The Confirmation Hearings go on in washington. Today, the senate will vote jeff sessions, who is Donald Trumps nominee to be attorney general. And the president isnt happy about the pace of this. It is a disgrace that my full cabinet is still not in place, the longest such delay in the history of our country. Obstruction by democrats thats not true, by the way its not the longest such delay. Anyhow, it is very likely mr trump will get the cabinet he wants. But he will still face significant challenges if he wants his main policies through. And this next report, by the mark urban from the Bbcs Newsnight programme, looks at just that. You can come here, promising to drain the swamp or dethrone the establishment, but this city has a way of protecting its interests, slowing down those who challenge its ways. So the trump administrations they dont have the numbers to wreck trumps agenda. Rather, its doubts among republicans that could pose the most serious threat to it. Keen to impress the people who voted for him, President Trump has signed some highly significant and emotive executive orders. But you cant run the country by those alone, particularly when it comes to Spending Money or changing existing laws. For that, you need to go up to the hill and get people to cooperate with you. Thousands of people work on the hill in offices so widely spread, the place has its own subway. Things here travel at the speed legislators can work with. As many president s elected on a Reform Ticket have discovered. John has been a hill insider for the best part of 20 years. With a republican majority ofjust two in the senate, he sees particular risks there for the white house. The members of the senate especially, because they have these six year terms, they have tremendous power, they can gum up the works any time they want, and youll see that, especially for some republicans who dont really like donald trump or trust him, they will step up and say what they feel. So there is no obedience with this congress, there never has been but, but especially with this president , i dont think there ever will be. The combination, seen with the nomination betsy devos, for the president. I believe in the need for Bilateral Agreements with the uk orjapan, i think there will be partnerships. We can work with him on tax reform. We all agree that our tax code is overly complex, there are over 70,000 pages in our tax code, its too complex. People want it simpler, fairer and in many respects flatter. So thats something we should be focused on and i think well find Common Ground with the administration. Among those on powerful senate committees, there are already key figures who now challenge trump on issues such as the handling say but i think that, as time moves on, therell be a much more coming together on those issues. I think that the administration is just getting going and my sense is that, in the very near future, things will be in the middle of the road. 0n nominations, health care or russian sanctions, Trump Campaign trail pledges are already being modified by people on the hill. As the president starts to spend money, that will intensify. It might know it is time for 0utside source sport. Now it is time for. For the first time, a womens bout will headline a night of boxing on main event us tv. Star of the show is Claressa Shields. Shes the most successful Amateur Boxer in us history, and a two time 0lympic gold medallist. Now to hugh woozencroft, at the bbc sport centre. I guess despite her success this is still a sizeable leap up . Yes, hello. It is a sizeable leap. Well, its interesting, isnt it, the rise of Mixed Martial Arts in recent years has included womens fights . And that popularity, led by the likes of ronda rousey, looks set to increase. Following that extra attention in womens bouts come more sponsorship and more money and quality. Now the quality in womens boxing has been there for a long long time, so could the rise in professional female boxers spur a boom in the sport . American Claressa Shields headlines when she takes on hungarys Szilvia Szabados for north American Boxing Federation title in detroit on the 10th of march. Shields is just 21, but took 0lympic Middleweight gold in 2008 and 2012 and with the likes of olympic champion katie taylor of ireland and great britains nicola adams also leaving Amateur Boxing in favour of the professional ranks, i think we can expect to see much more prime time womens boxing. A good start. And just ask you about the fa cup game . Yes, the replay in the fa cup game . Yes, the replay in the fa cup between derby county and Leicester City has just finished. We will see extra time to see which of these two says will get through to these two says will get through to the last 16. As it has finished 1 1 at full time. The last 16. As it has finished 1 1 at fulltime. Thank you, and you can keep up to date with that on the bbc sport web page. Take a look at this guy and remember the name mohit ahlawat. He could be crickets next big thing. Hes 21, and has hit 300 in a local Twenty20 Match in delhi. He scored at four runs a ball which, if youre not into cricket, is the stuff of fantasy really. Heres rahul tandon in kolkota. This was taking place in a game in delhi. He was playing against a team called friends 11 how unfriendly mohit was to their bowlers 39, and let me just repeat that 39, sixes he hit, and he also added 1a fours, when he couldnt be bothered to cross the boundary. He needed 50, basically, off the last two overs. He finished hitting five consecutive sixes. When asked afterwards, he said he felt that he was in pretty good nick. A bit of an understatement continuing our commitment to covering sports thats dont get much coverage, let me show the final moments of the world pool championships. It doesnt matter how many of these you have potted before, and he has done millions of them, it is the world championships, the big one. There were entrants from the uk, france, norway, ireland, morocco and south africa. But it all came down to craig marsh from Shooters Sports Bar in neath in wales. From Shooters Sports Bar he from Shooters Sports Bar is perfect, absolutely plu could he is perfect, absolutely plum. He could pot both. Pot shot, there will be each cheer after this. And thatis will be each cheer after this. And that is the one that clinched it. Congratulations to craig. Weve also been in touch with International Bodies for downhill skateboarding, kite surfing, table tennis and speed climbing. More under reported sports next week on 0utside source. Keep your suggestions coming. Another sports story for you. Have you seen how much qatar is spending on hosting the world cup . New figures put it at 500 million a week. By the time it comes round in 2022, its predicted the bill will be more than £200 billion. Lets put that in perspective. Brazil spent 11 billion in 2014. Russia is expected to spend 10. 7 billion on the 2018 event. So its quite a jump to 200. This is what the countrys Finance Minister said with that kind of spending, you wouldnt think there would be too much risk of that. Heres sebastian usher. What the Finance Minister was saying, i think, was two things and one was reassurance, because qatar, like other gulf countries, has faced quite a fall in its revenue in the last couple of years. There have been a number of cutbacks in a number of its businesses. What he is making clear is that will not affect the preparations for 2022. What he is also making clear, in a sense, is that 200 million, if that is all being spent specifically on the stadiums and the footballing aspect of the world cup, then that absolutely dwarfs any spending has ever been before in a world cup. What he was saying is this is the infrastructure being built around it roads, transport, hotels, and even hospitals. So in a sense qatar is using this a reason to continue with. Obviously there has been huge building for years in qatar, but to make It Infrastructure even bigger and stronger, with the world cup being the target it is aiming for. And i guess with this huge increase in construction, more questions about how the construction is working, the conditions in which people are working under . Yes, i mean the problem qatar has with its Migrant Workers is one again faced across the whole of the gulf, where they dont have rights although there are laws which are supposed to protect them, they are not always enforced, and qatar has faced a barrage of criticism. There have been reports that workers have died on the site. It has turned out i think that most of the deaths that have been reported have not actually be directly connected with the world cup, but there have been many calls internationally from governments to Rights Organisations that they need to get their act together. They promised a couple of months ago that there would be reforms of the labour laws. Every time a country hosts the world cup, whether its south africa or brazil, or any others, there is an internal discussion about whether this is money well spent. Is that discussion happening . I dont think that kind of discussion quite happens in qatar. It has not reached a stage where money is so short that they have to be concerned, but qatar, like other gulf countries, again, is going to be undergoing certain changes in the way that it provides for its people in the next few years. Vat, for instance, is going to be introduced across the gulf. It could be the first element of tax actually being brought in, and obviously when you start having tax people become more concerned about the way their money is being spent. So that process may begin to start happening by the time of the world cup, but for now i dont think we have to worry. They have a tiny population 90 of the population are Migrant Workers. Massively bolstered by the numbers, the hundreds of thousands, who comes specifically for the world cup. You will remember we were covering protests over a proposed oil pipeline in dakota. President 0bama suspended that and President Trump has now intervened and it looks like it will now go ahead. We will bring you details on that. A woman has won an appeal to the Supreme Court after being denied payments from her late partners occupational pension. Chris buckler reports on the significance of the case. Denise brewster had lived with her fiance, lenny, for ten years and they were making plans for their future. To me, lenny was my soul mate. When i look at this picture, i think thats just how we were. He was a fun loving guy, he had lots of friends. But in 2009, just days after they got engaged, he died suddenly. It was such a difficult time and it will always remain difficult for me. But i feel lenny has given me strength at i542 . Nrgflgfisteiflef , s w ,, because denise wasnt married, she was told that she wasnt entitled to a survivors pension. Her partner would have had to have filled out this, a nomination form. She argued that that was a lawful discrimination and today the Supreme Court ruled in her favour. We say that she is entitled to receive a pension and that the Nomination Requirement should no longer be applied. Its a ruling that could benefit the partners of some other Public Sector workers like nurses, teachers and Civil Servants although that could depend on the rules of each individual pension scheme. There are over 6 Million People across the Country Living as couples. Many of them are in Company Pension schemes, Public Sector Pension Schemes, and they should be treated equally to their married counterparts. So i hope all Pension Schemes will review their rules in light of this judgment. And the woman who fought this case hopes it will provide greater protection for other families. At least ijust had to defend for myself and i had to take my hardships but, when you have other families that have a young daughter or son who are losing their daddy burden on top of that. , , and this is a judgment which perhaps reflects changes to what the word family now means in the uk. Chris buckler, bbc news, belfast. This is 0utside source, live from the bbc newsroom. Iam ros i am ros atkins. 0ur lead story british mps have voted for the government to begin proceedings to leave the eu by a huge majority. Coming up shortly on bbc news if youre outside of the uk, its world news america next. With no decision expected on the travel ban today, theyll be looking at the mood in the Us Administration with the help of the time magazines white house correspondent. Here in the uk, the news at ten is next. 0ur europe editor katya adler has been looking at the rise of populist parties across europe. We will play you her latest report. Earlier the International Committee of the red cross in afghanistan posted this earlier. Confirming that six of its staff had been killed in afghanistan. We know this happened in the north of the country and an convoy were missing an aid convoy was missing. Heres the harun najafizada. Drivers and five Field Officers were on their way to deliver some livestock to the needy people of a village in this Northern Province of afghanistan, that they were stopped on the way, recognised, and then shot dead. Six of them were killed, two of them were kidnapped, and we do not know about their whereabouts. Now, the local officials tell the bbc that they have sent a delegation of elders to that area controlled mainly by uzbek and militants related to either isis or daesh to try to reach a deal to try to release the two Staff Members. The two Staff Members of icrc. The taliban, the afghan government, the icrc have all have all condemned the attack, and no one has yet taken responsibility for this killing and kidnapping, but the police chief of the province tells us that this area is where most militants loyal to isis or daesh operate. Lets move from afghanistan to north dakota. The final stage of a Controversial Oil pipeline in north dakota has been given the go ahead. These are pictures from today and also from protests in the past. Opponents of the pipeline have called for worldwide protests about the decision. There have been protests before. These pictures are from today but the rest are from the last few months. The protestors are mainly made up of the Standing Rock sioux tribe and their supporters. This is the background to this story. The pipeline is supposed to cross four states, to transport crude oil to a terminal in illinois. Its costing 3. 8 billion to build. That is the estimated cost. Most of it is already built, except for this bit the section closest to the Standing Rock sioux reservation. Members of the tribe say the construction will damage their Water Supplies and ancestral cultural sites. These protests helped lead to the suspension of construction. That decision has been reversed by donald trump. The bbcs peter bowes is covering the story from los angeles. I asked him if theres anything the protesters can do at this stage. They can go to court and file an injunction hoping to stop the issuing of the permit, as it is known, the easement, that helps the Company Behind this pipeline. It would potentially stop them from starting the drilling necessary to install this final one mile section of this pipeline. Time is not on the side of the sioux tribe, the Standing Rock tribe, and this needs to happen very quickly, because that permit is likely to be issued later on today, which means the drilling could start as early as tomorrow. Presumably those who support the drilling or do they do respect this tribe and they do respect the importance of their water supply . Yes, they do, and they also say there is no mac danger. The company says the pipeline is entirely safe in its view, however local people disagree with that and they say, and they were gratified by the actions of the 0bama administration in the middle of december, just a few weeks ago, really, which halted this project pending a further longer term Environmental Review of the situation. That review would have been followed by consultation with local people. What donald trump has Done Since Taking Office is expediting the process, essentially telling the army he wanted a quick decision, and that is what has come in the last 2a hours, which means this is very likely to go ahead. Presumably it is a tough time to protest against this one, firstly because of the weather, and secondly because of the weather, and secondly because donald trump is president , so because donald trump is president , so protests a re because donald trump is president , so protests are likely to be focused in washington rather than North Da Kota . In washington rather than north dakota . Yes, it is a very remote area. As you mentioned, protests around this project have been global. It has really garnered a lot of support set around this country but globally as well. But in terms of physical protest, getting to this area and getting their very quickly is actually quite difficult. That may pose a problem but certainly from the statements issued by the Standing Rock tribe tripe and others, they are determined to keep this fighting and ticket to the courts if it comes to the sioux tribe. The top story today, Mps In Westminster Have supported a bill in the House Of Commons to allow the uk to start formal negotiations with the European Union to trigger its exit, triggering article 50. Nigel farage, former leader of the uk independence party, has said. Of course until we get to the end of those negotiations we cannot know the form brexit will take. What we do know now is that Prime Minister theresa may is in a position to go to the European Union with the backing of the House Of Commons, to trigger article 50 and begin those two years of negotiations, and of course we will be covering that every step of the way here on 0utside source. Just quickly, if you area 0utside source. Just quickly, if you are a football fan, let me bring up some news coming through the bbc newsroom , some news coming through the bbc newsroom, to update you on that fa cup game we were speaking about earlier. The game between the premier League Champions leicester, and derby. Leicester are in front. That is not a full time results and keep an eye on the bbc sport app to find out which we that one goes. That is 0utside source for tonight. Thank you for watching. Hello. At this time of year if youre ina hello. At this time of year if youre in a shelter with sunshine it will start to feel quite warm, dare i say it, even springlike. That is what happened on wednesday, plenty of sunshine and a glorious sunset in parts of wales after a glorious day, but a different story further east. Plenty of cloud, cold and grey for most of the day. And it looks like the cloud will wind out over the next few days, but with that sunshine out of the west, temperatures responded. 11 degrees under the cloud with the strength of the breeze coming off that north sea meaning there were temperatures barely above three or four maxell says. It looks like a cloud is likely to be the story for the remainder of this week. Four celsius. And has not gone away and some of those showers will be sleet and snow chiefly to Higher Ground but even perhaps a dusting at lower levels. All due to this High Pressure area from Scandinavia Driving in the cold flow across the cold north sea which means most of the showers are likely to be across the showers are likely to be across the east coast. Showers of rain and sleet perhaps close to the coast, coming further inland and then there will be further wintry showers to come. More cloud on thursday, just drifting across to the west coast. Temperatures not quite as great. Two to four celsius, and as we move into friday, a greater chance of some of those showers just penetrating a little further inland so we could see a couple of centimetres also to Higher Ground and a dusting at lower levels, but not much change in the pressure pattern. High pressure still with us on friday and still running the risk of further showers across Eastern Scotland and eastern england. A cloudy cold data come on friday, and if you factor in the strength of the wind it will feel pretty dismal at their cold day. It looks likely to be the coldest of the week, 5 degrees the high if were lucky. Not much change at the start of the weekend. Further east, a lwa ys start of the weekend. Further east, always the risk of a wintry mix of showers. A breezy and cloudy day and temperatures really struggling. Yes, you will need a couple of extra layers. If youre out and about for any length of time. Temperatures probably sitting at four or 5 degrees and it might feel colder. Then the same old shade of grey on sunday. Try and breezy and feeling quite cold. Into monday and tuesday, the low pressure area looks likely to try to spill some milder air and wetter weather with it but the High Pressure starts to sink south and that will really push that area of low pressure out of the way. It is a real bully, and that will strengthen the winds which is important. Next week starts with a high across scandinavia, this easterly flow. The high then sink south and that could be potentially close to the alps, dragging in the strength of the wind to comment from southerly direction. If it was the summer there would be glorious warmth and sunshine to go with it glorious warmth and sunshine to go with it to come in from a southerly direction. It means potential change in the story. Breezy weather, yes, but milder air with it, and because High Pressure is still in the driving seek it is likely to stay mostly dry. More from me in the coming days. The driving seat. Im clive myrie. The headlines at 10. 00pm. Mps vote by a huge majority to allow the government to begin the formal in local communities. Meanwhile, the government has been accused of offering a Sweetheart Deal to a tory led council, to help stop a 15 Council Tax Rise to pay for social care. Tara palmer tomkinson, the socialite and a friend of the royal family, has died at the age of a5. The parliamentary bill that gives the government the authority
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