hello, and welcome to 100 days. first syria, then afghanistan — could north korea be america's next target? the us vice president issues a veiled warning to pyongyang. and tells the bbc it will be testing misal missiles on a weekly basis and all—out war will result if america ta kes all—out war will result if america takes action. after a visit to koreas' demilitarised zone, mike pence says the era of strategic patience is over. north korea would do well not to test his resolve or the strength of the united states in this region. turkey looks less democratic and more authoritarian after voters president erdogan huge new powers. he rejects the findings of international monitors. also, one house race in georgia is gaining national attention. with 18 candidates the field is wide open. democrats are pouring in the resources while donald trump the democrats have cast it as a

referendum on president trump's 100 days. and, it wouldn't be easter without the white house egg roll. the tradition lives on under a new administration. welcome to the programme — i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser's in london. donald trump says north korea has to behave. speaking in the rather incongruous setting of the white house easter egg roll, the president added only that "you'll see" how the us decides to respond to north korea's latest provocation. his vice president, mike pence, was firmer, suggesting america's patience is wearing thin. two days after a failed missile launch mr pence stood at the edge of the most heavily militarized border on the planet — and stared across at the communist north korean soldiers. and they stared back, taking pictures of the white house delegation that was barely 30 metres away. for mike pence this was an emotional trip. his father edward fought in the korean war and was awarded the bronze star for his service.

today almost 64 years on, the two countries are still technically at war. the white house says it is looking at all options short of military action to resolve the stand—off. but the vice president warned them the strategic patience is over. since 1992, the united states and our allies have stood together for a denuclearised korean peninsula. we hope to achieve this objective through peaceful means, but all options are on the table. just in the past two weeks the world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president, in actions taken in syria and afghanistan. north korea would do well not to test his resolve or the strength armed forces of the united states in this region. we will defeat any attack and we

will meet any use of conventional or nuclear weapons with an overwhelming response. it would seem the warnings from washington are not yet having the desired effect. 0ur correspondentjohn sudworth who is in pyongyang has been speaking to the vice foreign minister han song—ryol who says despite the threats the missile tests will go on. if the us is reckless enough to use military means it would mean from that very day and all—out war. 0ur nuclear weapons protect us from that threat. we have been conducting more missile tests on a weekly, monthly, yearly basis. if you could send one message to president trump today what would it be? translation: i would tell him that if the us in croke is on our sovereignty it will provoke an immediate tea counterreaction. if they are planning a military attack against us we will retire with a nuclear pre—emptive strike by our

own style and methods. and we can speak now to former us ambassador to south korea, christopher hill. we don't get to hear from the vice foreign minister of north korea very often, what is your reaction to what he said? it is an example of their customary charm. usually this is how they react to what they perceive as threats. you recall their statements to reduce south korea's capital to the sea of fire. this is along those lines. the real question is are they going to try to test nuclear weapons despite these warnings, inc coming most recently from the vice president, or will they back off a bit? the chinese have certainly tried to get them to back off, but we don't know. they may feel they have to go forward and at that point it will be very interesting what the trumpet this region does. we have had slightly mixed messages over the weekend with the national security adviser saying america wanted to stop short of some kind of military

action, vice president pens sounding tougher in korea and this patience was wearing thin. due to go is a risk this ministry should be painted itself into a corner where effectively military action is the only option achieves itself? great powers don't laugh. the reason is when great powers get into confrontation they have two prevail. —— great powers don't bluff. that is quite an undertaking if that is the direction we want to go. people need to keep and in mind why we are there. it has to do with our allies, there. it has to do with our allies, the south koreans, and we make sure that whatever we do or say or think, that whatever we do or say or think, that we analyse the issue, it is done with an understanding of the south corrosion is where we are. i have no problem with the idea that we need to ratchet up the issue. it is not going away on its own and certainly no amount of patients will make it go away. but i think we need

to think carefully as we consider options that i think by all accounts are not very desirable. if you are going to ratchet it up, how do you do that? china signed off last year or two of the toughest security council resolutions we have had, one cutting off cold to the north koreans which of course they desperately need. it is still not working. first, i think desperately need. it is still not working. first, ithink there desperately need. it is still not working. first, i think there is a fundamental question of whether sanctions even well imposed and well supervised sanctions are going to be ona supervised sanctions are going to be on a fast enough train to catch up to where the north korean nuclear missile programmes are. i think there is a big question of whether these sanctions can work. that said, i would say china has not done as much as they could. i think they are beginning to comply, they are beginning to comply, they are beginning to comply, they are beginning to look at how to dying i the financial sector, but it is important to understand china have

increased their trade with north korea even in these last few months. and think it is important where china is going with this. i think anyone listening to what beijing is saying or reading what is going on in their press, suggests a country thatis in their press, suggests a country that is really tired of north korea. but i think we need to understand that china is not going to be interested in some kind of military venture and they want to make sure everything has been done before even thinking about such an outcome. i thinking about such an outcome. i think the trump administration will continue to have its work cut out for it in terms of keeping the chinese on—board for more robot ‘s response. good to get your response. thank you. it's pretty obvious now that this is the foreign policy challenge for the white house. the fa ct challenge for the white house. the fact that he sent mike pence as is and miss airey to korea on such an important weekend speaks volumes. and that's mike pens talked so

tough. this is the first big challenge for donald trump and he has decided to effectivelyjettison his promises on trade to a key base of his supporters in order to make our lives with the chinese, to address the north korean problem. this is how critical this problem is. for the president to say i during the campaign called china currency manipulator, i am not going to do that any more because they are working with is north korea. it gives you some idea of the sense of urgency on this. international election observers have issued a damning conclusion on this weekend's referendum in turkey. they say the vote wasn't conducted on a level playing field. they questioned the actual count, as well as the tone of the campaign. 0pposition parties, which failed to stop president erdogan gaining sweeping new powers for himself, may now feel emboldened by the monitors' report. but mr erdogan is not backing down —

his foreign ministry says the observers' findings are "unacceptable". he said the vote ended all debate and questioned the impartiality of the observers. he even proposed a new referendum. none of those talks will make it turkey‘s relationship the west any easier. we will not listen to the words of george, hands or helga. we will listen to the words of allah almighty. a short time ago i spoke to our correspondent in istanbul, mark lowen. a pretty damning report on the vote in the campaign. is there any suggestion now in turkey that that

yes result could be overturned? i think it would still be a very uphill struggle to try to overturn the results. but the opposition will feel emboldened and i think by this damning verdict by the observer mission in trying to appeal to the electoral court, the electoral board, they want a rerun of the entire referendum and a nullification of it if indeed the results are proven to be invalidated. it is very difficult in a country where the state machinery is so heavily controlled by the president and his inner circle, and where about 80% of the media is pro—government, so they are hammering home this message that this was a decisive victory. so it is difficult to overturn but what i think will happen and what i think the observer mission's verdict will do is to reinforce this cloud of illegitimacy over the mandate of president erdogan. he doesn't want that, his supporters don't want it, and it's a pretty difficult position for him to be in now. what does that mean

the turkey going forwards? it is already a divided country — presumably this does nothing to bring the two sides closer together. no, it does quite the polar opposite. and he's a man who has a kind of siege mentality sometimes of sort of doubling down and turning in on his inner circle and i think that will only be accentuated, there will be a feeling that his once extensive support network has shrunk considerably. he does still have a lot of support, still half the country, but they did not get a resounding victory they wanted. and for such a monumental political change, they don't have the mandate that they wanted, really. they have still claimed victory but while the doubts linger over the next steps and over the weeks and months ahead it is going to really accentuate the split here and make the goal of stability which turkey yearns for even harder to achieve. and for more on the long—term implications of this vote

we are joined from istanbul now by ali agaoglu, a columnist from the vatan newspaper. good to see you. thank you for being with us. let me read you a quote from president erdogan today. he said we prevail despite the attacks by western crusaders and their servants. he's talking about europe. no sign of any reconciliation yet. actually... thank you for asking. but the question over there is the whole campaign is based on some western crusaders or foreign powers trying to cause problems in turkey, but president erdogan was trying to unify supporters under this key and i think it will be a little bit

going further because the rate 51—49 or something like that, is not a great victory for him and i think he will consider further alternatives. but, as you said, the division between our people will continue for a while because he needs to consolidate his power as a president before consolidating it he's not going to put any further straightforward policies against us or against the european union. the european union accession will be on the top subject for us. how does this change turkey's relationship with its western allies? the truth is the west still needs this critical nato member and particularly at the moment with syria, terrorism and the refugees that have been coming out of that syria conflict. i would say that's a

big question mark for us because syria, robert lee we are going to be out of table at least for this foreseeable future, because russia, america and the kurdish people over there made a kind of unity or let's see allies. turkey is out of the equation for the time being. but it isa equation for the time being. but it is a member of nato. as that we will still be in nato but there will be discussion within turkey and nato, of course russia probably will be the major decision—makers here next to the us, but the question for turkey probably we are not going to be out of nato but that will be a ha rd be out of nato but that will be a hard discussion between turkey and nato because of russia. 0n hard discussion between turkey and nato because of russia. on top, if we are not going to continue the accession talks with the eu, there

will be different questions or different policies in turkey considering the nato membership plus the eu accession. if president erdogan decides to go the early elections in 2018, certainly the major discussion will be about eu membership and consolidation will be about this discussion still being a member of nato and still being a future member of the eu. i think we will have early election in 2018 prior to 2019. a number of ramifications from that referendum. thank you for being with us. some of the day ‘s other news. clashes have broken out between israeli forces and palestinians during a rally held in bethlehem in support of hundreds of palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in israeli jails. more than 1,000 prisoners are demanding improved jail conditions, including better medical care. prince harry has revealed he had counselling after spending nearly 20 years trying to avoid thinking about the death of his mother. the prince was 12 when princess

diana died in a car crash in paris. in an interview with britain's daily telegraph, he revealed he only sought help after he reached breaking point. police in the us state of ohio are hunting a man suspected of posting a video on facebook of him fatally shooting a stranger. officers in cleveland say the suspect steve stephens claimed to have killed 12 other people, in a later broadcast on facebook. but the city's police chief says they don't know of any other victims. facebook has removed the video. but not before plenty of people have seen it. you have to worry about our spieth sees when somebody doesn't just shoot somebody, they put it up on the internet live, it's up there for three hours, lots of people watch it. facebook have condemned it but they are already under pressure. facebook live was launched just over a year ago. it has certainly proven to be the raw and emotionalform of

communication that was promised. there are all kinds of questions now about what kind of responsibility facebook has went something like this happens for mop it is disturbing, to say the least. 0n every level. the main candidates in the french presidential election are holding rallies across paris. and the latest polls show an incredibly tight race between all of the main candidates. this is a poll of polls put together by the huffington post and it shows the centrist candidate emmanuel macron and marine le pen of the far right pretty much neck and neck. interesting to see, katty, that the scandal—hit francois fillon most definitely remains in the race according to this poll, he kept a bit of a low—profile over the last few weeks. but has been campaigning over the weekend among his catholic —based. jean—luc melenchon is slightly behind. he has been campaigning on the canal in paris on a barge, going from stop to stop along the canal with a brass

band. he is an extraordinary campaign because he has this hologram which also campaigns for him. it is a hologram of him. tomorrow, for instance, he will be in dijon but also in six other cities. it's genius. all the cameras are focused on this barge while all the others are in traditional settings in big halls and stadiums, everybody is focusing on him. he is a supreme campaign which is why he is right up at the top. i think we need holograms in georgia. there is a test going on taking the form of special elections for congress. there are special elections being held this month to fill the vacant seats in congress, after mr trump promoted a number of house representatives to senior government positions. one of them was mike pompeo from kansas, who is now director of the cia. last week the republicans held onto his seat, a result mr trump celebrated on twitter:

"the recent kansas election — congress — was a really big media event, until the republicans won. now they play the same game with georgia—bad!" mrtrump was mr trump was referring to another election, that is tomorrow. that contest will decide who to send to washington in place of tom pryce. the seat republicans have held since the 1970s when jimmy carter the seat republicans have held since the 1970s whenjimmy carter was president. it's a seat republicans have held sincejimmy carter was president — but the democrats think they can turn this into a referendum on trump's first 100 days. rajini vaidya nathan reports from georgia's sixth district in the state capitol. we need is democrats in washington donald trump is a disaster. who do you think should win this seat? a republican candidate. for the very first time i'm voting democrat. the sixth congressional district in georgia has been in republican hands for decades. but democrats think this man can win it back. jon 0ssoff is a political adviser turned documentary maker, who's raised more than $8 million in a race which has been dubbed the "make trump

furious" campaign. more than anything i think it would be a win for the thousands of grassroots volunteers who are getting involved in this community — many of whom have never been involved in politics before — who see this as a moment when we need to stand up and make a statement about the kind of politics we want. there is no limit to the number of candidates standing for a party and so there are a whopping 18 contenders — 11 are republicans, which could split that pa rty‘s vote. unlike on the democrat's side where there is a coronation, republicans believe in competition. that competition has seen a number of anti—establishment candidates enter the fray, including businessman bruce lavelle who is close to president trump. this whole game has been changed, across the country, and you will see — in the next two years you are going to see that in mayoral races, city council races, statehouse races, congressional races — because people are tired. republicans and democrats have done

a horrible job at getting involved with special interests and lobbyists and pay to play. that's the tension now in dc. this crowded field of candidates includes local politicians, business people who have never held office and democrats trying to fight back. in many ways this race reflects politics across america. and that is why it is being watched so closely. in november, donald trump won this district by a tiny margin, after many republican voters deserted the party. the result here could hinge on how they vote this time. i have traditionally been voting republican. i have not really been happy with the trump administration, and i want this as a message against the trump administration. i think more democrats are excited than the republicans this time around, because of what we saw in this last election. i'm backing a republican candidate that i think will do a good job. i don't really care for republicans these days — i'm definitely not a fan

of donald trump's. and i'm probably going to vote for the democrat. whatever happens here will send a message across america. could it be the start of the democratic comeback, or will it cement the republican party onto donald trump? so is donald trump worried? this was a tweet he put out a few hours ago. "the super liberal democrat in the georgia congressional race tomorrow wants to protect criminals, allow illegal immigration and raise taxes!" so if the democrat candidate oneness it would be the biggest shock since november? the democrats only took 38% of the vote in that november election. $8.3 million. i know you

have political aspirations. if you we re have political aspirations. if you were that candidate, that's how much you were brought in. that may sway it. let's watch to see how energised those liberals are. but before we do that, let's talk about easter. i am sorry you are working. it's easter monday and for those of us here in washington, that means one thing — the annual easter egg roll on the lawns of the white house. yes, for one day and one day only, the business of the west wing takes place under the feet of thousands of screaming children. first one for the trumps of course — but this is an event, that has been going since 1878. and christian, in 2008 — the easter bunny reporting to the south lawn was no other than — the current press secretary sean spicer who, back then, was an assistant us trade representative for media and public affairs during george w. bush's presidency. with that in mind, i want to show you this next clip

from saturday night live — lambasting mr spicer after a week he'd rather forget. "..at least hitler never used chemical weapons, and everybody freaked, 0k? they were all like, "boo—hoo! boo—hoo, what about the holocaust centres?" and yeah, i know they're not really called "holocaust centres". duh! i know that, i'm aware. i clearly meant to say... "concentration clubs". 0k? let it drop! it would be really great if the nit—pickers could try to see the big picture, and didn't solely focus on every little slur and lie i say. that would be nice! the bunny outfit is a very good place to hide sometimes. under those big ears you can hide. she gets better and better, doesn't she? she has sean spicer down. i know donald

trump does not like that interpretation, but it made my weekend. that was just fabulous. and they still have steve bannen as the grim reaper. and they introduced this week gerard kershner. he doesn't speak, he just looks good. there was like in addition of the apprentice and the grim reaper got kicked out. i think that's about it. and all we can think about is sean spicer being played by melissa mccarthy in a bunny outfit. you've been watching 100 days on bbc news. if you'd like to get in touch with us, please do via twitter using the hashtag: bbc—one—hundred—days. for now though, from katty kay in washington and me, christian fraser in london, see you the same time tomorrow, goodbye. the skies are starting to clear and

we are in for a chilly night. touch of frost in many areas but a particularly sharp one across the far north of england and into scotland. this is the cloud in the last few hours. it has built up during the day but they are breaking up during the day but they are breaking up now during the day but they are breaking up now so during the day but they are breaking up now so the skies are clearing and the temperatures will drop. for a time, around late evening into the early hours, we could have thicker cloud and some showers across the east, east anglia and the south—east. 0ther east, east anglia and the south—east. other than that it, it is clear. frost developing across the north. even further south it will be close to freezing if not below. it should not come as too much of a surprise. it is worth flagging up that this frost could damage some plants and crops. particularly the further north you are. but the weather is looking beautiful, is stunning, chilly morning, with light winds and strong

sunshine. for 5 degrees across the sort south, the midlands, wales. across the north and west thickening cloud through the morning into the afternoon. the week weather front will bring drizzle to stornoway and maybe some of the other western isles but east of scotland is fine and the rest of the country also lots of fine weather. the best on the eastern coast, the midlands, east anglia, the south east, all the way along the south coast and the english channel coast. 30 degrees in plymouth. single figures in the north. tuesday nights into wednesday, another chilly night on the way. high pressure will anchor itself across southern parts of the uk. this is where the best of the weather will be on wednesday. in the north the breeze coming off the atlantic, thick clouds and spots of rain. temperatures typically around

12. very little change on thursday, a bit of cloud, a bit of sunshine, the warmest weather in the south. summary for the week ahead, very little rain, not too cold during the day, but the nights will be on the chilly side. this is bbc news, the headlines: a warning from north korea — all—out war and a pre—emptive nuclear strike if they're attacked, a senior official says. earlier, us vice—president mike pence warned north korea not to test the us. prince harry reveals he's had counselling, after spending nearly 20 years ‘not thinking' about his mother's death. turkey's president erdogan has said he'll press ahead with new sweeping powers, after narrowly winning the constitutional referendum. easyjet apologises to a couple who were ordered off an overbooked flight. the pair — who were due to fly from luton to italy — were not offered compensation or told that they were entitled

to an alternative flight with another airline. brighton is promoted to the premier league after winning against wigan athletic and huddersfield drew against derby. it is the first time in 3a years that brighton will be playing top—flight football. this summer, some gcse grades in england are changing, with a* to g being replaced by grades 9—1, a move that's creating