there was a study by illinois state university, university of michigan, saying that parent's overuselink between parents's excessive use of smart phones and bad behaviour in children. i am concerned about it, i have two it's no be very concerned if my nanna spent all the time on the phone, staring at the screen. i wa nted the phone, staring at the screen. i wanted to be playing with the kids, lego and so on. ok, well, do let us know what you think. stay with us here on bbc news — so much more to come. see you soon. batten down the hatches, rain and gales on the way. initially, western parts of the uk. we already have had some rain and some stronger winds across some western areas. this was the weather front that went through during the course of thursday. this next weather system is rushing in and that really is going to bring some very poor weather to northern ireland, scotland, the irish sea coast, wales, and down into south—western england as well. through the early hours, we still have the rain across some western areas, that's the left over from what we had on thursday, actually

state legislature. cathy and her husband have three children. her challenger, democrat lisa brown grew up in illinois and moved it to washington in 1980 to teach economics at eastern washington university. she previously served in the state house of representatives and is the majority leader for the state senate. she was most recently chancellor of wsu's spokane campus. she has one sign and is married. we will see tonight if they have any more than that in common. in the interest of time we ask that you hold your applause or other expressions of approval or disapproval, except for now as we welcome the candidates on stage. >> thank you. let's get right to it. each candidate will have two minutes to deliver an opening statement. we determined who would get the opening statement first. since cathy mcmorris rodgers -- excuse me, since lisa brown won the coin toss she has elected to go second. cathy, go for it. rep. rodgers: good evening, everyone. it is great to be at walla walla community college. thank you for joining us this evening. what a difference two years makes. our economy is booming and for our friends and neighbors it means they have an opportunity for a better life. good poli

university of chicago. her husband's 204 illinois senate race heated up. >> enough talk. >> she joined the effort. helping barack win the stateprimary. a landslide victory that made waves across the country. >> the 42 year-old contender for a u.s. senate seat was seen as the rising star of the democratic party. michelle a fiercely private woman, seemed reluctant to put herself front and center. >> she's smarter than me. she's tougher than me. and clearly she's better looking than i am. >> the young senate candidate from illinois. was a surprise choice to give the keynote speech at the democratic national convention. >> michelle watched as her husband made history. >> the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs. the hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores. the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name. who believes america has a place for him too. >> what did you think? >> i was incredibly proud. and i'm tough on him. all i have to say he didn't screw it up. good job. >> it was a huge moment. and once he gave that speech, he was suddenly propelled into the stratosphere. >> one young man with an unlike

university of chicago. director of public out reach. her husband's 204 illinois senate race heated up. >> enough talk. >> she joined the effort. helping baa rag win the statech primary. a landslide victory that made waves across the country. >> the 42 year-old contender for a u.s. senate seat was seen as the rising star of the democratic party. michelle a fiercely private woman, seemed reluctant to put herself front and center. >> she's smarter than me. she's tougher than me. and clearly she's better looking than i am. >> the young senate candidate from illinois. was a surprise choice to give the keynote speech at the democratic national convention. >> michelle watched as her husband made history. >> the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs. the hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores. the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name. who believes america has a place for him too. >> what did you think? >> i was incredibly proud. and i'm tough on him. all i have to say he didn't screw it up. good job. >> it was a huge moment. and once he gave that speech, he was suddenly propelled into the stratosphere. >> one young man with an unl