Worries are stopping them doing theirjob properly because of sleepless nights and days off sick. And its notjust affecting those on lower incomes. In sport, its one step closer to a cup final for manchester united. They beat hull city 2 0 in the first leg of the League Cup Semi final. And this is the incredible trick shot which has caused a sensation on social media. Its two minutes long and you really dont want to miss it. And carol has the weather. We are starting off with a very windy day. Windy for all day for most of us. Storms locally and severe gales for some. Sunshine further south but tomorrow, parts of the south will also have sleet and snow. Good morning. First, our main story. Barack obama has delivered his Farewell Address as us president , telling the American People he believes the country is in a better, stronger place than when he was first elected eight years ago. In an emotional speech in chicago, he thanked his wife michelle as well as his family and staff and said
Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Snow across country. It has caused disruption as winds bring cold weather from the arctic. The Environment Agency says the first high tide along the east coast of england this morning was not as bad as feared but thousands of homes still face a danger of flooding. Currently there are 11 severe warnings which mean there is a danger to life. This is the picture in skegness were snow has been lighter but Flood Warnings have been issued and soldiers have been deployed to assist where needed. Where some might have been cursing the conditions this morning, others of course have been making the most of it here near birmingham. Meanwhile, in canterbury in kent while it was knowing this morning i is now seems to be more of an issue. This is the scene coming up for you from the roof of the bbc here in london where it has recently started to snow. We we re it has recently started to snow. We were taught to our number of correspondence in the next while
Its wednesday 18 january. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Foreign Secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign Free Trade Deals with britain when it leaves the European Union. Borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge, despite the new Migration Controls promised by theresa may. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminsterfor us. Over to you. Thank you. What is striking this morning is the confidence oozing from number ten about yesterdays Big Speech By theresa may on brexit, insisting there has been a positive reaction from other senior eu leaders such as Angela Merkel and francois hollande, both of whom theresa may spoke to last night. This despite the fact that she has thrown down the gau ntlet that she has thrown down the ga u ntlet to that she has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the eu say
And it is russia leading the way. Could President Trumps Warming Relations with moscow break the deadlock . And when it comes to foreign relations, what does President Trumps Foreign Policy mean for europe and its longer term security . Hello and welcome to 100 days. Our new programme dominated by the first few months of Donald Trumps presidency, and what kind of changes it might bring. There are big things happening in europe. Upcoming elections, brexit, the conflict in syria. Over this next 100 days, we will be looking at all of that and how the America First policy will re shape relations around the world. But lets start here in washington. In this past half hour, sean spicer, president s trumps spokesperson, has been speaking to the White House Press corp. 0ur washington reporter Anthony Zurcher is with us. I was listening to the beginning of the Press Conference. It sounded like a remarkably normal Press Conference . It was. This came off the hills of saturday where sean spicer st
Us, i think it is very easy, if you are not an ardent trumpite to think this is a really dangerous road he is taking america down. On the people who voted for him. Those people who voted for him. Those people in business, who are like him, will also see this week, although he has fewer headlines in the United Kingdom, that he is planning perhaps to roll back on regulation, on basically on the Quote Red Tape that is tying up wall street how do you reconcile that with the little guy, who he claims to speak for, when he with the little guy, who he claims to speakfor, when he is going to give more power to the titans of wall street. The job, i mean Something Like that. We shall see. Listen, i think that the real take away of these first 15 days is, in my eyes, this is a real test of the resilience of the american democracy. And perhaps, certainly in oui democracy. And perhaps, certainly in our lifetimes, it is the biggest test. Can the separation of powers, can the checks and balances of t