to thank you "n new“? fin - ‘ ‘qxnéf' want to thank you united technologies. we have been meeting with a lot of companies what is happening is the word is now out. that when you want to move your plant to mexico and you want to fire all of your workers from mick michigan and o‘ heigh—ho, it is not going to happen. you want to move your plant and you think you're going to build it in mexico and make yourair going to build it in mexico and make your air conditioners or cars and you're going to sell it through what will be a very strong border, not wea k will be a very strong border, not weak border. we don't even have a border. it is an open sieve. you're going to sill through a strong border. you're going to pay a very large border the if you want to move to another country and fire all our great american workers you can move to

tennessee, north carolina to south carolina, you have got a lot of states at play, a lot of competition. it is not like they are not a lot of places to move to. i do not a lot of places to move to. i do not care as long as it is within the the borders of the united states. there will be a major border attacks on these companies that are leaving and getting away with murder and if oui’ and getting away with murder and if our politicians have what it takes they would have done it years ago and you would have millions more workers right now in the united states that are really wanting a job and cannot get it. 96 million, that is the real number. that is the way it is. i have a question about the supreme court and border security. but also on twitter this morning you askedif

but also on twitter this morning you asked if we were living in nazi germany. do you have a problem with the intelligence community? and as to the supreme court, what is your timeline for nominating. and on the border fence it is now clear that us taxpayers have got to pay for it upfront. it is not a sense it is a wall, you misreported it. we're going to build a wall. i could wait a year until we finish negotiations with mexico which will start immediately after we get office. but ido immediately after we get office. but i do not want to wait. mike pence is leading an effort to get final approval through different agencies and congress for the wall to begin. ido and congress for the wall to begin. i do not feel like waiting for a year to start building. mexico in some form and there are many different forms, will reimburse us and they will reimburse us for the cost of the wall. that will happen.

whether it is tax or a payment, probably whether it is tax or a payment, pro ba bly less whether it is tax or a payment, probably less likely to be a payment. but it will happen and remember this, we are going to build a wall and people when i said that would go crazy and then i would say who is going to pay for it and people would scream out, 30,000 people, no one is ever had crowds like me though you do not like to report it. i would ask who is going to pay for it and they would scream out, mexico. reports went out last week, mexico is not going to pay because of reimbursement but what is the difference, i want to get the ball not make —— not wait for a year until i get a deal with mexico. as mexico by the way has been so nice, i respect the government of mexico. i respect the government of mexico. i respect the government of mexico. i respect the people of mexico, i love the people of mexico, many

people from mexico work for me. the government of mexico is terrific. i do not blame them for what has happened. i do not blame them for taking advantage of the united states, i wish our politicians were so states, i wish our politicians were so smart. mexico has taken advantage of the united states. i do not blame the representatives and various presidents of mexico. what i say is that we should not have allowed that to happen. it is not going to happen any more. to get the ball started mexico will play but it will be reimbursed. supreme court judges, mexico will play but it will be reimbursed. supreme courtjudges, as you know i have a list of 20. we have met with numerous candidates. they are outstanding in every case. there are largely highly recommended by several society. —— federal

society. we have a great group of people and i will make the decision on till we will put up forjustice of the united states supreme court, a replacement for the greatjustice scalia, that will probably be within two weeks of the 20th. so within about two weeks probably the second week, i considered the first day because we will also be doing some pretty good signings and i think we will wait until monday. that will be really the first business day as opposed to doing a friday because on friday people are going to have a very good time at the inauguration. then saturday we're having a big church service. so the first day, and you will all be invited to the signings, we will be doing good signings, we will be doing good signings the monday, tuesday,

wednesday and thursday and the following week. on the supreme court i will be making that decision, a decision i strongly believe in. that is one of the reasons i got selected, the people of this country did not want to see what was happening with the supreme court so i think it was a big decision as to why i was elected. what were you driving at with the reference to nazi germany. i think it was disgraceful that the intelligence agencies allowed any information that turned out to be fake to get out. i think it is a disgrace and i say that and that is something that nazi germany would have done and did do. i think it is a disgrace. that information that was false and fake and never happened got released to the public as far as both feet, which is a failing pile of garbage, writing it, ithink which is a failing pile of garbage, writing it, i think they will suffer the consequences. and as far as cnn

going out of their way to build it up, and by the way we just found out, michael conn is a talented lawyer, and it was not that michael conn they were talking about. i asked for his passport and he brought it to his office and he was knocked out of the country. it was not michael conn of my organisation, it isa not michael conn of my organisation, it is a different michael conn. it isa it is a different michael conn. it is a disgrace what took place and they should apologise to start with to michael conn. since you are attacking our news organisation, can you give us a chance. a chance to ask a question can you state categorically... do not be rude. you

are fake news. can you categorically state... that is not appropriate. do you think president 0bama went too far with the sanctions he put on russia? lindsey graham... i have been competing with him for a long time. he is going to crack that i% barrier one day. i did not realise he is still at it. i think he is a nice quy: still at it. i think he is a nice guy, actually. i have been hearing that. go ahead. as far as we understand the intelligence

community... in panel from bbc news. as far as we understand at the intelligence community are still looking at these allegations as false news as you describe it. if they come back with any kind of conclusion that any of it stands up, is true, will you consider your position but you muck there's nothing that they can come back with. -- there is nothing that they can come back with. what reforms to recommend for industry?” can come back with. what reforms to recommend for industry? i do not recommend for industry? i do not recommend reforms, i recommend people that have some moral compass. i've been hearing more and more about a thing called fake news. people saying all sorts of things but i tell you some of the media outlets i deal with are fake news. i could name them but i will not bother. you have a few sitting right

in front of us. they're dishonest people. it is just something we will have to live with. the advantage i have to live with. the advantage i haveis have to live with. the advantage i have is that i can speak back and when it happens to someone that does not have this kind of a megaphone, they cannot speak back. i have seen people destroyed. i have seen people absolutely destroyed and i think it is very unfair. so ijust ask absolutely destroyed and i think it is very unfair. so i just ask for honest reporters. to follow questions about the intelligence community, do you trust us intelligence officials? and are you actually weakening national security by waging a war of words against the community? intelligence agencies are vital and important. we're going to be putting in mr pompeo and others,

some outstanding people and within 90 days they will be coming back to me with a major report on hacking. i wa nt me with a major report on hacking. i want them to cover this situation, i also want them to cover maybe most importantly, because we're hacked by everybody. the united states, our government, the list of 17 in terms of intel, it is the worst, it is number 17 of intel, it is the worst, it is numberi7 in of intel, it is the worst, it is number 17 in terms of protection. if you look at the retail industry, the banking industry, out of 70 industries, the united states is last in terms of protecting, netscape hacking defence. we were told by the way that they were trying to hack as and they were not able to add the republican centre.

the democratic national committee did not do that and perhaps that is why the country was run so badly. within 90 days we will be coming up with a major report on hacking defence. how do we stop this new phenomenon because the united states is hacked by everybody. that includes russia, and china, and everybody. you said you believe that russia was responsible for the hacking of dnc e—mails. why did you spend weeks undermining us intelligence community is before getting the facts and then making a public statement. it is sad when intelligence reports are links to

the press. it is first of all illegal. these are classified and a certified meetings and reports. i have many meetings with intelligence and every time i meet people are reading about it. someone is leaking it out. i thought maybe it was in my office, i have a lot of great people, maybe it is them. what i did,i people, maybe it is them. what i did, isaid people, maybe it is them. what i did, i said i will not tell anyone, i will have a meeting and tell no one about my meeting with intelligence. and what happened is i had by meeting, nobody knew, not even my executive assistant, rona. nobody knew. the meeting was held, they left, immediately the word got out that i had a meeting. i do not wa nt out that i had a meeting. i do not want that. it is unfair to the country, unfair to our country what

has happened. that report should never festival have been printed and i thank the new york times for saying it was not worth the paper it was written on. that should never have happened. can you stand today once and for all and said no when connected to you or your campaign had any contact with russia leading up had any contact with russia leading up to or during the presidential campaign and if you believe that russia was indeed behind the hacking what is your message right now to vladimir putin. he should not be doing it, he will not be doing it, russia will have much greater respect for our country when i'm reading it and when other people have led it. you will see that. russia will respect our country more. he should not have done it, i do not believe he will be doing it now. we have got to work something out but it is notjust russia. take a look at what has happened, 22

million accounts were hacked in this country by china. that is because we have no defence. we are run by people but do not know what they're doing. russia will have far greater respect for our country when i'm reading it and i believe and i hope, maybe it will not happen, but i will not be given a little reset button like hillary clinton. we're either going to get along or not. i hope we get along but if not that is also possible. but russia other countries including china which has taken advantage of us economically, advantage of us economically, advantage of us in the south china sea by building the massive fortress, total. russia, china, japan, mexico, all countries will respect us far more than they do on

your past administrations. i want to thank everyone. just so you understand, these papers, i'm not sure that was explained, these papers are alljust a piece of the many companies that are being put into trust to be run by my sons and i hope at the end of eight years i will come back and say you did a good job. 0therwise if they do a bad job i will say, you're fired. goodbye, everybody. question still being fired at the president elect, nine days before inauguration day and we have the president—elect and mike pence the vice president elect having appeared at this news conference. a rare thing for donald trump these days. he has taken longer to have a news conference after being elected than previous presidents elect. and i think is fairto previous presidents elect. and i think is fair to say we have never seen a press conference

think is fair to say we have never seen a press conference for an incoming president of that kind. if struck a tone which is unusual to say the least. it was very strident in parts and certainly did not spare the intelligence agencies. some harsh words and some pretty evident criticism. watching it with me is oui’ criticism. watching it with me is our north american editorjon sobel. it is fairto our north american editorjon sobel. it is fair to say it is difficult to know where to begin. let's start with the fact that it took place. and it took place on a day that frankly donald trump would not have chosen. it has taken place at the last news conference was injuly and at that conference he urged the russians to hack hillary clinton but amaq e—mails to find out what was going on. now he at a news conference to grind those responsible for hacking, pointing the finger at the russians for the first time. but still insisting there will be a reset of the relationship. 0ver there will be a reset of the relationship. over the past year on

many occasions we've spoken about the most bizarre events, i think this is right up there with them, unbelievable and summary level. that donald trump was facing this swirl of allegations not only about his business conduct but the most bizarre allegations as well about his personal conduct. he has been brilliant at biting people on social media. today the fake news and whatever it is, it bit him and he was pretty angry and riled about that and wanted to dismiss it is total nonsense. and he was decrying fa ke total nonsense. and he was decrying fake news some of which during the election campaign, was his friend. given that he tried to dismiss it today, was the dismissing that we saw in any way effective, to think he has done enough in terms of the american media certainly who were asking pretty pointed questions. american media certainly who were asking pretty pointed questionslj asking pretty pointed questions.” think at the moment the american public that voted for donald trump have factored in an awful lot into

their mental share price of what worth and i think they will continue to believe, of course he has had a conjugated life and there are things that are not exactly normal about him but we voted for someone to shake up the system. i do not think they will turn against him on the basis of what he just said. then you have the people who hate him, and they will hate him probably even more as a result of this. when he won the election remember he came to the hotel and said i'm going to unify america. there has not been much unifying on. —— going on. but this is dangerous territory for him, if there is a perception that gathers that somehow his policy towards russia is because russia has something on him, i think even the perception itself, perception and reality often get blurred in this this world and that could be damaging for donald trump. but at the moment is it a crisis before he has even started, i do not think so.

some of the priorities he laid out, the supreme court, repealing and replacing 0bamacare. 0ther policy issues to do with jobs and car manufacturing. anything there which was surprising? the timescale makes sense, he wants to crack on, show he isa man sense, he wants to crack on, show he is a man of action, that he will get things done. 0bamacare has been a total disaster, he said, but he said repeal and perform. reform and replace. that suggests he's looking ata replace. that suggests he's looking at a slightly longer timescale. so they want to avoid the pitfall where those millions suddenly to not have health care. appointment to the supreme court, he will want to move swiftly on that. i think the biggest ta ke swiftly on that. i think the biggest take from what we've heard today, a

couple, one on the intelligence services that relationship is rocky. the people charged with keeping the united states safe, the cia, fbi, donald trump could not be more hostile in his tone. almost as if he thought he could not trust them at all. the other is about what he's going to do about his business interests. handing everything over to his sons. but he is still technically going to be the owner of those assets. ethics lawyers will be wanting to look at that closely because they will say there is still a problem there, if you're ultimately the beneficiary of these things. fascinating, thank you for talking to us. of course more reaction a little later on. jeremy corbyn has accused theresa may of being ‘in denial‘—

about the pressures on the national health service. the prime minister told mps that demands on the nhs were strong — but rejected talk by the red cross of a humanitarian crisis. labour has joined senior doctors in calling on the government to put more money immediately into social care — to support people living in their own homes. nhs leaders have been giving evidence on the state of the nhs in england to a parliamentary committee this afternoon. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. some medical professionals are issuing critical warnings of the worst ever winter crisis in the nhs in england, and now labour want to turn this into a political crisis for theresa may. so jeremy corbyn told the prime minister she needed to pay attention to the concerns of the professionals and the patients. can i ask her if she will listen to sian who works for the nhs? she has a 22—month—old nephew — he went into hospital. there was no bed, he was treated on two plastic chairs pushed together with a blanket, and she says one of the nurses told her sister, "it is always like this nowadays."

there was a sharp intake of breath from the opposition benches when the prime minister urged mps to put the problems in proportion. i accept there have been a small number of incidents where the... where unacceptable practices have taken place, but what matters, what matters — we don't want those things to happen — what matters is how you then deal with them. earlier this week the prime minister said she wanted to create a shared society. well, we've certainly have got that. more people sharing hospital corridors on trolleys. more people sharing waiting areas at a&e departments. more people sharing in anxiety created by this government. 0ur nhs, mr speaker, is in crisis, but the prime minister is in denial. the last thing the nhs needs is a cheque from labour that bounces. the only way we can ensure we have

funding for the national health service is a strong economy. yesterday the right honourable gentleman proved that he is not only incompetent, but he would destroy our economy and that would devastate our national health service. this major hospital is only a heartbeat away for the politicians at westminster, so the nhs is never really far from their thoughts. the government say they have met the pressures of the nhs by increasing funding and bringing about improvements. the opposition parties don't think that is good enough. but what would they do if they had the power? well, the lib dems have set up an expert panel to look particularly at the idea of a dedicated health and care tax, and set alongside that an independent assessment of how much money the health and care system needs. but i asked why he didn't do this when he was in government. well, we were talking about it and indeed i went and talked to the bbc television news to make the case for more money for the nhs. but it didn't happen.

well, that was towards the end of 2015 and we did get an extra £2 billion for the nhs prior to that. labour say that with the cold forecast demands on the nhs are likely to increase, and that the health service itself is now in need of urgent care. in the immediate term we would argue bringing forward £700 million for social care, which is allocated for 2019. let's not wait till 2019. £700 million isjust a down payment — that's not enough. you're quite correct, we need to look at this across the board for the long—term. labour now feel the government is vulnerable on the nhs, but the conservatives will continue to argue that only they can provide a robust economy that will pay for it. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. nhs leaders have been giving evidence on the state of the nhs in england to a parliamentary committee this afternoon.

simon stevens is the chief executive of nhs england and gave this stark warning to mps. 0ver over the next three years funding will be highly constrained and as i previously said real terms nhs spending per person in england is going to go down ten years after a sturdy began. we understand why that is but let's not pretend that does not place huge pressure on the service. what should the public take away from evidence today in parliament. chris hopson — chief executive of nhs providers — the organisation that represents hospitals in england — has said the nhs is "not sustainable" under current funding. hejoins me now from westminster. we need a rigorous plan about how

that gap is going to close. that will be of concern notjust to people who work in the nhs but taxpayers to pay for it. do you detect the political will to deliver the kind of action you seem to be demanding because it seems to be in excess of what the prime minister was talking about earlier. we have a politically led system and queried the prime minister and her cabinet need to take responsibility for nhs policy and work out what happens next. i think this seems to be a remarkable degree of unanimity across the nhs which is what we cannot keep doing is putting in place a sticking plaster solution. and hope that we have a sustainable nhs. accident and emergency, that conversation we have been having is a classic example. all hospital chief executives are saying to us this is the fourth year in a row where we are really trying to desperately keep our heads above water and we cannot carry on managing winter pressures like this

year. and the newspapers have been full of reports from members of staff who feel under real pressure and are saying we cannot keep carrying on like this. so every one of thei.2 carrying on like this. so every one of the 1.2 million staff is doing a fantastic job but it of the 1.2 million staff is doing a fantasticjob but it is not sustainable. i asked because we had the red cross talking about a humanitarian crisis and then the prime ministers think there are some problems but it is not a general overall problem. where are you in that spectrum ? i overall problem. where are you in that spectrum? i think neither is right, i do not think it is a humanitarian crisis and the nhs is not in meltdown but i think it would be wrong to suggest that this is just ordinary winter pressure and the nhs is coping well. i had a meeting today with 20 chief executives and chairs and the clear

message came across that for the vast majority this is getting really very difficult. it is significantly more difficult to cope with the extra demand and do not forget we are getting record extra demand coming into a&e departments and what they're saying clearly is of course we will carry on doing the best we can, we're going to minimise the risk to patients but this is not sustainable. but what is really important to is that if you read some of the media coverage, there was a kind of implication that if you went anywhere near envy everyone was a danger and that is not the case. there are a small number of trusts who have been struggling to cope but and large actually nhs staff as they always do, have rallied around and we have managed to just about keep our heads above water. but is it is just about and it is not sustainable and we cannot carry on doing this year after year. back to the politics again, and that is where the money is decided. what

kind of feedback are you getting from ministers and government when you make the case. the government clearly indicated that they would keep the current spending envelope. they are still continuing with that message, that there is no more money. we elect governments to set the budget for public services. but what they cannot do is to carry on pretending the nhs can deliver all it is being asked for if the funding increases are going to drop over the next three years. a quick reminder you can see more on the state of the nhs tonight. in a bbc documentary called hospital on bbc documentary called hospital on bbc two at 9.00pm. this is bbc news at 5pm — the headlines: if you've travel plans stay tuned to

the fore cast. we've strong winds and wintry showers overnight tonight. the strongest winds over scotla nd tonight. the strongest winds over scotland blowing a gale here. some snow getting to lower levels. wintry showers in northern ireland and england too. we see an area of rain coming to the far south and west. as it bumps into that cold air, we are going to see some of that rain turning to snow. we'll see some snow for a time on the breck an beacons and moors over south—western england. later, it will drift towards the midlands, east anglia and the south—east. snow showers continue further north. it will feel cold in the northern half of the uk. about minus 2 or minus 3 for belfast, glasgow and newcastle. through the evening, snow drifting through east anglia and the south—east. a few centimetres settling at lower levels. the blue

tinge indicating icy levels towards dawn on friday. this is bbc news at 5pm — the headlines: president—elect donald trump says intelligence agencies president donald trump said he may a laoisinged a dossier on his links to russia. they looked at that nonsense released by maybe the intelligence agencies, who knows, but maybe the intelligence agencies. the prime minister has acknowledged that the nhs is under pressure but has ruled out calls for further funding to meet extra demand. a teenage girl has been remanded into secure accommodation following the murder of seven—year—old katie rough in york. thousands of homes in northern england are without power as gale force winds sweep across the uk.

at 5.33, let's catch up with the day's sport. some breaking news we'll day's sport. some breaking news we' ll start day's sport. some breaking news we'll start with in the last few minutes, we've learned manchester city have been charged by the fa for failing to ensure that anti—doping clu b failing to ensure that anti—doping club whereabouts information was accurate. all clubs have to provide on request the location of training, dates and times of training and players‘ overnight addresses. city have breached those fa regulations. that‘s all we know at the moment. they‘ve got until january 19th that‘s all we know at the moment. they‘ve got untiljanuary19th to respond to that charge. england women‘s record goalscorer kelly smith has announced her retirement. the 38—year—old scored 46 goals in 117 appearances for her country. she quit the international game two years ago. but at club level, smith scored 81 goals for arsenal ladies

across three spells, was a champions league winner in 2007 and lifted the fa cup five times. she became the first english professional player when she went to play in america in 1999. she has been given a coaching role with arsenal. i want to see how my coaching career goes. i would love to see how far i can develop as a coach and obviously there are goals — to manage arsenal, the club of my heart, and even england. who knows when that will be, but i am at the bottom of the ladder at the minute in terms of my coaching career, and really looking forward to seeing how it develops. the 43—year—old joins paul clement‘s team. he worked with clement during his playing stint at chelsea and as coachin his playing stint at chelsea and as coach in paris st—germain. bbc sport understands that

sam warburton is going to stand down as the wales captain ahead of the six nations tournament that starts next month. warburton is still expected to be part of the squad which is named on tuesday but he is ready to relinquish the role he‘s held since 2011. no player has captained wales more often than the 28—year—old but with a very competitive back row his focuis is thought to be on keeping his place in the side. alun wynjones is the leading candidate to succeed warburton. sam‘s been captain for a long time. it isa sam‘s been captain for a long time. it is a burden. there‘s a lot of extra responsibility within the camp on the captain. sam has battled injuries over the last fee years. sam will probably just injuries over the last fee years. sam will probablyjust want to step back a bit, focus on his performance, on getting over his injuries and contribute from a playing performance. the family of boxer nick blackwell has told the bbc he‘s unable to walk and it‘ll be at least a year before he makes a full recovery. blackwell had to be placed

in an induced coma after suffering a bleed on the skull during a fight with chris eubankjunior last march. he then went on to take part in an unsanctioned sparring session in november, which left him in a coma and with swelling on the brain. boxer hasan karkardi, who sparred with blackwell, and trainer liam wilkins, who oversaw the session, were suspended by the boxing board of control and faced a further hearing today. johanna konta is through to the semi—finals of the sydney international after beating daria kasatkina in straight sets. the british number one had to come from behind in the second set to beat the russian world number 26. konta will play former wimbledon finalist eugenie bouchard in the last four. dan evans came through three sets against marcel granollers in their second round match. that‘s all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. and i‘ll have more in sportsday at half past 6.30pm. more on kelly‘s retirement and

manchester city‘s charge from the fa for not giving their whereabouts for anti—doping regulations. now the main story that claims a lea ked now the main story that claims a leaked intelligence report that the russian security services might be holding information on donald trump that could compromise him in some way and leave him potentially open to blackmail. those claims have been denied by the president elect who ta kes denied by the president elect who takes office in nine days‘ time. he dismissed the report as fake news. in the past hour, he‘s appeared at a news conference. his first since he was elected, his first for several months. he stressed better relations with russia would be good for the us. if putin likes donald trump i consider that an as set not a liability. russia can help us fight

isis which is number one tricky. if you look, this administration created isis by leaving at the wrong time the void was created. isis was formed. if putin likes donald trump, guess what, folks, that‘s called an as set not a liability. i don‘t know that i‘m going to get along with vladimir putin. i hope i do. there‘s a good chance i won‘t. if i don‘t, do you honestly believe that hillary would be tougher on putin than me? does anyone believe that? give me a break! just a flavour of what was said ina break! just a flavour of what was said in a news conference that lasted just over an hour. it was remarkable in many ways. let‘s start with the elements of it which dealt with the elements of it which dealt with russia and with some of the allegations today. we should make clear they are not part of a formal

intelligence report? that's right. what it appears to have been, this isa what it appears to have been, this is a document written, it‘s alleged bya is a document written, it‘s alleged by a former british intelligence officer who who worked for a private firm commissioned to do research on donald trump during the campaign. dig dirt, see what you can find out about someone. campaigns do this, it‘s what happens. it is a document which reads as if someone‘s gone out and gone to moscow asking what do you know about donald trump that‘s potentially damaging and compiled it into a series of memos. not a formal intelligence report. not necessarily clear it has been substantiated that a journalist before publication might check material or assess it, a lot of information. that‘s allowing donald trump to say it is fake news and challenge the whole very asti of all of it. that‘s one of the issues. do we know which parts of true, what

proportion is right or wrong. he was pleased to say president putin and the kremlin dismissed it as pulp fiction? that's right. in the press conference he was suggesting it had been somehow leaked by the intelligence agency. that doesn‘t seem intelligence agency. that doesn‘t seem to be the case. it is thought this was passed through the private firm to journalists. 0nly this was passed through the private firm to journalists. only one publication butt it on air, buzzfeed. he was really angry with isa buzzfeed. he was really angry with is a buzzfeed and cnn. extraordinary scenes to see the back and forth between them. which raises the big question, it is to do really with the tone he set today. this is an incoming president having a go repeatedly at his intelligence agencies. these are the people who are supposed to keep the us safe. seeming to have warmer things to say about russia and president pew in.

what kind of affect with that have? we‘ve never really seen a breakdown at this point of a presidency where it‘s not really started yet, with the intelligence community. there have been bad periods before between spies and presidents. not all of the leadership will be replaced. donald trump will amount some of his own people in the intelligence agency. but more rail at the middle and lower levels will be pretty seriously challenged by this. they‘ll feel their work, analysis, is being completely challenged and ridden over by the man who will be america‘s commander in chief. ridden over by the man who will be america's commander in chief. thank you. several points made by gordon that i'd you. several points made by gordon that i‘d like to put to my next guest, former us ambassador to the america. what did you take away from mr trump‘s contribution today? i

think there are three points here that are all sayaways from the whole affair. one is the relationship with russia‘s important. it‘s uncertain as to how it will turn out. the second question is mr trump going to try to pillory the american intelligence establishment on the basis of information in the news which they themselves have said has not been verified. the third question is, in fact, what is mr donald trump‘s role in all of this? is he going to be a television inter tainer or is he going to be a television inter tainerora is he going to be a television inter tainer or a governor? 0bviously, he‘s somewhere in between in his press c0 nfe re nce . he‘s somewhere in between in his press conference. we need to watch all of that very carefully. this is an absolutely fascinating opening of an absolutely fascinating opening of a new presidency unlike any we‘ve ever seen a new presidency unlike any we‘ve ever seen before. it's unlike any you‘ve ever seen ever seen before. it's unlike any you‘ve ever seen before and you have a career in public life going back quite a few decades, mr pickering. i‘m wondering where this leaves america‘s relationship now in

prospect with president putin and russia? how would you characterise that? i think it's open in the sense that? i think it's open in the sense that mr putin professes to be interested in mr trump and vice ve rsa . interested in mr trump and vice versa. we had a few reservations today about whether they‘d get along 01’ today about whether they‘d get along or not. i think the relationship with russia is important. but if it is based on fake news or distrust of intelligence establishments or indeed, of anything else that doesn‘t hold true to the realities, then i think it is a relationship that one way or another will be in deep trouble. he was far more strident in his criticism of china than he was of russia. what did you make of that? he's been that way all along. he seems to have chosen because he has a relationship or mr putin is responding to his relationship, that‘s the one he‘s going to pump up. the china relationship isn‘t working. it doesn‘t seem to be moving. there is

no kind of tie of affection between him and the chinese president. that one gets pill rid and hammered. many of the bad things in that relationship keep being emphasised as part of what‘s going on. that‘s a mistake. just as to overplay russia and underplay china misses the mark in both directions. time and again in the campaign, we were told the trump campaigning style wouldn‘t translate into a presidential style. we‘d see a new trump emerging. what do you think of that given today‘s performance? i see so many elements of campaigning style, it is hard to me to see how the segway is taking place between trump and television and trump and governance. we only have nine days to see it move. but the governing of a country like the united states and its place in the world is a huge responsibility. in

fa ct, world is a huge responsibility. in fact, turning it into essential le virtual reality is not something that i think either the american people will be comfortable with or, indeed, the world will be co mforta ble indeed, the world will be comfortable with. thomas pickering thank you forjoining us. the former ambassador to moscow. the headlines: donalad trump has told a news conference that us intelligence agencies might be behind claims he strongly denies that russia has got compromising information about him. pressed on his future relationship with president putin, mr trump says he‘s keen to build better relations with russia. the nhs is under pressure, says the prime minister, but she‘s ruled out demands for extra cash to meet extra demand. an update on the market numbers for you. here‘s how london and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states

this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. now, i‘d like to return to the story about the states of nhs. theresa may has admitted the nhs is under pressure, but she‘s rejecting demands for extra whitehall money to tackle what some are describing as a "winter crisis". labour accused the prime minister of being indenial over the scale of the problems in the nhs we‘re joined being indenial over the scale of the problems in the nhs we‘rejoined by labour‘s justin mathers. problems in the nhs we‘rejoined by labour‘sjustin mathers. the whole thing about extra money, to help viewers, what is labour‘s thought on how much extra money would make a difference at that point? we've put a motion forward which is being debated in parliament now which would bring forward the extra money

being promised for social care in the next couple of years to be used to help the nhs now in what is a p pa re ntly to help the nhs now in what is apparently the worst crisis on record. in terms of funding, the labour party, just about everyone involved in the nhs and some conservative mps have been warning for many months now unless extra funding was found we‘d have the crisis we have today. so, for theresa may and jeremy hunt to be in denial about this is an abject dereliction of their responsibilities. they need to find extra funding now or things will get worse. when you talk about taking the money that was potentially allocated for social care, how much are we talking about? it is up to £900 million supposed to be coming in stream about 2018/19. i think we have to get them to accept the principle that more funding is needed first of all. so far, we‘ve heard nothing other than a few comments there are a few pressures, it‘s not that serious. to get the

red cross to say it is a humanitarian crisis says there‘s something very seriously wrong here. when mr hopson spoke to us earlier, he said he thought the humanitarian crisis was exaggerated that shouldn‘t have been said. nor did he agree this was a problem in just some areas. he thought the prime minister‘s view on that was understating the problem. where are you on that spectrum? do you think it isa you on that spectrum? do you think it is a full—blown crisis?” you on that spectrum? do you think it is a full-blown crisis? i think we have to talk about it in that kind of lank wage to get her to sit up kind of lank wage to get her to sit up and take notice. the summit of the royal colleges and trade unions last night there was a general consensus for the last couple of yea rs consensus for the last couple of years things have been getting steadily worse. this year is the worst yet. when people on the frontline are saying that, we have to listen to them. thank you for talking to us. katie rough was found critically i

will and died later in hospital. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports. some of katie rough‘s family left court in tears this morning after listening to a prey outline of the case against the 15—year—old girl accused of murdering her. the teenager who can‘t be named publicly because of her young age, said nothing during the brief hearing at york magistrates‘ court. the two charges are that on monday she murdered katie rough. and that on the same day she had with her in a public place an offensive weapon, namely a knife. katie‘s head teacher says she was a kind and thoughtful child, well liked by everyone. many more people have been to lay flowers and messages where she was found with fatal injuries. people are just shocked that a seven—year—old could die in such a way. my daughter's we re die in such a way. my daughter's were friends with katie. we wanted

to pay our respects. how difficult is it to talk with your own children about what‘s happened when they‘re so about what‘s happened when they‘re so young? very hard. it is very hard to deal with at the moment. the teenager accused of murdering this little girl will appear before leeds crown court on friday morning. barack 0bama delivered his final farewell as president last night in his home city of chicago. he listed his achievements after eight years in the white house and he struck a sombre note as he warned of threats to us democracy from inequality and racism. he derided many of the policies advocated by his successor, donald trump. from chicago, our correspondent laura trevelyan sent this report. barack 0bama ba rack 0bama returned barack 0bama returned to chicago, the place where his political career began, to deliver his long—planned

farewell address. the president used his platform to underline what he sees as his achievements. if i had told you that we would win marriage equality and secure the right to health insurance for another 20 million of our fellow citizens... chaps cheering ifi if i told you all that, you might have said our sights were set a little too high. the nation's first black president was direct about the state of race relations. after my election there was talk of a post—racial america. and such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic. race remains a potent and often divisive force in oui’ potent and often divisive force in our society. paying tribute to his

wife michelle and his daughters, the president became emotional. for mows who had lined up for hours to hear him speak in person, the effort was worthwhile. i thought it was very uplifting. it gave us a message of hope and encouragement. it was what we needed to hear right now. we had a tough election. we need to keep fighting for the causes that we believe in. barack obama's supporters were heartened by his uplifting message tonight. he leaves office with his personal popularity ata office with his personal popularity at a high. that scent‘ stop the american voters from choosing donald trump to replace him. now barack 0bama will watch as trump tries to dismantle much of his legacy. there are nowjust nine days left of president 0bama‘s term in the white house. and tomorrow, i‘ll be talking to this man — the outgoing us ambassador to the uk, matthew barzun —

to hear his reflections on the past eight years and his predictions for the next four. that‘s here on bbc news at 5.30pm tomorrow. a quick update on the weather before jayjoins us again. the forth road bridge remains shut in both directions after a lorry was blown over. the driver has been charged with dangerous driving. high winds have caused problems across large parts of northern britain this morning. more than 2,000 homes across the north—east of england are without power. a main shopping street in newcastle city centre has also been closed because of damage caused by the weather. andrew anderson is at the forth road bridge now. it's it‘s still pretty windy here at the

forth road bridge. the lorry at the centre of the chaos here today was finally removed. it was towed past us finally removed. it was towed past us about li.30pm this afternoon. it had eventually been righted a short time before that. recovery teams couldn‘t get to grips with it until the wind had dropped sufficiently. they needed it to drop to below a0 mph for at least 20 minutes before getting that lorry and its trailer back up and off this bridge. the bridge has still not reopened. the accident at 2.00 this morning caused significant damage. when the lorry was blown over from the northbound carriageway to the southbound carriageway, it caused significant damage to about a a0—metre stretch of the central reservation. repair teams are hard at work here trying to get that repaired so the bridge can be reopened as soon as possible. but it hasn‘t come in time for this evening‘s rush hour. there will be thousands of people who use this

crossing every day trying to get back from edinburgh into fife facing a miserable commute tonight. the dice version is some 50 miles. it should only take an hour—and—a—half. commuters using that diverse this morning faced delays of several hours because of the amount of traffic on those roads. when the accident himont at 2.00am this morning, the bridge was closed to high—sided vehicles. police scotland told us they have charged a 5a—year—old man with dangerous driving. the owners of the vehicle say their primary concerns at the moment are for the driver who appears to have escaped with minor injuries. they‘re making no further comment. commuters in this part of scotla nd comment. commuters in this part of scotland will be hoping this bridge can be reopened hopefully later tonight and certainly hopefully in time for tomorrow morning‘s commute into edinburgh. very useful andrew. thank you for bringing us up to date. as he said, the immense

inconvenience for lots of other drivers there too. now we‘ll have bbc news at 6 in a moment. now, jay‘s back to tell us about what the weather‘s doing. there are numerous warnings from thes met office over the next several days. if you‘re on the move, keep tuned to the fore cast. we have this strong wind across the uk. some fairly significant impacts from that. to go with that strong wind, particularly over scotland and northern ireland, some further wintry showers. some of those getting into northern england as well. by the end of the night it will be cold and frosty. the northern half of the uk, patches of ice around as well. could be quite slippery for some. into tomorrow, strong winds will continue to blow over the northern half of the uk. further snow in the forecast. travel disruption more than likely. the snow won‘t be just in the cold air

of the northern half of the uk. milderaircoming into of the northern half of the uk. milder air coming into the south. where the two air masses meet we could see wintry weather along that line. this weather system‘s coming from the west bringing milder air with it. it‘s also bringing rain. as it works north into that colder air, it works north into that colder air, it looks like it will turn to snow. a tricky forecast, it has to be said. snow drifting through the midlands and into the south—east. could see a few centimetres at lower levels through the day. further north, a cold north—westerly wind bringing frequent snow showers across scotland. windyy in northern ireland and into northern england. a cold feeling day particularly so in the wind. feeling like a sub—zero day for the northern half of england, northern ireland and scotla nd england, northern ireland and scotland as well. potential lere snow at lower levels this evening. bear that in snow at lower levels this evening. bearthat in mind. snow at lower levels this evening. bear that in mind. elsewhere in the north and west, further snow showers. the blue tinge on the map

isa showers. the blue tinge on the map is a widespread frost. with the snow showers around and very low temperatures, it her frosty by dawn on friday. quite slippery and icy as well. not done with the problems yet. on friday, a very strong wind down the north sea coast will create very large waves. may be some overtopping in places. further wintry showers around some northern, western around eastern coasts. head inland on friday, it should be a decent day with some sunshine. a cold wind blowing. even as far south askar difficult and london feeling like freezing. nur north feeling well below freezing. numerous weather warnings in force by the met office. check them out online. a furious donald trump denies claims russian intelligence has compromising information about him. in his first press conference since becoming president elect he said the claims are entirely fake. it was a group of opponents

that got together. sick people, they put that crap together. a leaked report alleges mr trump was filmed in a compromising situation in a russian hotel and his campaign team had secret links with the kremlin. mr trump tried to talk at his press conference about his future priorities in office. he said he will be the greatestjobs producer god ever created. also tonight: mounting pressure on the nhs — the head of hospital trusts in england says we can‘t keep pretending the nhs can do everything. after the death of seven—year—old katie rough, a 15—year—old girl has appeared in court charged with her murder.