Coming up, im going to ask the White House Press secretary whether beyond the announcement they actually have the votes in the senate, not to mention the house. Tragedy in florida. The search right now after a deadly Building Collapse there. A boy one of two people pulled from the rubble alive. One confirmed dead so far. 99 more floridians unaccounted for. Plus, a Big Development on a lifeordeath story that weve been covering for weeks, months, years even on the lead. The white house announcing that afghan translators who helped u. S. Troops will be saved, but how many . Of the 9,000 who have completed the paperwork, how many are we talking about . Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start with Breaking News on our politics lead. President biden making the official announcement this afternoon, there is a bipartisan deal on infrastructure. We had a really good meeting. In answer to your direct question, we have a deal. None of us got all that we wanted. I clearly didnt get all that
Supporting the two Democratic Senate candidates in georgia this just got underway. We have came so far together and georgia democrats have done what others thought was impossible. We flipped georgia blue. Georgians already knew it but we proved to the entire nation that georgia is ready for big change. Last month we delivered our 16 Electoral College votes to president elect joe biden and my Vice President elect Kamala Harris. We are about to deliver, not one, but to georgia democrats into the United States senate in january and i could not be more proud of georgia democrats and the compliment that we made together but we are not done yet. All eyes are on georgia and we will singlehandedly determine the future of our country. Covid relief, healthcare, john lewis Voting Rights act and the stakes just couldnt be higher. It is all come down to georgia and not only are georgians counting on us but the entire country is counting on us, a vote for our candidates doesnt just mn change for geo
Welcome to squawk box. Im Andrew Ross Sorkin along with joe and melissa lee, becky is off the s p looking to open about 12 points higher. Well explain why some of this is happening and lets show you treasury yields as well the ten year note right now looking at 0. 931 . But maybe a little bit of an explanation coming up here, melissa . Yeah, some optimism Mitch Mcconnell said that compromised deal was within reach and well get a live report from washington at 6 30 a. M. And we heard it before, but it seems like btoth sides are comig a little closer. On a much lower number. And im just thinking about, i dont know, andrew, what did we do to deserve this i mean we are living right or i mean, who ushered in the new week on squawk box on monday who is helping us usher out the week that was on squawk box . A monday and a friday. Is this46 w was this planne melissa, what did we do to deserve this not wouldby not by me how long has it been, stimulus vaccine i guess the election, although we do
Will it work . One of the main incumbents, good rx, shares their answer to the new competition. The bitcoin rally continues, but for how long . Brad darling house will have his take later this hour. Tech share is leading the market higher as more covid restrictions, staying at home for the foreseeable future. Scientists are racing to make advances on the vaccine front, but there is a long winter ahead. Joining us now is abigail doolittle, taking a look at the Market Movers of the day. A lot of conflicting strands. How does it add up . Yesterday, we had the bearish , the risk off news about Public Schools closing. The Biggest School systems in the u. S. Closing on the virus. We have hospitalizations at a record high in the u. S. Stocks yesterday sold off. Today, they rallied. They started in the red, and were flat on the day most of the day. At the end of the day, the nasdaq 100 climbing by about three quarters of 1 . Once again, we have the disconnect between stocks and a reality that
And tired, now teaming up to spread an urgent message about the pandemic they want all americans to hear. Reality check. President trumps legal team running out of options. An inside look at the president s lawsuit, aimed at casting doubt on joe bidens victory. The Trump Legal Team hit with a string of defeats in court. Well have the very latest. Defending her honor. Prince william breaks his silence, now saying he supports an investigation into his mothers most explosive tellall interview. When you feel they arent listening to you, all sorts of things start to happen. Ahead, the scandal that suddenly erupted over the sitdown 25 years later. All that, plus, who knew . The tiny owl discovered hidden in the branches of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. He was the little gift in the tree this year. Whats next for the adorable stowaway found right outside our window . Today, thursday, november 19th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, from