some thunder, and also we could have some sleet and snow over the hills. you can see a pestering of showers for northern ireland, northern england, across scotland again, and across the north—east, and it remains cold. the wind chill not as significant, just because the winds are easing away. but it is still a breezy old day going into a breezy night, with another frost. and then we get a subtle change. we start to see some milder, slightly milder air coming in off the atlantic. as it comes in, it turns to snow, potentially freezing rain, so potentially some very icy conditions through saturday evening and overnight into sunday, as that falls on the frozen ground. and that is because we have got this wedge of slightly milder air, so rain—bearing clouds trying to come on top of the cold air. so there is the potential for some snow orfreezing rain. either way, some rather miserably raw conditions as we get going into sunday. slight easing in that patchy rain, sleet and snow later. but, as you can see, a grey day for many, and because we have got that mild air coming over the cold air, could be quite grey and murky as well. in eastern areas we could hang onto the wintry weather, the cold weather, for much of the day.

so there is some uncertainty as we move into sunday. do stay tuned to the forecast if you have plans, but it looks as if chilly air could hang on into the south—east. the warnings, they on the website. the latest headlines from bbc news. i'm kasia madera. in america, congress has taken the first step towards dismantling the controversial obamaca re health—ca re law. however, lawmakers remain concerned about a lack of replacement for the controversial system that was championed by the outgoing president. meanwhile, donald trump has taken to twitter accusing his political opponents of cobbling together false claims that he has strong ties to russia. mr trump says the allegations are "fake news" and described those behind them as "sleazebags." the united nations and aid agencies are calling on european governments to do more to help thousands of migrants and refugees at risk of freezing to death. several people have already died in the sudden cold snap that has hit parts of the continent,

including serbia and greece. now it's time for click. this week, mice, madness, and... mario? it's a me, mario! woohoo! driving stateside can be a

liberating experience. wide roads, big trucks, massive cars, but add 999 big trucks, massive cars, but add egg desert bottleneck like las vegas, it can be frustrating. —— at it. come on. beeping. but today i am driving an audi with more brainpower under the hood, sorry, bonnet. there is extra information about the speed limitand it is extra information about the speed limit and it also is telling me there is a red light that will turn green in about 30 seconds up ahead. three, two, one. green. the car is connected to las vegas‘s traffic management centre over ag. it reports its position and be centre

tells them how long until the next light turns green. it informs me about the left light if i turn left instead. and around we go. 0ne about the left light if i turn left instead. and around we go. one of the advantages, says audi, is that it isa the advantages, says audi, is that it is a bit ofa the advantages, says audi, is that it is a bit of a stress and tension relief as you know you have some time before the light goes green so there is no point getting impatient. at the moment, this is only available in certain models of car, and only in las vegas, because this city has just one traffic management centre that handles all of the lights. some cities have more than 100 different authorities in charge of their signals. so, 100 different authorities in charge of theirsignals. so, one 100 different authorities in charge of their signals. so, one obvious use for this in the future is to feed into an autonomous driving system. if the car knows when the lights are going to go green in front of it, it can make a better driver itself, if it has some kind of backup data signal from the

traffic management centre. it should get it right more if that happens. which is a good thing. it isjudging that i will not make these lights. 0h, that i will not make these lights. oh, and it is right. the carwas right and oh, and it is right. the carwas rightandi oh, and it is right. the carwas right and i was wrong. now, i do not know much about the car industry, but what i do know is getting into it when you are a new player is really tough, and complex. and expensive. faraday future is a company that heard all of those warnings and said, let us try anyway. how is that going for them? david investigates. faraday future, a new car company that promises to beat kessler at its own game. last year they showed us a scale model of a car they had no intention of making. this year they promised something more real. introducing the

ff91. they are pretty proud of it and say it can do zero to 60 very quickly. it can even mark itself. just press a button and... record rip. it is being lazy tonight. it can park on its own. this is a 3—point turn. 0ne can park on its own. this is a 3—point turn. one of the reasons we do that is because we want to make sure all of the censors in the car, of which there are many, can get a full view of the empty spot to verify there is no one there. —— sensors. look at that. spot on. straight. quite impressive. it is all well and good, but it will be sometime before you can do this yourself. each and every car park will need to be approved by faraday

future before it will work. and there would need to gather data on there would need to gather data on the system so it is less chicken and 999 the system so it is less chicken and egg and more chicken and a very expensive ar. they have promised it will be ready by 2018. there is a lot of potential but it is hard for them to deliver. it is our lot of dirt at this point. the factory. to build its car, they have planned a huge plant in the nevada desert planning to become possible to make the cars next year. there are reports the factory is on hold because they are running out of money. it looks ready for construction but there is no equipment, no materials. and if they wa nt equipment, no materials. and if they want this place ready by 2018, it doesn't look like they are making much progress. we are resource

limited at sometimes. things like this need to take priority. construction of the factory has stopped for some point and it still looks like it is stopped. it will start since. was it because of financial restrictions? it is a matter of keeping the cash flow balance between the projects we are trying to do. not too encouraging. but the good news is if they ever release a car it will blow your socks off. let us go! 0h release a car it will blow your socks off. let us go! oh my god! that is so quick. 0h socks off. let us go! oh my god! that is so quick. oh my god. this is now the fastest production vehicle in the world. and we are just getting started. well... well it is not gritty useful on a school run, is it, really? —— very. that was david. cars were certainly be big

theme of last week's consumer electronics show in las vegas. we went to testdrive some of the projects on show. i have arranged to meet richard of bosch, not to look ata meet richard of bosch, not to look at a washing machine, but a car. wow! it is pretty science—fiction. it does. they have a rich heritage with cars. they invented the spark plug over 100 years ago. you and your facts. what does this card do that we haven't seen before besides look different? the personalisation feature is not too far down the line. the idea is it can pick up my facial features and know who i am and personalise the experience. it will adjust my driver's seat, the mirror, the colour scheme, the entertainment system, everything. that is pretty cool. once you are driving is there anything it can do to make it more safe? you obviously wa nt to to make it more safe? you obviously want to keep your eyes ahead. what

can you do? gestures. in order to make gestures recognisable, what they have done here is introduce what they call ultra ha ptics, they have done here is introduce what they call ultrahaptics, this panel here, it is emitting ultrasonic waves i can feel tingling against my hand to see where i can gesture. 0nce against my hand to see where i can gesture. once i do my gesture like this, and! gesture. once i do my gesture like this, and i can programme a number of them, it will come up on the screen in front of me, a number of different options. looking at a screen takes away from that idea of looking ahead, i have to say. slightly worrying. but don't worry, i will sort out the music. that is even more worry in. if! move i will sort out the music. that is even more worry in. if i move this around i am getting haptic feedback. their risk vibration on the screen. in three different sections, that feels totally different. so it is almost like having physical buttons because you can actually feel what you are touching. but i still would not want to do it while driving. is

there a self driving mode? is only. as it happens, this particular vehicle has won. all i have to do is press my thumbs against the panels for three seconds. automatic driving engaged. there we go. once i put this down, fold it down... here we go. amazing. now we can relax! yet, while bosch are more about creating parts, the car manufacturers themselves have some similar ideas. unlike the bosch car, this bmw vehicle also uses haptic feedback. asa vehicle also uses haptic feedback. as a press my finger, i am moving towards a hologram being projected through this mirror on the panel here on a little projector. it is giving a futuristic appearance to things like text messages or even video calls coming in. it is a very narrow field of view which means the

driver can see it only, making it a personal experience. it is notjust about the driver, though. the entire car has been thought about. even in the back there is more space in this carand it the back there is more space in this car and it really is comfortable, giving a living room kind of feel. in fact, let's play some music. the best thing is everyone can play their own music so you don't have to contend with other people is dodgy playlists. —— people's. contend with other people is dodgy playlists. -- people's. meanwhile, the 0ta's concept car wants to get to know you and find that your interest. —— toyota's. to know you and find that your interest. -- toyota's. the upcoming roads are flat. it will answer questions. it is beautiful out and a perfect day for a drive. it will track your emotions to try to learn how to keep you happy. great. you seem very how to keep you happy. great. you seem very happy. why are you speaking to him and not me? and more

importantly, it will provide warnings of any hazards on the road hazard. activating guardian system to avoid accidents. so, this is the connecting home part of the whole connected world from the connected car we will look at the connected fridge and... the only thing they have in common is that your car can bea have in common is that your car can be a truly connected part of your truly connected life. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week facebook announced it would start trialling ads in the middle of videos, and norway became the first country in the world to turn off its analogue radio signals. it was also the week the us military released footage of a test in california where it launched a swarm of 103 mini drones into the sky from fighterjets. the young man aerial vehicles were deployed to operate autonomously and it's thought the system could

potentially be used to carry out surveillance in the future. and with ai system is one of the hot at the moment, it was only a matter of time before something went a bit wrong. amazon's e went rogue and started ordering dollhouses. a tv station in america covering the story about a young girl using the device to purchase a house was inundated with complaints after viewers' own devices apparently overheard the network reporters saying alexa, buy me a... better not say. and for yea rs me a... better not say. and for years we've been hearing all about the wonders of grapheme. well, engineers at mit have decided to kick off the year by actually doing something about it. using the 3d printer they fused flakes of grapheme into a spongelike object and in doing so have created one of the strongest 3—d materials ever. it's thought the newfangled product could be used in the construction of

aeroplanes or buildings. hello, i'm charles and i'm the voice of mario! and luigi too! and wario! and baby luigi and baby mario! let's go! and that was charles, the voice of mario, nintendo's most famous character. and he's helping us to introduce minty‘s brand—new games console. it's a little bit different as you might expect and marc has been trying it out. nintendo switch is an unusual games console because it does a couple of different things. firstly it's a portable machine. it's got this tablet like touchscreen with a seven 20p resolution, it can be played out and about on the move and when it docks

in this little station here, like mario after he has chowed down on those power boosting mushrooms, it supercharges the machine graphics capabilities up to ten 80p full hd and can be played on a normal television becoming a home console. the controllers which nintendo has dubbed joy columns can fly off the side of the portable unit and they can be configured in a couple of different ways. the individual parts can be used for multiplayer and when it stopped, the player can use a separate controller or plug them into a battery pack, turning them into a battery pack, turning them into this beast. now be enjoying cons have a number of different motor control features that can be demonstrated in this mini game here called quickdraw and weirdly what it does is it pulls the player away from the screen and towards one another, and to that end i have a cowboy opponent here and we're going to have a shootout. so let's load oui’ weapons, to have a shootout. so let's load our weapons, let's get ready, this is where you get your best thing

he's wood on. and i live to fight another day! —— clint eastwood. but what that shows is that the designers are thinking differently about the kind of games that can be played using this device. as far as games are concerned , played using this device. as far as games are concerned, in the works is a new title for the portly italian plumber, the real world set super mario bodice and the legend of ta rza n mario bodice and the legend of tarzan zelda, breath of the wild. the last console had a bunch of issues from day one. there was an additional controller for their already macro we console but it was already macro we console but it was a brand—new console. with the switch they have the same issue again but this time they have to nail down the third—party support and getting more of the core gamer back on board with their product. perhaps the biggest hurdle for the switch is its price. at £279, the switch might have a tough time against its rivals from

sony and microsoft. we will find out when it is released on march the third. @bbcclick, here we go! everybody, meech archibald. archibald, meet everybody. archibald, meet everybody. archibald is living in a box for a couple of days to help demonstrate a phone attachment that can see through walls. this is viar, which tra nslates through walls. this is viar, which translates from the hebrew to see, and that's what this israel company is helping us to do. it has taken a large radar system originally used in breast cancer screening to shrink it into a tiny box. using an app to tiny up the image, its ability to see through walls might stop you accidentally drilling through a pipe when you're trying to put up a picture. in fact, when you're trying to put up a picture. infact, it when you're trying to put up a picture. in fact, it can detect more than just picture. in fact, it can detect more thanjust pipes, picture. in fact, it can detect more than just pipes, it picture. in fact, it can detect more thanjust pipes, it can picture. in fact, it can detect more than just pipes, it can actually detect people who may be approaching on the other side of a wall. viar is pitching this as a single sensor for

the smart home, which can sense very su btle the smart home, which can sense very subtle movements and detect which direction they're coming from. up there on the ceiling there's an array of 20 antenna which are scanning the room for movement in great detail and crucially they can detect movement in different parts of the room. for example on that bed over there, if she was to stay really still copy you will see her craft on the left go very quiet. while i'm making it go completely crazy. if i now hold my breath... you can see how this type of sensor could alert someone if someone else stops breathing. hence this is being pitched as something that could act as an alert system for elderly people, although it can also monitor the quality of anyone's league by measuring how active you are during the night. as we move towards a world where we want to monitor

everything, this is an interesting alternative to putting up cameras. today the world is going towards more connected living so we have connected houses and cars but people don't appreciate having a camera inside their bedroom or bathroom, so it doesn't provide a visual image like a camera does and it is applicable in privacy sensitive situations. that directional nature of the censoring means a system can detect when a high thing like a person standing up in the shower becomes a low thing, like someone who has fallen over in the shower... at which point, it sounds the alarm. as well as preserving privacy, this system has other advantages over a camera. the radar can see through a stea my camera. the radar can see through a steamy bathroom and even in the dark. although if you're showering in the dark, well, you can expect to fall in the dark, well, you can expect to fa ll over in the dark, well, you can expect to fall over sooner or later. lara would have been much more careful. fall over sooner or later. lara would have been much more carefullj would have been much more careful.” would have been much more careful.” would have put down a nonslip shower mat for a start, but mind you there

is plenty of things at this year's ees looking to make the home a safer place. this home robot even wants to become part of the family. i love you! for a start it's creators told me in no uncertain terms that he must be called he or she rather than it, i'm going for she. she is part nanny and playmate because you could use her to keep an eye on the children but at the same time she could entertain them. she has four microphones around her head, so she has directional sound, she also has a high—resolution camera in her left eye, she has she knows about it if she bumps into things. look at this! hey, can you read me a story? and as well as never tiring of rereading the same bedtime story, she can do this. hey, curry, go hide! 0ne,

she can do this. hey, curry, go hide! one, two, three, four, five... all a bit of fun if you put aside the idea that parenting would be a rather worrying drop for robots to ta ke rather worrying drop for robots to take over. and four when there's no robot nanny around, here's a way keep things safely out of reach. i just need to unlock the covered. that's it. this smart block connects toa that's it. this smart block connects to a mobile phone app which means you can decide who has access to the covered as well as opening it and closing it via your phone. it also means you can keep things safely away from kids or any visitors if you don't want them getting their hands on something in your cupboards, and if anyone who isn't meant to open the cupboard does then you will receive a tamper alert on this. it can also be set to simply unlock whenever you're in the vicinity. but what can be a tricky issue to overcome is how to keep the

whole family safe online without blocking out the things they need. this is the prototype of a wi—fi route that aims to bring together powerful internet antivirus and pa rental controls powerful internet antivirus and parental controls across the whole network. each member of the family will have their own profile so it means for kids you can choose what times of day they can or can't get online so at home work time they can't be tempted to go online if they're not can't be tempted to go online if they‘ re not meant can't be tempted to go online if they're not meant to, and you can also pause the internet so if you wa nt to also pause the internet so if you want to get everyone to the table, it might be a little bit easier. if a child tries to look at a website they shouldn't actually be looking at then it will come up with this page. from there they can make a request to look at the page if they think it's important to them and then that request will go to the pa rent then that request will go to the parent who can make a call on whether it is suitable. there's also a crowd ranking function which is a way of parents saying they find the website appropriate or not and that will be shared with other users as well. meanwhile, with so much talk

of alexa and other virtual assista nts of alexa and other virtual assistants at this year's ees, this prototype was... it isn't very functional heart the moment but when ready it aims to provide a cloud based virtual assistant as well as full control over your smart home. but not everyone can walk into the room to operate it. to add a bit of safety into the mix it has to know you and it will either recognise you using this camera for face recognition or know your voice before it carries out any commands you request. it can create scenarios like when your activity tracker knows you've just done a run, the heating will be turned down. 0k, knows you've just done a run, the heating will be turned down. ok, i get that's not ideal for other people in the house! while all this may make it appear gadgets can safely ta ke may make it appear gadgets can safely take control of our gadgets and our homes, it does beg the question of whether we actually want them to. that was lara and i've been out of

bed for precisely the length of that report. about time i turn in for the night but oh no, i've forgotten to make the bed. fortunately i've got a smart duvet, which means that from anywhere in the world i can click the app and the thing makes itself. it's got an inflatable sheep inside and the idea is you programme it to do this at any time you want on any day you want. yes, it is a bit noisy but the idea is you're not meant to be here when it does it. it might scare the cat mind you. but that's not the end of the story. if you're a slaw or you sleep with a snorer then pay attention because tonight i am sleeping on nora, which is an anti snoring device you put under your pillow. if this microphone detects the sound of snoring during the night, it will activate this silent fan which inflates nora, moving the pillow and your head just

enough to reactivate your throat muscles, open your airways and stop you from snoring. you can track how many times it's been activated during the night on the app if you want, or you can just during the night on the app if you want, or you canjust have a good night's sleep, safe in the knowledge that whoever else is in the room with you is also getting a good night's sleep. hello there. the cold weather will continue throughout the weekend, of course there is still immediate concerns along the east coast with severe flood warnings out from the environment agency with coastal flooding. the winds are continuing to ease, though, through the romania

of the night. very icy with still wintry showers around —— remainder. roads and services could be quite damp soa roads and services could be quite damp so a frosty and crunchy start with a widespread frost around. temperatures in the countryside well below freezing, quite a severe frost. really nippy in the morning. it looks like through the day there will be wintry showers around especially in the east coast where we could have sleek and hail and heavy ones around and further west a bit wintry over the hills but some good spells of sunshine around, certainly a cold day but not as bitter as the winds are strong. all change on thursday but it looks like the cold air will hang around in the east, still some issues here and if you have plans for the weekend and please stay tuned for the forecast. a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's ben bland — our top stories: donald trump lashes out on twitter against allegations he has stronger ties to russia than previously thought. the us congress takes the first step

towards getting rid of 0bamacare but there's mounting concern about what could replace the controversial health—care program. the un is calling on european governments to do more as the cold snap sweeping the continent claims the lives of migrants and refugees. and a baby girl who was taken from a hospital in the us has been found alive and well by police after more than 18 years.