and might end up in front of the european court of justice with a hefty fine for these countries garrick thank you so much i'm sure we'll be hearing more about this later brussels correspondent your glottis there talking to us from brussels now saudi arabia says it's going to allow women to drive it's a big leap forward for the ultraconservative nation the only one to bar women from getting behind the wheel a royal decree says the ban will be lifted in june the announcement came as something of a surprise and we'll find out why it's been made now first this report. the streets of saudi arabia have long been a battleground on one hand women wanting to drive on the other the religious conservatives who have called them too stupid their mobility a threat to society now it is the women who have won. king solomon has issued a decree giving them the right to apply for driving licenses and the freedom of the roads that will be implemented by june next year it's a huge step for saudi arabia enough to warrant a special announcement at the united nations you may be interested to know that a few mi

more than three hundred ninety four million dollars joining us now from cambridge dr garrett holman garrick's a research fellow at cambridge university's center for alternative finance good to have you with us dr holland what do you make of china's move here what about the timing of it well the i.c.l. market has been on fire late well over a billion dollars has been raised through i suppose just in the past couple months alone that's almost equal to the amount of venture capital that the block chain sector has attracted in five years and so it's not surprising you see regulators in markets like china raising concerns and looking to kind of slow things down a bit so is china has moved to slow down the growth of i.c.'s i think it will slow down the growth some you know the u.s. security exchange commission also recently issued some guidance and i think other regulators here in the u.k. are also looking and i suppose this is going to cause people to take some pods and do a little more diligence on whether their ice you know meets the definition of security and you know which markets then you wan

gary constantly says he decides that the best selection from their share of the fed would be himself garrick on so the delegates all spun up and leaks and all this stuff so. this one episode of the sopranos or the godfather you know is a gary you know gary once in a war you know he got whacked a couple days ago because he disagreed with the president you know the the one of my favorite f.b.i. tapes of the mafia was they had a wave in a social club in little italy in the york they were to have john gotti he was used to be the godfather back in the eighty's and he was talking about how he whacked this guy and he said you know the guy didn't do nothing wrong he just he didn't come and he didn't show up on time so he got whacked he didn't do nothing else wrong and i love that line so it doesn't take much to get on the wrong side of the godfather it doesn't take much to get on the wrong side of the trump carrie kahn gave some interview to the financial times chump didn't like it so he's out but that didn't change my estimate is they also came where she was going to be the next chairman so you're

and might end up in front of the european court of justice with a hefty fine for these countries garrick thank you so much i'm sure we'll be hearing more about this later brussels correspondent yard matters there talking to us from brussels say a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today but francis has launched a campaign aimed at tackling growing anti immigrant sentiment worldwide the two year campaign seeks to raise awareness of the plight of migrants and change how people view them and many migrants and refugees turned out for the pope's weekly address in st peter's square. sources within germany's conservative blog say both dunk choice will step down from his post as finance minister to become president of the german parliament the move could help chancellor merkel she seeks to negotiate a new coalition polling sundays but the election free democrats have said filling the finance minister post is a precondition for their support. thailand's top court has sentenced former prime minister yingluck shinawatra five years in jail for alleged negligence

prince of wales at the reform club, and irving invited cody to dinner at the garrick club the day after his arrival. been interrupted in america's finest gentlemen's clubs, to be hosted in the company of a leading british actor and his critics must've been an honor. he also invited cody and his company to the lyceum. dinner and grounds were arranged on the lyceum's mainstage. he probably preferred the more intimate -- room. sorry about this. [shuffling papers] i'm just going to go for it. ellen terry, when -- wanted to paint the painting of ellen terry, in her character of lady , henry irving bought this portrait and hung it in the back of the room, and i like to imagine everyone seated, and ellen terry walking in sitting under her painting like a scandinavian queen with buffalo bill cody at her side. with a fewe to close comments. i parachuted, we heard this line in cody, wyoming. dad, myld call my concern about coming back to wyoming as a gay man. i included in my letter abound copy of all of my dad's letters -- i responded with a warm three-page letter, closing with this. if you are

chuck grassley, the judiciary chairman, talking to our colleague, garrick haake.taff meeting withton junior. think of it like a deposition in a court case as opposed to what democrats are hoping is a p prelude to a main event that could lead to testimony. that's something that the democrats on this committee are counting on. staff members are interviewing him. there are a couple of democratic senators that went into the room, dick durbin, rick blumenthal. >> kasie, don junior meeting happening and then president trump over at the white house sending out a tweet on daca. for all of those daca that are concerned about your status during the six-month period, have you nothing to worry about. no action! of all people, nancy pelosi had a hand in this tweet. >> that's right, hallie. we are learning -- again, talk about confusion on this issue, a huge announcement from his attorney general, all 800,000 people with their fates and future in this country thrown into question. then another confusing tweet later in that day and now this. it seems like a complete reversal. an

paula garrick is really worried. >> when we leave, not knowing what we are coming back to you. it's pretty rough. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of floridians are heading north. people say the people are heeding evacuation orders since staying put means staying in harm's way. >> we don't shelter in place here. there is no building we can guarantee that we can keep people safe within 180 -- 185 mile an hour hurricane. >> reporter: was waiting on the other side of the storm? utility crews preparing for widespread outages. >> you could very easily be talking about weeks if not longer to rebuild the entire electric system if that is what we see. >> reporter: florida's governor has ordered the closure of all schools including universities through monday. joel waldman fox news. >> president trump is being briefed on hurricane irma in a couple hours. here's footage of the oval office tracking the storm yesterday. the president has been tweeting encouraging people in florida to follow the advice of local and state leaders and be safe and get out of the way of irma if at all possibl

room next to us over to my colleague garrick l. first now he has more. election. thank you very much as areas in historic night a slap in the face on the lan macklin's story global civil had a party. and the social democrats and a right wing party populist party. in parliament also talk about with my guess released taken a political. a lobbyist if five might say so and. consultant and. widening. senior editor at the. targets spiegel a daily broadsheet here in the in berlin much that start with you thirteen percent for fahri parties this our briggs it moment is is out trump moment to help biggest this. very sort out so no it isn't i mean the brexit referendum change the course of great britain in a dramatic way. the election of the all trump change the course of the united states and the world. now we have thirteen percent for party. that many people are dislike but with thirty five percent of thirty seven percent of people who didn't vote for them. so i don't think it will be a precedent trump moment but this is how much of a shock is this for german politics saw