s china editor over alleged salary discrimination curry gracey worked at the b.b.c. for thirty years in an open letter she accused the network of managing a secretive and illegal salary system over the residence over her casement unexpected stumbling blocks as boyko explains above to news of this story broke the head of news at the b.b.c. sent a polite reminder to all the staff saying that because of impartiality rules no one would be able to report on the story if they had expressed a view on it but the problem is that plenty of women at the b.b.c. have treated the solidarity with carry gracey over this issue and they are now accusing the b.b.c. of trying to keep them quiet and of trying to censor them the rules have also resulted in a situation whereby effectively because of this you've got the story being reported almost exclusively by men now the b.b.c. won't comment on. the controversy however they have referred us back to that guidelines take a listen to what they have to say when dealing with controversial subjects concerning the b.b.c. or reporting must remai

have to retain their solidarity with carry gracey over this issue and they are now accusing the b.b.c. of trying to keep them quiet and of trying to censor them the rules of also resulted in a situation whereby effectively because of this you've got the story be. reported almost exclusively by men now the b.b.c. won't comment on the controversy however they have referred us back to their guidelines take a listen to what they have to say when dealing with controversial subjects concerning the b.b.c. or reporting must remain julie impose sure as well as accurate we need to ensure the b.b.c. is impartiality is not brought into question and presenters all reporters are not exposed to potential conflicts of interest the b.b.c. might have to get used to reporting on itself or to referring us back to those guidelines because this looks like an issue that isn't going away and there are likely to be more high profile resignations over this issue of gender pay inequality where independent journalist martin summers told us transparency is vital to overcoming pay discrimination. well the fact of

gracey says she's since been offered a pay increase, but it was far short of equality. she'd worked for the bbc for 30 years. we're going to be back in three minutes with more news. the first major storm of 2018 hitting the bay area. the threat of flash flood and high winds a big concern. and - i )m tracking when the ran is heading out. that )s tuesday on )today in te bay. ) 4:30 to 7. >>> and the rain continues this midday. take a look there at the radar. there you can see the rain impacting the entire bay area. right now we're going to continue with our coverage online, nbcbayarea.com, and don't forget to download our app, that's nbc bay area for iphone and android users. meteorologist kari hall will have a better track of what's going on for the weather for the rest of the day and the week coming up. >>> also at 11:00, the california businessman who says that he's been running ads, calling on president trump's impeachment, said that he is not running for office this year. tom steyer announced just hours ago he instead plans to spend $30 million to help democrats win

china editor carrie greece has resigned from her post over what she calls unlawful pay discrimination gracey a fluent mandarin speaker with thirty years experience reporting for in china for the b.b.c. she quit her beijing post and says that she will be returning to the london newsroom now her decision comes after last year's revelations of a huge gender pay gap at the b.b.c. . i have never lost the money in fact i don't think in fact he is at the b.b.c. that more money and nor at this occasion in the six months since we heard the paid disclosures in july i have been trying to say to my bosses equal pay is very very important to me it's not about giving me a pay rise it's about equality between men and women and i thought ait's a kid that when i went out to china it was only in july that i discovered that i had an. all in the statement the b.b.c. said there was no quote systemic discrimination against women a spokeswoman said that fairness and pay was vital and that the corporation was working to improve transparency on pay levels and dozens of prominent female journalists and politicians in

have tweeted solidarity with kerry gracey and they are now accusing the b.b.c. of trying to shut them up of censorship this rule has also resulted in a situation whereby this story is being almost exclusively reported by men as well the b.b.c. won't comment on the controversy but they have referred us to their guidelines which reiterate that if there is a conflict of interest then a reporter cannot report on that story take a listen when dealing with controversial subjects concerning the b.b.c. or reporter julie impulsion as well as. we need to ensure the b.b.c.'s impartiality is not brought into question and presenters or reporters are not exposed to potential conflicts of interest. well the b.b.c. might have to get used to reporting on itself because it looks like this is an issue that isn't going away and there are likely to be more high profile resignations over gender pay equality or inequality thanks for that aside he's a polly boy with the details. now there are a cost of boycotts clothing giant after it advertised a black child the modeling of her day wi

have to pretend that solidarity with carry gracey over this issue and they are now accusing the b.b.c. of trying to keep them quiet and of trying to censor them the rules of also resulted in a situation whereby effectively because of this you've got the story being reported almost exclusively by men now the b.b.c. won't comment on the controversy however they have referred us back to that guidelines take a listen to what they have to say when dealing with controversial subjects concerning the b.b.c. or reports must remain julie impose szell as well as accurate we need to ensure the b.b.c.'s impartiality is not brought into question and presenters all reporters are not exposed to potential conflicts of interest the b.b.c. might have to get used to reporting on itself or to referring us back to those guidelines because this looks like an issue that isn't going away and there are likely to be more high profile resignations over this issue of gender pay inequality we discussed this issue with independent journalist martin somers. i think with b.b.c. in particular because it is a public se