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tv   Captain Sir Tom  BBC News  December 29, 2020 3:30am-4:01am GMT

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this is bbc news. the headlines: us president—electjoe biden has complained that his transition team are facing, what he called, irresponsible obstruction from the political leadership a very frosty night out there in the glens of scotland. at the department of defense. temperatures are not far off joe biden said his staff —10 degrees celsius, were not getting adequate and over the next few days, it certainly is going to be information and briefings on key national security cold enough for further matters. wintry weather. a prominent saudi human rights not all of it pure snow, activist who campaigned there will probably be some for women to be allowed sleet around as well. to drive has been sentenced to almost six years in jail on charges of spying and conspiracy. now, the cold air has spread across many parts the un human rights office has of the continent. the point is it's here to stay, called the sentencing of 31—year—old loujain so we're not going to see a wave of milder air coming off al—hathloul ‘deeply troubling'. in the uk, the daily number the atlantic any time soon. of confirmed coronavirus through the early hours, we're expecting snow showers cases has passed 40,000 across parts for the first time since of scotland and also the outbreak of the pandemic. across the pennines. there were 41,385 new cases, with 357 deaths in the last 2a hours, further increasing pressure on hospitals across the uk. you can see sub—zero temperatures here, icy conditions in some areas as well. to the south of that, i think hit and miss showers. now, this is what happens through the morning. the wintry weather, for some of us,
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spreads from the north into the north west of england, now it's time for a special programme through parts of the midlands, documenting the story parts of wales and quite of world war ii veteran possibly the south west. captain tom moore. the snow showers continue across parts of scotland. elsewhere in the uk on tuesday, it's going to be a mixture of sunny spells and just the odd fleeting shower, perhaps wintry. and then through the course of tuesday evening, you can see snow and wintry showers continue there in scotland. elsewhere, it's going to be largely clear. here is the forecast for tuesday night into wednesday, and we expect the next spell of wintry weather coming in from the north—west, moving across ireland and then eventually into wales. now, again, there's a lot of cold air sitting across the uk. just hints of something a bit milder nibbling in the south west, but that's pretty much it. captain tom moore will meet the on wednesday, the next spell of wintry weather moves across ireland through the early hours, and then queen tomorrow. the only award the thinking is it will move into wales. honoured since the beginning of remember, there's a lot of cold air sitting on top of the uk, and then that wintry weather spreads quite possibly into the midlands, lockdown. tom moore is now so the south west and the south. north of that, it's clearer,
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some snow across scotland, and temperatures around freezing. notice that over tom moore, the world war ii the next few days, heading towards veteran was knighted by queen the end of the week, we see certain areas elizabeth for an extraordinary of rain and snow mixed in, job well done. to meet the circling in areas, so there could be some substantial snow towards the end of the week. i say substantial, a covering. queen was more than anyone can this is what it looks like, expect. never, ever did i a sneak peek of new year's day, chilly and dry for now. bye— bye. imaginei expect. never, ever did i imagine i would get so close to the queen and have such a kind message from her. it really was outstanding. really was truly outstanding. tomorrow will be a good day. that's the way i think i've always looked at it. this is bbc news, welcome we, as a country can show to our viewers in the uk,
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the same spirit of optimism on pbs in america and energy shown by captain and around the world. tom moore, that we will beat my name's mike embley, it, together we will come our top stories: through this all the faster. us president—electjoe biden complains his transition team are not getting co—operation it's wonderful that everyone from the trump administation has been inspired by his on crucial matters story, his determination. he is a one—man fund—raising machine and god knows what the final total will be. like national security. every crisis needs a hero, a massive us stimulus package, and in 2020, in the middle further rollout of covid vaccines and a trade deal of the coronavirus pandemic, between the uk and the eu send us stocks to close at a record high. the uk found one, a prominent saudi human rights activist who campaigned captain tom moore. for women to be allowed to drive is jailed for six years. hello, i'm michael ball her family deny the charges. and this is the story of one man and his sheer determination to make a difference. the number of patients in less than four weeks, being treated for coronavirus in england's hospitals captain tom moore raised over is at its highest level since the pandemic began. £32 million for nhs charities, found himself at number one in the charts on his 100th birthday and received tens of thousands of birthday cards. captain tom, we meet at last.
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where have you come from? i've lurking down the bottom of your garden! have you? how are you, sir? i'm fine, thank you, how about you 7 i'm really well. marvellous to see you. come out of the blue. a man who served his country during world war ii was doing his bit for the national effort once more. a lovely story coming up, a 99—year—old war veteran has decided to walk 100 lengths of his back garden. he wants to raise money for the nhs. well, i have had such marvellous service from the national health service, particularly the nurses, they looked after me when i broke my hip.
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we said, "oh, if you walk 100 times, your 100th birthday's coming up, we'll pay you a pound for every length that you do," and i think i said, "let's raise some money for charity. " and he said, "well, let's raise it for covid—19, for the nhs." you're doing a good job, carry on on, old boy! thank you from myself and from everybody at the royal armour corps and the nhs for everything you're doing. thanks, captain tom! we were talking earlier to tom moore, who's walking 100 lengths of his back garden before his 100th birthday on 30 april. and he hoped he would raise about £1,000.
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that went up to about £5,000. when we spoke to him and his lovely daughter hannah, in the first half of the show, they had just over £200,000. well, since we talked to him, another £45,000 has gone into hisjust giving page. the target had gone up to £100,000. let's make it £300,000, can we? can we do that? we then went i believe back on bbc breakfast on the bank holiday monday and i think the rest is charted in history. i'm not sure we will ever forget it, but it's really hard for us to even rationalise it, to understand what truly happened, because from then things went crazy.
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huge congratulations, captain tom. you are absolutely brilliant. we love you. well done. congratulations on passing the million, you are an inspiration to us and to the millions of bbc breakfast viewers who have been supporting you as well. amazing. well done. what you've managed to do just shows how great humans are. the funds that you have managed to raise for the real heroes today is simply sensational. you may have heard the name captain tom moore around the world...
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newscast in german he's the humble world war ii veteran who has captured the world's hearts. i know you must be absolutely exhausted, tom. no, i am not. iam. you are! remember, i'm a yorkshireman. hi, this is a message for captain tom moore, thank you so much for all of your efforts and how much money you've raised for the nhs. lots of love from everybody at the royal liverpool. thank you! thank you, captain tom, from the nhs! in less than a fortnight since captain tom began his challenge, he'd become a global sensation. your generosity meant that on the morning he was due
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to complete his 100th lap, he'd raised more than £11 million. and here he comes, captain tom moore. inches to go and there he is. congratulations. well done! absolutely amazing, amazing achievement. captain tom, how do you feel this morning? fine, fine, yes. i mean, i'm surrounded by the right sort of people, so yes, i feel fine. i hope you're all feeling fine too. it is amazing, what i love also is he is a 99—year—old veteran and he has been around a long time, knows everything and it's wonderful that everyone kind of is being inspired by his story and his determination. no, i think he is a one—man fund—raising machine and god know what the final total will be. it's absolutely amazing that my super prince can say some things like that.
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so, how do you top that? you'd think that a message from a future king would be the icing on the cake. but as he finished his walk, something happened on bbc breakfast that would mean that he and i would embark on an extraordinary musical journey together. we have got a special guest with us. we have got michael ball with us, who i know whose company you enjoy very much and michael wants to say thank you in his special way. morning, michael. good morning, naga and good morning, tom and hannah. i go to bed it's 10 million, i get up, it's 12 million. what's going on? tom, it's an extraordinary achievement and i have been trying to think of a song that encapsulates what you're doing, how you're inspiring all of us and... i have one, i think. i'm sort of stealing it from the people of liverpool, but it seemed appropriate.
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is it ok if i sing it for you? michael, i suggest you go ahead and we all, tom included, will listen. # when you walk through a storm, hold your head up high... # and don't be afraid of the dark # at the end of the storm # there's a golden sky # and the sweet silver song of the lark. .. sing it with me! # when you walk through a storm # hold your head up high # and don't be afraid of the dark # at the end of the storm
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# there's a golden sky # and the sweet silver song of the lark...# i need to say congratulations because you are the uk's official number one. that really is truly amazing, isn't it? also, this is another world record because the oldest person in the world to ever be number one. laughter that's lovely! it's hard to say what it is. it is so funny! it really is. that is a special something. # never walk alone...# you'll never walk alone.
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i think on a personal note, and georgia can say it as well, he's been our hero since before we were born, we've always loved and cherished him, i've lived with him since i was three and she said she was born. he's been a vital part of a life, we had struggling moments when dad has been in hospital and so on and he's been a real rock in the family and it shows in interviews when you see him that he is a really good guy and i'm so glad we can share him with you. everyone's like, "aren't you captain tom moore's granddaughter?" like, yes. everyone is coming up to us. even though we had a social distance, it's been really fun, everyone coming in saying thank you for what we have done. we say thank you. good morning, it's 8am and this is a very special breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. we are saying happy 100th birthday to captain tom moore. just three weeks ago, he set out to raise £1,000 for the nhs.
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almost £30 million later, he is celebrating with a special honour from the queen, as the captain becomes a colonel. i was always proud to be a duke of wellington and i still am. and i think if you get these, really, that's the icing on the cake. happy birthday, captain tom! happy birthday to you! all sing # happy birthday, captain tom, happy birthday to you!# we can talk to the man himself. on behalf of bbc breakfast and everyone who has celebrated your achievements across the uk, let me wish you a very happy 100th birthday. thank you very much. how does it feel? 100 years old today! it hardly feels any
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different than yesterday! i don't know what you're meant to feel like when you get to be 100, i've never been 100 before! i know i speak for the whole country when i say we wish you a very happy 100th birthday. your heroic efforts have lifted the spirits of the entire nation and you've now inspired the most incredible generosity, raising over £29 million, supporting the cause closest to all our hearts. it is so well—deserved. what you have done in bringing together a nation and inspiring so many in helping those that really need it most, honestly, i am in awe of you. good morning and happy birthday, captain tom or should i say colonel? and now i can officially call you an honorary member of the england cricket team.
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radion: congratulations on your 100th birthday. i'm one of the few people here who have seen hurricane and spitfires flying past in anger. fortunately today, they're all flying peacefully. it really is fantastic.
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and thank you very much. thank you. the pleasure is all ours, tom. all sing: # happy birthday to you # happy birthday to you, # happy birthday, captain tom, daddy, grandpa, # happy birthday to you!# applause. captain tom, we meet at last. where have you come from?! i've been lurking down the bottom of your garden! how are you, sir? i'm fine thank you, how are you? i'm really well. marvellous to see you. it is so lovely to see
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you, it really is. an absolute surprise, i'd never expect to see you out of the blue, and you just appeared from nowhere, thank you very much for coming, it is my greatest pleasure, i never ever expected to see you. it's been a long time coming, this. it has, hasn't it? since then. imean... it has been so amazing...that, i mean, before you and iwere singing... that song... and knowing just a few words at the time, i never knew at all, and i didn't know all the words. i could never sing them in various order but never in the right order. laughs. now i think the whole world knows that song and all the words, thanks to you.
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no, thanks to you, sir. you're marvellous, and i can walk up and down here singing that little song to myself. is that what you do now? that's right, yes. can you believe we were the top of the charts? absolutely amazing, isn't it! i mean, you were top of the charts, i was coming along behind you. no, i'm afraid i have to disagree with you there, this was about you, this was absolutely about you. i've never actually asked you what the music is that you were inspired by when you are growing up, what you listened to and what you like to listen to now. i like to listen to the sort of music that you and i sang. that is the sort of pleasure i like, country and western type of music. so doi! i always liked western films because the good one always wins. i mean, i don't like watching films where all the baddies come, and the baddies win. i don't believe in that.
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i think the good ones should always win. so if you are in a western, you'd be wearing a white hat? that's right, yes. but you do love ken dodd, don't you? yes. the voice of ken dodd. he was a great singer. what's that lovely song? # when you're smiling # when you're smiling # the whole world smiles with you... that's exactly right! so, for you, what was the most surprising thing that has happened to you ? i think when we started here and we thought, well, if i walk up and down we might make £1,000. and we did. and, then, hannah had an idea to go locally. and after that, it went boom! so quickly. it really did and that was a big surprise. so, day after day, the money kept coming in. and it was unbelievable. as it grew, it grew and it grew and it grew, and it went on until that magnificent figure in the end, wasn't it, for the national health 5 yeah.
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over 32 million! 32 million. that's a lot of money, isn't it? we never, ever anticipated that sort of money. i think you became almost a symbol and a focal point that people wanted to do their bit and they could do that through you. the thing that i always believe, when i said tomorrow's a good day, i think people, a lot of people, took on to that. and yes, it is because tomorrow could be a good day. the fact it never comes is another story. laughter. you can't say that! laughter. you can't say that. tomorrow will be a better day! yes, but yes, tomorrow is a good day, it really is. one of the things that i think people admired,
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and why they listened to your message, is because you're from that generation that went through the biggest trauma in world history with world war ii. do you think there were lessons that you learnt during that time when you fought that related to today? i think one of the things that, we were comrades. throughout the war, wherever you came from, whatever part of life, you were all comrades and we remained comrades, and we were all friends together wherever you came from. and i think that, where everybody, we are comrades in a battle against this nasty virus. the other thing i haven't heard anyone ask you about yet, and it is always fascinated me, what do you think your late wife would have made of all of this?
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she would have thoroughly enjoyed it. but she probably... she was a rather shy person. she would have thoroughly enjoyed it but she would have stood back a little bit, and she'd stand behind me, that's why she would have enjoyed it, but quietly. yeah, yeah, she would have been very proud, i'm sure. yes, that's right. very, very proud. it is so well—deserved. what you have done in bringing together a nation and inspiring so many in helping those that really need it most, honestly, i'm in awe of you. by now a national treasure, the work for captain tom continued. a visit from david beckham saw him honoured as leader of the lionhearts. captain sirtom, thank you for having me here today. i'm very excited about meeting you and it is a real pleasure for me to be down here to personally say thank you and also to present you with a little present from the england team.
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very kind of you and i'm delighted to receive that honourfrom you, especially from you, thank you very much indeed. a squad made up from the public who had helped during the year. then in december we reunited for a performance on the royal variety show. we'd hoped that tom was going to be able to be there live but restrictions meant he couldn't that he joined us virtually for the most emotional and powerful performance. it was a thrill. i came across captain tom at a time when i needed him. i needed inspiration, i needed a light at the end of the tunnel. and i saw tom and i've been privileged to get to know him, as we all have, and he has provided that. he has shown us the strength, the dignity, the determination, the spirit that makes this country so special. he epitomises it and sir tom, i salute you and i thank you from the bottom
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of my heart. cheering and applause. and he's not slowed down with magazine covers and setting up his legacy, the captain tom foundation — a charity which aims to help the lonely and people with mental health problems. so tom, i think there is one last thing to do. i think we should sing a little bit of our song together, are you happy to do that? yes. both sing: # when you walk through a storm, # hold your head up high # and don't be afraid of the dark # at the end of the storm # there's a golden sky # and the sweet silver song of the lark sir tom: # walk on, walk on, # with hope in your heart! sir tom along with original music: # and you'll never walk # you'll never walk alone! all sing: # and you'll never walk alone # you'll never walk 00:26:00,363 --> 2147483051:49:44,896 alone sir tom: # you'll 2147483051:49:44,896 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 never walk alone #
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