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tv   Wayne in Washington  BBC News  November 17, 2018 5:40pm-6:00pm GMT

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to win this bp fleetwood would have to win this bp world tour championship tomorrow to have any chance at taking the race to dubai and defending that crown and there are just too many shots to be made up, too many players to beat and overtake. i think we can safely say that francesco molinari even though he is not having his best week will win the race to dubai for the first time. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the final of the northern ireland open after a thrilling deciding frame victory over mark selby. in a high quality contest, this incredible fluke in the decider proved pivotal for o'sullivan, as he cleared up to take the match on the final black. he'll face eitherjudd trump or the israeli—born scot eden sharav in tomorrow's final in belfast. they play their semifinal later tonight. it looks like scotland have scored a brilliant try but they are checking to see if there was a forward pass against them. that is all the sport. i will be back at 6:30pm. now nbc
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news it is time for wayne rooney. natalie perks travel to washington to catch up with the former england captain and record goal—scorer. the success of the club has been long established. they had some great years between 1996 and 200a. they lacked in recent years the star quality. there was really no player that stood out is that really appealed to the masses. wayne's name
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came up and instantly you get excited. everyone knows who wayne is and the resume, what he is about... one when wayne rooney was way to dc united, people knew was a big deal. people knew early on he had a connection with the city. we took him doughty field. assured of areas where he could find home for his family. that's a big part of the equation. what will we do the kids, schools, homes. he got really comfortable early on and really i think after today's time he said "i'iti think after today's time he said "i'm all in, i want to do this".|j can see the team are talented and there and a good position. ijust wa nt to there and a good position. ijust want to come in and help the team. we've been mls in the early days
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we re we've been mls in the early days were guilty of players in europe or south america coming over here in their 30s south america coming over here in their30s and south america coming over here in their 30s and for vacation. and as their 30s and for vacation. and as the league has gone that does not fly a ny the league has gone that does not fly any more. the league is too good. he put that to rest very early when he came over for his first game with us and even with his players in the first training session. guys it that you do not know how they will come into the locker room and work with the team. wayne was one of the guys that was humbled, and talk to everyone on the first day on and joked with us. he has been cohesive with the group. it is been great working on and off the field with them. since they won his been there for us. his first day the ground, he arrived july at almost 100 degrees temperatures. crazy summer hot day in dc. we have academy present there and he is talking to players and you can see his connection there with
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his team—mates. and at the end of the session he carries equipment, grabs it, walk set into the equipment room. we don't have a lot of first—team pros that do that. just shows that he is prepared to roll up his sleeves and get prepared to work. i think he has been a perfect fit. you don't know what you would get in a forward defensively. he is here to win and perform and do whatever it takes to win a game. that resume with 13. he does what he does. he trains hard, he makes the right play, he is super talented a player. a player with a large amount of experience. it was pretty seamless. hejust of experience. it was pretty seamless. he just fit in. of experience. it was pretty seamless. hejust fit in. instantly he became one of the guys, he did not ask for special treatment. and i think the guys took the him fairly quickly. i think it is important you are part of the team and you do with your
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team—mates are doing and you don't start demanding things. it's not a big issue to be honest. start demanding things. it's not a big issue to be honestlj start demanding things. it's not a big issue to be honest. i think it isjust wayne. he just big issue to be honest. i think it is just wayne. he just wants to play his football. he does care what all those things. he cares about the team— mates those things. he cares about the team—mates and being in a good situation but not boring about all this other stuff. he just wants to play the game, he loves the game. you always said you would not play abroad, didn't you? what changed? when i was younger i never thought of playing anywhere other than the premier league or you just look at different opportunities and you have to make a decision on what the best avenue to take really. and ifelt to make a decision on what the best avenue to take really. and i felt at the time this was the best for me to take. how important was a free to come we still plenty left in the tank? i think it was the right time for me to come and play here. but also for my family with it the ages of my children people come two years
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down line and it probably would have been too to try and start at a later age. and the time with my children was right. what are the biggest lifestyle changes for you being here? i think it'sjust a bit more relaxing for us as a family. if you wa nt to relaxing for us as a family. if you want to go to the supermarket or it wa nt to want to go to the supermarket or it want to get a copy, it's quite easy to do where at times in england it could be difficult. you have space and more time to enjoy your family which is something that i like. you do not have the tabloids after you. he is allowed to come here with his family, live in the suburbs, take his kids to the playground. in dc he can have that life. still in international city. he can so get back and forth wherever he wants to
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go but without that flash that la or new york would have for he is not going be chased by the tabloids any more. which is probably a pleasant change for him. everyone knows back home and you do at the plant is more than you would. you can pick the kids up from school be spontaneous and do whatever the kids want to do rather than sometimes doing what you think is the easiest thing to do. you are not as shelley and have a big ego. but you almost get airdropped midseason into a club. that's a difficult thing to negotiate. were you worried about what they might think of you? no not really. i think i have always been confident in my ability. the weather that time was so rotten... playing in that heat, i adjusted well to it.
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went on a good run of winning games and once the team saw that you were good enough to win games against the better teams in the league also and get the team a lot of confidence and would be playing for the last two months now. was it important for you to let the fans and the people who hired you early on that you are not just here for one final big paycheque, you were here to work? yeah, ithink paycheque, you were here to work? yeah, i think particularly the owners and been the manager they knew from sickens me that was in the case. and you have people who complained about other players who came over here and not those will.|j was worried that this was another cash grab that he would come here and make some money and see later that was it. we're in last place so it could not have gotten much worse. it was midseason, you drop a superstar into a club, leahy has ever played in, players he has never
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played with. it is not going to work right away or at least that is everybody expected. you have a corner at the end of the game. they need three points of this match, one point will not do it. but to take a loss in this situation would be gunning. check them i said —— has saying this is it. clement johnson is running on it. he is one of the players that other players dislike off the pitch. but for fans you can imagine how we feel about him. our defences up in the box. burnett would it take us away from us? with visio this quiz with then i see this street going across the field. i was thinking that is great out field. i was thinking that is great our defence can go back now. you just think that at least it is done. then all of a sudden it is served up field. he lashes this 40 yard crossfield ball right on the head of
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a 5—3 attack. i think his header gets lost for the get up so high and the given squirrel it was a great header. it was a big moment to go from following and win the game and then we could make the playoffs. that's a type of moment you don't need to hammer home to your team. there were 50 million views around the world or however many. these guys the world or however many. these guys are on the world or however many. these guys are on their phones all day long and they see it and they understood what it represented and what type of person and player that we now are happy to have here at dc united. i watch him at the end of the game, he is grinning from ear to ear. he looks like a kid having a blast. it could be some one's backyard, on the street somewhere and it becomes infectious. if that can happen, anything can happen in
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out can happen, anything can happen in our season and he did. can happen, anything can happen in our season and he didlj can happen, anything can happen in our season and he did. i think he has raised the level of everyone on out has raised the level of everyone on ourteam. has raised the level of everyone on our team. everyone has gotten better after he has come here. it's pretty cool to see that when you know the guys have potential and then he brings the best out of them. he is pretty vocal in the locker room and before games or have time and even after games. there was an instance la st after games. there was an instance last week where we had won a game and it wasn't our best performance by any means and he came in and said it wasn't good enough and everyone was kind of thrown off because we had just won the game. it was a nice kick in the but. it was a wake—up call for us. he came here looking at the 20—year—old looking to prove himself. that is kind of the level of effort he was laying out. yeah had response from the supporters and other players in the field that everyone has responded to that. i'm not someone that just wants to everyone has responded to that. i'm not someone thatjust wants to win, you want to win and perform well. of course this came from... you want to
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perform well as a team and no one would you are cheating on the pitch. the facilities are property —— probably what he is used to in england. i have seen this training grounds. yeah, this seems to work. you have room to them on a waitress. that must be a new thing for him. yeah, he said hejust that must be a new thing for him. yeah, he said he just wants to be a another guy on the team and that is the way you were treated here and he flew on a commercial flight with us and then roomed with me in one of out away games so and then roomed with me in one of oui’ away games so i guess and then roomed with me in one of our away games so i guess it was weird for him. i have never really done this work before. but that is pa rt done this work before. but that is part of it it's not really a big deal to me. but part of it it's not really a big dealto me. but he had a great budget, didn't he? he did. i usually like to sleep with my laptop like
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some form of sitcom because i like to fall asleep to a temperature of show that i have for and anything i love, trashy reality television. what do you think annoyed him about rooming with you but still i don't know, i think i would be the perfect roommate. has he imposes music on the locker room yet? a little bit. i put on the music i want rather than there's. is a little different than what i am listening to. a bit of james bay. mumford and sons. maybe thatis james bay. mumford and sons. maybe that is the problem. what was it like this summer to watch england reached the semi—final in the world cup? the last time i watch england and going to parties, the set up when i was 16 and the 17th. to go back to that and watch as a fan was
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different than what i had been used to. but it was great. as an england fani to. but it was great. as an england fan i obviously wanted them to go one step further and try to get to the final. plenty of abundance and quitting yourformer the final. plenty of abundance and quitting your former manager saying you have left europe too soon. you so you have left europe too soon. you so have plenty to get, what would you say to them? yeah, i still feel good of the play in the premier league but again. it was a decision i made based on where i felt was the right place for me to play.|j i made based on where i felt was the right place for me to play. i think he is enjoying it and as a manager thatis he is enjoying it and as a manager that is excited to have a guy come in yourteam that is excited to have a guy come in your team with his resume, but his stature and to be enjoying the game again. when i watched him last year it did not seem like he was having as much fun as he is right 110w. having as much fun as he is right now. he was at his boyhood club but he was in a bad situation which was almost worse. and how tough it is to
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be hoping for the fairy tale ending and then just being be hoping for the fairy tale ending and thenjust being put in the rough situation with a manager you are not click with and you come here and you have the polar opposite of that. you feel like you had maybe fallen out a little bit of love with the game? no, ithink little bit of love with the game? no, i think i always love playing and obviously the time last season was at bit frustrating at times. different managers playing different positions, disappointed with the way it ended. the way that ended, but it opened a new chapter for me here. when he camel opened a new chapter for me here. when he came i think it was his third game or maybe even his second game. i looked out there and he was laughing, he was smiling, he was laughing, he was smiling, he was laughing with another player. i don't see that much in the premiership. i don't see a lot of smiles on players faces during the game. ithink smiles on players faces during the game. i think that's great. i don't wa nt game. i think that's great. i don't want to underestimate his influence on our want to underestimate his influence
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on ourteam and want to underestimate his influence on our team and the relevance of our team right now in the city. we have been very long time and we've created a pretty loyal fan base that we are sending home happy. and there isa we are sending home happy. and there is a really good buzz about this team and he has certainly been the catalyst for that. plenty of people with seeing, larson and beckham would come over here and in a four—month break they go back, trained with clubs and premier league, played for the clubs back in europe, would that be something you might look at? no. it wouldn't be fairto my might look at? no. it wouldn't be fair to my children also obviously the people here. going for a few months and then coming back... 123, united. every decision i made was to play for dc and i flew committed to itand... you play for dc and i flew committed to it and... you become a part of great
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moment of history. we're on the right step in into doing that. things didn't clear up where you are today, but you may be more likely to see the sunshine tomorrow. plenty of blue sky for the rest of the weekend. this is scotland earlier today, part of eastern scotland stayed rather cloudy, as did northern ireland. we have an area of high pressure in the continent. the air is coming in from the south—east. it is dry out, which is why the lot of the cloud that many of us started today with disappeared. it is looking fine if you are out and about this evening. this is the picture at 7pm, temperatures would down to single figures from some of us. a south—easterly breeze is noticeable, but a lot of land showing up, so it is clear. a lot of cloud from northern ireland cleared away. still the chance of some drizzle in eastern parts of scotland. but it is a fine evening out there, and a fine night as well. we will hold onto some cloud threes to impart in scotland
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and the for north—east of england. but the arrows are indicating a south—easterly breeze. temperatures will drop as low as if the breeze from there, so low single figures, so a touch of frost to begin tomorrow, but not widespread. tomorrow, plenty of sunshine showing up. there will be some patchy cloud, more likely to parts of eastern scotland and north—east england. but it is a sunny day in northern ireland. for the most part, temperatures between nine and 12 celsius. there will be changes coming in the week ahead. firstly, we can see going into monday, the wind becomes easterly and the blue comes in here. so colder air will come in, but it will be noticeably cloudier. it will make it feel to it very different. there could be some light showers, just a few brighter spells here and there. temperatures are coming down into single figures from any of us,
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and if anything, going into tuesday, the easterly wind will start to strengthen, adding a colder feel. still a lot of cloud. some bright and sunny spells, but there will be a greater chance of cutting some showers on tuesday. of catching some showers on tuesday. these may turn wintry on highest ground. temperatures have come down a little bit further, when you factor in the wind, it will feel colder still, across eastern part of the uk particularly. this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 6pm. five ministers in theresa may's cabinetjoin forces to try and persuade her to make changes to the draft brexit agreement. there's still the potential to improve on the clarification, and on some of the measures in it. and that is what i'm hoping to be able to help with. more than a 1,000 people are reported to be missing in california's deadliest wildfire on record. 71 people are known to have died.
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