Look at the jobs market this morning leading up to fridays government report. Adp report at 8 15 a. M. Eastern. Expectations call for 175,000 private sector jobs added to the economy last month. Investors bid on the Federal Reserve. No change expected this morning from the feds. In europe, markets under pressure. The ft 100 dumbest part of of a percent of sales to cac quarante in paris. In a show overnight, closesinglequote is, but the shanghai composite edging lower down a quarter of a percent. Two Police Officers shot in chicago. Authorities say they were ambushed. Three people held for questioning. The superintendent address the fundamental issues behind the shooting. Is another example of how dangerous this job is. People take it for granted when Police Officers come to work every day, they put their lives on the line and we have to do something about it. Maria the latest on the investigation this morning. Airlines hope to squeeze more seats on some flights are not meant cutting ba
And we are joined 0k, plenty more from these tonight and we arejoined by 0k, plenty more from these tonight and we are joined by senior politicians from seven parties who will be listening and responding to what everyone has got to say. They are, for the conservatives. Representing the labour party, said area champion. The Scottish National party. Ukip, the Liberal Democrats and plaid cymru join us and for the green party, their co leader. Also, give them applause. Applause. Also, Jonathan Blake is working with bbc Reality Check looking at the numbers promises we will hear about by working out what really stacks up. And it is going through comments we have been getting all day on bbcdebate. First, tonight, after two devastating Terror Attacks in two weeks, including In Manchester, security has become a bigger part of the election campaign, in particular how best to protect british people from future attacks. Police numbers in england and wales have fallen by almost 20,000 since 2010 an
Debt limit and potential tax breaks for highincome taxpayers. This hearing is just over 90 minutes. Ill call to order this hearing for budget and revenue proposals. Good morning and welcome to our hearing on the president s fiscal year 2018 budget and revenue proposals. I want to thank you, mr. Secretary, for agreeing to testify today on the budget. Your agency, the department of treasury, as responsibility for fostering our nations Economic Growth and ensuring fiscal stability across our financial system. Our countrys growing debt and underperforming economy should be front and center in these conversations. America is faced with a mammoth nation debt that is over a patrol dollars and an economy thats holding back growth. We had a modest 2 rait over the next 30 years pro protections doubled from 77 in 2017 to 150 in 2047. In order for congress to tackle this enormous fiscal challenge it must reduce spending and ensure outlay growth does not outpace our economy. But wels must focus on
Debt limit and potential tax breaks for highincome taxpayers. This hearing is just over 90 minutes. Ill call to order this hearing for budget and revenue proposals. Good morning and welcome to our hearing on the president s fiscal year 2018 budget and revenue proposals. I want to thank you, mr. Secretary, for agreeing to testify today on the budget. Your agency, the department of treasury, as responsibility for fostering our nations Economic Growth and ensuring fiscal stability across our financial system. Our countrys growing debt and underperforming economy should be front and center in these conversations. America is faced with a mammoth nation debt that is over a patrol dollars and an economy thats holding back growth. We had a modest 2 rait over the next 30 years pro protections doubled from 77 in 2017 to 150 in 2047. In order for congress to tackle this enormous fiscal challenge it must reduce spending and ensure outlay growth does not outpace our economy. But wels must focus on
The forces of the level were starting to come down and the Afghan Forces were not operating along the border because they had bigger issues to deal with deeper into eas in the east ande south. And so, while we had had Excellent Partnership across the border in 2009 and 2010 and some that stand in 2011, that partnership basically ended at the end of november and didnt pick back up again actually it still hasnt picked up again. The other issue was ultimately to attack the insurgent elements on the eastern side of the frontier that we needed for them to go after. And i ran as you may remember in the media i didnt spend a lot of time talking about but we ran a very concentrated operation against the knifes edge and being an partnershi in partnersf afghanistan that committed large numbers. It proved to be quite good as the troops and gave me the sense that we could accelerate the afghans moving into the lead of the crossborder coordination is a very serious issue. Its a major security issue