we're still making our way to the green brier. we were seated when we -- when the trade made impact with that trash truck. some of our colleagues were standing did fall to the floor and sustained some minor injuries. nothing major thankfully. certainly it was extraordinary. those first minutes, it was a little scary. no one knew exactly what had happened. >> shepard: now that we're told there were better than 200 republican congressmen, senators on board, some families, maybe yours. was everyone on board the train okay? did anyone have to be taken off or treated at area hospitals? i'm told no. we got the initial reports. what can you say? >> neil, my understanding is that two colleagues were taken off the train. they had some head trauma, possibly a concussions. we don't really know for sure yet. but they were conscious when they were taken off the train. so we don't think it's anything serious as a precaution though. first responders did recommend that they go and receive further treatment. i do want to thank firefighters, local

some of them are arriving at green brier, west virginia.t of day away from washington to sort of regroup, strategize just as democrats plan to do on their own later next week in maryland. today it got a little scary. the event is still on. the vice president is due to speak to them tonight. the president of the united states tomorrow. we

to a winter olympics next week and amongst them will be the snowboard cross athlete, zoe gillings—brierames, but first as a mother. nick hope has been to meet her and daughter lea at their base in austria. board boa rd cross board cross is among the most dramatic and unpredictable winter 0lympic events and zoe gillings—brier has had herfair share of ups and downs but life away from the slopes now has its own little challenge. lea arrived in 2016 and it's clearly a case of like mother, like daughter. lea is awesome, i love her but i'm her mum so awesome, i love her but i'm her mum soi awesome, i love her but i'm her mum so i would think she's the best kid in the world. she had herfirst so i would think she's the best kid in the world. she had her first go when she was one year and three days old, had a bit of snow —— off i go on the snow in argentina. who does the early morning, late nights? an athlete needs her sleep. i've heard that a few times. i would be lying ifi that a few times. i would be lying if i said i got up with as early in the morning as done. certainly one of the things i

and zoe gillings—brier has had herfair share of ups and downs.ly a case of like mother, like daughter! lea's awesome. i love her, of course. i'm her mum, so i would think she was the best kid in entire world. she had herfirst go when she was one year and three days old, i think it was. had a little go on the snow in argentina. she's 15 months old now. she can't turn, obviously but... give her time! yeah, give her time. who does the early mornings and late nights? an athlete needs her sleep! funnily enough, i've heard that a few times! i would be lying if i said i got up with her early the morning as much as dan does. we always agreed that having lea, we could do while she trained and competed. certainly one of the things i want to do is allow zoe to train and compete properly, like she's always done. a lot of people asked me when i was pregnant about whether i thought i was going to be more scared when i was on the mountain now that i'm a mum, but i don't seem to be. if it's changed me at all, i think it it's actually made me more confident. pyeo

worth logging on for international viewers on to your website to read that report for the moment nick brier from oxfam thanks for joining us from our london studio now the former football star george when is to be sworn in liberia's new president in a few hours time he's replacing nobel peace prize winner ellen johnson sirleaf who led the west african nation for twelve years evidence of support from monrovia on the challenges ahead. liberia's president elect arrives of one last set of people. in the mood here is celebre tree but many believe it would be for long. distance from outgoing president ellen johnson sirleaf whose term expired a week ago. but the challenges she leaves behind a huge on employment is going to be a key issue to resolve. and the conditions are not pretty it is all able to find his feet within the first six months he will lose attention. of the international development community he'll lose attention of global capital and he will lose the interest of a largely impatient voting base. the youth form one of weir's biggest voting bloc in the last election and this group is

reaction, what was going to be a big subject among those on the train, republicans gathering in green brier to sort of maybe do a little it about crowing after the president's speech last night, widely praised and aclaimed by those who witnessed it and saw it not by all the democrats in the well of the house here. it was considered an opportunity for republicans to do a reset on agenda that would include infrastructure work, maybe carving out immigration reform measure where progress seems to be made behind the scenes. talk of a gang of 22 in the senate working on that. i don't know how you get a gang of 22 together on something. they're working on all of that. i might point out stocks are bouncing back from yesterday's hit although not quite as much as they were earlier. still appreciable advance. the dow right now is up about, so far this month, even with the hits over last two trading days about 6%. normally when that happens, you finish the month of january up, you finish the year up. it goes by percentages. if you go up 6%, you finish the year up 13%. if you are up 7%, which we're not,

joining me now is the barristerjeremy brier. thank you for coming along. he would carry out the judicial review, but the grounds he would need to fulfil would be to show there had been a procedural irregularity or unfairness by the pa role irregularity or unfairness by the parole board, or to show they got it so wrong that it was such an irrational decision that no reasonable board could have come to it. it sounds like the government lawyers behind the scenes were telling him, you'rejust not going to win. he may have decided that his first big public case asjustice secretary could have been a big loser, and he did not want to take the risk. politically, it would have been bad for him to go ahead with a judicial review, yet at the same time you could tell from what he was saying that he was very aware of the impact that decision is going to have onejohn worboys's victims. impact that decision is going to have one john worboys's victims. he knows how serious it is for the victims and the public. it is difficult to weigh legal advice, because the give legal a