when i came into fta not one certification had been completed. and so i'm very proud of that accomplishment and the hard work that fta and the states did to get that done. it helps guide how we do state safety oversight today and it is put us on a path in how we model our safety efforts as we have gone through our public transportation agency safety plan rule. and so i think the states understand that we want to be their partner. and we want to be helpful and so our p test rule is forward-looking. it requires transit agencies to develop wholistic safety plans that meet their individual criteria in their own communities and states so it is a proactive safety culture from top to bottom. so we anticipate that they will all meet the july 20th, 2020 deadline as we continue to work with them on technical assistance. we're also including innovation into our safety work at fta and much of the innovative research that we funded uses technology to improve transit safety. at fta session tomorrow i'll highlight one of the projects that is really showing this

that was priority number one when i came into fta. i came out of m-dot and responsible for helping to draft the legislation in maryland that helped set up that commission. and seeing all state achieving certification and asserting the positive partnership between fta and the state. if the state were not certified by the deadline, i would have had to withhold all transit funds from that state. it did not matter if it was rural or urban or rail or bus. it was all transit funds. that was a second thing that kept me up every night. when i came in fta, not one certification have been completed. it helps guide how we do safety and oversight today, it put us on a path and how we model our safety efforts as we have gone through our public transportation agency safety plan rules. the state understand that we want to be their partner and helpful. it requires transit agency to develop wholistic safety plans. so it is a proactive safety culture that's from top to bottom. we anticipate they'll meet the july 20th deadline as we continue to work wit

i think that fta is looking at different models, the capacity project. in sant santa clara they are cag the interest. california has a long history of the self-help and over matching the federal requirements to get projects done. it was assumed there would be multiple sources. it would be about the affordability limit or first operable segment that could lend that credibility to the financing plan that you had an arm around the cost and you weren't taking that plan to aspiration align i'm tems that weren't available at the moment. >> thank you for open the door to the importance. i am curious given the nature of the projected and how it benefits the region, is there any discussion about the state rail authority delivering the project versus some hybrid? >> there was discussion. when you look at the second crossing, the only place that appears at the moment is the state rail plan. it was quickly noted the state is participating through high-speed rain. from a delivery standpoint it is important to restate the commitment to this project and the mandate to

i think that fta is looking at different models, the capacity project.nta clara they are cag the interest. california has a long history of the self-help and over matching the federal requirements to get projects done. it was assumed there would be multiple sources. it would be about the affordability limit or first operable segment that could lend that credibility to the financing plan that you had an arm around the cost and you weren't taking that plan to aspiration align i'm tems that weren't available at the moment. >> thank you for open the door to the importance. i am curious given the nature of the projected and how it benefits the region, is there any discussion about the state rail authority delivering the project versus some hybrid? >> there was discussion. when you look at the second crossing, the only place that appears at the moment is the state rail plan. it was quickly noted the state is participating through high-speed rain. from a delivery standpoint it is important to restate the commitment to this project and the mandate to get to the

the fta take a slightly different angle, don't they?ccessor vows to expel united states as security threats drive up oil." they are worried about the oil prices, which i don't think everyone is considering that at the moment, they'd ratherjust not be the victims of a terror attack as a result of this. but there is a suggest in the oil price will continue to rise, which will have an impact on people eventually.|j continue to rise, which will have an impact on people eventually. i think there is a worry that there will be a target in the saudi oil fields, things like that, which is mentioned in here, or some of the traffic through the strait of hormuz, that might be something that affects the oil prices. going back to soleimani's replacement, he says they will open up the re us from the region, continue the work of the martyr soleimani. they're going to use this as a martyrdom. there may not be something in the next day, but there will be something from the iranian proxies in the region, there will be an attack, and in 5—10 years, they wi

i'd say thatjust because ba fta know. is not a surprise, it's disheartening but it's not a surprise. for me the problem is far deeper thanjust surprise. for me the problem is far deeper than just looking at what is nominated this year. for me it's about what doesn't get financed and what does get financed. the fact that there isn't really a solid deep platform of people of colour as directors, as writers, producers being packed to be making anything. will come back to that moment. would you agree susanna bat bafta is a conservative organisation but actually i spoke at the end of the day it is award ceremony is attacked? it's a promotional event and the problems in far deeper than that. it certainly can save the choice shows, but i disagree to the degree and i think that has been some fabulous films this year which the boy who hundreds the wind, which did get financed, i think bbc films for example are financing. much more diversity in their choices. but it's a very democratic organisation in terms of its membership, lack

steve mcqueen on the front page with a warning to ba fta. the front page with a warning to bafta.? he is saying that bafta is at risk of irrelevance because i gather that the latest bafta list has no acting nominees at all from ethnic minorities and i think there has not beena minorities and i think there has not been a woman director nominated for seven years. when i looked at the background to this story, it came up on google with exactly the same story from four or five years ago, criticism of bafta for its white and male dominated list. it appears they have learned nothing. i gather they have learned nothing. i gather they have changed their membership with more ethnic minority and female members, but they have not come up with a different list. the contrast is with the brits in music which is dominated by ethnic minority artist and there does not seem to be anything similar in the acting world and steve mcqueen says that is where the irrelevance lies. someone argues maybe that is not the option of talent there in terms of nominations. ido i do not think that is right. i went

fta dear member fta. anyway, great group. he later said in his memoir, after all of the protest of moratorium, merck news public opinion which relate beat seriously divided by any escalation of the war. so he buried it. the moratorium was far more successful and why. they couldn't note that they really done something anyway. i have thing to say about all of this. and ron said it to an way. and that is, yes, what these guys suffered and they were put in briggs, some given 16 year terms for processing. there was one shot in the back is remember that was right. there will others in the suffering that went on who protest at frantically early. they stood up for the military and they were willing to confront the military. they were sent to - but a few years back i returned to my family to eli. i've been to saigon. i was reporter for the kissinger. but since the war ended, the dish full of bodies, emotions for sure. anyway, the one official that he really wanted to meet, the vietnamese official was motivated. a woman who was leader

you were nominated for your role in little women at the ba ftas as your role in little women at the baftasor the oscar period ? doesn't make you more excited for the oscar period? i don't think it is ever expected. it is completely bizarre. i've never got this far in the awards season before. so, i am making sure that i'm staying awake and taking it all in. this is a crazy feeling. i never assumed this would happen. and i've loved your work since i watch lady macbeth, an independent film that a lot of people might have seen, which was absolutely terrific. i hope you don't mind me saying, florence, you have literally just turned don't mind me saying, florence, you have literallyjust turned 2a don't mind me saying, florence, you have literally just turned 2a and you have already bagged an oscar nomination. that is quite something. i promise to travel to my journalistic career and missing header to you feel, except i really wa nt to header to you feel, except i really want to you that. 2020 has been amazing so far in the first week of january. talked as a little bit about little women, we are

i think that made it even more terrible when we saw in 2016 when he appeared at the ba ftas, saw in 2016red at the baftas, a form of dementia. and robbed him of everything. of the wit, the word play, everything that made him so special. it was a very moving moment, wasn't it? he appeared on stage with his sun. absolutely. and when his sun had to speakfor absolutely. and when his sun had to speak for him, you absolutely. and when his sun had to speakfor him, you couldn't absolutely. and when his sun had to speak for him, you couldn't quite believe how cruel an illness can be to somebody to rob him of that. but the tributes today, the warmth but the tributes today, the warmth but the first, the one that really strikes you of course is his friend over all those years, his writing partner michael palin. he said terry was one of my closest most valued friends, he was kind, generous, supportive and generous. he was far more thanjust supportive and generous. he was far more than just one of the for most writers of his generations, he was the complete renaissance comedian. he was the warmest mos

the reasons for what has been called ba ftas so reasons for what has been called baftas so white may0scars. why do progressives needed outside the awards. if bafta is going to win in the future it needs to increase the work and encouraging film makers from different backgrounds and ethnicities and to encourage a new wave of talent coming through. i think that is reflected in the rising star award, it has a very diverse line—up, very interesting young talent coming through. is that frank? hello, frank, this is jimmy. through. is that frank? hello, frank, this isjimmy. among the established talent recognised was the team involved with the irishman, martin scorsese's epic crime drama was just martin scorsese's epic crime drama wasjust behind joker martin scorsese's epic crime drama was just behind joker with ten nominations. what is the matter, partner? it is official, old buddy. ianda partner? it is official, old buddy. i and a has—been. also with ten nominations, quentin tarantino's 0nce nominations, quentin tarantino's once upon nominations, quentin tarantino's 0nce upona nominations

taiwan fta? not seen taiwan sign any new free trade agreement, of, course since they were signed with singapore and new zealand. >> gentleman overturned a hat. yes. >> thank, you and good morning, so the anti infiltration law that was passed early january in taiwan, i am just wondering if you can share your observations on how this will play duke taiwan's politics. will it cause additional fractures inside the committee and also will it impact the chinese communist parties operation inside taiwan? >> the editor filtration act and occasions for enforcement. i don't want to take that question? >> i would see do what both of you had to say. i tend to focus more on u.s. policy rather than looking at implications within taiwan. >> i think without getting into the substance of the legislation itself which i have not read i would think there are those concerns within the opposition party that the new legislation would target such exchanges it considers to be legitimate cross strait exchanges however, du

one thing i noticed, i think it does matter in the real world, the fta is hitting us on the questionhow many buses we have spare. this is an issue that i'm sure many operators struggle with around the country. in this case, what they suggest is something like a 20% spare ratio. we have 40%. double. and obviously, it probably has something to do with the fact that we're not putting out the full service, but is it really that big of a gap, that that lack of full service entails? i thought it would be good get a report from staff. >> okay. hopefully that is an answer that can come back. without objection, we'll ask the new director to provide an answer to that in his next report. >> agreed. >> yesterday, i attended the new operator, new operators on board. the new director will talk about that as well, but also supervisor walton was there as well. it was a great day. a very excited and engaged class. >> wonderful. anything else. on that note -- yes, please, director torres. >> director torres: in reference to an e-mail that we received regarding the black alliance, i think we need to he

reunited with his old friend michael palin it was all too visible at this ba fta palin it was all toos a great honour for him to win this award. the struggles we are having at the moment have been hard but we are so proud of him. 50 years on then, a final moment of thanks for then, a final moment of thanks for the wit and creativity of terry jones. terryjones, who has died at the age of 77 after his family say spending a long, extremely brave but a lwa ys spending a long, extremely brave but always good—humoured battle with a rare form of dementia. it affects the ability to communicate. in their statement they say that they hope one day that disease will be eradicated entirely and they say that they ask for their privacy to be respected at this sensitive time, giving thanks. they say that they lived in the presence of an extraordinarily talented man. in his word living a life lovingly frosted with glucose. the guardian newspaper quoted unknown sources are saying that the phone ofjeff bezos was infiltrated in may 2018. in a tweet, saudi arabia's embassy in washington described the alle

in all our other ftas the only other labor enforcement available was at the government level. a government can bring a case against another government for systemic labor violations but that's been it in the past. brown/wyden changes that to allow us to target private sector facilities. can you tell us how long the enforcement process in brown/wyden will take once that worker files a complaint through the hotline and how does that compare to the length of time of enforcement under other free trade agreements? >> enforcement under the brown/wyden procedures would take a matter of months, approximately around 150 days. this is significantly shorter than state-to-state dispute settlement which in the case of the united states case against guatemala, it took over eight years. >> thank you. one of the most groundbreaking parts of brown/wyden is that it will allow us to take enforcement actions when the violations occur on the factory floor. so if a worker reports violation of his rights to organize, in, say, a call center, and we think it has merit, the u.s. can send labor inspector

i look forward to fta talks with switzerland. and with the unitedte kingdom. new trade agreements.want to ensure the extension of the debt moratorium tariffs on data continues. also renewed efforts for the reforms efforts. made to address the market news long-standing fundamental concerns about these special and differential status and decline of the negotiating functions. we have a lot to do. i hope congress will consider new legislation to toughen our duty loss this year. to crack down on trade deals. i hope will pass the trained security act. to return section 232 to its original purpose of protecting genuine national security threats. clearly, there is a lot more we can do in 2020. i look forward to it. but today we should pause. we shouldut congratulate the trumpet administration on the successes that we talk about today. i have long advocated for balanced trade. i believe that the uc

as 0ctavia spencer have won acting ba ftas. as have 0ctavia spencer have won acting baftas.e 0scars. it emphasises the need for wider progress outside the awards.|j think if bafta is going to move forward they have to back up the important work they are doing in terms of encouraging film—makers from different backgrounds. different ethnicities. and to encourage a new wave of talent coming through. i think that is reflected in the rising star award where you see that it has got a very diverse line—up, very exciting young talent coming through. hello? is that frank, this isjimmy hoffa. among the established talent with a tea m among the established talent with a team involved with the irishman. martin scorsese's epic crime drama was behind thejoker with martin scorsese's epic crime drama was behind the joker with ten nominations. what is the matter, partner? it is official, old buddy. lam has partner? it is official, old buddy. i am has been. also with ten nominations, director quentin tarantino's nominations, director quentin tara ntino's 0nce nominations, director quentin ta

banishing sounding optimistic getting fta by 2020., will have to wait and see how it pans out stoplight interesting. what did you make at boris johnson‘s comments on interesting. what did you make at borisjohnson‘s comments on my van. he made a big detailed deal with the less that donald trump did not talk to him before the strike on friday. have are you gauging his comments? jeremy corbyn was quick on labour leader to criticise borisjohnson because it is a suggestion was he was holding back from criticism because he is so keen to secure that trade deal after brexit with the united states. it‘s quite interesting of the last few day borisjohnson has not been visible presence will be seen and heard from the likes of the foreign secretary that today was the first time, that the prime minister did appear in public to make comments about the crisis. condemning the strikes on iran. choosing his language at very carefully when it comes to talking about the united states. example by jeremy corbyn whether he thought the action was legal, he wa

i know ba fta would row, no women is nominated.ry on netflix, a divorced movie. her co—star adam driver is nominated for best actor. she won in the past for lost in translation. saoirse ronan is nominated for little women. rene zellweger was nominated forjudy. is nominated for little women. rene zellweger was nominated forjudylj spoke to her about it and saw the film, she is mesmerising. it is not a full biopic, it is the end of her career. a lot of people think her performances better than the film as a whole. it is very much a british film, it will be interesting to see. there are some really great movies about. and often people have not seen them. but because you have films like marriage story and the irishman on netflix, people have seen them so they can be more involved in award season. that is my weekend sorted, thank you. love your clipboard. christmas was a crucial time for shops. we will be finding out how retailers did. sales fell at morrisons, audi said it was a good christmas. what has been going on? some people had goo

against foreign languages or foreigners or films that come from a different planet, that is what the ba ftast the oscars in america they are behind us but actually we have the same problems. the embarrassing hashtag was oscars so white and today was baftas so white. you do not want to detract from anyone who has been nominated, it's a fantastic achievement, and we should celebrate that film culture, but it moves voters to think twice and think, what are my voting for? i'm not going for the old monolithic films, the irishman or once upon a time in hollywood, great films as they are and i like them both very much, but there are other works out there that reflect greater things like blue story. imagine if you were a young black man from a housing estate on baftas night, you cannot really tu ne estate on baftas night, you cannot really tune in and support black story. but that would have been great for future cinemagoers and future film goers and makers, just encourage it. what about the awards that people look at the best film, best director? it is a pretty strong field. it is very strong here

the monetary policy report says it is predicated on the achievement of the fta this time next year.overnment has said they will not extend any negotiation beyond the year, and also seem to be aiming for less than friction us trade without alignment. how would not reaching a trade deal impact these growth and as -- andnumbers, and how has the less ambitious ?lignment also impacted things gov. carney: the assumption in the forecast, we take government policy as given, and as he would describe it. importantly, it is for an immediate move on december 31 to a new free-trade arrangement with the eu, so i will emphasize the point about immediate so there is not a transition between where the economy is today and where the economic relationships are. we are assuming that that is an orderly transition. we are assuming that all of the necessary border infrastructure, customs arrangements, all of the types of things we have been thinking about and companies have been singing about that is necessary to move from being part of the european union to a free-trade arrangement, that those are in pla

one thing i noticed, i think it does matter in the real world, the fta is hitting us on the question of how many buses we have spare. this is an issue that i'm sure many operators struggle with around the country. in this case, what they suggest is something like a 20% spare ratio. we have 40%. double. and obviously, it probably has something to do with the fact that we're not putting out the full service, but is it really that big of a gap, that that lack of full service entails? i thought it would be good get a report from staff. >> okay. hopefully that is an answer that can come back. without objection, we'll ask the new director to provide an answer to that in his next report. >> agreed. >> yesterday, i attended the new operator, new operators on board. the new director will talk about that as well, but also supervisor walton was there as well. it was a great day. a very excited and engaged class. >> wonderful. anything else. on that note -- yes, please, director torres. >> director torres: in reference to an e-mail that we received regarding the black alliance, i think we need t

recommendations, state precedent on prescribing limit, the lack of existing action, it may be time for the fta or congress or both of us to explore options for limiting the market availability of high those opioid products that are currently on the market, and limiting these new hires products, restraining them from entering the market in the future, so i think that's something i want to look out and i look forward to exploring a wide array of solution to come back to the opioid crisis and making sure the states have the funding in flexibility support these effective communities and thank you again for your testimony. i yield back. >> general from new york is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair, and that you do our panel for a very interesting unhelpful conversation. in your testimony, many of you head up our topic that was near inured to my heart and that is a limit your crowd can unnecessary barriers to substance use treatment. research has shown that individuals who are being actively treated with no open up front, limit their use of roe v. wade overdosed for people to pr

fta and ntsb have dreams on the ground. weather could be a factory there was a heavy marine layer yesterday though this helicopter is rated to fly in zero visibility. other speculation, mechanical. pilot errors a bird a drone strike because it was flying so low. >> we do know an there was an issue of visibility and a low reeling. ceiling. the actual conditions at the time of impact that is still yet to be determined. >> we had none operating in the area at the time. >> why? because of the weather? >> because of the weather. >> also on board orange coast college baseball coach john and daughter alyssa. brian wrote a poem called dear basketball. made into film and oscar in 2018 to which his daughter g.g. he gave credit. >> talk about as a family and my little 11-year-old gianna says you always tell us to go after our dreams she says man up. she is 11. i had to man up and go for it. fans of bryant took to the streets. symptom to staples, others to the sports academy where they shared memories and honored a player synonymous wi

. —— ba fta visible at this pasta ceremony. —— bafta ceremony.vity of terry jones. —— weight and creativity full terryjones, who jones. —— weight and creativity full terry jones, who has jones. —— weight and creativity full terryjones, who has died at the age of 77. his fellow monty python member michael palin has been speaking to the bbc about his writing partner and friend. you go back a long day for topic must be a very sad day. yes, it is like losing a limb. i met him at university in 19605 two, i think. and we performed in the festival, in 1964. the first time we perform together. we were insertable for many years after that. writing, acting, through the monty python times, and even in the last failures, we still would meet up and we we re failures, we still would meet up and we were still very close friends. i valued terry's opinion. robbery more than any other. he was very, very astute. —— probably. it was less easy to convince terry that he was wrong! can you put your finger on what it was that made him such a good writing partner? he was

last week we had the ba fta to make it big.nally a problematic role in both the novel and previous adoptions but she turns this character and makes her admirable and lovable and fun and strong. amy is always seen as this annoying little sister and here she is a major player. nominated alongside her co—star. where gerwig has been muscled out of that. we spoke to florence earlier. let‘s hearfrom her. 20 minutes ago i was asleep and then my publicist called me, so all then my publicist called me, so all the lies are on now and i i am trying to wake up as quickly as possible. you have a busy day ahead. you are nominated for your role in little women at the baftas as well. once you get a bafta nomination, do you anticipate this? does it make you anticipate this? does it make you more excited for the oscar period? i don't think it is ever expected, it is completely bizarre. i have never got this far in the awards season ever before so i am just making sure that i am staying awake and taking it all in, but no, this is a crazy feeling.

uk government will want is what is in the political declaration, which is a comprehensive advanced ftafor regulatory recognition and look for regulatory recognition and look for all of these sorts of things for us to eu, they are —— they're opening bit will be as we have heard regulatory harmonization for market access and that is very important the uk government pushes back on that. the global norm is recognition rather than saying that you have to be identical to what your regulation in order to have market access this will be a big fight. if the uk government pushes back on that, borisjohnson will say he wants a candidate style deal. the eu will so you will not get that if you go to the verge because you are a bigger competitor on our doorstep. so we are not going to give you the candidate style off—the—shelf. if they don't do that, then to become back to a cliff edge at the end of the year. the eu will say as they have said to a level playing field, the language they use. and if you unpack that, level playing field means three things basically. they don't want uk to subsidize its c

one thing i noticed, i think it does matter in the real world, the fta is hitting us on the questionmany buses we have spare. this is an issue that i'm sure many operators struggle with around the country. in this case, what they suggest is something like a 20% spare ratio. we have 40%. double. and obviously, it probably has something to do with the fact that we're not putting out the full service, but is it really that big of a gap, that that lack of full service entails? i thought it would be good get a report from staff. >> okay. hopefully that is an answer that can come back. without objection, we'll ask the new director to provide an answer to that in his next report. >> agreed. >> yesterday, i attended the new operator, new operators on board. the new director will talk about that as well, but also supervisor walton was there as well. it was a great day. a very excited and engaged class. >> wonderful. anything else. on that note -- yes, please, director torres. >> director torres: in reference to an e-mail that we received regarding the black alliance, i think we need to hear w

one thing i noticed, i think it does matter in the real world, the fta is hitting us on the questionw many buses we have spare. this is an issue that i'm sure many operators struggle with around the country. in this case, what they suggest is something like a 20% spare ratio. we have 40%. double. and obviously, it probably has something to do with the fact that we're not putting out the full service, but is it really that big of a gap, that that lack of full service entails? i thought it would be good get a report from staff. >> okay. hopefully that is an answer that can come back. without objection, we'll ask the new director to provide an answer to that in his next report. >> agreed. >> yesterday, i attended the new operator, new operators on board. the new director will talk about that as well, but also supervisor walton was there as well. it was a great day. a very excited and engaged class. >> wonderful. anything else. on that note -- yes, please, director torres. >> director torres: in reference to an e-mail that we received regarding the black alliance, i think we need to hear