simon. so this goes back a long way to dealing with cigarette tobacco issue but it is put had in a vulnerable situation where they are potentially misled about product that they are buying and using. and then you have this addiction that attaches before they understand what's happened. and so that's -- that's a serious issue or, and something that sounds unfairness. addiction can lead to the conditions for very serious scam and fraud with respect to opioids you may know of some issues related to body brokering where certain individuals receive kick backs or payments to refer addicts to specific rehabilitation facilities there, of course, issues with and facilities in representations they make to consumers. so will, implicates a number of our authorities. but to be responsive, i don't believe addiction appears anywhere in the statute that a the commission enforces. but if i'm confirmed, it's something that i know will need to tackle. >> any other -- >> senator, i agree with my colleague only

simons. if we could ask our panelists if they could to confine their oral remarks as close to five minutes as possible, your entire statements will be included and made a part of the record. we'll get on to our questioning. so, mr. simons, please proceed. >> chairman thune, ranking member blumenthal and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for this opportunity to testify today. and thank you to senator hatch for those very kind words. i'll do my best to live up to them. it is truly an honor to appear before you especially regarding this particular nomination. the federal trade commission is an institution that is very close to my heart. the ftc has a great mission, it deals with fascinating and important issues, and most importantly, it has a terrific staff. as i mentioned to a few of you, in some ways it feels like i've spent my entire professional life preparing for this opportunity. as a much younger lawyer back in the 1980s, i worked at the agency as an assistant to the direc

simon: 100. in 2012, and you look at the way dollar-yen has performed, it is either moving very tight ranges moving 10 or barely big figures. it is feast or famine. 100 is this huge attractor. , weou look over 20 years have five times gone to 100. twice we have gone through that and ended up at 80. 100 is the level i would suggest the japanese can -- become concerned. matt: by concerned, they will manipulate their currency? i didn't mean to use that phrase, they will intervene in currency markets. [laughter] simon: how can you possibly use the word manipulate? if you look at the history of intervention in japan, it is not particularly great over the course of the last decade. even the shock and all in 2011, the best thing they could do was draw a line under the dollar-yen. they have found it more effective to use other tools. i hate to point out that kiwi -- qe has been an effective tool, but you will see something on the monetary policy front that they are genuinely concerned. --: what is the im

simon, thank you very much. simon french from panmure gordon stays with us.he company's cfo joins us for the first interview of the day. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ it has just gone 3:20 in tokyo. date three of the rally, and we have broken some critical levels. yen is strengthening. why? juliette saly has your business flash. toshiba is bringing in an outsider to lead the alec tronic's maker after accounting scandals -- electronics maker after accounting scandals. the current ceo, who will now become the cfo. they had an operating loss of ¥182 billion in the period. anis paying less for premier league games. it is the first time the price has declined, signaling a more rational approach by forecasters after years of rampant inflation. that is your bloomberg business flash. anna: let's talk more about japan. japan's economy expanding for an a quarter in a row, the longest --tch -- and eight quarterg for an eight in a row, the longest stretch since --. joining us now is bloomberg's james mayger. there are troubling signs in the gdp. tell us the negative. james: as

. >> hey, simon, it's sarah. wanted to say happy belated birthday to you. >> she's in whistler, british columbia. it was recently her buddy's birthday. she decided to do something special for him. she's going to do a challenging run. >> yes! oh, yeah! >> so far, so good. she's loving this day. >> woo! woo! >> and this ends up being a line even she didn't expect. >> oh! >> yeah. >> yeah, she hits that tree. she's unable to move out of the way. >> i hope your day goes better than that one, see you. >> hopefully your year is much better than that run. we all probably agree. to find out who is simon, and what happened after this run, we have sarah via skype. welco welcome to the show. we are happy that you are okay. >> you still have your teeth? >> i am. i'm 100% okay. no injuries sustained. >> nice. now the internet, i know, has been so curious about who this simon fellow is. >> simon was a guy i worked with over the summer and we just got like, super close in a short period of time. but contrary to popular belief h

charlotte simons/attacked over electric bill: "i just went limp and he thought that he killed me."d to pull out her life alert necklace to call for help.charlotte simons/attacked over electric bill: "they came on the line and said what's your emergency. i need the police, i need an ambulance, on the double!"but investigators say when miller realized what she was doing, he started punching her in the face.her right eye was swollen shut.charlotte simons/attacked over electric bill: "this one, i couldn't even open it, i mean it was a mess."but at 74-years-old, she was determined to fight back. charlotte simons/attacked over electric bill: "that's when i reached for his gonads and i just squeezed them as hard as i could. if i had a pair of cutters, he wouldn't be wearing 'em today, he'd be at the hospital."thanks to the call she was able to make, tigard police interrupted the attack.she spent two days in the hospital and miller is now in the washington county jail facing charges including attempted murder, strangulation and assault.she says she'll be happy if he never gets out.charlott

simon: i would say almost none. that is not really an issue on facebook. -- i seeal question that the u.k. is number 10 in terms of your users and ahead of the united states is india. could i ask you what efforts you make in your biggest user market to make sure your platform is not used in the world's biggest democracy is not used for electoral manipulation or to foment social unrest. monika: just as we do a safety issues, we take a global approach. fakei spoke about removing accounts, that is something we are doing around the world. outreach with industry, with government commissions, that is something we do around the world . something we have not talked about is what we are doing to prioritize good news and reliable journalism. part of what we are doing is the facebook journalism project. we have worked with more than 2600 publishers to identify the ways that reliable news can best succeed on facebook. ,his includes product fixes making it easier for news media organizations to attract subscribers or to have adv

gina martin adams and simon french, starting with you, simon , will we see the same headline from jeromenk youl, i struggled to see an aggressive pick up in inflation, meeting the dot plot in may will facilitate a new set of inflation forecasts. i don't think you necessarily need to look at the dots on interest rate expectations. you see the dots on fomc members, regarding their nearterm expectations because that is the key transmission mechanism that remains broken in most of the models. i do not think a change in chairperson has changed that dynamic and the underlying attitude of the fed. tom: where is the inflation, gina? this is critical. gina: i think you are right and we have not really seen the inflation. i think you could argue, do you really ignore housing? that is a huge cost for some folks. maybe we do want to look at broader measures of inflation and on that front, if you look at inflation expectations, they have picked up quite a bit this year and maybe we are paying attention to financial market inflation expectations, as opposed to the real data to get a better sense of wh

let me how doing a political correspondent simon young has been following the court proceedings in a live signal joins us now from our parliamentary studios here in britain simon first of four tell us more about what the court's verdict is. yeah region seems to be your federal administrative court has rejected the challenges there were people said you know maybe the idea of banning diesel vehicles or some of them anyway from parts of cities that possibly wasn't legal this causes say it is legal and that seems to open the way for a number of changes to the law a lot of people have said what will be needed is a nationwide regime that can be a ploy to everywhere that they had been some talk about the court boss in the decision up to a higher european court has that now been ruled out. you know i don't know what the court has said about that presumably if there was such a challenge or a further legal challenge the european court might want to look a look at it the judge in this court has saved during these proceedings he was aware of the urgency with which the european court of justice h

thank you, simon jack, oui’ will be lost. thank you, simon jack, our business editor.elf for more turbulence today after yesterday's near record stock market falls. this morning prices have been tumbling in the far east and europe. the ftse opened sharply down before recovering slightly. well, the sell—off began last week when strong economic data in the us sparked fears of an early rise in interest rates. yogita limaye is at the new york stock exchange. the fall started in america, what do we expect from the markets open? markets will open in about an hour and 20 from now, that is the new york stock exchange behind me. all of this started on friday. traders started worrying that interest rates would rise rapidly on the back of strong wage growth in the us. on friday you saw the dowjones industrial average fell more than 650 points, yesterday it was the worst fall in history in terms of points. even in terms of percentage the worst since the financial crisis. you have seen that impact across markets across the world, markets have been turned around 2% but in the far ea

simons initially. how will you prioritize the significant number of issues pending. >> thank you for the question but the first priority for the commission will be to make sure we have vigorous enforcement but that would be the focus of our attention where so now what are your views of the current budget and how do you ensure the commission has the resources necessary to protect consumers ? >> i pledge i will look carefully at the ftc budget if confirmed and make sure we have what we need to do the job and if we don't i will come to you, i will not come but i will ask for more money. >> as we discussed in our meeting, if i am concerned about the federal agencies those that public again the way they can elevate? >> one of the things i will do if confirmed when i first get to the ftc is to talk to the cio and those folks dealing with those issues. this is a big concern for me and important i want to address it quickly. >> i have a long history working with the ftc on false laboring and sports equipment t

simon. when i was at the commission in early 2000's we spent a lot of time working on data security and consumer privacy issues. i for see the same in the coming years have confirmed. >> i agree, we cannot allow contentious issues to distract us from the bread and butter of the agency. looking at for the children and the elderly. >> i agree on the issues related to big data. it implicates the consumer protection mission as well is the competition and privacy mission and it is to be high on the list if not the highest. the data breach at echo facts underscores how the fair credit reporting act and agencies needs to be paramount. >> let's talk about interaction with states. how do you envision your interaction with the states and attorneys general i matters that you have. >> for close working relationship. i think their critical test using our assets most efficiently. to very much in favor. >> not surprisingly, i agree. it's important to have this relationship with the state attorney general w

had is simon beck, dubbed the world's first snow artist. >> it looks good. hasn't been done before. grail for any artist isn't it. don't have to buy any tickets. can see clearly. >> snow art. trans fixing murals in nature's powder that have become a sensation his work shared and sought after the around the globe. geography meets geometry meets the power of the internet and for this man suddenly a new career doing what he loves. >> bit of a joke really after skiing one day decided to make a drawing on this area of level snow. >> what happened that day an a stunding design he saw from ski lift. >> never knew how good it would look when i seen that drawing. >> over time his snow shoes took him on artistic trek on palettes around the world from national park to summit powder mountain in utah and here in minnesota the city welcoming back an umpire winter festival the great northern. ice carving. curling. but the big ticket item is beck's 276th drawing. >> overall i think it's pretty good. should get a reasonable result today. >> he's always wanted to filet stadium this is his first. targ

simone: right. they haven't matched the s&p performance.the s&p is going wild and it's hard to be hedged in this environment. you have seen a lot of fund managers all of a sudden become really, you know, really given to this rising tide. you know, if that turns around, folks like einhorn stands to benefit. the question is when will that be? when will that happen and how will that look? mark: how did green light fair, simone, relative to the entire industry in 2017? simone: well, they lagged in 2017. i think that's part of the problem. they're probably going to face in terms of investors. we don't -- we're not sure what the extent of investor redemptions has been if at all. look, they lagged. certainly the average hedge fund is about 6%. they were at 1.6%. again, i think if you're an investor in hedge funds you are also looking at longer term performance. you are looking to be hedged or you shouldn't be in hedge funds. vonnie: our thanks to simone foxman. they declined to comment on the results. but we did have a comment on einhorn back in t

simon young our political correspondent is here to talk about this now good morning dan simon what do these numbers tell us about the mood among german voters right now i think the numbers suggest that people are impatient to see a new government and they're pretty unimpressed with what's been agreed between the two largest parties so far and some other numbers in these polls by the way nearly two thirds of germans say that they think important domestic issues are being neglected because these talks are taking so long and a similar numbers say that germany is losing influence in europe as a result so you know there's a lot of pressure on the politicians to get on with it yeah in berlin we sense we sense of more than most other places everything's on hold right now until this new government budgets are out there you know the s.p.d. is that this is sturrock low that that's really a huge story today there's a used rebellion inside yesterday against the leader particularly martin schultze should a new generation take over is it time for them well it could be a lot of people in the s.p.d.

his deputy simon coney hasjust been in brussels. ireland is doing all that it can to ensure that the relationship between dublin and brussels remains as strong through brexit as it can possibly be. and it looks like what the commission is set to publish tomorrow is a very ha rd set to publish tomorrow is a very hard stance. theresa may had a deal in december, a deal which provided a bit of leeway for the partners in her coalition that prop up the government, the dup, but it looks like the commission is going to come up like the commission is going to come up with a hardline view and frankly, this is kind of high noon, i think. there is a big possibility now that the uk walks away from the table, in order to try and force the hand of brussels. for viewers outside of the uk and maybe even outside of europe, the dup being the democratic unionist party in northern ireland, which is helping to support theresa may's government to get a majority to get those through parliament right now. and the issue, this issue of the border between nort

simon and creator writers like jorge said just time as a labyrinth. a maze of possibilities in which a bunch of things can happen that one. as i mentioned in 1942 they had to take a break from their work to work in the manhattan project. when he was a los alamos he went out there in their lane sanatorium in albuquerque and he would tell her about all the crazy things he did at los alamos, which is a top secret military project at the time to build a military bomb. one thing he would do out first day on key kulaks, buddha figure out how to jimmy the moping. combination locks on how to crack them open with likely combinations or by listening to them. i would tell her, one of the leading people in the projects left classified papers in his desk drawer and said there's no way he can get to that. finding reach through the back of the desk and got the papers out. and show them to aggregate and said i have your secret papers here. he said he was trying to show the security less then. he was sneak through a hole in a fence, with the bus and come back and say

young breaking down the story for us thank you very much simon. now to some other stories making news around the world the united nations says some ninety migrants are believed to have drowned off the coast of libya after the boat they were in capsized three known survivor said most of those on board were pakistanis more than two hundred fifty migrants have died in just the last month trying to cross the mediterranean headed mostly to italy hundreds of miners trapped for over a day in a south africa mine have been brought to safety buses carry them away from the facility some nine hundred and fifty miners became stuck underground after a storm knocked out power to the mind elevators no serious injuries have been reported but trade unions say the incident reflects ongoing safety problems in the industry. crowds in the dives have celebrated after the country's top court overturned the convictions of several opposition leaders including former president mohamed nasheed he's an exile in sri lanka and vows to run again for the office the court offered

a law firm is investigating the allegations. >>> singer/songwriter paul simon says his upcoming tour his last. ♪ hello darkness my old friend ♪ i've come to talk with you again ♪ simon's farewell tour kicks off in may, taking him across north america and europe. his last day is july 15th in london. simon, who's 76 years old, says the travel and time away from his family detracts from the joy of playing. anne-marie? >> at 76, you can certainly understand that. hopefully he'll still be making music, though, because we enjoy it. diane king hall at the new york stock exchange. thank you, diane. >> reporter: thank you. >>> still to come, solving one of hollywood's biggest mysteries. the new evidence that's giving investigators hope of finding evidence in the drowning of natalie wood. and you don't have time for a cracked windshield. that's why we show you exactly when we'll be there. saving you time, so you can keep saving the world. >> kids: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace ♪ atfo. and pause. notstrikes you act on it. only atwo and a half daysld sors when used at the first sign. it st

ok let's break down the numbers now with our parliamentary correspondent simon young good morning simon . ackles ratings eroding steadily she is though still at fifty one percent should she be word i think she should be you know angela merkel feels like the default chancellor rather rich the really you know the german leader of the future doesn't she and i think she is a bit nervous that this grand coalition of social democrats and conservatives won't come together because if it doesn't very likely they'll be new elections and although the assumption has always been that she would lead her party into the next election increasingly people are saying you know well how the new ideas and the renewal of the conservative camp come from angle americal and you know maybe some people are beginning to say perhaps angle a medical policy forever ok if there's some questions about on the macro as the default there has to be some questions about the s.p.d. is the default partner for the conservatives you know they're looking at their their lowest ratings ever they're facing a rebellion among their yo

i‘m simon mignolet. i'm simon mignolet. -- i'm simon mccoy.can‘t change our minds". "we‘re leaving the eu". not quite the valentine‘s day message from borisjohnson — but close enough — as the foreign secretary urged the country to unite around what he said we all believe in an "outward—looking, confident" uk. in a direct appeal to remainers he said leaving the eu was not a "great v—sign from the cliffs of dover". here‘s our political correspondent leila nathoo. a not—so—friendly welcome party to greet borisjohnson as he arrived to deliver a speech this morning. the very people he wants to reach out to, those still against britain‘s departure from the eu. his message, "brexit cannot be stopped". i understand your worries, but there is nothing to fear. brexit need not be nationalist, but can be internationalist. it is not an economic threat, but a considerable opportunity. not un—british, but a manifestation of this country‘s historic national genius. i can see obviously that i‘m running the risk in making this case of causing further irritation

political correspondent simon young thank you for your continued coverage for. down at the bureau an international film festival we have david leavitt's good to see it david what have you been watching today. well the biggest movie on today is the latest by director gus van sant it's called don't worry he won't get far on foot and this is the true story of a politically incorrect quadriplegic cartoonist and his struggles with his paralysis and with alcoholism brilliantly portrayed by the one and only joaquin phoenix also a great supporting cast jonah hill plays has a sponsor a little bit disjointed but some really great performances here no walk in phoenix himself although the president really likes his performance was not too happy at the press conference he sort of refused to answer questions he turned away from the press at one point this is going to be screening on the red carpet behind me in just a little bit i hope that hope perk out by then for i think. that is part of his persona though isn't. what else it is showing and it is a really no surprise there

he first shot to fame for simon and garfunkel for which simon wrote the songs. >> i like. ♪ oh, ceciliag my heart ♪ >> so many college bars and that's on your mind? >> that's not where i know it from of course. >>> award winning john mahoney who played the cranky father on "frazier" has died in hospice in chicago. he had reportedly been suffering from cancer. he carved out a niche for himself playing gruff older characters. >> you want me to dry that sponge? i'll dry that sponge. >> give it about a minute. >> that's mature. >> he was born in britain. he was 77 years old. >> he started his acting career, which is a young man's business, when he was 37. he said i want to be an actor. not bad. >> and he made it happen. >>> and we turn to what would have been a rather provocative marketing move by pepsi. doritos for her. >> it's been trending on social media. pepsi ceo talking on a podcast about a potentially female friendly line of snacks. so she noted the difference between the way men and women generally eat chips. she says women don't like to crunch too loudly in public. they don't like

these political correspondent simon young thank you simon. all right it's time to head down to the berlin international film festival we have a we have usenet my ass waiter and david leavitt standing by for us hi both of you what have you been seeing today. hey sue me the biggest movie on today is the new movie by gus van sant this is the director behind milk and good will hunting and this one is called don't worry he won't get far on foot it's about a quadriplegic cartoonist actually it is about john callahan who is a well known cartoonist in the united states who died in two thousand and ten and it is a fictionalization of his autobiography actually it's all about his struggles with alcoholism and about his recovery after he became a quadriplegic and his development into the cartoonist that he became eventually yeah and this is we both thought this was a pretty strong movie a little disjointed the times i really have to say actually jonah hill in a supporting role really stall the show what do you think my absolutely stole the show is i'm f

simon, thank you.e increasing and i think so much of this is being driven by the world wide web, and if you look at the action at law enforcement is taking place across the country, targeting those people that are viewing indecent images of children, we are arresting 430 men every month. we are safeguarding 700 children every month. that is just for those offenders viewing indecent images, it does not take into consideration what i believe the tens of thousands of men predominantly going online to green children so they provide them with a sexualised image, or they encourage them to perform a sex act or alternatively they tried to meet them to then rape them. u nfortu nately, them to then rape them. unfortunately, i think we have to look at it from a societal perspective and we have two now consider that there are more opportunities to abuse, and that could be on the increase. how many potential child abusers do you think there are in britain? on the is difficult to put a number on it and i think it wo

this is a -- >> simone, real quickly.ave a question for scott on that point. >> the last thing i want to say is this, look, i want us to be really careful about the double standards that we apply to folks coming out of this white house, particularly when people -- for people of color, particularly for black women. it is not just scott. it is everyone that wants to speak one way about omarosa and another way about everyone else. omarosa is a professional person who did amass a certain level of access and not just because she was cute, because she was in some way, shape or form qualified for whatever she was doing. >> and the president wanted her there. to that point. what does it say about the standards of the people being hired in the white house, scott, as you're railing on omarosa, if she shouldn't have been there in the first place, why was she there? >> that's a good question. a lot of the people that came in at the beginning of this administration have been washed out. omarosa came in with sebastian gorka who was was

simon harding has this report for us.koning -- a rude awakening, devastation greeted residents. 6.2 magnitude earthquake dealt extensive damage to roads and infrastructure, security services have been working through the night to save any stranded citizens. -- people remained in trapped buildings. >> the door wouldn't happen. -- wouldn't open. we had to climb out. where are you, mom? >> have all your family managed to escape >? >> no, mom is inside. >> the floor collapsed. i did not see where it fell to her he did there are people stuck there. simon: official said hundreds of people have been injured and many are reported missing. taiwan's president visited the popular tourist hub on wednesday and reassured residents everything was being done to save those who remain stuck in the debris. >> racing against time, which is in its crucial phase. we hope we can quickly install to the building so the emergency team can go in and inside -- inside and rescue people who are trapped. this is the most important task for now. simon:

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suggest that pows were complicit in the holocaust the move has angered israel will get reaction from the simon wiesenthal center and a court reverses lifetime bans for dozens of russian athletes accused of doping but it is still not clear whether those athletes can take part in next week's winter olympics. i bring golf it's good to have you with us in the united states the f.b.i. has condemned plans by the white house and house republicans to release a secret memo the memo alleges that the f.b.i. abused its surveillance powers when it investigated donald trump's presidential campaign the agency contests the documents accuracy while democrats say its release could undermine the investigations into russian interference in the twenty sixteen election. was really still. at work on. a quick exchange overheard after donald trump state of the union speech on tuesday night the us president reassures a republican lawmaker that he has every intention of putting out the memo that's polarizing washington. if you're. just press the memo was commissioned by devin newness chairman of the republican house int

the head of the nhs, simon stevens, has invited president donald trump to come and see the healthcared by the service. it follows a tweet from the us president which stated that the health service in the uk was "going broke and not working." but as simon stevens was facing a committee in the commons, labour was challenging the government's decision to suspend accident and emergency waiting time targets. the crisis our nhs is now in is so deep and severe, that on friday, nhs england was forced to announce that target to see 95% of patients within four hours is effectively abandoned until march 2019. on saturday, thousands of us took to the streets to demand a nationally funded nhs. by the way we will not take lessons from donald trump. the nhs model is not broke but it does need funding. if this government will not give it the funding it needs, then the next labour government well. the nhs was better prepared for winter this year. the number of one—on—one calls has doubled since last year. 0ver1 million more people have been vaccinated against flu virus. 3,000 more beds have been made

some young from our parliamentary studios here to talk more about this simon good morning to you germany split over all america all right now lation are under attack right now they're facing criticism from within their own parties because mikel is chancellor her personal support has dropped ten percent since the general election back in september but more important than the personal approval ratings is just this sense that things are really moving forward increasingly you're seeing people within the conservative ranks saying that you know may be chancellor merkel and america won't be the person to lead that party into the next election whenever it comes sooner or later maybe they're saying you know i'm going to medical isn't the future you know whenever it comes that's the big question isn't it the talks resume today they're supposed to wrap up on on sunday both sides are sounding optimistic are we going to see as some suggest a government by march well i think that is likely if they can do this deal and that's a big can of yet they've worked out a g. compromise for instance on the quest

i'm simon mccoy.aptured in syria have been accused of murdering more than 20 prisoners, and subjecting others to extreme torture. if it goes to trial i'll certainly be there, i certainly will look them in the eye and let them know i am who i am and they have destroyed a big part of my life. allegations that aid workers for one of the country's biggest charities, oxfam, regularly used prostitutes when stationed in haiti in 2011. it's not a given — the eu throws doubt on a brexit transition period — michel barnier says he's surprised' by the ‘substantial‘ disagreements between uk and the eu. a handshake of history — as the sister of north korea's kim jong—un meets the south korean president at the opening of the winter olympics. the athletes from dprk and are ok, by marching together, sent a powerful message of peace to the world. —— dprk and rok. powerful message of peace to the world. -- dprk and rok. coming up, all the sport with you. once the ceremony is all the sport with you. once the ceremony is

let me have one our political correspondent simon young has been following the court proceedings in a live signal joins us now from our parliamentary studios here in berlin simon first of all tell us more about what the court's verdict is. yeah region seems to be your federal administrative court has rejected the challenge is there were people say you know maybe the idea of banning diesel vehicles or some of them anyway from parts of.

simon is back with us. february is gloomy but there's another story.nt deficit, the amount of money they borrow every year is going up. the talk is that it's going to double and they may end up borrowing close to $1 trillion. that's an astonishing amount. of course, people are wondering quite what's going to happen when we talk about the infrastructure spending. going to happen when we talk about the infrastructure spendingm going to happen when we talk about the infrastructure spending. is this to fund that infrastructure? 0r the infrastructure spending. is this to fund that infrastructure? or is it to fund pre—existing commitments? pre—existing commitments. we haven't talked about where the money will come from to fund the infrastructure stuff. the reason it is going up is because of the tax cuts. for the moment, there is no evidence that there's going to be funding from growth. people will forecast this sharp rise. they were talking about a2 sharp rise. they were talking about a 2 trillion deficit. why should we care? because if we talk about the us

. >>> and music legends paul simon is retiring. the hall of fame singer songwriter announced on line his upcoming tour will be his last. simon says touring takes time away from his family, farewell tour kicks off in may. simon will perform at the wells fargo center in south philly on june 16. >> and, i got it tell you justin timberlake stole hearts dupe the super bowl half time show, one fan had an unforgettable moment. thirteen year old smashed a selfie with jt and it went viral. he said he is a huge just justin timberlake fan, turns out he's a patriots fan, but his epic selfie definitely made up for the loss. nice to hear that he is a jt fans because i was cents seeing on facebook, social media, you know, he's three probably doesn't even know who justin timberlake is. good to know he does, and i think he was shellshocked. like he did not see that coming. he's like uh, you want to take a selfie with me, oh, okay, and fumbling with his phone. poor kid. he was just like what's happening right now? >> and instant stardom, i'm sure we

young breaking down the story for us thank you very much simon. not some other stories making news around the world the united nations says some ninety migrants are believed to have drowned off the coast of libya after the boat they were in capsized three known survivors said most of those on board were pakistanis more than two hundred fifty migrants have died in just the last month trying to cross the mediterranean headed mostly to italy crowds in the mount i have celebrated after the country's top court overturned the convictions of several opposition leaders including former president mohamed nasheed he is in exile in sri lanka and vows to run again for the office the court ordered a retrial of the lawmakers saying the guilty verdict had been influenced by the government. russians have been marking the seventy fifth anniversary of the red army's victory at stalingrad a military parade was held in the city known today as vocal crowd the battle between the soviet union and nothing germany is considered a turning point of world war two. french pol

i'm simon mccoy.land, admitting it's "one of the most expensive systems" in the world. you have a system of fees and education that some issues have arisen. concern from notjust students, but the parents and grandparents, but the level of debt they have built up. this is the scene is derbyshire, where the prime minister will be speaking that speech soon. paedophile football coach barry bennell appears in the dock to be sentenced. some of his victims tell him face to face what effect his crimes had on them. a man thought to be one of britain's most prolific paedophiles, matthew falder, has been jailed for 32 years after admitting 137 offences. oxfam reveals that three of the men accused of sexual misconduct in haiti, physically threatened witnesses during a 2011 investigation.

young breaking down the story for us thank you very much simon. now to children living in a world of terror and violence boys and girls growing up in the brutal rule of the so-called islamic state in the middle east some were born there others were brought over by parents who join diocese fighters as the jihadists lose ground what happens to those children we follow a german man who's trying to rescue his grandson. it is a journey into the unknown the man who has asked us to call him to bring him to rock he wants to bring back his grandson who was born and i as territory and is now held in prison together with his parents. well said economic and kinetic chasuble children aren't responsible for their parents do definitely not the children suffer months or years in prison this is unnecessary and i saw it. in the abbey he had straight to the german consulate. the plot of the according to the iraqi government i will be able to stay here for a week and spend time with a child every day so he can get used to me. by this kid on the street. in the past we

simon jack, bbc news.y for stock markets around the world after yesterday's big falls in america. the global sell—off was sparked by concerns that interest rates may rise in the us more quickly than expected. that would push up borrowing costs for companies and consumers. 0ur economics editor, kamal ahmed, has the details. the opening bell in new york today — optimistic, as ever. it is america, but on trading floors around the world — franco, tokyo london — worry as stock markets suffered a third day of falls. after the calm, the record highs, this is the. we see this as a correction, not a profound change that would mean we are entering a more difficult environment. nevertheless, we must understand that we are at a juncture in the global economy and in markets that might imply that the way forward is a lot more difficult and trickier than it was. the dramatic falls followed a remarkable upward run. the major american market, the dowjones, and in the uk the ftse 100, had been rising for a decade before the

simon hunt is our creative director.ightaway is that the map looks different. it‘s a high resolution map, and it‘s green. if you go in closer on that you can see we‘ve also got high resolution data for the weather. we also have the ability to show a 3d globe with weather on it, which the presenters can move around quite easily to create the editorial story that they want to tell. some of the graphics as well we‘re using, so the outlook, for instance, shows quite clearly that temperatures rise to the weekend and then fall away afterwards. so how‘s it all going to look on the big screen? well, it‘ll look clean and fresh. and one of our main concepts when developing these graphics was the idea of a window on the weather, so behind this window you can see not only the weather in the distance, you can also see drops of rain sitting on the pane of glass, here. and simon was showing us, we can now look at the weather on a very localised scale. for instance, let‘s zoom into northern england, and in this example you can see quite

we'll speak with irwin simon and disney smashing box office records with february with the latest marvelease "black panther. the movie also, perhaps, breaking down barriers in hollywood. we'll explain. >>> and qualcomm upping its bid for nxp. david faber spoke with the lead 'soireor he gng to join us next when "squawk alley" comes right back. fund ments. >>> qual co >>> qualcomm's lead director thomas horton joined david faber this morning and he's back with more on that story david? >> thanks, jon a big day for qualcomm really. this has been in the works for some time as a possibility remember, it was 16 months ago of that qualcomm announced its $110 a share all cash deal to acquire nxp. they still don't have the regulatory approvals all in place. still waiting for klichina to s on but in the intervening months and year and whatever it's been, well, nxp's business improved, the multiple for the group has gone up. and many of its shareholders have said as we reported for many months now we're not going to tender at $110. tender is the key. they need 8% of t0% of the shar be tenders to ma