mr. rupert. thank you, both. let me begin with the questions here and i appreciate that both of you have addressed the issue of work force misconduct, harassment, and what you're doing to bring abouthe very, very necessary changes to rid the agencies of sexual harassment in all forms of workplace misconduct. miss christensen, you mentioned that you've got a code of conduct that has been introduced, mandatory training. mr. rupert, you have indicated that you have a new anti-harassment policy. and you reference those that are-- that this training includes those that are on the fire line. chief christensen, is the outreach here for the training and thi ayession that you've referenced, does this also include those within the firefiting ranks? is this people within your administrative offices? who are we covering here and what is the extent of these new policies that have been put in place? >> thank you very much, senator. yes, it is for every one of our permanent and seasonal employees, that's why we

mr. rupert. thank you both. et me begin with the questions. i appreciate both of you have addressed the issue of workforce misconduct, harassment. what you are doing to bring about the very necessary changes to rid the agencies of sexual harassment, in all forms of workplace misconduct. mrs. christiansen, you mentioned you have a code of conduct that has been introduced, mandatory training. mr. ruppert, you have indicated you have a new anti-harassment policy. you reference those, that this training includes those on the fire line. chief christiansen, is the outrage here for the training -- the outreach here for the training you referenced, does this also include those within the firefighting ranks, people within administrative offices? who are recovering? what is the -- who are we covering and what is the extent of these policies? mrs. christiansen: thank you, senator. it is for everyone of our permanent and seasonal employees. that is why we waited until the second week of june, the majority of seasonals are on board now. we are shutting dow

mr. rupert: sure. restoration, identify that as being slightly different with emergency stabilizatine half -- which happens to after the fire. i thinks, iis loca, caon, location. there are many areas around the in therehere getting immediately, this is a local need that idriven think we have here. worke immediately getting on the ground and immediately getting trees replanted. that actually makes the most to get to a healthy state that is economically supported. there are other parts of the country where, quite frankly, we probably don't want to get in there immediately. because the conditions that will really lead to successful restoratmay not be in place until later in the year are after we have rain -- i mean, a holder ride he of different circumstances. so i think it sort of depends based on locations but there are many examples where the faster we can do it, the faster we can get in there, the better. >> can you address what impact the litigation has on addressing the targets? ms. christiansen: li

mr. rupert, you have indicated that you have a new anti- harassment policy. you referenced those that the training includes. that's on the fire line crew. chief christiansen is the outreach for the training and the full day session you have referenced. does this include those within the firefighting ranks? are these people within your administrative offices? who are we covering here? what is the extent of the new file -- policies? >> thank you very much. yes, this is for every one of our permanent and seasonal employees. that is why we waited until the second week of june. the majority of our seasonal folks are on board now. we are shutting down business for one day. we are rolling in different units to focus on this training , and the importance of breaking the silence. we are talking about what it will take to shift our culture sustainably. we started with listen and learn sessions across the entire organization. that did not include as many of our seasonal staff. we needed to demonstrate, as leaders, what was really being felt in the work force. that fuele

mr. rupert. and you referenced those that are trainin includes on the fire le.chi christianson, is th outreach here for the training and this full day session you referenced, does this also include those within the firefighting ranks, people within your administrative offices? who are we covering here? and what is the extent of these new policies that have been put in place? >> yeah. thank you very much, senator. yes, it is for every one of our permanent and seasonal employees. that's why we waited until this second week of june when the majority of our seasonals are on board now. we are, you know, shutting down a business for one day lling each week in different units one day to focus on this training and importance of breaking the silencendhat it i going toakeo shift our culture sustainablely. westarted across our organization. it did not include many of our seasonals. that was we needed to demonstrate as leaders what was really being felt in the work force. that really fuelled the design for o

mr. rupert said, with the resources, the health detections that we do across this nation, when we can get that to having drones instead of aerial surveys, the potential savings is huge. we are in an innovative state. we are learning how we can replace people with cameras, we imagine it can be great. we will incrementally work ourselves there.>> let ask about that. i was in south-central alaska. i was struck by the amounts of bark beetles. it went up toward denali. this is an area that i had not noticed that kill. the kenai peninsula had been decimated some years back. unfortunately, we are saying some evidence through the aerial surveillance, the beatles may be back. it is my understanding that this beetle has decimated over 6 . 1.3 million acres, more than 30 millions verse trees on the kenai peninsula alone. again, we are paying very close attention to this because of the potential for increased fire threats on the kenai peninsula. this is not just the kenai peninsula. i was looking at my clip this morning. justin this morning, the newspapers around the state, we had a fire down in davi

mr. rupert, welme to you. we're here this morning to discuss the outlook for the 2018 wildfire season. just based onat we already know to date, it doesn't look good. last friday, the national interagency fire

mr trump has described the meeting as a "one—time shot" at peace. they will discuss the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. our correspondent in singapore, rupert, witnessed mr kim's arrival. this, we believe, is the motorcade carrying the north korean leader kim jong un. it left the international airport about half an hour ago, we think with him in the armoured mercedes, we have not yet seen it. this appears to be the advanced guard. here comes his limousine now. flying the north korean flag... we think this is the car carrying kim jong—un, arriving in the centre of singapore, going into the saint regis hotel behind me here. that is where the north korean delegation is staying. this is the beginning of the biggest diplomatic event for this small citystate in its history and also the biggest diplomatic event for north korea in a very, very long time. since the korean war, —— korean war, maybe. we weren't sure which aircraft he would come on, in the end it turned out he went on a chinese 747, that when two pyongyang this morning, picked him up pyongyang this morning, picked him up and brought him here. after his arrival here, we are also waiting

executive of german carmaker audi, rupert stadler, has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the diesel emissions scandal. german prosecutors say they took mrto prevent him from tampering with evidence. the bbc‘s damien mcguinness has more. rupert stadler is the highest ranking official in the vw group to be detained for questioning. this marks a new level of the whole diesel emissions scandal. vw as a whole have sold and admitted to having sold 11 million vehicles fitted with so—called cheating software, the software that made cars seem a cleaner in testing than they were in reality when sent out on the road. the allegations around rupert stadler who is ceo of audi, one of the brands within the vw group, revolved around an e—mail back in 2015. this e—mail allegedly proves that mr stadler may have known about the cheating software and still let the cars be manufactured and sold. if this is true, that would be fraud and charges could well be made. right now, though, mr stadler is still nowjust being questioned and the rest of the vw group are in crisis talks. on the one hand, they're trying to sort out the leadership in general and trying to

the french might push back harder.francine: thank you so mr joining us. rupertlackrock and john norman of jpmorgan are staying with us. coming up, the eurasia group analyst after 7:30 a.m. in new york. we also speak to adam posen a little bit before that. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ tom, let's check in on what is trending ahead of the big summit. the threeore about economic bells on the peninsula. the united states and china could need a new framework altogether. and trade in different ways. president trump and the allies are set for a showdown. on top of the pile, there could be a big merger in the banking space. a terrific briefing a short while ago. tom: yes. right now, let's look at a strong dollar. jpmorgan, who thinks about this all day, 24/7. trump strong dollar a strong dollar? >> not at all. this has nothing to do with the president. it has to do with fed policy and performance of other banks. another a couple 8%, but it has nothing to do with the latest weeks. tom: there was a lot of talk into the tread follies. what do the people who link the dollar to the

rupert stadtler. volkswagen had fitted cars with devices designed to cheat emissions tests. it is claimed authorities acted because of the risk that mr seek to suppress evidence. growing digitalisation means forming a traditional business to take advantage of all the benefits that technology has to offer, whether thatis technology has to offer, whether that is data analytics, e—commerce or artificial intelligence. it seems like an obvious choice in today's climate. but not all companies get it right. we have analysed up to 2000 companies and what we found out is that 77% of these companies have not seen any positive growth or profitability impact through digitalisation. the main reasons are, they have started with the wrong initiatives. those which focus on cost—cutting route takes a long time to see the impact. and the second stake is how they do it. many companies are dedicated to digital teams. and these teams work very often in parallel to the functional teams. they don't work together that they were isolated or separately. what do you say to convince them to speak the same language?m what do you say to convince them to speak the

rupert, what we know of the rest of the day after that lunch, reports suggesting that mr kim might beterally in about two hours oi’ so that is literally in about two hours or so from now, then there's going to bea or so from now, then there's going to be a 4pm press conference as well from president trump. so do we know what else is on the agenda today and what else is on the agenda today and what might come out of it? presumably there will be some clues as to the outcome of these talks? i think that 4pm this afternoon local time press conference, or press briefing, is going to be a question and answer session? we don't know. its press availability, the white house has said, president trump could make a statement or he could answer questions. kim jong—un we know isn't going to make any public announcement or statement before he leaves for the airport, which, as you say, could be as soon as 2pm. it's coming up to 1215 pm so he could be out in an hour and 45 minutes. this is a short amount of time they have had together if they have achieved something substantial. all eyes will be on pr

minister shinzo abe will be speaking to mr trump before the summit, but there's still concern that any deal between washington and pyongyang may not suit tokyo. rupert japan is afraid of kim jong—un‘s nuclear missiles. so much so it began last year doing something it has not done since world war two — practising air raid drills. america is afraid of this. north korea's huge new hwasong—ili missile. so far it has been tested only once. but japan fears these intermediate range missiles and kimjong—un has hundreds of them. the question now is if a trump—kim deal will include all of north korea's missiles orjust the ones that can hit the united states? prime minister shinzo abe is hoping his close personal relationship with president trump will guarantee japan is not left out. but numerous rounds of golf have not stopped mr trump from opening a trade war with tokyo. a scene in the past 3a years, but this is a unique president. that they have seen. and i am afraid that president trump is undermining the law of the united states. how worried is shinzo abe? worried enough that he has flown to washington, dc again today to tell president trump to not forget

shinzo abe will be speaking to mr trump before that singapore summit, but there are still concerns that any deal between washington and pyongyang will not suit tokyo. rupertfraid of kimjong—un‘s nuclear missiles. so much so it began doing something it has not done since world war two, practising air raid drills. america is afraid of this. north korea's huge new missile. so far it has been tested only ones. but japan sees these intermediate range missiles and kim jong and has hundreds of them. the question now is if a trump—kim deal will include all of north korea's missiles orjust the ones that can hit the united states? prime minister shinzo abe is hoping his close personal relationship with president trump will guarantee japan is not left out. but numerous rounds of golf have not stopped mr trump from opening a trade war with tokyo. trump is an extraordinary president. i have seen america for the last 30 oi’ i have seen america for the last 30 or a0 years, this is very unique president and i am afraid that president trump is undermining the leadership law of the united states. i think this is wrong. i do think that the united states must treat japan as

mr trump decided to suddenly accept a sudden invitation. things have com pletely sudden invitation. things have completely turned around. as rupertome sort of piece on the korean peninsula. that would have implications not just for the north and south korea but the entire region. it has been quite the year and this is quite an event. but it is really unpredictable, what will happen at this summit. donald trump has repeatedly said if he does not like what is on offer he will simply walk away? yes, that is another thing that has people watching quite closely. normally something like this, this kind of big summit, is preceded by weeks or months or even yea rs of lower—level preceded by weeks or months or even years of lower—level diplomacy. things will have been agreed and scripted, a communique will have been organised. there is little preparation of that sort and it will depend on the two leaders themselves. donald trump has already said that he will improvise. he has said that he will improvise. he has said he has preparation but that is not the most important thing. we strongly believes in his ability to size up his opponent and

mr. murdoch that in the case of brian and rupert, throw of the most talented people in business it wouldknow what's on his mind. >> chris, what's your read on the fact that the stocks are up today. is it that we have rational competitors here and whatever outcome is net positive for the business we almost killed the penalty still good on the fundamentals so investors want to own them. and if you buy comcast today, they pay $35 for fox you're buying a company with just over seven times in a couple years >> what would any of this mean for netflix? a deep dive into how it views the companies and how it's causing them to make all these deals. >> they are the elephant in the room and they are going to have a fiercer competition from the new disney or comcast. >> i think there's one other thing that there's a big elephant that nobody has discussed. one thing that google can't do now and one thing that apple can't do now is buy time warner. so you take a look at the remaining companies in business and nobody has to worry about that and secondly, time warner is going to be challenged competitor

with kim jong—un tomorrow and say he will sense "within minutes" if mr kim is serious about making peace. 0ur asia correspondent, ruperties. it is very hot. about 35 degrees. it feels like 90% humidity, certainly. excuse me if i look a little sweaty. this is the entrance to the presidential palace in singapore. president donald trump went in there about 1.5 hours ago, having lunch with the prime minister of singapore. it is really a courtesy call in the setup of what is happening today, last—minute preparations for the summit. another meeting between lower—level officials from the us side and the north korean side, finalising, we think, whatever agreement will be declared tomorrow, and the details. even at this late stage, there are 11th hour preparations. they had very little time to prepare. donald trump said he will basically... he said it is up to his ability as a negotiator to go into a room in size up negotiator to go into a room in size up his opponent, kimjong—un, and decide if he can do a deal. very unconventional diplomacy. a lot is riding on it. everyone is hoping it will be a success. tell us about the firs

liz: but the largest shareholder which would be rupert murdoch which of course is the chairman. >> the murdock family trust i think in mr. murdock's mind he wants to be the largest shareholder in disney and he sees upside going forward so disney is not going to try to beat the comcast offer but they're going to have to raise their bid, because the market, this is saying, you can not go with the disney bids as it stands. liz: there are multiple ways to raise a bid. you can add cash. >> right. liz: you could make it more stock. you can also promise to divest of certain things to make it more regulatory tasteful. >> well both comcast and disney have agreed, because they are a little bit still about the justice department intervention so they said the 21 fox regional sports networks both sides are happy to divest them. liz: but they get the regional sports networks in the deal, but -- >> but they're going to sell them. liz: and disney has espn but they say we'll get rid of those if you want us to. >> liz the key to this deal with comcast, fox, and disney, is the out of town try-out that's occurring right now in the uk over

mr kim is staying at the five—star st regis hotel, which isjust st regis hotel, which isjust a nine—minute walk or a five—minute drive from where president trump is staying. ruperteen taking a closer look at the two leaders‘ choice of accommodation. this is the back entrance to the shangri—la hotel and this is where we saw president trump's motorcade come ina we saw president trump's motorcade come in a short while ago. you can see the level of security there. we saw him in his big presidential limousine waiting as he went past, but the key moment for me was a couple of cars later, when we saw from flash photography, the very distinctive features of the national security adviser, john bolton, with his distinctive walrus moustache in the back of that car. many people had speculated donald trump wouldn't bring him to the summit but he is here and very, very much disliked by the north korean people, so that is an interesting aspect of this. we're now going to go off to wear kim jong unis now going to go off to wear kim jong un is staying, which is not far away. that took all of about five minutes and we are now outside the saint regis hotel. this is where we saw ki

rupert murdoch — sells sky news. the takeover had been delayed, on concerns the takeover could give mr murdoch too much influence overof criticism recently — with the main complaint being that there'sjust no place in the modern world for a contest based on how good someone might look in a bikini. but — scenes like these are now a thing of the past — at least at the miss america competition. the organisers say they are scrapping the swimwear section, and entrants will no longer be judged on physical appearance. they also say their pageant will now embrace women of all shapes and sizes. let us see how much it actually changes. what do you think about this other story about the moon. i know you want to talk about it. do you ever feel like time is getting away from you? well according to astronomers we actually have more time than ever. scientists have found that as the moon slowly drifts a little further from the earth it causes the the earth to spin ever so slightly slower. researchers from wisconson madison say in two hundred million years a day will last twenty five hours — giving you that much more time to watch wat