That almost hour and a half long press c0 nfe re nce. Lets turn to the issue of mr trumps connections with russia and alleged contacts with russia of his Campaign Team during the election. This came up several times during the Press Conference on the president was very clear on the issue. I can tell you, speaking for myself, i own nothing in russia, i have no loans in russia, i dont have no loans in russia, i dont have any deals in russia, President Putin called me up very nicely to congratulate me on the wind of the election. He then called me up next grimly nicely extremely nicely to congratulate me on the inauguration, which was terrific. But so did many other leaders. Almost all the leaders. Russia is fake news. This is fake news that out by the media. There were so many sound bites in this Press Conference, rush of being fa ke this Press Conference, rush of being fake news was another one. He was pushed again by otherjournalists at this Press Conference. When you aware that anyone in your campaign had contacts with russia during the course of this election . General flynn, but he was dealing as he shouldve been. During the election . Nobody that i know. So, you are aware of anybody during the election . Russia is a ruse. I know you have do get up and ask a question, but russia is a ruse. I havent made a phone call to russia in years. Live from washington, dc, the president is genuinely exasperated at that point. Guess. He has been asked about this before. The reason is because his answers are not definitive. You know it is very clearly that he said that there we re very clearly that he said that there were no contacts that he knew of, thatis were no contacts that he knew of, that is a Big Escape Hatch If need be. We saw an article in the New York Timesjust be. We saw an article in the New York Times just the other day saying that there were contacts between people in trumps team during the campaign and russia and intelligence operatives also did trump know about that or not . We dont know. Whether those contacts amounted to anything sensitive, we also dont know that. That would be a big area of concern of either of those things were true. Substantive. Hes going to be asked about that, as the fbi investigation keeps going on. That is not going to go anywhere anywhere soon. I want to play everyone now a question from the bbcs North America editorjon sobel. Here is howjohn got on with the president. Where are you from . Bbc. Here is another beauty. It is a good line, impartial, free and fair. Just like cnn. On the travel ban, would you acce pt cnn. On the travel ban, would you accept that that was a good example of the smooth running of government . Ido of the smooth running of government . I do weight weight i know who you are, just wait. Let me tell you about the travel ban. We had a very smooth roll out of the travel ban. We had a bad court. We got a bad decision. We had a court that has been overturned again, i think it is 80 of the time, i maybe wrong. A lot. We had a bad decision. We will keep going with that decision, we will put in a new Executive Order next week sometime. Lets bring in the bbcs acehnese against. We mind which way it is, but it does not seem which way it is, but it does not seem particularly accurate of the president to say that roll out is moved. I dont think he can say that with any kind ofjustification. He says the court made a bad decision. That lower court level didnt happen until later in the week. What happened when he first imposed that travel ban was a lot of confusion on the part of the implementing agencies that werent informed about how to put it into effect, whether to allow green card holders into the country or not. You saw conflicting messages, people coming to the country thinking they would be admitted but then being detained for hours, sometimes even longer. Sometimes put back on planes and sent back to where they came from. That is not an Audibly Implementation of the travel ban. Orderly. Geoffrey would like to ask, what is this rally in florida . What is it and who is paying for it . M is it and who is paying for it . M isa is it and who is paying for it . M is a rally in an Aeroplane Hangar near new Melbourne Florida which is in the upper area of florida, even with orlando, he had a Campaign Event there that i was actually at earlier this year. Last year in october. He pulled up in his the aeroplane and gave a speech to adoring crowds. About 10,000 people there, through popular there. That is why hes going back there probably. Who is paying for it, that is interesting. It is the donald trump for president 2020. This is a Campaign Event for a president ial race that isnt going to happen for more than three and half years. You serious . That is a fact that i didnt know. We are already on to talking about whether donald trump will be re elected. Remember, we are still in february and the president was inaugurated injanuary. Anthony was inaugurated injanuary. Anthony was live with this in washington, dc. They say it is hard to find in government diplomacy in dc. Mr trump would say hes not interested in washington, he is interested in the country who have selected him. Michelle has asked other polls, investigations into Grassroots Supporters beyond twitter to gauge their thoughts post investigation miss these are Approval Ratings. Memory the sixth was when the poll was conducted. Republicans are 87 in favour. Independents 37 , democrats 11 . At least a1 that leads to a1 Approval Rating which would at this point be considered low. Here he is talking about the media. I never get phone calls from the media. However they were right a story like that in the Wall Street Journal without asking me or in the New York Times put it on the front page . That was likely story they wrote about the women and me, frontpage. The massive story. It was nasty. They called and said we never said that. We like mr trump. On that particular issue as to whether journalists are asking mr trump about the stories they are covering, the moment he stepped back, many, many completely reliable journalists queued up to say that we do this every time. This is Maggie Hagerman from the New York Times saying. I can really many, many e mails from other journalists saying can really many, many e mails from otherjournalists saying they have the call records and journalists to say. Dot macro i think we can see the president is not sharing with us the president is not sharing with us the truth. It was an astonishing achievement that the election result. We talked about the scale of it with benjamin netanyahu. It did so it with benjamin netanyahu. It did so again today. I put it out for the american people. I got 306 electoral couege american people. I got 306 Electoral College votes. I wasnt supposed to get 222. They said there was no way to get you to do. 230 is impossible. 270 is what you need and that is laughable. We got 306 because people came out and voted like they have never seen came out and voted like they have never seen before. That is the way it goes. I guess it was the biggest Electoral College win since ronald reagan. That is Ronald Donald trump social democratic and the biggest Electoral College win since ronald reagan. Remember that each state gets a certain amount of Electoral College votes. The first one to get the clear majority becomes president. Unfortunately, the president told you something there that was completely untrue. As he was in a room full of journalists, it was unlikely that he was going to get a way with not being picked up on that. You said that you got the biggest electoral margins and ronald marking of 304 and 306. In fact, president obama got 365. Im talking about republican. Jos buttler 426 when he won as president. Why should Americans Trust you . I was just given that we got a big margin. Why should Americans Trust you you , ~ ml are providing false information . have seen that information. Thank you. If you want to watch back some of these clips from the Press Conference, you can find them online from bbc news. Probably the most single most controversial action that donald trump is taken as the travel ban. In a while, i will play you a report about the somali American Communities get their response to the proposed ban. A deal reached two weeks ago which promise to help end the countrys rail strike has collapsed raising the prospect of more Industrial Action. Leaders of the train driver was Mancunian Asef said. For nearly a year, nearly many users have had strikes and delays. Thanks everybody for coming. After two weeks of talks hosted by the tuc, it was thought that the deal had been done. We are pleased to announce that aslef and Southern Rail have reached an agreement. Now that deal has unravelled and for commuters in brighton are unhappy. Im not happy. It is wasting my time. It is terrible. What can we do . It is a lot of money on uber, isnt it . Around 900 aslef drivers voted on the ballot. There was a turnout of over 72 , nearly 46 voted in favour of the deal, but over 54 voted against. This is an embarrassment for aslef, a deal negotiated by their leadership has been overturned by Rank And File membership. The General Secretary of aslef says we understand and support the decision arrived at democratically by our members. The dispute is over how many members of staff should be on every train. Can there be driver only trains or must they are always bea only trains or must they are always be a second person, a conductor on board . Aslef said they had got a deal where there would always be to staff on the train with some exceptions. Southerns Parent Company govia said in the statement that we are disappointed. The rmt has already scheduled another 24 hour strike on the Southern Network next wednesday and the same distribute about driver operated trains is breading to other parts of the country. Ballots are being sent out today to staff on a riva trains north, there is also the prospect of Industrial Action on merseyrail. We live on the bbc newsroom. Our lead story confirms Donald Trumps press c0 nfe re nce lead story confirms Donald Trumps Press Conference which was arranged at the last minute. According to multiple sources, at the behest of the president. He took many questions across an hour or more. Lets come back to the outsize source screen to talk further about this conference. The covered a lot of ground. He did not leave out the economy. He has plenty of to say on business, jobs and fair trade. Their Response Abilities will be ending the bleeding of jobs Response Abilities will be ending the Bleeding Ofjobs from our country. And negotiating fair trade deals for our citizens. Fair trade, not free. Fair. If a country is taking advantage of this, it is not going to happen any more. Every country going to happen any more. Every cou ntry ta kes going to happen any more. Every country takes advantage of this. I may be able to find a couple that dont, but the most part, that would bea dont, but the most part, that would be a tough job us to do. Michelle, this message that America Needs to realign itself economically with the world was one of the reasons mr trump got the presidency. World was one of the reasons mr trump got the presidencym certainly was. It is a claim he said talking about the Bleeding Ofjobs. On balance, it is very say that is not quite true. If you go back to the height of the recession, what happened afterwards, unemployment peaked at 10 . Now were back down to 4. 8 . We are talking about an Unemployment Rate in the country that suggests america is close to full employment. Where donald trump is referring to is specifically the manufacturing sector, there can ever since 2000, it is fair to say the Manufacturing Jobs has been falling in declining at a faster rate. They did not decline between that period between 1994 and 2000, the reason i mention those dates is because the north American Free trade agreement was introduced then. He has criticised that in asked to roll it back. If you look at Manufacturing Jobs immediately after that came into effect, you dont see much change until as i mentioned 2000. would like to play a couple more clips of the Press Conference. Here is the president talking about the car industry. Jobs have already started to surge since my election. Ford also be will ford say they will invest in michigan. Ford the lima chrysler say they will invest in michigan, they were with me a week ago. General motors committed to invest millions of dollars in its American Manufacturing operation. Keeping manyjobs American Manufacturing operation. Keeping many jobs here American Manufacturing operation. Keeping manyjobs here that were going to leave. If i didnt get elected, they would have left. These jobs and things that i am announcing would never have come here. What is your assessment of the president s description of his impact . We know this is a president who likes to talk things up and i think that is perhaps what is going on here. These investments, if you look at businesses, they planned years in advance. When you are talking about advance. When you are talking about a carfactory, advance. When you are talking about a car factory, plant, advance. When you are talking about a carfactory, plant, something that is going to cost them millions if not billions of dollars. This is not a decision that theyjust not billions of dollars. This is not a decision that they just took overnight. In response to a tweet from the president. Many of these we re from the president. Many of these were carefully planned for months, perhaps as long as years. But perhaps as long as years. But perhaps they did time the announcement or iush perhaps they did time the announcement or rush it out to carry favour with the incoming administration, with the new president and also for Donald Trump Committee gets to call it a win. It is something we have seen again and again from American Companies. It is again from American Companies. It is a win win for both sides, American Companies gets to say they have created jobs, carry favour with the incoming administration, donald trump gets to claim a victory. Very useful. Next, mr trump trump gets to claim a victory. Very useful. Next, Mrtrumpfocused Trump gets to claim a victory. Very useful. Next, mr trump focused on two other companies, intel which makes microchips are very successfully and the retail giant walmart, have listened. Inteljust announced that it will move ahead with a new plant in arizona that probably was going to not be moved ahead with. That will result in at least 10,000 american jobs. Walmart announced it will create 10,000 jobs in the american a e United States United States because of our various plans and initiatives. There will be many, many more. These are a few that were named. You can talk to me about those big deals. How involved is the president getting in these corporate decisions . involved is the president getting in these corporate decisions . I hate to sound like a broken record, but i think it is a case of these being a long term investment. Companies cant spend that kind of money overnight. Intel, it is not false or true, it is more complicated. Intel actually planned on spending 7 billion, that is the announcement that trump was referring to. That was a factory in arizona. That factory with actually started in 2011, it was announced under president obama and the reason it was not completed was that there was a lack of demand for the product. That isnt and we have not heard from donald trump that economies to lee e but economists worried about. Where is the demand coming from . As the walmart . Again, the company in its Press Release did not mention donald trump, but did say it was increasing jobs, go back to 2015, they cut as manyjobs as they said they cut as manyjobs as they said they were going to add when they closed about 154 stores. It is a mixed picture, many people are excited about Donald Trumps tax policy, they are excited about what hes doing about regulation and that is something that you do uniformly hear from the business community. For the second time and final time, thank you forjoining us from new york. Lets finish the programme by looking at Donald Trumps travel ban. It is suspended at the moment, but most polls suggest americans supported. Or the majority of them. One of the countries it targets is somalia and the bbc has visited a somalia and the bbc has visited a Somali American Community in minneapolis. An event to teach people their rights in the trump era. You should take a second look if they ask about your religion. Organisers say it was badly needed after Support Groups were inundated with calls from anxious american muslims. Those in minneapolis mainly have roots in somalia, one of the country is the president named in the ban. Donald trump talked of Somali Americans as potential terrorists. There are tens of thousands of people of somali origin in minneapolis, many came over as refugees but others were born here and some of them tell us this is the first time they feel the american identity is questioned. For some, that has happened in face to face encounters. I love doing bridal dresses. Not only muslim women. This woman is a fashion designer, make up artist and something of a social media star. She says women like her who are visibly muslim because of the hijab are having a tough time. She herself has had in cells hurled at her when shopping driving. Things have changed since the election because people are openly racist, people are not scared to speak their mind. They tell us to go back to our country, take our scarves off. Is this not our country . Where do i go . This is the only home i know. I was born in california. This is my home. In his music mohammad talks of the tough problems people have. He thinks the president could have made things worse. He is not keeping america safe, hes giving america a reason to be scared. What is the effect on young muslims . It will make them harder and anger them because some people do not want to go to school no more because they feel there is hate there, at workplace, people are confused. There have been cases of young Somali Americans being convicted of trying to go abroad tojoin militant groups, but there is an overwhelming feeling here among that score that the president s actions are counter productive. You are helping groups like isis and al shabab and other terrorist organisations. Helping them how . Passing the message america does not want you, you do not belong in the west. The same message isis and al shabab used to recruit young men. Around the country, many think donald trump is doing the right things to counter extremism but people here warn he is only sowing the seeds of more alienation and hatred. Before i finish the programme, one more message coming in. Why is the bbc assigning so much time to donald trump . Wood ignoring and not attending his events be an option to science . Were not interested silencing donald trump we are interested in reporting and analysing and in terms of why we give so much time to one Press Conference, by the accounts of many people who were there and who watched, it was one of the most extraordinary Press Conferences and american president has ever given and also donald trump is reshaping the american presidency and americas role in the world. It is really important we understand that. Thank you very much for watching. See you next week. Goodbye. Ina in a moment, i will take you somewhere that is about to get more rain than it can handle. Some of us have a wet day on thursday, there we re have a wet day on thursday, there were showers in scotland. Here is a view of a rainbow looking out over perth. Parts of South West Scotland have been wetter than normal, but for the bulk of the uk, it has been a rather dry month in a rather dry winter. The met office says with average rainfall for the rest of february, it could be the top ten driest winter in record. In northern ireland, it could be in the top five. Northern ireland, last year had its wettest on record. Just shows how our weather goes from one extreme to the other. How about another incredible transformation. Here is a view of california. A wet system here is a view of california. A wet syste m co m es here is a view of california. A wet system comes in. Los angeles could end up with many inches of rain. There are Flash Flood Warnings in effect. All the rain has made a significant dent in the drab. Though there are some areas in drought. North east usa and canada has seen winter storm after winter storm this week. Another one pulling away on friday. These areas of low pressure are tracking across the atlantic, just missing us. Looks like some of these low Pressure Systems will get closer to us next week as our weather takes more active as we will see ina weather takes more active as we will see in a moment. This is fridays weather, theres a damp, drizzly weather, theres a damp, drizzly weather from the south west england. Into the western scotland. That is tending to ease. Most of this with a dry afternoon. Still mild. Wet in West Of Scotland as saturday begins, windy too. This Weather System just starting to push its way southwards late saturday into sunday. Not much rain left on it. Breezy for us all for part two of the weekend on sunday, and another wet Weather System approaching north west Scotla Nd System Approaching North West Scotland here. Elsewhere, it will we mainly dry. Sunny spells. If this all mile. On monday, quite a bit of rain coming into parts of north west scotland. Breezy across the board, but even milder on monday. Especially down the east side of the uk. Why . We are in between a warm front and a warm front. This is cold one sector. It doesnt necessarily come with a huge amount of sunshine, but certainly a mild feel to things as we start the week. And that is why maybe across some spots in the ease, we could get to 16 or 17 celsius, but behind the warm front, there follows a cold front. Temperatures will eventually come down. They may rise again and then come down again. This is all part and parcel of our active weather. The jet stream just nudges a little bit further south taking more of these systems across. Our Weather System turns more unsettled and more active. Big variations between mild days and cold days. Spells of rain in the focus may be making a bit of a dent in our winter so far. Windy weather with gales in places. Colder, certainly concurred with the start of the weekend behind cold fronts, we may see a frost. Wintry showers. Winter will eventually lose the more at all to spring, but clearly there are some battle still to have. 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