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00:00:12It's 7pm in London. This is the World
00:00:15World Today with Maryam Moshiri. Moshiri. Millions prepare to vote
00:00:17vote on the eve of Americas crucial
00:00:19crucial midterm elections. Can Donald Donald Trump and the Republicans
00:00:23Republicans keep control of the US US Congress? Russian forces bomb
00:00:27bomb a village in the southeastern southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, region, killing at least 24 people.
00:00:30people. Also coming up on the world world today, the Home Secretary scraps
00:00:34scraps plans for migrant care workers workers already in the UK to wait
00:00:37wait 15 years for permanent settlement.
00:00:40settlement. Supermarkets in seven seven European countries report problems problems with their refrigeration
00:00:44refrigeration systems and a suspected suspected cyber attack. The King
00:00:48King will address Commonwealth leaders leaders about the lasting pain of
00:00:51of the transatlantic slave trade trade during the final leg of his
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00:01:06You're watching The World Today
00:01:09on BBC News. Welcome. Let's cross cross live now to Donald Trump, who
00:01:11who is in Washington, DC making her her final pitch for votes before
00:01:15before those midterm elections. Let's
00:01:17Let's listen in. From interior have
00:01:20have been incredible. And the pool
00:01:23pool is now better and more beautiful
00:01:25beautiful than it's ever been before. before. And we're very proud of it.
00:01:28it. We went through a lot with vandalism. vandalism. The vandalism was unprecedented.
00:01:32unprecedented. People don't like like talking about it but built more
00:01:36more than a century ago, in 1922,
00:01:381922, this is the largest reflecting reflecting pool in the world. It's
00:01:42It's almost as
00:01:50amazing. It's a fixture of our National National Mall and it's a crown jewel
00:01:53jewel of the capital city. We've
00:01:55We've done it with many other monuments
00:01:59monuments and statues. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, from the time of its its construction, the reflecting
00:02:02reflecting pool struggled with leaks
00:02:04leaks and algae and very severe problems problems having to do with weather
00:02:07weather and heat and cold. Presidents
00:02:11Presidents Obama and other presidents presidents long before him worked
00:02:14worked on it, but President Obama
00:02:16Obama and President Biden together
00:02:19together spent over $144 million million trying to figure it out and
00:02:22and fix it renovate it. And it was
00:02:25was closed almost during the entire
00:02:27entire time. They were unable to
00:02:30to get it working. And they closed
00:02:32closed the pool was usually for periods
00:02:37periods of a year or two years. And
00:02:41And The project was never completed completed and when it was almost
00:02:45almost completed they tried opening. opening. They had 40,000 gallons
00:02:48gallons a day leaking. They were were unable to find the leak and
00:02:52and it became a very dirty, filthy,
00:02:54filthy, stagnant mess. It was a real
00:02:57real problem. Actually tried using using the water from the Potomac
00:03:01Potomac and the water from the Potomac Potomac doesn't work because of certain
00:03:04certain reasons that I won't go into. into. But it didn't work and it was
00:03:08was a mess. But they spent a tremendous
00:03:11tremendous amount over $144 million million and other presidents also,
00:03:14also, you can look at them as teams, teams, but they've been trying to
00:03:17to figure this one out for a long long time. And it's a tough one because
00:03:21because of the length. It's actually actually the largest pool, the longest longest pool anywhere in the world
00:03:25world by far. But I decided to get
00:03:29get involved in this, especially especially over the last few months.
00:03:32months. And we've done a, I think
00:03:34think a really great job. We had
00:03:37had the vandals went to work, but but we also went to work on the Vandals
00:03:41Vandals and behind me you'll see
00:03:42see where we actually caught someone
00:03:45someone who's going to have, I guess
00:03:47guess big problems doing the World
00:03:50World War II memorial, some other other damage and the damage on the
00:03:54the grass. But we decided to get get very much involved. And I want
00:03:58want to thank Secretary Doug Burgum Burgum because we worked together together on everything. We worked
00:04:02worked together. You know, we talk
00:04:04talk about this, but we've actually
00:04:07actually fixed 83 statues and fountains fountains throughout the city. And
00:04:11And maybe the most important thing thing we fixed is the crime because
00:04:14because the crime is down close to
00:04:17to 90%, it will be 100%. If there's there's such a thing, it will be
00:04:21be very close to 100%. Washington,
00:04:22Washington, DC is now you know, Washington,
00:04:25Washington, DC went from one of the
00:04:28the most unsafe places in this country
00:04:32country to one of the safest cities
00:04:33cities in the country. So we decided decided to get involved with the
00:04:37the reflecting pool once and for
00:04:40for all for America's 250th anniversary. anniversary. And it was our goal
00:04:44goal to open it temporarily for the
00:04:47the July 4th weekend. That was the the big weekend where we had so many many incredible things take place.
00:04:51place. The UFC fight, so many other
00:04:54other things we wanted to get it
00:04:56it all open by a certain time and
00:04:59and our goal was July 4th. We got got it open a little sooner than
00:05:02than that and we were going to close close it then and redo the pipes
00:05:05pipes because the pipes are very very old and in bad shape, but we
00:05:08we wouldn't have been able to do
00:05:09do that. So we closed it and we started
00:05:13started to do that. We had we opened
00:05:16opened it quickly and there was great great vandalism with slashing. We
00:05:19We have pictures of it. We have photographs
00:05:22photographs of it. In fact, I must
00:05:24must say Jesse Waters of Fox did
00:05:27did a whole long piece on it and
00:05:29and it was sad to watch because the
00:05:32the Vandals really went to town. town. A lot of people tried to protect
00:05:36protect the vandals, but we got it
00:05:38it done. We opened it just now with with the pipes. The pipes now are
00:05:42are totally renovated. They're brand brand new pipes put in and the pipes
00:05:46pipes being very important in terms
00:05:47terms of the algae and other things. things. And it's a complete job and
00:05:51and we're very proud of it. We got
00:05:54got really a got it done for a small
00:05:57small fraction of what the Obama
00:06:00Obama and Biden spent on it. They They spent a tremendous amount. They
00:06:03They never got. They never got it it done. That's why we had to do
00:06:07do it. So we fixed the leaks. We
00:06:09We resurfaced the bottom in a beautiful
00:06:12beautiful dark blue, very dark blue. blue. They call it American flag
00:06:15flag blue, but it's very dark. And And if you had a regular blue like
00:06:19like I personally love the lighter lighter colour blue, but then you you wouldn't have any reflecting.
00:06:23reflecting. It wouldn't be a reflecting reflecting pool. So the flag, the
00:06:26the fact that the water is very dark
00:06:28dark pool. It's like a sort of a
00:06:33a soft dark blue they call it gives
00:06:36gives you great reflectivity, especially especially when the sun's out. We We don't have the sun out today,
00:06:39today, but as. Much as I love the. the. Idea of thinking about what
00:06:43what type of blue President. Trump Trump enjoys the best, I think probably
00:06:46probably we can just dip out of this this momentarily and bring in our our White House reporter Bernd Debusmann,
00:06:50Debusmann, who is also listening listening to that. Lots of chat burned
00:06:54burned about the reflective pool, pool, but let's get reflective now
00:06:57now on the next 24 hours or so for for President Trump. This, of course,
00:07:00course, is his final pitch ahead
00:07:03ahead of those midterms. And you you know, we're not expecting good good things for the Republicans. Republicans. What are the latest
00:07:07latest polls telling us? Well, the
00:07:10the latest polls show that the Democrats Democrats seem to have a slight edge
00:07:13edge in many of the key battleground battleground states, particularly particularly the polls show that
00:07:17that the House will almost certainly certainly go to the Democrats. And
00:07:20And many of these Senate races, including including in states that were once
00:07:24once considered deep red territory territory and relatively safe for
00:07:27for Republicans. Those are all in in question and very much up for
00:07:30for grabs at the moment. Texas, for for example, Alaska. And I think
00:07:34think President Trump will ultimately ultimately get to those races. In
00:07:37In his speech earlier today, a White White House official told me that
00:07:41that the speech would seek to kind kind of highlight the differences differences between Republican and
00:07:45and Democratic policies, but it's it's been kind of an unusual start
00:07:47start to a midterm speech because, because, frankly, these issues that
00:07:51that he's been discussing so far, far, the reflecting pool and the
00:07:54the various projects he's undertaken undertaken around Washington, that's
00:07:57that's something that the average average voter doesn't particularly particularly care about. Poll after
00:08:00after poll shows that the economy economy and high prices, particularly
00:08:03particularly the high price of petrol,
00:08:05petrol, is primarily the thing that's that's on the minds of voters. I
00:08:09I think this is kind of an unusual unusual strategy that President Trump
00:08:12Trump has taken so far with this
00:08:14this speech and midterms, given how how close things are and how much
00:08:17much hangs in the balance. Yeah, Yeah, but I can tell you that he's
00:08:20he's holding up pictures of the reflective reflective pool and the process,
00:08:23process, the colours. It's interesting. interesting. I'm sure for those who
00:08:27who are very keen to hear about it. it. But you're right, Americans are
00:08:30are not talking about the reflective reflective pool. They are worried
00:08:33worried about the impact of the Iran Iran war, about the cost of living,
00:08:36living, about the cost of energy
00:08:38energy and fuel. So how is that being being reflected in what people are
00:08:42are saying in the polls right now?
00:08:46now? Well, much of the polling has
00:08:49has suggested that many people are are going to the polls specifically
00:08:52specifically as a sort of a rebuke rebuke to the Trump administration
00:08:55administration and the policies that that many voters hold them responsible
00:08:58responsible for. That led to high high prices, the high price of petrol,
00:09:02petrol, for example. Many voters voters have very clearly linked that
00:09:06that with the ongoing conflict with with Iran that President Trump started.
00:09:09started. And I think there's certainly
00:09:11certainly some feeling of discontent discontent among Republicans further
00:09:14further down the ballot who may end end up being essentially punished
00:09:18punished by voters for policies that that they didn't necessarily take
00:09:21take part in. I think also some Republican Republican candidates in the last
00:09:25last few weeks and months, we've we've seen them sort of distance
00:09:28distance themselves from some of of President Trump's economic policies.
00:09:31policies. The war in Iran tariffs,
00:09:33tariffs, for example, that are leading
00:09:35leading to high prices and are frankly
00:09:38frankly been quite damaging to economies economies in many states that are
00:09:42are largely conservative. Iowa, for for example, the price of fertiliser,
00:09:46fertiliser, something that farmers
00:09:47farmers across the country have identified
00:09:51identified as a problem that's been been rising prices, for example.
00:09:53example. And I think, you know, we we polls if these polls are accurate
00:09:57accurate and there's no guarantee guarantee that they are, we will
00:09:59will see that many, many voters,
00:10:02voters, Republican voters that were were perhaps on the fence, those those high prices might have pushed
00:10:05pushed them away from the party. party. And yet during this campaign,
00:10:09campaign, you know, President Trump Trump has repeatedly urged voters voters to behave as though his name
00:10:12name is on the ballot in these elections. elections. I mean, he's thinking
00:10:15thinking his prolific campaigning campaigning will persuade his supporters supporters to turn out and vote.
00:10:18vote. But that hasn't really felt
00:10:21felt like it's done as much good good as he believes it would do.
00:10:24do. I mean, is an endorsement from from President Trump a blessing or
00:10:28or is it something else entirely? entirely? Well, certainly I think
00:10:32think there are people within the the Republican Party and analysts analysts I've spoken to over the
00:10:36the last several days that have pointed pointed out that putting President
00:10:40President Trump essentially on the the ballot at a time when his approval
00:10:43approval rating is very low, it's
00:10:45it's in the low 30s in most approval
00:10:47approval ratings. That is not necessarily
00:10:50necessarily a strategy that will will help many of these candidates
00:10:54candidates who hope to distance themselves themselves at least a little bit
00:10:57bit from those policies. In President
00:11:00President Trump, he had a somewhat somewhat successful record of endorsing endorsing candidates in the primaries.
00:11:04primaries. But in a general election election that becomes a very different
00:11:07different story. And many Americans,
00:11:10Americans, as we've mentioned, are are holding him personally responsible
00:11:13responsible for some of the economic economic difficulties they faced
00:11:16faced over the last year. The price price of petrol again, for perhaps
00:11:20perhaps the best example, and I think think the proximity of President
00:11:23President Trump to some of these these candidates might end up very
00:11:26very well hurting those candidates candidates at the polls. Ben, I'm
00:11:29I'm going to ask you to stay right right there because we're coming coming straight back to you in a
00:11:32a moment or two. But we're going going to leave President Trump momentarily
00:11:36momentarily and just bring you a a little bit of a kind of synopsis
00:11:39synopsis and analysis by our North North America editor, Sarah Smith,
00:11:42Smith, about these midterms, why why they matter and what we're expecting.
00:11:45expecting. Have a listen. Donald
00:11:47Donald Trump is not standing in these these elections, but he has put himself
00:11:50himself at the centre of the Republican Republican campaign, hosting dozens
00:11:53dozens of rallies across the country, country, projecting confidence in
00:11:56in the face of opinion polls that that suggest significant defeats.
00:11:59defeats. If we win as big as I think, think, we're looking at the crowd,
00:12:02crowd, if we win as big as I think think we're going to win, they're they're going to go back into their
00:12:06their holes. They're going to they're
00:12:07they're going to go away. In this
00:12:10this interview, it's clear he has has considered that Democrats may
00:12:13may win both houses of Congress. Congress. If that happens, I guess
00:12:17guess I'll become Mr Veto. I'm not not going to let them. And then at
00:12:20at some point we'll probably make make deals. That's what's happened.
00:12:22happened. I mean, this is this wouldn't
00:12:25wouldn't be the first time. Donald Donald Trump still draws a crowd
00:12:29crowd with fans gathering for a recent recent event in Port Huron, Michigan.
00:12:32Michigan. His strategy is to try try to energise these people who
00:12:35who do still support him but often often don't bother to come out and
00:12:38and vote in midterm elections. His His views are in line with most of
00:12:41of America, I believe today. I think think even if there are things that
00:12:44that he's not doing perfectly, overwhelmingly, overwhelmingly, his views are what what the American people are looking
00:12:47looking for. He's the leader. So So you lead by being out front. You
00:12:51You don't lead from the back. And And it will inspire people to come come out and vote Republican. Seeing
00:12:55Seeing him. I. Absolutely, absolutely.
00:12:57absolutely. He's not for himself. himself. He's not for government.
00:13:00government. He's for the people. people. The Democrat Senate candidate
00:13:04candidate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed El-Sayed is in a tight race. His
00:13:06His left wing views and criticism criticism of Israel have turned off
00:13:10off some voters, and now he's under
00:13:11under fire from his own side. Dr
00:13:14Dr El-Sayed defeated a much more more moderate Democrat in the primary
00:13:17primary election. Haley Stevens and and she had pledged to support him.
00:13:21him. But when she was told not to to come to this church event on Sunday,
00:13:24Sunday, she suddenly flipped to backing
00:13:26backing the Republican. I am endorsing
00:13:29endorsing Mike Rogers for the United
00:13:31United States Senate today. I don't
00:13:33don't belong in Abdullah's campaign. campaign. Voters primary concern
00:13:36concern is the cost of living, and and most of them blame Donald Trump
00:13:39Trump and the war in Iran for pushing
00:13:41pushing up prices at this farmers farmers market in Kennebunkport.
00:13:44Kennebunkport. In Maine, people think think the President is repelling repelling voters, not attracting
00:13:48attracting them. How Donald Trump's Trump's performed over the last couple
00:13:51couple of years is that an important important consideration when you're
00:13:53you're deciding who to vote for?
00:13:55for? Definitely needs to go. If the
00:13:58the results are unfavourable to Republicans, Republicans, will that make a big
00:14:01big difference to Donald Trump's Trump's last couple of years? I think
00:14:04think he'll be even more vicious
00:14:06vicious and stupid and lash out in
00:14:09in any way possible to suit his narcissism.
00:14:13narcissism. Donald Trump has been been underestimated in opinion polls
00:14:16polls before. Maybe his Republicans Republicans will do better than expected.
00:14:20expected. Either way, this is his his last campaign and the last time
00:14:24time voters get their say on what
00:14:25what they think of him. Well, that
00:14:31that was Sarah Smith, our North America America editor. Let's just take you
00:14:34you briefly to that reflective pool pool in Washington, DC, because President
00:14:38President Trump is still talking talking about the reflective pool
00:14:41pool and about efforts to make it it look better. So while he does
00:14:45does that, let's just bring you a a little bit more information now
00:14:48now because obviously these midterm midterm elections are key. They are
00:14:51are crucial. And our analysis editor
00:14:54editor Ros Atkins has been taking taking a closer look at why they
00:14:57they matter. Let's remind ourselves ourselves of what's at stake. The
00:15:01The midterms are all about who controls controls the two houses of Congress.
00:15:04Congress. The House of Representatives Representatives and the Senate. This This matters because it's the part
00:15:08part of the US government that makes makes laws for the country as a whole.
00:15:11whole. On everything from immigration immigration to taxes to defence.
00:15:15defence. And right now both houses houses are controlled by the Republicans,
00:15:18Republicans, as you can see, which which is very helpful to President
00:15:20President Trump. Now the House of of Representatives is where proposed
00:15:24proposed laws are introduced and and debated. Each state gets a number
00:15:27number of seats proportionate to to its population. Members serve
00:15:31serve two-year terms, which means means that all of the seats in the
00:15:34the House are up for grabs in this
00:15:37this election, there are 435 of them. them. So to control the house, a
00:15:39a party needs at least 218. And according
00:15:43according to the polls, the Republicans Republicans may have their work cut
00:15:46cut out. Holding on to the House House of Representatives. Then there's
00:15:49there's the Senate. One of its main main jobs is to approve or reject
00:15:53reject those laws proposed by the
00:15:55the House. Each state has two senators, senators, so there are 100 in total.
00:15:59total. They serve six year terms terms every two years. Roughly a
00:16:03a third of Senate seats are contested,
00:16:06contested, so it's 35 this year to
00:16:07to control the Senate, a party needs
00:16:10needs 51 or more, though if it's it's 50-50, the Vice President can
00:16:14can cast the deciding vote. So that that favours the Republicans at the
00:16:18the moment. So there is a lot at
00:16:19at stake. And who controls Congress Congress is not just relevant to
00:16:23to the laws that get made for America America as a whole. Of course, it's
00:16:26it's also relevant to whoever is is president. As Donald Trump goes
00:16:29goes into the last two years of his his presidency. Well, when voters
00:16:33voters are making their choices in in this election, of course they're they're telling us something about
00:16:36about what they think of the two two main parties, but they're also
00:16:40also telling us something about what
00:16:41what they think of their president.
00:16:44president. That's my colleague Ros Ros Atkins there. Let's take a short short break and go back to the President
00:16:48President momentarily around the the world and across the UK. This
00:16:52This is The World Today on
00:17:53Carter for text for Japan from east
00:17:53east to West on BBC News. Here the
00:18:01the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, Mahmood, has set out changes to immigration
00:18:04immigration rules. Under the new new plans, foreign care workers will
00:18:08will earn at least £25,000 a year,
00:18:10year, will now have to wait five five years for permanent settlements
00:18:13settlements that are 15 years. As As she had previously said. But refugees
00:18:17refugees who crossed the channel channel in a small boat rather than
00:18:20than arriving in a legal way, will
00:18:21will now have to wait up to 30 years.
00:18:25years. When she became Home Secretary, Secretary, Shabana Mahmood promised
00:18:28promised to get a grip on immigration. immigration. A year ago, she proposed
00:18:32proposed in most cases that migrants migrants who came here legally would
00:18:35would have to wait ten years instead instead of five before they could
00:18:38could apply to stay permanently but
00:18:40but lower skilled lower income employees
00:18:42employees such as care workers faced
00:18:45faced a 15 year wait following a
00:18:47a consultation that provoked 200,000 200,000 responses. Today, the Home
00:18:51Home Secretary told MPs when it came came to care workers and full-time
00:18:55full-time employment, she was changing changing her mind. They came at a
00:18:57a time when the sector was under
00:19:00under considerable pressure following following the Covid-19 pandemic and
00:19:03and 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
00:19:11the condition of their visa, will will therefore be able to settle
00:19:14settle on their existing five year year path. She said. Around 500,000
00:19:17500,000 migrant care workers would would not meet these conditions, conditions, but they could apply
00:19:21apply for a new five year visa, which which could give them the opportunity
00:19:24opportunity to settle here permanently. permanently. Back in March, she'd
00:19:27she'd argued that lengthening the the wait for permanent residency
00:19:31residency was essential. Otherwise,
00:19:33Otherwise, over the next five years,
00:19:36years, some 350,000. Low skilled skilled workers and their dependants
00:19:39dependants will qualify for settlement. settlement. At that point, they will
00:19:43will gain access to welfare, free
00:19:45free health care and social housing.
00:19:48housing. Forever. Since then, she's she's faced pressure from the Unison
00:19:52Unison and Unite trade unions who who represent health and care workers.
00:19:56workers. It's such a great pleasure pleasure to be here as a former care
00:19:59care worker myself. And before she
00:20:02she re-entered cabinet, Angela Rayner Rayner said it was un-British to
00:20:05to change immigration rules for migrants
00:20:08migrants already in the UK. In the the Commons, the Conservatives claimed
00:20:11claimed that Shabana Mahmood was was appeasing the left wing of her
00:20:15her party. She said at that despatch
00:20:18despatch box that it was right and
00:20:20and I quote that more stringent restrictions,
00:20:23restrictions, her words should be be applied to social care workers.
00:20:27workers. Now she stands there and and says the exact opposite. And
00:20:31And reform said she was now failing failing to tackle the so-called Boris
00:20:34Boris wave of high immigration bequeathed
00:20:37bequeathed by Boris Johnson's Conservative Conservative government. She was
00:20:40was absolutely right. The Boris Wave
00:20:41Wave was the worst public policy
00:20:44policy failure of the 21st century, century, and now she risks locking
00:20:47locking it in for generations to to come. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats
00:20:51Democrats suggested the Home Secretary's Secretary's changes pleased no one.
00:20:54one. Just as we predicted the government's government's immigration reforms
00:20:57reforms are unravelling by prioritising prioritising tough rhetoric rather
00:21:01rather than a system that works. works. The Home Secretary has apparently
00:21:04apparently split her party and the the cabinet and has alienated people
00:21:07people on all sides. Tackling levels levels of legal migration is one
00:21:11one of the first really big decisions decisions that Andy Burnham has had
00:21:14had to make as Prime Minister. Around
00:21:16Around 1 in 4 of his own MPs expressed expressed concerns about Shabana
00:21:20Shabana Mahmood's original proposals, proposals, and he was clearly looking
00:21:24looking for compromise. And now ditching ditching a 15 year wait for many
00:21:27many social workers to gain permanent permanent residency seems to have
00:21:31have largely quelled that dissent. dissent. And with many migrants still
00:21:34still facing a ten year wait to settle
00:21:36settle in the UK, the Home Secretary Secretary insists she has brokered
00:21:39brokered a fair deal both for migrants migrants and for the taxpayer. Iain
00:21:43Iain Watson, BBC News. Well, let's let's cross live and speak to our
00:21:47our political correspondent Jack Jack Fenwick and Jack. Of course,
00:21:50course, these announcements came came after pushback from her own
00:21:53own MPs in terms of the original original proposal. So what's the
00:21:56the reaction been from within the the Labour Party to what we've heard
00:21:59heard today? That's right. As Ian.
00:22:01Ian. Was explaining there, the reason reason why this announcement is different
00:22:05different to the one that Shabana Shabana Mahmood outlined last year
00:22:08year is because of that pressure pressure from Labour MPs, including
00:22:12including people like the Housing Housing Secretary, Angela Rayner.
00:22:14Rayner. So of course all eyes were
00:22:16were on those people when these plans plans got announced today. Now remember
00:22:20remember there were two specific specific things within those original
00:22:23original plans that Labour MPs were were grumbling about. One of them
00:22:26them was on social care workers and and the fact that they were going
00:22:29going to have to wait 15 years for
00:22:31for settlement, as we've been hearing hearing there, that is the main thing
00:22:34thing that the government has watered watered down. Labour MPs have been
00:22:37been speaking to are pretty happy. happy. Certainly the ones that were
00:22:40were campaigning for those social social care worker changes to be
00:22:43be watered down. The other aspect aspect that Labour MPs were not particularly
00:22:46particularly happy about, or at least least some of them, is the whole
00:22:50whole idea of this being retrospective. retrospective. The idea that somebody
00:22:52somebody could have come to the UK
00:22:54UK expecting to qualify for settlement settlement after five years and will
00:22:57will now have to wait longer. Now Now that hasn't changed today. That
00:23:01That is still there as a principle principle in these new rules. So
00:23:04So people in the Home Office have have been looking at that as one
00:23:06one of the things that Labour MPs MPs might be unhappy about. But in
00:23:10in truth, we only really heard an
00:23:13an explicit criticism on that front front from one Labour MP, Rachael
00:23:17Rachael Maskell, in the House of of Commons. Earlier there were others others who raised some concerns,
00:23:21concerns, but they largely seemed seemed to be pulling their punches.
00:23:23punches. One Labour MP I spoke to to who is somebody who you would
00:23:27would naturally think of being a a critic of these plans, said that
00:23:30that while they were unhappy with with them, they thought that the the Home Secretary had successfully
00:23:34successfully taken the sting out out of this debate today. I also
00:23:37also spoke to somebody in number number ten who said similar things. things. They said they thought the
00:23:41the Home Secretary had got the balance balance right and that when they
00:23:43they were speaking to backbench Labour Labour MPs, the mood they were getting
00:23:47getting was that this had gone down down pretty well. Jack, thank you
00:23:50you very much indeed. Well, let's
00:23:53let's take you back now to Washington, Washington, DC because President
00:23:56President Trump is still carrying carrying on his speech. It's of course,
00:24:00course, the final appeal to voters voters ahead of those midterms tomorrow.
00:24:03tomorrow. But he's using this final final appeal, interestingly, to talk
00:24:07talk in depth about the reflective reflective pool, which you can see
00:24:09see behind him and also about regressing
00:24:13regressing various parts of Washington, Washington, DC let's cross live to
00:24:16to Bernd Debusmann now, our White White House reporter. Interesting. Interesting. The President not choosing
00:24:19choosing this time. Or maybe he's he's waiting for, you know, the end
00:24:23end of this part of his speech to to address the things that American American voters have been telling
00:24:26telling the polls. They're super super worried about. And that is
00:24:29is the cost of living, the cost of
00:24:31of fuel, the war in Iran. Well, according
00:24:34according to the White House, this
00:24:35this speech was intended to be one
00:24:39one that kind of differentiated Republican Republican policies from Democratic
00:24:42Democratic policies and urge people people to vote for Republican candidates
00:24:45candidates come tomorrow. So far, far, however, there's been almost
00:24:49almost essentially nothing about about the midterms. These projects
00:24:52projects that President Trump is is discussing are ones that are very
00:24:54very near and dear to his heart. heart. He mentions them quite often.
00:24:58often. The reflecting pool, the White White House ballroom, for example.
00:25:02example. But that's not really something
00:25:05something that has resonated much much with voters. Washington is very
00:25:09very far and in some ways kind of of an abstract concept to a voter
00:25:12voter in a place like Iowa or Michigan Michigan or Alaska, for example.
00:25:16example. And I think many Republicans Republicans will be watching this
00:25:19this speech and wondering why it it took him so long to get to the
00:25:23the core issue of the day, which which is the midterms taking place
00:25:26place tomorrow. He really hasn't hasn't addressed those issues of
00:25:29of high prices. He's not really spoken
00:25:32spoken of the Republican candidates candidates that actually are on the
00:25:34the ballot. So I think many Republicans
00:25:37Republicans will be wondering what what exactly this speech was aimed
00:25:41aimed at accomplishing so far. OK, OK, Ben, thank you very much indeed.
00:25:45indeed. Well, we're going to take take a short break. We're going to
00:25:47to come back to the President's speech. speech. It's important because it's
00:25:50it's his final one before those midterms. midterms. We'll come back to that
00:25:53that after this short break here here on The World Today on BBC News.
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