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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
Last 48 hours. Thats as a second red weather alert is issued in some parts of the uk. With more details on the weather, heres alex. Further heavy rain today is expected to cause more flooding problems in eastern scotland. We do have a met Office Red Warning in place. Join me later for a full forecast. The latest on storm babet and the prospects where you are for this weekend and aidan magee is here with your latest sport. Yes, good morning. Yes, good morning. New zealand awaits in the Rugby World Cup final for england. If they can spring a surprise against the springboks in and in the in paris tonight and in the premier league we look ahead to derby. Derby day. Aiden. You. Good aiden. Thank you. Good morning. Im Stephen Dixon and im anne diamond and this is breakfast on. Gb news. Well breakfast on. Gb news. Well straight to the middle east this morning because israels confirmed that two american hostages who were held by hamas have been released there. Judith and natalie rhiannon, and
Bbc has had a terrible week in terms of its coverage of israel weve asking is the bbc biased against israel and well be speaking to roger bolton, the former bbc man, to get his take on whether or not the bbc is indeed biased. And of course, we indeed biased. And of course, we want to hear what you think about all of these stories and anything else thats concerning you. So anything else thats concerning you. So us. Joining the you. So email us. Joining the conversation , conversation, gbviews gbnews. Com. But before all of that, we get stuck into all of that, we get stuck into all of that, we get stuck into all of those things. Heres the latest headlines with the wonderful sophia. Wonderful sophia. Good morning. Its 10 01. Wonderful sophia. Good morning. Its10 01. Im sophia wenzler in the newsroom. Sophia wenzler in the newsroom. Aid has started flowing into gaza with the foreign secretary James Cleverly describing it as a lifeline for palestinians. The a lifeline for palestinians. The
Tion . Function,s your another leg lower on the tobacco news, driving down b. A. T. And imperial brands. Look at the currencies, all rising against the dollar in the wake of the gdp data out of the United States with bonds, commodities, and stocks on track for their second weekly decline. The earnings season continues in earnest with shares in adidas jumping as much as 9 , the biggest gain since 2008, passing through three standard deviations. That is what this chart shows. Record high for the shares of adidas, increasing revenue and profit forecasts helped by strong sportswear sales and the brand streamlining that includes the disposal of its ccm hockey business and benefiting from booming demand for retro shoes and a steady stream of new models. The major bread a hot commodity in the United States, helping to regain ground, it had earlier loss to nike and capitalizing on a growing middle class in china which is adopting a more active lifestyle and Strong Demand for more fashionable s