joining us on set, david page, senior economist at axa investment managers. the charts that we have been running this morning. on the chinese cncy and the weakening against the dollar. that is the story. what do you see from the chinese, here? if you dig back to the fundamentals of the chinese economy, how much should the pboc be looking to act right now? how much of that he saying, this is market noise, we should sit tight. >> it is more than that. you have a domestic squeeze anyway. the chinese economy had a rough -- relatively upbeat swing to it. we saw tightening come through. that tightening suggest that monetary policy is above the interests, more restrictive than the neutral they were aiming at. that is helping slow the economy. and you have this threat coming through trade. they need to back off of bit and that is what we are seeing come through. you are seeing a natural response, and they are going to let this run for a while. it off since the problems of far, thatit goes too is what they will be watching, there are other ways they can try to add liq

he received the axa middle school of the year award in 2016. he is driven to provide as many opportunities and possibilit to tradially under served students in san francisco as possible. we will have to give you guys at all your goodies. ngs sam.givet u for principal of the year awards recipient. [cheers and applause] congratulations to our teachers, our paraeducator and our pr all of this is not possible without the incredible staff that put this together. a big shout-out to rebecca mcdowell. we have snacks in the back and we would love for you to stay and continue and mg a mayor ferrell thank you for your support and leadership and ensuring that our teachers, principals and paraedge kay kayt continue togezed in san francisco. congratulations!

so they trained, and the number of towns that axa got involved in the fighting was 30 during the battle. and these towns, collectively, could produce a very large number of fighters, which they did on that day, april 19. the king had very small army in boston, anduy like me and dozens like me have read the letters of general gage, the commanding officer in boston, pleading with the king for more men. and the king thought this was just a nervous theater commander, and like all theater commanders, wanted more troops. when he thought that, even though it actually nothing to base this on, when he thought that his regulars could make quick work of these farmers. so general gage was faced with a king who didn't know what was going on with too few troops, and all these troops in the countryside training. and here he is all through the fall of 1774 and the winter at 75 try to tell london with the real situation was her and getting nowhere. and finally he had his orders to get going from the king. the american secretary sent him specific orders. he received the orders. the second week of april,

he received the axa middle school of the year ard in 2016.is driven to provide as many opportunities and possibilities to traditionally under served students in san francisco as possible. we will have to give you guys a little basket next time to put all your goodies. congratulations sam. give it up for our principal of the year awards recipient. [cheers and applause] congratulations to our teachers, our paraeducator and our principal. all of this is not possible without the incredible staff that put this together. a big shout-out to rebecca mcdowell. we have snacks in the back and we would love for you to stay and continue and mingle and mayor ferrell thank you for your support and leadership and ensuring that our teachers, principals and paraedge kay kays continue to get recognized in san francisco. congratulations! >> good afternoon, everyone. how you feeling? this is a really special day for us. it's our opportuy acknowledge many of the amazing young people that we have here in san francisco, and we have been doing this now for eight year

axa -- i would say the regulatory sandbox they have developed is, yes, of course, having regulations.eed a level of regulation. but also allowing for innovation, having the perception something is ok, and if there's a problem, the regulatory will have a conversation, as opposed the other way around. so, we have a very pro -innovation approach. we are constantly changing the law to update that. for example, in parliament today, there is the autonomous vehicles bill. that will help to make us a great place to run autonomous vehicles safely, securely, and in the interest of citizens, but harnessing new technology. and likewise, the data protection act brought the gdp r into uk law. we think it is a good rule. and even though we are leaving the european union, we are going to keep it because we think it is a good balance between privacy and innovation. may companies have been born and bred in the u.k. what do you think about the consolidation within the media space? matt: i certainly see it happening. i am the class i decision-maker quasam the i-decision-maker. i am very careful to ensure

democrats, urging the president to take a more cautious approach to verify whether or not north korea is axaoing to denuclearize. isor not north korea actually going to denuclearize. also from republicans. people like senator marco rubio, mccain, kennedy, raising their concerns about how to verify the north korean chairman, as the president is referring to him, kim jong-un for how he plans to , denuclearize. more broadly, the president will need congressional approval if he plans to ease sanctions. no sign of that yet, but as you mentioned, the president, by all accounts, basically extending an open invitation to kim jong-un to come to the white house and saying this is just the first of many steps to come in a dialogue with north korea. at that press conference, that marathon press conference, more than 75 minutes, president trump taking questions, he was actually more praiseworthy of kim jong-un than a canadian prime minister justin trudeau, emily. emily: kevin, thank you so much. our president trump and kim jong-un still talking? are they texting? what kind of phone with a be using in nor

one example is in civil axa forfeiture. this practice allows the irs to confiscate a citizens wealth and the suspicion of wrongdoing. doing a two-year investigation the ways and means oversight committee discovered the irs had seeds assets without providing evidence to support the claim. that's why it i introduce the respect act which would require them to show probable cause before seizing access and proof that would clear them of wrongdoing. will you commit to working with me to protect taxpayers and small businesses? >> absolutely. >> this is basically an issue of liberty. there is a bipartisan consensus that a single act of forfeiture needs to be stopped. thank you for your indulgence. i yield my time. >> since i'm acting chairman i'm going to commend senator scott on the issue this been brought up. there is the georgia tax pair that is the base of that movement around the country to end the abuse. i hope the irs will do it they can to cooperate and get to a positive resolution. >> senator wyden you are recognized. >> t

one example is in civil axa forfeiture. this practice allows the irs to confiscate a citizens wealth and the suspicion of wrongdoing. doing a two-year investigation the ways and means oversight committee discovered the irs had seeds assets without providing evidence to support the claim. that's why it i introduce the respect act which would require them to show probable cause before seizing access and proof that would clear them of wrongdoing. will you commit to working with me to protect taxpayers and small businesses? >> absolutely. >> this is basically an issue of liberty. there is a bipartisan consensus that a single act of forfeiture needs to be stopped. thank you for your indulgence. i yield my time. >> since i'm acting chairman i'm going to commend senator scott on the issue this been brought up. there is the georgia tax pair that is the base of that movement around the country to end the abuse. i hope the irs will do it they can to cooperate and get to a positive resolution. >> senator wyden you are recognized. >> t

john mikell is the chief executive officer of newco and one of the directors of axa com corporation, a data broker company that formerly partnered with facebook. he also founded wired magazine and author international bestseller to search how google and its rivals rewrote the rules of business and transformed our culture in 2005. dr. alexander coding is a lecturer at the university of cambridge who designed the controversial personality test app that collected user data of facebook's consenting users and their friends. facebook alleges that he violated their policies by sharing information with cambridge analytica and his testimony will provide additional perspective from a subcommittee consideration. mr. sultana is a technology expert with sultana llc, more than 20 years of experience as a consultant and researcher focused on technology, privacy and behavioral economics, he served as a technical expert to a number of consumer agencies including the ftc and the state attorney general. he recently served as the chief technologist of the ftc where he led a number of investigations in t

to do with these moorland fires and there are various command vehicles around and you can see some axasnd noticing the haze. this is what one of the senior firefighters told us. we have a significant fire that has been going the last 24 hours. we have at least a 75 firefighters or seen. have at least a 75 firefighters or seen. we have three open sectors, three fire fronts from this point and a two further fire fronts on the other side. at the minute, because the wind changes continuously, we aren't trying to get ahead of the game. in one of the sectors we have put ina game. in one of the sectors we have put in a fire break and we are building it using hose, firefighters, beaters, using the natural terrain and track to stop it spreading across the track and picking up with the wind changes and then we have another fire to deal with. that is the situation with what the firefighters are saying. andy burnham, mayor of greater manchester, he requested military assistance. it is a major incident, assistance. it is a major incident, as it is described by the emergency services. we have raf per