and newspapers around the world remember marvel comics creator, stan lee. he's died at the age of 95. el pais in spain calls him spider—man's father. with me isjeremy—thomson cook, who's chief economist of the payments company, world first. is going to reveal his marvel euro shortly, but first we are going to talk brexit. —— he is. shortly, but first we are going to talk brexit. -- he is. a hint about whom i have marvel superhero might be, and maybe pushed there as a result of brexit. we're getting close to the endgame according to theresa may but we only have four months until something needs to be done, something needs to be done by the end of the article 50 period on march 29 of next year, but u nfortu nately for march 29 of next year, but unfortunately for all the back and forth and resignations, brussels saying, sorry, westminster saying win 95% of the there. saying, sorry, westminster saying win 9596 of the there. it was downing street saying that, it everyone else in westminster is not sure. yeah,

the big sticking point remains the irish backstop. we have not got a deal and that yes, we have not got an agreement. it seems to be the and scribble circle. the danger zone they are talking about is the prospect of an ideal brexit, which was a very low probability event in the days after the referendum back in 2016, but due to the fact that politicians simply cannot agree and get their act together, the ideologues on both sides of the argument are sticking rigidly to their views, means we could crash out without a deal. business insider saying three things are a consequence, the eu summit in november that will not ratify anything and will get pushed back to something going and maybe in december, with the sort of as you say, very close to the no deal scenario, worst—case scenario. in any talk about all triggering various emergency plans, in the quite near future, various emergency plans, in the quite nearfuture, for some logistical issues like the movement of goods across borders. yeah, it is

also, we work with a lot of small and medium—size businesses and talking with them, they have not actually impose any no deal brexit scenario contingencies yet. some of them have not even started their planning because they are sure the government and politicians will have a deal, so we could see a mad scramble towards the end of the deal if this november summit or even the december summit does not yield a deal with businesses on both sides of the channel are saying rice, we really need to start preparing. just briefly, what is saying to your clients about what this means for the uk economy? -- are right. if there is an ideal scenario, it is there is an ideal scenario, it is the kind of thing for the uk economy that we won't have seen since the 19705, that we won't have seen since the 1970s, a big falloff in the gdp, the pound. will it be short-term pain and possibly a long—term better picture? the pain in the short term will be extreme and after that, it obviously depends on moves by the bank of england, philip hammond said the budget, there will be an

emergency budget, what kind of moves we see as a result of that. but falling onto wto rules and alongside a fairly huge increase in inflation, means that the outward looking parts of the uk economy will be hit very, very hard. let's move swiftly on, is the standard mac in india talks about a story, the fact that softbank is going to list on the tokyo stock exchange and this company is in the news all the time, andi company is in the news all the time, and i really want to dig deeper into this company at some point when i have more than four minutes to talk about it and i am fascinated by the founder of softbank, when it bought arm holdings for example, which was one of our crown jewels here in the uk, it's not that up, its tentacles reaching everywhere. yeah, it started out, it is ostensibly a mobile phone provider network, but they have huge, huge investments in so many companies that you have

heard of. and countries. yeah, and countries as well. boston dynamix, for example, you may have seen their videos of robots running upstairs and stuff like that, they have a it stating that. 15% of uber, sprint, the mobile network there, they have turned from a mobile phone network provider into a technological investment business and i guess the ipo is their ability to say we have investments in all of these companies, these huge companies which are going to take over the commerce space over the course of the next 20 years, so if you want to buy into them, you have to go through us and this is their way of doing... it is going to be a bumper ipo. it years, and it is a good thing for the japanese economy as well. i have to say i was surprised actually that they chose tokyo. well. i have to say i was surprised actually that they chose tokyolj think it is the patriotism there is something good to see, i think also

the fact that in the grand scheme of things, this will be a good thing for the nikkei, whereas the ftse for example has been sucking up a lot of ipo globally in the past couple of yea rs. ipo globally in the past couple of years. beyond fake news, we are doing all sorts of events and things around the world and bbc. this is one of our articles on bbc online. being at what happens now, this band threatin's uk tour. they faked a fan base and it went horribly wrong, tell us about the. is this marketing or is thisjust tell us about the. is this marketing or is this just really, really sad? a musician book loads of shows across the uk, told the venues we have advanced ticket sales of a certain amount, people are going to be coming. had the money into the venues are they put on the bar, the security, the sound and lighting and everything like that, and then when it came to the night, and nobody showed up because no one had

actually bought tickets. there was one gig where three people turned up and there was one gig where he played to the support band, who expected to get paid, had to take a day off and normal dayjobs and he played to them. since then it has all gone quiet, people have said will have this kind novelty act play at audi, he is not doing that. we will see, where is he now? exactly, ido will see, where is he now? exactly, i do not think he is playing christmas gig. michelle obama, the memoirs are coming out. becoming, it is called. a book which has got huge advance sales, i would imagine. is called. a book which has got huge advance sales, iwould imagine. a lot of interest in what she has to say about all sorts of things, including about being a first lady, what she went through, she is quite explicit, open and honest about her feelings about donald trump getting into power, that kind of thing, at the inauguration and how she had to sort of... by the time. triers smile, that kind of thing is really

interesting. it is. -- byte per ton. —— bite her tongue. but whether this is the new form of the millennial kennedys, for example. there are three sections in this book, so her story talking about obviously her relationship with barack about obviously her relationship with ba rack 0bama about obviously her relationship with barack 0bama and then becoming more, and whether that is the position for her to maybe run for president later on in her life. she is saying no, she is saying no for now. we have heard that before. two sta n now. we have heard that before. two stan lee, so many tributes pouring in from all over the world. people who have loved the characters he created, those marvel characters, spiderman, the incredible hulk, the list is long, the black panther. come on, reveal all, who is your favourite? a big fan of the incredible hulk. hence the brexit. ins brexit, i have rage issues

obviously. they can handle them. they can. there used to use. they can tie me down. stories of stan lee, at the stories of marvel, you have to put them... some people discount comic books is being silly but you would have to look at them as being on par with someone like roald dahl, for example, i may get some tweets about this, charles dickens or someone like that because it has created this atmosphere or environments, or it has created this atmosphere or environments, oij rowling, which people really bought into and it says something about... and you can see there he was such a huge figure in entertainment, in hollywood, with the marvel franchise, it has had such a huge resurgence in recent yea rs such a huge resurgence in recent years and my boys are so into it all, which is why i know a bit about who is who and i got into hot water earlier when i suggested superman but that is dc. i have to say my

favourite superheroes proably superman, but then i grew up with christopher reeve in various movies that gorgeous female journalist. lois lane. absolutely, indeed. so many people have been in touch with us, it has been great to hear from you. tanya says my favourite has a lwa ys you. tanya says my favourite has always been incredible hulk, i grew up always been incredible hulk, i grew up in the 80s watching it and also she says, wonder woman, but that is dc, not marvel. and the actor who depicted the incredible hulk in that american series, which i was watching when i was a young girl. i do remember that too. thanks for being with us. it has been great to have you with us here. and thank you too. the incredible hulk seems to be one of the favourites for now. i will see very soon, goodbye. —— see you. hello. many of us started the new week with frequent and heavy showers, and that brought some

impressive cloud formations. an excellent example of a mammatus cloud here in somerset on monday afternoon. we also saw some sunshine, and when you put sunshine and showers together, well, it's a perfect recipe for rainbows. more showers to come through the early hours of tuesday. they will start to fade away from many southern and eastern areas, and generally become confined to northern england and parts of scotland. a fairly chilly end to the night across the highlands of scotland. and through tuesday morning, there'll still be some showers, particularly for western scotland, north—west england. these will start to fade, and for most it's a mainly dry day. there'll be some spells of sunshine, but cloud will tend to build across northern ireland, the western isles of scotland, ahead of some rain through the evening. it's a breezy if not windy day, these are average wind strengths through the afternoon, but still quite gusty, particularly for western coasts. and temperature—wise, well, 10—14 celsius through tuesday afternoon, still on the mild side for the time of year. so through the evening, the rain already in the west will slowly start to push its way eastwards, and that's likely to become heavy for a time across parts of northern ireland,

north wales, north—west england and western scotland. some patchy rain for the midlands, but otherwise, for central, southern and eastern england, it should stay mainly dry. some clear spells, temperatures here holding up to nine or 10 celsius. in fact, for all, it's a mild night. looks like the wettest weather will be across northern england, scotland and northern ireland, all tied in with this front, which is still with us on wednesday. notice the squeeze in the isobars, so once again it becomes windy, particularly for irish sea coasts. still some outbreaks of rain on wednesday, continuing across northern ireland, although it will start to clear through the day, and it continues across western parts of scotland. further east, there will be some spells of sunshine, with some help from the foehn effect. it could well be quite mild here, and eventually that rain will pull away from northern england. further south, across much of england and wales, it stays mainly dry. it is a mild day for all — 13—16 celsius. in fact, 16 celsius we could find across parts of murray and aberdeenshire. and we're all in this warm air as we go through wednesday, pulling it up from the south.

this front is still fringing northern and western parts of the uk, so could just still see a little bit of patchy rain at times here, but for most it becomes dry. there'll be some spells of sunshine. temperatures above average for the time of year, 1a or 15 celsius. but bear in mind towards the end of the week, although it's looking settled, we could well see some mist and fog, and that could be quite slow to clear. it'll change for the weekend. it's mainly dry, still mild, light winds, but still clearing some mist and fog. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. 0ur headlines today: the death toll from wildfires in california has now reached 1m. president trump declares it a major disaster. theresa may says the brexit negotiations are now entering the endgame as the cabinet prepares to meet this morning. spider—man, spider—man, does whatever a spidercam. -- spider can.

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