so siemens has also addressed that issue. we also replaced, just as in abundance of caution, we real estate -- replaced all of the sheer bolts. we had two that broke as part of this issue, because they were receiving the extra pressure from that, you know, essentially. not being able to fully swing. so as of yesterday, we're able to couple cars and also have all of the doors open. we appreciate the patience of both this board and our customers. because it certainly did create extra crowding, not having those vehicles up. we have 21 cars that had damaged couplers, as a result of the coupler issue. some were only small scrapes, while others were more significant. we are in the process of replacing those couplers and so those vehicles will continue to operate as single cars, with fully functioning doors on the j-line until the end of the month, as we work through those repairs. >> i don't want to interrupt you. hold my questions until the end. are those all being covered under warranty? >> yes. thank you for clarifying. both of

siemens, the u.s.s our number one country, and china is number two, so this is obviously of concern to us. with our customer base, what we see today is they are mindful about the geopolitics and the geoeconomics. there is some slowdown in the global economy. we can see it in both areas, and we are very mindful about it. josef: how are you changing what you are doing as a result of that? how are you changing what you are doing as a result of that? customerslook at our come a very strong in the medical sector and information, people are looking for value, productivity, and information so we can help make products positive ande stay continue to invest. but obviously, there is no doubt that geopolitics today is one of the major factors on comic growth -- factors on economic growth. we are unsure of what happens in the immediate future. vonnie: exactly, so when you have board meetings or are sitting in your offices and thinking about what to do, how are you modeling what is going on now between the u.s. and

was it siemens? was it m.t.a. staff? did m.t.a. procurement set up that design or was it something that siemens had put forward and m.t.a. management decided to accept? now m.t.a. has testing and acceptance programs. it has the safety committee. you know, and how did this get past the higher-level management, in terms of the safety committee and testing and acceptance. [bell ringing] and my take on it is that when you -- when you do these higher higher-up, what do you call it, testing and acceptance, it needs to be based on reality. and i think what happened is that management went through a bureaucratic procedure of testing it, testing that door at the very end of its closure. [bell ringing] one quarter inch, 3/8 of an inch. a real-life -- a real-life test that the operators do is activate the door, stick your hand out, let it bounce back. very simple. it didn't need no app to standard or cpuc procedure and acceptance. you know, common sense would have solved it. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you. next speaker, please. if i ha

>> in most instances it's siemens for the couplers and the doors. as we get into issues like the flat wheels, which is not, the vehicle is performing as designed but not working for our system because we have the braid is and you have to use the emergency button and they create flat wheels when you use the emergency button that cost will be born bit agency. where we've had these design defects like the doors, it's all covered under warranty. >> is the warranty starting? >> yes. i believe these changes in many instances reset the warranty period. >> howling does it last? >> i believe it's five years. >> the other question was on the issue you just raised and maybe i've got a broader good evening mind than this specific idea you are advancing which is using an existing cross over that you have. >> is the mic on? >> my memory is the bart program, which is underway for the trance bay 2 could get them 20%, 30% more capacity in the peak. is that something that we could try to achieve with the muni metro as well? those kinds of numbers? >> i don't want to

in terms of the flat wheels, as i discussed at the last hearing, the siemens braking system is in place across the country. and over the course of a year, a property may hit the emergency brake two or three times. so they experience a minor flat wheel and then the flat wheels get trued. and the reason for that is because our operators are taught to pull back on the propulsion unit, as a way to quickly stop the vehicle. so the operator training is to just do a quick pullback. on the bredas, it requires the two-step movement. and what we found, several years ago, is that operators could not do that movement quickly and reliably in the face of an immediate danger. so we went through a very big campaign. it was titled, you know, the mushroom is not poisonous. the mushroom is your friend. we basically invested all of this training and muscle memory for our operators to hit that emergency button. i am not willing to try to ask our operators to modify that muscle memory, whether or not they're in a breda or an lrv4. we're continuing to emphasize pushing the mushroom for safety reasons, as we'r

gas and power division which makes large wind and gas turbines as well as other oilfield equipment siemens is carrying out an overhaul ahead of a planned spin off of the unit next year is says it needs further savings on top of the $7000.00 job cuts already announce. now as in most big cities the cost of rent is a burning topic here in berlin where apartment prices have soared in recent years the city is now bowling an unusual plan freezing rent for the next 5 years critics abound take a look. berlin once described as poor but sexy has long been a magnet for artists musicians and young people in search of adventure. but the german capital is no longer as cheap as it once was over the past 10 years the cost of renting has doubled salaries on the other hand of not. as investors have bought a bold buildings done them up and jacked up the rent public anger has grown. prompting authorities to impose a 5 year rent freeze. he isn't and he can win and didn't commit anyone comes in for these developments are completely out of line with salaries and if i meet and this is a signal to landlords who ha

they have been facing similar siemens over at ge and is making similar job cuts. forward toooking speaking with the ceo of siemens this week or next week and we will ask him about the job cuts. our guest. in ecb andlking about the mario draghi. a second whatever it takes speech? >> i think it was. what we see here is a return of form on the ecb after what can be perceived as a disappointing council meeting. at the last meeting, we expected fireworks and we had disappointingly little. what we have seen since then is the bond market reaction which five-year expectations have done nothing but collapse further to new all-time lows. finally now we seem to have the reaction we hoped we would get before which is more the ecb is ready to act area. what does it mean if we don't get better inflation numbers? at what point are we looking at the ecb doing something concrete? >> there is hope and reality. i would hope the sooner the better because frankly, when you look at the deterioration and therehe eurozone level, has been a big deterioration in confidence. from that point

power operations the division makes larger wind and gas turbines as well as other oilfield equipment siemens is carrying out an overhaul ahead of the planned spin off of the unit next year it says it needs to make more savings on top of the $7000.00 job cuts it had already announced. to hong kong now where protests over an extradition bill have calmed down somewhat but a crisis over the terms of its relationship with china looks set to persist what gets of analysis in a moment but 1st a refresher hong kong is one of the world's most important financial centers and busiest ports it's an enclave in china and has a special status in $80.00 to $98.00 britain obtained a 99 year lease on the territory in 1904 britain and china signed a joint declaration to transfer the colony back to china in 1907 mainland china guaranteed civil liberties and hong kong including free speech and freedom of the press the territory it was to remain a separate customs entity and operate under a free trade regime and it would retain the status of an international banking center hong kong became an important gateway to

gas and power division which makes large wins in gas turbines as well as other oilfield equipment siemens is carrying out an overhaul ahead of a planned spin off of the unit next year this as it needs further savings on top of the $7000.00 job cuts. already announced. now as in most big cities the cost of rent is a burning topic here in berlin where apartment prices have soared in recent years the city is now bowling an unusual plan freezing rent for the next 5 years but critics abound take a look. brylin once described as poor but sexy has long been a magnet for artists musicians and young people in search of adventure. but the german capital is no longer as cheap as it once was over the past 10 years the cost of renting has doubled salaries on the other hand but not. as investors have bought a bold buildings done them up and jacked up the rent public anger has grown. prompting authorities to impose a 5 year rent freeze. he isn't over and he can win and didn't commit haven't icons and fees developments are completely out of line with salaries that he and i meet and this is a signal to la

doing a whole lot of stuff internally on that, we have three electrification projects under way, the siemensaccelerating that. last week you embarked on a restructuring programme of the entire business, thatis programme of the entire business, that is resulting in thousands of job losses. is that going to be yea rs or job losses. is that going to be years or is there more pain to follow? we are dealing with the loss of net a600 jobs, it is a fundamental restructuring of some of our costs, some of our legacy cultural issues, making ourselves competitively fit for the 21st century, so we are right in the middle of the transformation now. i think when we've been through that, of course, part of being fit for the zist of course, part of being fit for the 21st century is being agile and being simple in operation and being able to change with changing requirements as we go forward. for instance, new technologies demand different skill sets. on top of that of course there is brexit. you have said in the past that you are bored with preparing for a no—deal brexit, you've done all you can. but with a

remain siemens has lived in amsterdam for 48 years now 67 he was able to find an inexpensive apartment 2 rooms a kitchen and bathroom about me and even nice neighbors. that's what i used to look like that was on a trip with the church. ever since his son moved out he's been offering people in need somewhere to stay. you moved it to you it is safe and so and we all help each other out. and if you don't have a place to stay you will always be offered a bed and then i made sure to hold on to that mindset anyone with a problem you can come to me you. grow. i've had a woman from africa stay here. then 2 men from. then a man from the caribbean and now another one here from sara nom. steven bang a full is currently living with him. after suffering a stroke the 58 year old lost his job and couldn't pay the rent. and aid organization brought the 2 men together. for now they're sharing the apartment until steven can find a place of his own he's been on the waiting list for subsidized housing for 7 years . in the netherlands offers the most subsidized housing in all of europe it makes up 30 perce

alan, director of technology, you're also working with siemens? to improve the turbine is pa rt of continuing to improve the turbine is part of it. if you look at short range missions, we see electric as the way ahead. when might a short haul flight be on a battery plane? at the moment they can only fly a few miles. we could combine that with a hybrid conversion and see that in around 2030. if we are looking at going long haul to the united states, is that possible at any point? battery technology isn't there today. for the solution for that sector is sustainable fuels and we are working with the industry to develop those fuels. and across the industry, they're calling on government to get involved perhaps to subsidise biofuel technology and to subsidise biofuel technology and to look at ways of increasing regulation to make sure everyone is working together on the problem, because it is a big one and it is not going anywhere. thank you. now our web—site, because if you go on to it you will get the latest and ple nty to it you will get the latest

there's no expectation that the 1000000 manufacturing jobs like the 180 kelly handle has at the siemens factory are in danger of disappearing any time soon although there's also no guarantee they won't. see that white house muslims in athens finally have their own mosque they want a mission from authorities to build a place of worship off the waiting for more than 180 years the city hasn't had a recognized mosque since greece won independence from the ottoman empire and $833.00 reports. the education minister's arrival to open the athens mosque is a moment a quarter of a century in the making and we are trying to about soln in many years some in about 25 years we had many dangle misstating even try to love me and we saw much meetings for much trying pretty hard and you tried to convince kind men can mentor and 10 god we are now is. the mission is complete muslim immigrants have gradually acquired official community organizations green cards and even citizenship but their religion has been kept quiet by opening this mosque weeks before a general election the city's a government is active

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there's no expectation that the 1000000 manufacturing jobs like the 180 kelly handle has at the siemens factory are in danger of disappearing any time soon although there's also no guarantee they won't. see that white house. u.s. congress members are asking the white house to clarify its position on libya they say confusion over the trumpet ministrations stance on the war stuff is being used by groups to justify the fighting just last month donald trump spoke to huffed on the telephone. and recognized him for fighting what he called terrorism patchy cool hain reports now from washington. as forces loyal to khalifa haftar moved on tripoli the u.s. secretary of state sounded the alarm this won't be resolved through force of arms or just a no way that's going to take place we there's a u.n. process we have been part of that and a half stars been part of that we urge them to have to stand down move back to the negotiating table so that we can get a political resolution libya but then soon after the president picked up the phone and in a readout of the call the white house said president don

don't know if the students are aware of that, but what provoked the general strike was our union and siemensunions were striking to have a union hiring hall for jobs, and the police killed two strikers. that provoked the general strike that lasted for three days and it changed the whole atmosphere in the city of san francisco. it is what made san francisco a uniontown. it was really a very violent clash because the police and the national guard were called out. at the same time, in 1930 -- >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is michelle. i am scared. i have been an activist in the city and for people around the world my whole entire life. i am 66. it is a very complex issue. the issue of the mural, whether it stays or leaves and what the images mean because we are under attack by our president and by the climate in the world today. it is one which makes you question everything, so the tendency to revise what actually is his is right out there, and the sides that you get on are pretty clear, but i think it's because of all that that it's very complicated, and i feel like there's se

there's no expectation that the 1000000 manufacturing jobs like the 180 kelly handle has at the siemens factory are in danger of disappearing any time soon although there's also no guarantee they won't. see that. we're heading for the midway point on this news out it's got some weather meteorologist rob is here the still battling flooding in the u.s. yes you know it's the big plain states and down towards texas where we've had river flooding the rain is falling further east for the combinations but a pretty poor start to occur for a season and surprised me and there are more storms building in the great plains states now as you can see is coder's tuckey in across the mountains on that cold front which means all this is warm and humid and you have seen it doesn't really need to do this but with temperatures in excess of let's say 25 and a frontal system that's going to be stormy that's going to be significant rain because you drawing it wants from the gulf of mexico is rather quieter obviously over the mountain states to the west of the plane so we will concentrate on this bottom right h

up next, we are talking to the ceo of siemens.on what is happening with trade tensions and what is happening next with that business. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ guy: from london, i'm guy johnson. vonnie: in new york, i'm vonnie quinn. this is "bloomberg markets." time now for futures in focus. we will start with the latest iran tensions and oil prices, which are rising. there are many factors at play here, scott. how much is iran factoring into the increase in wti prices? to be aran is going very big focus moving forward. with all the bullish headlines coming across this week, a drop in stocks for u.s. that added a little bit of bullish tension to the upside, throwing iran into the mix with the drone being shut down, if anything happens with the streets of hormuz -- with the straits of hormuz, it is going to genetically affect the world supply much immediately -- it is going to dramatically affect the world supply much immediately. we expect those prices to continue being pushed a little but higher. that is also confirmed just by the

because of the tax rates that we had when i had to compete with siemens or others, we were forced tove and moving some of these operations offshore. not because we wanted to. we wanted to keep it here but we couldn't compete globally. so i'm encouraged. we're starting to see manufacturing come back. i have a number of companies that are getting inquiries now from u.s. companies that had moved offshore, could they repatriate the jobs to factories here in the u.s. i'm encouraged. >> neil: democrats say we got a quick fix from the tax cuts and then they're one and done and nothing is happening anymore. all of these corporate guys have stopped giving breaks to workers. you say? >> no. we're seeing repatriation of jobs, deregulation to encourage jobs -- >> neil: you're not dissuaded by the slow down talk? >> no. the fundamentals of corporate america are strong. look at the marked. it's the other issues, trade and some of the extend issues that may have an impact. there's oil. we could turn on more fracking and strip any of the offsets out there. >> neil: we've talked in the past. because

banned from the team for one year and pay a $500,000 fine and wednesday night's nba finals game 3 siemens was caught on camera pushing lowry's left shoulder as the guard fell into court side seats trying to save a loose ball. stevens is also accused of directing vulgar language it lowery before being escorted from the games. the incident has created headlines around the league while facing backlash the minority investor now says he's embarrassed by what happened. in a statement released thursday steven says in part quote what i did was wrong and there is no excuse for it i made a mistake and i'm truly sorry i need to be better and look forward to making it right. i fully accept the punishment administered by the nba and the warriors and quote meanwhile, some fans say the punishment for stevens actions should be more severe he should have to sell his portion of the ownership the way airs and he shouldn't be allowed at. >>and games some other fans say the punishment doesn't fit the crime. they believe stevens was just getting into the intensity of the game. think it was over time the person

don't forget about eieio that's an emmy, and independent spirit award, an ernst von siemens music prizendonesian film festival award and an oscar, or when someone leaves you a farm in their will [ laughter ] a grampy for when you're a grandpa. [ laughter ] this next one rolls off the tongue the pftcork. which is, of course, a pulitzer, forklift operator of the year, tulsi gabbard, fan club president, connellsville high school's 2008 award for teacher's pet, oregon trail mvp, rumpelstiltskin award for best riddle, and the kelsey grammer niles crane award for brotherly love and -- [ cheers and applause and finally, an ego which is what you get when you win any major award. [ cheers and applause we congrats to all our ego winners from last night. we have a great show for you tonight. his new movie "the dead don't die" is in theaters everywhere this friday. steve buscemi is back, everybody. [ cheers and applause she's starring in the limited series "tales of the city," now streaming on netflix zosia mamet is back. and we will have music from noah kahan so you're here on a great night. befor

supervisors, who would like to come and join us, and have an opportunity to tour the plant, talk to siemens directly, ask some of these questions, i'd like to invite anybody who is interested to come and join us, either on that day or on another day of more convenience. so ramos will follow up with your staff. but i do encourage those of you who that can make the time to come up. we're very fortunate that these vehicles are all produced in california, in our, you know, partner city in sacramento. and i think it would be -- it would help your confidence as we move forward, if you had an opportunity to see the production line. >> chair peskin: thank you. and we look forward for taking you up on that offer. with ma, mr. clerk, can you read the next item. >> clerk: mr. chair. >> chair peskin: commissioner safia, my apologies. >> supervisor safai: i was not going to say anything. i just have to say that the issue with using the emergency brake to essentially, you know, run out the tires, it would be great if we could get maybe someone, a representative from the transit operators to come in here

siemens, this is our number one country, china is number two.his is obviously concerning. base is mindful about the geopolitics and the economics, there is some slow economy andglobal we are very mindful about it. >> how are you changing what you are doing as a result of that? >> we aren't. and ween to customers are very strong in both the medical sector, and people are looking for new productivity so we can help them make products cheaper which obviously helps them to stay positive and continue to invest but obviously geopoliticsdow is the major factor of economic growth. they are unsure about what happens. >> so when you have board meetings or when you were sitting in your office and thinking about what to do, how are you modeling what's going on between the u.s. and europe and the other tensions like with what's happening between the u.s. and iran? >> the only way to get out of geopolitics, of who is going to be the number one in the world in the future, that is what it's all about. the only way to look at this in the long term, meaningful ma

because of our tax structure, when i was competing with siemens, abb, i didn't have an outsourcing strategyglobal competitiveness strategy. a lot of times we had to go there to get the prices and the concessions to compete on a he global market. i think the more we're doing now with some of the policies and relaxing some of these issues that the administration is allowing a repatriation of these jobs and manufacturing technology back to our country. it's a great thing. maria: that's true. look what google said. google is warning the trump administration that risks compromising national security if it pushes ahead with export restrictions on huawei. this from the financial times. google concerned that the ban would prevent updates to its android operating system on huawei's smartphones which could lead to huawei developing its own version of that software. now, google we know has been working with china, although recently pulled back a bit and now it's actually telling the u.s. to think twice about this ban. i don't know how to read this. what do you think? dagen: well, one, you have to assu