sports direct boss mike ashley says the company and he have been stabbed in the back by its shareholdersion as chief executive weas opposed by 9.75% of votes cast, and chairman keith hellawell stepped down just ahead of the meeting. mr ashley, who still owns 61% of the company's shares, said in a statement: "the company's shareholders appear to be affected by the pressure of the media and certain other organisations, and they have failed to support sports direct, keith and myself, on this journey." joining us now is george macdonald, executive editor of retail week. has he been stabbed in the back? i do not think so. it is completely legitimate for shareholders in a public company to question management. what i think has happened in this case is that people knew what they were buying into with sports director mike ashley is an entrepreneur, unconventional and sometimes he has done things for which he has been rightly criticised —— sports direct. he is the sort of person who would be impatient about being called up on questions of governance when he would rather run the business the way h

sports direct‘s mike ashley, who recently bought the struggling chain, has been in talks with landlordsof fraser stores have been saved from closure. senior members of the royal family have allowed cameras to follow them for a new documentary about the queen as a global figure. queen of the world, which will be shown on itv, was filmed over a year. in one episode, the duchess of sussex, meghan markle, reveals a secret detail of her wedding dress for the first time. somewhere in here, there's a piece of — did you see it? — the piece of blue fabric that's stitched inside? no! it's my something blue. it's my — it's fabric from my... oh, how nice! well, i hope it's still in there! yes, it should be. we'll have to look at that. it's fabric from the dress that i wore on our first date. we saw the queen speaking into a microphone there and apparently she is known as one—take windsor, unlike us, stumbling our way through things for three—hour! anyway, we'd better not talk ourselves out of a job even more! meerkats? a baby meerkat which went missing from an australian zoo earlier this week has b

which hasn‘t happened so as a result mike ashley has been making something of a splash.e very much under pressure despite the fact we are doing so well in the economy. what do you think mr ashley is playing at, saying his shareholders stabbed him in the back? there have been rumours about him and debenhams which haven‘t happened, and house of fraser which today we heard they won‘t be giving out any refunds for orders that were taken before they took over.” out any refunds for orders that were taken before they took over. i think he's probably playing at trying to get away for the weekend and hope the news dies down. he doesn't like the news dies down. he doesn't like the media much, does he? it was a co nflu e nce the media much, does he? it was a confluence of things this week. the debenhams story was there at the start of the week, maybe they were talking about administration. they owned a part of debenhams sale that became talk about perhaps could they doa became talk about perhaps could they do a merger. perhaps that had been discussed but it turned out it hadn't rea

step manchester united fans have been protesting against the glazers for years and then there's mike ashley. grace with more caution newcastle knowledge of i feel terrible because of an amazing manager our wonderful from base a fantastic stadium having a running across like a supermarket trade is not just about every last pound the thought sustainability and about the found experience of locals. of course not all owners are despised but the point is they can run their clubs however they want there's no accountability to the supporters it has something played out that it's almost like we are talking problems of the future say germany don't do it the way we did it you know stick to grounds stick to the shuttling stick to it so it was so exciting to and stick to the products but it's being as amazing as it is here because you can lose out. so here's how english football right it's the best among the top five leagues for competition regularly having the most exciting title race but it's the worst first fan treatment with so many clubs having sold their souls at the expense of supporters. to the

sports direct‘s mike ashley, who recently bought the struggling chain, has been in talks with landlordsn saved from closure. iranian leaders have accused us—backed gulf states of being behind an attack on a military parade which killed 25 people, including a child. tehran accuses the uk and others of harbouring members of iranian separatist groups. an anti—arab group and islamic state both claimed responsibility for the attack, but there's no evidence to show they were involved. pope francis has begun a tour of baltic countries, arriving first in lithuania. the pope paid tribute to the victims of the region's nazi and soviet occupations. he will travel to latvia on monday and estonia on tuesday as all three baltic states mark 100 years since they declared independence. it's the first trip by a pope to the region since 1993. voters are going to the polls in the maldives in an election which opposition groups have warned will not be free and fair. president abdulla yameen is seeking a second term in office, despite concerns about his record on human rights and the jailing of his rivals. i

sports direct‘s mike ashley, who recently bought the struggling chain, has been in talks with landlords and cathy is here. all things boxing. we have been reflecting a few minutes ago that f3 joshua, does he live with his mum?|j don't know, he is close but i do not think he does. —— anthony. don't know, he is close but i do not think he does. -- anthony. it is quite a lucrative business, you think that he could afford a washing machine. £20 million or so, so you think he would be ok. what would you do with all of that money? he has sold 300,000 tickets to all of his fight, at wembley alone, so think about all of the pay—per—view on top of it, all of the money he has generated that actually $20 million was probably a small slice of the pie, really. good value, i suppose. but he is the one putting his body and his face and his fitness on the line and it was very crawling, at times alexander povetkin was on top and it was joshua's class times alexander povetkin was on top and it wasjoshua's class that times alexander povetkin was on top and it was joshua's class that shone through so he is

. >> our coverage this hour includes mike viqueira, and a legal panel of wendy murphys, john murrow and ashleyome. >> mike, i know you're hearing from minority leader nancy pelosi today. give us the latest from your vanta vantage. >> reporter: first, the process is on hold. it was approved by the white house. this would be a second investigation but of course this comes as the dramatic eye vents. you saw the two protesters confronting senator flake yesterday, and the dramatic upshot of that, as well as his conversations with some of his fellow senators, changing his mind at the last minute about his support, effectively blocking consideration that was supposed to start today, that process. that has been kicked down the road. the senate is empty here. all is quiet after a tumultuous week of protest eers who have flooded this es has, sometimes in silent protest, pup often being arrested by the capitol police. we no he that nancy pelosi is obviously the minority leader, she could be speaker come january. many people especially on the left want the house to do something looking into brett kavanaug

joining us this morning, mike murphy, shah ghailani, ashley webster, susan li.ket at its highest point since january despite all the turmoil. shah, does the momentum hold? do we keep on going up? >> no reason not to continue going up. all three major benchmarks will probably make new highs, if not by end of this week or certainly the week after. just a matter of time. nowhere to go but higher for the markets. everything is clicking. earnings are fantastic. economy is doing very well. politics aside, trade war talks aside, the market discounting all that, looking forward to resolution on all of those issues. there is nothing else but blue skies ahead. if you're not in this market, still not too late to get in it. stuart: what would mike murphy have to say about that? >> s&p 500 has a target for 3,000. it is going there quickly. that is about a 90-point move from these levels. remember, stuart, over the course of the summer, we spoke if fang breaks, if big technology stocks start to sell off we're in big trouble. you had facebook sell off. you had netflix sell off

with us today, jeff sica, mike murphy, susan li and ashley webster.eff, in my opinion, short-term bad, huge disruption, long-term much better because of huge rebuilding. what do you say? >> i agree. most of the storms of natural disasters affect small businesses, that will be impacted dramatically. as far as the overall market and economy, it will be a blip, if that. there will be a very resilient economy locally but not nationally. there will be no effect. stuart: mike? >> totally agree. north carolina, south carolina, areas affected by the storm, better after rebuild. story about the lives and people in risk. stuart: a story of human misery at this particular point. anything to ad? >> property claims go up after the week after but recover. we have auto sales picking up in years after disasters like hurricane heart have, irma, possibly florence. ashley: questions about regulations. were they too lax and people out in areas building they shouldn't. that is always questions. stuart: should we rebuild areas that get flooded. moral question. financial qu

we also heard that there was a misconduct process against pc ashley, one of the men on duty when the armed officer asked mikeers should have been near the gates when they we re have been near the gates when they were open. thank you. the grenfell inquiry has been hearing from 999 operators who handled dozens of calls from residents trapped in the building on the night of the fire. the inquiry heard the control room was overwhelmed with calls as operators desperately tried to reassure the trapped residents help was on its way. 0ne call handler told the inquiry a "stunned silence" fell over the london fire brigade control room as calls from people trapped in the tower went quiet. rescuers in the philippines are using shovels and their bare hands to try to find survivors buried by a landslide triggered by typhoon manghkut. the storm hit the north of the philippines and at least 65 people are now known to have been killed in the country. large scale casualties appear to have been averted in hong kong and southern china, where nearly 2.5 million people were told to leave. the storm has now weakened as it passes o

ashley: three to 5%. stuart: that time, 9:40 eastern time. dr, mike murphy thank you very much.all good stuff. we're down 80 points for the dow industrials. ten minutes into the tuesday session. 80 points down is where we are. >>> remembering 9/11. where we are 17 years later. joining us the man who personally interrogated khalid sheikh mohammed. >>> it was a historic moment for president trump shaking hands with north korean leader kim jong-un. why a second meeting with the two leaders is in the work we're told. we have got details. ♪ - why are drivers 50 and over switching to the aarp auto insurance program from the hartford? let's hear what actual customers are saying. - the hartford's integrity is something that's very important to us folks over 50. we like talking to real people and getting the straight answers when we ask questions, and they've done a wonderful job doing that. - [matt] in fact, the hartford's been named one of the world's most ethical companies ten times. - i get the highest levels of coverage, i get the highest levels of service, low premiums, but when it