To give his Farewell Address in his Hometown Chicago in a huge Convention Centre beside lake michigan. These are the last few days of his time in the white house. It is in a huge Convention Centre. He returns tonight to the city where he gave his Acceptance Speech in 2008. You will all remember those pictures. Where Laura Chevenement was in chicago was so wildly, we had to abandon those plans. This is what gary 0donoghue told us earlier. In a sense, it will mark president 0bamas last chance to sum up, really, what he thinks hes achieved. Two big end his presidency, to try and notjust to list his achievements as he sees it, but try and weave together those achievements into some sort of idea of how america has improved over the last 80 years, in his view, under his stewardship. There will be a lot about the economy, the jobs. There will be a lot about criminaljustice reform. I am sure of course there will be talk about his Signature Policy on health care reform. There may be an admission about what he would have liked to get done but he didnt, such as comprehensive Immigration Reform and gun controls. I told you it was windy and i think it got worse, which is why laura had to ta ke it got worse, which is why laura had to take cover. To mark president 0bamas imminent departure from the white house, our North America Editorjon Sopel has one made two Special Reports. The first looked at what the president did and didnt achieve at home. We played that yesterday. The second looks at Foreign Policy. Here it is. There was always something upside down about barack obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize before he had really done anything as president. When he came to office, one the greatest strategic threats was iran, a Resurgent Power in the region. But more important than that was securing a multinational deal to curb the Nuclear Ambitions of tehran, an agreement was struck despite fierce opposition from the israeli Prime Minister. When the israeli Prime Minister came to address congress two years ago, there was fury in the white house, they were angry that an invitation had been extended by Republican Leaders and accepted without the president knowing. But very soon, someone much more to the israeli Prime Ministers liking will be occupying the white house and the quest in the world is asking, will the Iran Nuclear Deal survives the change of power . For over a year, we have been told that no deal is better than a bad deal. This is a bad deal. Its a very bad deal. His relationship with netanyahu was one of the lows, relating in the us refusing to veto a Un Resolution critical of the israeli policy of settlement building. The chemistry with the russian leader putin was no better, crimea, Cyber Espionage and syria left them barely speaking. The pledge at the start of his presidency was all about disengaging from costly conflict and bringing the troops back home. We can say to those families who have lost loved ones to alqaedas terror, justice has been done. But the optimism brought by the successful raid to kill 0sama bin ladin in 2011 and the spread of the arab spring. Would eventually be replaced by a middle east in flames. And the rise of so called islamic state, the fight against which remains unfinished business. Arguably, the low point for President Obama in the middle east has been syria, which has been a humanitarian catastrophe, sparking the worst Refugee Crisis since world war ii. And the president s failure to act against president assad despite much huffing and puffing, has come back to haunt him. A red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilise. That would change my calculus. But nothing happened, no action. I think it was a mistake not to enforce the red line. When the us is clearly saying there could be consequences for a certain action, it is important to follow up on that. I also would not confuse that with crossing the chemical weapons red line with the notion that there was interventionist fix in the syria problem. The policy toward syria is much like the embassy here in washington, an empty shell, newspapers piling up on the doorstep, the windows barred. And in the talks to bring peace to the country, america is not at the table. Barack obama has flip flopped over whether to take military action, too slow to react to the dangers of so called islamic state. Its been a period in which american influence has waned and russian influence has increased. From one empty embassy to another, that has had new life breathed into it, this is the Cuban Embassy in north west washington. For over 50 years, it had lain derelict, a last legacy the cold war. In the warmth of the caribbean island, barack obama consigned the last piece of icy cold war legacy to history. Cuba had brought the world to the edge of nuclear war. Now diplomatic relations are restored, an extraordinary transformation. He leaves office largely admired and popular around the world. Not least for his role in the Global Climate change deal. He tried to carve out a Foreign Policy that he saw as right for the times. But as the Commander In Chief was given the traditional send off, in his own way, was he as destructive to us power and influence as his predecessor, George W Bush . And what would the Nobel Committee make of him, eight years on . If you were watching 0utside source yesterday we were looking ahead to a fifa decision on whether the world cup would get bigger and it is going to. From 2026 itll feature 48 countries, up from 32. This is how itll work. There will be 16 groups of three nations. Instead of groups of four. Theyll play each other once. The top two teams from each group will progress to a 32 team knock out stage. 16 more games, but no more games for the winner. The bbcs Richard Conway sat down with the fifa president. Fifa has finally cleared a path to a world cup of 48 teams from 2026, 16 more countries willjoin footballs flagship tournament. Speaking to me today, the world governing bodys president insisted in the face of much criticism, its time for the sport to look beyond its traditional borders. Football has now become a truly global game. Many more countries, many more teams will have the chance to qualify so they will invest in developing football, they will invest in developing Elite Football as well as grassroots football. They will invest in their technical elements and this will raise the quality. The growth of the world cup will bring enormous extra revenue and fifa stands to make an additional £500 million profit in 2026 according to its own research. But the man elected as fifa president partly on a pledge to deliver a bigger competition, insist its not about cash politics. Its not only a money power grab. Its the opposite. Its a football decision. The way we presented it was, ok, we presented fourformats, eve ryo ne was, ok, we presented fourformats, everyone in the four formats has advantages in terms of the financial situation. Which means we are in a co mforta ble situation. Which means we are in a comfortable situation to be able to ta ke comfortable situation to be able to take a decision, simply based on the sporting merit. Asia, where interested football is booming and africa stand to benefit the most web they are divided up. There will be more slots for fuller nations. They believe it will give them a better chance of qualifying. After a number of years, when fifa was a byword for corruption its new leadership is determined to assert itself. Gianni infantinos task is to convince his critics ever formed world cup is a force for good. As you heard, asia and africa could stand to benefit the most from this expanded world cup. A lot of support for it on the continent, they have been talking to people from lagos, nairobi, cape town. A lot of support for this move because it means some of the smaller african countries will be able to get the opportunity to get to the world cup. But some people are saying this world i lived there world cup, the quality of the football, at the world cup. Saying this will download the world cup. If we have some smaller countries not footballing nations manage and develop for the world cup, what happens when they meet germany on the big stage . Managed to qualify. It reduces the chances ofa to qualify. It reduces the chances of a shock exit in the first round, two or three will go through. Of a shock exit in the first round, two or three will go throughm of a shock exit in the first round, two or three will go through. If you look at the euros, which just got expired last summer, some of the football was dire. There was the shock value, we saw the likes of ireland, wales, really performing on the big stage. That could happen. With 48 teams at the world cup, youve got to admit, those shocks will be far and few between. Sir Dave Brailsford has given an exclusive interview to the bbc about the ongoing questions surrounding the Team Sky Cycling team that he runs. Many of those questions relate to sir Bradley Wiggins authorised use of a banned substance in 2011 and to a medical package he received in the same year. Andy swiss got the interview. Here they are talking about the head of Uk Anti Doping being critical of evidence that Dave Brailsford gave to parliament. Most fair minded people in britain would accept that if any issue from the start of process and there is an authority, which is the right place, really, do get the bottom of something, and its a diligent process and we all trust and respect that and were in the middle of that, and theres an opening investigation, which is still ongoing, the chair of that organisation, to discuss the actual contents organisation, to discuss the actual co nte nts of organisation, to discuss the actual contents of that investigation, whilst its live and open, thats extraordinary. Do not except accept that some people have lost trust in tea m that some people have lost trust in team sky because it has been handled badly . Do you not accept that. There is a differs between handling and wrongdoing, lets be clear. There might be a pr issue. There isa there might be a pr issue. There is a difference. And the facts of wrongdoing. They are separate things. When chris froome was asked whether he still supported you on friday didnt give you his explicit backing, did that disappoint you . Does that undermine new leadership . He was put in a difficult situation but the questions he was asked. Were not talking about performance. He does not need to be put in that situation because it is not for him to answer, those questions are not for him to answer, they offered me to answer. How much does this add a new, updated with sir Bradley Wiggins retiring over the festive period, the fact that this has Cast A Cloud Over his achievements. How much does this sad anew. His achievements and team sky. Does that saddam knew . It is regrettable. But equally, the test of time is the key thing. 0ver time, we will continue to perform at the highest level and continue to do it at the right level and give people the reasons to feel proud of oui people the reasons to feel proud of our achievements. Give them a team they can believe in and support. You can find that on the bbc sport at 110w. can find that on the bbc sport at now. Sport app. Heres a sport thats just been officially registered as a sport in the uk. Its parkour. Some people also call it free running. The uk is the first country to recognise it as a sport. It originated in france about 30 years ago and has steadily grown. Its recognition as a sport means Parkour Groups will be able to apply for government funding. To help them grow and more members. Before we finish, a quick update on the English League cup semifinal between Manchester United and hull. 10 to 1 0 to Manchester United at the moment. Commentary from the bbc sport website right now. We will look at Amazing Stories soon. We will explain how drones operate as a swarm and are being used by the us military. There was more Travel Misery for southern rail passengers today, as the networks drivers started a 48 hour strike. 0ur Transport correspondent Richard Westcott reports that disputes over plans for driver only operated trains could spread to other train companies. Paralysed by a strike again. More than 2,200 Southern Services werent running today. Platform 2 for the delayed 07 47 thameslink service. Their passengers were forced to find other routes in. The whole situation seems like a complete joke. Id like to know that when i get on the train, that im going to end up at my destination at a certain time. Well, this is the queue just to get into east croydon station, all of these people are trying to get to london, its about 8. 45am, commuter time. Thats the start of the queue there. It snakes around a lot, then actually goes down the side of the station, probably about 100 meters or so, down that way. For nearly a year, theyve been rowing about changes to the role of the onboard guard. Southern wants drivers to take over closing the train doors. The unions say that threatens safety and jobs. Southern says no ones losing their post and the safety regulator is happy with the changes. Theres no sign of a breakthrough. This is the body shops new £1 million lab in croydon. They moved hundreds of staff here last year because of the great train service, but southerns drivers arent working overtime at the moment, causing delays and cancellations every single day. Its having a devastating effect on the body shops staff. Theyre missing childrens birthdays, they cant arrange meetings, theyre having arguments at home. Theyre feeling stressed, tired and irritable and theres a number of people saying every day, from about 4 00pm, theyre sitting getting more and more stressed about whether theyre going to get home, at all, or on time for the commitment theyve got that night. Back on board, several commuters said this i mean, the government need to do something about it. You know, its ridiculous. So the bbc put the question to the minister. Reporter what are you, as transport secretary, doing about it, though . Dont you have a duty to step in on behalf. . The governments engaged day in, day out in trying to find a way to get this issued resolved, and will carry on doing that. In merseyside, unions are fighting similar plans to bring in driver only operated trains. Its southern today, but this issue threatens to spread across britain. Richard westcott, bbc news, croydon. We are live in the bbc newsroom. Senatorjeff sessions is the man that donald trump would like to be the us attorney general. Hes had a six and a half hour Senate Confirmation hearing and he has commented on a whole range of issues from racism, from those allegations that donald trump groped women, two other issues. You can get a full update on bbc news. Some of the main stories, including what is coming outside of the uk. If youre outside of the uk, its World News America next and they will be looking at the final days of barack 0bamas presidency, katty kay will be talking to former defense secretary william cohen. Here in the uk, the news at ten is next, theyll be looking at the significant rise in the number of people with Mental Health problems sking to be seen at accident and emergency departments. These are quite something, these pictures. I want to show these pictures of the us military using Miniature Swarming drones during a test in california. They are dropped out of these planes. These are called Super Hornets and they release the mini drones which have a wingspan of 30cm. Its tough to make out what happens. Hard to spot. Ill show it to you zoomed in. It does pixelate but you will get an idea. Little black dots coming out of the bottom of the planes. There are 103 drones they operate autonomously but share a distributed brain. Not a phrase i felt confident explaining to you. Ill let Chris Baraniuk explain what that means. The key thing with these drones is they communicate with each other at all times. We dont know the full details of how they work, but the point is, there is no one central computer within the swarm, deciding what all the other drones do and where they fly. They have a set of targets they move towards and around and no matter where one or two of them go, the swarm as a whole eventually makes it to that destination. Why has it been developed . Again, development of defence isnt very forthcoming on too many details, but the assumption is that this would be very good for surveillance purposes. Ive heard Military Analysts say things like this kind of Military System could allow for watching traffic on a road. These dro