Concede and what this means for trade deals with china as well. Don i read about the trade deal. It is on the back burner for americans because both candidates, both parties are reticent to sign those deals. We can touch on that, but front and center in the nation is the stepbystep, the back, tweet by tweet with the president , but er than that is the pandemic. It was the oddest of weekends. Francine it was a busy weekend, and here in the u. K. With news that Boris Johnson, who contracted the virus in march, even went to icu, now having to selfisolate after coming into contact with someone who tested positive. We will have plenty more on that , and the consequences for brexit. First lets get to bloomberg renews with ritika gupta. President elect joe bidens top coronavirus advisers say a National Lockdown is not on the agenda. One of them, the former surgeon general, who says the approach to fighting it is a dial that we turned up and down, depending on the severity. U. S. Case records
Conflict, and five years on, france remembers the victims of one of the worst atrocities in its history. 130 people were killed when islamist militants went on a killing spree in paris. Well meet one of the survivors. Im phil gayle. Welcome to the program. U. S. President donald trump is due to speak at the white house in about an hour to give an update on efforts to combat the Coronavirus Vaccine. These would be his first comments since last week his first Public Comments since last week when he repeated his refusal to acknowledge the outcome of the election. A court in the state of michigan refused his request to delay certifying results. The president s team is continuing to contest the election outcome. Donald trump in a bad mood. His only official appearance this week honoring the dead at Arlington National cemetery outside washington, d. C. No comment, but his years long tweet storm continued. His most senior officials refused to concede anything. There will be a smooth transitio
Begin with some working news. Lisa Moderna Vaccine information has come out. Rate is what we saw, i higher efficacy rate then pfizer. Last week, people were talking about pfizer and how it had to be kept at ultracold to birchers until a couple of days before it was distributed ultracold temperatures until a couple of days before it was distributed. This one has a 30 day shelf life at standard refrigeration. This is very promising, and we are seeing a reaction in markets. Jonathan they are the headlines. Lets plug them into the financial markets. There is the pop on what irna. Equity futures in the United States, on the s p 500 come on the nasdaq, and on the russell as well. Futures, up russell by a little more than 2 . A record high at the close on friday in the russell, and we advance once again. I want to check in on the bond market. Yields higher, curve steeper. Switch of the board. Bonds lower, yields higher, up three basis points on tens. On 30s, we advance three basis points. In
The start of the week, a huge. Otation towards value the s p up by 0. 6 . The pound is positive. The departure of dominic ,ummings at 10 downing street going at the end of the year, setting up expeditions that may be a brexit reset and a deal as possible. Interestingly enough, we are seeing a continuing move in what we are seeing in the bond market. Bonds are bid today. He was there moving back down, unsurprising and what we heard from Christine Lagarde yesterday. More broadly, the virus definitely back in charge. The vaccine news at the beginning of the week, the virus news at the end of the week. Alix such a great way of framing that. Lets break down the virus issues more. The global coronavirus case is now topping 52. 9 million, deaths climbing to 1. 3 million. Focus is on europe and how it is addressing the virus. Joining us is Bloomberg Opinion columnist ferdinando juliano. The story in the u. S. Is that you guys are doing targeted lockdowns, and it is working, and the cases are l
Blockade communist cuba has fewer than 200, we speak to the core presenter of cuban covert, 19, Public Health and solidarity about fighting about endemic with internationalism, polis the more going on today is going on the ground offensive. Joe biden ever becomes us president. In january, he will preside over a country with the highest prison population in the world, 26 years after he supported a crime bill. The critics claim was responsible for a system of mass incarceration that imprisons more per capita than stalin or mao. Joining me now is the criminal defense lawyer of a 25 years because korea and u. S. Justice systems in his new book, justice on trial, radical solutions for a system at breaking point. Chris dorky. See them do going underground. A lot of people talking about britain, possibly breaking International Law or over a break said, but your new book is so beautiful and eloquently written about Britains Justice system. How difficult was it even to write a book at such a da