Details on that. Labour having a turbulent time in england, scotland and wales, parts thereof. Strong challenge from the snp. In wales theyve lost bridgend and merthyr tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swa nsea tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swansea and newport. In england theyve lost more than 100 councillors, many to the tories. Theyve won the male role contest in the Liverpool City Region. Lost the Liverpool City Region. Lost the mayoral contest. And it has been a terrible night for ukip, overnight they lost every seat they were defending. And the party has been wiped out on Councils Like lincolnshire, hampshire and essex. Their vote share is down dramatically, most of it going straight to the conservatives. In scotland the snp have managed to deprive labour of an overall majority in glasgow but we are not yet sure if they have won overall control of scotlands biggest city for themselves. Were still waiting for most of the results in scotland. Well keep a close eye on birmingham th
Details on that. Labour having a turbulent time in england, scotland and wales, parts thereof. Strong challenge from the snp. In wales theyve lost bridgend and merthyr tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swa nsea tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swansea and newport. In england theyve lost more than 100 councillors, many to the tories. Theyve won the male role contest in the Liverpool City Region. Lost the Liverpool City Region. Lost the mayoral contest. And it has been a terrible night for ukip, overnight they lost every seat they were defending. And the party has been wiped out on Councils Like lincolnshire, hampshire and essex. Their vote share is down dramatically, most of it going straight to the conservatives. In scotland the snp have managed to deprive labour of an overall majority in glasgow but we are not yet sure if they have won overall control of scotlands biggest city for themselves. Were still waiting for most of the results in scotland. Well keep a close eye on birmingham th
One in new york. Yor president obama has given russia until noon today to leave the compound. On thursday, when the newsnhe came out, president obama saidai all americans should be be alarmed by russias actions aio and in a bold step the white house hand down a set of punishments for russia targeting the spy agencies andgd diplomats that the u. S. Says thy were trying meddle in the i recent president ial election. Now the stasidete dntepartment n also kicking out 35 russian rsi diplomats and their families f from the embassy here as i i just mentioned and were toldred that they have 72 hours to hourt leave the country and the move also freezes their u. S. Assets t and blocks americans from doing business with russia. Rusi russia denies the hacking hki allegations but just now we we heard from the Russian Foreign minister proposing to expel 35 3 u. S. Diplomats in response totsp the sanctions over the allegeded election hacks and closing twono facilities in moscow in i response to the s
The president could get involved in that high profile georgia congressional race, is it a nod to the commander in chief or a sign of the politically divided times as you can see from the rundown its what were talking about the at 5at630 and tweet us with the 5at630. Lets get right to it. If needed, i think the president will make sure he does everything he can to maintain majorities and further the party but well see if were needed. White House Press Secretary sean spicer the race is getting nationwide attention, it fail to produce an outright winner, john osoff missing the 50 . But the fact he did so well is a re buke of President Trump we have shattered expectation it is imperative that all of us in unity karen handle was in a crowded field but because osoff didnt get 50 she is favored to win. Will be interesting. Overnight the president took to to twitter reacting to the special election, tweeted despite major outside money, fake Media Support and 11 republican candidates, big r win
Mark lets get the bloomberg first word news. Here is sebastian salek. Sebastian theresa may says parliament should be allowed to taking britain out of the european union. Seemed to come after they dumped the pound of a concern the pm was taking a gung ho approach. By a third following the note 7 crisis. The company said profits will come in at 5. 2 trillion one, won, down. Llion donald trump has gone on a twitter offensive, blasting Paul Reid Paul ryan as weak and ineffective. The shackles have now been taken off of him after ryan condemned his comments about women. The nominee continued his campaign speaking in panama city. This election will determine whether we remain a free country , or we become a corrupt, banana ublic controlled by large and foreign governments. The election of Hillary Clinton would lead to the destruction of our country. Againstn fraud charges to a junk rating according to investors. The possibility of an increase in borrowing costs back on the table. He was sum