At tray Glen Astrazeneca on the defense after critics say it failed to give an update on patient data on the vaccine trials. Futures after markets were closed for the thanksgiving holiday, they are in the green as you can see, dow jones 54 in the premarket. Weve got a lot to talk about today with wall street. Were going to have a half trading day today, markets closing at 1 00 p. M. Eastern time some good news to show you, nice gains there, the nasdaq is in record territory as the dow is looking to crack 30,000 once more today after the index crossed the milestone earlier in the week. Ruling on religious restrictions, the Supreme Court telling new York Governor Andrew Cuomo he cant put a capacity limit on houses of worship. Were on this story today. Plus, it is black friday, its going to look a little bit different. Retailers going with the shift to online sales as brick and Mortar Stores are rethinking foot traffic this year. Mornings with maria is live right now. Its a brandnew day.
Results this appears supporters take to the streets demanding a recount. Well after a long waits america seems to have finally chosen its next leader joe biden is on course to become the 40 think president of the United States off the Media Projections show that he secured 290 Electoral College votes well above the magic 270 votes needed. And. Its been a slow week of counting since tuesdays election day with the decisive votes coming down to a handful of states ultimately it was bidens home state of pennsylvania that 100 the former Vice President the keys to the white house giving him the much needed votes to put him above the threshold of 270. 00 it could also be a historic win for who would be the 1st black woman an Asian American Vice President and his 1st speech since he appeared to have secured a victory of biden called on america. Hell division. I will govern as an american president. All workers hard for those who didnt vote for me as those who did. Not discriminate serve. David
A lot of work to do particularly when it comes to absentee ballots as well so they will all have to be added so a warning to people watching across the world this election which has been as you see contentious it has been difficult it has been hard fought but it might not end in the next few hours it could be a couple of days before we get a final result so people should be weary of politicians declaring victory unless on either side the result is clear cut the polls suggest thats whats going to happen donald trump says in 2016 they said the exact same thing and they won and hes clinging on to that hope. At least 14 people have been arrested in austria after mondays shooting in vienna and the memorial was held for the 4 people who died another 22 were injured when a gunman opened fire in the city hall soon authorities are describing it as a terror attack. Police in ivory coast have clashed with supporters of former president and Opposition Leader only conan betty it happened as police
We will tell you what he is saying. The cdc says School Closings are a terrible way to fight rising covid cases was we have a doctor who agrees with him coming up, sounding off later in this hour. Lets look where stock prices are right now. We see the Dow Jones Industrial down 91 points, the s p down 9. 25 and the nasdaq down a tick as well. We will follow the progress on the market says they are due to open in 29 minutes and you will see the president today for the First Time Since saturday, he will be delivering remarks on lowering drug prices for all americans it to 30 p. M. Eastern time. You can watch that on foxbusiness. Joe biden is set to meet with nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer today and we cant leave this out, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is in order to get the virus under control we should close businesses and pay people to stay home. Forget about businesses going bankrupt, the government can take care of all your needs. Isnt that pure socialism and dont we all know how that stor
Available then the ioc would take these costs and cooperate with the National Olympic committees. The ioc would make every effort to have participants vaccinated even as people prioritize people who are most vulnerable. But competitions including an International Gymnastics meet show large scale events can be held safely even without a vaccine. Earlier in the day,back met the Prime Minister to agree on the symbolic power of the games. We again will make this Olympic Games a great symbol of solidarity and unity of humanity in this world, which by then will hopefully be a postcoronavirus world. Translator were determined to host the games as proof that humankind has defeated the coronavirus pandemic. We also want to show the world that regions affected by the great east japan earthquake are recovering. The ioc president said organizeers are discussing ways to protect both athletes and spectators. Japanese officials are on high alert over a rise in group infections. 130 coronavirus cluste