aboutjoining forces. we are talking about combining forces, because it s clear that boris is going into the last round, and the question is, who is best placed to sit on a stage with borisjohnson, and who is best placed to ask the testing questions that need to be asked? a woman is in a serious condition in hospital after a crash involving the duke and duchess of cambridge s police convoy. us president donald trump formally launches his re election campaign, asking supporters to keep him in office for four more years. with every ounce of heart and might and sweat and soul, we re going to keep making america great again. and then we will indeed keep america great. i really will keep it so great. investigators looking into malaysian airlines flight mh17 which was shot down over eastern ukraine five years ago are expected to name four suspects later today. good morning. it s wednesday 19thjune 2019. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i m joanna gosling. a united nations investiga
week for the fed chair. looking like a lower open for right now, but fight upward movement in record territory. months and months for the stock market. by the way, speaking a record territory. big-name tech stocks holding off to massive gains for friday. amazon come alphabet, microsoft new highs and half-hour from now the market will open. we will have three hours for your sabbatical. varney & company will start right now. charles: back to the breaking news. paul manafort, judge napolitano witness. a scuttlebutt over the weekend but it still a shocking bit of news. the new york times is reporting one of the account said the indictment is for tax fraud. tax fraud is not failure to pay your taxes and tax fraud is lying to the government about what you owe. that may or may not be related to his activities in russia. i suspect it is because his codefendant, rick gates didn t work with them on the campaign, but worked in its business when he was an american agent and an am
back, plus republicans turning up the heat on democrats demanding answers in the uranium one deal and the fusion gps scandal. we are following the money to find out who paid for the anti- trump dossier and the indictment is putting pressure on the trump agenda in just two days republicans will reveal their plan to overhaul the nation s tax code what will it mean for your family s bottom line? we re going to ask congressman tom reed, a member of the tax writing house and ways committee that s the only thing that matters. david: you got to ask somebody in the house ways and means. back to the markets the dow taking a hit following a new report republicans are considering phasing in corporate tax cuts. why? laurie rothman on the floor of the new york stock exchange. we ll deal with the why in a moment but how did that affect stocks, laurie? already it: we had all kinds of messages coming from the stock market today david and just a few minutes ago the market caught a bid so
morning in beijing where china has warned the us that it will not back down over its territorial claims in the south china sea. donald trump said the us would protect interest in the region, a shift from president obama s position. china editor reports on the growing tensions. there are free key flashpoints between the us and china trade, taiwan and the south china sea. the last two involved the risk of military confrontation between a superpower and one of the fastest growing global powers. the south china sea, one of the busiest in the world, and won several neighbours have competing claims on. the us is going to make shall protect our interests. after the new white house spokesman echoed thoughts from the secretary of state that the trump administration may use force to defend its interests, china has responded with defiance. translation: china will firmly safeguard the freedom of navigation under international law, peace and stability in the south china sea. the us is n
it s newsday. it s 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 9am in the morning in beijing where china has warned the united states that it won t back down over its territorial claims in the south china sea. on monday, donald trump s spokesman said the united states would protect its interests in the region, a shift from president obama s more neutral position. but a chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman said china will safeguard its own rights. our china editor carrie gracie reports on the growing tensions. there are three key flashpoints between the new trump administration and beijing trade, taiwan and the south china sea. the last two involve the risk of military confrontation between a fast growing naval power and the world s superpower. china lays claim to most of the south china sea, of the one of the busiest commercial waterways in the world, and one where several of its neighbours have competing claims. areas in the south china sea that are part of international waters