Suit in multiple states to stop vote counting. Heres a look at where things stand that hour. In the race to the 270 electoral votes to win the white house, according to nbc, Vice President biden has 253, President Trump as 214 we continue to await results from five critical states, pennsylvania, north carolina, georgia, nevada, and michigan. President Trump Holding on to the lead it is continuing to narrow as mail ballots are being counted the pennsylvania secretary of state will have an update next hour in arizona, President Trump narrowed the gap but biden is holding on to a 68,000 vote lead were still awaiting several hundred thousand votes in maricopa county, the most populous and diverse area in the state. A new count there expected to come later tonight and in georgia, Vice President biden has significantly narrowed the gap which recently stood at about 18,000 votes and more than 60,000 votes Outstanding New numbers from democrat leaning Fulton County coming any munn a minute and
People are concerned the end cap mint will open for drug use , concerns or sale. This couple tells me they have camped in the hay ashbury native neighborhood for about a month. They say they are homeless, not by choice, but by circumstance. I went through really dark period of depression and found myself in the streets. Reporter no the new states safe sleeping site is the parking lot of the old mcdonalds restaurant, property owned by the city. There will be porta bodies, handwashing stations and 24 hour while we try to get jobs elsewhere, that would give us an opportunity to actually save money and do so. Because were kind of stuck. Ranger ends we believe we are sites in the vicinity that are more appropriate for homeless camp and directly adjacent to a residential and commercial neighborhood and across the street from a preschool. I just dont think corralling people like that is going to keep the disease away. Reporter this homeowner is not part of the lawsuit, but she imposes the enc
Starwood. Well talk to marriotts ceo, arnie sorensen. The president in cuba raises questions about Economic Opportunity there. And were hours away from apples highly anticipated event. Well look at what to expect. Valeant has been halted for the past half hour or so. As becky pointed out, mike pearson leaving the company. Ackman to the board. Predictable or not, jim . No. But there hasnt been much that is predictable. Theres a mea culpa note from Lehman Brothers taking the price target from 135 to 134. Taking numbers from 10 the reason i point this out is because the numbers are all of the map. No one knows the cash flow, what the company is really do. Ackman joining the board is a sign he cant dump the stock. They couldnt dump the stock. This is a great mystery, carl. When you have a company where you have to idea what it will earn, where its dermatological business is being carved up aggressively by allergan. Ophthalmological being carved up by j j. All this stuff. This is a company,
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Standard poors 500 index up onehalf of 1 . 1704, close to an alltime high. Dow and s p 500 closing in on alltime high. Bob pisani, something tells me the move might be bigger after the feds meeting. The question is, higher or lower . I think it will be higher. I think theyll thread the needle on that one. Put up the screen. The important thing is overall right now, the markets are expecting a modest taper. I think theyll probably deliver on that. Everyone believes, everyone down here, everyone i talked to, believes this is not a decision purely on economics. If it was, it would be a tough call on whether to taper or not. Most people believe mr. Bernanke wants to begin to taper while hes still in office. And that the cost of qe is now starting to y ing ting to outwe benefits. What have been the benefits . Modest gdp growth and a lift if asset prices. The cost of dislocation in bonds has been noticeable and emerging markets as well. Bernanke says hell persist with qe as long as the benef