Of public funds, but he rejects calls to step aside. Karen pence, 350, not content is, 256, so the contents have it. Contents. The British Government suffers a first defeat on brexit legislation. The House Of Lords backs an Opposition Amendment which could delay theresa mays timetable. And read my lips. A rare glimpse into the president s big speech preparations. Youre watching one hundred days with Katty Kay In Washington and Christian Fraser is in london. It was a very different donald trump who addressed Congress Last night less flame thrower, more president. He was still tough on immigration and terrorism but there was a surprising splattering of optimism, too. Even the odd call for unity. And it seems people here liked it. In fact, so favourable were the Morning Headlines even from what he calls the failing New York Times that an often irascible president could find nothing to moan about. On his twitter page was this thank you, and in bold type, too lets have a listen to some of what he had to say. The vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism related offences, since 9 11, came here from outside of our country. We have seen the attacks at home. From boston to san bernardino, to the pentagon, and yes, even the world trade center. We have seen the attacks in france, in belgium, in germany and all over the world. It is not compassion, but reckless, to allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting cannot occur. Applause those given the high honour of admission to the United States, should support this country, love its people and its values. We cannot allow a beachhead of terrorism to form inside america. We cannot allow our nation to become a sanctuary for extremists. 0ur Foreign Policy calls for direct, robust and meaningful engagement with the world. It is American Leadership based on vital security influence, that we share with our allies all across the globe. We strongly support nato, an Alliance Forged in the bonds of two world wars, that dethroned fascism and the cold war, and defeated communism. But our partners must meet their financial obligations. And now based on our strong and frank discussions, they are beginning to do just that. In fact, i can tell you the money is pouring in. Very nice. 0ur north america Editorjon Sopel is with me. Much about the content of the speech and the agenda but the headline was and the agenda but the headline was a question of tone. I want to show you a tweet that has come from the conservative commentator kathleen parker. Those pictures of every sing in the back of the car, the beast, before he goes to capitol hill, fascinating. If you are the Rolling Stones playing one of your hits, you dont need to be hers. When you are trying out new lines and new songs you have diverse. He was trying out something we havent seen before from donald trump. A new persona, inclusive, warm, positive, optimistic about the future, wanting to bring people together, unifying. That was something we have not seen from donald trump before, and the question people will be asking, like you and me, was, was that a one off, oi you and me, was, was that a one off, or will we see a new donald trump emerging from the chrysalis of the first chaotic few weeks in the white house . Im sure that the blast saying to him today, look at the reviews youre getting for that disciplined performance, you stuck to the message that was written down for you, and it all worked out very nicely. And he definitely likes good reviews. The people liked it and congress likes it. Lets have a look at paul ryan, the conservative leader of the house, nodding and clapping, this is all very good. He is even clapping the 1 trillion Infrastructure Project. This is a clip when he is asked about funding and Infrastructure Project that is half the size of the one that the president has put forward. Take a look at his reaction. Would you help President Donald Trump cast a 550 billion Infrastructure Programme . Would that be something you would help them achieve . That is not in the a better way. Hes a man that has got to corral the conservatives and put promises into policy. Kenny it . Last night it seemed like mike pence and paul ryan had been to the same tailor and got a two for one offer on the same suit, shirt and tie. Moving on from that, it is going to be difficult. These are problems that every president has faced, not just donald problems that every president has faced, notjust donald trump, that you can come forward with ideas like a 1 you can come forward with ideas like a 1 trillion infrastructure plan, much that it might be needed, but will it be passed with fiscally conservative republicans who want to be paying down the deficit . He talked about paper may paid paternity leave. Though seem like very democratic things to be advocating. He also called for the Democratic Party to come into the tent, to embrace the changes he is going to make. Is that going to happen . We heard a long wish list last night. Turning that Injury Allergy might be something a little more tricky. Turning that into reality. With us now is the kansas secretary of state, the former chairman of the kansas Republican Party, kris kobach. A big supporter of donald trump. Did it go down well, where you were sitting . Yes, i think it went very well. I was listening to your prior commentary. It is important to put this speech in context. The state of the Union Message is the only one the Union Message is the only one the president is required by the constitution to give. It is a speech to be given to a joint session of undress. The question is, has donald trump changed his demeanour or manner of speaking . You will see all of the state of the Union Messages during the Trump Presidency look like this because its a specific type of speech given to the legislature, where he lays out a legislative agenda whilst as other speeches are speaking to the common man, and it is a throng of thousands of people. He will probably give that kind of speech to that audience and this kind of speech to congress. I take that, but isnt the one lesson that comes out of this that there is a lot more power in the presidency when you are talking with optimism and in positive terms than the resent counterpunching and attacking opponents and getting dragged into meaningless arguments . I think there was something to be said for that, absolutely. You want to remember, this is handing the ball to congress because its the first time he is laying out a legislative agenda, so he has to project confidence and optimism that you can get it done and i will sign a bill when it comes to my desk after you get it done. So in this context that optimism is important and counterpunching doesnt serve any purpose in the state of the Union Message. Katy clay here in washington. I want to ask about the substance and the detailed in this speech mccrone. There was cause for more spending on the military, family leave, clean air, and they spoke about Health Care Reforms he spoke about Health Care Reforms he spoke about Health Care Reforms he spoke about keeping in access for people with pre existing conditions and also conditions on medicaid. Is he going to run into problems when he going to run into problems when he tries to keep conservatives on board with them . I think you are right with respect to spending on infrastructure. You will have a natural clash between the conservative impulse in congress to keep spending under control and an ambitious agenda laid out by the president. As far as the specifics on health care, and the repeal of 0bamacare, i dont see conflict there. If you look at the republican alternatives, what we would like to be the case when 0bamacare is gone, they include the things that donald trump was talking about, covering people with pre existing conditions. I dont see much fiction, there. On the size of the infrastructure plan, the size of the infrastructure plan, the president is a deal maker. He has thrown out his initial offer, how about 1 trillion . At the end of the day it is going to be something else. Another deal he was floating yesterday was Television News anchors here, was the idea of proposing Immigration Reform with some kind of pathway to citizenship for people who are currently here illegally. How would that go down that his supporters therein kansas . Any form of amnesty, where you are having citizenship or not, giving legal staters to those in the country illegally, would not go down well with his ace, and that includes people in kansas, just because he campaigned very vigorously during the entire cycle of the presidency campaign, enforcing our laws and against amnesty. Whether there is some element of amnesty or somebody that comes from Congress Remains to be seen but in terms of where his base is, his days once our laws in first and not to have an amnesty. Katty, let me ask you, there was a different tone to the speech but is there any clue about who actually wrote it . We were told with the inaugural speech that it was steve miller and steve bannon who were behind it, and it was a much darker tone. Who wrote this one . The striking thing about this speech that it was night and day compared to the inaugural address. That it was night and day compared to the inauguraladdress. So that it was night and day compared to the inaugural address. So the speculation is that somebody else had their hands on this speech and wrote something that was effectively much more conventional as a political speech. I have heard that the Vice President got involved and that he wanted elements in there with more calls for unity, that his daughter ivanka and her aid got in there on issues like child and family leave, so we have aired more voices in there, so what is the president going to do going forward, listen to those voices that got him rave reviews or is his instinct more that Armageddon Type Image of america we saw any and all address . It will be fascinating to watch his evolution. You wonder if the positive spin on this might take him ina positive spin on this might take him in a different direction. Lets turn to france, now. Francois fillon, the right wing candidate to become the next president of france, says he will fight on despite news today he will be placed under formal investigation. He has been summoned to appear before magistrates on march 15th, facing allegations he paid his Wife Hundreds of thousands of euros of public money for parliamentary work she might never have done. One of mr fillons closest aides resigned from the campaign today. He said the candidate had gone back on his word to withdraw from the election if he was placed under formal investigation. Translation a number of my political friends are talking about the political assassination. Political friends are talking about the politicalassassination. It political friends are talking about the political assassination. It is in fact an assassination, because it is disproportionate, unprecedented, by the choice of this calendar, it is not only me who is being assassinated by these president ial elections, too. Lets get more from benedicte paviot, uk correspondent for the french network, france 24. There will be many people who will point to that speech today and talk about the arrogance of Francois Fillon. He is third in the polls, hes facing all sorts of problems. Surely the right thing to do is step aside and give the party a chance. We har 53 days away from the first round of the president ial election on 23rd of april. Yes, there are a lot of people wondering tonight, whether it is in france or abroad, french nationals, who will vote in this election, and we really are astonished that he is not quitting. He was in a defiant, combative mood. He was in a defiant, combative mood. He was in a defiant, combative mood. He was supposed to appear before the media at 8am at an event that there isa media at 8am at an event that there is a must for any top french politician. There were rumours he might not appear, then he appeared at half past 12 at lunchtime with a delayed Press Conference at his headquarters. But we have moved on from there. You mentioned in your introduction the fact that one of his key advisers, a former rival in the french primaries, before Francois Fillon became the official candidate, he resigned at the end of the afternoon. Now another centrist party, the has suspended and will make a decision next week. He is losing support, haemorrhaging support, but he is adamant he will not quit. And, of course, what the french media are absolutely talking about is, they are replaying the fa ct about is, they are replaying the fact that, back in august, when he was placed under formal investigation, if he was, he said he would quit as a candidate. The question is with this appears before a judge that he told the world about come on 15th of march, his wife, penelope, is also going to appear before thejudge. That penelope, is also going to appear before the judge. That is two days before the judge. That is two days before all french president ial candidates who wish to stand in this president ial election are actually going to, it is the last date before they can say that they have the 500 needed signatures to become a candidate in that election. It is quite a year in washington. Whatever Francois Fillon is saying, i wont give up, surrender or withdraw, it looks like the end of his president ial ambitions, one way or the other. What does it mean for the Republican Party . Is it the end of their ambitions for this year leased . The person who came second was alain juppe. Lets leased . The person who came second was alainjuppe. Lets remember what happened. Primaries are not a french phenomenon but an american one. It is the first time that the french right has tried this and against all expectations it was not alain juppe, anotherformer prime expectations it was not alain juppe, another former prime minister, expectations it was not alain juppe, anotherformer prime minister, who was favourite, not just within the centre right but across the board and in the polls for months, it was actually quite comfortably Francois Fillon who won. He presented himself as somebody who was trustworthy and wa nted as somebody who was trustworthy and wanted to preserve once. This is why it is not sitting well with his own party. Preserve france. 73 of people yesterday, just before this happened, across the board in france, say politician should be judged like any french citizen, no special rights, no stopping and posing of thejudicial special rights, no stopping and posing of the judicial process. But Francois Fillon has said, he has made serious accusations against the judiciary, and the police, and he is saying that he has been politically assassinated. So the people who could benefit from this are Marine Le Pen and emmanuel macron. We have had so many twists and turns, who knows . It is a fascinating collection. We will be wondering what happens to Marine Le Pen, because of this. Its already been nicknamed the trump bump. Us stocks have soared today. Thats right the dow has breached the 21,000 mark for the First Time Ever partly as a result of the president s address to congress and the expectation of higher interest rates. On the economy, donald trump promised tax cuts and a huge increase in infrastructure spending. Here he is. To launch our national rebuilding, i will be asking congress to approve legislation that produces a one jillion dollars investment in infrastructure of the United States, financed through both public and private capital, creating millions of newjobs. Applause investors clearly liked what they heard. What do the economic gurus make of it . This morning i spoke to the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, alan greenspan. I started by asking for his reaction to the Economic Policy of the president s address last night. It was a very important change in style which i frankly hadnt expected to see when he came into office. And i was shocked, first, that he did it. If he stays off twitter, i think the world would be better off. But overall, it was a good performance relative to what he had done in the past. He laid out quite a lot of Spending Proposals that he would like. Infrastructure, military, family leave, where was the revenue side to pay for it all . Hidden. This is the issue. That was not a speech that was meant to be taken literally. Not a speech that was meant to be ta ken literally. One not a speech that was meant to be taken literally. One that you must ask, how do you find various things, there was nothing in their about strong economic growth, well, wheres that coming from . Right at the moment were going through a period of significant stagnation, for five years. And this is period of significant stagnation, forfive years. And this is having period of significant stagnation, for five years. And this is having a critical impact on the whole psychology of the economy. A Democratic Society has to be perc