group in rojas is senior -- reporter with limburg law. this bill would increase the flexibility on retirement savings plans. how would it do that? a long timeen coming, congress has not delved law.o made it verye clear that retirement security, retirement savings was going to be a priority. in the last congress, he and brady passed something out that had some of these components and it but that bill was tied to --e of the permanence of the of president trump's tax cut and another bill. that did not have legs in the senate. so it died last session, this year. chairman neil brought this up and this bill basically does not sexy components like a refund check for people or anything like that. what it does is it allows, it makes it easier for employers to offer retirement plans, incentivizes the creation of new retirement plans, they grants iras,s access to 401(k)s, vehicles they get tax breaks on. and it has additional elements that just make the process easier for employers to administer, create, and provide these plans for a wider variety o

group in rojas is senior -- reporter with limburg law. this bill would increase the flexibility on retirement savings plans. how would it do that? a long timeen coming, congress has not delved law.o made it verye clear that retirement security, retirement savings was going to be a priority. in the last congress, he and brady passed something out that had some of these components and

during the opening ceremony d w director general peter limburg asked from call to shine meyer how he saw the work of an about hernandez germany's president took the opportunity to encourage her and all other journalists in their mission. buttons eating wings braith peep report you need to yes which may make governments uncomfortable democracy needs all of you. d.w. will continue to pay tribute to journalists who do exceptional work and help preserve the freedom of the press one day there's going to be on freedom of expression freedom of press is the brief we cannot be imaginable without freedom of press and this is so important for our work and so important for your work so i think we had to had to do something to to cherish freedom of press and to to give out this award and did was something which was really an affair of a heart of a heart for me i really wanted this because i think we can we can do some changes when we when we highlight the freedom of press and the people who really fight for freedom of press on a daily basis i mean all over what when is where in some kind of dange

director general peter limburg discuss the shift in journalistic power towards large media platforms steinmeier says more and more people get their news from the likes of you tube and twitter leading to a polarized society. that is. the tone has become much coarser sometimes even vicious especially on social media. since there is nothing left between black and white no compromise in thinking is possible and the one who presents other viewpoints and arguments is often treated as an opponent and enemy find 100 politicians researchers and journalists from $140.00 countries have come together and gone to discuss the relationship between power and the media it's also a chance for t.w. to start a dialogue with its own audience. the global media forum is an excellent chance for us to connect with. broadcasting. and for its own programs but it's very important to have a good connection with them and it's also important to have people around the globe coming here together and talking about media and shifting palos i think this is these are enough reasons to make this conference for today's hi

from this has been called up as a back up for shoulder coach martina fostex limburg is preparing for her 1st tournament in charge. forward. has been confirmed as the captain she could rack up 100 caps if germany makes it far in the turn up to. tennis now in an upset at the italian open in rome world number 5 alexander got knocked out of the round of 32 after a fine performance by rome native. reached the final last year but has been in a bit of a slump the season winning only 6 matches in his last 8 tournaments 13 and beat the germans 7575 much. of the home crowd there. your mind are now what we're following for you at this hour u.s. secretary of state michael pale is playing down the prospects of war with iran begin talks with russian leaders he said the u.s. was not seeking conflict although it would respond if attacked. coming in as the rising tensions in the gulf region. this is news live from berlin ahead of european elections we asked people around the continent about the future of the european union that's up next for now though that's all from the news team i'm brian thomas t

limburg has learned the bank only hires one back-office employee when five are leaving.lans to cutale staff in paris and eliminate the position of global head of trading. this as the french try to implement cuts to its struggling bank. bloomberg has learned almost 200 jobs will go. society general plans to cut half of its jobs at general headquarters. that is your bloomberg business flash. in london.a hows we are minutes from the start of trading in london. much of europe will be closed. next, stocks we are watching at the open including in the u.k., sainsbury's. the supermarket is taking a $16 million hit on its failed deal with asda. we will learn more about that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: welcome back to "bloomberg markets: the european open." minutes till the start of the trading day. let's get your stocks to watch. we are looking at sainsbury's, covering next, and pearson and publishing. >> we finally have some of the numbers on the fallout from the sainsbury's asda deal. shares may go higher from what we saw today. that is because the full-year earnings came