That this country belongs to you. To all of you. From every background and walk of life. If you or your pa rents a re and walk of life. If you or your parents are immigrants, no that you are part of a Proud American Tradition Toe infusion of new cultures and ideas, generation after generation that, has made us the greatest country on earths. If your family doesnt have much money, i wa nt family doesnt have much money, i want you to remember that in this country plenty of folks, including me and my husband, we started out with very little. But with a lot of ha rd with very little. But with a lot of hard work and a good education, anything is possible. Even becoming president. Thats what the American Dream is all about. Cheering and applause. And if you are a person of faith, know that religious diversity is a Great American tradition too. In fa ct Great American tradition too. In fact that is why people first came to this country to worship freely and whether you are muslim, christian, jewish, hindu, sikh, these religions are teaching our young people about justice these religions are teaching our young people aboutjustice and come passion and honesty. So i want our young people to continue to learn and practice those values with pride. You see, our glorious diversity, our diversity of faiths and colours and creeds, that is not and colours and creeds, that is not a threat to who we are, it makes us who we are. Applause. So the young people here and the young people out there do not ever let anyone make you feel like you dont matter. Or like you dont have a place in our american story, because you do. And you have a right to be exactly who you have a right to be exactly who you are. But i also want to be very clear. This right isntjust handed to you. No, this right has to be earned every single day. You cannot ta ke earned every single day. You cannot take your freedoms for granted. Just like generations who have come before you, you have to do your part to preserve and prothe effect those freedoms and that starts rights now, when your young. You need to prepare yourself to add your voice to our National Conversation and prepare yourself to be informed and engaged asa yourself to be informed and engaged as a citizen, to serve and to lead, to stand up for our proud American Values and honour them and that means getting the best education possible. So you can think critically, so you can express yourself clearly, so you can get a good job and support yourself and yourfamily. So good job and support yourself and your family. So you good job and support yourself and yourfamily. So you can be a positive force in your communities. And when you encounter obstacles, because i guarantee you you will, and many of you already have, when you are struggling and you start thinking about giving up, i want you to remember something that my husband and i have talked about since we first started this journey nearly a decade ago. Something that has carried us through every moment. That is the power of hope. The belief that Something Better is a Lwa Ys Belief that Something Better is always possible if you are willing to work for it and fight for it. It is our fundamental belief in the power of hope that has allowed us to rise above the voices of doubt and division, of anger and fear that we have faced in our own lives and in the life of this country. Our hope that if ework hard enough and believe in ourselves, then we can be whatever we dream. Regardless of the limitations that others may place on us. Limitations that others may place on us. The hope that when people see us for who we truly are, maybe just maybe, they too will be inspired to rise to their best possible selves. That is the hope of students like ciara, who fight to discover their gifts and share them with the world. It is the hope of School Counsellors like terry and these folks who guide those students, refusing to give up on even a single young person. Shoot, it is the hope of folks like my dad, got shoot, it is the hope of folks like tup shoot, it is the hope of folks like my dad, got up every day and did his job at the city water plant, the hope that one day his kids would go to college and have opportunities he never dreamed of. That is the kind of hope that every single one of us, politicians, parents, preachers, all of us, need to be providing for our young people. Because that is what moves this country forward every single day. Our hope for the future. And the hard work that hope inspires. So. That is my final message to young people as first lady. It is simple. Applause. Thank you. I want iwant our i want our young people to know that they matter. That they belong. So dont be afraid. You hear me young people . Dont be afraid. Be focussed. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered. Empower yourselves with a good education. Then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise. Lead by example with hope, never fear. Boundless promise. Lead by example with hope, neverfear. And know that i will be with you rooting for you and working to support you for the rest of my life. That is true i know for every person who is here today. And for educators and advocates across this nation who get up river day and every day and work their hearts out. I am so grateful to all of you for your passion and dedication all the hard work on behalf of our next generation and cani behalf of our next generation and can i think of no better way to end my time as first lady than celebrating with you. So i want to close today by simply saying thank you. Thank you for everything you do for our kids and for our country. Being your first lady has been the greatest honour of my life. And i hope i have made you proud. Thank you well clearly an emotional first lady, Michelle Obama in Herfinal Speech as first leady. She was a first lady. She was addressing young people, saying this country belongs to you, dont be afraid, we can be whatever we dream. Anything is possible, she said, even becoming the next president. She also praised what she called the glorious diversity of the United States. Lets go to Our Washington Correspondent who has been listening to that and aleem, as so often, she has been talking to young people, as she did when she came to london and inspiring, trying to inspire the younger generation. That has been her focus throughout the last eight yea rs her focus throughout the last eight years on inspiring young people and the number of School Children who have traipsed through the white house is extraordinary. Herfocus particularly on girls education. She never mentioned of course donald trump by name or the current political climate, but she did keep on saying to young people that they neednt be afraid. She talked about inclusion, diversity of hope over hate. And anger. And it is Herfinal Speech there, as Barack Obamas final speech next week. If you look at the news agenda, these message have been superseepeded by what is superseepeded by what is tom. To become. Now it is all about donald trump and his tweets and his way forward and his supporters and the way they see america. Not the way barack obama and Michelle Obama see this country and where it should head. Thank you for the moment. But we are going to come back to you in a moment to talk more about donald trump. Because in the next hour or so trump. Because in the next hour or so mrtrump is trump. Because in the next hour or so mr trump is due to meet the heads of Us Intelligence services over claims that russia interfered in the American Election. The heads of the cia and fbi all insist that the kremlin ordered a cyberattack to help donald trump. But the President Elect has made his doubts very public and fold the New York Times that the claims amount to what he called a political witch hunt. Us intelligence is convinced russia tried to influence the American Election by hacking Democratic Party e mails. President elect donald trump has not only dismissed that, but set himself on a Collision Course with the Intelligence Agencies. Their determination to show that theyre right was made clear at a Congressional Committee hearing. The hacking was only one part of it and it also entailed classical propaganda, disinformation, fake news. The claim is that a hack designed to help donald trump win was authorised at the very highest level in russia, something he has rubbished from the start. I think it is ridiculous. It is just another excuse. I dont believe it. I dont know why. Once they hack, if you dont catch them in the act, you are not going to catch them, they have no idea if its russia, or china, or somebody. It could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. Earlier this week, he appeared to support comments made byjulian assange, the founder of wikileaks, who has denied russia was involved in any hack. Later he wrote on his twitter feed, the media lies to make it look like i am against intelligence when, in fact, i am a big fan. But then in another tweet, he has again questioned their judgment. So how and why are they so sure about hacking, if they never even requested an examination of the computer servers. What is going on . Today, some of the most senior figures in Us Intelligence will brief him on what they know. I am hoping he is going to be respectful of the profession. Respectful of the agency as well as the rest of the Intelligence Community and looking forward to a rather robust, if not sporty, discussion on this issue. And there has been blunt criticism of mr trumps approach from his political foes. For a president not to have confidence in, not to be prepared to listen to the myriad of Intelligence Agencies, from defence intelligence, to the cia etc, is absolutely mindless. An unclassified version of the intelligence findings is to be released. Whatever the American Public makes of that information, the relationship between the President Elect and the Intelligence Community is already strained. Daniel boettcher, bbc news. Our washington correspondent, aleem maqbool, joins me now. That meeting we think will start in the next few minutes between the President Elect and the heads of Intelligence Agencies. He has been dismissive of them, so this could be quite a tense meeting. Certainly and evenin quite a tense meeting. Certainly and even in the last hour or so, he has once again been somewhat disparaging about this and given a Telephone Interview to the New York Times and called the focus on the Cyberattack A Political Witch Hunt and said the news is being spun by those who have been bitter, because of his election result. We have the head of the cia and the fbi will sit in front of him and the fbi will sit in front of him and they have said that russia did hack into the e mails of Democratic Party, they did try and interfere with the election and these instructions to do that came from the top of the russian government. Now donald trump is saying why focus on this, the there have been hacks before and russia has hacked the white house he said. Well the focus on this is because of the intent to influence the direction of the election that took place in november of course. But the Intelligence Community has not said that it can identify precisely how the election was changed by this hack. But what it does say is if this did happen then russia should, needs to know there are consequences for hacking american accounts. Thank you very much. A terminally ill man has begun a legal fight for the right to die. Noel conway, whos 67 has Motor Neurone Disease and says he fears becoming entombed in his own body as his muscles gradually weaken. Mr conway, who is being backed by the Campaign Group dignity in dying, wants a doctor to be able to prescribe a lethal dose when his health deteriorates. The case will be the First High Court challenge since mps rejected an attempt to introduce assisted dying in 2015. Our medical correspondent fergus walsh has this exclusive report. My name is noel conway. I have Motor Neurone Disease. It is incurable and terminal. I fear very soon i shall be entombed in my own body and the thought of that fills me with absolute horror. Got your beans on toast. Day by day, noel is losing all strength in his body. Increasingly he relies on his wife, carole. He is too weak to take his own life, so, when his condition gets worse, he wants a doctor to be allowed to give him a lethal dose. Its my body, i have a right to die. I have a right to determine how i should die. And more importantly, when i should die. And i want to do so. When i have a degree of dignity remaining to me. Noel often relies on a ventilator to help him breathe. He is registered with the swiss suicide group, dignitas, but will soon be unable to travel, so hes challenging the law here. Our current law condems people like me to unimaginable suffering. I mean, i dont have acute pain. Imjust heading. Really on a slow, slippery slope to hell. Noel was a keen walker, climber and skier. His Family Support his right to die, but dont want to play a part in his death. It places me in an intolerable position. I cant help him to end his life. That would not be possible. I cant do that. I wouldnt want to do that. We need the assistance of professionals, of medical staff to ease that passing. The courts have shown leniency with relatives involved in assisting a suicide, but campaigners, most recently tony nicklinson, have never been able to persuade judges that doctors allowed to end a life. This issue stirs huge passions and when mps last voted, they rejected a change in the law. So does that mean this latest high Court Challenge is doomed to fail . While it is parliament that makes the law, it is judges who interpret it. So when the case comes here, noel conways legal team will seek a declaration that the current law is not compatible with his basic human rights to live and die with dignity. Under the 1961 suicide act, any doctor who helped end his life would face up to 14 years in prison. Baroness Jane Campbell has spinal Muscular Atrophy and has been close to death on several occasions. A disability rights campaigner, she says altering the law would send dangerous signals. If the law were changed, it would feed into societys fear that to be severely disabled, to be trapped within your body, which i really practically am, is a state worse than death. It would be a huge burden to us. We already have to fight for the right to live. Please dont help us to the right to die. But that is exactly what noel conway wants. Canada and california have introduced assisted dying in the past year. Noel is determined it should happen here. It is not a bad day actually. But knows he may run out of time before his case is settled. Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of Yasser Yaqub Who was shot dead by police on monday. The service for the 28 year old was held at a mosque in huddersfield. Mr yaqub died after Police Stopped a car nearjunction 2a of the m62. An inquest into the death was also opened and adjourned in bradford today. Danny savage reports hundreds of people came to yassar yaqubs funeral at a moss income huddersfield today. Many didnt know him personally, but were here to support his family. His father, mother and sisters were deeply distressed. The consistent thought from those present is they want a nswe is from those present is they want answers as to why he was shot by police on monday night. The parents have lost their son, them sisters have lost their son, them sisters have lost their brother. They need a nswe rs. Have lost their brother. They need answers. His friends, family, we all need answers and i think we need a nswe rs need answers and i think we need answers quick. We hope within the week we shall have a proper report. Do you think that may calm tensions if you get the facts . Definitely. I mean we have a proper investigation and proper justifiable answers. Mean we have a proper investigation and properjustifiable answers. Yes, why not . One key question was a nswered why not . One key question was answered today the police have said a gun was found in the car yassar yaqub was shot in. He know he was the front seat passenger at the inquest today, it was revealed the gun was found in the front passenger foot well of the vehicle. Exactly where he was sitting. The inquest was told mr yassar yaqub was shot by a Police Officer in the execution of his duty. He was listed in court as being a 28 year old office clerk. But many people in huddersfield believe he was a renowned drugs dealer. He was in 2010 accused and cleared of trying to murder two people and a firearms offence. His family people and a firearms offence. His Fa M Ily Stress People and a firearms offence. His Family Stress he was never convicted of anything. The inque