mark tony is executive director of turn the utility reform network and now half century old utility consumerys pg and e is ignoring the fact that gas prices fall in the spring and should average of the prices in to soften the blow. but it's more than gas electric rates have already skyrocketed this year, particularly for people, jeannie we're talking about 20% increase, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. tony says the iceberg adds billions more if the cpuc approves the 5.5. billion that jamie has already spent on wild fire safety. and wants to collect from ratepayers. it does not include the billions of dollars for under grounding thousands of miles of wires that pg and e wants to do all of this , says tony, plus another 30% increase pg and he wants in 2023 all adds up to $70 a month. that's what they're asking for. that's what's on the table right now, but especially on general rates. p genie rarely gets everything it asks for. it will be an open and transparent process. we encourage our customers and others to put participate and comment on that process. pg and e says it has a number

or tony chains following developments from may sot it's on thailand's border with me and mark tony, just talk us through what's been happening over the last 24 hours or so in terms of the, the protest and the we've actually heard in the last couple of hours the little further to the north of minnesota in the, for the town of touchy legs. there was an attack this morning that had been a pro military march in the town. we understand from an eyewitness, there was an explosion when a truck moved in the area and then gun there are fatalities being reported. it's not clear how many at this stage, and a number of injures, but also we're not entirely sure who attacked this. the supporters of the military . nonetheless, it is a very well it will be very disturbing for the minute. you touchy leg is a very important border crossing. a lot of trade go through. it's very much like me was the town you can see behind me. even in these areas, when there's a lot of fighting around these towns, these towns and secure the burmese military, want to protect the trade. that's going true to thailand. if those

mark tony is executiv reform network and now half century old utility consumer advocacy group. pg and e is ignoring the fact that gas prices fall in the spring and should average of the prices in to soften the blow. but it's more than gas electric rates have already skyrocketed this year, particularly for people g any we're talking about 20% increase, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. tony says the iceberg adds billions more if the cpuc approves the 5.5 billion that jamie has already spent on wild fire safety. and wants to collect from ratepayers. it does not include the billions of dollars for under grounding thousands of miles of wires that pg and e wants to do all of this, says tony, plus another 30% increase pg and he wants in 2023 all adds up to $70 a month, but especially on general rates. p genie rarely gets everything it asks for. pg and e says it has a number of energy saving tips. as well as numerous programs to assist consumers who are not able to pay for their bills. tom vacar ktvu, fox two news. well and barrier whether or not feeling like winter out there wh

mark tony is executive director of turn the utility reform network and now half century old utility consumer tony says pg and e is ignoring the fact that gas prices fall in the spring and should average of the prices in to soften the blow. but it's more than gas electric rates have already skyrocketed this year, particularly for people, jeannie we're talking about 20% increase, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. tony says the iceberg adds billions more if the cpuc approves the 5.5. billion that jamie has already spent on wildfire and safety. and wants to collect from ratepayers. it does not include the billions of dollars for under grounding thousands of miles of wires that pg and e wants to do all of this, says tony, plus another 30% increase pg and he wants in 2023 all adds up to $70 a month. that's what they're asking for. that's what's on the table right now. especially on general rates. pg rarely gets everything it asks for. it will be an open and transparent process. we encourage our customers and others. participate and comment on that process. pg and e says it has a number of en

let's turn to tony and caroline and begin with the daily telegraph. it's idea of duty first as the queen marksone. very evident in the picture that is on the front page, caroline. in the picture that is on the front page. caroline-— page, caroline. sure. this is something _ page, caroline. sure. this is something that _ page, caroline. sure. this is something that is _ page, caroline. sure. this is something that is always - page, caroline. sure. this is- something that is always marked the queen out, i think is in the middle of all this pomp and circumstance and enormous splendour and wealth, of course is that there is very dutiful, understated lady is at the centre of all of this. she's making a point that today is no different. there's a red box, there is a pen, there's the papers, it's very much business as usual even though it's a special day in terms of symbolism. and she is the only moniker was ever made it to this extraordinary date. as part of symbolism image, he let the photo of her late father behind her, there is a box symbolising all the daily document she goes through, sent to he

today marked the 136th ground. yogi prediction. tony phil, going with six more weeks. we don't really see it around here, mark. i mean, they're getting it from texas to new york, but it's been clear skies around here. yes clear skies. in fact, we could have temperatures close to 70 degrees this weekend. just amazing. but you know, phil, what i've been hearing it does not have the best accuracy rate, so we'll see what happens. and you know my accuracy rate is not 100% as well. but we are expecting that the winds today to back off but as far as the dry conditions yes, it looks like it looks like this dry weather stretch will continue. so here is the setup once again, strongest winds expected up in the higher elevations, especially with the north bay for the north bay hills where we have winds. gusting possibly over 50 miles an hour and a high wind warning but still even in the valleys, we could have winds gusting. to over 40 miles an hour. here's the breakdown in terms of the wind forecast throughout the day, still breezy to windy throughout the afternoon hours, but the o

. >> all right, let's stick with big tech now meta platforms missing the mark on earnings and plummeting more than 20% tonys this drop may be the perfect time to give this stock a poke tony, what are you seeing? >> i held a fairly bearish view on meta a few months ago, but i think it is to turn that around and reverse my opinion on this and focus less on the user story that knocked the stock down on earnings and focus more so on the revenues and profits here for facebook -- for meta because if we first take a look at the long-term chart, and this is a chart carter actually setup, this is a chart of the stock from 2012 lows to where it is today and what you see is a pull back to the trend line. and that is an opportunity i see for meta to potentially rally from here. if we zoom into that chart what you see it's pulled back to roughly around the 225 level, which is where the stock was trading back in july 2018. now, in 2018 facebook or meta made about $22 billion in profits. right now it's made about double that, 39 billion so the stock is trading at roughly half the valuation it was trading at back in july

mark milley. secretary of state tony blinken. and the director of national intelligence.ough the range of options that putin faces. the reality is, he's now put so much force into the region, about 130,000 troops, a growing arsenal of missiles, of course tanks and so forth, and he has many different options. they range from staging a coup, doing a significant cyber attack, which could be significant, to doing an invasion of just the eastern russian speaking portion of the country, where he will run into less opposition, probably little insurgency. and the bigger option, which is trying to take the whole place, including kyiv. what's interesting is, there seems to be a lot more american officialspamela, who think that last option is more realistic than they did just two weeks ago. >> that's really important perspective you're sharing through your reporting. you warn that an invasion could trigger a refugee crisis in europe. tell us about that. >> obviously, if the russians come in, particularly to the western side of ukraine, there's likely to be a big refugee flow as peop

meta platforms missing the mark on earnings and plummeting more than 20% to close out the week, but tony says this drop may be a perfect time to give this social stock a poke tony, what are you seeing? >> yeah, so i've held a bearish view on meta, but i think it's time to turn that around and reverse my opinion on this and focus less on the user story that really knocked the stock down on earnings and focus more so on the revenues and profits here for facebook, for meta. because if we first take a look at the lopg ng-term chart, thiss a log rhythmic chart from 2012 lows to where it is today. you see a pullback to that trend line, as carter would say, to the penny. that's the opportunity i see from meta to potentially rally from here. now, if we zoom into the chart, it's pulled back to roughly around the 225 level, which is where the stock was trading in july of 2018 now, in 2018, facebook, meta, made about $22 billion in profits. right now, it's made about double that. 39 billion so the stock is trading at roughly half the valuation it was trading at in july of 2018 so i think the fact t

calling for democracy, tony chang is following developments from my sauce on thailand's border with me and mark. we're here on the border, obviously we would like to be inside, but.

calling for democracy, tony chang is following developments from my thoughts on thailand's border with me and mark. we're here on the border of the sea. we would like to be inside, but that has been impossible. over the last 12 months since the military coup her, the boarders have been very tight. although here we have seen over the course of the last couple of weeks, tens of thousands of people flooding across from me and my trying to escape fierce fighting earth that has been taking place. now that has come down in the last week or so or, and the ties have certainly not being keen to welcome people. those who have come across had been urged to go back once the fighting in the immediate area has settled down. there you are a secretary of state, we'll continue talk. so the rush us foreign minister later about the crisis in ukraine. the un security council has met and discussed the issue. russia and the u . s. have blamed each other for escalating tension. the u. s. has designated cat are a major and non nato ally. it follows a meeting between president joe biden and catch her as a mirror shift. i

tony grew and caroline frost. first, the headlines: the queen celebrates 70 years on the throne and marks the occasion by saying thatce charles succeeds her, camilla should become queen consort. borisjohnson spends the weekend shoring up support among tory mps, saying downing street has changed. a lawyer says levi bellfield — who was jailed for murdering millie dowler — has now admitted carrying out a double murder another man was jailed for. president biden�*s national security adviser warns a russian invasion of ukraine could be imminent. known as the nightingale of india, lata mangeshkar, one of bollywood's greatest ever singing stars, has died at the age of 92. and liverpool's sadio mane scores the winning spot kick as senegal beat egypt 4—2 in a penalty shoot—out to take the africa cup of nations for the first time. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are parliamentaryjournalist tony grew and caroline frost, journalist and broadcaster. let's ta ke let's take a look at tomorrow's front pages. and it will start with the metro. it leads with the 70th anniver

tony blinker. at this hour, jim, it's a huge question mark and that's why the white house is not getting into any details or talking about the likelihood of the summit between putin and biden actually happening because, as you've been reporting, russian forces appear to be preparing and making moves to launch an invasion of ukraine. that is the unmistakable message from every single u.s. official who has been out speaking publicly over the weekend and today. nonetheless, the white house wants to show it's open to diplomacy, that it's showing every possible diplomatic maneuver to avert a full-scale war and invasion of ukraine by russia, which is why they have agreed in principle to this summit between the two leaders. jake sullivan, though, the national security adviser this morning talking about the fact that russia could launch this invasion at any hour. as that happens, the likelihood of a diplomatic solution is diminishing hour by hour. jim. >> thank you, jeremy diamond for that, as we work on jim's feed. also this morning, u.s. intelligence i understand crating orders have been send to russian comman

calling for democracy, tony chang is following developments from my thought on thailand's border with me and mark. we're here on the border oversee. we would like to be inside, but that has been impossible. over the last 12 months since the military coup her, the board is, have been very tight. although here we have seen over the course of the last couple of weeks, tens of thousands of people flooding across from me and my trying to escape fierce fighting earth that has been taking place. now that has come down in the last week or so. and the ties have certainly not being keen to welcome people, those who have come across had been urged to go back once. the fighting in the immediate area has settled down, though you are secretary of state will continue talks with russia as foreign minister and later about the crisis in ukraine. though un security council has met to discuss the issue, russia and the u. s. have blamed each other for escalating tension. the u. s. is designated cuts are a major non nato ally. this follows a meeting between president joe biden, casara, amir, a shift. i mean, been hamm

parade in the nation's capital, the day marks the unity of the country as diverse ethnic groups. bart has been overshadowed for many i life. under military rule, tony chang reports a squad of soldiers marching through the dawn light, the men mas, capital nippy door. part of the celebrations for union day. the parade mach 75 years since the signing of an agreement, the united mia mars ethnic groups, senior general men on lie who lead last years military coups. while the guest of honor, you grew or no longer ali and his address to the nation, he praised the unity of all the people in myanmar saying they'd come through thick and thin together. as part of the celebrations, state media or announced an amnesty. but 800 prisoners across the country. since the qu, more than 12000 people have been arrested as military, try to silence, protest as and stop descent, slow whose identity were concealing was a student when the protests against the qu started, he was arrested and jailed in march. the conditions he says were brutal regard. they were intimidating us in prison, not to fight against the genta. the authorities in prison use the criminals to repress us.

mark toney is the executive director of the utility reform network. also known as turn the organization seeks lower power bills while using cleaner energy. tony says the public utilities commission should have delayed this rate increase because of the recent inflation and the financial impact of the pandemic could disappointed that the did not look at this a little bit more long-term from the standpoint of what can be done to help customers pg. spokesman paul doherty says there are estimates show the average residential customer would see an increase of $14 a month for electricity. their calculations are that this is a 9.2% increase. tony argues pg and e's numbers do not take into account the jump in utility costs that went into effect on the first of this year pg and e customers are actually looking at a 20% rate increase according to tony people. income does not go up by 20 or 30% because there pg needville goes out people on fixed income, social security, customer advocates suggest that the uc put in inflation cap on utilities. if the company wants to go over that cap, there needs to be a valid explanation by allowing pg and e to continue

than 800 prisoners as the country marks union day, it's been 75 years since a unity agreement was reached with ethnic minorities in mamma. but as allergies areas, tony chang reports, celebrations have been overshadowed by or a press of life and many living on the military rule. a squad of soldiers marches through the dawn light, the man mas capital naperville. part of the celebrations, the union day. the parade mark 75 years since the signing of an agreement, the united mia mars ethnic groups, senior general men on lie who lead last year's military coups the guest of honor. you go, ma'am ali and his address to the nation. he praised the unity of all the people in myanmar saying they'd come through thick and thin together. as part of the celebrations, state media are announced and amnesty the 800 prisoners across the country. since the qu, more than 12000 people have been arrested as the military try to silence, protest as and stop descent, slow whose identity were concealing was a student when the protests against the qu started, he was arrested and jailed in march. the conditions he says were brutal regard. they were intimidating us in prison, not

tony chang reports a squatter's soldier's march is through the dawn light, man mars capital. ne piddle, part of the celebrations the union day. the parade mark 75 years since the signing of an agreement. the united mia mars ethnic groups senior general men on lie who lead last year's military coups, the guest of honor, hugo, 11 ali, and his address to the nation. he praised the unity of all the people in myanmar saying that come through thick and thin together. as part of the celebrations, state media are announced and amnesty, the 800 prisoners across the country. since the coo, more than 12000 people, have been arrested as military try to sign and protest as and stop descent slow whose identity were concealing was a student when the protests against the qu started, he was arrested and jailed in march. the conditions he says were brutal regard. there were intimidating us in prison, not to fight against the genta. the authorities in prison use the criminals to repress us. if something happened in the prison, not only the prison staff but also the criminals, came to beat us. eventually he was released in october and despite the fe he felt in

tony blinken. the defense secretary lloyd austin. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley. as well as national security adviser jake sullivan. earlier, they said that they were monitoring developments throughout the night and getting updates as they continue. trump jake sullivan. the last we heard from the president, was in the form of a paper statement, just about an hour ago, which began that the thoughts and prayers of the entire world war with the people of ukraine. and then we heard in that statement from the president, much of what we have been hearing from the president from the last few weeks. laying this entire conflict, this entire conference, square at the hands of putin. saying that it is putin who has chosen to make an unprovoked and unjustified attack. that this is putin who is alone responsible for death and destruction at this attack that it will bring. and then biden signaling how he will respond. saying that the united states and its allies and partners will respond in a decisive way. and what is next in terms of the presidents schedule, we know that tomor

mark hertling. this feels a very significant moment in this crisis. maybe a go/no-go moment the way tony blinken laid it out, what the russians could do to show they really do not intend to invade ukraine further. what are you hearing from the state department? this was an unplanned visit. this happened overnight. you've got new reporting on how this all came about. talk to us about it. >> listen, kate. what the secretary of state just did was tie it all together, right. we have heard this in pieces from senior administration officials about this troop build-up that russia has carried out along ukraine's border, about the number of troops, but the secretary went even further and put it all on the record. under his name saying that russia is planning a pretext for an invasion into ukraine and laid out a number of things the united states believes russia could do as part of this pretext. he said they could go after the ukrainian government on false accusations. they could make up the fact that they discovered some grave sites. they could make up some chemical attacks that occurred or even

on the military rule, tony chang reports a squad of soldiers marches through the dawn light and man mos capital. nip it, all part of the celebrations, the union day. the parade marked 75 years since the signing of an agreement that united me amongst ethnic groups, senior general min on lie who lead last year's military coup. the guest of honor, you go on a mom and his address to the nation. he prays the unity of all the people and mamma saying that come through the consent together. as part of the celebrations, state media or announced an amnesty for 800 prisoners across the country. since the coo, more than 12000 people have been arrested as military try to silence, protest is and stopped descent flow, whose identity were concealing, was a student. when the protests against the qu started, he was arrested and jailed in march. the conditions he says were brutal. i think god and all they were intimidating us in prison, not to fight against the genta. you authorities in prison use the criminals to oppress us. if something happened in the prison, not only the prison stuff but also the criminals came to beat us. eventually he was released in october and despite the the

secretary oftate tony blinken is speaking with his russian counterpart sergei lavrov by phone today. british prime minister boris johnson and dutch prime minister markre both expected to visit kiev today. meanwhile, the hungarian president viktor orban is set to meet with russian president vladimir putin today and hold a news conference with him. in washington, u.s. senators are preparing to unveil a bill imposing what senator robert menedez described as "the mother of all sanctions" targeting vladimir putin, russia banks, and other entities. today we are spending the hour talking to those we are rarely hearing from, voices around the world calling for peace. we begin today's show with two guests. volodymyr ishchenko is a ukrainian sociologist. a research associate at the institute for east european studies at the free university of berlin. he is joining us from the german city of dresden. also with us, medea benjamin, co-founder of codepink. codepink is one of 100 u.s. groups that released a statement today urging president biden to end what they call the u.s. role in escalating the ukraine crisis. medea benjamin, let's begin with you. as these tal

mark toney is the executive director of the utility reform network. also known as turn the organization seeks lower power bills while using cleaner energy. tony says the public utilities commission should have delayed this rate increase because of the recent inflation and the financial impact of the pandemic were kind of disappointed that the did not look at this a little bit more long-term from tie standpoint of what can be done ers pg. cust spokesman paul doherty says there are estimates show the average residential customer would see an increase of $14 a month for electricity. their calculations are that this is a 9.2% increase. tony argues pg and e's numbers do not take into account the jump in utility costs that went into effect on the first of this year pg and e customers are actually looking at a 20% rate increase according to tony people. income does not go up by 20 or 30% because there pg need bill goes out and people on fixed income, social security, customer advocates suggest that the uc put in inflation cap on utilities. if the company wants to go over that cap, there needs to be a valid explanation by allowing pg and e to continu

mark toney is the executive director of the utility reform network. also known as turn the organization seeks lower power bills while using cleaner energy. tony says the public utilities commission should have delayed this rate increase because of the recent inflation and the financial impact of the pandemic could disappointed that the did not look at this a little bit more long-term from the standpoint of what can be done to help customers pg. spokesman paul doherty says there are estimates show the average residential customer would see an increase of

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