Needed for victory alan fischer has more from washington d. C. On taking the lead in georgia that could be what joe biden needs to push him over the edge if he wins a georgia its all over there is no other path to 270 for donald trump that doesnt include georgia so you see why its important big given that the lead is less than a 1000 its almost certainly going to mean a recount its almost certainly going to mean legal action as well so he could well end up in the next couple of hours being declared the winner in georgia but that doesnt mean to see that that will make him the president elect. If europe is Prime Minister says a military operation in the Northern Tier a region has clear and limited goals thats after calls for immediate deescalation from the international community. Said send in soldiers on wednesday after accusing the regions ruling t. P. I. Left party of attacking federal troops and accusation it denies the government has declared a state of emergency and a no fly zone.
Was so was the number of call the 19 cases poll serum for google and some good friend frank luntz as it was as the homestretch of the strong biden contests we ever seen anything like this now and i dont want to see anything like it again the truth is im heading tonight to see the game 6 the world series because i just need to clear my head and i know that thats not a great strategy with exactly one week to go before the election but just maybe a little bit of baseball would give me a way to get through the next 7 days what i havent as yet anything concrete debated. The problem is that both candidates are being rewarded for not being specific both candidates are being rewarded for not being detail that donald trump still doesnt have a clear covert plan because he keeps denying it significance and joe biden will not tell voters what hes going to do with the Supreme Court or the filibuster because he knows it will eliminate either is base or swing voters and so both candidates are being r
Mentioned at all. And also to come this the russian Prosecutor Generals Office says germany has failed to answer any of its questions on the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy its a probe into what happened to the opposition leader. Welcome to us internationally this friday afternoon on our coverage of the u. S. Election were counting in key states continue. What it has been 3 days since the election and the tension is now on states continue to be counted were still waiting for crucial results in nevada georgia pennsylvania alaska and also North Carolina and as it stands this things look joe biden has 264 lexs if you include arizona although some do say it is too early to call but if it does go. He will need just 6 more votes to reach the 70 required victory on the front meanwhile currently stands on 214 but that said it remains a very tight race because both candidates place gaps in different battleground states over night in pennsylvania from slade over biden has shrunk to barely 180
Christine lagarde, president of the ecb, moderated by Francine Lacqua. Francine what a great pleasure to be here with Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central bank, and welcome to the forum here at bloomberg. Everyone is talking about the vaccine. How will that actually change your forecast and the economy if we do get a vaccine early next year . Ms. Lagarde it is lovely to see you and to participate. To your question, i am not sure it is going to be a major game changer for our forecast, simply because what we had anticipated in our baseline was that some stage in the first half of 2021, there would be a vaccine, and that it would be rolled out in the course of 2021. So it might be a little back celebrated a little bit accelerated given the news we are receiving from the various horizons, germany, the u. S. , but i dont think it is going to be a game changer, so to speak. I think that our forecast is being revisited all those times we speak, and we will be releasing on dec
And throwing a little excitement into the game. Bonds are higher. That supports the bigger decline we had for the s p 500 earlier. At this point again we are seeing for bonds, the decline in yields probably more outsized than the pullback we have for stocks. Perhaps there is some volatility, but not today. One place there was movement was in Prescription Drug sales. Amazon has decided they will come to that business. Higher on then news they are opening an Online Pharmacy where they will sell drugs on a digital basis. Discounts to prime members. On this you have the likes of sourcelgreens, amyris from anything involved in the drugstore supply chain down in a is way as the commerce giant getting into the business. This has been thought it would happen for a while, but now that it is here come easy the big selling pressure in the health care chains. Amazon off the highs but in a hohum day is up. 7 . David thanks to Abigail Doolittle for that report on the markets. The ceos of facebook an