to take your pe class. well, that's what happened to a group of pupils at liverpool college when taekwondo superstar bianca walkden started her campaign to get 100 thousand girls to take up sport by the end of the year. richard askam reports. for a double world champion, chance to champion her sport and inspire the next generation. that's it! whistle blows sport is enjoyable, you've got to find the right sport that is good for you, tae kwon do was good for me and got me into the sport and changed my life. hopefully the girls canjust shine changed my life. hopefully the girls can just shine and have a bit of fun enjoy themselves. that's it! began! you don't know if you're good or bad but it's good to give it a go. i enjoyed the kicking bit, and she taught me how to do it well. does she inspire you to do more sport, may do tae kwon do? yeah, probably. do you feel a

responsibility to try and encourage particularly girls to take up sport and take up tae kwon do? definitely. i think it is hard to get girls into sport, at a certain age, you just wa nt to sport, at a certain age, you just want to do what your friends are doing. that's why it's great what we're doing for the schools, encouraging them with athletes to chase a dream that they don't even know about. bianca has had an outstanding year that ended with her winning gold at grand slam finals in china, and for the second time, earning £50,000 in prize money. cash which has gone to a restaurant which in time could become to the bridge. tomic i got a brand—new peter weir, you'll have to check it out! -- brand—new peter weir. you'll have to check it out! --

brand-new peter weir. this'll be a lesson these pupils are talking about for a long time. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. donald trump is visiting the border with mexico, and in the last few minutes, touched down at mcallen airport in texas. with the government shutdown now in its 20th day, president trump has demanded more than 5 billion dollars to build a wall, but democrats have refused to support the funding saying the president is more interested in theatrics than finding a solution. a meeting between leading democrats and the president ended a bru ptly yesterday — with both sides blaming each other. leaving washington on his way to the southern border, the president again hinted he might declare a national emergency — in order to secure money for the wall.

i have the absolute right to declare a national emergency. the lawyers have so advised me. i'm not prepared to do that yet but if i have to, i will, i have no doubt about it, i will. i have the absolute right to declare, this was passed by congress, so if you say it, was passed by congress, it was. 0ther presidents have used it, some fairly often. i have the absolute right to declare a national emergency. i haven't done it yet. i may do it. if this doesn't work out, probably, i will do it. i would almost say definitely. is the president focuses on the wall he plans to build, demonstrations against the government shutdown continue. these workers, who are members of the national federation of federal employees union and have been temporarily laid off, staged a protest outside

the white house against the impasse. tomorrow is the first pay day since the shutdown began, when eight hundred thousand employees will not be paid. some of those affected told us how they're coping with not being paid. i was told on the sixth through an e—mail that we are unemployed. i was told on the sixth through an e-mailthat we are unemployed. do know. my own norma children's —— through no fault of my own norma children, i can't provide to them to the extent they are used to. my husband is working and not getting paid. it is the worst time to not get paid, right after new year '5 and get paid, right after new year 's and christmas. my son has been drawing and painting and crafting to sell his products because he's worried about me not having a job and my husband not getting paid.|j don't know whether we get paid or not, if not, i thought the securities unsecured loans of high interest, you're looking at 27—30%.

we really just interest, you're looking at 27—30%. we reallyjust want to go back to work. we want to do ourjob and get paid to do the job we were hired to do. devices are some federal employees there. —— the voices of some federal employees there. heavy snow is causing widespread disruption across much of central and eastern europe. at least fourteen people have been killed, and avalanche warnings are at their highest level. ski resorts and mountain villages have been evacuated, and three regions in austria have been declared catastrophe areas. 0ur correspondent, bethany bell, reports from the foothills of the austrian alps. winter has central and eastern europe in its grip. for days now, much of the region has been covered in a thick blanket of snow. and more is on the way. in turkey, roads have been blocked and ferry services cancelled. in greece, temperatures have dropped to —23 degrees. the snow has even reached south—eastern italy, where some schools have been closed.

but it's the alps which have seen some of the greatest disruption and loss of life. there have been some spectacular rescues. this helicopter pilot, near chamonix in france, couldn't land as he tried to save an injured climber, so he stuck the nose of his aircraft into a snow drift in order to let the rescue team land. translation: it'sjust to gain time when we have rapidly changing conditions on the mountain. clouds can come down at any minute, so we choose to do this to deploy as quickly as we can. it's something we train for, not in such spectacular conditions, but we do practise. in austria, some ski resorts and mountain villages have had to be evacuated. and it's a constant struggle to keep paths and roads clear. austrians are used to the snow, but the sheer amount of it that's fallen in the past few days

is making life very difficult for people here in the mountains. this path was shovelled clear just a short time ago, but as you can see it's now completely white again. people are bracing themselves for more. across the region, heavy snowfalls are forecast over the next few days. the risk of avalanches is very high. rather milder weather here, time for a look at that. it's been a rather cool and cloudy saturday but we end the day with some bright spells, this is the view as the sun was setting earlier on in devon. heading through the course of tonight, some clear skies making their way gradually further south across the country, one or two spots of light rain across east anglia and

the south—east for a time, they should clear way. winds coming in from the north—west, it won't be as cold as it has been recently, temperatures are around 3—7 first thing tomorrow, a frost free start. but we could see the odd mist and fog patch first thing. through the day tomorrow, let's call them recently, lots of dry weather, perhaps one or two showers in the far north—west, a little more in the way of sunshine developing to the afternoon and temperatures at hutch milder than in recent days, highs around about eight to around perhaps ten degrees. the weekend remains mild but breezy on sunday, with a mix of sunshine and showers. goodbye for now. he you're watching beyond 100 days. president trump flies south to inspect what he calls an immigration crisis on the mexican border. but if there is a crisis — the us public might think it is one of competence and fairness. america can't keep its government open so federal workers aren't getting paid.

on day 20 of the us government shutdown, mr trump touches down in texas — insisting he won't accept any budget deal that doesn't include money for a border wall. ten years after a landmark speech in cairo by barack 0bama, mr trump's secretary of state is there with a speech of his own and pretty blunt criticism of the previous president. the age of self—inflicted american shame is over and so are the policies that produced so much needless suffering. also on the programme.