david: watson is named after -- ginni: our founder, thomas watson. david: ok. watson got some attention because of "jeopardy." ginni: it is funny how many people still remember that. him people still remember that. in fact, that was -- i really give us credit, if i might, for having, sort of, relit the world of ai. you asked what i did early in my career -- i was an ai specialist him career -- i was an ai specialist him at one time. so that would be a couple of decades ago. so it isn't like ai itself is brand-new. there are a number of things that make it different at this him him that make it different at this point in time. and what we did back then -- it was 2011 with "jeopardy" -- we had been working on ai for a good five years before. and this gets back to this idea of if you are always moving to where you think there is value in tech, we believe there would be value in this data, and that you had to be prepared for this him you had to be prepared for this and him and world to do it cost-effectively, and more important, you would have to have technology th

david: watson is named after -- ginni: our founder, thomas watson. david: watson got some attention because of "jeopardy." ginni: it is funny how many people still remember that. in fact, that was -- i really give us credit, if i might, for having, sort of, relit the world of ai. you asked what i did early in my career -- i was an ai specialist at one time. so that would be a couple of decades ago. so it isn't like ai itself is brand-new. there are a number of things that make it different at this point in time. and what we did back then -- it was 2011 with "jeopardy" -- we had been working on ai for a good five years before. and this gets back to this idea if you are always moving to where you think there is value in tech, we believe there would be value in this data, and that you had to be prepared for this world to do it cost-effectively, and more important, you would have to have technology that did not get programmed. and that is the difference with what our -- that is what watson and ai is. meaning what watson does -- you do not say, what watso

jack flaherty, robert tipp, and marilyn watson. from new york, that is it for us, we will see you next week. this was "real yield" and this is bloomberg tv. ♪ scarlet: i'm scarlet fu. this is bloomberg "etf iq." ♪ scarlet: with interest rates creeping higher, the flow of money into high-yield debt has taken a detour. we take a look at interest rate hedged itf's. state street is losing ground to blackrock when it comes to new cash. jim ross with how they plan to get back on track. what is in a name? and we drill down into a new etf

we are excited to welcome robert watson. [applause] mr. watson: can everyone hear me ok? are you enjoying the museum? it is extraordinary. even though it just opened in late april, this is my fourth visit from florida. i really like this museum. you are blessed in this community to have a visionary and extraordinary leader. this museum is unlike most museums. this museum tells the revolution from multiple perspectives. that of the first americans. that of slaves, the british, children, women. this is very unusual for a traditional museum and i am kind of a museum rat in that i'm always at museums. there is a marvelous speaker series coming up this winter. you want to check those dates on your way out. you don't want to miss them. my students for almost three decades in the classroom --i always start off by telling my students there is more we do not know about history than we do know. we are going to play protected -- detective this semester. all the witnesses have been dead for centuries. this is a real challenge. but uncovering these hidden tidbits of history is somethi

david: watson is named after -- ginni: our founder, thomas watson. david: ok. watson got some attention because of "jeopardy." ginni: it is funny how many people still remember that. in fact, that was -- i really give us credit, if i might, for having, sort of, relit the world of ai. you asked what i did early in my career -- i was an ai specialist at one time. so that would be a couple of decades ago. so it isn't like ai itself is brand-new. there are a number of things that make it different at this point in time. and what we did back then -- it was 2011 with "jeopardy" -- we had been working on ai for a good five years before. and this gets back to this idea of if you are always moving to where you think there is value in tech, we believe there would be value in this data, and that you had to be prepared for this world to do it cost-effectively, and more important, you would have to have technology that did not get programmed. and that is the difference with what our -- that is what watson and ai is. meaning what watson does -- you do not say, "if this, do t

that's what watson and a.i. is. meaning what watson does, you don't say if this, do that. every device you have has been programmed, if this, do that. somebody had to tell it what to do. your smartphone, you name it. watson, takes data of all kinds, understands, reasons, and learns over that data. that will help you make better decisions. this is an interesting stat i think we're sharing. in the world, we think there is a market of $2 trillion for making better business decisions. some of it is rooted in the plain, fundamental fact that when you and i make decisions, you may be better at this, david. david: not likely. ms. rometty: a third are right, a third are not optimal, and third are wrong. it transcends everything. david: let's talk about the life of a c.e.o. of a large company. how much time are you on the road traveling now? ms. rometty: probably 50%. david: and customers are mostly interested in what when you meet with them, you're trying to tell them why ibm is better than someone else? ms. rometty: no -- of course, always, in some way, but i -- i think many clie

robert tipp, marilyn watson, and jack flaherty. this is small widening we have seen, almost across the board -- jack -- robert: there is a lot to work through in terms of the impact of the changes in the tax law. jonathan: what have we learned so far on the tax bill? you able to establish a view on high-yield at this point? jack: the very lowest run of high-yield -- rung of high-yield can be hurt. jonathan: doesn't it mean restoration on the overall index on the it mean less overall index? >> they are bringing money back. that is good. jonathan: looking back at the last 25 minutes, we are trying forward what is established by viewers on the individual markets. inhave the 2% on a 10-year september. up 20 basis points in the space of a couple of weeks. is it a buy? >> a by. >> coming. >> coming. jonathan: german bunds are anchored. bunds buy ten-year german or european cocos? spread.stay with the cocos. marilyn: cocos. week, divisions from the european central bank and the banks of japan, the ecb has led to conversations in japan abo

we are excited to welcome robert watson. watson: can everyone hear me ok? enjoying the museum? it is extraordinary. even though the just opened in this is my fourth visit from florida. i really like this museum. you are blessed in this community to have a visionary and extraordinary leader. this museum is unlike most museums. this tells the revolution from multiple perspectives. that of the first americans. slaves, the british, children, women. this is very unusual for a traditional museum and i am kind of a museum rat and that i'm always that museums. -- at museums. there is a marvelous speaker series coming up this winter. you want to check those dates on your way out. my students for almost three decades in the classroom --i always start off by telling my students there is more we do not know about history and what we do know. we are going to play protected this semester. --play detective this semester. all the witnesses have been dead for centuries. this is a real challenge. but uncovering these hidden tidbits of history is something i quite passionate about. even though we

in new york with me, robert tipp and marilynrty, watson with blackrock. what does it say that the most popular issue in europe this week was the first issue of cocos? jack: people still believe that risk on is a thing. i think that is really what it comes down to. people believe in growth. you are seeing growth throughout the world. jonathan: even with the conversation, robert, you think the ecb will pull back? you still have this tremendous resilience and credit even though the ecb are buying corporate debt, as well. robert: they are. but there is a real thirst for yield. as i was saying, the demand is strong in europe. the ecb has been crowding out, but they have been winding down the amount they are buying. some of the things that would indicate that they were supporting the market, where sovereign bonds were trading relative to cbs, for example, those relationships have indicated the market isn't leading that much on the qe buying at this point. there may be surprising resilience in the markets as we go forward. jonathan: marilyn, they don't buy finan

host: words of jack watson in the book. crucially important position said jack watson. it affects everything. it affects president's relationship with the congress and it affects the integrity infectness of the decision-making process. it affects the way presidential decisions are explained. do i believe the presidency requires that kind of chief of staff in order for president to be successful. i do. moving on to gary now in fletcher, north carolina. hello gary. caller: i want to remained people. mr. whipple is very bright person. there are lot of bright people out there that have access to the media and portrayed thoughts to america. we're not brightest people. we don't go to school to learn how to filter out things. what we do, we watch news programs for a little while and we take the opinions of somebody else. we use them as our own. we don't really do our own thinking anymore. whoever is the most bube rant and tell us things we want to hear. we follow. we want to go with people who agree with us. we don't have humble ourselves to look at other side of things. our l

host: the words of jack watson in the book, the epilogue. it is crucially important, says jack watson who is carter's final chief. it affects everything. the president's relationship with congress and cap and it. way presidential decisions are explained and implement it. do i believe the modern presidency requires that kind of chief of? i emphatically do. moving on to gary in fletcher, north carolina. caller: i just want to remind people. whipple? he is a very bright person. there are a light of bright people out there who have access to media. are not the, we brightest people. we do not go to school to learn how to filter out things. what we do is we watch news programs for a while and take the opinions of someone out and use them as our own. we don't do our own thinking anymore. whoever is the most exuberant and it tells us what we want to hear, is who we follow. we go with people who agree with us. we do not ever humble ourselves to look at the other side of things. our leaders are what is on the news. whoever the broadcasters are end up

watson is what most of people think. we one jeopardy with -- we won jeopardy with watson. but which apply ai to business, it's the business platform. watson, you and i talked by the for healthcare. that's where we started. we will have treated over 100,000 patients. india, china. if you think about it. india, one oncologist for 14, 16 people. they never had a chance to have that care. the elevators here. the interest nest things, predict when is this going to go bad. financial services. you interviewed many of our financial services colleagues. a lot we can do. jpmorgan chase. all the financial services solutions. customer service. all using those technologies. you will see it like a silver thread i believe through every process in your company. maria: what are the downside risks. people worried that machines are going to take over their jobs? >> i think this an important inflection point in time for companies and for the tech industry and society at large. it is our job to steward in these new technologies and guide them safely into the world which will get to your point.

we have robert tipp, marilyn watson, and jack flaherty. something we have not talked about much is credit. robert, you mentioned to me, the small might in the -- widening we have seen almost across the board in the united states, is there a signal there at all? robert: i don't think so, i think the markets are digesting the budget battle, supply and earnings. there is a lot to work through in terms of the impact with the changes in the tax law. jonathan: broad strokes are difficult to do, but looking at what we have done so far on a tax bill, and what it means for companies, are you able to establish a view on what it means for investment grade and high-yield? jack: the peace it really affects is the lowest wrong -- r ung of high-yield. the very lowest have rallied the most good jonathan: could it mean restoration? given that the tech is bringing us cash back and it might not be issuing as much? jack: i think on the margin that is a good point. they are bringing money back, and that is a good thing. jonathan: you're sticking with me, we wi

thanks to brian watson for that. others feel it isn'tjust president trump who is getting too much airtime on the bbc but the country he bleeds and anything happens there. one example came on wednesday when news came of the destruction caused by mudslides in southern california, at least 17 people died and more than 100 homes were swept away after heavy rainfall hit an area of santa barbara country. but after that led to the night's news at six simon willsmore wanted: backin back in the uk the parole board decided at the end of last week that john warboys was thought to have carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults on women in london would be released after competing before completing his minimum term of eight years. mark easton reported on the case last friday. the london cabbie who drugged and raped or sexually assaulted numerous women in the back of his taxi is to be released after nine years, a parole board decision that has prompted fury and questions. not least were victims ignored? sarah silber and h

heather watson couldn't join konta in the second round. she lost in straight sets to yulia putintseva. it was close throughout, but watson couldn't hold on in the second set after being a break up, losing it in the end on a tiebreak. defending champion roger federer had a fairly straightforward passage into the second round. he beat the former british player alljaz bedene in straight sets. after winning two grand slams last season, federer said he didn't think he'd be able to match that feat this season as he's another year older, rafael nadal is in good shape and there are other players on their way back. one of those is the six—time champion novak djokovic, who came through with ease in his first action since wimbledon, beating donald young in straight sets. djokovic is seeded 14th after missing the second half of 2017 with an elbow injury and after the match responded to reports that he had suggested to his fellow players in a pre—tournament meeting that they could boycott next yea r‘s australian open to try to increase prize mone

we have robert tipp, marilyn watson, and jack flaherty. something we have not talked about much is credit. robert, you mentioned to me, the small widening we have seen almost across the board in the united states, is there a signal there at all? robert: i don't think so, i think the markets are digesting the fact of the budget battle, supply and earnings. there is a lot to work through in terms of the impact with the changes in the tax law. jonathan: broad strokes are difficult to do, but looking at what we have learned so far on a tax bill, and what it means for companies, are you able to establish a view on what it means for investment grade and high-yield? jack: the peace it really affects is the lowest rung of high-yield. that can be hurt. the very lowest have rallied the lowest rung of high-yield is the most. jonathan: could it mean restoration? given that the tech is bringing us cash back and it might not be issuing as much? jack: i think on the margin that is a good point. they are bringing money back, and that is a good thing. jona

you know, and do things to help people and good things just come your way. >> watson says she is looking forward to spending christmas with her children and settling in to her new home. >>> stay with us, when bay area people returns, the story a young mother who thought everything was going well until she started experiencing mysterious pain in her side. how that pain lead her down a rough road and how the chronical season sharing of fund and her faith kept her on the right fast. >> i seen the envelope from season of sharing >>> welcome back to bay area people. sometimes it just takes one thing to throw us off track. we feel like everything is planned out and we are in good shape and then the unexpected happens. you see that when people get injured or get sick. that is exactly what happened to a young single working mother from the east bay. it was an experience that had her turning to her faith and the chronical season of sharing fund. >> as melody nichols decorate for christmas they know there is a lot to be thankful for. it's been a rough road. >> i would have to say that this was a h

we have robert tipp, marilyn watson, and jack flaherty. something we have not talked about much is credit. robert, you mentioned to me, the small widening we have seen coming off post-crisis tights almost across the board in the united states, is there a signal there at all? robert: i don't think so, i think the markets are digesting the fact of the budget battle, therir supply and earnings. there is a lot to work through in terms of the impact with the changes in the tax law. jonathan: broad strokes are difficult to do, but looking at what we have learned so far on a tax bill, and what it means for individual companies, are you able to establish a view on what it means for investment grade and high-yield? jack: the piece it really affects is the lowest rung of high-yield. that can be hurt. the very lowest rung of high-yield is the most. jonathan: could it mean restoration? given that the tech is bringing us cash back and it might not be issuing as much? jack: i think on the margin that is a good point. they are bringing money back, and th

h&r block is backed by watson. watson's helping them, helping them prepare your taxes. >> let's say i want to be a seller of ibm. i listened to martin tell a good story, you're in a good position, who knows, the ceo had your job now, the one you had. so we're looking at martin moving up, and we say wait a second that guy's talking about free cash flow, i don't understand any of that. what does it mean that your cash flow is much more valuable it than we thought. >> $13 billion is a lot of juice, right. >> $13 billion is a lot of money that we can put to work. we have to buy companies 75% of that went back to our shareholders so that goes back if two forms, dividend, and by the way, we've raised the dividend over the last five years, almost doubling it so doubling your dividend where we have more room to grow and keep reducing the share count, so you own a bigger and bigger piece. our shareholders know our financial model's built around the idea that you are going to get money back along the way >> i started the int

the reason it is such a good book is that robert watson is an unusual historian and scholar. he acts on his conviction that understanding the past is important in civic engagement and in political leadership and decision-making. i will first cover some of his scholarly interest. he has written, edited, and published nearly 40 books on a stunning array of topics, from modern history, such as president truman's foreign policy in the middle east, to the war of 1812. he has even written a historical novel with his son. he has taken a particular interest in political leadership and he has convened a number of conferences on the american presidency. he founded the "quarterly journal on white house studies and has founded not one, but two series on american presidents. reflecting his deep insight into presidential politics, he is -- he has also written a book tracing the unofficial history of the office of first lady. robert also engages in politics . he is a regular political commentator for media, ranging from cnn to fox news and everything in between. he has written an op-ed colu

heather watson starts against the world number 50, a player ranked slightly higher than she is. cameron norrie was defeated earlier today. it willjust be kyle edmund for great britain. it is tough against kevin anderson. they ultimately lost in five sets, but the advantage is if he is one of these people who believes that the glass is half full rather than half empty, he could beat anderson in the opening round that he is playing well, it assuming his ankle scare from last week's events in brisbane is not a major concern. he could find himself in reasonably favourable sections of the draw afterwards. also coming up in the programme... slam dunks and celtics — the bright lights of the nba hits london again this evening, we'll be live at the o2. and... find out how wounded veterans are taking on the best in british motorsport. bruce tasker, the british bobsleigher, will miss next month's winter olympics in pyeongchang, after suffering a minor stroke last week. the 30—year—old welshman, was due to be part of team gb, in the four—man crew. he helped the team to finish fifth

our south america correspondent katy watson reports from brazil. katy: jose points out his old house. for more than 20 years, he lived here. but thanks to a housing program created when lula was president , he moved into a brand-new block of flats next door. he is grateful, but pragmatic. >> his government was good when it comes to housing, because lots of people had no means to live well, and now they live in their own house. but in general, politicians are pretty dirty. i will not judge whether he is innocent or not, but if he has not done anything wrong, he will prove it. katy: on the other side of sÃo paulo, tome is angry. he owns a construction company. he is ashamed of the corruption scandals that have engulfed politicians and business people in recent years and feels look is the biggest symbol of all that has gone wrong. >> brazilians are fed up with the political class. we can't put up with any more. they are all rich millionaires and billionaires. lula started his career as a trade unionist, man of the people fighting corruption. he manag

so as you'll recall, watson, which is ibm's a.i. play, has been a central thrust for the company for the last three or four years more recently, over the last 18 months, ibm has been making significant investments in blockchain both are in investment mode. we don't know, ibm doesn't report, but even watson, which is probably a few hundred million in revenues today, it's unclear that's making money. and blockchain revenues certainly are likely to be in the tens of millions of dollars and be an investment for ibm these are both future initiatives. ibm has done a good job in making investments technically, making investments in terms of marketing and raising awareness, but they're a long ways,efe of them are a long ways of being away from thesis changers for an $88 billion company. >> why do you equate blockchain along the lines with watson and a.i. i'm just curious because it seems like the ability to implement blockchain and capture efficiencies in very inefficient markets is right there for the taking the recent jb with maersk shows

you know, and do things to help people and good things just come your way. >> watson says she is looking forward to spending christmas with her children and settling in to her new home. >>> stay with us, when bay area people returns, the story a young mother who thought everything was going well until she started experiencing mysterious pain in her side. how that pain lead her down a rough road and how the chronical season sharing of fund and her faith kept her on the right fast. >> i seen the envelope from season of sharing >>> welcome back to bay area people. sometimes it just takes one thing to throw us off track. we feel like everything is planned out and we are in good shape and then the unexpected happens. you see that when people get injured or get sick. that is exactly what happened to a young single working mother from the east bay. it was an experience that had her turning to her faith and the chronical season of sharing fund. >> as melody nichols decorate for christmas they know there is a lot to be thankful for. it's been a rough road. >> i would have to say that this was a h

katy watson, bbc news, venezuela. jane: the creators of "wallace & run" arend "chicken set to bring a new set of characters to the big screen. "early man" introduces lovable cavemen, and one of the voices is oscar-winner eddie redmayne. nick park has spent five years creating his prehistoric comedy adventure. will gompertz has gotten a rare behind the scenes tour. >> the initial idea was, what if cavemen invented football, and i have not seen a prehistoric underdog sports movie before. >> hop on, everyone, let's show them what we've got. >> this is one of my first sketches. i love sketching all the time. that is where the characters tend to come from. reporter: are you doing every sketch in terms of pleistocene. >> i do. i think in 3-d all the time. i'm always drawing, as if they have dimension, and thinking of how they all interpret and how they translate into models. >> what strange magic is this ? >> we try and prepare for every shot before the animator starts. we do live-action videos. nick will act out almost the

watson will next face world number 55 donna vekic from croatia. amir khan says he's targetting winning a world title, after signing a deal to fight for eddie hearn's matchroom promotion company. the former world champion will make a return to the ring after nearly two years out when he fights in liverpool, on 21 april. his opponent is yet to be announced. khan has linked up with promoter eddie hearn on a three—fight deal. hearn says he's aiming for a british mega—fight with kell brook at the end of the year. the former liverpool goalkeeper tommy lawrence has died at the age of 77. the scotsman was bill shankly‘s first—choice keeper during the 1960s. he twice won the league with the club and the fa cup once, during that time. he made 390 appearances for liverpool, before making the switch to tranmere rovers in 1971, where he stayed for three years. he was also capped for scotland three times. tommy lawrence, former liverpool goalkeeper, who has died at the age of 77. that's all the sport for now. we will shortly be going to westminster to j

kitty watson, bbc news, brazil. —— katy. tens of thousands of people in the philippines have been forced to flee their homes as the country's most active volcano continues to fire huge plumes of ash and lava into the air. the army has been drafted in to help clear the danger area around the mayon volcano, with experts warning that a hazardous eruption could happen at any time. andrew plant has the latest. timelapse footage of indonesia's most active volcano. its latest eruption shooting molten rock climb into the air. its ash cloud billowing across the landscape, just a taste, scientists believe, of what is to come. an eruption is now rather imminent in the next few hours or days and it also means the danger zone around the volcano has been increased from 6km to 8km. over the past few days, more than 50,000 people have evacuated, with soldiers drafted in and trucks ferrying villagers to 46 camps outside the danger zone. but some have risked returning, despite the increasing activity. translation: my house is about 2km inside

katie watson, bbc news in venezuela. stay with us on the briefing. also on the programme: south africa's songs of freedom. we meet the black musician who's adapted afrikaans, the language of apartheid. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. good grief! after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer, paul simon, starts his tour of south africa tomorrow, in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil as france recognises it faces an ecological crisis. three weeks ago, the authorities confidently assured these areas that oil from the broken tanker erika would head out to sea. it didn't. the world's tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai has easily overtake

now it's time for sportsday withjohn watson. hello and welcome to sportsday — with mejohn watson. coming up. injuries, england and the premier league — we discuss all with burnley goalkeeper tom heaton. is with us in the studio tonight. also ahead. kyle edmund looks to break new boundaries as his run at the australian open continues. and a touch of magic from chris woakes puts england in control down under. also coming up... the sting in the tail that had shaun murphy running for cover at the masters snooker. liverpool inflicted manchester city's first league defeat of the season last weekend. the latter though will attempt to resume their seemingly relentless march to the title against newcastle tomorrow. while second placed manchester united, heavily linked with the arsenal forward alexis sanchez this week, face burnley. and their goalkeeper, tom heaton is with us tonight. tom great to have you with us. he suffered a nasty dislocated shoulder playing for burnley in september. when is it you are likely to return to action? i'm hoping 6-8 weeks. it's been quite a journey so far,

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. -- watson fue capturado sin incidentes, ayer en la calle tercera en san francisco y fue trasladado a la carcel del condado. -- robaron ayer una agencia del banco de america en el vecindario "outer richmond" de san francisco. -- el robo se registr en el local de la calle balboa donde el ladron ingres amenazando con un arma a los cajeros. -- se desconoce cunto dinero se llev el sujeto que solo fue descrito como un hombre de aproximadamente 40 aÑos. -- nadie result herido en este incidente. -- "dexter oliver" de 27 aÑos de edad fue sentenciado a 27 aÑos en prision por arrojar gasolina al cuerpo y rostro de su novia y prenderle fuego. -- segun documentos de la corte de san francisco, oliver planific el ataque en venganza contra "staar lamare" quien haba decidido terminar la relacion. -- "lamare" sufri quemaduras de tercer grado en la cabeza, las manos y parte del cuerpo. -- la policia de pleasanton busca a un sujeto que atropell con su vehiculo a un oficial que intentaba interrogarlo. -- el hombre era sospechoso de haber robado en una casa de la calle montevino. -- cuando el agente

britain's heather watson had her moments in the first round, that's her winning the point at the net here. commentator: good anticipation on that backhand volley. but watson lost the first set 7—5 and the second on a tie—break, her opponent yulia putintseva celebrating as if she had just found a free box of blueberries. commentator: there it is. that is what it means. joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell.

police say this is watson in the surveillance video... stopping in front of a car parked on eddy street... and opening fire. it happened christmas morning in the tenderloin... near mason street. he's been booked on multiple felony charges. no one was injured in the shooting. (grant) a man is taken into custody today after an hours long standoff in san francisco. it started last night when a man barricaded himself inside a home in the area of moraga street and 29th avenue... in the city's sunset district. kron 4's lydia pantazes explains what happened. police negotiated with a man who was barricaded inside this home behind me for more than 8- hours.(take vo)the home is located on 29th street near moraga.m in san francisco. police say at about 11 last night a man verbally threatened a passerby.that passerby called 911.when police arrived, they say the suspect barricaded himself inside his home, refusing to come out.negotiators came to the home, attempting to get the suspect out.the suspect was taken into custody at about 7:30 this morning.

and the bbc came up actress emma watson and the bbc came up as did carrie. bbc's obviously committed to 50—50 by 2020, that's a great commitment. we need to see them fulfil it. and more needs to be made and more public commitments like that from other organisations like that from other organisations like the bbc. one of our foreign correspondents carrie dwrasy has resigned tonight complaining about pay inequality and failure to reach that solution. this is what we are saying, i think more needs to be done. by making these commitments public we need to be holding these organisations accountable. and i think that what has happened tonight, that resignation is a really good example that, you know, you have got to follow through. you have to back up what you are saying and it's important and we will hold you accountable. carrie gracie has resooned as the bbc‘s china editor. —— resigned. she will continue to work here in the bbc newsroom. carrie was one of four international editors here at the bbc news, you will have seen all of them on outside source. n

thanks to brian watson for that. 0thers for that. others feel it‘s notjust president trump who‘s getting too much air time on the bbc, but the country he leads and anything that happens there. one example came on wednesday, where news came of the destruction caused by mudslides in southern california. at least 17 people died and more than 100 homes we re people died and more than 100 homes were swept away, after heavy rainfall hit an area of santa barbara county. after that led the news at 6pm, similaron wondered: —— simon. backin back in the uk, the parole board decided at the end of last week that john wallboys, thought to have carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults on women in london, will be released after completing his minimum term of eight years in jail. mark easton reported on the case last friday. the london cabi, who drugged and raped or sexually assaulted numerous women in the back of his taxi, is to be released after nine years, a parole board decision that‘s prompted fury and questions. not least — were victims ignored? sarah had this comment to make: fi

though it was not complete but other than that there are clashes people get killed almost every day watson does the dumbass have a future is it a frozen conflict which is i think europe is ready to forget it this conflict and what is the end game there i think russia also does not have enough room for maneuver what do you think we first of all as far as new year's day is concerned and all the other holidays i always stay you know russia for holidays that's my tradition and it's just and i don't want to go anywhere. and i spend new year's day at home and then i travel to said bierria for a couple of days and it was really frosty there thirty three below zero but i enjoy this kind of weather it was the right now as regards the ukrainian president i don't know where he spent new year's day but i don't think there's anything wrong with that for a president to travel abroad and spend some time with his family but he's country is at war and he went to the mall dives well i don't know about that so it's hard for me to comment on this fact he said. a wealthy person so he can afford to take his fam

and discharged his weapon but he was not the only involved who had a gun.sound from officer johnna watson oakland police (pam) thank you gabe. we told you about the shooting with a push alert from our app. you can always stay connected on breaking news in your neighborhood with the free kron-4 mobile app. you can download it today (pam) to our other big story tonight a storm moving through the bay area... and bringing much needed rain following a dry december. (steve) kron-4 meteorologist lawrence karnow is tracking the storm...lawren ce how long will this stay with us lawrence karnow: the first rain of 2018 moved in today. showers started this morning and the rain continues. there are even a few isolated storms poppiing up around the bay area. you can see the rain on doppler radar. most of it has been light so far but we will see pockets of heavy rain as some of those thunderstorms move through. on the satellite image you can see as high pressure has finally given way and let rain return. the air very unstable on the back side of this storm and that may be enough to cause a few thunderst

the former australian open finalist john lloyd spoke to my colleague john watson earlier. he believes despite federer being 36, he has it in him to win more titles. he is really a freak of nature. i mean that in a nice way. he is actually moving better now than he was in his 20s, and his 36. i don't understand it and i do not think anybody does. and his hungerfor the game is still there. it is extraordinary to watch. every time i watch him play, i think we are so lucky to have him in our time span, because he is beyond belief. will we see him win more? absolutely. this year, certainly. how long he can remain motivated is anybody‘s gas, but he is the favourites wimbledon and the us open. so why not? and if others do not come back to challenge him, who will test and? that is eating. at the moment, there is a 93p- eating. at the moment, there is a gap. a lot of the players we expect tojump into the gap had not arrived there yet. —— that is the thing. these are great players, but they are not as good as roger federer. who will knock him off? i don't see anybody, right no