eileen burbidge is here, and eileen, perhaps i hope that one side can get something as well.at one side can get something as well. i think it's interesting because we know the trump is always about what the perception is going to be and how he might be able to rattle other people's cages when he is doing his diplomatic visits. i think him visiting the —— japan at this time, being the first foreign lead to meet the new emperor, he is sending a message to china with whom he is having difficulties. he is saying, i can go out and secure bilateral trade agreements with other powerful nations. i doubt there will be traumatic change between the current us and japanese relationships. they've always been really strong, the two countries work well together. it doesn't mean there is going to be a step change. i think a lot of it is simply saying, i'm here and i'm able to do a business with other countries in the region. it's interesting, the subject of north korea coming up, present trump saying he expected good things to come from his dealings with north korea. japan perhaps a little b

i'll be speaking to eileen burbidge co—founder and partner at passion capital.e to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, a warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. as japan celebrates a new emperor and the world awaits the duke and duchess of sussex new baby we are asking are you a royalist? there are 26 monarchies in the world who reign over 43 countries in all. tell us what you think — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. the venezuelan president, nicolas maduro, has given a defiant television address, after a day of mass protests against his rule. he says only a small group in the military have sided with the opposition leader, juan guaido —— and their plan to oust him had failed. he accused the opposition of trying to mount a coup with the support of the united states, and said those involved would be brought tojustice. juan guaido — who insists he is venezuela's legitimate president — says the armed forces are turning against mr maduro. he says protests will cont

eileen, welcome to the program.mory was going through the coverage, more speed. , can we build it without huawei in europe? eileen: it is really expensive. that is the point. people using the equipment without a political issue, on the existing 3g and 4g networks, so yes you could use alternative vendors. you're probably going to have to rip out equipment. that will cost you. francine: it is different in the u.s.? up.en: it is the same set you will be investing more in competitors equipment because huawei has traditionally been cheaper, and they were researching earlier than their competitors. francine: we are having it rolled out in certain parts of the u.k. today, minimally. a couple stations and london, here and there. ee has launched six cities today and another 12 within the next 18 months. full coverage is not promised until 2023, in terms of really using the full potential. francine: do you look at tech stocks? john: we look at tech sector, it is such an important driver in china and u.s. as a bonde look at a

with me is eileen burbidge, co—founder and partner at passion capital. good to see you.ater. the two papers together. the times and that ——of the daily telegraph. the fallout from the eu elections, trying to make sense of what the uk voters are saying they want when it comes to the next attempt to make brexit happen. and this differing of views as to whether, you know, the governing conservative party should really look at no deal is a realistic option and put it back on the table or whether, asjeremy hunt says, that would be suicidal for the party. it is in the interpretation. it was obviously the worst performance for the conservative party in 200 years. they placed fifth in the european elections which is obviously, asjeremy hunter says, an existential problem for the party. there are two different ways to interpret it and we are saying that seeing most of the tory candidates saying this. but

eileen was born in ireland, was separated from her mother and when she got to 19, she decided to try was in a home in scotland. and so eileen travelled over, aged 81, and walked in and said, iam over, aged 81, and walked in and said, i am your daughter. she has been trying to track down since the age of 19. 60 years she has been looking for her, yes, and finally made. that picturejust her, yes, and finally made. that picture just says it all. in fact, it is mum's10ath birthday today agreed greatjeans! and what was the quote? mum's thrilled, never let go of my hand. i don't think aleppo come down out of the cloud. just beautiful. and the ability now with resources, in terms of technology and how you can in terms of technology and how you ca n a ccess in terms of technology and how you can access information, that has changed so much? these of the internet has helped people a lot but genealogy and finding people, looking into your own history, tv programmes about people's relatives, has become so popular. but also so good, so effective. it is one of the upsides of technology, isn't it?

with me is eileen burbidge, co—founder and partner at passion capital.ong celebration in japan, attend looking intensely at this long celebration injapan, attend a public holiday which is unheard of there. japan dance looks at the abdication, and

with me is eileen burbidge, co—founder and partner at passion capital.orld news, we are looking intensely at this long celebration in japan, attend looking intensely at this long celebration injapan, attend a public holiday which is unheard of there. japan dance looks at the abdication, and we are now in the era of beautiful harmony. this will bea era of beautiful harmony. this will be a celebratory transition as opposed to the previous transition some 30 years ago where it only came after the previous and preposterous way. and then you had a period of mourning and it was a slow rise into a new era and the idea, which i command, it's been hundreds of years since another emperor has abdicated, he saying that students in a salvatori way. let's bring the next emperor in, he can control the narrative, he could talk about a positive change, how he's going to extend achieving peace into long—standing harmony. extend achieving peace into long-standing harmony. it's fascinating when you watch a country celebrate a historic event, you get a sense of who this empe

eileen, you need to get tickets. signed a play in 18 months and they pay very little compared to the bigger clubs —— says to be fair, spurs. the bbc briefing is the place to look at the bigger debate. i will see you soon. hello there. wednesday was a thoroughly wet, cold, windy day for many areas. further south we did see the sunshine appear through the afternoon, but that gave way to showers and some thunderstorms with hail. all tied in with this area of low pressure, which is slowly moving out into the north sea, although its weather fronts will continue to affect parts of the country as we head through today. now, early on today it's going to stay quite damp across parts of scotland, northern england, with persistent rain, still quite a breeze blowing in off the north sea there. but northern scotland will start dry with clear skies. so here another cold one with a frost out of town. but further south, because of more cloud and rain around, then it should be a less cold start. so for thursday, it will be a damp sta

reporter eileen ferrera from our sister station in los angeles has the story. >> reporter: a gift fromormer governor arnold schwarzenegger for his long-time friend, thelma smith. smith who turned 102 this week, is being evicted from her home of nearly 30 years in unincorporated ladera heights. schwarzenegger tweeted thelma has been a dear friend for a long time. imagine doing this to a 102-year-old woman who gave back to her community her whole life. it's heartless. >> she's bothered. she's brave. so she puts on the front that she's okay and there's no problem, but there is. >>idot want t wtten not f lalo in march letting her know her month-to-month lease is endsing so the landlord's daughter can move in. >> i understand his right to have his daughter live there. i do understand that. i have children and grandchildren. but i think the timing is off. >> reporter: smith, a huge lakers fan, served as the executive secretary for the nonprofit sugar ray robinson youth foundation where she met celebrities like michael jackson, mohammed ali, actor and former nfl player rosie grower and schwar

eileen was named the navy's first woman admiral.k's promotion ceremony contained another first. >> and for the first time, women were assigned with men to the crew of a ship. >> we are going to start out with the test on the sanctuary, which is as you know a hospital ship being refurbished to be able to serve a broader mission of dependent support. this particular ship is well configured from the standpoint of a facility to do that. my strue is that if there are women who want to go to sea and undergo the hardships of going to sea and to serve their country in that capacity, then we can find a way to make it possible for them to do so. we would start out on the larger shims where the facilities problems are easier to handle, carriers and so forth. and the last ships to which they would be assigned, if ever, would be submarines. >> a pilot study is very enthusiastic about these people. this sort of thing i hope will gain a lot of publicity. sure, he knows there are going to be problems. just like in general society you are going to h

barricades around their homes to stop the flow of water from coming in residents in fort smith like eileeniegel evacuated but returned today to check on pumps, hoping to stay ahead of the water. >> it is coming in more. >> reporter: knowing a few more inches could be devastating game and fish officers now patrol the area, looking for animals and any sign of looters. two weeks of severe weather unleashed heavy rain causing these historic floods and spawning deadly twisters >> tornado on the ground! >> reporter: there have been more than 1,000 tornado reports so far this year, about 200 above average. more than half of them in may across 32 states some of the worst damage in kansas and ohio where a deadly tornado struck the dayton area. so many now picking up the pieces, and tonight even a break in the rain isn't bringing relief, especially for those still downstream you might see a scene like tans aren't even in a 100-year floodplain. that means a lot of people don't have flood insurance. savannah. >> all right desperate situation there, kristen thank you. >>> now to politics. the president

eileen -- was named the first woman admiral in the navy.ntained another first. and for the first time, women were assigned with men to the crew of a ship. oute are going to start with a test on the sanctuary, which is, as you know, a hospital ship being refurbished to be able to serve a broader mission of the tenant support, this particular ship is well configured and from the standpoint of facility commute can do that. facility, you can do that. my view is, if women want to go to see and undergo the hardships and to serve their country in that capacity, then we can find a way to make it possible for them to do so. we will start out on the larger ships, where the facility problems are easier to handle. then carriers and so forth. the last ships would be submarines. >> there are a ton of studies. at the cleaning of the ship is very enthusiastic about these people and i hope this thing will gain publicity and there will be problems, there will be problems just like in general society, you will have some problems, but overall he is very confid

well joining us now from washington is eileen out of fun a senior fellow arab gulf states as you know washington thank you for speaking to us so president trump says that he wants to slash iran's crude exports to zero how badly will the decision to end these sanction waivers impact iran's oil output. clearly washington stepping up the pressure again this lawmaker public and iran's economy is impacted by all these pressures but at the same time i'm not saw sure that the u.s. at least in the short term will manage to bring their own the oil exports to zero i do believe that iran will find customers for it or it may be giving very high discounts at the black market in order to export some of its oil but in the end if we manage somehow to survive economically so they can avoid the agenda of washington which increasingly appears to be bringing about the economic collapse of the regime in tehran and this is the problem that even if they maintain their crude exports inflation is heading towards forty percent prices are rising simple food items are getting more expensive and unemployment is r

which is why eileen set up a reclaim the menopause support group right here in hackney.ng backwards and forwards to their gp several times. an absolute lack of knowledge. and the guidelines have been there for, what? four years. yes. good enough? not good enough. those guidelines were published for the very first time by the national institute of health and care excellence in 2015. four years on, the voice of gps admits it's still a work in progress out there. so, until now, the evidence has been contradictory and confusing, and there have been lots of myths, so it's been quite hard for health care professionals to know exactly how to manage women with menopausal symptoms. but now we've got good, clear evidence. the nice guidelines have been in place since 2015. it's still not filtering through, though, is it? it is, gradually. across london, the next generation of gps are having extra menopause training. they've all elected to be here. none of this is compulsory. what we, the british menopause society, aspire to is that every gp practice has somebody with a special inte

that was eileen farrah reporting.he reached out to the landlord but did not hear back, aantime, consumer and business affairs says it is investigating the eviction notice to make sure it complies with rent control laws. a county supervisor is also looking into it. until then smith has until june 30th to move out. >>> a california man is dead after he was attacked by a shark this morning in maui. the 65-year-old victim was found by firefighters unresponsive in the ocean about 60 yards off a popular tourist area. firefighters performed cpr but he passed away from his injuries. his name and hometown have not been released. >>> new developments now with the rebuilding of santa rosa. a construction company could be in trouble. "the press democrat" reports three more families have filed lawsuits against the diarra monta construction company, a story abc 7 news has been following. multiple people have complained of spending tens of thousands and the contractor doing little or no work on their homes. the state is also looking

. >> so, cassie, why don't you come up with baby savanna and your mom, eileen. come on.em. >> as you should have. this is your first mother's day. >> yes. >> and we wanted to surprise you with something. we know your husband is not home yet but we do have him via skype, so come on over here. come on over. [ applause ] we have your husband josh via skype and. hello, josh. he's on the base in texas right now. josh is on a military base in texas right now. but he wanted to talk to you. josh, i want to ask you first. you're coming home in the next few days. how excited are you to see your wife and to meet your baby girl for the first time. >> you know what, it's going to be incredible. it's been a long time coming. i can't say nothing who are than the best for her. i love you so much, honey. thank you for everything you do. thank you for taking care of the baby. you know what, can we move the wall? [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> oh. you know what, i got to say that -- you stand next to your husband, yes. so how does it teal to see your wife, josh and to

. >> eileen, here on my own behalf although one quarter of the m.p. operating budget is general fund set aside money, taxpayer money, our money, the policies and practices do not appear to reflect this. residents and neighborhoods serving businesses do not see a meaningful return on their investment. in a recent article, it was written that munimobile's problems are real and persistent it needs massive funding, and it needs workable administrative structure, which puts it at the center of the department. we should look at a series of revenue measures such as congestion pricing charging, tee and c., and a special fee for entering the transit business district. we need to dramatically increase transit fees on our new market rate housing, and commercial to this study levels. we need to create a new gross receipts tax on transit dependent existing businesses downtown, and in the south of market. and then we need to appeal the 1999 property and replace it with a munimobile department that puts transit operators at the very center of the activity that incre

in 2014, they opened art + practice with eileen harris norton, the first collector to buy bradford's work. it's a non-profit complex of buildings that includes a gallery, lecture spaces, and his mother's old beauty salon. >> bradford: this is the last hair salon that my mom worked in, and then i took it over from her. it was in the '90s. it was called foxy hair. >> cooper: they turned foxy hair into a center for young adults transitioning out of foster care. >> bradford: i would run down the block in here and buy myself whatever i needed to put back on the hair. >> cooper: but we were surprised to learn that mark bradford still styles hair. he does it for some of his former clients from the beauty shop who are also among his closest friends. when you look around, does his art make sense to you? >> cleo jackson: i... it does. it's like a map in outer space. ( laughs ) >> danielle wright: no. i mean, i look at it. it's beautiful, but i don't really... >> lynette powell: get it. >> female voices: get it. yeah. >> powell: he gave me something from his studio a long time ago, and i put it

of lessons, let's find out one more this one coming out of your question if you will we've got a eileen asking is there a cheaper way for me to get my legal prescription cnbc does something called the top 50 disruptors the last i saw what i've never used to it, but i looked at it in used on the web. it's coming called good rx that's the name of the app good rx and if you can afford $50 cholesterol medicine if you shop around you see there's one for 300. and then this company good rx makes deals with pharmacies that say hey let's give that $300 prescription for year. let's do a coupon for it and you'll get more business coming in your store so it seems we disrupting quite nicely the industry is so non transparent is the problem now so prices range dramatically on something as simple as a prescription that you can go to another location. one mile from the house at the dollars don't use this s never use it. but it's getting good reviews. good rx at the app store ok thank you very much trump is always in keep the questions coming in will try answer another one tomorrow, you can e-mail rob d

reporter eileen ferrera from our sister station in los angeles has the story. >> it's from arnold schwarzeneggerfrom former governor arnold schwarzenegger for his long-time friend, thelma smith. smith who turned 102 this week, is being evicted from her home of nearly 30 years in unincorporated ladera heights. schwarzenegger tweeted thelma has been a dear friend for a long time. imagine doing this to a 102-year-old woman who gave back to the community her whole life. it is heartless. >> she's bothered. she's brave. so she puts on the front that she's okay and there's no problem, but there is. >> reporter: smith, who did not want to talk about the eviction, received written notice from the landlord in march letting her know her month-to-month lease is ending so the landlord's daughter can move in. >> i understand his right to have his daughter live there. i do understand that. i have children and grandchildren. but i think the timing is off. >> reporter: smith, a huge lakers fan, served as the executive secretary for the nonprofit sugar ray robinson youth foundation where she met celebrities like

which is why eileen set up a reclaim the menopause support group right here in hackney.ve been there for, what? four years. good enough? not good enough. those guidelines were published for the very first time by the national institute for health and care excellence in 2015. four years on, the voice of gps admits it's a work in progress out there. so until now, the evidence has been contradictory and confusing. there have been lots of myths. so it's been quite hard for health care professionals to know exactly how to manage women with menopausal symptoms. but now we've got good, clear evidence. the nice guidelines have been in place since 2015. it's still not filtering through, though, is it? it is — gradually. across london, the next generation of gps are having extra menopause training. they've all elected to be here. none of this is compulsory. what we, the british menopause society aspire to is that every gp practice has somebody with a special interest. it might not be a gp, actually, it might be a nurse practitioner. that's the aspiration. right now, a campaign to

which is why eileen set up a reclaim the menopause group in hackney.ey were going backwards and forwards to the gp several times. and the guidelines have been there for four years. good enough? not good enough. those guidelines were published by the national institute for healthcare excellence in 2015. four years on, the voice of gps admits it is a work in progress out there. until now, the evidence has been contradictory and confusing. there have been lots of minutes. it has been other healthcare to know exactly how to manage women with menopausal symptoms. now we have good clear evidence. the guidelines have been in place since 2015. it is still not filtering through though, is it because it is, gradually. across london, the next generation of gps are having extra menopause training. they have all elected to be here. none of this is compulsory. the british menopause society aspire that every gp practice as someone with a special interest. it may not bea gp, with a special interest. it may not be a gp, it may be a nurse practitioner. that is the aspir

. >> reporter: eileen tegal was evacuated, but as she returned to survey her flooded home, a glimmer of hope. >> a tragedy like this brings out the best in people and they surround you with hope. and we have hope. we do. >> kristen, you mentioned a lot of those levees are old. they're aging. what's the latest on that? >> right. so, that breach in dardanel to our east happened some time after midnight. it has already doubled in size at least. you saw all of that water. that is a lot of pressure against these levees. so things not looking good, at least there this morning. >> all right, kristen. thank you very much. >>> now to the battle on capitol hill over whether to start impeachment proceedings against president trump. house speaker nancy pelosi again pressed on the issue overnight and the president weighing in with choice words. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker has more on all of that. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning to you president trump is ending this week on defense, lashing out at former special counsel robert mueller and at democrats with

which is why eileen set up a reclaim the menopause support group right here in hackney.of knowledge. and the guidelines have been there for, what? four years. yes. good enough? not good enough. those guidelines were published for the very first time by the national institute for health and care excellence in 2015. four years on, the voice of gps admits it‘s a work in progress out there. so until now, the evidence has been contradictory and confusing. there have been lots of myths. so it‘s been quite hard for health care professionals to know exactly how to manage women with menopausal symptoms. but now we‘ve got good, clear evidence. the nice guidelines have been in place since 2015. it‘s still not filtering through, though, is it? it is — gradually. across london, the next generation of gps are having extra menopause training. they‘ve all elected to be here. none of this is compulsory. what we, the british menopause society aspire to is that every gp practice has somebody with a special interest. it might not be a gp, actually, it might be a nurse practitioner. that‘s t

>> first class petty officer eileen.ry, the past and the current and the present. griff: how long you been serving >> nine years. griff: thank you for your service. i've got to go down here and i have sailors. jason? >> i'm brett. griff: okay, so what do you, where are you serving and doing right now and what does this weekend mean to you? >> i'm on the uss jason dunham. it's really nice to have the people of new york welcome us here and show their appreciation for what we do and to me memorial day is not about the people serving but those that didn't come home and honoring that sacrifice. griff: is this your first fleet week? >> it is. griff: are you enjoying it? >> i'm having a blast. griff: i've got a marine down on this end. what do you want americans to know this memorial day. you're here obviously having a lot of fun but it's about those who have made the ultimate sacrifice what's your message this weekend? >> we're all here to honor the guys who served in the past and the guys who have given the sacrifice so it's