Good wednesday morning. Kayla is on her way back from london but john fort and myself here at post 9 on a busy day and markets have macro to react to and of course super tuesday. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton are the favorites to win the nomination. John harwood is back at hq with more on what happened. You can look at the super tuesday primaries in two ways. Did they snuff out Hillary Clintons nomination and Donald Trumps for the republican nod . No they did not but did they push trump and clinton closer to victory . Yes they did. Bernie sanders won colorado, minnesota, oklahoma and his home base of vermont but Hillary Clinton won 7 including texas, virginia, georgia, massachusetts, alabama, arkansas and tennessee. That widened her lead as the democratic contest moves to the midwest. Now ted cruz held his own base of texas and one in oklahoma and alaska too. That keeps his nomination hopes alive. Marco rubio grabbed his first win in minnesota and moves to fight for his home state o
Took pictures of it. The u. S. Is not commenting. It is the latest Close Encounter between iran and the u. S. In the gulf. Earlierlors were held this month after iran said their boat drifted into its waters. Thema Administration White House will ask private companies to submit salary data to the federal government. The plan being proposed would affect all companies with 100 workers or more. For every dollar men earn in the u. S. , women earn . 79. That has risen to sense since president obama signed the fair pay act. And the show must go on, even without donald trump. Leading candidates squared off last night in the seventh debate. Trump sat out because of a spat with fox. Marco rubio it is not about donald trump. This campaign is about the greatest country in the world and a president who has systematically destroyed many of the things that made america special. Trump attended a fundraiser for veterans elsewhere in des moines during the debate. Monday signals the start of president ia
India makes history putting a spacecraft on a Maiden Voyage. Hello. Welcome to the program. Residents living on the the Turkish Border with syria have told bbc Islamic State have been attacked by fresh strikes overnight near the Turkish Border. Tens of thousands of kurds have fled the area in recent days as the jihadist advance. Well hear from our correspondent on the border shortly. The turkish government says neither air space or u. S. Air base in Southern Turkey were used in the strikes. This comes a day after the first u. S. Air strikes hit several key towns and cities across syria including raqqa here, Islamic State capital. 50 countries have agreed to form the fighting of i. S. The air strikes are the beginning of a long and sustained campaign. Our correspondent joins us from the turkish, syria border. Do you have more information about the reports of fresh air strikes overnight is and indeed which planes were used . Reporter absolutely no information about that. What we have is
Independence Day Celebrations in North Carolina put on hold as hurricane arthur brings winds of 160 kilometers per hour. Hello. The bbc has learned the militant Palestinian Group hamas has agreed to a cease fire with israel expected to be announced in coming hours. Hamas sources say theyre ready to stop attacks on israel with return to an end on raids on gaza. The announcement may calm the mood ahead of the Palestinian Teenage boys funeral. He was killed this week in the aftermath of the murder of three israeli teens. We are in East Jerusalem and can give us the latest. I appreciate were i still waiting for the body of cue are khdair to be released. Will the news of the cease fire nonetheless help the situation there you think . Reporter really theres an indirect relationship of whats happening here and peoples feelings and whats going on in the gaza strip. Theres been an increase in rockets fired on the strip in recent days. The gaza strip is a strong hold of hamas. Israel is clear it
Teenager. Brits call on muslims not to go and fight. Its as long as 25 buses, well take you to show you the largest uk ship built. Wall street does it again. The bell rang and fireworks went off for the first time in history. Dow jones passed the 17,000 barrier. U. S. Cheering the u. S. Jobs numberers. As u. S. Recover y takes hold, i could mean a rise in Interest Rates. Oh boy. Its midday london, 2 00 p. M. In East Jerusalem where the funeral of the teen is expected to take place in the coming hours. Thousands of Israeli Police officers have been deployed to maintain security ahead of the funeral. We can take you to jerusalem now live. These are the pictures you can see at the moment. Things looking pretty calm. I can tell you that within the past few minutes or so, 15 minutes, we have seen running street battles with Israeli Police and Palestinian Youth throwing rocks. Police are responding with tear gas as well. These are pictures you can see. People are making their way to the mosq