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[00:00:12] It's 7pm in London. This is the World
[00:00:15] World Today with Maryam Moshiri. Moshiri. Millions prepare to vote
[00:00:17] vote on the eve of Americas crucial
[00:00:19] crucial midterm elections. Can Donald Donald Trump and the Republicans
[00:00:23] Republicans keep control of the US US Congress? Russian forces bomb
[00:00:27] bomb a village in the southeastern southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, region, killing at least 24 people.
[00:00:30] people. Also coming up on the world world today, the Home Secretary scraps
[00:00:34] scraps plans for migrant care workers workers already in the UK to wait
[00:00:37] wait 15 years for permanent settlement.
[00:00:40] settlement. Supermarkets in seven seven European countries report problems problems with their refrigeration
[00:00:44] refrigeration systems and a suspected suspected cyber attack. The King
[00:00:48] King will address Commonwealth leaders leaders about the lasting pain of
[00:00:51] of the transatlantic slave trade trade during the final leg of his
[00:00:54] his Caribbean tour.
[00:01:06] You're watching The World Today
[00:01:09] on BBC News. Welcome. Let's cross cross live now to Donald Trump, who
[00:01:11] who is in Washington, DC making her her final pitch for votes before
[00:01:15] before those midterm elections. Let's
[00:01:17] Let's listen in. From interior have
[00:01:20] have been incredible. And the pool
[00:01:23] pool is now better and more beautiful
[00:01:25] beautiful than it's ever been before. before. And we're very proud of it.
[00:01:28] it. We went through a lot with vandalism. vandalism. The vandalism was unprecedented.
[00:01:32] unprecedented. People don't like like talking about it but built more
[00:01:36] more than a century ago, in 1922,
[00:01:38] 1922, this is the largest reflecting reflecting pool in the world. It's
[00:01:42] It's almost as
[00:01:50] amazing. It's a fixture of our National National Mall and it's a crown jewel
[00:01:53] jewel of the capital city. We've
[00:01:55] We've done it with many other monuments
[00:01:59] monuments and statues. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, from the time of its its construction, the reflecting
[00:02:02] reflecting pool struggled with leaks
[00:02:04] leaks and algae and very severe problems problems having to do with weather
[00:02:07] weather and heat and cold. Presidents
[00:02:11] Presidents Obama and other presidents presidents long before him worked
[00:02:14] worked on it, but President Obama
[00:02:16] Obama and President Biden together
[00:02:19] together spent over $144 million million trying to figure it out and
[00:02:22] and fix it renovate it. And it was
[00:02:25] was closed almost during the entire
[00:02:27] entire time. They were unable to
[00:02:30] to get it working. And they closed
[00:02:32] closed the pool was usually for periods
[00:02:37] periods of a year or two years. And
[00:02:41] And The project was never completed completed and when it was almost
[00:02:45] almost completed they tried opening. opening. They had 40,000 gallons
[00:02:48] gallons a day leaking. They were were unable to find the leak and
[00:02:52] and it became a very dirty, filthy,
[00:02:54] filthy, stagnant mess. It was a real
[00:02:57] real problem. Actually tried using using the water from the Potomac
[00:03:01] Potomac and the water from the Potomac Potomac doesn't work because of certain
[00:03:04] certain reasons that I won't go into. into. But it didn't work and it was
[00:03:08] was a mess. But they spent a tremendous
[00:03:11] tremendous amount over $144 million million and other presidents also,
[00:03:14] also, you can look at them as teams, teams, but they've been trying to
[00:03:17] to figure this one out for a long long time. And it's a tough one because
[00:03:21] because of the length. It's actually actually the largest pool, the longest longest pool anywhere in the world
[00:03:25] world by far. But I decided to get
[00:03:29] get involved in this, especially especially over the last few months.
[00:03:32] months. And we've done a, I think
[00:03:34] think a really great job. We had
[00:03:37] had the vandals went to work, but but we also went to work on the Vandals
[00:03:41] Vandals and behind me you'll see
[00:03:42] see where we actually caught someone
[00:03:45] someone who's going to have, I guess
[00:03:47] guess big problems doing the World
[00:03:50] World War II memorial, some other other damage and the damage on the
[00:03:54] the grass. But we decided to get get very much involved. And I want
[00:03:58] want to thank Secretary Doug Burgum Burgum because we worked together together on everything. We worked
[00:04:02] worked together. You know, we talk
[00:04:04] talk about this, but we've actually
[00:04:07] actually fixed 83 statues and fountains fountains throughout the city. And
[00:04:11] And maybe the most important thing thing we fixed is the crime because
[00:04:14] because the crime is down close to
[00:04:17] to 90%, it will be 100%. If there's there's such a thing, it will be
[00:04:21] be very close to 100%. Washington,
[00:04:22] Washington, DC is now you know, Washington,
[00:04:25] Washington, DC went from one of the
[00:04:28] the most unsafe places in this country
[00:04:32] country to one of the safest cities
[00:04:33] cities in the country. So we decided decided to get involved with the
[00:04:37] the reflecting pool once and for
[00:04:40] for all for America's 250th anniversary. anniversary. And it was our goal
[00:04:44] goal to open it temporarily for the
[00:04:47] the July 4th weekend. That was the the big weekend where we had so many many incredible things take place.
[00:04:51] place. The UFC fight, so many other
[00:04:54] other things we wanted to get it
[00:04:56] it all open by a certain time and
[00:04:59] and our goal was July 4th. We got got it open a little sooner than
[00:05:02] than that and we were going to close close it then and redo the pipes
[00:05:05] pipes because the pipes are very very old and in bad shape, but we
[00:05:08] we wouldn't have been able to do
[00:05:09] do that. So we closed it and we started
[00:05:13] started to do that. We had we opened
[00:05:16] opened it quickly and there was great great vandalism with slashing. We
[00:05:19] We have pictures of it. We have photographs
[00:05:22] photographs of it. In fact, I must
[00:05:24] must say Jesse Waters of Fox did
[00:05:27] did a whole long piece on it and
[00:05:29] and it was sad to watch because the
[00:05:32] the Vandals really went to town. town. A lot of people tried to protect
[00:05:36] protect the vandals, but we got it
[00:05:38] it done. We opened it just now with with the pipes. The pipes now are
[00:05:42] are totally renovated. They're brand brand new pipes put in and the pipes
[00:05:46] pipes being very important in terms
[00:05:47] terms of the algae and other things. things. And it's a complete job and
[00:05:51] and we're very proud of it. We got
[00:05:54] got really a got it done for a small
[00:05:57] small fraction of what the Obama
[00:06:00] Obama and Biden spent on it. They They spent a tremendous amount. They
[00:06:03] They never got. They never got it it done. That's why we had to do
[00:06:07] do it. So we fixed the leaks. We
[00:06:09] We resurfaced the bottom in a beautiful
[00:06:12] beautiful dark blue, very dark blue. blue. They call it American flag
[00:06:15] flag blue, but it's very dark. And And if you had a regular blue like
[00:06:19] like I personally love the lighter lighter colour blue, but then you you wouldn't have any reflecting.
[00:06:23] reflecting. It wouldn't be a reflecting reflecting pool. So the flag, the
[00:06:26] the fact that the water is very dark
[00:06:28] dark pool. It's like a sort of a
[00:06:33] a soft dark blue they call it gives
[00:06:36] gives you great reflectivity, especially especially when the sun's out. We We don't have the sun out today,
[00:06:39] today, but as. Much as I love the. the. Idea of thinking about what
[00:06:43] what type of blue President. Trump Trump enjoys the best, I think probably
[00:06:46] probably we can just dip out of this this momentarily and bring in our our White House reporter Bernd Debusmann,
[00:06:50] Debusmann, who is also listening listening to that. Lots of chat burned
[00:06:54] burned about the reflective pool, pool, but let's get reflective now
[00:06:57] now on the next 24 hours or so for for President Trump. This, of course,
[00:07:00] course, is his final pitch ahead
[00:07:03] ahead of those midterms. And you you know, we're not expecting good good things for the Republicans. Republicans. What are the latest
[00:07:07] latest polls telling us? Well, the
[00:07:10] the latest polls show that the Democrats Democrats seem to have a slight edge
[00:07:13] edge in many of the key battleground battleground states, particularly particularly the polls show that
[00:07:17] that the House will almost certainly certainly go to the Democrats. And
[00:07:20] And many of these Senate races, including including in states that were once
[00:07:24] once considered deep red territory territory and relatively safe for
[00:07:27] for Republicans. Those are all in in question and very much up for
[00:07:30] for grabs at the moment. Texas, for for example, Alaska. And I think
[00:07:34] think President Trump will ultimately ultimately get to those races. In
[00:07:37] In his speech earlier today, a White White House official told me that
[00:07:41] that the speech would seek to kind kind of highlight the differences differences between Republican and
[00:07:45] and Democratic policies, but it's it's been kind of an unusual start
[00:07:47] start to a midterm speech because, because, frankly, these issues that
[00:07:51] that he's been discussing so far, far, the reflecting pool and the
[00:07:54] the various projects he's undertaken undertaken around Washington, that's
[00:07:57] that's something that the average average voter doesn't particularly particularly care about. Poll after
[00:08:00] after poll shows that the economy economy and high prices, particularly
[00:08:03] particularly the high price of petrol,
[00:08:05] petrol, is primarily the thing that's that's on the minds of voters. I
[00:08:09] I think this is kind of an unusual unusual strategy that President Trump
[00:08:12] Trump has taken so far with this
[00:08:14] this speech and midterms, given how how close things are and how much
[00:08:17] much hangs in the balance. Yeah, Yeah, but I can tell you that he's
[00:08:20] he's holding up pictures of the reflective reflective pool and the process,
[00:08:23] process, the colours. It's interesting. interesting. I'm sure for those who
[00:08:27] who are very keen to hear about it. it. But you're right, Americans are
[00:08:30] are not talking about the reflective reflective pool. They are worried
[00:08:33] worried about the impact of the Iran Iran war, about the cost of living,
[00:08:36] living, about the cost of energy
[00:08:38] energy and fuel. So how is that being being reflected in what people are
[00:08:42] are saying in the polls right now?
[00:08:46] now? Well, much of the polling has
[00:08:49] has suggested that many people are are going to the polls specifically
[00:08:52] specifically as a sort of a rebuke rebuke to the Trump administration
[00:08:55] administration and the policies that that many voters hold them responsible
[00:08:58] responsible for. That led to high high prices, the high price of petrol,
[00:09:02] petrol, for example. Many voters voters have very clearly linked that
[00:09:06] that with the ongoing conflict with with Iran that President Trump started.
[00:09:09] started. And I think there's certainly
[00:09:11] certainly some feeling of discontent discontent among Republicans further
[00:09:14] further down the ballot who may end end up being essentially punished
[00:09:18] punished by voters for policies that that they didn't necessarily take
[00:09:21] take part in. I think also some Republican Republican candidates in the last
[00:09:25] last few weeks and months, we've we've seen them sort of distance
[00:09:28] distance themselves from some of of President Trump's economic policies.
[00:09:31] policies. The war in Iran tariffs,
[00:09:33] tariffs, for example, that are leading
[00:09:35] leading to high prices and are frankly
[00:09:38] frankly been quite damaging to economies economies in many states that are
[00:09:42] are largely conservative. Iowa, for for example, the price of fertiliser,
[00:09:46] fertiliser, something that farmers
[00:09:47] farmers across the country have identified
[00:09:51] identified as a problem that's been been rising prices, for example.
[00:09:53] example. And I think, you know, we we polls if these polls are accurate
[00:09:57] accurate and there's no guarantee guarantee that they are, we will
[00:09:59] will see that many, many voters,
[00:10:02] voters, Republican voters that were were perhaps on the fence, those those high prices might have pushed
[00:10:05] pushed them away from the party. party. And yet during this campaign,
[00:10:09] campaign, you know, President Trump Trump has repeatedly urged voters voters to behave as though his name
[00:10:12] name is on the ballot in these elections. elections. I mean, he's thinking
[00:10:15] thinking his prolific campaigning campaigning will persuade his supporters supporters to turn out and vote.
[00:10:18] vote. But that hasn't really felt
[00:10:21] felt like it's done as much good good as he believes it would do.
[00:10:24] do. I mean, is an endorsement from from President Trump a blessing or
[00:10:28] or is it something else entirely? entirely? Well, certainly I think
[00:10:32] think there are people within the the Republican Party and analysts analysts I've spoken to over the
[00:10:36] the last several days that have pointed pointed out that putting President
[00:10:40] President Trump essentially on the the ballot at a time when his approval
[00:10:43] approval rating is very low, it's
[00:10:45] it's in the low 30s in most approval
[00:10:47] approval ratings. That is not necessarily
[00:10:50] necessarily a strategy that will will help many of these candidates
[00:10:54] candidates who hope to distance themselves themselves at least a little bit
[00:10:57] bit from those policies. In President
[00:11:00] President Trump, he had a somewhat somewhat successful record of endorsing endorsing candidates in the primaries.
[00:11:04] primaries. But in a general election election that becomes a very different
[00:11:07] different story. And many Americans,
[00:11:10] Americans, as we've mentioned, are are holding him personally responsible
[00:11:13] responsible for some of the economic economic difficulties they faced
[00:11:16] faced over the last year. The price price of petrol again, for perhaps
[00:11:20] perhaps the best example, and I think think the proximity of President
[00:11:23] President Trump to some of these these candidates might end up very
[00:11:26] very well hurting those candidates candidates at the polls. Ben, I'm
[00:11:29] I'm going to ask you to stay right right there because we're coming coming straight back to you in a
[00:11:32] a moment or two. But we're going going to leave President Trump momentarily
[00:11:36] momentarily and just bring you a a little bit of a kind of synopsis
[00:11:39] synopsis and analysis by our North North America editor, Sarah Smith,
[00:11:42] Smith, about these midterms, why why they matter and what we're expecting.
[00:11:45] expecting. Have a listen. Donald
[00:11:47] Donald Trump is not standing in these these elections, but he has put himself
[00:11:50] himself at the centre of the Republican Republican campaign, hosting dozens
[00:11:53] dozens of rallies across the country, country, projecting confidence in
[00:11:56] in the face of opinion polls that that suggest significant defeats.
[00:11:59] defeats. If we win as big as I think, think, we're looking at the crowd,
[00:12:02] crowd, if we win as big as I think think we're going to win, they're they're going to go back into their
[00:12:06] their holes. They're going to they're
[00:12:07] they're going to go away. In this
[00:12:10] this interview, it's clear he has has considered that Democrats may
[00:12:13] may win both houses of Congress. Congress. If that happens, I guess
[00:12:17] guess I'll become Mr Veto. I'm not not going to let them. And then at
[00:12:20] at some point we'll probably make make deals. That's what's happened.
[00:12:22] happened. I mean, this is this wouldn't
[00:12:25] wouldn't be the first time. Donald Donald Trump still draws a crowd
[00:12:29] crowd with fans gathering for a recent recent event in Port Huron, Michigan.
[00:12:32] Michigan. His strategy is to try try to energise these people who
[00:12:35] who do still support him but often often don't bother to come out and
[00:12:38] and vote in midterm elections. His His views are in line with most of
[00:12:41] of America, I believe today. I think think even if there are things that
[00:12:44] that he's not doing perfectly, overwhelmingly, overwhelmingly, his views are what what the American people are looking
[00:12:47] looking for. He's the leader. So So you lead by being out front. You
[00:12:51] You don't lead from the back. And And it will inspire people to come come out and vote Republican. Seeing
[00:12:55] Seeing him. I. Absolutely, absolutely.
[00:12:57] absolutely. He's not for himself. himself. He's not for government.
[00:13:00] government. He's for the people. people. The Democrat Senate candidate
[00:13:04] candidate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed El-Sayed is in a tight race. His
[00:13:06] His left wing views and criticism criticism of Israel have turned off
[00:13:10] off some voters, and now he's under
[00:13:11] under fire from his own side. Dr
[00:13:14] Dr El-Sayed defeated a much more more moderate Democrat in the primary
[00:13:17] primary election. Haley Stevens and and she had pledged to support him.
[00:13:21] him. But when she was told not to to come to this church event on Sunday,
[00:13:24] Sunday, she suddenly flipped to backing
[00:13:26] backing the Republican. I am endorsing
[00:13:29] endorsing Mike Rogers for the United
[00:13:31] United States Senate today. I don't
[00:13:33] don't belong in Abdullah's campaign. campaign. Voters primary concern
[00:13:36] concern is the cost of living, and and most of them blame Donald Trump
[00:13:39] Trump and the war in Iran for pushing
[00:13:41] pushing up prices at this farmers farmers market in Kennebunkport.
[00:13:44] Kennebunkport. In Maine, people think think the President is repelling repelling voters, not attracting
[00:13:48] attracting them. How Donald Trump's Trump's performed over the last couple
[00:13:51] couple of years is that an important important consideration when you're
[00:13:53] you're deciding who to vote for?
[00:13:55] for? Definitely needs to go. If the
[00:13:58] the results are unfavourable to Republicans, Republicans, will that make a big
[00:14:01] big difference to Donald Trump's Trump's last couple of years? I think
[00:14:04] think he'll be even more vicious
[00:14:06] vicious and stupid and lash out in
[00:14:09] in any way possible to suit his narcissism.
[00:14:13] narcissism. Donald Trump has been been underestimated in opinion polls
[00:14:16] polls before. Maybe his Republicans Republicans will do better than expected.
[00:14:20] expected. Either way, this is his his last campaign and the last time
[00:14:24] time voters get their say on what
[00:14:25] what they think of him. Well, that
[00:14:31] that was Sarah Smith, our North America America editor. Let's just take you
[00:14:34] you briefly to that reflective pool pool in Washington, DC, because President
[00:14:38] President Trump is still talking talking about the reflective pool
[00:14:41] pool and about efforts to make it it look better. So while he does
[00:14:45] does that, let's just bring you a a little bit more information now
[00:14:48] now because obviously these midterm midterm elections are key. They are
[00:14:51] are crucial. And our analysis editor
[00:14:54] editor Ros Atkins has been taking taking a closer look at why they
[00:14:57] they matter. Let's remind ourselves ourselves of what's at stake. The
[00:15:01] The midterms are all about who controls controls the two houses of Congress.
[00:15:04] Congress. The House of Representatives Representatives and the Senate. This This matters because it's the part
[00:15:08] part of the US government that makes makes laws for the country as a whole.
[00:15:11] whole. On everything from immigration immigration to taxes to defence.
[00:15:15] defence. And right now both houses houses are controlled by the Republicans,
[00:15:18] Republicans, as you can see, which which is very helpful to President
[00:15:20] President Trump. Now the House of of Representatives is where proposed
[00:15:24] proposed laws are introduced and and debated. Each state gets a number
[00:15:27] number of seats proportionate to to its population. Members serve
[00:15:31] serve two-year terms, which means means that all of the seats in the
[00:15:34] the House are up for grabs in this
[00:15:37] this election, there are 435 of them. them. So to control the house, a
[00:15:39] a party needs at least 218. And according
[00:15:43] according to the polls, the Republicans Republicans may have their work cut
[00:15:46] cut out. Holding on to the House House of Representatives. Then there's
[00:15:49] there's the Senate. One of its main main jobs is to approve or reject
[00:15:53] reject those laws proposed by the
[00:15:55] the House. Each state has two senators, senators, so there are 100 in total.
[00:15:59] total. They serve six year terms terms every two years. Roughly a
[00:16:03] a third of Senate seats are contested,
[00:16:06] contested, so it's 35 this year to
[00:16:07] to control the Senate, a party needs
[00:16:10] needs 51 or more, though if it's it's 50-50, the Vice President can
[00:16:14] can cast the deciding vote. So that that favours the Republicans at the
[00:16:18] the moment. So there is a lot at
[00:16:19] at stake. And who controls Congress Congress is not just relevant to
[00:16:23] to the laws that get made for America America as a whole. Of course, it's
[00:16:26] it's also relevant to whoever is is president. As Donald Trump goes
[00:16:29] goes into the last two years of his his presidency. Well, when voters
[00:16:33] voters are making their choices in in this election, of course they're they're telling us something about
[00:16:36] about what they think of the two two main parties, but they're also
[00:16:40] also telling us something about what
[00:16:41] what they think of their president.
[00:16:44] president. That's my colleague Ros Ros Atkins there. Let's take a short short break and go back to the President
[00:16:48] President momentarily around the the world and across the UK. This
[00:16:52] This is The World Today on
[00:17:53] Carter for text for Japan from east
[00:17:53] east to West on BBC News. Here the
[00:18:01] the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, Mahmood, has set out changes to immigration
[00:18:04] immigration rules. Under the new new plans, foreign care workers will
[00:18:08] will earn at least £25,000 a year,
[00:18:10] year, will now have to wait five five years for permanent settlements
[00:18:13] settlements that are 15 years. As As she had previously said. But refugees
[00:18:17] refugees who crossed the channel channel in a small boat rather than
[00:18:20] than arriving in a legal way, will
[00:18:21] will now have to wait up to 30 years.
[00:18:25] years. When she became Home Secretary, Secretary, Shabana Mahmood promised
[00:18:28] promised to get a grip on immigration. immigration. A year ago, she proposed
[00:18:32] proposed in most cases that migrants migrants who came here legally would
[00:18:35] would have to wait ten years instead instead of five before they could
[00:18:38] could apply to stay permanently but
[00:18:40] but lower skilled lower income employees
[00:18:42] employees such as care workers faced
[00:18:45] faced a 15 year wait following a
[00:18:47] a consultation that provoked 200,000 200,000 responses. Today, the Home
[00:18:51] Home Secretary told MPs when it came came to care workers and full-time
[00:18:55] full-time employment, she was changing changing her mind. They came at a
[00:18:57] a time when the sector was under
[00:19:00] under considerable pressure following following the Covid-19 pandemic and
[00:19:03] and the unique challenge of that that moment. Those who earn £25,000
[00:19:07] £25,000 a year working in the social social care sector, which was the
[00:19:11] the condition of their visa, will will therefore be able to settle
[00:19:14] settle on their existing five year year path. She said. Around 500,000
[00:19:17] 500,000 migrant care workers would would not meet these conditions, conditions, but they could apply
[00:19:21] apply for a new five year visa, which which could give them the opportunity
[00:19:24] opportunity to settle here permanently. permanently. Back in March, she'd
[00:19:27] she'd argued that lengthening the the wait for permanent residency
[00:19:31] residency was essential. Otherwise,
[00:19:33] Otherwise, over the next five years,
[00:19:36] years, some 350,000. Low skilled skilled workers and their dependants
[00:19:39] dependants will qualify for settlement. settlement. At that point, they will
[00:19:43] will gain access to welfare, free
[00:19:45] free health care and social housing.
[00:19:48] housing. Forever. Since then, she's she's faced pressure from the Unison
[00:19:52] Unison and Unite trade unions who who represent health and care workers.
[00:19:56] workers. It's such a great pleasure pleasure to be here as a former care
[00:19:59] care worker myself. And before she
[00:20:02] she re-entered cabinet, Angela Rayner Rayner said it was un-British to
[00:20:05] to change immigration rules for migrants
[00:20:08] migrants already in the UK. In the the Commons, the Conservatives claimed
[00:20:11] claimed that Shabana Mahmood was was appeasing the left wing of her
[00:20:15] her party. She said at that despatch
[00:20:18] despatch box that it was right and
[00:20:20] and I quote that more stringent restrictions,
[00:20:23] restrictions, her words should be be applied to social care workers.
[00:20:27] workers. Now she stands there and and says the exact opposite. And
[00:20:31] And reform said she was now failing failing to tackle the so-called Boris
[00:20:34] Boris wave of high immigration bequeathed
[00:20:37] bequeathed by Boris Johnson's Conservative Conservative government. She was
[00:20:40] was absolutely right. The Boris Wave
[00:20:41] Wave was the worst public policy
[00:20:44] policy failure of the 21st century, century, and now she risks locking
[00:20:47] locking it in for generations to to come. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats
[00:20:51] Democrats suggested the Home Secretary's Secretary's changes pleased no one.
[00:20:54] one. Just as we predicted the government's government's immigration reforms
[00:20:57] reforms are unravelling by prioritising prioritising tough rhetoric rather
[00:21:01] rather than a system that works. works. The Home Secretary has apparently
[00:21:04] apparently split her party and the the cabinet and has alienated people
[00:21:07] people on all sides. Tackling levels levels of legal migration is one
[00:21:11] one of the first really big decisions decisions that Andy Burnham has had
[00:21:14] had to make as Prime Minister. Around
[00:21:16] Around 1 in 4 of his own MPs expressed expressed concerns about Shabana
[00:21:20] Shabana Mahmood's original proposals, proposals, and he was clearly looking
[00:21:24] looking for compromise. And now ditching ditching a 15 year wait for many
[00:21:27] many social workers to gain permanent permanent residency seems to have
[00:21:31] have largely quelled that dissent. dissent. And with many migrants still
[00:21:34] still facing a ten year wait to settle
[00:21:36] settle in the UK, the Home Secretary Secretary insists she has brokered
[00:21:39] brokered a fair deal both for migrants migrants and for the taxpayer. Iain
[00:21:43] Iain Watson, BBC News. Well, let's let's cross live and speak to our
[00:21:47] our political correspondent Jack Jack Fenwick and Jack. Of course,
[00:21:50] course, these announcements came came after pushback from her own
[00:21:53] own MPs in terms of the original original proposal. So what's the
[00:21:56] the reaction been from within the the Labour Party to what we've heard
[00:21:59] heard today? That's right. As Ian.
[00:22:01] Ian. Was explaining there, the reason reason why this announcement is different
[00:22:05] different to the one that Shabana Shabana Mahmood outlined last year
[00:22:08] year is because of that pressure pressure from Labour MPs, including
[00:22:12] including people like the Housing Housing Secretary, Angela Rayner.
[00:22:14] Rayner. So of course all eyes were
[00:22:16] were on those people when these plans plans got announced today. Now remember
[00:22:20] remember there were two specific specific things within those original
[00:22:23] original plans that Labour MPs were were grumbling about. One of them
[00:22:26] them was on social care workers and and the fact that they were going
[00:22:29] going to have to wait 15 years for
[00:22:31] for settlement, as we've been hearing hearing there, that is the main thing
[00:22:34] thing that the government has watered watered down. Labour MPs have been
[00:22:37] been speaking to are pretty happy. happy. Certainly the ones that were
[00:22:40] were campaigning for those social social care worker changes to be
[00:22:43] be watered down. The other aspect aspect that Labour MPs were not particularly
[00:22:46] particularly happy about, or at least least some of them, is the whole
[00:22:50] whole idea of this being retrospective. retrospective. The idea that somebody
[00:22:52] somebody could have come to the UK
[00:22:54] UK expecting to qualify for settlement settlement after five years and will
[00:22:57] will now have to wait longer. Now Now that hasn't changed today. That
[00:23:01] That is still there as a principle principle in these new rules. So
[00:23:04] So people in the Home Office have have been looking at that as one
[00:23:06] one of the things that Labour MPs MPs might be unhappy about. But in
[00:23:10] in truth, we only really heard an
[00:23:13] an explicit criticism on that front front from one Labour MP, Rachael
[00:23:17] Rachael Maskell, in the House of of Commons. Earlier there were others others who raised some concerns,
[00:23:21] concerns, but they largely seemed seemed to be pulling their punches.
[00:23:23] punches. One Labour MP I spoke to to who is somebody who you would
[00:23:27] would naturally think of being a a critic of these plans, said that
[00:23:30] that while they were unhappy with with them, they thought that the the Home Secretary had successfully
[00:23:34] successfully taken the sting out out of this debate today. I also
[00:23:37] also spoke to somebody in number number ten who said similar things. things. They said they thought the
[00:23:41] the Home Secretary had got the balance balance right and that when they
[00:23:43] they were speaking to backbench Labour Labour MPs, the mood they were getting
[00:23:47] getting was that this had gone down down pretty well. Jack, thank you
[00:23:50] you very much indeed. Well, let's
[00:23:53] let's take you back now to Washington, Washington, DC because President
[00:23:56] President Trump is still carrying carrying on his speech. It's of course,
[00:24:00] course, the final appeal to voters voters ahead of those midterms tomorrow.
[00:24:03] tomorrow. But he's using this final final appeal, interestingly, to talk
[00:24:07] talk in depth about the reflective reflective pool, which you can see
[00:24:09] see behind him and also about regressing
[00:24:13] regressing various parts of Washington, Washington, DC let's cross live to
[00:24:16] to Bernd Debusmann now, our White White House reporter. Interesting. Interesting. The President not choosing
[00:24:19] choosing this time. Or maybe he's he's waiting for, you know, the end
[00:24:23] end of this part of his speech to to address the things that American American voters have been telling
[00:24:26] telling the polls. They're super super worried about. And that is
[00:24:29] is the cost of living, the cost of
[00:24:31] of fuel, the war in Iran. Well, according
[00:24:34] according to the White House, this
[00:24:35] this speech was intended to be one
[00:24:39] one that kind of differentiated Republican Republican policies from Democratic
[00:24:42] Democratic policies and urge people people to vote for Republican candidates
[00:24:45] candidates come tomorrow. So far, far, however, there's been almost
[00:24:49] almost essentially nothing about about the midterms. These projects
[00:24:52] projects that President Trump is is discussing are ones that are very
[00:24:54] very near and dear to his heart. heart. He mentions them quite often.
[00:24:58] often. The reflecting pool, the White White House ballroom, for example.
[00:25:02] example. But that's not really something
[00:25:05] something that has resonated much much with voters. Washington is very
[00:25:09] very far and in some ways kind of of an abstract concept to a voter
[00:25:12] voter in a place like Iowa or Michigan Michigan or Alaska, for example.
[00:25:16] example. And I think many Republicans Republicans will be watching this
[00:25:19] this speech and wondering why it it took him so long to get to the
[00:25:23] the core issue of the day, which which is the midterms taking place
[00:25:26] place tomorrow. He really hasn't hasn't addressed those issues of
[00:25:29] of high prices. He's not really spoken
[00:25:32] spoken of the Republican candidates candidates that actually are on the
[00:25:34] the ballot. So I think many Republicans
[00:25:37] Republicans will be wondering what what exactly this speech was aimed
[00:25:41] aimed at accomplishing so far. OK, OK, Ben, thank you very much indeed.
[00:25:45] indeed. Well, we're going to take take a short break. We're going to
[00:25:47] to come back to the President's speech. speech. It's important because it's
[00:25:50] it's his final one before those midterms. midterms. We'll come back to that
[00:25:53] that after this short break here here on The World Today on BBC News.
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