17/02/2017 Breakfast

with Charlie Stayt and Louise Minchin.

Donald Trump launches a ferocious attack on the media

as he defends his first weeks in office.

This administration is running like a fine tuned machine.

In a long and extraordinary White House press conference he told

reporters their level of dishonesty was out of control.

Good morning, it's Friday 17th February

A group of British tourists are hospitalised

after being thrown into freezing waters following a speed-boat

Urgent talks are held to secure the future of Vauxhall's two car

Good morning. Half the food we eat we do grow in the UK but that means

half of it, like these peppers, is blown in from overseas. Should we be

growing more British food? That's what I'll be looking at this

morning. In sport, it's a first

hatrick for the big Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic since

joining Manchester United last summer and the veteran

put his side, well on their way, to the last 16 of

the Europa League. I do believe a nationwide rise of

the housewives would end this curse of queueing.

She might have hated it, but now researchers have come up

with a formula for how to to do it best.

Good morning. Patchy fog around this morning, some could be slow to

clear. Also a fairly cloudy day with light rain coming in from the West.

The best of the sunshine in the north and north-east. More in about

30 minutes. President Trump has accused

the media of showing During an extraordinary press

conference at the White House he insisted his administration was

running like a fine tuned machine. He told reporters their level of

dishonesty was out of control. Ladies and gentlemen, the President

of the United States. Actual notice a news conference was announced to

be given by the President. -- at short notice. Ostensibly to announce

his new choice as Labour Secretary but really it was to get a whole lot

of his chest. The press honestly is out of control, the level of

dishonesty is out of control. The idea his ministration was in

meltdown, nothing could be further from the truth. I'd turn on the TV

and open the newspapers and I hear stories of chaos, chaos, yet it's

the exact opposite. This administration is running like a

fine tuned machine. But how could he reconcile that with the travel band

that's been blocked by the courts? A question I asked after a little back

and fourth. Can I just ask you...thank you very

much, Mr President... Where are you from?

BBC. It's a good line,

impartial, free and fair. On the travel ban -

we can banter back and forth - on the travel ban, would you accept

that that was a good example of the smooth running

of government... Let me tell you...

..were there any mistakes in that? Wait, wait.

I know who you are, just wait. Let me tell you about

the travel ban, we had a very smooth rollout

of the travel ban. But we had a bad court.

We got a bad decision. We are going to put

in a new executive order next week sometime but we had a bad decision

that is the only thing The other thing that the President

is in a rage about is the suggestion that he is in

the pockets of the Russians, too close to Vladimir Putin,

too many shady business contacts. I own nothing in Russia.

I have no loans in Russia. Ten British tourists

are being treated in hospital in Norway after two speedboats hit

the base of a water fountain. It happened in the harbour

of the town of Harstad. Two people are reported to have

been seriously injured, but their injuries aren't described

as life-threatening. What started out as a pleasure

cruise ended in a dramatic rescue. These British tourists were left in

near freezing waters or around 15 minutes before being rescued after

they'd been flung from their boat. The party had been returning from a

sightseeing trip off the shores of Harstad when one of the speedboats

rushed to the base of a water feature that wasn't working at the

time. A second boat following was caught up in the incident at around

3pm local time. TRANSLATION: All of the passengers have been brought to

hospital for help and first aid. We will contact all of them later to

further investigate. We will also go to the boat drivers and people who

saw the incident. -- talk to. A Foreign Office statement said:

A spokesman for the Surrey based holiday company Inghams said the

tourists all arrived on Norway in Wednesday and were due to arrive

this Sunday. Ashley McVey, BBC News. Tony Blair is to announce his

mission to persuade people to rise The former Prime Minister will say

in a speech later that voters made their decisions without knowing

the real damage that Downing Street has said

it is absolutely committed to seeing Brexit through and today

Theresa May will meet the French Prime Minister

for discussions Our political correspondent Tom Bateman

can tell us more. What exactly is Tony Blair saying?

We've known for some time that Tony Blair thinks in his words Brexit

would be a catastrophe so nothing new in that message but what's

interesting about this speech he will did in the City of London later

on is that this is a rallying cry, really a kind of expression of

mission that people who are opposed to Brexit and those who campaigned

to Remain should continue to do so and he uses the words people should

rise up and persuade people who voted for Grexit should change their

minds in his words. He thinks the government has become defined by

Brexit and this is the type of Brexit that he thinks would be

incredibly damaging as we get more of those terms around exactly what

Brexit would mean. Now, you won't be surprised to hear that those who

campaigned to leave the European Union are furious about what he's

saying. One of those, Iain Duncan Smith, the Conservative MP, says

this is exactly what the elites got wrong about the referendum in not

listening to the people. And all of this while the Prime Minister

welcomes her French counterpart at Downing Street where she will say

that Britain is not seeking to cherry pick the best bits of EU

membership. OK, Tom, thank you very much.

The Business Secretary said last night's urgent talks with the French

government and car firm PSA were constructive,

after travelling to Paris to discuss the future of thousands of jobs

Peugeot owner PSA is looking to take over the European arm

of General Motors, which includes the Vauxhall and Opel brands.

Greg Clark says he will remain in close contact with both firms

If this deal goes ahead, it will create the second-biggest car firm

in Europe. There's been an intense talks over the past few days as

French carmaker PSA, which owns Peugeot and Citroen, looks to take

over part of General Motors -- intense talks. That includes a

Vauxhall in the UK, which employs 10,500 staff at its two sites in

Luton and L Smith and tens of thousands more in its retail and

supply chain. -- Elsmore port. Last night they met and they made clear

the Vauxhall brand and its workforce are valued. But this is a deal that

is moving quickly and when giant companies are created, protecting

jobs becomes a concern, particularly when other countries are trying to

do the same. The French and the German governments are meeting and

that will be to try and secure the future for their plants and we want

to make sure that the UK is not sitting on the sidelines. So still a

lot to do, a lot to play for, but our determination is as strong as

ever. Unions say the British market will be key to Vauxhall's new owners

so they must commit to its loyal and skilled workforce. But having a

British seat at the table remains crucial as these talks continue.

Kathryn Stanczyszyn, BBC News. The founder of Facebook,

Mark Zuckerberg, says he fears millions of people are

withdrawing from what he calls In an interview with

the BBC, he addressed the growing controversy over fake

news and what he sees as a troubling drift

away from globalisation. Some of the UK's biggest trade

bodies, including the CBI, British Retail Consortium,

the Federation of Small Businesses, British Chambers of Commerce have

signed a letter to Parliament calling for Government proposals

on business rates appeals They say the changes,

which take effect in April, will force companies to pay

artificially high rates, even if they could prove

the amount should be lower. from London's New Covent Garden

Market. Also on where we're growing our

fruit and veg as well. Good morning. Good morning. Business rates are a

bit like a council tax for companies who pay the tax based on the rental

value of their property and a few other things as well. It was last

calculated in 2010, property prices have changed a lot since then and

that means these new calculation is that kick in in April have also

changed for a lot of businesses. Three quarters will see the rates

stay the same awful but that still means hundreds of thousands of

businesses, particularly where property prices have gone up a lot,

will see rises. The government wants to make it harder to appeal if you

don't agree as a business with those changes, it wants to see businesses

have to have a reasonable argument and if the government thinks it's

unreasonable they will dismiss it earlier down the line. So what we're

hearing today from the trade bodies you mention is they want the

government to scrap those plans to allow these businesses to appeal

freely. Sean, thank you, we will join you later on.

American Scientists attempting to bring the woolly mammoth back

from extinction believe they are close to a major breakthrough.

Mammoths died out over 4,000 years ago but the team

from Harvard University is using DNA retrieved from specimens found

They claim that in the next two years they will be able to mix it

with Asian elephants to create new hybrid embryos.

But admit a living breathing mammoth is still a long way off.

It's a step to All Ords. It is, isn't it? Quite an extraordinary

story. If they can bring back the mammoths -- it is a step towards.

What about the Dodos? Bring back the Dodo I say, cross it with a chicken

or something, a hybrid! Lovely to see you! It is all about

Manchester United and Spurs, mixed fortunes in the Europa League, it's

not the Champions League but it is a chance for silverware and a chance

to get into the Champions League next season for the winners but a

mixed night. Manchester United all but got

the job done against St Etienne. A hat-trick from Zlatan

Ibrahimovic at Old Trafford put them in control of their last 32

tie, going into the second But Tottenham have a fair bit

of work to do in their tie, they were poor last night,

suffering a surprise 1-0 defeat at Gent, who're eighth

in the Belgian league. referees is heading to the Middle

East. Mark Clattenburg, who took charge

of the European Championship and Champions League

finals last season, is to become Head of

Referees in Saudi Arabia. And Salford Red Devils

picked up their first win of the Super League season,

beating Huddersfield Giants 30-20. They prevented Huddersfield from

going top of the table. We only work here! I know, we've been here for

many years now, live, work, breed here. Are you going to stay around

for the papers? -- breve. If I can! Carol has the weather.

Fairly settled and mild but some rain in the forecast. Today it will

be mostly cloudy, the best of the sunshine will be in the north and

north-east and wherever you are it's going to feel mild. What we've got

is this line of cloud, that's a weak weather front and through the day it

will pivot northwards. Ahead of it in parts of Scotland and northern

England, some fog patches and in south-west England there are also

fog patches this morning, some of which will be slow to clear but

eventually they will. For many we'll be left with a lot of cloud. Where

we got the weak weather front that's when we see some light and patchy

rain, move away from that, where the fog lifts in Scotland you will see

some trine Imanol and east. The same in northern England, the fog patches

-- the same in the north and east. As we come south, the other end of

that weather front producing a fair bit of cloud as well but on either

side of it we will see some brighter breaks. But for most today the

forecast is going to be cloudy. Through the course of the day with

light winds if you do happen to see some sunshine it will feel pleasant

enough, quite springlike actually and you can see where we have some

rain out to the west. Nothing too heavy but as that weather front

moves northwards you'll find the cloud ahead of it will also build.

Temperatures today between about eight and 12. Through this evening

and overnight, once again we're looking at a fair bit of cloud

around, we'll have some spots of light rain in parts of Wales and

into the Midlands and another weather front coming from the west

will introduce more rain. The rain will be heaviest in the north-west

of Scotland, not just tonight but into tomorrow and temperatures

staying easily into the mid to high single figures. Into the weekend, it

is going to remain mild, there will be some sunny intervals. But there

will also be some rain at times in the north. By the time we get to

Saturday, this is the kind of scenario you can expect, quite a lot

of cloud, quite a lot of showers, here's the rain overnight, moving

into Scotland and as it sinks to northern England and north Wales, it

will be a weaker feature followed on by some showers. Ahead of it, some

brighter skies, some sunshine coming through and once again in the

sunshine it will feel quite pleasant for the time of year, quite

springlike. Then as we head on into Sunday, we see the remnants of

Saturday night into Sunday, another weather front starts to show its

hand, a warm front coming in first and behind that you will find we're

looking at milder conditions again. Ahead of it not a bad day, the rain

coming in from the west, wind picking up a bit but nothing too

substantial, 11, 12, maybe a bit more and as we head into the early

part of next week, some parts of the UK could hit 16 or 17. That would

take us into the exceptionally mild category for this stage in February.

Time to get out the shorts! Thank you! But not for long!

The Guardian leading with Trump denying the presidency is in a state

of chaos. A fabulous picture of a mammoth but they think they may be

able to have an embryo with mammoth genes in it but it will be years

before an actual mammoth walks on the earth again. In the Daily Mail,

we will look at this this morning later. I thought I was going to

sneeze and then it... You know the feeling... But it is gone now. The

front page of The Times, it looks like Donald Trump wants to sneeze as

well. The US tells Russia about friendship and spending on

cigarettes at the 15 EU low. A lovely story before the FA Cup. For

those who do not know... All leg side against Arsenal.

Semiprofessional. Effectively, the bottom league, you like off the foot

will leak. The reserve goalkeeper has become an international

superstar because is 20 stones, but say their normal goalkeeper had an

injury, he would be facing Arsenal. He has been asked by the magazines

to pose naked. Wade ashore if his name. -- Wayne Shaw. Can you

imagine? It is the reason why people love that tournament so much. He has

become a superstar without actually plan. Half of families testing each

other while in the same house! It has happened. I have woken my

daughter up in the morning. It is a bit of a joke. She is more likely to

wake than me going in, I suppose. What I want to do this morning, what

are the text messages? Not all of them, maybe. Is it wake up, supper

is ready. Food is on the table. Another lovely one. This fan tweets

his tennis superstar during the Super Bowl. Atlanta against the New

England Patriot. John Girt tweets are saying that if the Patriots come

back and win, will you go out on a date with me and they did win so she

did. It looks like happily ever after but it is just one dates. But

who knows! It's 6:19 and you're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. President Trump's accused the media

of showing hatred towards him, saying their level of dishonesty

was out of control. The USA and Russia can work together

but Moscow must keep its promises. That's the opinion of the new US

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after his first face-to-face meeting

with Russia's foreign minister The two men are both

attending the G20 summit in Germany as the world wonders

what the future holds for relations Marcus Papadopoulos,

Editor of the magazine Politics First, joins us

from our London newsroom. This is an important first official

engagement. What do you make of what they have said? It is important to

have communications however there is no such thing as a in politics and

that is especially true regarding the relationship between Moscow and

Washington. It is absolutely dreadful and it is difficult to see

how it can get any worse however it is also difficult to see how it can

improve. The Russians have three demands and it concerns, legitimate

concerns, regarding nature. Nature is no longer a defensive

organisation, since the 1990s, it has become an offensive and

antagonistic organisation. The first of Russian demands will be for Nato

to pull back forces from the all ticket states and Poland. Secondly,

that the Americans put into writing that Nato will not invite Ukraine,

bowled over all Georgia to join ratio. The mistake Mikhail Gorbachev

made by the failing to put into writing that Nato would not expand

past the eastern Germany. How difficult is the balancing act

between those and you figures in the Trump administration, talking about

G20 and defence matters, they are talking about how they will handle

the relationship. How at odds are they with some of the things Donald

Trump has said with what appears to be almost a personal relationship

with Vladimir Putin. There is a curious and misguided sense of

optimism. Even if Donald Trump is genuine about changing foreign

policy towards Russia, he will come up against formidable opposition -

Congress, the Republican Party, both hostiles towards Russia. The pair

didn't, the State Department and the CIA, and the Defence Secretary is

very hardline towards Russia and said yesterday there will be no

military cooperation between Russia and America. On that note, the true

face of the Trump administration is coming through. But going back to

the third demand, fought American missile shield which went active

last year in Poland and Romania which is aimed at the Russian

strategic nuclear deterrent. There are other demands, less significant

but nonetheless, firstly for American sanctions to be lifted and

secondly for the Crimea to be recognised as part of the Russian

Federation. British and American media have been making a lot of the

Crimea but the reason no reason if the Americans do not choose to

recognise it as part of Russia, that would preclude the possibility of

improved relations between Moscow and Washington. You have to remember

the Americans never acknowledged the Baltic states as part of the Soviet

Union nonetheless at the CeBIT union and America were able to come lewd

some significant treaties. -- the Soviet Union. Thank you for your

time this morning. Whether it's waiting for a bus,

taking money out of a cash machine or doing the weekly shop,

they all involve one of the most we're talking, of course,

about queuing. That is a long queue. Would you

stand in that queue? No. Now new research is trying

to explain the science behind waiting in line and the queuing

rules that Brits like to adhere to. I quite like queueing, to perpetuate

the stereotype. I queued to Charles de Gaulle. The Germans were pushing

in front and we were queueing very well. In America if you barge to

gather as one. It is a necessary evil. If someone jumps at the Q or

is grabbing items while in that queue, it is a very British kind of

anger. Or what tactics do use to try

and beat the queues? The classic supermarket queue

situation. You can email us at

[email protected] Or share your thoughts with other

viewers on our Facebook page. Apparently you do not talk in queues

because you are standing too close. And if you don't say close, someone

comes in. Exactly. And you can Tweet

about today's stories using the hashtag BBCBreakfast -

or follow us for the latest Only half the food eaten in the UK

comes from our own farmers - but it is possible for us

to become self-sufficient? Sean is at New Covent Garden

in London for us this morning. Tell us the story? A beautiful

array. Loads and loads of fruit and veg already sold. Some British

cabbage. But only half the food we eat in the UK it is actually grown

here and the large majority of vegetables is imported from around

Europe and the rest of the world. How easy is it for you to start

stocking more British food? Every season, we have apples but the

majority of what you sell his going to be important. They need to

sustain the cold winters. Salazar will all be coming from overseas. A

small minority has been home-grown. Let us work controversial a couple

of weeks ago. -- letters. Plenty more on our website

at the usual address. Now though it's back

to Louise and Charlie. with Charlie Stayt and Louise

Minchin. We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment. Hundreds of thousands

of commuters could face more disruption as the Southern Rail

dispute shows no sign of ending. As train drivers turn down a deal,

we'll ask where this leaves (ANI) Also this morning,

It was one of the worst shipping Also this morning, it was one

of the worst shipping disasters ever to take

place in British waters, but why are so many people

unaware of the SS Mendi? Now 100 years on we'll be hearing

about the 600 South Africans And it's been a turbulent 12 months

for the Lake District. We'll be meeting the men who've been

filming a year in the life of one But now a summary of this

morning's main news.. But now a summary of this

morning's main news. US President Donald Trump has

launched a ferocious attack on the media while defending his

record during his first During an extraordinary press

conference at the White House he insisted his administration

was running like a fine tuned machine and told reporters

their level of dishonesty Our North America editor

Jon Sopel was there. Ladies and gentlemen,

the President of the United States. At short notice a news

conference was announced, to be given by the President -

highly unusual. Ostensibly to announce his

new choice as Labour Secretary but really it was to get

a whole lot off his chest. Because the press is honestly out

of control, the level of dishonesty And the idea that his

administration was in meltdown? Nothing could be

further from the truth. I turn on the TV, open

the newspapers and I see stories of chaos - chaos -

yet it is the exact opposite. This administration is running

like a fine-tuned machine. But how could he reconcile that

with the travel ban that has been A question I asked after

a little back and forth. It's a good line,

impartial, free and fair. On the travel ban -

we can banter back and forth - on the travel ban, would you accept

that that was a good example of the smooth running

of government... Let me tell you...

..were there any mistakes in that? Let me tell you about the travel

ban, we had a very smooth rollout But we had a bad court.

We got a bad decision. We are going to put

in a new executive order The other thing that the President

is in a rage about is the suggestion that he is in the pockets

of the Russians. Donald Trump said his administration

would crack down on the leaking of classified information and then,

at the end, something you never see at a White House news conference -

the President being heckled. REPORTER: If you have no

connection to Russia why won't you release your tax

returns and prove it? We'll be talking about that more

shortly. Ten British tourists

are being treated in hospital in Norway after a speedboat hit

the base of a water fountain. The incident happened

in the harbour of the town of Harstad as a sightseeing trip

returned to shore. Two people are reported to have

been seriously injured. The Foreign Office says it is in

touch with Norwegian authorities. The cause of the incident

is not yet known. Tony Blair will make a speech later

today saying his mission is to persuade the British people

to change their minds about the vote He will say that people voted

without knowing the real damage that Brexit would cause,

including possibly the break up But former Cabinet minister

Iain Duncan Smith said Mr Blair's comments were arrogant

and utterly undemocratic. Downing Street has said

it is absolutely committed Urgent talks to discuss the future

of thousands of jobs in the British car industry have

been held in Paris. The owners of Peugot

are looking to take over the European arm of General motors,

which owns two Vauxhall plants Business Secretary Greg Clark says

he will remain in close contact with both firms as the deal

progresses, but union officials have warned that protecting UK jobs

must remain a priority. The French and the German

governments are meeting and that will be to try and secure the future

for their plants and we want to make sure that the UK is not

sitting on the sidelines. A deal to end much of

the long-running dispute on Southern Rail has been rejected

by members of the train Under the proposed agreement,

Southern would have been able to run trains without a guard

or onboard supervisor Southern says it's hugely

disappointed and will be seeking Its not unusual to be asked

for directions by someone from out Well, unless they happen to be

driving a military helicopter. A lorry driver in

Kazakhstan has captured the moment a pilot landed

on a highway to ask for help The pilot asked how to get to a city

in the north-west of the country, much to the amusement of the two

lorry drivers who were talking The country's Ministry of Defence

said the pilot had been taking part in a visual orientation exercise

when he lost his bearings. It can happen! It can happen!

Because of the snow there the visibility would have been very bad.

Haven't they got sat nav on helicopters? I don't know! Turn left

at the next junction, the next cloud! It wouldn't work, would it?

Manchester United and Spurs looking to get to the last 16 of the Europa

League, the second-tier competition but it gets you into the Champions

League if you can win it so mixed fortunes.

Manchester United are well on their way to the last 16

after a 3-0 win over St Etienne at Old Trafford.

And it was a proud night for the Pogba family.

against older brother Florentin of St Etienne.

The rest of the family doing their best to support them both.

It was Zlatan Ibrahimovic who stole the headlines, though.

It's the first he scored for United and 35.

And manager Jose Mourinho was happy with the result,

Lack of concentration and when you don't have it it is difficult to

recover it. So in the first half it was hard and even myself on the

touchline, I felt that it was difficult, the communication, I

needed it at half-time so we were lucky, yes, to be winning at

halftime 1-0. Second half, different storage.

They got there in the end, didn't they! -- story.

Spurs are 1-0 down in their tie, after they lost 1-0 away

to Gent, a side in mid-table in the Belgian league.

Tottenham were pretty poor for most of the game,

Their chance to make amends comes at Wembley next Thursday.

Mark Clattenburg, one of the Premier League's highest

profile referees, is taking a job in Saudi Arabia.

He's considered one of the best referees in the game.

Last season he took charge of the finals in Euro 2016,

His new role will involve helping Saudi referees,

to improve their performance and he'll also take charge

Huddersfield missed the chance to go top of the Super League,

beaten by 30-20 by Salford Red Devils.

Gareth O'Brian scored 22 points but it was Josh Jones'

try five minutes from the end

that sealed Salford's first win of the season.

We showed you yesterday 15-year-old Jackson Page

winning through to the third round of snooker's Welsh Open.

I hate to tell you, but his run is over.

World number four Judd Trump was just too strong

for the local schoolboy, who'd had to get special permission

Page lost 4-0 but he goes back to the classroom

When you're playing someone like Judd, you're not going to get very

close at my age very often unless you play very well. I need to do a

lot of maturing and need to practise well to get to that standard.

Amazing story. Very popular back at school, do you think he will do the

school assembly? Why not! And Canadian tennis star

Eugenie Bouchard proved she is a woman of her word

by honouring a bet she lost Bouchard backed the Atlanta Falcons

to win the Super Bowl. Student John Goehrke said she should

go on a date with him Well, lose they did,

and on a date they went That's as far as it's gone as far as

I know but they are still friends! Press conferences by the President

of the United States are typically respectful with politeness and

Khamis. But that was in the tone last night when the president spoke

to the media. There were insults and heckles and this is how some of it

went. I turn on the TV, open the

newspapers and icy stories of chaos, chaos. Yet it is the exact opposite.

-- IAC stories. This administration is running like a fine-tuned

machine. I own nothing in Russia. I have no loans in Russia. I don't

have any deals in Russia. President Putin called me up very nicely to

congratulate me on the win of the election.

So much to talk about. Clear he watches large tranches of the media

and then he says the press is out of control and the level of dishonesty

is out of control, is it? Allowed absolutely not. You have to

understand that Donald Trump and the press are actually living into

different realities. Donald Trump sees himself as a saviour and an

underdog and Donald Trump once an enormous amount of credit for his

victory over elite and rightfully so. But he has got that now and it

is now time to make the transition from campaign to actual president,

and he hasn't managed to do that. He doesn't really take on the press,

doesn't he? And we saw that in the press conference last night, he

calls them out individually. Where does this end and where does the

analysis and the truth" is yellow well, you know, Donald Trump is a

known fighter and what you have to understand about Donald Trump is

Donald Trump is actually a tuned to the media. He has grown up in one of

the toughest media markets in the world, New York, so he knows how to

engage the media but he's gone way overboard. You have to understand,

this is the President of the United States, there are a number of issues

on his plate right now that he could have addressed in the press

conference today but unfortunately we didn't get any of that, we got

nothing on his plan for Obamacare, we got nothing on his plan for a

compression in Russia policy. There are just a number of issues that he

can be addressing but he is so aggrieved by what he believes as the

slights by the media, and rightfully so. There are gaping holes in this

administration that are very dangerous and questions need to be

asked and the media is really going to go after him very hard on many of

these issues. It's interesting, he does say that he reads the media

again and according to what he reads the administration is in meltdown,

he said nothing is further from the truth, though. Well, so far, and the

Trump administration has been in office for less than 30 days and

already we've seen two high-profile firings, we do know that the knives

are out within his inner circle. We do know that he's having a very

difficult time staffing up his administration. Keep in mind, there

are 4000 political appointees that he needs to make. And right now we

know that he's very far the hind President Obama in where he was in

2008 in actually starting up his cabinet secretaries. So Donald Trump

has a very long way to go and quite frankly he is not running at full

capacity right now, and that's just the truth. Let's talk about the

performance from his supporters' point of view, because this is why

he was voted in in many ways because of this type of performance? You're

right. And today that press conference, that was him speaking

directly to his supporters. And that's what they want to see. They

want to see Donald Trump going after the media because he, along with his

supporters, see the media as a leaked, out of touch, Washington

based. And so what he is doing is he is speaking directly to them. Elite.

And that is also going to be a major problem for him going forward

because he has to govern for the entire country, not just for those

who elected him but for the entire country. So eventually you wonder

how long will congressional Republicans particularly stand

behind this president? It is so interesting because it is clear that

Donald Trump and the media in that room have a pretty toxic

relationship, so what happens about accountability and fact checking? I

think we're going to continue to see this problem and one area where I

think we could see... Where he could have trouble is, when there are

major issues that Donald Trump actually wants to get public support

for, we saw that with President Obama often, that he would actually

go to the media and he would push his ideas to the media and have them

address those issues. So the question will be, can Donald Trump

actually get members of the media who will actually go out and talk

about some of his policy issues? And I think... And that's where we could

seal problems with this administration, because right now

we're seeing a dwindling of the support for areas he will need, the

media, congressional Republicans and the courts. Thank you very much.

Time to get the weather with Carole. Good morning, it is you are stepping

out, for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, it is not particularly cold

but in Scotland it is. Just below freezing for a large chunk. This

cloud gripped around the western areas, producing spots of rain here

and there. Foggy patches in the south-west. Also in northern

England. Some will be slower to clear. Towards the west, patchy

rain. When the fog lift a lot of sunshine. A cloudy day for Northern

Ireland. The fog across parts of northern England. It will lift

across northern England and The Sun will come out. For Wales and the

rest of England, a fair amount of cloud. The other end of the weather

front producing all this cloud and you may get some dampness. Through

the course of the day, it pivots north. The cloud will build through

the afternoon and you can see a line of patchy rain and strengthening

winds out to the west. For most it will turn cloudy but where you get

the sunshine, 11th - 12 and maybe more. A few showery outbreaks across

Wales and the Midlands. Possibly as far as East Anglia. From the west,

heavy rain across north-west Scotland continuing on to tomorrow.

It will be heavy and persistent for a time. Into the weekend, a mild

seem continuing. Sunny intervals of but some rain in the north and here

it will be easier. -- breezy. On Saturday, the rain will push across

Scotland, still heavier times. As it moves in the northern England and

north Wales, it will weaken. In Scotland we will see some bright

skies. Some sunshine around and again if the temperature range

around 10- 12. In the sunshine it will fill quite pleasant. By

Saturday evening, another front coming up for Sunday coming in from

the Atlantique. Warmer conditions coming our way. -- the Atlantic. For

the first part of next week, it is going to get even milder than that.

It sounds nice. Thank you very much. After the recent shortages

of imported lettuces and other vegetables could the answer lie

in growing more British produce? Only half the food we eat

comes from our own farmers. Sean at London's Covent Garden

Market this morning to look Is that cabbage as I can see?

Peppers? Well done all that is a pepper. It is like being in a flower

bed. Some of the produce is absolutely stunning. But you would

have to look closely to find anything British. 95% is from Italy

right here. Do we want to have more British food? Will you would not be

able to have one of these purple head cauliflowers. You could wear it

in July, August, September but no chance this time of year. The trend

is you might get purple all the -- purple or -- we spend pounds on

food. Huge amounts of goes to restaurants. Tim has been looking at

how the future of food importing and exporting it might look like. You

are not going to get one of these in the UK? Is there ever going to be a

point where we are able to feed ourselves? No, and I do not think

anyone would argue that we should be feeding ourselves. Not what we are

saying is that the more we rely on food coming from overseas, the more

we did not produce food for ourselves and if something goes

wrong - climate change, geopolitics - that stops us receiving food, what

do we do. Want to recognise the value of eating locally not just

terms of the food produced by the way the countryside is managed and

so on. So that we end up with a food system that is a better mix of local

and global. You look at the unbelievable array of colours. A

cabbage is pretty much the only British thing I have seen. Does that

mean our taste will have to change? A do not think anyone is saying we

should. It is just that in the old days, we produced vegetables that we

no longer eat. Things like apples, we could grow them over here. It is

a matter of yes we rely on international trade and always will

but is there more we could do to support our local economy to provide

food, connect people back to the countryside, a whole bunch of

benefits that comes with it. It is not just about access if the

cheapest, all people want is low prices. How does that fit everything

you are saying about supporting local economies? Either the

consumers at all the retailers. I would take... I would argue with you

with respect to what all consumers want. A lot to do. If consumers do

not trust the labelling, it makes sense to choose the cheapest but

when we do focus groups with people understanding food issues, they

understand the value with buying British but we do not always trust

of whether or not it is British produced when it says so. How do we

encourage people to make the choices they want and make it transparent

and so we can get the local benefits to the economy? Thank you very much.

We will be talking mated to the chairman of Morrison's to see

whether supermarkets are willing to make big changes or whether we want

Italian olives and I imagine you are wonderful leaves, Charlie, and are

we willing to pay more? It was one of the worst shipping

disasters ever to take place in British waters, yet it's one

of the least well-known. More than 600 people drowned

when the SS Mendi sank close to the Isle of Wight

on 21st February 1917. Most of the victims

were black South African Labourers who'd been conscripted to support

British forces Today events get underway to mark

the centenary of the tragedy. Private Daniel Murphy cut, the names

of more than 600 killed in one of the U.K.'s worst maritime tragedies.

Yet, most have never heard of the sinking of the SS Mendi. 100 years

on in Portsmouth rehearsals are on. They were the South African that

history forgotten. They have become the unremembered men of the First

World War. SS Mendi was sailing from Cape Town to northern France when in

thick fog she collided with a larger ship. More than 100 members of the

South African native Labour call were on board. More than 600 were

lost. They were Labour is needed to support the British Army on the

Western front. They built railway lines, roads, the British Army

depended on them. They ensured very difficult conditions. They ensured

felt racial discrimination and it is time we remember them. They sang

this team as SS Mendi sailed from South Africa. It will be performed

today in their honour. The discrimination experienced by

members of the South African soldiers continued in death. The

sinking of the SS Mendi was barely mentioned in official histories of

World War I. Those most bodies were never recovered. These are direct

descendants of men who died on SS Mendi and have travelled from South

Africa for the commemorations. They did get on-board that chip because

they were patriotic. The union of South Africa and the King. It is an

emotional event coming here. It is only now, that SS Mendi is talked

about. We did not have any recognition. At last, we have come.

I have come to represent the family. The South African Navy and have also

travelled here for the commemoration. Victims of a largely

forgotten tragedy at sea officially recognised at last.

Those anniversaries leading up to the day, the 21st of February. Time

to get the news, travel and weather Now though it's back

to Louise and Charlie. with Charlie Stayt and Louise

Minchin. Donald Trump launches

a ferocious attack on the media as he defends his

first weeks in office This administration is running

like a fine-tuned machine. In a long and extraordinary

White House press conference he told reporters their level of dishonesty

was out of control. Good morning, it's

Friday 17th February. A group

of British tourists are hospitalised after being thrown

into freezing waters following a speedboat

crash in Norway. Urgent talks are held to secure

the future of Vauxhall's two car In sport, it's a first

hatrick for the big Swede Half the food we eat in the UK is

actually grown here but the vast majority of our fruit and veg is

shipped in from overseas. Should we be growing more British food? That's

what I'll be looking at this morning.

In sport, it's a first hatrick for the big Swede

Zlatan Ibrahimovic since joining Manchester United

last summer and the veteran put his side well on their way

I do believe a nationwide rising of the housewives would end this

She might have hated it, but now researchers have come up

with a formula for how best to queue.

And Carol has the weather for us. Good morning. This morning there is

patchy fog, especially in south-west England, northern England and parts

of Scotland, some will be slow to clear. It will also be a cloudy day

with light rain coming from the West, the lion's share of the

sunshine in the north and east of Scotland and north-east England.

I'll have more in 15 minutes. US President Donald Trump has

launched a ferocious attack on the media while defending his

record during his first During an extraordinary press

conference at the White House he insisted his administration

was running like a fine tuned machine and told reporters

their level of dishonesty Our North America editor

Jon Sopel was there. Ladies and gentlemen,

the President of the United States. At short notice a news

conference was announced, to be given by the President -

highly unusual. Ostensibly to announce his

new choice as Labour Secretary but really it was to get

a whole lot off his chest. Because the press is honestly out

of control, the level of dishonesty And the idea that his

administration was in meltdown? Nothing could be

further from the truth. I turn on the TV, open

the newspapers and I see stories of chaos - chaos -

yet it is the exact opposite. This administration is running

like a fine-tuned machine. But how could he reconcile that

with the travel ban that has been A question I asked after

a little back and forth. Can I just ask you...thank you very

much, Mr President... Where are you from?

BBC. It's a good line,

impartial, free and fair. On the travel ban -

we can banter back and forth - on the travel ban, would you accept

that that was a good example of the smooth running

of government... Yeah, I do.

Let me tell you... Wait, wait.

I know who you are, just wait. Let me tell you about the travel

ban, we had a very smooth rollout We are going to put

in a new executive order The other thing that the President

is in a rage about is the suggestion that he is in the pockets

of the Russians. I own nothing in Russia.

I have no loans in Russia. Donald Trump said his administration

would crack down on the leaking of classified information and then,

at the end, something you never see at a White House news conference -

the President being heckled. REPORTER: If you have no

connection to Russia why won't you release your tax

returns and prove it? Ten British tourists

are being treated in hospital in Norway after two speedboats hit

the base of a water fountain. It happened in the harbour

of the town of Harstad. Two people are reported to have

been seriously injured, but their injuries aren't described

as life-threatening. What started out as a pleasure

cruise ended in a dramatic rescue. These British tourists were left

in near-freezing waters for around 15 minutes before being rescued

after they'd been flung The party had been returning

from a sightseeing trip off the shores of Harstad when one

of the speedboats crashed into the base of a water feature

which wasn't working at the time. A second boat following behind

is thought to have been caught up in the incident, which happened

around 3pm local time. TRANSLATION: All of the passengers

have been brought to hospital We will contact all of them later

to further investigate. We will also talk to

the boat drivers and people holiday company Inghams said

the tourists all arrived in Norway on Wednesday and were due to arrive

in the UK this Sunday. Tony Blair says he wants people

to rise up and change In a speech later the former

Prime Minister will say that voters made their decisions without knowing

the real damage that leaving Downing Street has said

it is absolutely committed to seeing Brexit through and today

Theresa May will meet the French Prime Minister

for discussions. Our political

correspondent Tom Bateman What exactly is Tony Blair going to

say? Tony Blair has said in the past he believes Grexit would be

catastrophic for Britain, that I don't think is particularly new but

what's interesting about this is the explicit way this is a rallying cry.

And expression of mission that he wants people to fight against Brexit

happening -- an. In his speech today he will say this, he says it's not

the time for retreat but he says the time to rise up in defence of what

we believe. He will then go on that people voted without the knowledge

of the true terms of Brexit saying as these terms become clear it's

their right to change their minds. Clearly calling on people to think

differently about Brexit. Is this going to change things? Certainly

not for the moment, I think what he's trying to do here is seek to

influence the Parliamentary process at this stage around the Article 50

bill, which still has a bit of a way to go. I don't think he really has

any chance of changing that, he wants to get things up the agenda

and those who campaigned for Brexit say this is elitist with one leading

figure, Iain Duncan Smith, saying this is bullying, cajoling and

lecturing by Tony Blair. Tom Bateman, thank you very much.

Urgent talks to discuss the future of thousands of jobs in the British

car industry have been held in Paris.

The owner of Peugeot is looking to take over

the European arm of General motors,

which owns Vauxhall plants at Luton and Ellesmere Port.

If this deal goes ahead, it will create the second-biggest

There've been intense talks over the past few days as French carmaker

looks to take over part of General Motors.

That includes Vauxhall in the UK, which employs 4,500 staff at its two

sites in Luton and Ellesmere Port and tens of thousands more

Last night the Business Secretary met with the French business

minister and PSA executives, who made clear the Vauxhall brand

But this is a deal that's moving quickly and when giant companies

are created, protecting jobs becomes a concern,

particularly when other countries are trying to do the same.

The French and the German governments are meeting and that

will be to try and secure the future for their plants and we want to make

sure that the UK is not sitting on the sidelines.

So still a lot to do, a lot to play for, but our determination

Unions say the British market will be key to Vauxhall's new owners

so they must commit to its loyal and skilled workforce.

But having a British seat at the table remains crucial

The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, says he fears

millions of people are withdrawing from what he calls

In an interview with the BBC, he addressed

the growing controversy over fake news and what he sees

as a troubling drift away from globalisation.

Some of the UK's biggest trade bodies have signed a letter

to Parliament calling for Government proposals on business rates appeals

They say the changes, which take effect in April,

will force companies to pay artificially high rates,

even if they could prove the amount should be lower.

from London's New Covent Garden Market.

Explain the rates business for us, Sean. The way they work, business

rates are a bit like a council tax for companies where they pay a tax

partly based on the rental value of the properties they do their

business in. There's been a revaluation recently kicking in in

April, the last times calculations were done was in 2010 and since then

property prices have changed a lot, which is why rates are changing for

businesses like these. Three quarters will see them stay the same

awful but that still means there are hundreds of thousands of businesses,

particularly if property prices have gone up, will see rates go up. The

government wants to tweet with the appeal process and they want the

valuations tribunal overseeing these things to be able to dismissed the

appeals if they think the calculations initially were

reasonable. What the business bodies are saying today is they are worried

about what that means for businesses in the appeal process and therefore

they want the government to drop those plans. We will be with you a

bit later talking about vegetables and how much we import as well.

Thank you. American Scientists attempting

to bring the woolly mammoth back from extinction believe they are

close to a major breakthrough. Mammoths died out over 4,000

years ago but the team from Harvard University is using DNA

retrieved from specimens found They claim that in the next two

years they will be able to mix it with Asian elephants

to create new hybrid embryos. But admit a living breathing mammoth

is still a long way off. There seems no end to the dispute

that's caused months of chaos Yesterday the deal agreed

by the leaders of Aslef, the train driver's union,

was rejected by members. At the heart of the dispute

is the company's plan to introduce driver-only operated trains,

where there isn't a guard in charge Roughly 900 Aslef drivers

who work for Southern voted Nearly 46% voted in favour,

54% voted against. The union says they

understand and support the decision by members

and will now work to deliver a resolution in line

with their expectations. they are doing their best to find

a way forward with the unions. The RMT, which represents

the guards, has already scheduled Joining us from our Brighton

newsroom is Summer Dean from the Association

of British Commuters. Very good morning to you, thank you

for your time this morning. Just give us your reaction to the

sequence of events yesterday and the rejection of this deal.

Well, obviously the drivers have rejected the deal but I think what

it really highlights is that the safety benchmarks aren't being met

and I think that's the sort of situation that we're in. Obviously

they voted, it's not up to me to vote, it's not up to any passenger

to vote but as I say, it really highlights that drivers do have a

concern about safety and they do have a concern about passengers and

disabled passengers also. So on a practical level, for people like

yourself who rely on the trains, next week there's another strike. To

do a degree it's almost academic to commuters who the strike is by and

next week it's the RMT, a strike by them, what is the impact? What has

it been like and what will it be like once again for commuters? I

think it's actually really sad that commuters have come to inspect a

really poor service on Southern Rail, and that isn't something we

should expect because we're still playing the same price -- to expect.

But really, as I've said countless times before, disruption isn't just

on strike days. Yes, of course we see disruption when the RMT strike

and we see more disruption when Aslef, the drivers union, strike but

we really know that disruption is every day due to the ongoing

mismanagement of Southern Rail by the Department for Transport.

Summer, we have this false dawn as it were, this moment where it looked

like a deal could be reached. Now it's gone, who knows where it's

going to go next, we know both sides say they want to carry on those

talks. What do you want to see changing? How do you see this being

moved forward? What we really need is a politics aside approach and I

don't think that's a really radical thing to be calling for. We need

passengers to be really put back at the heart of this whole situation.

With no passengers there is no trains, no industry to run so really

what we need to do is politics aside, say what is safe for

passengers, how can we make sure a disabled person can turn up at a

station and get on a train and get to where they want to go and also

addressing the concerns by drivers. Of course drivers are concerned

about safety. What we see now is drivers being personally liable if

something goes wrong on a train. They face prosecution. So really

politics aside, we need to look at, OK, how can this work, how can

passengers be put at the centre of this again? And of course we're

still calling for the Transport Minister Chris Grayling to step up

within the Department for Transport, which is something that should have

been done a very long time ago. Summer, thank you very much.

Before we speak to Carol for the weather he's a sneak preview

of something we'll be looking at later on Breakfast.

The spectacular changing scenery of the Lake District.

Filmmakers have been documenting a year in the life of the Lakes -

and they've ended up with beautiful pictures like this

We'll be seeing more after nine o'clock.

Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

Mainly cloudy day across most of the UK. Some exceptions to that. I'll

day after a cold start across Scotland. This weather front is

producing patchy rain at the moment. Either side of it, we have some fog

around, some of which will be slow to clear. It could take a a big

chunk of the morning before it goes. When the fog lifts there will be

sunshine. Southern England, fog patches. North-east England,

sunshine when it leaves. Across Wales and England, again, quite a

bit of cloud around with one or two breaks. With the thicker cloud, the

other end of weather front. It will pivot north so we will see more

cloud arriving at we have the sunshine. The rain not particularly

heavy and it will brighten up across England. If you are in an area with

some sunshine and light breezes, it will feel quite spring like. Through

the evening and overnight, we will still have showery outbreaks across

Wales, the Midlands and possibly as far east as East Anglia. From the

west, more persistent rain across north-west Scotland continuing

through much of Saturday. As we head into the weekend, the mild theme

will come in you. Temperatures easily into the 13 degrees. Rain in

the north. In the Saturday, coming across north-west Scott on. As it

sings into northern England, Northern Ireland and north Wales, it

will weaken but behind it there will be bliss three showers. Quite a lot

of cloud but it will break and then sunshine again. Generally we are

looking at around 11- 12 degrees stop in the Sunday, we lose a lot of

the fronts, pushing off into the North Sea, only to be replaced by a

front coming in from the Atlantic. On Sunday, a lot of dry weather

around, a lot of cloud, some breaks in the south-east but as the world

front comes in, it will introduce more rain, the heaviest across the

north-west. Four Monday and Tuesday, 16 - 17 for north-east Wales and

possibly the Midlands. That is how it is looking at the moment.

It's less than a week until voters in the Stoke-on-Trent Central

The poll, on the 23rd February, is being seen as a key electoral

test for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, whose party

With voters across Stoke strongly backing Leave in last year's

referendum, how much of an impact is Brexit likely to have?

Graham Satchell went to the Potteries to find out.

It is urban and working class and they have had a Labour MP since the

1950s when the seat was elected. Labour. He has always been Labour.

Always Labour. Speak to almost anyone here and they say the same

thing. They have always voted Labour... That is what Labour was

for. The manufacturing is gone. All gone. There is indecision,

uncertainty. I might vote Labour, I might vote... Let's see how things

go on. Why either hesitant support? Some feel ignored. They do nothing

for you, nothing at all. They are going to do this and that but they

do nothing. Nothing to hope for. Not very good. Hospital closures. It is

a sad, really. Ukip sensed an opportunity. They voted heavily to

leave the EU. 69.4% wanted out. One of the highest in the country. On

her barge, Kay is making great cakes. You could not get more

traditional spoke. How did you vote in the Brexit referendum? Out. I

want to support of the NHS. It is pretty grounded. Who do you think

you will vote for this time because back am not sure. I have not made my

mind up. Her husband is also a traditional Labour voter. Ukip. They

have a very good strong majority in Stoke-on-Trent. We have just been

let down by Labour in the past few years. Something we heard again and

again. I have not really looked into it. I do not normally when stuff

like this comes around. It is not at the top of my pre-or at the least.

Just 49% of people voted here, at the last election, the lowest in the

country. They always vote Labour. Labour should win this seat but if

what we found here is representative, it will be a win

with little enthusiasm. Only half the food eaten in the UK

comes from our farmers. but it is possible for us to become

more self-sufficient? Sean is at New Covent Garden

in London for us this morning. We also talk about the art of

queueing. How long the queue is before you get irritated. Six people

in front of you. If the queue gets longer behind you is also very

annoying. Thank you for getting in touch. All queueing rules seem to

get out the window when getting on the tube. When is a queue not a cue?

One place it annoys me is queueing in paths. Decent staff know who to

serve next. It is sideways as well as behind. It is difficult to

negotiate. An Englishman, even if alone will perform an orderly queue

of one. Nice things can happen in queues, she wants to say thank you

to the lady with the heavy load at Aldi who let her get in front of

her. I love it when that happens, she says in capital letters. If you

just have one thing, you should let them in front of you. Do you have a

cue for vegetables? I mean, a glorious array of fruit and veg this

morning. You would do well to see these beautiful pairs grown here in

the UK this time of year. Purple headed cauliflowers are you might

get them here in the summer. Should we be trying to grow more food in

the UK and that might mean changing our tastes. If you want to eat more

of those, you might have to get used to it. If you want the stuff that

survives in winter. A lot of what we spend is in restaurants and in staff

we get at home. We will talk to Morrisons to see whether supermarket

customers are willing to change their tastes all we are willing to

pay a bit more. Earlier we saw lettuces grown in the UK but they

were grown under glass houses. That will be the kind of stuff we are

talking about. These are quite nice. These are Italian. How pretty

allowe? They are now OK. There was a point with issues around Europe

affecting what we had here. Plenty more on our website

at the usual address. Now though it's back

to Louise and Charlie. with Charlie Stayt and Louise

Minchin. US President Donald Trump has

launched a ferocious attack on the media while defending his

record during his first During an extraordinary press

conference at the White House he insisted his administration

was running like a fine tuned machine and told reporters

their level of dishonesty Donald Trump sees himself as a

saviour, he sees himself as an underdog and Donald Trump wants an

enormous amount of credit for his victory over Hillary Clinton and

rightfully so. But I think he's gotten that now and I think it's

time for him to make the transition from campaign to actual president,

and he just hasn't been able to do that.

Ten British tourists are being treated in hospital

in Norway after a speedboat hit the base of a water fountain.

The incident happened in the harbour of the town

of Harstad as a sightseeing trip returned to shore.

Two people are reported to have been seriously injured.

The Foreign Office says it is in touch with Norwegian authorities.

The cause of the incident is not yet known.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair says he wants people to rise up

He will say in a speech later that voters

made their decisions without knowing the real damage that

Downing Street has said it is "absolutely committed"

Urgent talks to discuss the future of thousands of jobs in the British

car industry have been held in Paris.

The owners of Peugot are looking to take over

the European arm of General motors, which owns two Vauxhall plants

Business Secretary Greg Clark says he will remain in close contact

with both firms as the deal progresses, but union officials have

warned that protecting UK jobs must remain a priority.

The French and the German governments are meeting and that

will be to try and secure the future for their plants and we want to make

sure that the UK is not sitting on the sidelines.

A deal to end much of the long-running dispute

on Southern Rail has been rejected by members of the train

Under the proposed agreement, Southern would have been

able to run trains without a guard or onboard supervisor

Southern says it's hugely disappointed and will be seeking

The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, says he fears that

millions of people who feel left behind by globalisation,

are withdrawing from what he calls the connected world.

In an interview with the BBC, he said fake news

and filter bubbles, where people only heard opinions

they already agreed with, were damaging public debate.

It's not unusual to be asked for directions by someone from out

Well, unless they happen to be driving a military helicopter.

A lorry driver in Kazakhstan has captured

the moment a pilot landed on a highway to ask for help

The pilot asked how to get to a city in the north-west of the country,

much to the amusement of the two lorry drivers who were talking

It has to be said, looking at those images, the conditions look bad,

clearly very snowy and visibility was poor. It's clearly a military

helicopter, not just any helicopter, it looks quite sinister, doesn't it?

Apparently we see him get back in. There we go. You can see the truck

drivers pulled up, fortunately they could see him a long way in advance,

the robe looks very straight and he gets his instructions, finds out

where he's supposed to be -- the road. Thanks very much, hops back in

and then he goes. Apparently he was taking part in a visual orientation

exercise and he lost his bearings. Happens to the best of us!

Presumably he failed that exercise! Presumably they have sophisticated

navigation systems but because of the weather, that's the thing,

because of the poor stability and the snow -- poor visibility. What

have you got? We have got the Europa League, the second-tier competition

but it can get you into the Champions League if you win but a

mixed night for the English sides last night.

Manchester United are well on their way to the last 16

after a 3-0 win over St Etienne at Old Trafford.

And it was a proud night for the Pogba family.

against older brother Florentin of St Etienne.

The rest of the family doing their best to support them both.

It was Zlatan Ibrahimovic who stole the headlines, though.

It's the first he scored for United and 35.

And manager Jose Mourinho was happy with the result,

Lack of concentration and when you don't have it

So in the first half it was hard and even myself on the touchline,

I felt that it was difficult, the communication, I needed

the half-time so we were lucky, yes, to be winning at halftime 1-0.

Spurs are 1-0 down in their tie, after they lost 1-0 away

to Gent, a side in mid-table in the Belgian league.

Tottenham were pretty poor for most of the game,

Their chance to make amends comes at Wembley next Thursday.

Mark Clattenburg, one of the Premier League's highest

profile referees, is taking a job in Saudi Arabia.

He's considered one of the best referees in the game.

Last season he took charge of the finals in Euro 2016,

His new role will involve helping Saudi referees,

to improve their performance and he'll also take charge

We showed you yesterday 15-year-old Jackson Page

winning through to the third round of snooker's Welsh Open.

I hate to tell you, but his run is over.

World number four Judd Trump was just too strong

for the local schoolboy, who'd had to get special permission

Page lost 4-0 but he goes back to the classroom

with winnings of ?3,500 and bragging rights.

Well, once you win your first two everyone expects you to do more

but obviously most people don't realise who you're playing as well.

You know, when you're playing someone like Judd,

at my age you're not going to get very close very often

I need to do a lot of maturing and need to practise more to get

Certainly one for the future, though, isn't he?

And Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard proved

she is a woman of her word by honouring a bet she lost

Bouchard backed the Atlanta Falcons to win the Super Bowl.

Student John Goehrke said she should go on a date with him

Well, lose they did, and on a date they went

I've got more news on this, it must have gone well, apparently they are

going on a second date, maybe because he presented Bouchard with a

pair of earrings from a very expensive jewellery shop. Really?

Yeah. At the basketball match, there's this thing called Kiss

Cam... Not just the earrings, he must be pretty nice. And he looks

pretty good looking by all accounts! And there was the Kiss Cam at

half-time, it goes round the audience, it went to focus in on

them and they were going to oblige with a kiss but they spent too long

at the VIP buffets so they weren't back at their seats in time. Must

have been a good buffet! The law of the buffet! Have you got a thought

on the texting thing? There's a thing in the newspapers saying a lot

of families text each other when they're in the same house and new to

admit to this. Downstairs making a tea early in the morning, and one of

my daughters, I text her to say I'm awake, would you like a cup of tea?

Then I will go in more gently on the weekend. Jun has got in touch saying

I text my husband from bed to ask him to sort the rattle in the

dishwasher as it was keeping me awake. This is one from someone who

lives in a house of student teenagers, lists of texts they send,

dinner is ready, turn down the volume, are you up, the film is

starting. WhatsApp my brother-in-law to say could I have a beer. It seems

it's not uncommon to lie in bed and ask for a tea. The alternative is to

shout and then you wake the rest of the house. That's true. We will see

you later on. We will text you when we need you next. But none of you

have phones. Studio disciplined. Because we get so many texts.

Buzzing all the time. Whether it's waiting for a bus,

taking money out of a cash machine or doing the weekly shop,

they all involve one of the most British things you can do,

we're talking, of course, New research is trying to explain

the science behind them and what queuing rules

we Brits like to adhere to. We'll speak to psychologist

Geoff Beattie shortly, but first Allison Freeman has been

looking in to the history I do believe that a nationwide

rising of the housewives would end this terrible curse of queueing.

Without the British housewife this war could never have been one. We

have suffered enough. Despite Mrs Lovelock's efforts, we're still a

nation of Cuba's. In World War Two, queueing for food became associated

with doing your bit for the country by fairly taking your turn. And now

we queue from everything, for the bus to major sporting events like

Wimbledon, where the ticket queue has a campsite with its own code of

conduct. Don't want to perpetuate the stereotype of being British but

I quite like it. I remember coming out of Charles de Gaulle to go for

the Disney bus and falling out with some Germans because they were

pushing in front of us and we were queueing very well. In America I

guess you all barge together and go as one. If someone jumped the queue

or grabbing items while they're in the queue, it's kind of a very

British kind of anger, isn't it? It's a necessary evil. I work at a

train station and people stop join the queue because that's what they

meant to do. There's science behind it. Research says we don't like to

join a Q is there more than six people in it and if there are six

behind us we don't leave because we fear missing out. Also we get fed up

if we have to queue for more than six minutes and we like six metres

of space around us. And everyone has their own views on the best way to

queue. I like old people, they like to talk, single male people with

five items or less. A queue that is empty dust in case they open the

empty one. When there's a big shop rather than a few small ones. It

happens at my supermarket. You have to wait, there's nothing you can do.

He might just have a point. Allison Freeman, BBC News.

We're joined now by Geoff Beattie who is a professor of psychology

It all seems to be the power of six, six minutes and you get fed up, six

people behind you and you won't move queue is. Are we particular with our

queueing systems in British? We're very particular for a very good

reason, we don't like social and harassment and confrontation and if

we have a nice orderly queue we all know what the rules are and we like

to use because it appeals to the British sense of fair play, we may

be a class ridden and hierarchical society but when it comes to

queueing we're all equal, we don't like people to violate the rules and

we like everyone to know those rules. What about when somebody

breaks the rules, when they push in or inadvertently goes ahead of you

not realising there's a queue? What we don't do is we don't confront

them, we have that passive aggressive thing, we tut, we say

well I never, we signal to people and we nonverbally bond with

everyone else in the queue to form an outgroup against the violator. We

have moral indignation which other countries don't have, they would say

it is rule breaking and they would say something to the UK but in the

UK we tend not to. Is that changing? I did baseball survey in the office

this morning and people say they do call it out -- I did a small survey.

Things are changing because we are a very multicultural, diverse society

so the rules could be subtly changing but I like the clip you

played, because queueing represents our finest hour, when we sat

together as a nation. I like the guy in the train station where people

joined a queue because there was a queue! The joke is that a British

person will join a queue of one! There's not a passion, there are

rules to it and this research shows how sometimes we weigh up... It's

all about probability because we note use of frustrating and they can

be stressful, that's why hotels put mirrors by the elevator is so you

can look at yourself and passed the time in a different way -- elevator

is. Psychologically decrease the stress. Disney publicises queue

lengths which are over estimates because then we are pleasantly

surprised by the queue being shorter than expected. A lot of it is about

managing psychological expectations and if it speeds up towards the end

we like that because that's what we remember about the queue. Everyone

has their own bugbears, what about if someone is in the queue and then

a whole bunch of other people join that person? There's one person

ahead of you and five of their friends and the kids turn up and

then there's 11. We hate that and what's interesting is watching the

non-verbal signal in that goes on. We tend not to talk in queues, but

what we do is we nonverbally signal. -- non-verbal signalling. What's

really interesting is the ambiguity of the signal sent back to them,

which is you have to kind of agree because you want to avoid

confrontation but at the same time you're trying to signal disapproval.

We have a whole set of complexity nor is we have to send to keep the

orderliness and to stop conference confrontation and avoid social in

Paris and. The other thing that has come out of the research, you're

standing so close you don't talk. -- social embarrassment. We do stand

very close to people in conversations. This research says it

is six inches, which is within the intimate zone. It is too close for a

conversation. You can't have a conversation and I contact with

people six inches away so you have to step back. The problem with that

is if you step back you're breaking the queue, you're leaving spaces for

other people to come in and anything could happen, the world could fall

apart! It's no wonder it's confusing people when they arise in this

country, we all, as you say, seem to know these rules without ever

discussing them -- arrive. Their universal rules throughout the

country. In the US of course, each city has its own rules about

queueing -- they are -- there are. There's no consistency. Carol, thank

you. Any rules on queueing? Shop online, it's much easier, then you

don't get into all this! My favourite queue is the one in the

full Monty when they start singing along and the wiggle and so on!

A mild start to the day, almost across the board. As we move into

Belfast, Manchester and London, we are looking at seven. What is

happening is we do have a weak weather front. Travelling across

Scotland into the south-east is producing thicker cloud and spots of

rain. On either side, fog for south-west England, parts of

Scotland and northern England. Some will be slow to clear. Most of this

ancient across north-east Scotland and north-east England. Across parts

of south-west England, brightening up. A lot going on. A lot of cloud,

some splashes of rain, nothing too heavy. Aberdeen hanging on to the

sunshine at the longer is. Starting to cloud over but not completely. In

Northern Ireland, spots of rain in the afternoon as for Cardigan Bay.

Down towards the South Coast, still quite a bit of cloud with one or two

breaks more notably towards the south-west. Overnight, another

weather front coming our way. Rain for parts of Wales and possibly East

Anglia. In Scotland, we will have the heaviest rain overnight. On to

the weekend and the mild seemed continues. Some rain especially in

the north. Persistent heavy rain across Scotland but as the front

moves, it will weaken through Northern Ireland, northern England

and northern Wales. In the north, we are looking at last we showers.

South of that, cloud and sunshine and steel in the mild category. 9-

12 in the sunshine possibly up to 14 degrees. As we live Saturday and in

the Sunday, a warm front coming in from the Atlantic and milder air

coming our way. On Sunday, a lot of dry weather, still some showers

dotted around the west. More rain later. The early part of next week,

up to 17 degrees in some parts of the UK. Are you going to be wearing

my shorts! Could the answer after the shortages be in growing our own

food? There is a lot. I struggling to get through it. We are used to

nectarines and mandarins being important but three quarters of of

our fruit is important. About half the food we eat is great in the UK

but it is been looking at whether we should have more. We speak to the

chairman of Morrison. To your customers want more British food? Of

these very sophisticated supply chains have grown over the years and

we have got used to low-cost, high-quality food. Customers will

always say they have a propensity to buy local if given the opportunity

but price has to be part of that. I think they are happy to buy British

if we can get it organised at the right price. If you take something

like these, pretty high hand. I no expert. But to what extent are they

willing to pay more for it? Letters growing in glass houses, people

wanting to do that? -- lettuce. They would prefer to buy local if they

can. They like the providence of that. But you have to deliver it at

the right price. With the uncertainty with trade deals, under

Brexit and so forth, the currency has come down, making UK more

competitive and it is a great time for UK manufacturers and produces to

look to provide ball to supermarkets like Morrisons. The biggest one has

been price is when you talk about Brexit. What is going to happen this

is your? How much do you think the average basket is going to cost? It

is hard to call those things. It is an intensely competitive market. The

big four supermarkets have struggled in the wake of competition and in

those circumstances every one will be working hard to keep prices at

down. We close at two last resort? The currency will have any impact on

costs and in the end price but I would not be too pessimistic.

Everybody knows that nobody was to be putting up prices but there comes

a point where you have to? You do and I think it is an opportunity for

UK provider, manufacturers, producers, to step in and do more

and be more competitive because of currency. Ball familiar vegetables

here, are there certain things you see that you are stocking that are

obviously going to have more of a price pressure? There has been...

The obvious ones are the important things. We have not yet found a way

of going bananas and citrus fruit in the UK say they will come under the

most obvious pressure. In terms of what supermarkets can do to manage

the price- whistle a deal between Tesco and the biggest wholesaler,

are you happy with that deal? The big companies having a lot of

influence. It is and I think the authorities will look at whether

that is a good thing or not. It is not a deal we wanted to do. We are

happy on focusing being a food retailer. We are reproduced 25% of

what we sell in our factories so this is interesting today to look to

local manufacturing to provide more for our supermarkets. Looking for

more UK, more fresh and the opportunity to grow businesses. One

of the highlights is how difficult it is. Morrisons sell a lot of lamb

from the UK but the National farmers union highlighted you have a deal

going on for imported lamb from New Zealand and a lot were not happy.

Does it show how difficult it is for you to have everything from the UK?

95% of Labour we sell is from the UK. The New Zealand lamb is in

season at the moment so it was just topping the supply chain. Are we

willing to change our tastes? A British customers willing to go

British but not have the variety? The way to find out is to let them

make the choice of themselves. Come up with innovative new products and

let the customer decide. Thank you very much. The chair of Morrisons

there. Are you not sure, a bit of a quiz, I have been struggling. Any

idea what that is? I cannot really see it. A big lemon? Grapefruit. It

is neither. I have forgotten what the name is. This is not going to

work this quiz, he does not even know. You do not go to a pub quiz

and they give you the answers straightaway. Chives. No, it is

not... This is mugs beard. That is the kind of stuff they are selling.

We will try to fill you in on what some of these fruit are called. It

is not a big lemon, cannot remember what it was. Who knows if we want to

try yet if we do not know what it is. A quiz with a difference. Quiz

where we do not know the answer. Coming up, we're joined by father

and son as they prepare to go on tour together. Thank you for all

your messages. Many mum text me because I have my headphones on,

dinner is ready. We will be back shortly.

Good morning, it's Friday, 17th February.

A group of British tourists are hospitalised after being thrown

into freezing waters following a speedboat

Urgent talks are held to secure the future of Vauxhall's two

Good morning, half the food we eat in the UK is grown here but the

other half, including most of our fruit and veg, is imported. I will

be looking at whether we should be looking at growing more about what

food here in the UK. In sport, it's a first

hat-trick for the big Swede, Zlatan Ibrahimovich,

since joining Manchester United last summer and put his

side well on their way Also this morning, the Lake District

as you've never seen it. We'll meet the people behind

a documentary looking at how one of our best loved landscapes changes

through the seasons. Some patchy fog this morning but for

most cloudy but mild day with patchy rain in the West. The sunshine will

be across the north and east of Scotland and North East it England.

US President Donald Trump has launched a ferocious attack

on the media while defending his record during his first

During an extraordinary press conference at the White House,

he insisted his administration was running like a fine

tuned machine and told reporters their level of dishonesty

Our North America Editor, Jon Sopel, was there.

At short notice, a news conference was announced to be

Ostensibly to announce his new choice as Labor Secretary,

but really it was to get a whole lot of his chest.

Because the press, honestly, is out of control, the level

And the idea that his administration was in meltdown?

Nothing could be further from the truth.

I turn on the TV, open the newspapers and I see

This administration is running like a fine tuned machine.

But how could he reconcile that with the travel ban that has been

A question I asked after a little back and forth.

Can I just ask you, thank you very much, Mr President...

On the travel ban, would you accept that that was a good

example of the smooth running of government...

Let me tell you about the travel ban.

We had a very smooth roll-out of the travel ban,

but we had a bad court, got a bad decision.

We're going to put in a new executive order next week sometime.

The other thing that the president is in a rage about is the suggestion

that he is in the pockets of the Russians.

Donald Trump said his administration would crack down on the leaking

And then, at the end, something you never see

at a White House news conference, the president being heckled.