Survivor. We want to thank you all for supporting our community of authors, book lovers and friends. Tonight we are excited to have with us tara burton who is celebrating the release of her new book, strange rites. Tara is contributing ed editor at the american interest, a columnist at Religion News service and the former Staff Reporter at fox. Com. He has written on religion and secularism for national geographic, the washington post, the New York Times and more and holds a doctorate in theology from oxford. Shes also the author of the novel social creature. Joining tara to discuss her new book is ross douthat, coauthor of grand new party. Before joining the New York Times, he was a Senior Editor for the atlantic. He is the film critic for national review, and he cohosts the New York Times weekly oped e podcast, the argument. He lives in new haven with his wife and three children. So without further ado, please join me in welcoming tara and ross. Thank you so much. Thanks to all of yo
Tens of thousands are expected to meet at boxing day hunts across the uk , often attended by across the uk, often attended by anti hunting protesters. And this year is predicted to be no different. Different. Labours been warned to end its running attack on Rural Communities. Communities. Plus this morning aidan magee is here with your sport. Is here with your sport. Yes. Good morning. Happy boxing day everybody. Its going to be a feast of premier League Football as expected for the time of year. Could it be d day for Manchester United manager erik united welcome erik ten hag as united welcome aston old Trafford Aston Villa to old trafford tonight, well also looking tonight, well also be looking ahead boxing day racing. Thanks aidan and Greg Dewhurst. Has your weather. Good morning. Brighter skies across much of the uk. This boxing day, but how long will it last before rain returns . Find out all the details coming up soon. How was your christmas . Did how was your christmas . Did you
David and maybe give us an indication whether we can keep that stock rally going. Alix indeed. We have great guests including dan yergin. He will reveal how the outcome of the president ial election could impact the shell business and his outlook for oil prices. And pimlico c. I. O. Will join us and take us through the u. S. Open. The market really calm today. Jonathan very calm. The dbacks down. 1. A quiet turn to fridays trading. The bloomberg dollar index, about a 10th of 1 . Year gild yields down by 20 basis points. Were turning the upside down a little bit. Were up by about four but coming up record lows on gild. The 10year treasury note coming in too. A 30year auction and worth 15 billion worth. A bit to cover which gives you an idea of the demand was low. And we had a selloff across the curve. Commodity market, down. And down about a 10th on crude. W. T. I. Had a massive rally as weve seen. But a lot of it on the back of a happy talk on another opec meeting for some stable accus
Fed. Ed to focus on the we have a 70 chance that the said wilhite grates in december according to market probability numbers. A 70 chance. That number has gone up sharply the last few days. Fridays payroll data was a huge part of the puzzle. How is it affecting markets . That story continues. Be byrried of the fed dennis . This is the reaction they would expect that will be concerned about. The dollar index continuing to climb. How of other markets taken it . Next, how the asian market is taking it. Good morning. If you look at the expectations, investors and increasing that expectation that the fed will take action to raise rates. What we are seeing is a next picture because the asiapacific index has been swinging between gains and losses. Still in the red, barely above the trend line. The hang seng index, modest advances. These are the movers in the sydney market. Evolution mining. The big story as they has been in china, the shanghai composite. 2 gain. Authorities have said they wil
Them to take on investments that if they unwind, can create risks. Olivia australias benchmark bond hit the highest levels since december, and germanys benchmark bonds rose to its highest levels this year. Meanwhile, voting is underway in the u. K. David cameron is facing off. And a, polls have been open for a few hours already. Give us the latest . Pulls up and open for four hours. They will remain open until 10 00 this evening. Members of parliament will be elected to represent the u. K. Registered voters are casting their ballots. There are 3000 polling stations across the u. K. We have some voting restrictions in place, we are not allowed to talk very freely about the election today. We have to stay away from the color we have been bringing you. I found out today that you can vote in your pajamas which is useful. You can take your dog. But dont try and take a selfie. Olivia looking for to having a full breakdown and discussion with you tomorrow. Tom the patriots are under the scand