good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: more than 40,000 criminals, including burglars and shoplifters, would avoid jail every year under plans to scrap prison sentences of six months or less. 22 days and counting — the longest government shutdown in us history leaves hundreds of thousands of workers without pay, as the row continues over president trump's wall on the mexican border. mainland europe braces itself for more heavy snow as austria suffers their worst conditions for 30 years. the greatest we've ever had. sue barker says andy murray is the best tennis player great britain has ever produced as he prepares to retire later this year. and, flying into the new year, it's indoor bungee jumping. i've been to try the new sport which leaves you in a spin. and weatherwise and wild start to the weekend and it stays mild throughout but turns increasingly windy. i have got all of the details here on breakfast. it's saturday the 12th of january. our top story:

prison sentences of less than six months could be abolished under plans being considered by the ministry ofjustice. ministers argue that community penalties are better than shortjail terms at cutting re—offending rates. in england and wales, it's thought the move would mean about 40,000 offenders avoiding jail every year, including burglars and shoplifters. this report from ben ando. at any one time around 3500 people are behind bars in england and wales, serving sentences of six months or less crimes like burglary oi’ months or less crimes like burglary or shoplifting. but almost 2/3 of those released would reoffend within a year. the prisons minister bruce stewart has described these short sentences in a newspaper interview is long enough to damage you and not long enough to heal you. adding those jailed even for a few weeks can lose their home, theirjob and theirfamily. and can lose their home, theirjob and their family. and be can lose their home, theirjob and theirfamily. and be set can lose their home, theirjob and their family. and be set on a course to more crime. the ministry of

justice says the prison is meant to protect the public from dangerous people, reduce crime, and also reform prisoners. but could it be oui’ reform prisoners. but could it be our overcrowded jails are instead turning people —— one—time offenders into career criminals? since the 19905 the prison population has doubled from 40,000 to 80,000. in 2017, 80 6275 people were jailed. and more than half of them received sentences of six months or less. abandoning such a short prison sentences in england and wales is still just a proposal. sentences in england and wales is stilljust a proposal. legislation would be needed and politicians know promising to send you a law breakers to prison is really a vote winner. but a to prison is really a vote winner. buta similar to prison is really a vote winner. but a similar scheme in scotland has beenjudged a success but a similar scheme in scotland has been judged a success and is being extended to sentences of 12 months. it could be that ending short sentences would benefit criminals and the community in the long term. ben ando, bbc news. the stand—off between president trump and members of the us congress over funding for a wall

on the mexican border has now resulted in a record—breaking government shutdown. the row has entered its 22nd day, leaving hundreds of thousands of government workers unpaid as politicians argue over budget. david willis has the latest from washington. we pray today for your wisdom, for your answers, for your health. —— for your help. at the white house, they prayed. among them, a president caught in a crisis so seemingly intractable, it might take divine intervention to solve. a government shutdown that started with museums closed and rubbish piling up in national parks has now seen hundreds of thousands of government workers go without pay. and following protests across the country, that shutdown has now set a dubious record as the longest in american political history. cheyne was among those watching. —— cheyne was among those marching. when she and her family moved to the farming community

of nokesville in virginia, she was looking forward to life as a stay—at—home mother to her young twins. but her husband works for the government and has not been paid, leaving her to fret about how to make ends meet. we can work really hard to get this education and be sure that we can provide for a family but still, end up wondering if we are going to be able to pay our bills. things are working out well. president trump had threatened to declare a national emergency in order to break a political stalemate. he still might, he says, but not now. this is a 15—minute meeting, if they can't do it, i will declare a national emergency. there has been no formal contact between president trump and democrat leaders since talks collapsed in the middle of this week. and with none planned, washington's winter of discontent threatens to drag on and on. david willis, bbc news. police in wisconsin have charged a 21—year—old man with kidnapping a teenage girl and murdering her parents. jake patterson was arrested on two counts of first—degree homicide and one count of kidnapping.

13—year—old jayme closs had been held captive since october after her mother and father were shot dead. she managed to escape and was found yesterday. heavy snow is continuing to wreak havoc across large parts of europe, leaving roads blocked, trains halted and schools shut. seven people have died in austria in the past week and two hikers are missing. conditions are also particularly treacherous in bavaria, as andy beatt reports. from scandinavia to switzerland, and the baltic to bulgaria, vast swathes of europe in the grip of a deadly, debilitating freeze. in austria, the heaviest snowfalls in 30 years have left alpine resorts and villages stranded, up to three metres of snow bringing many to a standstill. in germany hundreds of soldiers

joined emergency workers to clear roofs and fruit in bavarian towels. five districts declared a state of emergency with schools closed and many communities cut off. further north in saxony, helicopters were used to blow snow of trees to stop them falling on roads and railways. but some remain blocked, while more than 100 flights have been cancelled. three people were injured when an avalanche swept through this hotel in eastern switzerland. local reports said the wall of snow was 300m wide. and storms across scandinavia have made some routes impassable. in northern norway, a bus full of students blew off the road, while winds on the swedish border approached almost 180km/h. 1,000 miles further south, more snow and sub—zero temperatures. drivers in romania battling blizzard conditions, police rescuing some, but reportedly finding the body of one man in a car park. translation: you cannot see three metres in front of you.

right here, 200m back, you cannot see. translation: we're waiting, for the moment. we're waiting for the snowfall to stop. but there is little sign of that, with heavy snow forecast to continue across europe over the weekend. for many, there is still a long winter ahead. andy beatt, bbc news. using credit cards for gambling could be banned under plans being considered by the government. in a bid to target addiction, culture secretary jeremy wright will meet banks and bookmakers ahead of a review by the gambling commission next month. the move would affect billions of pounds' worth of bets a year. we've all heard of the expression life imitating art, but one teenager in the american state of utah took it to an extreme in an attempt to emulate the sandra bullock film bird box by driving while blindfolded. and the result was that the 17—year—old crashed after veering into oncoming traffic after pulling a hat over her eyes. we should explain the film.

in the film, the main characters must be constantly blindfolded to avoid seeing deathly visions. if you see them, it causes problems. so some people are trying to re—enact it in the real world? that is not smart. not smart, not clever. it is stupid! it is amazing that someone it is stupid! it is amazing that someone is not seriously injured. a 17 —year—old pulls hacked over the eyes while driving a car. what was that tell you about that 17 —year—old? —— what does that tell you about that 17 —year—old? netflix, which streams the film, is urging people not to hurt themselves. sport and weather coming up but staying on the sporting theme and talking about andy murray. reporting yesterday of course very emotional press c0 nfe re nce yesterday of course very emotional

press conference that we saw ahead of the australian open. andy murray says he's been "very touched by all of the messages and support" following the announcement that he plans to end his tennis career this year, due to an ongoing hip injury. in an emotional press conference in melbourne yesterday, he admitted that the australian open, which starts next week, could be his last tournament. sobs. i think there is a chance of that, for sure. yeah, there is a chance of that for sure, because, yeah, like i said, i'm not sure, um, i'm not sure i'm able to play through the pain, you know, for another four orfive months. that was the news conference in

seoul. —— that was the news conference itself. well, after that conference, social media was flooded with messages of love for the former british number one. the official wimbledon twitter account says: this was alongside a picture of his winning moment from 2013. and his former doubles partner and current british number two heather watson posted on instagram, saying: let's speak to former british number one, john lloyd, who joins us from florida this morning. a very good morning to you. every time you watch the moment in a press conference, it does not get any harder or easier to watch, does it? are motions. what did you think when you saw it unfold? —— raw. it is very —— it is never easy when you

retire from a sport but generally speaking you retire because maybe you have had enough or you realise that perhaps you are not winning as many matches as you would like and so on many matches as you would like and so on and so on but this came with andy were he could have another three orfour more andy were he could have another three or four more years at the top without the injury and the realisation at the australian open we re realisation at the australian open were it finally happened, that this was it, it must have been extremely difficult and, you know, i can understand why he got so emotional. you know him well. he says himself that he wears his heart on his sleeve, doesn't he, and he tweeted immediately afterwards that he got a big hug from his mum and was feeling better after that particular moment but it doesn't change the reality of what is happening to his body, does it? no, i mean, to hear it at 31, that he has got this hip condition that he has got this hip condition thatis that he has got this hip condition that is that bad that he really has to ta ke that is that bad that he really has to take steps to make sure that physically, you know, he is not

going to have any painjust physically, you know, he is not going to have any pain just from his day—to—day life, i mean, that is unbelievable. i had a knee replacement at 45 and i thought that was a bit young but 41 —— 31! the wear and tear he has had on his body and that is what has let him down in the end, it was a physical, amazing specimen, almost ionic with the training he did. i guess it is short of —— it's sort of caught up with him. the body that has served him so well, he is one of the quickest players ever on the court and physically amazing, it has let him down at the end. but what a career. it is important to say because so many people are looking at his career 110w, many people are looking at his career now, he is hoping he still makes it to wimbledon which is his dream but look at his career and think this is the man who stepped into probably the toughest ever group of players at the world of tennis has ever seen and managed to

conquer all of those individuals and make his mark. it is quite remarkable. i mean, he was a member of what we would call the fab four, really, when you look at it, and as you said, it was a remarkable era to be end. and to have won three grand slam against those types of players, djokovic, federer, nadal, and storing in stem the brink as well, it is quite remarkable to finish and one in the world is quite amazing —— sta n one in the world is quite amazing —— stan wawrinka. it is a tremendous career and something that can be very proud of. it will be difficult for him for a while because it comes to an end a lot more abruptly than you would think and 31 years old, he has got a lot of living still to do and he would be successful in whatever he does but it is tough to copy what he has just had and he has had an amazing career and this is what he has loved or since he was 45 yea rs old what he has loved or since he was 45 years old and it will be a tough

time for him. -- for all five. as a sta nce time for him. -- for all five. as a stance this morning he is stepping on court on monday, isn't he, on monday, against a very tough opponent who will not be taking it easy on him, he will have all of the emotions of what is going on in own head, resume play a crowd who will be willing him on, that day is going to be pretty difficult in all sorts of ways, isn't it? iwas to be pretty difficult in all sorts of ways, isn't it? i was thinking about what you have been saying about what you have been saying about his injury and talking about that he wants to play on until wimbledon if he can. you know, it is tough for me to see that. the physical part of the game, particularly for andy murray, is so intense that if he is in this type of pain, i do not know how he will get through this match, let alone going all the way through to wimbledon and i think it will be an interesting first round because there are so many emotions coming through and he obviously wants to, if he is going to go out, he wants to be the best he can play and he has pain and how far that he pushed

himself, crowd will want him, it is...i himself, crowd will want him, it is... i have no idea what will happen but trouble is, when you are a top professional like andy you do not want to go on court and y 100% and he certainly is not anywhere near that and i don't know what will happen in the match but i would be shockedif happen in the match but i would be shocked if he makes it through to wimbledon. i hope he does because it would be a fitting end but i cannot see how would happen. john, good to talk to you. looking ahead to what is going to be a fascinating moment in time, monday, when he steps out. all the signs go against him making it to wimbledon, but i can't believe there is anyone out there who doesn't want to see him get there and have this dream, as you said. here is matt with a look at this morning's weather. it is miserable outside our studio, isn't it? it is, but uk wide incredibly mild if you are about to

step out. six to eight degrees which is what you should be seen by the afternoon at this time of year. the mild theme will continue this weekend, tempered a little bit by strengthening winds. a little bit damp across northern england, patchy rain and drizzle clearing the something a little bit lighter. but across wales, east anglia, southern midlands, staying fairly cloudy here. brightening up further north, a lwa ys here. brightening up further north, always a bit brighter eastern scotland, but clouds merging into longer spells of rain through the afternoon yet again. northern ireland shouldn't fare too badly but it is breezy there. we could see winds touch gale force in one or two makes pots, but coming in from the north—west and off the atlantic it a reasonably mild breeze with temperatures climbing to between nine and 11 celsius for most of you into the afternoon. through the night we will see further rain at times in northern and eastern parts of the country in particular. south and west ever and will stay dry. further south, the strength of the breeze picking up in stopping the

temperatures falling much. 0ne breeze picking up in stopping the temperatures falling much. one or two makes pots in glasgow and belfast sticking into 10 degrees into tomorrow morning. with a high pressure in the south—west we are bringing the area and off the atlantic, something a tad cooler pushing an off the north of scotland later. but we will see a bit more brightness here, lots of showers through the day in northern and western scotland. showers working their way southwards across england and wales through the day. still the odd shower in northern ireland, but with more of a breeze we will revolt the cloud a bit more tomorrow —— whip up the cloud. these are the wind gusts tomorrow afternoon, widely 30 to 40 mph, few of the nifty miles per hour in the north and east. while temperatures are still in the double figures, a bit cooler in the north later. chilly air pushing across eastern areas for monday. many places will be dry, a ridge of high—pressure building in, little bits of sunshine, one or two showers across eastern districts. it will fill substantially cooler compared to what we have this weekend, but it is a temporary blip

in the cooler weather as we see things turn marla into tuesday and wednesday. just looking at week ahead, looking at the charts, capital cities forecast, murders later this week temperatures will drop forjust later this week temperatures will drop for just about all. it will fill cooler, and that cooler theme will continue into next weekend and next week, as well. nowhere near as cold as it is at the moment across parts of europe. we have to be grateful for that, haven't we? we will bring you the headlines at 6:30am. time now for this week's film review. hello there, and welcome to the film review here on bbc news. and taking us through this week's cinema releases, we have — who else but mark kermode? what have you got for us this week, mark? very good week. we're in awards season now, obviously. so we have colette, an outstanding

performance by keira knightley. we have stan and ollie, a film about laurel and hardy's 19505 tour of the uk. you've got to think about the opportunity... and the front runner, a political drama starring hugh jackman. all right, let's start off, then, with colette and keira knightley. you thought she was pretty good in it. i thought she was really, really good. it's a story of the author and performer. we meet her at the very, very beginning. she describes herself as a young country girl, and she falls in love with this very charismatic guy, who's a publishing entrepreneur, he calls himself willy, played by dominic west, that's a pen name under which he publishes books that are written by other people. he takes her to paris, introduces her to a new and exciting life, and he's doing extraordinarily well. except his expenses are enormous, as indeed are his infidelities. and he's running short of money, and he's got this stable of people

writing for him. he's the public face, he describes the name willy as a brand name. but he needs new writers, new inspiration, and he suddenly realises that the solution to his problems may be right in front of him. here's a clip. they never get a job on their own! i lend them my name, my reputation, i take all the risk and there's still no money! we need more output! you could get another writer. and to pay them with what? i'm not even making 1,000 this month, i've got 300 from the echo, 425 from the ladies' vamp novel, and just 250 from the music reviews, it doesn't even cover the outgoings. how can we spend much money? mortgage, matilde, restaurants! you always pick up the bill, willy, no matter how many people join us. it is expected of me. and the races? the casino? what do you want me to do, live like a monk or a peasant? no, i'm just saying we could economise. you! you could write! what?

those claudine stories you told me, last year. my school stories? yes, that could be willy's next novel. try it, anyway, try now, start immediately, aim for four hours at a time. the wolves are at the door! he howls. so, she starts to write under instruction from her husband to do so and the next thing is, she's written this claudene at school novel and it becomes a huge hit and the publishers are thrilled and it turns out it's a huge hit with young women readers. so she's told to write another one. but the thing is, nobody knows she's writing them and thinks her husband is writing it. so it then becomes a story of somebody attempting to find their own voice, attempting to find their own place in the world. i really like this. it's directed by wash westmoreland, who was the co—director of still alice, which was a film that starred julianne moore about a woman effected by early—onset alzheimer's, which was very much about somebody finding their own identity and then losing it. this is about somebody having their identity taken from them and trying to reclaim it. what i liked about it, it's playful, it has a certain amount of grit but it's also glamorously told. it's very, very handsomely filmed. and a raft of really good performances. and at the centre of it, keira knightley and dominic west as this couple, one of whom has the real talent and the other

of whom is vain and full of himself and absolutely certain he understands how the world works. do you know what it reminds me of, is the wife, with glenn close. it's the same story. it's very, very similar. and there's another film which came out not so long ago about mary shelley as well which had a similar theme. but the wife is a particularly interesting comparison, because glenn close is so good in that. and that's the story of a relationship in which there is the talent and there is the public face. this is about how much somebody can grasp their own future and it's also about all those things that are important nowadays about celebrity, the idea of celebrity culture creating this kind of claudine mystique in which suddenly everyone is wearing these clothes, and there are all these accoutrements that are branded, and about how much you can own your public image. i thought it was a really good, and not least because of the performances. all right. stan and ollie, laurel and hardy embarking on a tour of britain, trying to reignite their careers. so are you a laurel and hardy fan?

not 100%. 0k, well, i think you can be a fan of stan and ollie without being a laurel and hardy fan. steve coogan and john c reilly. at the very beginning, we meet them originally at the height of their hollywood powers, when they are just making way out west. and they want more money from hal roach. cut to 16 years later, they are financially strapped, they end up in the uk doing a tour, which is nominally to launch a projected movie of a robin hood spoof. but actually, the tour is really about them trying to find audiences who are still interested. and also about them trying to re—find each other, because there's been a betrayal. one of them has made a film without the other one, and this is still sort of digging away. there a moment in the film in which it's described as two double acts for the price of one, because when they get to london, they are joined by their wives, played by nina arianda and shirley henderson, as ida and lucille, who are every bit as kind of chalk and cheese as stan and ollie. and between them, they form this kind of —

it's not a love triangle, it's more like a square. and it works really well, the performances are terrific. i mean, really great, they get the physicalityjust right, the voices are absolutely perfect. but what i really like about this is it's tender and melancholy. and it has a sort of bittersweet heart. so there are lots of laughs, and there are lots of moments in which things that you recognise from the movies bleed into real—life. there's a scene in which they are pulling a trunk up a set of stairs at a railway station and they drop the trunk, which obviously is a call—back to music box. and there's a moment when they're checking into a hotel and stan starts falling over the suitcases. so the intertwining of real life and fiction works really well. but the performances are just great. you really do believe that you are watching stan and ollie. 0k. and even if you don't like laurel and hardy... sounds good. i like steve coogan, so that's enough. 0k, front runner, the scandal of gary hart. do you remember this? i do, i'm old enough to remember. well, i'm old enough, but it didn't seem to me to make such a big impact. it's set at the end of the ‘805. gary hart looked at one point like he was going to be

the next president. a very strong candidate. and he's played here by huthackman, and we meet him, he's charismatic, on the way up, and then a scandal starts to break. somebody rings a newspaper, the miami herald and says he's having an affair. the miami herald aren't entirely sure whether they should follow this up but then he makes a casual comment to a journalist, who asks about his private life. he said something along the lines of, "well, if you followed me around, you would find it was very boring". so they do, and the next thing is, they discover that actually, maybe there is something going on and they confront him about it. here's a clip. i can assure you, senator, this is relevant. yeah, it's just that we saw you leave and come back with this woman and we didn't see her. tom, you can't be serious. no—one is staying in my home. there's no need for that, all right? i am serious, sir. how long have you known this woman? what kind of question... what kind of question are these? is she a friend? i don't know why i would tell you that, tom. can you produce her to corroborate what you're saying?

i don't have to produce anything. this has gone on long enough. senator, we know you've made calls to this woman from kansas and new hampshire. i make calls every day, i don't know how i would remember. senator, i was at your announcement speech, you said... you said we must hold ourselves accountable... i know what i said. ..to the highest possible standards of integrity and ethics. then why are we standing here? why are we standing in an alley on a saturday night? i mean, don't you think you owe it to us to be forthcoming? 0we you?! you're denying what we've seen with our own eyes?! the only thing i deny is that somehow you have the right to ask me these things... so, it's basically it's about that tipping point, at least the film posits this is a tipping point when the press suddenly becomes more interested in private life instead of policies. and the film seems to suggest that actually this is the moment

in which the intrusion of privacy really starts and from then on there are moments in which he says, "we are going to be followed around everywhere and everything is going to be investigated", unlike in the case of previous presidents who, you know, had known indiscretions but nobody seems to care. likejfk. absolutely, who is very specifically invoked in the film. it is an interesting idea. i am interested in the idea of private and public life. firstly, the story itself doesn't ever land a sucker punch. it sort of meanders from one sort of fairly low—key confrontation to another. and the other thing is, we live in a world now in which, apparently, the pendulum has swung back the other way, in which it is possible to attain very high office, despite scandal swirling all over the place, and peoplejust going, "oh, well, we actually don't care anymore". so it's an odd time for this story to be told. i can't think who you're talking about. 0bviously, discretion is the better part of valour. but the fact of the matter is, it's almost as if the movie is saying this is the point where everything changed, and i'm not entirely sure that that's true. interesting, we've got vice coming up as well. yes, another american... and it's a good film. absolutely. a betterfilm, i think. best out? the favourite. have you seen it yet? i have, i loved it.

i think that's really surprised me, i loved the favourite the performances are really great, i am really surprised by how well it's done. because i remember when i first saw it, i've seen it a couple of times, now, i thought it's great, but it is edgy! i mean, you know, it's very in your face, there's an awful... but i think it works really well. it's set in the court of queen anne, and it's about a rivalry for her affections. it's really funny, but it's very acerbic. i wondered what it was kind of about in the end. i mean, i enjoyed it a lot, i loved it, but i kind of wondered what was the point of it. it's a personal... it's a story about international politics being defined by stuff that happens as bedroom farce. 0k. and it's great. and the performances are really, really good. they are, they are. it's very, very watchable indeed. best dvd? yeah, so cold war, this is the pawel pawlikowski movie. i reviewed this when it came out in cinemas and i absolutely loved it. it is in many critics best of the year list. it's a story about a love affair that sort of sweeps across i think 15 — 17 years. goes across political and personal boundaries, and it's inspired by the director's parents, although not based on their lives, it has to be said. but it reminded me, and i say this with — you know, i know how

significant this is. it reminded me of things like casablanca. that it's got that really sweeping, epic quality to it, despite the fact it's actually a fairly short film, it's 90—something minutes long. and it's really powerful, fabulous performances, looks absolutely beautiful, and again, a story that manages to intertwine the personal and the political. ‘cause obviously it's all about the iron curtain, and separation of state and separation of people across geographical and political boundaries. i loved it, ijust loved it, i thought it was terrific. have you seen it? i haven't. you must, you will absolutely love it. send me the dvd. i will. that is it for this week, though. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: prison sentences of less than six months could be abolished under plans being considered by the ministry ofjustice. it's argued that community penalties are better than shortjail sentences

at cutting re—offending rates. in england and wales, it's thought the move would mean about 40,000 offenders avoiding jail every year, including burglars and shoplifters. the stand—off between president trump and members of the us congress over funding for a wall on the mexican border has now resulted in a record—breaking government shutdown. the row has entered its 22nd day. about a quarter of all government agencies are closed, leaving hundreds of thousands of government workers unpaid as politicians argue over budget. heavy snow is continuing to wreak havoc across large parts of europe, leaving roads blocked, trains halted and schools shut. seven people have died in austria in the past week and two hikers are missing. conditions are also particularly treacherous in bavaria. promotional deals on unhealthy snacks placed at supermarket tills could be banned under new government proposals. the department of health has said offers for high—sugar, high—fat foods linked to childhood obesity should be restricted.

it said the number of children classed as seriously obese is at a record high, and it's now consulting on its plans. the charity age uk says more than 50,000 pensioners will be pushed below the poverty line if they lose free television licences. the government is withdrawing its funding for the over—755 scheme and asking the bbc to cover the cost. the corporation is looking at a range of options. we are still talking about andy murray '5 emotional press conference of australian open and i think sometimes when you are upset there is nothing better than a cuddle from your mum. a hug from mum. and what andy murray was saying, he was in such a low place and so cheerful but all of the love he saw coming in on social media from fans, fellow key is, that really made a difference

and said it made it a bit of a me then this. —— peers. he posted this on instagram, a shot of him and his mumjudy. on instagram, a shot of him and his mum judy. the effect on between those two, and you get a glimpse, don't you? she has been there throughout all of the years. she gives him hugs in moments ofjoy and glory also. and what has emerged as the respect for him, notjust glory also. and what has emerged as the respect for him, not just for the respect for him, not just for the way he has played probably he has gone about his business generally. beyond sport and of course on the court, his great rivals even, they will miss him, you know? you make? not at all. -- yeah? first to hear from know? you make? not at all. -- yeah? first to hearfrom novak djokovic, that grew up together and —— they grew up together. he isa he is a great champion and a friend of mine and a corrupt with him ever since we were ten or 11 we have

known each other and being rivals and plate epic matches all over the world —— grew up with him. it is kind of sad to note he will play his last australian open but i do wish him all the best and he is the father wrote to children so there is a lot of things in life i'm sure to be grateful for. it seems like he had not a very long career it seems like he had not a very long career because today players are playing that long but he is 31, ten years ago he will... if he had retired at 31 with etihad of great and long career so that is the thing. all the best for him. we will miss him. but today is him, tomorrow another one. we are not 20 anymore, our generation. everyone is more than 30, these kind of things happen. now who will step into murray's huge shoes? well, cameron norrie, who's 23, has been doing his best in the country where he grew up. he made his first atp final in new zealand and although lost

overnight to tennys sandgren, his progress in auckland will see him rise towards the world's top 50. now the other big story this morning is in football, and leeds united are five points clear at the top of the championship after beating derby county 2—0. but they're facing an investigation by the fa after head coach marcelo bielsa admitted sending a member of his staff to spy on derby training. no laws were broken and the argentine says it was his decision and in other countries he's worked in it's common practice. kemar roofe and jack harrison scored the goals in front of over 34 thousand as leeds dominated, but it was the spying admission that has grabbed the headlines. for him to have had an employee or someone for him to have had an employee or someone he put up to the job actually physically caught by the police intervened to stand there in front of cameras and say he doesn't actually care, i mean, it is disgusting, so it will be interesting to see actually what the fa will do with that because it is... it is out of order. it must be

pointed out although they were spoken to by the police the person that stubber should police wants to talk to said that no arrest were made. a busy day of action in the premier league. liverpool will be hoping to go seven points clear at the top when they travel to brighton. arsenal travel to west ham in the early game, whilst there's a big game at the bottom with burnley welcoming fulham to turf moor. chelsea face newcastle in the evening game. tomorrow, manchester united travel to wembley to face tottenham. united have a 100% winning record since 0le gunnar solskjaer‘s arrival but despite mauricio pochettino being the favourite to take over the united job full time in the summer, he has nothing but admiration for solskjaer, and he was even present for arguably the norwegian's most famous moment in football. i have good memories because also i remember when he was on the 90 minutes in norway, we with their in

1999 and i remember him when he scored the second goal in injury time and how i shouted goal of manchester united because we were new, people watching a fantastic game, and yes of course yes i have good memories of him. chelsea midfielder cesc fabregas hasjoined monaco. the 31—year—old spaniard captained the blues in the fa cup against nottingham forest last saturday and was in tears when he was substituted just before full—time. he links up with former arsenal team mate and now monaco boss thierry henry. munster have taken a big step towards the quarterfinals of the champions cup with a 41—15 win at gloucester. munster fly—half joe carbery scored 26 points to outshine the returning danny cipriani on the other side. he also set up tries for rory scannell, and this one in the second half for andrew conway. the result ends gloucester‘s chances

of qualifying from pool 2 for the next round. england and bath forward sam underhill is set to miss the six nations, which starts next month. the 22—year—old has had surgery after picking up an ankle injury in a club match last month. now, you know the fun toddlers have in their baby bouncers? notjust toddlers. i was going to say. i would so love to do it. now you can! well, now there's a version for all of us, and it's the latest keep—fit craze to come from the us. it was the idea of a bungee jumper in america, it was the idea of a bungee jumper in america, and it's called bungee fitness. it sounds great! i've been to pembrokeshire in west wales this week to one of the first centres in the uk to release my inner child. flying into 2019, the aviation

pioneers of a new way of getting fitter on the end of a bungee cord. i'm spinning around. move out of my way. it really releases the inner child, of the older age level, shall we child, of the older age level, shall we say, but i feel about five years old again. for all of those people too terrified to do a bungeejumping, the bungee has come to them. enabling them to fly and dive but in the safety of a gym. its exercise and it doesn't feel like the hard work at all and you just want to keep doing it. come away from it with such a buzz. it was started by an american bungeejumping who worked ina an american bungeejumping who worked in a circus and who wanted to bring her aerial skills to the masses, so created bungee fitness and last year she brought it to south wales were a local dance have been passing on the

techniques to groups of all ages. so you are doing everything like if you we re you are doing everything like if you were doing a former class so running forward , were doing a former class so running forward, running back, i can really access and engage many people in this because there are people who probably didn't do physical education coming to the class, low impact, find your joints, education coming to the class, low impact, find yourjoints, if you are working with the resistance you land gracefully. upside down, splits, 1—handed. gracefully. upside down, splits, 1-handed. that is your signature move? yep! my favourite bit is spinning because you cannot stop. everyone is upside down and they look like bats. they look like bats? i like it when i spin around and jump i like it when i spin around and jump because i feel like i am a bird. just to get used to the resistance, and c. before i could release by in a bat or bird it was on with a harness and a crash course in the basics. the first time, you do not want to fly before you can

walk. well done. guess! drop your hands. good. nice. good. it is like walking on the moon but weigh less... giving up my energy. you cannot stop, actually. i'm spinning around. move out of my way. cannot stop, actually. i'm spinning around. move out of my waym cannot stop, actually. i'm spinning around. move out of my way. it can ta ke around. move out of my way. it can take a while to get used to the harness and to trust to a new powers of bounce, keeping up with the class. however, i have also learnt everything is much spinning you can ta ke everything is much spinning you can take before you start to get dizzy and lose all sense of spatial awareness. we are tangled up! sorry! yeah, a little bit too close to being struck at the end. fun? it was fun. can you replicate the when you

saw me in the harness. did you fruit? it was an interesting visual image that will stay with people throughout the morning. —— hoot. image that will stay with people throughout the morning. —— hootm looks like so much fun. the smiles on people '5 faces going in there after a ha rd on people '5 faces going in there after a hard day and coming out beaming. after bouncing around. great exercise, too. let's return to one of our main stories now — a stand—off between president trump and the us congress which began four days before christmas is now officially the longest in history with no sign of a breakthrough. the president wants £4.5 billion of funding for a wall on the mexican border, but democrats have rejected his request. around a quarter of the government agencies are out of operation until a budget is agreed, leaving 800,000 employees unpaid. one of those is sunny blaylock, whojoins us now from her home in virginia. sunny, thank you for talking to us

and good morning. many people here do not understand how this has come about. can you put it in common pa rla nce about. can you put it in common parlance so to speak? tell us what is happening. the federal government is happening. the federal government is shut down right now so i'm a federal government contract to i'm not working, i'm not going to get back pay what a lot of people think, i'm just out. i'm out of work now. my i'm just out. i'm out of work now. my husband is a federal government employees he is working without pay. ——so he is working without pay and it is incredibly frustrating and i know it must seem confusing and we feel confused! that this is going on. so what are people saying when they are hearing that thousands, tens of thousands of people are out of work and perak government departments that simply are not functioning at the moment. what are they saying in the united states

about this? a lot of people don't realise that, they think that it will all be ok because we will get back pay which i think should be happening to the federal government employees but federal contractors will not be getting back pay so a lot of people are really getting hurt and then the risk of secondary source of the economy like the people who support the federal employees in this area, i live outside washington, dc is it is a good chunk of the economy here are some of the dog walkers, the restau ra nts, some of the dog walkers, the restaurants, the shops, so it is hurting everyone, we are all being affected. tell me how it is affecting your day—to—day family life. well, the risk is unknown, we don't know how long it will go, i really loved the work that i did, i would like to go back eventually, i don't know how long it will be and i don't know how long it will be and i don't know how long it will be and i don't know if i need to start making other plans. my husband is working without pay so you have to evaluate

yourfamily without pay so you have to evaluate your family circumstances and how long you can hold out. you have to start using your emergency savings for normal living and so you don't go out to eat, and you don't make plans for any trips, you know, you don't buy the kids extra things or, you know, we have to reserve summer camp well in a dance in this town and things like that, we just are not making any plans, we are just hunkering down and holding out. tell me, you mentioned about the almost secondary economy that is being affected, you spoke about restau ra nts affected, you spoke about restaurants but also people are touched who help with your household as well who you know are being affected by this. well, i know... i don't have a dog personally, but i know in the neighbourhood there is a local dog walker. she is unable to be paid

right now. she has lost all of her clients because they are all at home, furloughed or contract unemployed. and she is hurting and not getting paid. and there will be not getting paid. and there will be no back pay for her. so it is just rippling all over our local economy, but also adding this instability, how long is this going to go on? and we are public servants. we want to go back to work, and we want to serve our country. are people angry about this? yes, definitely. a lot of people are angry and frustrated. and i think there is this real push to make it this either or problem. you either support this or you don't, and the way i feel is it is neither. my elected officials are

welcome to debate and discuss policy and large public works projects, but when it comes to federal employees and federal contractors, leave us out of the equation. don't use us as a pain point and collateral.m out of the equation. don't use us as a pain point and collateral. it is an interesting point. thank you very much for being so candid about your situation, and we wish you well. here is matt with a look at this morning's weather. it is saturday, a lot of people have got plans for the weekend. well, it will be a mild picture, that's for sure. it is pretty mild out there at the moment, six to eight degrees uk wide, wherever you are, and we will stay on the mild side this weekend with temperatures above where they should be. but it will be tempered bya should be. but it will be tempered by a strengthening breeze, touching gale force in strengthening into tomorrow. it is pretty damp in northern england, the rain is shifting its way southwards the southern parts of england through the morning. patchy, light rain and drizzle. brighter weather always in

eastern scotland, just a few showers here. but western scotland and northern scotland, showers at the moment merging into longer spells of rain by the end of the afternoon, especially across the highlands. northern ireland not faring too badly. i think you will have dry weather. the breeze coming from a north—westerly direction, of the atlantic, boosting those temperatures further. around nine to 12 degrees for many is the going to the afternoon. it will stay mild through the night as well. further rain at times for some northern and western areas, further south and west, you will stay dry through the night but that wind. temperatures from dropping away. look at these for night—time temperatures, barely falling off what we've got by day at around eight to 10 degrees. as i said, high—pressure is just around eight to 10 degrees. as i said, high—pressure isjust the south—west of us, so it is still allowing weather fronts to come across us as we go allowing weather fronts to come across us as we go through tomorrow. there will still be a bit of rain at times and it will stay windy, windy weather touching gale force in many places every now and then. 0utbreaks of rain spreading southwards across

england and wales, staying cloudy as the south. sunshine coming out elsewhere, a few showers in the west even into the afternoon but showers most frequent in northern scotland, where we will see winds touched 40, maybe 50 mph at times. that will temper the feel somewhat, slightly cooler air pushing into northern scotla nd cooler air pushing into northern scotland on sunday but most sticking with temperatures in double figures. the cooler start to monday. back to work on monday, eastern areas could start with a little bit of frost here and there, winds coming from the north across eastern areas, one or two showers in the north sea. sunny spells breaking through the cloud, not as mild as it has been or will be through the weekend, certainly noticeable across the east, but not as wintry as it is across europe. this was bucharest yesterday, and of course we are seeing all that snowfall in germany and austria as well. which looks absolutely stunning, doesn't it. amazing, but causing all of problems. we will bring you the headlines at 7:00am. time now for the latest technology news in this week's click. 2019 starts with the consumer

electronics show in las vegas. this is where you come to see all the big new tech. the crazy new ideas and the occasional polar bear. anything to get attention, basically, which is vegas all over. but what does it all mean? what will the coming year look like? what is the important tech that you need to look out for? the big screen technology here is 0led, and lg display is the only company making large 0led screens. the tech has several advantages. it can be curved, it can do really black blacks, or it can be transparent.

it can also be very thin, and of course it can be 8k, which is all the rage here, four times the resolution of 4k. the simple structure of 0led also means you can attach these things called exciters to the back of the display. those are really really thin things that turn the whole display into a speaker. there are about five exciters on the back of this screen, and i have to say, it really does sound like the audio is coming from the right part of the picture. and that is basically because it is. and finally this year, we have seen actual practical uses of possibly 0led‘s coolest feature — it can be bendy. if you have been meaning for a while to getting around to having an eye test but have not had time, the solution could be this. this device attaches to a smartphone

and you can test your own eyes. what you do is, you look through one eye at a time, there is a green line and a red line, and you need to get them to move closer together. just tap this button on top to do it, and... there we go. i hope i'm not going to learn anything surprising. repeat the process on each eye and from there if needed, you will be told your prescription, so you can order glasses online. but you will probably also want to know what the numbers it comes up with actually mean. this one means you have slight nearsightedness. 0k. not too bad, but you might want to go to the eye doctor and just check out your eyes. ok, so the job hasn't totally been done with this. no. at least it is a start, and each time i tested the device it did come up with a consistent results. a new year, a new me. around this suit are various sensors that are analysing my motion, and the idea is they will tell me if i am using the correct posture or not when using various exercises.

so if i am not doing my lunges correctly, they will give me a ruddy good telling off. phone: ankle too shallow. accelerometers, gyroscopes and e—compasses inside the racefit suit measure what i am doing, and how i am doing it. which allows its accompanying app to suitably berate me. phone: hip position too high. arm angle too deep. argh! you have to wirelessly charge it up, but it is machine washable, thank goodness. well, there is something we can't unsee. self driving cars. and we are nowhere near having fully autonomous cars on the road yet, but here is a demo where i can use an app to make a fairly autonomous car reverse out of its parking space and drive to a preprogrammed pickup

spot. you have to have driven the route first, so it can learn it, but it can deviate from the route enough to avoid hitting things or people. there is loads of self driving car tech here at ces, but there are other exciting things going on in—car too, and dave lee is one of them. here he is. so audi thinks it has come up with an idea to keep us more entertained while we are travelling in the back of a car. i'll check it out. how are we doing? alright, enjoy the ride! this vr system was made in collaboration with disney, and it monitors data from the car's actual movements. so when i pull away, i really feel it, because the car is moving. what we have created basically is a completely new category of content, because it is the first time that it is something that works best in the car. i'm shooting in the game, i'm looking around, obviously

the movement is determined by where the car is moving. so i don't feel in control of where i am going, but it does make it feel very physical. but i don't know, something about the combination of virtual reality and whizzing around a racetrack didn't feel too good. 0h... truth be known, i'm not a skilled boxer — more into unboxing, if you know what i mean — but although the botboxer here is successfully dodging most of myjabs, it is letting me land the occasional hit. its infrared sensor keeps track of me and its reaction times can be set to match the skill of the opponent, along with how tired it gets over time, and how many mistakes it makes, to give one a fighting chance. now at the moment for some reason they have got this set

to amateur mode, but... you can turn the sensitivity all the way up — at which point they say no human can actually punch fast enough. so let's do that now. ok, now it is impossible to hit, even in slow motion. all right, let's get a professional in here. shut up! this is alex thiel, middleweight champion and marginally better than me. he is playing the botboxer in knockout mode and is doing all right. johnny tocco's gym has been here in las vegas for 70 years, and the most famous boxers in the world have sparred here. george foreman, muhammad ali, mike tyson — and maybe alex will be

among those names, one day. we've asked him to try out something that is on show at ces for the first time, something that helps to detect a massive problem in boxing and in sport generally. concussion. eye—sync uses a modified vr headset to track how accurately alex's eyes can follow moving points. same deal, follow the target positions. the system can then tell whether there might be an underlying brain injury to be concerned about. here, the results show that alex's left brain responds better than his right. nothing to worry about at the moment, but something which can be worked on. it's in use already by the golden state warriors basketball team here in the us, and eye—sync‘s creators say the system could also help look for early signs of dementia. meanwhile, nick has met a different alex, who has created something to prevent injuries in the first place.

not in boxing, but in cycling. today we know the main areas that are impacted during an accident are the head, the thorax and the neck. so this is why we decided to develop the b'safe airbag vest, which protects those areas. ok, let's put it to the test. 0uch! let's see that an instant replay. embedded sensors follow the rider's motion so when the speed or angle doesn't add up, it inflates in one tenth of a second, cushioning the impact. now, does this act as a flotation device?

health tech is always big at the show, but this year there are a few companies offering medication—free pain relief. hypnovr is one, with what they describe as medical hypnosis, although the pain i was subjected to testing it was pretty minor. that didn't really hurt, but i'm not sure how much it would have hurt if i didn't have these on. there's no doubt that was relaxing. the idea is that some procedures could possibly be done with local anaesthetic instead of general anaesthetic if people were feeling calm enough. it's hard for me to judge, because obviously all i had to do was lie here. nothing was being done to me, apart from somebody pinching my hand — thanks for that. but hey, i feel relaxed. how clean is your drinking water? here we have six cups of america's finest filter water, and if i get the testdrop pro,

i can move it slowly towards this plastic cup and it gives me a blue light, which tells me it's 0k to drink. the accompanying app gives me a chance of contamination of 40%. if i do this to each of the other cups, we can see that that one is clean as well. what it's actually doing is measuring the differences in the electric field for water that is contaminated and is not contaminated. now, what we haven't told it is that this last cup of filtered water has been spat in by the boss. and look — red light. yeah, so, there's a chance of contamination, 90%. it feels a bit like witchcraft, doesn't it? but it does seem to work. and we have to stop the short version right here, with these big clappers who are from japan.

in the full—length version of the programme, we have set ourselves the challenge of summarising ces 2019 by bringing you 20 bits of tech in 19 minutes — to see how we get on, check out iplayer right now. from the short version, see you soon.