the chief executive of german carmaker audi, rupert stadler, has been arrested in connection with an scandal. german prosecutors say they took mr stadler into custody to 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 ca i’s software, the software that made cars seem a software, the software that made cars seem a cleaner 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 on e—mail back in 2015. the e—mail allegedly proved that rupert stadler may have known about the cheating software and still let the cars be manufactured and sold. if this is true, that would be fraught. and charges could well be

no official was given and the audi boss rupert stadler in custody one thing is clear. it is far from the end of the road for diesel gate. let's get more on this from our correspondent on ground. thanks for joining us. what are you hearing on the ground? how does this resonate with people here working there behind you? >> well, it is tense here and with the workers behind me out of the gates. i tried to talk to quite a lot of them but nobody really wants to speak to me and people are avoiding me by going on the other side of the road. i understand that because they are probably fed up that journalists like me have been pestering them for close to years around trying it talk it them and top executives like one right now who just drove past us can go by in their cool cars and don't have it talk to us. and they are responsible for it. >> you just mentioned nobody wants to talk about the situation and it is a bad monday for the company. what about the management? what do we expect from this situation with what is next after the audi boss is detained? >> that is quite hard t

rupert stadler is the highest ranking official in the vw group to be detained for questioning.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 figure out where to go next at this next stage of the whole diesel emissions crisis. also, though, to find an interim leader, a backup boss who can step in that while mr stadler is being investigated.

we've got the story about the audi chief, rupert stadler. to broaden out and the ramifications are still being felt. quite a big deal. he was fined as well. this is not going away, is it? it keeps more thing. this all started because engineers falsified test results. these have been belching out toxins in the air. you will remember several years ago. they were falsifying the results. now we are seeing an example of somebody at the very top being held responsible for that. the fact there has been charges in this investigation is really significant. let's move on to the world cup. every paper in the uk has got harry kane on the front page. it was quite a nailbiter, wasn't it? it was one of those mode moments of football magic. harry kane put it in the back of the net. it was amazing. my goddaughter is proving. she is 3.5 yea rs goddaughter is proving. she is 3.5 years old. the peruvian fans are so enthusiastic. the first time in 36 yea rs. enthusiastic. the first time in 36 years. are you enjoying it in general? watching the various matches? i

the previous boss, rupert stadler, was unexpectedly arrested over his role in an emissions cheating scandalluxury audi division. fujifilm has sued the firm xerox for over $1 billion for breach of contract and estimated damages. the printer and photocopier company walked away from a planned merger earlier this year. the deal would have seen xerox merge its business with an asian joint venture. the company operates with fuji, handing fuji majority control. the auditing work of one of the world's big four accounting firms has been sharply criticised by the industry's watchdog in the uk. kpmg audits had shown an "unacceptable deterioration" and will be subject to closer supervision, the financial reporting council said. it added that all the big four, which also include pwc, ey and deloitte, needed to reverse a decline. that show you the markets once again. it has been pretty bad. that is the clothes in the united states late yesterday. the future looking ahead to the us open are all very negative. let's look at asia if we can. i don't know if we have those numbers... no. that is how europe clo

suing further court cases and of course the fact that the resolution is near depends on what rupert stadler says if the board of the family treats him well and . you know has his continuing pay and everything then he has no motive to incriminate people all by himself unless that you disagree really force essential only balance a fine thank you very much for this isn't. germany and france have agreed to establish. common euro zone budget by the year twenty twenty one m. is to boost investment in the block but important details still need to be hammered out like how big it will be and whether it is to be financed by an e.u. white tax french president amount of oil mark on has called for a range of reforms aimed at deepening european integration but other eurozone member states including germany are still skeptical about some of his ideas. office sixteen years in the job turkish president. is seeking reelection this weekend many see him as the man who puts the turkish economy on the global map boss times change the turkish lira has been tumbling for months foreign investment is declining the u

rupert stadler was detained yesterday as part of an investigation into the alleged manipulation of emissionsols. authorities are looking into whether cars sold in europe were equipped with software that turned emissions controls on during lab testing and off during regular driving. volkswagen has admitted to cheating on u.s. emissions tests. >>> meantime, u.s. online survey company survey monkey says it has confidentially registered for an initial public offering with the fcc. the company says the number of shares to be offered in the price range have not yet been determined. the california-based company has around three million daily users. >>> and former mexico president vicente fox is joining the board of directors of the marijuana publication "high times." fox calls himself a soldier in the global campaign to legalize pot. fox says he perceives a day when a robust legal marijuana marketplace will produce new jobs and medicines while sharply reducing cartel violence in mexico. he also says he sees pot being part of the north american free trade agreement. >> very interesting. diane king h

. >>> luxury automaker audi ceo rupert stadler has been arrested in germany today for possible emissions cheating. he was one of 19 current and former audi employees being investigated. the case is related to suspected emissions cheating in 240,000 diesel cars sold in the u.s. and europe. prosecutors say stadler was detained for concerns he could influence witnesses in an ongoing fraud investigation. after money... or >>> a band of robbers attacked a gas station in san francisco. they weren't after the money or even the liquor there. they wanted candy bars of all things. it happened at the all stars gas station in the 2800 block of cesar chavez. three men between the ages of 18 to 25 stormed the station yesterday. one of the men grabbed fistfuls of candy. police say when the clerk tried to stop them, one of the suspects threw candy and cans of motor oil at him. he wasn't hurt. the men got away with about 45 candy bars. of 2017... five men who confronted a -- >>> five men who confronted a pro trump rally in berkeley were found not guilty on all counts. back in march, 2017, the group showe

bw says it's chief executive, rupert stadler, has been taken saying it was arrested because of concernt temper with evidence. i am mark barton. bw is preparing to name the audi sales chief and interim chief --cutive give us the latest developing story. the sheep executive for the interim will be named. when will this happen? classic that happen at any time. from what we're hearing, deliberations at the headquarters are still ongoing and as we speak, the top board members were earlier today. it was supposed to the regularly scheduled meeting he board but that obviously changed altogether when the news hit that the audi ceo had an arrested. the new person who might be ised to become his successor a chief who comes from the never lens, and he joins folks only a few years ago. a pretty complicated task ahead of him if you get the job. lose him,he joinsmark: can bw o given that audi is the big revenue generator for the group? >> that is the big question here, since so far, volkswagen's defense line was that the cheating on these has basically been restricted to a pretty small group of rogue

suing further court cases and of course the fact that the resolution is near depends on what rupert stadler says if the board of the family treats him well and . you know has his continuing pay and everything then he has no motive to incriminate people all by himself unless the judiciary really force essential only balance a fine thank you very much for this isn't. and that's all your business and it's back to phil now. for some world cup action i believe it did yes japan have cruised through to an unexpected victory of colombia in group h. it was their first picture of a club and it was action packed after just three seconds carlos sanchez was sent off after this handball the second fastest red card to world cup history shinji kagawa. japan in from. colombia battled back and prodded fernando can tell level the school before right after this free kick if you soccer say japan in corner after seventy three minutes out of school to want colombia backspaced poland on sunday. this big game later instant petersburg as host nation russia try to maintain their momentum against egypt all eyes will b

group this makes rupert stadler the audi c.e.o. the highest ranking v.w. group employee to be detained related to the scandal he was reportedly taken into custody in order to ensure that there was no witness tampering connected with the ongoing investigations according to c.n.n. money the news comes days after german regulators issued a one point two billion dollars fine for emissions cheating that fine in addition to the already more than thirty billion dollars that v.w. has already paid seem to be something people are taking note about and here to talk about audi and the other auto industry news in this story jammed up stories that are jammed up is car coach lauren fix lauren thanks as always for taking time to b.s. with us what's your take on that arrest. well we kind of thought that the somebody to be arrested researcher was v.w. group or is going to be staff from audi but the fact is these engines are all volkswagen engine so someone from volkswagen in their engineering department is obviously not the only one's going to take the fall they've been try

is rupert stadler has been implicated in the days of a scandal as well munich prosecutors say they are investigating him as well as another board member of the vox fog and subsidiary well the prosecutor's office had been accused of fraud in connection with the ongoing emissions cheating scandal since the thirtieth of may now police department as possible stuff that keeps the us president awake at night but german building materials make a canal is buying american dry will be. you see us she deals for around seven billion dollars and gives canal access to the massive construction market in the united states us she was founded in nineteen zero two it will keep headquarters in chicago and continue to be managed in the u.s. companies expect to seal the deal early next year. and financial correspondent so if you shouldn't ski is a new york for us sophie in the middle of the transatlantic trade dispute how has the news of canal so acquisition gone down over the. well it seems like a win win situation this deal is the post to fall for you if this bankruptcy u.s.d. is the biggest u.s. maker of

it comes after chief executive rupert stadler was arrested as part of the investigation into emissions has sued the firm xerox for over $1 billion for breach of contract and damages. the printer and photocopier company walked away from a planned merger earlier this year. the deal would have seen xerox merge its business with an asian joint venture, the company it operates with fuji, handing fuji majority control. an australian court has fined apple $6.5 million for refusing to fix iphones and ipads that had been serviced by third parties. australia's consumer watchdog took the tech giant to court last year following complaints from users about faulty devices. apple admitted that it misled 275 people about their rights to remedies such as repairs and replacements. as always, our biz live page is updated throughout the day. there's a discussion on the about the us— china trade war and a discussion about how much the us mid—term elections play a part, what extent politics influences this. comments from analysts. that's just one of the stories you can scroll through at your leisure and see

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. >> what happened to rupert stadler. >> let's get to watch ton. >> that's a tuffy. >> trade and immigration coming out of the headlines out of washington kayla tausche joins us. >> reporter: good morning, becky. the immigration debate is intensifying the trump administration holding on to its zero tolerance policy as lawmakers compromise on a bill to satisfy mr. trump. mr. trump wants tighter security tweeting the democrats and republicans should, quote, get together and work something out. meanwhi meanwhile, today at the white house two gop senators who hold the pursestrings will meet with the president. that could determine whether a shutdown could again loom in september, this time over those issues meanwhile, the first lady issuing a rare public statement on policy saying that, quote, she believes we need to be a country that follows all laws but also a country that governs with heart according to her spokeswoman. the issue has shed trade to the background for now as the white house has three weeks before chinese tariffs take effect white house counselor kellyanne conway on "meet the pr

he's replacing rupert stadler, who was suspended after being arrested in a diesel emissions investigationosecutors reportedly tapped sadler's phone and arrested him because of fears he might have tampered with evidence. roche has agreed to buy 43% of foundation medicine it doesn't already own. the price, $2.4 billion. that represents a 29% premium to yesterday's closing price. and that's your bloomberg business flash. w, still ahead, davide is up next, talking italy and the outlook for deutsche bank. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> live in new york i'm vonnie quinn. caroline: live in london, on caroline hyde. markets.loomberg let's check in with the first word news. >> the trade disputes between the two largest economies is getting worse. china fell to retaliate after president trump threatens goods. on another -- another batch of goods. kim jong-un is in beijing where he will brief china about his meeting with president trump. it is his third trip to china since march. the opec meeting in vienna is shaping up to be one of the cartel's most contentious effort. russia says they should consider rai

. >>> new from overnight, the audi ceo rupert stadler was detained by german authorities. this is a picture of him from their website. it's all related to the volkswagen diesel emissions case. this comes after prosecutors last week search his home. german authorities are looking at 20 people suspected of fraud in this case. the probe focuses on cars sold in europe thought to be equipped with software which turned emission controls off during regular driving. volkswagen pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the united states. there are two managers serving prison time here in the u.s. >>> beginning this month caltrans will install what are called mumble strips along highway 1 in marin. they use both noise and vibration alert drivers when they're drifting over the center line. they'll be installed between mill valley and valley ford road near the county line. construction should finish in october. >>> wow. he must be dead. are you dead, sir? >> whoa. video shows a local doctor mocking and pulling one of her patients. more clips surfacing and the hospital is now responding. >

munich prosecutors said monday that rupert stadler, who has worked for audi parent company volkswagen since 1990, had been detained because of concerns he could influence witnesses in an ongoing fraud investigation. stadler, 55, is the highest ranking volkswagen executive to be arrested in connection to a costly diesel emissions scandal that burst into public view in 2015. prosecutors said they have opened a criminal investigation into potential fraud by 20 current or former audi employees including stadler. the case is related to suspected emissions cheating in 240,000 diesel cars sold in the united states and europe. volkswagen spokesman nicolai laude confirmed that stadler had been arrested, but declined to comment on the investigation. he said the company's supervisory board would discuss the matter on monday. >> the world health organization announced a new classification of the disease. videogame addiction. the gaming addiction is characterized by several factors. impaired control over playing video games. an increase in priority given to playing games over other activities. in

. >>> the audi ceo, rupert stadler was detained by german authorities. it's all related to that volkswagen diesel emissions case itomes cfter prosetors searched stadler's week. the probe focuses on cars sold in europe thought to be equipped with software which turns emission controls off during regular driving. if all that sounds familiar, that's because volkswagen pleaded guilty to criminal charges already here in the united states. in fact, two managers are serving prison time in the u.s. >> new at 6:00, a san francisco supervisor is introducing a new proposal to get residents and businesses to recycle more. "the examiner" reports it would include hiring janitors to sort the trash. under the plan, if the garbage is not sorted correctly, owners will get a warning. if they don't comply, they could be fined up to $1,000 a day. this is part of the city's zero waste program. the goal is to send no more waste to landfills by the end of 2020. >>> only on abc, a woman who survived a roller coaster derailment, what she's revealing about the seconds before she w

german prosecutors say they took rupert stadler into custody to prevent him tampering with evidence.emerged that cars had been fitted with devices designed to cheat emissions tests. the devices were initially found in vw‘s cars, but its audi subsidiary has also been embroiled in the scandal. last month it admitted that another 60,000 a6 and a7 models with diesel engines have emission software issues. that is on top of the 850,000 recalled last year by audi, although not all required a modification. damien mcguiness is in berlin. there is a worry either that he would hinder the investigation by tampering with the evidence or by trying to influence employees or witnesses who could also help the investigation. the suspicion lies on him because a male was discovered —— an e—mailwas him because a male was discovered —— an e—mail was discovered in which allegedly he knew and was informed already about the cheating software. this is the software that was installed in millions of vw cars, including it seems some audi cars, which would make it look as if cars we re which would make it look as

rupert stadler was arrested in munich this morning.i admitted that another 60,000 a6 and a7 models with diesel engines have emission software issues, that's on top of 850,000 recalled last year. let's get more from our correspondent damien mcguiness. hello. dramatic this arrest. tell us what you can tell us. yes, he was detained in his home early this morning during a raid. that is as you say because prosecutors in bavaria say that there is a risk that mr stadler could hinder the investigation either by tampering with evidence or by potentially exerting pressure on employees, that is what some have been saying, but it has to be clarified he hasn't yet been charged but i think, prosecutors and audi have been saying he has to be presumed to be innocent of any crime so far. the next stage is that he will be meeting with his lawyer, in the next day or two and by wednesday he will be questioned. that is the point which we will know if any charges are going to be made and whether or what sort of prosecution the state prosecutors are looking

the boss of the german carmaker audi, rupert stadler, has been detained in connection with the diesely to prevent him tampering with evidence. he and another audi executive are accused of putting audis with cheat devices on the market in europe, knowing that the vehicles were much dirtier than they appeared to be in pollution tests. three men, who are believed to have been in their twenties, have been killed in south london after being hit by a train. british transport police have described the deaths as unexplained. an investigation is under way into how the three men came to be on the tracks. here, the duchess of sussex's father has given an interview in which he shares insights into the royal couple's relationship and their wedding. thomas markle said he was sure meghan cried when he told her he could not attend the ceremony. and despite having not met prince harry face to face he revealed they had held conversations about politics, including donald trump's presidency, and brexit. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. she was the bride who memorably walked up the ais

it comes after the arrest of longtime ceo rupert stadler. a company spokesman failed to elaborate. arrest in the scandal is the first among vw group's board members. mercari has a sword on its first day of trading in tokyo. it raised $1.2 billion, japan's biggest for a technology company since lion debuted in 2016. it has become the default market for buying and selling goods on smartphone. downloads of the app has reached 75 million in the five years since its debut. thank you. monetary tightening will be in focus at the ecb forum in sentra and portugal this week. investors are monitoring closely the event for potential guidance on poetry actions -- monetary actions. you can watch mario draghi at 9:00 a.m. on bloomberg tv. everyone are members the central spike. thent expectations, monetary policy pardon. he kind of did something similar in reverse last week. to know is difficult how much he can add after last week. no interest rate moves until the summer of 2019. what can he add to that? blur.s not much around the edges of that thing with the market will he wants to know is is th

(pam) audi c-e-o rupert stadler was arrested in germany ....unich prosecutors said, in a statement, stadler had been detained because of concerns over potential evidence tampering. shares in volkswagen dropped by 2- percent in frankfurt. the investigation has been underway for more than a year. the arrest comes just days after germany imposed a 1.2 billion dollar penalty on volkswagen .... for rigging diesel engine emissions worldwide. volkswagen first admitted in 2015 it had rigged diesel engines. the scandal sent its share price plummeting, and trashed confidence among consumer and regulators in diesel technology. (ken) the n-t-s-b is sending an investigator to look into a tesla battery fire in southern california. the specialist will observe tesla's examination of the model-s that caught fire friday in west hollywood. the agency says the trip will allow it to learn about fires in all battery-powered cars. tesla called the incident "an extraordinarily unusual occurrence" and says it's investigating. gary is coming up with sports .. and with t

breaking this morning, chief executive of german carmaker audi, rupert stadler has been arrested in connechhe diesel scandal. they made the arrest because of the risk sadler might seek to suppress evidence. already is owned by volkswagen using illegal software and diesel engines. google putting more of its money to work in asia and going up against competitors like amazon investing $550 million ajc.com. they will include promoting jd.com on the shopping platform. the move could help jd.com u.s. presence in asia. taking a look at this stock right now. at more than 7.5%. those are your headlines this morning. dagen: thank you so much, cheryl. an interesting story about that google investment in china's jd.com. one of the things i don't think were talking about enough that american businesses have invested $200 million in china. china could really put the hammer on our economy with increased safety inspections, delays in approving imports is possible tools. you name it. not just retaliatory tariffs from china if they get into a real full-bln trade. >> goes both ways. the other i'm concerned ab

let's begin with the latest twist in the diesel emission scandal — today the audi chief executive rupert stadler—called diesel emissions cheating software in millions of its diesel ca rs software in millions of its diesel cars within the us. nearly 600,000 ca rs we re cars within the us. nearly 600,000 cars were sold with the software fitted, worldwide 11 million diesel ca rs we re fitted, worldwide 11 million diesel cars were thought to be affected. what that meant was when put on the open road, the diesel cars are emitted 40 times the levels which we re emitted 40 times the levels which were reported in lab conditions. initially it was thought to be a problem with bw cars that then audi was involved and last month audi admitted another thousand models had the emissions software issues. that is on top of the cars recalled last year. admittedly some only needed modification. scandal is the right word but you rarely hear of the boss being arrested or ta ken word but you rarely hear of the boss being arrested or taken by police over an issue like this? yes, often with stories like this the men and