A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And in the light of unilevers new plastic policy, wed like to know when you shop, are you aware of companies Environmental Policies . Does it influence where you shop and what you buy . Get in touch. Just use the bbcthebriefing. A second whistleblower has come forward in the impeachment inquiry into President Trumps conversations with the ukrainian president. A lawyer involved has told American Television the second whistle blower is another Us Intelligence official. Donald trump has been accused of using military aid to ukraine as quid pro quo if ukranians agreed to dig up dirt on his rivaljoe biden. Our washington correspondent Chris Buckler gave us more details. This second whistle blower has been described as a Us Intelligence official and they apparently have first hand knowledge of this controversial conversation that took place between donald trump and the ukrainian presiden
A second whistleblower has come forward in the impeachment inquiry into president trumps conversations with the ukrainian president. A lawyer involved has told American Television the second whistleblower is another Us Intelligence official. Donald trump has been accused of using military aid to ukraine as quid pro quo if ukrainians agreed to dig up dirt on his rival joe biden. National security lawyer mark zayd confirmed the reports on twitter, saying the whistleblowers have also made a protected disclosure under the law and cannot be retaliated against. Our washington correspondent Chris Buckler gave us more details on the latest whistleblower. This second whistle blower has been described as a Us Intelligence official and they apparently have first hand knowledge of this conversation that took place between donald trump and the ukrainian president. You might remember, in that phone call back in the summer, mr trump asked president zelensky to launch an investigation into his potenti
But nothing to write home about. A five day basis is down circa 3 . The stoxx 600 is higher today. We are getting a little bit of a positive bounce, but it is only less than 0. 5 . Considering what weve seen throughout the week, german yields are reasonably flat at the moment. I think its been at the front of the u. S. Curve this week we seen the biggest shift as the market has gone from pricing the possibility of a cut in october 2 the certainty of a cut in october a cut in october to the certainty of a cut in october. Boris johnson under clear pressure now to figure out a way of meeting a deal work. Parliament seems to be getting on his side, but maybe the eu less so. The cable rate trading at one point. 5 vonnie in the u. S. Trading at 1. 2295. Vonnie in the u. S. , the payrolls report has something to do with it. We will talk with erik nielsen about that in just a moment. At 1. 52 . Ar yield spread, weve stopped looking at it above 11 107s points, and well below on the yen. Total n
Tech hardware up 1. 5 of the week. What are you watching . As you can see it is off by 9. 5 and cutting back the orkforce, about 16,000 employees. Growth has been arranging from negative 10 to positive 10 . They are looking at zero top line growth. Next year could be negative 1 and looking to boost that around. If we look at the long time chart. You are back now down since the july of 2017 and hoping to turn around the bottom line. And earnings from share from 225 to 232. At least in the interim, that should help the bottom line. You have to do more to drive that top line growth and cant cut your way into growth. It was pretty notable turn around in the bond market today and look at the twoyear yield. T shot up four basis points. It wasnt a disaster as some had worried. In this chart, it faded back down by the end of the day, trading below 1. 4 . That is near the lowest. Curve ear yield so the is flatening. And perhaps it all goes to that feeling that the jobs report created. Note that
Good monday morning im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena. Horror and heartache in pennsylvania after a deadly day care fire claims the life of five children. The children ranged in aold. He the people inside screaming for help they found es investigate the just one Smoke Detector inside the threestory building Dan Scheneman has the latest reporter it was early sunday morning in erie, pennsylvania, when the house was overwhelmed by flames. There are five people entrapped. Reporter neighbors a block away said they could hear screams. I tried to go inside. I made it to the open living room and i couldnt go any further. I just hope the kids made it reporter inside, firefighters found four children dead a 5th was taken to a hospital an injuries. Their ages range from 8 months to 7 years old the father of three of those children, a firefighter in a nearby township. Unthinkable like i said, its really beyond comprehension. Reporter one adult was air lifted from e tough, but when Something Li