Everyone. This is bloomberg surveillance and im Francine Lacqua in london. We will be speaking to jack straw, one of the three people serving in the candidate from 1997 to 2010. We talk brexit and trade. Youre meantime, this is market. Equities seem to be on a tear. Stocks in europe are a little bit mixed, but the euro holding onto gains. We saw catalonias president stepping down from the immediate declaration of independence in spain. The dollar, drifting down a little bit. Oil rising above 51 a barrel, as opec pretty good. The nikkei 225 rising to the highest in almost 21 years, following the Dow Jones Industrial average, that touched a fresh record high yesterday. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Plans to donald trump make changes to his tax plan within the next few weeks without giving any details. At the same time, he dismissed concerns that his public spat would dismiss an overhaul. Independent analysts suggest it would raise taxes for 30 of people, making betw