Welcome to squawk box. Im Andrew Ross Sorkin along with joe and melissa lee, becky is off the s p looking to open about 12 points higher. Well explain why some of this is happening and lets show you treasury yields as well the ten year note right now looking at 0. 931 . But maybe a little bit of an explanation coming up here, melissa . Yeah, some optimism Mitch Mcconnell said that compromised deal was within reach and well get a live report from washington at 6 30 a. M. And we heard it before, but it seems like btoth sides are comig a little closer. On a much lower number. And im just thinking about, i dont know, andrew, what did we do to deserve this i mean we are living right or i mean, who ushered in the new week on squawk box on monday who is helping us usher out the week that was on squawk box . A monday and a friday. Is this46 w was this planne melissa, what did we do to deserve this not wouldby not by me how long has it been, stimulus vaccine i guess the election, although we do
Partnership with the new england journal of massachusetts. Here we are days away from the close of 2020 and we are at an inflection point. While the news around vaccines are promising the daytoday headlines are as grim as they have ever been. An american is dying of covid19 every 90 seconds and we have recorded 4 million new covid19 cases in november and more than 1 million cases in december just nine days into this month. Covid19 has just passed Heart Disease as the number one killer of americans. As of this morning more than 286,000 americans have died due to covid19 and in just one day, just one day yesterday, we lost 2600 of our fellow americans to covid19. To put those numbers into context we are experiencing a tragedy on the scale of pearl harbor every single day, right here at home. From an Economic Security standpoint we are facing the greatest threat to Value Creation since world war ii. If there were ever any doubt about the seriousness of this virus these facts should cast t
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Have voted so far. 100 million voted already. More are going to vote today. Pres. Trump a vote for biden is a vote to eradicate your auto industrys. Mr. Biden my message is simple. The power to change the country is in your hands. Tomorrow we can put an end to the present who has fanned the flames of hate all across this country. Pres. Trump i am running against a very sleepy guy. He happens to be a corrupt politician. Mr. Biden it is time for donald trump to pack his bags and go home. Pres. Trump this election comes down to a very simple choice. Do you want to be ruled by the corrupt political maniacs that you are dealing with, or do you want to be ruled by the American People . Alix going us now is bloombergs aquatics bloombergs nick waddings. What are the numbers . Reporter the big time we will know things at about 9 00 a. M. At about 9 00 p. M. Eastern time in the u. S. At that time, we will have a pretty good idea of where florida is. Once we know where florida is, is goingnow joe
With abcs rachel scott who is patience as his lead grows over President Trump and three key battleground states. Your vote will be counted. I dont care how hard people try to stop it. I will not let it happen. The people will be heard. Reporter just hours before large crowds gathered outside the Philadelphia Center calling for every vote to be counted. The former Vice President is just 17 electoral votes shy of locking up the election. Hes now leading by about 20,000 votes in the critical state of pennsylvania, which could decide it all, and he has an edge in nevada, arizona, and notably georgia, a democrat hasnt won there since 1992. Biden supporters are already preparing for one last drivein style rally expecting a victory speech is imminent. His campaign also eager to celebrate. This as President Trump remains defiant falsely accusing democrats of trying to steal the election. Theyre trying to rig an election and we cant let that happen. Reporter now his party is divided. Some inclu