hold onto gains today have the third positive day in about four sessions as we look at some big gainers on earnings front. under armour we talked about. that s the biggest gainer on the s&p. that quarter came in better than what was feared even with a one cent loss. analysts looked for four cent loss revenue. also better. stock down 30% so far this year. a bit of a correction higher this morning. also what stands out to me on earning front is tech outperforms. paypal earnings out last night. that s a big part of the story. wait until tonight. it s like playoffs. i mean, it s one particular big night. microsoft, amazon, big for seattle. intel coming out. we expect to hear from the new cfo for the first time. look for that on closing bell. google. i don t know if i have ever seen a thursday night quite like this one. it s going to be big if you look at the ad market which everyone is. people will watch alphabet. also looking at alphabet s smaller business, other bet
republican leaders of the house are behind closed doors trying to convert noes and neighbors on the health care redo. it is alive and kicking, but will it stand up? there are holdout members, we just got word of one republican who says not only am i not going to vote for the new one, my stance has gotten even tougher and harder. fair and balanced freedom caucus member mark stanford and democratic congressman take us inside the closed-door meetings happening on capitol hill. lieutenant colonel ralph peters is here. the usf vincent is now within striking distance of north korea. colonel peters on what the commander-in-chief must order our military and our statesman to do next as leader kim jong-un rattles his nuclear program saber. bill gates favorite unicorn under attack by dc activists is a smear campaign underway? or is airbnb disrupting the entire housing market in the nation s capitol? and this controversy involves a questionable ad. it s a countdown exclusive you can t mi
told anna. he says barclays is becoming the bank he wants it to be. boosting pressure on north korea, rex tillerson echoes trump s warnings, but says to is ready tona impose further sanctions. is the market paying attention? alphabet beats sales projections in the first quarter and amazon continues its 20-year streak of double-digit revenue growth. will it continue to fuel the nasdaq streak. less than an hour away from the end of the month in trading when it comes to european equities. we start the session on a little firmer footing. the fair value calculations on your bloomberg. .1%s like we are opening up higher. interesting to see how the stock stories perform. let s talk about what is happening more broadly. not a lot of action. let s show you the gmm screen. the is the picture around world. the dollar a little firmer bid. up by .1%. elsewhere, not getting huge moves. equity markets drift and that is the story to take away as well. do we get a sense of direction from the
to his board. police are searching for at least two people over the fatal shooting of a marketing executive who was killed in his dorset home. the german chancellor angela merkel will meet vladimir putin in her first visit to russia for two years. also this hour. dueting with britain s favourite songbird. as they return from migration, folk singers welcome them back in the first national nightingale festival. and why marathon runner paula radcliffe could lose her world record under new proposals by european athletics. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said he is not posted offender the home secretary as she stated the wrong cost. this morning, diane abbott initially told lbc the policy would cost three hundred thousand pounds, before correcting herself to about 80 million . mr corbyn has said the policy will cost £300 million . following developments from westminster is our assistant political editor, norman smith. todayis t
for 30 hours before being rescued at sea is recovering in hospital in belfast. the family of guy hedger, who was shot by intruders at his home in dorset, have paid tribute to him athletes like paula radcliffe could lose their world records under proposals to rewrite the record books in an effort to improve credibility over doping. ode to a nightingale. how singers are trying to save the endangered songbird. coming up in the sport on bbc news, world snooker champion mark selby admits he is at the peak of his powers as he becomes only the fourth modern player to retain his title at the crucible. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has defended his shadow home secretary after she appeared confused over the cost of the party s plans to put an 10,000 extra police officers on the streets. mr corbyn insisted he wasn t embarrassed in the slightest by diane abbott s difficulties with the numbers for what is one of his flagship election