Designed to highlight Racial Discrimination has sparked a backlash in japan. Jevon ashwood support and speaking of japan the cost of delaying the take care of them pigs is revealed organizers say the current virus bespoke mint is likely to set them back a further 2800000000. 00. Hello welcome to the program saudi arabias foreign minister says he is hopeful a deal could soon be reached to end the bitter dispute with cats are its been 3 years since saudi arabia bahrain the u. A. E. And egypt imposed a land sea an Arab Blockade on cata for ministers of qatar and kuwait also say theres been progress towards resolving the crisis. Has our report. Crucial days a hand for gulf nations talks aimed at and during the 3 and a half year blockade of qatar seem to have achieved significant progress kuwaits foreign minister whos country has been be generally mediating and and to the crisis says hes confident in fact that a constructive and fruitful talks have taken place recently where all the parties
We are going mostly down. Trump has used his executive powers to ban investments in companies that are associated to the Chinese Military. Lets look at some other asset classes. Dollar index unchanged. The euro, which has been under the caution with the dollar. Crude, just dropping below 40 bucks a barrel. We have the surprise stockpile gain in the u. S. Gold price moving up as well. Goldman sachs saying they are bullish on not just gold but also copper. Lets move to what is happening first word news was. We get over to new york and joined karina mitchell. Karina the chances of a new stimulus package in the u. S. Are receiving with the white house saying sources tell us gop leaders will not lead any of the talks. Mitch mcconnell has been more distant from a democrat proposals, reducing the chances of a new deal. The Federal Reserve is again warning fiscal stimulus is required to support the u. S. Economy as potential vaccines may not end the economic fallout from the coronavirus. Chair
Arizona for First Time Since 1996 and thats where we will begin this morning as the president continues his legal challenges today. President elect biden winning the state of arizona, thats according to nbc news decision desk overnight further cementing his victory in last weeks election biden now holds 290 electoral votes, to trumps 217. Georgia and North Carolina are the ones that are still too close to call, jim but if you put those two together, even flipping those for the president would not be enough yeah, look, carl, this matters tremendously there was a lot of uncertainty in the last four days that perhaps the president wouldnt leave the white house, the legal challenges would go on forever, december 13th would come, 14th is the last day, and there would be no concession about the electoral college. And this kind of makes it so that it is less likely, plus the attack on fox, believe it or not, made people realize maybe there is a second life, maybe a station that will be owned
Their resignations after 4 of their colleagues are disqualified. Also, now we are steps for reach these elections. A breakthrough in libya. The u. N. Says the warring sides have agreed to hold elections within 18 months. Welcome to the program. Europe has been called a cautionary tale of the dangers of easing coronavirus restrictions. The World Health Organization issued a warning as the continent is witnessing an aggressive surge and infections more than 50000. People have now died from cope with 19 in the u. K. And in italy. Once the epicenter of europes outbreak, 623. 00 people died in the past 24 hours. Andrew symonds reports for the u. K. Its another landmark in the spread of covert, and its causing a lot more than 50000. 00. People who tested positive have died. Britains total of dead is now the highest in europe. Nearly 600. 00 deaths on wednesday overtakes figures since may in the 1st wave. Every death is a tragedy. I mean we mourn everybody whos gone and, and often either with
Virus deaths and the u. K. s death toll passes 50000 and the devastation left behind by hurricane at becomes clearer in Central America. As florida declares, a state of emergency u. S. President elect joe biden has named his white house chief of staff despite dont transfer refusal to concede and allow a smooth transition of power. Ron klain served as chief of staff to both biden and Vice President al gore during the obama and clinton administrations. However, bidens been and able to move into federal office space or use Government Funds to stuff because of trumps refusal to accept the election results. The us state of georgia has announced it will be recounting old votes by hand, which was requested by the Trump Campaign. Joe biden secured the election without georgia, but hes also leading that by just over 14000. 00 votes. Officials say the recount will begin at the end of the week. The current margin stands at 14111. 00 between the president and senator biden, Vice President biden. M