20/01/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

Shut down.

The US government grinds

to a financial standstill.

In the last hour, the Senate failed

to agree a budget to fund many

public services, despite last-ditch

which went late into the night.

The shutdown comes on the first

anniversary of his inauguration.

Hundreds of thousands of Federal

workers will now be told

to stay at home.

Good morning, it's Saturday

the 20th of January.

Also this morning: British tourists

in Jamaica's Montego Bay are warned

to stay in their resorts,

as violence on the streets leads

to a state of emergency.

A bespoke Brexit trade deal

is on the cards insists

French President Emmanuel Macron,

but he warns access to the single

market would come at a price.

You can't by definition have full

access to the single market if you

don't tick the box.

Pope Francis sounds a stark warning

about the future of the Amazon

while on a visit to Peru,

criticising big business

for exploiting the region.

In sport, Jamie Murray is out of the

Australian Murray doubles. He and

his partner lost in three sets to an

Indian pair. But it was close. Two

of those sets went to tiebreaks.

It

is a damp start to the weekend for

Northern Ireland and parts of

England and Wales. Brighter further

north, with still some wintry

showers and some more snow in the

forecast for some. All the details

in just a few minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

Within the last hour many

Federal Government services

across the United States have

shut down after the Senate failed

to pass a short-term spending bill.

Hundreds of thousands of workers

employed by federal agencies

are being sent home

until a compromise can be found.

Essential services including

national security and air traffic

control will continue.

The last government paralysis

in 2013 lasted 16 days.

It's a government shutdown nobody

wanted. It went to the wire but

there was no last-minute deal. As

Democrats rallied on Capitol Hill,

inside the Senate Republican leaders

couldn't secure enough votes to pass

the test ending bill to extend the

funding of federal agencies.

--

suspending bill.

suspending bill. Ayes of 50, nays of

49. The motion is not agreed to.

Now

the Trump administration faces an

embarrassing shutdown.

What we have

just witnessed on the floor is a

cynical decision by Senate or

Democrats, to shove aside millions

of Americans for the sake of

irresponsible political gains. The

government shutdown was 100%

avoidable.

Just before the vote the

president tweeted:

At the centre of all of this in a

row of immigration and the so-called

Dreamers. Democrats said the plan

had to include limitations for

deportation On people who came to

the US as children. The last

government shutdown was in 2013 and

lasted 16 days. It means federal

offices and services will close and

thousands of staff placed on

temporary unpaid leave as early as

Monday. Military operations to will

continue. Republicans and Democrats

have traded blame for this crisis.

Neither side wants to be held

accountable for closing the

government, but this is a financial

shutdown that begins on the first

anniversary of Donald Trump's

inauguration as president.

We're joined now by Peter Bowes our

correspondent in Los Angeles.

Good to see you. This is something

that is quite foreign to us in the

UK, the idea of a government

shutting down big departments,

public agencies shutting down. How

does this affect workers?

It may be

sound a little bit more dramatic, at

least in the early stages. It is a

weekend and government offices are

closed anyway, so the impact really

won't be felt until Monday March but

that's when some 850,000 government

workers, people working in

government offices, will simply be

sent home or told not to go to work

and they won't be paid. Crucially,

emergency services, essential

services, will continue, although a

lot of workers and first responders

especially may still be required to

go to work, but they won't be paid.

If past shutdowns are anything to go

by they will eventually be paid, it

will be backdated, when the

situation is sorted out.

Whose fault

is that?

Everyone is playing the

blame game and they've been doing

several days. It got the Democratic

leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer,

saying the blame should fall firmly

on the shoulders of Donald Trump. He

said there was a framework of a deal

on the issue of immigration, but the

president failed to press Congress,

the Republicans in Congress, to move

forward. Immigration reform is at

the centre of the dispute here. The

Democrats wanted with the -- written

into this deal about funding,

especially those young Americans who

came... Those young people who came

to America without the proper

documentation. The White House has

issued a statement saying the Senate

Democrats own what they called the

Chuck Schumer shutdown. They say

tonight they've got policies about

national security, elegy families,

vulnerable children and our

country's ability to serve. We will

not negotiate the status of unlawful

immigrants while Democrat hold our

lawful citizens hostage over their

reckless demands. Both sides blaming

each other.

each other.

In your opinion how long

will this last?

The signs are, and

certainly the negotiations were

going on on the floor of the Senate

after midnight, senators in huddles

seemingly keen to sort this out.

Some people are saying it could be

resolved over the weekend in a

matter of hours. Some say it could

creep into next week. It doesn't

feel like it will be a very long

shutdown.

We hope so. Thanks very

much, Peter.

British tourists in Jamaica

are being advised not

to leave their resorts unsupervised,

after a state of emergency

was declared in the area around

the popular holiday destination

of Montego Bay.

The change has been prompted

by a recent rise in violent crime.

Nick Davis reports.

For a country that depends on

tourism, the pictures of troops on

the streets of Montego Bay,

Jamaica's biggest resort, isn't

ideal, but the government says it is

something that needs to be done.

The

security forces are expected and

have been directed to treat citizens

with respect and protect the dignity

and safety of all.

Most of the

tourists who visit Montego Bay and

much of the coast state gated and

indicted or the clues if -- secluded

hotels. But crime has spiked. Last

year saw the 1600 people voted in

Jamaica. 335 of them in St James,

the area where Montego Bay is. Most

of the crime is gang-related and

focuses on a small number of

communities. The Foreign Office has

advised holidaymakers that they

should only travel to and from the

airport to their hotels and when

they do take excursions to make sure

they are arranged by official tour

reps. Officials say there will be

more roadblocks and vehicle searches

as they go after the gangs and their

guns. A similar state of emergency

in 2010 in Kingston saw the murder

rate dropped to its lowest levels in

years. A statistic that meant lives

state. In Montego Bay it is hoped

that they will happen again.

The French President has suggested

the UK could get a bespoke trade

deal with the European Union

after Brexit, but again warned that

Britain would not have full access

to the single market

without accepting its rules.

In an interview to be broadcast

on the Andrew Marr show tomorrow,

Emmanuel Macron said he respected,

but regretted, the Brexit vote,

and said the EU would love

to welcome the UK back.

Let's get more on this

from our political correspondent

Emma Vardy.

Just take us through what's been

said.

Of course Theresa May has

always been saying that what she

wants from Britain after Brexit is

for this country to be able to

strike a trade deal with the EU,

which allows British businesses to

continue to be able to trade across

Europe without imposition of costly

tariffs which could damage British

business. The problem is at the

moment there isn't another country

that has anything like the type of

trade deal with want, because we are

asking for a much better one. So

Emmanuel Macron's this and was

necessarily about Brexit but

everyone has been looking for clues

as to how much front our neighbour

is going to be favourable to the UK

when it comes to these negotiations.

-- how much France. But President

Macron on the Andrew Marr Show said

we can get a bespoke trade deal, but

very much underlined the kinds of

warnings we've had from EU already,

that Britain can't have its cake and

eat it. But if we want single access

to the market we will have to

continue to play by the rule, which

means abiding by the rules of the

European Court of Justice and paying

into the EU budget.

Sure, but this

special way should be consistent

with the preservation of the single

market and our collective interests.

You should understand that you can't

by definition have the full access

to the single market if you don't

keep the box. And to get full access

of the single market you need

contribution to the budget and you

have to accept the freedoms and the

four pillars and you have to accept

the jurisdiction.

President Macron

also underlined another very

important point when it comes to the

question of the financial services

industry in the UK, because of

course the big banking industry and

the city of an does so much

financial trade across Europe, it's

a big moneyspinner for the UK. The

question is how much could that be

curtailed after Brexit? Resident

Micron said we won't be able to have

the same level of financial services

access to the European market as we

do now -- President Macron. So the

relationship between Britain and

France has been reaffirmed. The

president is united with the

position of EU, saying written can't

expect any special favours. --

Britain.

Thanks for the moment.

The family of the American

rock star Tom Petty

has revealed that his death

last October was caused

by an accidental drug overdose.

He was found unconscious

at his home in Malibu,

days after completing an extensive

tour to mark the 40th anniversary

of his band, The Heartbreakers.

The 66-year-old was on medication

for a range of issues,

including emphysema

and a fractured hip.

Church bells and music venues

in England are to be offered extra

protection against attempts

to silence them by people living

in new properties nearby.

The Government is changing

planning-guidance so that

long-standing, but noisy,

community amenities wont have

to make expensive changes

because of complaints

from new neighbours.

Instead, developers will be

responsible for addressing any noise

issues when constructing new homes.

Pope Francis has used a visit to

Peru to sound a stark warning about

the future of the Amazon and its

indigenous communities. The pontiff

told the people of a smalltown the

edge of the Amazon forest that the

region had never been so threatened

by businesses, which would keen to

exploit it. Tribal elders called on

him to help protect them from being

driven from their lands.

Those are the main stories this

morning. Let's go back to our lead

story this morning.

When Donald Trump was sworn

into the White House exactly 12

months ago today, he had

the lowest approval ratings

of any modern president.

But he has been successful

in introducing some of his popular

election promises, including

the most sweeping overhaul of the US

tax system in more

than three decades.

So what do the people

who elected him make of his first

year, and would they

vote for him again?

Joining us from Pennsylvania

are Lori Burt,

a nurse who previously supported

Obama, but voted Republican this

time around, and Seth Pickett,

who also voted for Mr Trump.

Good morning. Thanks for joining us.

As I said, you initially weren't a

Trump supporter, before he became

president, what you did and

uploading for him. Why?

Well, the

alternative wasn't all that great,

so at one time I would have voted

for Hillary Clinton, but not after

the last eight years.

So you made

your decision and you were one of

the many that help President Trump

get into office. Are you pleased you

did so? What do you make of his

first year in office?

I am very

pleased. He has surprised me in all

that he has done with the judges he

has put in, the tax reform, the

economy is wonderful. I am so

pleasantly surprised.

Do you think

it has done what he promised to do

when he was campaigning to be

president?

Absolutely. Yes.

Give me

examples.

Well, he has increased the

economy, which is top-notch, and

jobs. He is working on the wall, an

positive he will get that done.

Things move slowly in DC, as

everyone knows. Taking care of the

veterans, my husband is one. He has

really been doing excellent work.

You will be very aware that

countries like ours are always quite

surprised when we see a president

Twitter. Very am guardedly,

sometimes, perhaps. And from the

heart

sometimes, perhaps. And from the

heart, it seems. What do you make of

how he manages his image on social

media?

Well, I think it is necessary

sometimes. Some of the tweets can

definitely be taken the wrong way, I

can see that. But with the way the

media is, he can't do anything

right. So this is his only way to

get out the positive that he is

doing.

Good to talk to you, good to

have your point of view as well.

Thank you for taking the time to

talk to us today.

Thank you so much.

Seth Pygott is a plumber and

electrician in Pennsylvania

electrician in Pennsylvania --

Pickett. I understand the first time

you had voted in any election was

when you voted for Donald Trump.

Yes, I was. I wasn't even registered

before he declared he was going to

run.

So what was it that inspired

you to vote on that occasion?

I

would say just his policies made

sense to me. You know, he had always

been kind of a figure I had watched

and had some respect for, just in

his business savvy, and I figured we

would be better off with someone

like that.

Now, you mentioned you

had a lot of respect for him,

someone who looked out for his

opinions on things, before becoming

president. How do you feel about him

now?

I am very happy with it. He has

lived up as much as he could, with

as much resistance as he has had to

go with, I am very impressed with

what he has gotten done.

What do you

make of some of the... People call

it shooting from the hip, don't

they, that is a phrase used in

America quite a bit. He has that

thing, particularly on Twitter,

where he says things that other

people might not. Is that something

that you think is good, is that an

attractive quality, as far as you

are concerned?

I find it to be. I

really enjoyed his point of view and

his perspective on that. I follow

him on Twitter and read his post

quite frequently. That is something

I actually enjoy about him. I like

that he doesn't have a filter like a

lot of people do. He isn't trying to

impress anybody, which he shouldn't

really have two, his policies make

sense.

Seth, can I just ask you, a

lot of people say that even if you

are anti-Trump, if the economy is

working, that makes a big difference

to what you think about the country

you are in, obviously. I wonder, you

are a plumber and electrician, how

is the economy for you? Have things

changed?

It has been a little bit

more busy. We have had a little bit

more work. More people looking to do

re- models, just a little bit more

activity in the economy. The area I

am from is really not a big economy,

and we would call it a repressed

economy here, but compared to a lot

of the other, larger areas, more

rural.

Mr Trump, of course, made

great promises for people like you,

working men and women, and I just

wonder whether you think he has

delivered on that. You sound rather

cautious about how you feel about

working prospect, and how you might

fear.

-- fare. We are not seeing as

much of the trickle-down is where

the industry is, I think the

industry will pick up more, and when

manufacturing comes back, we will

see more work as there is more

people making money in the country.

More money to put into the economy,

and I think it is going to have a

trickle-down effect eventually. But

a lot of the smaller areas are not

seeing an awful lot of benefit yet.

Thank you for your time this

morning. That is Seth Pickett from

Pennsylvania, speaking to us. So

some thoughts from working people

about how life is under Donald

Trump, and their thoughts now.

Here is Philip with a look

at this morning's weather.

I

I mean, that snowy picture, we are

still getting quite a bit of snow,

especially in Scotland.

Yes, very

good morning to you, and not

exclusively in Scotland, I have to

say. That headline only really

covers the basic four parts of

England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

We are pushing a belt of rain in as

we speak, some of you will already

have seen this, and the problem is

that belt of weather is moving into

the cold air sitting across us. -7

in some areas at the moment. Still

some showers across northern and

western parts of Scotland, but not

with the same on as yesterday. --

the

the same oomph. 11 degrees in

Camborne, who would be a forecaster?

Generally speaking near that else of

whether it is pretty dank and cool

and will stay that way for a good

part of the day. The trouble is that

on the northern edge of that, where

the moisture runs into the really

cold air, that is where we are

getting the conversion for a time

the date of some of that rain into a

little bit of snow. It eventually

clears from Northern Ireland, all of

that rain, but I'm afraid it is one

of those days for a good part of the

Midlands, East Anglia and the

southern counties. And then,

overnight, as that falls away and

the sky is clear for a time, we do

it all over again. I am bringing in

a new belt of weather here into

another slice of cold air. Where is

that all coming from? It is a set of

weather fronts, this low pressure

throwing the front at best. There is

no escape as we get on through the

day, and the trouble is that I think

a lot of tomorrow's rain and snow

accommodation is going to be

disruptive, because there will be

some ice, and then look at this. Not

necessarily just a high ground

problem, either, but anywhere north

of Birmingham. Over on the eastern

side of the British Isles, for a

time we could well see, as I say,

some disruptive snow. A few

centimetres getting to some quite

low levels at times, and it could be

that way until we bring this milder

air in from the west, it ever

further east. That is the shape of

things to come, and in the short

term it is that when the remix which

is a real concern.

-- Rain mix.

We will be back with

the headlines at 6:30am.

But now it is time

for the Film Review,

But now it is time

for the Film Review,

with Jane Hill and Mark Kermode.

A warm welcome to The Film

Review on BBC News.

To take us through this week's

cinema releases is Mark Kermode.

What have you been

watching this week?

Very exciting week.

We have The Post, starring

Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep.

Coco, the new animation from Pixar.

And The Commuter, the new Liam

Neeson action vehicle.

And The Post, it's about journalism.

I can't wait, I'm excited.

Did you like it?

I really did, it's a newsroom

thriller about the revelations

of the Pentagon Papers,

a report which basically said that

successive US administrations

had misled the country

about the Vietnam War.

The film is largely set in 1971.

Tom Hanks is Ben Bradley, the editor

of the Washington Post.

He is eager for a scoop.

Meryl Streep is Catherine 'Kate'

Graham, the publisher and proprieter

of the Washington

Post.

It's going to the stock

exchange, so its finances

are slightly precarious.

When the White House gets

an injunction on the New York Times,

after they publish some

of the Pentagon Papers,

Ben Bradley wants to publish.

But Meryl Streep says,

hang on, there are reasons we can't

do this, not least of all that it

might actually endanger the paper.

Here is a clip.

Do you have the papers?

Not yet.

Oh gosh, oh gosh, because you know

the position that would put me in.

You know, we have language

in the prospectus.

Yeah, I know, I know

that the backers can

change their mind.

I know what's at stake.

You know, the only couple I knew

that both Kennedy and LBJ

wanted

to socialise with was

you and your husband,

and you own the damn paper.

It's just the way things worked.

Politicians and the press,

they trusted each other

so they could go to the same dinner

party, and drink cocktails and tell

jokes, while there was

a war raging in Vietnam.

I don't know what

we're talking about.

I'm not protecting Lyndon.

No, you've got the man

who commissioned the study,

he's one of about a dozen party

guests out on your...

And protecting the paper.

The thing I like about this

film is it has a number

of intertwining stories.

One is the story of Kate Graham

finding her own voice.

She's surrounded by men

in boardrooms at the beginning.

She doesn't really speak,

she's slightly like a fish

out of water.

But during the course of this,

she has to step up to the mark

and decide what's

the right thing to do.

Second thing is, it runs

almost like a prequel

to All the President's Men.

The end of this film runs

right into the beginning

of All the President's Men,

which is a film that I was really,

really affected

by in the 1970s when it came out.

I was a kid when I saw

it, and loved it.

There's great period detail,

sequences in the printing presses

of the Washington Post.

We're looking at the hot metal

machinery, the old linotype

machines.

I love all that stuff.

Most importantly, it's

a really contemporary story.

That in 1971.

Yes, the period detail is great,

the performances are great,

Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks

are fantastic, the whole ensemble

cast is great.

But this is a really

contemporary story about,

in this particular case,

a corrupt president

in the White House attempting

to stop the press from expressing

you know, the right of free speech.

And you look at that,

and you look at what's happening

today,

in which the press is under attack,

all the stuff about fake news.

Recently we had the so-called

Fake News Awards.

It's a film almost like a call

to arms for the press,

the independent press.

From a free press,

to truth to power.

And it's interesting that

what Spielberg has done is to take

a period piece and tell

the story straight, you know,

it's not twisted in any

way at all, and tell it in a way

which makes it seem urgently

contemporary, in terms of gender

politics, in terms of its newspaper

politics, in terms of the way it

talks about the necessity for a free

speech and good reporting,

good factual reporting,

to keep check on authorities.

I mean, I - I've seen the film twice

now, and would happily go back

and see it a third time.

And you don't need to be

interested in journalism,

or in the issues you've just raised,

to like it as a film?

I think that helps, and I certainly

know some people who aren't

interested in those things,

and aren't interested in that

particular bit of history,

who have said, why would you go

and see it?

You see it because it is a personal

drama about those two characters,

but also something that leads

you very much by the hand.

It does assume from the beginning

you might not know this stuff,

so it gives you a primer.

It starts you in a battlefield,

and it leads you and tells

you all you need to know.

I would encourage anyone to go

and see it, because I think it's

a film that is timely,

although it is a period piece.

And I think you don't have to be

specifically interested in that war

or the Pentagon Papers or journalism

to find it a gripping drama.

And the performances are just great.

OK, fantastic.

An animated film

is your second choice.

And a really good one, Coco,

the new film from Pixar,

set at the Mexican Day

of the Dead festivities.

So 12-year-old Miguel

longs to be a musician,

but his family have banned music,

because his great-grandfather years

ago chose music over family.

So therefore there was no more music

in the family anymore.

On the magical Day of the Dead,

Fate takes a hand in the land

of the dead.

I thought this was terrifically

entertaining, and also very,

very touching fare.

On the one hand, it has lovely

animation and slapstick sequences,

and all the sort of stuff you would

expect from a Pixar vehicle.

More importantly, it has

great songs, great music.

But it's dealing with some very

difficult subjects -

it's dealing with dementia,

it's dealing with memory,

it's dealing with death and life,

it's dealing with loss.

It's dealing with the way people

live on, as long as they live

on in our memory.

And also the way songs and music

will linger in our minds sometimes,

you know, if anybody has had any

experience of people with dementia,

music somehow cuts through.

Cuts through, doesn't it?

There are moments that will make

you weep, moments that

will make you laugh.

In the end, it'll make you cheer.

If you liked this film,

you see it and you like it,

and I really think you will do,

there's another film

from a few

years ago, from 2014,

called Book of Life,

which got overlooked.

It does have thematic depth.

They make a nice companion.

Go and get Book of Life on DVD,

because it's a different film,

but there are great similarities

and they are both terrific.

OK, The Commuter.

The premise of the story

is quite gripping.

The Commuter - does it deliver?

Liam Neeson is a ex-cop working

as an insurance salesman.

The beginning of the film,

he loses his job, he's

doing his commute.

He needs money because he has to pay

for his kids' tuition.

Suddenly, Vera Farmiga turns up

and says, I want you to find

someone for me.

I can't tell you who they are,

or what they look like,

but if you do it there

will be a reward.

Here is a clip.

Someone on this train

does not belong.

All you have to do is find them.

That's it.

This person is carrying a bag.

You don't know what it looks like,

but inside that bag is something

they have stolen.

This person goes by

the name of Prynne -

it's not a real name.

They will be on this

train until Coldspring.

You find them, you find the bag,

the $100,000 is yours.

Don't leave the train

before finding the bag.

Don't tell anyone about this offer.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Simple.

I thought this was hypothetical.

It's just a little thing.

Shouldn't be too hard for an ex-cop.

How did you know?

Oh, that's me.

You're being serious, right?

You have until next stop to decide.

What kind of person are you?

OK, so it's intriguing setup.

They're strangers on a train.

She has this - find the person,

can't tell you why,

there will be reward.

Hitchcock thrillers -

you set up those rules.

The rules have to make sense.

You have to obey them.

What happens, it has

an interesting premise and setup,

and 20 minutes in it goes,

none of this makes sense,

and we don't care.

It throws the rules out the window.

Why would he do it?

That is thrown out.

And it just gets back

into Liam Neeson walking around

the train punching people.

And the most frustrating thing

is that when you see that clip,

you think it's intriguing.

What's going on?

It's literally 20 minutes in,

the film goes, I don't care.

I don't think these rules

add up to anything.

The whole scenario doesn't make a...

Shall we just have him

punching somebody?

And you get the first punching

sequence, and then you go,

OK,

fine, it is Taken on a train.

It's that film you've seen

all those times before,

except on a train.

It reminds you, what happened

to that really interesting idea

you threw out the window?

OK, fine, moving swiftly on.

Not a patch on the film

of the week, Three Billboards,

which I have not...

I thought about it every

single day since I saw it,

which is interesting in itself.

Brilliant performance

by Frances McDormand,

who has a strong chance of winning

the Best Actress Oscar.

Martin McDonagh, who wrote

and directed, has done

a really terrific job.

Made a tragicomedy that is comic

and genuinely tragic.

I know it is divisive.

Some take against it,

and don't get on at all.

But I laughed in the bits that

are funny, but I also cried,

because I think it really deals

with tragedy, it really

deals with loss.

It's really well filmed.

There are moments in it that

are almost transcendent.

They are about, like with

Coco, life and death.

The Chaucerian ear for obscenity

that Martin McDonagh has rings true.

Did you love it?

With hindsight, I loved it,

I wasn't sure as I was watching,

but I think the script is terrific,

and it's really stayed with me

in a positive way.

Don't take somebody

who doesn't like swearing.

That goes without saying.

That's the only caveat, isn't it,

it's a very striking film.

DVD?

So I Am Not a Witch.

It turned out in the Outstanding

Debut category at the Baftas.

A satirical, surreal tale of a young

girl who is given the chance

to accept life as a witch,

or turn into a goat.

The director has done

a brilliant job.

I thought it was a really remarkable

feature, something which,

yes, it's funny,

yes, it's satirical,

but it's also about

misogyny and magic.

One of those films, again,

sometimes you're watching

it

and don't know whether to laugh

or cry, and end up doing both.

It's really well worth checking out.

Thank you, Mark.

An intriguing week.

And many more like that to come,

because we're building

to awards season.

Plenty to come.

A reminder, before we go,

you will find all of the film news

and reviews from across

the BBC on the website.

And you can find all our previous

programmes on the iPlayer as well.

It's a cracking week.

Enjoy your cinema going.

Thanks for being with us.

Goodbye.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

Good morning.

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News:

Many federal government services

across the United States have

shut down after politicians failed

to pass a spending bill.

Hundreds of thousands of employees

will be sent home until copper mines

can be found.

However, essential services

including national security and air

traffic control will continue.

We're joined now from Virginia

by Quentin Kidd, Professor

of Political Science

at Christopher Newport University.

Can you outline for us exactly what

this means?

What it means is that

we've created history for all of the

wrong reasons today. This will be

the first time ever that a president

wakes up on the first anniversary of

his taking the office and the

government has shut down. It is

somewhat symbolic of Donald Trump's

first year in office. This is the

first time government has shut down

when one party controls all of the

branches of government. It really

symbolises some of the dysfunction

going on in Washington. The

practical realities of what this

means for the weekend are probably

minimal. Most verbal workers aren't

going to be working on Saturday and

Sunday, so in reality republicans

and Democrats in Congress and the

president had the weekend to try to

solve this before people are

supposed to show up our work at 8am

on Monday morning and are told not

to.

Professor, in the late-night

discussions we witnessed there was a

lot of name-calling and a lot of

blaming going on.

There's probably

blame to go around. Honestly. Both

parties are playing to their base

right now. The Democrats really

needed to let their base note

updates cared about these

immigrants, the Dreamers, about

800,000 of them who will leave their

legal status on the first of March

if something isn't done. Republicans

needed to let their base note that

they weren't going to give in on any

kind of Immigration Bill until the

war was funded and that's really the

loggerhead that both sides are up,

the wall that President Trump wants

and legal status. Some long legal

status for these Dreamers.

I wonder

where this leaves us. Looking at

America now, we have the one-year

anniversary for Trump, but at the

same time we have what some people

would call a booming economy. Some

might say the trade-off is a strong

economy but a stalling working

system in the Senate, in Congress.

That's not a bad trade-off, really?

In fact that's one of the bargains

that Republicans are hoping voters

make. By the time we get to November

and voters go to the polls and have

to decide whether to elect a

Republican or Democrat, Republicans

are hoping voters have felt the

positive effects of the tax cuts,

feel like the economy is doing well

and want to reward Republicans for

that. So that's one of the deals

essentially that Republicans have

made with themselves.

Thank you very

much, Professor.

Downing Street has confirmed that

Theresa May will meet

with President Trump next week.

They'll hold bi-lateral

talks as they attend

the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The President's press secretary said

the meeting would be used

as a chance to "further strengthen

the special relationship"

between the US and the UK.

The Foreign Office has changed it's

advice for British people travelling

to the popular beach

resort of Montego Bay,

in Jamaica, after a state

of emergency was declared

in the area.

The measures are in response

to a recent rise in violent crime,

including a number of shootings.

Tourists are being told

not to go out at night,

or leave their resorts alone.

The family of the American

rock star Tom Petty

has revealed that his death

last October was caused

by an accidental drug overdose.

He was found unconscious

at his home in Malibu,

days after completing an extensive

tour to mark the 40th anniversary

of his band, The Heartbreakers.

The 66-year-old was on medication

for a range of issues,

including emphysema

and a fractured hip.

A huge storm caused havoc

across Northern Europe yesterday,

resulting in the death of 11 people

in Germany and the Netherlands.

This plane struggled

to make it onto the runway

at Dusseldorf Airport,

as it was battered by the winds

as it came into land.

The rooftop of this apartment

building was completely ripped off

in Holland.

Meteorologists said

it was the worst storm

since records began in 1990.

And pedestrains were blown down

the street, with one man

having his bike torn

from his hands.

I've never experienced winds like

that. It must have been very

frightening. You've always got a

story about something.

I am doing a preview to the Tour de

France. In 2009 there were wins like

that in a remand of being blown into

the wall. Drama at the Australian

Open.

Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares have

been knocked out in the second

round of the Australian Open.

They lost in three sets

to the Indian pair of Leander Paes

and Purav Raja.

But Britain's Dom Inglot is through.

He and New Zealand's Marcus Daniell

beat the French duo Benoit Paire

and Hugo Nys.

And world number one Simona Halep

survived an epic battle

with the unseeded American Lauren

Davis to reach the fourth round.

She saved three match points before

eventually winning 15-13

in the decider, after nearly

four hours on court.

That final set itself lasted two

hours and 22 minutes.

Chelsea are looking for a striker

and they're interested in signing

the former England international

Peter Crouch, who's 36 and hasn't

been a first-team regular

for Stoke this season.

Apparently Chelsea and Stoke have

been in contact about the 6'7 tall

forward.

Chelsea have only scored one goal

in their last four games.

They're away to Brighton in today's

early Premier League kick-off.

Stoke are at home to Huddersfield

and Paul Lambert will take his seat

in the dug-out for

the first time since

he was appointed last week.

With his side in the relegation

zone, he says his first priority

is improving their defence.

As a team we have to do better. Stop

conceding goals. Going forward, I

think we are really good. We could

be a little bit more aggressive and

close people down a little bit

quicker. If we get that we've got a

chance.

The Brazil legend Pele is resting

at home and has not been taken

to hospital with exhaustion,

according to his spokesman.

Pele is 77 and had been due

to travel to London this weekend

for a dinner held in his honour

by the Football Writers Association,

but the spokesman said he didn't

want to make the long journey.

There's bad news for the Wales rugby

union side ahead of next month's Six

Nations.

Rhys Priestland is going to miss

most of tournament with injury.

The Bath fly-half had been

carrying a hamstring injury

and has now withdrawn from the squad

to continue his rehabilitation.

Wales's first game is at home

to Scotland in a fortnight.

Rory McIlroy's return

to golf is going well.

He's only three shots behind leader

Thomas Pieters at the half-way stage

of the Abu Dhabi Championship,

his first tournament

for three months.

McIlroy is nine under par

and there were no signs of his rib

problem when he closed with an eagle

in a second round of 66.

He hasn't dropped a shot all week.

I've given myself plenty of chances

and that's what I'm going to have to

do over the next couple of days as

well if I'm going to try to win this

tournament. But 66... There weren't

many fireworks apart from that putt

on the last. It was nice to finish

that way.

England's cricketers are looking

to wrap up a series victory over

Australia in tomorrow's third one

day international in Sydney.

They've now got a two-0 lead

in the five match series

after another convincing

display in Brisbane.

Half centuries from Alex Hales

and Johnny Bairstow helped them

to a four wicket victory.

Chris Woakes hit the winning runs.

It's semi-finals day

at the Masters Snooker.

John Higgins plays later on BBC Two

and this afternoon on BBC One you

can see Judd Trump against Kyren

Wilson.

Trump beat Shaun Murphy

6-4 yesterday afternoon.

There was a bizarre incident

in the first session of that

quarter-final, when Shaun Murphy

was attacked by a wasp.

Surprisingly, for the time of year.

I suppose Snooker is an indoor

sport! And he makes a handy

Lightsaber with his pool cue!

Mr Miyagi type moves.

He was swiping at it with his pool

cue!

He was.

I will just say not to get it stuck

up your shorts when you are driving.

And with the Winter Olympics

less than a month

away, Lizzy Yarnold narrowly missed

out on a medal at the final

skeleton World Cup event

of the season, in Germany.

She will be hoping to successfully

defend her title next month,

after a mixed run of

results this season.

The team for the games

is announced on tuesday.

And how about this for a way

of ending your career?

American downhill skier

Julia Mancuso dressed

as Wonder Woman for her final

ever run in competition.

Wearing a cape and tights,

rather than a ski suit,

were probably to blame

for her not being as quick

as the rest of the field.

Mancuso has won a gold,

two silvers and a bronze over

the last three Winter Olympics,

but didn't qualify for Pyeongchang

next month, so she's decided

to retire now at the age of 33.

And retire in style. Good for her!

So, a big week. A big week for

Britain's bobsleigh team because

they find out on Tuesday whether

they've made the team for the Winter

Olympics.

Olympics. A couple that rely on

crowdfunding. So for this exclusive

report I joined the team in Germany

for the fear they go through on a

daily basis.

Imagine jumping in a dustbin and

being rolled down a mountain at 90

mph. That's how these two describe

it. And it may be downhill all the

way they hope to the Winter

Olympics. At the last six months

have been an uphill struggle after

their funding was withdrawn by the

sport. They've been doing it mostly

for themselves from driving their

band between World Cup venues,

helping to maintain their sled,

getting there on food and cooking it

in there own rental apartment, all

thanks to the £30,000 raised in an

appeal to the general public. It is

like most athletes of the world

circuit wouldn't recognise.

It is

Formula 1 on ice, but like the poor

version.

We make it glamorous.

Every

single day living together, eating

together, training together at and

that's not just at the track but in

the gym running as well. Before

training and then on a race day we

walk the track.

It is paying. The

team have already achieved 51 race

this season, the best this decade.

And having inspected the track it up

to the lightning skills and reflexes

on the way down of the pilot and the

back, as the brakes are applied. The

team are back competing one week

after this.

You get those moments

where you are like, why am I doing

this? To a really want to continue.

You really disappoint people and

yourself. I wouldn't say it's

enjoyable. It's not like a nice

rollercoaster. You get absolutely

bashed around so much.

I hop in

behind her as gently as possible,

and just make sure my head is nice

and low.

How much do you see going

down?

Absolutely nothing. If I'm

idea to see through the little hole

where the brakes are, but I tend to

shut my eyes.

There's only one

way... Another back. I don't know if

that's good or bad. It will be very

cosy. This has to be one of the most

terrifying things I've done. That's

it. We are off!

it. We are off! I joined a pilot and

two of his colleagues for a minute

of pain I will never forget. The

G-force was pushing ahead down so I

couldn't look up. I wasn't told you

have to time your breathing. It felt

like somebody was squeezing my

throat right down into my stomach,

while at the same time being hit on

the head with a hammer.

It's a rough

on your body. You get out at the

bottom and you can have a headache,

your body is hurting, you are bumped

and bruised. It isn't enjoyable that

way at all. From the top to the

bottom, the whole experience is such

an adrenaline packed thing.

Only

afterwards did they tell me the back

of the 4-man sled is the worst the

vibrations. So spare a thought for

all of the men and women. I've never

been in something so violent as

that. And never before have I been

in such need of a good old hot

chilli as the team prepared to move

on and do it all again.

I am glad that is over, I will never

look at them in the same way again.

They have got such nerve.

Take your

hats off to all the brake men and

women out there. And Tuesday they

find out whether they have made the

cut for the Winter Olympics.

It will

be a fantastic story, in terms of

all the crowd funding.

It is our own

Cool Runnings, isn't it? I don't

suppose they are old enough to have

ever seen at!

It must be on their

list. -- seen it.

Here is Philip with a look

at this morning's weather.

The

The weather is on the move today,

especially across the south-western

quarter of the British Isles.

Already a band of whether moving in

from the Atlantic, running into cold

air. That is why we are seeing a

little bit of snow perhaps on the

far side of Northern Ireland. That

prospect also on the leading edge of

this band is gradually seeps its way

towards Wales, perhaps in towards

the lower end of the peaks in the

Pennines, towards East Anglia. In

the south the rain eventually clears

from Northern Ireland, maybe parts

of the south-west. Where it is mild

elsewhere it is of those days.

Further north, a glorious day in

prospect. Some wintry showers across

the northern parts, and then once

that area of cloud and rain moves

away to the continent, it makes way

for another one and we do it all

again. It stays pretty cold and then

we bring this band of weather in

from the Atlantic. That is a set of

fronts pushing its way slowly but

surely across the British Isles.

There is no escape from this during

the course of Sunday. You may start

drier in the east but there will

again be a significant conversion of

rain in the snow. There will be a

nice problem as well. Not just, I

have to say, exclusively Scotland

and northern England, but this could

be the biggest of the problems,

because as that rain pushes in

towards the cold air over the peaks

in the Pennines, over the high

ground of Scotland, even at low

levels you will see snow for a time

over the eastern side of the British

Isles. And then once that rain band

pushes right through, we end up

importing much milder air from the

Atlantic. And that will be the

future, but in the short term it is

pretty wintry fare.

Lots of layers,

lots of hats, and lots of scars.

-- scarves.

We will be back with all

the weekend news at 7:00.

But first, here is Click,

with Spencer Kelly.

I'm on my way to a reported incident

on one of Las Vegas's busiest

highways.

With the last rain falling

over four months ago,

the oily roads mixed with the fresh

water have become a lethal

recipe for disaster.

In the driving seat

is Sergeant John Arias,

from Nevada Highway Patrol.

He's using Waycare, software that

alerts him to an incident as soon

as it's reported via someone calling

911 or through driving apps

like Waze and it provides him

with details and the best route

to get to the scene.

It'll tell me the location,

what kind of accident,

if it's debris, how long it's

going and if there's any responders

that are assigned to the call

that are on their way.

It constantly updates him

on the situation as it develops.

Having a robust system

in place doesn't just help

with weather-related collisions.

With our Route 91 shooting

that we had at Mandalay,

for the portion that we handled

in the Highway Patrol,

it's really getting the public

that's on the strip off the highway

as quickly as possible,

or closing off the freeway so we can

have those critical resources, fire,

medical, ambulances,

to get people to the hospital

and get there quickly.

In 2017, 15,000 crashes were tended

to, with over 300 people dying

on average each year in road

accidents in Nevada.

Getting emergency services

to the scene as quickly

as possible is critical.

We're gonna send injury to it

and it's camera 217.

The system has been running

through the Regional Transportation

Commission's Traffic Management

Center for the past three months.

Now because we're getting

information through so many

different data streams,

not just the dispatchers,

but we're getting it

through social media,

things like the Waze app,

so people are tagging them

in as they're driving.

Because all of this is happening

so quickly, we might have already

sent out all of that information

and had everybody in this room aware

before the first 911 call comes in.

So we're talking about possibly ten

to 15 minutes of improvement

in response time in some

of these incidents.

That's major when you're dealing

with traffic incidents.

Waycare pulls in data

from several sources -

traffic signals, CCTV cameras,

in vehicle sensors and information

from driving apps.

It factors in things

like what day of the year it is,

the time of day and the weather.

Responding to incidents

rapidly is one thing,

but the point is to be able

to predict incidents before

they happen, so the responders

can be better prepared

and in the right location.

Using deep learning,

what we do is we look

at the historical data,

run it through algorithms to develop

patterns that are emerging and tie

it to what's happening now

on the road.

By doing that we're essentially able

to look forward in time to identify

where these incidents

are likely to occur.

Unfortunately, Waycare wasn't able

to predict this one.

The trooper's taking pictures.

It looks like it's the rear.

You see how she was spinning out?

She did a full 180

and struck right here.

Being able to foresee accidents

here could really save lives.

The hope is that as the data

gets more sophisticated,

the predictions will

become more accurate.

Every day we get more and more

evidence about what causes...

..what triggers an incident

and the artificial learning gets

smarter and smarter

and more capable.

For Nevada now, though,

the initial results are promising.

They get there faster,

we clear it faster and that means

less secondary accidents and,

if you think about it,

secondary accidents have...

Basically 18% of secondary

accidents are fatalities.

So we're reducing the

fatalities on the roadway.

And of course the goal is to prevent

accidents altogether

and Richard Taylor and Lara

Lewington have been looking at some

in-car technologies that may help

make that a reality.

At CES, as you might expect,

there's a lot of interest in self

driving cars and it's pretty clear

that we are on a one-way street

towards full autonomy.

But that does still seem to be a way

off, although we don't know

exactly how far.

In the meantime, though,

there is plenty of innovation to be

seen before we reach

our final destination.

Unsurprisingly, the move

towards autonomated driving

is focused largely on safety,

with Hyundai creating a system

to intervene when we

need it the most.

The car's fitted with a combination

of biometric sensors in the seat,

they're tracking heart rate,

and a low resolution camera

which is tracking your

facial movements.

The reason it's low resolution

is so that the refresh

rate is quicker.

So if there's a problem,

if it seems you've lost

concentration or you're

drifting off to sleep,

then the car can quickly react

toautonomously be moved off the road

to a safe spot.

And the basic premise of this

technology could be available

in just a year.

Meanwhile, Nissan has a different,

even more futuristic twist

on biometrics, using my grey matter.

The idea of this system is really

to provide an interaction

between man and machine,

between my brain and the AI.

And the concept here with Nissan

is that even in a world

of autonomous vehicles,

there will be roles

for humans to play.

After all, a lot of people do find

driving quite a positive experience.

It can interpret the signals coming

from the human and actually

enhance the ride.

This so-called brain to vehicle tech

currently involves wearing this

bizarre looking electrode studded

helmet to capture my brain activity

and interpret the signals

as much as half a second

before my muscles do.

So, as I'm about to say "change

lane" or "hit the brakes",

it will initiate the action for me,

giving me a smoother ride,

and yet still allowing me

a sense of control.

They do need to sort out

that helmet, though.

LAUGHS

Oh, dear.

I'm not driving very well here.

Yet what we can't hide away

from is the fact that when full

autonomy does come to pass,

it's not simply about cars.

This is Yamaha's concept motorbike.

A self-driving racing vehicle that

should be able to do speeds of over

120 mph, although not

on actual roads you'd hope.

But whatever the form

of autonomous vehicle,

it'll need to interact safely

with pedestrians and cyclists too,

a challenge that Ford are hoping

to overcome in their vehicles.

Initially, cyclists will have to be

seen by the vehicles

and we are building perception

into our autonomous vehicle that

allows it to detect the cyclists,

objects, to understand their intent

and ensure that we can be safely

navigating in the same space.

And Ford are just one of the big

brands who've called on the help

of Nvidia, whose processes,

combined with intelligence software,

can make the environment

around the vehicle safer.

For example, using LiDAR

sensors to alert a driver

who is about to open a car

door onto a cyclist.

And AI is fuelling other experiences

inside the car, too.

Speech recognition specialists

Nuance power many of today's in-car

interactions and they showed off how

they'll look in future as well.

Today we think about the assistant

as something that we interact

with using voice, but we can

add other modalities.

Of course we have the screen,

we have touch, but maybe we can use

gestures and in this specific

prototype we introduced eye

tracking, as a way of helping

the assistant understand what am I,

as a driver, looking

at and then I can ask questions

about my environment.

So if I see a coffee

shop in front of me,

I can just ask a question about it.

What is the user rating

of this coffee shop?

Starbucks coffee has a user

rating of three stars.

Until when is it open?

It closes at 11pm.

Send a message to Frank Baker,

saying, "Let's have coffee tonight".

OK, sending a message

to Frank Baker, saying,

"Let's have coffee tonight".

Ready to send it?

Yes.

So the other part of this system

is that there are microphones placed

in different parts of the car,

which means the AI can respond

according to where the

different passengers are.

So here on the passenger

seat I can say, "hello,

Dragon, I'm cold".

OK, raising the temperature in zone

two to 71.0 degrees.

There's definitely a trend

towards making our journeys more

enjoyable as well as safer.

Toyota have even updated

their happiness tracking concept

car, aiming for a more pleasurable

journey and even suggesting

where you might want to go,

for anyone who needs their car

to tell them.

Since you are a foodie,

I'll tell you something interesting.

There are many options around

Union Square from casual dining

to Michelin starred.

High-end restaurants

as well as popular cafes.

Do you like it?

Yes.

That was a bit of fun,

but I didn't need the AI to tell me

that I was ready for dinner.

Sushi?

Yeah, let's go.

Let's go.

And, from Boeing to boozing,

I'm on my way to the Tipsy Robot,

where mixology has been

given a hi-tech makeover.

Here, the drinks are shaken

and served by these two chaps.

I can even invent my own cocktail,

by choosing from some of the 120-odd

spirits hanging from the ceiling -

or, I assume, all of the 120-odd

spirits in one.

Can I do that?

No, I can't do that, apparently.

These droids can mix 100 cocktails

an hour between the two of them.

That sounded impressive,

until I discovered some human

bartenders can do ten times that.

And that's it for Click

in the US for this week.

Don't forget you can

follow us on Twitter,

where you can see loads of extra

backstage videos and photos.

Although, trust me, you don't

want to see what happens

after I have one or two of these.

Cheers, see you soon.

Oh, fruity!

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

Shut down:

The US government grinds

to a financial standstill.

In the last hour, the Senate failed

to agree a budget to fund many

public services, despite last-ditch

which went late into the night.

The shutdown comes on the first

anniversary of his inauguration.

Hundreds of thousands of Federal

workers will now be told

to stay at home.

Good morning, it's Saturday

the 20th of January.

Also this morning:

British tourists

in Jamaica's Montego Bay are warned

to stay in their resorts,

as violence on the streets leads

to a state of emergency.

A bespoke Brexit trade deal

is on the cards insists

French President Emmanuel Macron,

but he warns access to the single

market would come at a price.

You cannot by definition

have the full access to the single

market if you don't tick the box.

Pope Francis sounds a stark warning

about the future of the Amazon

while on a visit to Peru,

criticising big business

for exploiting the region.

In sport, they may be five

time grandslam winners,

but Britain's Jamie Murray is out

of the Australian Open doubles.

And Philip has the weather.

It's a damp start to the weekend

for Northern Ireland,

parts of England and Wales.

Brighter further north,

with still some wintry

showers to be had, and some more

snow in the forecast for some.

All the details in

just a few minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story:

Many federal government services

across the United States have