Nominate janet yellen to his treasury secretary. She would become the first woman to hold the position. Janet yellen has pushed for more fiscal spending during the pandemic. Credentials could covid passports restart International Travel . We will discuss the latest strategy with its ceo this afternoon, and before then, we are joined by the chief executive of the dutch flag carrier. Do not miss that conversation. It is 6 00 a. M. In london and 7 00 a. M. In zurich. A little bit of breaking news on novartis and we will come back to that in a moment but there is a Share Buyback of up to 2. 5 billion. So we will touch on that in a moment but i think we are in this momentum and we have almost got this goldilocks between a vaccineon starting, narrative, and janet yellen did not get Elizabeth Warren so thats probably part of the cheer on the streets. Certainly. I think wall street will embrace it but also the progressives will embrace her but with this pick which is historic, the first female
As is tradition, two tiny communities in n hampshire cast their ballots after the stroke of midnight. The results were a sweep for biden, while in millsfield, trump won 16 votes to 5 for biden. The 2020 election is taking place amid the growing coronavirus pandemic and a risingocial divide in u. S society. The response to the coronavirus and the reopening of the economy have become Major Campaign issues. Johns Hopkins University in the u. S. Says the total number of confirmed cases in the country stands at nearly 9. 3 million. The death toll has topped the world with over 230,000. Restrictions on mailin voting were eased to address concerns about spreading the virus. Millions of people opted to cast ballots early. Turnout could be the highest in a century. There are concerns as voting gets under way. Trump has insisted mailin votes are prone to fraud, and the results could be contested in court. Some reports say trump may declare victory unilaterally before all the votes are tallied. T
A percentage point in the last election john hendren reports now from michigan. Be improving economy and he has had some good numbers reasonably trained deals including the north American Free trade agreement to renegotiate it and then he went on to talk about how tough he had been on china in that trade war and to contrast himself with joe biden he showed a video in which biden said some positive things about china and then he went on to criticize the governor of michigan Gretchen Whitmer she is a democrat and she has cracked down aggressively on the Coronavirus Police in france have released a person they were questioning often an orthodox priest was shot in the city of leone the priest was closing his church on saturday afternoon when he was shot twice at close range churches around france a dedicating all saints state to the victims of thursdays attack in nice people starved to death christiane holiday is traditionally a time to remember that. Early Election Results in ivory coast
Individual sacrifices and in many parts of europe and in north america in particular there are many things that each of us can do the decisions that we make every day about avoiding crowded spaces about avoiding in close settings for prolonged periods of time about postponing some of those gatherings that we may want to have an exact of faces that we all have to make. And pharmaceutical giant pfizer says its late stage hope in 1000 vaccine trial is nearly fully enrolled the company is phase 3 trial is just 2000 volunteers shy of the 44000 needed the company said during an Earnings Call Tuesday Morning pfizer and biotechs drug is viewed as one of the worlds most promising vaccine candidates while the company had said it hoped to have data on the efficacy of the vaccine by the end of this month during the call pfizer c. E. O. Albert borlase said this of the situation in case of a conclusive readout we will inform the public as soon as we complete the necessary administrative work which w
Largest economy later on well dig into the ruling and what issues lie ahead in the dispute with a packed show today so lets dive right in. And we lead the program with the latest warning from the Global Health officials as the world continues to deal with the latest surge in coal but 900 cases with the latest wave the World Health Organization on monday said that while reimposing Strict Lockdown measures may be needed to slow the spread of the virus these actions can be avoided if everyone does their part i think we have to. Look at that very seriously in the context of the European Union in the context of the region as a whole theres a lot of Free Movement and therefore those principles it may require and shutting down and restricting movement and having stay at home orders in order to take the heat out of this phase of the pandemic we can avoid National Lockdowns we can avoid massive restrictive movements if everyone plays their part it means individual sacrifices and in many parts o