18/02/2014 Newsround

You're live with CBBC this Tuesday morning. I'm Leah. Coming up on

Newsround: The giant jumping fish invasion in America. And: I'm

Jacqueline Wilson, and stay tuned, because I'm going to be answering

your questions later in the programme!

Let's start with a Winter Olympics whether curling team have kept their

dreams alive. Dave Murdoch won the match with his final shot. It means

they face Sweden in the semifinals tomorrow, and they join the British

women, who qualified yesterday and have a tough semifinal against

Canada. It's tremendous. It's so great that this team to get into the

semifinals. We had great support all week, and the guys have had a

fantastic game. The standard was incredible. We've made the

semifinals of the Olympics and we have to take the positives and go on

tomorrow. And later this morning Team GB's speed skating star Elise

Christie will be hoping to turn around what's been a disastrous

games for her so far. After being disqualified in the 500 metre event

last week, she was penalised again over the weekend for narrowly

missing the finish line in the 1,500 metres. From 9:30am this morning,

she'll compete in the heats for her best event, the 1,000 metres. And

after winning her historic bronze medal, Britain's first medal on

snow, Jenny Jones is back on home soil. She joined us on the sofa 30

minutes ago. Don't worry if you missed it, you can put your

questions to Jenny if you head to the website. The first time in a

while, we can say there are no storm warnings. Floods are still causing

problems across England, but the number of severe flood warnings,

meaning a risk to life, has gone to just two. Now to Jacqueline Wilson

answering your questions. You'll know her for creating CBBC favourite

Tracy Beaker. Her recent book Hetty Feather is being made into a play,

and despite being busy with releasing another children's novel

she still had time to catch up with Nel. We have a question here from

Anna from Richmond who wants to know which of all of your books is your

absolute favourite. I think it would be Hetty Feather. Because it was a

real treat for me to write the book, and I was so thrilled when she

became a very popular character with children. How long does it take to

write a book. It generally on average takes about six months, but

if you try copying out the first chapter of a favourite book, you

find out how long it takes, unfortunately. Another question is

what made you want to become a writer. That is from Jessica in

London. It was when I realised that the name on the spine of the book

was an author who had a job to sit and write books all day, I thought

that was the me. We have a question from the whole of year five from

Holden primary School in Ashton under Lyne. Do you have a special

boy -- place where you write books or can you write anywhere? Well,

year five, I like to ride early in the morning on upstairs. I have a

lovely, pink chaise-longue, so why lie in my pyjamas, and if I'm lucky,

one of my gorgeous cats comes and keeps me company and curls up by my

feet and I write with a pen in a notebook for about an hour. Footie

now, and this guy, Sergio Aguero, won't play for Manchester City

tonight in their Champions League clash with Barcelona. He's been out

for three weeks with a hamstring injury. City go into this game on

the back of Saturday's 2-0 FA Cup win over Chelsea. And City boss

Manuel Pellegrini says he's not scared of Barca. It's a very

important game to continue having the style of play, to have the

personality to beat Barcelona, but you cannot play without considering

that you have Lionel Messi and other important players. But we are not

going to play just thinking about defending. Last up, to the giant

jumping fish invasion in America! These Asian carp have infested the

Mississippi River which leads to the famous Great Lakes. The fish are

more than a metre long and have been pushing out native species. They

leap out of the water and can smash into boats, sometimes injuring

people. Officials are now thinking about spending billions of pounds

blocking the canal system in Chicago, to stop the fish from

getting into Lake Michigan. That's all from me, Newsround's back

right here in about half an hour.