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trump s tax cuts and those french elections. riding the wave of the foodie revolution. celebrity chef mark hix will be with us to talk, food, fads and investment. today, we want to know is cash your king? a survey says a third of us would rather pay digitally, do you still carry cash or is contactless the future? let us know. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. cash, rachel. always carry that with you. i shouldn t say that. i don t have any cash on me! shaking up the tax system has been a major theme of the trump administration. today he s promising what he describes as a big announcement on his planned reforms. in fact, mr trump has already said he s planning what he s called maybe the biggest tax cut we ve ever had . during the campaign he talked about cutting the top individual tax rate from 36.9% to 25%. in terms of business, he wants to cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 15%. mr trump has also proposed charging american firms a one off tax ofjust 10% on money t ....
white house. we are in detroit where the white working class voters still have their back. he spoke to their need for change. when he spoke they said, i will remember him. he said he would fix the problem and i demand to do it raced on my experience. he won over the hearts and minds of the many people. i remember one very senior minister telling me that if it was the last day of an election campaign, and he had a choice between canvassing a hall of residence or an old people s home, you do the old people s home any day because they re the ones who are going to vote. good evening. 23,000 deaths by nitrogen dioxide poisoning. a ruling today that the government can t block the clean air plan until after the general election. they claim publication would drop controversial bomb into the mix of local and national elections, but that didn t wash and after the local elections we will find out what theresa may plans to do about reducing dirty diesel, the main culprit. the mayor ....
shortage of incident. sergio aguero should have scored. it came off the post from close range. there was an excellent chance before half time for manchester united but he headed it off target. the talking point of the game was the red card shown to fellaini. he was shown a yellow card for a challenge on sergio aguero moments before. within seconds he was involved with another tussle. for heads clashed in a forehead motion. he showed a straight red card. manchester city brought on gabrielle jesus since card. manchester city brought on gabriellejesus since picking up an injury on the 13th of february but his header wasjudged offside. it is a share of the spoils which for now leaves manchester city inside the champions league places and manchester united are outside the top four at the moment. we controlled totally and quite easily. defensively the game was totally under control and we were a lwa ys totally under control and we were always dangerous. we almost scored. mkhi ....
how common was it for the u.s. and other military forces to use animals in world war i and world war ii? chelsea: it was really quite common up until right after world war ii going into the korean war. in world war i, you had all types of animals, such as horses, the largest group, followed by pigeons, war dogs, camels, elephants occasionally, depending on the terrain and location, oxen and bull. if you can think of any kind animal, it was probably at least in the war, whether it was a pet or mascot or working animal. bill: what were pigeons used for? chelsea: pigeons would be used for carrier pigeons and homing pigeons to convey messages across the lines. bill: messages attached to them? chelsea: yes. one of the more famous ones that the american military used in world war i, its name was sharame. it is credited with saving the lost battalion in 1918. bill: is it because the message it was carrying? chelsea: it was shot numerous times and basically died as soon as it l ....
i will be talking to the british chambers of commerce about their manifesto. the sound of spring, but for how much longer? wejoin the sound of spring, but for how much longer? we join the the sound of spring, but for how much longer? wejoin the dawn patrol as they go in search of the nightingale. in sport: a third crucible crown for mark selby. he fights back to beatjohn higgins and become only the fourth man in the modern era to successfully defend a world title. and carol has the weather. good morning. again today we are looking at a fair bit of cloud coming in across the east of the uk, accompanied a noticeable breeze. there will be a few showers, but for many of us it will be dry. there will be some sunny spells, the lion s share of which will be again gci’oss lion s share of which will be again across the north west of the uk. i will have more details 15 minutes. inis minutes. good morning. first, our main story: there has been further fallout from last week s ....