mr. ross: they are an important tally and a good neighbor -- ally and a good neighbor, but they have to obey the rules. >> what do you mean generally a good neighbor? mr. ross: i don't think this is being a good neighbor, dumping lumber. and in the dairy industry, they are abrupt in the action they took before. tariffs andet of each time, the case was brought to an international court, canada won the case. what is your answer to this? mr. ross: i had nothing to do with prior cases. i am confident that this case is a good case. problem with dairy isn't that they are dumping dairy products in the u.s.. the problem is the reverse. there prohibiting u.s. dairy producers from selling their products in canada, and as a practical matter. we are looking into whether there are measures we can do to correct that. have you heard from anybody in the canadian government or has the prime minister tried to convince you to change your policy or approach or work with you in anyway? mr. ross: i haven't heard of

mr. ross: everything affects everything else. this trade issue as has been pointed out is not a brand new issue. it's been around for quite a while. >> the meeting, the next upcoming meeting of the g-7 is about a month iaway, and the u.s. is in the middle of talking to china about how to address north korea. are you comfortable that the north korea calculus has not ham strung your ability to be as direct with china on matters like this? and is the action with canada meant also to signal to our other western economic allies and partners that if they mess with you they face something like this? mr. ross: at the mar-a-lago meet wegs agreed on a 100-day program and are going back and forth with the chinese on that 100-tai program. we'll we shall see what comes from that. as to the action with lumber or for that mat we are dairy with canada, that really has no bearing on the chinese relationship at all. >> the object of the 25% tariff on lumber coming out of canada is not to raise wood prices, it's

mr. ross: the president 90 days ago announced he intended to renegotiate nafta. that is not a surprise. what we have been waiting on is for the congress to give the go-ahead on the trade promotion authority, the so-called fast-track. that is what has been holding up nafta. thingase is a separate from that. violations that are not permitted even under the old nafta, let alone under any new one. while it is in parallel, it is not really linked to the nafta negotiations themselves. david: what is the message for government officials in beijing or mexico city? how should they interpret what happened today? mr. ross: if you take what happened today with canada and the overall context, we have been proving that this administration is much more enforcement oriented than the prior once. -- ones. we have been bringing lots of cases. this is our second $1 billion plus find this year. i doubt there was even one in a whole year yet alone -- let alone to in a couple of months. enforcement is at the forefro

mr. ross: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk as a designee of representative chaffetz. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in part b of house report 115-96 offered by mr. ross of florida. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 280, the gentleman from florida, mr. ross, and a will opposed, each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. ross: the manager's amendment makes technical and conforming changes to the bill. applying foia to fannie and freddie while they remain in conservatorship will better ensure the american people know what the government does with their taxpayer dollars. but and if and when fannie and freddie come out of conservatorship, the entities need to operate as commercially competitive businesses. this clarifies they may use exemption 4 which protects sensitive information from disclosure whether it was obtained from a person outside of fannie or freddie to protect their financially

the gentleman from florida, mr. ross, and the gentleman from movement, will clay, each will control 30 minutes. the house will come to order. if any conversations are taking place on the house floor in the

mr. ross: i think we can reach 3% growth if we do all the elements of the president's program. senator johnson: that has been the average. i would hope that is a minimum goal. from my standpoint, they are forming reasons that we are not speaking that full potential. we're not using our energy resources. there are so many lawyers here. could you talk about, from your perspective, what do you think are the primary reasons that we are not realizing the full potential of our economy? mr. ross: i wrote an editorial that outlines four or five key points. doing some cost-benefit analysis and having sensible regulation. second, improving our trade balance, particularly by stimulating exports. third, having an energy policy that takes advantage of our natural resources and keeps energy prices low. foru and infrastructure program that is a sensible one. fourth, and infrastructure program. if we do all those and have a sensible tax system, i think the economy will do very well. senator johnson: talk abou

mr. ross: if anyone had any doubt about the president was all to fix the trade problems, these two executive orders should in that speculation now and for all time. the marks the beginning of totally new chapter in the american trade relationship with our partners overseas. thank you very much. i remember while during the campaign, the day the president made the speech outside of pittsburgh and laid down a set of promises to the american people on trade. today, this is the beginning of the fulfillment of those promises in a grand way with wilbur ross at the helm and the president being the grand strategist of this. we are going to get it done for the american people, workers and domestic manufacturers. thank you. this is great day for the american worker and economy. once again, president trump is keeping his word. as we look for ways to expand experts from this country, imports to this country, the president has determined we will have free trade but it will be liketrade and arms negotiations

in an interview with the financial times, mr ross said that the trump administration is far more liberalde compared with europe, china and japan. the comments come ahead of the imf‘s meeting in washington later this month. the passing of lent normally signals a time of celebration for the world's chocolate makers, but there has been a nationwide backlash in new zealand against the decision by chocolate giant cadbury to move its operations to australia next year. the company's american owner says it is not profitable enough to keep the factory in the south—east of new zealand, and hundreds ofjobs could be lost. mauricio olmedo—perez reports from auckland. the world—famousjaffa race brings out the cheering crowds in their thousands, as cadbury chocolate balls made just down the road roll down the world's steepest street. but now crowds are protesting against cadbury, which has made chocolate here since 1930, and become a part of the community's identity. i think it's disgusting, because we're making a profit here. i mean, it's not like we're not. the workers work hard. despite turning a pr

thatpeters: i appreciate answer, mr. ross. the pushback from previous administrations has been they lack the resources. that is why our effort to fund the interagency center on trade enforcement, which is a mouth, but they assist -- which is a mouthful, but they assist our efforts. i hope i can enlist your support with bipartisan support in tigris to devote the resources bipartisan support in congress to devote the resources to this function. we welcome resources. sen. peters: good, good. i know you are committed to stemming the tide of jobs overseas and bring jobs back. while i have found outsourcing information is open paik and inaccessible. que and inaccessible. can you help to make sure we are actively addressing outsourcing? heartfelti have a saying in management that anything you can't measure, you can't manage. one good thing about the allerce department, it has kinds of measurement activities and i was not aware this was a particular problem. theainly understanding parameters of problems helps to figure out how to deal

i spoke to mr. rossmerican chamber of commerce and representation of various businesses, and i had a good feeling for privacy shield is fulfilling its main purpose. representatives of ngos and watchdogs which have feelingcerns about the that there will be more emphasis on the priority of ensuring an initial security, which would protection of privacy would be secondary. i don't have such signs. cory: that is interesting. standpoint, it seems the eu has targeted american companies that seem to have a different notion of privacy, to put it politely, then some european companies. do you feel in your role as the eu commissioner that you have to focus on u.s. companies because they don't get privacy? operate in companies the european union and collect the private data of europeans. they have to comply with the same rules and the same privacy guarantees as european companies, so we do not make any difference and we are applying the rules and the guarantees of protection to all the companies. cory: that was the

i spoke to mr. rossrican chamber of commerce and representation of various businesses, and i had a good feeling that the privacy shield is fulfilling its main purpose. also, i met yesterday with the representatives of ngos and watchdogs, which have some concerns about the feeling that there will be more emphasis on the priority of ensuring an initial security, which would mean the protection of privacy would be secondary. i don't have such signs. cory: that is interesting. from a privacy standpoint, it seems that the e.u. has targeted some u.s. companies, google and facebook among others, that seem to have a different notion of privacy, to put it politely, then some other european companies. do you feel in your role as commissioner of the e.u., you really have to focus on u.s. companies because they don't get privacy? or they think of it differently. >> one american companies operate and collect private data of europeans, they have to comply with the same rules in the same privacy guarantees as european

trade policy, mr. ross continues to hold a stake worth tens of millions of dollars in the international shipping company, diamond s. shipping group, a company that not only operates ships that fly the chinese flag, those ships also call on ports in countries such as iran and sudan that are under u.s. sanctions for being state sponsors of terrorism. we also know that the trump organization was recently awarded sole rights to the president's name for products sold in china. he waited 10 years to get those rights. e case was settled just mere days after president trump's phone call with chinese president when the president reversed his prior stance on chinese unification and gave a full throated endorsement to what he termed one china policy. that was a reversal what he had done just after the election. meanwhile, according to "the new york times," president trump's son-in-law was recently negotiating a real estate deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars with a chinese company closely tied to its government

. >> thank you, mr. ross. mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. ross, welcome to the committee. i appreciate the time that we the office together talking about a varie of issues, and certainly one thing very pleased to hear was your extensive knowledge of michigan and the industry there did with the you steel industry, as well as the sector and other industries there. i particularly pleased as well with the comments that you made regard to a question made by one of my colleagues here tpp, the impact that the t.p.p. would have on negativeindustry, a impacts, particularly with the suppliers in that industry. had rayuld have devastating impact on jobs. it's not about protecting the just about having fair rules where we treat the auto industry and workers fairly others, and we know we can outcompete everybody as long as the rulings are fair. stance on thatur and your comments. along those lines, i want to address something that is important, which is enforcement. if we're dealing with any kind tradees, whether they're deals or the legal authority ther

mr. ross or ms. ross. hit me with one more, quickly. don't defend spicer, michael, no, no, no.l, you are uniform in your criticisms this week, ladies and gentlemen. i'll see you here next weekend. . >>> you are live in the cnn newsroom. i'm ana cabrera in new york. first breaking news. south korea's news agency announcing an attempted missile launch by north korea failed. cnn was there on the ground during this massive milt parade that included two canisters big enough to hold the type of missile capable of reaching the united states. this is the first time pyongyang has eve

street who now will run this administration and will decide ultimately what our trade policy will be, mr. ross and mr. navarro will be adequately frustrated i'm sure by the goldman sachs crowd. i doubt they've looked at the boarded up windows and opioid abuse. that's a real part of america we don't see in the wealth of new york and san francisco. but adjustment, labor market adjustments haven't worked in those places. we have to ask why. we have to ask why. because it is a very maldistributed outcome that is occurring. my view is this is not healthy. we could slip into orartarky and that would not be a good thing either. in order to discuss this you can't constantly back down to to totologies and identities and not address what it is that china does to particular markets in this country. failure to do so is problematic. i know you want to respond. [laughter] mr. allgeier: i am really struck by the fact at how little faulty trade policies on the part of the united states have been identified as the problem. with the exception of concerns of certain things about china, and yet the debate -- [ in

street who now will run this administration and will decide ultimately what our trade policy will be, mr. ross and mr. navarro, will be adequately frustrated i'm sure by the goldman sachs crowd. i doubt they've ever spent an afternoon dining outdoors as they have in manhattan as my son does in reading, pennsylvania, and looked at the prostitution, the boarded up windows, and the opiate abuse, but that's a real part of america we don't see here in the rarefied confines of washington or the wealth of new york and san francisco. but adjustment, labor market adjustments haven't worked in those places. and we have to ask why. we have to ask why. because it is a very mall distributed outcome that is occurring, and my view is this is not healthy, because we could slip into artachy and i'm afraid if some people in the administration had their way, we might, and that wouldn't be a good thing either. in order to discuss this you can't constantly back down totologies and identities and not really address what it is that china actually does to particular markets in this country. failure to do so is proble

and it was mr. ross who i believe said that my gosh, you can't throw out the transpacific partnership agreement, you have to fiddle around the edges with it. that's where they are going. and again, betraying the promises that were made to those workers in your district, those workers in my district, workers all across this country. ms. kaptur: could you yield on that point? what you're saying is very important. certain states hung in the balance in this past election. ohio was one of them. michigan. pennsylvania. obviously indiana, next door, wisconsin. if you look at each one of those states, those were the ones that carried for president trump in the end because of the jobs and trade issue. ms. delauro: that is right. that is absolutely right. that was a central part of the election last november. the improving -- we -- improving our trade policy requires new rules, as i said. not status quo. we have to push a trade agenda that will create good paying jobs. it's going to raise wages here at home. and o

mr. ross and mr. navarro be visible at these meetings?be talking about trade as well as treasury secretary steve mnuchin . here in florida, all eyes are going to be on trade and whether or not president trump can hash out some type of trade agreement deal with the chinese after a bruising campaign in which he meticulously hammered china for what he feels as currency manipulation. guy: what for the people -- what with the people who voted for trump the expecting from this meeting -- be expecting from this meeting? kevin: first and foremost, they're going to be expecting where exactly this new and administration lies in crafting out and aggressive trade policy. when you get into specifics, whether it is on a nuclear energy deal for auto trade and terrorists, the chinese have a lot to gauge about where exactly president trump stands. a point i would make is he has not said as forcefully since taking office he that he would -- since taking office that he would label china a currency manipulator. were executive orders issued last week suggesti

. >> mr. rossa distinction here he said in the one case in the case of lumber, it appears canada is in effect selling sup diazed product into the u.s. markets. what he's concern about are barriers to entry are equal playing field for u.s. dairy products entering canada. what is canada doing that is unfair in your view to u.s. dairy farmers? >> well in terms of milk is more complicated than more folks might think because of all of it's various components break into for trade purposes. but a product that was formally under very few if any tariffs has now been reclassified by the canadians, that takes that previously good-to-go product and puts them in a very highly tariff treated cat gore. so -- >> any kind or certain kinds of milk only? >> no a particular part of the milk component. and so overall the position we have been in for some time with the canadians is that they've had much better overall access to the u.s. market, which is a much bigger, larger cash driven market by far than the canadian m

sun's publisher, news uk, said it apologises for the offence caused, and it was unaware of ross barkley‘s heritage. mrdy to describe the article as racist. but if the newspaper which he edited for many years now admits the article was offensive, why did it allow it to be published? i would have thought that they knew enough to make sure that mackenzie did not refer to liverpool. especially on the anniversary of the hillsborough disaster. so it was a gross editorial oversight. and now everton football club has just announced that journalists from the sun have been banned from its ground. kelvin mackenzie's future as a columnist for the newspaper is very much in question. well, earlier i spoke to our correspondent frankie mccamley, who has spent the afternoon outside goodison park. speaking to people and fans outside the club, a lot of them, as you can imagine, are saying they are extremely happy with this decision to ban the sun journalists, also from the training ground and any operations to do with the football club. just to give you an idea of the feeling of fan groups towards the sun newspaper, we

uk, has apologised for the offence caused, saying it was unaware of ross barkley‘s heritage and there was never any slur intended. mrrticle as racist. outside the stadium, fans welcomed the news. what he said about ross barkley, it's shocking, so i think it's only right. i think it's disgraceful, the way that he spoke about ross barkley, and the way that he described the people of liverpool, and he should be ashamed. his article should be proofread anyway, it should be read by the editors, so for them to let that go to press, i think it's quite poor. but many will question why the paper, which he edited for many years, allowed the column to be published. the sun, they knew enough to make sure that mackenzie didn't refer to liverpool, it's... especially on the anniversary of the hillsborough disaster. so it was a gross editorial oversight. it's understood rupert murdoch will be consulted before a decision is made about mr mackenzie's future, which may depend on a police investigation. frankie mccamley, bbc news, at goodison park. the headlines on bbc news: dozens of people have been killed in syria after an explosion

its stadium and training ground following a column by kelvin mackenzie regarding midfielder ross barkley. mrgeria, to a "gorilla". jim broadbent and charlotte rampling star in this film adaptation of julian barnes's the sense of an ending. we will have james king's fa u lts ending. we will have james king's faults on that and the rest of the releases in the film review. that's coming up soon. first, the sport. thank you. good evening. neutrals will want to see the race to win the premier league title go down to the last few matches and spurs have done their bit to make sure it does. they beat bournemouth 4-0 sure it does. they beat bournemouth 4—0 in the early kick—off to move to just four points behind leaders chelsea couldn't play until tomorrow. this special report. it is at this point of the season that totte n ha m at this point of the season that tottenham are used to seeing their hopes fade but this year seems different. if chelsea falter spurs are waiting in the wings. where once the gap at the top looked insurmountable, now there is a glimmer of light and that light shone even brigh

ross barkley to that of a gorilla. the mayor of liverpool has called for the newspaper to sack mr mckenzie for making what he called "raciallurs". from goodison park, frankie mccamley reports. the footballer in the centre of it all, everton midfielder ross barkley, whose grandfather was nigerian, compared here to a gorilla. and the man who wrote it, kelvin mackenzie, now suspended. he also claims the only other people in liverpool earning as much money were drug dealers. i've reported it to merseyside police and they're investigating the complaint. i have also written to the press complaints commission. the comments, i believe, were overtly racist. the club reacted quickly, banning the sun, stating the newspaper has to know any attack on this city is not acceptable. it follows a long—running hatred towards the newspaper who blamed fans for the hillsborough disaster that left 96 dead. with applause at today's match to mark the 28th anniversary. the sun's publisher news uk has apologised for the offence caused, saying it was unaware of ross barkley‘s heritage and there was never any slur intended. mr mackenzie says it was be

ross barkley. in an article, mr mackenzie compared the midfielder to a gorilla — mr barkley‘s grandfather was bornticle to the police for a "racial slur". the sun apologised for any offence caused, and added the paper was unaware of the footballer‘s heritage. mr mckenzie has disputed that his article was racist. our correspondent helena lee has the latest from news uk‘s headquarters in central london. the article was about ross barkley who was punched. "the lack of reflection is the —— in his eyes made us think he was one of our dimmest footballers." it went on to say that men who and similar amounts of money to footballers in liverpool we re of money to footballers in liverpool were drug dealers. this prompted the mayor of liverpool to complain to the police and tonight kelvin mackenzie has been suspended from the paper. he is away on holiday at the paper. he is away on holiday at the moment but in a statement he said he didn't know of ross ba rkley‘s said he didn't know of ross barkley‘s family background and also said it was beyond parody that his critics would describe his article as racist. h

mr. president, and secretary ross, for this action to protect not only our industries, our employees but our country. so thank you for this bold move. >> mr. president, on behalf of the workers in the industry, president of the steel workers union, i've worked a long time with wilbur and we've been fighting this unfair trade for 30 years. hopefully this executive order will give us what we need to grow our companies back, put people back to work and i have lots of faith secretary wilbur ross will make that happen. >> the unions have been working with us very closely and they have been great, so i appreciate that. thank you very much. so we're going to sign and this is a very important signing. we'll be back over a period of the next 30 to 50 days, i would say, and maybe sooner than that. but statutorily we probably want to take a very good, strong, hard study and we're going to do something really great for our industry, but in this particular case for the steel industry. i look forward to it too. so should i give this pen to labor or to steel? i'm going to look at it, they're going to be

ross barkley‘s heritage. there was never any slur intended. mr was beyond parody to describe the article as racist. but if the newspaper which he edited for many years now admits the article was offensive, why did it allow it to be published? i would have thought that the new enough to make sure that mckenzie did not refer to liverpool. especially on the anniversary of the hillsborough disaster. so it was a gross editorial oversight. and now everton football club has just announced that journalists from the sudden have been banned from its ground. kelvin mackenzie‘s future as a columnist for the newspaper is very much in question. live now to liverpool, and our correspondent there, frankie mccamley. match day at goodison park, how other remarks going down with the fans? i have been speaking to a lot of people arriving here, since an announcement was made that the sun journalists will be banned from the grounds. a lot of them saying that this was a long time coming, and extremely happy with that announcement. to give you a sense of the fans‘ feeli

mrs. c, marion ross and she played the mom there and i told you that in august i was out there for a weddinger house because she was there too i went over to the house. we actually, one of the topics we discussed over two hours i was there was erin and trouble that she was still having. so we will figure out cause of death probably in the next week or so and we will bring that to you. >> very unfortunate. >> yeah. >> cast, they took to twitter and shared their thoughts. scott baia said may people rememberer on for her contagious smile, warm heart and loving soul. i always hoped she could find peace in her life. god has you know erin my sincere condolences. >> ron howard said such sad, sad news, rip erin. i will always choose to remember on our show making scenes better, getting laughs and lighting up tv screens. this one is beautiful by henry winkler. he said oh, erin now you will final live the peace you wanted so badly here on earth. rest in it certificate conveniently now. too soon. >> yeah. >> you know, henry is a sweet man too. >> of course, he played fonz. >> when he came in the studio

mr. president, secretary ross, for this action to protect not only our industries, our employees, frankly country. thank you for this bold move. >> thank you very much. >> on behalf of workers in the industry, president of the steelworkers union, i worked a long time with wilbur, we've been fighting unfair trade for years. hopefully this executive order will if i have us tools we need to put our people whack to work. i have a lot of faith secretary wilbur ross will make that happen. >> i have to say unions are working with us very closely and they have been great. so i appreciate that, thank you very much. so we're going to sign. this is a very important signing. we'll be back over the p the next 30 to 50 days i would say, mack sooner than that, statutorilily we'll take a hard study and do something great for our industry but in this particular case for the steel industry and i look forward to it too. [cameras clicking] so should i give this pen to labor or to steel? i'm going to look at it, there will be a partnership? how about we give it to the union for a change? should we do that? co

mr. leightheiser and wilbur ross but more moderates, steve mnuchin and gary kohn and so forth so there'sehind the scenes, i have no knowledge but one might posit there's some animated discussion which would be weighing the pros and cons of a more hard line approach versus something that's more nuanced. >> tim we have to leave it there for now but we look forward to talking to you after the weekend. tim moe of goldman sachs. >>> back to washington, d.c., and ivanka trump speaking to the ceos. >> -- when she was in taun a few weeks ago because the germans have led the way and the swiss done a great job more recently and in england we've seen a lot of focus on apprenticeship training so really thinking about the role of vocational education, and making sure that it is incentivized for the students to consider it as a viable option and partnering with the private sector to really ensure that what's happening the education taking place whether it's a community college or at apprenticeship programs matches ultimately their need so skill-based education. the last thing we're looking at is workf

ross barkley who was punched earlier this week in a liverpool bar. in it, the paper's former editor compared the footballer, whose grandfather was born in nigeria, to a gorilla. mrsimilar pay packets in liverpool were drug dealers. my stomach turned when i saw the picture of ross barkley alongside a gorilla. i think that was totally racist. it offended me. i'm sure it offended ross barkley and his family and it offended lots of other people and that's why i reported this to the police. i'm not reporting it to the police as a gimmick. i've reported it to the police because i felt and i do feel that it was a racial attack on an individual. merseyside police are now investigating whether the comments constitute a racial hate crime. in a statement the sun's publisher, news uk, apologised for the offence caused and said the paper was unaware of ross barkley‘s heritage. kelvin mackenzie has also responded saying it was beyond parody to describe the column as racist. the former editor of the sun is an unpopular figure on merseyside after accusing liverpool fans of drunken and abusive behaviour during the hillsborough disaster and as our media editor, amol rajan pointed

ross, with our u.s. trade representative, and our undersecretary for trade to make sure american products are on the tables all over this world. >> mr. secretary, is there anything you're willing to do right now on the issue of dairy farmers and the trade relations with canada? is there any specific action that you're planning? >> i think what the president has done yesterday and secretary ross and the timber counterveiling terrorists there sends a signal we need to play fair. that's the president's issue with nafta we won't a free-trade agreement that's free and fair. and obviously what canada has done with their dairy pricing has been very unfair to our northeastern dairy farmers in wisconsin and upper state new york particularly, and that's not right. what we have shown is they've benefitted from their lumber exports to the u.s. for many years, and this president's administration and secretary ross are willing to say, enough's enough, let's play fair and we can get this thing straightened out. president's already on it. >> as a dairy farmer i can say that kantd canada has changed some classifications within that milk price system

. >> merion ross you see, she played the mom. >> yes. >> mrs. the show, she and i co hosted a show on the u.s.a. network for about five years. >> yes. >> in fact i just saw her in early august, i went out there for a wedding and went over to her house afterward and we were talking about the troubles their inn was still having. she got into drugs and stuff. she did not have many happy days in her life. >> and henry tweeted bit. >> yes, he said something to the effect at least now she has been at peace. >> yes. >> parents, pay up. how much are you paying your baby-sitter. are you getting any tweet is here alex. >> let me check because the rates they are going higher then ever, bob kelly has weighed in, what about you, last time you had a baby-sitter how much did you pay for her, let us know. >> new stats are in. >>> ♪ >> it looks like it will be a beautiful day. well, it is not. 6:54. >> beautiful days are coming, don't let him start off your week like that trust me before the end of the week it will be very nice. >> sunny and 80's. >> yes. >> pol

ross barkley who was punched earlier this week in a liverpool bar. in it, the paper's former editor compared the footballer, whose grandfather was born in nigeria, to a gorilla. mrwrote that men with similar pay packets in liverpool were drug dealers. my stomach turned when i saw the picture of ross barkley alongside a gorilla. i think that was totally racist. it offended me. i'm sure it offended ross barkley and his family and it offended lots of other people and that's why i reported this to the police. i'm not reporting it to the police as a gimmick. i've reported it to the police because i felt and i do feel that it was a racial attack on an individual. merseyside police are now investigating whether the comments constitute a racial hate crime. in a statement the sun's publisher, news uk, apologised for the offence caused and said the paper was unaware of ross barkley‘s heritage. kelvin mackenzie has also responded saying it was beyond parody to describe the column as racist. almost a fifth of parents are being asked to make a financial contribution to their child's school, according to a survey by the nasuwt union. it comes as school leaders and teachers ha