intervention from carrie gracie who has been the china editor, accusing your bosses of having a secretive and illegal pay culture. that is a major move. it is difficult. it is no doubt, there is no doubt there are major disparities in paid. not just in the bbc. as we saw in the government statistics brought out, it happens in many companies. the difficulty is how do you quantify it? for example, carrie says here that the two male equivalents of people doing herjob are paid 50% more on average than she would use. the difficulty is that the employer will argue thatjobs are not comparable, that there are differences within the job, differences within the job, differences in experience. but let me give you another take, the two male equivalents she refers to were appointed at a time when the bbc had more money for pay. in recent years, the bbc has been trying to have more women in seniorjobs but is appointing them at a time when there is less money in the pay pot overall. is that 0k? is less money in the pay pot overall. is that ok? that is the question. and the answer is that the bbc will say yes but from now on, or people be they male or female, they will be a pointer those pay levels. there are historical issues here. that makes it even more complicated. not to mention, you assess people on experience and all sorts of... when i was experience and all sorts of... when iwasa experience and all sorts of... when i was a correspondent is paid more than some people, mostly women, and paid than some people, mostly women, and pa id less than some people, mostly women, and paid less than others. for example i know that there are male colleagues paid know that there are male colleagues pa id less know that there are male colleagues paid less than some female college partly because of when they were appointed, like you say, how much money was in the pot at the time. there are many issues. also the position they were in and when they we re position they were in and when they were appointed. some have grown up within the bbc and risen through the ra nks within the bbc and risen through the ranks as opposed to being headhunted. also if you have an agent or not... it is extremely complex but i think carrie's point is that the difference between what she and catcher adler are being paid... the difference is vast. 50% difference is a big gap. and one thing you can definitely say is that this is not good for the reputation of any employer because the bbc will now need to defend itself. defend itself against those accusations at an interesting time because i suspect carrie has had quite good legal advice and she probably now qualifies as a whistleblower under uk legislation because she has accused the employer of doing something illegal. she is now protected under whistleblowing legislation and that makes it difficult to deal with. she is probably listening to us. she is on air in ten minutes. she is presenting a programme. but it is an interesting debate that she has brought yet again to the fore. the bbc needs to be seen to be doing something about this. three independent enquiries so far and there is a huge ongoing discussion because this has been in the news for quite a long time and many other high profile presenters have been pushing for what they would see as fairness. making the point that carriers not saying she wants to be paid more, shejust wants equality. one thingi paid more, shejust wants equality. one thing i would say is that if you we re one thing i would say is that if you were a broadcaster in the news that business, you do not want to be making the news, you would rather reported. we do make the news all the time. we are used to that. speaking of making the news, the global glut —— old and globes. a strong stand against sexual harassment. time's up and #metoo. they have taken over. the winners reflect the mood that is going on in hollywood. i am a voting member of ba fta hollywood. i am a voting member of bafta and it will be the same thing iam sure bafta and it will be the same thing i am sure with the baftas. it is a serious time for movies and the television industry in the wake of theissues television industry in the wake of the issues harvey weinstein and others that it we have seen that played out in the golden globes in the last few hours were staff turned up the last few hours were staff turned up dressed in black. they wanted to make a point that this is a sober and important time. in terms of the awards, france's mcdormand, who won best actress for her movie, a story about a strong woman fighting back against the system. that's the theme thatis against the system. that's the theme that is coming out even in terms of the winners. let's talk about steve yannon and his story. sloppy steve as he is now alone? —— now known? yannon and his story. sloppy steve as he is now alone? -- now known? he has provided a clarification... many people read the book over the weekend... and he is quoted as making some strong points about donald trump in the white house about a question of the rush investigation. he does not say sorry, by the way, in the statement. he clarified his comments to i'm sure that will not go far enough for the white house, they will still see him as someone outside the fold. why has he done it? it's a sincere? many say it is motivated by the fact he has been isolated within his support base and he is being cut off from some of the patrons for his breitbart website and he needs that money. yes. money talks. let's talk about germany and you are the make interested in fears it is taking forever. it is taking a long time. and it will take a while longer. the decision to get a new government in place, that is the big angela merkel is trying to get this coalition into place, trying to work with the left—wing party in germany. place, trying to work with the left-wing party in germany. they have had talks to try and see whether they have a basis for building a coalition. it is complicated because the left—wing party feel left out. they feel they we re party feel left out. they feel they were forced to go along with things in the last great coalition and as a result the voters did not support that. they need to be saying that if there is a coalition deal, they need to be seen to get something out of it this time and notjust to be on the coattails of angela merkel ‘s party. what motivates this progress? they both know if there is another election right now they will both be worse off. how damaging is this for her? let's assume she manages to pull together a coalition. what has done for her? you talk about the woman who has been dominant in the german political stage for so long now. it has diminished her. looking at the opinion polls in germany and you see most people are not keen on her fulfilling the full term. it is interesting. that issue of the diminishing her. it is a theme in politics, isn't it around the world? this is another example of leaders who have misjudged the mood. in her case was about immigration in germany and as a result they are paying the price. this question of people who have been in office being punished for being in office. many are saying it is about time to see what really happens on the football field and it will not be up to the referee a ny field and it will not be up to the referee any longer. new video technology is coming in. it is meant to be the perfect antidote to all the complaints that the referee is blind. that he did not see, that a foul was not awarded. and by the way, nottingham forest probably benefited from that because there we re benefited from that because there were a few questions. i think it is pa rt were a few questions. i think it is part of the game. lamming the referee for things as part of what you discuss afterwards. are you happy about this progress? —— blaming the referee. is about making sport too precise. it is a game, thatis sport too precise. it is a game, that is part of the fun. i will say that is part of the fun. i will say that this will not be the perfect antidote either. i think there will still be arguments about whether the technology got it wrong. thank you so much for your time today. some really interesting stories to discuss in the news briefing. we heard from you as well and thank you for your comments. we have ashley reporting from asia who says that it may be great for business but in the entertainment business i cannot listen to the hypocrisy. that is her comment about the golden globes. arresting. thank you for being in touch and we will see you soon. hello there. it's been a cold, wintry—feeling weekend and that wintry chill will continue at least into the first part of the new working week. this was how things were looking sunday afternoon in cumbria. you can see the snow lying on the hills there, blue skies. monday morning starts on that cold and frosty night. there will be some sunshine, similar to sunday, but it will be more confined to the northern half of the country. further south, what we've got monday morning is this cloud moving its way gradually further northwards. but temperatures to start the day, minus double digits across rural parts of scotland. very cold at 8am across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. watch out for the odd icy stretch perhaps, perhaps a few patches of mist around too. further south, a cloudier morning to come. anywhere south of birmingham we're likely to see a bit of a grey morning, some hill fog possible across the south—west and this cloud could bring a few spots of drizzle and perhaps a few snow grains too, that's small grains of frozen precipitation gradually edging their way northwards but many places staying dry, feeling quite chilly where you are stuck under the cloud in the south. lots more sunshine and lighter winds too for northern england, northern ireland and scotland. so it's a north—south split to the day on monday with temperatures at around 2—5 degrees in the sunshine in the north. slightly milder further south, 4—7, but feeling colder with the breeze, the cloud and the drizzle as well. through the course of monday night then, we'll see that cloud thickening and moving northwards across all of the country, bringing with it a lot of low cloud, hill fog, mistand murk and also some drizzle. the risk of some ice as well as that drizzle falls onto very cold surfaces. so tuesday morning starts on a grey, cold and an icy note. through the day things will start to slowly improve as the winds pick up a bit from the west, so that cloud should just break up a little bit later on in the day. there will be a little bit of drizzle here and there ahead of this next band of wet weather moving into the west later on, and the winds are going to be picking up too. top temperatures by the time we get to tuesday, between around about 3—7 degrees for most places but we could just see double digits returning to the south—west later in the day. so this frontal system will eventually move in tuesday night into wednesday, bringing a spell of rain. it bumps into an area of high pressure so the front doesn't get across the country very quickly. in fact, it's going to linger for a time on wednesday. could bring some spells of rain across eastern parts of the country. from the west, a return to sunnier skies, with sunshine and a few showers. temperatures back up to around 5—10, so milder through the middle part of the week after that very icy start. so to summarise the week ahead for you, it is a cold start, a lot of frost first thing. some rain through the middle part of the week and then eventually things are going to turn less cold later in the week. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. a shake—up at the top of the government as theresa may prepares to unveil a cabinet reshuffle. with speculation rife over a number of key positions, it's expected that more female and ethnic minority mps will be promoted to the top table. good morning, it's monday the 8th of january. also this morning: a new day is on the horizon! and when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of