today at 5:00 — theresa may slaps down boris johnson — she calls for cabinet discussions about nhs funding to stay private. the foreign secretary had let it be known he wanted more money for the nhs, provoking an additional rebuke from the chancellor. er, mrjohnson is the foreign secretary. i gave the health secretary an extra £6 billion at the recent budget and we will look at departmental allocations again at the spending review, when that takes place. we'll be talking the head of the nhs providers in england about the pressures facing the service. the other main stories on bbc news at 5.00: scotla nd scotland yard is said to be investigating a new allegation of sexual assault made againstjohn worboys dating from 1987. defence chiefs welcome reports there'll be a review of spending cuts for the armed forces. a powerful earthquake in the gulf of alaska, but tsunami alerts for much

of the region have now been lifted. and, nominations forthis year's oscars are out , with guillermo del toro‘s the shape of water in the running for 13 awards, including best picture and director. theresa may has called for cabinet discussions about nhs funding to remain private, when she chaired a discussion at number ten today. it was seen as a clear rebuke to the foreign secretary borisjohnson, who'd let it be known that he favoured a significant new investment in the nhs, which is struggling to cope with the pressures of the winter season.

and in a further rebuke, the chancellor philip hammond said he had already given the nhs an extra £6 billion in november's budget. our political correspondent chris mason has the latest. he certainly knows how to grab the headlines. reporter: do you want to be the chancellor, foreign secretary? or perhaps health secretary? cabinet meetings are meant to be an opportunity for private discussion. instead, borisjohnson let his colleagues and everyone else know in advance that he wants an extra £5 billion for the nhs in england. reporter: do you welcome the foreign secretary's intervention? the health secretary kept quiet about mrjohnson trampling on his turf, but take a look at this. the chancellor didn't exactly look amused. well, mrjohnson is the foreign secretary. i gave the health secretary and extra an £6 billion at the recent budget and we'll look at departmental allocations again at the spending review, when that takes place. thank you. it's not unknown for borisjohnson to occasionally indulge in some

extracurricular freelancing, piling on stuff not exactly in the brief of a foreign secretary. i'm told that on a recent visit to a hospital with the health secretary he was very concerned about what he saw and he's determined to deliver on the idea from the eu referendum campaign of more money for the health service after brexit. but when headlines like this appear in the newspaper before a cabinet meeting, his critics will say that he's grandstanding, and there's no doubt it's unconventional. i'm afraid this is all about boris johnson. he's not really concerned about those patients waiting on trolleys in corridors and those elderly people in the backs of ambulances in the freezing cold, waiting to be treated. it's just his tedious political games. if the government were really serious about putting the money into the nhs, they would have done it in the budget last autumn. others say mrjohnson‘s intervention is good news, but there needs to be a focus on the bigger picture.

having more allies in cabinet, calling for more funding for nhs and social care, is very welcome, as far as i'm concerned. but we need not to just look at the here and now, but the long—term, and notjust the nhs, but the whole picture of nhs, social care and prevention. as the huge challenges the nhs faces this winter continue, so too do the huge political questions about what to do about it. borisjohnson has kept that discussion centre stage, even if the prime minister would have preferred him to make his views known privately. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. i can now speak to chris hopson, the chief executive of nhs providers, which represents nhs trusts. last night on bbc news we saw a

worrying report from one hospital in the north—east of england, north tees, which underlined what the pressures a re tees, which underlined what the pressures are on nhs staff. how would you explain to viewers what the pressures are financially? we are in the middle of the longest and deepest financial squeeze in nhs history and there is a simple way of explaining it. every year, the demand for services, because of an ageing population, plus costs go up 496 ageing population, plus costs go up 4%a ageing population, plus costs go up 4% a year, but funding only goes up 196 4% a year, but funding only goes up 1%a 4% a year, but funding only goes up 1% a year. it doesn't take many yea rs 1% a year. it doesn't take many years for that gap to start showing through. how it is showing through is, we don't have enough nurses and doctors so new figures are nurses showing higher vacancy rates and we also know from your excellent piece on north tees yesterday, on the front line, we are really struggling to keep up with that extra demand.

if you've got lots more people coming into the hospital, lots more people going to the doctors and ambulance services, you need more ambulances, you need more ambulance base and more doctors and nurses. there is record amounts of money coming into the nhs, but it is not enough to keep up with the extra demand. that is why you are seeing the pressures in north tees yesterday and across the piece. the chancellor said, i allocated an extra 6 billion in last november's budget. to look at this again it will have to be in the departmental spending reviews, which are set in stone, really. if that is the case and there is no extra money to be put in in the meantime, what is the question? underlying this is the fundamental issue of the future of oui’ fundamental issue of the future of our health and care system. the important thing is, we have reached

a watershed moment, which is 13 yea rs a watershed moment, which is 13 years ago we set a bunch of standards for the nhs that you should be seen within four hours in an a&e department, and 92% of people should have the collective surgery within eight weeks and not wait more than 62 days per cancer. we miss those targets for the first time ever last. this year we will miss those carpets. we have now reached this watershed moment and if you wa nt this watershed moment and if you want the standards of care to be delivered, which i think we all want, targets are not perfect but they are a good proxy for high—quality care, we will have to put more money into health care more generally and the chancellor, helpfully, put a small sticking plaster on 18, 19, but the issue is the long—term settlement to allow the long—term settlement to allow the nhs and health and care to plan properly and what we need the

government to do is to say yes, we recognise there is a long—term issue and they start to go through the process of addressing that issue now. we cannot wait for another couple of years, because if we do, we will see replicated, what we saw in north tees yesterday. as you say, these are political questions and we will get some reaction for westminster now. thank you for coming in. our chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster. the way that boris johnson the way that borisjohnson went about this has ruffled some feathers, not talking about a cabinet meeting after it happened, but talking about it before it even happened. it is clear part of it goes back to the referendum campaign when borisjohnson was on the bus but promised £350 million more a week for the nhs. but he feels it was time to speak out about this. what does the health secretary

himself think of this? jeremy hunt was before a select committee this afternoon and was asked about it by afternoon and was asked about it by a labourmp. afternoon and was asked about it by a labour mp. it is important for the runner—up in this momentous cabinet meeting, you are supportive of the foreign secretary's call for extra money for the nhs, foreign secretary's call for extra money forthe nhs, how foreign secretary's call for extra money for the nhs, how did that go? i don't think any health secretary is not going to support potential extra resources for his or her department. you understand, i cannot tell you about the precise content of the cabinet meeting. as the health secretary, where you annoyed that the foreign secretary was briefing these things out the two days running? there is a brexit debate, there is an nhs debate and just occasionally, those two debates come together. where is this money

going to come from, this 100 and you? as we have heard, there is not going to be any money flowing in, so well with this money come from? that isa well with this money come from? that is a question for the foreign secretary. indeed. some people said the foreign secretary is grandstanding and this is to do with his personal ambition. but others said they welcomed what he has done, they say there isn't enough vision from theresa may and they think this isa from theresa may and they think this is a good opportunity. also we have had news about the defence review. a lot of talk about cuts to the army yesterday. the head of the army coming out saying this had to stop. we know the new defence secretary has talked openly about this having to stop and be reversed and the mod couldn't afford it to be cut any further. now the review has been

extended and will go forward until june. someone has said, this is a chance for the mod to make their case to the treasury for more money. it is about the bigger picture, about britain's place in the world, what we want to achieve and what we wa nt to what we want to achieve and what we want to do to do that. it is not about penny—pinching, we have to resource the armed forces properly. they feel they have had a new chance to make the case, reverse the courts and many tory mps very appreciative of gavin williamson for going into thatjob, not necessarily knowing a lot about the fence, but putting his foot down and speaking out and demanding that they look at this again. vicki young, thank you very much. the bbc understands that scotland yard is investigating a new allegation made against the black cab rapistjohn worboys.

it comes as anger continues over the parole board's decision to allow his release from prison after a decade behind bars. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is here. what have we learned? this is potentially a significant development. it is not possible at the moment for the police or the cps to revisit old allegations against john worboys without new evidence. it is thought he carried out over 100 sexual attacks against women dating back from 2002. but if those cases have gone to court and there was deemed there wasn't enough evidence, they cannot be looked at again without fresh material. but we have learned scotland yard has received a fresh allegation against john worboys of sexual assaults dating back to 1997. so five years earlier than it is thought he started offending. the allegation

has been made this month, it is being taken seriously by detectives from scotland yard. the enquiry is in its early stages and they haven't arrested john worboys or interviewed him. but potentially this is significant because there is growing u nrest significant because there is growing unrest about his impending release. if that investigation moved swiftly and effectively and potentially lead toa criminal and effectively and potentially lead to a criminal charge, it is impossible to see howjohn worboys could then be let out, pending any future criminal proceedings or trial. this is in the early stages and it may amount to nothing, but it is clearly a significant development. danny, thank you very much. the prosecution in the trial of a man accused of the finsbury park mosque attack, has alleged that he received a message on twitter from a leader of the far—right group, britain first. darren 0sborne is accused of deliberately driving a van into worshippers lastjune, killing one person. he denies murder and attempted murder. 0ur correspondent angus crawford is at woolwich crown court.

bring us up today on what has been said? the evidence presented today claimed mr osborne repeatedly sought out far right material in the weeks before the attack. he set up a twitter account. we know on the 3rd ofjune, 16 days before the attack in finsbury park itself, he received a direct message from the leader of britain first. we don't know the content britain first. we don't know the co nte nt of britain first. we don't know the content of that message. we have been told he sought out information from the english defence league and on one occasion received a direct message, probably an e—mail from on one occasion received a direct message, probably an e—mailfrom an account linked to its founder, tommy robinson. this message warned about the creation of a new nation within the creation of a new nation within the uk and it is built on hatred, violence and on islam. remember,

this was weeks after the terrorist attack on the manchester arena. the message continued and it said, it is time to stand up and say, no more. angus, thank you for the update. this is bbc news at 5.00 — the headlines: theresa may has called for cabinet discussions about the nhs to be private after borisjohnson publicly called for more money for the service. scotla nd service. scotland yard is investigating a new allegation of sexual assault made againstjohn worboys dating from 1997. there has been a powerful earthquake in alaska but tsunami alerts for much of the reason have now been lifted. —— region. in sport, kyle edmund is going strong at the australian open. he beat grigor dimitrov in four sets to reach his first grand slam semifinal. 0ne to reach his first grand slam semifinal. one more win and he will

replace andy murray as british number one. he won't have to play rafael nadal, instead it is marin cilic next. it is after rafael nadal we re cilic next. it is after rafael nadal were tired with a leg injury. and wales injury problems are getting worse. dan biggar will miss the first three rounds of the tournaments with a shoulder problem. we will have a full update in the next 15 minutes. some of the biggest names in the world a re some of the biggest names in the world are meeting in davos. let's talk to our economics editor. how things have gone in this opening session and what is the theme of the

week? it was opened by the prime minister of india. the first time a prime minister of india has spoken here since 1997. he made a big play for globalisation, he said it wasn't the time to raise trade barriers. similar message from the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, who has just finished speaking. talked about progressive politics, globalisation being made to work for everybody. a little whiff about what we will be talking about tomorrow, that will be europe. today i have interviewed the norwegian prime minister and i spoke to her about those brexit negotiations and because although norway isn't a member of the european union, it is a member of what is called the european economic area. some people think britain should join it once we have left the european union. i asked her, and she will have some involvement in those brexit negotiations, what was the best deal

that britain should look for? we hope there will be an agreement we will call a soft brexit, an agreement that will not put large barriers for trade inside europe again and we hope they will find a good solution. we are both working well with the british and the eu. we are integrated in the single market, three countries outside the eu following all the internal regulations on the single market. norway has a very large trade and activity towards britain. there is the norwegian prime minister calling for a soft brexit," operation between britain and the european union. i think tomorrow will be a day of europe at the world economic forum. count them, the number of european leaders coming here tomorrow. the leader of france, germany, the leader of italy, the leader of greece and the leader of

poland, all here, all talking up the european approach to globalisation. very much trying to set their stall out before, as you say, the arrival of president trump on friday, the day after theresa may comes here on thursday. president trump, much more combative, saying the work he has donein combative, saying the work he has done in protecting the us economy as he sees it, has led to economic boom times in america. it will be a fascinating three days here in the snow of the alps in davos. we'll be back with you for all of that. thank you very much. tsunami alerts have been put in place following a powerful earthquake in the gulf of alaska. the 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck this morning, 175 miles southeast of the town of kodiak. it prompted warnings of a possible tsunami down the west coast of north america. california and hawaii have since been given the all—clear, as our correspondent richard galpin reports. sirens.

it's the dead of night on the island of kodiak, just off mainland alaska. the wailing sirens are waking people to warn them a tsunami could soon hit the area. hello, kodiak. sergeant beaver here. just to remind people that this is not a drill, this is a tsunami warning, everyone get at least 100 feet above sea level. the mountain is safe but it's very backed up right now so you won't make it there in five minutes. the island of kodiak, home to almost 111,000 people, lies on the southern coast of alaska and is close to the epicentre of the earthquake. it's not long before roads are clogged with cars heading away from the coast in search of safety at higher ground. many have been taking shelter in the school. people are very calm here.

kodiak residents are used to snow of this magnitude. the emergency sirens are still going off but we haven't had any reports of anything happening. now the tsunami warnings for alaska and the west coast of canada and the us have been lifted. the feared tsunami has not materialised. richard galpin, bbc news. public sector borrowing nearly halved last month compared with december 2016, helped by an unusually large rebate from the european union. it fell to £2.6 billion — the lowest net borrowing for any december since 2000. the uk received a £1.2 billion rebate from the eu due to a reduction in the bloc‘s budget and changes to contributions. doctors say the health and wellbeing of children in england is lagging behind that in scotland and wales.

the royal college of paediatrics and child health says the government has failed to improve care in a number of "fundamental areas" such as by banning junk food advertising. the government insists it has "world—leading pla ns" in place for child health, as our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. being healthy when you are young makes a big difference to your chances of good health in later life. at an after—school gym session in manchester are sisters grace and mia. both of them enjoy the rewards a work—out gives them. fitter, confident. just happier with yourself, yeah. personally, ijust feel good about myself, think i've done well, and achieve better stuff. young people exercising in gyms like this are exactly what health experts would like to see more of. their concern is that there is not enough support from government to allow children and their families to establish healthy habits that will see them through life. last year a report showed that, when it comes to the health of our children, the uk was lagging

behind other european nations. so one year on, has the situation improved ? in scotland, there is praise for a new mental health strategy and better support for mothers who breast—feed. likewise in wales, where a smoking ban in playgrounds has been introduced. but the report says cuts to public health budgets in england are hitting children's services hard and the issue doesn't get the same political attention. we would really love to see cabinet level responsibility for child health in all policies. without that, i think we are doomed to short termism and the inevitable downstream consequences for the country and the country's health and economic well—being. the department of health in england says it has world—leading plans in place to combat obesity and improve mental health, and the sugar tax is funding breakfast clubs and sports. this one is a full body machine, so it works your arms and legs together.

but this report warns that if our children and young people don't get a good healthy start in life, they are more likely to struggle as adults. dominic hughes, bbc news. jeff sessions has been interviewed by the office of the special counsel over alleged russian meddling in the us election. he is the first member of the trump cabinet known to have been questioned by this enquiry which is being led by the former fbi director, robert muller. a spokesman said this meeting took place sometime last week. the nominations for this year's academy awards have been announced in los angeles. the british stars gary 0ldman, daniel day—lewis and daniel kaluuya are all up for the best actor 0scar but the shape of water leads the way with 13 nominations. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba is here.

the shape of water, and this bag of nominations is impressive. it is a cold war love story, a science—fiction fantasy were you to cleaning woman falls in love with the mysterious water creature. the cleaning woman is played by sally hawkins. it is very stylistically done, very different but has ca ptu red done, very different but has captured the heart of oscar voters and leading the way in the nominations. use a surprisingly, but when you look at the range of 13, does it encompass an signal to us this is clearly. one to beat? does it encompass an signal to us this is clearly . one to beat? it this is clearly the one to beat7m isa this is clearly the one to beat7m is a difficult year. it is in the mix as to what will win best picture and what will win the most overall. it is difficult to tell. there are so many films in the mix. it is certainly up there, it won the gold

award. who knows, anything could happen between now and march the 11th. happen between now and march the 4th. there are three or four films that could take best film. 4th. there are three or four films that could take best filmlj mentioned gary 0ldman and daniel day lewis, it is a good year for british actors? yes, you have daniel day lewis, gary 0ldman and you have also got him nominated for playing churchill. he is the standout favourite to take a stack. he was speaking to us about the preparations he did for this challenging part. not only was it that thrilled to be able to sit in the great man's chair, but on the left arm of the chair, but on the left arm of the chairare the chair, but on the left arm of the chair are the sort of huge divots, scratches that were made by his fingernails. and on the right—hand

side of the chair are these scratches that were made from his ring. it is his behaviour that is i'iow ring. it is his behaviour that is now embedded into this piece of furniture. itjust gives now embedded into this piece of furniture. it just gives you, now embedded into this piece of furniture. itjust gives you, it gave me a clue to the amount of stress and anxiety that he must have been going through. he did not sit in that chair every single day. some rather revealing details from gary 0ldman. what else should we be looking out for? massive spotlight on hollywood, how it deals with age, ethnicity and gender. rachael morrison became only the first woman ever to be nominated for best ciman atocha feet, making 0scar history for a film called mud bound. also

greta girling became nominated for best director in that very male dominated area. jordan peel behind the horror flick, get dominated area. jordan peel behind the horrorflick, get out, is only the horrorflick, get out, is only the fifth black director to be nominated in that category following in the footsteps of steve mcqueen and barryjenkins. and age, best actress and best supporting actress, eight of them are over a0. this is an industry on how the rolls out there for older women, the emphasis is on the young. but real steps forward this year. what is it down to? the 0sca rs forward this year. what is it down to? the 0scars has done a lot to try and improve the diversification of all areas of its membership. 1500 people, 20% of the current voting membership are people who joined the voting membership in the last two yea rs. voting membership in the last two years. they are trying to make a difference and it seems to be happening. thank you for taking us through the possibilities. neil diamond is to retire

from performing after being diagnosed with parkinson's disease. # touching me, touching you... the singer, who turns 77 tomorrow, said he'd made the decision "with great reluctance and disappointment. " in a statement, he apologised to fans who'd already bought tickets for his 50th anniversary tour in australia and new zealand. he says he'll continue writing and recording. we will have an update on the headlines and sports news in a few moments, but let's look at the weather. turbulent weather on its way tonight and tomorrow morning. this storm has been named as storm georgina. the wave isobars are tightly packed together, it will be very windy. this evening we have showers, dry

weather but clear spells before the cloud gathers later in the night bringing heavy and persistent rain into western areas. it is here we see the strongest winds. severe gales in places, very windy conditions. between four and 11 celsius. it could be a tricky rush hour tomorrow morning with the extent of the reign of the strong wind. the rain will be sinking south eastwards. the wind losing some of its strength but it will be windy day. behind the rain, rain and some wintry sunshine over the hills of scotland. on thursday, sunny spells and showers. windy but not as strong as we will see overnight and tomorrow. goodbye. the foreign secretary,

borisjohnson, has been rebuked by the prime minister and senior ministers for calling for the nhs to be given extra money ahead of this morning's cabinet meeting mrjohnson is the foreign secretary. i gave the health secretary and extra £6 billion in the recent budget and i will look at the departmental allocations again at the spending review when that takes place. scotland yard is understood to be investigating a new allegation of sexual assault made againstjohn worboys dating from 1997. a court hears that a man accused

of the finsbury park mosque attack received a message on social media from a far—right leader. there's been a powerful earthquake in the gulf of alaska, but tsunami alerts for much of the region have now been lifted. let's catch up with today's sports news. great britain's kyle edmund will play marin cilic in the australian open semi—final. he's reached the last four of a grand slam for the first time after beating the third seed grigor dimitroc in four sets. it's also the first time that he has beaten a top 10 player. if edmund makes it past cilic on thursday morning he'll also overtake andy murray as british number one. cilic, who is seeded 6th made it past rafa nadal in his quarterfinal, the world number1 retiring with a leg injury the wembley line up for next month's league cup final will be decided over the next couple of nights.

manchester city will be favourites to get past bristol city tonight 2—1 up after the first leg but the championship side really impressed at the etihad a fortnight ago. our sports correspondent natalie pirks is at ashton gate. bristol city have been on a terrible run of form but you should expect them to raise their game again. yes, they have not won a game since boxing day. it has seen them dropped to fifth in the league. fans will not care about their league form tonight, they are just here to watch them, hopefully, beat manchester city. the fans at the eddie howe twerk raucous, the most away fans the etihad had ever seen, the so—called cider army in full voice. 28,000 5ives have been put out to try to raise the atmosphere and get it going. leejohnson, the manager,

has talked about trying to even better the atmosphere they had when they beat manchester united in the quarterfinals. bristol city had knocked out four premier league teams already en route to this point. if they were to beat manchester city tonight it would be huge. it would be the biggest result in the club's history according to leejohnson. they did come close. it took a sergio aguero injury time goal to bring this to— one lead for city here. the robins are confident they can do it. they are aiming to reach their first major cup final since 1909. we will talk more in sportsday. wales's injury problems are ahead of the six nations continue to grow — fly half dan biggar will miss the first three rounds of the tournament with a shoulder problem. he picked that up playing for ospreys against clermont auvergne.

rhys priestland was also ruled out, so they are without their first choice fly halves. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website and we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. some news coming in which will be of some interest not least in downing street, because we are told that president trump is to host the french president, emmanuel macron, in late april in what would be the first state visit to the white house under the current presidency. this is from the senior administration official, just to underline it once again. this is in a week when the president will be in davos and will probably see theresa may, the first state visit to the white house in late april will be by emmanuel macron. in a few days, the president

is expected to be at the world economic forum in davos, in switzerland, and events rarely attended by serving us presidents. he is expected to bring his america first message to the gathering of global political and business elite. it is ata global political and business elite. it is at a time when global economic growth is certainly picking up. world business leaders say, according to the latest survey, that they are a lot more confident about they are a lot more confident about the future. it has been, how can we put it, an event. to new yearfor the president, with allegations of racism and running a dysfunctional administration. with me now is a man who knows washington politics inside out, jim messina, a former deputy chief of staff to president 0bama, and he's also advised david cameron and theresa may on campaigns. he now runs the messina group, a political consulting firm. plenty to talk about. nice to see you. iam plenty to talk about. nice to see you. i am bound to ask you straightaway what you make of the french state visit to dc? unprecedented. the tradition has been that your first state visit is

a lwa ys been that your first state visit is always the uk. president 0bama came here first. it is breaking with tradition. that that is probably not surprising, given this president. this week, davos is happening, he is going there coming has decided to 90, going there coming has decided to go, which other serving presidents have not done. some thoughts on his likely thinking around that?” have not done. some thoughts on his likely thinking around that? i think he is looking for venues outside of the american press system. he is getting killed, he has the lowest approval rating of any president ever at this time in his presidency. i think he is trying to go outside that and get a straight a chance to talk to the world. you know, the american approval rating is the lowest it has ever been around the world and i think he is, for the first time, stepping outside of his twitter feed and trying to talk to people. is he not getting any credit at all for the fact that economic growth and job creation seems to have picked up? i think voters look at it and say his policies have not

really kicked in yet. you know, he just passed a tax bill, his first big legislative victory. he is going to talk about that, as he should come as any president would. his problem has been, as you know, he can't get outside of his own statements. he will have big moments like the tax bill and two days later he makes a racist comment and he is off message for days. so far, he is the guy that can't get out of his own way. going to davos is very unconventional. no sitting us president has done it. i don't think it isa president has done it. i don't think it is a bad idea. i think he has to show voters in his country that doing some that normal presidents do. last week he took to twitter to say he was not crazy. when you are on that kind of message, you are in trouble! i think he's trying to get out of it. is there any kind of reflection on the irony of being elected on an anti—elitist message or platform and yet attending probably the most elitist gathering the world knows, davos? which is why

when they announced it i was stunned. it is counterintuitive, it is nixon in china. if he goes there and he keeps to his usual message, which i think he almost has to... america first? so far, this president only cares about his base. he continues to talk about his base, and that is the message of his base. if he does that, he will get a very frosty reception in davos. the question being, as you say, if he does that and delivers a fairly uncompromising message about america first, he will get credit at home, certainly in his own quarter?” think that is right. would he care about a frosty reception in davos in that case? no, does he care about much? i don't think he does. the way that he handled not coming here a couple of weeks ago, i thought it was proof that he doesn't really ca re was proof that he doesn't really care what people think. your experience of the 0bama administration, you are an 0bama

man... proud of it. iam administration, you are an 0bama man... proud of it. i am wondering, when we talk about the way that the trump administration works, people have used the word dysfunctional before now, what is your reading of it, knowing how the white house can work, what is your reading of the current setup that is there? a very wise man, george bush, told me the day before he left, the day before we took office, that all whitehouses area we took office, that all whitehouses are a reflection of the leader. you can tell, in the way that the officers are run. that is certainly true. we were the no drama 0bama white house, not a lot of drama or firings, getting stuff done quietly, because that is what barack 0bama was. donald trump runs a chaotic organisation because that is who he is, that is how he got to be president, nobody thought he was going to win and he is trusting his instincts. the numbers were appalling. he only appointed about 60% of his administration, he has even less confirmed, he has only passed one piece of legislation in the first year. in america, usually

your first year is a honeymoon and your first year is a honeymoon and you pass most of what you're going to pass in the first term. he is off to pass in the first term. he is off toa to pass in the first term. he is off to a really rocky start, his approval ratings etc. he had two chiefs of staff and nothing changed. i think it won't. this is who he is and what he wants to be. to defend him a little bit, this will be the last time in my life i defend donald trump, but he promised he was going to shake things up. and he believes he is doing that. i don't think he is getting anything done, and as a democrat i am kind of happy about that. but the country are starting to say, a little less tweeting and a little more action, please. how does a democrat get involved in advising a democrat get involved in advising a conservative british politician like david cameron or theresa may, as he did last year? when i was in the white house, i got to know prime minister camera in a little bit. he was the opposition leader, and then after i ran the 0bama campaign, i went around the world advising people and spent a lot of time with him. i really thought he was one of the finest people i have ever met. he asked for some help... on the

referendum? no, for his campaign. i spent two years helping him on that. when the prime minister decided to call a snap election, she called me. i was not as involved as i was with david. but i think she has taken steps she needed to take. what is your reading now, many months later, of what happened in the eu referendum, given that you were involved in that campaign with mr cameron? and how would you explain the results now? what is your reading of the factors behind the result, now that we have had time to digest? i think the campaign got caught ina digest? i think the campaign got caught in a campaign that was more about the negativity of leaving, and never made a positive case about why staying mattered. there were good reasons for that, trying to hold the coalition together, you know, three major parties trying to work together, these referendums are a lwa ys together, these referendums are always difficult because of that. the easy message was that everything

is going to go wrong, just don't do it. but that is not the way people think. people want to think about their future, the think. people want to think about theirfuture, the positive parts, they want a reason. the campaign was not able to have a reason. a labour leader, injeremy corbyn, would not campaign and appearon leader, injeremy corbyn, would not campaign and appear on stage with the prime minister. that was hard. there are some real learnings here. you learn more from a loss on a win andi you learn more from a loss on a win and i thought a lot about that. given where we were, it was always going to be a difficult campaign. giving your experience as a strategist, political thinker and strategist, political thinker and strategist, do you think david cameron was right or wrong to call that referendum, in the circumstances he found himself in?|j think he had no choice. he promised he was going to do it. it was part of his platform, to get elected. i have this quaint view that people should follow through on their promises in politics. he was very clear about it and had to do it.

there he is on the day am announcing he is resigning. was he right to resign as quickly as he did? in retrospect, no. iwish he resign as quickly as he did? in retrospect, no. i wish he would have stayed. i understood how a couple tried to talk him out of it. again, he said he was going to. one of the reasons i continued to love him as a leader and person is that he is really honest and thought he had to. that is a very candid readout, what is the equally candid read—out of what happened to theresa may's campaign? what is your reading of that? i think that campaign was sidetracked from the moment it was announced, we spent a week talking about dementia tax and things we didn't want to talk about, that weren't really true. but politics is politics. we got on the defensive and we went from being strong, sta ble and we went from being strong, stable leader. i do need to continue to remind people she did win that election. it wasn't like she lost.

she got the most votes, she has the most seats. she is in number 10 as we speak, as you well know. i don't think she get enough credit for winning a general election. clearly, it did not go the way any of us wa nted it did not go the way any of us wanted it to go, and there are real learning is on that. if you look at the numbers, the poll, where the race the numbers, the poll, where the ra ce we nt the numbers, the poll, where the race went to south, there is no other way to say it, than the roll—out was there from —— was a catastrophe. we do expect to see president trump next week, i am wondering what the exchange will be about. will it be about the prospect of some kind of nice trade deal for the uk with the us in the longer term, post—brexit, what is that about for you ? is term, post—brexit, what is that about for you? is that special relationship, as people like to go on about it, is it still intact under this presidency? absolutely. the special relationship is real, having been on both sides of it. we really are best friends. sometimes

you fight with your best friends and thatis you fight with your best friends and that is fine. i yell at my best friend all the time. the fact is, he is still my best friend. this special relationship will survive a bunch of presidents, a bunch of prime ministers and it will continue because of the joint economic needs of both countries. i am not worried about it at all. i do think that trade will come up on this. i think it should come back. hopefully, there will be a lot of substance and not a lot of tweeting. we will see. a great pleasure to talk to you, thanks for coming in. it was good to see you. giving us the benefit of his immense experience. thanks very much. let's have a look at the headlines. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has been rebuked by the prime minister and senior ministers for calling for the nhs to be given extra money ahead of this morning's cabinet meeting. scotland yard is understood to be investigating a new allegation of sexual assault made againstjohn worboys dating

from 1997. a court hears that a man accused of the finsbury park mosque attack received a message on social media, from a far—right leader. the mayor of the west midlands says the region is failing to reflect its diverse population because there aren't enough people from ethnic minorities in positions of leadership. andy street says more needs to be done to make workforces more diverse, to allow economic benefits across all communities. currently, more than 90 % of the region's leaders are white, as our midlands correspondent sima kotecha reports. people living in birmingham say part of its charm is its diversity. the city is made up of multiple ethnic groups. more than a third of people living here are non—white. but now its mayor says birmingham and its region need to do better at reflecting its population in top positions. we've got to have a regional leadership that actually includes people from those communities as well. it's got to be better in terms of gender diversity,

it's got to be better in terms of ethnic diversity. and if you look across councils, businesses, universities, you just don't see that. so people don't necessarily feel as though their futures have got role models in the community there. so he is now launched a leadership group which will look into what more can be done. the west midlands is cosmopolitan and it has one of the largest bame populations in england and wales. data shows that out of around 200,000 senior managers, directors and officials in the region, more than 90% of them are white. handsworth is the centre of birmingham's african caribbean community. some here believe a lack of acceptance could be preventing them from moving forward. you're not going to talk to someone that isn't really responsive to you or who doesn't really understand your background, understand where you're from. it shouldn't really be a thing where it about us and them, it should obviously be a thing about "as one," but unfortunately that's just how it is, i guess. the mayor's critics say they want

action, notjust words. some of those who work with him say leaders need to change their approach, too. we've said to andy street as mayor, when he gets invited to go along to speak at panels, and so many people wanting to come and speak, he should be saying, "well, who else is on this panel? who else is there that represents birmingham, notjust me?" the government says there's still lots to be done in boardrooms to reflect multicultural britain. the mayor of this region argues he's taking big steps to enforce change. sima kotecha, bbc news, in the west midlands. zist 21st century fox says it is disappointed that the competition and markets authority has provisionally ruled against its planned takeover of sky. fox, in which with murdoch has a controlling sta ke, which with murdoch has a controlling stake, already owns more than a third of sky. what is the

significance of what we have learned? do something half expected to come. it is a significant moment ina very to come. it is a significant moment in a very long story of rupert murdoch's attempt to take full control. six or seven years ago was the first bid, for full control of sky. that was scuppered by the phone hacking scandal. they did it again, through james murdoch, and hacking scandal. they did it again, throuthames murdoch, and this time it has been stuck in a regulatory quagmire for the best part of a year, first 0fcom and then the condition more ——, edition markets authority said they had concerns about media plurality. the concentration of power for too few people would be a problem. but they have suggested some remedies which should be quite easy for them to come up with, but the whole story could get superseded by the fact that there is another takeover bid going on. the fact that rupert murdoch decided, and shocked us all, when he said he was going to sell his whole company to disney. if

disney are buying fox, these concerns about media plurality would probably fall away. when we were focusing on the provisional nature of this, it could be blown away by a bigger picture? the competition markets authority have opened up a consultation process. that will take three weeks or so. ultimately it will be up to matt hancock, the new secretary of state, at media and digital, whatever they decide could become irrelevant because sky coach tra nsfer become irrelevant because sky coach transfer ownership to disney. the issue then is a really interesting one. does disney have the same commitment to sky and sky news that the murdochs have? the murdoch's' ambitions are being thwarted by concerns over plurality, but then if disney takes it over than we do have

that issue, because it does provide a really important counterweight to the bbc. that is something he would be focusing on very sharply? we have this turnaround, lots of murdoch's critics are jumping up and down and saying that a regulator has finally said he is too powerful, we might actually say, thank goodness rupert murdoch funded sky news, which loses tens of millions every year, and has done for the best part of 30 years. i think some people might have take that for granted, and will not take for granted when disney owned fox, as they might do this summer. a powerful earthquake in the gulf of alaska this morning, which struck 175 miles south—east of the town of kodiak, prompted warnings of a possible tsunami down the west coast of canada and the united states. those warnings have now been lifted, but a lower—level alert remains in effect for south alaska. joining me now from edinburgh is dr roger musson from the british geological survey, who can explain exactly what happened in the early hours this morning. yes, well, alaska is part of the

world which has a regular basis. it is an area where two of the plates that make up the earth's surface are meeting. the pacific plate is being pushed underneath the north american plate, a longer line across the coast of alaska. it is where you get this push one way or another that you get earthquakes that cause a tsunami. the great we have this morning was not typical. it was not caused an interface between the plates, it was a caring motion within the plate. a tsunami happens when an earthquake causes major displacement on the sea floor, which displaces water, which has two runaway in the form of waves. because this was a horizontal movement, there was not a large displacement of the sea floor, and

thatis displacement of the sea floor, and that is why there has not been a large tsunami. how quickly was not apparent? we have the tsunami alert coming up very quickly. given what you have just explained, coming up very quickly. given what you havejust explained, how coming up very quickly. given what you have just explained, how quickly was it understood that the risk was different? fairly quickly. but the other way in which an earthquake can cause a tsunami is if it causes a major underwater landslide. that landslide then displaces a lot of water and you get a different sort of tsunami, which tends to be more localised. it could be very severe in kodiak. it was perfectly right to issue a warning, particularly for kodiak, because they might have been an underwater landslide. that is something that you can't tell from a distance. you just have to wait and see what happened. distance. you just have to wait and see what happenedlj distance. you just have to wait and see what happened. i wasjust going to say, for lots of people, the thought of a warning of a scene army along the west coast of canada, the west coast of the united states, vast areas, the concept of a scene army that could affect an area like

thatis army that could affect an area like that is difficult to take on board. yes, it is not very likely that the tsunami was going to occur that would have affected a wide area. but in all of these things, it is better to be on the safe side, better to be safe tha n to be on the safe side, better to be safe than sorry. absolutely, thank you so much forjoining us. talking about the tsunami alert and why the nature of that was different and a tender to be a different kind of threat. —— it turned out to be a different kind of threat. the news at sixes with sophie today. now the latest on the weather. we have had sunshine and showers, and it has been feeling milder. spells of sunshine in worcestershire earlier, but the showers were never too far away. we had heavy spells of rain and the snow is starting to melt now that the milder

temperatures are coming along. very little snow outside of durham. this area of low pressure has been named storm georgina. the isobars are tightly packed together and that means it is going to be very windy later tonight and tomorrow morning. a windy evening, showers and also dry the cloud gathers out to the west. persistent and heavy rain settling into western areas later, coupled with gales, if not severe gales. we could see gusts between 70 and 80 mph for parts of northern ireland and scotland. it is a mild night, those between five and 11 celsius for most. the combination of the wind and rain could give quite a tricky rush hour tomorrow morning. bearin tricky rush hour tomorrow morning. bear in mind we have melting snow, a lot of water on the roads, keep up—to—date with the latest travel news on bbc local radio. gales through tomorrow morning. the gusts are widely a0 miles an hour, stronger further north and west you are across stronger further north and west you a re across parts stronger further north and west you are across parts of scotland and northern ireland. these symbols give

you an idea of the strongest winds across the hebrides, the western highlands, down through the irish sea coasts. a very wet and blustery morning, really anywhere from north—east england, down towards cheshire, wales, the ma corridor, south—west england and eventually all of that rain will be going south eastwards through the morning with some very eastwards through the morning with some very strong eastwards through the morning with some very strong and gusty wind. it will be particularly tricky if you are driving a high sided vehicle. the rain does slowly start to ease away. it will be a windy day wherever you are. behind the reins and spells of sunshine but also some showers. it could be wintry over the hills of scotland. find that rain, slightly colder air starting to come in. temperatures coming in between six and nine celsius, not as mild as today. thursday, sunshine and showers, always most frequent the further west you are. sunshine around, but still a breezy day, highs of between six and 10 celsius,

a chilly night as we go into friday, a chilly night as we go into friday, a touch of frost for england and scotland. for friday, most of us should end the week on a fairly quiet note. there might be if you showers about, especially the further east you are. largely dry. the wind not as strong. feeling a little bit colder. goodbye. boris johnson is rebuked by the prime minister over his much publicised push for more money for england's nhs. conversations about the future of the nhs should remain private. theresa may told cabinet the chancellor had this reminder for borisjohnson. mrjohnson is the foreign secretary. i gave the health secretary an extra six billion pounds at the recent budget and we'll look at departmental allocations again at the spending review when that takes place. borisjohnson was said to be pushing for an extra 100 million a week — we'll be examining how much the nhs needs. also tonight — scotland yard is investigating a new sexual assault allegation made against the black cab rapist,

john worboys. diving down deep in antarctica — we go beneath the waves with the scientists who've discovered unique ecosystems they want protected. a sensational win for britain's kyle edmund at the australian open as he makes it through to his first grand slam semi final. and the fantasy romance about a cleaner who falls in love with a captured creature — the shape of water starring british actress sally hawkins leads the way for oscar nominations. and coming up in sportsday at half past on bbc news, we'll look ahead to the league cup tie between bristol city and manchester city with a place in the final at stake.