let's get you to first word news with rosalind chin in house -- in hong kong. rosalind: thanks.adian dollar has a four-month high. the u.s. and canada are nearing a deal on after. we are told a trilateral a court thebe published at midnight u.s. and mexico reached an agreement in august putting pressure on canada to reach a agreement. accord has been held back to see if the u.s. and canada can agree. the wto, imf, and world bank have issued a call to form a growth -- a global trading's issue. the urgent challenges to harness the wto's strength and accelerate the chick -- the pace of change. president trump has criticize globalism and questioned america's sophistication and multilateral agreements. china's manufacturing system weekend last month. the official pmi came in at 50.8 compared to its 51.3 in august. 50.survey slumped exactly its lowest since may of last year. the official services pmi rose, signaling domestic demand remains. the conservative party goes into its annual conference and plans to raise property taxes for foreign buyers. the government says it may company in

andjim our newspaper review with rosalind own.im waterson, our newspaper review with rosalind own. andjim waterson, media editor at the guardian. coming up for you at the guardian. coming up for you at how past ten. and again at half past 11. all ahead for you on bbc news, but now it is time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm azi farni. coming up... europe get ready to try to regain the ryder cup — but they'll be underdogs against the us team. ..which includes a resurgent tiger woods, who pulled the crowds in his his first practice today. we haven't won as a us squad here in 25 years on foreign soil, so hopefully that will change this week as well. once united, but is the mourinho/pogba relationship broken for good? and ellie suter‘s bereaved father hopes a new foundation can end a vicious cycle around young athlete's funding. hello, welcome and thank you for joining us. we are just three days from the start of the 42nd ryder cup, which is taking place at le golf national in paris. the golfers were out practising

rosalind helderman.congratulations on the scoop and thank you for joining us on a short notice. >> thank you for having me. >> so you and your colleagues described her as the leading candidate. has she been chosened and hired to do this job? >> it is auour understanding th she's the choice and the one that they want. there has been negotiations underway with dr. ford's team for days now on this issue of who will do the questioning. our understanding is that she's their choice, she's the republicans' choice. >> she represents maricopa county, attorney's office and as you report, she's been the sex crime burreau chief there and have been there for 26 years. i have a dim recollection in the back of my mind that part of the local controversy about long time maricopa sheriff joe arpaio was his handling of sex crimes as a sheriff in maricopa county. if rachel mitchell is the sex crime bureau chief, is that a recent promotion for her or she was in that with sheriff arpaio. >> this is new to us as well. we are d

i'm rosalind chin. this is bloomberg. u.s. and canada are in last-minute negotiations to update nasa head of a deadline at midnight sunday washington time. -- white house trade advisor says several sticking points remain but everyone is acting in good faith. joining us now is our news editor. fingers crossed, how likely is it we are going to get a deal tonight that also includes canada? guest: we're hearing from all best guess that the is a trilateral text will be published by all three companies by midnight tonight, about six hours from now. looks like there is still an outside chance canada to be left out. but there is so much momentum from so many quarters to one canada to be in, that we really feel like it is going to come down like that. we have seen the canadian dollar up in early trading in asia. markets are usually right, so they are picking up on that optimism. so, definitely the u.s. congress, u.s. businesses have all pushed the trump administration to want to make a deal with canada. but there are always a sticking

so as we wait for that vote to take place rosalind tell us which senators we should be watching out for who would potentially have the swing votes. well there had been a lot of thought that perhaps jeff flake who is a senator from arizona who is stepping down at the end of this year. possibly decided not to endorse brett kavanaugh nomination so that the full senate can consider it well he did announce this morning to a considerable uproar from people who support christine blazin forward that he would vote to recommend that brett kavanaugh as nomination be sent to the full senate for consideration this is after he was one of two senators two was say that he wanted to hear more about christian laws in ford's allegations after her story was published in the washington post twelve days ago there's also been some thought that because he has been very critical of the president donald trump that he might be considered someone who would be willing to was stand up for those who have been victims of sexual assault rather than simply act as the republican who votes along with the rest of his. part

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rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporinate fuis provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's 'rwhy your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation f public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and ngank you for jois. the vice president of the united states says he is willie to take a tector test to prove he is not the author of an anonymous opinion essay in the "new york time" the essay, published last wednesday, is still the hottest topic in washington, d.c. the op-ed's author described president donald trump's leadership as "impetuous, adversarial, petty ad ineffective" and claimed, "there is a quiet resistance within the administration of people ouchoosing to put thery first." the times called the writer a official.ministratio this morning the vice president ap

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rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. ro corporate funding isded by mutual of america-- designing customized individual nand group retireroducts. that's why we're your retirement company. addi oprovided by:has been and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by ocontributions topbs station from viewers like you. thank you. hfromisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, anari sreenivasan. >> sreenivgood evening, and thanks for joining us. the f.b.i. has started a background investigation into supreme court nominee brett hivanaugh. the "wton post" and the associated press both report that the bureau bos contacted h ramirez, who alleges kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at yale university where they were both students. the f.b. will also investigate allegations from christine blasey ford that kanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were in high school. a lawyer for land keyser, ford's high school friend, said she will cooperate with the f.b.i. and clafied an earlier statement and now says she "does not refute

rosalind p. walter. ebarbara hope zucke designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers likeyoou. than from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. this afternoon, the body of r john mccain made its final stop after a long journey from his home in arizona where he died last weekend at age 81. the academy'sraduating class 1958, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, both of whom were academy alumni and admirals in the navy. those attending today's ceremonies included mcc cn's family ase friends. at his request, senator john mccain is buried next to his lifelong friend and naval academy classmate, admir chuck larson >> sreenivasan: senatite confir hearings on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh are s

. >> additional support has been 0provided by rosalind p. walter. bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, i am christiane amanpour in new york where more than 100 world leaders are gathering for the annual united nations general assembly. it comes at a time when the trump administration comes to challenge the world order. what a difference the world makes. president trump said he will meet with north korean leader km jong-un for a second time quote time soon. this time last year, he threatened to totally destroy north korea and called kim little rocket man. into these turn blant times steps in nelson mandela. the ability to bring the death and destruction we witness on a daily basis to an end. along with mandela -- her own past as an armed freedom fighter. and she spoke movingly about her marriage. welcome to the program. >> thank you so much for having me. i want to ask you how you are feeling today. a few years ago wh

. >> additional support has been provided by rosalind p. walter. bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program everyone, i am christiane amanpour in new york. the struggles continues to play out. dr. christine -- who categorically denies all her allegations. so far, president trump is staying mostly on the sidelines. not blasting ford, but also calling the treatment of kavanaugh unfair. in this turbulent moment defined by an apparent vacuum of leadership, doris kearns goodwin brings us a timely reminder of the great test faced by previous presidents, her new book "leadership in turbulent times aircratimes," is a vivid account. she joins me now. it is great to see you, this book couldn't come at a more timely time. is there a vacuum of leadership or is it leadership of any means. >> if you define leadership by a mark of -- the ability to communicate with people and move them forward and unify the country, we are not seeing any

. >> additional support has been provided by rosalind p. walter. bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the program everyone, i am christiane amanpour in new york. the me too movement and the woman's right to be heard has been put to the test like never before. delivering a powerful opening statement about the alleged abuse. her voice cracking and at times vichblably shaking. >> i am here today because i am believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while brett kavanaugh and i were in high school. he groped me and tried to take off my clothes. i believe he was going to rape me. >> for about four hours she took mostly sympathetic questions from democratic senators. cri christine blasy ford said she was certain that brett ckavanauh attacked her. >> this whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit. fuelled with apparent pent up anger. fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial

. >> additional support has been 0provided by rosalind p. walter. bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in new york. bill cosby woke up in jail today. once america's favorite tv dad. he was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs and in disgrace having been sentenced to three to ten years at a maximum security prison for drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand 14 years ago. at least 60 other women have accused the comedian but hers was the only case that fell within the statute of limitations. this is the first major conviction since the emergence of the me too movement. a defining moment, the reckoning around sexual abuse and consent continues as so many levels of society including the supreme court and the allegations against president trump's nominee brett kavanaugh. a third witness has made new allegations of sexual misconduct, and capitol hill is preparing for what will be

ross and jordan joining us so obviously an emotional motional testimony for a blousy ford rosalind to what's been said so far. well what christine blazin ford has the style was so far is that the moment where she said that brett kavanaugh allegedly covered her mouth to keep her from screaming that's when she said that she thought he could accidentally kill her and she said under questioning from one of the senators that there was no way that she could mistake him for another rug teenager in their community outside washington d.c. she said one hundred percent that it was brett kavanaugh who was trying to attack her now there have been some attempts by the republican majority through their special counsel a lawyer named paula mitchell from arizona to what try to put call into question how she came to have legal representation how she came she would take a polygraph word lie detectors in order to support her claims that this attempted sexual assault happened in the summer of one nine hundred eighty two but through elder child laws before it has been rather consistent in her testimony tha

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the war in congress before funding can be released to allow military support to continue more from rosalind jordan in washington d.c. . the saudi like coalition has been criticized for indiscriminately targeting civilians while trying to go after the rebels who are trying to take control of the country of yemen. coalition has denied these allegations and it's also been facing criticism on behalf of its main military supporter the united states the u.s. has now certified that so far as best as it can determine the saudi like coalition including the government of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are taking reasonable precautions to ensure that civilians are not targeted injured or killed in the conflict with the fighters in that country now this certification has been made by the secretary of state pompei o at the insistence by the requirements of congress through the terms of the new defense budget after mr prompt a.o. said that the examination of the facts shows that the precautions are being taken but so far a public version of that certification has not been made the pentagon is

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hearing is over that is a matter that she and her lawyers have to determine all right for the moment rosalind jordan live for us there in washington. or i was going to turn back now to events at the united nations headquarters in new york israeli and palestinian leaders there will address world leaders at the u.n. general assembly to make their case since last year there's been a dramatic shift in u.s. policy on the region with the trumpet ministration shifting the u.s. embassy to jerusalem from tel aviv and cutting funds to the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees let's talk now to our diplomatic editor james bays who is live from the u.n. headquarters in new york so james what are we expecting that. well we're going to hear both the israeli prime minister and the palestinian president speaking i can tell you that's pretty rare they don't normally come on the same day one is a president one is a prime minister there's normally a gap between the two in fact eight times i've been here at the u.n. general assembly and this is the first time that they've actually spoken on the same day the israe

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and cavanagh and a friend mark judge were there to get more now from rosalind jordan live in washington d.c. you know we've heard a lot from the u.s. president in the past hour and at times he seemed to be running out of patience because really is at a very busy day at the u.n. but truly most questions just focused on this issue. well that's because domestic politics are much more the focus of the us media than foreign policy and certainly when you have a supreme court nominee whose character has been questioned for a week and a half that's going to be the thing they're going to raise questions about and what you saw happening during that press conference where reporters almost to a person sticking to the same topic and not letting the president try to wriggle out of any any answers and only after the fourth person stood up and started asking questions that's when we heard this news that the president is for the first time willing to consider pulling his support for brett kavanaugh withdrawing the nomination of kavanagh to join the u.s. supreme court which if it were to happen would be

blahs the forward will learn whether her revelation will have any impact on the confirmation process rosalind horton al-jazeera capitol hill let's look at one lies ahead for kavanaugh starting with the senate judiciary committee committee vote expected in the coming hours republicans hold a eleven to ten majority on the committee at least one republican has publicly said he has reservations about voting yes the confirmation can still proceed to a full senate vote even if it is voted down on friday a procedural vote will be held on saturday before a final vote happens next week republicans need at least fifty votes for cavanaugh's confirmation to proceed they hold fifty one seats but at least four of their senators are undecided any event of a tie vice president might pence would have the costing votes meaning cavanagh would advance to the supreme court. palestinian president mahmoud abbas has the united states to reverse its decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and funding to the un agency for palestinian refugees the israeli prime minister use his speech at the un general asse

for treatment and as soon as my treatment is done and going back home more from our correspondent rosalind jordan following events in washington. the ugandan politician and musician bobby wine is in the united states for medical treatment for what he says was torture at the hands of his government's military mr weiner who has made a career out of criticizing the government of president yoweri move seventy says that he was beaten multiple times so much so that he could even get medical treatment that he could trust actually heal he says that he is now trying to get the united states government to send a message to them the seventy government that it is at great risk of losing its military aid about a half billion dollars if it does not change its ways in terms of abusing political opponents this also says that once he is done with his treatment here in the united states he's going back home because he says that in a country where eighty percent of the people are under the age of thirty five it's his obligation to make certain that people have a better opportunity and a better life that they

to find out whether brett kavanaugh ever assaulted any woman has yielded results at least for now rosalind jordan al-jazeera capitol hill. facebook says up to fifty million accounts including that of c.e.o. mark zuckerberg have been affected by a security breach the social media giant says unknown attackers were able to take control of accounts through a vulnerability in a feature known as view as it allows users to see what their profile looks like to others facebook says the security flaws have now been fixed. teachers in morocco are asking which dialect of arabic should be taught in schools some say it's classical arabic others prefer a more local version the mix of languages is also being blamed in part for high dropout rates and now educators want the government to make an official decision morgan has more. the academy here has begun in morrocco and students in the capital have returned to school to find words from the moroccan dialect added to their courses the language update is reviving the debate on the status of the main spoken language arabic specifically classic arabic known as

to find out whether brett kavanaugh ever assaulted any woman has yielded results at least for now rosalind jordan al-jazeera capitol hill. still ahead on the bulletin new law tronic of voting machines to be tested in democratic republic of congo ahead of december the next sions and legalizing but kroft the senegalese government to do plan to ease the burden on hospitals. hello japan is in the sights once again off a typhoon has already made landfall just greystock and now it's coming out to wreak you changes in this massive katty ahead of which there's already a lot of rain because the breezes coming in from the southeast which is the warm pacific waters so heavy rain anyway and three days without it and then a category two or three typhoon making landfall in q shoe or thereabouts jaring sunday and running up fairly quickly across home sure the speed of motion is probably the good thing but there will be a storm surge into the by which osaka sits for example but then quickly the skies will clear and monday looks gorgeous thirty one degrees in tokyo twenty three has saka and the sun above y

people of your gonda no plans for exile for this pop star whose fame far exceeds his record sales rosalind's work al-jazeera washington or in twenty years after the end of apartheid white workers at a petrochemical firm in south africa have gone on strike saying they're being discriminated against around three thousand employees sickened a plant are unhappy that only black workers have been offered company shares south african law requires firms to meet quotas on black ownership and employment from him in a report from second. the new chez scheme is infuriating sasa as white employees because it only benefits their black colleagues they don't say we judge you on your contributions your lawyer your black shirt no we judge you on the color of course in. these workers say they're being discriminated against brad fulton who's worked at sasol for thirty years agrees we bought a company working shift workers and bring now here from sixteen hour shifts in an hour and. i think it's unfair past white people to be the critic from from the federal ban is an afrikaans read skin color does not determine

rosalind: doesn't seem like anything will happen in the near term. it will have no sign of the u.s. backing down and china canceled a trade mission to the united states this week. they will not come until the midterm elections. that is only six weeks away. maybe not the end of the world, but president trump has signaled numerous times that beyond the $200 billion in tariffs this week, he is prepared to go to covering267 billion, all of china's exports to the u.s. you had an interesting clip from mike pompeo saying we did not start this, we joined it, and we are going to win. we have heard that from others officials briefing reporters friday, that they know trump is aware of the short-term possible pain for u.s. consumers as more and more types of products are swept into this trade war. he sees it as possible short-term pain for long-term gain. trump's view is if he does nothing, the situation gets worse. i would say maybe wait for a few weeks until after the election. depending on what happens, if democrats seize control of congress, there could be a shift in the stands. rune is som

additional support has been provided by: rosalind p. walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim, iii and cheryl and philip milstein family. and by contributions to pbs stations like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program everyone. i am christiane amanpour in new york. north korean leader says he will close a missile facility. it is a rare concrete pledge months after president trump declared that the nuclear threat was over. the white house is entering a critical week for its foreign policy. as world leaders begin to descend here in new york. not only north korea but the middle east where president trump still has not presented his peace plan. of course iran where washington is working diligently to undermine the nuclear deal that president trump pulled out of. antonio guterres joins me now in the studio. welcome to the program. as i said, all of these issues fall right under your agreement. do you agree that what just happened in pyongyang between the two korean presidents is significant. do you believe that one o

rosalind: that what -- sarah: ,hat whatsapp situation of them that was heralded as a scary thing thatould potentially happen to instagram. that they could lose what they built in this independent brand. there is concern about what happens now. the most likely person to take over is adam, who previously ran facebook's news feed and was have erred -- hired to meet their head of product. this is a lot of change in a short period of time. they have lost their ceo, coo, will the be any other c level people in the future? how much does facebook want to in's -- integrate instagram? emily: we look forward to hearing what you find. certainly unexpected. coming up, over drivers have a franciscos a san judge blocks thousands of drivers for suing for better pay and benefits. bloomberg technology is livestreaming on twitter. check us out and be sure to follow tictoc on twitter. this is bloomberg. ♪ for : it is a major loss uber drivers. an unexpected.s in may be bolstered the power of employers to force workers to use individual arbitration instead of class-action lawsuits. amazon has come up with

rosalind and leslie, thank you so much. an important guest on a sea change for europe. changes at the top for some of europe's biggest banks. santander's new boss made his reputation as a dealmaker who helped build empires in the precrash era. who isurn to matt miller with the ubs chairman. matt: i want to start -- because we are here at the ubs family , i want to talk to determine about what your families and net worth individuals, your big millionaire and billionaire investors are doing. a lot of them are shunning hedge funds and getting more into private equity because hedge funds were not returning enough and charging too much. you have to see that the have beeniness investing for some time in private equity. they are actually driving that up. rates are mobilizing for fixed income. there is a lot of money on the sidelines at the moment because of the trade dispute. card isepreneurial where many of these families are investing. there is a high proportion of alternatives in those portfolios, but hedge funds are performance related and are really trending down. they do

tony kelly, korea pearce, ford, keith, danielle, kristin, rafael dagaso, darla brown, carol tatun, rosalind butler, kirk chiels, and tawanda bailey. thank you. >> good evening, colleagues and supervisors. my name is evelyn, and i'm the executive 1021, and vice, and work for the city and county, and i started working here as a custodian, but first retaliation, harassment, discrimination had been with my late husband working here. they didn't want him, so therefore he quit, retaliation and harassment to him. he was a professional supervisor from kaiser hospital but then come aboard, everything came loose. as a custodian before, like one of our colleague in here, i got rear ended, but since they said the bus or the van i was driving was in a damage, was not going to be in service no more, and they said it cost $60,000. and they lied, it was not that much, i was laid up two days. and we are part of the union at that time, didn't have the station, so therefore i went to be as a union rep for myself. and hopefully helping everybody not to -- not the shoes i have right now, but even me right now,

. >> rosalind helderman, thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >>> ahead, a familiar personnel for the trump white house rears its head again. a staffer for the department of homeland security with white nationalist ties. who would have guessed? he also attended immigration policy meetings for the trump administration. that story right after this. ahh... summer is coming. and it's time to get outside. pack in even more adventure with audible. with the largest selection of audiobooks. audible lets you follow plot twists off the beaten track. or discover magic when you hit the open road. with the free audible app, your stories go wherever you do. and for just $14.95 a month you get a credit, good for any audiobook. if you don't like it exchange it any time. no questions asked. you can also roll your credits to the next month if you don't use them. so take audible with you this summer... on the road... on the trail... or to the beach. start a 30-day trial and your first audiobook is free. cancel anytime, and your books are yours to keep forever. no matter where you go this summer make

rosalind: and absolutely could be -- it absolutely could be.r is closely allied with vladimir putin. you also have china seeking to protect its investments in the area. under john ballmer indicated they are ok staying out of it at this point in time, it gives russia the floor in the whole exercise and on the love --kel -- and angela merkel they are a long way away from that, but she is going to find it difficult given the u.s. absence from this problem. how much does this appear on investors' radar screen right now? derek: i don't think it appears at all. it is an interesting development and my sense it is his -- it is not getting much market attention. perhaps in the aftermath of the gathering and maybe then we will start to get some focus. certainly my initial thoughts listening is when you consider what is going on in europe at the moment in terms of italy, in terms of brexit and the immigration issue in the populist governments emerging, this is an additional element of uncertainty that is not particularly timed well from a market perspecti

. >> additional support has been provided by rosalind p. walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edward walkenchaim, iii. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. . ank you. >>> this is "nightly business report" with sue herera and bill griffeth. >>> tariff escalation. china says trade talks are off and calls the u.s. a bully just as new duties go into effect impacting everything from the cars you drive to the homes you live in. >>> merger monday. companies are doing deals, all kinds of them, even with the market at these lofty levels. >>> what's in a name? one iconic company's rebrand. does it work? those stories and much more tonight on "nightly business report" for this monday, september the 24th. >>> and good evening, everybody. welcome. trade concerns once again crept into this market pulling stocks back fro r

. >> additional support has been provided by rosalind p. walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edward walkenchaim, iii. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> tonight on "kqed newsroom," a supreme court nomination in jeopardy as kavanaugh faces sexual assault accusations. we'll talk with the bay area lawmakers who was the first member of congress to hear about the sexual assault allegation from christine blasey ford. research reveals an alarms achievement gap that starts at a young age. >> welcome to "kqed newsroom." we begin with the high court and politics. trump nominee for the supreme court brett kavanaugh is being accused of physical and sexual assault. ford said he assaulted her at a high school party 30 years ago. ?

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. >>> additional support has been provided by rosalind p. walter, bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar walkenhaim iii and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> from the united states to here across the pond and points beyond, the brett kavanaugh nomination is in sharp focus as he inches a step closer to becomes the next u.s. supreme court justice. for jooudiciary committee voted along strictly partisan lines to approve him but in a dramatic last-minute move, republican senator jeff flake who exited the room earlier along with democratic colleague chris coons said his vote in the full senate would be conditional on an fbi investigation into allegations of sexual assault against kavanaugh. >> i can't make that commitment for the leadership. i can only say that i would be only comfortable moving forward on the floor. i'll move it out of committee but i will only be comfortable moving on the floor until the fbi has done more investigation than they have already. it may not take them a week. i understand some of these witnesses may not want