well, ian carter, many thanks indeed forjoining us. ay on thursday. so mcilroy amongst the favourites according to iain carter — but what about the man himself? is this the year mcilroy finally completes the career grand slam? it's a major championship. i've won four of them. i've been knocking on the door for that fifth one for a while. so i feel like i'm as good of, if not better, a player as i was the last time i won a major championship. so i'm feeling pretty good about it. former england rugby star luther burrell says he's "proud" after a rugby football union investigation found his claims of racism in the sport were true. he chose not to name any of the players involved saying he wasn't looking for retribution. his club at the time, newcastle falcons say " had reports of this nature been made to hr or management they would have been dealt with in the appropriate manner. going forward the club will focus on education as recommended in the report". it comes as the english rfu launch an inclusion and diversity action plan for the eli

let's have a chat with the bbc�*s golf correspondent ian carter. thank you forjoining us.might be action with the competitors here? what are you sensing? is competitors here? what are you sensina? 'j~ ., , sensing? 18 of them here, six of them former _ sensing? 18 of them here, six of them former champions, . sensing? 18 of them here, six - of them former champions, there is undoubtedly action in the back round because it's been there all along. there is litigation going on between the two camps. when both camps have been outspoken about each other. to be perfectly honest, if players say we are parking that and there is nothing there, you've got to take that with a pinch of salt. having said that, this is the masters in each and every one of the players competing here, whether they are liv or pga, they are here with one thing in mind and thatis here with one thing in mind and that is to beat this golf course, concentrate on their own ball and put all the background noise into the background. i think that's what's happening and that is why we are hearing so many conciliator

ian necessary. >> yes. >> byrne. >> yes. >> commissioner yee. >> yes. >> vice president carter o behr tone. >> yes. >> >> president elias. >> yes. >> 7 yeses. >> i was trying to get you out of here fast. you're welcome sir. next item. >> line item 10 approve a resolution drafted by the commission that will provide labor negotiations for the department to use when meeting and conferring with the affected governoring meetings as by law. >> commissioner benedicto. >> thank you very much president elias. colleagues i've been mentioning that this was coming for a couple of weeks now. as you know when this commission considered 9.07, we received a letter of san francisco, it was not the first time that we received a letter like this. in fact, they date back to 2016 about meet and confer and some practices causing delays. and ensuring that we're complying with the law and proceeds as expeditiously as possible. to that end, and each of those that we have presented since then, we have read instructions that have been, i think now unanimously adopted by the commission but to stair, i know that this wuz consistent with prior practice