here is leigh-ann gerrans. leigh-anne: good morning.ry of president trump goes public today. two witnesses will answer questions. democrats and republicans will make vastly different arguments. democrats say republicans -- the president pressured ukraine and republicans say it is just an attempt to take down the president. hillary clinton will not rule out a third race for the white house. she says she has no plans to run now, but told the bbcin australa reprieve from bushfires that have threatened the largest city. battlingers are still more than 70 blazes in australia's eastern seaboard. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am leigh-ann gerrans. this is bloomberg. tom: thank you so much. it will be most interesting today to listen to chairman powell. yesterday as predicted, the president of the united states addressed the fed at the economic club of new york. >> we are competing against these other countries, and the federal reserve

here's leigh-ann gerrans. igh-ann: beijing told the u.s. ambassador to quit meddling in hong kong affairs. the chinese also warned the bill could affect cooperation in important areas. the u.s. and china are in the midst of negotiating a trade deal. the white house is pushing to wrap up negotiations on a new trade deal with mexico and canada. the agreement known as usmca has become president trump's top legislative priority. the administration and house democrats have been locked in talks for months to secure a vote before the end of this year. democrats want more enforcement of labor issues. both mexico and canada say there has been progress. this may be a new test for president trump over north korea. kim jong-un's regime appears to have fired off two short range ballistic missiles today. has threatenedim to break off nuclear talks with the u.s., demanding that president trump these up on sanctions by the end of this year. the president has sleep ignored the recent short range missile tests. it is the most a

here is leigh-ann gerrans. leigh-ann: in japan, retail sales plunged more than 14%.e. that is a worse than expected outcome. they are considering the size of a spending package to support growth. a powerful winter storm in midwest u.s. is making life miserable for thanksgiving travelers, dropping close to a foot of snow in some areas and forcing airlines to cancel hundreds of flights. conditions on the west coast stranded drivers. fast inces are climbing the largest emerging markets. asia's two largest countries face a price surge. in china, the price of pork has soared. in indiana, onions have skyrocketed. price hikes have not convinced central banks to tighten up. is still at anon all-time low. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am leigh-ann gerrans. this is bloomberg. francine: incoming e.u. commission president r sela vendor lay-in has vowed to shift -- ursula von der leyen has vowed to shift the focus to the environment, and the greendale is a must. she spoke

. >> oh, my goodness, that was a very effective analogy leigh ann. >>> we also have new details from the fact-finding phase. what can you tell us about this new witness statement? >> we thought most of the new facts had already come out in those dozens of hours of testimony we had all seen and read.

everybody stay here for lei leigh ann caldwell. we'll continue this. you are watching msnbc, we'll continue on vindman and fiona hill. a hill tom steyer: wall street banks took advantage of millions of americans during the recession. so, my wife kat and i took action. we started a non-profit community bank with a simple theory - give people a fair deal and real economic power. invest in the community, in businesses owned by women and people of color, in affordable housing. the difference between words and actions matters. that's a lesson politicians in washington could use right now. i'm tom steyer, and i approve this message. high protein. low sugar. tastes great! high protein. low sugar. so good! high protein. low sugar. mmmm, birthday cake! pure protein. the best combination for every fitness routine. . >>> we are following breaking news, back with me leig leigh ann caldwell. let's talk about what this impeachment inquiry is looking like for you. everyday we are getting more information that feels very similar to information that we heard before wit

and the other two were conservatives: dame eleanor laing and sir edward leigh.ach given five minutes make their pitch. most chose to highlight how they would do the job differently from john bercow. the first to speak was one of the current deputy speakers, dame rosie winterton. as deputy speaker, i have seen tempers rise if there is too much disruption of business. urgent questions are an important innovation of our last speaker. but i've seen members become frustrated, having worked hard on a speech only to end up being squeezed by the three—minute time limit. urgent business must be debated when it is urgent. but pmqs and statements should not take hours. neither should pmqs. i'm standing because i love parliament and i believe in parliamentary democracy and i want to do things properly. that means being a speaker who has absolutely no favourites. a speaker who believes in standing by the rules. somebody who is completely impartial, who knows that erskine may inside out and back to front, i have got it lying by my bedside. a speaker... all right, all right. a

with our first word news in london, here is leigh-ann gerrans. leigh-ann: good morning, tom.ey make have some -- they may let some witnesses -- they will be limited to those who have knowledge of president trump's actions there. at least two people who will not be invited, joe biden's son, hunter, and the whistleblower. iran claims to have made a major oil discovery. the islamic th republic said they found an oilfield, the equivalent of 53 billion barrels as iran overcomes the impact of u.s. sanctions on its oil industry. the u.s. intelligence community is facing threats from russia and china. there are concerns about their ability to jam or destroy satellites in orbit. china viewing space is a critical u.s. military and economic vulnerability. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more i am120 countries, leigh-ann gerrans. this is bloomberg. francine? tom? tom: we are trying to rip up the script. in washington you can do that. knee-deep in the current congressional malaise. i don't know if you have

anna: leigh-ann gerrans thank you very much.o has cut its valuation target around the aramco ipo. role down from a previous of $2 trillion. it is also reducing the size of the sale to get the listing done. joining us now is anthony, eastberg's middle reporter. what are we learning around the valuation and the topline number? some other details included are missing help us with the picture. thatny: the main point is it is a lot smaller ipo than we initially watch. numbery on the topline is it lower than the $2 trillion the initially targeted for the overall valuation, but they are bringing in less money into the exchange because it will be a free float. one of the other main point is that it will be a lot less foreign capital then had initially been planned for. the whole idea around this ipo was that it would bring in foreign cash and be an underpinning for the saudi arabia and economic transformation plan which relies on building up new business -- new industries. things that would help saudi arabia diversify away purely from t

leigh-ann gerrans, in london.allied to a six-month high against the euro, as conservatives throw themselves behind the prime minister's brexit plan, raising hopes for a smoother departure from the european union, perhaps premature. opinion polls show conservatives in the lead. economistker, senior at royal london asset management, is still with us. we know we don't take the polls at face value when it comes to u.k. politics. we do see a widening lead for the conservative party in the weekend polling. what is your base case as to how things develop on december 12, and what it means for brexit? melanie: my base case has to be to take the polls at face value, and if i do that it has to be a conservative majority victory, which does mean we probably get a e.u. -- brexit deal through. but from an economist's perspective, it is how quickly do we start worrying, and we are already worrying about 2020. will have a deadline in the middle of the year, when the government will have to decide whether to extend the negotiation

clancy and leigh carter joining us so you conducted a survey last night during key parts of the debateappening. how did warren's wealth tax comments go over with the people >> so the democrats love elizabeth warren's wealth tax and i find it fascinating because we spend so much time talking about the wealth tax it's impossible. it's not going to pay for things how are the wealthy going to do this and calculate it. we're all getting down in the details and the bottom line is seven in 10 americans wanted to tax the wealthy and so what the republicans need to do, create e strategy that's going to resonate with voters and they don't need to pick it apart because it doesn't work, you have to take a look at how they react and it's most important to look at the blue and yellow line , blue being democrats and yellow being independents. >> when you make it really big, when you make the top of one- tenth of 1% big, pitch inchances the thing that's one thing that democrats care about, independents care about and. people understand across this country, our government is working better and better f

. >> i want to bring in leigh ann caldwell, one of the reporters there asking questions of congressman jim jordan. we came a few seconds late. did we miss any other headlines there? >> reporter: well, the big headline is that republicans continue to hang everything on ambassador volker. hold on, we have mark meadows right here, congressman meadows, can we talk -- he's walking by right now. republicans are struggling -- oh, great. >> the republicans are not struggling on anything. >> reporter: congressman, there is one person who has testified there was no quid pro quo. many others have said there is. how do you justify that and how do you continue to defend the president? >> well, there is more than one. there is one in terms of the deposition being released, which is ambassador volker's yesterday. and even with, uh, ambassador sondland, he said he doesn't know why the aid was held up, still doesn't know, and certainly from that standpoint there was no quid pro quo. >> reporter: but sondland told -- came in and revised his testimony, that he told a ukrainian top official to tell zelens

. >> joining us now our leig leigh ann caldwell and jill wine-banks. welcome both of you. jill, i want to start with the newest information we have. the reporting that the president was being looked at and he knew what the whistleblower complaint was about, the allegation of quid pro quo and he gets on the phone with gordon sondland and he gets on the phone with sondland, no quid pro quo. tell me how it works in the u.s. law. >> this is amazing reporting and it is a well-written article. when you combine it with sandy's testimony, you have a very compelling narrative. a timeline that leads no question of what happened and puts in jeopardy of the lawyers who were involved in this. all the lawyers who decided they would not release this to congress which was legally required under the whistleblowerwhistleblower statue. i should have gone to congress. they go to the person about who the accusation is to get his opinion on whether it should go to congress. >> that's crazy. >> it is totally a lack in judgment and ethnics. i think we need to be looking at ethni ethics of these l

alexandra leigh mound.at 5.30 trouble for the warriors steph curry breaks his hand at last night's game. some people are now calling it the curse of chase center. the team's not been looking good sports director mark carpenter joins us in studio to talk about the road ahead. >>and health officials again sounding the alarm or vaping deaths and injuries are being reported across the country. >>plus after the break how peop >>back to our top story tonight at 5.30 firefighters are getting out the upper hand now on the wildfire in sonoma county. and even more people are being allowed to go back home the kincade fire is 60% contained that's the good news, it's burns though more than 76,000 acres that's about a 120 square miles. >>a 141 homes have been destroyed even more are still threatened. the fire has been burning for a week now broke out near the town of geyserville fire officials have not said the cause, but again many people under our under evacuation orders are now allowed to go back home. >>charities fro

i'm joined from the white house by nbc's hans nichols, on capitol hill nbc's leigh ann caldwell. and with me onset, josh letterman. we'll start with you, hans. does the white house plan to send a representative to this judiciary committee hearing? >> they're reviewing nadler's letter. they need to make a decision on whether or not they want to focus on process or substance. there's a bit of a hint from the white house that they think the process argument is cutting in their favor. in that statement we have, grisham refers to it as a i illegitimate sham process. they're looking at some of the public polling out there, some of the private polling. they're insisting they're winning this argument in the states that actually matter. you saw the president give a full-throated defense of himself at his rally in florida. officials close to the campaign, they think florida is still in their column, no longer a battleground state. they see that in a lot of the places they think they need to win to be re-elected in 2020. so they've got -- the deadline is sunday that nadler has given them. s

years we sort of stopping father and daughter and became business partners which challenge to stomach leigh how i was dealing with him and talking to him and there's this very much disrespect thing. and we deal with things very very differently i was in partnership with my dad only up until recently. who know was here for 20 years and she decided to achieve would stand back for a while because maybe she wanted to direct your nose and i was standing in her way we have women come here their husbands have died and they can relate to a woman better than they can a man especially with asian women so we need a woman's touch here and i think it will be coming back. we have about $30000.00 plus muslim population here in the white chapel east london area and this is always been the kind of melting pot of southern england. you know that lovely pull you paula visit the mosque every now and name and not only did i go. to the extent the most trouble that bit of a turn over the islands. lovely little towns because increase. they came here the day was the. last but don't think it was it was the other nigh

>>of all the latest from santa clara leigh talking some raiders bangles and also a big move in regard to madison bumgarner in his future with the giants the a's entering free agency officially will be breaking it all down. bay area sports night 7 o'clock. going back to you 10 pound alright, we'll see you then thank you guys. >>and begin the jail. >>this is on the peninsula today students celebrating ruby bridges a 6 year-old who helped fuel the civil rights movement back in 1960. the 5th lpgrade class at martin elementary school in south san francisco walk to school from city hall in her. ruby bridges was the first african american student to integrate our nation's of southern schools that was in new orleans. >>a of clouds out there guys right now uh maybe couple sprinkles to be had overnight tonight, nothing to have and that certainly the most exciting change we've seen in the weather in about 6 yeah, we had a few light sprinkles out there for today and some drizzle 700 says the most we could find in half moon bay, but cloudy skies out there if you're headed out there i want to keep

joining us from hong kong, karen leigh. the reaction to the latest jinping --aying xi sayings, xi jinping about the violence -- will try to more directly involved? karen: he addressed it tonight at the summit in brasilia. this is something we weren't necessarily anticipating. the content of what he said, i believe the first time his address to the hong kong unrest internationally, didn't discern from what china has been saying all along. behaviorhat criminal and hong kong was challenging the one country, two systems that guides hong kong is a chinese territory. he says he fully supports hong kong chief executive carrie lam, the government, the police, and the do sherry -- and the judiciary. about foreign interference in hong kong affairs, something china's foreign ministry says almost every week these days. really, xi is sticking to the line his government has had all along. it isn't anything hugely surprising. as to what china is going to do, it's extremely difficult to telegraph their moves. this is a very opaque country.

leigh-ann: good morning.ar gas to disperse a lunchtime protest after the shooting of a protester inflaming tensions in the citywide efforts to disrupt his nest and transportation. while police initially said to protesters were struck by bullets, they revised their count after the city's hospital authorities had only one person was being treated for a gunshot wound. australia is racing for another week of devastating bushfires. of greater sydney are facing catastrophic threats that are unprecedented for this time of the year. three people have died and more than 150 homes destroyed as fires ripped through areas hit by a two-year drought. hit -- inflation could rose to a seven-year high of 3.8% in october due to soaring prices. demand from the spring festival in late january is excited to push the gauge up further. south america's longest serving president has resigned. the bolivian leader announced his departure after election irregularities triggered weeks of violent clashes, and even an intervention from the

>>stream leigh spann said. that is a law that basically requires us to put aside $2 an hour for every single person. there's hardly any exemptions even if there 25 living at home under their parents health insurance for health care expenditures now businesses are sending a plea for city leaders to act now. >>before it's too late a more in-depth look at. >>all. all that. >>cost fees licenses that come up in may already be too late for many businesses, but there's many that we could still save not just as an example of some of those extensive fees, one of the business owners i talked to over a canyon market says in the ad. >>actually have to pay a weight scale feet and while businesses pay these fees and taxes they say that the city is in taking care of them in return citing dirty and dangerous streets in san ancisco taylor sackey kron 4 news. >>the us supreme court will begin hearing arguments on docketnext we that's the program which protects young undocumented immigrants from dia deportation. california is one

piece is not but violence but rather love conservative radio host dave perkins london social activist leigh just per share their thoughts. away incident so all sorts of films right across the world almost every day those films do you know and getting banned. culture is under constant attack grime music now they say now black films whatever we're doing even in the areas where we have fabulously successful we still don't escape the big criticism why don't we just assess all leisure and to tame and activities in britain in relation to the hot coals because football at least people would then movies in a cinema you could think of thousands of types of fact to 50 that take place where serious crime in criminality is much more in excess than we witnessed over the. so let's treat everybody on an equal playing field i don't think it's possible for the movie to cause violence i think it's possible for the movie to set a foundation for violence and then predict with some level of confidence or even certainty that violence is going to happen so i want to clarify it like that in a sense in the sense th

anna: leigh-ann gerrans in london with your first word news update.ustralia's baking industry. amidac ceo has resigned money laundering allegations. the rba deputy governor spoke to bloomberg about the claims this could be the biggest such violation and a strong history -- violation and australian history -- in australian history . clearlyllegations are incredibly disturbing and series. anna: juliette saly in singapore has more. how have investors reacted to this latest news out of westpac? >> well, there was relief i guess today on the fact that the to investord backlash and announced his resignation. they have had a terrible five sessions or so since this news of the money laundering scandal, the biggest in australian history. westpac leading a recovery in australian banking stocks today, which helped to lifted asx 200 200. lift the asx there could be more pain ahead for shareholders. anna: who could the replacement be? sticking with westpac specifically, who are we looking at? >> so far, we are hearing the chief financial officer, peter king, will

leigh-ann gerrans? leigh-ann: good morning.e himself deadline of mid november to make a call, but the white house has reportedly been talking with carmakers in the region about boosting the u.s. investment and workforce. broughtrs in hong kong the city's financial district to a standstill, following clashes with police. tensions have been up since a demonstrator but shot yesterday by police. carrie lam says this month's election should still go ahead. >> we still hope we can hold the election or try our best to do so. because it is an important election with the right of 4 million voters to respect and safeguard. there is an issue of safety and order. tohave to work hard to satisfy these two requirements. >> the german chancellor's approval suggest a willingness bank -- years of debate have failed to produce results. i ran's and radium enrichment -- steve wozniak said the company is not guilty of antibias. says the credit card bias is alleged to have just ruminated based on gender. told >> i don't believe looking into the algor

offer us humans some kind of emotional support it's mainly dogs and cats not usually pigs well meet leigh lou she's a therapy pagan part of a program that brings trained animals to san francisco's international airport to help those passengers who have a fear of flying. it's just another day of work fully lou she's part of san francisco international airport swag brigade she's not catching any flights but a presence might help stressed out the past and just relax. people are very happy to get distracted from the travel from their routine i'm whether they're flying on their journey or litigation or work i'm not everybody is usually very happy. and it seems it's not too low to hold bush there's no lipstick on this pig. just perhaps a touch of no polish. people seem to enjoy it. i've never seen one here so it's interesting that it's fun i got really excited. to see fear of being a pig in the airport. big tricks like a gala. but lee lou doesn't do just simple. trix she has a knack of bringing people together. we walk in and we find today that most people have their heads buried in their devic

in washington, alexandra leigh mount a federal appeals court says president trump's tax returns can be turned over to new york state. >>criminal investigators. the decision upholds a lower court's decision to reject the president's attempts to block his accounting firm releasing his tax returns trump's lawyer argued in court that the president is immune from any and all state criminal charges while he's in office. even if he shoots someone on the street. well they manhattan da is looking into the payment the president made to 2 women claiming they had affairs with him before the 2016 election. >>next at 5.30 a 6 month old puppy stolen from a shelter in berkeley, but the pup has been found the suspect though still on loose, the tactics used to get special access at the shelter. and why this appears to be a breach of trust. >>and just in time for the holidays, amazon is rolling out new delivery options to get your holiday items faster details next to 5.30. as the kincade fire inches. >>closer to full containment a local assistance center has been set up to help presidents with the law pr

blame on jambo blah blah blah the problem is that he continues to say these things and interesting leigh enough it was exactly when he said no no i abide by my earlier conclusions that they have a arsenal class felt that now we go ahead and we say no no the head of o.p.c. w. bides by has a his claims and so all this other stuff is you got it. russian talking points the russians are reporting this so facto it must be wrong. to attack our democracy come on a 4th grader can figure that out now that's the way things are looking for most because so far this tuesday morning so much more of facebook. from kevin to the rest of the team thanks so much and stick around if you come and go boom bust coming out of my stateside studios but after this quick break. you know world is big news. and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we'

meg hillier and sir edward leigh were first to go, followed by dame rosie winterton.an withdrew, and eleanor laing was fifth to go, leaving two labour mps in the run off. number of votes cast for each candidate was as followed, chris bryant, 213. sir lindsay hoyle, 325. but that's not quite the end of the rather lengthy process. i invite sir lindsay hoyle to take the chair of the house. it's traditional for the speaker elect to appear reluctant to take thejob, so he or she is dragged to the chair. labour's caroline flint and the conservative and former deputy speaker nigel evans doing the dragging this time. the tradition comes from the fact that the speaker has to communicate the opinion of the commons to the monarch — and, in the past at least, if the monarch didn't like the message, he or she might — literally — shoot the messanger. once in position, lindsay hoyle spoke to mps. it is about the challenges ahead for me and this chamber. i stand by what i said and i stand firm that i hope this house will be once a great respected house not just in here but across the

leigh internet watch foundation report on child sexual abuse imagery fund that europe is the world's worst when it comes to online child pornography the continent hosts around 2 thirds of all confirmed cases with the netherlands having the most of fender's political commentator under walker and for a british police officer peter kirk i'm sure there if he's with us. it would obviously have to be used very carefully and would be used sparingly. there are various things that could be done to minimize the risk of it being spread further but if the aim is to close down and arrest all those using the particular platform or chat room that you're gaining access to then in a way it's sort of self destructs to a certain extent anyway in the united kingdom these sorts of images and videos would be illegal and the reason that they're illegal is not because there's a victim of them because clearly there isn't it in a simulated image but what there it what it has the potential to do is to excite offenders and what we don't want to do is have a government in your up producing material that can pote

blame on jambo blah blah blah the problem is that he continues to say these things and interesting leigh enough it was exactly when he said no no i abide by my earlier conclusions that they have a national force class itself that now we go ahead and we say no no the head of o.p.c. w. abides by his own his claims and so all this other stuff is you've got a russian talking points the russians are reporting this ipso facto it must be wrong it must be decided to attack our democracy. come on a 4th grader can figure that out. well if you want to find out more much of a bit more about how the o.p.c. w. 100 its report on the chemical attack claims and doom checking out of. home. russia could be sporting events for the next 4 years following the latest recommendations from the global anti doping watchdog while accuses moscow of noncompliance with the agency's demands is correspondent. in order for the russian sport to get fully back on track in order for the washington national anti-doping agency to regain its official status and also to get back into the national recognition the authorities and

leigh griffiths made his return for celtic.om his last appearance having ta ken time away from the sport struggling with depression. elsewhere hibernian beat motherwell 3—1. st mirren moved off the bottom of the table with a 2—1 win against ross county. and struggling hearts were beaten by kilmarnock 3—0. great britain have won the first rubber of their davis cup semi final against spain. kyle edmund beating felicaino lopez in straight sets. with captain leon smith, deciding to rest andy murray again, edmund, the british number 3 played a storming first set taking it 6-3. the second set went all the way to a tie break. edmund winning 7 points to 3 — and taking the match. british number one dan evans' is facing world number one rafa nadal in the second singles match. nadal has won the first set in that match. nadal currently leads 3—0 in the second. to rugby union's european champions cup, and holders saracens returned to winning ways with a bonus—point victory over 0spreys. the london side were beaten in their opening game, a 4

earlier, i spoke to leigh milner, who was at a pub in central london, shortly after the match ended.pointing score for england, it is a pointing score for the fans here, but not for this lodge, because they are key ways. you are happy, right? —— they are kiwis. trust me to pick the table full of kiwis. this has been rang packed in central london, or trying to get a glimpse of the game, unsurprisingly, more england shirts than south africa, but it doesn't matter now. let's have a chat with some of the fa ns let's have a chat with some of the fans here. now, don't get too emotional. what did you think about that performance? hats off to south africa, they turned up and were amazing, they deserved to win, didn't seem like we really got going from the first whistle, kyle sinckler getting injured was not ideal, but south africa deserved it. what went wrong? last week was phenomenal. i don't think we have a chance to get into the game. they we re chance to get into the game. they were so chance to get into the game. they were so physical, they played how they wanted to play, they got all t

judges at the international criminal court to do to sentence a formal conga leigh's rebel leader of war crimes and sexual slavery these are live pictures now from the i.c.c. osco anything and also known as the terminator was convicted of 18 war crimes and crimes against humanity for the killings of civilians in this the r.c.c. the atrocities were committed in the year 2 region between 20022003 the gander became the 1st person to be found guilty by the hague of sexual slavery he faces a 30 year prison term it's faultlines now. and . with every. piece grainy images from a chill surveillance camera captured one of the last days of madeleine pickens life what do we know about madeleine's final hours day suffer greatly suffer greatly nobody came to her. on april 17th 2014 madeline was booked on a drug charge at a jail in oregon. that's her slumped down and struggling to stand her body goes through heroin which are all.

according to a yet under leigh's government survey rural spending in india has plummeted for the 1st time in 4 decades experts see the expenditure on food items as an indicator of increasing monetization they call on the government to focus on policies that increase consumption. i think this is going to prolong in the absence of any government intervention because a large section of our population group lives in rural area so the high growth is in india let's say of the 2000 did also simultaneously see higher income growth in the area. that the love and middle income pharma says while farming is always risky the last few years have been particularly trying to be repaired because of the monetize ation we didn't get our money on time we could not buy the seeds in time and sold them in time and then it rained so we lost a lot frequent droughts and floods have wrecked havoc in the farms reducing earnings they need and government says all is well with the economy and if there is any slowdown it is because of global dynamics but in these villages the farmers say the reasons are domestic wh

leigh milner is in a pub in london. people are nervous at the moment?y in my life, but it is the rugby world cup and as you can see, it is rammed full of rugby fans at the pub near 0xford see, it is rammed full of rugby fans at the pub near oxford circus. unsurprisingly we have more england shirts. i have yet to see a south africa fan but what we do have is an entire table of kiwis. 0ver africa fan but what we do have is an entire table of kiwis. over here, if you sit back a little. you are a kiwi. what happened, you were so confident he would get into the final, you decided to book a table for the final and look what has happened. i thought i'd be watching the all blacks and i am not. what do you think so far? in england not looking as good as last week. you think so far? in england not looking as good as last weekm you think so far? in england not looking as good as last week. it is pretty annoying. how was it for you last week? not good. a shock? it was, but to be fair england played well and deserved it. who do you think will win? it looks like sout

sir edward leigh.it is a pretty good training to be speaker to have been, as i have been, a backbencher 33 out of the last 36 years. although, to be absolutely honest, nobody has been serving long on the front bench. one of the reasons i think many people enjoy their service on the backbenches is they love holding the government to account. in being sincere to their beliefs. however unpopular those beliefs. however unpopular those beliefs are. and that is the sort of backbencher that i want to encourage. so that is enough for me, just a moment to talk about what i believe the speaker should be. i am with chris and rosie on this, i think the speaker should submerge his or her character in the job. the speaker should be the servant of the house. the speaker should be a dignified and quiet voice. and i believe that all the candidates standing today can achieve that. i believe in this parliament that we should not be contentious of what we have achieved over the last three years. insults have been held at

or bloomberg china editor leigh joins us on the phone. came after chief executive carrie lam imposed this mask ban last month by invoking a colonial area emergency powers for the first time in a half-century. the court struck it down earlier this week and said it was unconstitutional. it has been flouted by protesters who continue to wear masks to shield their identities from police. this comes ahead of sunday's district elections here. they are not only a low-key offense come up at time they are happening after more than five months of protests and a couple of weeks of chaos that have paralyzed the city. we are looking to see what happens over the next few days, whether there's going to be any kind of reaction from protesters in the opposition to this temporary re-allowance of the masked man and whether that will have any impact on whether elections will be allowed to go on a scheduled. much.thank you very . in beijing, president xi jinping stressing the need for quality on a trade deal, saying, "we didn't initiate this trade war and thi

who will we not see, leigh ann? >> hunter biden and the whistle-blower. redundant and we've heard over and over again from the whistle-blower attorney that they want to protect his identity and they don't trust the republicans to do that. coming before a public hearing that won't protect this person's identity. the whistle-blower we won't hear from. the other person is hunter bi biden. democrats say this is an attempt by republicans to shift the focus and make this all about the bidens, which got us into this entire impeachment inquiry in the first place. adam schiff says that's not going to happen. >> closed door testimony was already a messy fight. what do we expect on capitol hill? >> it was messy behind closed doors and swee saw the semantics happening outside these doors and then we saw the testimony, how it played out with republicans storming in and trying to stall these testimonies. >> and you kind of saw it on the sunday morning talk shows today, where they started to draw the lines, at least publicly. >> they did. there's some mixed messaging, b

first of all, i want to thank leigh hepner for coming up. he was also at the council meeting last week. i also appreciate the fact he understood some of the recommendations. there had been amendments made to this legislation. not all these landlords are bad actors. most of them are really good. some of them have only increased their rent annually. but then you have the ones who are really determined to keep their place is empty for years and years and years. something has to be done. how long can we put up with this it doesn't impact all your small businesses in the area. also, there are less people on the streets. it will make it safer. we have to look at the characteristic approach. we need to have a character. why is it only that some can do that and others can't? let's make it apply to every small business that wants to open this city. a conditional use hearing, up to nine months, if not more than that, plus the cost. it should be must -- much less than that. formula retail, fill's coffee, a local company. born and raised in the city. th

>>stream leigh spann said.s a law that basically requires us to puaside $2 hour for every single person. there's hardly any exemptions even if there 25 in living at home under their parents alth insurance for health care expenditures now busisses are sending a plea for city leaders to act now. >>before it's too late a more in-depth lookt. >>all. all that. >>ct fees licenses that com up in may already be too late for many business, but there's many that we could still save not just as an example of some of those extensive fees, one of the business owners i talked to over a canyon market says that they actuallha to pay a weight scale feet. >>and while businesses pay these fees and xes they say that the city is in taking care of them in return citing dirty and dangerous seets in san francisco taylor sackey kron 4 news. san francisco base jewel is getting riof meant no longer sellg mint flavored vaping pods and this is a reversal of their announcent last month said they would only stop selling. the dessert flavors

and after that, we stay here in london with leigh-ann gerrans.ing penalties on intellectual property violations to address one of the key sticking point in trade talks with the u.s. itsg is looking at lowering threshold. it also wants to make it easier for victims of ip threat to receive compensation. in the u.k. come the conservative party has detailed its manifesto promising to hire 50,000 at her nurses and including a package of cuts for working people. it also promises to deliver brexit ending years of deadlock. novartis is agreeing to purchase a medicines company in a $6.8 billion deal wrapping up a promising cholesterol drug. the company says investors will get $85 per share. is sharpening its focus on cutting edge drugs for cancer and other illnesses. lvmh has agreed to purchase tiffany for just over $16 billion. the deal is for $135 a share. lvmh is more dominant in fashion and cosmetics. this agreement gives it access security. maybe elon musk will have the last laugh. he says tesla has received 200,000 orders for its cyber to windowste

government decisions, thjustices are expected to reach a decision by june in washington alexandra leigh with newly elected san francisco district attorney's chase abou dean over the weekend he was declared the winner a very contentious race was interim da suzy loftus it's still unclear when he will ficially take office but he says he's hoping for a smooth transition. >>very productive conversations with the mayor with interim district and what weall want is a stable transitions of the staff at the district attorney's office. >>continue to doheir difficult jobs. well, the focus at the job buyers of us want to destabilize the office and we are discussing what the best timing mechanism would be for and over is a labrador process. >>the teen sayshe wants to tackle racial bias in the criminal justice system overhaul the bail system protect immigrants from deportation and pursue accountability n police misconduct cases we've been talking about this we've have lovely weather here. t winter whiplash is. >>flamin a huge part of the country and its fall. more than 240 million people are under win