the party of business. the shadow chancellor has ruled out tax rises on labour s watch. but what if they need more money? and the lib dem leader makes a splash on the electoral trail in windermere. with us tonight our regional editors, who have been watching the campaign, judging the reaction. welcome to the programme. after a weekend talking up a new policy on national service another offer from the conservatives this morning. in staffordshire the prime minister pledged that pensioners would benefit from triple lock plus, if the conservatives are returned to government next month. in essense it means that those on the state pension would not be dragged into paying tax in 2027, when under the existing government policy pensions will rise above the tax free personal allowance. the cost is put at £2.1i billion. labour says the plan is not credible. at the rolls royce factor in derby shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, was telling her audience that labour is now the natural part
Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. Asian Stock Markets sell off from wall street. Why investors in the us and asia are worried. A big push out of china, how long will it take for alibaba to succeed in the american marketplace . Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Thank you forjoining us hello, world. Thank you forjoining us that this thursday edition. We start off with the markets. As you can see right now, the Nick A Kicking off the first day trading session down by 1. 4 . 270 points, Tracking Falls on wall street overnight on worries about washington. We also have the all Ordinaries Index giving back 1. 2 in early trade. Us shares extending losses following reports of a memo byjames losses following reports of a memo by james comey suggesting that President Trump had tried to interfere with a federal investigation. That has made the us investors depressed. Down by 1. 8 overnight and the nasdaq losing a hefty 2. 6 . That leads to concerns that political tu
outlets tried to see justification for his rampage. joining me is david of the washington examiner and the author of the book spin masters how the media ignored the news and helped reelect barack obama , and i want today begin with the interesting issue that happened over chris dorner in california. i don t know that i ve seen the media try to make an excuse for cold blooded murder of innocent people. for the first time you ve seen that portion of his manifesto being suppressed by certain outfits and focus on other things and leave it out, not even post it on their website, but, yes, it s true. you have them jumping to make an excuse here for someone who is very strongly for gun control, a big fan of certain liberal television hosts and president obama and yet, when you have something happen and there s even the slightest