coming up at 6am, breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden.irst on bbc news, the media show. hello. welcome to the media show. welcome too to the headquarters of channel 4 in central london. and we're here because the government has confirmed it's pushing on with its plans to privatise channel 4, despite the reservations of the broadcaster. so we're going to look through all of the issues that this raises with our guest today, the ceo of channel 4, alex mahon. alex, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. this wasn't the outcome you wanted. so where did it go wrong? well, i'm not sure that it went wrong. i mean, obviously, this is the government's decision to make. what i would say is it's never quiet times at channel 4. this is not a job you would take if you wanted an easy life and a restful retirement. how often do you speak to the dcms or to nadine dorries? well i speak to dcms plenty, you know, i'll be speaking to them later on today. i spoke to them last week. we have a lot of interaction with them, we've had a lot of interaction with

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welcome to breakfast, with ben thompson and rachel burden. our headlines today: ukraine win eurovision, taking the title on the public vote in a symbolic show of support. the uk came second. thank you for supporting ukraine. this victory is for every ukrainian. nhs prescription charges in england are to be frozen as part of the government's efforts to ease the cost—of—living crisis. ten people have been killed in a shooting at a supermarket in buffalo in new york state. the gunman is in custody. i'm from wembley, where liverpool have done the double after beating chelsea on penalties to lift the fa cup. good morning. we've got more spells of warm sunshine today, but also some heavy showers and the odd thunderstorm pushing northwards. i'll bring you all the details here on bbc breakfast. it is sunday 15 may. our main story: ukraine has won the eurovision song contest in a symbolic show of public support after the country was invaded by russia. the uk's sam ryder came second, its best result for more than 20 years. ryder won the most votes from

federal government's job to secure the border but right now the state of texas has to bear this burden. rachel cartels. >> wow, lt., wanted to show those pictures there because it really gives people a sense of what it looks like and feels like but add to that what you're seeing on the ground. >> jackie, good afternoon. right now i'm in eagle pass, texas and governor greg abbott just arrive and will tour the area, from the ground and in the eras well to see what's taking place, and also to see the relationship we've been able to develop with the mexican authorities in mexico. we've been working with them conducting national operations where they are able to serve resources on the arresting side to help us where we see these that are taking place in what you just saw in that video with rachel is when i took her out to those areas and saw the areas that have increased activity where migrants are surging the border and you see the runners trying to avoid apprehension and also criminal activity takes place along those areas so we're trying to shutdown those areas, control those areas so we don't s

federal government's job is to secure the border but right now the state of texas has to bear this burden. rachelanks very much for bringing it to us come back again soon, because i'd like to see more of that. i'd like to see more reality from the southern border. rachel: i'm going to go back, i am going to go back, stuart and get to the bottom of what's happening to the kids coming across the border because nothing is held in deeper secret than that, so we'll get to the bottom of it. stuart: please do, rachel campos-duffy, we'll see you again soon, thanks a lot. rachel: thank you. stuart: back to the markets will you look at that dow jones average up 579 points that is 1.8%, nasdaq is up 94.8%, and the s&p is at 1.4% so i'm going to call that a rally, and the gentleman sitting next to me is named jason katz a frequent visitor on this program and in new york with me today. you're saying this is a nowhere to run, nowhere to hide market. does that mean we haven't seen the bottom yet? >> well, look, this is my third decade of doing this and this is arguably the most pervasive correction of my career

rachel blevins r t there's something else to tell you about today. switzerland has released around $3000000000.00 us dollars and russian assets burden question. the strategy of blanket said freeze is saying they can't act if there's no legal groans. the amount of assets frozen is not a measure of how effectively sanctions are being implemented. we can't freeze funds if we do not have sufficient grounds. but after releasing those assets, swiss officials throws another $2000000000.00 almost immediately rushes face severe sanction since the start of the ukraine conflict get one of the most unexpected news was a must freezing a foreign reserves. the russian central bank has lost control of more than $300000000000.00. no frozen in western countries with the total amount of russian states on private. i'll said, see, standing at one trillion dollars, some nations are even threatening to expropriate. russian assets on property to hand over to ukraine. lie discuss the issue with a berlin base political analyst on journalists who believes the russian economy appears to be in a stronger position. actually was in portugal elliot, whether they a

burden, troopers, national guardsmen putting up fencing. this is state-funded operation, this is the federal government's responsibility to safeguard the americans and border and secure it. >> rachells this area? honestly, is it the cartel? >> the cartel, they are using messages as far as border is open to encourage migrants to make this journey. they pay a fee to the cartel. >> rachel: i spoke to some cubans this morning. each spent $12,000 to the coyotes to get to this point right here. we just saw a group of illegal migrants crossover here. >> rachel: only people who have any benefits if they work for the government in nicaragua. >> rachel: i started talking to them, they were willing to give an interview, border patrol came and said you are in my custody, you can't talk to the media anymore. the federal government doesn't want us to know what is going on. shocked by the lack of transparency. >> good question for the federal government to answer that. they need to be transparent, this affects everybody and the state of texas. every state is a border state in the state of texas. >> rachel: children coming across, a little life jacket right there, obviously a child's life jacket,