they beat france 3—0 to reach the semi—finals, with blake govers scoring his 6th goal of the tournament england beat argentina 3—2. the remaining quarter—finals are on thursday. there are games taking place in the nba. the big game everybody is looking forward to is the toronto ra ptors, looking forward to is the toronto raptors, they are 22 and seven so farfor raptors, they are 22 and seven so far for the season, up against the golden state warriors who have won the last two nba championships. they are looking for a hat—trick this season. they are19— are looking for a hat—trick this season. they are 19— nine, second in the western conference at the moment. looking for a victory in that one, that gets under way at 3:30am gmt. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. there'll be a definite chill in the air over the next couple of days. not only will the air be cold, we have strong winds to contend with, which will exacerbate the chilly feel during the day ahead. it should be dry for mos

a reminder of the headlines: theresa may's goverment suffers two significant defeats on her brexit agreement days of crucial debate on the deal. two senior us republicans senators say they're now certain the saudi crown prince is guilty of the murder ofjamal khashoggi. the rail operator, govia thameslink, has has been subjected to financial sanctions after its botched introduction of timetable changes caused widespread disruption in may. the company will keep its franchise but won't make a profit this year and must pay £15 million towards passenger improvements. danny savage reports. seven months after the timetable debacle, things have not improved for many passengers. this northern service from bolton this morning was so crowded people couldn't get on. on a following train, there was dismay. it's already costing me about eight quid a day to get in and out manchester, and then it's going to go up, so that'll be about it. the amount of investment that goes into severn transport, and it shouldn't have to be a comparison, there should be money for everybody. people in the south should be able

he told the washington post he plans to run forno gover in 2021. he easily re-election last year. wreaths will be placed on theav gr of our heros on arlington national cemetery. volunteers now loaded the wreaths on to tractor-trailers and that convoy of trucks is making the 740 mile journey to arlington. they'll arrive on saturday. and so manyolunteers go out there and lay the wreaths on the graves and a it's beautiful sight to see. >> in years past i have taken picturesnd used it ins my christrd. >> fredericksburg city schools are closed today. >> what a cutoff. didn see alake yesterday. >> not a flake. >> this snow loverouldn't buy snow yesterday. >> i thought i saw a flake. mayb it was my imagination. >> maybe so. it was cold. the snow line was just down to south. they got hit hard. my sister in charlotte had more otsnow than we around here. western north carolina really took it on the chin.lo at the snow totals. winter green ski rest in virginia, 21 inches of snow. fredericksburg aolid 3 to 6 inches there. glendie 5.8. park hall, maryland, 5.5. cutoff indeed, the sharp made th

r warnedter: the gover that half a million people could lose power if predictions of more than 20s incf snowfall in some places come true. >> this to see some winter wonderland. stay safe where you are. getting out on dangerous roads could put your life at. risk >> reporter: virginia is also under a state of emergency. and crews in south carolina have dump15 000 gallons of brine on roads in the western part of the state to keep ice from building up as long as possible. >> like i said earlier we're preparing for the worst., so ye we'll go monday, tuesday, wednesday if we have to. >> reporter: the weather system dumped record rain in california before bringing rare ten inches of snow to lubbock, texas. in houston, a half foot of rain caused flash flooding in low lying areas. the system drenched the deep south further north it was ice and snow. airlinesdave cancelend delayed hundreds of flights from the southern plains to the mid-atlantic. shoppers expecting to be inside for a while have cleaned off store shelves in the are to be hit next. >> from our standpoint we are cautioning you again

jbush, making his finrney to washington,.c., surrounded members of his family, members of his own goverenters of today's administration, as well as politicians across the political spectrum. they are gathering in the rotunda for a special service of commemoration. we have heard from senior politicians, we have heard from mitch mcconnell, and also from the vice president mike pence. many of the politicians who have been speaking to payrite to the character of george h.w. bush, here is what outgoing speaker of the house paul ryan had to say. rep. ryan: throughout his life of service, president bush personified grace. ws character, his charact second to none. he reached the heights of power with uncommon humility. io made monumental contrib to freedom with the fundamental decency that resonates across generaons. laura: that was the speaker of of representatives paul ryan. atmosphereis the like on this solemn day? rajini:is i solemn day, but it is also a date many peopl want to point out is a celebration of george h.w. bush's life. s fitting that therech a tribute to him on capitol hill becaus

have been limited by me the deal became into existence a few years ago defending the killer of governesses seed he was shocked by his bodyguard because as governor he had criticised the death sentence and the jailing of. a pakistani christian on charges of blasphemy. she spent ten years in jail waiting for the judges to decide whether she was innocent or guilty on the thirtieth of october seventy days after moran hahn became prime minister the supreme court in islamabad decided he was innocent of all charges brought against her and set a free. a few hours later the t.l.b. and its supporters came out onto the streets bringing most cities to a standstill. they called for the three supreme court judges to be killed they declared the army chief to be a non muslim and called upon the army to dismiss him. a job or to say i listened to the t.v. for the first footage of the search for saddam to stop the cover was the first step of the of the first photo at the site of all to tell you the center of life the supreme court for the first of several others earlier. that night imran khan went on televis

also have been limited by me the deal became into existence a few years ago defending the killer of governess and. he was shocked by his bodyguard because as governor he had criticised the death sentence and the jailing of. a pakistani christian on charges of blasphemy. she spent ten years in jail waiting for the judges to decide whether she was innocent or guilty on the thirtieth of october seventy days after moran hahn became prime minister the supreme court in islamabad decided he was innocent of all charges brought against her and set a free. a few hours later the t.l.b. and its supporters came out onto the streets bringing most cities to a standstill. they called for the three supreme court judges to be killed they declared the army chief to be a non muslim and called upon the army to dismiss him. a job or to say i sense it was going about that was what i did there was a whistle on jesus on the cover was it was the b. of the first quarter at this time all going to tell you the sooner life the supreme court for the first of the orders over. that night imran khan went on television to warn

also have been limited by me the deal became into existence a few years ago defending the killer of governess and. he was shot by his bodyguard because as governor he had criticised the death sentence and the jailing of. a pakistani christian on charges of blasphemy. she spent ten years in jail waiting for the judges to decide whether she was innocent or guilty on the thirtieth of october seventy days after moran hahn became prime minister the supreme court in islamabad decided he was innocent of all charges brought against her and set her free. a few hours later the t.l.b. and its supporters came out onto the streets bringing most cities to a standstill. they called for the three supreme court judges to be killed they declared the army chief to be a non muslim and called upon the army to dismiss him. a job or to sell you a sense of the timber that was whether there was a whistle on jesus on the cover was the feel of the first photo this time all going to tell you the center of life the supreme court for the first of the waters over. that night eman khan went on television to warn the protest

extraordinary scenes in the british parliament — theresa may's goverment suffers two significant defeatsver her brexit deal with the eu. just hours into the first of five days of a crucial debate on the deal, the prime minister is now fighting for her political life. the choice before parliament is clear — this deal, no deal, or the risk of no brexit. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: two senior us republicans senators say they're now certain the saudi crown prince is guilty of the murder ofjamal khashoggi. india faces a explosion in the number of lung cancer cases. doctors say high levels of air pollution are to blame. even when we are looking at the lungs of so—called non—smokers, we hardly see pink lungs. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. welcome to the programme. it's 1am in the morning here in london, where the british government has suffered two major defeats in parliament as it begins a five—day debate on prime minister theresa may's brexit deal with the eu. mps voted to give themselves a greater say on what

so in regards to the latest scandal in austria the governess they had. said that he was cautiously optimistic yet still had some concerns about the story that needs to be investigated needs to be looked at but next week water is here in moscow he has every reason to be concerned it's a big meeting when they will enter the laboratory with urine samples which is the key condition for starters reinstatement and obviously will be all over that story on tuesday next week and we'll update our viewers without legal advisor and professor of international law mike believes the results of previous doping tests for the athlete will be strong evidence in the. bridge may be. a. preliminary in the. interim. i'd be lured. to the information. this information or a great deal of time but until the moment when. they burned it to hit the information their little notes to the jury in could be so it. is too quickly. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ordered to increase the military presence in the west bank this comes just hours after an attack like israeli soldi

this is bbc news, the latest headlines: theresa may's goverment suffers three defeats on her brexit agreementucial debate on the deal. two senior us republicans senators say they're now certain the saudi crown prince is guilty of the murder ofjamal khashoggi. the french president, emmanuel macron, has suffered a major setback to his reform programme after agreeing to suspend a proposed fuel duty rise which had brought thousands of protesters onto the streets. the government said the increase would be postponed for six months. the demonstrators, who have become known as the yellow vest movement, have brought paris to a standstill for the past three weekends, with huge rallies which have turned violent. lucy williamson reports from the french capital. support for france's yellow vest protesters goes far beyond those standing in the cold. the solidarity at this roundabout in beauvais is sometimes deafening. three weeks after the movement's original stand against fuel tax rises, its aims and its divisions have broadened, but there's still widespread public support. last saturday in paris, hard—co

the latest headlines: theresa may's goverment suffers three defeats on her brexit agreement with theof crucial debate on the deal. two senior us republicans senators say they're now certain the saudi crown prince is guilty of the murder ofjamal khashoggi. let's stay with that story now. we can go live now to washington and speak to osman sert, research director at the ankara institute and former advisor to the former prime minister of turkey, ahmet davutoglu. thank you for your time. those two senators coming out off a briefing with the head of the cia and it seems clear that it is conclusive and convincing. is it in any way against change? yes, indeed. it may bea against change? yes, indeed. it may be a game—changer because of the first—time, lawmakers are pronouncing the name of the culprit who is responsible for the horrendous crime in istanbul, the killing of jamal khashoggi. horrendous crime in istanbul, the killing ofjamal khashoggi. it is important because they are pronouncing the name of crown prince mohammed bin salman as responsible for the killing but they are telling us f

up of limited by me the deal became into existence a few years ago defending the killer of governesses seed he was shocked by his bodyguard because as governor he had criticised the death sentence and the jailing of. a pakistani christian on charges of blasphemy. she spent ten years in jail waiting for the judges to decide whether she was innocent or guilty on the thirtieth of october seventy days after moran hahn became prime minister the supreme court in islamabad decided he was innocent of all charges brought against her and set a free. a few hours later the t.l.b. and its supporters came out onto the streets bringing most cities to a standstill. they called for the three supreme court judges to be killed they declared the army chief to be a non muslim and called upon the army to dismiss him. a job or to say i listened to the team of the first one to tell them to search for saddam to stop the cover was the first step of the of the first quarter side of all of it to you the center of life the supreme court for the rest of the world is over. that night imran khan went on television to

as the partial goverent shutdown marks its ninth day, the standoff between the president and his republican party and the democrats remains the same. president trump stayed at the ite house again today. he started the morning tweeting d pinning blame on senat minority leader democrat chuck schumer. mr. trump called it a "schume" shutdown." after lunch with the president at the white house rhis afternooublican senator lindsey graham, said they mscussed syria and their agreement that thet be money for border security to end the shutdown. >> i've never been more encouraged that if we can get people talking, we can find our way out of this mess. and that would include around $5 billion for border security,wa slas, slash fencing, whatever you want to call it.wa >> s: the shutdown is expected to continue at least until the new congress, with a democratic-majority house, is sworn in on thursday.in jous now from washington, d.c. is new york times national political corrpondent, michael tackett. michael, welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> stewart: so next week the democrats take control us the of

extraordinary scenes in the british parliament — theresa may's goverment suffers two significant defeatsnto the first of five days of a crucial debate on the deal, the prime minister is now fighting for her political life. the choice before parliament is clear — this deal, no deal, or the risk of no brexit. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: two senior us republicans senators say they're now certain the saudi crown prince is guilty of the murder ofjamal khashoggi. india faces a explosion in the number of lung cancer cases.

but britain has twice as many shops as it needs, according to the man officially tasked by the govermentles jumped more than expected in november, helped by black friday promotions and stronger growth in sales of household goods. things like fridges and washing machines and so on. official figures showed sales rose 1.4% from october, despite economists‘ forecasts of about a 0.3% gain. sports direct boss mike ashley said november was "unbelievably bad", while superdry and online retailer asos have also warned of "dismal" trading. we asked maureen hinton, research director at global data if they were wrong. were they wrong? they cannot be wrong because those are the ones doing the trading. we are getting this message from different types of retailers. if you look more closely at the ons figures clothing retailers have made marginal growth year on year and large food retailers have only made marginal growth. but the ons comes out with different figures to what everyone else sees going on quite often then they get revised a bit later. while there is going to be more positive growth because t

say they are struggling to survive is the second time this year doctors walked out on strike the governess mind about issuing suspensions to more than five hundred of them without pay to add to the crisis necessary are overwhelmed and can't cope with politicians have told doctors this strike is illegal and they issued warnings of disappearing hearings and potential sackings if they don't get back to work if they were for the people who ended their want to be doctors and want to care for the people they're seeing that it is what they are doing was wrong. but. we. we are we have taken all of that we've taken out the measures to make sure that those patrols will be administered adequately. some of those measures include a living some drugs and medical equipment but it's not enough for the whole country striking doctors seem defiant saying threats by this appears to fire them won't scare them off they insist these wards will stay empty until they get paid more how to matteis al-jazeera. bangladesh's general election campaign has ended with more violence and arrests the opposition bangladesh na

xico border is the only thing blocking a deal on goverment spending will hurd u.s.texastake cg @ 0:17-0:26if we don't have some kind of agreement by monday afternoon, it is going to be hard to come up//and so then the question becomes, does the president want to shut the government downanna wiernicki: the president wants $5 billion dollars to build the wall, but senate democratic leader chuck schumer that's unnecessary... chuck schumer: there will be no additional appropriations to pay for the border wall. anna wiernicki (stand up) @annaewiernickitake cg @ 0:38- 0:52senate democrats say they're sticking to the bipartisan senate spending bill, which already includes $1.6 billion dollars to beef up border security. they say there's also 1.3 billion dollars left over from last year...which the president has not touched...anna wiernicki: but president trump insists he won't compromise. donald trump: i am proud to shut down the government for border security//john cornyn: he's drawn a line in the sand and right now i don't see a plan in place.anna wiernicki: texas republ

went on to explain that the people who live, work and own businesses in the district sufenr when the gover closes. she also pointed out that the d.c. government is picking up the tab for federal services during the shutdown all while being, quote, the only citizens within the continental united stes without a vo in congress, end quote. nicole jacobs isive on the national mall this morning with a look at just how d.c. is pitching in during this shutdown. and it impacts things that tourists to every daynd peep right here in the district of columbia. isn't that right, nicole? >> reporter: absolutely. during this partial shutdown, it is making for quite the adjustment for those visiting the d.c. area but also for those just itching to get back to work eto startring their paychecks one again. but in the meantime, places le the national mall are getting a little bit of help from d.c. workers. day six and still the shutdown lives on. thursday morning d.c. mayor muriel bowser continuing with her promiseaving c. workers pitch in where federal workers cannot. hundreds ofthsands acrossco the untry su

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>> i donwe favor response gover nancgovernance. and so federal employees are his hostage.e don't believe in hostage taking. i never have. i believe in the orderly function of government. let's reopen government. if you want to talk about border security we are happy to talk about that. we are not going to have negotiations with nobody. that's another aspect of this. can we even rely on trump? it is only to have him change his mind because they attacked him. who is it we are supposed to negotiate with? >> i want to shift now and talk about the first day of the legislative session here and what we are hoping for. we'll have that majority in the white house. i think the first order of business is to pass a clean funding bill and send it to the senate. >> a lot are terrified as doing anything that could be con trued and the senate has plenty of those people too. my hope is there is enough to pass clean funding bill it is by the closer of nine federal agencies and a number of specialized agencies. tell us specifics, what's in those letters? what information is it that you're lo

or $5 billion in wasting taxpayer dollars on a ransom note because donald trump decided he was wnhe gover hold the american people hostage. >> democrats take control of the house on thursday and expected to pass a clean funding bilks it's unclear in the senate will follow suit without president trump's support. >>> coming up, it's been nearly a year since a deadly mudslide washed away parts of southern california. how the community is rebounding. >>> a wind advisory is in effect, i will show you future cast, when we will see the , the neyears s as you ring in >>> the freeways are pretty light, one hot spot in the south bay. we will look at mass transit. we'll be right back >>> here is a live look with the sales force tower camera, looking south, chilly conditions, temperatures in the upper 40s in downtown san francisco. we are looking at breezy to windy conditions, though, we will talk about the wind advisory and what you can expect as we ring in thnew year coming up. >>> next week, marks the 1 year anniversary of mudslides in santa barbara county. three of four hotels in montecito shutdo

dominant caier at dulles and what would happenves that or time as that line expands and before passengers goverunited gains millions of dollars in revenue and customers go to dulles. they say they'll expand the metro silver linend instead of putting it on drivers, put it od un and have them cover the gap by ending that jet fuel tax they will be at the airport today rallying for more support of their bill effective january 1. the tolls at the main plaza are set to rise by $1.25 and the off ra by 50 cents. on the dulles toll roads, i'm justin finch, news 4. >>> new this morning, virginia governor ralph northam wants to give teachers a 5%oo pay next year. he wants to increase funding for k-12 funding and grow the state. northam says pay in virgitha is laggin national average and making it harder to recruit and retain quality teachers. it will have to pass the general assembly to take fect. >>> northam will introduce the full detailed plan next week. >>>6:49. let's turn to chuck bell and get forecast. the not as cold as yesterday but still rough out there. >> not exactly short sleeve weather yet bu

the partialen gover shutdown enters day five. there hasn't been any progress to get the government back open. they're not sure where their p nextcheck is going to be coming from. nir:le? >> repor erica, that's a sad situation for so many. of course, the christmas holiday is over but the partial shutdown is t. fact, it's entering day five and thiss expected to be an incredibly busy travel day. here at ragan, tsa agents and others all over the country are working without getting paid. hundreds of thousands of workers are working andver the holiday trump told reporters he heard from many federal workers who have told him theyant funding for the wall. he says he's even willing to call itls something as long as in the end he gets that wall but until some sort of agreement is reached, services like trash pickup on the national mall are not handled by federal workers. in fact, dc mayor muriel bowsera coordinated t trash pickup by d.c. workers. the big question no one really tknows the answer is how long the shutdown will last. again, a

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his telling quote was the more you asister tzilssist the gover more you help sentencing.e judge would hit flynn with jail time, right? >> i don't think there was any question. i had, when i was asked that most recently in public, i said i thought he would get a sentence from this judge, who wasn't going to buy all the prosecutors were offering. and that's exactly what happened today. i think the judge was signaling to him that they better take another look if he has any more in him, which is questionable. the special counsel's office attorney did not really encourage the judge, there was a lot there after the sessions they already had but he didn't turn the judge down because i didn't think he wanted the judge in a bad mood, nor did he want a situation flynn might come in and challenge this judge as wing intemperate and not suitable to sentence him. that's a risky motion at this point but not if possible, not if possible. >> let's talk a little bit more about the spin because after the judge's scathing takedown of flynn, sarah sanders doubled down on the quote in her entr

president trump insisted again today that any spending bill to reopen the goverent must include billionsdollars in funding for a southern border wall. he wrote on twitter that, "we will be forced to close the southern border enrely" if there's no money for the wall. the president has also the case of gustavo perez arriaga, the illegal immiant accused of killing a policeman in northern california. he was arrested today in bakersfield. in modesto, the sheriff of stanislaus county, where the killing occurred, said california's sanctuary law blocked any prior effort to have the man deported. >> based on two arrests for d.u.i. and some other active warrants that this criminal has out there, law enforcement would have been prevented, prohibited, from shang any information with i.c.e. about this criminal gang member. ladies and gentlemen, this is not how you protect a communityb ngham: investigators say officer ronil singh was shot anr killed ae pulled over perez arriaga for allegedly driving drunk. new mexico officials now say a guatemalan he died in federal detention, on christmas eve. eighye

and the internationally recognized sunni goverent backed by a saudi-led coalition and the u.s. after one week of talks, the two sides agreed to reduce the fighting in taiz. armed houthis will withdraw from the ports of salif, and the ras isa oil terminal. and most importantly, a fire in hodiedah, the epicenter of the most intense fighting, so the port that accepts the vast majority of goods and humanitarian aid. hammed abdul-salam led the houthi delegation. >> ( translated ): we have made very large concessions and these concessions we made are for our yemeni people. because hodeida is the only remaining corridor to rescue yemen from starvation, famine and the catastrophic events in the event of continued military actions. >> schifrin: buthose military actions continue, and yemen is already starving. the united nations says over half of yemenis face "re acute food insecurity." for years special correspondent jane ferguson has covered the yemen, and this summer smuggled herself into houthi-controlled areas. today she said the humanitariann crisis is ore dire. >> 20 million peopl

entwhen the federal gover throws down a dictate, schools and teachers get very fearfulhi about ever they do. so it's not about race and color. the issue in the obama era disciplined policy, so well intentioned, a i so repect catherine and secretary king and secretary duncan who put that in place. they were well intentioned, but the problem is that when you fail to realize that the children coming to school who are causing dissopline issues have other background issues, right, then that's why in cosomemmunities, it has been disproportionately on n american males, for example, who have been suspended or thereee haveissues. nobody wants to talk about this amna. the reality is this should be-- this should not be something we walk on eggs over. we should be talkiout single-parent families and holding the student to high expecttions. you mened one of the things supported is charter schools. afcan american-led charter schools across the country are enforcing high levels of disrng academpectations, and sending poor minority kids to college is.n drove >> nawaz: let me ask you something else that

elections shuttle for the sixteenth of every two weeks later voters will go to the polls again to choose governess and representatives for state parliament but it's not clear at this stage if the vote enthusiasm witnessed in twenty fifty will be repeated. al-jazeera lagos nigeria. the united states has been hit by extreme weather forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and contributing to the deaths of at least three people the temperatures plummeted in the midwest states of minnesota nebraska with snow up to thirty centimeters deep and in southern states including minnesota and alabama heavy rains have caused homes and businesses to be flooded the severe conditions expected to continue into the new year and flash floods have destroyed camps for internally displaced people in syria as it live audience more than twenty five thousand people lost their makeshift this video posted on social media appears to show one of several camps in the region under water but in a few moments we'll have the weather with everton but still to come your knowledge as they are turning so surprise into hearty mea

and promise there is in zimbabwe and how badly the people there need reforms and an economy and a governess. we did have encouraging conversations with the president. civil societye of and economic leaders. we worked hard to pass the recovery act together. updating the framework for u.s.-zimbabwe relations. after elections, and after the passage of the act, i am looking forward to hearing more about where our strategy is, where we are going, and how will we achieve the results that we are looking forward to see. let me start by asking about the nature of china's engagement in zimbabwe at this point and how it has changed since the new president assumed the presidency? china played a significant role in the liberation struggle and supported the groups fighting against the rhodesian states so they have enjoyed a long relationship with zimbabwe postindependence. i'm concerned about rising indebtedness, security cooperation and would be interested in your views on how china, which is active in almost every country on the continent, is active in zimbabwe. conflict in terms of our values in appro

presidentemanded more than $5 billion in a new spending bill for a border wall which enuld have kept the gover open. >> we gave them our most recent offer. we came down off of our $5 billion. >> sources say nbc news would acce a compromis of $2.5 billion but democrats insisted building a new wall a the border won't happen and aides for democratic house leader nancy pelosi say the white house hasn't reached o to her since december 11. still, both sides know how high the stakes are in thi shutdo showdown. >> it will hurt our economy. whatsoever. sense >> reporter: democrats and republicans calculating voters will blame the other side for the third government shutdown this ye, meaning a solution might not come until after the new year when democrats take control of the house. chris pollone, nbc news. >>> meantime, active duty uambers of the u.s. coast are in danger of getting their paychecks late because of apa rtial shutdown. members will be paid for work done before but they could see a delay in future checks. they're the only branch of the military in danger of not getting paid due to being fu

and britain has twice as many shops as it needs, says the man officially tasked by the goverment to come know what will happen so asa just don't know what will happen so as a result rings are not really moving. that's why the bank are not putting up interest rates. the united states are putting up interest rates but saying similar things about global growth. they think it is not perhaps going to be quite what we have expected. we are not going to get the growth we expected next year so they say ok we put up rates now but next year maybe once or twice but that's it. not nearly as hawkish as people used to think about the central bank in the state. have you got a guest you want to talk to? i have but i thought you we re to talk to? i have but i thought you were going to ask me a couple of questions. you can ask me about retail sales, that was written on your prompt sheet. no, it wasn't! i have one question on here. retail sales, jamie? i've forgotten what i was going to say now. would you like me to do it? they are better than expected in november but that was all to do with black friday.