unemployment rate holding at 3.6%. bill: that might be a bit of welcome news after wall street s worse day in two years. the dow closing down more than 1,000 points. maria bartiromo is here. we re on the air live to you and good morning. hello, bill and dagen. bill: i was watching fox business last hour. size it up? is it getting better, worse, treading water do you think? well here is the deal, bill. this is a good report. there is no doubt about it. unfortunately it is not good enough to change a narrative which has been all about inflation. here are the details. 428,000 jobs created in the month of april. much better than the expectations. we were expecting 390,000. the problem is the wages. wages were up 5 1/2% for the month of april. initially markets saw that as a positive that goes back down from the month before. in the month of march wages were up 5.6%. however, when you look at the inflation that we re talking about, inflation is running at 8 1/2%. so just d
from the campaign trail as it draws to a close. the other news in the next hour. the london bridge attack, the death toll rises to eight after a body, believed to be missing frenchman xavier thomas is found in the thames. more police raids a 30 year old man is arrested in east london amid further questions over how one of the attackers was able to enter the uk. celebrating the life of ronnie corbett stars of comedy and tv attend a memorial service for the man whose career spanned more than six decades. the creator of charlie and lola, lauren child has been announced as the new children s poet laureate good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. seven weeks after the snap general election was called, leaders from all parties are on the last push for votes before millions of people go to the polls tomorrow. after the last few days of campaigning were dominated by the issue of national security following the london bridge attack today party leaders have returned to their cor
reportedly which brings the number of dead in the london bridge attack to eight. 13 people have been convicted following an investigation into abuse at two private care homes for adults with learning disabilities in devon. i loved him because we looked great together. and celebrating the life of ronnie corbett is stellar performers gather at westminster abbey for the memorial service today. it s 5 o clock and it s the last full day of campaigning before polling day tomorrow in the general election. party leaders have been on the road trying to emphasise their main policies and messages before tens of millions of people go to the polls across the uk tomorrow. this evening we ll have the latest on the party campaigns and we ll be reviewing the main policy proposals on some of the biggest issues on the eve of polling day. theresa may has returned to her key message on brexit saying it s up to voters to decide which party can be trusted to deliver the best deal. jeremy corb
welcome to bbc news. with just over 12 hours until polls open party leaders have spent the day criss crossing the country, making their last pitch to voters. 50 days after calling the general election theresa may said that brexit was the priority and she was the leader best able to build a stronger, more prosperous britain . beginning his day in glasgow the labour leaderjeremy corbyn warned voters against five more years of austerity and pledged more spending on health and education, delivering hope not fear. we ll be bringing you the last word from all the campaigns but first our political editor laura kuenssberg has been following the uk s two major parties labour and the conservatives. this is the last push, the final few miles as they try to bring you over and even before most voters were awake, theresa may was out in is london. talking about the conservative‘s plans to invest more in london. with security dominating the campaign, mrs mayer pledged to toughen the law