our sports corresondent katie gornall is at st james park.t hasn't all been plain sailing for newcastle united this season, they have stuttered apply, picking up only a point in their last three matches, but with their nearest rivals huddersfield and reading slipping up at the weekend, their job tonight is very simple. beat preston and they are back in the premier league at the first time of asking. much of that is down to benitez. many people were surprised when he chose to stay at the club after they were relegated, and he was persuaded to do so by the fans and he said he is growing much keeping his squad focused on the task in hand. the other teams, they have to do something and we have to do ourjob. the only thing that we can control is our team and we have to be sure that these three games, we are concentrating to do ourjob properly and to win our games and if the other results go in our favour, much better. my target was always to go up, it doesn't matter the position, so the main thing is that we finish ourjob. we have seen how importa

at 1—1, nerves were starting to build at st james‘ park.ie punished them further. it was so close, they could taste it. newcastle would score a fourth before the celebrations really started. often described as sleeping giants, maybe now they‘ve found the right manager to prod them awake. so, a so,aa so, a a year after they were relegated, newcastle are promoted at the first time of asking, something that doesn‘t happen all that often. it looks like with two games to go, bright and will pip them to the title. although given the way eve ryo ne title. although given the way everyone celebrated here, second placed does not seem like a bad price. the runner who provided the defining image of yesterday‘s marathon when he sacrificed his own race time to help another competitor says it was the perfect ending to his race. the actions of matthew rees in helping david wyeth to reach the finishing line have been described as a great example of true sportsmanship. 0ur correspondent dan johnson caught up with the two runners today. 0n the final bend, on

it was the warmest place in the country with 17.2 celsius in st james's park.little bit fresher, though, and i suspect through the night, some chilly nights will come. a touch of light frost not out of the question. high pressure hanging on in there in eastern areas, but out of the west, these are these fronts pushing in. they will not bring significant rain but will bring a change through northern ireland and western scotland, as we go through the morning, eventually into western fringes of wales in the south—west. ahead of it, though, any early—morning mist will lift away for sunshine. so, by the middle of the afternoon, eastern scotland should cling on to the dry weather, but elsewhere, those weather fronts bringing some showery outbreaks of rain into scotland and into northern ireland. ten or 11 degrees the high. eventually pushing into the west of wales. more cloud, certainly, through the lake district, wales, and down into cornwall. but to the east, we should see highs of 17 degrees inland. maybe if we keep a little bit of coastal cloud cover it could sta

it was the warmest place in the country with 17.2 celsius in st james's park.and i suspect through the night, some chilly nights will come. a touch of light frost not out of the question. high pressure hanging on in there in eastern areas, but out of the west, these are these fronts pushing in. they will not bring significant rain but will bring a change through northern ireland and western scotland, as we go through the morning, eventually into western fringes of wales in the south—west. ahead of it, though, any early—morning mist will lift away for sunshine. so, by the middle of the afternoon, eastern scotland should cling on to the dry weather, but elsewhere, those weather fronts bringing some showery outbreaks of rain into scotland and into northern ireland. ten or 11 degrees the high. eventually pushing into the west of wales. more cloud, certainly, through the lake district, wales, and down into cornwall. but to the east, we should see highs of 17 degrees inland. maybe if we keep a little bit of coastal cloud cover it could stay a little cooler and disapp

let's go live to our sports correspondent katie gornall who's outside st james‘ park for us.aped what must be some fairly lively celebrations. i think you are right. i think the celebrations will go on long into the night here in newcastle. but this promotion has not been a procession for the club. they really did wrap it up in some style here tonight and they got off to the perfect start as well. i is peres, after just six perfect start as well. i is peres, afterjust six minutes putting newcastle united in front and getting the party started early —— ayoze perez. at that point you thought newcastle were really on the up thought newcastle were really on the up and were going to walk away with it, but preston looked dangerous on the break throughout. they were thrashed 6—0 by newcastle back in october in the league cup. here it was shortly not going to be a walkover and they equalised shortly afterwards by jordan walkover and they equalised shortly afterwards byjordan hugill. at that point, the nerves did start to settle in a bit. the fans were going to worry that this was not

our sports editor dan roan has been at newcastle's st james' park.e tax fraud amounts to £5 million. the taxman has a difficult relationship with the sport and it's just gotten a lot more awkward over the last 2a hours. there is a real sense that the tax authorities are taking a closer look which generates so much money for clubs and players and for agents. it is increasing scrutiny over players image rights and personal tax arrangements or whether winding—up petition is for indebted clu b winding—up petition is for indebted club saw as seems the case, cross—border transfer payments. burnley midfielderjoey barton says his 18 month ban from all aspects of football "effectively forces him into an early retirement". barton's admitted an fa misconduct charge relating to betting. between march and may last year, the 34—year—old placed 1,260 bets on football matches or competitions — which is in breach of fa rules. he's also been fined £30,000 and warned about his future conduct. barton plans to appeal against the length of the suspension. fifa president g

with more on that and what happened at newcastle today we can cross to st james' park, where our sportshank you. two days ago, this club was celebrating its return to the riches of the premier league, but rather than looking towards a bright future, this evening they are facing questions, just like west ham united, about their past. a similar scene was played out here at the stadium behind me this morning, when there we re behind me this morning, when there were raids by revenue and customs officials at newcastle united's home, and indeed to the shock of their players, at their training ground as well. just before they arrived for training. just as with we st arrived for training. just as with west ham united, documents and computers were seized. in addition to that, among the arrests natalie mentioned, it's been reported that lee charnley the managing director of newcastle united, 39 years old and the right—hand man to the club's owner mike ashley was among those arrested as part of raids which took place not just arrested as part of raids which took place notjust on arrested as part o

a motorcade of cars travel from st. james pentecostal church to monmumtal baptist church this morning. the same thing happened back in 1967. the congregation marched from the old location to then newly purchased building, and then they cut a ribbon before they went inside. monumental baptist church is the second oldest black baptist church in pennsylvania. >>> we are less than 24 hours away from the start of baseball season in philadelphia. still ahead, here from the fils as they gear up for their opener tomorrow in cincinnati. >>> and quick thinking. the unusual tactic this woman used as she tried to fight off a carjacker. >>> grim search. crews dig through the ruins of a south american town devastated by deadly flooding. the search is on. the latest for the missing as the death toll continues to rise. ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ any any any any ♪ did you know trading in your car at a dealer could cost you money? a recent study found consumers who trade in their car pay

the st. james in north hampton would help the traffic flow into town in the enterprise zone and will the next conservative government continue to support backing the scheme. >> you need to have a strong economy if you're going to fund the structure and since 2050 we have increased annual events on the structure. and improvements with transport projects. and with the local -- assets to business. and my right honorable friends worked hard to make this happen and it matters to his constituents. >> and benefit entitlements, the government is challenging young people to benefit the world of work. consent to these changes would be a major trade for youngsters, the prime minister agree me we should do everything we can to help young people in the job market including offering financial support, and more young people risk falling through the net? >> the right one is to say it is only fair that people are not able to make decisions with benefits if they are at work. those people staying at home, and we have

ten minutes to go until half—time at st james's park.r the winner will take them back to the premier league. that is the sport for now. let's get the very latest on the situation from france after the first round of the presidential election throughout the two candidates, emmanuel macron and marine le pen. our correspondent thomas fessy joins us now from paris. it is good to see you. marine le pen has just tweeted that she is going to set aside the presidency of the front national to concentrate on the second round. no real surprise there. she is putting all her heart and trying to get the top job. is there a real sense amongst the supporters of the front national that they can overcome the in—built advantages that mr macron seems to have, which is firstly the support from the other vanquished candidates? they keep saying that they can win. it is interesting, that development tonight, with marine le pen stepping aside from the presidency of the front national. it is perhaps an attempt to rally more voters beyond the front national. last

a motorcade of cars traveled from st. james pentecostal church to monumental.hey even cut a ribbon before going inside, the same as in the past. good thing the weather cooperated. >> very nice. >>> 4:41. gunfire and a crash along one of philadelphia's busiest streets. >> next, hear from the people in the northeast after someone shot a driver to death as he traveled along the roosevelt boulevard. >>> and happening today, renovation 101. starting this morning, work begins at north philadelphia's high school to prepare it and its students for the future. honey nut cheerios gets their delicious taste from honest ingredients. like real delicious honey and real oats. okay that's still honey. huh, there we go. we're back to honey again. who's directing this? that guy. figures. try new very berry cheerios. the taste of real fruit in every bite. so berry good. >>> 4:43. 46 degrees. a live look from our kimmel center camera. dry now. warm day ahead. rain is in the forecast for this evening and tomorrow. meteorologist bill henley is tracking the conditions where you live.

newcastle are back in the premier league after beating preston 4—1 at st james' park.s correspondent, katie gornall, reports. it won't rank as his greatest achievement, but rafa benitez, a champions league winning manager, has done what was expected of him and taken newcastle back to where they feel they belong. as with much of united's season, last night was not entirely straightforward. a preston equaliser in the first half threatened to put the party on hold. but this time, newcastle held their nerve with atsu's composed finish setting them on their way to a crushing victory. but no sooner had promotion been secured, the manager was unclear as to what the future held. you never know, that is football. but i am really pleased here, very happy and very proud for everything we have achieved. hopefully, we can put the base in to do something that will be a guarantee for the future. newcastle united have had no shortage of heroes to worship over the years and now they have another one in rafa benitez. although whether or not he is the man to finally wake this sleeping gi

our sports correspondent katie gornall was at st james's park.rly have about 50,000 fancy. it is a club that feels like it belongs in the premier league, but that is often just not the case. there was a lot of speculation around newcastle united this year because of the size of this year because of the size of this the stadium and club. they had to bring in12 this the stadium and club. they had to bring in 12 new players. they had to bring in 12 new players. they had to put together a new team. —— fans here. there is the thought that the new captain could put the team together correctly. the coach has said that you never know what could happen. the quarter finals of the world snooker championship start later on tuesday, but they will do so without the australian neil robertson. the 2010 champion was beaten in the last 16 by hong kong's marco fu who will now meet the defending champions mark selby. jamie broughton reports. bidding for his first world don't —— his fourth world quarter—finals. marco fu has already won the scottish open, as well as t

it was the warmest place in the country with 17.2 celsius in st james's park.dry one. just a little bit fresher, though, and i suspect through the night, some chilly nights will come. a touch of light frost not out of the question. high pressure hanging on in there in eastern areas, but out of the west, these are these fronts pushing in. they will not bring significant rain but will bring a change through northern ireland and western scotland, as we go through the morning, eventually into western fringes of wales in the south—west. ahead of it, though, any early—morning mist will lift away for sunshine. so, by the middle of the afternoon, eastern scotland should cling on to the dry weather, but elsewhere, those weather fronts bringing some showery outbreaks of rain into scotland and into northern ireland. ten or 11 degrees the high. eventually pushing into the west of wales. more cloud, certainly, through the lake district, wales, and down into cornwall. but to the east, we should see highs of 17 degrees inland. maybe if we keep a little bit of coastal cloud co

united, a member of the public ca ptu red united, a member of the public captured a similar scene at st james's, documents seized. the players left stunned, meanwhile, as investigators also paid a visit to the club's training down. in a statement, hmrc said: it said, this criminal investigation sends a clear message that, whoever you are, if you commit tax fraud, you are, if you commit tax fraud, you can expect to face the consequences. what has happened today both the newcastle land at west ham is part of a wider investigation that has seen 180 revenue and customs officials deployed across the uk and france, and this afternoon, chelsea were drawn into the controversy, saying they had been questioned in connection with the raids. 0ne they had been questioned in connection with the raids. one of those arrested is thought to be newcastle united's managing director, the charnley, the right—hand man to the club owner, mike ashley. there are a lot of people in the business of football who believe that non—disclosed payment are endemic in the game. for her majesty's revenue and customs to deploy quit

we know financial records and computers have been seized and also we understand st james' computers haveand stjames' park, home of newcastle united, was also rated this morning. they're managing director lee charlie was elected. now he has been with the club for many years, he has been managing director since 2008 at the news comesjust director since 2008 at the news comes just days after the club were promoted back to the premier league. there are also reports that both training grounds for both clubs have been raided as well for the west ham are saying they are cooperating fully with hmrc, a spokesman for hmrc has confirmed that both are pa rt hmrc has confirmed that both are part ofan hmrc has confirmed that both are part of an investigation involving 180 officers across the uk and france. the french league is interesting, both clubs have done a lot of business with french clubs in the past few years and currently the french authorities are saying no comment. hmrc went on to say that several men have been arrested, working within the profession, for suspected income tax and national i

st james's hospital was the first in the uk to introduce what's called family integrated care.lex medical treatments. and do you know what you're looking for here? yeah, it's got to be within a certain range. but the idea is not new. family integrated care was introduced in the former soviet union in the 19705. then it was a solution to a shortage of nurses. here in leeds, they say it's not. and be honest, were you concerned that it was a cost—cutting measure or that there was an element of that? no. never? no, because i think, initially, it isn't really a cost—cutting measure, because it takes a lot more time to get the parents competent. the problems of having a premature baby are well—known — the bonding process is much harder to establish, breast—feeding rates are much lower. and there is also a financial impact — with car parking, meals and loss of earnings, an average stay in a neonatal unit costs families well over £2000. and then there's the psychological impact — parents of premature babies are twice as likely to suffer from postnatal depression. than those who have he

friend agree that the st james mill link road in northampton would help with traffic flow in the townd unlock development in the enterprise zone? will the next conservative government continue to support me, as the mp, in backing the scheme? prime minister: my honorable friend is absolutely right that we need to have a strong economy if we are to be able to fund that crucial infrastructure. that is why, since 2015, we have increased our annual investment in economic infrastructure by almost 60% to £22 billion per year by 2021, including £2.6 billion for improvements in transport projects. i am happy to see the link road proposal being put forward by his local enterprise partnership which will improve access to business and unlock development in the area. my honorable friend has worked hard to see it happen, and i am sure he will continue to campaign on issues like that which matter so much to his constituents. >> gerald jones. mr. jones recent changes to : housing benefit entitlement for 18 to 21-year-olds will affect 195 young people in merthyr tydfil and rhymney. the government are

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the goals for rafa benitez‘s side as they beat preston 4—1 in front of more than 50,000 fans at st jamesams says ilie nastase's comments about her unborn child are ‘racist‘. romania's fed cup captain has been provisionally suspended by the itf since making remarks about williams and a number of female tennis players. the world number one says the comments ‘disappoint‘ her. former british heptathlete kelly sotherton is likely to be upgraded to an olympic bronze medal for the second time in five months, after the russian athlete who originally won bronze at the 2008 games in beijing tested positive for a steroid. defending champion mark selby will play marco fu in the quarter—finals of the world snooker championship. selby beat xiao guo—dong to reach the last eight. fu overcame neil robertson 13—11 last night. plenty of live snooker across the bbc for you as that continues at the crucible. we will have the weather ina crucible. we will have the weather in a moment but let's have a look at some of the papers for you this morning. the daily express. one of the stories we were looking at this

he's a good dude. [ light laughter ] this next sign was sent in by chris st. james. it's a for sale sign he spotted in someone's yard -- "far wood." [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: oh, yeah. >> jimmy: "far wood." >> steve: "you got a bunch of far wood." >> jimmy: it looks like blake shelton's house. [ laughter ] >> steve: yeah. "far wood." >> jimmy: far wood. [ laughter ] >> steve: "just write it on the damn sign!" >> jimmy: that's so good. [ light laughter ] next sign was sent in by jacob kritino in houston, texas. he spotted it outside a a psychiatrist's office. "gerald bush -- child and adolescent psychiatry and addiction psychiatry. wine tasting." [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: you've got to build a a customer base. >> jimmy: yeah, the circle of life. >> steve: exactly, man. you've got to create your customers. you have to create opportunity. >> jimmy: you won't believe what we've got going with that. >> steve: oh, my god. it's great. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: the guy had a wine tasting. yeah, i love it. >> steve: here's my card. [ light laughter ] >

president bush a bachelor to the court of st. james the honorable bob tuttle and his wife, maria. ambassador. [applause] the extraordinary supporter over the year of the bush family of president bush, mr. brad friedman. [applause] one of our newer but remarkable trustees, mr. ben sutton. [applause] from the reagan family, michael and cameron. [applause] state assembly man. [applause] just a few more. our former congressman and his wife, janice. [applause] all of our elected officials from the county of ventura and the city of simi valley. [applause] president bush's secretary of the treasury. [applause] and lastly retired u.s. army officer, gary and his wife. [applause] i would be remiss if i didn't mention that gary became paralyzed from the waist down when a helicopter crashed while conducting operations in iraq in 2008, but thanks to the generosity of infinity or your foundation he can now walk through the assistance of an exoskeleton. [applause] if you would like to know what an exoskeleton is, gary will be at the reagan library tomorrow night for an event to share his story.

we also know that newcastle united, the home of them,p st james' park was also newcastle united, thealso raided and their managing director was arrested, lee chanley. he has been with the club for several years and has been managing director since 2008. this is a terrible time for them, just days after they have been promoted back to the premier league. we now know that hrmc officers visited chelsea' office this morning. they were not raided and they are not under investigation but they are not under investigation but the club's spokesman told the bbc "in connection with its wider investigation, hrmc has requested certain information that the club will provide." all west ham are saying at the moment is they will be cooperating fully. as you said hrmc confirmed it was part of a wider investigation involving 180 officers here and in france. and both clubs, newcastle and west ham have done deals in the past few years with french clubs. currently the french authorities are saying "no commented" but we hope to hear a little more later this afternoon. natalie has all of this come out of th

time when chris wood snatched an equaliser. 1—1 it finished in front of more than 52 thousand at st jamess and, dan, the brighton story will give hope to coventry city who've gone the other way in the last decade. we have a packed programme. craig shakespeare is on. he will be talking about lester's revival since the departure of claudio ranieri. also the prickly relationship between himself and claudio ranieri. also, they are still in the hunts in the premier league. we have an interview with fernando torres, he's talking about his time at liverpool. that other little look.|j talking about his time at liverpool. that other little look. i played probably the best football of my career there. my son was born there. liverpool for me is part of my life, pa rt of liverpool for me is part of my life, part of my career, part of my heart. cani part of my career, part of my heart. can i ask you about your partnership with steven gerrard. i was a big fan of stevie before i went to liverpool. by far the best player i have played with. i will pay to play with him again. by far, the best player he ha

time when chris wood snatched an equaliser. 1—1 it finished in front of more than 52 thousand at st jamesea, not playing until tomorrow, tottenham have the opportunity, to narrow the gap at the top to four points. they host mid table bournemouth. with manager mauricio pochettino not letting his players think about the title race. i think it is important to save energy and to be ready on saturday to give our best and to win. what happens in different games, it can provide the opportunity to reduce the gap, but we must do ourjob first. there are six other games in the premier league today. crystal palace host leicester with burnley off to everton. stoke face hull, and sunderland, ten points from safety at the bottom of the table, take on west ham. watford play swansea and the tea—time match is between southampton and manchester city. there was one game in the scottish premiership last night. it finished goalless between kilmarnock and hearts. fifth placed hearts marginally had more of the game at rugby park, although kris boyd failed to make the most of this chance to win the match for kill

fiona trott is at st james' park — home to newcastle united football club.atest details on this. it is a fast moving story. that's right. this is where hmrc officials came this morning. they were seen behind the milburn stand behind me. as we know 110w milburn stand behind me. as we know now the managing director since 2014, lee charnley was arrested. he is being questioned by hmrc officials this afternoon. while that raid was happening here, there was another search at a house about eight miles away. we understand that home belongs to a football club executive. no official statement from the club today about the search at that home, about the arrest this afternoon. fans in the city, real mixed emotions from them today, of course, they saw their beloved club promoted back to the premier league just two days ago, but there are massive investigation, 180 officers, 50 raided west ham's ground earlier this morning. this afternoon, we're learning that chelsea is also part of this investigation. they're helping hmrc with their inquiries the no arrests have been ma

fiona trott is at st james' park, home to newcastle united football club.? well, this is where hmrc officers came this morning. they arrived behind the milburn stand, the managing director since 2014, lee charnley was arrested. he is being questioned by hmrc officers this afternoon. while the search was going on here, another search was happening at a house about eight miles from here. we understand that that was a home of a football executive. we're hearing reports that the club's training ground was also searched. no official statement from the club today though about the search here at the house or at the training ground. fans here in the city, of course, very mixed emotions from them. they saw their club promoted back to the premier league just two days ago. we don't know the specific nature of this investigation today, but of course, remember back in january, investigation today, but of course, remember back injanuary, concerns at the parliamentary committee talking about the tax arrangements within the football industry. we learned then that 43 player

we also know that st james' park, home to newcastle united, was raided and in the minds high—profilerested. he has been at the club for several years. this comes just days after newcastle were promoted back to the premier league. the training grounds of both clubs were also raided. and we now know officers from hmrc visited chelsea this morning. they are not under investigation, they were not raided, a spokesman told the bbc a connection to the wider investigation, hmrc requested certain information which the club will provide. thank you very much. this is bbc news at five — the headlines. the last prime ministers questions before polling day, jeremy corbyn and theresa may traded blows about the nhs and security and the quality of leadership. tax officials have raided west ham and newcastle united football clubs as part of an investigation into suspected fraud. surrey police have strongly criticised, been criticised for returning a collection of shotguns to this man who went on to give his partner and her daughter. and its board is at the end ofjoy barton and his football career, the

time when chris wood snatched an equaliser. 1—1 it finished in front of more than 52 thousand at st james the opportunity, to narrow the gap at the top, to four points. they host mid table bournemouth. with manager, mauricio pochettino, not letting his players think about the title race. i think it's important to try to be ready saturday. try to give our best and try to win and then, and then happened what happened in different games. it is true that can provide us games. it is true that can provide us the opportunity to close the gap. there are six other games in the premier league today, crystal palace host leicester with burnley off to everton. stoke face hull, and sunderland , ten points from safety at the bottom of the table, take on west ham. watford play swansea and the tea—time match is between southampton and manchester city. there was one game in the scottish premiership last night. it finished goalless between kilmarnock and hearts. fifth placed hearts marginally had more of the game at rugby park , although kris boyd failed to make the most of this chance to win the match for

st. louis fed president james bullard in about five minutes.et's now get first word news with rosalind chin. rosalind: the chairman of the chinese insurance regulator is under investigation for severe violations of discipline. there are few details. chairman ofer agricultural bank to head up the insurance regulator in 2011. the phrase violations of discipline is generally accepted to be corruption. the u.s. has denied plans for regime change in north korea as it sends an aircraft carrier to the divided peninsula. to ships had been scheduled sail from singapore to australia, but had been diverted north. will safeguardp u.s. interests in the area. russia is strengthening its presence in the eastern mediterranean following america's missile strike in syria. heading pass through for the syrian coast. it is part of russia's black sea fleet and is equipped with cruise missiles. the u.s. ships are heading west out of the area. the leaders of the world's two biggest economies say their talks were a great success and have built an outstanding relationsh

inevitably, these events to create further uncertainty around st james' park.stoms. i will read part of that. it says hmrc has arrested several men working within the professional football industry for a suspected income tax and national insurance fraud. it goes on to say that this criminal investigation sends a clear message that whoever you are, if you commit tax fraud, you can expect to face the consequences. there has been no further comment because clearly this investigation still is ata clearly this investigation still is at a very early stage. but we do know that officers from revenue and customs have searched the premises of west ham united and newcastle united this morning. peter, thank you for that. peter harris in newcastle. surrey police have been strongly criticised for returning a collection of shotguns to a man who went on to kill his partner and her daughter. christine and lucy lee were shot by 82—year—old john lowe in 2014. a report by the independent police complaints commission has highlighted serious failings by the force as our corresponden

the goals for rafa benitez‘s side last night as they beat preston in front of more than 50,000 at st james'se racist. there are many and federation cup captain has been provisionally suspended by the tennis association since making verbally abusive remarks about serena williams and verbally abusing johanna konta tear at the weekend. serena says the comments disappoint her. marco fu beat australia's neil robertson 13—11 to reach the last eight where he will play defending champion mark selby. ronnie 0'sullivan starts his quarterfinal against ding junhui shortly, and liam stewart, the son of sir rod stewart, scored for great britain last night as the hockey team won 5-1 last night as the hockey team won 5—1 against estonia in the world championship group match. the first packis championship group match. the first pack is the deepest and all that! thank you! the american state of arkansas has executed two prisoners on death row after the supreme court rejected their last—minute appeals. it is the first double execution on the same day in the us for seventeen years. the convicted men, jackjones

to that end, does my right honourable friend agree that the st james does my right honourable friendby 2021, including £2.6 billion for improvements in transport projects. i am happy to see the link road proposal being put forward by his local lep, which i think will improve access to business and unlock development in the area. my honourable friend has worked hard to see this happen and i am sure he will continue to campaign on issues like that which matter so much to his constituents. recent changes to housing benefit entitlement for 18—21 olds will affect 195 young people in merthyr tydfil. the government is constantly challenging people to leave benefits for the world of work, but we are concerned these changes will be a major barrier to learning and training for youngsters who do not have a safe and secure environment at home. does the prime minister agree we should do everything we can to help young people in thejob market, including offering financial support for housing? and will she pledged to strengthen the guidelines so no more young people risk falling through the net and

st. louis fed president james bullard says it will not stop the bank from producing a balance sheet thison is higher than anybody thinks it is going to be. if you want to create some policy space for the future and have the option of doing quantitative easing, you should get the balance sheet down to a reasonable size today. you have to do is allow the reinvestment policy to end. then you can gradually run off some of the size over town. is lumpy, itit does look kind of lumpy but we in such a wayhat that it declines at a given rate. i do not think this is a matter of doing something to cause volatility. i think it will be taken in stride. if we can get to a lower number than 4.5 trillion -- yousef: what is a reasonable sizing? guest: that is a good question. about the crisis, it was 800 billion with some reserves could if i have my number is is at 1.7 trillion now. some reserves to, you could get to a size of 2 trillion. now is trillion we have way above anything like something in the 2 trillion range. we should make some progress toward that eventual goal. the committee has not decided

st. louis fed president james bullard on daybreak asia.-hot property market. it is for real this time. we will look at the potential pitfalls for investors next. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets: asia." i am david ingles in hong kong. hong kong's central bank says it is concerned about the risks around mortgages issued by the city property developer. tomay take additional steps manage exposure to the property sector. aboutest is here to talk the story. we have to get started with do they have a reason to be worried over the property sector? >> there has been a surge in developer-led financing for home purchases. if a buyer is buying a new apartment from a developer, many developers are buyers with attractive mortgage offers and tax rebates. are,of these mortgages they offer high loan-to-value ratios, which means these are aggressive mortgages, and that thathe hkma concerned these might be risks over and above what the system might be able to tolerate. david: when you look at where we , you doe from understand why it y

st. louis fed, james bullard, is cautious and told bloomberg that looking at the data, he actually sees no >> i would say the u.s. economy is in a slow growth mode as it has been for the last two years. in 2015, the economy grew under 2%. .n 2016, the economy grew 2.1% first quarter tracking estimates are now down below 1% at an annual rate for first-quarter gdp. this does not sound like a booming economy to me, so it is a 25 you want to make basis point move, but we don't think at the st. louis fed that you have to have a 200 basis point adjustment in interest rates in this kind of environment. the unemployment rate has come down, but it was 5% in september 2015. 4.7 percent. it hasn't really changed in the last 18 months, and the inflation number of this morning, and as expected, inflation has come up, some energy prices on the headline, at somethingok sensible like the dallas fed trim mean pcm inflation rate, that is 1.9%, maybe it will pick up a little bit based on this report this morning, but it is exactly what the committee was expecting, slow, gradual rise in net of energy prices,

st. louis where he often performed. kiss singer jamestionally about the profound e effect his music had on his life. >> barriers nobody suspected. he changed more little white boys and white girls lives than all the politicians with their big talk and stuff just by making them move like this. when the beelts came and the stones came and jimmy hendriks came and everybody started to talk, look how cute they are. stuff like that. look at that music. what are you doing. they would all turn arnold humbly and point to the king, chuck berry. without him. they wouldn't be there. >> chuck berry. there will never be another like him. one more story that might make you smile this morning. clint spent time with predecessor this weekend. didn't go empty handed. tweeted this photo. great to spend time with george h. wmplt buw. bush. we caught up. president bush looking good there after that bout of pneumonia back in january. >> i love their relationship. >> it's actually emerged to be one of the best in terms of former presidents. >> all right. still

st. louis fed president, james bullard, spoke to bloomberg about this issue. james: one of the issues i have felt is important about the balance sheet is that it is putting downward pressure on the of theand longer end yield curve, while the increases in the policy rate are putting upward pressure on the short end of the yield curve. it is a kind of a twist operation, and i am not quite sure that there is any theory that says that is the right thing to be doing in this situation. ist you would like to do allow the entire yield curve to adjust to the rate increases in a more natural way. and i think one way to do that begin allowing some of the balance sheet to run off. francine: i am very pleased to bring in the ceo and co-cio at an investment manager. still with us is the head of g10 fx strategy at merrill lynch international. welcome to the program. thank you for coming in. we do not want to talk about football. you had a great score on saturday, so congratulations on that. talk about treasuries and what the fed can and cannot do. in terms of macro environme

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james to talk to our course. we had a special course organized by sts in 1969. we had a lecture. we scare the wits out of the university of michigan. james came. he spoke in 1969 about the detroit riots. sense the organization on a local level that had continued the rebellion somehow. we already got this. he was extremely excited about it. it wasn't wonderful lecture. watching james was an astounding experience. it was a wonderful thing. do you know anything about that? you know what his position on all of this was? anarchist so he believed these things existed. but he seemed to know that they actually did. i was wondering what that was about. first of all, i don't know. i will be imagining what james was just reporting on in terms of his connection with the local level in detroit. yes, but talking about drum, the league. it could be considered an elephant in the room in a sense. >> a huge elephant. >> we have all been talking about general baker. book is think heather's so important for many reasons. i think it is. of a fair is a period imitation and everything was a work in prog

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st. he never could have risen to the heights he did. this city in particular created opportunities for talented people to rise. and james wilson does. americasee that only in are people who are low born but have talent able to -- ben franklin sees this, too. when ben franklin goes to england, he is disrespected because he is low born. in the english system, if you are born in a certain strata, it is assumed that is your lot in life. you are not allowed to show your talent. , the reale actual main springs that drive many of the great men of the american, including washington, jefferson, franklin,ilton and all of those definitely, is the sense that in this british system, they are limited in what they could accomplish. levelould be a low functionary. and washington wants to be more than that. too.dams and hamilton, nowhere are there more opportunities than in the great city of new york. it is cosmopolitan in a way that even boston is not. philadelphia is kind of quaker. this is where people from all the world come together. there is the exchange of goods and ideas and you can make it here. a new york city story in a very dramatic way.

james reynolds. no—one wants to miss a single second of the big moment. these people are running, not for a vote, but for a football match. on the eve of the election, paris sta final test of the capital's security before the polls opened. these supporters, french voters, have made it through months of campaigning. translation: the campaign was very long, and it was contaminated by all that's happened. translation: for us, the people down there, we will never have anything. so, no matter who's the president, it doesn't matter, it will always be the same for us. translation: the campaign's been necessary. we listened to each party's programme. now it's time to choose. to the relief of everyone here, the speeches are over, the arguments have been made, and for this entire country, it is now decision time. for these protesters in paris, security comes before all else. the afternoon before the vote, the wives of police officers called for more support for the security forces. their march follows the killing of a police officer on the champs—elysees on thursday. fear of further attacks means that these, france's polling stations, will be well guarded. 50,000 poli