but anyway, just, "get lost," or less polite words, "rupert."k, the fact is, there was a lot of pressure working for him. and i suppose there was something like a blitz spirit. and so, we would fantasise that if we had enough money and he was being especially difficult, that we would be able to knock on the door and he would say, "yes, les," and is say, "rupert," and i'd use the curse that ended with off, and we all would have a good laugh. butl, i... so when he... there's a question of humour and some apprehension working for him. but i always had, for instance, a plastic gi helmet in my office with a razor blade, a plastic razor blade stuck to it. the joke was when he called me up and i knew his assistant at the time had a great way of giving you... she'd say to you, and she would say to me, "put your helmet on, love." and i knew therefore it was going to be a bad conversation. right. but it wasn't a question of living in mortalfear, it was a question of dealing, in your way, with the tension of working for him. a lot has been said about the f

we have rupert murdoch in there. we have rupert murdoch in there. we have comcast, et cetera.to ask you, but who do you think the winners and losers will be? bass is the golden question. i think it clear from previous reports that rupert murdoch is quite keen on a deal with disney, the ceo and he had been chatting quite regularly. before christmas he turned down the far, the stock offer by comcast, which was higher than disney's offer, as well. there is also a legacy to play for. there is talk of james murdoch also a legacy to play for. there is talk ofjames murdoch being on the board of disney going forward, while rupert murdoch and his other son ta ke rupert murdoch and his other son take control of his music empire. so i think take control of his music empire. so ithinki take control of his music empire. so i think i is veering towards... 0n the question therefore is, we'll disney increased its offer and what do shareholders think? because comcast‘s offer is, whereas disney's is more stock. we are going to have to watch this space. thank you very much, amy—jo crowley, for c

rupert harrison is still with us.elon musk where he basically says the questions were not asked by investors but rather by analysts who are trying to justify their tesla short thesis. he is still feeling this. it could not have gone worse, that analyst call. alex: in one sense yes, but it is not similar from the trump effect. trump has his audience on twitter and elon musk also has his audience on twitter. this bashing of wall street plays very well to that demographic. those of the people who buy into elon like tony stark. and that audience plays into very well. francine: what does he need to do? this you need to prove that people who don't believe in him need to be onside and he needs that cash? how does he bring the company forward? alex: ultimately he has to deliver on the production numbers. that's what it really comes down to. that will give him cash because once cars get the liver, he gets some for the value of the car. it really does increasingly look like he will need more capital. the job of analysts is to d

rupert, the south korean leader, moonjae—in, is rupert, the south korean leader, moon jae—in, is currentlyleader, moonjae—in, is currently holding a press c0 nfe re nce . moonjae—in, is currently holding a press conference. we will obviously be having a look at what he is saying and dipping in and out of that later. but just in saying and dipping in and out of that later. butjust in terms of why it would appear that the north koreans are suddenly much more forthcoming with wanting this meeting to go ahead, some experts are saying this is because the sanctions are at long last beginning to bite. is that your sense of the reason? i think we are all playing a sort of guessing game here as to what kim jong—un‘s motivations are. some people, as you say, think the sanctions that were imposed on him at the end of last year, particularly the sanctions from china, were beginning to have an effect on his economy. he has now said ina effect on his economy. he has now said in a speech earlier this year he wants to switch to focusing on developing the economy of north korea, and to do that he needs to

rupert, it does feel suddenly as if it isa rupert, it does feel suddenly as if it is a race against time if they are going to succeed in arranging a summit for during the 12 in singapore, as president trump appears to want, because there is just so little time left. but things are moving rapidly, not only are their talks going on here, actually we learned today that they did not ta ke we learned today that they did not take place yesterday, they took place on sunday. nothing yesterday, may be on again today at the demilitarised zone between senior us and north korean officials at we have also just heard that a very senior north korean official is, has been spotted at beijing airport, heading for the united states. he is considered by many to be kim jong—un's right—hand man on south korean affairs and on the united states. he is effectively north korea's spy chief. he accompanied kim jong—un on both korea's spy chief. he accompanied kimjong—un on both of his recent trips to china, and also he accompanied kim jong—un's sister when she came here to south korea for the winter olympics. so th

much more from rupert on the bbc news website.sted airport after a thunderstorm last night. thousands of passengers are facing delays and cancellations after a lightning strike disabled the aircraft fuelling system. the airport say that the problem has now been fixed, but passengers should check with their airline for updates. it comes at the start of the half term holiday break. we have been speaking to passengers throughout the morning. 0n the line is april peake who is trying to get to lisbon. what have you been told by the airport? frankly, not very much. i have been quite persistent, i have maybe gone a bit more than other people, and the latest is that a lot of the flights which were due to depart have dropped off the board. the office says stansted don't know why. handy. we are looking at some of the photographs you have taken, and another passenger, steve childs, and another passenger, steve childs, an awful lot of people crowded into the terminal system. you can only have so many cups of coffee and brea kfasts have so man

underground that the pm acts on orders from the daily mail newspaper nowadays she seems to prefer rupert murdoch's fox news this is absolutely wrong.

can rupert say -- i want to own a lot of disney. can he say that? >> i think he already did that once i think that's probably what this is about. and, jeez, they're taking a lot

another argument to this which is that rupert murdoch may want to own a huge chunk of disney. the question is does he want to own a huge chunk of comcast? if it's all-cash deal, he wouldn't >> would one of the sons run disney dad, i want to run disney. >> i think it's clear that james murdoch is not in contention to run disney bob iger has been relatively consistent about that. let's talk to a telecom analyst from raymond james frank, good morning. >> good morning. >> if the department of justties is -- does lose this at&t/time warner case, do you believe that it opens up the opportunity for everybody to buy everybody >> that's going to depend. the biggest insight they get is how you define the market. how you define the market tells the story in any antitrust case. if they are successful in how

sky back to back to fox so now what you have is comcast essentially getting the green light that rupert murdoch has been waiting for for several years really interesting case but you don't comcast is a big but it's not big news twenty first century fox so it just appears that the concerns about public a true story antitrust just weren't that hard at least for the british regulators and of course in that because they have different the comcast doesn't have the same stake in europe that it has here in the united states i think that for the u.k. it's just not a question of a monopolistic practices they're not going to have that much control they don't have any control over print to the same way that rupert murdoch's fox company has. so i think that there's just not as much of a concern for comcast to go in and take take over that part of sky and interest and the other story breaking news today is that comcast wants to once again horn in on an offer that disney is making to buy twenty first century fox for fifty two billion bucks we've reported on that before but it seems comcast bowed out

our correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, is in the south korean capital, seoul. make of north korea's somewhat conciliatory tone? what do you make of north korea's somewhat conciliatory tone ?m what do you make of north korea's somewhat conciliatory tone? it is, extremely conciliatory. fascinating statement. some of the language is really quite surprising. there's a line i want to read out, which is we have inwardly highly appreciated president trump for having made the bold position to hold the summit, which any other us president dare not do. the announcement of the cancellation was unexpected to us and we cannot help feel great regret for it. fascinating how they are particularly singling out president trump for praise in this statement they're making trump for praise in this statement they‘ re making after trump for praise in this statement they're making after he's cancelled they're making after he's cancelled the summit, that suggests one, north korea is surprised by this, wants to keep dialogue open, but of course it is also playing to a different gallery

sky back to back to fox so now what you have is comcast essentially getting the green light that rupert murdoch has been waiting for for several years really interesting case but you don't comcast is a big but it's not big news twenty first century fox so it just appears that the concerns about public interest or antitrust just weren't at least for the british regulators and of course in that because they have different the comcast doesn't have the same stake in europe that it has here in the united states i think that for the u.k. it's just not a question of a monopolistic practices they're not going to have that much control they don't have any control over print to the same way that rupert murdoch's fox company has so i think that there's just not as much of a concern for comcast to go in and take take over that part of sky interests and the other story breaking news today is that comcast wants to once again horn in on an offer that disney is making to buy twenty first century fox for fifty two billion bucks we've reported on that before but it seems comcast bowed out due to some reg

rupert wingfield—hayes in seoul there.ng that the former hollywood producer harvey weinsteen, is expected to turn himself in to police, to face allegations of sexual assault. he's denied having non—consensual sex with anyone. a short time ago we got the latest from david willis in washington. more than seven months after the allegations against harvey weinstein first came to light, it's reported here that he is due to surrender in the morning to detectives in new york. now, the precise nature of the charges isn't clear but it's reported here that they relate to accusations by an aspiring actress called lucia evans, who met harvey weinstein in a nightclub back in 2004, and was then invited to an interview at his offices in new york, where he sexually assaulted her. so she says. new york detectives have apparently accumulated a vast trove of evidence against harvey weinstein. they've travelled as part of their investigation to canada, the united kingdom and, in just the last few weeks, to los angeles. they investigated harve

government reverse a decision of a media regulation in the light of allegations from a former rupert murdoch sunday times worker well that worker referred to in the british house of commons was john ford and he joins me now john thanks for coming on going underground the government says justice is already being served by the inquiry catalyzed by the murdoch media hacking of phones of a dead school child what do you make of the high court decision in the buzz few days to go. had with some kind of legal challenge well not truly i'm delighted i think particularly this week especially following on from me because lake inquiry it's clear that press practice is still us that's a reference to the magister attacks yeah that we've been commemorating the dead indeed yes so showing that journalists practice is still out of control in journalism is a competitive business and journalists will compete with each other to get a line this situation needs a root and branch inquiry we were promised leveson one and leveson two by lord leveson because he considered the. the job unfinished there are a num

government reverse a decision of a media regulation in the light of allegations from a former rupert murdoch sunday times worker well that worker referred to in the british house of commons was john ford and he joins me now john thanks for coming on going underground the government says justice has already been served by the inquiry catalyzed by the murdoch media hacking of phones of a dead schoolchild what do you make of the high court decision in the us a few days to go ahead with some kind of legal challenge well not truly on delighted i think particularly this week especially following on from me kerslake inquiry and it's clear that press practice is still us that's a reference to the magister attacks that we've been commemorating the dead indeed yes so showing that journalists practice is still out of control journalism is a competitive business and journalists will compete with each other to get a line this situation needs a root and branch inquiry we were promised leveson one and leveson two by lord leveson because he considered the. the job unfinished there are a number of ar

government reverse a decision of a media regulation in the light of allegations from a former rupert murdoch sunday times worker well that worker referred to in the british house of commons was john ford and he joins me. now john thanks for coming on going underground the government says justice is already been set by the inquiry catalyzed by the murdoch media hacking of phones of a dead school child would you make of the high court decision in the bust few days to go ahead with some kind of legal challenge well not truly i'm delighted i think particularly this week especially following on from me because lake inquiry it's clear that press practice is still us that's a reference to the magister attacks yeah that we've been commemorating the dead indeed yes so showing that journalists practice is still out of control journalism is a competitive business and journalists will compete with each other to get a line this situation needs a root and branch inquiry we were promised leveson one and leveson two by lord leveson because he considered the. the job unfinished there were a number of

the bbc‘s rupert wingfield hayes has more details on the response from north korea.ingly conciliatory response from north korea so far, so no angry words in response, rather leaving the door open to dialogue. a statement from the north korean news agency said, "we express our willingness to sit down face to face with the us and resolve issues any time in any format", and then it went on to say, "our commitment to do our best for peace and stability in the world and the korean peninsula remains unchanged." so i think that's a mixture of both being conciliatory but also i think the regime in pyongyang certainly trying to cast president trump and the us administration as the intransigent ones, the ones who are walking away from this summit, and that it is not north korea that wants to pull out. so, we appear to be in a slightly strange situation here, rupert, where north korea seem to be trying to grasp that moral high ground. yeah, i think so. certainly north korea will want to play this to its advantage with its ally, china, and with the south korean government, which

our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in seoul.ys the dramatic change of mood here in korea than this, president moonjae—in and kimjong un embracing once again. just 2a hours earlier, president moon had seen months of careful diplomacy blown apart by a letterfrom the us president. now he was being welcomed to a second secret summit with kim jong un by his younger sister. we now know this meeting was requested by kim himself and arranged in just one day. it is a measure ofjust how badly kimjong un wants the summit with president trump to go ahead. the south korean president said kim told him he is committed to the complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula, but is worried about america's aggressive intentions towards his regime. translation: i told chairman kim that if he decides to put into practice a complete denuclearisation, president trump is willing for economic co—operation and ending hostile relations. from president trump too the noises are now increasingly optimistic. having cancelled the summit on thursday, by satu

thank you, rupert wingfield—hayes, in seoulfor us. to be italy's next prime minister, giuseppe conte, will begin assembling his cabinet. mr conte, a political novice, is expected to take several days to form his team. caroline rigby reports. arriving in a public taxi to meet the president, to become italy's new prime minister — and somewhat of a political experiment. giuseppe conte will have the country's does populist and perhaps eurosceptic parliament. its 66th government in 70 years. it is no small tast for a law professor with no political experience. translation: i am ready to defend the interests of italians in europe and internationally, maintaining dialogue with european institutions and representatives of other countries. i want to be the lawyer who will defend the italian people. mr conte's firstjob will be to assemble his cabinet. that's expected to take several days, but is likely to feature the men who put him forward for the role — leaders of the five star movement and the league, the parties that make up the antiestabli

thank you rupert.'s surprise announcement came just hours after north korea said it had dismantled tunnels at its only nuclear test site. reporters at the punggyeri site in the north—east said they had witnessed a huge blast — as you can see from these pictures. ben tracey of cbs news was there. we were on the site for about nine hours and it was surreal to see it in person. the north koreans brought a small group of media for a very specific purpose, they wanted to show they were decommissioning, they we re show they were decommissioning, they were destroying this nuclear test site. they blew up the three remaining test tunnels at the site, they claimed two of them are still usable and they could have conducted further tests but they put explosives inside and blew them up. before they did that they open the tunnel and we could walk right up to them and see the explosives and then they removed us to some viewing stands further away and blew them up. they then told us to walk back up up. they then told

and that was the other thing >> he can choose stock >> iger was saying it's up to rupert anyway.ou're going straight to the voters, rupert murdoch only has a 17% vote this is really up to the shareholders of 21st century fox. because if a deal has come, it's the shareholders who have to vote that in the murdochs have a 17% vote this says the structure in terms of any offer by comcast including with respect to both the spinoff of new fox and the regulatory risk provisions and the related termination fee would be at least disfavorable as the disney offer. so what they're saying to any 21st century fox shareholder, it's a breakup fee we believe we have a regulatory view through this merger and any deal will be at least as good as what you get from disney if disney goes ahead and pushes this, that's a way of signaling to the shareholders, wait. let's see what we have for you too. >> and we pointed out that even if comcast doesn't prevail, it would be nice since comcast does compete with disney, it'd be nice for them to get them to pay more. >> whether it's going to push iger to make

rupert wingfield—hayes, there.s strict abortion laws is intensifying, with labour adding its voice to calls for change. it comes after friday's historic referendum in the republic of ireland. mps from across the commons say women should have the same rights in all parts of the uk, but downing street insists it's a matterfor northern ireland. the dup, on whom theresa may relies for a majority in parliament, says it will not be bullied into accepting abortion. italy is again in political turmoil, after the man chosen to be prime minister by the two main anti—establishment parties, guiseppe conte, said he didn't want the job, when his pick for finance minister was vetoed by italy's president. president sergio mattarella has summoned former international monetary fund official carlo cottarelli for a meeting, with the possibility he might form a temporary technocrat government. but the leader of italy's biggest political party, the five star movement, has called for the president to be impeached for vetoing their would—

rupert wingfield—hayes in the demilitarised zone.ireland's strict abortion laws is intensifying — with labour adding its voice to calls for change. it comes after friday's historic referendum in the republic of ireland. mps from across the commons say women should have the same rights in all parts of the uk, but downing street insists it's a matterfor northern ireland. the dup, on whom theresa may relies for a majority in parliament, says it will not be bullied into accepting abortion. with us now is our political correspondent jonathan blake. it does feel as though pressure is mounting but actually, it is not a simple thing to do, to change the law in northern ireland because of the rather complicated political situation we're in. yes, it is a complicated political picture, as you say, but there is pressure on the government to act here, since the government to act here, since the result of the referendum in the republic of ireland. it has thrown into sharp relief the difference between the rest of the uk, when it comes to the law o

are good intentions but he only has to look to the right or to the left of him i don't know where rupert stop there will be sitting during board meetings but the audi division chief is still there a man who his coworkers or subordinates accused of having known and cold manipulated in the scandal is still on board and so is the supervisory board chairman hans tito perch who was finance chief of the company and is accused of having informed shareholders too late so starting a new culture with people like that in your immediate surroundings with the porsche and pete and pete family still having a huge say and an interest that will be very very difficult certainly sounds like the same old same old thank you very much for the analysis and frankly. the u.s. has sent a top level delegation to china to try to avoid a trade war between the world's two biggest economies the main issue is tariffs but washington also accuses beijing of systematically infringing us copyrights counterfeit copy clothes watches sunglasses and even smartphones and other complicated technologies and they sell them for fak

rupert murdoch will be cochairman of the new fox. it looks like this is handing over the baton in most ways. the current cfo will take on a broader role as coo. we know that hedge funds have been filing in to 21st century fox now owning about $7.3 billion among investment firms. so that is one headline. i want to bring you another one as well which is fascinating. mark zuckerberg has decided to actually testify in europe. he has now accepted the invitation to testify before the european parliament. before he didn't seem to have any interest in doing that. once again he continues on his crusade. he will not testify before the european parliament. italian bond yields jumping to their highest level in seven months on reports that the country's populist parties debtsking for a massive write-off from the ecb. joining us from rome is kevin , bloomberg west european economy editor. i want to start on that part of the story that is moving the markets the most which is the debt write-down that was that theyby lawmakers are asking for a $300 b

rupert that sounds like a threat how is it being received just like this i talked to several in piece today and they said that this is even worse than they expected and they say that is the most unfriendly start of the best so they have seen in recent posts and if you look at what he says he doesn't say all german companies have to follow at some time he says immediately drop out of iran immediately and this is something where we have to look at what is at stake here german companies make trade with our money with four billion dollars here and this is an issue to the german companies and this of course is also an issue for for german policy just briefly how difficult can the united states make to business for those drama company but very difficult was the sanctions in the end say that if you do business with iran you can't do business with u.s. companies or you even expelled from the u.s. so this means that international companies from germany come to business with iran without losing the rest of the business that's the definition of a rock and a hard place there for those german comp

contraction of 0.6% ended the longest stretch of economic growth since the 1980s. 0ur correspondent rupertayes is in tokyo. why such a bad start to the year? well, sally, ithink why such a bad start to the year? well, sally, i think this is an indication ofjust how difficult it is to get growth, long—term growth, back into the japanese economy, despite having very much full employment here and massive economic stimulus over the last five or six yea rs. stimulus over the last five or six years. consumption is still pretty much flat. inflation is flat. and there are some important underlying structural reasons for this. the first being a massive shrinking of japan's working age population. if you look at the statistics, 20 years ago,japan you look at the statistics, 20 years ago, japan had 88.9 million people in its working population. today it has 75.6 million. that is a fall of 13 million people. japan is also the world's all this country, with 27.7% of the population over the age of 65. those people are on fixed incomes and they do not like spending. the other big problem here is wages. w

news international, who'sjust published his memoir, the bootle boy, about his 50 years working for rupert be getting pretty close to the important line that separates commerce from independent in editorial matter, once that is crossed, readers can no longer be sure if they are reading sponsored material or traditional independent news, and then they are on the road to ruin. the broader picture, because of what has happened with newspapers and their economies, the balance of power between advertisers and newspapers has been upset. these days, you will see a great part of the newspaper, hitherto sacrosanct for editorial, for instance, front pages, two and three, they will now carry advertising, they never did before... the interesting question, before we get onto the economics, which is clearly where this ends, where do you draw the line? if there is an article saying, ten things you never knew you could do with google, is that favourable comment? is that out of interest to the consumer? that is the question, the issue is, if the reader, if the reader believes, as readers of the evening sta

rupert murdoch would say i think we have a better chance.be legally more problematic. charlie: maybe and the other thing that brian roberts is hanging his hat on is if at&t prevails over the government and is allowed to buy time-warner. neil: if it doesn't he's not interested. charlie: well then he can't it's going to be harder to justify it but that core, he's challenged a dual class ownership structure like mine os is doing and saying mr. murdock you have a responsibility to your shareholders and they like all cash bids better than the stock bids. neil: so you're closer to the president and alienating your boss. charlie: by the way rupert murdoch is the greatest business man of all-times in my view but i'm up there with thomas edison. neil: it's a little late for that. charlie: i'm telling you one of the greatest men of all-time is our boss, but i'm saying i'm just laying out -- neil: understood. that's the kind of guy you are wish we had more time. but we do not thank you, charlie gasparino he was on both of these stories and we'll keep o

he wouldn't say what his plans were for sky he did say he's talking to rupert murdoch, he wouldn't say what they were talking about melissa, back over to you. >> not to split hairs here, they have been talking after the story that comcast was readying this bid >> i'm sorry so i asked him if he's consulted with murdoch about what murdoch is planning to do with sky, because, of course, comcast has gone in and offered to buy the remainder of sky that fox does not already own. should fox go in and offer more for sky, that's going to ultimately be something that really impacts disney should this deal -- this acquisition by disney go through. he wouldn't say what he and murdoch have been talking about, but sounds like they talk frequently. >> julia, thank you. julia boorstin from headquarters let's talk about the report. if there is no deal, do you still continue to own disney based on this quarter and based on what they are saying about cord cutting losses. >> if you're comfortable with valuation, i think you are you don't want disney to have to pay up too much for this deal. i think the de

one of the things i read, rupert murdoch is interested in disney stock.kept saying "the currency we are using." why would hena: not? look at the momentum disney is on, all the franchises and content being created. fox shareholders would be about 25%. arguably, cash under normal circumstances is a better consideration than stock but in this case we have unique situations that make it a different scenario. david: that is tuna amobi. coming up, walmart announced its butest deal in history, someone spilled the beans on the acquisition too soon. you can turn on your radio and listen to tom keene and jonathan ferro and then pimm fox and tom at 10:00. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ kailey: this is bloomberg daybreak. i am kailey leinz. aronov,p, oksana jpmorgan asset management portfolio manager. and now to your bloomberg business flash. and activists firm representing tesla shareholders once the electric car maker to shake up its board. the firm claims tesla has veered and saysath to profit the board is beholden to elon musk. toyota is forecasting bet

here's our asia correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes.ng conveys the dramatic change of mood here in korea than this, president moon jn and of mood here in korea than this, president moonjn and kim jong of mood here in korea than this, president moonjn and kimjong un embracing once again. just 2a hours earlier, president moon had seen months of careful diplomacy blown apart bya months of careful diplomacy blown apart by a letter from the us president. now he was being welcomed toa president. now he was being welcomed to a second secret summit with kim jong un by his younger sister. we now know this meeting was requested by kim himself and arranged injust one day. it is a measure ofjust how badly kimjong one day. it is a measure ofjust how badly kim jong un one day. it is a measure ofjust how badly kimjong un once one day. it is a measure ofjust how badly kim jong un once the summit with president trump to go ahead. the south korean president said kim told him he is committed to the com plete told him he is committed to the complete denucl

our asia correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes joins us now. it was on, then it was off, now it looks like it's on again, what's been going on? please don't. i'm sure to get it wrong again. looks like we are sort of on. on thursday, it was on. on friday, it was. now it appears to be back on. it appears to be looking in that direction, although we can never be sure with president trump. he still has time to change his mind. certainly the atmosphere here in seoul is more positive than three days ago because president moon of south korea and kimjong un then held another summit yesterday, a secret summit, on the demilitarised zone. they both agreed that getting a summit in singapore back on track is the top priority. as you say, we have heard from president trump who seems to be more positive. he said talks are going on as we speak. there's lots of good will. were looking at 12 june in there's lots of good will. were looking at 12june in singapore and that hasn't changed. everyone is really booking flights and hotels and america is sending a team t

thank you, rupert wingfield—hayes, live from seoul.pool fans have been left dreaming of what could have been after losing to real madrid 3—1. and it's a story that dominates most of the back pages this morning. richard has been taking a look. what a night it has been. extraordinary, really. not the night we hoped for. you mentioned the back pages. some of the front pages as well, this is the front of the sunday telegraph, heartbreak for liverpool, gareth bale's wonder goals sink champions league dream. the back page of the times, gareth bale on the front, he scored a superb goal. he says, shocker and all. -- superb goal. he says, shocker and all. —— awe. all the back pages covered the disappointment for liverpool. bale force on the back page of the mirror. some terrible m ista kes page of the mirror. some terrible mistakes from goalkeeper loris karius. almost too difficult to watch, really. you almost put your hands over your eyes. a proper schoolboy error. the whole thing was like that. as a human being, i know he isa like that. as a

for more on this i've been speaking to our correspondent in seoul, rupert wingfield—hayes. why the us—north korea summit is so important to china. fundamentally, because china's main interest when it comes to north korea is stability, stability on its border. china's nightmare is renewed conflict on the korean peninsula or the implosion of the north korean regime and the falling apart of north korea. so i think the chinese government was deeply concerned as things got really bad last year. very upset with north korea for testing missiles provocatively across japan and threatening the united states. but concerned about us threats of military action against north korea. what they want to see is a rationing down of the tensions, which we are seeing, but also in the medium to long—term, coming to some sort of political solution to this conflict which will maintain north korea as an entity and maintain stability on china's border. but this summit in singapore is hanging in the balance because of the issue of denuclearisation, what is the sentiment in south korea, will it happen

rupert hates "the new york times", but i love you, wendy said. when jill abramson approved the africa trip, never mind it had nothing to do with my beat at covering media at the time. looking back, it's astonishing that the guys ever allowedded me to cover this philanthropic swing. we were all so simpatico then that when the times photographer showed up from a stint in yemen with no luggage, clinton loaned him his razor. i was the only reporter who stayed the entire trip starting with that first night at the saxon when bill clinton talked my ear off well into the early morning hours. among about a million other topics, he explained that nelson mandela had written his memoir on the grounds before it became a five-star hotel. that's where i stayed until 2010, clinton said. he looked around at the villa with its high, airy ceilings and spotless marble floors. it's a wonderful place, i love this place, clinton said. he a paused for a moment. he'd visited the slums earlier that day. the next day we would fly to rwanda where we would take a military he

rupert mourdock has said in the past orndated in the past perhaps more shareholder friendly deal would be with stock. so how do youth handicap ? >> yeah, that's right. obviously from a tax holr -- tax advantage perspective, getting the stock is better than the cash. that being said, $8 billion might not be the gap there so i do think ultimately that disney's going to be the winner here, but i think there's going to have to be some concessions made. so whether that's on the sky dealhat winds up going to fox, whether it's them ponying up a little cash to close the deal. i do think when you look at some of the assets like hulu, marvell, thesere things i don't believe disney can afford to be without. as they expand their empire, star and india are things theya really to get ahold of. >> let me go back to the digital they took back some of the films forheir library on netflix, exampl it's clear they want to complete in the streaming vision -- area with a netflix type. and is that a potentially huge grower for them or not do you think? >> absolutely. asi mean, it to be. that's the way that m

can rupert say -- i want to own a lot of disney. can he say that?ink he already did that once i think that's probably what this is about. and, jeez, they're taking a lot of debt. kind of a neutral view but because we do work for them but they're spending a lot of money. if they get it, it would be unbelievable it would become a international company withdomestic assets. i think disney will come back with pay more. it's going to be a bid war. >> is there an opportunity to use this as a leverage in a sort of -- >> exactly. >> to carve up whatever you think, you know, when you talk about hulu -- >> andrew. i think that's what it's about and that makes a lot of sense to me. >> you know jim, these guys i know we work for them, but they know how to operate, too either comcast got nbcu for a tale or started running it twice as as well as it had been run. >> it's a combination. >> whatever happens the stock goes higher. i've been saying it for awhile this is david east's territory i'm focussed on why hans is down i think andrew is right. >> you got pop on t