17/01/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

The Prime Minister is to spell out her plans for Brexit.

Theresa May will say there can be no half way house as Britain leaves

We'll be live in Downing Street ahead of her big speech

We'll be hearing lots about the single market

Ben's here to explain what it might mean.

I'll look at what's happening to the pound and how that affects

Also this morning, Rolls Royce agrees to pay almost ?700 million

to settle claims of bribery and corruption.

Good morning from Chicago. This week we are having Breakfast in America

and apparently this is what President Obama has at this

restaurant. We are talking to voters about what his legacy will be in the

week that he leaves the White House. In sport: The British number one

Johanna Konta moves safely through to the second

round of the Australian Open, beating Kirsten Flipkens

in straight sets. And are we swapping two fat ladies

for a skinny cappucino? The research looking at how our high

street entertainment It is a cold start to the day across

East Anglia and the south-east with some frost and patchy fog but we

will see some sunshine. For the rest of the UK it is cloudy, much milder

at patchy rain and drizzle around. I'll have more details

in 15 minutes. The Prime Minister will today set

out her vision for the terms of Britain's departure

from the European Union. Theresa May has got a list

of 12 demands for Brexit in what's being trailed

as a clean break from the EU. We'll talk to Ian Watson

in Downing Street shortly but first our political

correspondent Carole Walker has this After months of pressure to tell us

more about her Brexit plan, Theresa May will strike an optimistic note,

telling us she wants a global Britain that gets out into the

world. The Prime Minister may not be explicit but she will again signal

that she is ready to take Britain out of the European Single Market

and perhaps the customs union too in order to gain control of immigration

and freedom from European law. I think it is highly likely we will be

coming out of the formal structures of the customs union and the single

market because that is the way to grasp the golden opportunities that

Brexit presents not just for controlling immigration but free

trade opportunities. She will tell EU leaders we want to buy your

goods, sell you ours, trade with you as freely as possible but she will

say she wants a new and equal partnership, declaring... Donald

Trump's offer of a quick, fair trade deal with the UK got the thumbs up

from leading Brexiteers but while the President-elect said the UK was

so smart to vote for Brexit, those who disagree want Britain to fight

to stay in the single market. I think the Prime Minister must not

wave the white flag and give up on our membership of the single market

if she cares about Britain's future, she will fight for Britain and fight

for our corner, then she needs to fight to be in the single market

even if we leave the EU. She also has to indicate that the final deal

will be put to the British people. Theresa May will set out 12

priorities for a deal. She faces two years of hard bargaining with 27

members determined to safeguard the future of the EU without Britain.

Let's go to Downing Street now and our correspondent Iain Watson.

Iain, many say today could be the biggest test

of Mrs May's Premiership so far - what are we expecting?

Yes, it is, certainly the most significant speech since stepping

into Downing Street after the referendum in the summer. It is no

overstatement to suggest that for the following reasons - we have had

the slogans before, Brexit means Brexit, and now we have the

substance. Let's be clear about this, there is no question that the

Prime Minister intends to stay in the European Single Market. The

signals are far too strong. She will make it clear that we don't want to

be half in, half out. She is not looking for a associate membership

of the EU. She says she doesn't want a trade deal like any other country

has. That would tend to suggest we are coming out of the customs union,

which she thinks is important to strike deals around the world, and

by giving that clarity she has also buy the same token given her

opponents ammunition with which to attack her. It isn't just in Farren

from the Liberal Democrats on coming up of the single market, it is her

own MPs. At last the political battle begins in earnest.

In about an hour we'll be talking to the former

attorney general, Dominic Grieve, who campaigned for Britain to remain

And after 8am, we'll speak to his fellow conservative MP,

the Leave campaigner Iain Duncan Smith.

Police in Turkey have arrested the main suspect

in the New Year's Eve attack on a nightclub in Istanbul.

Authorities in Turkey have released this photo of Uzbek national

39 people were killed and 70 wounded at the Reina bar.

So-called Islamic State said it was behind the attack

and that it was revenge for Turkish military involvement in Syria.

Rolls Royce has agreed to pay just over ?670 million to settle bribery

The British company, which makes engines for trains,

jets and nuclear submarines, said the agreement related

to offences involving it's agents overseas.

It is a huge sum of money for one of Britain's most iconic brands. This

is the image Rolls-Royce likes to show. Advanced technology providing

power in the air, on rails and at sea. All built on a reputation of

trust. But questions over the way the firm did business go back 10

years. In 2012 the Serious Fraud Office began investigating

allegations of corruption. There were claims middlemen paid bribes to

win contracts around the world in places like India, China and

Indonesia. And then last night the company announced it had reached a

settlement with authorities in the UK, US and Brazil. Rolls-Royce will

avoid prosecution by admitting wrongdoing and paying ?671 million

split between the US Department of Justice and Brazilian regulators. In

Britain this is only the third deal of its type the Serious Fraud Office

has agreed to. The money involved makes it by far the biggest.

The Northern Ireland Secretary will make a statement in Parliament

today about the collapse of the devolved government at Stormont.

The power-sharing coalition collapsed yesterday after failing

to reach a deal following the resignation of Deputy First

There'll be an election in early March.

This report by our Ireland correspondent Chris Page contains

For ten years, politicians and Stormont have shared power.

But now the devolved government is no more and there's a big

question mark over how long it will take to rebuild relations.

Initially, the partnership between the Democratic Unionist Party

and Sinn Fein appeared to be something of a political miracle.

Old enemies compromising to run Northern Ireland together.

But there were frequent disagreements.

The final row came over a financial scandal about a green energy scheme.

Yesterday, the unlikely alliance officially fell apart,

leaving the Northern Ireland Secretary no option but to call

an election to the Stormont assembly.

It will take place on the second of March.

While it is inevitable that debate during an election period will be

intense, I would strongly encourage the political parties to conduct

this election with a view to the future of Northern Ireland

and re-establishing a partnership government at the earliest

He'll speak about the crisis in the House of Commons today.

Theresa May has discussed the situation with the Irish Prime

Minister, Enda Kenny, in a phone call.

They said they wanted the Stormont institutions to be back up

The power-sharing government here at Stormont has ended

The election campaign is expected to be particularly divisive.

Restoring devolution in Northern Ireland will be

One of the pioneers of IVF has suggested that the time limit

for experimentation on human embryos should be doubled.

Currently, scientists can test them for up to 14 days.

Now, Simon Fishel, who was on the team involved

with the birth of the world's first IVF baby, claims extending it to 28

days would improve our understanding of miscarriage and some cancers.

Opponents, though, say it is ethically and morally wrong.

You can hear more on this at 11am this morning on BBC Radio 4

And we'll be discussing this in more detail here on Breakfast at 7:40am.

Elsewhere, two people have been seriously injured in a suspected gas

explosion at a house in Manchester.

Two houses in Blakeley were destroyed and another

Fire and rescue crews say they have now secured the building.

A kitten was also recovered alive and well from the rubble.

The last man to leave his footprints on the Moon has died.

Gene Cernan was an astronaut on the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.

This is Gene, and I'm on the surface.

It was on the 14th of December, 1972,

Gene Cernan was the last of a dozen men to walk on the moon.

We leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return,

And with these words, the commander of Apollo 17

traced his nine-year-old daughter Theresa Dawn's initials

in the moondust, and headed back down to Earth.

He was born Eugene Cernan in 1934, in Chicago.

A qualified naval aviator, in 1963, Nasa selected him into its third

He went into space three times, one of only three people to fly

Walking up the ladder was one of the most memorable moments. Why are we

here, what does it mean? I look over my shoulder and there is earth,

there is reality, there is home. Gene Cernan's footprints

remain on the moon today. NASA said it is saddened

by his loss, and on social media, the Kennedy Space Center put,

"Ad Astra, Gene, to the stars." It is well worth reading about. You

know the Apollo 17 mission, they took one of the most famous pictures

of earth in space, it is beautifully lit and the hemisphere is

illuminated. They called it the blue marble. Sally is here this morning.

I have a moon fact, the mission brought back more space rocks and

any other, 240 pounds worth. Any more for later? No, that is my only

one. You have used it early. I know, it is only one. You can use it at

8:30am and it will be fine. We are starting with the tennis.

Britain's Johanna Konta is safely through to the second

round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

The number nine seed had few problems beating

Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens in straight sets.

Konta will play Japan's Naomi Osaka in the second round.

Kyle Abbott is through. Heather Watson is one set all with Sam

Stosur right now and we will keep you up-to-date with that through the

morning. Valtteri Bottas has been

confirmed as Lewis Hamilton's He replaces Nico Rosberg

after the World Champion's shock Four-time world champion

John Higgins has been knocked out in the opening round of

the Masters Snooker. He was beaten in a final frame

decider by Northern Ireland's Mark Allen, who potted this incredible

pink to progress to the second And Rory McIlroy has been forced

to withdraw from this week's event He almost pulled out

of the South African Open last week Quite interesting that actually,

there is never a good time to be injured but now is probably the best

time. To get ready for the Masters. Gets better. Let's have a look at

the papers. As you can imagine, lots of Brexit talk. May sets out hard

vision in a bid to calm the markets, and Trump broadside stuns Europe,

with reaction from Angela Merkel, who took from Trump yesterday. The

picture is all about the start of the salmon fishing season, that was

on the banks of the river Tay yesterday. Talking about Theresa

May's free Britain, the 12 point plan and she rejects a deal that

leaves us half in, half out, we will cover that on Breakfast this

morning. She is on the fun of the Daily Mirror, but the story about

George Michael's cars and asking for the truth about how he actually

died, the front of the Daily Mirror. Yes, he is on the front of the Sun,

and they have written it up, Theresa May's speech, Great Brexpectations,

and the front of the Daily Telegraph has that, and one about women in

maternity units, half of women in danger and many are made to feel

like cattle in understaffed maternity wards, according to a

report out today. I was taking a punt you might undo the front of the

financial Times. I saw that you had it. It relates of course to what we

will hear from Theresa May later. This time from the Bank of England,

warning inflation might start rising, that is the prices we pay

for goods and services in shops, expected to rise not just because of

Brexit but the falling value of the pound, and sorry to hit you with

this graph at 6am but you can see what the Sterling has done against

the dollar, the big fall towards the end, just falling below $1.20,

meaning anything we import from overseas will cost more.

And Alex Morgan has been interviewed in today's Guardian. This lady has

just moved from Orlando and is a hugely successful football player in

the United States. She moved to Lyon after the president of macro three

made contact, and she has made the move because she wants to improve

her game. The reason I am interested is she has 2.8 million Twitter

followers, she is mates with people like Jennifer Lawrence, Taylor Swift

in the United States. She is hugely influential, and she talks very

passionately about inequality in the women's game, how even in America at

the moment in terms of women generally they are 73 cents for

every dollar that a man earns, so she campaigns for equality not just

in sport at all over the place as well. She is a really interesting

character. Quick survey, you are how tall? Six foot six. Really? I didn't

know that. None of us can ever go to this hotel, I am about five foot

eight. This man is six foot one, and he went to go and stay in this hotel

in the south of France. Is it one of those posh boutique hotels? Boutique

a.k.a. Tony. The ceiling height is only five foot eight. It looks like

he is in the Hobbit. -- a.k.a. Tiny. In this Bible has survived for years

and years and years, it has a bullet in the Bible. Leonard Knight, who

was serving in the First World War trenches, but the Bible from a

family friend in his chest, he got shot and it reached the whole way

through the Bible, 50 pages from the end, and they kept the Bible. Nobody

knows where Leonard Knight was, but it stayed in the family and the

bullet is still in the Bible, 50 pages from the end. Oh my goodness.

Wow. What a story. Here is Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. Good morning all. Well, this morning

it is a chilly start for some but mild for others and I want to show

you these Weather Watchers pictures from yesterday. Beautiful pictures

of the Highlands but fairly cloudy. Maximum temperature 12 Celsius.

Similar, possibly 13 today. In East Sussex we have some gradual breaks,

cloud coming in at times and only three Celsius across parts parts of

the south-east. High pressure once again dominating our weather.

Yesterday's front edging closer to the west and through the afternoon

it topples across us again, producing a fair bit of cloud and

also some drizzle. You can see from the isobars it is breezy across the

far north-west. Under clearer skies in the east and East Anglia are

clearer start, patchy frost and fault as well but elsewhere are

relatively mild start under the cloud. Also the hill fog and the

outbreaks of patchy light rain and drizzle. That is certainly the case

across Scotland. The damp start, watch out for hill fog as well. Some

fog across the Vale of York and Lincolnshire. We have hill fog and

also some outbreaks of light rain and drizzle. Some fog patches on the

hills of Wales and into the south-west, again some dampness in

the air, across East Anglia is coldest. Again where we have the

touch of frost and patchy fog, that will lift and we will see some

sunshine, more than yesterday, we would expect, from the wash down

towards the Isle of Wight and points east. Whereas move west of that, one

or two brighter breaks in the shelter of the hills but there will

be quite a bit of cloud around and that drizzle. But mild, particular

so across Scotland and Northern Ireland, not quite as mild for much

of England and Wales and much cooler despite the sunshine as we pull down

into the south-east. Heading onto the evening and overnight, where we

have got the clear skies, we are looking at widespread frost.

Temperatures could fall as low as minus seven. You will also be some

patchy fog falling as well. Away from that a lot more cloud so the

temperature holding up, five, six or seven. For the rest of tomorrow

where we have the clearer skies and patchy fog and frost, it will

brighten up and we will see some sunshine. North of that, again a bit

more cloud. Mostly dry, one or two spots here and there. A weather

front in the far north of Scotland producing some rain, largely in

Shetland. Here it will be breezy but we are hanging on to double figures.

Elsewhere we go down to single figures, except in Belfast. For

Thursday a bit more of the same, more cloud around at times but you

will notice across Scotland and Northern Ireland a brighter picture.

Even having said that, the temperature is coming down on what

we are expecting today and tomorrow. Across the board we are looking at

seven or eight. So the weather fairly benign and quiet. We will

take benign and quiet. Thank you, see you later.

Ahead of Donald Trump being sworn in as the 45th president

of the United States on Friday, Breakfast's Jon Kay is on a week

long road trip of Route 45, travelling North to South

and straight through the heart of America.

Today he is in Chicago, examining Barack Obama's legacy

at the President's favourite diner, as well as hearing some surprising

views from the Hispanic community about the next commander-in-chief.

Right through the middle of the Donald Trump's America.

To get a sense of the country he is taking over.

But our next stop is not Trump territory.

Tell you what... I could do with some Breakfast.

This is Barack Obama's favourite diner.

He lived around the corner before he was President,

What does he eat you? Hope you are hungry. Very, very.

As a nurse, she likes the changes he made

to healthcare, giving poorer people better access.

She is worried Donald Trump will overturn the reforms,

They will not have access to care, they will not have access to doctors

and they will have to come through emergency services.

And many of them will be very sick, can't get medicine, some

Her son Daniel thought having a black President would mean a more

inclusive America, but he fears Donald Trump's form of populism

I do feel my safety might be in danger.

Really - you feel more vulnerable now?

Post-Trump, because it is something that you can see from the energy

that Trump built, and the way people express themselves

A lot of them have certain beliefs and things like that that do not

Some here do question the Obama legacy, and think change is overdue.

Aspiring businesswoman Erica hopes Donald Trump will help

I believe that it's going to open up doors for small

that's trying to create big businesses.

Maybe you will be as rich as Donald Trump in a few years.

Elgin, where nearly half the population is Hispanic.

Donald Trump's plans to build a giant wall along the Mexican

border mean many here cannot support him.

But some views here may surprise you.

Rosa hopes a wall would stop illegal immigrants.

We have our own problems here in America.

So, you know, to add more of them coming over here,

I think - that, I don't think it's a good thing.

And in the choir, Margarita hopes Donald Trump will safeguard her

I'm so excited and I'm so happy for him.

And we should not be afraid of anything, not even

Elisa confirmed to me that the Hispanic community is split

There is the unforeseen, with our future, and Hispanics and a lot of

people are scared about what is going to happen. We don't want

division. I am fascinated by that state on

that for Breakfast. Is it like steak with omelette on the top? It is all

mixed in together. I think as John was saying President Obama doesn't

have the yoke, just the egg white. What is the point in that? Getting

the cholesterol down, I am sure. Still to come this morning:

We will explore why swapping a pint of beer for a primo coffee has

dramatically changed the face of the Great British high street

in the last five years. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. It's just approaching 6:30am,

on Tuesday, the 17th January. We'll have the latest news

and sport in just a moment. Coming up on Breakfast today:

Northern Ireland will go to the polls following the collapse

of the Assembly over Can the parties at the centre

of crisis avoid future conflict? Also this morning: Climate

change research on ice. A huge crack in the Antarctic

is forcing scientists to leave their

state-of-the-art station. We'll ask what impact this

will have on science. Katie Melua left Georgia

when she was a child. She's returned to her roots

with her latest album. She'll explain why it means she's

learning how to sing again. But now a summary of this

morning's main news. The Prime Minister will today set

out her clearest vision yet for the terms of Britain's departure

from the European Union. In a much anticipated speech,

Theresa May will say that Britain shouldn't be "half in,

half out" of the EU. That's being taken as a hint that

she's prepared to take the country out of the single market in order

to control its borders and law. After months of pressure to tell us

more about her Brexit plan, Theresa May will strike

an optimistic note, telling us she wants a truly global Britain

which gets out into the world. The Prime Minister may not be

explicit but she will again signal that she's ready to take Britain out

of the European Single Market and perhaps the customs union too

in order to gain control of immigration and freedom

from European law. I think it's highly likely

we will be coming out of the formal structures of the customs union

and the single market, because that's the way to grasp

the golden opportunities that Brexit presents, not just for

controlling immigration ..but she will say she wants

a new and equal partnership, Donald Trump's offer of a quick,

fair trade deal with the UK got the thumbs up from leading

Brexiteers, but whilst the President-elect said the UK

was so smart to vote for Brexit, those who disagree want

Britain to fight to stay I think the Prime Minister must not

wave the white flag and give up on our membership of the single

market if she cares about Britain's future, if she's going to fight

for Britain and fight for our corner,

then she needs to fight to be in the single market

even if we leave the EU. She also needs to indicate

that the final deal will be put Theresa May will set out 12

priorities for a deal. But she faces two years of hard

bargaining with 27 members determined to safeguard the future

of the EU without Britain. In about an half an hour,

we'll be talking to the former attorney general, Dominic Grieve,

who campaigned for Britain to remain And after 8am this morning,

we'll speak to his fellow conservative MP,

the Leave campaigner Police in Turkey have

arrested the main suspect in the New Year's Eve attack

on a nightclub in Istanbul. Authorities in Turkey have released

this photo of Uzbek national Abdulkadir Masharipov shortly

after he was detained. 39 people were killed and 70 wounded

at the Reina bar. So-called Islamic State said

it was behind the attack and that it was revenge for Turkish

military involvement in Syria. The search for a passenger plane

which went missing nearly three years ago with 239 people on board

has been called off. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

disappeared between Beijing The Joint Agency Coordination Centre

in Australia says the search has officially been suspended

after crews finished a fruitless sweep of a 46,000 square mile search

zone west of Australia. Rolls Royce has agreed to pay just

over ?670 million to settle bribery The British company,

which makes engines for trains, jets and nuclear submarines,

said the agreement related to offences involving

it's agents overseas. The Serious Fraud Office says it

relates to claims that intermediaries paid bribes in order

to win contracts around the world. Two people have been seriously

injured in a suspected gas explosion Two houses in Blake-ley

were destroyed and another Fire and Rescue crews say they have

now secured the building. A kitten was also recovered alive

and well from the rubble. There was a picture of the kitten in

the newspaper today. We leave as we came and got willing we will leave

as we return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Amazing.

The American astronaut Gene Cernan was commander of the Apollo 17

mission in December 1972, the last manned space flight

Before climbing up the ladder he traced his only child's initials

in the moon's dust and spoke about how he wanted to stay

More on that through the program. Are you saving moon fact? Yes,

because we have alligator facts. Have a look. Only a small group of

people were lucky enough or unlucky enough to see this, look at this

unit, this was spotted going for a stroll in Florida. Honestly, that is

sending shivers down my spine. I don't like that at all. Is nicknamed

is hunchback and experts estimate he is up to 15 feet long, weighing

about 800 pounds. Why would you stand out" -- that" meant you see

them in the water. Don't believe it could turn around and chase you? I

would be in a car or something, maybe a lorry. Up a tree? Nowhere

near it. I didn't realise you were so terrified of alligators.

Honestly! I will save some alligator facts for you. And apologies for my

pronunciation of Kuala Lumpur, I don't know what I went for. I went

for the punchy version. We never do the posh version. I didn't realise

you were so frightened of alligators until this morning. Before we went

on air, Louise was in the next room and I heard a squeal, as pictures of

the alligator came on screen. Then I knew. I was so scared. We need a

preshow Louise Minchin camera. Morning. She is genuinely upset.

Someone make her a cup of tea. Morning, everybody. We are starting

with the tennis today. Britain's Johanna Konta has beaten

Kirsten Flipkens to make it through to the second round of

the Australian Open in Melbourne. The number nine seed had to battle

in the first set before taking it She had few problems

against the Belgian after that Konta will play Japan's Naomi Osaka

in the second round. I am very happy to have come through

that weather. If it was going to take two or three sets I was

prepared to stay out as long as I needed to. But again, it was a tough

first set, there wasn't much in it, and I was just happy that I was able

to put my foot on the pedal and really manage the difficulties the

match presented. Heather Watson started well

against Sam Stosur taking the first set 6-3 but the Australian

has fought back. Naomi Broady plays another

Australian, the number 22 seed In the men's draw,

Kyle Edmund comfortably beat Colombia's Santiago Giraldo

in straight sets in just under two Lewis Hamilton's new teammate at

Mercedes has finally been confirmed. He'll be partnered by

Finland's Valtteri Bottas, who's leaving Williams to fill

the seat left vacant by world Felipe Massa will come out

of retirement to take Bottas' Rory McIlroy said he was bitterly

disappointed to withdraw from this week's Abu Dhabi Championship

with a fractured rib. McIlroy complained of back pain

during the South African Open, which he lost in a play-off,

but a scan has revealed Northern Ireland's Mark Allen

knocked out former world champion It went down to a deciding frame

and Allen potted an incredible pink to beat Higgins 6-5

at Alexandra Palace. It's the third time Higgins has lost

to Allen in the first Another former world champion

departed early as Stuart Bingham was thrashed by Joe Perry

by six frames to one. Perry will play Ding Junhui

for a place in the semi finals. Joe Root recently became a father,

didn't he, for the first time, and he can have the prospect of becoming

England captain with being a new parent. He said it would be a lot of

worry and sleepless nights. Those temperament or players need calming

down. Here is what he said. It is one of those things you sort

of have to learn on the job. I suppose... The timing of it isn't

quite relevant, but being a date you don't really know what to do

until... You have to go with it and see Alec goes. I imagine that will

be very similar. I will have to wait and see if and when it happens. --

how it goes. I understand what he is saying

and I kind of agree. James. Says ending his 2-year losing Street

against Nick Matthew has given him a confidence boost, he says he hasn't

beaten him since 2007 but on Sunday he entered the losing Street to take

the quarter-finals at -- James Willstop. I wanted to play well and

put in a good performance. It is all good. When I played him last time he

beat me comprehensively, so I didn't want that to happen again. I knew he

had a good match, whether or not I won. The interesting thing is they

have spoken in past about their rivalry. Shall we call it rivalry? I

suppose with the competitive edge, they don't get on. It gives it the

added edge, doesn't it? In the Commonwealth final, it was a

brilliant match, and James has finally beaten him. After 10 years.

Thank you. Voters in Northern Ireland will go

to the polls on the second of March following the collapse

of the power-sharing government. Last week, Deputy First Minister

Martin McGuinness resigned in protest over a mismanaged

environment energy scheme which is likely to cost taxpayers

almost half a billion pounds. We asked diners at a cafe

for their thoughts. I feel like we are back in the 80s.

And I was really hopeful that, for the future generations, they would

have a different story, it is an idea about the political potential

of here but I feel it is a very infantile situation. There is no

appetite for returning to any sort of violence in the near future. I

think that possibly what will happen is we will be led to another couple

of years of political insecurity. If people are wise and use this

election to vote in a different, maybe the opposition party, into

place in Stormont where they can have an opportunity, because they

appear to be able to work together, that is one way forward.

Some say it is an opportunity, others are concerned.

Peter Shirlow is the Director of the Institute of Irish Studies

at the University of Liverpool, and he joins us now.

Morning to you and thank you for joining us. We will start at the

beginning about what it was all about, because, you know, the energy

scandal, how serious is it for starters? The energy scandal is the

cherry on the cake in terms of bringing the institutions down. It

has been a very poor relationship between Sinn Fein and the DUP, much

of it is to do with the past, we haven't had a proper enquiry, a

truth enquiry, into the killings and the mayhem of previous generations.

It is also to do with a series of scandals. There has been a property

scandal, the Lambeth scandal, linked with the DUP, this is slightly

different, in terms of you know cronyism, it in terms of

misappropriation of funds, so I think a combination of that, the

electoral results for Sinn Fein, fewer people are voting in Northern

Ireland, it is creating a sense of tension between the main political

parties. And one of the ironic thing is with Northern Ireland is every

time we have a crisis we get better governance but it doesn't last very

long. Sometimes it can seem like a crisis but the crisis actually leads

to more talks or more substantive discussions about the issues. And we

thought or slowly inch forward. So it is like Irish politics is always

very difficult. We don't nationally know what the issue is but you know

that there is an issue. I am sorry I asked the question and thank you. We

know that there are issues. What would it look like after the

election, is there going to be changing executive, do you think?

First of all, there are fewer MLAs, MPs in Northern Ireland are MLAs,

there will be fewer because we have too many, in many ways, so there

will be a reduction in that, and one of the things which could happen, we

have this process in the assembly called petitions of concern, and if

you have so many seats you can affect a veto, so the DUP blocked

equal marriage in Northern Ireland, they are the only party with enough

seats to have this petition of concern, and that can change,

because they might lose seats, and that might change the way in which

the assembly functions. That could be one big change. There was in the

last election small changes in groups like the Greens, People

before Profit, which is a left-wing party, which have a member who was

elected has been standing since 1968 in various elections, they started

to gain some traction. It isn't necessarily that the same parties

will come back at exactly the same complexion, there has been a small

growth in small parties which are starting to do slightly better, but

we know one thing - the main parties will still be the main parties. Just

very briefly, we heard some concern about instability - are they real

concerns? We have to understand Northern Ireland society has changed

dramatically and one of the signs is that fewer people vote. We have a

system in which Northern Ireland everyone once voted. That is not the

same. We had a major quality agenda. We have a generation who doesn't

understand this perpetual argument. We have a more liberal society which

sits in contrast to a Mac political system and I think the idea of going

back to violence is very low, although dissident groups will try

to exploit that fact. Here is Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. You promised us a quiet week, but

the weather is important nonetheless. So what is going to be

happening? Well, it is really interesting, actually. We have a

warm front heading southwards. It is not making much progress and behind

that we have warmer there are so behind it it is 11 Celsius, whereas

in the south we have a cold front. So around Gatwick at the moment it

is minus one. Now, that front is also producing a lot of cloud and

some patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle, and will continue to do so

as we go through the course of the day. You can see from the squeeze on

the isobars across the north-west it is rather breezy. So the first thing

this morning, temperatures around freezing or just below or just above

in the south-east, a touch of frost and some patchy fog. Move away from

that and it is much milder, especially in the north of Scotland.

Here in the Highlands, currently we have temperatures already around ten

or 11 Celsius. But there is a lot of cloud, some hill fog, and there is

that rain and drizzle. Fairly light in nature. It is the same across

northern England. A lot of cloud, some hill fog, patchy fog across

Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, hill fog across Wales, patchy fog across the

south-west and under the clear skies across parts of East Anglia and the

south-east we have the frost and we also have some patchy fog as well. A

fairly cloudy start the day in Northern Ireland, a mild one and it

will remain cloudy through the day. Through the day we see a bit more

sunshine across southern areas, three East Anglia, down towards Kent

in the Isle of Wight, and we did yesterday. We will have a lot of

cloud across the rest of England, Wales, Northern and Scotland,

although for a time it could become more mild. It will feel pleasant for

the time of year, around ten to 13 but in the sunshine further south it

will still feel cold. Through the evening and overnight under the

clear skies we are looking at widespread frost. Temperatures

locally, for example in parts of Hampshire, could drop as low as

minus seven. Expect to be scraping your car first thing in the morning.

There will also be patchy fog around but move away from that area, TAC

under the cloud cover, and temperatures are that bit higher. By

the time we get to Wednesday we have a weather front flirting with the

far north of Scotland. That front will be in rain across Shetland, and

also possibly the likes of Stornoway could see some rain. Most of the UK,

again, a fair bit of cloud around. As we come further south we are back

into the sunshine. We also see some of that across the Midlands, with

temperatures very slowly starting to come down a touch but ill for most

above-average at this stage in January. Makes a bit of a difference

from last week. We will take slightly above average.

The Prime Minister is expected to reveal more details of Britain's

But it is a complicated affair, so Ben is looking

at what is at stake, and what impact it could have

I will try and explain some of the terms, it is we hear a lot about

free movement and free trade. Yes, since we voted to leave the EU,

there is been a lot of speculation about what Brexit might

actually look like. Well, for the economy,

it will largely depend on what trade And that is important,

because at the moment Europe is by far our biggest

trading partner. We do more business with the 27

other EU member states than anyone else, but that relationship

is determined by the terms we agreed That did away with taxes and tariffs

on trade between the member countries, and that has been a big

boost for businesses. And, as part of that single market,

we agreed to the free movement It means we can buy and sell

anywhere in the EU, and European citizens can live and work

anywhere in the EU. But that has been controversial

as the EU expanded to include more We also signed up to what is

called a customs union. It means EU countries can trade

freely with each other, but put a tax on goods coming

from places like America or China. There are now doubts

about whether the UK can remain a member of that trade club

after Brexit, and that The pound has lost over 20%

of its value against the dollar So, while we might lose access

to some of the benefits of being in the EU, Brexit

could encourage us to find new trade deals with places like

America, India and China. I think there is some scope for

sterling to weaken against the US dollar, the 1.18, not materially

lower than the recent lows but still cheaper value of the currency and we

will also see Stirling lose further ground against the euro, which will

be increasingly tough for hard-pressed consumers, as we move

into the holiday season and the earlier part of this year.

So how important is overseas trade to Britain?

Well, as a country, we import billions of pounds more

That is known as a trade deficit, and if we are importing a lot

from overseas, the weak pound makes those goods

Europe is the biggest buyer of our goods, so if Brexit means that we

will be giving up every aspect of our ownership of the EU then people

will be wondering how companies can sell to Europe and take it out on

the pound, and the pound will weaken further. Now, the problem with this

is that it means that we will have less bang for our buck and prices

are going to rise. Because, if we need more pounds, is pounds worth

less and we need more of them to buy the same amount of foreign goods, is

going to cost us a lot more to fill up our baskets when we go shopping

and fill up our car with petrol. We will get some official figures

later about how much prices are rising, but in general

it is likely to be things priced in dollars that will see

the biggest increases. So that's things like oil,

and that includes petrol prices Holidays abroad are likely to cost

more, because our pound And retailers have warned that

clothing and food prices will rise. Get used to hearing about inflation

this year, because it is going to be the thing everyone is

watching very closely. We will of course be discussing more

of those points later. We are ditching frothy pints of beer

for frothy cappuccinos, Local Data Company figures

analysed by the BBC show, between 2011 and 2016,

the number of town centre bars During that time, cafes,

fast food outlets and restaurants rose to 6,000 across England,

Scotland and Wales. Marc Ashdown's report

contains flashing images. Can I have a skinny dirty Chiat with

honey, and extra hot, please? -- chai. If you tried to order one of

those 20 years ago you might have got funny look. Now it is fairly

routine. Cafes are one of the places that Brits increasingly like to

spend their free time. Across the UK, trendy pop-ups and restaurants

are gradually replacing more traditional entertainment venues

like pubs, bars and nightclubs. Food, it seems, is now more central

than ever to our social habits and the wackier the better. I give you

the roast dinner logo, with all the trimmings. People, they are looking

for something different, but it also gives them inspiration for what they

are doing at home. They eat out and cook at home for their friends. A

whole culture of friends and eating out and dining out has changed.

There is still an appetite for pastimes like bingo. Venues just

have to jazz things up a bit. Bongo's bingo misses a bingo with

dance music. It began life here in Liverpool, but they now hold events

across the North of England. It is quintessentially bingo. But in

between it is a rave, it is done soft and stuff like that. It is

nuts. -- dance-offs. Why go to the pub when you can come here and

seeing ABBA? The local data company found traditional venues like pubs,

and comedy clubs have declined. While quirky places like cake bars,

juices and party venues have grown by 6000. The first Jonathan Morris

of studies of how and why consumption habits change. One is

the pub that we tend to go to the end of the working day, we go to the

pub during the day, it is increasingly frowned on while we are

working. Second and connected to that is the kind of respectability

angle, one of the reason that coffee shops have been successful as they

have wrought in all those customers who felt in some way excluded from

the kinds of things that would be going on in traditional pubs and

clubs. Traditional venues haven't quite had their day. There are still

more pubs across the UK than any other type of leisure venue. So we

haven't lost a love of a cold drink. It is just these days we expect

something a little bit different. Pint of chocolate organic beer, sir.

Cheers. Still to come this morning:

Sarah Hadland is best known for playing Miranda Hart's

side-kick, Stevie. She will be here to explain why

she has got competition from Kylie, as she prepares to swap the screen

for the stage in a family farce. And if the mere mention of giant

alligators makes you go clammy handed... I like the pictures of the

little ones. Thanks, guys. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. The Prime Minister is to spell

out her plans for Brexit. Theresa May will say there can be no

half-way house in Britain's We'll be live in Downing Street

ahead of her big speech We'll be hearing lots

about the single market Ben's here to explain

what it might mean. I'll also look at what's happening

to the pound and how that affects The search for the passenger

plane, flight MH-370, A three-year, 46,000 square mile

search has proved fruitless. Calls for the time limit on the age

embryos can be experimented Scientists say it would

improve our understanding. Opponents say it's morally

and ethically wrong. This week we are having Breakfast

in America and apparently this is what President Obama

has at this restaurant. We are talking to voters

about what his legacy will be in the week that he

leaves the White House. In sport: There are five british

players in the second Johanna Konta, Kyle Edmund and now

Heather watson all made it It is a cold and frosty start to the

day across parts of East Anglia and the south-east, with some patchy fog

and sunshine. For the rest of the UK it is fairly cloudy, mild, with

outbreaks of drizzle. I'll have more details

in 15 minutes. The Prime Minister will today set

out her vision for the terms of Britain's departure

from the European Union. Theresa May has got a list of 12

demands for Brexit in what's being trailed as a clean

break from the EU. We'll talk to Ian Watson

in Downing Street shortly but first our political

correspondent Carole Walker has this After months of pressure to tell us

more about her Brexit plan, Theresa May will strike

an optimistic note, telling us she wants a truly global Britain

which gets out into the world. The Prime Minister may not be

explicit but she will again signal that she's ready to take Britain out

of the European Single Market, and perhaps the customs union, too,

in order to gain control of immigration and freedom

from European law. I think it's highly likely

we will be coming out of the formal structures of the customs union

and the single market, just because that's the way we can

really grasp the golden opportunities that Brexit

presents, not just for controlling immigration but also

free trade opportunities. ..but she will say she wants

a new and equal partnership, Donald Trump's offer of a quick,

fair trade deal with the UK got the thumbs up from leading

Brexiteers, but whilst the President-elect said the UK

was so smart to vote for Brexit, those who disagree want

Britain to fight to stay I think the Prime Minister must not

wave the white flag and give up on our membership of the single

market if she cares about Britain's If she's going to fight for Britain

and fight for our corner, then she needs to fight to be

in the single market She also needs to indicate

that the final deal will be put Theresa May will set out 12

priorities for a deal. But she faces two years of hard

bargaining with 27 members determined to safeguard the future

of the EU without Britain. Let's go to Downing Street now

and our correspondent Iain Watson. I suppose it is such an important

speech, isn't it, for the Prime Minister today? I think it isn't

overstating it to say it is the most important speech she has made since

she walked through the door of Downing Street after the referendum

in summer. Today she has to be clear, we have had the slogans,

Brexit means of Brexit, today it is substance, so let's be clear about

it, when she says she doesn't want to be half in, half out of the EU,

she isn't looking for partial membership of the EU, she doesn't

want associate membership of the EU, that says we are coming out of the

single market, the market of 500 million people, and although no

final decision has been taken by her Cabinet in Downing Street I think

she will also signal a direction of travel on the customs union, which

he thinks holds us back on trade deals around the world, she will

talk about a global Britain so she will come out of the customs union

too, which will upset Tim Farren, Labour say it will spark a trade

war, and also opponents inside her own party believe we should stay

inside the single market even though we are coming out of the EU, so the

shadowboxing is over on Brexit and the political battle will begin

today. OK, thank you very much indeed.

In a few minutes, we'll be talking to the former attorney general,

Dominic Grieve, who campaigned for Britain to remain in the EU.

And after 8am, we'll speak to his fellow conservative MP,

the Leave campaigner Iain Duncan Smith.

Police in Turkey have arrested the main suspect

in the New Year's Eve attack on a nightclub in Istanbul.

Authorities in Turkey have released this photo of Uzbek national

39 people were killed and 70 wounded at the Reina bar.

So-called Islamic State said it was behind the attack.

Our Turkey correspondent Mark Lowen is in Istanbul.

Good morning to you. I mean, there must be huge relief that they have

finally apprehended this man? Yes, huge relief of course that they

caught him, that they caught him alive, and that can now lead to

questions under police custody for what sort of support from

accomplices he may have had to have carried out the massacre in the

Reina nightclub in Istanbul on New Year's Eve. There were fears that

Abdulkadir Masharipov might have fled the country in the aftermath.

He managed to escape after his killing spree, that just lasted

seven minutes. There were fears he could...

(INAUDIBLE). No, he stayed here in...

(INAUDIBLE). Finally, after a 2-week manhunt he

was arrested in the western Istanbul suburb along with his four -year-old

boy, who was with him, and four others, along with a Kyrgyz

national, so questions about what support network E had and how to

keep Turkey is safe and prevent this wave of attacks. That update,

apologies for the slight loss of sound, but I think we got the gist

of what Mark was saying. Rolls Royce has agreed to pay just

over ?670 million to settle bribery The British company,

which makes engines for trains, jets and nuclear submarines,

said the agreement related to offences involving

it's agents overseas. It will pay the money to Britain,

America and Brazil. The Serious Fraud Office as it relates to claims

intermediaries paid rides in order to win contracts around the world.

-- bribes. One of the pioneers of IVF has

suggested that the time limit for experimentation on human

embryos should be doubled. Currently, scientists can test

them for up to 14 days. Now, Simon Fishel,

who was on the team involved with the birth of the world's first

IVF baby, claims extending it to 28 days would improve our understanding

of miscarriage and some cancers. Opponents, though, say

it is ethically and morally wrong. You can hear more on this at 11am

this morning on BBC Radio 4 And we'll be discussing this in more

detail here on Breakfast at 7:40am. The underwater search

for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared almost three years

ago, has been called off. The plane took off from Kuala Lumpur

for Beijing with 239 people on board but it turned off course

and was never seen again. Morning to you, and such an

extensive search. Why this decision? Well, it always made it clear that

the search area they designated is a huge area, 120,000 square

kilometres, that once they've finished, they have been at it for

two years, with specialised ships towing underwater scanners, that

without information they couldn't justify extending the search. It has

already cost $160 million, ?130 million, but having said that there

are people looking at the information we have who say that

given we haven't found anything over this extensive search, experts have

always said if it was at the bottom of the ocean they would have found

it, it is probably somewhere to the north of that. Although they are

saying if we don't get more information we can't justify

spending more on extending the search of course relatives and

families who want to know what happened, who want some kind of

closure, have been pushing for the search to go on. But as it stands at

the moment, the long searching the Southern Indian Ocean is over

without any immediate plans to extend it all started again. OK,

Jonathan. Thank you. The Northern Ireland Secretary

will make a statement in Parliament today about the collapse of

the devolved government at Stormont. The power-sharing coalition

collapsed yesterday after failing to reach a deal following

the resignation of Deputy First There'll be an election

in early March. This report by our Ireland

correspondent Chris Page contains For ten years, politicians

and Stormont have shared power. But now the devolved government

is no more and there's a big question mark over how long it

will take to rebuild relations. Initially, the partnership between

the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Fein appeared to be

something of a political miracle. Old enemies compromising to run

Northern Ireland together. But there were frequent

disagreements. The final row came over a financial

scandal about a green energy scheme. Yesterday, the unlikely alliance

officially fell apart, leaving the Northern Ireland

Secretary no option but to call an election to the

Stormont assembly. It will take place

on the second of March. While it is inevitable that debate

during an election period will be intense, I would strongly encourage

the political parties to conduct this election with a view

to the future of Northern Ireland and re-establishing a partnership

government at the earliest He'll speak about the crisis

in the House of Commons today. Theresa May has discussed

the situation with the Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kenny,

in a phone call. They said they wanted the Stormont

institutions to be back up The power-sharing government

here at Stormont has ended The election campaign is expected

to be particularly divisive. Restoring devolution

in Northern Ireland will be The last man to leave his footprints

on the Moon has died We leave as we came and God willing

as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.

The American astronaut Gene Cernan was commander of the Apollo 17

mission in December 1972, the last manned space flight

Before climbing up the ladder, he traced his only child's initials

in the moon's dust and spoke about how he wanted to stay

He is one of only three people to have been to the moon twice.

Amazing. Yeah. I don't like the next pictures. The least favourite of the

year. Yes, definitely. It is an alligator, a very, very large one. I

think this is causing general fear around the place this morning. It is

about 4.5 metres long, it weighs about 60 stone... It is in Florida,

luckily. You can see the locals just casually filming, which has really

sent Louise around the bend. Earlier on, when she saw it for the first

time, she went all sweaty palms and everything, and thank you for your

alligator comments. I will tell you later on about the world record

sized alligator to put the frighteners in you. Richard says 20

years ago we went on a family holiday to Orlando, just stopping to

watch the alligators, on restarting the engine, something penetrated the

bottom of the boat and we all ended up in the water. It is amazing how

fast you can swim when you find yourself faced with dozens of

alligators. That is going to live with me for the rest of the day.

Carol will be here with the weather in a few minutes.

Let's return to our main story, the Prime Minister will set

out her goals this morning for negotiating Britain's exit

from the European Union, and she appears to be favouring

the idea of leaving the single market.

The Conservative MP, Dominic Grieve, campaigned to Remain

in the EU and he wants Britain to stay in the single market.

He joins us now from our Westminster studio.

Morning to you, thank you for joining us. So much of this speech

is widely trailed, but I will read it for viewers who haven't seen it,

she talks about not partial membership of the EU, associate

membership of the EU or anything leaving us half in, half out. When

you hear that, what are your concerns? In one sense, I fully

understand what she wants to try to achieve, which is clearly a bespoke

relationship with the European Union. I don't disagree with that in

light of the referendum result. But the question we have to ask

ourselves is that we are a country that believes in free trade. The

single biggest free trade agreement we have is our access to the single

market of the European Union. If we are to abandon that, or be excluded

from it, then there are going to be economic consequences for our

country, so I hope that in the negotiations which are going to

follow that the priority of maintaining access into the single

market is at the forefront of the Britain negotiating stance, but

ultimately this will be a negotiated settlement, and negotiations are

going to require some give and take and we may not be able to get

everything we want, so we are going to have to make in this process some

very tough decisions. If we stay focused on what matters for the

United Kingdom, then I have every hope that we will come out with a

satisfactory outcome. And free trade with the EU comes with certain

caveats, as it stands at the moment, especially on immigration, doesn't

it? Free trade agreement of any kind are going to come out with caveats.

The question is, what are the impacts likely to be on this

country, and how can we try to reconcile the different goals that

we have in the negotiation? Just to make a point, immigration is driven

by dob availability. When we leave the EU, we may move to a work permit

system. We will have to have a greatly expanded bureaucracy to

provide that work permit system. If the jobs are available, and if there

are not people to fill them, they will have to go from -- come from

somewhere and they will likely come from EU partner countries, where

they have been coming, especially for low skilled work, in large

numbers over the last few years. The alternative is we don't want the

jobs filled and we will take the economic hit that goes with it. OK,

let's talk about access to the single market and control of

immigration. Do you think there will be ideal, because you might have to

deal with 27 different countries, is there a deal to be done and can it

be done in any timescale that is acceptable I have no idea. I have to

say, this is one of the really difficult issues. We have two years

to negotiate our expert, but while that might be sufficient to

negotiate the difficult terms of the severance process, it may not be

enough to negotiate the future relationship -- our exit. That, of

course, raises the risk that at the end of the period we have a period

where in fact we have no free trade agreement with the EU and we are

back on tariffs, and I happen to think that tariffs would be

immensely damaging to our trade and our national prosperity. Quite apart

from the bureaucratic nightmare that this is going to create in our

country, which I think people may not have fully grasped, as to what

will happen in those circumstances in view of the volume of trade which

we do with our EU partner countries. So those are other reasons why it is

really important that we should try to maintain a deal that gives us

access into the single market. I also fully understand what the Prime

Minister is saying. She doesn't want a halfway house. She won something

different. We are in deep leaving the EU. It is quite clear. We will

know longer be subject, part of the EU council, we won't participate in

it in the same way, although it is worth bearing in mind the Prime

Minister has indicated on matters of security cooperation, for example,

she was to remain within some EU structures because they are very

much in our national interest. Or that has to be worked out as well.

And the arbitral mechanisms for determining what the rules are for

that if it is not going to be the European Court of Justice. All of

those are immensely complicated legal points and technical ones and

they are all going to have to be sorted out. The Prime Minister is

clearly set on trying to take this forward and insofar as we can and I

can, she will have our support in doing it.

In an hour we'll be talking to the former Conservative leader,

Iain Duncan Smith, who campaigned for Britain to leave the EU.

We are going to be wading through Brexit for quite sometime. It is

important for all of us, as is the weather. Carol is with us once again

this morning. What can we look forward to this week, Carol? Much

the same as we had yesterday. What we have today is yesterday's weather

front has drifted from the east towards the west, producing a lot of

cloud than some drizzle. Kind of blue areas we have some cold fronts,

behind the semicircles, the red ones, we have milder air and that

shows the difference in the temperature. Let me show you what we

are looking at. In Stornoway we have at the moment 11 Celsius. Belfast,

eight. The temperatures coming down where we have the weather front in

Cardiff and Birmingham but not as cold as it is in East Anglia and the

south-east. Some of us seeing temperatures of freezing or just

below. Across Scotland and Northern Ireland there is a lot of cloud this

morning, remaining cloudy through the day across Northern Ireland. We

also have hill fog and some patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle across

Scotland. For northern England it is cloudy, there is hill fog, some rain

and drizzle and patchy fog across Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Hill fog

across Wales and the Moors, a lot of cloud across the Midlands and four

East Anglia and the south-east, under clearer skies there is a touch

of frost and also some patchy fog. That will lift through the morning,

allowing some sunshine to develop. Expect more than we saw yesterday,

extending over towards the Isle of Wight. For the rest of the UK it

remains fairly cloudy, with drizzle on and off at times. Nor the

Scotland there is a good chance it will brighten up with some sunny

skies, and here we could see up to 1213dC, whereas in the south-east

despite the fact that we have sunshine we are looking at four or

five. This is below average for the stage in January, a degree above

average for this this stage in January. Under the clearer skies we

are looking at a widespread frosts. Locally some places could go as high

high as -5 -7 -- as low. There will also be patchy fog but under all

this cloud it will remain fairly mild, so problems with frost,

whereas you can see the temperatures are mentioned, freezing or below but

locally much lower than that. Then tomorrow when we lose the patchy fog

that forms, there will be a fair bit of sunshine across southern and

south-eastern counties. Still a lot of cloud as we push further north,

and we have got a weather front scooting across the top of Scotland.

Introducing some rain across parts of the Outer Hebrides, and also

Shetland in particular. Here as well the wind will pick up a touch.

Temperatures still a high side across Scotland and Northern

Ireland, the England and Wales are looking at not bad values but low

average across parts of the South. A quick look at Thursday shows there

is not a humongous amount of change. Still some rain coming in across the

far north of Scotland, showers into the north-west and you will notice

in Scotland and Northern Ireland the temperature just coming down a

touch. Having said that, still above average by this stage in January. As

always, thank you. If you ever wondered

what President Obama likes for breakfast, you are about to find

out as we look ahead to Donald Trump's

inauguration on Friday. We are taking a road trip

through the heart of America on Route 45, to find out how

Americans are feeling about Obama's legacy and Donald Trump being sworn

in as the 45th President Today, Breakfast's Jon Kay

reports from Chicago. Right through the middle

of the Donald Trump's America, to get a sense of the country

he is taking over. But our next stop is

not Trump territory. Tell you what, I could do

with some breakfast. This is Barack Obama's

favourite diner. He lived around the corner

before he was President, Normally he is a Breakfast guide.

Home-made oatmeal. As a nurse, she likes the changes

he made to healthcare, She worries Donald Trump

will overturn the reforms, They will not have adequate care,

that they will not have access to doctors, that they

will have to come And that many of them will be very

sick, can't get medicine, Her son Daniel thought having

a black President would mean a more inclusive America, but he fears

Donald Trump's form of populism I do feel my safety

might be in danger. Really - you feel

more vulnerable now? Post-Trump, yes, because it is

something that you can see from the energy that Trump built,

and the way that people express themselves,

who support Trump. A lot of them have certain beliefs

and things like that that do not Some here do question the Obama

legacy, and think change is overdue. Aspiring businesswoman Erica hopes

Donald Trump will help I believe that it's going to open up

doors for small business owners, hopefully, that's trying

to create big businesses. Maybe you will be as rich

as Donald Trump in a few years. We head to the suburbs,

Elgin, where nearly half Donald Trump's plans to build

a giant wall along the Mexican border mean many here

cannot support him. I am concerned, what he will think

about us, especially Mexicans. But some views here

may surprise you. Rosa hopes a wall would stop

illegal immigrants. We have our own problems

here in America. So, you know, to add more

of them coming over here, I think - that, I don't

think it's a good thing. And in the choir, Margarita hopes

Donald Trump will safeguard her I'm so excited, and I'm

so happy for him. And we should not be afraid

of anything, not even This is called the holy hill,

because there's so many churches... Elisa confirmed to me

that the Hispanic community is split There is the unforeseen,

with our future, and Hispanics and a lot of people are scared

about what is going to happen. I am loving his road trip. Lots of

facts, what we are all thinking about American breakfasts, ensuite?

I want maple syrup pancakes, and the stake.

with Vanessa Feltz in the next few minutes on BBC Radio London.

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

It is aimed on 7:30am on this Tuesday morning. Thank you for being

with us. Let's bring you up-to-date on some of the main stories today.

The Prime Minister will today set out her clearest vision yet

for the terms of Britain's departure from the European Union.

In a much anticipated speech, Theresa May will say that Britain

shouldn't be "half in, half out" of the EU.

That's being taken as a hint that she's prepared to take the country

out of the single market in order to control its borders and law.

In about an half an hour we'll be talking to the conservative MP

and Leave campaigner Iain Duncan Smith.

Elsewhere today: Police in Turkey have arrested the main suspect

in the New Year's Eve attack on a nightclub in Istanbul.

Authorities in Turkey have released this photo of Uzbek national

Abdulkadir Masharipov taken shortly after he was detained.

39 people were killed and 70 wounded at the Reina bar.

So-called Islamic State said it was behind the attack

and that it was revenge for Turkish military involvement in Syria.

The search for a passenger plane which went missing nearly three

years ago with 239 people on board has been called off.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared between Beijing

The Joint Agency Coordination Centre in Australia says the search has

officially been suspended after crews finished a fruitless

sweep of a 46,000 square mile search zone west of Australia.

Rolls Royce has agreed to pay more than 670 million to settle bribery

The British company is one of the UK's biggest manufacturing

It will pay the money to authorities in Britain,

The Serious Fraud Office says it relates to claims that

intermediaries paid bribes in order to win contracts around the world.

Two people have been seriously injured in a suspected gas explosion

Two houses in Blakeley were destroyed and another

Fire and Rescue crews say they have now secured the building.

A kitten was also recovered alive and well from the rubble.

The last man to walk on the Moon has died at the age of 82.

We leave as we came, and God willing as we shall return,

The American astronaut, Gene Cernan, was commander of the Apollo 17

mission in December 1972, the last manned space flight

Before climbing up the ladder he traced his only child's initials

in the moon's dust and spoke about how he wanted to stay a while.

Amazing man, and if you've got a bit of time today, have read about of

his achievements, accomplishments, and some of the things he said about

his time in space as well. He was a very wise fellow. Absolutely.

Another wise person, Carol, she knows most things, she will have the

weather for you. And Sally... Not very wise. I take advice from Carol

on everything. Welcome back from your holiday. Thank you, I had a

wonderful time. It is nice to be back. No, it really is. I was

worried I would sleep through might alarm, but I have managed it, I am

here. I have brought a bit of sunshine, and left share it with

everyone this morning. Go on, then. Britain's Johanna Konta has beaten

Kirsten Flipkens to make it through to the second round of

the Australian Open in Melbourne. The number nine seed had to battle

in the first set before taking it She had few problems

against the Belgian after that Konta will play Japan's Naomi Osaka

in the second round. I am very happy to have come

through that weather. If it was going to take two or three

sets I was prepared to stay out But again, it was a tough first set,

there wasn't much in it, and I was just happy that I was able

to put my foot on the pedal and really manage the difficulties

the match presented. Heather Watson will join Konta

in the second round after beating Naomi Broady plays another

Australian, the number 22 seed In the men's draw,

Kyle Edmund comfortably beat Colombia's Santiago Giraldo

in straight sets in just under two Lewis Hamilton's new teammate at

Mercedes has finally been confirmed. He'll be partnered by

Finland's Valtteri Bottas, who's leaving Williams to fill

the seat left vacant by world Felipe Massa will come out

of retirement to take Bottas' Rory McIlroy said he was bitterly

disappointed to withdraw from this week's Abu Dhabi Championship

with a fractured rib. McIlroy complained of back pain

during the South African Open, which he lost in a play-off,

but a scan has revealed You could see he was struggling. He

hopes to recover in plenty of time. If you are going to get injured as a

golf, perhaps this time of year isn't the worst time.

Northern Ireland's Mark Allen knocked out former world champion

It went down to a deciding frame and Allen potted an incredible pink

- look at this, here it comes - to beat Higgins 6-5 at Alexandra

It's the third time Higgins has lost to Allen in the first

Another former world champion departed early as Stuart Bingham

was thrashed by Joe Perry by six frames to one.

Perry will play Ding Junhui for a place in the semi finals.

Joe Root says captaining England would be rather like becoming

Root is favourite to replace Alastair Cook if he decides to step

Root's fiancee gave birth to their first child ten days ago.

It is one of those things you sort of have to learn on the job.

The timing of this is quite relevant, but being a dad you don't

You have to go with it and see how it goes.

I will have to wait and see if and when it happens.

In squash, the British number two, James Willstrop, says ending his ten

year losing streak against rival, Nick Matthew, has given him

Willstrop hasn't beaten him since 2007!

But, on Sunday, James ended that losing streak

Taking him into the quarter-finals of the JP Morgan Tournament of

James says he had to put a top performance in.

I wanted to play well and put in a good performance.

I like it when we have a good match together.

When I played him last time he beat me comprehensively,

so I didn't want that to happen again.

I knew he had a good match, whether or not I won.

Former Manchester United boss Louis Van Gaal has

announced his retirement from football.

He hasn't worked since leaving United at the end of last season,

but he's turned down a lucrative offer to coach in the Far East.

He is actually... There are has been a terrible family tragedy, his

daughter's husband died very suddenly and he decided he simply

wants to spend time with his family and his grandkids. Very wise

decision. Yeah. Thank you. One of the pioneers of IVF has

called for the time limit for experimentation on embryos to be

doubled from 14 to 28 days. Simon Fischel believes it

would improve our understanding of disease but some groups

have raised concerns The birth of Louise Browne, the

world's first IVF baby in Oldham in 1978, changed reproduction for ever.

At the time scientists were accused of playing God for experimenting on

human embryos but eventually a law was brought in to allow controlled

IVF and research on human embryos and research for up to 14 days.

Scientists at Cambridge University have cultured embryos for 13 days

and believe they could make discoveries about genetic disease

and why miscarriages happen if the law changes. There were people that

condemned Mum and Dad for having the treatment and for having me, so

anything, as I said, that can help create a family, I think, is

brilliant, it's just fantastic, that there are people out there trying to

help people have a family. The BBC has commissioned the first survey of

its kind into this question. 48% supported increasing the limit up to

28 days. 19% wanted to keep the present limit. 10% wanted a total

ban. One in four didn't know. The scientist who worked in the same

team that created the world's first IVF baby has caught on the

government to hold an enquiry into extending the rule. I think the

benefits of doing this research are that specifically during that period

of time, which we can't get access to at the moment, many things happen

and go wrong, and we can learn an awful lot from what goes wrong. For

example, miscarriage. It will happen, it will start because to

Rowe period of time. There are so many things in relation to some

cancers that almost begin their problems at that very stage.

However, religious, moral and ethical objections have also been

raised. An embryo is a person with the rights or person, it is going to

grow into a person and it would become a human if it were not a

human already, so even the great benefits from come, we consider that

that embryo has rights which cannot be turned over. Dee has had several

miscarriages. If there were research that could give insights into why

that happened, that could stop that. If one in four people experience

miscarriage, if it reduced the number it is really important.

Giving women like her the need to shed light on why this need to be

happen is the most important thing. Joining us now Alison Campbell,

Group Director of Embryology at a private fertility

clinic in the north-west and Anthony McCarthy a bio ethicist

from the Society for the Protection Good morning to you both. Thank you

for your time to come and discuss this. Is it quite clear of the

benefits, extending this rule? Yes, absolutely. What would they be? It

is to gain insight into the developmental patterns of the human

embryo and into human development per se. I think there are benefits

for miscarriage patients in the first instance, and going beyond

that just into investigating and being able to study tumour

development, different abnormalities of development, so generally huge

benefits. So, if there are benefits for women suffering from

miscarriages, would you, can you see a benefit to extending it to 28

days? Ikard, really. First of all, the 14 day limit was the trick, set

in 1990 -- I can't, really. At the time we were told they would be

strict controls, and what would happen, would never happen, for

example, human cloning, hybrids, three parent embryo is another one,

so I think there is a continual push to, in effect, dehumanise the embryo

in order to make creation and destruction of embryos more and more

available. We have to ask morally, you know, should we be doing that,

is that a way of seriously treating human beings? We need to remember

these embryos are not created specifically for research. Where I

work at CARE Fertility, they have extra embryos which would otherwise

be discarded. They don't need them. They are using informed consent to

donate the embryos for specific licensed research. Specifically on

the moral concerns, do you think they are not relevant? Of course

moral concerns are relevant. It is an important and sensitive debate. I

think we can see that the public are engaged with this, it is something

everybody needs to be involved in. If I can just take you back to what,

this is what Mary Warnock, who was involved in the decision of the 14

days, and what she said, before 14 days it is certain beyond any doubt

whatsoever there are no beginnings to the spinal-cord, so whatever

happens, it cannot feel anything. You talk about a sort of arbitrary,

she talks about something specific going on. S well, she herself said

this was not arbitrary -- this was an arbitrary limit, so what is said

is not precise or scientific. What we are talking about is a human

being from conception. That is the only sensible way in which to

understand the nature of the embryo. We are told again and again to

respect the embryo but we see mass production, quality control, spare

embryos, embryos we don't need, these are young human beings. We

wouldn't talk that way about human beings that were somewhat older, and

yet when we talk about the new human being, the person, what we see is an

undermining of that. They are created through a production process

and treated as products. The whole language surrounding that. This

extension of the limit is another way to open further this. What we

have seen is a push for no limits. What we have also seen is no cures

from the embryo experimentation. We will come back on that. I would say

that there are strict limits. They are not treated as a commodity. I am

a fertility specialist, we treat them with respect. They have the

potential of course to become an human being. Most of them don't make

it. Most of them are not viable. They are a product of the fertility

treatment which, in many cases, will not be used for anything else. You

say that they are treated with respect. They are destroyed in their

hundreds of thousands and they are referred to as spare or

supernumerary. IVF parents feel a relationship with embryos. They are

not treated as though they other children or parents. If we look at

it from your point of view, you have a problem with the doubling of it,

do you have a problem with it per se? Indeed, I am not going to

pretend that the 14 day limit is a good thing. I think that there

should be a protection for all human life from conception. However, I

think if you have a bad policy in place, it can be made worse, and I

think this is an attempt to do so. Baroness Morgan, who created the

rule, said scientist to try to carry out more research in that time

rather than trying to extend it -- Barnoess Warnock. Is that a sensible

suggestion? We need to do both things, we need to research it, in

pre- implantation phasers, which we are doing, and looking beyond that,

because these researchers in Cambridge, who we have worked with

closely, can see that we can culture embryos for longer. So, with very

careful control of thing we do absolutely need to look beyond, but

at the moment, of course, yes, we are looking at pre- implantation,

so, before 14 days. Thank you both very much.

Here is Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

She has told us it is a quiet week. I am sure there is something

happening. Yes, there is something happening but it is quite weak

nonetheless. I'll start off by telling you about the temperatures

that we currently have. In Stornoway it is 11 Celsius. Belfast are

looking at eight, Cardiff six, Birmingham four, but in the

south-east temperatures are much lower, and that is because we have

clearer skies. There is also some patchy frost and fog around. In the

south we are pulling in cold continental air behind this cold

front, represented with the triangles, whereas in the north,

behind the warm front with the semicircular read on it we have the

milder air, hence elevens, ten, nine across parts of Northern Ireland and

Scotland. So a lot of clout around this morning, some hill fog, some

patchy fog now lifting across Lincolnshire. Still a bit left

across the Vale of York but under clear skies across the south-east we

will see some sunshine. There is some patchy fog just to watch out

for first thing. In the afternoon across Scotland and Northern Ireland

there will be a lot of clout although brightening up a touch

across the north-east. Temperatures at 11, 12, possibly locally 13.

Across northern England you are still under the influence of the

weather front so a lot of cloud and drizzle on and off at times. Across

the Midlands, into Wales and the south-west, still a lot of cloud

around. You might catch some drizzle but there will also be quite a bit

of dry weather. Meanwhile in the south-east, heading towards the Isle

of Wight, brighter conditions in the sunshine but feeling colder. Under

clear skies by night the temperature will drop away quite quickly.

Widespread frost and also some patchy fog. Away from that, under

the cloud it is going to be milder but although you could see values of

freezing or below, locally you will see much lower than this, -5 -7

possible in somewhere like South Farnborough, for example. So under

patchy fog and frost we are looking at blue skies across southern

counties of England. Brightening up in the Midlands but essentially

there is still a fair bit of cloud around. A weather front crossing the

far north of Scotland will introduce some rain across the likes of Lewis

and also Shetland, and hear the wind will pick up a touch as well by

temperature-wise, especially in western Scotland and Northern

Ireland, still in double figures. Despite the sunshine, it still will

feel cool in southern areas. By Thursday there will be more cloud

around really across the board so more in the south and we are going

to see today or tomorrow and it will break across parts of Scotland and

Northern Ireland where we should see some sunshine. Hanging onto it for

northern England and Wales and once again there will be some showers

coming in across western parts. Temperatures, well, seven to about

eight for most of the UK. It is sort of all right, isn't it? It is not

bad. I shouldn't really summarise her hold two and a half minute. We

love you, Carol. As we have been hearing,

the Prime Minister is expected to reveal more details of Britain's

exit from the European Union. But it is a complicated

affair, so Ben is looking at what is at stake,

and what impact it could have Yes, I am going to try and make

sense of some of the words, because a lot of it sounds pretty familiar,

free trade, free movement, single markets, that sort of thing. Since

we voted the European Union there has been a lot of speculation about

what Brexit might actually look like.

Well, for the economy, it will largely depend on what trade

And that is important, because at the moment Europe

is by far our biggest trading partner.

We do more business with the 27 other EU member states than anyone

else, but that relationship is determined by the terms we agreed

That did away with taxes and tariffs on trade between the member

countries, and that has been a big boost for businesses.

And, as part of that single market, we agreed to the free movement

It means we can buy and sell anywhere in the EU, and European

citizens can live and work anywhere in the EU.

But that has been controversial as the EU expanded to include more

We also signed up to what is called a customs union.

It means EU countries can trade freely with each other,

but put a tax on goods coming from places like America or China.

There are now doubts about whether the UK can remain

a member of that trade club after Brexit, and that

The pound has lost over 20% of its value against the dollar

I think there is some scope for sterling to weaken