anre is no one that gives annual performance appraisal to an inspector general. they don't have a boss other than the two main masters, congress and the agency head. they are not the answer. they they will get cut out, and they do. so while they may not be fired, there had been inspector general's who have been asked to resign or did not make the vetting process because of problems. agency, and the smaller agencies without presidential appointments, they can certainly ask for the resignations of ig's. if the vetting process of front works, there are not as many of the other end. paul from indiana. hello. >> good morning. thank you for taking my call. i am retired now but i spent 25 years as a government auditor. time, i found that the inspector general, him or herself was a person of relative unimportance. the important persons with the three risible deputies for auditing, inspecting, and investigations. the inspectors general tended to come and go. i think i remember the bush period, they might have been five or six different inspectors general, -- i am sorry tw

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. >> and i'm elizabeth cook, a warm night after anr of dangerous temperatures. let's get to paul hagen to find out if we can expect any relief tomorrow. >> i'm afraid not. the heat advisory continues for all inland locations. that excessive heat warning for sew ha know county. high temperatures tomorrow, maybe a degree or two cooler than today, but that puts us well into the 90s. approaching triple digit territory for inland spots. temperatures today, above 100 degrees in concord. all spots on the list at least tied a record high temperature. new records in concord. san jose at 97. breaking a record set in 1896. sfo tied a record high temperature. so did richmond. we'll take a look at the specifics of tomorrow's forecast, how hot it's going to get in each of the bay area's micro climates, coming up. >>> a frightening scene at san francisco's washington square park where a tree branch came crashing down injuring five people including a young child. kpix 5 spoke to a woman who saw it all happen. >> she was traumatized by what she witnessed by said many people rush

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anre is no one that gives annual performance appraisal to an inspector general. they don't have a boss other than the two main masters, congress and the agency head. they are not the answer. they are only under nominal supervision by the agency head. concerning to me is not that you would have -- if you have an inspector general and something is unethical and out of bounds of what is expected by someone who should be the purest of the pure if we are going to criticize others they will get caught out and they do. they they may not be fired are have been inspector general's that have been asked to resign or did not make the vetting process because of a problem. agency -- in the smaller agencies without presidential appointment, they certainly could ask for the resignations of the ig. it is rare if the vetting process works you don't need -- there aren't as many at the other end. host: from indianapolis, indiana a federal employee. we hear from paul. good morning, thanks for taking my call. i am retired but i spent 25 years as a government auditor, first with the ar

speaks to the willingness of investors, and we have seen a number of investors on both sides of the , anroth stocks interesting sign of the times. the chief investment officer at fragment appleton investments, i want to start just in terms of the market appetite, we are obviously talking about a notes for on the 2025 now. what does it say for the health of the market at the moment? classify look at the markets in general, i cannot say i'm positive on retail particularly. we look at the asset price for any high-yield sector's, i think we have to be cautious. seenightening we have after a widening, we think it is overdone. opportunities.e the speed at which high-yield markets came back. lotel it is being driven a by record inflows and, in particular, there is a general belief the fed is going to continue to directly support portions of this, which we think is somewhat overdone. >> we do not like retail and that is a concern. you may not want to get in on retail, lower grade bonds. what about other sectors? >> i think there will be sectors factors,l remain it isnly retail energy not finding

rumors that anr american would eventually fill the role. this will provide even more fuel to the fire. there was a fear that the irish community for be lost in lesson irishmen led the. the fuel was how are we going to rally these troops to fight in ireland if in irishmen is not leading them? is going to end up in some discussions with to homas. shields will come up with this statement. to say a few words relative to myself in the recruit endeavoring to my shattered health, when i received disappointments. i wasarrival in new york, sorry to find there was a misunderstanding relative to the general and myself. i know the general well. himdid right in selecting to command your brigade. he is much more qualified for that position than three fourths of the men appointed to similar commands." "i hope to have the irish at some future day." basically, he is said, you can give him your brigade. of roughly 1400 guys. i will take a promotion and become commander of the division that will hold the irish brigade. while pacifying him, he promotes himself

in thehiav came with up with anr anomaly from mississippi with the same thing. so they have two nominees in the midst of a public health crisis in america, who are asking for lifetime appointments to the court are opposed to the affordable care act. the measure which extended health insurance coverage to li20 million americans and provides protections for over 100 million americans in terms of their own personal policies and really making sure that pre-existing commit conditions have courage that icthey can afford. at this moment in time, the republican party came up with two lifetime companies who are opposed to the extension of health insurance in america. the timing is perfect. if you look up the whole question of relevance, and u.s. what is the most irrelevant think that is occurred in the midst of this crisis, it was the last three weeks of the united states senate. but we have been here and put rest, 10000 employees which is a scaled-down workforce. in the united states capital, we put them at risk to come here and never mentioned in legislation, the word

as i said,d, i know myselflf anr peoplele are trying g to get toe bottttom of these cases.ut to say anything more w would just be speculation at this point. amy: let me ask you about putin himselelf and his whole approac. here in the united states, we are the a visitor of the pandemic in the world, -- epicenter of t the panandemic ie world, but russia is moving up quickly. it has the highest rate of infections in europe, the second highest in the world. can you talk about how he responded at first and then over all, as you are saying, the difference between what is happening in moscow or the infection rate is considered extremely high and in other places, even in the closed cities, for example, that make plutonium, where we hardly know anything about them, what wouldd be happening now? >> sure.e. what has been intereresting to observee for people like myselff whwho watch russssia closesely d handsputin closely is how ofoff almost absent he has beent various points of the crisis. we are used to thinking of putin as is very dececisive, almost omnipotent leader who inserts him

so we leave you tonight with anr excerp composer and conductor john williams and then philharmonic, playing "the imperial march," as we all look forward to the day when we go to concerts and movies again. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ and that's the newshour for tonight. for all of us at thenebs hour, stayafe, thank you and see you soon. n major funding for the pbs newshour has beeprovided by: >> andy the alfred p. sloan foundation. >> supported by th d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at maound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, ll captioned by dia access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org . >>> hello, everyone. welcome to "amanpour & co." >> looking ahead to lockdown. when can we attend large republican events again? my exclusive jointvi int with two of the greatest sporting champions spanning generations and gen

anr the most part. and they nominate douglas. and the convention ends up choosing as his running mate a guy from georgia named herschel johnson. many years agoo when i had no life, as opposed to now when i o have no life, i memorized the vice-presidents. what else did i have to do?do. johnson didn't get there. not many people really wanted to be vice-president. in this case, douglas' choice was alexander stevens.exan who wasder a far more prominenn politician, like johnson, a georgian. stevens did not want to be vice-president. and he proved how much he hated the vice presidency by becomingc the vice-president of the ng confederacy and spending four years fighting withco jefferson davis.fferson stevens might have been fun as e vice-president for the union, too. whatever it was, he was going to be in a fight about it. so the idea is, okay, douglas is the northern popular sovereignty guy. johnson is willing to accept it he's a southerner.so it balances the ticket.tick today we don't think much about that. in terms of geographic bal

have seen, and i from what i am doing, i can say say, anre is, how you opening up of the heart in --u say, the soul of many people come and this is what i am seeing from many celebrities and for many companies. i can speak from my companies. my companies will all be, how you say, from now on, whomever will be working with me, let's say come on my business, like , walt like the rinaldo disney, others. of solidarityse come with my foundation, it is obvious it is philanthropic, so everything is, how you say, to help and support others in need, but also vmi businesses, i want to create an entrepreneurship of solidarity. so whatever i will be selling -- i wear or else -- there will be eyewear or else, there will always be a supportive foundation. i believe that the key and the essence today is to be more united than ever to support in each and every way we can, and this means that there is people like me who have the opportunity of visiting connections with people around the world to do, how you say, things which help and support countries and the people which are in need. but, you know,

fiat rysler in -- for anr for talks italian state loan. set too facility which needs an ok from the italian finance ministry. the virus has shuttered car plans around the world and triggered a slump in car demand. more to come on "bloomberg daybreak: asia." this is bloomberg. ♪ >> breaking news out of japan. first quarter gdp numbers. on anraction of 3.4% annualized basis, quarter on quarter. this is a smaller contraction than estimated. also smaller contraction than the previous quarter. the fourth quarter we saw a contraction of 7%. nominalcomes to the quarter on quarter numbers, a contraction of 0.8%, a smaller contraction than expected. private consumption construction of 0.7%. business spending down .5% quarter on quarter. all in all it seems the numbers are better than was expected for japan. we have seen state of emergency measures and restrictions on coronavirus being implemented in april, so perhaps not completely reflected in the first quarter numbers. still, most economists expected the second quarter to be worse. this as the st

anre is no one that gives annual performance appraisal to an inspector general.hey don't have a boss other than the two main masters, congress and the agency head. they are not the answer. they are only under nominal supervision by the agency head. concerning to me is not that you would have -- if you have an inspector general and something is unethical and out of bounds of what is expected by someone who should be the purest of the pure if we are going to criticize others they will get caught out and they do. they they may not be fired are have been inspector general's that have been asked to resign or did not make the vetting process because of a problem. agency -- in the smaller agencies without presidential appointment, they certainly could ask for the resignations of the ig. it is rare if the vetting process works you don't need -- there aren't as many at the other end. host: from indianapolis, indiana a federal employee. we hear from paul. good morning, thanks for taking my call. i am retired but i spent 25 years as a government auditor, first with the army

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one anr ppe masks, gloves and you've got acrylic screens and now as we go into the opening of the diningms we've taken the same precautions and the same measures and the same approach focusing on the safety and security of our team members and our guests we've added acrylic screens in many cases in the front counter so that you can order and have an additional protective barrier. we've added signage everywhere so we remind all of our guests coming in around masks, if that's a requirement locally as well as ensuring that they maintain social distance we have the restaurant fully marked everywhere so people know where to stand, and where to order their food and where to sit, as well we closed our self-service drink stations and we make sure that folks can get their drinks from the back of the house from the team members serving them at the counter and we've limited the interaction and the contact and we've brought contactless payment and all of the measures that we're taking are aimed at ensuring that people feel comfortable and confident that they can enjoy the great tasting food that we