country voted to leave uncertainty reigns and it's just too much for many multinational companies the n.w. makers of the iconic british car the many are demanding clarity by the end of the summer otherwise it'll engage its bricks at contingency plan the announcement comes as another big firm air bus warned that it could leave the u.k. if the uncertainty continues putting thousands of jobs at risk. airbus has threatened to leave the u.k. if britain leaves the single market and customs union without a transition deal is the european every asian group strongest warning yet of the impact of a no deal that they simply catastrophic for this country and catastrophic for us and our supply is not just a u.k. supply chain the most important thing is that we have frictionless trade which is why with putting the facts on the table today if air bus were to leave britain economic consequences would be tough the pan-european airplane builder currently employs fourteen thousand brits in the u.k. building airplane wings for planes that are put together in germany and france airbus is perhaps the most sign

show its not only of the n.w. and ality but all of germany in a bad line. stadler is the highest level executive at volkswagen to have been arrested since the scandal erupted but he may not be the last. at the soccer world cup in russia two more powerhouse teams went into their matches as heavy favorites both were trying to avoid the fate of germany who lost to mexico over the weekend first on monday england took on tunisia and then there was an even bigger gulf in class when belgium lock horns with world cup debutantes palomar. all after a sluggish first off the east mountain sunnily broke the deadlock for the engine shortly after half time with this effort right strike poses for woods and after that so much really good drolling for the favorites the woman who cockle meeting just six minutes to add two more golds stream is despite a slow start to badger people since johnstone's as had a brilliantly saved only for cain to be perfectly positioned for the rebound but after this challenge between walcott and ben you assess the referee awarded to penalty to tun

because it is very funny n.w >> the funny thing is a comedy is usually from a sad story that u just decide to tell a different way. i spent about a year on it as a sort of poignant novel. >> brown: a poison nent novel of aging, of -- >> not about travel, at just felt like another middlaged guy novel and i just thought it was absurd and i realized it wa absurd could write about it that way and while swimming i decided to change it and from there it happened very fast because that was the way into the book. >> really? once you knew that it was a sort of a funhany -- >>it was a funny novel about someone in pain. >> yeah. okay, let's go to our next question. >> my name is david kessler om oakland, california. since you published you fir book some 20 years ago, society has seen a change in its attitude between homosexuality and gay marriage. less is written with grace, ease an openness. do you think it would he be impossible for you to write a book with those characteristics 20 years agohen you first started writing? >> brown: we didn't say but he's a gay character. >> he is aay character. >> b