last week, retired judge laura cox was put in charge of that inquiry.t was announced she would not be looking at specific cases. well, tonight we have another allegation of bullying against the speaker, john bercow. this time it's his private secretary before kate emms that is laying out accusations of uncontrolled anger and intimidation. his name is angus sinclair. what makes this extraordinary is that mr sinclair was moved out of the job back in 2010, and received a big pay—out at the time — far more than might be expected from redundancy alone. and he was asked to sign a non—disclosure agreement, an nda, preventing him from criticising his former employer. tonight, mr sinclair has chosen to break the terms of that nda by talking to us. john bercow strenuously denies all his allegations. our policy editor chris cook and newsnight‘s lucinda day brought us the original revelations. chris is with me. before we see the interview, give us some background on this case. angus sinclair was an enormously popular figure within the house, we kept having people s

i do not think the form matters, if dame laura cox is happy to deal with it, that is fine.te investigation enquiry needs to happen. the most important thing is that now there have been two whistle—blowers in as many months, there's clearly an issue that needs investigating. it is as important for the speaker as it is the victims to be able to set out exactly what happened, and someone independent to come to a conclusion. that independence is vital. this says that downing street is taking it pretty seriously? i guess the reason angus sinclair came forward was because he left eight years ago, and he saw, from chris's earlier report, that nothing had changed. there's the sense of an institution that has locked himself away and not bothered to deal with it? and here in lies the problem of bullying in the workplace, many organisations have the right policies, antiharassment and anti—bullying, grievance and all the right things, it is the culture and how it responds in allegations. i'm afraid, for all of the reasons jenny willet cited in your film earlier, it isn't working right

in the commons a short time ago, the commons leader andrea leadsom said it was for dame laura cox, whoe will be looking very carefully at how best to respond to these latest developments." mrs leadsom continued: "everyone in westminster has a responsibility to play their part in changing the culture in parliament." the rapper kanye west has come under sustained criticism for suggesting that 400 years of slavery in america was "a choice" for black people. west made the comments during an interview on the entertainment channel tmz. when you hear about slavery for 400 years... for 400 years? that sounds like a choice. you was there for 400 years and it's all of you? it's like we're mentally imprisoned. west later tweeted that his comments had been misinterpreted. but at the time, they seemed pretty clear to tmz staff member van lathan, who confronted him on air. you are entitled to your opinion. you are entitled to believe whatever you want. but there is fact and real—world, real—life consequence behind everything that you just said. we have to deal with the marginalisation that has come

no wonder republicans say cox is unelectable in november. >> laura: a bill in the california state senate would make it the first state in the nation to offer full health care coverage illegal immigrants. it will cost a whopping $3 billion and critics say it could devastate the economy of the fiscally fragile state. let's discuss this with someone who supports the bill, dr. michael weinberg, president of the bay area council economic institute. doctor, tell us why this is a good idea given what we know it will cost for the state of california. >> so right now we actually pay for health care for undocumented immigrants at the federal level. but we only do it in the most expensive, inefficient way possible through emergency room care, so this just moves us into paying for primary and preventive care which is substantially more efficient. >> laura: the medi-cal problems, the overall health care in california called medi-cal, e.r. visits by medi-cal patients rose 75% over just the past five years. only 55% of physicians actually accept medi-cal, more than a third of all california residents a

laura showed you the video earlier of the deadly crash on the street. still closing the intersection 98, fined off 880, closer to 580, cox academy, that's near where the crash is located. activity going on. we're tracking that in the newsroom. meanwhile going through concord, smooth, easy drive, walnut creek interchange, upper east shore freeway no major problems. as we look at the berkeley curve, smooth drive. back-up starting to form for cash lanes in the bay bridge. we should see metering lights in a few minutes. meanwhile san mateo where we don't use metering lights we have, looking at a smooth drive westbound. back to you. >> 5:20. coming up next on "today in the bay," decision 880. taking a close leer at a ballot measure targeting the gas tax. how it could impact roads we drive on every day. >>> and how much do you love the warriors? mike has his flag out and proud p the other day, mike. he went to the car wash as well. he said it survived. plik mike on facebook and read that full story. you can join our conversation every morning on social media. we're all there. new report says there have the shortest >>> as we l