the sunnier essentially dry. with the sunnier skies come lower temperatures. it will feel cooler in pressure, high is between 7—10, cooler in the wind. katty: you're watching beyond 100 days. president trump will fly down to the us border with mexico on thursday to highlight what the white house calls an immigration crisis. christian: the announcement comes on the 17th day of a us government shutdown — with no sign it will reopen anytime soon. katty: mr trump wants money to build his border wall before he'll reopen the government. top democrats say that's immoral. actor kevin spacey has appeared in court in massachussetts, accused of sexually assaulting a teenager. he's pleaded not guilty. christian: also on the programme... raise a glass to brexit. the prime minister is tonight hosting a new year's drinks receptions for conservative mps. the deal itself remains on ice. and if you are the worst example of a backseat driver, then 2019 has something for you. we will be in vegas for the tech extravaganza of the year, where in—car entertainment puts you in the hot seat. katty: hello and welcome.

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. president trump will visit address the nation tomorrow night and visit president trump will address the nation tomorrow night and visit the us border on thursday amid a political fight over immigration. he's deciding whether to declare a national emergency in order to get the money he wants to build a border wall. that would mean significant dollars coming from the us defence budget and not from congress. christian: but the american constitution, dating right back to 1878, does not like the idea of the us military being used for domestic purposes. and the president can expect a court challenge if he goes this route. this weekend, democratic congressman adam schiff said it's something mr trump can't legally do. 7 look, if harry truman couldn't nationalise the steel industry during wartime, this president doesn't have the power to declare an emergency and build a multibillion—dollar wall on the border. so that's a nonstarter.

christian: the whole idea of declaring a national emergency to pay for a border really depends on whether there is indeed a border emergency. vice president mike pence suggests there is. make no mistake about it, we are in the midst of a crisis at our southern border. every day, nearly 2,000 people are apprehended or stopped at attempting to come into our country, that have no lawful claim to be here. katty: but us government figures show the number of illegal immigrants in america is actually falling — it's at a 12—year low. census data shows there were 10.7 million unauthorised immigrants in the us in 2016 — down from a peak of 12.2 million in 2007. and it is specifically it's the number of mexicans crossing the southern border which accounts for that decline. it doesn't sound like an emergency. this weekend, the white house press secretary was grilled by a fox news anchor on another administration argument — that the wall is needed to keep out terrorists.

we know that, roughly, nearly 4,000 known or suspected terrorists come into our country illegally and we know that our most vulnerable point of entry... wait, wait, because i know this statistic, i didn't know if you were going to use it, so i studied up on it. do you know where those 4,000 people, where they are captured? airport. not always. airports. the state department says there hasn't been any terrorist they have found coming across this border... it is by air, it is by land and it is by sea, it is all of the above. katty: for the latest on the stand—off underway between the white house and democrats, i'm joined now by kristina peterson, congressional reporter for the wall streetjournal. the wide has no saying that the us government could stay open for weeks, months, over this government could stay open for weeks, months, overthis issue. government could stay open for weeks, months, over this issue. -- the white house now saying. can the

republicans and democrats reach a resolution on this? we're not seeing any movement of the two sides getting closer on a number so that suggests one side are going to have to primarily giving, and it doesn't seem like either side is even close to ready to doing that and that is what makes a agree that it be quite sometime before we see the shutdown end. why is the president so determined to get money to build his border wall? i think he sees this as the signature issue that he campaigned on and as we get closer to the 2020 presidential election, he believes it is crucial to deliver on itand he believes it is crucial to deliver on it and it becomes a potent political symbol for both parties. is there politics involved here in that it is there politics involved here in thatitis is there politics involved here in that it is a good distraction from other issues roger nock you are not writing about the mueller pro, you are writing about immigration, which donald trump feels plays well to his conservative base. he certainly changes the depth when he wants to. this began just after congress passed an overhaul of the criminal just a system, so we focused on the

shutdown, rather than that bill and him taking a victory lap on that, so it cuts both ways. christian: you say it has become a symbol for both parties and if you put democrats and republicans on a truth serum and said what is this all about, they would have to concede there are places where a wall like structure is needed and congress has funded it in the past, so why has this become such an issue? you are absolutely right, democrats concede they support border security, they are willing to spend millions, if not billions, on that, and some of the language they use is not all that different to the steel slabs the president is talking about, but we just had an election where democrats ran as a large part against rambus the resistance on the wall has become the symbol of this administration —— against trump. become the symbol of this administration -- against trump. he has come up with a formula now because he was criticised last week because he was criticised last week because he was criticised last week because he didn't know the amount he

wanted, the structure he wanted but i suppose in one way, dragging this political fight that suits him because we are not talking about the mueller probe, the general chaos in the white house, the acting cabinet secretaries, all the things that have caused him so many problems. that is true. the only issue is that the longer the shutdown stretches on, the more pain is going to be felt by federal employees, those who are not getting paid. they are all not getting paid but some who have to work without pay and some who are on furlough, so it will create issues they him that will compound as it goes on. we are in the third week and i think we will see more pain. katty: is it your sense that in the white house, they genuinely believe the border wall is essential to national—security because a lot of border agents are saying they need more high—tech solutions and more agents for national security will stop or is that recognition amongst president trump's inner circle that this is a political issue? i think it is unquestionably

a political issue. they would of course also argue they needed for border security but on bay hill, when you talk to congressional republicans, they don't all agree thatis republicans, they don't all agree that is the best use of the funds. many of the lawmakers who represent states and districts along the border have specific concerns about eminent domain and wildlife preserves , eminent domain and wildlife preserves, so there are complicating issues that i think draw concern even from republicans about the wall. kristina, thank you for coming in. one thing that seems pretty clear is that this will go on and on. christian: as kristina says, the chatter around the border is politicised but in reality, a barrier between the us and mexico already and both parties ana pastor said it is to be improved and funded. —— have said in the past it needs to be improved and funded. here's the situation at the moment. trump's wall would go along this red line. at the moment, about 650 miles already has some kind of barrier,

whether it's a fence, technology or wall itself. the trump administration wants to prolong the barrierfor another one thousand miles and there is the natural barrier, the rio grande. some of it is semantics and some of it, as we say, the wall is needed in certain parts. katty: and democrats in the past, and the president has passed the south —— pointed this out, chuck schumer and, barack 0bama, south —— pointed this out, chuck schumerand, barack 0bama, hillary clinton, have signed up for this before, but the democrats have come out of a mid—term election which has seen their party shift somewhat to the left, they are no longer concerned about vulnerable democratic senators in red leaning states, republican leaning states, so they are actually playing more ha rd ball so they are actually playing more hardball on this than they were and, for them, it has become a very powerful symbol. they don't want to be seen at this stage in their new democratic house of representatives to be giving in to the president on

something that all of their polling is showing them is not a vote winner for democrats in an election. so i think the democrats will play very ha rd ball think the democrats will play very hardball on this, the president will give a national address tomorrow night, he has asked for the time from networks to address the nation tomorrow night on what he is calling an immigration crisis. he will fly down there on thursday, he wants to highlight this and as we said to kristina, in the meantime, we are not talking about the mueller pro, so perhaps a win for the white house in that respect. the man in the dock was listed as kevin s fowler — he's better known as kevin spacey. the hollywood star made his first appearance in a nantucket court today charged with sexually assaulting a minor in 2016. if convicted he faces up to five years in jail. christian: the alleged victim is the son of former television news presenter heather unruh, who spoke publicly about the incident last year. she's accused mr spacey of buying her then 18—year—old son alcohol — the drinking age in massachusetts is 21 — and then groping him. nick bryant reports.

this was a journey that kevin spacey didn't want to make and having touched down in a private plane, he drove to his first appearance in court. clear the sidewalk, please. his legal team argued he shouldn't have to appear in person, because of the negative publicity that has surrounded the case. but the actor who spent so much of his time in front of cameras, found it impossible today to avoid them. there was a live stream in the courtroom to record the charge. this complaint charges that in the town of nantucket onjuly the eighth, 2016, you did commit indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over. the 0scar—winning actor shared a joke with his lawyer, but did not address the court. he is pleading not guilty. nantucket is the island playground of america's elite and, in 2016, spacey is alleged to have sexually assaulted an 18—year—old waiter. during a late—night drinking session

at this bar, he is accused of unzipping the man's trousers and groping his groin. he claims it was consensual. the actor was fired from the drama house of cards because of multiple sexual allegations against him. —— sexual assault. you trusted me, even though you knew you shouldn't. bizarrely, he revived his character in a video posted online after he was charged. you wouldn't believe the worst without evidence and rush to judgments without facts, would you? 0utside court, he ran the gauntlet of media again. what are you feelings today? he chose not to answer our questions. mr spacey. kevin spacey has already been condemned in the court of global opinion and now a legal process is underway. nantucket grants celebrities

privacy and protection, but what happened here three summers ago is now a matter of worldwide fascination. katty: and joining us now from outside the courthouse in nantucket is the bbc‘s nada tawfik. thanks very much forjoining us, he flew in and out on his private plane, what are the chances, he appealed for it in the strange youtube video, we have to know the fa cts , youtube video, we have to know the facts, what are chances this case will give us those facts? well, that is the big question, does this case go to trial? and, if so, what will be revealed? go to trial? and, if so, what will be revealed ? now, go to trial? and, if so, what will be revealed? now, legal experts say that while a criminal charge was able to be levelled against kevin spacey that by no means is a slam dunk case. we already heard in previous hearings, kevin spacey‘s lawyers questioning the lead detective. they are planning to argue that not only was the accuser,

you know, drunk, had a lot of alcohol during the night, that he lied to mr spacey about his age, saying he was 23 and in college when he was 18, and that the whole incident was consensual. in fact, they really pushed back at the fact that the snapchat video exists which ca ptu red that the snapchat video exists which captured part of the alleged assault and really didn't show any kind of damning behaviour, so it will certainly be an interesting trial because it does seem as though kevin spa cey‘s because it does seem as though kevin spacey‘s lawyers are determined to fight this. christian: as nick was saying, he has tried to fight it in court. what number of these appearances will he have to make? well, that'll certainly depend on how many hearings are necessary. i mean, thejudge how many hearings are necessary. i mean, the judge denied how many hearings are necessary. i mean, thejudge denied his request today because prosecutors said he really did need to be here in court to be formally charged the first time. from here, it seems as though

there will be some more leniency, which will be a relief to people here in nantucket, because this was a frenzied day on what would normally would be a very quiet january for this island. certainly as we get closer and if there is in fa ct a as we get closer and if there is in fact a trial, it will certainly create chaos here. christian: thank you very much indeed. katty: the doors of number 10 will be open this evening to conservative mps and their partners. the first of two new year's drinks receptions that downing street is hosting this week. you might wonder what they will toast? in truth, it's a timely opportunity for the prime minister to gauge opinion — and, who knows, maybe even sway a few wavering backbenchers into voting for her brexit deal. it was confirmed today the house of commons will vote on it tuesday week. christian: it's unlikely the alcohol will change many minds. however strong it is. opposition to the deal remains much the same as it was before christmas. but will the eu come up with something substantive, that might change minds in the final hours before the vote?

earlier today, theresa may hinted at some new assurances that could make it easierfor undecided mps to back her deal, in that crucial vote. in the coming days, what we will set out is notjust about the eu but also what we can do domestically. so we'll be setting out measures that will be specific to northern ireland, we'll be setting out proposals for a greater role for parliament as we move into the next stage of negotiations, and we are continuing to work on further assurances, on further undertakings, from the european union in relation to the concern that's been expressed by parliamentarians. christian: ben wright does not have an invitation to drinks this evening, but he is in downing street for us. bad luck, then. is the alcohol strong enough, do you think, to change enough minds for this vote next tuesday? i don't think,

christian, that some warm wine and downing street waller vons will do anything to chip away at the resista nce anything to chip away at the resistance theresa may faces to her deal within her own party. they have coming into number ten, deal within her own party. they have coming into numberten, some deal within her own party. they have coming into number ten, some of the tory mps or the most vocal opponents of the deal said they remained opposed no matter what hospitality was offered to them in downing street. they are starting to trickle out now, shouted you see anybody interesting. borisjohnson, out now, shouted you see anybody interesting. boris johnson, for instance, he went in, and i will ask them as they come out. in the new year tradition. carrying on that theme, are there likely to be any glad tidings of comfort and joy from the eu ahead of tuesday's vote?m is not clear. theresa may is talking about assurances she is hoping to get from eu leaders and we think that could be, of course, something around this question of the irish backstop, the insurance policy written into the withdrawal agreement to ensure that whatever happens in the future, there can be

no hard border on the island of ireland. many tories and the dup, the northern ireland party who prop up the northern ireland party who prop up theresa may's government, say that they want a legal assurance that they want a legal assurance that that will not be a permanent position and it will only ever be temporarily. they hate the way the northern ireland backstop is currently written, but it does not seem likely that that legal assurance, certainly, is going to be given by the eu. there may be a few warm words but nothing substantial is going to be changed to the withdrawal agreement text, that has been made patented clear by eu leaders. the question is, can they offer theresa may enough to just peel away some of the rebels? she has a real problem with the numbers. she has no majority in the house of commons and at the moment, dozens of her own side are ready to line up with the opposition parties and vote this down in the house of commons next week. she has a massive task on her hands if she wants to turn this around. katty: all of those people over your left shoulder look

remarkably sober, maybe they didn't get any brussels chocolates either. they have to change their minds and look at their constituents and pole at the polls say that conservative party constituents aren't interested in theresa may's deal. they haven't got a choice, have they? they can't vote for it. it is really fascinating, there has been some interesting party polling over the christmas period that shows, as you say, tory party members seem pretty relaxed about leaving with no deal at all at the end of march. in contrast, labour party members seem overwhelmingly now to favour another referendum, which is not whether labour front bench are. see you have these really big internal conflicts going on within the two major parties and it is just impossible at this stage to see how this will ricochet in the next couple of weeks if, as we all expect that the moment, this deal is defeated. when it comes to the crunch vote that has already been delayed once of course, sometime next week. one cabinet minister this afternoon said if it

is voted down that the prime minister will simply ask them to vote again and again and again and just run down the clock and pile the pressure on mps, because the truth is, if they don't approve this agreement, this deal, the default position is for the uk to leave the eu at the end of march with nothing. the vast majority of mps do not want that and think it will be a disaster but that is what will happen and the prime minister's hope is that will really start to focus minds over the next week or two. so if you are going to gamble all of your christmas money on something at the moment, which you are wisely not going to do, or your bbc pension, are you suggesting no deal now looks more likely, is that you are saying? i think that is right and i think thatis i think that is right and i think that is the feeling within westminster. something that seemed almost an impossibility a month ago, two months ago certainly, now feels definitely possible. nobody knows

how this extraordinary, almost unprecedented in modern times battle between the government and parliament is going to play out. time is running out, less than 12 weeks now. there was vague talk around parliament of somehow seizing control of this progress but it doesn't worklight congress, it can't initiate legislation, the government is in charge. it controls the timetable in the house of commons and if they decide we are living without a deal, we leave without a deal. christian: interesting that borisjohnson has deal. christian: interesting that boris johnson has got deal. christian: interesting that borisjohnson has got an invite to these drinks. i saw him go in! christian: to be a fly on the wall, because he was writing about theresa may... speak ill of when an invitation to number ten is dangled in front of his people, they turn up with their wives and partners and there they are. katty: none of them are carrying you a glass of mulled wine. someone should have brought you a drink. hopefully somebody is

watching us inside and they will do exactly that. katty: if they do, we will come back to you. christian: ben in downing street, thank you very much. he did write in a newspaper today boris johnson very much. he did write in a newspaper today borisjohnson that the warnings over no deal were apocalyptic, so it will be quite interesting to see what they make of that in downing street. katty: we will hear more about that on the programme later. christian: some or other day's other news. gabon's government says the political situation in the country is under control following an attempted military coup. tanks and armoured vehicles could be seen on the streets after the leader of the coup was arrested and two of his officers killed. they had broken into a radio station at dawn and several journalists were taken hostage. the journalists have now been freed. the us has begun talks with china aimed at reaching an agreement on their billion dollar trade dispute. the two—day talks being held in beijing are the first formal meeting between the countries since they agreed to temporarily stop billions of dollars worth of tariffs they imposed on one another last year. wayne rooney's spokesperson

says his arrest for public intoxication was a result of feeling "disorientated" after taking sleeping tablets on a flight while drinking. the former england and manchester united captain was arrested in december at dulles international airport in virginia after returning from a one—day trip to saudi arabia. the 33—year—old was charged and paid a $25 fine $91 in costs. a $25 fine and $91 in costs. christian: still hasn't got... katty: i reckon he can afford that, $25. 2018 was the year of artificial intelligence. it was the year christian met alexa. alexa decided their relationship still has some way to go. so where might 2019 take us? christian: you do know that everyone is sitting by their television right now, shouting, "alexa off." but, my own reservations aside, it is likely that 2019 will be the year of friendly robots, 5g, voice—controlled everything.

all of it will be on show this week at ces 2019, the massive consumer electronics show which takes over las vegas. 0ur tech expert dave lee is there and has been trying out the latest in in—car entertainment. all right, how does that feel? that feels good. all right, enjoy the ride. the special thing about this is that the vr experience moves at the same time as the car moves, so when i pull away, i really feel it because the car's moving. so we took several data points from the car, like acceleration, speed, steering, braking, location, and matched it to virtual worlds. i'm shooting in again, looking around, obviously the movement is determined by whether car is moving, so i don't feel in control of where i'm going but it does make

it feel very physical. so, although people get motion sickness and a lot of people get sickness from vr, you are saying combining those two things, you can get rid of it. but only if you manage to do it with almost low latency and that's what you need a very direct connection to the vehicle and its data, and that is what we worked on. another clever thing about this is that the content, they describe it as being elastic, so if i'm on a journey forjust a few minutes, the to how long myjourney is an change accordingly, where if i'm on the road for an hour, the experience should be an hour long as well. what we've created basically is a completely new category for content, because it's the first time that it's something that works best in the car, because it is realistic movements, not simulated movements. it is realistic movement that you feel in your vr world, that basically helps

you forget your travel time. oh, god. they said it wouldn't make me nauseous, that was a lie. oh, god. chuckles. 0h. that was... interesting, it was fun, very immersive. definitely one of the more immersive vr things are done, but i couldn't do that for a long time. pfft. that was a lot. right, let's get some fresh air. christian: the perfect solution to "are we there yet pressure mark" this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. katty: coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news, the withdrawal of us troops from syria depends on certain conditions, according to president trump's national security adviser. so does this mean the process is being slowed down? christian: and queen movie bohemian rhapsody picks up two major prizes at sunday's golden globes — we'll bring you the highlights. hello, there. for many others, the

weather has been pretty dre and grab today —— grey and grab today when a cloud has been thick enough to bring light drizzle at times, for example, in leak in staffordshire. further north, the skies have brightened up with some sunshine today in east lothian, following the passing of a cold front, which is pushing southward, linked in with a deep area of low pressure that has been bring in strong winds to scotland. in wick airport, a top wind gust of 76 mph. it will remain blowing across the highlands, aberdeenshire and into 0rkney and shetland in the next few hours, with very blustery conditions remaining before the wind very slowly begin to ease later on in the night. a blowy kind of night here. we will have fairly brisk winds across much of the uk

overnight and that means, despite the clearing skies for many of us, temperatures will probably stayjust above freezing on account of those brisk winds and whether cloud lingers in northern ireland, wales and southern counties of england, a fairly mild night. tuesday's forecast, are much brighter day the most of us with more in a way of sunshine. there will be a few showers affecting northern scotland, wintry over the highest scottish mountains but with those brighter conditions, some slightly fresher air, temperatures 7—10 but feeling cool on account of those north—westerly winds. the winds do eventually die away as we go into wednesday and we may see prost form in the countryside across scotland, parts of northern england and perhaps the midlands and wales for tuesday night. for wednesday, perhaps the midlands and wales for tuesday night. forwednesday, not perhaps the midlands and wales for tuesday night. for wednesday, not a bad day, most of us bright and sunny after a cold start. some higher cloud around across eastern counties, so bright rather than sunny here and later on we will probably start to see the threat of a bit of cloud and rain getting into western areas of scotland.

temperature wise, then in recent days, between highs of five and seven on account of it being a cold start. thursday's forecast, this warm front will be pushing its way southwards across england and wales. with that will probably come quite a lot of cloud, thicken up as an drizzle and maybe some misty and murky conditions on the hills and coasts, but eventually we sit a milderair coasts, but eventually we sit a milder air pushing as we go through the afternoon. temperatures up to 10 degrees the western areas of scotla nd degrees the western areas of scotland into northern ireland but a slow rise further south across england and wales. that is your weather. this is beyond 100 days. still to come — this is beyond 100 days, with me, katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london. our top stories: donald trump flies to the border as he continues his push for funding for the wall despite the government shutdown. kevin spacey appears in court in massachusetts, accused of sexually assaulting a teenager at a bar on the resort island of nantucket in 2016. coming up in the next half hour: the prime minister will tonight host the first of drink new years drinks receptions. and the brits win big

at the golden globes as awards season in hollywood kicks off. there's some confusion surrounding america's military presence in syria. the white house's national security adviser said this weekend that there any pullout of the 2000 odd us forces would be conditional on the situation on the ground. that seems to contradict the president's assertion in december that troops were on their way home imminently. that abrupt decision raised several concerns — including that america's kurdish allies in the area would be left without protection. the president himself now says the troops will be coming home — but perhaps not any time soon. mr trump tweeted: for more on this, i'm joined now by robin wright of the new yorker.

thanks very much for coming in. our american forces staying in syria, not staying in syria, coming home urgently or at some point? they're coming home at some point. we have seen a real reversal. president but said after talking with the turkish president, they are coming home now, we won. then he began to him there may be a change in that than when he again talk to president to do well and said they would becoming an slowly. now you have been at a security adviserjohn bolton saying there are other conditions. the last re m na nts of there are other conditions. the last remnants of isis must be eliminated, there must be agreement with turkey, that there will be protection of the kurdish dominated force that the us has been supporting and sizes. lindsey graham added after a meeting with president from another

condition, that iran must not have access to the oilfields. all three of those conditions seem almost impossible to meet within four months on much longer. 0k, impossible to meet within four months on much longer. ok, so why did the president announced the initial plan of withdrawing troops immediately? well, this president has proven over and over again he makes decisions impulsively, and this was something that came out basically a 30 conversation originally president heard one —— with president erdogan, where the latter pressed him, saying we have taken much of the territory, etc. according to the reports in the room, the president asked if this was true, and said, we will pull out. that chain of events led to the resignation of the secretary of defense and ahead of the 75 nation coalition that has been fighting isis —— the head of the coalition, and created tremendous upheaval in us foreign policy. i think we still do not have clarity on it. i read a

very good article on this, where you made the point that 0k, isis has lost 99% of its territory, but as john bolton has made the case, probably privately with the president, defeating ices depends more on getting rid of the people than taking territory of them. —— defeating isis. absolutely, and one challenge is the kind of president held a political resolution that will be required to settle the syria question. it has been fighting a civil war since 2011, and you can't have stability or guarantee the protection of the kurdish forces, the us backed forces, the coalition forces. there are so many questions that ultimately rely on solving the basic questions that started this war in the first place. we see nowhere closer to that. it may be done more slowly, the

withdrawal, but really, does it reflect that us commitment in the middle east is waning, as in afghanistan? i think that is very true. the president has indicated he wa nts to true. the president has indicated he wants to withdraw half the forces from afghanistan as well, america's longest war. the taliban now controls more territory than it did in the early stages of the us intervention, so there seems to be no will any more, even where there may be a way, to continue to fight these wars. robin wright, thank you very much forjoining us. interesting point there, that we think general mattis resigned, the final straw being the announcement that they were going to pull out of syria. there were also concerns, i think, within the pentagon and with the general that for example, us forces were being sent down to the border with mexico. there were a series of policies he did not agree with, but the thing about syrian withdrawal was the thing that pushed him out of the door. you wonder, if he had not announced that, would

general mattis has stayed on perhaps in his position for longer? we will see. the port authority of dover says a two—minute delay caused by customs checks in the event of a no—deal brexit, could lead to a 17—mile queue of lorries in southern england. so, today the government mounted a dress rehearsal. 89 lorries gathered at a disused airport in kent, before they were directed in convoy to the port. the department of transport say the exercise — two test runs, one of them in the rush hour — all went smoothly. the road haulage association said it was "too little, too late". tom burridge has more. more than 80 trucks parked on a runway. a government—led no—deal brexit drill, in case we exit the european union injust 12 weeks without a deal. manston airfield, just 16 miles north of britain's biggest port, will become a holding area for trucks, if there are suddenly new checks on goods and long queues at the border. they're now despatching the lorries in a controlled fashion, trying to work out how the roads en route to dover will cope.

the hauliers taking part set off early. some believe no deal really is on the cards. on march 29th, i think it's going to be a bit of a fiasco. there won't be much getting out of the country and a lot coming in. i think the motorways will be absolute chaos. learning how to mitigate chaos on kent's roads in the approach towards dover was the aim of today's exercise, but it was small—scale — more than 80 lorries involved, when 10,000 pass through the port each day. it's good to have a contingency and it's good to pressure—test it, but today was done with far too few vehicles and it was done too close to brexit. this should have been done a year ago. but today, at least, the roads were clear. 0n the face of it, today's exercise has gone pretty smoothly, but how much has the government really learnt from ushering 80 lorries down a few roads? this is also about the government

sending a warning — it's the prime minister's deal, or no deal is a real option. the government calls its no—deal traffic plans 0peration brock. budget, £35 million. and it's working closely, and running today's drill, with the local council. you do accept that this can't replicate a no—deal scenario? of course we can't replicate it, because that would cause, well, we don't know what the scenario will be, but what we need to know is just actually to make sure we've got a flow and what impact it would have on the local network. are you worried about no deal, the possibility? as a resident of kent, i'm worried, yes. the government says it has to plan for all eventualities. if the roads do not flow into dover, it will have a drastic impact on our economy and everyday life for those who live nearby. we can speak now to ben fletcher, director of policy at the eef, the uk's manucturating association, who's in kent. thank you very much forjoining us.

what do your members believe the impact they know deal in the short term would be on them? our members would feel no—deal brexit would be utterly disastrous for them, i think. 0ver utterly disastrous for them, i think. over the last 20—30 years, our sector in particular has worked really, really ha rd our sector in particular has worked really, really hard to take full advantage of the many flexibilities we have had as being members of the eu, in particular the customs union, and the survey that we concluded and published today really indicates that people's confidence is declining dramatically. many of our members work in just—in—time delivery and complex supply chains which only really work when you have a customs union and you have no friction at the border, and i think now, with only days to go until we leave the eu, with nobody, whether you are a very large car or aerospace manufacturer you are a very large car or aerospace manufacturer or a very small family business, nobody

actually knows the basis on which we will leave the eu in a few days' time, and people are genuinely extremely worried at the moment. so most people seem to think there will be short—term hiccup so if we leave without a deal on the 29th of march as you say, not far away. but what about the longer term prospects are leaving without a deal allows britain to do trade deals around the world, star doing those from the 3ist world, star doing those from the 31st of march onwards, and that that could actually be better for british manufacturing? british manufacturers are highly successful at exporting. i think what most of those firms would say to you, they say to me when i talk to them is that yes, of course they can adapt to different trading conditions, but what we have at the moment is a very large trading partner in the eu, and most of our global trade outside the european union is currently done through eu negotiated trade arrangements. the real challenge for us is not that we can't at some point in the future find perfectly

strong and acceptable trading conditions, it is how complex it is to move out of almost complete integration with the european union, that we got into over decades, and how long it will take to get to those favourable conditions in the future, and what manufacturers are increasingly frustrated in hearing from politicians is the view that this can be done with just a few days, relatively trivial pain and no job losses. what we are saying, and what our members feel strongly is, that challenge is something that will take many, many years to reverse out of, and will come with a very high cost. the prime minister says to her mps this week, listen to business. in mind of what you have just set out, are your members saying to mps, vote for theresa may's deal? our position has been very clear now for several weeks since the withdrawal agreement was published. we would encourage mps in the house, and we said this before christmas and we are saying it very clearly now over the next ten days, to support this deal. it is not an

ideal situation, it is not precisely where we would have wanted to be, but it is the deal on the table and most importantly gives us a transition. it allows us to continue to benefit from many of the existing arrangements that we have. it gives business the opportunity and time to prepare, and it gives us some confidence that we can work with government to negotiate the longer term future trade arrangement that seeks to capture some of those really important things to us, like some form of frictionless trade or as close to it as possible. so we firmly encourage, and our members are strongly support us in this, that mps back this deal, because it isa that mps back this deal, because it is a sensible move forward, and frankly, the risk of no—deal brexit, because we have already decided to leave the european union, we have saturday for that, if we don't support this deal, the risk of crashing out is so high forest that we think the of that will be catastrophic and stop very good of you tojoin us. thank you. one of the most senior roman catholic figures in france has with one of the most senior

roman catholic figures in france has gone on trial accused of failing to report acts of historical child abuse by a priest in his diocese. cardinal philippe barbarin, who's archbishop of lyon, has already admitted he should have acted quicker to remove the priest, bernard preynat, from his ministry, but he denies allegations of a cover—up. five other people, including two bishops, are also facing charges in the thee—day trial. the president of the world bank,jim yong kim, has announced he will step down at the beginning of february. mr kim was at odds with president trump's policies on climate change. he had pushed financing for green energy projects and largely dropped support for coal power investments. his resignation has sent shock waves through the international aid community. a mother who let her four—year—old son ride on the roof rack of her car is to face dangerous driving charges. the woman, who is from perth, australia, has claimed she did not know her son was on top of the vehicle. reports say she eventually responded to the flashing lights and beeping from other drivers and pulled over. quite extraordinary!

amazingly, the kid is ok. when i first heard the story, i thought someone was saying something wrong to me and it was actually a pet. it was a four—year—old child! and how about this to spoil your day at the beach? swarms of bluebottle jellyfish have forced the closure of popular swimming spots in queensland in australia. more than two 2,500 people are reported to have been stung. that is rough! i spent an inordinate amount of time today working out how you get rid of a jellyfish sting. vinegar. it is not what you think it is. i don't know if you have ever tried, but it is not that. you're in is no good, apparently. it is vinegar, and then tweezers, you have to pull out the sting, and then you have deleted, because if you google it if you cool it, you preserve the van, so you have to heat it once you plug it out

with your tweezers. —— preserve the venom. with your tweezers. —— preserve the venom. do not you're in a done it. christian fraser, who has too much time in his day and gets distracted by jellyfish! this is beyond 100 days. still to come — we'll be discussing the most photographed lady at the golden globes last night — and to give you a clue, she's not a famous actress. eight migrants who travelled across the channel in a dinghy have been picked up in kent by officials. a search began after the vessel was found in dungeness early this morning. duncan kennedy reports. the young men looked cold and disorientated as they were picked up at the side of a road in kent this afternoon. we came across them as border force officials took them in. i managed to ask one simple question. are you 0k? just keeping them wind warm. they had walked miles and expressed their exhaustion... how are you feeling? ..through their eyes.

they were medically checked and taken away by immigration officials, all watched by astonished local people. it's happening, isn't it? it's not stopping. so... yes, very scary. it was this tiny dinghy that brought the eight men across the english channel this morning. and this adapted plastic container their only way to bail out water. what today's landings also represent is the restart of these journeys. there haven't been any for the past week. this landing comes five days after the home secretary sajid javid visited dover, saying warships are being brought in to stop migrants crossing. we spent several hours in the channel over the weekend to see if those new measures were in place. 0ur skipper did find some suspected sightings of migrants. matt, what have we got here? well, at the moment,

it seems that the border force boat is heading towards dungeness and also hms mersey, so it looks like there could be something going on around that area or maybe even on the beach. but this turned out to be a false sighting. unlike da who did make it today, the ninth man, unseen here, arrested on suspicion of helping them. —— unlike the eighth. it's the start of the awards season in hollywood. a lot was made in 2018 about the lack of women and people of colour represented in the main acting and directing category‘s. this year it will be different. last night one of the two hosts was sandra oh — in itself a breakthrough. she became the first asian woman to front a major awards show in the united states. she also picked up her own best actress award for her role in the hit bbc drama "killing eve".

in fact it was a good night for british stars all round — 0livia colman was named best actress for her role as queen anne in the favourite, christian bale won for his portrayal of dick cheney in vice, richard madden took best actor for bodyguard and ben whishaw best supporting actor for his role in a very english scandal. 0ur north america correspondent dan johnson sent this report from hollywood. photographer: gaga, straight ahead! there are new pretenders to hollywood's crowns. these are nights when younger heirs mix with established kings. and even queen. but the british do royalty best, so arise 0livia colman, best comedy actress. i've been crying all evening. right, 0k. hi, thank you for the sandwiches. amazing. stop it. i am the queen. she was much less polite in the favourite, playing a petulant, outrageous queen anne. bohemian rhapsody. it was queen the rock band, celebrated in bohemian rhapsody, that won best picture.

and as freddie mercury, rami malek earned the best actor prize. maybe i can handle some of the more mundane jobs. thank yous often go to colleagues, family, sometimes god, but this was first. thank you to satan for giving me inspiration on how play this role. richard madden, bodyguard. in the tv awards, bodyguard's leading man picked the best actor. mum and dad, who flew all the way from scotland, wouldn't be here without you. i was rude, i was vile... and best supporting actor went to ben wishaw, who played norman scott in thejeremy thorpe drama a very english scandal. 0n the telly... he's a true queer hero, an icon, and, norman, this is for you. this was the biggest british success

at the golden globes in a decade, and there are signs of america taking was seriously british success , taking was seriously british success, the diversity and the lives that make it on screen. so much to celebrate despite no standout winner. 0ne celebrate despite no standout winner. one is to me for the oscars? we will see next month. —— what does it mean for the oscars? let's get all the rest of the news from the golden globes with elahe izadi, pop culture writer for the washington post, who joins us from their studios now. thank you forjoining us. we focused on the british. tal is now, the biggest surprise for you at last night? the biggest surprise was bohemian rhapsody winning best film in the drama category. that was a big upset. it was very divisive in

some way. lots of critics did not like that movie, but audiences clearly loved it. it really crushed at the box office. so that winning big plus i was a big surprise. and also a star is born was almost chucked out. that was getting a lot of awards buzz, and the only thing it one was best original song for shallow, which lady gaga sang along with bradley cooper. i loved glenn close when i watched that last week on a plane, and i was glad to hear she got the golden globe for best actor, but when will cut the power brokers and directors in hollywood, it still looks as though the majority are men. you go to the list, and there are a lot of male names there, not a lot of women. that's right, and that is a point that was underscored by several women who won awards, and also i believe that sandra, who sandra oh has highlighted that in

her speech. the walk off music stopped as the commitment was made for equal employment of women. she challenged the rwanda with the industry to do the same thing. glenn close was also very rousing. —— she challenged the remainder of the industry. it took 14 years to make this movie, she said, maybe because it was called vote wife. it is always so subjective. i am a lwa ys it is always so subjective. i am always so shocked that who gets left out of these awards. i thought widows was one of the best films of last year, widows was one of the best films of last yea r, yet widows was one of the best films of last year, yet viola davis was snubbed. the lead actress in killing eve, nothing for her at all. yes, especially the viola davis point, i was very especially the viola davis point, i was very shocked when the announcements came out. she is sort of the new meryl streep. she is

going to keep continuing to win awards, and for me, that was really awards, and for me, that was really a stunning movie with many great actors in it, so that was a surprise. at the golden globes, as we say every year, is not necessarily a predictor for what will happen at the oscars. it can be and it cannot be. the oscars ceremony is voted for by different people. the press tend to favour different movies and tv shows, ones that explain america in ways that the oscars movies tend not particularly liked. another divisive movie, some saying that it was a spoof version of what racism was like for a white audience, one bed last night. i tell you what, no politics last night, though. almost no mention of donald trump. is that because actors and actresses have realised it actually backfires? they are seen as liberal lefties in the country does not react to it? i'm not sure. there was one mentioned

during an acceptance speech for the show american crime story for best limited tv series, and they mentioned this kind of homophobia and walls and they mentioned that this is still prevalent today, but yes, there was no sort of oprah moment. last year, if you remember, when she won the lifetime achievement award, she gave a very rousing speech that sparked speculation she would run for president. there really was not any of that last night. i think it is perhaps a reflection of fatigue that many people feel, notjust celebrities, taking the time to speak out on politics. i'm not sure. but there was mention about equality and representation, and those are issues that hollywood and the power brokers in the room actually can do something about. though in some way, thatis something about. though in some way, that is political, in a different way. thank you very much. yes, i think i need to get out more,

kristian, because i hand going through this list and i have only seen two of these! here are a couple of things i picked out last night. let's first focus on idris eklba. he has apparently been linked to the role of james bond. idris eklba. he has apparently been linked to the role ofjames bond. —— idris elba. have you seen the picture? look at that! the other interesting picture, or series of pictures, in fact, the best supporting role last night went to a woman that none of us know, who was standing in the background in the violet stress. did you spot her? there she is. at the back of edo ‘s elbow, jim carey, dakota fanning, amy adams, highly clark, nicole kidman. this woman is photo bomb queen. she got in every photo. what i particularly like are the eyes and the arched eyebrow. you know what, these people are famous, i give you bottled water and i still make this look good. what i like as well is that she now has got her fake twitter account, and i lost some of

the lines that are coming from that. she was actually the only one working last night. at least one of them was. she is famous, i should say! she is actually a model. but if fiji water are not giving her a bonus for last night, they should do! lessee or she turns up at the oscars too! that will be fine! we will see you again tomorrow. hello. for many of us, pretty grey and drab weather today. the cloud has been thick enough to bring rain and light drizzle and time, for example, earlier in leak in staffordshire. further north, the skies have brightened up. so sunshine earlier today in east roby and following the passage of a cold front. the cold front is here pushing southwards, linked in with an area of low pressure which is

bringing some wins to scotland. gatwick airport, top wind gust of 70 mph. it will remain windy across the highlands, aberdeenshire, walking and shetland over the next few hours, with very blustery conditions remaining here before the wind is very slowly begin to ease away later on in the night. some fairly brisk winds across much of the uk overnight, which means despite clearing skies for many of us, temperatures will probably stayjust above freezing on account of those brisk winds. where cloud lingers the northern ireland and southern counties of england, it will turn out to be a fairly mild night. and choose as forecast, a much brighter day for most of us, more in the way of sunshine, if you showers affect northern scotland, wintry over the high scottish mountains, but with the brighter conditions come some cooler fresher air, the brighter conditions come some coolerfresher air, so the brighter conditions come some cooler fresher air, so temperatures 7-10, cooler fresher air, so temperatures 7—10, feeling cooler on account of the north—westerly winds. the winds do eventually die away as we go through tuesday evening and overnight. we may see a frost on,

particularly in the countryside across scotland, parts of northern england, perhaps the midlands and wales as well for tuesday night. wednesday, not a bad day. mostly bright and sunny after a cold start. bright rather than sunny in eastern counties. later on, perhaps the threat of a little bit of claire allan rein in western scotland. temperature wise, down in recent days, mostly on account of it being a cold start. on thursday, the warm front will push southwards across england and the. with that will probably come a lot of cloud. thick enough for some drizzle and maybe some misty, murky additions over the hills and goes will stop we will eventually see milder air push on in the afternoon, temperatures up to 10 degrees western scotland into northern ireland, and the slow rise further south across england and. that is your weather. this is bbc news i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm: the prime minister has a new, long term strategy for the nhs in england to save hundreds

of thousands of lives in the coming decade. this is an historic moment. our vision is clear. our commitment is assured. so let's deliver at the nhs of the future. theresa may has been hosting drinks events at no 10, hoping to persuade mps to back her brexit plans. the commons will now vote on her proposals next tuesday. a man accused of stabbing a passenger to death on a train in surrey in front of his teenage son has appeared in court charged with murder. also on the programme: the american actor, kevin spacey, has appeared in a court in massachusetts. the two time oscar winner is facing allegations that he sexually