the move comes as public anger grows over images suicide and self—harm online and on social media sites. and finally, the mail online the number of uk young adults consuming alcohol to harmful levels has plummeted as women lead the way in drinking less. however, there is still much concern for older boozy baby boomers who are still pushing up drink—related hospital admissions. with me is bev shah who's chief executive and founder of city hive. we chatted earlier that the state of the union address, we talked about the union address, we talked about the women represented in congress, applauding what he had to say about the number of women who work, historically high number of women in congress. but when the washington post said what else was said, what

are the issues, it is the wall. the president said, "i promised i will build it. iwill president said, "i promised i will build it. i will build it." this is the funding of that is what caused that partial government shut down 35 days, it has onlyjust come to any end. he makes these promises. we all are aware that actually he may not deliver on this one. it seemed like he was at the pose re— pitching why we should have this wall, and extends out of building eight picture of fear. there was talk about the human trafficking violence, what immigrants have done, i think some of the guests he had invited to watch the state of the union had been impacted by violence from immigrants. he appealed to lawmakers. he said," to have a moral duty to create an immigration system that protects the lives and jobs of oui’ that protects the lives and jobs of our citizens. " however, it doesn't

have anything to do with it. a bit counter to that. but he is doing what he has always done in that if you stick it in fear, put the narrative around that, and no—one is saying that human traffic, violence, the cartel‘s particularly, this week has seen the end of a huge trial against one of the biggest drug cartels and drug lords in the states, so i think it is all very topical at the moment. it is very emotive. it is remote playing to those who voted for him to be president. as you say, he talked about this particular family and they were there, present, where and they were there, present, where a couple he said were murdered by an illegal immigrants, and he used that asa illegal immigrants, and he used that as a reason to explain why this wall is so critical, he believes, to his immigration policy. interestingly, democrats have also invited guest who had been impacted

by some of the other anti—immigration laws that he has put in, people impacted by beings and imprisoned and separated from their children. party politics at its best. absolutely. and we talk about that, he talked about the fact actually pa rt he talked about the fact actually part ofan he talked about the fact actually part of an investigation will damage us prosperity. we need to put the country first ahead of what is going on within this house, and the arguments within, the infighting as it were. again, that was part of his message when he was elected. "i will drain the form. we will make it work. " you get the impression that the house of representatives with a democratic majority now it is all words, isn't it? it will be hard to see this through. yes, and politics is the way it is. it is how to look across the world.

it is how to look across the world. it isn't actually working very well anywhere. in london, we are not having... we are not seeing progress. you are not seeing it in south america, with venezuela and brazil, there are various things going on around the world. acting training the swamp... certainly a nice idea to build a political system that is clea n to build a political system that is clean and democratic and fair. u nfortu nately clean and democratic and fair. unfortunately it doesn't work that way. there is a stand—off in many places in the world. let's move on to the guardian. the pledge on irish border threatens to reopen a tory rift. this is the take today on where we are out with these negotiations, and to read the main‘s attempts to try and over come this issue. —— theresa may. in northern ireland, there is a lot of division about how to ove i’co m e lot of division about how to overcome this problem. something i hadn't realised is that

only 30% of the northern irish population back to the dgp, so that isn't that strong feeling —— dup. there is not a strong feeling to be aligned with the uk. people are more concerned with their own jobs, prosperity, safety, so we don't go back to the way things were before the good friday agreement. what was interesting as well, berj... the group within the tory party. —— erj. they have said she was going to ta ke erj. they have said she was going to take it out. they actually said even if she didn't mean it, that is what she said, she said it. and we mean it. but if almost like saying read this means brexit. the reality is you have to do what is good for the

people, not what is good for your party and a small group of your party. every day obviously in this saga means things are changing co nsta ntly. saga means things are changing constantly. i suppose what none of us constantly. i suppose what none of us want to do, see is that good friday agreement breakdown. and they return to violence. it isa return to violence. it is a very difficult situation to overcome, and she is meeting with the five key parties within northern ireland today to listen to all of them and see whether there is any consensus there. and still, as this article points out, she is reopening article points out, she is reopening a rift within her own party, the tory party. let's move on to another story which is dominating in the last couple of days. this is about liam neeson's new film. in an interview with p dignity is part —— newspapers bucking an outcry in what he might do, or what he was looking to do some years ago when a friend of his told him that she was raped

bya of his told him that she was raped by a black man. i think there are two sides to the story. there is the side of liam neeson saying what he said, and i think of someone who is in the public eye, was fully aware of what public eye, was fully aware of what public relations mean and what if they count, for someone who is a big hollywood star, although he is not originally from hollywood, therefore aware of the political situation in the states for black people surrounding black lives matter and think it was very naive to say someone like this, just putting a match, lighting a match and sticking it on match, lighting a match and sticking itona match, lighting a match and sticking it on a load of tinder. on the other side, i think it is around, it brings up the debating society around racial stereotypes and we do all have them. it is an unconscious thing that we have. unfortunately, i think the positive out of this is maybe we could have a debate around

it in the same way that #metoo movement and the president in the city. this could escalate things there. around how people do view people of colour and various other issues. the news today is for the red carpet eventin the news today is for the red carpet event in the us, it has been cancelled because of this row over what it had to say. i think that is right. a healthy debate will come out of this. tech giants set the legal shakeup. in the uk, politicians are trying to reclassify social media firms as publishers so that they are held more accountable about what is on their platforms. i think this is a really positive move. with the recently the 14—year—old who committed suicide and images she sure on instagram and other social media platforms, her father blamed that, and you have to

think particularly because we are all raising kids, the first—generation. .. not all of us. but those who are raising kids. the first—generation who had been born into not knowing anything other than having the social media. as a first generation of parents with children, you don't know how to manoeuvre read. i don't think these big companies can wash their hands of it. it is right where you have watersheds and ratings on films, you should have the same in this imagery. we should watch this space. thank you so much. it has been great to chat to you. thank you for your company as well. whatever you are up to today, have a good one. goodbye. good morning. in the last few hours, we've got a weather front that's moving its way from west to east. it's bringing some rain, some of it quite heavy, but it will clear away from the south—east corner, perhaps leaving a legacy of cloud

first thing in the morning and outbreaks of rain. behind it, quite breezy, with a scattering of showers into the north—west. so that kind of sums up wednesday's weather, really. we'll start off the morning cloudy, dull and damp with some outbreaks of rain across the essex and kent coasts. sunnier spells online. —— behind. a south—westerly breeze, so a mild source, but it will continue to drive in the risk of showers through northern ireland and western scotland as we go through the day, some of them pushing inland. 7 to 11 degrees the high. now, there's the potential for some of that rain to pep up in the south—east a little later on in the day. we'll need to keep an eye on that. that weather front riddles its way off into the near continent, but it's a bit of a mess wednesday night into thursday. it's joined by another weather front, which, as it moves its way from west to east overnight, could bring in something a little bit cooler and the potential for some snow to higher ground as it moves its way through scotland. behind it, it's going to be a breezy affair on thursday with that westerly wind still driving in the showers along those

exposed west—facing coasts. but again, it's still a relatively mild story, particularly in comparison to where we were a week ago, 5 to 10 degrees the overall high. now, as we move out of thursday into friday, it does look as though we'll see more of a significant area of low pressure starting to push in from the atlantic, and with that low, plenty of isobars squeezing together, particularly on the southern flank — that is where we're likely to see the strongest of the winds, gale—force gusts not out of the question. and some of the rain on friday will be quite heavy as that low pressure moves its way steadily north and east. so, by the middle of the afternoon, there'll be outbreaks of rain, some of it heavy. the strongest of the winds perhaps into the afternoon, down towards the south—west, 50—60 mile—an—hour gusts not out of the question. and so, with the cloud, the wind and the rain, temperatures perhaps, possibly irrelevant, but nevertheless here they are — 9 to 12 degrees. still relatively mild across the country. now, as we move out of friday into the start of the weekend, that area of low pressure will push off into scandinavia.

but we'll need to keep an eye on another potential developing low into the south, which may well bring more rain for the start of the weekend. again, the isobars stay tightly packed, it stays pretty windy with it. so, for the end of the week, it's going to be a mild story but a windy one, and we have the potential to see some gusts of winds 50—70 miles an hour, with further rain at times. take care. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: president trump themes his state of the union address on "choosing greatness" as he announces a second summit with north korea's leader this month. ifi if i had not been elected president of the united states, we would right now, in my opinion, be in a major war with north korea. theresa may says she is seeking to change rather than remove the irish border backstop, ahead of talks with stormont leaders. lawyers say five men due to leave

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