comment was built in right from the outset. And ironically, this is now conducive to a new nationalism and the new xenophobia, which was almost inevitable if you anticipated it properly. The point is the democratic nation state, with a government elected by the people for the people, answerable to its own population, was one of the greatest progressive ideas in human history. They wanted to wipe it out because of the terrible 20th century crimes. Three lots of no champagne corks popping Say Something nice about the eu. It has prevented wars. Hasit . About the eu. It has prevented wars. Has it . I think you have to look at it. It has encouraged democracy. When you look at the appeal. After the fall of the soviet union, so many Eastern European countries wanted tojoin many Eastern European countries wanted to join the many Eastern European countries wanted tojoin the eu and lives to its standards live up. Of course they and to be part of the larger families family, but the eu meant something. It was seven democracies and cultures that had attractive power. I think we really do have to thank it for a tremendous amount of contribution to peace and security. It has always been bumpy. Where was the eu during the war in the balkans . I agree. But that is still pa rt of balkans . I agree. But that is still part of the european family. You have to look at those institutions. Is there any way of separating the problems of the euro, with the problems of the euro, with the problems of the European Union . In other words, do you consider now that the euro itself has been such a big step in the wrong direction for the people of greece, for the people of Southern Europe . The original idea may have been a good one but we admitted sunni countries that should not have been admitted. It was fair weather decisions when, after the 2000 agenda, when europe said it was great to be a growth area, it didnt act on it. A year later, they accepted greece. It was a scandalous decision. There was no thought to what was going to happen. decision. There was no thought to what was going to happen. I would disagree. They didnt meet the economic criteria. Neither did italy, actually. You have to help each other. They have made a basket case of greece. Look at the social problems. We have to give the European Union a social face, problems. We have to give the European Union a socialface, a caring face. They have created an enormous welfare state. Greece is a prominent beneficiary. That is terrible for that country. The freedom of Europe Movement within europe means that the optimistic young will leave those countries and come to the successful northern countries. The United States has one countries. The United States has one currency and lots of different economies. People go from the poorer areas to New York City to make their fortunes. You the poorer areas to New York City to make theirfortunes. You could the poorer areas to New York City to make their fortunes. You could say it is just that germany wasnt generous enough to greece. State governments in the United States have more power than governments within europe. The United States fought civil war over differences of opinion as well. As well as slavery, of course. There are different economies bound together by the same currency. The conflict between states to govern our economy and federal states, causes tremendous damage sometimes. Not nearly as problematic as you have with 27 nationalistic entities. It is difficult enough in america. But it is most impossible to bring everybody under one roof under such rules as greece had to follow. We should have done something to help greece but not by subjecting them to these rigorous rules of austerity, which they surely could not meet. What a will there be a European Union of 27 countries in ten years . That is the 100 million question. There is going to be a german europe. Please dont tell the germans. They dont want to be leaders. Lord heseltine predicted this would be to the glory of germany becoming the dominant power. We dont want to dominate anywhere. One of the reasons i am optimistic about the outcome of brexit is because germany will not allow britain to go to the nether world and be forgotten about. Ironically, although the germans dont want to be dominant powers, they do in a sense dominate the ethos. They say effectively the greece have to behave more like germans if they are to survive economically. That was the creed which was expected by the other nations. It may have been the original german idea. To be honest, i believe the European Union will be stronger. They will repair or reform a lot of mistakes. More countries will join, a lot of mistakes. More countries willjoin, including turkey. Thank you for the optimism. Thats it for dateline london for this week. And thats it for me on this wonderful programme which, across the world, has been one of the most watched bbc News Programme for almost 20 years. And no doubt the next 20 will be even better. Lets see what happens to the European Union then. Thank you for watching and goodbye. Hello there. I pressure is firmly in charge of the weather this weekend. That means the weather was very fine and dryfor that means the weather was very fine and dry for the majority with plenty of sunshine. The weather watchers have been out already this morning, snapping the Spring Sunshine. This was the scene near wrexham, ensuring high cloud in the sky. A slow start. Temperatures got down to 5 last night in the coldest spots in Northern Ireland and northern england. In that Spring Sunshine the temperatures are rising very quickly. Come the afternoon we should see Highs Hitting I9 quickly. Come the afternoon we should see highs hitting 19 degrees for west and wales. That is likely to be the one spot. If we do get to 19, it would be the warmest day of the year so far. High pressure in charge, sunny skies for most. But not all. In shetland, the cloud is thick enough for the occasional spot of rain. That is the exception. For the rest of scotland and Northern Ireland, plenty of sunshine. Temperatures at 17. Maybe a 19 for west and wales. 18 degrees for the warmest spot in south west england. The gusty Winds Continuing to blow around the south coast, making it cooler. Temperatures pegged back a little bit around the eastern coast. The winds keeping the frost that they are across southern england. Elsewhere, near the heart of the high pressure, we will see those temperatures taking a tumble. In the countryside, widespread frost, with lows getting down to minus four degrees, minus five degrees. There could be some mist and fog patches first thing in the morning. Essentially another gorgeous day. Lots of Spring Sunshine. Cool easterly winds continue to make their presence felt in the south. A similar kind of day otherwise. Temperatures may be a degree down in england. Still pretty one. We should see highs reaching the teens. A decent start to next week. However, it will turn cloudy in Western Areas from midweek week onwards with the threat of some rain and brisk winds in the west. The clocks go forward tonight by an hour. That means an hour less in bed. Darker mornings but lighter evenings. This is bbc news. The headlines. Donald trump remains defiant after failing to overhaul in the last few minutes ukips only mp Douglas Carswell confirms hes standing down from the party but says he will stay on as an independent mp. Donald trump remains defiant after failing to overhaul Barack Obamas health reforms. The president was forced to abandon his Healthcare Bill because of lack of support within his own party. Two men remain in custody as investigations continue into the westminster terror attack. Its emerged Khalid Masood sent whatsapp messages moments before he carried out the attack. The United Nations expresses concern over reports that hundreds of civilians have been killed by air strikes in mosul. 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