The pro democracy parties of hong kong showed up to the polls in Record Number and swept the board in weekend elections a stunning rejection of the citys beijing backed government. Also on the programme. Uber and out. The ride sharing app has been told its licence will not be renewed in london. It plans to appeal. And the priceless jewellery of augustus the strong, has been stolen from a museum in dresden, where the security was anything but. Hello and welcome im Michelle Fleury in new york, Christian Fraser is in london. Michael bloomberg, the three term mayor of this city has announced he is running for president. The 77 year old is making a late entrance, but he has the money to make up for it. Take a look at this graphic. It shows you the tv ad spending by 2020 democrats thus far. And you will see, there is Michael Bloomberg, second in the list, and he has only just entered the race. Rather than trying to win early states, he will be focusing all his attention on super tuesday, when 15 states head to the polls on march 3rd. His deep pockets mean he can run simultaneous campaigns in all of those states a move that would bankrupt other candidates. With no clear front runner among the other candidates maybe there is space in the list of 18 candidates but the question is whether america is ready for another new york billionaire . Were joined from washington by time contributorjay newton small. This is already a clouded field. In a crowded field. How does Mike Bloomberg stand out . I think Michael Bloomberg stand out . I think Michael Bloomberg sees that there was an opportunity with joe biden. Elizabeth warren as well, Freddie Sanders on the left hand side of this race. Joe biden is the main one. Those have been the most dominant in the field thus far. With joe biden really under attack as pa rt joe biden really under attack as part of this impeachment enquiry and the senate potentially working to focus weeks if not months of their trial, the Republican Controlled Senate onjoe trial, the Republican Controlled Senate on joe biden trial, the Republican Controlled Senate onjoe biden and your relationship with the ukraine, that could really hurt his candidacy and you see Michael Bloomberg calculating that there is this point of entry along the centrist line and they could possibly make a credible run for presidency. This is someone with unlimited money, real wild card here. He is worth upwards of 50 billion. That has led to attacks from notably many on the democratic side. Lets have a listen to one of them. This was Elizabeth Warren over them. This was Elizabeth Warren over the weekend. Elections should not be for sale, not to billionaires or corporate executives, we need to build a Grassroots Movement and that is how democracies work. Can he ove ico m e is how democracies work. Can he overcome stereotypes, the perception that somehow he is trying to buy the election . That is certainly a battle formike election . That is certainly a battle for Mike Bloomberg. At a time when the party is am moving to the left, can he pull it back to the centre. You have other prominent voices in the Democratic Party saying it is dangerous to go too far to the left, notably in the last couple of weeks, former president barack 0bama saying, hey, guys, we are going too far to the left heel. It will be ha rd far to the left heel. It will be hard to beat donald trump in the general election of the party moves to 40 general election of the party moves to a0 left and you cannot appeal to the centrist voters. That is the centrist path Michael Bloomberg is taking. If you can wind the democratic primary is then you have a strong chance of beating donald trump ina a strong chance of beating donald trump in a general election because you can pick up a lot of the centrist voters. He has said, look, iam the centrist voters. He has said, look, i am the ceo. I can run this very Successful International business. The question is, is you too far to the left on things, on the social policies, things like abortion and gun rights . That is both a strength and weakness in a lot of ways. The strength is that hes got an amazing mailing list for hundreds of thousands of people who have signed up thousands of people who have signed up to support him in these issues, particularly on gun control, that he can then harness is running for president and there is a lot of energy and donations given to local candidates and two causes around the country that now he can in turn support is candidacy moving forward most likely or may actually support him but most likely or may actually support him but i think there is. It depends on states like michigan, wisconsin, the most worst that midwest, are these too far to the left . 211 the royal areas, that remains to be seen. Its a really interesting candidacy what it is one in which you if you have two billionaire new york is going after one another in the general election, where does the rural vote go . Lies with the swanky manhattan addresses, yes. He has been a three term mayor of new york city which is a plus on one side but if youve been a three to may are in a city like new york, you will have plenty of skeletons, wont you . You might guess, that is another weakness is that particularly with the stop and frisk laws that he passed as meier in new york, which have been very controversial with African American groups, hispanic groups, minorities, you may not appeal to minority vote rs you may not appeal to minority voters which are really crucial any democratic contest particularly in South Carolina and other places, even in states like california where the hispanic vote is very important. If these minority voters cannot come around to supporting him, he has no oii around to supporting him, he has no on the democratic side so he has a lot of explain to you, hes apologised for that particular stop and frisk law that has been passed but he has a lot of outreach and explaining to do with those minority vote rs explaining to do with those minority voters moving forward. Good to see you for being with others evening. I say probably republican leading publications will not dig into Mike Bloomberg but its a bit of a problem for bloomberg news. International News Organisation that will be wondering that i have been wondering in recent weeks how they will deal with this. There was a little put out by the editor in chief saying how they would deal with this, what they will do is extend the policy of not investigating Mike Bloomberg, his business, his charities, that sort of thing and they are going to extend that to the other 17 candidates. They are also going to assign a reporter to the campaign. I dont know whether that cuts it. I dont know whether that cuts it. I dont know whether that cuts it. I dont know about you, should an international News Organisation be reporting on a president ial candidate without fear or favour . Theyve gone through this before when he was mayor of new york city and one of the things they have said they will carry on reporting on other people and other candidates of bloomberg. There was one thing not on the graphic that we can pull back up on the graphic that we can pull back up that perhaps we should add and thatis up that perhaps we should add and that is the place where Mike Bloomberg was. Was opinion, those are the editorials reflecting his views, they have suspended the editorial and what will happen is the people responsible willjoin him on the campaign trail. It is going to be tricky. If you can imagine the situation, even when they do have these coming through, how do they deal with it and cover it . If it turns out bloomberg is running head to head against wrong . Turns out bloomberg is running head to head against wrong . M turns out bloomberg is running headtohead against wrong . It is interesting for bloomberg as a conundrum. We will see how it develops. The chief executive of hong kong, carrie lam, says shell be in listening mode after a landslide victory for pro democracy candidates in this weekends district elections. They took almost 90 per cent of the districts previously controlled by pro beijing parties. It has been widely seen as a referendum on the protests; a record 71 per cent of the a Million People in hong kong voted, compared to just a7 per cent in 2015. The unrest was sparked by ms lams move to introduce a controversial bill enabling criminal suspects to be extradited to china. Rupert Wingfield Hayes has sent this report. This is not the sort of Media Attention usually given to the winners of a local council election. Last nights victory for the democrats was an unprecedented landslide. These new politicians 185 of all the seats contested. They won 85 . Government parties, they won 85 . Government parties, they have no more excuses for saying that rioters dont get the popular support. Now we see they get the popular support. They understand that this is a democracy. The only freedom we have is very fragile, it can be undone by a tyrant. White might make the today is that the hong kong opposition is now the most powerful Political Group in hong kong. It is no longer a protest movement, it now has a proper democratic mandate. That means the chief executive can no longer ignore their demands. The time for the Hong Kong Government to act may be short. A pro beijing politician today had to be escorted from her office by riot police. Going through hostile crowds. 0ut riot police. Going through hostile crowds. Out on a Street Corner this evening, this candidate was thanking his supporters. Is one a handful of pro government councillors who survive the election but he said it has been a nightmare in the pro government camp. Youll like everything is wrong. You have to side with start of Government Policies and strategies. It is a very loud voice from the people that they are not happy with what they have been going for the last six months. Might make anyone looking for a hopeful sign from beijing today got nothing. The Foreign Ministry spokesman again insisting Hong Kong Chinas internal affair and everyone else should mind their own business. But without some acknowledgement of what happened here on sunday, a celebration could 0011 here on sunday, a celebration could soon turn back into violence on the streets. Big night. Its the app that millions of us have on our phones convenient, cheap, just a tap away. But the future of uber in london looks increasingly uncertain after the Ridesharing Company lost its licence to operate in the capital over safety concerns. Its the second time in two years that transport authorities have knocked back ubers bid to renew its operating license. And it is a big blow for the company. London is one of its top five markets globally. More than 1 in 3 londoners use it making the city the biggest European Market currently 3. 5 million users and a5,000 drivers. The problem is there were at least 1a,000 fraudulent trips in 2018 and early 2019, according to transport for london. Unauthorised drivers had been uploading their photos to other drivers accounts, which allowed them to pick up passengers as though they were the booked driver. Across europe, there have been bans or partial bans on uber in denmark, germany, france, portugal, italy, hungary, romania and bulgaria. Ubers ceo tweeted the tfl decision is wrong. Over the last 2 years we have fundamentally changed how we operate in london. With me is Technology Researcher stephanie hare. So, is the ceo right . The ceo in london. Is this a historic problem oi london. Is this a historic problem or do you think it is a recurring problem . What we know is uber has taken many steps since they first had their license suspended two yea rs had their license suspended two years ago however, the Guardian Newspaper was reporting today that the most recent offence was found only just three weeks the most recent offence was found onlyjust three weeks ago and it seems as though transfer for london had not been fully aware of these fraudulent drivers who have been driving unlicensed and uninsured. That is an issue on top of all the other issues that uber have had with women 01 other issues that uber have had with women or people of colour feeling threatened or disconnected again so it isa threatened or disconnected again so it is a big headache for. They will clearly appeal, they said that you anything they can do to reassure transport for london . Thats a great question. They are taking a number of steps to try and increase driver safety, installing a disco nation button and installing access to Emergency Services in the car. The one that is the most controversial and really Game Changing notjust for uber and transport what would be a test case for workers across the United Kingdom and globally as they have said they plan to introduce facial Recognition Technology for the drivers. How does that work . I guess in the way you could look at your iphone and link it to your face, so you do one to ones. Says, yeah, take your the right driver . Yeah, that is a privacy, civil liberty and human rights issue for the drivers who you could argue have no choice because they are a captive audience on the technology. They we re audience on the technology. They were hardly going to work so they will be told, you either submit to this highly Invasive Technology that is controversial or do not work for us. Is controversial or do not work for us. As well as being a flag bearer for the gig economy is what youre describing as they could be a spearhead of technology in another way that would work around this problem. In the short term, more immediately, how does this benefit its rivals . We dont know what the safety racket is in comparison with black cabs and private cars that are licensed, and other rivals. We would wa nt to licensed, and other rivals. We would want to do a point by point comparison of safety and violations, and find out what it is about uber that is unique here and how do we fix it . Its a really interesting debate. Very quickly before we finish, the other similar apps would have the same issues, wouldnt they . It isa have the same issues, wouldnt they . It is a question of scale. What is interesting here is we are talking about 1a,000 fraudulent rides in the last two years involving only a3 driver so is it a problem for uber because uber is so much bigger than these other companies or is it that there are things working under a rock with the other Taxi Companies that we just havent jet . Thank you very much that. A kick in the ribs for uber. I guess youve been feeling the pulse there in new york today amongst investors. They will appeal. I dare say they might even sue if there are to lose that appeal. What are investors making of it . The Immediate Reaction on the share price when you saw the news come out was it tested record lows before bouncing back. I think one of the things you have to remember is this is a company that has led a real black eye, the latest one ina has led a real black eye, the latest one in a string of disasters. You have the California Law that people might remember they pass on the gig economy, and they would reclassify contractors as employees. Its effort to try and expand its business was hit to try and expand its business was hit and hit headwinds. Things are making investors nervous in the challenge for the ceo is basically to sell his vision for the companys investors and this doesnt hurt help. White met the challenge of learning how to use a new app because its taken me three years to learn how to split files. Thats my problem. A unique and priceless collection of jewellery collection ofjewellery has been stolen. A unique and priceless collection of jewellery has been stolen from one of germanys most elite collections. The pieces, containing diamonds, rubies, and sapphires were taken early this morning from the Green Vault Museum in dresden. Police say theyre still trying to establish exactly how much was stolen. 0ur correspondent damien mcguiness, has been following developments and joins us from berlin. Talk us through this. How did the thieves even get in . Yeah, bit of a mystery. What seems to have happened is they broke through a window, headed straight for the cabinets containing these jewels. The containing thesejewels. The police had got there and by then if you set got away. The issue is how they get through metal grating because very thick metal grating innuendo, they seem thick metal grating innuendo, they seem to manage to cut through it, made a very small hole, got through that, and how that they get away so quickly because the police were there within literally five minutes . So these thieves and suspects knew what they were doing. Some eyewitnesses seem to think they soya limousine waiting outside which then took the suspects away. A car was found a burnt out car found nearby very found a burnt out car found nearby very soon found a burnt out car found nearby very soon after the robbery so there isa very soon after the robbery so there is a suspicion that another cart was then destroyed and another ca