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this is a huge morning right now for joe biden, the president of the united states, who is laying it all on the line in the next hour. he ll either be declaring victory of sorts on a deal on a social agenda, or explaining why he failed to bring democrats together to pass a plan designed to help millions of kids, parents, and seniors and students, pass it yet, pass it now. the president has delayed his trip to europe by a few hours so he can race to the capitol this morning to meet with house democrats. we re learning that he plans to lay out some key details of an economic and climate package in a push to get all democrats on board. cnn s kaitlan collins is live at the white house. this could be a tough sell. no doubt, kaitlan, he s going to be running into some disappointed democrats, but the question is can he get them all together? that s the big question, of course. and it remains to be seen once we see lawmakers leaving this closed door meeting with the preside ....
lose their bid to trademark the fourfinger bar. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour, on bbc news. england cricket could be back on free to air television, as the ecb offer up a new rights package to broadacsters. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. the liberal democrat election manifesto is out today, and at the heart of it is a pledge to offer another referendum on any brexit deal. according to party leader tim farron, it would give voters a chance to say they want to remain in the eu. the lib dems are also offering several new policies aimed at young people, including dropping the voting age to 16 and a rent to own housing scheme. more on that in a moment, but first, here s our political correspondent viki young. he says his policies offer young people a brighter future. and tim farron has put brexit at the heart of his campaign. # sun, sun, sun, here it comes. the lib dems hope the promise of a referendum on any brexit deal the government negot ....
up with inflation. and items by worn by one of television s best loved characters, coronation street s busybody hilda ogden, have sold for more than £4000 at auction. good evening and welcome to bbc news. we are reporting live tonight from bethnal green in east london, where the liberal democrats and their leader, tim farron, havejust launched their pa rty‘s leader, tim farron, havejust launched their party s general election manifesto. in a speech on the stage at the podium just behind mea the stage at the podium just behind me a few minutes ago, tim farron said that a hard brexit would be a time bomb underneath our economy that could wreck the national health service and schools for decades to come. he also said there should be a second referendum on brexit for the people, not the politicians, to decide. he said that nigel farage ‘s policies and those of ukip had been taken over policies and those of ukip had been ta ken over by policies and those of ukip had bee ....
the new french government. it s gender balanced and politically diverse. and in outside source sport, the fallout over the decision not to give maria sharapova a wild card in the french open continues. we ll bring you up to date. donald trump has always relied on his core base for support. most politicians who get to the top or near to it do need a core base of supporters. but according to two recent polls that support is slipping. this from politico and morning consult shows his approval has sunk to a new low of 42%. that is as low as approval ratings have gone. this is a completely separate study. this is a completely separate study. and this from quinnipiac university. again his approval is at a record low 36%. both polls were conducted before the latest controversies. tim malloy from quinnipiac university says it is the erosion of white men, white voters without college degrees and deepening concerns about trump s honesty, intelligence and level headedness are red ....
meanwhile, new measures to curb immigration are understood to be among the pledges in the conservatives‘ manifesto launched tomorrow. a record number of people in work, but there are more warnings of a squeeze on living standards. and trying to fight digital propaganda the millions of fake profiles created on social media pumping out misinformation. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news: there s so much at stake in the championship as sheffield wedmnesday and huddersfield look to reach the play off final to face reading. good evening. president trump is facing what his critics say are the most serious allegations to beset his presidency so far. he has been accused of trying to get the former head of the fbi, james comey who he sacked last week to drop an investigation into links between his former national security adviser and the russians. the claims have prompted a small but growing number of the president s fellow republicans to call for an ....