Record german coronavirus numbers. And way of blue cross welcome to the program joe biden is edging closer to the white house as final votes are being counted 3 days after the u. S. Election the democratic challenger is narrowly ahead in key states which have yet to declare their results lets have a quick look at where we are standing now it hasnt changed for a while Democrat Joe Biden has 264 Electoral College votes donald trump has 214 thats according to the a. P. News agency that were following now remember 270 is that magic number you need to win to claim the presidency now 2 big states pennsylvania that would be the big prize on the map left. Go 20 electoral votes joe bidens lead there is currently more than 15000 votes with 98 percent of the vote counted south of there georgia with 16 electoral votes its extremely close biden has pulled ahead of trump there with a difference of just over 4000. 00 votes and counting so it may go to a recount thats how close it will be over all loo
Steps to fight back the second wave. Closing the valve as covid infections soar, cities issue new restrictions on restaurants, bars, and gyms. And action. Plus, hollywood is back the show must go on. We cant rehearse like we used to. Youll see the new normal behind the scenes. Livefrom cnbc global headquarters, the facts. The truth. The news with Shepard Smith. Good evening again. The pandemic is raging across the nation shattering record after record day after day many of our hospitals are overwhelmed. Our Health Care Workers at the breaking point and now cities and states are threatening lockdowns. The u. S. Reported another 153,000 new cases just yesterday, an alltime high. Cases were bad in april, worse in the summer but this rise is much different and the chart is still going up over the past ten days Johns Hopkins reports weve added nearly 1. 3 million cases when the pandemic began it took the u. S. More than three months to hit that number now ten days hospitals are filling up j
Wave. Closing the valve as covid infections soar, cities issue new restrictions on restaurants, bars, and gyms. And action. Plus, hollywood is back the show must go on. We cant rehearse like we used to. Youll see the new normal behind the scenes. Livefrom cnbc global headquarters, the facts. The truth. The news with Shepard Smith. Good evening again. The pandemic is raging across the nation shattering record after record day after day many of our hospitals are overwhelmed. Our Health Care Workers at the breaking point and now cities and states are threatening lockdowns. The u. S. Reported another 153,000 new cases just yesterday, an alltime high. Cases were bad in april, worse in the summer but this rise is much different and the chart is still going up over the past ten days Johns Hopkins reports weve added nearly 1. 3 million cases when the pandemic began it took the u. S. More than three months to hit that number now ten days hospitals are filling up just yesterday 67,000 people in
Joe biden says hes feeling good. Higher. Looks to be texas, florida, and arizona are among the states reporting big numbers with no signs of disturbances so far. And the other major story today, groups in hong kong and shanghai demanding capital control, throwing jack mas empire into turmoil. But, of course, there is one story it is the u. S. Election. Election day coming to a close in the u. S. Some of the polls closing and the key battleground states and over the next hour or so and starting to see whether the ballot shows a shift to what the markets have really been pricing in, which is that strong blue wave. Take a look how we are setting up after the u. S. Had the biggest twoday rally and since september led by financials and bank shares, treasury yields. On anticipating that as soon as the election is Done Congress will deliver a spending bill. Shery, a lot of the action going to be in currencies. Shery definitely chinese yunaa, one to watch. We are watching the Immediate Reactio
The news flow in the United States and the pandemic i dont believe i have ever used this word before, it is just grim. Abi did in april. But the headline this morning maybe i did in april. The headline this morning is that we have a president. Just as importantly, as you mentioned, the Chinese Government has commented on this. It will be fascinating to see what President Trump does today and into the sunday talk programs. Francine and absolutely, we will see the executive order. I was looking at security briefings, which is something i know you want to talk about and is very significant at the moment. A security briefing for the president elect. Lets get to first word news in new york city. State and federal Election Officials are rejecting President Trumps claim for widespread voter fraud. They say that the election was the most secure in american history, that there is no evidence that any state lost votes, changed votes, or was, must. China has congratulated joe biden and Kamala Har