Good morning, it is saturday, september 21st. I am Alecia Menendez with michael steele. Symone Sanders Townsend has the day off. Americans are starting to cast their ballots. And the Vice President makes a passionate, new plea of the stakes of the race. Plus, georgia changes The Way the votes will be counted in the state. Lucky losers. New york times winning is back a new look at the funny story about trumps financial organs origins. Grab your coffee and settle in. Welcome to The Weekend. D. Can you believe it, folks . We are just 45 days from the election of the next President Of The United States and voters are already heading to the polls in some states. Early inperson voting kicked off friday in minnesota, south dakota, and virginia. Overnight, in arizona, The State Supreme Court just guaranteed full Ballot Access for nearly 100,000 voters following a dispute over a clerical error related to the States Proof of citizenship requirements for voting. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala H
Cornell university, and a former head of the imf s china division. Speaking to me earlier, he said the belt and Road Initiative had achieved mixed results for china. The belt and Road Initiative was chinas gamble to again achieve political and democrat influence, as well as extend dock expand its reach, and Build Transport and other infrastructure that would link china with many of these other countries. Now some of these investments have not paid off very well, in terms of geo political terms because china is getting pushback from some countries that feel they have been indebted to china. So this is an attempt by the Xi Jinping Administration to put the belt and Road Initiative back on track. ,. , and Road Initiative back on track. ,. ,. ,. , track. To have any tangible expectations track. To have any tangible expectations from track. To have any tangible expectations from this track. To have any tangible i expectations from this forum . I think we might see some new Investment Opport
arriving in north east scotland later. details throughout the programme. good morning. it s monday, the 20th of november. our main story. it s the start of a big week for the covid inquiry, which will hear evidence from the high profile doctors and scientists who helped to shape and explain the government s response to the pandemic. the former chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, whose diaries from that time accused boris johnson of chaotic leadership, will appear today, followed by professor sir chris whitty, jonathan van tam and damejenny harries over the coming days. our health reporter jim reed reports. patrick, over to you. thank you very much. numbers are increasing and they re increasing across europe and in the uk. sir patrick vallance was up there at the downing street podium in some of the darkest days of the pandemic. we re also recommending increased social distancing. that s the phrase that you hear. already the inquiry has heard extracts from his priv