ambassador to berlin douglas mcgregor's nomination is already ruffling his potential host feathers each other for explains. the ties that if united germany and the us since the end of the 2nd world war have frayed under the 10 yet of donald trump that's in part due to the president's picks for ambassador his 1st appointment rick grinnell irritated his hosts from the get go. german companies doing business in iran should wind down operations immediately never tell a host country what to do. we're not a banana republic. unacceptable one sided tightening of the term. big shoes to fill to be sure but if president trump gets his way the next u.s. ambassador to germany will be retired army colonel douglas macgregor no shrinking violet when it comes to controversy these people are not coming to assimilate or become europeans quite the opposite they're coming to take over whatever they can get here coming to benefit to consume. and to establish themselves inside other people's countries with the goal of eventually turning europe into islamic state the germans thanks to us don't feel obligated t

they're concerned about their body image — that's according to a bbc survey. 0ur reporter nesta mcgregor been to meet one athlete who says she tried to lighten her skin, after racist taunts as a teenager. like all athletes, colours are important to annie tagoe. gold, silver, bronze. but, as a teenager, the sprinter says it was another colour,

mcgregor's controversial statements aren't just limited to germany he's upset people with what he's had to say about mexico kosovo and ukraine while he was talking to my r.t. american colleagues we certainly have a new cultural identity in eastern and southern ukraine that's clearly russian but we know the demand for recognition that the people who live in those areas are in fact russians not ukrainians the friendship between germany and the united states is strong enough to survive the old falling outs like the spying on merkel scandal under president obama donald trump selecting one less than diplomatic ambassador isn't going to cause too much trouble but a 2nd one in a row may well indicate a more permanent change to the mood music teacher all over r.t. . there it is you wrote it today thanks staying with r.t. don't forget to check out war news stories we're heading to our website plenty at all to dot com. as the u.s. economy was booming growing numbers of people were made homeless. you can work 40 hours in a week and still not have enough to get housing everybody believes america st

my thanks to everybody over the last several years who has worked in hawthorne, mcgregor or at kennedy space center. anybody who has touched endeavor, you should take a moment to cherish this day, given all the things that have happened this year. we certainly cannot thank you enough. just proud to be part of this whole effort to get a company of people to and from the space station. we will talk to you soon hopefully in person. >> thanks so much. you are welcome. thank you so much for those kind words. we all wish you a safe journey home and happy reunion with your family soon. we look forward to seeing you in person as well. >> really nice words from bob behnken on your screen. we saw nasa astronaut doug hurley exiting from the capsule. my have been hard to see on your screen. we got a thumbs up, indicating things are going well. excuse me. i mixed up my positions. those words were from doug. we had bob who just came out first. >> bob behnken out of the capsule now. he is making his way to the medical area. now, they are going to work to get doug hurley out next. >> i think i saw a s

nesta mcgregor reports on the new breed inspired by 0'sullivan‘s success.numbers for ronnie 0'sullivan, these are the significant ones. a check for £500,000, sports biggest payday. 28 yea rs £500,000, sports biggest payday. 28 years is one of the games elite and world title number six. to be here, i've had all of those victories and yes, it is a dream, but it's becoming a bit of a reality as well, so becoming a bit of a reality as well, so it is nice to be living your dream. adapting to life during the covid—19 outbreak but it was the long term future that he was worried about. if you look at the younger players coming through, they're not that good. they're so bad that a lot of them that you see now, you think i would have probably have to lose an arm and a leg to fall out of the top 15. those words probably provided no comfort to a sport trying to boost participation numbers. to your events were at an all—time low and but we have seen is all—time low and but we have seen is a steady increase in the last few years, we have seen the huge increase. o'sulliva

we can speak now to our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor. unprecedented protest in the united statesight. first of all the milwaukee box refusing to leave their locker room with a clear message some things are more important than basketball and this being one of them, the fight for racial equality. after that we had major league baseball, major league soccer and in turn is the world number four also refusing league soccer and in turn is the world numberfour also refusing to play in her wta match. today could bea play in her wta match. today could be a hugely significant day. at about 4pm uk time that is to be a meeting. league officials and players will meet separately to decide what to do next. reports coming from inside the nba bubble suggest that two teams want to withdraw altogether which would have huge reputational and financial implications for the nba. this is important because people in america, athletes, have been protesting for decades. remember in 2016. many feel that having black lives matter on the court or having slogans on shirts wasn't enough so this financial hit co

. : mcgregor said he wanted a piece of ufc, equity or skin in the game, is that something you would considerour fighters? donn: we do have fighters with equity and we will continue to offer fighters equity, because we want them to be true partners. we are open for business. vonnie: his agents should call you, i guess. , donn davis. from new york and toronto, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ caroline: live from bloomberg world headquarters, this is bloomberg markets close. vu --market moves deja u.s. stocks advancing with the help of apple. the s&p 500 marches toward a fourth straight weekly advance amid choppy friday trading. they are shrugging off the weakness in europe and asia. meanwhile, a record month for u.s. residential real estate -- existing home sales surging in july, the most ever as it proves to be a key segment for the economy. -- theen posco nation former vice president throws down the gauntlet to president trump, challenging americans to embrace "the path of hope and light" as he embraces the nomination. how the white house is currently responding ahead of the rnc next week. that an

nesta mcgregor, bbc news.eaded in a match — as her us open preperations took a blow. konta — at the bottom of your screen — was beaten by in straight sets by world number 48 marie bouzkova at the lexington 0pen — a warm up event for the grand slam which starts at the end of the month. british number two heather watson also lost to american jennifer brady. days after saying the sports younger players are not good enough, ronnie 0'sullivan will need to come from behind against someone who's a year older than him if he's to avoid a quarter final exit at the world snooker championships. he's 6—2 down in the best of 25 frames match, against the three—time champion mark williams. the welshman‘s won the last four frames — which included a break of 130 at the end of their first session — to give him a big advantage heading into this afternoon. defending champion judd trump is also trailing, 10—6, to kyren wilson. and that's all the sport from now. while cat was talking to us, another line from vladimir putin in russia

nesta mcgregor reports. the 2020 betfred world snooker champion!e number six. to be here and have had all them victories, it's a dream but it's kind of becoming a bit of a reality as well so it's nice to be living a dream. like most sports, snooker has had to adapt to life during the covid outbreak. but last week its long—term future o'sullivan was worried about. if you look at the younger players coming through, they're not that good, really. they're so bad that a lot of them you see now, you think, i've properly got to lose an arm and a leg to fall outside the top 50, do you know what i mean? those words probably provided no comfort to a sport keen to boost participation numbers. if we go back ten years, and junior events, junior events around the world were at an all—time low. what we have seen is a steady increase and actually in the last two years we have seen a huge increase. o'sullivan won his first major title in 1993, aged just 17, and while he doesn't know how many frames he has got left, he has been inspiring players for generations. ron

nesta mcgregor, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett here is chris fox.nk you. more of this hot and humid weather to come, temperatures easing towards the end of the week but with sunshine, we get some big, thundery dampers. not many of them today but where they do occur, they could bring localised flash flooding, that's true over the next few days from these very big storms that will be around. this afternoon, not many showers to come, lots of dry weather, the view that echoing across wales, the midlands, southern england could be torrential in nature and some of the showers in eastern scotland potentially slow—moving. temperatures well up into the 30s, 36 degrees in the south—east, it will be a very hot and humid kind of day and overnight, we are looking up further thunderstorms purging north—east. lots of thunder and lightning mixed in with these, another uncomfortable and one night for sleeping. these are the temperatures at 11pm, and one night for sleeping. these are the temperatures at "pm, you can see still 27 degrees in london, 24 can see still 27

douglas mcgregor, the pick for germany ambassador called them invaders trying to turn the country intoc state. and the head of the bureau of land management said there is no hole in the ozone layer. and lee rizzuto has been tapped for principal officer at the consulate in berm auda and launched attacks on trump's political opponents. today the president is congratulating the winner of the republican primary. she's a believer in qanon, which is a conspiracy theory group that the fbi sees as a potential domestic terrorism threat. last month we did a deep dive on qanon and the campaign of disinformation. >> what exactly is qanon. i'm so sorry you asked. get ready for some deep weirdness. it is a baseless theory, followers believe there is a deep state within the u.s. government controlled by a cabal of satan worshiping pedophiles and trump is trying to take them down. sounds weird, right? that is because it is. but it is seeped into the ground water of trump era hyper partisanship. and although he vent spoken directly about qanon, he has accounts and memes and signs in an ad later taken d

you, conorsk mcgregor headset for a long time he wanted a piece of ufc. he wanted skin in the game. something you would ever consider for your fighters? donn: the pfl has fighters with equity and will continue to offer fighters equity. we want them to be true partners. they: donn davis, professional fighters league ceo and chair. coming up, is apple playing favorites? we will look at one agreement the company has with amazon and why so many other app developers are speaking up. that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: is apple playing favorites? that seems to be the case after a discovery of apple's lenient pricing agreement with amazon on the prime video platform. the information out after the government scrutinized the tech companies during an antitrust hearing last month. mark gurman, who covers apple for bloomberg. mark, earlier in the show, we were talking about how apple is accusing epic of wanting a special deal. here, you see them cutting a special deal with amazon. how do we make sense of that? was: so, the deal that epic asking for is the ability to have its own epic-brand

and add my thanks to everybody over the last several years who have either worked in hawthorne, mcgregor or kennedy space center. anybody who touched endeavor, you should thank a moment to cherish this day, especially given all the things that have happened this year. we certainly can't thank you enough, my family can't thank you enough and just proud to be a small part of this whole effort to get the company of people to and from the space station. a day to celebrate with each other and we'll talk to you soon. hopefully in person. >> thanks so much, doug, and you're welcome and thank you so much for those kind words and we all wish you a safe journey home and a happy reunion with your family soon and we look forward to seeing you in person as well. >> really nice words there from bob behnken. there on your screen, we sauna say astronaut doug hurley egressing or exiting from the capsule. might have been hard to see on your screen there but we got a thumbs up, indicating that things are going well. so excuse me. i mixed up my positions there. those words were from doug and we had bob that

nesta mcgregor, bbc news. south wales. and in essex, when their road became a river, keith — a former canoeist for gb — and his mate james couldn't resist the urge, and took to the water. we grabbed the boat — we grabbed that, a couple of sets of paddles, and we were surprised how deep it was and we managed to do a few efforts up and down the front there. we've done races all around the world and you just look around and there's people hanging out the windows, looking at it. flash flooding this weekend across parts of the east midlands and the south—east took many by surprise. cars struggled with the rising waters. this shopping mall in chelmsford was flooded and had to be evacuated. kimberly helps mop up her restaurant in the city — she only opened last november, then the coronavirus pandemic came. she was just getting a business back on its feet when she and her staff were confronted with this. within minutes, they were flooded. from the road to the back of the shop, all the back of the shop was all flooded.

well, to put all of that into context and more, we'rejoined live by our sports reporter nesta mcgregors, to put this into context, let me paraphrase jr smith, yes, to put this into context, let me paraphrasejr smith, who plays for the la lakers. he says america will not continue to entertain a country that continues to kill us. as you mention, extraordinary events overnight with the nba, tennis and major league soccer refusing to play. the latest protest is a step up play. the latest protest is a step up of the taking of the neat which we have seen up of the taking of the neat which we have seen across sports represented, starting in america. the main reason seems to be the financial impact it can have. the nba generates billions of pounds a year, tv networks and sponsors, the knock—on effect will be huge. the thinking is the owners of these nba teams have massive influence, not only in sport but in political circles as well. this latest protest might be the cause of conversations to be had in places where perhaps the players do not feel those conversations are being had at the moment.

my thanks to everybody over the last several years who has worked in hawthorne, mcgregor or at kennedy space center. anybody who has touched endeavor, you should take a moment to cherish this day, given all the things that have happened this year. we certainly cannot thank you enough. just proud to be part of this a company ofto get people to and from the space station. soonll talk to you hopefully in person. >> thanks so much. you are welcome. thank you so much for those kind words. we all wish you a safe journey home and happy reunion with your family soon. we look forward to seeing you in person as well. >> really nice words from bob behnken on your screen. we saw nasa astronaut doug hurley exiting from the capsule. my have been hard to see on your screen. we got a thumbs up, indicating things are going well. excuse me. i mixed up my positions. those words were from doug. we had bob who just came out first. >> bob behnken out of the capsule now. he is making his way to the medical area. now, they are going to work to get doug hurley out next. >> i think i saw a smile on bob's face.

nesta mcgregor, bbc news.have suffered first round defeats in a warm up competition. johanna konta — at the bottom of your screen — was beaten by in straight sets by world number 48 marie bouzkova at the lexington 0pen — the same opponent she lost to in her last match before lockdown. heather watson was then beaten by american jennifer brady. joanna can't i had to see a doctor a few minutes into that match in lexington. apparently the heat brought on heart palpitations. it is super hot over there, so konta is having to adapt to the conditions. when exams were cancelled earlier this year due to covid—19, it was decided that students would be given results based on their predicted grades, combined with the exam success of their school or college in previous years. however, a growing number of pupils in scotland argue their marks have been unfairly downgraded. students in england, wales and northern ireland will receive their a—level results on thursday. we're joined now by the former head of 0fsted. thank you ve

this is not mayweather versus mcgregor, right? they're not going to fight.ght on a stage for 27 minutes, that's not what is about to happen. and what kind of drug test is he talking about? it doesn't make any sense. the thing that annoys me about this is why do people allow the president to go off on these rifts that he can't enforce that make no sense? that is the most disturbing thing. and i think the reporter should have pushed back and said, that's crazy. >> yeah. i couldn't agree with you more. >>> still ahead, thousands of homes are without power as hurricane laura moves through southeast texas. we'll get an update from the mayor of beaumont, next on morning joe. beaumont, next on morning joe. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ us. it's what this country is made of. but right now, our bond is fraying. how do we get back to "us"? the y fills the gaps. and bridges our divides. donate to your local y today. because where there's a y, there's an us. yeah. this moving thing never gets any easier. well, xfinity makes moving super easy. i can transfer my internet and tv service in ab

joining us now, james mcgregor thank you for joining us james are we at peak u.s. china tensions or is this something to do. >> the question is where is the bottom these actions back and forth constantly and some of them don't mean anything. business is stuck in the middle. if you're running an american business in china today, the market is very important to you and you're seeing laws between china and the u.s. in action that who do you comply with. meanwhile, chinese officials are going to foreign business and american business and saying we want you here. how do we help you well, the political relationship is dissolving. so heads are spinning in the board rooms these days talking about china. >> where do you think it heads fr precisely. it's getting thrown around a lot. does it stay on tech does it broaden out and how concerned are you that the u.s. government official to taiwan could trigger more significant escalations. >> it's very important because of what happened in hong kong. the eyes are on taiwan will xi jing ping want to take over taiwan. who knows. bu

well to put all of that into context and more — we'rejoined live by our sports reporter nesta mcgregord morning. as far as a significance, this potentially is huge. the nba is currently being played inside a bubble at disney world in orlando. we've already seen players take the knee during the national anthem and wearing slogans on their shirts as well, calling for racial equality, but last nights decision not to play was huge. it was led by the players themselves, so was led by the players themselves, so not by the nba, and the milwaukee bucs have a chance of winning the entire tournament, so for them to pull out its huge, massively significant. as you mention, other sports followed, tennis, the wnba and major league soccer as well, and with the shooting of jacob blake on sunday, to paraphrase two athletes, one said we don't want to entertain a country that continues to kill us while another says if you can't hear the cries for justice while another says if you can't hear the cries forjustice then you also can't see our talents as well. remember, protests in american sport has been go

nesta mcgregor, bbc news. of aps, he's a psychologist and a former nba player and joins me now. john, thanks forjoining us this evening. some of those scenes are difficult to watch there. perhaps the most significant 2a hours in us sport. would you agree?|j the most significant 2a hours in us sport. would you agree? i think it's certainly... it's certainly on trend, the nba has not been shy, the wnba perhaps leading the way even before the nba, have not been shy in this kind of activism and i think the league has come around understanding that they have to partner with the players when the social justice issues partner with the players when the socialjustice issues occur partner with the players when the social justice issues occur and partner with the players when the socialjustice issues occur and the thing that i've been talking about all day is the fact that we expect, every time a player misbehaves, we talk about them - we every time a player misbehaves, we talk about ti be - we a every time a player misb