in coming up on bbc news, know that novak djokovic on course to defend his french open title and through to the third round after being roberto in straight sets. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the man who was until last night the conservative mp for bolton north east in greater manchester has joined the labour party. mark logan is not standing at the general election but he says he is now backing sir keir starmer as the next prime minister. this afternoon he told the bbc the conservative party was unrecognisable from the party hejoined a decade ago. it comes amid continuing confusion and division over the fate of one of labour s longest serving and best known mps, diane abbott. she says she s being banned from standing next month. keir starmer has been saying no decision has been taken. but today labour s deputy leader angela rayner said she sees no reason why she shouldn t be allowed to stand again for her seat in east london. our political editor chris mas
Action was yesterday. 10 year yields going down the touch after yesterday selloff and yields rising yesterday the most since september. German tenyear yields continuing their assent. The selloff is the biggest since the end of june. Dollar gaining today against currencies stacking up ahead of the open. David lets find out whats happening with first word news. Emma in the u. K. , theresa may is facing questions from lawmakers in the latest eu moves on brexit. These are live pictures from the house of commons. The eu brexit negotiator says the transition will in in 2020 and says there will not be anaa la cart transition. President trump is on the verge of his first major victory in congress. Earlier today, the Senate Approved the biggest overhaul of the nations tax code. The bill must go back to the house for another vote. Budgetdemocrats invoked rules to remove minor provisions. It slashes the corporate rate from 35 to 21 . South korea made delay or with the u. S. Until after the olympi
This is ten minutes. Ladies and gentlemen the Vice President of the United States. Climatic. Thank you very much. I am told the second day of march is an important date in history of the state of texas. The country. I will leave you to ask texans why that is the case. Today, the second day of march come on come on behalf of the president of the United States its my privilege to administer the oath of office to a great texan, the 14th secretary of energy will be governor, rick perry. [applause] especially grateful to be joined today by his wonderful wife, anita anita who is been at his side in so many ways and serve the people of his state and nation, now joins him as they serve the people of the United States at the department of energy. We are honored are honored to have you with us. [applause] also grateful to be joined by so many other friends and colleagues, but most notably the senator from texas, senator ted cruz. Thank you for joining us. [applause] governor perry, few americans
Tonight here on cspan beginning at 8 00 eastern. Night at 8 00 eastern, highlights from the Democratic Convention with the first lady, michelle obama. President obama and Hillary Clinton saturday at 8 00 p. M. Sunday, highlights from the Republican Convention 10 30 a. M. Eastern with senator ted cruz, mike pence and donald trump as well. Ricky in maryland. Republican line. Go ahead. Caller good afternoon. I thinking because donald trump doesnt really want to win. 1998 that he would run as a republican because he believes republicans are done. He said he could lie to them and they would believe everything he says. Last week and this week, you cannot compare the tapered that is disappointing. Last week and this week, you cannot compare the two. That is disappointing. I dont know whats going on. People have to be careful. This guy will put the country back to looking like a third world country. The speech by donald trump and the speech by Hillary Clinton sidebyside, these were clouds of t
10 out of 11 major groups in the s p 500 are down and the big laggards are financials, led by Deutsche Bank, another record low today. If you look at oil prices, joe and tracy, wti gaining. Joe today felt electric. So much excitement ahead of the debate, the stuff with Deutsche Bank going on. One of the more exciting news days in a while. Tracy there is definitely a lot going on, isnt there . People are excited about how it will come together. Scarlet within the financial three of the sick supercommittees decline this group is at its lowest since early august. The exception worth the real estate companies. These were formally part of the Financial Group and now they are on their own and because of the dividends, especially the 10year,gaps with a 2. 5 Percentage Points from your sevenyearlooking at the vix as well, we are seeing it move higher. Shorthand for volatility. It is really the price that people pay for Downside Protection on the s p 500. You are seeing it move higher. Joe lets