, we hadjimmy alcott here yesterday, -- we atmosphere is like, we hadjimmy alcott here yesterday, ——stumes and equipment that were being warned by the british team, particularly when it comes to the skeleton, what is the atmosphere like? are they enjoy in the atmosphere and enjoying the games, or is it really quite serious in terms of competition?” or is it really quite serious in terms of competition? i think appear where we are we are a bit removed from the sliding centre at here, but amongst the freestyle athletes, is nothing but love, and we saw at the end of the ladies final, it was hugs all round, just a celebration, the sport is winning almost, freestyle skiing and snowboarding is coming up trumps here. i think the general consensus is that everyone is enjoying themselves on having a good time. there is an important distinction to make, all the equipment the skiers and snowboarders are using, you can walk into a shop and buy. whereas you look at skeleton and bobsleigh where you have very highly engineered pieces of equipment, marginal gains come to the fore. also they are raci

chemmy alcott, thank you also.c two next week but you can find us on the bbc news channel. still to come, calls for more help for school children experiencing mental health problems, as one charity says half of mental illness in adults starts by the age of 1a. and white marble's black panther is no ordinary superhero movie. it had its uk premiere last night. —— and why marvel. time for the latest news. thank you, chloe, the bbc news headlines this morning. two british extremists believed to be members of one of so—called islamic state's most notorious cells have been ca ptu red most notorious cells have been captured by syrian fighters in syria according to american officials. they were part of a unit from london who became known as the beatles because of their british accidents. the sister of the north korean leader, kim jong un, has became the first member of her family to visit the south since the korean war. it marks first time since part of the oin dynasty has visited the south since the korean war. key us gov

but what happened was the olympic bronze medalist at the time, chemmy alcott.a bit older now. but she was there. she had won a bronze medal. and you got paired against someone. and as luck would have it, i got paired against the olympic bronze medalist, chemmy alcott. i had a riding hat without the silk, and like a puffy suit. she had likra, like a a streamlined thing. a trainer rubbing her legs. i was like -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: a trainer rubbing her legs? [ light laughter ] >> i swear. i swear. i swear to god, this is a true story. and i remember looking over, and being like, "it's all right, it's all right." and she was like -- she was gone like a bullet out of a gun. i made it around the first turn -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> dropped a pole. >> like, made it with another one. i ended up falling on my face. there was a commentary. they were like, she's still going! i had -- [ laughter ] i swear to god -- >> jimmy: she is going to make it down the mountain. >> she's unbelievable. i went -- >> jimmy: she's snowballing down the mountain, getting bigger. it is an a

risk of causing harm such as we've seen of this magnitude in florida thank you very much kimberly alcott at the white house for us and watching al-jazeera still ahead. this. morning morgan chang or i support his remember zimbabwe's opposition leader and his legacy and look to the future. and in china they are welcoming in. new year we were here why year of the dog may not be a good one for us president donald trump. welcome back as we take a look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia it's all looking rather unsettled at the moment when there of cloud bringing snow clearing away another area close some outbreaks of rain across parts of iraq in particular so baghdad will see some showers and then we've got low pressure moving in from the west into the levant region so certainly for syria and lebanon it could turn very wet indeed some snow a high elevation some strong wind rather unpleasant weather conditions are looking quite stormy house to be said further towards the south quite a bit of cloud and we can pick up on the clouds move across the arabian peninsula

we will hear from amy williams and sherry alcott later in the programme “— and sherry alcott later inagain but how much do you think you need to earn on average to be happy? this is a study that suggests £43,000 a year as a joint income will make you are emotionally happen but if you start earning more than £68,000 it isn't good news. the debate is how much do you need to earn to be happy and content and live where? earn to be happy and content and live where ? that's earn to be happy and content and live where? that's the debate.“ you had a joint income like that in many cities, to try to get on the property ladder, you won't be able to. what is the average wage, £26,000? £27,000, it hasjust gone up. there's room to grow but interesting, win you talk about this, average wages finally starting to go up —— when you talk. employers haven't felt the pressure to put wages up, haven't felt the pressure to put wages up, given the inflation rate is high, wages starting to go up with the employment market doing well. some way to go before £43,000 but anyway. i think my button just came undera

gb's best ever performance at a winter olympics, with former olympian turned commentator, chemmy alcottropean neighbours when it comes to keeping our homes warm and what we can do about it. and actually we will have more details on the weather forecast for next week as well. the snow to come. phil says it will be monday, tuesday, but it will get extremely cold. all that to come on the bbc news channel. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. hello, this is breakfast with christian fraser and rachel burden. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the international olympic committee has decided not to lift russia's olympic suspension for doping ahead of the closing ceremony of the winter olympics in south korea. it means that the russian athletes, who were allowed to compete as neutrals, cannot march under their own flag. moscow had asked for the restoration of its olympic status, but two russian athletes failed drug tests in pyeongchang. syrian activists claim government forces continued their air strikes last night, despite a un security cou

former team gb olympian, chemmy alcott, is here to help look back at some of the highlights.brated so much success but also seen the vulnerability and dedication that it takes. elise christie showing us all of that rawness straight after her interviews and that's what we need to see. in winter olympics when you are subject to the vagaries, of so many unpredictable forces. some summer sports you can train really ha rd summer sports you can train really hard for reach your peak and know that you have a chance of winning a medal. winter sport is about taking the ultimate risk and there is so much danger and inconsistencies in terms of the environmental. a gust of wind... that is what billy morgan said, he won the big air contest, said he had never finished that jump where won the big air contest, said he had never finished thatjump where he grabbed hold with both hands on his board. this is mental. he said he fell so much fear will suddenly get confidence from experience, he had landed this once in training, never ina landed this once in training, never in a competition. to have

and the abolition -- who cared for louisa may alcott when she fell end ofgeorgetown at the 1862. here's a picture of that hospital. people have ugly things to say about this hospital which had been retrofitted from a hotel and they talk about things like the latrines in the hospital being contiguous with the kitchen and so forth. we know that germs abounded there before anyone knew what germs were. quite a lot of surgeons who begin to understand the principles of antisepsis, even before pastor was widely eurraced -- even before past was widely embraced by the medical community. the workses directed of many of the black relief workers and this gave many of to worke women alongside black women for the first time in their lives. women like susie taylor who had inaped from the sea islands 1862 with her uncle, she became a regimental laundress for the 33rd u.s. colored troops and continued to move north. who haded patients diphtheria, she took care of shoot a guncould and knew how to clean guns and so forth. she did every possible kind of work, including nursing but was still known by

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