john butler there, one of the first organic farmers in the uk.son to sail a yacht across the pacific ocean. he left california in the united states forjapan two months ago. donna larsen tells his story. it came into view as a small dot on the horizon, a 40—foot yacht carrying the first blind person to sail across the pacific, nearing the end of an epic 14,000—kilometre journey and two months at sea. as they neared dry land, people gathered at the dock at fukushima in japan to welcome them. mitsuhiro iwamoto, a japanese citizen who lost his sight at the age of 16, set sail on february 2a from san diego, where he now lives. thank you for coming. he had steered the vessel as sighted navigator doug smith assisted him with verbal guidance on potential hazards and wind direction. mr iwamoto's first attempt at the crossing ended in disaster in 2013 when his yacht sank after being hit by a whale. so the 52—year—old was overjoyed to finally complete the challenge. translation: it was really tough and i realised that the pacific ocean is boundless. i've ha

senior analyst john butler joins us now. give me your key takeaway.umbers the broad-based, looked good. does your analysis agree with that? >> yes, broad-based strength. but week asas weak, expected. -- weak as expected. what really stood out is the cfo said we have strengths across the board in all non-iphone categories. that bodes well for a good year. if they can deliver the kind of growth against a tough year ago comparison, they are doing well. andiphone weakness is known on the margin, china is improving. that is another thing that stood out to me. thesein the lead up to results being announced, we talked a lot about services being the next thing for apple. sales are up 16%. that is a record. where next for apple services? >> they are expanding services right now. something i really applaud is they are making a move into content in a bigger way. it is something that pairs well with the apple brand. original be launching programming later in the year, along with a redesign of the apple tv app that will allow people to drive other apps within the

john butler, one of the first organic farmers, shares his memories.ou do all you can to build up life in the soil. now, one of the chief ways of doing this is by using natural organic manures as opposed to artificial chemical fertilisers. soil produces food. and without soil, hunger is the consequence. and we damage our soil at our peril. now, when a soil is deprived of its protective layer, then the structure begins to break down. the war brought in mechanisation and then developmental chemicals. in the struggle for greater food production, scientists all over the world have turned their attention to the control of weeds and pests by chemical spray. these things, most of them did not smell very nice. they were not nice to handle. the deeper instincts of many people were offended by them. they were usually called 'artificials' in a derogatory term. if you put artificial fertiliser near a worm, that worm will wiggle away from it. it is violent, vicious stuff. it was only gradually that people began to see the deterioration of the soil. when it has lost

bloomberg intelligence senior analyst john butler and is this week columnist, both digesting the beatthe board. for me as i will be stepping up to host "bloomberg technology." we will be talking more about apple, but also facebook. coming up next on "what'd you miss?", we'll here on the chief restructuring. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ romaine: continuing our coverage of the milken institute global conference. i'm here with a managing partner at m3 and his most recent assignment was as chief restructuring officer at sears. it is good to see you. >> good to be here. >> retail is a good place to start our conversation. you have seen the highs and lows of retail. what are the prospects of that industry? >> retail is going through a challenging time. to say the least. i think there is much more to come. issue isnk the core for retailers to find a place to be relevant going forward. and to be a generalist retailer is no longer viable with the advent of technology, e-commerce and changing consumers. >> i want you to take a policy position. it should amazon be broken up? -- should amazon be broken

i'm john butler. i'm a current resident of district 10. we would like to see scooters in the bay view community. it would help jobs. it can help people be able to go to the super markets 24 that dot have vehicles. it can assist people making short trips without having to move their vehicles and having so many cars on the streets. they also have kick stands so people can make quick stops and be able to access stores easily and readily. the fact that scoot is not really available, we would like to ask for more of their vehicles to be placed in the bay view. especially with the warriors' stadium being built. it would be convenient and have less cars moving on the street. there are a lot of job opportunities with them being there by the residents being able to power them up, pick them up, and be able to move more freely in the community without less traffic, without less collisions and bumper to bumper. thank you. >> thank you, very much. we appreciate you coming. >> thank you, madam chairperson that'chair andeveryone here. i'm asking for the

in order to force the disgruntled blacks to work at the fort, the new commander, john wool, because they sent butler down to new orleans, and how did that work out? john wool decided to drop people from the ration roles if they refused to work. he intention was to drag or force men into government service." since the welfare of their families would be actually be at stake. we would not really see a difference between enslavement and this government policy that was evolving in these critical years. these issues at fort monroe were a foreshadowing of things to come throughout the rest of the nation. for their part blacks preferred o fend for themselves. and "have no rations if the government would let them." this was not to be. the policy was that blacks that saw protection of federal authorities had the choice of either working for whatever the union forces deemed appropriate or taking their chances by fleeing northward or possibly starving exactly where they were. while some complained about the abuses they endured at the hands of their "liberators," many simply decided to leave the ort and seek oth

crumbling in hours has deeply saddened people across the city and the world to touch a butler al-jazeera paris. john lee cowan is a professor of architectural history at new york university and he says that all is not lost. her emotionally everyone is devastated and stripped but let's be clear that the main stone structure of the cathedral is extending the storm vaults have been sometimes the local lead them out east what has burned essentially the roof structure to third of the roof which is basically who wouldn't carpentry extremely important historically because it was still the original woodwork so this seems to be largely gone together with the spire which failed and so spectacularly. then which was reconstruction of the nineteenth century you need self a great piece of work but by no means a medieval object so would say that the computer as not lost its hat but it is still standing and is perfectly rebuild of all apparently what happened was a fire and it's very often because of fires of such historical buildings an accident on the building site for the restoration of part of the structure so

john bel edwards, (d) louisiana: "a mother and son. the mother is kendra butler, 35.e son was remington butler, 14, and a high school freshman here."devastation at louisiana tech university forced the close at least through friday.. dormitory areas, students' cars..and several of the severely damaged.les guice, president, louisiana tech university: "windows and glass blown out. things like that. athletic facilities are basically unusable."just next door in texas..multiple funnel clouds caught on camera tearing through the state..and the violent storms blamed for the deaths of a mother and her two children...killed when their car was swept away by flood waters..the family's father found clinging to a tree when he was rescued.i'm reid binion reporting. turning now to weather with lawrence karnow. (ken) lawmakers at the state capitol met today to discuss a trio of affordable housing bills... referred to by supporters as the keep families home bill package. reporter charmaine nero has the details. members. committee fellow public and from the after hearing amend the bill

matter of fact john cloud anchor is very clear to say that there is one newspaper in particular that at least mention other e.u. business but yes he definitely wants this done natasha butler thank you very much live from brussels. as well as prime minister has called for a general election on may eighteenth scott morrison is taking a third term for his consecutive coalition he's been in office sends august and is the third prime minister to lead a government divided over issues in leading climate change energy policy has played a role in australia's last six changes of prime minister. take a look at the headlines right now on al-jazeera european union leaders have offered u.k. prime minister theresa may like small extension to practice it until october thirty first european council president donald tusk speaking live now says the u.k. has agreed to it and that there will be a review in june it means the u.k. will not crash out of the e.u. on friday it will continue to see a corporation as a full member state with all its rights and as a close friend and stress that in the future let me finish with the message go to our british friends. this extension this flexible as i ex

john hendren al-jazeera chicago. bailey is an aviation analyst and former federal aviation administration safety team represented he joins us now from butlernew jersey thanks for being with us. so i want to ask you first of all then about the remarks from that from the c.e.o. dennis mullen but he says that there is a public trust deficit dad that that boeing is a is working towards getting back to he succeed in doing that. you know i don't think so i don't think he did today you know he pretty much came a little bit short of suggesting a design flaw or possibly admitting to a design flaw on the aircraft but he did take some responsibility but i think he's going to really have to step up to the plate and you know be honest with both the investors and especially the the general flying public. you know a lot of people say you know the buck stops with with the man at the top so if boeing is going to to really move on from they stuff doesn't need to let him go and just kind of start afresh you know dennis miller emberg has a long history with bonnie pretty much worked his way up through the ranks so he knows that business very well and you know

john hendren al-jazeera chicago. bailey is an aviation analyst and former federal aviation administration safety team represented he joins us now from butlerew jersey thanks for being with us. so i want to ask you first of all then about the remarks from that from the c.e.o. dennis miller he says that there is a public trust deficit dad that that boeing is a is working towards getting back to he succeed in doing that. you know i don't think so i don't think he did today you know he pretty much came a little bit short of suggesting a design flaw or possibly admitting to a design flaw on the aircraft but he did take some responsibility but i think he's going to really have to step up to the plate and you know be honest with both the investors and especially the the general flying public. you know a lot of people say you know the buck stops with with the man at the top so if boeing is going to to really move on from they stuff doesn't need to let him go and just kind of start afresh you know dennis miller emberg has a long history with boeing you pretty much worked his way up through the ranks so he knows that business very well and you know