Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20180131

So ill be looking at what that means for the hundreds of thousands of workers in the sector. Good morning. In sport, swansea are out of the premier League Relegation zone for the First Time Since november after this howler from arsenal goalkeeper petr cech. Talking through her blowhole. Well find out why scientists have helped wikie the orca to become the worlds first speaking whale. And carol has the weather. Tha nkfully thankfully always easy to understand. Hello from outside the bbc in london. Patchy rain around in the south but weve got some snow even at lower levels in parts of scotland and Northern Ireland and Northern England today. In between there will be sunshine but its going to feel colder than it did yesterday. More inis colder than it did yesterday. More in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The Prime Minister has responded to a series of attacks on her leadership by declaring shes not a quitter. Theresa may told journalists there was a long term job to be done and that she was serving her country and party. More on that through the programme. We will speak to the schools minister later to ask him about the fa ct minister later to ask him about the fact that theresa may has come out and said this quote about not being and said this quote about not being a quitter and also lots to talk about with regards to brexit and labour asking for the full release of the leaked document we talked about yesterday on the programme. More on that through the programme. President trump has said hes taken forward his Righteous Mission to make America Great again during his first year in office. In his first state of the Union Address, mr trump said hed introduced record tax cuts for everyone, the stock market was booming, jobs were being created and unemployment was at a record low. The era of economic surrender is totally over. Unemployment claims have hit a 45 year low. For many yea rs have hit a 45 year low. For many Years Companies and jobs were only leaving us, but now they are roaring back, theyre coming back, they want to be where the action is, they want to be where the action is, they want to be where the action is, they want to be in the United States of america. Thats what they want. David willis was listening closely, what is your analysis . Very considerate read tone struck by president trump. Not something we are used to perhaps from him. He talked about the need for immigration reform. He said that they should put aside the differences they have in congress and seek out Common Ground as he put it. He also said he was keeping guantanamo be, the military prison in cuba that his predecessor, barack obama, had tried so hard to close, open. He put the spotlight on a crippled north Korean Defector who waved a crutch in the air as he received a standing ovation from members of congress. It was one hours and 20 minutes, the third longest state of the Union Address on record and it offered very few new details on how he planned to go about framing the legislation he spoke of but its a new conciliatory tone but the question is, how long will it last . David, we dont know the answer but thank you very much for that. More on that at around 6 40am. The research is incomplete and they are rejecting calls to disclose the findings but labour plans to trigger a commons vote to ensure the information is revealed. We are forced in effect to use an ancient procedure to ask the government, forced the government to pass over these documents in confidence if necessary, but we need to be able to do ourjob here. The director general of the bbc, tony hall, will appear before mps today as the corporation faces further scrutiny over gender pay inequality. The digital, culture, media and Sport Committee will also hear from the bbcs former china editor Carrie Gracie, who resigned from her role in protest at inequalities. Heres our media and arts correspondent, david sillito. Carrie gracie used to be the bbcs china editor. She stepped down earlier this month in a protest over pgy earlier this month in a protest over pay. A male 5 55 than her and today she is 50 more than her and today she is going to face mps to discuss the way the bbc treats women. So too is the corporations director general, tony hall, just a day after a report in which he said changes had to be made. I think this is a culture change. It takes time. What ive learned over the last three, four, five, six months is weve got to go faster at this, much much faster and thats what im committing to today. I want us to go faster, i want us to be exemplary for equality because i profoundly believe its right. Within the bbc the Group Representing women fighting for pay a quality have more than a few doubts. This meeting with mps is a chance to present evidence not considered by the report. The stories of women paid half or even a third of salt, what some of their male colleagues were receiving. The bbc says its going to change. This enquiry wants to know if it will really make a difference. David sillito, bbc news. A light aircraft that crashed in australia on new years eve killing five members of a british family had veered significantly off its intended course, according to investigators. In total six people were killed, including the canadian pilot. The boss of the flight operator said the pilots manoeuvres leading up to the crash as inexplicable for someone with so much experience. There is still no preferred theory as to why the plane went off course. There are calls for the government to fortify flour with folic acid to help protect babies in the uk from common birth defects. Researchers from the university of london say higher doses of the vitamin, which prevents conditions such as spina bifida, do not cause harm, despite previous evidence. Heres our health correspondent, adina campbell. Folic acid is crucial in the first four weeks of a babys development, but awareness varies. I decided to ta ke but awareness varies. I decided to take folic acid six months before we decided to get pregnant. Most of my friends are not aware about folic acid. Id remember taking it, i didnt know much about it to be honest. With my fiveyearold once i found out i was pregnant i took it but i didnt even know you had to ta ke but i didnt even know you had to take it before conceiving a baby. To but i didnt even know you had to take it all fore conceiving a baby. To but i didnt even know you had to take it all fore co have ng a baby. To have now calls for charities have now renewed calls for to be if flower in folic acid to be added to flower in the uk after a new Study Suggests higher doses of the vitamin are not harmful. It found there was no link between folic acid and neurological damage with no need for an upper limitand damage with no need for an upper limit and that previous evidence was out of date and flawed. To win in a day have a termination of pregnancy on account of a diagnosis of a neural true defect. If much of that oi neural true defect. If much of that or part of that even can be avoided by fortification, well, thats a good thing. The department of health in england says its now carefully considering conclusions from this latest research, while wales, scotla nd latest research, while wales, scotland and Northern Ireland already support the idea. Folic acid is already found in flour in more than 80 countries worldwide. Scientists say this latest study offers more evidence of overwhelming benefits. Adina campbell, bbc news. The Prime Minister has responded to a series of attacks on her leadership by declaring shes not a quitter. Theresa may told journalists there was a long term job to be done and that she was serving her country and party. She made the comments before touching down in china on a trade mission. Mrs may is hoping to strengthen relations with beijing, but said she wouldnt shy away from the difficult issues. Lets speak to our china correspondent robin brant. Robin, good morning. From what she has had to say before shes even arrived in china, you can tell this is an important trip for the Prime Minister . Hugely important anyway for the uk economy irrespective of leadership concerns or brexit, china is heading for the worlds biggest economy spot and the uk only exports about £17 billion of goods and services to it a year, it exports more to belgium, so there has to be improvement in terms of where china is going and if the uk will benefit from this economic relationship. Shes been at a university in wuhan, five hours from here on the train, a huge student population, the export of education is a big dealfor the uk and theres Financial Services and legal services, insurance, uk and theres Financial Services and legalservices, insurance, china signalled late last year it is looking to change the ownership rules so british firms can capitalise on that here but the issue of leadership has followed her here, as always. In comments to collea g u es here, as always. In comments to colleagues on the plane over she had this to ona on a snipe from a former minister, a tory mp, suggesting she is governing like a tortoise when what the country needs is a lion. This is what she said the focus on this trip is very much trade but i think she is lukewarm in comparison to her predecessor David Cameron on the china uk relationship. She has concerns about China Capital and respecting the rule book when it comes to international trade, that is something she reminded the chinese about ina something she reminded the chinese about in a piece in the Financial Times this morning but she said you will address issues of hong kong and human rights behind the scenes. Two officials from hawaiis Emergency Management agency have resigned after a Ballistic Missile alert was sent in error. It took the authorities 38 minutes to correct the message which caused widespread panic across the island earlier this month. A third man thought to be responsible for the message has been fired. An investigation found a combination of human error and inadequate safeguards were responsible. Lets introduce you to wikie the whale. Shes in many of the papers this morning for being the first whale in the world to speak english. Researchers were keen to learn more about the way killer whales communicate and whether, like humans, they could learn new dialect by imitating sounds. So, they taught wikie some new words. Lets take a listen. 0ne, one, two, three. Theres another one, theres another one. Have we got hello . Was that hello . 0ne, one, theres another one. Have we got hello . Was that hello . One, two, three, could you tell it was that . Ifi three, could you tell it was that . If i think i spoke whale it would be one, two, three. Wikie also learnt some other words during the experiment, including hello and the name amy. Scientists say the ability to learn new sounds is a sign of intelligence and is very rare amongst mammals. We will talk about her more later but shes in captivity, she isnt going to be released, they are trying to work with her so they can learn and help other animals in the wild. To me that sounded like something very different from one, two, three. Maybe if you are tuned to the whale noise. Her hello is much more convincing. We will try to get the bottom of this one that is the news this morning carol will have the weather in a few minutes. Sonali is here, is it tra nsfer minutes. Sonali is here, is it transfer deadline day today . As if you dont have it as a huge part of your calendar it is. Until11pm eve ryo ne your calendar it is. Until11pm everyone has the chance to buy who they want for the rest of the season. They want for the rest of the season. Did you see the arsenal game yesterday . I saw petr cech have a shocker. Huge celebrations at the live Liberty Stadium, after beating liverpool last week they beat arsenal yesterday 3 1, takes them out of the relegation zone for the First Time Since november and the new boss was talking about how they arent dead any more, they have breathed new life into themselves, he has, he has quite a cult following with fans and they have breathed new life into their season. Gunners goalkeeper petr cech certainly gave them a helping hand, have a look at his error. It allowed swanseas jordan ayew to score a tap in which put the hosts ahead, before a second goalfrom sam clucas made sure a win was in the bag. Liverpool put successive defeats behind them with a 3 0 win over huddersfield. Emre can scored the pick of the goals as managerjurgen klopp got the better of his best friends team for the second time this season. Football clubs have until 11pm tonight to finalise any last minute deals before the transfer window shuts. Spending by premier league sides this month has already surpassed £250 million, a record forjanuary. Pierre emerick aubameyang. Wales have named their side to play scotla nd wales have named their side to play scotland in the opening match of the six nations on saturday. The top try scorer in the premiershipjosh adams will make his debut. Wales are missing about 500 caps of experience going into this years championship because of key injuries. I cant wait for it to start. Looking forward to that this weekend. Carol is out and about, she has the big coat on, because it is chilly out. Yes, it is, and in the south this morning the temperatures are as high as they will be today. After this morning they will tend to go down. In terms of the rest of the uk it isa go down. In terms of the rest of the uk it is a cold start, cold air filtering straight down from iceland and also the risk of ice first thing this morning if you are travelling. The forecast for today is a cold wind and also some wintry showers. If we take a look at the graphics around the country, we already have that across scotland. Quite a bit of snow falling in the last hour or two, so snow showers and in between them through the day we will see drier and brighter conditions. At 9am the temperature in aberdeen will be two celsius. Showers across the pennines, for example, but in between brighter skies, and a lot of dry weather as well. Coming south, two weather fronts weakening as they pushed southwards. The rain increasingly turning more patchy. Hitand miss increasingly turning more patchy. Hit and miss whether you get it, we have some in london but it is fairly light. In between it will be brighter and in the south west it is a cold start as well. It will become colder through the course of the morning. In wales, one or two showers, some of them with some wet snow or hail as we go through the day, and for Northern Ireland we are back into the proper snow, and in between some brighter skies. Most of the accumulations of snow today will be on the hills, or indeed in the mountains. As we go through the day, we hang on to those snow showers in scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland, interspersed with some brighter skies. We lose the weather fronts from the south, and behind them some brighter conditions and sunshine coming through. And still some showers. It will go down, generally between we are looking between three and five celsius. As we head into the evening and overnight, it will be still windy. We are looking at some gales across parts of the north and north east of scotland, for example, and it will bea scotland, for example, and it will be a windy night generally. We still have the snow showers in the north, the risk of ice, one or two showers further south but a lot of dry weather. Tomorrow, the strongest winds will be across the north and north west of scotland, with exposure. 0nce north west of scotland, with exposure. Once again we could be looking at gales. Still some wintry showers in the north, but they are still showers so a lot of us missing them and seeing some dry condition. A breezy day, temperatures a little bit higher than we were looking at today, but only a little bit. As we head on into friday, a region of High Pressure builds across us. For most of us it will settle down. Again, a lot of dry weather. A fair bit of sunshine around. Showers and exposure in the east, that is where the strongest wind will be, and as we head into the weekend we have a weather front coming our way. We head into the weekend we have a weatherfront coming our way. Again it will be introducing some rain. As that rain bumps into the colder air, there is a chance some of us could see some snow this weekend. However, that could change. I want to put it out there so you are aware of it, andi out there so you are aware of it, and i will keep you updated with what is happening as we go through the rest of the week. Thank you very much. We will see you in half an hour. This morning, and all day bbc news is looking at how brexit could affect britains border security. The government wants a new treaty, setting out a close security relationship with europe, but the head of europol, the european Law Enforcement agency, is warning that the uk will have to get the right deal from the eu to maintain a prominent role. Lets get more detail now from breakfasts john maguire who is at the Portsmouth International Ferry Terminal for us. Follow the footsteps, john . Exactly, you have stolen my opening line. It is the footsteps to brexit, that is what we are looking out over the next 1a months or so. Some of the most important things and perhaps some of the things you were thinking about when you went into the polling booths 18 months ago, were about our borders and security. But borders, security and trade are all intrinsically linked. It is a bit quiet at the terminal this morning. The first nominal comes in from the Channel Islands at 6 30 a. M. , mainly freight. This is the second biggest cross channel port after dover, here in portsmouth, and 8 15am is the first departure to northern france of passengers. They take 90 of the passengers leaving here are brits going across to the eu, in the Northern Spain and also northern france. Mainly people going on holiday. 2 million passengers a year go through here, still a very, very important place. I want to introduce you to doctor peter lee, from the university of portsmouth. You are a security expert. Give us an idea of the type of considerations there are at the moment, the type of things people are thinking about when they consider how we will deal with security in places like this after brexit. Well, places like the port here are facing the real nitty gritty questions, so how many more freight trucks will come in and how many will need to be checked if we dont have Free Movement of goods. How many more people need more thorough checks . So there are some positive sides, if you are a brexit supporter, you can be more sure the country can keep people out who perhaps we dont want to have m, who perhaps we dont want to have in, and you may wish to be able to return prisoners after they have committed crimes in the uk. That is one side. The other side is how do you actually have the infrastructure, how many more staff are unique, and even that needs to be kept in the context of actually the really big defence things, like defending the uk, falls to nato and is not an eu thing anyway. With brexit and security it is a mixture ofa brexit and security it is a mixture of a great amount of continuity with some amount of change. Thank you very much indeed. More from peter and other guests at portsmouth later on. Things will get easier as the fairies come and go across the channel. Thank you very much, we will see you later. And we will be looking at that issue throughout rex is this morning, and it will be one of the features throughout the entire day across the bbc. Shall we have a look at the front pages of the newspapers . The daily telegraph, andi the newspapers . The daily telegraph, and i think we talked about this story yesterday, and this is about carmakers. An expert, sir david king saying it is astonishing that carmakers had performed experiments on monkeys, which have caused deaths in the uk. There is more investigation to be done on that, and lots of pictures of the duchess of cambridge, who was in the royal palace of stockholm yesterday. They revealed that they have some ikea furniture, didnt they . Well, who doesnt . The front page of the daily mirror. But who put it together . The Great British cancer scandal, poor nhs funding leads the uk with the worst survival rates. And the picture at the top is brendan cole, who has been axed from strictly, he was due to appear this week but they have been cancelled at the moment. Quite a few strictly fans have been moaning about the fact. He won the first series, didnt he, and he has been there the whole time. With natasha from this programme. And he is no longer on strictly, so a few changes in the professional dancers. And on the front page of the daily mail, motorists should be punished for speeding even if they are one mph over the speed limit, according to britains Road Policing chief. This is the guardian, and they are talking about the bbc, which makes lots of the newspapers today. They had a review claiming there was no evidence of gender bias in pay decisions, sparking an angry backlash from women at the corporation. The times, again the bbc pay review is on the front page. A picture of the duchess of cambridge in stockholm, as louise was showing you in one of the other papers, and greedy house developers. Line in that one. I was just reading that sajid javid, the minister looking after this, says if you are ana nimby, looking after this, says if you are an a nimby, the government is not your friend. An a nimby, the government is not yourfriend. So it might be a bit of a change of tack. And a bit of an update on carillion. A picture on the telegraph s being taken down. The enquiries cracking on and they are looking at speaking to everybody involved with the collapse of carillion at the moment. And sonali, tra nsfer carillion at the moment. And sonali, transfer deadline day. Five of the deal is yet to be done, we will go over some of them after 6 30 a. M. , but mahrez put in the late transfer request with leicester and manchester interested. The times are talking about a powerful farewell to a pioneer, regis, which we covered on this programme. And this was the moment that amir khan through water over a rival. Did you see people moaning about coronation street because of Product Placement for the first time . I think they had a branded coffee cup and they have plans to have a shop, a coffee shop on the street. Is that where they will go out for a coffee . on the street. Is that where they will go out for a coffee . I know you dont drink coffee and everything, but. I have a claim to fame about coronation street. I dont drink coffee. I painted the doors on coronation street. I dont think thatis coronation street. I dont think that is your only claim to fame. When they revamped the sets, i was doing the thing for the awards, and i had to go around the set and paint the doors. And i scratched my uncle terrys name on the garage. He watches coronation street every day. Things we didnt know. Time to get the news, travel and weather where you are watching. Good morning from bbc london news. Im katharine carpenter. Hundreds of thousands of Council Tenants could be in line for a pay out following a landmark ruling over water charges. A ruling made two years ago against southwark means other councils who have made deals with Water Companies may have to pay money back to their tenants. A bbc london freedom of information request shows that 170,000 tenants across 1a london boroughs could be eligible. Some feel the councils should have been more upfront. The council seem as though they can ta ke the council seem as though they can take this on, they are not telling us take this on, they are not telling us what they are doing, and the benefits they are getting by having the contract directly with the Water Companies. So it could have benefited me in a lot of ways. Food, pay bills. It could have benefited me in pay bills. It could have benefited meina pay bills. It could have benefited me in a great many ways. Londoners can now take an unlimited number of bus and tram journeys within an hour, for the price of just one ticket. A new hopper fare comes in today, which also allows you to break up the journey with tube ride. Transport for london believes it will benefit 13,000 passengers a day. The initial hopperfare, launched in september 2016, meant you could use the same ticket on two separate bus journeys within the hour. The new scheme means you can break your journeys up even if you use another mode of transport in between the bus trips. Tfl say that will benefit around 13,000 more people every day. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. Looking at the tube the hammersmith and city line has no service between Liverpool Street and west ham, due to a signal failure at whitechapel. That is also affecting the district line, with minor delays barking to earls court westbound. 0n the trains, theres a reduced service on Great Western railway between london paddington and heathrow terminal 5, due to a staff shortage. 0n the roads, Goldhawk Road is closed in both directions due to flooding and a burst watermain between st stephens avenue and lime grove. Its also affecting hammersmith grove. In streatham, new park road is closed in both directions due to a Police Incident between doverfield road and morrish it is also affecting lyham road in both directions between new park road and saxby road. Lets have a check on the weather now. Good morning. It is a milder start this morning compared to yesterday, but we have a fair amount of cloud. It is very breezy and we will see some showers as well. Now, weve got a bit of light rain at first. That will turn more showery as we had through the morning. It is all push through the morning. It is all push through an quite a fresh westerly breeze. Sunny spells between the showers. 0ne breeze. Sunny spells between the showers. One or two of the showers could be quite heavy. The temperatures struggled a little. Six or seven celsius is the maximum, factor the minimum and it will feel a bit colder. Throughout the course of the night it remained a bit breezy. The showers could fall a little wintry, especially of higher ground. A bit of hale, maybe some slick mixing, but mostly it is rain. Minimum temperatures down to two or three celsius. Staying breezy through thursday, a similar sort of day but the wind is a north westerly, blowing the showers through again. Higher ground you could get a bit of hail and sleet mixed in there. The bridge, it is going to feel a bit cold, around six or seven celsius, the maximum in london. As we head into friday, a similar sort of day, that breeze from the north west keeping things cool from the north west keeping things cool. And then as we head into the weekend, things a little unsettled, especially through saturday morning. That rain clearing, though, saturday afternoon. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Now, though, it is back to louise and dan. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. Well bring you the latest news and sport in a moment. Heres whats coming up well be looking at the fresh calls for flour to be fortified with folic acid following new research that suggests it will help protect babies from birth defects. The poet Helen Dunmore has won the costa book of the year award for a collection written in the final weeks of her life. Well speak to her daughter about the work, why she thinks it is a positive piece despite it dealing with her mums cancer diagnosis and impending death. The historic disappearance of a girl from a small welsh village is the subject of the bbcs new drama requiem. Well speak to the shows star, lybia wilson, to find out why the supernatural thriller could leave you feeling spooked heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news. The Prime Minister has responded to days of attacks by declaring shes not a quitter. Theresa may is said to journalists there was a long term job to be done and she is serving her country and party. She made the comments before touching down in china on a trade mission. She hopes to strengthen relationships with beijing and said she wouldnt shy away from the difficult issues. President trump has said hes taken forward his Righteous Mission to make America Great again during his first year in office. In his first state of the Union Address, mr trump said hed introduced record tax cuts for everyone, the stock market was booming, jobs were being created and unemployment was at a record low. Labour will today try to force the government to officially publish a leaked report which suggests that leaving the European Union will damage the british economy. Ministers say the research, which was leaked from David Davis Brexit department is incomplete and are rejecting calls to disclose the findings. But labour plans to trigger a commons vote to ensure the information is revealed. Were forced in effect to use an ancient procedure to ask the government, force the government, to pass over these documents, in confidence if necessary, but we need to be able to do ourjob here. The director general of the bbc, tony hall, will appear before mps today as the corporation faces further scrutiny over equal pay. The digital, culture, media and Sport Committee will also hear from the bbcs former china editor Carrie Gracie, who resigned from her role in protest at inequalities. It comes a day after an auditors report found there was no gender bias at the corporation. A light aircraft that crashed in australia on new years eve killing five members of a british family had veered significantly off its intended course, according to investigators. In total six people were killed, including the canadian pilot. The boss of the flight operator said the pilots manoeuvres leading up to the crash as inexplicable for someone with so much experience. There is still no preferred theory as to why the plane went off course. Two officials from hawaiis Emergency Management agency have resigned after a Ballistic Missile alert was sent in error. It took the authorities 38 minutes to correct the message which caused widespread panic across the island earlier this month. A third man thought to be responsible for the message has been fired. An investigation found a combination of human error and inadequate safeguards were responsible. Now, you can keep your supermoons, and you can even keep your blue moons because tonights lunar spectacle in some parts of the world will take some beating. The supermoons and eclipses you can see here are impressive enough, but a super blue blood moon hasnt happened for more than 100 years. Its when three lunar phenomenon all happen at once, meaning the moon should be bigger, brighter and also turn red for a while. Unfortunately it wont be visible from the uk, but people in parts of the us, asia, russia and australia could be in for a treat, weather permitting. Nice to know its happening somewhere. You were asking yesterday about how to take pictures of the moon, we sent out an undercover reporter, its not, it is Graham Satchell to find out how you do that. Its impossible to take one on your phone. Maybe you just need a proper camera. They used to have things called cameras someone who knows what theyre doing are you telling me off for phone usage . Not at all enjoy the moment without taking a photo. Nothing wrong with that. Im baffled when people are at an event and they are watching it through their phone. All the time, although they have now started to ban the phones, a lot of the big arenas. Loss of celebrations at the Liberty Stadium yesterday, swansea beating arsenal 3 1. After beating liverpool la st arsenal 3 1. After beating liverpool last week, these are the first back to back wins this season. Great news for them under their new manager, who is beginning to get a bit of a cult following with swansea city fans. Arsene wengers side had been ahead but this error from goalkeeper petr cech gifted swansea the lead. Sam clucas also scored twice, ensuring his side beat another big name a week after their victory over liverpool. Afterwards, their manager used an interesting comparison to describe how his team is feeling at the moment. In the first place, confidence was what was needed in that moment. And i said it was not a miracle. I said about the analogy that he was not himself who cares . He was in hospital. Maybe now we are nearer to going out of hospital, but we still have problems. The doctor can look to us, but we are not far away to being out of the hospital. After two defeats, liverpool also turned a corner last night, although this poor little lad missed the best bits as his team beat huddersfield 3 0. Emre can got them off the mark with this long range effort and huddersfield froze as Roberto Firmino bore down on them at the end of the first half. Mo salah added a late penalty as managerjurgen klopp got the better of his best friend david wagner for the second time this season. West ham and Crystal Palace played out a 1 1 draw. Both goals came in the first half, Christian Benteke with the opening the scoring before west ham equalised just before half time through a penalty. In scotland, celtic beat hearts 3 1. Football clubs will be frantically trying to finalise last minute deals ahead of the transfer window closing at 11pm tonight. The spending has already surpassed the record of £225 million, it is over £250 million, a new record for the january window. 0ne transfer already sorted is defender aymeric larportes move to manchester city. The premier League Leaders have signed the frenchman for a Club Record Fee of £57 million, which makes him the second most expensive defender in history. Nice that he could come in as well its great, weve got all the contacts the most talked about transfer this window, and one that is expected to go down to the wire, is arsenals move for Pierre Emerick aubameyang from borussia dortmund. It really is a merry go round the striker has a medical scheduled for this morning, but the deal is dependent on the german side finding a suitable replacement. Arsenal striker 0livier giroud may have the biggest say in whether the deal is completed. Giroud was lined up as part of the deal to replace aubameyang at dortmund but would prefer to stay in london and could be making his way to chelsea instead. That would free up chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi to move to dortmund as a replacement for aubameyang. But it all depends if chelsea and arsenal can agree a price for giroud. Are you keeping up . Its like a game of cards, isnt it . Ithink its like being in a chain when buying a house. Money comes in one way and thenit house. Money comes in one way and then it frees up money elsewhere. All the cards need to be in order. Most of us usually wait for summer before we have a water fight, that didnt stop boxer amir khan as he threw water over opponent Phil Lo Greco on tuesday, reacting to talk about his personal life. This was a press conference before pair meet in liverpool on the 21st of april, khan is fighting for the first time in nearly two years. This is part of boxing. Look at the size of the bouncer in the middle. Slightly different weight category to the fighters. Absolutely. The heavyweight bodyguard. President trump has used his first state of the Union Address to call on republicans and democrats to Work Together to rebuild American Industries and infrastructure and to fix the countrys immigration laws. He said hed advanced his mission to make America Great again with record tax cuts for everyone and record falls in unemployment. If you work hard, if you believe in yourself, if you believe in america, then you can dream anything, you can be anything, and together we can achieve absolutely anything. The era of economic surrender is totally over. I am asking congress to ensure that in the fight against isis and alqaeda, we continue to have all necessary power to detain terrorists and in many cases for them it will now be guantanamo bay. Under the current broken system, a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives. Its time to reform. Applause. Lets speak to the political analyst, eric ham, who is in washington for us this morning to get his assesment of the president s first state of the union. It was about an hour and a half. So much of this is about how it is presented, what were your impressions . It was one of the longest state of the Union Speeches that we have seen in history and the president did not disappoint today. He delivered a unifying message, he was on point, he was on message and he stayed disciplined. He simply read from the teleprompter, he did not go off script, and i think he attempted to give everybody something in this speech. You saw him reach out to his base, you saw him reach out to his base, you saw him reach out to his base, you saw him reach out to 55}; and e him reach out to his base, you saw him reach out tojto; and e him reach out to his base, you saw him reach out to j to 7; and now, [in attemt to work; will the president attempt to work closely with both chambers, republicans and democrats, to strike a deal specifically on immigration and even though i think there is a lot of euphoria that the president is feeling tonight, we still have to keepin is feeling tonight, we still have to keep in mind that the government will run out of funding on february eight, and thats only a week from now. So the president is on a natural high tonight but i think hes going to come down to earth really quickly. It was notable for the considered three tone, wasnt it . It was, particularly when you consider how bellicose and truculent this president is, particularly when going after his enemies, and tonight you saw a president willing to work across the aisle, looking to reach out and. Unfortunately i dont think you saw when you looked at the audience, many of the democrats in that chamber, seeking to work closely with this president. 0ne thing i thought was really interesting, given that was so much he offered to different groups, minority groups, various groups that may have felt aggrieved, there was nothing in the speech that really addressed womens rights or womens issues, and when you look at all of theissues issues, and when you look at all of the issues surrounding Sexual Harassment and the voice women in america are having now, the fact he did not speak to that i thought was really striking. Interesting point you make. Lets talk about foreign policy, he talked about north korea, talking about it as being depraved . I was surprised. Going into the speech i was in statutory hall where the speech took place and many of the speech took place and many of the journalists that were there actually thought he would address theissue actually thought he would address the issue and they were waiting with bated breath to see what he would say about north korea, thought he would stay away from north korea because i thought he would try to keep it positive but he did go there, he had a member of the audience that the reference, and i thought he went after north korea strongly in this speech and i think that will be a prelude to i think a call for increased funding for the military. Briefly, how long will this conciliatory tone last . Probably through the night. Right, 0k eric ham, said briefly, thank you very much and you say through the night, it is 1 44am right now. So thank you eric, for staying up late for us. Carol has ventured out into the cold for us this morning. Good morning all. Have you been watching the moon in the last few days . I have, i have seen moon shadows. It is called the super blue blood moon, blue because we are having two full moons in one month, and it is 14 brighter and bigger because at the moment it is closer to earth. The best places to see it tonight are across north east scotland, eastern scotland generally, north east england and parts of the south east as well. And it really does look quite spectacular. This morning, it is not a cold start today in southern parts of the country, because we have two fronts heading south, bringing a lot of cloud and rain with them, but behind it colder air is filtering end. The forecast for today is a cold one, colder winds, and were looking at wintry showers. We already had some wintry showers falling steadily through the course of the night across parts of Northern Ireland, scotland and Northern England. But they are showers so not all of us are seeing them. Any accumulations will be mostly them. Any accumulations will be m ostly o n them. Any accumulations will be mostly on the hills. A cold start in aberdeen, only two celsius. Coming south, you can see across the pennines where we have some of those wintry showers. Coming south again, currently some heavy rain across the midlands, north wales, some lightning and that as well. All of that will be sinking southwards through the course of the morning, turning a bit lighter and more patchy in nature, and eventually it will clear from the south east, from the midlands, the south west and the south coast. We have at the moment, same across wales. Rain you have will continue to push southwards, clearing away from you, weaving some showers behind. Northern ireland, you have wintry showers from the word go. Again some wintry snow, especially over the hills, which is where we will see it accumulate at lower levels. It will be fairly transient, but it will be on and off. They shout showers, you will not see them all the time. There will be more showers across scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England. Further south, behind the front, cooler air filters down and we are looking at sunny spells and also some showers. The showers mostly of rain, possibly some light snow, and sleet and hail in the heavier ones. Maximum temperatures really represent what is happening now, as the cold air filters in behind the rain. The temperature will go down in the south as well. We are looking generally three orfour. South as well. We are looking generally three or four. Tonight will be very windy with gales or severe gales across parts of the north and north east of scotland. The wintry showers continue. Like this morning there is a risk of ice, especially where it has been wet, and that is where we start the day tomorrow. Tomorrows forecast shows further showers across the north of the country. Again, still quite wintry in nature but as we come south will still be a few showers around. But look at the amount of dry weather we are looking at as well. Again a fair bit of sunshine, and temperatures just up a notch on the day. As we head into friday, a ridge of High Pressure builds across us. Things are settling down. A lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine. Any showers are likely to be in the east. Here is where we will have the strongest wind as well. As we head on the weekend, just a weather front comes in from the west and bumps into the cold air, some of us could see some snow. I will keep you posted on that as we go through the next couple of days. Thank you very much. And sean is talking about car production. And the figures came out this morning. It is one of our best manufacturing is in the uk. Is thisjust it is one of our best manufacturing is in the uk. Is this just a it is one of our best manufacturing is in the uk. Is thisjust a blip . We have had some great years the car manufacturing. Morning all. Lots of figures out today from the society of Motor Manufacturers and traders, giving a reflection of the car industry. A few quick facts for you nearly 1. 7 million cars rolled off the production line in 2017, historically still one of our best years. But that is down 3 on the year before the first drop for eight years. Now, around 80 of cars made in the uk are for export. But the domestic market was particularly ha rd hit, with the number of cars made for sale at home down nearly 10 last year. Lets talk to rachel burgess, the news editor of autocar. Good morning, rachel. Is it a blip or is it something we need to get properly worried about . It is still the second biggest year since 2004 car production in the uk, so really on the scale of 17 years it is not worrying. But in the bigger sort of picture of the economy, obviously related to brexit, we need to think about what we are going to do now so we dont see this continue to drop over the next few years, and then it would become sort of catastrophic. Yes, because one thing we have seen dropped over the last few years as investment in the industry. Just over £1 billion when in from investors and manufacturers last year, but that was down one third of the year before, and the years before that it has been dropping as well. Aliir exley seeing those issues come through, whether brexit happened or not . Is a Bigger Picture which depends on profit cycles, when ca rs are which depends on profit cycles, when cars are due to be replaced by manufacturers. So neston have replaced one of their cars built at sunderland, so there are other things at play, but absolutely i think the industry as a whole very cautious at the moment nissan. They dont know what is going to happen with brexit, and it will massively affect their businesses. And when you talk about these production cycles, and what kinds of ca rs production cycles, and what kinds of cars these manufactures are making, diesel has been a big one. A lot of manufacturers are saying that these changes have hit their sales. Is that fair, or the carmakers need to hold their hands up and say we were not as honest as we should have been and we can take some of the blame. Not as honest as we should have been and we can take some of the blamelj and we can take some of the blame. think it is a joint effort, but i think it is a joint effort, but i think the main issue is that the government and the car industry have perhaps not educated the public on diesels as well as they can. If you look at the new taxation on diesels announced in the budget by the government, it showed a sort of lack of awareness of actually that modern diesels can sometimes be as clean as petrol diesels. So it doesnt necessarily show the whole picture. And the public are reacting to that, and there has probably been a little bit too much of the demonisation of diesel, when we need to think about the Bigger Picture and getting older ca rs off the Bigger Picture and getting older cars off the road, which is really the priority. And finally, if you look at these pictures from the industry, if you work in the industry, if you work in the industry, what should you feel your prospects will be like for the next few yea rs . Prospects will be like for the next few years . For now, there is absolutely no reason to panic, but it is obviously the beginning of a new era because of the exit and it is up to government and industry to make sure that this doesnt continue. Thank you very much. That said, keep an eye on those car figures for the next few months and see how 2018 does. In one hour i will be talking about cashpoints, cash machines. Fewer on the streets may be . Over the last few months, stargazers have been lucky enough to see supermoons, and even a blue moon. But this evening, the night sky will offer something even more spectacular a super blue blood moon. It is a combination of three lunar phenomena, all happening at once, and hasnt been seen for more than 150 years. Thousands of people across the world will be waiting to catch a glimpse of it, many of whom will be trying to capture it on camera. But just how hard is that to achieve . We sent breakfasts Graham Satchell out with a moon photographer to find out. We are somewhere near the east coast of england. Meet at 0430 hours, i was told. Blue moon, you saw me standing alone. Hello, danny. Danny lawson is a photographerfor the press association. His pictures end up in papers across the country. So these are the ones we will be using, this is yours. Moon watchers are excited because it is notjust a full moon, it is a super blood blue moon, rea. How do you get a perfect shot at it . The times with the supermen, if i can photograph it next to a point of interest on the horizon, to give you scale, that is what you are looking for. You are after showing the moon in situ, in scale. Danny has taken some of the most stunning, breathtaking photographs. And this is what he means about giving the moon scale, a focal point in the foreground, as the moon sets on the horizon. For tonights shot, danny has chosen the humber oil refinery. But will the weather behind to us . Be kind to us . The moon is in a battle with the clouds. What are you seeing, danny . Iam seeing clouds. What are you seeing, danny . I am seeing a lot of black. There is still half an hour or so before the moon sets, so we settled down to wait. I see a bad moon rising. You know, danny, a lot of people associate the moon with madness. So the latin word for the moon is lunar, where we get lunatic, or lunacy. Some pretty crazy things can happen under the moonlight. Know what they mean . No, not really. Dancing in the moonlight. The main thing about the moon is the mystery, the wonder, the ore. You know how our nearest celestial cousin reminds us of the vastness of the universe, and how insignificant we are in it all. What i mean . No, not really so did the clouds break . Were we lucky . At a critical moment, the moon was obscured. Danny was left with a beautiful shot of the refinery. This is what it might have looked like if they want any clouds. But there were, so it didnt. We say goodbye as the sun rises. Was the night pointless, futile, insignificant . I think a lot was learnt. Graham satchell at his absolute best. A greek debt of telly about the moon, with no moon in it. Great bit of telly. I hope we have given you some tips. Moon watching, even when you cant see it, it is clearly fu n. Even when you cant see it, it is clearly fun. It has that effect on all of us, it may graham go a bit mad. And carol will tell us what it is looking like for all of us, so we will see that later tonight. Time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london news. Im katharine carpenter. Hundreds of thousands of Council Tenants could be in line for a pay out following a landmark ruling over water charges. Two years ago, Southwark Council was told to repay some of the commission it charged following a deal with thames water. Now, a bbc london freedom of information request has discovered that 170 , 000 tenants across 14 london boroughs could also be eligible to get money back. Some councils say they will challenge the ruling, but tenants argue they should have been more upfront. The council seem as though they can take this on. Theyre not telling us what theyre doing, and the benefits theyre getting by having the contract directly with the Water Companies. So it could have benefited me in a lot of ways food, pay bills. It could have benefited me in a great many ways. Londoners can now take an unlimited number of bus and tram journeys within an hour, for the price of just one ticket. The new hopper fare comes in today, and also allows you to break up the journey with tube ride. Councillors in southwark have voted to defer a decision on controversial plans to regenerate part of elephant castle. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the meeting in southwark last night. They now want a plan including more social housing. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. Hammersmith city line has minor delays Liverpool Street to barking, due to an earlier signal failure at whitechapel. 0n the roads, Goldhawk Road is closed in both directions, due to flooding and a burst watermain between st stephens avenue and lime grove. It is also affecting hammersmith grove. And in brixton, new park road is closed in both directions between doverfield road and morrish road, due to a shooting incident. The sidcup bypass is blocked eastbound. Traffic is stationary due to an incident after frognal corner. Lets have a check on the weather now, with kate kinsella. Good morning. Its a milder start this morning compared to yesterday, but we have a fair amount of cloud. Its very breezy, and well see some showers, as well. Now, weve got a bit of light rain at first. That will turn more showery as we head through the morning. Its all pushed through on quite a fresh westerly breeze. Sunny spells between the showers. One or two of the showers could be quite heavy. The temperature struggles a little. Six or seven celsius is the maximum, but factor the wind in, its actually going to feel a bit colder. Throughout the course of the night, it remained a bit breezy. The showers could fall a little wintry, especially over higher ground. A bit of hail, maybe some sleet mixed in, but mostly its rain. Minimum temperatures down to two or three celsius. Staying breezy through the course of thursday, as well. A similar sort of day, but the wind is a north westerly, blowing the showers through again. Higher ground, you could get a bit of hail and sleet mixed in there. The temperatures it is going to feel a bit cold, around six or seven celsius as a maximum in central london. As we head into friday, a similar sort of day, that breeze from the north west keeping things cool. And then, as we head into the weekend, things a little unsettled, especially through saturday morning. That rain clearing, though, saturday afternoon. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. Theresa may insists shes not a quitter as she touches down in china. After criticism from conservative mps, the Prime Minister has defended her leadership saying shes in it for the long haul. Good morning, its wednesday the 31st of january. Also this morning 40 million americans watched donald trump deliver his first state of the Union Address as he tackles immigration and the economy. This in fact is our new american moment. There has never been a better time to start living the american dream. The bbc pay row heads to parliament. The former china editor Carrie Gracie and the director general, tony hall, will face questions from a group of mps. Good morning. Changes to charges on the cash Machine Network could see many of them closed so im chatting to the boss behind many of those machines to find out which communities will be affected. Good morning. In sport, swansea are out of the premier League Relegation zone for the First Time Since november after this howler from arsenal goalkeeper petr cech. Talking through her blowhole. Well find out why scientists have helped wikie the orca to become the worlds first speaking whale. I think we need more detail on that and carol has the weather. Hello from outside the bbc in london. Not a cold start to the day here but turning colder later as weather fronts ringing rain cross away from the south east leaving sunshine and showers behind. Different story in the north, Northern Ireland, scotland and Northern England seeing some snow showers even at lower levels for a time, but there are showers in between followed by sunshine. Lots more details in 15 minutes. On cue, carol, see you at 7 15am thank you, carol, see you at 7 15am. Good morning. First, our main story. The Prime Minister has responded to a series of attacks on her leadership by declaring shes not a quitter. Theresa may told journalists there was a long term job to be done and that she was serving her country and party. She made the comments before touching down in china on a trade mission. Mrs may is hoping to strengthen relations with beijing, but said she wouldnt shy away from the difficult issues. Lets speak to our china correspondent robin brant. Good morning to you. An important day for the Prime Minister, she have to start by saying shes not a quitter . Yes. Thats the leadership story which is inevitably following her here, lets do the trade part. She has brought 50 Business Executives from british companies, they are looking to the relationship between china and the uk in a post brexit world. The reality is china is soon to become the worlds biggest economy but its only the uks eighth biggest export market, £17 billion worth of stuff was sold here two years ago, that has to improve if the uk economy is to grow overall. Shes focusing on what were good at here, automotive, education, big soft power issue as well, she was at a university in wuhan, a city of 10 million, this morning, giving a speech but the leadership story inevitably has followed her and speaking to journalists on the plane on the way here she addressed it very directly. This is what she had to say in terms of her future responding to some criticism, some sniping from former minister robert halfon, hes a tory mp, whose edgy was governing like a tortoise when what was needed was a lion, she said ive never tried to compare myself to any animal, bird or car or whatever comparisons people sometimes use, theres a focus to this government and the focus for the 48 hours is china and the trade relationship. She is lukewarm in comparison to her predecessor, David Cameron, she is not as keen as he is, she has reservations about steel capacity and how much the chinese are going to spend abroad but she said she would address human rights and hong kong but she would do that in private with the chinese leaders. Robin, thank you very much indeed. Labour will today try to force the government to officially publish a leaked report which suggests that leaving the European Union will damage the british economy