June 8. We are getting data one hour from now. Lets quickly get to the markets. The pound definitely, the story of the day, dropping. I would point to the latest polls by u. K. Government. We have our London Bureau chief joining us to look at what a Hung Parliament could look like, and whether we believe the p olls or not. He vix, down from 1. 8 virtually600, unchanged. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Reporter in afghanistan, as many as 80 people have been killed and 350 injured in a suicide car bombing. There was a rate on the countrys Largest Military hospital in march. The u. S. Says the first ever test of the Defense System against an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile was a success. This was after a groundbased interceptor shot down a mock weapon over the pacific ocean. This comes amid mounting tensions with north korea. Reynard says soft inflation could make us rethink the path forward for Monetary Policy, should it linger. U. S. Growth looks poised to rebound
Ask to you stop the Russian Investigation . No. Charles obviously a win for the trump team. We saw the russian part with the opening testimony, it felt like vindication for President Trump. Gregg not only is comey saying the president isnt the subject of an investigation web wasnt at the time. But its only been a short while since he was canned. For those people who have been the antagonists of trump claiming there is collusion, than is no evidence of collusion. And im not sure collusion is a crime except in antitrust law. Its clear according to comey the president did not try to stop the investigation. A pretty good day for President Trump on the russia allegations. Charles i want to ask you about mike flynn. You can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go webs a good guy. I hope you can let this go. He did not direct you to let it go. Not in his words, no. He did not order you to let it go. Those words are not an order. Charles he said over and over again he interp
To Camber Sands In East Sussex despite being competent swimmers. And a report on the secrets of sleep and how too Little Leaves the brain struggling. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news. Heather watson wows at eastbourne as she beats the world number nine, dominika cibulkova, to reach round three. Good evening. The Democratic Unionist Party has agreed the terms of a deal to support the minority conservative government. The deal involves more than a billion pounds of extra spending in Northern Ireland, on health, education and infrastructure. The first ministers of scotland and wales have condemned the deal in the strongest terms, calling it cash for votes. Theresa may has also been accused of undermining the search for stable government in Northern Ireland, as our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, reports. 18 days since the election, nearly three weeks of waiting, a political lifetime for the Prime Minister. Deal or no deal, mrs foster . But the dup, power on their side, have been
Effort the president took in iraq to the level of doctrine. We will have to see how history treats this issue over time. I think it was a reaction to the circumstances that arose after 9 11, possibly some legacy issues from having bush 41 deal with iraq as well. Examples where mr. Obama felt very comfortable carrying on the policies that his predecessor had bequeathed him. Thank you. [applause] prof. Eisenberg i am hoping that they will finally find a microphone i can use. As a professor, i want to welcome director goss and ambassador negroponte for coming here today, and expressing willingness to come here and talk about the issues. I do not think it has been openly acknowledged here, but the reality is that those members very few members of the administration have been willing to come here and talk about these issues. I really appreciate your presence here. Some of you may have forgotten dean firestones introduction. And case there is any confusion, i want to make it clear that i am
Citizens have a right to clarify important questions. The judges have no right to interfere with the democratic wishes of the electorate, lets stop wasting time and get on to repealing the European Community act. As always, really keen to hear from you do get in touch throughout the morning. That ruling is in 30 minutes hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11. As youd expect, the programme will be dominated by reaction to that Supreme Court ruling, due in just under half an hours time. As always, do get in touch use victorialive, and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today in half an hours time, the Supreme Court will deliver its ruling on whether the Prime Minister needs parliaments approval before she can start the process of leaving the eu. The long awaited judgment will decide how the eus Article 50 Exit Clause is triggered. The government argues that ministers have the power to do that, but opponents say they need parliaments