Wie the people will not surrender. But president Trumps Campaign demands a recount in wisconsin and files a lawsuit in georgia as he urges the Supreme Court to intervene in the electoral process. And bank of england policymakers lower their forecasts as they go back into lockdown well be speaking to the governor Andrew Bailey here on cnbc right now the u. S. Election remains too close to call with democratic candidate inching closer to victory. This is where things stand right now. Biden leads with 253 Electoral College votes and trump has 214. The tally leaves the former Vice President just short of the 270 votes needed to win. Counting is under way still right now in atlanta through the middle of the night and is set to continue throughout the morning. But lets take a closer look at some of the key battleground states and more detail in arizona, it remains too early to declare results but biden is ahead. And nevada is also too close to call but a win in both would bring him across th
Russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, says he appears to have been poisoned. And nasa warns that an asteroid could hit earth the day before the us election, though it is not expected to disrupt the us postal service. Fraser is in london. President trump flew down to North Carolina today for the Opening Night of his partys convention. Its a bit of an empty gesture since, like the democrats gathering last week, the Republican National convention will mostly take place in cyber space and not in charlotte. Democrats. But the president wants to be front and centre of this event and he will appear every night of the gathering somehow, somewhere. Last weekjoe biden got a bump in the polls from his convention, mrtrump is hoping for the same this week. The countrys record high covid toll, and poor economy could make that complicated but the message week is that the only thing standing between anarchy and socialism is a second term of donald trump. We have to win, this is the most important
Components reporting this week including pfizer, mcdonalds, boeing, apple, exxon mobile and we also hear from facebook, google parent alphabet, we look ahead at what to expect. Turning into the market, futures pointing to higher open to kick off this week, 121 point gain on dow futures as gold shines hitting all time high closing at 2,000 an ounce as concerns debt, what about National Debt . Mornings with maria is live right now. Checking on Global Market action, in Europe Markets are mixed, slight losses in england and france at the moment. Blow to Tourism Industry. Uk putting spain in quarantine list due to coronavirus cases and other countries could follow. Markets mixed there. Hang seng and nikkei lower, china reporting june industrial profit surged 11 and a half percent. Keep in mind the numbers are put out did the communist party. Cheryl casone has more in your headlines, cheryl. Cheryl good morning. 1 trilliondollar package from republicans, more stimulus check, 1,200 with direc
The governor addressed the rising number in his statement. 101 lives have now been lost, 27 of the survey have been completed. I spoke with the president this morning and we speak often. He and joe biden extend their absolute love and heartfelt wishes about the tragedy that has occurred. They are heartsick that we have lost these 101 souls. Joining us now from maui is our reporter, helena humphrey. Helena, the governorjust posted a video on social media with an update. He has confirmed a rising death toll, what else did he say . That is right and the message from the governor has been every time we see that death toll climb upwards, he said that our hearts are a little bit more broken. He has also been saying that residents of western maui can now start to go back into lahaina, although he did specify that would not be able to go into the impacted zone. In a bid to reconnect these areas of the island that have been completely disconnected with the wildfires. He also spoke about housing
In the trump administration. Some of the accusations against mr trump include violating georgias racketeering act. Racketeering is a type of organised crime where someone profits through dishonest or illegal activities. And the ex president s also accused of soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer. Also, Making False Statements and filing false documents. A reminder that these charges are all in connection to accusations of Election Meddling by trump. The bbc s Kayla Epstein has been following the events in georgia and has more on the legal view of the charges. Ive been speaking to legal experts about this all day and theyve told me they are not surprised that a Racketeering Charge was brought by fani wills. Its a Signature Charge brought in the past and we expected to see this, but weve still got indictment, which is nearly 100 pages, it names 19 defendants, including donald trump, i think a lot of people were struck by the breadth of the evidence she lays out. Almost 70