Called for Democrat John hickenlooper. Republican, former head football coach of auburn flipped alabama. Republican erst won in iowa. Graham won in South Carolina and Mitch Mcconnell won in kentucky. Several seats, though, still need to be decided before the night is out. Meantime, democrats are expected to keep control of the house and possibly add to their advantage but there are still dozens of races left to be decided tonight. Our political reporter greg lee has been watching all of this for us tonight. Greg what is happening in those crucial states. It is clear it will come down to the swing states. Likely to be very close. It will take time to count all of those ballots. Much of the attention like we talked about. President trump flip inside 2016. The socalled blue wall he broke through. Michigan so far, 65 reporting. President trump leading 54 to 5 . They received a historic number of absentee ballots. Election officials have said it could take days to count. In wisconsin we go.
Gave this answer whether asked about a peaceful transition of power. President trump get rid of the ballots and you will have, you will have a very peaceful, there wont be a transfer frankly. There will be a continuation. Charles we get reaction from the rnc coming right now. All that and so much more on making money. Charles recently in a mad dash for the exits weve seen gains turn into losses quickly. Some are comparing this action to the socalled taper tantrum. You remember back in 2013 when there was a great fear that the Federal Reserve was going to turn off the spigot, begin to undo the massive quantitative easing. Dont say to Stuart Varney i said qe. The stock market knows it has the power to moving averagers and shakers, president , congress, ceos, yes, even the Federal Reserve. I think the market rallied big time in august because it assumed there would be more accommodation. Then last week the market had its wakeup call, maybe the fed dont do more. Now the chance of fiscal he
This morning, good morning. This is bloomberg surveillance on tv and radio. All about the bond market out there allowing the u. S. Downgrade. Some half decent jobs data and the treasury announcing a ton of supply. Yields of every single day this week. This could the board of if we can on the bond market. 10year u. K. , japan, and germany. Higher by six basis points. I wouldnt call it dramatic. Lisa it is not dramatic, the slow bleed upward has gotten new focus as we reached levels that we havent reached going back to last november. You could talk about fitch and the downgrade yesterday but a lot of people view that as an excuse to catalyze the fears of the fiscal overhang of the new borrowing schematic from the u. S. Treasury department which is bigger than people expected. This general concern that if the economy is going to recover, maybe you get a soft landing, maybe no landing. Jonathan excuse to sell or a reason to sell . Lisa it was an excuse to sell for people who werent necessa
They are to him. He took over the stage addressing the delegates in person, pandemic be damned rambling for nearly an hour in a dark rant full of lies about mailin voting, kplapts about the media, and as usual false claims about democrats. But only after first basking in the genuflexion of his supporters. Four more years and if you want to really drive him crazy, you say 12 more years. This is the greatest scam in the history of politics. The only way they can take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election. This is the most important election in the history of our country. [ applause ] dont let them take it away from you. That old 12 more years thing, isnt that what putin just gave himself in russia . The capitulation was on full display in the partys platform, or lack thereof. Its a pledge of allegiance to trump himself. Enthusiastically supporting donald trump and his agenda, whatever it may be. And then republicans adjourned without adopting a single policy platform
Vaccine by election day to help his own bid ramping up the demand on Public Health officials to get that done. The Washington Post reporting trumps repeated pressure on the fda not only to approve a vaccine but also to advance unproven coronavirus treatments has undermined Public Confidence in the fda as well as in other federal agencies according to medical professionals. Democratic Vice President ial candidate senator Kamala Harris questioning whether President Trump can be trusted with the vaccine process. I will say that i would not trust donald trump and it would have to be a credible source of information that talks about the efficacy and the reliability of whatever he is talking about. I will not take his word for it. Meanwhile trump still feeling the fallout and the criticism tied to the comments of those that lay their lives down for the country and referring to the nations war dead as losers and suckers just wont go away. The Washington Post reporting that fox News Reporter J