Confirmation in the senate, where republicans still hold a narrow majority. For now, at least with the transition poses officially under way, some of the uncertainty and turbulence of the past weeks seems to be settling down. Peter joins with the studio now for some analysis, peter, after 3 weeks, this transition is can finally begin about time. Its a big a big deal. Is this right on a normal set circumstances . This would not be a big deal. I mean, this is something that usually goes very smoothly in the mallets, you know, just days after the election, we see the, the 2 teams come together and start the transition. But in this case, it is a big deal for exactly the reasons that were 3 weeks in. Were looking at competing crises, we have a pandemic. Theres an economic crisis and experts are really said, you know, if every day that this transition is delayed, means that more american americans could be dying from the co bit because the governments are just not ready to handle the price a
Abandons, but all was not lost for this show. The best producers in cable news and the best guests in the business, many of them are my closest friends, kept in Constant Contact these last seven months as society swivelled on the proverbial twin turds of the pandemic and a race war, guarding your liberty day and night ready to pounce and attack. And tonight, freedom maniacs, we are back. And no ones going to tell you how to think on this show, no ones going to hold your hand and bubble wrap you in a safe space. But we will tell you the truth and have a damn good time doing it. If the world is ending, at least lets find the bar and have one last shot. Im kennedy. And as far as you have noticed, theres an election going on. Two weeks from tomorrow, we could know the winner. Joe bidens been in the lead for months, but 2020 being 2020, anything can happen. Hunter might be president. We got a pandemic, economic problems, race issues and the freaking dodgers are in the world series. Come on,
To voters on the eve of election day in North Carolina the president said he would win again it despite what he called the faithful was predicting his defeat biden told supporters in ohio that its time to end the chaos of the past 4 years. German chancellor Angela Merkel has described the countrys latest partial lockdown as essential to ensure the Health System does not reach its breaking point bars restaurants and most Leisure Facilities will be closed and the and to november the chancellor appealed to the public to keep social contacts to a minimum over the next 4 weeks. This is deja vu news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at state of the universe or visit our website dot com. For. World. War. Germany with into a partial i was locked. Today and will stay there for the rest of november a month of walk down white says that is weighing heavily on everyone today chairs so i made it clear the government can close restaurants and bars but its up to the people to stop the vir
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
500 futures up about one third of 1 . Ftse futures higher by 2 10 of 1 . Unbelievable to see a zillion euro in the mix a resilient euro in the mix. The story is the equity market yesterday. The more cyclical sectors, bottom of the pile in the u. S. And europe, Energy Stocks having a tough time of it in 2020. Annmarie they have. Both sides of the atlantic, energy getting pummeled. That brings us to bp results. The first of the oil majors to report earnings kicking off the week. Adjusted net at 86 million. The estimate was for a loss of 116. 8 million so that is something that will boost bp. Is expected to fall in the fourth quarter. So far, it is not looking too bad. Analysts were expecting a loss because right now, the refiners are having trouble turning a profit because demand is so low. When you turn that crude into things like gasoline, the demand is not there. The volatility buying all the oil and selling it at a higher price, that saves a lot of these majors in the last quarter an