Its tuesday, august 27th. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. The moon comes up and the sun goes down. We find a little spot at the edge of town. Sip of whiskey, pass it around. Dance in the dusk, turn the radio up. That fireball whiskey whispers. Cheryl welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning. Im cheryl casone. Lauren im lauren simonetti. Cheryl lets take a look at investors monitor every twist and turn in u. S. China trade relations. The dow is down after yesterdays gain by 80 points, the s p and nasdaq lower as well. Lauren 1. 52 is the yield on the 10 year treasury. Cheryl lets take a look at oil after comments froms president that crossed the tape this morning. Oil is up 40cents. Were at 54. 04. Gold is showing a slight gain, that flight to safety a little bit there. Lauren stocks in asia edging higher. The nikkei gaining 1 , shanghai composite gaining 1 and a third percent. Cheryl european markets lower, theres a slight contraction in german gdp. Red arrows continue across the board across the
Johnson could be deployed to the red wall to campaign for the tories in the next general election. Well be hearing from voters in a tory stronghold and what they think about his potential return. And later in the show, andrea jenkyns, who says this is all absolute codswallop. Thats all coming up in your next hour. Welcome to the show. So yesterday, lee anderson defects to reform, sensationally sending seismic ripples through the tory party today. Oh, call me a cynic. Bofis today. Oh, call me a cynic. Boris johnson is being deployed to the red wall to try and save the conservatives faith. This feels to me like the classic dead cat story. Nothing to see here. Say cc hq , all is fine. Here. Say cc hq, all is fine. Bofis here. Say cc hq, all is fine. Boris will ride in on his white horse with his scruffy hair and save the day, but does the idea have any merit . Would it convince you to stick with the tories after that brexit revolt in 2019, or is it simply curtains for the conservatives
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To an environment where anti muslim crime is spiralling and what theyre doing is pounng and what theyre doing is pouring petrol on the flames of islamophobia. Islamophobia. The sadiq khan. Islamophobia. The sadiq khan. But islamophobia. The sadiq khan. But rishi the sadiq khan. But rishi sunak says he has taken the appropriate action. Most important thing is that the words were wrong. They were ill judged, they were unacceptable and thats what i believe. And thats why the whip has been suspended. And i think, i everyone can see that i think everyone can see that tensions already running i think everyone can see that tensicand already running i think everyone can see that tensicand whateady running i think everyone can see that tensicand what lady running i think everyone can see that tensicand what i want|nning i think everyone can see that tensicand what i want|nn do, high. And what i want to do, i think what the country wants to see is the heat taken out of this debate. And i think t
Surprising results. But before surprising results. But before all of that, lets get the news with polly middlehurst. With polly middlehurst. Nigel, thank you and good evening to you. Well, the top story from the newsroom tonight is that the london mayor, sadiq khan , has now lee khan, has now accused lee anderson of pouring petrol on the flames of islamophobe. Here the flames of islamophobe. Here he speaking after the prime he was speaking after the Prime Minister described the former tory Deputy Chairmans remarks as unacceptable refusing to as unacceptable but refusing to say they were islamophobic. Earlier, mr anderson admitted his words had been clumsy when he suggested islamists had got control of the mayor of london. He said hed intended to highlight what he believes is mr khans failure to tackle pro palestine protests. Sadiq pro palestine protests. Sadiq khan says rishi sunak needs to clearly condemn the remark. Its been more than two days now since this senior conservative made