i'm joined here now in the studio by our political correspondent miss hale and for analysis of how chancellor angela merkel is likely to view the video business has a lot of pot is in front of the city you headquarters here in berlin so let's start with you let's do some armchair psychoanalysis do you imagine that merkel is relieved right now. oh she will be very relieved she is very relieved indeed we've been hearing from many conservative politicians tonight actually congratulating the social democrats on their willingness to try to form a government and chancellor merkel in specific she hasn't been very outspoken on these talks and on forming a government in the past month but she came out immediately with a statement let's listen in to her reaction. in the following to see to use conclusion of exploratory talks last week which cleared the way for formal coalition talks we welcome the news that the social democrats have followed suit at their party conference today. after intensive and sometimes controversial discussions they reached a positive result that means the way is now clear for fo

miss hale? >> supervisor safai: before we do that, are there any members of the committee who would like to make any additional comment? supervisor tang, did you want to say anything before we hand it over -- okay. and i just want to say to the clerk, miss clerk, can you add my name as a sponsor on this, please? okay. please proceed. >> good afternoon, supervisors. barbara hale, assistant general manager for power. i am going to make a presentation that describes the charter amendment that would provide the public utilities commission that would have the power for new power authority. the puc has been providing power to our customer base since about 1918. we've been generating electricity, putting san francisco's water supply to work. we passed water that's consumed here through generators and generate greenhouse gas free electricity. we provide that electricity service to all city departments and to public agencies like the san francisco unified school district, community college, and -- and to

played for england since the incident resulting in him missing out on the side's ashes tour in australia. two other men, ryan ali who's 28, and ryan halehas said that 13—month—old poppi worthington suffered a serious sexual assault before she died of asphyxia. david roberts said the account of her death by her father, paul worthington, didn't stand up to scrutiny. a family courtjudge previously ruled that her father, paul worthington, had probably sexually assaulted her before she died. mr worthington has never been charged with a criminal offence and denies any wrongdoing. 0ur north of england reporter fiona trott was at the inquest. tell us a these findings, the owner. very difficult findings, the owner. very difficult findings for the mother to hear during this three—hour conclusion. she was in tears in court. the inquest was brought to an end five yea rs of painful inquest was brought to an end five years of painful inquiries, investigations, involving various public bodies — the police, social services and now the coroner. the senior coroner david roberts said in the balance of probabilities her 13—month—old daughter was abused be