's michigan, psa ‘s michigan, mississippi and missouri on many tuesday of the la times reflecting on calls for bernie sanders to quit now in the race to become the democratic nominee. under the headline, let them cry! the times reports on an academic study that says letting a baby cry it out when they refuse to get to sleep does them no harm. it may teach them self—control. that is a very contentious debate among parents, let me tell you. henry bonsu is back with us. let's get stuck in. i can't remember, your father? i'm not. so you haven't been through that horrible night... know, but i think when i was a child i gave my parents a lot of sleepless nights, so i'm told. did they let you cry it out? of course, it was the 19605. out? of course, it was the 1960s. so you have complete self—control. 1960s. so you have complete self-control. of course, look at me! so, chinese signalling the worst is over. the gulf news is trying to capture what

is happening all over the world, the 62 million italians who have been told, do not leave your homes. that's right, lockdown. give us your take on this. obviously in the middle east, dousing their own situations. it is quite widespread there as well? yes, 15 new cases in the uae, so they say in this paper. resident she making that well—publicised trip to wuhan, his first since the outbreak. —— president xi. it seems the new number of infections is at their lowest level, which is something they are keen to trumpet. they are saying to the world, we took this seriously. they can, because they are a totalitarian government, so that they are writ runs across the country. they can control what people do. but at what cost. 3158 doubts is the latest figure. it started in the open air market, people think that it was live bats been bought and sold. let's remember, while the chinese are very pleased on the chinese are very pleased on the way they have managed to control this, it was a slow start. the doctor who first

blew the whistle ended up dying and he was told by the police, by authorities, to stop making noise. contrast that to the way the chinese have dealt with this, to the way we are dealing with it here in britain, keep calm and carry on, wash your hands and self isolate. we are not looking down anywhere. ports of entry, i came in from ghana on monday and i didn't see anything, there wanted posters, nobody put a radar gun to my to check my temperature. in the us, president trump says it is going to go away. to be fair, coming from ghana or other parts of the continent, africa, where there are very few infections... very few. so you wouldn't necessarily be on their radar. but if you are coming from austria... into the uk... into heathrow airport, you might have been... well, my twitter timeline is full of people who say, where was the concern? where was the security? nobody asked me anything. people are just wandering into heathrow terminals one, two, three, four, five, nothing. that is what people are saying. so when

there is an inquest into this when it is all over and done, they may be some harsh words in they may be some harsh words in the direction of the government for not taking this seriously enough and robustly enough, early. let's move on to what the government is going to do. the financial times is giving its assessment of what it thinks might be in the budget, which is delivered at lunchtime here in the uk in parliament by richey soon at. —— rishi sunak. his maiden budget. we have already discussed this to a big degree. the big handout. this talks about the biggest spending 30 years. that's right. can we afford it? whether we cannot commit looks like it is something the chancellor and the government, backed by the prime minister, feel that we have to do. what is interesting about this piece is interesting about this piece is that it gives us a timeline and compares what rishi sunak is about to do at 12 o'clock gmt what his predecessors norman lamont did in 1992, a big giveaway budget before an election, gordon brown, the iron chancellor, india 2000, and alistair darling, his successoi’, and alistair darling, his successor, in 2008 to deal with the financial meltdown. this is

huge, much as infrastructure, not just the huge, much as infrastructure, notjust the national health service, we are dealing with the coronavirus and softening the coronavirus and softening the much trumpeted stance on the much trumpeted stance on the deficit, because conservative governments are supposed to be very strong, not just on law and order but on spending. you know, remember margaret thatcher in her famous handbag? that is what she was all about. don't spend what you don't have. to be fair, i remember when gordon brown was chancellor, for many years... prudence! it was all about prudence. he had tight control of the budget. and then of course we have been through a period of austerity. ten years. exactly, decade of austerity. this will be a massive leap. it is going to be a massive leap, but i think it is a recognition from the chancellor and the prime minister that a lot of people in the north of england feel they have been left behind. they voted for brexit and they lent their most of the conservative party, expecting something in return. they want early signs that this is going to be delivered in this budget. the other measures that have

been taken, the daily telegraph on its front page talks about some of the biggest banks in the uk announcing a mortgage holiday for those of you by coronavirus. so those who have to stay at home and cannot go to stay at home and cannot go to work, that sort of thing. royal bank of scotland, tsp, nationwide, must make saying they will suspend mortgage payments for up to three months. italy, similar move, the finance minister saying there will be mortgage holidays for italians. that is a very practical way, isn't it? it is. indian, what is going to happen if people have to stay at home, self isolate, they are not going to go outside, they are not going to spend money, and businesses small, medium and large, airlines, they will suffer & go to the wall. indian, people want to see practical measures. measures. governments will have to step in. interestingly, according to the telegraph, this initiative came from the banks themselves. they said, this is something we can do. yes, this is a way we can do. yes, this is a way we can help. many of you have been in touch about what you would like in terms of help. russell jones says, what about a budget provision for the

self—employed, for a gig worker. i am a gig worker. low—paid, paye, for those who rent, of course, they will not benefit from a mortgage holiday. i mean, you are in the conference industry and many of them are being cancelled. conference industry and many of them are being cancelledlj tell them are being cancelled.” tell you what, sally, it has been devastating for me. i had conferences lined up between 110w conferences lined up between now and may. all gone. at the moment i'm going to have to live on my savings. i don't think anybody is going to help henry bonsu... so you think anybody is going to help henry bonsu. .. so you will need a mortgage holiday.” henry bonsu. .. so you will need a mortgage holiday. i am a believer in prudence, ifixed the roof when the sun was shining, as the former pro minister david cameron would say. the point is, you into gig economy, people like you are so exposed in this economy. many of those are low—paid workers. many viewers have got in touch with us from the usa and, we would like free medical healthcare. that is a big question for people in the us. they do not know what is covered by federal government spending, when it comes to seeing a doctor, because they think they might have this, 01’... think they might have this, or... yes, what if you can get

tested ? or... yes, what if you can get tested? which or... yes, what if you can get tested ? which parts or... yes, what if you can get tested? which parts of it are going to be covered? there was a famous case of a guy he went to get tested for coronavirus, found to be negative, he still had to pay $3700 or something because it was not fully covered, even though had insurance. this is something that will worry a lot of people and asa that will worry a lot of people and as a result they will not go get tested. let's talk about the us now, and the politics there. it looks likejoe biden will become the presidential nominee for the democrats. we are hearing that it is likely he is going to get idaho. he has got to michigan, mississippi and missouri. it is like a tongue twister. it is. now, remember, when he was vice president, president obama got through obama care, talking about coronavirus and healthcare. that has been unpicked and unravelled by the current government. it has. joe biden, are you hoping he will get thejob? biden, are you hoping he will get the job? it is not that i am hoping, but i'm interested, because of course he has a strong challenge from the left from bernie sanders, who everybody thought a week or so ago was going to be the nominee, he was going to push forward a revolution, but it

appears the revolution is coming from the middle, a coalition of african—americans, college—educated whites, women, white men who didn't vote for hillary clinton four years ago have voted forjoe biden this time. they see him as a person who can do something, unite the country, and defeated donald trump. absolutely. we're keeping a close eye on that, the los angeles times is talking about it. and let them cry, cold teaches baby self—control. i read this this morning and thought, phew, thank goodness for that. but you did? they will have to cry. you feel like the worst parent in the world when you are doing this. well, you don't need to feel guilty. you feel so guilty. it is horrible. well, deiter walker from the university of warwick let this research into about 800 mothers and said of this study shows they have made a mountain out ofa they have made a mountain out of a mole hill. human babies are very vulnerable and they have big guys and we connect with them and want to pick them up, but it does no harm to let them in self—control. try it out. it will help them. as

pa rents, out. it will help them. as parents, you just have to bunker down in your bedroom and not leave and not into the nursery. it is the most psychologically hard thing ever. and when you go back to the baby are you wracked with guilt? well, i will be here! it would be my late husband dealing with some of that, i would have to say. he did an amazing job. it is really difficult, as a parent you often feel so guilty because of course those mothers say, no way, they are in there straightaway, the moment a whimper they are in there, picking them and helping them. the funny thing is, when you look at the kind of mothers who would normally let their children... this is interesting, higher income, older and more educated, well, you are young, but they were the least likely to allow the children to cry. the value go, i a rebel. to have you with us, henry. thank you. and thank you so henry. thank you. and thank you so much for your company. i hope you have a good day and i will see you soon.

hello there. on tuesday we had a temperature of 16.5 degrees at kew gardens and in cambridgeshire, making it the warmest day of the year so far. for some southern parts of the uk, the air originated all the way from the azores, hence that bit of warmth. further north, the air is cooler and it's the cooler air that will win out over the next few days. these shower clusters are heading into the north—west of the uk. this band of cloud, all that's left of the earlier rain taking some patchy rain and drizzle southwards into the english channel but keeping temperatures up across southern england and wales. colder air further north, though, and lots of showers packing into scotland and northern ireland. and here we'll have showers or longer spells of rain on wednesday. some heavy bursts of rain and snow of the hills of scotland. some of those hours will be blown into northern england and wales. towards the south—east of the uk, they get away with a dry day. it will be quite blustery out there, mind you, especially in those heavy showers and across the north—west of scotland, gusts of 50, maybe even 60 miles an hour.

here, the air is a little bit cooler, but there's still warmth to be found across eastern parts of england, temperatures not far of what we saw on tuesday, 111—15 degrees. but it will get colder, i think, later on in the week. and we've got this weather front taking some wetter weather into england and wales on wednesday night. and it's behind that the area gets quite a bit colder and we see the snow level lowering on wednesday night in scotland and northern england. some icy conditions here as there could be in northern ireland as well. but the snow levels will rise, i think, on thursday. but we'lljust keep wetter weather piling into scotland and northern ireland, the winds strengthening as well and will blow some rain into the north—west of england. a few passing showers across southern parts of england and wales, they may get away with a dry day in the midlands. temperatures back to near where they should be for this time of year as they cooler air arrives. that area of low pressure keeps wetter weather going across the northern half of the uk during thursday evening, that pushes away and we get a ridge of high pressure in time for friday morning. so, it's a chilly start, yes, the winds will have eased and most places will start dry and sunny.

it won't be too long, though, before the cloud bubbles up and spreads throughout the day. and those temperatures are still quite healthy for this time of year, 8—12 degrees. that rain will push its way eastwards on friday night, we'll see more rain arriving in the north—west of the uk on saturday. that then sweeps its down way into england and wales and cooler air follows into the north—west on sunday with some sunshine and some blustery showers.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. our headlines today: health minister nadine dorries tests positive for coronavirus — the mp attended a reception at downing street on the day she started feeling ill. it comes as the chancellor prepares to deliver a budget in the face of the economic challenge posed by the virus. there have already been promises for the nhs and small business but also the nhs and small business but also the chancellor has the challenge of political promises to keep. i have been finding out what darlington wa nts been finding out what darlington wants from the balancing