sorry, can t do this. this is absolutely diabolical behaviour. with millions of children now back at school, government scientists warn of another surge in coronvirus infections, if lockdown is lifted too quickly. how s your mum doing? yeah, she s fine. all change for the bafta film award nominations, with the british film rocks a surprise frontrunner, as diversity leads the way. and a chunk of the rare meteor that lit up the skies over europe last week is found in a front garden in gloucestershire. good evening. buckingham palace has issued a statement following the interview with the duke and duchess of sussex that was broadcast last night. in it, the queen says she is saddened to learn just how challenging the last few years have been for the couple and said they will always be much loved members of the family. buckingham palace said the issues raised particularly on race are concerning. more than 11 million people in the uk watched the interview last night, in which p
President trump presented some confusion on the tax cut. Business tax all the way down 35 percent20 or it could be 22 . We will see what ultimately it comes out. Shery here now with that and what this means for negotiations is our National Political reporter joining us from capitol hill. So this would be a good revenue raiser . Where are lawmakers likely to use that money question mark its far from certain that this will actually happen. President trump started with a 15 Corporate Tax rate and moved up to 20 which seems to be the redline for a lot of members of the house and the senate on the republican side. Its far from clear that they will go for the 22 . There are two senators i believe would have been happy to have heard President Trump say before the senate vote that marco rubio and mark lee who proposed to tax slightlyporate to finance an expansion of the child tax credit, the president had joined had drawn a redline but seems to be flex will now. It remains to be seen what if a
Hyman. We have seen rallying in recent days in stock markets in anticipation of the taxable area now that it is here, we are seeing a pause in the upward momentum with the nasdaq losing the most. Also, conventional wisdom is that some of the tech giants have less to gain from a Corporate Tax cut then do some of the more domestically oriented counterparts. Something else we have been watching over time has been the beent of time that it has in between 5 pullbacks in the s p 500. We are on a long stretch, 282 days without a pullback. One of the implications is that you dont have the dip phenomenon because the dips arent very steep. If you are looking for value in the market or to buy on discounts, those discounts are not happening or they are happening to a smaller degree and more rarely. Back to today, there have been a number of large cap analyst calls today. Lets run through them quickly. Apple getting a rare downgrade in todays session. It was a downgrade to neutral. The analysts bel
2009 by the bbcs katty kay, who was guest host on the the diane rehm show. This is about 50 minutes. Katty thanks for joining us, i am katty kay of the bbc sitting in for diane rehm. On april the ninth 1865 general robert ely surrendered robert ely surrendered robert e. Lee and the sultana sank in the Mississippi River. Alan huffman tells us overlooked story. Thank you so much for joining us. We will be opening a phones a later on in the program, and comments to alan at our email address. Lets start by describing what you have on the front of your book, a picture of the sultana. Describe it to the audience. Alan the boat in the painting is in flames in the middle of the river, and you see a lot of rescue boats and it is night and you see people drifting down the river clinging to debris. It evokes what was going on. The river was full of people. There were 2400 people aboard a boat that was supposed to carry 375, roughly. After it exploded and caught higher, you had people and horses s
Off to a winning start in the Champions League they beat Borussia Dortmund in a rare wembley win. Just say to the camera a couple of times, ifeel just say to the camera a couple of times, i feel pretty. Idle just say to the camera a couple of times, ifeel pretty. Idle pretty. I feel pretty. Ive been getting some surprising musical tips from comic actor bill murray, as he releases his debut album and matt has the weather. You cant you usually accuse uk weather of being boring but youve heard it already this week and you will get the full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The Public Inquiry into how a fire engulfed the Grenfell Tower block in west london, killing at least 80 people, will begin this morning. Over the coming months itll hear evidence about the how the blaze spread, the refurbishment of the 2a storey block, and wider issues of fire safety in high rise buildings. Families will be able to watch proceedings by video link from a church nearby. Frankie