A simulcast on bloomberg radio, bloomberg television. We welcome all of you in europe and the challenges there, and we will get to you in a moment, and all of you across this nation. It has been week after week at an 800,000 level, even up towards one million a month ago, and the news slow is simply extraordinary. Jon, you have been way out front on the distinction between the virus and pandemic on the continent of europe over to the united kingdom, and the difference with the United States. How urgent is it for mr. Macron, chancellor merkel, and Prime Minister johnson . Jonathan becoming more difficult, and the problem they are having is localizing the effort. Many people in parts of the country that are facing tougher restrictions are asking, what about everyone else . That is the story in the u. K. As london gets upgraded to a new tier and faces tougher restrictions. As we get deeper into the winter, it is not just about the caseload. I think they are much more keen to emphasize and
An inperson showdown. Commission holds firm it will be virtual. Good morning, everyone. This is bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. Stimulus talks could be closer, or at least they. Are back on the agenda. Here is what. I am looking at across the board. Is movingr yield attached, dollar declining, global stocks rising as the white house appeared to shift track, which signaled it is open to a large. Later on surveillance, we talked to armand sarkissian, 9 30 a. M. U. K. Time. Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, francine. Leighann the debate will happen. The commission organizes it insists it will be virtual, but President Trump says he will not debate,t in a virtual calling the commission a joke. He is calling for to be rescheduled, but joe biden is rejecting that. He says the president pulled out, not joe biden. As dailyaximum alert coronavirus cases exceed 18,000 for a second strai
With the pandemic, so different in america. Francine im sorry, tom, you cannot forget about brexit. Almost there, and certainly by next monday, london will have moved to tier two, which is where you can still meet people outside but you cannot let people come into your home. We should have a better idea of what london will become over the next couple weeks. Is similar moved by the french president , emmanuel macron, announcing that eight cities will go in lockdown. That is hurting a lot of the stocks. Go, there are eight ways to and just because there is compressed time, are the chancellor of the exchequer and the Prime Minister on the same page . Francine they are on the same page, but we heard from the london mayor, who is from the labor party, and the opposition leader, asking for a national lockdown. We call it the circuit breaker. The idea is for two weeks we go back in lockdown so that the cases go down. This is not what the Prime Minister wants to do, but we also know that the l
Quite a lot going on in the markets. Quite a lot going on in the u. S. President ial race, certainly in u. S. Politics with President Trump tweeting i think 25 times yesterday, not mentioning his wife or a lot of the white house staffers that have been infected with covid19 and saying that we should not be worried about it. Certainly, it will play out in the election. European stocks are struggling a bit for direction following yesterdays broad market advance. We are looking at dollar per much study. Other Asset Classes really little movement. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres leighann gerrans. The coronavirus can spread through the air to people who are more than six feet away from an infectious person. That is the latest guidance from the cdc. The agency says this message of transmission is uncommon method of transmission is uncommon and happens in places with poor ventilation. It raises new challenges for reopening businesses and schools. Coronavirus is sprea
Breakthrough could happen any minute. Good morning, everyone. This is bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. The focus of courses on the markets, because we are expecting a lot of earnings, banks, roche coming out, and later, u. S. Stocks. Poundlso looking at the on the back of the selfimposed brexit deadline. If you look at some of the earnings, they reignited a bit of concerns about the number of cost cuts and job cuts. Time, you can see european stocks down 1. 7 . Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Here is leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, francine. Disappointed by the slow brexit trade talks, and a call with eu leaders, he said he will decide after this wiis key summit if it is worth continuing to work for a deal. He previously indicated the u. K. Will walk away if no agreement by october. Germany is still optimistic a deal can be reached. Always the right way to discount questions that can be difficult, and sometimes at the la