samira: anthony was shot five ustimes. own body as a shield, he prevented the gunman from entering the classroom. he saved up to 20 kids.da but to thiwhen he tries to sleep, he is taken right back to the shooting. >> i nev sleep -- sometimes i can't sleep well, because i dream a lot of the day that -- i see it in my head. i dream. samira: this is the building where the shooting happened. it can't be torn down -- is being preserved as evidence for the gunman's trial, a trial that has not even started yet. ando it stands as a constant concrete reminder of what happened that day. >> i will live youlo - you all my life. i telling you right now, i love am you. i know what you t day. samira: that is the accused gunman nikolas cruz being comforted by his younger brother zachary. this police video was taken hours after the shooting. you told him you loved him more than onc >> only because i am his brother, and the whole world is going to give him hate.an samira: are yoy at him? >> yes. samira: what makes you angry? >> that he did

samira: are you angry at him? >> yes. samira: what makes you angry?at he did what he did for no reason. don't know. samira: the shooting sparked a movement. they channeled their anger through activism, taking to the .,streets of washington, dy the thousands, demanding stricter gun control laws. for those students, this song became their anthem. >> i think through the actions we have seen, they grabbed such a big audience and wide audience that they inspired other people to be heard as well. >> i can't change what happened in the past. i need to make sure it doesn't happen again in the future. ♪ samira: but one year on, victims of the mass shooting are still recovering, and one year on, federal gun control laws have not changed. ,amira hussein, bbc ne parkland, florida. jane: you are watching "bbc world news ameri." still to come in tonight's program, signs of life after chernobyl. yihow communities are ng to get back on their feet three decades after the disaster. airbus has pulled the plug on its a380 superjumbo which entered service 12 years ago. th

let's cross over to samira ashmi. —— samira hashmi. vijay mallya will $0011 samira hashmi.indian courts. well, rico, he is one step closer to being extradited. this is a significant step in that sense. the home secretary has signed off that he can be extradited to the uk, but now mr mallya has 1a days to file for appeal in the london high court. and after that it could take two or three months for that appeal to be reviewed. the lawyer, mr mallya's lawyers, or have a chance to argue their case again. and then if the court decides to extradite him, then mr mallya could very well be extradited. this whole process could take two or three months. from india's point of view it is very significant. the uk home secretary has signed this. the uk has a record when it comes to extraditing people. it has a very low record in terms of the number of people who have been extradited. for india remember this is significant for two reasons. number one, mr mallya owes indian banks over $1 billion, at which he default it. second, he is also seen as the face of the non—performing assets in ind

hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed.ald tusk‘s comments about hell this week annoyed many people, but did bbc news pour oil on the flames by distorting his words in their headlines? and liam neeson has also caused a storm this week. was the bbc unfair in how it reported what he said too? provocative statements have been at the heart of news coverage for the last seven days. take wednesday's carefully worded gibe from european council president donald tusk at a press conference in brussels. i have been wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it safely. those comments immediately, tweeted by mr tusk‘s office, were widely condemned by brexit—supporting mps as george alagiah reported at the top of that night's news at six. the president of the european council stands accused of insulting british politicians. earlier today, donald tusk said there was a special place in hell for leave supporting politicians, those were his words. but some vi

samira hussain, bbc news, new york. now let's brief you on some other business stories.irst—quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates. walt disney said its earnings were helped by higher customer spending at its us theme parks and resorts, as well as strength in its media network business. apple's head of retail, angela ahrendts, is leaving the iphone maker almost exactly five years after taking the role. her move to apple in 2014 from being the chief executive of the luxury fashion brand burberry was seen as a major coup for the tech giant. she will be replaced by long—time apple executive deirdre 0'brien, currently vice president of people. let us look markets. quite a few in asia are closed today as they continue their new year celebrations, the year of the pig, of course. it is a fairly muted session. japan and australia are currently up. japan we have about 20 minutes to go still. volumes are very light. although these markets are open still others are not at work any sentences as ever. japanese shares have been headed higher. we have the s&p, the broader market,

samira hussain, bbc news, new york.ic chain hmv has a new front—runner after a surprise intervention from a canadian entrepreneur, media reports say. the latest rescue bid is said to come from businessman doug putman, owner of canada's sunrise records stores. the move pits him against sports direct founder mike ashley, who has also placed a bid. nissan has confirmed that the new x—trail suv, originally planned for its main uk plant, will instead be made in japan. in a letter to workers, it said continued brexit uncertainty is not helping firms to plan for the future. nissan also said that since 2016 "the environment for the car industry in europe has changed dramatically", including "changing emissions regulations". thats it for the business briefing this hour. victims of crime in the uk are to get new powers to challenge the release of violent offenders. the move follows public anger when the convicted rapist john worboys was granted parole. under the new system, victims will be able to challenge the release of an offe

samira hussain reports now on those who are still living with the physical and emotional reminders of morning, have a great day, guys. a typical morning walk to school done by thousands across the country. but this is different. these kids go to marjory stoneman douglas, a name that will forever conjure images from this day. students fleeing for safety as a gunman armed with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire. this is the first one. anthony was shot five times. using his own body as a shield, he prevented the gunman from entering the classroom. he saved up to 20 kids, but, to this day, when he tries to sleep, he is taken right back to the shooting. i never sleep. sometimes i sleep but i can't sleep well. i dream a lot of that day. the same things that i see there, i see in my head. this is the building where the shooting happened. it can't be torn down. it's actually been preserved as evidence for the gunman's trial, a trial that has not even started yet. and so it stands like a constant concrete reminder of what happened that day. i love you with all my heart. i am telling you right n

samira apologizedt. for t >>> also in virginia tonight, new fallout from one of the two women accusing lieutenant governor justin fairfax of sexual assault. virginia republican house speaker curt cox tweeted today that a legislative forum for hearings should be seriously considered. he says he's hoping for democratic support for that idea, but the meredith watson, one of the two won accusing fairfax of assault, accused the democrats of cowardice, aldding they are ducking an effort to hold hearings. house democratssed a statement saying law enforcement should be the ones investigating this. the lieutenant governor says he is not stepping down and he denies that he ever sexually assaulted either meredith watson dr. vanessa tyson. jim, doreen, back to yo >> all right. leon harris. leon, thank you. >>> new tonight, a driver is charged for murder for running over a man he allegedly was seen arguing with two weeks ago in >> police found and arrested the driver today. daniel was hit crossing 4th street near t s

samira hussain with the details in new york, walmart is one to watch., relationship manager at seven investment management. nice to see you. what are you watching? we said earlier, trade talks are resuming, the deadline of march the 1st is looming closer but no real insight about whether a deal will get done yet. not at the moment and we constantly have to go back and we constantly have to go back and forward with regards to what donald trump says, he mentioned the trade talks are productive and we had a positive reaction in the asian session as a result, in the us markets which were closed yesterday for president's day, but really we don't have an indication, looking at the rhetoric trying to find out what is real, what is policy, and donald trump with his brand of diplomatic hooliganism, is incredibly hard to pin the tail on the donkey. from our perspective it is a bit of a wait and see, it would indicate they are getting closer to a deal but markets will still be jittery, albeit muted so far today. they have been, haven't they? economic news coming o

thanks, samira. has learned a group of labour mps is expected to announce their departure from the labour party. facebook need stronger action to deal with aspects of its platform. the committee found mark zuckerberg failed to deal with fake news. facebook welcomed the digital select committee's report and said it would be open to meaningful regulation. the london teenager who ran away to join the islamic state group four yea rs join the islamic state group four years ago said people should sympathise with her, in an interview with sky news. in the interview shamima begum said she had no regrets but appealed for help to return to the uk with her newborn baby. her family say they are very concerned about the child's welfare. train companies have proposed major changes to ticketing on britain's railways. the railway delivery group said the current system is outdated and overcomplicated and it wants to see more flexible fares and the roll—out of electronic systems like london's oyster card throughout th

hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed.ek annoyed many people, but did bbc news pour oil on the flames by distorting his words in their headlines? and liam neeson has also caused a storm this week. was the bbc unfair in how it reported what he said too? provocative statements have been at the heart of news coverage for the last seven days. and how they have been reported has been exercising newswatch viewers. take wednesday's carefully worded gibe from european council president donald tusk at a press conference in brussels. i have been wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it safely. those comments immediately, tweeted by mr tusk‘s office, were widely condemned by brexit—supporting mps as george alagiah reported at the top of that night's news at six. the president of the european council stands accused of insulting british politicians. earlier today, donald tusk said there was a special place in hell for leave supporting politicians,

but he is a controversial choice, as an outspoken critic of the institutions — as samira hussain reportsor economic adviser to donald trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, so an early trump supporter but the nomination david malpass has caused some woi’i’y nomination david malpass has caused some worry that he will try to diminish the role of the world bank, and that is because he has set in the past that international for natural institutions are corrupt, inefficient, spend too much money, and are generally rather useless. and that might make him an odd choice to run one of the biggest international financial institutions in the world, but the white house on wednesday really moved to counter that perception, saying that mr malpass is committed to modernising the bank and making sure there is more accountability by borrowers.- treasury, i'm proud to say that underyour treasury, i'm proud to say that under your administration, mr president, we negotiated a major capital increase and reform package for the world bank, with shareholders and dedicated staff, there is a great opportuni

the same right wing website thevled the racist photoon governor northam's page, have spotlighted samira, he called the stories a slander campaign. >> the extreme right moves in a fashion of divide andurco. this is the samear of donald trump, steve bannon. i stand fully against anti-semitism. >> reporter: nelson and the gop sa would add to the problems in richmond. >> the anti-semitic things he said, there's no room for that, there's hatred. >> samira has already won thegn camp funding contest which could give him leg up. >>> doug's watching arm big s that could bring us snow and ice in the middle of this week. stay tuned to see what kind of snow totals wean expect. >>> the i teamng kic off weed week with a look at the increasing number of drivers getting behind the wheel under the influence. t >>> up nex latest on the chicago police investigation intoempire" star, jussie smollett. is reps are saying about reports t reports t ha choosing my car insurance was the easiest decision ever. i switched to geico and saved hundreds. that's a win. but it's not the only reason i switched. geico's a

hello, it's monday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm samira ahmed.alking away from the party that for years they have been a part of. tough and urgent action is needed to stop facebook allowing the spread of fake news — according to a group of mps. rather than having a system where the tech companies just apologise when things go wrong and carry on repeating the same mistakes, we should have a proper, statutory, regulatory system, which imposes standards on the tech companies, with a regulator that can act against them if they fail

hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed.o? provocative statements have been at the heart of news coverage for the last seven days. and how they have been reported has been exercising newswatch viewers. take wednesday's carefully worded gibe from european council president donald tusk at a press conference in brussels. i've been wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it safely. those comments immediately, tweeted by mr tusk‘s office, were widely condemned by brexit—supporting mp5 as george alagiah reported at the top of that night's news at six. —— immediately tweeted. the president of the european council stands accused of insulting british politicians. earlier today, donald tusk said there was a special place in hell for leave—supporting politicians, those were his words. but some viewers pointed out that those weren't quite his words, or at least not all of them. mr tusk spoke of those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan

let's talk to samira hussain, north america business correspondent.s of what they have been talking about. there are a lot of very thorny issues that still have to be worked out with beijing. including things that have to do with intellectual property rights. that isa intellectual property rights. that is a really big issue for the united states. mr trump has said if he sees enough progress he might delay that marked the second deadline if it seems like there can be some sort of deal worked out between the two countries. there are a lot of people involved in these discussions and the fact that we are even having these talks is really in fact a good sign that some details need to be worked out and are tough. the stock market follows these talks for several asleep. how damaging our of the trade tensions and potential com plete the trade tensions and potential complete war with china to the economy? absolutely. we are seeing a lot of companies reporting earnings that by and large these earnings have been somewhat strong but you are seeing a lot of compan

his wife and children close to starvation. 6-month-old twins samira and mohammad, children born in the caliphate. their mother says she was eating grass to survive, producing no milk. "i had to choose," she says, "die of hunger or risk death in escape." president trump wants u.s. troops to leave syria. but if they do, many we met are wondering, will the nightmare return? with the so-called caliphate on its last legs, people here in refugee camps like this will be hoping they can go home. but what will they go home to? this may be the end of the battle with isis for now, but it's not the end of the organization. david? >> all right, james longman and our team inside syria tonight. james, thank you. >>> there is news tonight involving the catholic church here in the u.s. diocese in two more states releasing lists of clergy members, quote, credibly accused of sexually abusing young people. the five diocese in new jersey, naming 188 priests and deacons, none currently active. 100 are deceased. virginia's two diocese naming 58 clergy, none active. they are the latest in the national wave of

and samira hussain has the details of what's ahead on wall street today.etting the latest unemployment figures. after a massive jump of 312,000 jobs added in december, economists are expecting a more modest gain of 165,000 jobs for the month. now, the unemployment rate will likely remain at 3.9%. wage growth has been of particular concern. but with the labour market tightening, we are seeing hourly wages steadily increasing. now, if hourly earnings increase by 0.3%, as predicted, well, it will mean that the average annual increase will remain at 3.2%. now, jobs numbers are not the only thing happening on friday. there are companies reporting earnings, including the drugmaker merck, health insurer cigna and honeywell. joining us is james bevan, chief investment officer at ccla investment management. how are you? really well. marvellous. let's find out what you make of the banking industry. we've had not so great results out? tsp in the uk, announcing the first full year loss after the it for —— fiasco. and deutsche bank, it doesn't look great for them? abso

and samira hussain has the details of what's ahead on wall street today.any got a two—point severn bore billion—dollar boost as the result of the new us tax laws. but as ever investors will be looking for comments on the coming year. and specifically looking for anything the company has to say about venezuelan crude imports. also anything on its plans for the supply cuts from opec and canada. two other companies report earnings on friday, the beauty products maker kodi and the toy company hasbro. joining us is sue noffke, uk equities fund manager at schroders. good morning and how are you? very well thank you. citrate concerns rising to the top of the agenda, will be much to hope for? possibly, we've seen a big positive reaction from markets in 2019 after a pretty torrid end to 2018 and i think this week, the fears are coming back a bit, march doesn't feel too far away and if there's not a resolution to the tariff trade for us between the us and china it means tariffs go up and they apply to a wider range of goods. and what we are seeing through results se

and samira hussain has the details of what's ahead on wall street today. getting people to speak in 180 characters. they have since upped the limit to 240 characters but will twitter be able to win over investors when they report earnings on thursday? analysts a re report earnings on thursday? analysts are hopeful expecting the social media company to report profit and revenue above expectations. that burst will come from growth in its advertising business, interestingly video ads are likely to account for more than half of advertising revenue for the quarter. for the record this piece was significantly longer than 280 characters. it's a struggle for me every day! joining us is jane foley, senior currency strategist, rabobank. shall we start with the bank of england, i guess you will be keeping across it although you will not expect a change? i don't think anyone expects a change because if we did not have political uncertainty almost certainly economists would be expecting an interest—rate hike. every year, every quarter of the bank does announce new fore

and samira has the details of what's ahead on wall street today. 0n on tuesday the chair of the federalo capitol hill. jerome powell will answer questions from lawmakers on the state of the us economy. this will isa state of the us economy. this will is a semiannual address and he will testify to senators on tuesday and will repeat the process on wednesday when he speaks to members of the house of representatives. also happening on tuesday, the ceos of seven international pharmaceutical companies will be on capitol hill testifying about the cost of prescription drugs in america. witnesses include the ceos of pfizer, astrazeneca, bristol myer, johnson &johnson. pfizer, astrazeneca, bristol myer, johnson & johnson. the pfizer, astrazeneca, bristol myer, johnson &johnson. the high cost of drugs is an issue that us president donald trump has said he wants to address. joining us now is mike amey, portfolio manager at pimco. good to talk to you. let's address the pound sterling festival, sally said the pound has basically had a huge impact on the ftse, down nearly 196, huge impact on the ftse

speaking of which, samira is looking at what to watch on wall street today.aking centre stage on wednesday, as the us trade representative, robert lighthizer, will be speaking to members of the house of representatives on us—china trade issues. now, remember, mr lighthizer is the lead negotiator in the ongoing trade negotiations with beijing. the two of the largest economies in the world are trying to come to some sort of agreement, amid a bitter dispute that has seen both sides impose tariffs on imports. and the us federal reserve chair, jerome powell, will make his second appearance on capitol hill, where he will testify before the house financial services committee, discussing monetary policy and the economy. a lot going on. joining us is george godber, fund manager, polar capital. good morning. we haven't managed to mention all the results and corporate stories, what has caught your attention? it's a very busy time of yearfor your attention? it's a very busy time of year for corporate announcements but an interesting story with what we are seeing with bbc

samira hussain has been finding out.ow david malpass may add world bank president to that list. but malpass has previously questioned the role of these big multinational institutions come and has characterised the world bank as big and inefficient. he's also been very critical of the bank lending money to china, which he says it doesn't need. and especially troubling, given the harsh lending practices china uses for other countries. we engaged repeatedly with china on our trade and investment concerns, and the problems caused by their 0ne belt 0ne road initiative which often leads countries with excessive debt and poor quality projects. despite his criticisms, through his role at the treasury department, malpass significantly increased america's contribution to the world bank to $13 billion, albeit with conditions attached. so will countries coalesce around the american pick or will they try and put forward their own candidate? the latter option seems unlikely, but we will be sure next week when nominations for a new pre

and samira hussain has the details of what's ahead on wall street today.t how well the us economy did in the last three months from october to december. the commerce department will release its latest gross domestic product or gdp numbers. now if you're wondering why it seems these numbers are coming out a little later than usual, well, the government shutdown had delayed the data by a month. now, some economists believe that the gdp growth will come in at around 2.3% in the fourth quarter. also happening on thursday, retailer jcpenney will be reporting earnings. now, the company has been actively cutting costs by closing stores and it's trying to better control their inventory, so they can avoid excess discounting. joining us is sophie kilvert, senior investment manager at seven investment management. good to have you with us. some disappointing data from chinese factories adding to the worry that there could be a global slowdown at there could be a global slowdown at the early stages. that is right. we know that china is gradually slowing down. they are

and samira hussain has details of what‘s ahead on wall street today.eporting on earning that investors are expecting to see a rise in revenue for the fourth quarter helped by advertising sales. france announced last week that it levied a fine of 50 million euros, $57 million, for google‘s failure to fully comply with the eu's failure to fully comply with the eu‘s general data protection regulation, gdpr. the amount isn‘t really very much for google, but gdpr canfind really very much for google, but gdpr can find a company up to 4% of its annual revenue for noncompliance. investors will want to hear from alphabet about how they are addressing this ongoing issue. also on monday, the congress department is expected to report a rise of 0.2% in factory goods for the month of november. a busy week again. joining us is randeep somel, the director of global equities at the fund manager m&g. nice to see you again. last week was extremely busy. we had the said decision, trade talks in washington, so many big companies reporting earnings. —— the fed decision. thi

they are democrat ibrahim samaisamara samaiis samir samira, gregg nelson and connie hutchison. >> people are really upset. they feel that things have gone amok down there. >> putting in place leadership to move forward. dr. samirah has faced controversy of his own. the same website that exposed the racist page, showed sahmirah as a college student. >>> more twists in the alleged attack against "empire" star, saissie smollett. now, his attorne he will not speak with investigators again. this refusal comes after the two brothers captured in surveillance video, they were wred by smollett to stagehat they called a hate crime. smollett's lawyers insist this is not a staged attack. the two men have ties to "empire." police say, one of them worked as an extra on the show. >>> it's a well-known fact thatn cigarette smis bad for you. a rutger's university study compared those who smoked less than 16 cigarettes in their lives to those who smoke more than 20 a day. researchers foundeavy smokers had me trouble seeing subtles differencein contrasts and shades of colors. experts believe smoking affect

after another week of brexit drama, samira ahmed has been talking to sam taylor ?rocess of leaving the eu. hello and welcome to news watch with me, samirahmed. hello and welcome to news watch with me, samir ahmed. brexit hello and welcome to news watch with me, samirahmed. brexit is hello and welcome to news watch with me, samir ahmed. brexit is getting closer, how well is bbc news managing to explain the process of leaving the eu ? managing to explain the process of leaving the eu? and chops away, just how did the bbc managed to suggest that bbc could —— theresa may could be flying off to brussels in the bbc's be flying off to brussels in the bbc‘s spitfire. it has been another week of brexit drama and with fewer than 60 days until the uk's scheduled departure from the eu, the arguments have been rating ever more passionately. he is the conservative mp, mark francois, vice—chairman of the pro—brexit european research group, responding to the german chief executive of airbus who suggested the company might have to leave the uk in the event of a no—go brexit. if he

but samira argues he gives a chance to press is reset button. >> putting in place new leadership that has new ideas on how to move forward. >> reporter: he's had controversy of his own in this race. anti-israel statements he posted on facebook as a college student. he apologized to his atement. >> i stand fully against is anti-sem i encourage everyone to look at the statement online. >> reporter: but nelson an the gop said he would add to the problems in richmond. he leads in campaign fund-raising, and in this district that makes him the favorite tomorrow. >>> the special election is ing held to replace jennifer boyo, who was elected to the senate. >>> protesters gathered in richmond's monroe park today protesting the governor and plans for a pipeline on historic land in the area . northam says he will not resign and plans to attend a race discussion at virginia union later this week. >>> drama playing out above the disttonight. justice the bald eagle is missing. he and h mate have been living there for 14 years now, but now liberty is alone in with two eggs -- although the nest is em

let's speak to our business reporter samira hussain who's in new york.who leads that institution is really quite important. of course his nomination by the trump administration is raising a bit of debate about what the future holds for the world bank, given some of these scathing remarks he has made in the past. about these big multinational institutions like the world bank, calling them really big and inefficient. there are people worrying about what this means for the future of the bank. the white house's senior administration officials has pushed back saying what we want to see is a more modernised version of the bank, and he is someone who can do that. this is one thing that people may not be aware of, but china is one of the biggest borrowers from the world bank. people might ask why, which is a fairly booming economy, is borrowing from the world bank at great rates but it does. the world bank has said that they will wind down lending to china. i5 bank has said that they will wind down lending to china. is this an attack on multinational institution

the bbc‘s samira hussain has the story from new york. good to have you with us.t making money with podcasts? spotify has done pretty well when it comes to streaming music. and they have actually been able to monetize it pretty well. but now they have already said that we are looking to try and grow our company and what they have done is they announced that they are going to be buying two companies to do podcasting, one is a podcast start up and two is a company that really helps content creators or podcast makers to monetize their content basically. so what spotify is trying to do is positioning itself into a big entertainment warehouse for its listeners. how is this being received, it sounds like an unusual move perhaps, risky? it could be seen as risky or something that dovetails rather nicely but their streaming service. streaming music tends to go towards a younger audience, we are seeing that podcasts are exceptionally popular with younger audiences so that could actually work and to be honest, spotify knows a thing or two about streaming information or stre

he's been talking to samira ahmed, alongside the police officer who helped alex to realise he was beingry. that's a stab wound there. and then that's a stab wound there. there's just loads and loads and loads and loads of marks and they were all caused by hammers just constantly being whacked on my shins. and my whole head's got just divots and scars. when did the, sort of, problems start? was it noticeable to you? not really, no... i wasn't. .. it was very foggy, to be honest. you've not got a clear... it's a lot of pressure on yourself to do the right thing. you can never... for instance, if i was to cook the dinner, it would be "you're rubbish at cooking," or if i wasn't to cook the dinner it would be, "oh, why don't you cook?" so you could never, you're never right, it was that sort of situation, you just end up being a robot and being controlled intojust being a completely different person. physically, you were badly injured. you lost a lot of weight. can you talk about what happened? basically, the last nine months when we were living in our own place, she started off hitting me w

let's talk to samira hussain, north america business correspondent.oping, hot very 9°°d at all, are they? they are certainly better—than—expected, really economists were waiting to see the growth number coming in at around 2.3%. the difference between 2.9% and 3% in economic terms is really not that massive. really that difference, though, has to do with political issues. mr trump always talking about how he wants to see growth at 3%, 4% and even five or 6%. the growth numbers are good but there is no question that the us economy is slowing down. it has to do with both domestic issues and of course uncertainty that's happening internationally. there's a problem here because if mr trump cut those taxes, he's not getting as much revenue as he did, unless the economy accelerates really quite considerably, which would bring in more taxes to make up for the shortfall. he could have a problem as regards debt, in a year ‘s shortfall. he could have a problem as regards debt, in a year '5 time? absolutely but one of the big ideas about the tax cut to businesse

samira hussain is in new york. what is it the authorities are investigating? lawsuits with regard to the products, and a lot of the losses have to do with whether or not people that use them got cancer, and what happened in december as we saw some media reports that showed internal communications within the company that suggested actually, people knew about the asbestos in the talcum powder, and a lot earlier than originally suggested. so as a result of this media reports, we are 110w result of this media reports, we are now seeing that the authorities here in the united states are also investigating. johnson &johnson in the united states are also investigating. johnson & johnson has said they are absolutely cooperating and they still stand by that they did not know about the asbestos and some of their products. and with regards to the lawsuits, you know, a lot of them are contesting that an appealing the decision is made, including the one in which someone was awarded $4.7 million and so we are seeing a light ofjohnson & johnson really tried to push back agai

samira hussain is at the new york stock exchange., before online shopping, so this was the destination for most people to get what they wanted. remember, sears would sell everything from appliances to clothes to furniture. it also went into other areas as well. they would fix things as well, and they also offered travel. there was a lot that was done at sears, so it was a really big part of a lot of people's lives when it came to shopping. and what is happening at court today? it is getting quite acrimonious. absolutely. fast forward 100 years and you see that sears hasn't been able to keep up with the changing retail trends. they haven't really modernised, they haven't been selling the kinds of items that people are looking for. they have been overtaken by big stories in america like walmart and target. what we are seeing now is that the head of sears is going into a bankruptcy court, and he wants the judge to approve this new deal that would allow him to keep some 400 stores open. but what people are saying is that well, no, we don

samira hussain is in new york. tell us what's been said?ere, one spender spent the whole time he was allotted, five minutes —— senator, how infected drug prices are come about here in the united states. and even though he asked several questions of these drug manufacturers, he walked away without a real clear sense of how drugs are actually priced in this country. so that really gives you a sense of just how country. so that really gives you a sense ofjust how entrenched and complicated the system is, even for lawmakers who are able to try on how to make this betterfor lawmakers who are able to try on how to make this better for its constituents. why are they holding this panel on drug prices in the first place? we've seen us drug prices skyrocketing year—over—year, and this is something that trump has already pledged he wants to address, both democrats and republicans agree this is something that must be addressed. and frankly when you look at these senators and congressional leaders, that is what they are hearing from their constituents,

samira hussainjoins me from new york. why is president trump so worried about what 0pec might do? biggest oil producing countries. in they come together to decide whether they are going to increase output or reduce their output. and that of course has a big impact on what the price of oil is going to be. so 0pec has always been saying or since 2017 has said they are going to start pulling back how much oil they are putting out onto the market and that of course is going to mean there is less oil on the market and what does that do? it increases prices. of course, donald trump does not want us to those oil prices go up which is what you sow that tweet from him on monday. 0k, thank you very much. tensions between india and pakistan have hit commercial airlines. the closure of airspace in pakistan and parts of northern india have forced some airlines, including thai airways, to cancel and divert flights, leaving passengers stranded. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge has been monitoring events at heathrow airport. the picture tonight at heathrow is a minimal disruption. two fli

samira hussain is in new york to tell us more... good to have you with us.that he is really very hopeful, in terms of just how the he is really very hopeful, in terms ofjust how the trade talks are going, which is why you have heard him sayi going, which is why you have heard him say i am prepared to sign something at a summit with the president of china. you are hearing similar talks about really positive tone is being struck in chinese media as well. the thing is, there are some really thorny issues that are some really thorny issues that are still left a work—out, that will bea are still left a work—out, that will be a big challenge. that is what i was wondering. has there been any specifics about any imports or exports that could be affected, or not affected, between china and the united states? look, when you look on the face of it, when it comes to these kinds of things, tariffs are usually the thing that hit the economy of the hardest, and have the most impact. that said, what businesses in the united states really wa nt businesses in the united state