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Transcripts For BBCNEWS 100 Days 20170228

Meet the shortfall. And Sofa Psychology what do these pictures of president ial adviser Kellyanne Conway show us about power in the west wing . Hello and welcome to one hundred days, im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. A Primetime Speech to a Joint Session Of Congress is a perfect opportunity a0 days into this presidency for donald trump to explain what he wants to do with the office. His speech in a few hours time will focus on three initiatives the rebuilding of the us military, the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care act or obamacare, as its known, and reform of the tax code. Ahead of his speech the president gave an interview to fox news. He was challenged on how he intends to pay for a 58 billion increase in the defence budget. Where is the money coming from . If you put all the money, thats about 50 billion. The money will come from a revved up economy. If you look at the numbers we are doing, we will probably have a gdp of little more than 1 and if i can get probably have a gdp of little more than i and if i can get that up to three, or maybe even more, we have a whole different ball game. The Financial Markets certainly like the things they are hearing from the white house. On monday, the Dowjones Industrial Average hit a record high for the 12th consecutive time. If only the white house was not being undermined by the stories coming from within. The leaks have been a serious problem for this president. And in this Fox Interview he names the Whistle Blower he thinks is responsible. I think President Obama is behind it, because his people certainly are. And some of the leaks possibly, from that group, some of them, which are from that group, some of them, which a re really from that group, some of them, which are really very serious leaks, because they are bad in terms of national security. But i also understand that his politics and in terms of him being behind things, thatis terms of him being behind things, that is politics. It will probably continue. Tonights president ial address isnt a full blown State Of The Union, but it will give us a good idea of what President Trump wants to do in the months to come. What can the white house and Congress Work together on and which issues will divide them . Ive been taking a look back at past speeches and the themes theyve struck. It is the centrepiece of americas political calendar, enshrined in the constitution. Since George Washington delivered the first annual message to congress in 1790, what has come to be known as the State Of The Union has evolved from a simple statement on the health of the nation, into a political call to arms, a president ial rallying cry. From 1801 for a century after, the political they will simply delivered in brightening from the white house to the capital. It was Woodrow Wilson who in 1930 unit took to the fore, transforming it into a blueprint for the president s legislative agenda. His successors have used the opportunity to showcase leadership, frame a new direction Orjust Lift The Spirit of the nation during difficult times. May i assert my firm belief the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. That the watershed moments. In 1823, president james monro itself. That the watershed moments. In 1823, president james monro used the address to articulate a new Foreign Policy doctrine, war and european powers not to meddle in the western hemisphere. During his State Of The Union in western hemisphere. During his State Of The Union 119611, lyndon western hemisphere. During his State Of The Union in 1964, Lyndonjohnson First proposed legislation that would come to be known as the War On Poverty, paving the way for a range of Welfare Programmes. This administration today, here and now declares unconditional War On Poverty in america. Mr speaker, the president of the United States. One of the most memorable phrases ever uttered in the State Of The Union came in president George W Bushs 2002 address, which warned iran, iraq and north korea threatened the peace of the world. It marks the birth of the controversial war on terror. States such as these and their terrorist allies, they constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. Tonights speech, a statement of purposeis tonights speech, a statement of purpose is likely to echo mr trumps defiant and uncompromising inaugural address, a promise to put America First and to transfer power back to the people watching. With me now is matt schlapp, who was George W Bushs political director, he is now chairman of the american conservative union, the oldest conservative Lobbying Organization in the country. Matt, you are just saying you were there in that first term when president bush gave that speech to congress. What are you expecting from President Trump tonight . would hope to hear a little more detail about what he wants to do in these key areas of tax reform, getting the economy growing and repealing and replacing obamacare. But i also think it is a moment when the first address to congress is often just called an address to congress, not the state of the unit, because he hasnt even had a full year to be able to say how his policies are working. But this is a moment where he remind everybody that he is the entire nations president and at the most important thing when you offer this tough job is that you be commander in chief. Would you expect the tone to be more consulates, perhaps, than the president has been up until now, reaching out to those who did not vote for him or may not agree with him . Yes, this will be smart and appropriate. One question on conservatives on what they are feeling. How do you feel makes sense as a conservative of the extra spending the president is proposing on defence, on infrastructure, on the wall with mexico, but not cutting entitlements and Welfare Programmes . As a conservative, does that add up . I would like to see him focus on entitlements. These are big programmes that are on autopilot and they are set to go bankrupt anchored upset our financial house if they are not taking care. He will have to look at that at some point in his presidency. As far as Military Spending is concerned, we are spending is concerned, we are spending the lowest percentage of oui spending the lowest percentage of ourgdp than we spending the lowest percentage of our gdp than we ever have in modern times. That needs to turn around. This is a dangerous world. The state of the Union Addresses have become quite. I remember a of the Union Addresses have become quite. I remembera republican sitting there with President Obama when he was articulating his budget and was no clapping or a bipartisan camaraderie. What do you expect from the tonight . The democrats tonight. They are focused on the liberal base of their party. They just elected a new chair, so i expect some to be quite negative with what they hear from President Trump no matter what he says. I would urge them, im a republican and they probably wont listen to me, buti and they probably wont listen to me, but i would urge them to be respectful, because you can overplay your hand in politics, both republicans and democrats, and some would say republicans overplayed their partisan and with President Obama at times and democrat should be careful not to do the same. The last time we saw you, you were on the stage at the event last week in washington, this becoming together of the conservative grassroots. On the stage, you had the white house strategist steve bannon and his chief of staff. Letters quickly have a look at you on stage with them. We have a team and grinding it through and when donald trump promised the american people, youd better understand those promises are going to be implemented. That is awesome. Steve, you are a really likeable quy steve, you are a really likeable guv. You steve, you are a really likeable guy, you should do this more often what are 30 days of action . Hes not so nice to us, you know. Those two characters, they are not two people you would automatically puts together, because steve bannon is the destructor, he is from the grass roots and the other is more establishment. Going forward, passed this speech tonight, the success of the Trump Presidency depends on those two branches of the Republican Movement working together. That is one of the reasons why we decided to have them on stage together, because when you are putting together a coalition, politically, youve got to get to 50 of democracy and one of the ways to do that is to bring in all types of new voters which donald trump appears to, he working class voters that the Republican Party has a fitful relationship with. They must be on board, but also, youve got your main light, mainstream republicans who sometimes get a little worried about what they see from the trump white house. Its important they stay on the team as well. If we cant meet this coalition together, it wont be successful. Can i ask about health care, because your body got conservatives saying we are not going to agree to any form of replacement of obamacare that does not include repealing those tax hikes. How eager to keep conservatives on board with the republican plans and the white houses plans to replace it . The real thing is theres a movement to say why didnt we just fix obamacare andi say why didnt we just fix obamacare and i think thats where conservatives get particularly feisty. They want to see it thrown away, be repealed, but they do wants to replace it with a more free market of health care. Here is the big difference. Obamas Measuring Stick was how many people are covered with health insurance, the conservative Measuring Stick is those prices affordable and is it a high quality of health care . We dont want to sacrifice that just to make sure people are covered by health insurance. Ok, thank you very much. One of the things trump campaigned donna was repealing and replacing obamacare. He said he was going to do it on day one, because it was such a mess. But now come you have a situation where democrats, having run away from the Affordable Care act for so long are now embracing it and Opinion Polls suggesting that perhaps in its dying days, it is more popular than ever. So republicans will have to tread carefully a nd republicans will have to tread carefully and that is what the white house is hearing from amongst others who are saying, hold on the second, we dont want to go back to our people and say sorry guys, youre going to lose coverage. Some say the president is a little to the left on this, because he wants as many people cover by whatever replaces the fans are this, because he wants as many people cover by whatever replaces another, by obamacare. He isa replaces another, by obamacare. He is a question for you, back in 2030, the republican controlled House Of Representatives blocked a budget, and obama budget and it caused a federal government shutdown. What power did the democrats have . They are now the minority in both houses. Do they have any power at all to stop some of these Spending Commitments . It may be tempting for people watching american politics at the moment to write the democrats off. They have not got the contrasts, or the Supreme Court or the white house. But when it comes particularly to budget issues, they still have power. The president needs 60 votes to get any form of the drug federal Budget Spending through. He only has 52 republicans in the senate. He must then find another eight people, eight democrats potentially, in order to pass Military Spending hikes, in order to pass any type of tax issues. The wall, whatever he wants to spend money on. He must get the democrats. They will go along with him. This Budget Proposal isjust the opening salvo. They will go on for months i will probably end up with numbers quite a lot smaller than the ones we are looking at. The damage that clear . Yes, you did. Your prime on american budgets for free five executives from the south korean manufacturing Giant Samsung have been charged with corruption. Among them is lee jae yong, the man who effectively controls the company. The indictments follow an investigation into payments made to a close friend of president park. She is facing impeachment, which would strip her of immunity to prosecution. Singapores Prime Minister has told the bbc he wouldnt rule out signing a version of the Trans Pacific partnership which didnt involve the United States. One of President Trumps first acts in office was to pull america out of the agreement. But now, some of the signatories have indicated they might press ahead, even without the us. Speaking on the Bbcs Hardtalk programme, singapores Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave the suggestion his conditional backing. If there work on the senses and 11 countries say go ahead and sign the thing, just minus the us, singapore would sign. Weather that happens, i am not sure because the japanese in particular made very painful concessions in exchange for an american concessions. So, i would not rule it out. But i think it is not rule it out. But i think it is not so easy. Meanwhile, the Trade Deal Which Britain has to negotiate during brexit could become the biggest single act of protectionism in uk history according to the former chancellor george osborne. Mr osborne, who supported the remain campaign, and was sacked after the referendum, has warned that Future Trade Deals will not adequately replace the single european market. Failure to reach an agreement with the eu he said will prove costly to the british economy. The billionaire businessman sir philip green has paid £363 million into the pension fund of british home stores, the uk retail chain. Bhs went in to administration after sir philip sold the Chain Forjust a pound. Hes been criticised for having made profits and dividends of more than half a billion pounds while leaving the pension fund with a huge deficit. Our Business Editor simon jack is here with me. Recap if you would for all International Viewers why this went so badly wrong and why sir philip green has been shamed . Im using that word, shamed into paying up. This excited imagination for many reasons. Green is a buccaneering businessman, he is very rich and he has a very bruising relationship with politicians. He does not like to play the game. He sold this business for £1 to a twice bankrupt novice retailer. It went bust a year later which led to 12,000 job losses and leaving 20,000 pensioners in the lurch one going to get their entitlement. He said he was going to soar this pension out and everyone was very sceptical and today, you delivered. £363 million, five of his own money into fixing this as though he deserves a little bit of credit for that. He became a mascot, if you like, for corporate greed in the uk. Yes because he was sitting offshore on his lot yacht. Yes because he was sitting offshore on his lot yacht. Yes, and meanwhile, people were saying they we re meanwhile, people were saying they were going to get their paltry pension reduced because he was putting money in. This is a volu Nta Ry Putting Money in. This is a voluntary contribution, in a way. He was being pursued by regulators, but he put his hand in his own pocket, so deserves some credit for that. Some will be better off, but some of his senior old staff will be a lot better off, because the rescue fund that failed Pension Funds going to cap any pay out at around 30 2000. That wont apply, so some of his senior lieutenants will do better out of this deal. Many said he should lose his knighthood because it gave despicably, and he made a promise, and those closed to him said he does something when he says he will. So he has sorted it, in his own words, but theres many questions about the light it sheds on corporate britain. There were a ccou nta nts on corporate br

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