Weather get the message . Find out in a little bit. Very good to see you. Our top story on this monday morning is that the Prime Minister has urged the conservatives to stick by him, amid speculation of a plot to oust him as Prime Minister, and this follows speculation over the weekend that some tories are attempting to use leader of the house Penny Mordaunt as a so called stalking horse candidate to trigger a leadership race. The rumour has forced number tens hand. Theyve issued a statement to mps last night, with the pm told backbenchers and i quote the economy is turning a corner and urged them to hold their nerve. Despite the conservative partys dire poll ratings. Well, joining us now for some analysis is the political commentator peter spence. Good morning to you. Were going to be hearing from the Prime Minister today. Hes going to want talk want to talk about apprenticeships whatever apprenticeships and whatever else plan. But quite else is todays plan. But quite frankly, all any
Currently, it is down just slightly, but still the elevated levels hovering at just 26. Last week it hovered at 36 which gave some investors pause. The dow is down about 6 in august. The s p is off just about 5. 5 . The nasdaq is down close to 6 as well. Year to date, though, the nasdaq is actually the only major average that is positive by close to 2 . So far, this year. Certainly, a decidedly different trade for the nasdaq on the year. Biotech, some of the highflying tech is helping that. But a 2 gain can be fixed quickly as volatility continues. If its up 100, are we going to say its unchanged . I mean, its nothing, right . It was basically unchanged. 100 points, lets get the latest out of china. Overnight, the central bank injecting 220 billion. And now beijing abandoning the chinese stock market on largescale share purchases. Instead, the paper says chinese efforts will step up efforts to find and punish those destabilizing the market. The benchmark shanghai composite closing down
A recap of the days news. You have gone to a District Trump won by 11 points. That romney won by 10 points. And now, it is a squeaker. Mo, what for frz. John. You lost, we won. You have to thing about it this way. If they needed the president to get him over the hump in supremely red district that should tell you that the district was in jeopardy. The best read you could give. What that means is there is a surge of momentum at least in this area. We cant necessarily transpose that sort of rest of the nation. But it does suggest that, that the president is not as popular, because that was a plus 11 district. You are right. Except, i wantup to have more momentum. Because you are going to keep losing. Peck pick up the senate and keep the house. The plan for the republicans. More momentum. Campaign on the strength of the economy. As well as trump tax cuts. For, for the, the november mid terms. That its the hope they believe. Actually, you know, maybe holding on to the house. Through tax cu
In iowa breaking overnight, we keep getting new numbers and they just keep creating new controversy. With 97 of the precincts now reporting, mayor Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders running neck and neck. Sanders does hold an edge in what you might call the popular vote, but if youre keeping score at home, right . First there were no results from iowa. Probably robbing Pete Buttigieg of a big Election Night momentum swing. Also there were partial results that buttigieg could brag for about a day about leading. But now sanders has reason to gripe. Iowa claims theyll have all the numbers by later this morning. Breaking news just seconds ago. The Sanders Campaign announced another number they love this morning. They say they raised 25 million in january alone. Well put that number in context but i have my ideas why theyre releasing it this morning. Joe biden addressed his disappointing night in iowa at a cnn town hall in New Hampshire. Well play for you the moment that people are talking a
Kingman’s City Council found itself divided Tuesday evening over the potential purchase of a historic piece of Americana: the Waving Cowboy Giant from the Glenn Goode Big People Collection. The