31/01/2018 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

Theresa May insists she's not

a quitter as she touches

down in China.

After criticism from

Conservative MPs,

the Prime Minister has

defended her leadership saying she's

in it for the long-haul.

Good morning, it's Wednesday

the 31st of January.

Also this morning: Time

to rediscover the American dream.

Donald Trump tackles

immigration and the economy

as he delivers his first State

of the Union address.

The BBC pay row heads to parliament.

The former China editor Carrie

Gracie and the Director General,

Tony Hall, will face questions

from a group of MPs.

Good morning.

the

The number of cars we made in the UK

last year FELL for the first time

since 2009, and investment

in the industry was down sharply,

so I'll be looking at what that

means for the hundreds of thousands

of workers in the sector.

Good morning.

In sport, Swansea are out

of the Premier League relegation

zone for the first time

since November after this howler

from Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech.

Talking through her blowhole.

We'll find out why scientists have

helped Wikie the orca to become

the world's first speaking whale.

And Carol has the weather.

thankfully always easy to

understand.

Hello from outside the BBC in

London. Patchy rain around in the

south but we've got some snow even

at lower levels in parts of Scotland

and Northern Ireland and northern

England today. In between there will

be sunshine but it's going to feel

colder than it did yesterday. More

in 15 minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

The Prime Minister has responded

to a series of attacks

on her leadership by declaring

she's not a quitter.

Theresa May told journalists

there was a long term job to be

done and that she was serving

her country and party.

More on that through the programme.

We will speak to the schools

minister later to ask him about the

fact that Theresa May has come out

and said this quote about not being

a quitter and also lots to talk

about with regards to Brexit and

labour asking for the full release

of the leaked document we talked

about yesterday on the programme.

More on that through the programme.

President Trump has said he's taken

forward his righteous mission

to make America great again

during his first year in office.

In his first State

of the Union address,

Mr Trump said he'd introduced record

tax cuts for everyone,

the stock

market was booming, jobs

were being created and unemployment

was at a record low.

The era of economic surrender is

totally over. Unemployment claims

have hit a 45 year low. For many

years companies and jobs were only

leaving us, but now they are roaring

back, they're coming back, they want

to be where the action is, they want

to be in the United States of

America. That's what they want.

David Willis was listening closely,

what is your analysis?

Very

considerate read tone struck by

President Trump. Not something we

are used to perhaps from him. He

talked about the need for

immigration reform. He said that

they should put aside the

differences they have in Congress

and seek out common ground as he put

it. He also said he was keeping

Guantanamo be, the military prison

in Cuba that his predecessor, Barack

Obama, had tried so hard to close,

open. He put the spotlight on a

crippled North Korean defector who

waved a crutch in the air as he

received a standing ovation from

members of Congress. It was one

hours and 20 minutes, the third

longest State of the Union address

on record and it offered very few

new details on how he planned to go

about framing the legislation he

spoke of but it's a new conciliatory

tone but the question is, how long

will it last?

David, we don't know

the answer but thank you very much

for that. More on that at around

6:40am.

The research is incomplete and they

are rejecting calls to disclose the

findings but Labour plans to trigger

a Commons vote to ensure the

information is revealed.

We are forced in effect to use an

ancient procedure to ask the

government, forced the government to

pass over these documents in

confidence if necessary, but we need

to be able to do our job here.

The Director General of the BBC,

Tony Hall, will appear before MPs

today as the corporation faces

further scrutiny over

gender pay inequality.

The Digital, Culture,

Media and Sport Committee will also

hear from the BBC's former China

editor Carrie Gracie,

who resigned from her role

in protest at inequalities.

Here's our media and arts

correspondent, David Sillito.

Carrie Gracie used to be the BBC's

China editor. She stepped down

earlier this month in a protest over

pay. A comparable male colleague,

was, she said, being paid more than

50% more than her and today she is

going to face MPs to discuss the way

the BBC treats women. So too is the

corporation's director-general, Tony

Hall, just a day after a report in

which he said changes had to be

made.

I think this is a culture

change. It takes time. What I've

learned over the last three, four,

five, six months is we've got to go

faster at this, much much faster and

that's what I'm committing to today.

I want us to go faster, I want us to

be exemplary for equality because I

profoundly believe it's right.

Within the BBC the group

representing women fighting for pay

a quality have more than a few

doubts. This meeting with MPs is a

chance to present evidence not

considered by the report. The

stories of women paid half or even a

third of salt, what some of their

male colleagues were receiving. The

BBC says it's going to change. This

enquiry wants to know if it will

really make a difference.

really make a difference. David

Sillito, BBC News.

A light aircraft that crashed

in Australia on New Year's Eve

killing five members of a British

family had veered significantly

off its intended course,

according to investigators.

In total six people

were killed, including

the Canadian pilot.

The boss of the flight operator said

the pilot's manoeuvres leading up

to the crash as 'inexplicable'

for someone with so much experience.

There is still 'no preferred theory'

as to why the plane went off course.

There are calls for the government

to fortify flour with folic acid

to help protect babies in the UK

from common birth defects.

Researchers from the University

of London say higher

doses of the vitamin,

which prevents conditions such

as spina bifida, do not cause harm,

despite previous evidence.

Here's our health

correspondent, Adina Campbell.

Folic acid is crucial in the first

four weeks of a baby's development,

but awareness varies.

I decided to

take folic acid six months before we

decided to get pregnant. Most of my

friends are not aware about folic

acid.

I'd remember taking it, I

didn't know much about it to be

honest.

With my five-year-old once I

found out I was pregnant I took it

but I didn't even know you had to

take it before conceiving a baby.

To

insure all babies have the best

start in life, scientists and some

charities have now renewed calls for

folic acid to be added to flower in

the UK after a new study suggests

higher doses of the vitamin are not

harmful. It found there was no link

between folic acid and neurological

damage with no need for an upper

limit and that previous evidence was

out of date and flawed.

To win in a

day have a termination of pregnancy

on account of a diagnosis of a

neural true defect. If much of that

or part of that even can be avoided

by fortification, well, that's a

good thing.

The Department of Health

in England says it's now carefully

considering conclusions from this

latest research, while Wales,

Scotland and Northern Ireland

already support the idea. Folic acid

is already found in flour in more

than 80 countries worldwide.

Scientists say this latest study

offers more evidence of overwhelming

benefits. Adina Campbell, BBC News.

The Prime Minister has responded

to a series of attacks

on her leadership by declaring

she's not a quitter.

Theresa May told journalists

there was a long term job to be

done and that she was serving

her country and party.

She made the comments before

touching down in China

on a trade mission.

Mrs May is hoping to strengthen

relations with Beijing,

but said she wouldn't shy away

from the difficult issues.

Let's speak to our China

correspondent Robin Brant.

Robin, good morning. From what she

has had to say before she's even

arrived in China, you can tell this

is an important trip for the Prime

Minister?

Hugely important anyway

for the UK economy irrespective of

leadership concerns or Brexit, China

is heading for the world's biggest

economy spot and the UK only exports

about £17 billion of goods and

services to it a year, it exports

more to Belgium, so there has to be

improvement in terms of where China

is going and if the UK will benefit

from this economic relationship.

She's been at a university in Wuhan,

five hours from here on the train, a

huge student population, the export

of education is a big deal for the

UK and there's financial services

and legal services, insurance, China

signalled late last year it is

looking to change the ownership

rules so British firms can

capitalise on that here but the

issue of leadership has followed her

here, as always. In comments to

colleagues on the plane over she had

this to

on a snipe from a former minister, a

Tory MP, suggesting she is governing

like a tortoise when what the

country needs is a lion. This is

what she said:

The focus on this trip is very much

trade but I think she is lukewarm in

comparison to her predecessor David

Cameron on the China UK

relationship. She has concerns about

China capital and respecting the

rule book when it comes to

international trade, that is

something she reminded the Chinese

about in a piece in the Financial

Times this morning but she said you

will address issues of Hong Kong and

human rights behind-the-scenes.

Two officials from Hawaii's

Emergency Management Agency have

resigned after a ballistic missile

alert was sent in error.

It took the authorities 38 minutes

to correct the message

which caused widespread

panic across the island

earlier this month.

A third man thought to be

responsible for the message

has been fired.

An investigation found a combination

of human error and inadequate

safeguards were responsible.

Let's introduce you

to Wikie the whale.

She's in many of the papers this

morning for being the first whale

in the world to speak English.

Researchers were keen to learn more

about the way killer

whales communicate and whether,

like humans, they could learn

new dialect by imitating sounds.

So, they taught Wikie

some new words.

Let's take a listen.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

There's another

one, there's another one. Have we

got hello? Was that hello? One, two,

three, could you tell it was that?

If I think I spoke whale it would be

one, two, three.

Wikie also learnt some other words

during the experiment,

including hello and the name Amy.

Scientists say the ability to learn

new sounds is a sign of intelligence

and is very rare amongst mammals.

We will talk about her more later

but she's in captivity, she isn't

going to be released, they are

trying to work with her so they can

learn and help other animals in the

wild.

To me that sounded like

something very different from one,

two, three. Maybe if you are tuned

to the whale noise.

Her hello is

much more convincing.

much more convincing.

we will try to

get the bottom of this one!

That is the news this morning! Carol

will have the weather in a few

minutes. Sonali is here, is it

transfer deadline day today?

As if

you don't have it as a huge part of

your calendar! It is. Until 11pm

everyone has the chance to buy who

they want for the rest of the

season. Did you see the Arsenal game

yesterday?

I saw Petr Cech have a

shocker.

Huge celebrations at the

live Liberty Stadium, after beating

Liverpool last week they beat

Arsenal yesterday 3-1, takes them

out of the relegation zone for the

first time since November and the

new boss was talking about how they

aren't dead any more, they have

breathed new life into themselves,

he has, he has quite a cult

following with fans and they have

breathed new life into their season.

Gunners goalkeeper Petr Cech

certainly gave them a helping hand,

have a look at his error.

It allowed Swansea's Jordan Ayew

to score a tap-in which put

the hosts ahead, before a second

goal from Sam Clucas made sure

a win was in the bag.

Liverpool put successive defeats

behind them with a 3-0

win over Huddersfield.

Emre Can scored the pick

of the goals as manager Jurgen Klopp

got the better of his best friend's

team for the second time this

season.

Football clubs have until 11pm

tonight to finalise any last minute

deals before the transfer

window shuts.

Spending by Premier League sides

this month has already surpassed

£250 million, a record for January.

One move Arsenal will hope to sort

is that of Borussia Dortmund striker

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Wales have named their side to play

Scotland in the opening match of the

Six Nations on Saturday. The top try

scorer in the premiership Josh Adams

will make his debut. Wales are

missing about 500 caps of experience

going into this year's Championship

because of key injuries.

I can't wait for it to start.

Looking forward

I can't wait for it to start.

Looking forward to that this

weekend. Carol is out and about, she

has the big coat on, because it is

chilly out.

Yes, it is, and in the

south this morning the temperatures

are as high as they will be today.

After this morning they will tend to

go down. In terms of the rest of the

UK it is a cold start, cold air

filtering straight down from Iceland

and also the risk of ice first thing

this morning if you are travelling.

The forecast for today is a cold

wind and also some wintry showers.

If we take a look at the graphics

around the country, we already have

that across Scotland. Quite a bit of

snow falling in the last hour or

two, so snow showers and in between

them through the day we will see

drier and brighter conditions. At

9am the temperature in Aberdeen will

be two Celsius. Showers across the

Pennines, for example, but in

between brighter skies, and a lot of

dry weather as well. Coming south,

two weather fronts weakening as they

pushed southwards. The rain

increasingly turning more patchy.

Hit and miss whether you get it, we

have some in London but it is fairly

light. In between it will be

brighter and in the south-west it is

a cold start as well. It will become

colder through the course of the

morning. In Wales, one or two

showers, some of them with some wet

snow or hail as we go through the

day, and for Northern Ireland we are

back into the proper snow, and in

between some brighter skies. Most of

the accumulations of snow today will

be on the hills, or indeed in the

mountains. As we go through the day,

we hang on to those snow showers in

Scotland, northern England and

Northern Ireland, interspersed with

some brighter skies. We lose the

weather fronts from the south, and

behind them some brighter conditions

and sunshine coming through. And

still some showers. It will go down,

generally between we are looking

between three and five Celsius. As

we head into the evening and

overnight, it will be still windy.

We are looking at some gales across

parts of the North and north-east of

Scotland, for example, and it will

be a windy night generally. We still

have the snow showers in the north,

the risk of ice, one or two showers

further south but a lot of dry

weather. Tomorrow, the strongest

winds will be across the north and

north-west of Scotland, with

exposure. Once again we could be

looking at gales. Still some wintry

showers in the north, but they are

still showers so a lot of us missing

them and seeing some dry condition.

A breezy day, temperatures a little

bit higher than we were looking at

today, but only a little bit. As we

head on into Friday, a region of

high pressure builds across us. For

most of us it will settle down.

Again, a lot of dry weather. A fair

bit of sunshine around. Showers and

exposure in the east, that is where

the strongest wind will be, and as

we head into the weekend we have a

weather front coming our way. Again

it will be introducing some rain. As

that rain bumps into the colder air,

there is a chance some of us could

see some snow this weekend. However,

that could change. I want to put it

out there so you are aware of it,

and I will keep you updated with

what is happening as we go through

the rest of the week.

Thank you very

much. We will see you in half an

hour.

This morning, and all day BBC News

is looking at how Brexit

could affect Britain's

border security.

The Government wants a new treaty,

setting out a close security

relationship with Europe,

but the head of Europol,

the European law enforcement agency,

is warning that the UK

will have

to get the right deal from the EU

to maintain a prominent role.

Let's get more detail now

from Breakfast's John Maguire

Let's get more detail now

from Breakfast's John Maguire

who is at the Portsmouth

International Ferry Terminal for us.

Follow the footsteps, John?

Exactly,

you have stolen my opening line. It

is the footsteps to Brexit, that is

what we are looking out over the

next 14 months or so. Some of the

most important things and perhaps

some of the things you were thinking

about when you went into the polling

booths 18 months ago, were about our

borders and security. But borders,

security and trade are all

intrinsically linked. It is a bit

quiet at the terminal this morning.

The first nominal comes in from the

Channel Islands at 6:30 a.m., mainly

freight. This is the second biggest

cross-channel port after Dover, here

in Portsmouth, and 8:15am is the

first departure to northern France

of passengers. They take 90% of the

passengers leaving here are Brits

going across to the EU, in the

northern Spain and also northern

France. Mainly people going on

holiday. 2 million passengers a year

go through here, still a very, very

important place. I want to introduce

you to Doctor Peter Lee, from the

University of Portsmouth. You are a

security expert. Give us an idea of

the type of considerations there are

at the moment, the type of things

people are thinking about when they

consider how we will deal with

security in places like this after

Brexit.

Well, places like the port

here are facing the real

nitty-gritty questions, so how many

more freight trucks will come in and

how many will need to be checked if

we don't have free movement of

goods. How many more people need

more thorough checks? So there are

some positive sides, if you are a

Brexit supporter, you can be more

sure the country can keep people out

who perhaps we don't want to have

in, and you may wish to be able to

return prisoners after they have

committed crimes in the UK. That is

one side. The other side is how do

you actually have the

infrastructure, how many more staff

are unique, and even that needs to

be kept in the context of actually

the really big defence things, like

defending the UK, falls to NATO and

is not an EU thing anyway. With

Brexit and security it is a mixture

of a great amount of continuity with

some amount of change.

Thank you

very much indeed. More from Peter

and other guests at Portsmouth later

on. Things will get easier as the

fairies come and go across the

Channel.

Thank you very much, we

will see you later.

And we will be

looking at that issue throughout Rex

is this morning, and it will be one

of the features throughout the

entire day across the BBC.

Shall we

have a look at the front pages of

the newspapers? The Daily Telegraph,

and I think we talked about this

story yesterday, and this is about

carmakers. An expert, Sir David King

saying it is astonishing that

carmakers had performed experiments

on monkeys, which have caused deaths

in the UK. There is more

investigation to be done on that,

and lots of pictures of the Duchess

of Cambridge, who was in the royal

palace of Stockholm yesterday.

They

revealed that they have some IKEA

furniture, didn't they?

Well, who

doesn't?

The front page of the Daily

Mirror...

But who put it together?

The great British cancer scandal,

poor NHS funding leads the UK with

the worst survival rates. And the

picture at the top is Brendan Cole,

who has been axed from Strictly, he

was due to appear this week but they

have been cancelled at the moment.

Quite a few Strictly fans have been

moaning about the fact. He won the

first series, didn't he, and he has

been there the whole time.

With

Natasha from this programme.

And he

is no longer on Strictly, so a few

changes in the professional dancers.

And on the front page of the Daily

Mail, motorists should be punished

for speeding even if they are one

mph over the speed limit, according

to Britain's Road policing chief.

This is the Guardian, and they are

talking about the BBC, which makes

lots of the newspapers today. They

had a review claiming there was no

evidence of gender bias in pay

decisions, sparking an angry

backlash from women at the

corporation.

The Times, again the

BBC pay review is on the front page.

A picture of the Duchess of

Cambridge in Stockholm, as Louise

was showing you in one of the other

papers, and greedy house developers.

Line in that one. I was just reading

that Sajid Javid, the minister

looking after this, says if you are

an

an a nimby, the government is not

your friend. So it might be a bit of

a change of tack.

And a bit of an

update on Carillion. A picture on

the Telegraph $ being taken down.

The enquiries cracking on and they

are looking at speaking to everybody

involved with the collapse of

Carillion at the moment.

And Sonali,

transfer deadline day. Five of the

deal is yet to be done, we will go

over some of them after 6:30 a.m.,

but Mahrez put in the late transfer

request with Leicester and

Manchester interested. The Times are

talking about a powerful farewell to

a pioneer, Regis, which we covered

on this programme. And this was the

moment that Amir Khan through water

over a rival.

Did you see people

moaning about Coronation Street

because of product placement for the

first time? I think they had a

branded coffee cup and they have

plans to have a shop, a coffee shop

on the street.

Is that where they

will go out for a coffee?

I know you

don't drink coffee and everything,

but...

I have a claim to fame about

Coronation Street. I don't drink

coffee. I painted the doors on

Coronation Street.

I don't think

that is your only claim to fame.

When they revamped the sets, I was

doing the thing for the awards, and

I had to go around the set and paint

the doors. And I scratched my uncle

Terry's name on the garage. He

watches Coronation Street every day.

Things we didn't

cool. And then as we head into the

weekend, things a little unsettled,

especially through Saturday morning.

That rain clearing, though, Saturday

afternoon.

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

in half an hour.

Now, though, it is back

to Louise and Dan.

Bye for now.

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

We'll bring you the latest news

and sport in a moment.

Here's what's coming up:

We'll be looking at the fresh calls

for flour to be fortified

with folic acid following

new research that suggests it

will help protect babies

from birth defects.

The Poet Helen Dunmore has won

the Costa Book of the Year Award

for a collection written

in the final weeks of her life.

We'll speak to her daughter

about the work, why she thinks

it is a positive piece despite it

dealing with her mum's cancer

diagnosis and impending death.

The historic disappearance of a girl

from a small Welsh village

is the subject of the BBC's

new drama Requiem.

We'll speak to the show's star,

Lybia Wilson, to find out why

the supernatural thriller

could leave you feeling spooked!

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

The Prime Minister has responded to

days of attacks by declaring she's

not a quitter. Theresa May is said

to journalists there was a long-term

job to be done and she is serving

her country and party. She made the

comments before touching down in

China on a trade mission. She hopes

to strengthen relationships with

Beijing and said she wouldn't shy

away from the difficult issues.

President Trump has said he's taken

forward his righteous mission

to make America great again

during his first year in office.

In his first State

of the Union address,

Mr Trump said he'd introduced record

tax cuts for everyone,

the stock

market was booming, jobs

were being created and unemployment

was at a record low.

Labour will today try to force

the Government to officially publish

a leaked report which suggests that

leaving the European Union

will damage the British economy.

Ministers say the research,

which was leaked from David Davis'

Brexit department is incomplete

and are rejecting calls

to disclose the findings.

But Labour plans to trigger

a Commons vote to ensure

the information is revealed.

We're forced in effect to use

an ancient procedure to ask

the government, force

the government, to pass over these

documents, in confidence

if necessary, but we need to be able

to do our job here.

The Director-General of the BBC,

Tony Hall, will appear before MPs

today as the corporation faces

further scrutiny over equal pay.

The Digital, Culture,

Media and Sport Committee will also

hear from the BBC's former China

editor Carrie Gracie,

who resigned from her role

in protest at inequalities.

It comes a day after an auditor's

report found there was no gender

bias at the corporation.

A light aircraft that crashed

in Australia on New Year's Eve

killing five members of a British

family had veered significantly

off its intended course,

according to investigators.

In total six people

were killed, including

the Canadian pilot.

The boss of the flight operator said

the pilot's manoeuvres leading up

to the crash as 'inexplicable'

for someone with so much experience.

There is still 'no preferred theory'

as to why the plane went off course.

Two officials from Hawaii's

Emergency Management Agency have

resigned

after a ballistic missile

alert was sent in error.

It took the authorities 38 minutes

to correct the message

which caused widespread

panic across the island

earlier this month.

A third man thought to be

responsible for the message

has been fired.

An investigation found a combination

of human error and inadequate

safeguards were responsible.

Now, you can keep your supermoons,

and you can even keep your blue

moons because tonight's lunar

spectacle in some parts of the world

will take some beating.

The supermoons and eclipses you can

see here are impressive

enough, but a super blue blood moon

hasn't happened for more

than 100 years.

It's when three lunar

phenomenon all happen at once,

meaning the moon should be bigger,

brighter and also turn red

for a while.

Unfortunately it won't be

visible from the UK,

but people in parts of the US, Asia,

Russia and Australia could be

in for a treat,

weather permitting.

Nice to know it's happening

somewhere. You were asking yesterday

about how to take pictures of the

moon, we sent out an undercover

reporter, it's not, it is Graham

Satchell to find out how you do

that. It's impossible to take one on

your phone. Maybe you just need a

proper camera. They used to have

things called cameras! Someone who

knows what they're doing! Are you

telling me off for phone usage?

Not

at all!

Enjoy the moment without

taking a photo.

Nothing wrong with

that. I'm baffled when people are at

an event and they are watching it

through their phone.

All the time,

although they have now started to

ban the phones, a lot of the big

arenas.

Loss of celebrations at the Liberty

Stadium yesterday, Swansea beating

Arsenal 3-1. After beating Liverpool

last week, these are the first

back-to-back wins this season. Great

news for them under their new

manager, who is beginning to get a

bit of a cult following with Swansea

City fans.

Arsene Wenger's side had been

ahead but this error

from goalkeeper Petr Cech

gifted Swansea the lead.

Sam Clucas also scored twice,

ensuring his side beat another big

name a week after their

victory over Liverpool.

Afterwards, their manager used

an interesting comparison

to describe how his team

is feeling at the moment.

In the first place, confidence

was what was needed in that moment.

And I said it was not a miracle.

I said about the analogy

that he was not himself

- who cares?

He was in hospital.

Maybe now we are nearer

to going out of hospital,

but we still have problems.

The doctor can look to us,

but we are not far away to being out

of the hospital.

After two defeats, Liverpool also

turned a corner last night,

although this poor little lad missed

the best bits as his team beat

Huddersfield 3-0.

Emre Can got them off the mark

with this long-range effort

and Huddersfield froze

as Roberto Firmino bore down on them

at the end of the first half.

Mo Salah added a late penalty

as manager Jurgen Klopp got

the better of his best friend

David Wagner for the second time

this season.

West Ham and Crystal Palace

played out a 1-1 draw.

Both goals came in the first half,

Christian Benteke with the opening

the scoring before West Ham

equalised just before half time

through a penalty.

In Scotland, Celtic

beat Hearts 3-1.

Football clubs will be frantically

trying to finalise last minute deals

ahead of the transfer window

closing at 11pm tonight.

The spending has already surpassed

the

the record of £225 million, it is

over £250 million, a new record for

the January window.

One transfer already

sorted is defender

Aymeric Larporte's move

to Manchester City.

The Premier League leaders have

signed the Frenchman for a club

record fee of £57 million,

which makes him the second most

expensive defender in history.

Nice that he could come in as well!

It's great, we've got all the

contacts!

The most talked about

transfer this window,

and one that is expected

to go down to the wire,

is Arsenal's move

for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

from Borussia Dortmund.

It really is a merry-go-round!

The striker has a medical

scheduled for this morning,

but the deal is dependent

on the German side finding

a suitable replacement.

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud may

have the biggest say

in whether the deal is completed.

Giroud was lined up as part

of the deal to replace Aubameyang

at Dortmund but would prefer to stay

in London and could be

making his way to Chelsea instead.

That would free up Chelsea

striker Michy Batshuayi

to move to Dortmund

as a replacement for Aubameyang.

But it all depends if Chelsea

and Arsenal can agree

a price for Giroud.

Are you keeping up?

It's like a game

of cards, isn't it?

I think it's

like being in a chain when buying a

house.

Money comes in one way and

then it frees up money elsewhere.

All the cards need to be in order.

Most of us usually wait for summer

before we have a water fight,

that didn't stop boxer Amir Khan

as he threw water over

opponent Phil Lo Greco on Tuesday,

reacting to talk about his personal

life.

This was a press conference before

pair meet in Liverpool on the 21st

of April, Khan is fighting for

the first time in nearly two years.

This is part of boxing. Look at the

size of the bouncer in the middle.

Slightly different weight category

to the fighters.

Absolutely. The

heavyweight bodyguard.

President Trump has used his first

State of the Union address to call

on Republicans and Democrats to work

together to rebuild American

industries and infrastructure and to

fix the country's immigration laws.

He said he'd advanced his mission

to make America great again

with record tax cuts

for everyone and record

falls in unemployment.

If you work hard, if you believe in

yourself, if you believe in America,

then you can dream anything, you can

be anything, and together we can

achieve absolutely anything.

achieve absolutely anything.

The era

of economic surrender is totally

over. I am asking Congress to ensure

that in the fight against Isis and

al-Qaeda, we continue to have all

necessary power to detain terrorists

and in many cases for them it will

now be Guantanamo Bay. Under the

current broken system, a single

immigrant can bring in virtually

unlimited numbers of distant

relatives. It's time to reform...

APPLAUSE

relatives. It's time to reform...

APPLAUSE.

Let's speak to the Political

analyst, Eric Ham,

who is in Washington for us this

morning to get his assesment

of the President's first

state of the Union.

It was about an hour and a half. So

much of this is about how it is

presented, what were your

impressions?

It was one of the

longest State of the Union speeches

that we have seen in history and the

president did not disappoint today.

He delivered a unifying message, he

was on point, he was on message and

he stayed disciplined. He simply

read from the teleprompter, he did

not go off script, and I think he

attempted to give everybody

something in this speech. You saw

him reach out to his base, you saw

him reach out to Republicans and you

saw him reach out to Democrats. Now,

the question remains going forward,

will the president attempt to work

closely with both chambers,

Republicans and Democrats, to strike

a deal specifically on immigration

and even though I think there is a

lot of euphoria that the president

is feeling tonight, we still have to

keep in mind that the government

will run out of funding on February

eight, and that's only a week from

now. So the president is on a

natural high tonight but I think

he's going to come down to earth

really quickly.

It was notable for

the considered three tone, wasn't

it?

It was, particularly when you

consider how bellicose and truculent

this president is, particularly when

going after his enemies, and tonight

you saw a president willing to work

across the aisle, looking to reach

out and. Unfortunately I don't think

you saw when you looked at the

audience, many of the Democrats in

that chamber, seeking to work

closely with this president. One

thing I thought was really

interesting, given that was so much

he offered to different groups,

minority groups, various groups that

may have felt aggrieved, there was

nothing in the speech that really

addressed women's rights or women's

issues, and when you look at all of

the issues surrounding sexual

harassment and the voice women in

America are having now, the fact he

did not speak to that I thought was

really striking.

Interesting point

you make. Let's talk about foreign

policy, he talked about North Korea,

talking about it as being depraved?

I was surprised. Going into the

speech I was in statutory hall where

the speech took place and many of

the journalists that were there

actually thought he would address

the issue and they were waiting with

bated breath to see what he would

say about North Korea, thought he

would stay away from North Korea

because I thought he would try to

keep it positive but he did go

there, he had a member of the

audience that the reference, and I

thought he went after North Korea

strongly in this speech and I think

that will be a prelude to I think a

call for increased funding for the

military.

Briefly, how long will

this conciliatory tone last?

Probably through the night.

Right,

OK! Eric Ham, said briefly, thank

you very much!

And you say through the night, it is

1:44am right now. So thank you Eric,

for staying up late for us.

Carol has ventured out into the cold

for us this morning.

Carol has ventured out into the cold

for us this morning.

Good morning all. Have you been

watching the moon in the last few

days?

I have, I have seen moon

shadows.

It is called the

super-blue-blood-moon, blue because

we are having two full moons in one

month, and it is 14% brighter and

bigger because at the moment it is

closer to earth. The best places to

see it tonight are across north-east

Scotland, eastern Scotland

generally, north-east England and

parts of the south-east as well. And

it really does look quite

spectacular. This morning, it is not

a cold start today in southern parts

of the country, because we have two

fronts heading south, bringing a lot

of cloud and rain with them, but

behind it colder air is filtering

end. The forecast for today is a

cold one, colder winds, and we're

looking at wintry showers. We

already had some wintry showers

falling steadily through the course

of the night across parts of

Northern Ireland, Scotland and

northern England. But they are

showers so not all of us are seeing

them. Any accumulations will be

mostly on the hills. A cold start in

Aberdeen, only two Celsius. Coming

south, you can see across the

Pennines where we have some of those

wintry showers. Coming south again,

currently some heavy rain across the

Midlands, north Wales, some

lightning and that as well. All of

that will be sinking southwards

through the course of the morning,

turning a bit lighter and more

patchy in nature, and eventually it

will clear from the south-east, from

the Midlands, the south-west and the

South Coast. We have at the moment,

same across Wales. Rain you have

will continue to push southwards,

clearing away from you, weaving some

showers behind. Northern Ireland,

you have wintry showers from the

word go. Again some wintry snow,

especially over the hills, which is

where we will see it accumulate at

lower levels. It will be fairly

transient, but it will be on and

off. They shout showers, you will

not see them all the time. There

will be more showers across

Scotland, Northern Ireland and

northern England. Further south,

behind the front, cooler air filters

down and we are looking at Sunny

spells and also some showers. The

showers mostly of rain, possibly

some light snow, and sleet and hail

in the heavier ones. Maximum

temperatures really represent what

is happening now, as the cold air

filters in behind the rain. The

temperature will go down in the

south as well. We are looking

generally three or four. Tonight

will be very windy with gales or

severe gales across parts of the

North and north-east of Scotland.

The wintry showers continue. Like

this morning there is a risk of ice,

especially where it has been wet,

and that is where we start the day

tomorrow. Tomorrow's forecast shows

further showers across the north of

the country. Again, still quite

wintry in nature but as we come

south will still be a few showers

around. But look at the amount of

dry weather we are looking at as

well. Again a fair bit of sunshine,

and temperatures just up a notch on

the day. As we head into Friday, a

ridge of high pressure builds across

us. Things are settling down. A lot

of dry weather, a fair bit of

sunshine. Any showers are likely to

be in the east. Here is where we

will have the strongest wind as

well. As we head on the

will have the strongest wind as

well. As we head on the weekend,

just a weather front comes in from

the west and bumps into the cold

air, some of us could see some snow.

I will keep you posted on that as we

go through the next couple of days.

Thank you very much. And Sean is

talking about car production.

And

the figures came out this morning.

It is one of our best manufacturing

is in the UK. Is this just a blip?

We have had some great years the car

manufacturing.

Morning all.

Lots of figures out

today from the Society

of Motor Manufacturers and Traders,

giving a reflection

of the car industry.

A few quick facts for you: Nearly

1.7 million cars rolled off

the production line in 2017,

historically still one

of our best years.

But that is down 3%

on the year before -

the first drop for eight years.

Now, around 80% of cars made

in the UK are for export.

But the domestic market

was particularly hard-hit,

with the number of cars made

for sale at home down nearly

10% last year.

Let's talk to Rachel Burgess,

the news editor of Autocar.

Good morning, Rachel. Is it a blip

or is it something we need to get

properly worried about?

It is still

the second biggest year since 2004

car production in the UK, so really

on the scale of 17 years it is not

worrying. But in the bigger sort of

picture of the economy, obviously

related to Brexit, we need to think

about what we are going to do now so

we don't see this continue to drop

over the next few years, and then it

would become sort of catastrophic.

Yes, because one thing we have seen

dropped over the last few years as

investment in the industry. Just

over £1 billion when in from

investors and manufacturers last

year, but that was down one third of

the year before, and the years

before that it has been dropping as

well. Aliir Exley seeing those

issues come through, whether Brexit

happened or not?

Is a bigger picture

which depends on profit cycles, when

cars are due to be replaced by

manufacturers. So Neston have

replaced one of their cars built at

Sunderland, so there are other

things at play, but absolutely I

think the industry as a whole very

cautious at the moment -- Nissan.

They don't know what is going to

happen with Brexit, and it will

massively affect their businesses.

And when you talk about these

production cycles, and what kinds of

cars these manufactures are making,

diesel has been a big one. A lot of

manufacturers are saying that these

changes have hit their sales. Is

that fair, or the carmakers need to

hold their hands up and say we were

not as honest as we should have been

and we can take some of the blame.

I

think it is a joint effort, but I

think the main issue is that the

government and the car industry have

perhaps not educated the public on

diesels as well as they can. If you

look at the new taxation on diesels

announced in the budget by the

government, it showed a sort of lack

of awareness of actually that modern

diesels can sometimes be as clean as

petrol diesels. So it doesn't

necessarily show the whole picture.

And the public are reacting to that,

and there has probably been a little

bit too much of the demonisation of

diesel, when we need to think about

the bigger picture and getting older

cars off the road, which is really

the priority.

And finally, if you

look at these pictures from the

industry, if you work in the

industry, what should you feel your

prospects will be like for the next

few years?

For now, there is

absolutely no reason to panic, but

it is obviously the beginning of a

new era because of the exit and it

is up to government and industry to

make sure that this doesn't

continue.

Thank you very much. That

said, keep an eye on those car

figures for the next few months and

see how 2018 does. In one hour I

will be talking about cashpoints,

cash machines. Fewer on the streets

may be?

Over the last few months,

stargazers have been lucky enough

to see supermoons,

and even a blue moon.

But this evening, the night sky

will offer something even more

spectacular -

a super-blue-blood-moon.

It is a combination of three lunar

phenomena, all happening at once,

and hasn't been seen

for more than 150 years.

Thousands of people across the world

will be waiting to catch a glimpse

of it, many of whom will be trying

to capture it on camera.

But just how hard

is that to achieve?

We sent Breakfast's Graham Satchell

out with a moon photographer

to find out.

We are somewhere near the east coast

of England. Meet at 0430 hours, I

was told.

Blue moon, you saw me

standing alone...

Hello, Danny.

Danny Lawson is a photographer for

the press Association. His pictures

end up in papers across the country.

So these are the ones we will be

using, this is yours.

Moon watchers

are excited because it is not just a

full moon, it is a super - blood-

blue- moon, Rea. How do you get a

perfect shot at it?

The Times with

the supermen, if I can photograph it

next to a point of interest on the

horizon, to give you scale, that is

what you are looking for. You are

after showing the moon in situ, in

scale.

Danny has taken some of the

most stunning, breathtaking

photographs. And this is what he

means about giving the moon scale, a

focal point in the foreground, as

the moon sets on the horizon. For

tonight's shot, Danny has chosen the

Humber oil refinery. But will the

weather behind to us? -- be kind to

us? The moon is in a battle with the

clouds. What are you seeing, Danny?

I am seeing a lot of black.

There is

still half an hour or so before the

moon sets, so we settled down to

wait. # I see a bad moon rising...

You know, Danny, a lot of people

associate the moon with madness. So

the Latin word for the moon is

lunar, where we get lunatic, or

lunacy. Some pretty crazy things can

happen under the moonlight. Know

what they mean?

No, not really.

what they mean?

No, not really.

#

Dancing in the moonlight... .

The

main thing about the moon is the

mystery, the wonder, the ore. You

know how our nearest celestial

cousin reminds us of the vastness of

the universe, and how insignificant

we are in it all. What I mean?

No,

not really so did the clouds break?

Were we lucky? At a critical moment,

the moon was obscured. Danny was

left with a beautiful shot of the

refinery. This is what it might have

looked like if they want any clouds.

But there were, so it didn't. We say

goodbye as the sun rises. Was the

night pointless, futile,

insignificant? I think a lot was

learnt.

Graham Satchell at his absolute

best.

A Greek debt of telly about

the moon, with no moon in it. --

great bit of telly.

I hope we have

given you some tips. Moon watching,

even when you can't see it, it is

clearly fun.

It has that effect on

all of us, it may Graham go a bit

mad.

And Carol will tell us what it

is looking like for all of us, so we

will see

unsettled, especially

through Saturday morning.

That rain clearing, though,

Saturday afternoon.

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Bye for now.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

Theresa May insists she's not

a quitter as she touches

down in China.

After criticism from

Conservative MPs,

the Prime Minister has

defended her leadership saying she's

in it for the long-haul.

Good morning, it's Wednesday

the 31st of January.

Also this morning:

40 million Americans watched Donald

Trump deliver his first State of the

Union address as he tackles

immigration and the economy.

This in fact is our new American

moment. There has never been a

better time to start living the

American dream.

The BBC pay row heads to parliament.

The former China editor Carrie

Gracie and the Director General,

Tony Hall, will face questions

from a group of MPs.

Good morning.

Changes to charges on the cash

machine network could see many of

them closed so I'm chatting to the

boss behind many of those machines

to find out which communities will

be affected.

Good morning.

In sport, Swansea are out

of the Premier League relegation

zone for the first time

since November after this howler

from Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech.

Talking through her blowhole.

We'll find out why scientists have

helped Wikie the orca to become

the world's first speaking whale.

I think we need more detail on that!

And Carol has the weather.

Hello from outside

the BBC in London.

Not a cold start to the day here but

turning colder later as weather

fronts ringing rain cross away from

the south-east leaving sunshine and

showers behind. Different story in

the north, Northern Ireland,

Scotland and northern England seeing

some snow showers even at lower

levels for a time, but there are

showers in between followed by

sunshine. Lots more details in 15

minutes.

On cue, Carol, see you at

7:15am! -- thank you, Carol, see you

at 7:15am.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

The Prime Minister has responded

to a series of attacks

on her leadership by declaring

she's not a quitter.

Theresa May told journalists

there was a long term job to be

done and that she was serving

her country and party.

She made the comments before

touching down in China

on a trade mission.

Mrs May is hoping to strengthen

relations with Beijing,

but said she wouldn't shy away

from the difficult issues.

Let's speak to our China

correspondent Robin Brant.

Good morning to you. An important

day for the Prime Minister, she have

to start by saying she's not a

quitter?

Yes. That's the leadership

story which is inevitably following

her here, let's do the trade part.

She has brought 50 business

executives from British companies,

they are looking to the relationship

between China and the UK in a

post-Brexit world. The reality is

China is soon to become the world's

biggest economy but it's only the

UK's eighth biggest export market,

£17 billion worth of stuff was sold

here two years ago, that has to

improve if the UK economy is to grow

overall. She's focusing

overall. She's focusing on what

we're good at here, automotive,

education, big soft power issue as

well, she was at a university in

Wuhan, a city of 10 million, this

morning, giving a speech but the

leadership story inevitably has

followed her and speaking to

journalists on the plane on the way

here she addressed it very directly.

This is what she had to say in terms

of her future:

Responding to some criticism, some

sniping from former minister Robert

Halfon, he's a Tory MP, whose edgy

was governing like a tortoise when

what was needed was a lion, she said

I've never tried to compare myself

to any animal, bird or car or

whatever comparisons people

sometimes use, there's a focus to

this government and the focus for

the 48 hours is China and the trade

relationship. She is lukewarm in

comparison to her predecessor, David

Cameron, she is not as keen as he

is, she has reservations about steel

capacity and how much the Chinese

are going to spend abroad but she

said she would address human rights

and Hong Kong but she would do that

in private with the Chinese leaders.

Robin, thank you very much indeed.

Labour will today try to force

the Government to officially publish

a leaked report which suggests that

leaving the European Union

will damage the British economy.

Ministers say the research,

which was leaked from David Davis'

Brexit department is incomplete

and are rejecting calls

to disclose the findings.

But Labour plans to trigger

a Commons vote to ensure

the information is revealed.

We're forced in effect to use

an ancient procedure to ask

the government, force

the government, to pass over these

documents, in confidence

if necessary, but we need to be able

to do our job here.

President Trump has said he's taken

forward his righteous mission

to make America great again

during his first year in office.

In his first State

of the Union address,

Mr Trump said he'd introduced record

tax cuts for everyone,

the stock

market was booming, jobs

were being created and unemployment

was at a record low.

as David Willis reports.

Mr President, how is the State of

the Union?

The man who spoke just a

year ago of American carnage was

more upbeat tonight.

more upbeat tonight.

Ladies and

gentlemen, the President of the

United States.

Handshakes all around

and after a self congratulate pat on

the back for a booming economy, the

president called on all Americans to

seek out common ground.

This in fact

is our new American moment. There's

never been a better time to start

living the American dream.

Calling

on the parents of two teenage girls

who were murdered by gang members in

the country illegally, the president

turned to the thorny issue of

immigration reform. He's offering a

path to citizenship for illegal

immigrants who came here as children

in return for tougher border

controls.

So let's come together,

set politics aside, and finally get

the job done.

The United States was

winning the war against Islamic

State, the president said, but all

too often terrorists had been

captured and then released.

Reversing the policy of his

predecessor, he pledged to keep the

military prison at grandson obey

open. This first year of office has

been a tale of two Trumps, both

Talybont Trump and Twitter troll,

and going into his second year, the

president and his party need more of

the former and less of the latter,

not only to push through his

controversial legislative agenda but

also to maintain their majority in

Congress. David Willis, BBC News,

Washington.

The Director-General of the BBC,

Tony Hall, will appear before MPs

today as the corporation faces

further scrutiny over

gender pay inequality.

The Digital, Culture,

Media and Sport Committee will also

hear from the BBC's former China

editor Carrie Gracie,

who resigned from her role

in protest at inequalities.

Here's our media and arts

correspondent, David Sillito.

Carrie Gracie used to be

the BBC's China editor.

She stepped down earlier this

month in a protest over

pay.

A comparable male colleague, was,

she said, being paid more than 50%

more than her, and today she's

going to face MPs to discuss the way

the BBC treats women.

So too is the corporation's

Director-General, Tony

Hall, just a day after a report

in which he said changes had to be

made.

I think this is a culture change.

It takes time.

What I've learned over

the last three, four,

five, six months is we've got

to go faster at this,

much, much faster, and that's

what I'm committing to today.

I want us to go faster,

I want us to be exemplar

for equality because I profoundly

believe it's right.

Within the BBC, the group

representing women fighting for pay

equality have more

than a few doubts.

This meeting with MPs is a chance

to present evidence not

considered by the report.

The stories of women paid half

or even a third of what some

of their male colleagues

were receiving.

The BBC says it's going to change.

This enquiry wants

to know if it will

really make a difference.

David Sillito, BBC News.

There are calls for the government

to fortify flour with folic acid

to help protect babies in the UK

from common birth defects.

We will talk about that at around

ten past eight on Breakfast. A new

study found higher doses of the

--...

A new study found higher doses

of the vitamin in fresh fruit

and vegetables, does not cause harm

as had been previously thought.

The Department of Health in England

says it's considering the findings

while Wales, Scotland

and Northern Ireland already

support the idea.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

are in Sweden today as their

four-day tour of Scandinavia

continues. Yesterday they met the

Swedish Prime Minister and took to

the ice with children in Stockholm

and our royal correspondent Nicholas

Witchell was there.

Britain needs to bolster its

European friendships just now and

once again the Foreign Office is

deploying the Royal family, this

time to Scandinavia, Sweden and

Norway, countries with monarchies of

their own, which always helps. In

Stockholm, William and Kate rinse

down to supper with some of Sweden's

opinion formers. Nothing too

political, of course, but certainly

diplomatic. In the centre of

Stockholm, they watched a game of

bandy hockey, a variant of ice

hockey played with a ball, very

popular among young people in

Sweden. Never mind that the Duchess

is six months pregnant, the visitors

were expected to join in. So, a

penalty shootout, husband versus

wife. The result, 2-1 to William.

All fairly typical stuff for a royal

visit. The guests of honour showing

they are good sports and solicitors

too when it came to meeting the

crowds who had been waiting in

temperatures only just above

freezing. But it's the underlying

messages that matter. It's

impossible to gauge the impact of

royal visits like this on a

relationship, in this case between

Britain and Sweden, but what they do

is force the country is to highlight

the positive aspects of the

relationship and that, diplomats

say, is always helpful.

Britain needs its friends in Europe,

the Royals are doing their bit.

Nicholas Witchell, BBC News,

Stockholm.

Looks like they're having a bit of

fun there!

Let's introduce you

to Wikie the whale.

She's in many of the papers this

morning for being the first whale

in the world to speak English.

Researchers were keen to learn more

about the way killer

whales communicate and whether,

like humans, they could learn

new dialect by imitating sounds.

So, they taught Wikie

some new words.

Let's take a listen.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

Every time you hear it you can't

help but laugh!

Wikie also learnt some other words

during the experiment,

including hello and the name Amy.

I was hoping we would say hello.

They are trying to learn about how

killer whales communicate between

each other. There is important

reasons behind that research, how

they communicate.

They might be able

to help them as a result.

As we've been hearing,

Theresa May has arrived in China

on a trade mission and has

declared she's not a quitter

following attacks

over her leadership.

We're joined by Nick Gibb,

Minister of State for

School Standards, who is

in our Westminster studio.

Thank you very much for your time

this morning. We've heard the Prime

Minister arriving in China having to

speak to the press and say she's not

quitting, but there are question

marks about her leadership of the

party. Does she have what it takes?

She does, she's a very steadfast,

strong leader. She's negotiating the

exit of the United Kingdom from the

union. We have negotiated the first

successful bill and we've completed

the first stage of Brexit

negotiations. She's the best leader

to unite our party and Tate Britain

out of the European Union in these

very difficult times. At the same

time we've got a busy domestic

agenda. -- take Britain. We've got

the lowest level of employment in 45

years, which is astonishing. Now

she's engaged in going to China,

ensuring we have trade deals, today

she is announcing £550 million of

education deals, including extending

the very successful maths teacher

exchange programme, and also

announcing the busy bees Nursery

school, 20 branches of that private

nursery being opened in China. Very

successful announcements today.

I

will come back to that school

announcement later if I can. You

have defended her but some of your

fellow MPs are saying things like

this, let me read you some of these

comments, Heidi Alan Tweeted we need

to get a grip and lead. Robert

Holford said he is urging less

policy-making by a Portas, we want a

lion. Former schools Minister Nick

Bowles said she was timid. --

tortoise. Johnny Mercer said the

window is closing on Mrs May's

abilities to sustain her leadership.

This is all coming from within her

own party, surely her position as

Prime Minister is under serious

threat?

You always get in a

Broadchurch, in a Parliamentary

party of over 300 MPs, a variety of

opinions. These are very challenging

times.

Sometimes they keep those

opinions to themselves, especially

when the Prime Minister is in such a

perilous position?

It would be nice

if they did, we live in a democracy

and we have free speech and people

are entitled to rest their opinions

but my view as someone who works

closely with her, she is determined

to negotiate a strong exit of

Britain from the EU with a good

trade deal, we have taken the bill

through the House of Commons that

incorporates existing EU law into UK

law. She is now engaged in going

around the world, talking to other

countries and ensuring we have good

trade relations with those countries

because we are an outward facing

global trading nation, going to

China is important, they are a

market of 1.2 billion people and we

want to make sure we are able to

trade with those nations after we