Employees. Weve got those details. But first we start with some breaking news. The electoral vote count stands right now at 227 for mr. Biden and 213 for mr. Trump. And we still have eight uncalled races. In wisconsin, which is still too close to call, biden holds a narrow lead of just 20,000 votes. Well within the margin of error there. Well within the drift that lets the president call for a recount. The Campaign Says they will immediately do so, request a recount. Another place biden holds a narrow lead, thats michigan thats where we find Brian Sullivan in grand rapids any update on this very close race reporter yes, and no how do you like that im like an economist on the air. Im going to give it to you both ways heres where we stand right now. Heres the reason i answered that way number one, heres the count 94 of michigan has come in. Its that last 6 that is the issue. Now, youve got joe biden who is up by about 45,000 votes right now. To your point, there are far more outstanding
Down 1. 6 yesterday, off of session lows. The dow industrials down 650 650 points, that was 2 and a quarter percent lower at 4 00 on wall street. Investors rattled over no progress on stimulus and a rise in covid cases. Its a big day for earnings, dow components merck, 3m. Caterpillar all reporting quarterly numbers this morning. We will get a snapshot of the airlines when jetblue reports and a look at big pharma when pfizer reports. The road to the white house, we hit the one week to go mark, americans are headed th to the polls in seven short days. President trump and joe biden begin the final push before election day. Stimulus negotiations losing momentum, time is running out for lawmakers to make a deal before november 3rd. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she remains opt my particular over talks optimistic over talks. Congressman tom reed told me yesterday if we dont have a deal by election day, we may not have one until february. Todays the day, my new book, the cost, trump, china
Abandoned any hope of a virus package before the election. He says a deal will come after the vote. Big tech prepares to defend interests as jack dorsey calls section 230 the most important law for free speech and safety. Get you started with a quick check up on how markets are right now. Sophie kamaruddin. Are set toa stocks resume losses this wednesday and you have nasdaq eminis under pressure early in the Asian Session after we sawtek shares rally. We are watching what is going on with the tech space following amd agreeing to buy a company. Results could provide support for that space. Its a busy calendar for earnings. Withec reporting today sony. In australia, the asx 200 coming online with some Downside Pressure set to extend losses for a fifth straight session while the aussie dollar is holding steady, slightly under pressure, while bond yields are easing ahead of inflation data due from australia. We see a pickup. Lets flip the chart for a broader outlook on where the dollaryen
Taranova were green across the boards. Dow, s p, nasdaq all green jim, we have a big rebound in the nas names. Best pace on the month since january of 1987. Well, scott, first off, thank you. Every year you and throughout the year you give a lot of respect to veterans. It means a lot to me personally. You and the team at cnbc, thank you very much. Onto the markets look, a little reversal today where the cyclicals are fading and tech is rallying i think thats healthy i mean, look, weve had one heck of a rotation. Not just this week but in the last two months its been going on its time for a pause. And i think the most Important Message here is, anyone whos feeling like they missed out, you dont need to feel that way. If you feel like you missed out on the tech rally of the summer, well, guess what, september and october have given you the opportunity to get into those largecap tech names, the faang names. If you feel like you missed on you the on the cyclical rally, thats going to go on
Call it a 25 million what if why new comments from President Trump have the media folks getting social media on their side over exxon. And later on, steal a xwas gebaa taco why fans have a new reason to tune into the world series and why prices are sky high for the seats. It is thus, octobuesday, octobe this is boais worldwide exchan got too much time on my hands all right, good morning, good afternoon, good evening from wherever you may be im Brian Sullivan throwing out a little styx and here is another song quote see if you get it. 2020 24 hours to go and maybe the markets want to be sedated that after yesterdays 400 point haircut for the dow and 1. 5 drop on the nasdaq the markets nervous about the nancy pelosi imposed stimulus deadline in 24 hours and maybe also starting to think about much higher taxes if we see a blue sweep but right now, the futures are reversing just a bit not indicating that they will gain back what we lost, but dow futures are up 150 and of course context alw