conservative transport secretary justine greening. in 2012, david cameron gave it the official go—ahead. then the queen gave her approval, then theresa may's another green light for hsz. government, then parliament and that borisjohnson says the high speed stamp of the approval, and today the rail link to the north will go ahead, despite significant opposition from his own conservative mps. and the policeman who ran green light from boris johnson. the lights and broke the law stamp of the approval, and today the green light from borisjohnson. so we are all agreed it is agreed. 0r to get to an appointment at his son's college. maybe not. and while all that green not guilty — because he was practising his fast pursuit skills. lighting was going on, the french have built a new high—speed line to south—west france. it cost 9 billion hello and welcome. euros has cut an hour of the journey i'm katty kay in new hampshire, time from paris to bordeaux. traffic and christian fraser is in london. we should all be careful about on that high—speed route has practically doubled since it opened. reading too much into any one poll. so let's speak to the former but when a string of polls gives transport adviser to the french a consistent result, that's a trend worth watching. and bernie sanders‘ lead in opinion polls here in new hampshire prime minister who is now at the is consistent and convincing. international union of railways. for a lot of democrats, good to have you with us. so this it's also alarming. by rights, mr sanders, who came a very close second in iowa, railway line, this new high—speed and is projected to win today line will cut 30 minutes of the in new hampshire, should be the candidate journey from london to birmingham. is it worth it? yes, 30 minutes is democrats now rally around. very important to have this reduced but too many voters have too many fears about his too liberal policies time. it is 30 minutes from london to feel easy about his supremacy in this race. something the candidate to birmingham, and it will be more addressed head on last night. than one hour to manchester and if we are prepared to stand leeds. so give us an example. you get to tour a lot quicker than together. last i heard, the 1% may paris, what is it done for that be very powerful, but there are a city? yes, it was like a hell of a lot more people in the 99%. modification of the customer's, so one person who thinks bernie would be the ideal candidate is donald trump — there are a lot of commuters now, so he has made it clear he relishes running against a self described socialist. last night mr trump swept into new hampshire — it does change the geography of and set up shop right in the middle of what was meant to be france and all the companies and the democrats‘ big night. here's our north america their behaviour. we talk there about editor, jon sopel. not a very nice day for it. but how much this has been signed off on but not actually happen by various after a ll not a very nice day for it. but after all the campaign stops, the british governments. did you face rallies, the polls, the handshakes, similar political hurdles getting the milkshakes, it all comes down to the budget approved for this high—speed line? this. getting out the vote. in this blue—collar area of the state voting's been brisk. the budget approved for this high-speed line? yes, we had a lot blue—collar area of the state voting's been briskli blue—collar area of the state voting's been brisk. ijust voted. i of questions concerning some high—speed lines, for example there chose a democratic ticket for the first time ever. i have always liked are some high—speed lines which have not been built because of the price bernie, he will put compassion back or because of low interest, or the in the government. the furthest to the left of all the candidates is bernie sanders. he is economy or for the special, like attracting the biggest and most enthusiastic crowds, and is favourite to win here. we are going between marseille and nice, between bordeaux and toulouse. it has maybe to defeat the most dangerous precedent in the modern history of been done in some years, but now it america, donald trump. the other candidate to watch as the youngest, is... and very quickly, how do you get the pete buttigieg. he has carried the public onside. the public is divided here. what do you do? for public, we momentum with him was out this morning meeting voters as the we nt here. what do you do? for public, we polling stations opened. but the went round doing a public debit, so former vice president, joe biden, seems to be sinking like a stone. not even hanging around for the each research paper begins 15 years results. he is moving to south before, and we begin with the big debate and also whether people are carolina, the last state and surely concerned and can say do you want to his last chance saloon. but last night one man eclipsed all others in go that? new hampshire. thousands waited in line to listen to donald trump, the lime light extraordinaire, in a none it's good to get your support. some lessons there from the french. this too subtle muscle flex. after the is beyond 100 days from the bbc. utter shambles of ior, the democratic party will be hoping, coming upfor is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel, i will take you inside praying, but the votes add up, ajoe biden news channel, i will take you inside a joe biden rally to see how it everything tallies and they are able to declare a winner. to screw up one election might be considered an respond. u nfortu nate. to election might be considered an unfortunate. to screw up a second would be catastrophic. jon sopel, bbc news, new hampshire. hello there. we have seen further snow showers affecting the uk, so we now actually have a bone fide particularly for northern areas, and the strong rents have been causing drifting snow, captured early in the new hampshire correspondent. i'm joined now by my day, around the staffordshire moors. colleague jane 0'brien. 0vernight tonight we will see you have spoken to all of the further snow piling on across candidates here? pretty much all, scotland, even down to low levels, and i've been to all the rallies, but the largest accumulations will because you really get a sense of be in the hills and over the high the individual tastes plus what the ground in northern ireland and northern england we could also see a candidates would like you to think. little more snow, things turning icy and i was talking to people at the drop rally last night. so how has for a little more snow, things turning icy fora time, little more snow, things turning icy for a time, whereas large towns and the mood here in new hampshire cities mainly stay frost free. it is evolved over the last six months or going to feel cold on account of so? it has gone pretty early from theissues those brisk winds. taking a look at so? it has gone pretty early from the issues which dominated the first the pressure chance for wednesday, few months of the campaign, health you can see we have still got those care, tax breaks, you have it, to north—westerly winds bringing snow showers back into northern parts of know a single central question. who the uk, but then a ridge moves in at can beat donald trump? and that is why we are seeing so many undecided least for a time across western areas. although we start off with voters at this point. i think it is still more than half of voters have showers falling as snow over the not yet made up their mind. the hills, they will tend to die away at choice is overwhelming. and yet you least for a time in northern ireland and for much of england and wales, and for much of england and wales, and so it should be a drier day look at bernie sanders, he is so convincingly ahead and has been all overall with a bit more sunshine, along. 0ur convincingly ahead and has been all along. our new hampshire voters particularly into the afternoon. think it, he has been ahead, he is temperatures eight or nine celsius the one who can win. new hampshire across southern parts of the uk, three orfour in across southern parts of the uk, three or four in scotland, still voters properly think that, because feeling cold here, particularly when don't forget he won here in 2016 by you factor in the strength of the winds. later in the day, the cloud a sizeable majority. the bigger issueis will thicken in the south—west, the a sizeable majority. the bigger issue is can bernie sanders win a next weather system making its general election against donald presence felt, bringing a band of trump? and that is where the dilemma rain and pushing it north eastwards across the country. snow for a time still is. christian: but i suppose, across the country. snow for a time across the country. snow for a time across the hills of northern england and scotland, and may be down to lower levels for a time in scotland on thursday morning. that is jane, if you get bernie sanders something we are keeping an eye on. further south, temperatures rising a winning here in iowa, and one of the few degrees, highs up to nine or 10 others winning before super tuesday, celsius. for friday, it looks like the race could look muddled. we are going to see another band of others winning before super tuesday, the race could look muddledm could, and funnily enough i was rain coming through, the rain always at its heaviest across scotland, could see some localised flooding asking those from amy klobuchar across southern scotland, given that armed pete buttigieg's campaign is the weather has been very wet saying aren't they worried about recently, but for eastern england, that, they are not addressing the doesn't look like the rain is going campaign because they are too busy to amount to much. for the weekend, in fighting? they are not at all convinced that we are going to see another weekend with a named storm. the field being whittled down after this one is storm dennis, and you new hampshire. they think it's could can see it's going to be bringing strong winds on account of tightly still get very messy, and don't packed isobars. the winds could gust forget, bloomberg, he could be around coastal areas to 60 or 70 getting a lot today. this morning at oui’ getting a lot today. this morning at our morning conference, katty said mph, 50—60 inland, and the heavy rain could cause localised flooding to me, mike bloomberg took a town in issues building in as well. so new hampshire in early voting. another weekend of disruption starting saturday. massive town. and that is amazing. and then i remembered jane 0'brien lives in a town with five people. and then i remembered jane 0'brien lives in a town with five peoplem is more than five people, christian, there are at least 15! a new hampshire that passes for a city. you two! that's appalling. when you are flying back out? but seriously, the fact that even in a small town that voted in the middle of the night, people are writing and mike bloomberg's name, tells you something about their nerves. and it's notjust something about their nerves. and it's not just democrats something about their nerves. and it's notjust democrats writing him m, it's notjust democrats writing him in, one republican vote him as well. we can't extrapolate too much, but there is this issue of how does he split the moderate vote still further. jane o'brien, after new hampshire, what are you going to be spending the rest of the campaign doing? sunnier climes? i'm hoping it's going to be snowing and i might actually get my beloved mountains. we are only envious. we are envious of you in a nice warm studio, christian! now let's take a look at how the candidates are doing across the country. the bernie bounce from iowa is reflected here — now with a clear lead at the top. joe biden has lost ground — and sliding into the top three is mike bloomberg who is not even campaigning in new hampshire. let's talk a little bit further about those polls. when you look at this is beyond 100 days with me, pete buttigieg, the bump that he katty kay in new hampshire, christian fraser is in london. our top stories: got, because out of ior, in the one week on from the chaos of iowa — space of a week, he has picked up it's new hampshire's turn about ten points? yes, so that is a big bump for him, and about ten points? yes, so that is a big bumpfor him, and it has about ten points? yes, so that is a big bump for him, and it has been mostly at the expense ofjoe biden, they have a chance to trim as jane was discussing, which is the field of candidates, but the tussle between liberals and moderates won't making people nervous. he has been be resolved tonight. slipping in the polls here, but i i'm a democrat, so i don't think the important thing to point think i will vote. ifjoe biden is not out, christian, is what happened the candidate, you won't vote? i don't think i will vote. last night. i was at a rally with the world health organisation now joe biden, 250 odd people down the calls the coronavirus a very grave threat. more than 1,000 road from the rally that i was at people have now died. also on the programme: was none other than president trump, with that massive, something like he the us ambassador to nato sets out was in an arena that had 12,000 america's plan for the defence people turning out. and i think the bloc‘s future ahead of tomorrow's meeting of its defence ministers. kind of chats per of donald trump and the london mayoral candidate turning up when democrats are meant who has a new pitch for the voters he's trying to get to know — to be having their own race tells invite me into your home for a sleepover. you something about the confidence at the moment. these are the queues of people you can see around this venue, it was cold and wet, 12,000, some had even camped out overnight to get in and get a good spot inside the hole. but when you compare that, traditionally, candidates 12,000 people or somewhere near it, in america hold parties and then you talk aboutjoe biden, at the end of a voting day — they make a speech, thank who can barely fill a hole with a the volunteers and grab couple of hundred people, that is a moment on national tv. the scale of the challenge facing joe biden won't be doing that tonight. his campaign appears them, the power of the incumbent. so despondent about their chances here in new hampshire that they've announced the candidate and you know what donald trump was will be leaving town early. doing here last night because mackie wasn't thinking about this primary, he will address his supporters he was thinking about november. this tonight as the results come in, isa he was thinking about november. this is a state he would like to flip, a but it will be by video link. state that got away from him back in talk about skulking out of town. 2016. they are hoping that new not surprising perhaps, given that polls show the former hampshire not only could be this vice president hovering around important primary state, first in the nation, it could even become a fourth place here. kingmaker in november. with the mr biden's fortunes can still change votes are close, this could be the but republicans are gloating over his poor showing — at least one of them state. if it flips from democrats to republicans, this could be the state was at last night's rally. the tram campaign is thinking that puts it back in the white house. there is other news around the sean hannity is donald trump's world. ba rely there is other news around the favourite fox news anchor, world. barely a month ago we knew so we were more than a bit surprised nothing of the coronavirus. today the world health organization warned when we spotted him atjoe biden's that the disease now presents a very rally in new hampshire last night. grave threat to the rest of the i saw that sean hannity was coming to speak to you all. world. the nerve! why was he here? shame! what did he want to know? and that major world powers need to come together mostly, he wanted to know to face "a c why i didn't like him. the who had gathered i'm not even sure we hundreds of medical, scientific and public health experts really got to biden! in geneva to try and speed up he started off by saying, the global response. at a press conference our global let me ask you a question. health correspondent tulip mazumder who are you going to vote for? asked the director general what the implications why are you going to vote for biden? are for the poorer countries. i have a great concern that if this whatever. and then he would start disgracing biden's name. you've seen a lot of virus makes it to a weaker system, the candidates here. yes, we have, up close and personal. it will create havoc. a virus is what else are you waiting for? got to love joe tonight. i'll vote for any democrat. i don't care who they are. including bernie sanders? more powerful in creating political and social upheaval than any yes. we carried on, following terrorist attack. and if the world doesn't want to wake up and consider hannity around the room. are you supporting joe biden? this enemy as public enemy number joe biden is my candidate one, i don't think we will learn because he's done it before, so i want him to come from our lesson. and do it again. will you support whoever wins the democratic nomination? in china the number of deaths has now passed the 1000 mark. will you vote for any democrat? 109 people died on monday. the first time the single—day death toll has been in three digits. but i believe thatjoe biden will be the candidate. as you can see that figure has been if he's not? rising steadily since the official if he is not, i'm a democrat, records began in late january so i don't think i will vote. when the number of recorded deaths was in single digits. ifjoe biden is not the candidate, you won't vote? we also have a new i don't think i will vote. name for the virus. the who says it will now be called covid—19. not to be confused with the virus chanting: we want joe! that causes the disease yes, in this room, they do wantjoe but, if he doesn't win, which is sars cov2. democrats will have to work hard for whoever is the nominee if they think of it like hiv and aids. want to beat trump in november. won the virus, one the disease. i'm joined now by mark guerringue, the publisher of the conway daily sun. we heard there biden supporters saying they felt nervous about that let's speak to benjamin newman, he is professor and chair other candidates to the extent they of biological sciences at texas a&m university. may not even vote for him. how much he was on the panel considering these new names. a lot of people out there saying, of the problem is that for the never mind the names, give us a party? i don't think it is much of a vaccine, but it does help? it does problem. the biggest fear is that get us closer to a vaccine. in the bernie is not the nominee. that's years since the original sales, what happened last time around, you there have been hundreds of vaccine think it could happen again this ideas tested out, even in some small time? are they feeling they have had animals, and all of these become afair time? are they feeling they have had a fair shot? he will win new candidates now because this is actually sars virus, there is not hampshire lightly but the biggest enough ofa actually sars virus, there is not enough of a difference to call it surprise... i was at the polls this anything else for the. so when you morning and voted myself, i was talking to people, people were are considering a name, what do you texting me. so what will new discount and what do you factor in? there is a long list of things you hampshire's sort out further new —— are trying not to do with names. we for the democrats? it will not sort are trying not to do with names. we out much. if biden does not do well are trying not to do with names. we are trying to name check a person or place, and on the coronavirus naming in south carolina which it does not look like he will because polls show committee, we decided to not include 2019 in the name, as the who did blumberg is doing well in south when they were naming the disease. carolina. i love new hampshire, i the idea was that there are many come here often and certainly come coronaviruses that have had here every four years, but a bite outbreaks this year, including mers, official last night was saying to me it is so unfair we are trying to so outbreaks this year, including mers, so the year isn't indicative. and choose our nominee from iowa and new also call this thing what it is, hampshire, both states which do not which is sars. professor newman, can have big african—american and latina you clarify something for us, voting populations, fair? it is fair because i'm getting, reading but what is the alternative? it is confusing reports about where we are fortu nate for but what is the alternative? it is fortunate for new hampshire that iowa had so many problems because i in the trajectory of the virus. we will be chopped off, the caucasus is just had an introduction the fact that we have had the biggest single not good system anyway, they always number of deaths in a day, and yet we are also hearing that somewhere get a low turnout, 15% turnout in around the end of february, march, iowa, so if you go to new hampshire, we might peak in the spread of the virus. which is it, can you clarify 90% white, our country is 70% white, where we are in the cycle? the graph so if you go to south carolina, 60% of the numberof where we are in the cycle? the graph of the number of cases per day has of the democrats are black there, so started to get towards that peak. so it is never perfect, so a great setup for us would be new hampshire if this thing is symmetrical and it takes as long to go up as it does to which is a small state, south go down, this might be over in carolina, a big african—american another three months. but we don't community, and then... they must know. the fact that it is slowing love you in iowa, you are selling at down his very positive, and we don't think it is anything to do with the down the river! you think they are weather. this is probably directly due to the quarantine measures and done? i am hopeful. will the the great suffering the chinese people are paying in order to make eventual nominee have won new sure that this new sars virus hampshire? history shows they are doesn't escape to the rest of the world. professor newman, thank you first or second to win. who knows? for that. do you remember yesterday on the show we talked about the so with the top of the ticket to super spreader, and the guest we had this vote is bernie sanders and? said it is not really a useful term, because it can stigmatise a bernie, pete, eithersecond or particular individual. and what do third. it could be none of those? i we wa ke particular individual. and what do we wake up to this morning? don't think so. you don't think it will be mike bloomberg? here, no. a 53—year—old british businessman and cub scout leader steve walsh from brighton. he contracted the virus in singapore uncharted territory so we don't know while at a conference before that bernie is the one with the going to the french alps for a ski holiday, then returning to his home energy. we endorse bernie and that's because he's the one with the energy in hove, east sussex — and on his travels managed to infect and you need that. thank you very 11 people. his statement: much forjoining me. it is true that bernie has a lot of energy, and the biden campaign i went to last night, there were a lot of empty spaces. he was called a super spreader because he in fact a lot of people, there was not much energy in iowa. but you can see he did all the right some of the sentences and thoughts things. he took himself to hospital, we re some of the sentences and thoughts were not even finished. i suppose the wild card, that's mike he isolated himself, hejust happened to be highly virulent when he got off the plane coming back from singapore. and his family did bloomberg. yes. and the bloomberg the right things too. it is important people don't get ads have been everywhere. we have stigmatise, it is even important so that we know what we call this and been watching them one day on social media, and he responds very quickly it doesn't get stigmatised. we know to events, he responded to what happens when there is stigma, impeachment on the oscars, he got people don't start going to out there very quickly with the best hospital, they don't want to know 0scar goes to... the best 0scar out there very quickly with the best that they have the disease if they 0scar goes to... the best oscar for liar, so he has been blanketing both feel they will be a stigma so it is very important that we use the right social media. look at these. language. let's go back to new hampshire now. a nation divided by an... we can bring in andrew smith the director of the new hampshire survey center. andew, what are you watching for intraday‘s new hampshire vote? andew, what are you watching for intraday's new hampshire vote?|j think intraday's new hampshire vote?” think there is obviously you want to see who wins, because the winner of new hampshire gets a tremendous amount of momentum going onto the next state. i'm also watching the other end of the scale, who is going to lose, and i think the thing that i make the most attention to is whether joe i make the most attention to is whetherjoe biden finishes may be as high as third, going forward, but if he finishes fourth or fifth again here, which he could very well do, i the one that i watched last night, think his candidacy is largely over. previous presidents, quite powerful, so if bernie sanders does as well as the liar liar one, odd, watch, but expected, and almost won in iowa, how does he not come out of today it gets people talking about mike the democratic frontrunner?” bloomberg and by the 3rd of march he will have spent more money on his how does he not come out of today the democratic frontrunner? i think he does. if he wins today, he will campaign than barack 0bama spent in be the frontrunner. we are already the entirety of his 2012 campaign! a seeing polls coming out since i am a naturally shows him leading joe lot of money going into this. but there is a new poll out there biden. —— since iowa naturally. this everybody in new hampshire is talking about that has nationally isa biden. —— since iowa naturally. this is a sequential process, and is each mike bloomberg in third position, he event goes by, you demonstrate whether you could win or you could has not even competed in a contest lose. and ultimately voters want to yet. but everyone is talking about find a candidate from their party it here. who can win in november. and you nato defence ministers gather in brussels tomorrow for their first demonstrate your ability to win by meeting of the year, winning, and your ability to lose by and the american defence secretary, mark esper, will land with plenty to discuss. losing. the winners get momentum, huawei, iran, the alliances' role in the middle east, and bernie sanders is being rewarded defence spending — they are all contentious issues. with momentum by coming out of iowa and maybe the europeans will have some questions of their own. at least tied for the caucus. they are still sore over the us withdrawal from northern syria, and then there's the assassination andrew, i spent some time there with of general suleimani and the fall out for nato cathy last week, and the thing i troops stationed in iraq. found is an outsider, you understand earlier, i spoke to the us ambassador to nato, what bernie sanders is offering from kay bailey hutchinson. his rally. with the others, ifelt that they were playing the man, it a number of senior conservatives wrote a letter this week, raising is about anything but donald trump. and i wonder if that's enough, and concerns about the government's decision. they want high risk maybe that explains why bernie sanders is doing so well?” offenders to be ruled out orfaced out over time, but the question is, maybe that explains why bernie sanders is doing so well? i think you've got a very good point. bernie sanders is i think tapping in to what is the alternative, what is the what is the energy of the democratic strategic plan in washington to replace in a cost—effective manner party. he did it in 2016 as well. it that option? that is a very good is much more of a blue—collar energy, but it is an antiestablishment energy similar to what donald trump was able to question. there are alternatives. capture in 2016. this time around, european companies make a he has tapping right into that same competition, but as the uk knows, vein, and actually i think it is huawei undercuts the competition and maybe a little deeper this time, that's why they have been able to because remember in 2016 the voters get much ground. so we are now on the democratic side chose the safe candidate, and it didn't get them the presidency. this time working on an alternative. we do not around those same people that want haveit working on an alternative. we do not have it yet. we are also working on to change, that liked what bernie sanders was saying, maybe not bernie technology that would be able to sanders was saying, maybe not bernie block any other system, and that is sanders specifically, are more strongly supportive of him, and i think that they believe now he is the candidate that can win. we said very close to coming to fruition, and we will work with our uk allies yesterday that history tells you you've got to finish in the top two to try to make sure that we have a in you happier to win the ticket, but as we said to jane, if bernie system that is absolutely secure. we wins here and joe biden wins in south carolina, it starts to look are talking ahead of the defence very muddled. does that give an minister's meeting tomorrow in unprecedented opportunity in your brussels, let me play you clip of view to mike bloomberg? possibly, president trump speaking yesterday in the white house about nato. nato but i do not thinkjoe biden is is going down like a rocket ship. going to do well in south carolina. past leaders would make a speech on i think you're going to see polls that come out this week that show leave, i went over and made a speech his support crumbling in that state. and said, you have got pay more. do i think pete buttigieg is the guy to watch in regards to how the party views michael bloomberg. if people believe that in brussels, do they think that european members are buttigieg does well and possibly now paying more and paying their fairshare? even went new hampshire, he will see now paying more and paying their be seen as being the leader of the fair share? exactly. they are paying more, they are stepping up. and i moderate to conservative wing of the party, making up 60% of the voters. and that reduces the need for think that president trump was very firm and clear, and i think our michael bloomberg because you already have an elected official running in that position. so it is allies did listen and they took not so much going to be bloomberg action. last month president trump versus biden, it is going to be called for an expansion of nato's bloomberg versus buttigieg. i think role in the middle east. longer term, does that mean nato taking buttigieg will finish second here.” over from the term, does that mean nato taking overfrom the us in the region? like a good prediction, andrew, term, does that mean nato taking over from the us in the region? oh, no, it doesn't mean that at all. it thank you very much. a bold prediction about what is going to means that we want more partnership happen. input, we need nato to do some of the things that the coalition to the whole race is scrambled, much to defeat isis is now doing. we want play for, and joe biden's people point out where they have not had a the coalition to defeat isis to chance to compete in a state where there is a high turnout of maintain its priority and its african—american voters or hispanic voters, and that should not be the superiority. the only problem is way that we choose the party's nominee, because they are important though, after the hit on general suleimani, nato stopped many of its democratic voting blocs. let's see what happens tonight. operations in iraq, some european borisjohnson has given the green light to hs2 the high speed train countries withdrew troops all repositioned. there is a feeling line that will cut journey times from london to the north. the prime minister said that the deep divisions over the he was balancing the exploding costs iran policy means that some european of the link to birmingham, leeds and manchester — countries are likely to limit their with the benefits it will deliver, particularly role in the region. there is to the northern powerhouse project.there is plenty of opposition on the conservative benches. it's notjust the concerns over the total cost, 00:20:56,934 --> 2147483051:47:13,182 which is astronomical but also 2147483051:47:13,182 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 the destruction to homes and natural disagreement between the united states and some of the allies in the iranians nuclear agreement because frankly iran has publicly said they are violating the agreement. we are calling on our european allies to step up and make iran come back to the table. we want a nuclear agreement, the us would be part of a new negotiation. we need our european allies to lean that effort because they are still involved in the treaty. but i think it is very important that you know that the coalition and the training base of nato is very solid in iraq. we are talking to the iraqi government about their wishes, and they want nato to continue the training mission we have started there. yes, we have paused, we have repositioned the troop support and true protection, but we have not abandoned at all that mission, and we intend to expand it.” abandoned at all that mission, and we intend to expand it. i am very grateful for your time, we intend to expand it. i am very gratefulfor your time, thank we intend to expand it. i am very grateful for your time, thank you. interesting that the ambassador said that about repercussions, she thought there would not be repercussions for the huawei decision, which we are not hearing from congress. just coming back to the assassination of general suleimani. you'll remember the iranian response, that attack on the us run al—asad airbase — initially the pentagon announced there were no casualties after the missile strikes. but a week later, they announced several had been injured, and now the number has been revised for a fifth time — up to 109. the defense department says most of the personnel have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries — 76 have been able to return to duty, the rest are either being evaluated or receiving treatment. for more, we'rejoined from washington by aleem maqbool. the president were clear there were no injuries, why this confusion? the pentagon is saying because this type of traumatic brain injury takes a while to manifest itself, these mild traumatic brain injuries, as they classify it, in the form of headaches, dizziness, but some people more serious in confusion and slurred speech, even seizures take a while to manifest themselves. a lot of the argument though is becoming about how seriously or not donald trump seems to take these injuries, even when we started to hear about the smaller number of american soldiers the pentagon was admitting her traumatic brain injury, donald trump in davos said, theyjust had headaches, they are not serious at all, which really angered a lot of vetera n all, which really angered a lot of veteran groups. the new cycle, it's amazing how it has moved on from that first week of the year when we we re that first week of the year when we were talking about the brink of world war, then we have impeachment and primary is, and we are not talking about them, but it really feels from statements from the pentagon that dozens of american soldiers are feeling in a very real way the repercussions of that attack on the airbase. we've all been there. you're running late to pick up the kids, the nursery shuts at 6 on the dot and you have no chance of getting there on time. what do you do? well, if you're pc paul brown and you're late for a meeting at your son's college, you borrow one of the unmarked cars and you stick the blue light on. pc brown clocked a speed of 122 mph, jumped four red lights, drove the wrong side of a keep left mark, and at one point even went at 100 mph in a 30 zone. afaircop. or maybe not! because pc brown is a police driving instructor and he had been driving this way, he told the court, as part of his continuous self assessment. without anyone in the car, without a training plan? i don't know. it feels to me like a bit of a stretch. his local constabulary are rewriting the rules, let's just leave his local constabulary are rewriting the rules, let'sjust leave it his local constabulary are rewriting the rules, let's just leave it at that. that very fast. this is beyond 100 days. still to come: a large chunk of the amazon rainforest is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it absorbs. we'll discuss what this means for our fight against climate change. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall have carried out a rare joint engagement with the duke and duchess of cambridge. the four royals all went on a visit to a military rehabilitation centre in leicestershire. it's thought to be the first time they have carried out such a visit as a foursome since 2011. 0ur royal correspondent, daniela relph, reports. it was a show of family unity on a rare joint public engagement. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall and the duke and duchess of cambridge. with no meghan and no harry, this foursome is now the public, working face of the royal family alongside the queen. together, they toured the defence medical rehabilitation centre just outside loughborough. for william, the wheelchair basketball was a challenge. luckily, today, dad was on hand to help improve his game. although the expert view was harsh. clearly hasn't played basketball for a while, and it's a bit nerve—racking in front of everyone but dad gave him moral support and he managed to get it in on the second attempt after a little push. there is no question these have been turbulent months for the royalfamily, but today's event here with two future kings front and centre shows the important the family places on stability and continuity. and there is no greater example of that than the queen, who came back to london this afternoon by train after her winter break at sandringham. every family has its own share of dramas to navigate. today's joint public appearance was a reminder that this is a royal family trying to work together and move forward after some very public difficulties. daniela relph, bbc news, loughborough. the amazon rainforest covers only 4% of the earth's surface. it acts like a giant sponge, absorbing and storing massive amounts of carbon dioxide while emitting 20% of the earth's oxygen. but now we have a problem because a large chunk of that rainforest is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it absorbs. and that is devastating for our fight against climate change because the amazon plays such an essential role in keeping our eco system balanced. the bbc newsnight‘s international editor, gabriel gatehouse, has been granted exclusive access to the findings and joins us now. we are approaching a ticking point with climate change in the amazon ra i nfo rest with climate change in the amazon ra i nforest is with climate change in the amazon rainforest is almost a counterbalance to that. the amazon ra i nfo rest counterbalance to that. the amazon ra i nforest is counterbalance to that. the amazon rainforest is this massive carbon sink. it takes a lot of the carbon dioxide we emit out of the atmosphere and stores in the trees. in the 90s, it was estimated to take 2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere every year, they estimated to slower now. but these estimates. what i have seen is unpublished results of new research, a study that spanned a decade, where scientists threw an aeroplane over certain points of the amazon twice a month for ten years measured the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, so they got very accurate readings of that, and what they found was startling. in four fifths of the amazon it acts as a carbon sink there is this big portion in the south—east that is in fact emitting more carbon than it absorbs, and it did that for all the years of the study. you would expect some variation within this study are appear to get worse. and this got scientists worried because everyone talked about an amazon tipping point where the forest as a whole ceases to renew itself and emits more carbon than it absorbs, and the results of this study seem to suggest that might be closer than we previously thought. i spoke to a professor from the university of sao paulo, one of the co—authors of the report. this is a very, very worrying observation because it could be showing the beginnings of a major tipping point. in our calculations, if we exceeded 20—25% of deforestation in the amazon, today, we are at about 17%. and if global warming continues unabated, with high emissions, then the tipping point would be reached. this is so depressing. the really depressing thing is we have too men and very powerful positions who dismiss this science. you have said it has been going on for years and they treat almost as if it is a liberal progressive conspiracy! that is right. if you speak to scientists, you say, is there anything we can do about this? they say, we think so, may anything we can do about this? they say, we think is may anything we can do about this? they say, we think is have a we need to do is have a responsibility and cutting down trees on the amazon for five years to see if the forest can regenerate itself. at the moment, he has been very clear, he wants development, money, getting money, over conservation. the the amazon at the moment is a matter of political choice. it might not be a choice for much longer. he looks at the europeans who are standing on the sidelines, saying, you need to protect the amazon rainforest, yet over a year here we have trashed some of our pression ecosystems and habitats. he is also right to say there is money to get out of the amazon in a country when a lot of people could do without money, and there arejobs there. people could do without money, and there are jobs there. if you speak to the scientist, what they will tell you is there needs to be an international effort whereby wealthy countries compensate nations where many people owe less well off for preserving the rainforest. we pay them to do that, we give them the money that they would get out of there through agriculture, mining etc in order to preserve it. it'll be on newsnight tonight. rory stewart, a regular on this programme, is running to be the mayor of london. not the first time he has run for high office. you may recall that, when he ran against borisjohnson to be prime minister, he spent a lot of time walking. the rory walks became a bit of a social media phenomenon — he turned up in coffee shops, high streets, he even launched his campaign in a big tent. now he has gone a step futher with the launch of a new campaign, come kip with me, which, for our world viewers, means come sleep with me. and, yes, he is serious, and, yes, he bring his own bedding. i tried that at university, it didn't work very well! but people say politicians are too remote but it gets us talking about rory stewart again. what are those? while we were on air, a very nice man came along and gave me a box of cookies because he felt so sorry for us standing outside in the cold. they say people andi outside in the cold. they say people and i were are nice but people in new hampshire are even nicer, and i will have this one right now, what do you think? jealous much? star on one side, start on the other! i am not sharing with anybody. we have seen further snow showers affecting the uk, particularfor northern areas. the strong winds at times have been causing drifting of the snow, that was captured earlier in the day around the staffordshire moors. 0vernight, we will see further snow piling on across scotland, even down to lower levels, but the largest accumulations will be in the hills with hazardous driving conditions. in northern ireland and northern england, more snow, things turning icy for a time, whereas in large towns and cities they stay frost free. it will feel cold. take a look at the pressure chance for wednesday. we still have those north—westerly winds bringing snow showers back into the northern parts of the uk but then a ridge moves in for a time across western areas. that means that although we start off with showers falling snow in scotland, they will tend to die away at least for a time in northern ireland and for much of england and wales so it should be a drier day overall with more sunshine particularly into the afternoon. temperatures 8—9dc across southern parts of the uk, 3—4 in scotland, feeling cold here, particularly when you factor in the strength of the wince. then later in the day, cloud thickens in the south—west, the next weather system making its presence felt bringing in a band of rain and pushing a north—eastwards. snow for a time across the hills of northern england and scotland may be down to lower levels for a time across the hills of northern england and scotla nd hills of northern england and scotland and may be down to lower levels of time. something to keep an eye on. another cold day in scotland on thursday. further south temperatures rising a few degrees. for friday, it looks like we will see another band of rain coming through. the rain heaviest across scotland. localised flooding across southern scotland given that the weather has been wet here recently but it does not look like the rain will amount to much of eastern england. then for the weekend, another weekend with a named storm, storm dennis, which will bring strong winds. they could gust to 60-70 strong winds. they could gust to 60—70 mph. enough to cause disruption. then there's the heavy rain which could cause localised flooding issues so another weekend of disruption starting on saturday. this is bbc news. the headlines. the prime minister confirms the whole of the high speed rail plan, hs2, will go ahead, despite concerns over its environmental impact and spiralling costs. this is a fantastic project for the country. we will deliver massive increase in capacity for rails from north to south, south to north and it allows us to go forward and develop northern powerhouse rail. but for those whose homes could be torn down to build the line — there's despair. i've got children and i was thinking they could come into the business, but we do not know that now. we do not know what future holds. the british businessman who's thought to have infected 11 others