Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with another day of disturbing new milestones in the Coronavirus Crisis while the country awaits approval of the vaccine. Yesterday, the u. S. Recorded more than 217,000 infections and more than 2,900 deaths and over 100,000 hospitalizations. President elect biden said on his first day in office, he plans to ask americans to wear a mask for 100 days to help slow the spread of the virus. Debra alfarone is in washington. There is only so much the president can do. Is he can ask and he has some dominion over places where he can make it mandatory. Absolutely. We are talking federal buildings and any transportation that crosses state lines. Planes, buses and trains. The post thanksgiving surge predicted by Public Health experts has arrived with the coronavirus spreading out of control in much of the u. S. More than 217,000 positive tests reported on thursday. Shattering the single total set a day earlier. We dont want to scare
San francisco at 49. For down to 34 degrees. As we head through our afternoon mid60s for San Francisco and oakland. So running about 5 to 11 degrees above average for this time of the year. Well talk about those changes for the weekend and the increased fire danger. Now lets check in with gianna. Is it friday light out there . This is. Good news on the freeways. Starting with a live look at the bay bridge you can see at the toll plaza everything is moving at the limit into france. No delays on the lower deck. Golden gate bridge looking good. Also, they removed those lane closures, so things are quiet and southbound 101 coming out of marin, no delays. San mateo bridge also clear. Its about a 13minute right between 880 over toward 101 and 101 traffic is very quiet. Michelle . All right, gianna, thank you. New stayathome orders could be on the way. Governor newsom announcing regions will be announced region by region. Tighter rules will take place if the number falls below 15 . In the bay
Outside the home with two americans dying from tobit every minute, the nation is bracing for a starkest period of the pandemic. Time is running out before the United Kingdom cuts ties with the European Union and today, the two sides failed to secure a trade agreement. Instead saying talks will be paused. Negotiators want to talk to politicians so they can get better guidance on where to go next. With less than four weeks before the transition period ends, it is down to the same three Sticking Point that have threatened to derail the process for months. Lets bring in our correspondent in london. It has been a dramatic week of ups and downs. Now it is ending in this pause. Is that a surprise . It is a surprise that suddenly they are paused tonight, but we have an explanation. What they are trying to do is reach this post brexit trade deal and that time is really short. We have said that many times. We have seen sincehe eu was no longer bluffing for the United Kingdom because of the refer
We are watching the hang seng index. Australias market is only higher by 0. 3 . But we had this news that china will allow australias cargo to come ashore. Lets have a look at stocks. Clearing exchanges in focus. The u. S. Approved legislation that could lead to chinese firms getting kicked off american exchanges. Also getting a call from sidney. Tak is down 1. 4 . ,his big surging iron or holding at a record. In recent weeks, weve seen pickup of state owned enterprise default in china that have jolted the credit markets and rattled investors. One company in the spotlight is ever grand, which has accumulated the biggest debt in global real estate. We are joined by Stephen Engle in hong kong. In ournt to bring distinguished guest, the ceo and cofounder of sc lowy in hong kong. A bank and manager that specializes in distressed and highyield debt. Good to see you. You spoke to bloomberg about a month ago and you did talk about ever grand. We know that they have taken steps to increase or
The coming days will be pivotal in reaching a trade deal. Two of the most senior officials from the Brexit Campaign left Boris Johnsons inner circle last week. The chief negotiator says he will not be changing his position. Hurricane iota will be slamming into Central America today as the strongest hurricane of the year. Now a category five storm, it will bring torrential rain and catastrophic wind to an area still reeling from a storm two weeks ago. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 6 00 p. M. In london, and 2 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories we are following on the bloomberg and from around the world. U. S. Equities in the green after that positive news on a covid19 vaccine, sending shares tied to an economic reopening higher. Stayathome stocks l