good morning simon. right on target for ground station no but how about some music great work where your favorite what interaction with simon will be like on the international space station simon can feel hear and react to his environment he's currently being tested at the cologne facility where the human astronauts train for their missions east usua company gemini astronaut and. sunday guest when he joins the i s s crew this coming summer simon is designed to be a digital help her along the lines of siri or alexa the fast flying astronaut assistant featuring also official intelligence as we have. for you have an autonomous free floating robot if you want to call it that leaves food you're not snooping europeans there's never been anything like it in the columbus module but you see behind me we're also entering unknown territory in terms of work safety for the astronauts and we have to make sure someone doesn't move too fast for example and that in what was conditions he was able to calculate distances p

simon: i would probably reckon others.ken against take that away, the story does not look that great. you still have political issues, particularly in italy that have not been resolved. manus: simon, stay with us. we have much more value to get this morning. next, the home of trump's personal attorney. we will talk about the latest twists and turns and what it means for the president of the united states. this is bloomberg. ♪ welcome to the xfinity store. i can tell you about... streaming the most free tv shows and movies on the go. yeah, and... xfinity internet. it's so fast! and you can save by... by getting up to 5 mobile lines included. whoa, you're good. i'm just getting started. ♪ simple. easy. awesome. come see how you could save $400 or more a year with xfinity mobile. plus ask how to keep your current phone. visit your local xfinity store today. manus: it is 9:30 here in downtown dubai. what a beautiful day it is an tokyo. we have seen dollar-yen on the move and markets are gobbling up xi jinping. are we really th

well let's bring in political correspondent simon young who is following this news for us so simon it seems as if push him out is free but not entirely right well that's right so german prosecutors say that ordered his immediate release that was a bout two hours ago off to twelve days that he spent in this jail in northern germany and he's posted the seventy five thousand euro bail that they've aust of him and there are a number of other conditions the outside as far as well but he's free to go but as you said the court is still looking at this charge of misappropriation of public funds that could lead to his extradition and that process is still ongoing he this how all happened a few hours ago right he's still presumably in the jail house why is that what is he perhaps for parent for here you know what we can only speculate but it looks like he's probably you know he probably has to have some discussions with his lawyers about exactly where he's going to be the court says that. mr bustamante has provided you with ortiz with an address where he's going to stay in germany and that's th

our correspondent simon jones is with me now. more on the background and where the last one is on this, simon. this was in the early hours of wednesday morning. richard osborn—brooks was in his home and phoned his police as saying there we re phoned his police as saying there were intruders. it is understood he had gone into the house and one of them was armed with a screwdriver and had threatened him. the met police said a struggle student and that ended up in one of the suspected burglars, named henry vincent, being stabbed. he was found collapsed in the street a short time after that. he was taken to hospital but pronounced dead at 3:30am in the morning. after that, the homeowner was originally arrested a suspect in of the grievous bodily harm but then murder. we lost in a day has been a development, they will be no further action taken against him. where does the lost and on this? when we look on the law, it is down to what is considered to be reasonable force and someone defending their home. the law was changed to clarify i

simon just a quick question. i think that it's been truth certainly since the days of dw griffin that there have been people on all ends of the political spectrum both the left and the right to strongly articulating their viewpoints. what's happened in the last 20 or 30 years on the conservative side of the spectrum that has largely disappeared? why don't you hear from the conservatives any more? >> guest: my generation reason i thinks it was 1968 hollywood gradually switched over to become and it was a product of that of my generation but for a long time we all came to take over hollywood, so that's what happened. >> host: roger simon has been a guest for the most recent book i know best how moral narcissism is destroying the republic if it hasn't already. thank you for being on booktv. we want to also think the university of southern california and the los angeles book festival for hospitality, the wonderful weather and set up out here. we appreciate everything they've done to make a successful festival for us.

simon: i think that's right.nce you push the project to these levels, you worry across the commodities they spirit first it starts to impact commodities. there's less evidence that that will become a headwind. on the oil price, what is opec comfortable with in terms of the incentives, also technological change. if you're looking at a 15 your view, you have to be a little uncomfortable with channel shift away from oil at elevated prices . it will be interesting whether opec members can find the level their comfortable with. manus: i started the show talking about alcoa ripping higher. we ripped up the whole global perspective. aluminum, theyn raise the outlook. the point i want to make here is, aluminum is at a six-year high. andre added president confluence of events in the alumina market. it takes one small stone to costed entire ripple in the economy pool. this could have consequences in the medium-term. medium-termit is a perspective. at what point will the market take notice of the long-term impacts on the re

simon young and berlin max health and brussels thank you. let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. wu has confirmed that former russian spy service scribal and his daughter yulia were poisoned with a nerve agent in the english city of saul's wary however the organization stopped short of naming the substance nor did it say where it was produced. these twelve people have been killed after taliban militants stormed a government compound in central afghanistan the gun gunmen overran a district headquarters in province triggering an hour's long gun battle at least three of the dead were were to local officials. afghan security forces eventual drove out the insurgents. algeria has begun the three days of mourning after a military plane crash that killed two hundred fifty seven people the russian built transporter went down shortly after takeoff on wednesday killing mostly soldiers and their family members the accident is the worst aviation disaster in alg

political correspondent simon young simon let's talk about the german position leading up to this germany has said they will not join britain france and the u.s. in military intervention what kind of advance warning did their allies give them before they carried out this attack was the defense minister saying that she was told about the operation and you can also why did they do that given that they're not they said they weren't going to be militarily involved and i think the reason is because they want the political support the berlin has said is ready to give president microlight chancellor merkel have both said it's really important that europe shows unity on this issue so no military role for germany but full political support you've heard that quote there from a medical it's describing the action is necessary and appropriate she produced that statement just hours after the attack. some politicians indeed in berlin today have been saying it was unavoidable and they support the objective of sending that message that the use of chemical weapons will not be tolerated by the international

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political correspondent simon young simon let's talk about the german position leading up to this germany has said they will not join britain france and the u.s. in military intervention what kind of advance warning that their eyes give them before they carried out this attack was the defense minister saying that she was told about the operation and you can also why did they do that given that they're not they said they weren't going to be militarily involved and i think the reason is because they want the political support the berlin has said is ready to give president microlight chancellor merkel have both said it's really important that europe shows unity on this issue so no military role for germany but full political support that quote there from a medical it's describing the action is necessary and appropriate she produced that statement just hours after the attack. some politicians indeed in berlin today have been saying it was unavoidable and they support the objective of sending that message that the use of chemical weapons will not be tolerated by the international community now

simon stone has more. he has only beenin simon stone has more.eeling this wasn‘t really a surprise. not at all. he has only been in the job four months and has only won one premier league game, an awfultime and has only won one premier league game, an awful time in charge for alan an season for west brom, who have only won three premier league games. they sacked tony pulis in december and had alan pardew would turn the season had alan pardew would turn the season round. it hasjust had alan pardew would turn the season round. it has just happened and he has paid the price today. for the time being, the first team coach will take over, but the timing isn‘t great, is it? darren moore is a former player, well liked by the fans, andi former player, well liked by the fans, and i think the feeling is that darren moore is the right man to stand in the dugout and get some feel—good factor back. i have been the games recently, and it is as though the fans are just given up. they are ten points adrift at the bottom of the table, six games left and they have

simon young and berlin max health man in brussels thank you. well meantime the human rights group amnesty international says that the number of reported judicial executions around the world fell during twenty seventeen but the group warns that the true number of people put to death by the state is not known as some countries treat executions to to sticks as a state secret china for example but many others carried out carry out executions in full view of the public. iran responsible for carrying out its more than half of the world's known executions last year that's according to amnesty international's latest figures in dozens of those cases that meant public execution in iran drug trafficking and blasphemy are among those crimes punishable by death. at least five people were executed in iran for acts committed when they were still under eighteen. so that. just four countries responsible for eighty four percent of all recorded executions last year iran saudi arabia iraq and pakistan but the country suspected of being the world's leading executio

simon, thank you. good morning.ur main story. numbers according to the home secretary. of increased crime. in england and wales. andy moore reports. pattern of violence in major cities across the uk. across the uk. keira presented its to tackle the problem. problem. they were not enough police officers on the streets. on the streets. crimes were at their highest, police numbers were also rising. numbers were also rising. serious weapons bill will be introduced next week. introduced next week. them being posted to residential addresses. addresses. 0ther knives will be stopped from being held in private. stopped from being held in private. includes a ban on the sale of corrosive substances to under 18s. corrosive substances to under 18s. carrying acid in a public place will be a criminal offence. be a criminal offence. legislation for the policing and for public and community is. public and community is. whether they have good reason to or not —— communities. whether they have good reason to or not -- communities. not

simon dry desperately to get this back on track.h numbers for the first quarter of this year, the day before the european central bank meeting and we get to hear a little bit more about what they may be doing later this year with quantitative easing. in one form or another this is about what happens to us, uk and european interest rates and that will have an impact on markets and on the currency markets as well. what's your thoughts? are we looking worse off, better off in terms of these figures? talking about the uk probably talking about modest numbers of one to 4% for the year, retail sales numbers, we had mark carney talking about the possibility ofan carney talking about the possibility of an early interest rate hike. i think this is going to be modest and i think the markets will take that as another reason to push back with interest rate hikes when they come in the uk. further does this leave the pound ? in the uk. further does this leave the pound? weaker, the pound is prized for perfection, notjust regarding interest rates

joining me to discuss this further is d w political correspondent simon young simon perhaps a warmer meeting than what we thought last time but has anything been truly achieved in this meeting no i don't think so this is repair work to the atmospherics and it may not have made us german relations great again but i think it it all feels a little bit better than it has done of late you've seen the cases on the cheek the demonstrative handshakes that were notably missing last year and from talking about a great relationship that they've always had and from the medical side she was praising the president talking about wanting to deepen the relationship with the u.s. and. the the the movement that he's created on the question of korea for instance you know the atmosphere is good the optics are good but you can all see how much difference all of that makes president mccrone of fronts had a three day state visit with lavish displays of friendliness from the american side but on the substantive questions you know he doesn't seem to have got any thing more out of the white house that angle am

>> white later learned simon was alive, six months ago. she came across his memoir in which her family was mentioned prominently. that's how she found out. isn't that amazing? >> that's amazing. >>> next at 5:00 a.m., a warning if you plan to hit the beach today. >>> a controversial push to split california into three states. hundreds of thousands of people have already signed the petition. >>> one burger joint has a menu with ( ♪ ) your heart doesn't only belong to you. child: bye, grandpa! and if you have heart failure, entrusting your heart to entresto may help. entresto is a heart failure medicine that helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital compared to a leading heart failure medicine. don't take entresto if pregnant. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effec

for more let's bring in deputy is political correspondent simon young to break down what exactly has been said here so i mean jail does not have it does not appear to have dampened his fear i mean a pretty defiant message that he has that he's issued there where does he go from here simon first of all no way because he has been told that he has to stay in germany and near enough to the court that he can present himself there if the court wants to speak to him because of course the extradition proceedings are still continuing as you mentioned they thrown out the idea that he could be extradited to spain on rebellion they say there is no equivalent potential cho agenda german law but the. question of the misuse of public funds in order to finance that controversial referendum on catalonia independence last year that that charge remains and is equivalent to something under german law so they're going to be looking at that it could take a few days even to bring that into the cools and. the extradition has to happen within sixty days but there's a long way for mr bush to mount to go he co

francine: simon and james, thank you so much. simon french and james barty both stay with us. landslide. another majority paving the way for a sixth term. we're live in budapest. and coalition talks take a turn for the worst. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is "bloomberg surveillance." i am francine lacqua here in london. let's get straight to the bloomberg first word news with nejra cehic. nejra: deutsche bank's new chief executive says the lender's should be faster at making decisions. christian sewing, a deutsche lifer, became ceo yesterday, replacing john cryan. the investment bank has seen three top leadership appointments and six years amid pressure from investors to increase stability. minister shinzo abe has apologized for the second scandal in a month, this time for a failure to report the discovery of missing records regarding deploying troops in iraq. he called it "extremely regrettable." the failure to disclose throws --lts over control of the those doubts over the control of the military. one person we spoke to said he could help the traits that between the u.

joining me to discuss this further is d w political correspondent simon young simon perhaps a warmer meeting than last time but if we're looking at concrete results what was achieved in this meeting concrete results pretty thing i'm afraid you know is more about the atmospherics and the optics you know improving the relationship and they seem to have done that they've made it more normal looking than it has been of late with you know kisses on the cheek and demonstrative handshakes and warm words you know you had there we had a great relationship right from the start said trump and he talked about an amazing woman that's his way of speaking. to the medical for her part said you know the transatlantic relationship remains absolutely central for germany little bit more sort of conservative way of talking but she also praised donald trump for the movement that he helped to create for instance on the korea question so a lot of interesting things there but in terms of concrete policy trade iran. i don't think we're seeing anything new and you know that the remains of a tough relationship

and love, simon, will not be fo rg otte n ? and love, simon, will not be forgotten? i hope not.ge movie and stars nick robinson, not the bbc political editor, although he would be great! this is a young american actor who was ina this is a young american actor who was in a jurassic world. it's a high school movie, many familiar teenage movie traits, the sassy teachers and the wacky friends and the eccentric family, but the twist is that he is coming out. so he's dealing with his sexuality and telling his friends and his family. here is a clip. and just like you. for the most part of my life is totally normal. my dad was the annoyingly handsome quarterback who married the hot valedictorian. and no they didn't peak in high school. i have a sister i actually like, not that i would ever tell her that. last year and 200 episodes ago she decided you wa nted 200 episodes ago she decided you wanted to be a chef. and they're my friends. two of them i have known since the beginning of time, or at least kindergarten. and one of them ijust met a least kindergarten. and one of them i just me

simon kennedy joined us years ago.the plaza hotel in washington as an ported imf statements -- as important imf statements are put out. with us this morning is jacob frankel, jpmorgan chase international. synthesis ofhis foreign-exchange with our macroeconomics and now our fiscal economics as well. viewerskel, should our be concerned about the new deficits and the chronic deficits of the united states. course, the important issue is to recognize that as the united states is focusing on how to reduce the current account deficit, and the focus is on china, at the very same time, the increased budget deficit operates in the opposite direction because of the end of the day, we see any rise in the dollar tree facet -- and the dollar deficit as reflecting of the account. this shows a general issue. china is an bilateral issue. it is not fitting that framework. with yourthis wonderful summation on the economic outlook. he drives that forward f today with the ft, which has signed framework on economics. is anybody reading lori

simon clemison has more.which is now the key question. for years, having at least four separate supermarket giants has been seen as important, meaning customers can shop around. so what if sainsbury‘s and asda come together, still as separate brands but one company? as well as tesco and morrison's, there are now other players — the discounters aldi and lidl. amazon also has a growing presence. it could mean there is enough choice. a shifting landscape which experts say is already recognised by the cma. i spoke to the cma a few years ago, they said talk to us, we are not wedded to the idea of a before, tesco had a market share of 33%, now it's 28%. you could see if we had asda and sainsbury‘s together they would have a lower share than tesco once had. but labour says shoppers would sufferfrom rising prices and some staff could be out of a job. the lib dems say an investigation should start immediately. it's competition which has led to pressure on the main players and while that and the need to act has been kn

i'm r two d two just kidding my name is simon and i will support you. on this parabolic flight the robot is being tested in zero gravity as the first fully automatic robot with artificial intelligence simon is unique. the robot will support alexander guest on his space mission by fulfilling routine tasks such as documenting experiments. the first subject of those experiments will be the robot itself life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you react to it. that turns out to be a useful model for gast as he prepares for weightlessness in space. well i think as an astronaut if you fly to space you always have a lot of projects here and there and and you never have the time to finish and so i'm looking forward to maybe catching even more photos over sketching even more moments in weightlessness doing more science and friend bring it back to earth for the benefit of us all. alexander guest will have just turned forty two when he takes off so he'll have plenty to celebrate in space. and the figure about he is attending alexander last pr

that was paul adams speaking to simon mccoy. time for a look at the weather with ben roach.h crew it has once again been a real struggle to lift the gloom in many places, grey skies persisted overhead for this weather watcher close to leicester, misty and drizzly as well. but very different across the scottish highlands, our weather watcher capturing those guys and some beautiful spring flowers, some or of that to come actually later in this forecast. but for the time being, this evening and tonight, it is all about the cloud, some showery rain and parts of the midlands, northern rain into scotland, some misty and murky condition once again, at least the temperature is not trotting to far. there will be mild under the cloud. fabrics of rain in northern england and scotland, further south something dry but still generally cloudy, to something a bit writer into the far south, a late burst of sunshine along the south coast. still breezy across the north—east of scotland, but the breeze easing a little for the north sea coast of england. temperatures for the likes of hull and no

simon, thank you, simon gompertz.ustice says there are more than 83,000 people currently in prison — that's down 2000 in the past four months. at the same time, the number of offenders released early on electronic tags has been rising rapidly, passing the 3000 mark. prince harry and meghan markle are in bath to watch the uk team trials for the invictus games, which will take place in sydney later this year. prince harry founded the games, which for wounded, injured or sick armed forces personnel and veterans. the first tournament was stained in in 201a. -- the first tournament was stained in in 201a. —— staged in london in 201a. eric bristow, the five—time world darts champion, has died at the age of 60. his huge success in the 19805 helped the game to win a mass audience. eric bristow had a heart attack in liverpool last night. the crowd at a tournament there chanted his name when his death was announced. our sports correspondent olly foster looks back at his life. # there's only one... eric bristow! # thousands of d

it was their first victory under new boss simon grayson, and it was supposed to be the start of a new the black cats have had just five championship victories since then, and that is why they are steering at the prospect of back—to—back relegation. chris coleman has not managed to turn things around since revising simon grayson in november, but he has not given up hope yet. we need the result, we are desperate for the result, but we just have to go out and perform and give ourselves the chance. and you never know. football changes very quickly. we have seen so changes very quickly. we have seen so many times. teams are written off, then come from nowhere. and if you look at the teams above us at the minute, they are in the driving seat, it is theirs to lose, but let's make sure that if they are going to slip up, we are still in it, on their tails and chasing them down. we do that by more performances like we have seen in the last few weeks. defeats tonight will not send them down, but it mightjust delay will not send them down, but it might just delay things will not send them down, b

. >> among those telling this thrilling story, the historian simon, and david, who take us on a truly compelling and beautiful journey through millennia of human history, adding an s to the original and critically acclaimed 1960's series called simply civilization. gentlen,elme to the program. this is just as they say, m jess tierial -- the original was civilization. why the s? >> i think it's because it's 50 years later. it would be unimaginable to focus on one part of the world and try to tell a story on this scale. >> did you get a lot of pushback, were people so rev rent toward kenneth clark this they didn't want to see change? i think there's this dreaded phrase judeo christian. he either was a farrpharaoh or . >> if you say something as gentle as guess what, renaissance perspective would not have happened had not arab scholars had not recovered. they're -- aagainst the judeo. we're not doing that. it's just a mat matter, a rather wonderful matter of the historical truth. of course you tend to get fantastic sort of t fantastic sort of tirades. >> is there a change in the way cult

simon cullen, cbs news, london. >> ninan: when we return, it was one giant leap for science fiction. "2001: a space odyssey" turns 50. the national air and space museum in washington, d.c. a new exhibit opens this weekend, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking sci-fi classic "2001: a space odyssey." christopher steele has called the movie the "big bang" of his film making generation. here's kris van cleave. >> liftoff. we have a liftoff. >> reporter: before the world watched live as neil armstrong took that one small step... >> it's one small step for man. >> reporter: ...director stanley kubrick and writer arthur c. clarke captured the nation's imagination with their groundbreaking film "2001: a space odyssey." while it earned mixed reviews, the film gained a cult following, even if the ending left many baffled. when you walked in here the first time, what struck you? >> one of the things is the character of the lighting in the room. it is-- it reflects a-- an approach that kubrick took to usually build in the lighting into the sets themselves. >> reporter: martin c

today's event is hosted by heritage simon center for principles and politics, the simon center focus on teaching the foundations of liberty, the principle of the american political tradition to those who shape public opinion. leading and welcoming our guest is turned on, director of the simon center for principles and politics and family foundation fellow. david? >> good afternoon. the caliphate has fallen. osama bin laden is dead. the threat of islamic terror remains. indeed, ices can do to direct inspire attacks in the west, including the holy attack in new york, and a string of atrocities in europe. its leader al-baghdadi has not yet been captured. meanwhile, al-qaeda remains active in afghanistan, syria and yemen. across the world, islamism continues to attract followers and the threat of terror still looms. while western governments have made considerable progress in countering islamic terrorism since the attacks of 9/11, confusion remains over the exact nature of the threat and the mindset of the jihadist. if we are to defeat this enemy, we must first learn to think like him. s

thanks for being with us, simon. you study crime, clearly.ice numbers. think about that claim that it is not about cuts in police numberslj can not about cuts in police numbers.” can understand why the home secretary has made that statement. there is no direct equation between reduced police numbers and a rise in violent crime, particularly the type of crime we are seeing, which is interpersonal violence. in many ways, for yong gang affected or gang affiliated young men, who are out to ta ke affiliated young men, who are out to take revenge or retaliation, they are probably going to commit that offends order that regardless —— young gang affected. regardless of whether or not there are police on the streets. so visible policing is perhaps incidental to them, perhaps even irrelevant. public reassurance is what is given by visible policing on the street. it helps to reduce the fear of crime. 0ne on the street. it helps to reduce the fear of crime. one issue, however, is perhaps around community engagement. i think there is a need for neighbourh

after lunch, the wait was on for the first glimpse of the new arrival, and that well—known royal lover simonive. uh... after lunch, the wait was on for the first glimpse of the new arrival, and that well—known royal lover simon mccoy was all agog on afternoon live. uh... there's a door, there's a policeman. where is the baby? look, can you see in the mirror in the doorway? look at the photographers and the cameramen that you can't see, hundreds who are waiting outside. audience reaction continued to come in, with michael expressing his views like this... well, the two main participants in that forthcoming royal wedding were conducting more sombre duties on wednesday. here is nicholas witchell. first light at the australia and new zealand war memorials in london on anzac day. a commemoration attended this year by prince harry and meghan markle, in particular remembrance of the thousands of troops

you know, this is all pretense -- untold doctor simone -- sister simone, doctor sister simone is you. and i suppose, sister, we have assumed as people of faith they may have souls but they didn't demonstrate when it passed this bill. because what this is all a setup for is so they can go after social security, medicare and medicaid. that's the setup. that's what this is all about. and we're not going to let them do that because we have children, we are veterans, we have students, we have working families that need a real break. in this bill does not deliver on that. so we're not going to rest and when we take back the house, we will repeal and we will replace this bill. thank you all. [applause] [chanting] vote them out. vote them out. >> sister simone is, in fact, here. i think she just got another degree added to her name. that's fine, that's fine. she deserves it. this is a tireless advocate on behalf of those who do not have a voice. not only is she a sister, but she is the executive director of network and is a social justice warrior. please welcome my friend sister simone campbe

i'm simon mccoy. today at 2:00. the prime minister apologises for the windrush immigration row. theresa may tells caribbean leaders she's "genuinely sorry for any anxiety that has been caused". i want to dispel any impression that my government is in some sense clamping down on commonwealth citizens, particularly those from the caribbean who built a life here. when i saw the illegal paper, ijust didn't understand it and i kept it away from my daughter for about two weeks. i wasjust walking around in a daze, thinking why am i illegal? more details of the salisbury nerve agent attack — it was delivered in liquid form, and the decontamination will take months, and cost millions. better news on the economy, new figures suggest the squeeze on wages is showing signs of coming to an end. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. plenty going on this afternoon. more on the news that two rangers players have been suspended by the club following an altercation with their manager. chelsea's marcos alonso has b

i'm here with simon, who is in charge of all air traffic control here and tell me, why is it so important brize norton stays open all year round? it is home to the raf strategic and tactical air transport fleet. we're also the gateway to operations across the world. that's to say delivering, whether it's troops, cargo or disaster relief, as we saw at the end of 2017 in the caribbean. meteorology and aviation will always be intrinsically linked, so how do you get your weather information here? we're very lucky insofar as we have our own met office,

so now, i wanted to turn the mic over to my colleague, simone hudson and john scapulla who's going to present all the information that's been presented to our low income customers. i'll set the table for a second. you'll remember that the measure of affordability that's utilized by the epa and the industry is really a level of service in our sewer system improvement program is a comparison of the water and wastewater bill as a percentage of median household income. we have some programs directed at low income customers. you had requested us to get much more information on this, and this is that existing affordability metric. and what you can see, the water bill is graphed in blue, the sewer bill is graphed in green, the combined bill is graphed in gray, and you can see how those compare to the median household income over time. and we looked at this when we looked at the ten year capital and financial plan, but this is the launch point for the rest of our inquiry. and so now i'll turn the mic over to simone hudson who is a city hall fellow in the finance department and is now working

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council leader simon dudley has complained that rough sleepers and beggars present a beautiful town in a sadly unfavorable light and called on the police to remove them he claims some were homeless by choice as they earn hundreds of pounds a week from aggressive banking. this homeless man named stewart doesn't know quite how to respond to these allegations. by private radio we were not made to her we have never needed to carry the day. people people who generally get paid to get. their pocket change. do you have anywhere to get. it jennifer but. when you look at. the last of. the council leaders statements caused a huge outcry both in the media and from charitable organizations the number of homeless in england has risen by seventy five percent among vulnerable groups including families with dependent children since the conservatives came to power in two thousand and ten france is getting more expensive but the housing benefit isn't changing it isn't going up with the rents so hence the reason people can't afford to rent. employment jobs aren't wages aren't going up with the rents. thi

critics say that instead of looking for solutions to these problems conservative politicians like simon dudley prefer to make headlines with populist remarks but when they approached him at the town hall dudley was very tightlipped his response maybe afterwards but afterwards he never came. i used to comment that it's the best idea to move i'm wondering here now but lovely to see. dudley was under pressure as his future was being decided at this council meeting he was facing a no confidence vote and opponents were demanding his resignation all the statements evidence not only is this whole debacle been embarrassing to all members in offices this tells a little family has damaged the reputation of which will make it in the eyes of the world. so what did simon dudley do he remained silent and let his fellow party members on the largely conservative council do the talking hundred sixty five. councillor darkly it's all good reports his intentions are clearly and honest this motion is no chips the results of the fight knowing full force in the end dudley survived a no confidence vote by a la

co-chair blacksten. >> co-chair blacksten: good afternoon, simon, good to see you again.i was at another presentation you made about a month earlier to the california council of the blind san francisco. you covered a lot of the same materials, but i think you have done a great job today in talking to us extensively about what you're doing. so i really commend you. this is -- wow. this is an outstanding project. you're doing a lot in the period of time in which you've been involved. i just wanted -- by the way, i'm so glad that you're going to be rebuilding those center islands. wow. i mean, that is very challenging to navigate. i have a guide dog, getting on and off the buses, people are crowding you. that's not easy. so i really am glad to see that you're going to redo that and make it more accessible. now, two areas quickly. the first one is, are these lanes. and that does concern me. you're proposing to have the bike lanes be at the same level? as the sidewalks. so if i understand you right, you're going to have tactile markings, you'll have some kind of barriers, that