authorities making an example of james liang? reporter: they clearly wanted to send a strong and clear signal they are determined not to allow anyone responsible for this scam to go scot-free. he was not the mastermind behind the scandal. he cooperated with the authorities. but he was a key figure in the scandal. we have to say there is a growing sense of frustration that others charged in the case are in germany and therefore out of reach. so far, no current or former board member has been charged. anchor: the judge gave him more time than the prosecutor requested. why do you think he did that? reporter: it is quite interesting to see how the judge justified his decision. he described this scam as a massive fraud on the american consumer that destroyed the foundation of the economic system. those are very strong words. we have to understand the whole case demonstrates a shift in the justice department's handling of white-collar crimes. u.s. authorities have faced a lot of criticism for failing to prosecute executives in financia

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james liang pleaded guilty earlier this month to misleading regulators and is cooperating with prosecutorse. the automaker installed secret software in vehicles in order to cheat on emissions tests. eight current and former executives have been charged so far. >>> well, you can expect some suspensions after some bad behavior between the new york yankees and detroit tigers. it all started when detroit's michael fulmer hit new york's gary sanchez with that pitch. that led to the yanks' tommy kahnle firing one behind tigers star miguel cabrera, and then it was mayweather versus mcgregor. >> basically. >> on the baseball diamond. so the benches emptied again, after the yankees' pitcher fired a 98-mile-per-hour pitch off the head of james mccann. later, detroit's alex wilson plunged the yanks 'todd frazier and the teams squared off a third time. all told, five players, both managers and a coach were ejected. the only people who were playing the rest of the game were the grounds crew. >> the batboys. >> yes, definitely. >> you're totally right! that could have been the undercard for the mayweath

move back 40 years and look at what the program looked like at that point, where this was predominant liang in-patient hospital program, you know, nearly 75%, you know -- more than two-thirds of the spending was for in-patient hospital in 1976 as compared to what it looks like today. and there's a lot more pieces to that pie, and clearly the program is a lot more than just in-patient hospital. it's also -- if the pies were bigger they should be much bigger over time. you can see these growing from just under 1% of gdp in 1976 to more than 3.5% of gdp in 2016. we'll talk a little bit about continued growth in a little while. but just -- i would like to start with this for demonstration. although it would have been impossible in 1976 to forecast, you know, the construction of that pie 40 years down the road, it is still actually very important to measure and estimate and evaluate what the anticipated effects are of current status, current program. a lot of the reasons why this pie looks different is because legislation has changed over time and the program has matured and has evolved and will

and, once again, it is not guihua liang, it is being knighted kingdom that has decided to leave the euve used, flexible and imaginative solutions, that is a direct quote from the council, the european council. ok, let's move on. gentle man on the right. matt baker and from the sun. david davis, you refused to publish any details on the divorce bill and said you just ripped apart by eu's legal arguments. is this approach are holding talks back. to both of you, you both admitted that their block this week. would you be prepared, both of you, to come back to brussels more of an maybe every week until you break that the block? david davis, it surely can't be helpful having a former prime minister, tony blair, hugging and kissing jean—claude junker at the same time as your press conference. well, i'm not going to comment on the movements of private citizens and what they do. in terms of the approach, the european union made a claim on the united kingdom and the united kingdom tax payerfor a large sum of money, unspecified, but undoubtedly large. and on the basis of what it determined to be