simons, quickly. on cfius. chairman simons: we don't participate. senator manchin: have you identified different building blocks we have, manufacturer, that could be detrimental if cfius review is not pertaining to those? i'm using butane, everything we have and gases coming out of the new marcellus and utica shale? chairman simons: sorry, senator. senator manchin: they're trying to drain every ounce of energy and take it and monopolize it. china is awful about what they're trying to do. thank you, mr. chairman. senator kennedy: senator boozman. senator boozman: thank you, mr. chairman. congratulations on being chair of the subcommittee. know that you and senator coons will work together very closely. this committee has a great track record of working together, not only as the chair and ranking member but also the staffs. lots of things to get done in this particular subcommittee. chairman pai, one of the co-chairs of the senate broadband caucus, i want to echo senator manchin's concerns with the mapping. we have lots of areas in arkansas, and you d

for simon's dog-rescue shelter.st requests was that he take columbo when simon died. >> one thing that sam said is that, "every animal's life has value." >> tyson assumes simon's multi-billion-dollar trust will pay for columbo's costly medical treatments, including acupuncture and electromagnetic therapy. >> was there some sort of verbal agreement between you and sam? >> sam took care of everything while he was alive. when sam said, "will you take columbo?", i didn't say, "hey, how much, buddy?" i just said, "of course. i'll take care of it." >> then, in june 2015, three months after sam's death, tyson learns that those vets and therapists will no longer be paid and all those hollywood-style treatments will be discontinued. tyson reaches out to the executor of the simon trust. now, i'm a dog lover -- don't get me wrong -- but tell me how much you were asking, money-wise, to take care of columbo in the style sam had -- >> i didn't ask for money. i was asking for them to send the vets over. i wasn't asking for money.

. >> this guy simon comes up on my phone. you can see that he lives a very different life than what i'm living. he had some selfies, a picture in a nice car. you could see that it was a private jet. it is an overall package. >> reporter: the 29-year-old grad student studying in london says she was immediately swept off her feet by simon and swept into a high-powered world of luxury. >> just his aura and charisma. >> reporter: after all, most of our dates don't end with a trip on a private jet. they take you to get on this plane and you go to bulgaria? >> yeah, i was texting my friends at the same time, like i don't know what's going on. >> you stayed with him. >> yeah. >> you had a nice time. >> yeah. >> then you came back to the uk, then what did you think? this was going to continue as a relationship? >> when i started feeling, okay, this guy is actually really nice and funny, and he is someone that i could date, and like maybe have something with. >> reporter: a dream of finding mr. right went horribly wrong. >> i hate him

simon: the u.s. with australia and new zealand have shut huawei out of their future network plans. the u.k. has not made up their mind yet. >> i share some of the concerns of our allies, and at this point it is important to take all of that into account to remember that these are some of the closest intelligence relationships we have in t world. look at the evidence and then come to a final decision. simon: when the world's two biggest economies are at each other'sts thr other governments and consumers can caught in the middle. simon jack, bbc news. laura: the republican wall of unity around president trump in the wake of the mueller report has cracked a tiny bit. congressman justin amash says that president trump has engaged in impeachable condu in response, the president lashed out on twitter, calling amash a total lightweight. for more i spoke earlier witof eliza collinusa today." you know justin amash, you have covered him. does he speak just for himself? eliza: i would say he speaks just for him

a new crew but the same old simon.here's the deal, simon seems to have mellowed out since the birth of his 5-year-old son eric. when i sat down with him you could feel the love with father and son. being able to do things now -- >> i love it. i was arguing with someone about earlier on going to camp. i was like, no, i'd rher he hung out with me. >> he comes to the show, i always hope that one day he'll beoing what i have done. >> you want him to take over? >> of course. >> really? >> five years ago i would have sold it. >> you're going to keep it for him? >> yes. you end hopefully when he can take over. >> eric may be getting groomed to take over the family business. simon's mini-me is going to have some competition. new judge gabrielle union's new daughter is coming for it. >> she can the next simon cowell. her side-eye, she's very judgy. >> is this what we call a stunt. i don't foe if you saw the swimming video where a woman joined her swim class and she n.fused to swim. it matched perfectly. >> you people have nothi

simon jack, bbc news.: the republican wall ofsi unity around pnt trump in the wake of the mueller report has cracked a tiny bit. recoman justin amash says that president trump has engaged in impeachable conduct. response, the president lashed out on twitter, calling amash a total lightweight. for more i spoke earlier with eliza collins of "usa today." you know justin amash, you have covered him. does he speak just for himself? eliza: i would say he speaks just for himself. justin amash is not a traditional republican he is a conservative,ore libertarian republican and he has no problem voting against his party, calling on members of his party. -- calling out members of his party. he has called out the president before. what is significant is that a republican said t at the presidmmitted impeachable offenses. it will give democrats the bipartisan label they were looking for. and it is a republican who has not said that before. but he is different than the rest of the party and he has broken with them in the

simon: very generous.would focus on the third aspect, yields are too low for where we are in the cycle. the market is still pricing in potentially rate cuts, potentially qe4 from the fed. is happening that and investors are coming around to that view and currently looking at 2.4% on the 10-year. much more comfortable with a bit than cover around 2.5, 2.6 2.1. it is not indicating the buyer strike, but i don't fancy the yield if i can get more in six weeks. nejra: for foreign investors, you have to take into account the hedging costs. how much prospect is there that investors are going to get any that are yield on the 10 year treasury yield as long as the trade tensions roll on and expect haitians of a fed rate cut stay where they are? i thinkn the first one, they will get better news on trade talks with the political cycle in the u.s. turning toward meeting a deal on trade. i think the fed cycle is not going to be an aggressive cycle, but there are conditions for a rate cut. the question is how quickly wil

still with us, simon d errick, bank of ny mellon currency strategist.the market underpricing the risk that this iranian situation is guiding? simon: yes. the market has almost had a pavlovian response of ignoring geopolitical risk. i guess it is just easier to ignore those stories, and it is wrong to do so. over the last couple of days, the oil price has gone down because it has been focused on china, yet the reality is 18.5 million barrels a day goes through the straits of hormuz. is lessline capacity than 4 million barrels a day. iran canemporarily and most ofrait, the commentary is that they can should they wish to do so -- that is a different debating point -- should they wish to do so, that would be a huge squeeze on oil markets. guy: which currency pairs would suffer the most in that? is it some of the same you mentioned when it comes to trade? simon: 80% of that oil heads east to china, south korea, india, singapore. those of the most directly hit. oil prices more generally are going to go up, turkey is going to be in the firing line given the fa

simon and repucci has to do with china.t is very aggressively pushing is 5g network, yielding broadband and developing countries. knowing how repressive the communist chinese are in your own country, doesn't that send a justing effect to not journalists, but everybody that likes the free flow of information when they are building broadband in these -- if you control the information, you control the country -- so my question is, doesn't that bother you, and what can the united states and its allies due to confront the threat? ms. repucci: thank you for the question, it is very important. as you know, the belt and road , it is ae is reaching trillion dollar project around the world, and china is using that to build infrastructure that can then be manipulated for surveillance of domestically and by china itself. concern.initely a big china is also bringing foreign government representatives to china to train them in information technology. while we don't know exactly what happens at these trainings, the case of vietnam is a go

simon armitage reading the present, his poem about climate change.ere to be some kind of platform or competition or award that recognises writing around those themes, those topics. time in the brain cells sweating like a nail—bomb, trouble with the heartbeat spitting like a sten gun, cut to the chase, pick up the pace; no such thing as a walkabout what, simon, do you think the role of poetry is in contemporary society? it is more valuable and more relevant than it has ever been in this world that we live in, which is a very confused and confusing place — over—information, over—communication — that poetry is time out from that. did it cross your mind even for a moment when you were offered the post to say, actually, i don't think this is one at this stage, for a white male? maybe somebody from a different point of view or background would be better for this role at this moment? i come from a sort of an outside position. i've got no formal education in english literature at all. i understand, to a lesser extent, what it means to come from outside the e

simon. >> well, i thank you, chair bass, thank you ranking member smith and other distinguished members of this subcommittee committee. thank you for inviting the committee to protect journalists to testify. as an executive director that advocates for press freedom and a former reporter in mexico and central america where i saw firsthand the violence encountered by local journalists who cover human rights, i commend you for holding this hearing. press freedom is among the most fundamental of human rights, it is essential to democracy, accountability and global security. the u.s. plays a vital role in ensuring that this right is protected. governments around the world seek to censor human rights coverage by criminalizing journalism. this is how myanmar retaliated against reuters reporters who were jailed for over 500 days after reporting on a massacre of rohingya muslim minority in that country. their pardon, though welcome, does not undo the terrible injustice committed against them. at the

let me start with you, chairman simons. ftc's current section 5 authority and other specific enforcement authorities that you have, does the ftc currently have the financial and staffing resources to effectively enforce against harmful data collection processing practices? so what does -- what resources, if any additional, do you need for your current responsibilities? >> right. so the first thing i would point out would be we lack civil penalty authority. so we can go into court under 13b and try to get monetary relief, but usually with data security cases, it's very hard to prove a specific harm, that a specific breach resulted in a specific harm to any consumer. so the ability to get significant monetary relief is quite limited in our current authority. and our sense is that it would be much better if we had civil penalties because that way we could create an effective deterrent and cause people to think more carefully about their data security practices and protect consumers' data. >> so in answer to my question, you ar

and it's just been announced that the new poet laureate is simon armitage. and coming—up on sportsday on bbc news, a flawless performance at the british masters gives matt wallace a one—shot lead giong into the third round in southport. good evening. the trade war between the world's two biggest economies, the us and china, has intensfied, with president trump imposing a swathe of new tariffs on thousands of chinese products. he's insisting that doubling import taxes will make america "much stronger". the tariffs affect more than $200 billion worth of chinese imports, including consumer goods like furniture, car parts and handbags shipped to america. the us had already levied a 10% tariff on chinese goods last september. but today that rose to 25%, and beijing has vowed to retaliate. tonight, mr trump maintained his relationship with china's president xi is very strong, but a trade deal seems far off. well we'll be live in beijing but first to our north america editor, jon sopel, who's in washington for us tonight. clive, these crucial talks started this mor

to find out, simon met up with michael cole, owner of this theme park, joyland.ether. this isn't something you do every day. this is michael cole. now michael, this is your snail ride. 70 years old this year. what have you seen changing in great yarmouth in that time? i don't remember the whole 70 years... laughter. obviously in my lifetime, i can remember the late 605 into the 705 where yarmouth boomed, and it was really, really busy. into the '805 — it sort of declined a little bit into the '905. to be quite honest with you, the last 3—4 years, i think it's been a little bit of a resurgence. it's officially seasonal, but you're very dependent on things like the weather? oh, 100%, the weather. the weather was actually perfect for us, and the numbers of people were astounding, to be honest with you. we are now coming to the big dip. hold tight! anyway... you're enjoying this, aren't you? i thought i would. so, what about things like wind farms? is that changing the feel of a town like this? i think it is to a degree. but we've always had industry here. we've had

thanks, simon.we are going to talk about most of our stories with you. facial recognition. serial returners. that is not frosty is an cornflakes, it is not frosty is an cornflakes, it is people who return things a lot. that kind of cereal. you might be one of those. how personal assistants went digital. we'll talk to the boss of one company using al to outsource back office functions — and ask if we're losing the all important personal touch. you're with business live from bbc news. broadband, phone and tv customers must be told when their contract is coming to an end, and shown the best deals available, under new rules announced today by ofcom. providers must alert customers between 10 and 110 days before their contract comes to an end. here to tell us more is one of ofcom's consumer directors, lindsey fussell. just tell us more about this and how you expect providers to respond. are they ready to take action on this? good morning. we want everyone to get a ccess good morning. we want everyone to g

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tam joins me now from nashville simon welcome hi thanks so much for having me thank you so much for being here so take us back to the beginning why did you want to name your band the slants well originally the idea of slant referred to our perspective of what it was like to be people of color here in the u.s. but at the same time i wanted this i wanted to reappropriate this kind of outdated stereotype that all asians have slanted eyes because growing up i was bullied almost violently attacked multiple times and i always associated these i and my face with shame i knew that i wasn't alone because asian americans are the most most bullied demographic in. so i wanted others to kind of see this as a possibility for empowerment and change instead and so this is such an interesting story because it gets into the complexities of free speech and trademark law so were you expecting to get into a fight for the right to trademark your name what did you think what were you trying to accomplish when you were you trying to prevent other people from using the name slants well i don't think anyone

thank you so much for having me after the break from bass player to free speech fighter simon tam who took on the u.s. supreme court for the right to use an ethnic slur as his band's moniker he joins us next to talk about that landmark case in 2040 you know bloody revolution to the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be recently violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it you know lawyer here to put it but i mean you know liz book video it's really in the new bill is that i mean you believe it or the former ukrainian president recalls the events of 2014. of those who took part in this today over 5000000000 dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. come back to politicking on matthew cook sitting in for larry king 2 years ago simon tam co-founder of the dance rock band the slants found himself in a supremes court battle for the right to trademark his band's name which many including the u.s. government consider disparaging to asian americans and thereby off limits to tam he won

simon: it does.ys that if they are intervening, they would naturally be selling dollars and buying yuan. the idea that they are going to denuclearize their treasury i think would be incredibly dangerous. anna: thank you very much, simon. up next, we bring you our stocks on the move. theuding thomas good, travel operator has secured a record low as they grapple with mounting losses. there is a lot of promotional activity, a challenging summer 2019, and the stock is currently down 18.7%. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: will come back to the european open, 10 minutes into the trading day. it is a fairly weak session across europe. the european equity market, just as we saw in asia, is something a little bit, preoccupied by trade tensions. let's get to your individual movers. annmarie: norsk hydro up 4.5%. this is an aluminum producer out of norway. is because a brazilian court has lifted the embargo on one of their big plants. now they will have 50% capacity. they have been dealing with this for a while beca

the new poet laureate, simon armitage, speaking to will gompertz.y 1970s, after appearing on the tv talent show, opportunity knocks. it‘s understood he was found at his home, on spain‘s costa del sol. david sillito looks back at his life. freddie starr! 1970, the royal variety show and for a young freddie starr, it was his moment. # it‘s not unusual to be loved by anyone... it was all there, the impersonations, the manic energy, and a touch of danger. muhammad ali came along, yet the white people, the white promoters, they didn‘t want to know black people, they kept them to one side. how do you know? shut up, i‘m talking! not many people would have done that with muhammad ali. the success that followed bought him a lifestyle of helicopters and horses. miinnehoma won the national. in the world of northern comedians, there was a touch of rock and roll about him. he‘s a lunatic, yes, an absolute lunatic! but everyone loved him. but he was a lunatic, wasn‘t he? you wouldn‘t know what freddie starr was going to do when he came into a room. you wouldn‘t k

thank you so much for having me after the break from bass player to spree speech fighter simon tam who took on the u.s. supreme court for the right to use an ethnic slur as his band's moniker he joins us next to talk about that landmark case. is of course the see on his attorney when they get cornered on those a little bit. more which is. there's a rule if they give it to you they go to the guys who know people it's you posting it's when the police said it was good. that's the ticket. if. that's the finish that you give. is donald trump's national security adviser john bolton a clear and present danger to america and the world is saber rattling in the middle east particularly against iran should concern us all we are forced to ask a fundamental question is bolton the primary architect accompt policy. those are very well known case that was stolen in 69 in. a very important painting and somebody from the mafia just said a few years ago dead today has stolen some. and when they wanted to pick it up it was grown because terrorists had eaten it. welcome back to politicking on matthew cook

simon, thank you. still to come...ould do "severe" damage to businesses — that's what uk business bosses are telling conservative leadership hopefuls. we'll be getting the inside track on some of the big stories making waves this week. you're with business live from bbc news. despite a tough time for the high street, outdoor retailer mountain warehouse has recorded record results. sales were up 13% to £255 million with like—for—like sales up 5.5% year on year. it meant pre—tax profit was up 14%. mark neale is mountain warehouse's founder and hejoins us now. secret of your success?” secret of your success? i think it isa secret of your success? i think it is a relentless focus on value for money. always great prices and trying to stay a little bit ahead of the customer and constantly broadening the range that we offer. online sales are at 23%, how much of thatis online sales are at 23%, how much of that is a focus for you and how much is it in bricks and mortar, how are you differentiating? is it in bricks and mortar, h

simon armitage. cheering and applause.et laureate wanted to be a rock star, now he's treated like one. from the very beginning, he believed in taking poetry to the people. time in the brain cells sweating like a nail—bomb, trouble with the heartbeat spitting like a sten gun, cut to the chase, pick up the pace; no such thing as a walkabout fun—run, shoot yourself a glance in the chrome in the day—room, don't hang about, your running out of space, son. what, simon, do you think the role of poetry is in 2019, contemporary society? my feeling is that it is more valuable and more relevant than it has ever been in this world that we live in, which is a very confused and confusing place — over—information, over—communication — that poetry is time out from that. did it cross your mind even for a moment when you were offered the post to say, actually, i don't think this is one at this stage, for a white male. maybe somebody from a different point of view or background would be better for this role at this moment? i'm completely sym

there's nothing -- nobody wouldv confuse a simons for somebody that would be in here i tell you, a simons it." [ laughter ] t i don't think -- i don't think those guys get statues built. >> seth: yeah, they don't get statues. hey, congrats again. it's been such a great show. >> thank you [ eers and applause >> seth: and you've just been such a fantastic part of it. i really appreciate you being here timothy simons, everybody. "veep" airs sundays on hbo we'll be rht back with rachael ray. [ cheers and applause ♪ i'm christina stembel and i chose the spark cash card from capital one with unlimited 2% cash back on everytng i buy why wouldn't i get this card?! i redeemed $115,000 in cash back, which doubled our marketing budget last summer. what's in your wallet? what is that? uh mine, why? 's just that it's... lavender. yes it is, it's for menke but i he smell of it laughs ♪ ♪"stay awake" by julie andrews♪ ♪stay awake d rest your♪ ♪while the moon drifts in the skies urstay awake don't close yes♪ ♪while the moon drifts in the skies this it's a lager.beer. made from those bold enough to brew i

simon pagenaud in the bright yellow car there started from pole position but face stiff competition from alexander rossi who pushed him to the limits throughout the french then came out on top to take his 1st ever victory at the indy $500.00 the winner capped the day off with traditional milk celebrations described the victory as a dream come true. let's get you some tennis now roger federer returned with the big bang to his 1st french open since 2015 this was beating italy's lorenzo psagot in straight sets 626464 feet i was never really in danger he needed just over one hour and 40 minutes to get the job done meanwhile it was a much different story for wimbledon champ champion caballe german was knocked out of the opening round by russia's. ranks 81st in the world in football sunday was party time in the city of munich as byron returned home after defeating leipzig 3 nil in the german cup final it was on saturday biron celebrated their domestic league and cup double triumph in front of thousands of fans in the city centers usually do now this is their 12th double it's tradition for the

meet britain's new poet laureate — the west yorkshire born writer, simon armitage. click investigates police deployment of facial recognition. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. concerns over climate change might restrict the growth of aviation in the uk, the government has admitted. a senior civil servant says ministers may have to review their strategy — including plans to expand heathrow. it follows a recent warning from the committee on climate change, which advises government, that the planned increase in aviation would need to be curbed to control emissionsof c02. our environment analyst roger harrabin reports. flying is on the up and the government has been planning for it to continue to grow. what about climate change, you might ask? under current policy, industry will have to cut more greenhouse gases so aviation can expand. but the government is now considering a plan to virtually eliminate emissions by 2050. and a civil servant has admitted in a letter to a green group that it may have to take note of advice fr

paul simon are among the big names taking the stage.gle day tickets starts going on sell at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. >> sounds like fun. >> we'll see rain tomorrow until it is going to be off and on throughout this evening and tapering off over night. we'll have a chance of thunderstorms but all of that starts to clear out on friday morning. if you have friday afternoon plans that's looking good. saturday afternoon is when it gets iffy again. i will have a lot of updates about the timeline. >> we'll need them. >> yeah. we'll see you tomorrow morning starting at 4:30 a.m. and we are here at 7:00 and midday news at 11:00. >> have a great day. >>> right now on "california live," kim has gone off the deep end. i am taking a dip with the automatic kaqua litt lilies. shannon miller's biggest opponent is ovarian cancer. >> she's decorating with the pro. >> oh, i am eating the pro, too. >> the perfect summer scent from an an angel. >> the best place of m

join me every thursday on the alex simon short and i'll be speaking to the world of politics. i'm sure i'll see you then. the war on whistleblowers continues the u.s. charges a former intelligence analyst and of the espionage act he turned over classified information about washington's targeted assassination program to the media. pakistani officials say a security guards being killed off the gunman stormed a luxury hotel in the south in an attack targeting foreigners. and 25 years a one ruling party but this time the african national congress in south africa.

mike we're just hearing there from joel simon the executive director for the c.p.g. interest saying in his statements that he raised press freedom which is of course a big a very hot topic in the u.s. with the press in the u.s. feeling significantly attacked that something he underlined in his opening statement just how significant is this hearing at this time in america. well it certainly is very significant at a time when as you mentioned the media sees itself as coming under attack from the executive of the united states from the white house itself this hearing itself is looking at the dangers of reporting human rights across the globe but we heard there from joel simon that the u.s. itself cannot go blameless in terms of dealing with the reporting of human rights abuses and he made the very strong point that by president donald trump labeling news as fake he is empowering autocratic leaders around the world to use the excuse of fake news as a way in which to suppress those journalists investigating human rights of course the case of jamal khashoggi murdered in th

thank you. >> thank you, simon pang. i have a couple questions, i don't know if anybody has questions. or if you want to run questions. >> ok. do you want to start, or you want to start, since this is your hearing. >> i'm fine letting sunny walton start. >> supervisor walton. >> thank you chair ronen, and thank you for this report from d.p.h. and from testimonial from the fire department. this is a serious issue, of course, and there are a lot of questions that come from me about conservatorship and i've been talking to supervisor mandelman, the mayo

joining us tonight is wwor radio personality mark simone, great to have you with us. jumps in. and the city is snarling at the prospect that he will run. what's going on here? >> first of all, the president is right. he's worst mayor we have ever had. his main accomplishment he's turned the whole place into homeless camp. he's opened homeless camps on park avenue, trying to put one next to carnegie hall. how did he get re-elected he's the key of donors, democratic donors, the big money guys, they love him. they all have his cell number. lou: why do they love him? >> his main problem is -- lou: as long as they put a sufficient contribution? >> it goes to a pac. the man is not personally corrupt. he's not taking any, but he's assembling a huge pack of money and he's term limited out. how do you raise money now? by running for president. lou: the plot both thickens and is now more obvious. >> we have massive real estate developers in new york and they all need dozens of permitting, zoning, all kinds of variances and they don't blink at giving 200,000 to a presidential ca

thank you. >> thank you, simon pang. i have a couple questions, i don't know if anybody has questions. or if you want to run questions. >> ok. do you want to start, or you want to start, since this is your hearing. >> i'm fine letting sunny walton start. >> supervisor walton. >> thank you chair ronen, and thank you for this report from d.p.h. and from testimonial from the fire department. this is a serious issue, of course, and there are a lot of questions that come from me about conservatorship and i've been talking to supervisor mandelman, the mayor's office, really trying to understand exactly the benefits of if we were to support sb1045 and current toreship and there are a lot of struggles for me as we continue to have this conversation. so, i have, i guess, some statements and some questions, particularly starting with, we had a mental health hearing and public safety neighborhood services. we have also had some reports from department of public health and i guess my first question is, because i've consistently hear

thanks, simon. thanks, simon. thank you very much. this week. today, snp leader nicola sturgeon has been visiting aberdeen, telling voters to use thursday's elections to show that scotland is open for business, and warning of what she called the "catastrophic" impact of leaving the single market. let's speak to our scotland correspondent lorna gordon, who's in aberdeen this afternoon. tell us more of what she has been saying, lorna. in aberdeen this morning, there was a bit of a sea haar rolling in from the north sea, but unlike that, which reduce the visibility, the snp‘s message in this campaign, they would argue, has been entirely clear and entirely consistent, and that is that brexit is bad for business here in scotland, and that they want people to send a strong message in this vote on thursday. brexit will be disastrous for the scottish economy, and aberdeen, where i am right now, will be the hardest hit parts of scotland if brexit goes ahead. i am here at a fish processor, and the fish processing sector employs about 4500 peopl

simon: there are several companies.ompanies that have been speculated about include pioneer , these areparsley less well-known than anadarko, they are certainly smaller. , just as they could buy anadarko easily. there are other alternatives. regardless of what happens with anadarko, we could be seeing a wave of permian m&a anyway. what is been going on the last few weeks, this pursuit of anadarko has forced a lot of people to reassess what is going on in the permian. a lot of investors have been pretty active in the oil and gas arestry and some of those beginning to openly agitate for consolidation among these mid tier players. vonnie: the way occidental has gone out of this is to eliminate some of the risk. why did it take chevron's bid for all of this to happen if occidental was so obsessed with the deal? -- it turnsental out occidental was involved with making overtures to anadarko as fallback -- as far back as december early 2017. they have made various suggestions. all of which have been rebuffed. ,e do not know th

political correspondents welcome simon secretary of state and i phone pale is visiting button for the 1st time and we know after he abruptly canceled his previous trip what is on the agenda and he still you have a secretary of state finally got got to germany a year after he took office as you mentioned he's here to have meetings with foreign minister master also with chancellor americal and there's quite a few there's a list you could say of complaints that the trumpet ministration have about german policy and pompei are mentioned some of them as he set off in particular that battle over germany's military spending the u.s. doesn't think germany spending enough but also the question of a hallway the chinese telecoms company u.s. is very worried about the idea that that company be involved in telecoms or internet provision in europe including in germany. i think they're probably also going to talk about the nord stream to gas pipeline project between russia and germany because the u.s. had been threatening sanctions against germany and other countries over that so that's that's that's

and simon armitage will be with us after nine this morning.ked to elect 73 representatives into the european parliament. the delay in a brexit deal being decided means the uk is obliged to take part in the european elections on the 23rd may. tim muffet has been to grimsby, which overwhelmingly voted to leave the eu, to see what businesses and residents think about next week's vote. gutted. that's how john gutted. that's howjohn feels about the uk's dissipation in the european elections. i think it's absolutely disgraceful and i think we should have been out now. will you take pa rt have been out now. will you take part in the elections? no. what is the point of voting when that is not what we want to do. this is the alfred and will be smoke house in grimsby. the way we traditionally smoked haddock and salmon is unchanged for centuries. the tannins and the flavours within the fabric of the building are part of that taste. when it comes to the european elections, for some employees there is also a whiff of anger. elections, for some employees th

i haven't been drinking, simon! well, well. that's one of us! enjoy eurovision. weather. yesterday afternoon, one of the warmest spots was in northern scotland. and it isjust warmest spots was in northern scotland. and it is just because of their sheer strength of the sunshine at this time of year. no cloud, light winds, it is not because we have brought our airing from anywhere particularly warm. and that means by night, it is still on the cold side. today, temperatures are shooting up again. 22 celsius across the highlands. quite a few spots hitting 21. but because we have got more of a breeze, even though the sunshine is every bit as strong in the south, the temperatures don't rise quite as much. tonight, temperatures will take a tumble away but because we are warming day by day, the knights won't be quite as chilly. though still down into single figures across most parts of the country. on wednesday, another sunny day for the vast majority. the high—pressure system is still in charge. starting to nudge away a little bit. the easterly breeze doesn't stop the t