and communicated that this is just the latest episode in the ongoing spat between the trumpet ministration and the intelligence agencies showing that there is a high level of division and insecurity in washington d.c. . former u.s. presidential candidate hillary clinton has attended a graduation ceremony at yale university and she followed tradition by wearing an unconventional hat. a russian. i. think it can be done jay i know. i was on the way to winning. combination. on october twenty eighth and russian wiki leaks i inherited nothing from the democratic party. i

mean it was bankrupt it was on the verge of in power there is still a very large proportion of the population that is uneasy with women in positions of leadership. this just shows how frail hillary is i think she gave a speech to the democratic women leadership convention i think a couple of days ago in washington and more or less admitted she just can't let it go and i think i think it's worrying because the u.s. needs a strong opposition right now and hillary clinton really isn't it over and over again we saw these kind of killing. and then putting out just just now i mean over and over again she shows that she's not fit she has a very polarizing effect on american politics the democratic party sold in america and without having somebody some giant figurehead i don't think we'll see any great

change right now and i think it's likely that trump will will forge ahead in the next election. new populist euro skeptic alliance has met the country's president proposing political novice just. as prime minister before the meeting the leaders of the two parties in the coalition stressed that in their new government italy must come first. they were young men go bad. learning. which is the only that you don't even want to promote your new cause or. your time president is expected to decide on tuesday whether he accept the prime minister to formally bitter rivals the anti-establishment five star movement and right wing northern league came together in a populist alliance unprecedented for europe shoulda been skiing yes it is up but.

it's been two and a half months around about since those elections took place in italy and it's taken all this time for the two parties that's leg and the five star movement from the left and the right of the spectrum to come together to form what they would like to do which is to create a coalition government with the leaders of those parties have been meeting with the italian president today putting forward this name of the person that they would like to be the next talent prime minister well his name is just picante he was put forward as a candidate by five star movement and the league who both said that they wanted him to be the next italian prime minister what do we know about him well not very much we know that he's a professor of law and he's also the author of the five star movement justice program during the election but he is the man that will now lead italy possibly over the next few years where the two parties a five star movement and leg came together despite many differences during the

italian at elections to form what they want to see as being a coalition government a government for change is how they've described it in their manifesto some almost sixty pages long which they approved on friday well what do we know what's in that manifesto well first of all many things that perhaps other countries in the european union may not like too much including. the idea that they would like to scrap the sanctions against russia they also want a flat tax in italy they want to curb migration and perhaps most controversially they want to renegotiate some of the. policies the e.u. commitments they've already been warned by a german minister and the french finance minister that they need to keep those e.u. commitments but these are two parties who have never shied away of saying exactly what they think to the e.u. . the choice italian people have made is

a step towards freedom for the whole of europe away from constraints and insecurity we want to rebuild europe based on people not bureaucracy we want to be listened to otherwise all these sectors and industries that are suffering from injustice because of european treaties and directives will have to be reimbursed well some say the reason that they won that election they've been able to join to form this coalition ideology is because they were both euro skeptic parties and that seems to have gone down well with the italian electorate and they still popular recent polls showing that they are getting still sixty percent support from the italian population you must do something about immigration because it's a mass i love the color plan of course who want lower taxes especially for businesses so it's illegal to harden immigration we need to solve this problem but with a more moderate. i'm worried about how five star and league are going to make good

on these promises it will be difficult because the powers that are strong well now the new italian prime minister has been approved these two parties will now sect to form that government but the manifesto that they've prepared this change of this government for change still needs to be approved by a tally in new makers when the i's are dotted and the t.'s are crossed and the dust all settles on that. it will mean that italy will be the only country in western europe where the euro skeptic governing coalition at its helm. the syrian army has reportedly driven islamic state out of its final enclave near damascus the development means that all areas around the syrian capital are now back under government control a state television footage from the country shows the army celebrating its victory and firing rounds in the air after retaking the. swat district and the yarmouk

palestinian refugee camp the area has seen intense fighting between the terrorist insurgents and government forces in recent weeks the local journalist muhammad ali brings us this report from the newly liberated suburb of damascus. the syrian army has taken full control of has it unless you are the area and yet move refugee camp in southern damascus following through should spiting would isolate serous also known as down it. was you know those who are. securing president assad and that you know who graffiti camp means that this is now a terrorist free city for the first time with this countryside since seven years securing them would save the capital damascus from deadly mortar attacks that were previously launched from those areas on residential governments how porous damascus

syrian army to continue its spiritual operations across the country the syrian army command issued a statement saying that the syrian army is currently much more stronger and much more determined to continue its military operations and to presume every end of syrian soil after terrorist groups currently damascus and it's going to decide is a terrorist the area the army aims to continue fighting and it's expected that the army will. heading to work either the north. or the south and. the public inquiry into london's fellow tower fire began with seventy two seconds of silence earlier in memory of the victims of last june's tragedy now the long awaited hearing will give their relatives and friends to pay tribute to those who die but not everyone managed to make it to the increase explains why the focus of the inquiry is on what caused the spread the fire that took place

almost a year ago and the lives of seventy two people and one of the most moving accounts that we've heard from the public testimonies that were taking place a today was that of a man who lived on the twenty first floor at red bell tower and at the time of the blaze his wife was seven months pregnant take a listen to his heart wrenching account of what happened. hoping it's. we should pray. for any kind of miracle. that you just. because. she's made of the hardest thing to build a new. feeling for strength and courage.

some of the relatives of the victims of this haven't been given visas to come here in time for the beginning of what's taking place one moroccan man named lucy who lost his sister in the fire he applied for a visa to come to the inquiry in december but he said he was crushed off to having to wait for months for it to be processed and now the home office have said that the visa had been issued on wednesday and that all these are applications are looked in on a case by case basis so he is finally getting his visa but by the time they hear rides it will be at least three days in to the inquiry and the opposition labor party says that's not good enough and that the government is continuing to fail the victims of the grandchild tragedy the grandchild family has had to look behind even

to get a partial panel although tourism a said she would leave no stone unturned in this inquiry she also promised victims would not suffer irrespective of their immigration status but is now fully in the family wants more so the scandal surrounding the fire hasn't died down a hole and the burns house shell of the building is still standing in the middle of the bar of kensington and chelsea it's become a bit of a symbol of government failure isn't a housing inequality and social injustice and there are still big questions surrounding whether ultimately someone needs to go to prison but the inquiry here aims to oncet those questions it's going to take a while. public inquiries out by that very slow moving beast said this one is no exception. villagers in chile are locked in a fight for clean water claiming farms supplying u.k. supermarkets are depleting local supplies here on the right is one of the main

river of the torque of village and she lay now looks like previously a favorite with swimmers is now fully dried up through the years of use to irrigate plantations and mental group. had raised concerns of long before the issue at western headlines. so nobody. can look for us i don't know that. and we. believe that these. provinces is the country's top producer of the fruit and villagers there accuse agricultural companies of illegally destroying water reserves with rivers in of the region drying up and people now forced to rely on trucks carrying emanated water for supplies because of

a cattle farming requires massive water use locals say producers are violating their rights. we collect water bath shower dishwasher and here you can see the foam we used the same water to water trees and to give a little life to the field because we don't want to stay dry forever one day the water will overturn. the. river basically droid because the province of the talk of became the country's most important district in the production exports those exposed to being made at the expense of violation of the human rights. wanting us here on there is a lot of anger pain. and suffering from seemed to be accumulated like jim nantz of one of the rural community is drinking one of from water trucks in the meantime e.u.r. cargo imports are rising fast up to over one hundred million euros in sales in just

two years alexander pioneer's pinto from the environmental group motor team us says that there have been water shortages for years now life's going to be going to burlington if you're kristen's you don't have enough water to really get your plants and to raise your any money and then remove doesn't exist anymore is dr promoted and dangerous has become our guide because the people who swallowed the river now you don't have nothing of the last year and she explores more than hundred. thousand on stuff i'm. thirty two thousand more than two thousand and sixty three it is produced is increasing that's because the price of the congo for that and the other the benefits are that my you know if i work out anything to do with you it isn't time not last there is a group another group will benefit from this situation now that is a company that supplied its products to the little water because the government

kind of invested in more than one hundred grand the big media in the last six years for what it is the place might spark new start really key question who benefits suddenly not. the british retail consortium representing supermarkets who import much of the fruit says all stores are now aware of the allegations representatives a promise and the problem will be addressed and insists the welfare and safety of people and communities is key to them. washington is ramping up of the pressure on crisis stricken venezuela and has slapped fresh sanctions on the caracas government the punitive measure comes in response to socialist president nicolas maduro disputed reelection on sunday and the new restrictions ban u.s. companies and citizens from purchasing debts owed to the venezuelan government it will now also become more difficult for caracas to sell off state owned assets in

order to raise money but dura won sixty eight percent of the vote on sunday but two of the most popular opposition leaders were not allowed to take part and there were claims of voting irregularities us vice president called the election a sham the latest sanctions bolster others that america introduced on friday against top members of venezuela's ruling socialist party the government for its part says washington tried to sabotage the vote and is waging a campaign of imperialist aggression. one analyst we heard from told us america's actions against venezuela actually undermine washington's own agenda. you have to wonder what the ultimate goal is because you know you had an election process that actually by all accounts was free of any major irregularities that was competitive in which you had a genuine opposition leader who was participating and the choice of both the u.s.

and of course some of the major opposition parties in that as well was to call for a boycott and it does seem that that was widely followed i mean the story here is that these elections really were won by a very wide margin by mature oh but there was a very low turnout and in fact polling from just a few weeks ago indicated that had there been a high turnout that is if. the opposition parties and also the u.s. had you know basically supported these elections and you know mobilize voters. you might well have seen nicolas maduro lose these elections in fact that was a very probable scenario with high turnout. palestinian activists hurled eggs at a u.s. diplomatic vehicle in the west bank on monday to protest washington's relocation of its embassy in israel to jerusalem. no no. no.

the demonstrators also held up banners declaring that the american government is not welcome in the occupied palestinian territories u.s. state department said its diplomats were in logs to promote cultural exchange and putting down what it called the use of violence and intimidation in the region have flared dramatically since the israeli military killed scores of protesters in gaza on the same day the u.s. embassy opened. the gates of hell that's how locals describe this huge molten cavern in turkmenistan central asia filled with flaming natural gas it is now been burning day and night for more than forty years our video agency ruptly sent in a drone. or

that does it for me i'll be back in thirty minutes with a full of true stay with us dessert interest.

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steve lomas bird helps us understand the lay of the land and what has become a personal feud for control of the media giant plus lou we look at wells fargo and consider how things got so bad for the bank and there's more trade war news on china alex mann hyla which brings us up to speed first let's get to some stories topping today's business and financial headlines. the chief executive of campbell soup company denise morrison is seeking other opportunities morrison who had been c.e.o. since two thousand and one resigned abruptly last week with the news breaking on friday campbell's released a statement shortly thereafter citing unacceptable earnings results ms morrison had notably championed an attempt to steer the company's image and product lineup away from their iconic canned soup line up towards fresher and healthier options it doesn't appear to have worked so far based upon the numbers at least and the numbers as we like to say here matter the company now includes

a fresh sector that manages the bolthouse farms brand juices and other similar products plus campbell's fresh seems to have lingered on the shelf longer than the competition with the unit posting an operating loss of one thousand million dollars in the first quarter of the year. and general electric is emerging its troubled rail operation g.e. transportation with locomotive. manufacturer web tech in an eleven billion dollar deal g.e. will receive two point nine million dollars in much needed capital from the deal as well as a fifty point one percent stake in the merged company though only nine point nine percent of that will be held by g.e. with the remainder going directly to g.e. shareholders web tech formerly known as westinghouse airbrake technology corp will keep its c.e.o. the merger is the first major move by new c.e.o. c.e.o. of g.e. john flannery who has signaled that he wants the spin off significant portions of

g.e. sprawling corporate structure investors expect mr flannery to share plans for g.e.'s keep power health care and aviation units by the end of next month while plans for fixing g.e.'s long term financial services are expected to take a little longer. and there continues to be breaking media merger mania news two stories today are making headlines both stories involve comcast the largest and the company in the world by revenue the largest cable company by revenue and many know comcast by the x. finity brand just behind a t.n.t. comcast of the second largest pay t.v. company and the largest u.s. cable t.v. and home home user of internet the news today is that u.k. regulators say that they will not raise and i trust their public interest concerns

over the comcast bid to buy british broadcaster sky for thirty one billion dollars here to discuss is mark professorial lecture at american university thank you again for being with us what's going on well this news today really opens the door for what could be a really major deal for comcast to buy up part of sky and really take its busy. this out of the united states and into the u.k. as well as germany and austria so i think media watchers around the world are seeing this this u.k. decision that they will not fight any any comcast purchase of this part of sky and they're seeing this as a real. you know a real shake up of the media conglomerates when they say that it didn't raise public interest concerns is that the same as antitrust concerns over here it's similar and i think that what you have to remember is that rupert murdoch's fox and

fox company twenty first century fox own still a majority stake of sky so we have to remember this and it has been trying to get back the remaining or thirty nine percent of sky excuse me and it's been trying to present a sky that's right excuse me and they've been trying to get back one hundred percent ownership of this for the last few years and remember that fox went through a pretty big phone hacking scandal back in two thousand and fifteen which kind of put the brakes on a lot of its of its business decisions so what has happened is they have been actively pursuing this and regulators have said that they don't want the murdoch's to have in the u.k. they don't want the murdoch's to have that much control over the media that it has in the u.k. so they've said continuously said it looked like they would not greenlight that kind of a sale of the remaining shares of sky back to back to fox so now what you have is comcast essentially getting the green light that rupert murdoch has been waiting

for for several years really interesting case but you don't comcast is a big but it's not big news twenty first century fox so it just appears that the concerns about public interest or antitrust just weren't that hard at least for the british regulators of course in that because they have different that comcast doesn't have the same stake in europe that it has here in the united states so i think that for. the u.k. it's just not a question of a monopolistic practices they're not going to have that much control they don't have any control over print the same way that rupert murdoch's fox company has so i think that there's just not as much of a concern for comcast to go in and take take over that part of sky interest and the other story breaking news today is that comcast wants to once again horn in on an offer that disney is making to buy twenty first century fox for fifty two billion bucks we've reported on that before but it seems comcast bowed out due to some regular tory concerns i don't really understand now they're back what do you make

of it well i think that what your viewers have to keep in mind is that june twelfth is a key date in all of these discussions we should that's right that's when the department of justice is going to say whether or not the time warner merger is going to be able to move through and most people think that most industry insiders think that the department of justice will allow the merger to go through and that comcast is now waiting with what what industry insiders have said is a sixty billion dollar all cash offer that they're prepared to make for the fox properties that are going to go on the chopping block that disney has wanted since december so it's going to be fascinating to see what's going to happen with with this deal and whether or not there's value in the all cash offer whether or not shareholders want to see some growth in they want the stocks and whether or not those are going to increase over the next you know five to ten years really just so much interesting moving forward but i think that eighteen tee time warner deal is

going to be key to see how that moves forward and whether or not comcast thinks it will be able to get through regulatory hurdle just real quick we only got about fifteen seconds left but sometimes these seem like these are very personal decisions not just business decisions and we were talking about murdoch's the redstone sixty tricks and i just wonder sometimes you get what's called the winners curse that is you may win the merger deal but you may have over. wait is that something that could happen here i mean all anyone needs to do is google a.o.l. well time warner and they can see what a bad deal looks like but that being said i think global entertainment is the future of media and i think that these guys personal or are not these guys understand that that is where the growth is that's overseas. we really appreciate you being here professor professor lecturer at american university thank you so much my pleasure thank you. and pay per view has been the way the vast majority of boxing fans watch top market marriages in the united states however

a new business partnership is attempting to bring boxing media into a new age r t america's regina takes a closer and deeper look at the dynamics of the deal. following the trends set by online platforms such as amazon and netflix boxing is moving away from traditional television and making roads into the streaming industry u.s. based sports media group perform agree to an eight year one billion dollar deal with the u.k. promoter eddie hearns natural boxing the deal allows performs a streaming service called design own to feature sixteen live matches a year in the united states his own streaming is currently available in japan germany and canada but the deal hopes that they will drive up the u.s. it's reivers matchroom boxing has been the leading promoter of boxing in the u.k. for the past thirty years with world class matches and their marquee its owner eddie hearn admitted quote we can take the sport stage

a really really good fight and come up with the newer and better consumption model h.b.o. and showtime currently dominate the top plate boxing doubts charging between seventy and one hundred dollars per package design plans to charge around twelve dollars a month in hopes to attract a wider viewing audience feels perform group simon dinner remarked quote the paper of you model isn't working anymore economics have killed it both parties hope this deal will pave the way for more sports to adapt to digital and streaming technology for our team this is regina ham. and time now for a quick pause for the promotional cars but stick around because when we return we look at wells fargo and consider how things got so bad we'll be joined by enjoyable sloan the founder and c.e.o. of sloan financial group plus alex will hire all of it brings us up to speed on the trade war with china and as we go to break here are the numbers of the close.