Looking at today, four states having elections. In the case what is happening right now in mississippi and kentucky quest for the gubernatorial mansion. Democrats hope to put under democrat control there, pick up two statehouses in the process. Kentucky, virginia, new jersey, mississippi, also have separate legislative elections on top of that. You have a host of propositions being debated and voted on across the country in key proposition measures. What powerful signals can come of today. Politico White House Reporter gabby orr, what she is looking at. What are you looking at . Gubernatorial battles in kentucky and mississippi is front and center. What happens in places like virginia, turn in legislative control of that body. That will be crucial. Absolutely. Neil, pretty much two things im looking at right now. Number of one the kentucky gubernatorial race. How will matt bevin perform in suburban lexington and other rural parts of kentucky . It is important to see whether his support
Compare it to. Reality check for the real real what a cnbc investigation uncovered sending the stock tumbling come on in the water fine. Dow and nasdaq soaring to alltime highs as treasury spreads hit the highest level since july is the bond market signaling its time to take off life jackets, jumping back into the record rally we mentioned the yield curve if you look to it 10year yield 1 the. 86 . German bunds back to alltime highs. Jp morgan to 130 all across the financials great gains we talked about it yesterday but ill say it again. Earning season a better than expected volatility is getting sucked out of the market right now. We were talking about 18s, 19s a couple weeks ago here we are in the 13 and a half to 14 and a half call at its you amazing how quick people digested whats going on in the options mechanic one area that i see more and more is Energy People going after some of these areas if you are looking at volatile names in there thats where we have seen it. Weve had 40 di
Are battling catastrophic conditions, as wildfires continue to rage on australias east coast. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jane dougall. Hello. Both Raheem Sterling and joe gomez had trained together, despite Raheem Sterling being dropped after an altercation between the two. Sterling has admitted his emotions got the better of him. Are slight respite for the rain in the next 24 hours. We will take a closer look at what is causing a catastrophic australian wildfires. Also coming up, were out and about in Bishop Auckland. We are in the north east today, in Bishop Auckland, in a town that has voted labour in every election since 1935. Is that about to change . Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has heavily criticised the government for what he has described as a woeful response to flooding in yorkshire and the midlands. Five days after the flooding began, the Prime Minister will this afternoon chair a meeting of the governments Cobra
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A series of scandals protests and confusion in bolivia the country waits for president ial Election Results but government is accused of manipulating the outcome and for Drugs Companies reach a multi 1000000. 00 settlement for their role in fueling the u. S. Opioid epidemic. So protesters in lebanon are standing their ground despite the government approving sweeping Economic Reforms Prime Minister saddle hariri announced the measures to diffuse the biggest demonstrations in years against the nations leaders the activists are not going anywhere until the entire cabinet steps down this report is from zanuck order in beirut the all of the people have spoken calls go beyond fighting corruption they want accountability and early elections and they say they arent leaving the streets until that happens protests are growing by the day the lebanese government however is refusing to step aside instead it is offering a plan that is supposed to fix the economic crisis without hitting the public wi