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we ll hear from the people behind that decision at 9.15. really keen to hear from you this morning. also on the programme. it isn t the care that people deserve . how two relatives have described their experience of the nhs. rose s son was treated on this makeshift bed. and graham s dad who has alzheimers was left for 36 hours waiting for a bed. the nurses were fantastic, brilliant. but i would say the main adjective i would use is worrying. you can t be treated with dignity and privacy in a corridor. that s the absolute reality. to suggest this is temporary is not true. we ll bring you their full story before 10. and, when one of the chief architects of brexit met president elect donald trump. i thought the uk was so smart in getting out and you were there and you guys wrote it on the front page. yes. trump said that brexit was going to happen. yes. right. and it happened. yes. that was when it was going to lose easily, everybody thought i was crazy, 0bama said we d g ....
speaks for the first time about their reunion. and sir andy murray is safely through to the second round of the australian open, after a straight sets win. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. just days before taking over the white house, president elect donald trump has promised a quick trade deal with britain. the former cabinet minister and brexit campaigner, michael gove, who interviewed mr trump for the times newspaper, said the president elect was enthusiastic about britain leaving the eu and that the offer of a us trade deal would strengthen theresa may s hand in the brexit negotiations with brussels. speaking to reporters, on his way into a meeting of foreign ministers in brussels, borisjohnson described mr trump s comments as very positive. our political correspondent ben wright reports. by friday, he ll be president, the most powerful politician in the world. and getting a visit in first, formerjustice secretary and brexit campaigner, michael gove, presenti ....
thursday in parliament, our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. on this programme, labour describes as shameful the government s decision to wind down a scheme allowing vulnerable refugee children into britain. where does it say that instead of the 3000 that parliament debated, we will only help a tenth of that number? where does it say that when we get the chance we will somehow turn our backs once again? egging on their lordships. an snp mp encourages the house of lords to delay the brexit bill. for us it is very much a win win whatever the outcome is here because i say to their lordships, reach for these barricades and take on this government. and are they really the future? smart energy meters are criticised for not being very smart. last year, the telegraph reported that over 130,000 smart meters were now operating in this dumb mode as a result of switching. but first, the government is insisting it s not abandoning vulnerable refugee children ....
There will be other parts of the nhs taking industrial action in march. there will also be ambulance worker strikes on 6th march, 8th march, 20th march involving three separate unions. there is no strike action in scotland after a higher pay offer and some unions are considering an offerfrom the welsh and some unions are considering an offer from the welsh government. the royal college of nursing is in talk with ministers about pay in england. but no news yet on how that is progressed. thank you. police in northern ireland say they are treating the shooting of an off duty police officer as a terrorist related incident. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell, who had worked on high profile terror cases himself, is in a critical condition in hospital following wednesday s attack in front of his son in omagh. four men have been arrested. the leaders of the five biggest political parties at stormont have joined the chief constable of the police service of northern ireland to send a message ....
Of speakers. right now behind me you have the historic snik singers who are part of this civil rights tradition. adjacent to me is the historic dexter avenue baptist church where martin luther king, jr. was actually pastor. i m looking down the street at the marchers who are getting ready to come. you will be hearing from reverend al sharpton, of course, as well as other simple rights leaders. and what s great, i think, is we re seeing both young and old here. i talked to a 10-year-old girl who said this is her 20th march she s been at with her father. so you see even right now young people walking with their parents. this is going to be an opportunity for, i think, not just reverend al and others to talk about the voting rights laws that are being enacted all over the state, but how they want people to be enacted not just here in alabama but in some of the over 23 states that are pushing some of this negative legislation. judith, that brings me to you because you work to provide equ ....