A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation, as its announced the duchess of sussex will edit the September Issue of vogue, and has picked 15 trailblazing women to grace the cover. We want to know, who would you put on the cover of vogue . Male orfemale tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Theres been a shooting at a Food Festival in northern california. Witnesses said a man opened fire, one report citing a hospital spokeswoman said five people had been shot. Their condition is not clear. It happened during the annual garlic festival in the small town of gilroy, to the south of the San Francisco bay area. It was taking place in a local park where weapons are banned. Armed police are at the scene. Peter bowes is our north american correspondent. Peter, what more do you know . Well, this is a three day event. It was just coming to a close. It is an event which has
Americans also want to know why american ceos and executives continue t basic responsibility that theydeaths every day of the year in this country. And that was representative mike synar, a democrat of oklahoma. In 1994, at a highly publicized hearing on tobacco. And this week on our series. Congress investigates. Well, it was in april of 1994 that ceos Tobacco Companies went before congress as part of an investigation into Health Hazards posed by their products. Hour hearing was controversial. And it led to toopanies admitting their products were addictive. Industry followed. Joining us fhe tobacco debate and the 1994 hearings is elise payne, director of the d. C. Office of the levin center for oversight and democracy. Elise bean we had been debating the impact of Tobacco Products for decades. By that point. About 1994 that brought this all together . Well, i think the key was an announcement by the food and Drug Administration. And commis kessler that they had evidence that the Tobac
There are entire this is the news hour live from london coming up. Zimbabwes president Robert Mugabe holds direct talks with the army over his future and the military takeover. Cambodias Supreme Court dissolved the Main Opposition Party clearing the way for husseins ruling party to win next years election. The French Foreign minister meets lebanese Prime Minister saad hariri in riyadh and confirms he will travel to paris soon. The worlds biggest producer trying to convince its two hundred million car owners to switch to electric vehicles. In sport peru become the final teams qualifier for next years world cup. National holidays declared as the country returns to the finals for the First Time Since ninety eight. Robert mugabe is reported to be refusing to stand down as Zimbabwes President despite being confined to his home by the military these are the latest pictures of the ninety three year old Leader Meeting the head of the ministry and also a delegation from south africa statehouse
And im jen epstein. Lets start by checking in with dave. Its a little cooler outside this morning a mix of clouds and sun for election day, with pleasant pm temps. Highs in the lower 80s. Tonight will feature variable clouds and comfortable temps. Lows in the mid 60s. Mostly cloudy with a 20 chance of a quick shower on tap for wednesday. High temps in the upper 70s. Its election day and we already have some results the small town of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire cast their votes at midnight. Its been a tradition there since 1960. According to New Hampshire state law, towns with fewer than 100 registered voters can open polls at midnight on election day. Hillary clinton won the town with 4 votes. Donald trump got two votes. While mitt romney and gary johnson each got one vote. Voters in Dixville Notch have correctly selected the president in the last three of four elections. Country will be tight. The department of justice has hundreds of monitors spread out across 28 states including f
The actual tobacco farmers . You are watching Market Makers on Bloomberg Television. I am Erik Schatzker. Stephanie i am the very enthusiastic Stephanie Ruhle. My boyfriend is act, better than before. How was greece . Erik i sat down with the finance minister. In his rookie is a bit of a rock star. Stephanie how would you describe him in one word . Erik i cant do it in one word. Cool, confident, charismatic. Stephanie you can say rockstar. He is the man. We have the few pieces of Economic Data hitting the wires. Our producers are saying enough talking about rock stars, lets get to the news. Scarlet fu has marketmore. Scarlet lets get the pending home sales, lower than what economists had anticipated, a 2 gain. It represents a bounce back from the drop in the prior month. We should mention that the drop was revised as well. It was originally reported as a decline of 3. 7 but it has been revised to a drop of 1. 5 . Pending home sales measures this is an industry report, not from the gove