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KQED BBC World News America February 19, 2018

G re information for your vacation plannin available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news. Jane this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am jane obrie enough is enough. Enough is enough. Enough is enough. Jane florida students demand tighter gun control. Survivors of last weeks scshol ting are ready to march for change. R never from social media, donald trump takes to twitter a dozen times over the weekend to criticize the fbi over the russia invtigation. And taking time with photography how one artist uses traditional methods and new technology to create remarkable images. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television and around the world. The white house on monday signaled that President Trump is supportive of improved background checks for gun buyers. It comes days after the massacre 17 a school in parkland, florida, in whiceople were killed. 16yearold was in class when the killing started is one of many students who plan to march on Florida State capital, tallahassee, this week to urge lawmakers to address gun violence. She told the bbc she wants to get n,e president s attent too. I feel like if he looks me in the eye, he sees the amount of just passion and change we are demanding from him, because he is going to know he is going to see in r eyes that we will not back down, no matter what. We are not goingo stop until change has happened, until this country changes. We cant my heart can barely go through this one time, an im not going to let it happen again. Not going to let my heart go through this again. Im not going to let these victims3end inse vain. Jane for more on this i spoke earlier to ron christie, former adsor to president george bush. I asked what the president can do to change things. Ron the president this past weekend said he wants to work t with congress hten up background checks and ensure that the people whare lawfully buying weapons go through a fast vast and rigorous background check, and if there are any loopholes, lets close those. If congress is willing to do anything further remains to be seen. Jane a lot of people are calling for a ban on these assault weapons. This has happened before. In 1994 there was a ban. Why was there the political will to do that and then and not now . Ron r in 1994, senaane feinstein of california was able to put together a bipartisan piece of legislation that had enough moderate republicans voting for it, and bill clinton signed it into law. Ra mos are largely gone from the democrat and republican side of congress. Eo you havee on the extremes t of both sides political spectrum and i dont think there is that moderating force saying lets do something, lets talk, lets have a conversation. You have people in the sandbox drawing a line and refuse to come close to it in a meaningful way to enact meaningful legislation. Jane the role of the children themselves is absolutely fascinating to me. Theyre demonstrating, they are speaking out, and in a few years time they will be able to te. How much of a game changer is that going to make . Ron huge. In washington, d. , you have 17 students who will lie down in front of the white house for three minutes, the amount of time f it to the shooter to go through the school. 17 students being 17 who were killed. Manext month ih, many of the students from this school are coming to washington to demand action. The 1824 demographivois the largesng block in the United States. E bigger than niors. Tese students, if they are mobilized and wavote, they could have a dramatic impact on the midterm election. Jane do you think anyone is listening to them at the moment . Ron i certainly am, and i think there are a lot of politicians a marco rubio in florida lot of these politicians have been reluctant to go forth with gun safety legislation. I think they are definitely have jaeir sobering. ron christie, thanks for joining me. Ron great to see you. Jane the Florida Shooting was not the only thing on the president s mind this weekend. He tweeted not months, twice, note, oncot twice, but 12 times about the russia investigation and the indictments handed dowby Robert Mueller on friday. Ring the tirade, he made surent he ped out that there was non collusioand no impact on the election results. For more, i was joined earlier by thomas pickering, whod formerly ser u. S. Ambassador to russia. What effect do these tweets have on americas ability to tackle what trumps own security advisor state is incontrovertible proof of russian meling . We have a president dedicated to one concept, that putin and russia can do no harm, they are preeminently believable, that what others have to say is in ews, andgory of fake that fake news is perhaps reinforced by the television he watches, which seems to be the major draw for information. We have a president who is, put it this way, at best out of touch, and at best smingly the prisoner of a different kind of reality. And this makes it very hard to deal with the problems at hand. I dont believe that the absolute demonization of russia on a permanent basis is the answer to the problem, and that is where we are heading on the other side of the fence fr President Trump. Jane what is the impact of all of this on the relationship u. S. , andssia and t how do you get past that . Thomas it makes it almost impossible to communicate, and we have been in that position at various times in the past. We know from the cuban missile crisis, for example, that the nadir of our relationship was an the time when local people had Nuclear Weapons and were prepared to use them. If other local peopl certain things they felt was a military threat. This is as close as i ever want up see the world to openin Nuclear Exchange. The exrts all tell us they can tell us the ways in which a Nuclear Exchange might start. Accident, misperception, others. T nobody can tell you very conclusively if its, staow we are going to stop it. That is part of something that is critical in making a deterrent stronger. At a time when we can do that and went president putin last opened the door to that, the president misunderstood and then secondly his advisers quickly jumped in and said that is obama stuff, you dont want to do that. A missed opportunity that is a serious problem for us, and the uncertainty of our relationship with russia is something that constitutes a threat. Jane and as americas top ambass russia, what do you think the russians are making of this right now . Thomas i think the russians are hisomewhat amazed at wheres have gone. They have exploited all the opportunities they could find in syria, the u. S. Elections, and her things. I think that is putins mindset. Putin has been concerned about two things one, that the United States wants to unseat him, that regime change is our direction, that President Trump seems to be Something Different than that, but im not sure he has figured it out. The other thing is to maintain his own popularity in his own country. He is facing an election i dont think there are any doubts about that, but since 2011 and 2012, when he almost lost an perhaps, and one thinks in the wee hours of the night he had to thi he was not going to lose the election he has been in a sense of prisoner of our growing concern that at various times things could start to roll against him. For some of that he blames the United States. R some of that he has to be uncertain of his own public. Jane ambassador, thank you very much for joining me. Every year, at least 2. 5 million newborn babies die within the first month. Many of the deaths are preventable, according to a new report published by unicef. In a moment, we will have a report from rajini vaidyanatn in india, and one from our correspondent in malawi, but first, heres rupert wingfieldhayes on the situation in japan. Rupert this is a beautiful fourdayold baby girl. In the lottery of birth, she just hit the jackpot. In japan, the chance of a baby dying in its first month of life is the lowest in the world. Le pase come in. Rt rupe it helps that the babyss mom li a rich country with Excellent Health care. But there are two things that set japan apart the first is this little book. Every baby in japan gets one. It will trace the development from the womb to six years old. Second, she gets lots of mandatory checks. , until sixt stage months of pregnancy,about four weeks. Once in four weeks. After that, two times a month. Now in the last month of the pregnancy, once a week. Rupert this is a remarkables succory for japan. Japansyears ago, 1950, mortality rate was 50 deaths. Everyone thousand live births. Today jan is the first country ever recorded to go below one 1000 live births. Rajini in india, the chance mof survival ah lower than in japan. 60 newborns die in this country every hour. She gave birth to a little girl three weeks ago. She has been in a specialist unit ever since. Ba the es and here many babies end up here because their mothers are malnourished and aldont get proper medare during pregnancy. The situation is worse in remote areas. Anx hours north, i meet he her young son. Last month she gave birth to his sister. When the girl was born, she would vomit every time i tried to breastfeed her, she told me. One hospital turned us away, another asked for more money. By t time we got the payment she died. It was theecond baby she had lost. Access to Quality Health care is a key factor when it comes to newborn deaths in dia, and for many people it is simply out of reach. You have to come to rural areas to see the impact that has happened. The specialist units are improving a country where so many babies are born, too many are still dying. Reporter this is agnes. Being born in malawi means she has a much better chance of survival. Newborn deaths nearly halved in 16 years. Simple changes have helped, like discouraging women from giving birth at home. Th the difference is huge. Here you are supported because at home, you could bd. Losing bl but here if you are losing blood, they give you an injection, and if there are any leother pr, the doctor will help. Reporter premature babies are especially at risk. Here, doctors are teaching mothers the kangaroo method, which gives the esderweight baarm using body heat. Child marriage and resulting pregnancies are a particular problem and can lead to early birth. 82 of malawns live in rural areas, which means if youre going to have your baby in a. Inic, you have got to wa but the Bigger Picture is things have got better. Unicef says it is because malawi has been open to new ideas. Other developing countries may want to follow that path to give ance ins a better life. Jane that report from malawi. You are watching bbc world news merica. Still to come on tonights program, Silvio Berlusconi set to make a comeback. The former italian Prime Minister says he is ready to hold voters agree . But will orchinese state media is rng that the most sacred site in tibetan buddhism has reopened after part of it caught fire some but with news of the blaze beg heavily restricted, the two extent of the damages imssible to verify. Thatans living abroad say photos of the boys are being censored. Of the blaze are being censored. It is considered the most important shrine in tibetan buddhism, and there is concern and grief among tibetans. Reporter ky smoke fills thet one of the most holy places into that. Footage posted online sws the roof of the monastery in flames. Chinese state media said no one was hurt, and the temple has now been reopened. But it is not maown how much this thousandyearold monastery has suffered. The sprawling complex covers more than six acres. Official report did not specify which part of the temple is damaged bthe fire. That is because beijing maintains tight control of tibet. As the news of the fire spread on chinese social media, there were reports photos were being taken downy authorities. Nk you would this would be an issue where they would rush to show people insure them that the temple has not been badly damaged, but theres almost no news coming out at all in the last 24 hours. Frombly the flames spread another building nearby. But the fact that they werent able to put idaout quickly is ging for the chinese. It is very unfortunate. It will subject relatiain, especially since no one knows what has been damaged and one reporter tibetan buddhists ider this to be the most sacred sites. Laura westbrook, bbc news. Jane mention the name Silvio Berlusconi, and probably his personality and famous parties that come to mind, not necessarily his politics. But now italys former Prime Minister wants to hold office again, and he has told the bbcpt he is the bestn for the country in the general election. Reporter many thought he was politically finished, done. But silvio blusconi is making a comeback. His centerright coalition is set to win the most votes in the general election in two we time. Outside of italy, berlusconi is famous for his love of women ani ability to remain freshfaced. But in many parts of this country, he is much more than that. Im voting for berlusconi. I trust him. Im sure he has learned from his mistakes. He has builtn. Good coalit he has my full confidence. Reporter berlusconi cannot tenically become Prime Minister. In 2013 he was banned from holding office. From puic office. Part of his criminal cviction for tax fraud. But he can still lead his party. When i caught upith him, i asked why he thinks he is the best person from the job. Mr. Berlusconi i was ousted from politics because of an unbelievably shameful sentencen the italople know that everything that has been said about me is false. All the accusations are made up. They never stop trusting me. And i have governed this country for longer than anyone else. Geporter his main challen t will come from antiestablishment Political Party on the right. In a couple of weeks, silvio a man who cannot be elected as mp and even allowed to vote, cld be back in power in a grand coalition. This would be the fifth time he has led the country. Despite the prominence of paigns worldwide, including movements like metoo, it seems that many itali women can look beyond berlusconis alleged sex scandals. He is my idol. All men are like that. He is just a fool because he got caught. Metoo is not so strong in italy as it is in the anglosaxon countries. People doesnt remember the scandals. It is something far away in our mery. Reporterand not many interviews with prominent politicis end like this. Dont shake hands like that. Too strong. Men will think this one is going to beat me up. No one will marry you. Lets try again. No, a little less. Who is ever going to marry you . I am joking. You have to joke every once in a while. Reporter for many, the idea that berlusconi would run the acountry again was itself joke a year ago. But the man italians either lov or hate se the verge of another comeback. Jane as we know, anything could happen. Here is a story you couldnt make up. The fast food cin kfc has temporarily closed 600 restaurants around nde u. K. An isfter running out of you guessed it chicken. When you have promised kfc as a treat, but there is no chicken this nineyearold is not happy. Ary. Sad. And disappointed. Errepo and hungry . Very hungry. Reporter e are you mngry or angry . Hungry. Reporter it is not just maxines local outlet. Hundreds across the u. K. Are shut because kf has no c. They have no chicken. Pretty shocking. Especially when you are hungry. Thrter kfc have blamed teething problems he new delivery contract. Dhl last week,o who said that operational issues have disrupted the supply. They should have enough chicken. They should be able to store it. It is a big chain. It seems unbelievable. L althe farmers, surely there is enough chicken. Rtre we tried several outlets across bristol today. But found no fingers being licked. Almost every store closed. At lunchti would expect these hatches to be really busy at this point,ut the kitchenfr is empty, thrs switched off. Friers switched off. T is a far cry from this tonight the company is encouraging staff to take holiday until it can meet the demand again. Kfc says its own empyees will be paid. The large majority of restaurants are franchises. Everything was pretty m h automated these days. Reporter the company says it is workinflat out to rectify the problem. But to some, that is little consolation. Scandalous ew, what if you could cha time in a photograph . That is what a National Geographic photographer wanted to find in his series. Art that is powerful is emotional. I want you to have an emotional response to what you are witnessing, to what you are seeing. I try to capture images that have a ctain kind of scope and intimacy at the same time. The series is something i started about nine years ago, and i started with this kind of crazy idea of if i could compress a single day into a photograph. I take pictures from a single point of view, usually elevated, almost always elevated 50 feet in the air, and i never move my camera. I photograph specific moments through the day and night. What i do is i get back and i edit anywhere from 1200 to 2200 images. It tak edit them all down. O i decide where the day begins and the night ends. That is what i call my time vector. This is kind of how it works. In this photograph, day begins on the far right side of the tracks thisand time way. It literally goes across. In the morning i was very blessed. We had an amazing rainbow that happened. This is actually happening right now. And then as time changes, you have the afternoon light, the rotation of the light, and of course, sunset. Photography has always been an evolution. It has always been part alchemy, part science, part magic. And luck. One of the things th is special about this image is the elephant will stop the elephant. This is one frame. That is one moment. I have created a photograph in the serengeti, where i was able to wness for 26 hours an amazing communication between all of these competitive species in a watering hole. Honestly, it sounds difficult. When i was there, i lt like noah was going to drop the argan the ark and load the animals there. I saw something in the animal communication that i ner read in a book or any scientist ever described. It is really important this is not a time lapse. People think i set up the camera and have a cappuccino macaine and thra shoots every 30 seconds. It doesnt work that way. I am handcocking a conventional morgeformat lens. I photograph in th traditional manners. I am just capturing on the digital back, but everything i do is tradi

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