We said tuesday night we knew there would be an effort to count votes that will extend through the week, and now was not the time to get ahead of ourselves. This is how the electoral process is supposed to work. These votes are being counted that were cast in places like arizona. Stage votes were people dropped off ballots on election day. They were set aside, there love the last ones to count, they have a different look to them than the ones cast in advance of the election. We see joe bidens lead diminishing in arizona. In pennsylvania, they set aside all of the early votes and counted the election day votes first, which looked good for donald trump. Now they are counting those ballots that came in later through the electoral vote process, through the early vote process, and it looks much better for joe biden. Until the votes are done, this election is incredibly close, just like in 2016 we have to be patient to decide who the end is. I would say all indication in each of these open s
National Defense Authorization act, and a measure ealing with the boeing max 737 crashes. Requested votes will take place after 6 00 p. M. Eastern. Live coverage of the house here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving and gracious lord of mercy, we give you thanks for giving us another day. In this single week, after a Long Campaign season and before breaking once again for thanksgiving, bless the members of the peoples house with focus and purpose on the issues facing them. We ask your blessing as well on those newly elected who will be joining this assembly for the 117th congress. May their transition into office be smooth and marked by the civility of Democratic Change of government which is the rightful pride of the United States of america. Lord, our nation continues to be besieged by the plague of the coronavirus. Send your spirit of peace that our people might be bro
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Allege irregularities. His supporters are continuing to protest outside Voting Centers as well but elsewhere its a very different mood celebrations already broken out not dissipate the final results. Well joe biden is edging closer that crucial number 270 Electoral College votes thats whats needed to make him the next president of the United States in the past 12 hours the democratic candidate has overtaken donald trump in 2 states pennsylvania and georgia so this is the state of play at the moment just a handful of states still being counted biden is leading in most of them based on projections from the Associated Press he secured 264 votes so far donald trump has just 214 Electoral College votes and needs both georgia and pennsylvania to reach 270 in georgia its still very close most of the remaining votes are from atlanta and its suburbs which leans towards the democrats which have helped joe biden get ahead but it is still by a slim margin well that might secure him georgias covete
Priority. Pandemic under control is his top priority. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. A lot of the focus is on the number of infected with covid19. At bond growth, a lot going on, treasuries, for example, rising. Overheated equity markets, the deteriorating coronavirus situation in many countries. Oil demandtting its outlook, saying they will not rescue the market, and then i got a look, not very often, but coming out with figures that were not great but were better than expected, leading to burberry gaining one point half percent. 1. 5 . Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with laura wright. Hey, laura. Laura good morning, francine. The recovery is being derailed by a rise in virus cases and a. Ew lockdown president elect joe biden is naming longtime aide dr. Vinjamuri ron claim as his chief of staff. His leading role during the Health Crisis of the Obama Administration leaving the white house in the 2