The next 100 days. Tom the transition challenges are simple. He needs a single letter out of gsa and that has not happened yet. We will do with Greg Valliere a on this in a moment. There are still four states with under a 1 count, and that is really what matters around all the hoopla. Francine it certainly does. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Biden is launching his transition effort while President Trump continues legal challenges over the election. The news media declared biden the winner of the president ial election on saturday. The former Vice President won or was leading in states that would give him more than 270 electoral votes needed for victory. Meanwhile, the president has falsely claimed victory whilst saying there was widespread in legal voting. He has not offered any evidence. President elect joe biden will take the first step to one of his Biggest Campaign promises today, to bring the Coronavirus Crisis under control
News with Norah Odonnell, reporting tonight from cbs news election headquarters in times square. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are coming on the air tonight with breaking news on several fronts. Just six days before the election, tonight, that powerful hurricane zeta is slamming into louisiana at 110 miles per hour, the fifth time that has happened this year. More than 30 million americans are in the storms path right now, and tens of thousands have already lost power. At the same time, the Coronavirus Crisis is reaching a dire new peak tonight, both at home and overseas, cases are exploding. The u. S. Is now facing its worst week of new infections since the pandemic began. In the past seven days, more than half a Million People have been infected nationwide. That news, along with nationwide lockdowns in france and germany, sent the dow into freefall, dropping more than 900 points today. And tonight, the Coronavirus Crisis is slamming headlong into the preside
Into new orleans, killing two people. It also left 2 million homes and businesses in the dark. Experts say damage could total as much as 5 billion. Wto members are confronting the reality that the future of the genevabased institution is now in the hands of the american electorate. The Trump Administration has decided to block nigerias former finance minister as the next wto would record general. The u. S. Is backing the south korean trade general despite overwhelming support from other countries for the other candidate. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. It is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 5 00 p. M. In london, and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im taylor riggs. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories we are following on the bloomberg and from around the world. The u. S. Economy recovered much of its normas ground it lost in the spring,
President ial debates. Im hale bruno from abc news and i will be moderating. The participants are dan quayle. [ applause ] democratic senator al gore. And retired vice admiral james stockdale. He is with the independent candidate ross perot. Now the ground rules for fonts debate, each can dlat have two plnts for an opening. This will be followed by a five minute constitution neither which they can ask questions of each other if they so choose. The order of response has been determined by a drawing. Our radio and tv audience should know they were given an equal allocation of seats for supporters. So could the audience please refrain from applause once the debate is under way been that plea from your moderator, lets get started. Good evening, its great to be here in atlanta for this debate where america will be showcased to the world. It is appropriate because in a real sense our constitution this evening will be about what kind of a nation we want to be four years from now. Its a pleasu
Have been hitting record highs all week, as President Trump and former Vice President biden race across the battleground states this weekend, that will decide the election. Former president Obama Joining joe biden saturday with President Trump campaigning in pennsylvania and praising supporters who surrounded a Biden Campaign bus in texas with their pickup trucks before police intervened. We have the latest from the campaign trail and chuck todd will be at the big map looking at paths to victory for both candidates. Then our sunday focus on making sense of the vote you will see on tuesday night. An inside look at how officials count hailin ballot and how long it could be until all of them are counted. Harry smith looks at disinformation about the campaign and how lies about Coronavirus Spread quickly online. A new virtual sunday sitdown i promise you do not want to miss with oscar winner oscar mcconaughey. He turned from romantic comedies to an Academy Award and the origin s of the mov