Minute. Veterans day yesterday in america with the bond market shut down. There is no other backstory in america right now than the pandemic. It has pushed everything aside, including this election. Francine i agree. We will have play more on that. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Here is rick a group to ritika gupta. Ritika the state of georgia will conduct a hand count a recount by hand. Joe biden leaves by leads by roughly 14,000 votes. The Trump Campaign alleged there were widespread election regulators, but there was no proof. President elect joe biden is naming longtime aide ron klain as white house chief of staff. Klain played a leading role during the economic and Public Health crises of the Obama Administration, leading the the job the job is one of the most powerful in washington. Dharna is set to take moderna is set to take a spotlight take the spotlight on a new coronavirus vaccine. It will allow a preliminary analysis of its effectiveness to begin. Moder
Europe is different than america. The 12 number is equivalent to number yesterday in the United States. It is showing tension in europe as well. Friday low on this is it absolutely extraordinary . Francine i feel like we have not had a quiet newsday on a friday in quite some time. E had quite a lot of earnings quite a lot of politics with the latest declarations by President Trump, and there is just quite a lot overall in geopolitics as well, so we will get through that in a second. Thats get to the first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning, francine, tom, Senate Public is want to go on the record saying they tried to restore supplemental jobless benefits to millions of americans. Mitch mcconnell is trying to force a debate on a stopgap measure for those 600 a week checks. Democrats want the jobless but onlyextended, too, as part of a larger relief package. President trump is coming under pressure to Setting National strategy for the coronavirus. The white house has largel
I am Francine Lacqua in london. You can see the stoxx pretty much unchanged, and if you look at the chinese were nimby the renminbi, china does not want a comprehensive deal with the u. S. , and we are looking at the pound, because we are seeing a little bit of a move on brexit, things on both sides, the eu saying they are looking at a proposal but are expecting more from the u. K. , the u. K. Saying they want to speak to Emmanuel Macron, the president of france, directly, and the euro is now at 1. 0973. And hsbc is cutting jobs, but bloombergs get to first word news. Reporter ready to emerge with impeachmentrump inquiry, a Law Firm Says it is acting on behalf of multiple whistleblowers. Abc news earlier reported the second whistleblower has not yet spoken to the committees investigating the president. The white house says this does not change the fact that trump did nothing wrong, and ealspects for a brexit d fading, after doubt be a cast on whether a deal can be reached before the oc
Surveillance. These are your markets. We are seeing a bit of an upside as it comes to the stoxx 600. One thing, the lse is investigating some of the delays on what they are seeing in the stock price. There was a trade issue, which means we have delayed opening for some of the biggest stocks. We understand the lse, the London Stock Exchange, will give us an update in about 15 minutes from now at 9 15 bsc. There is a bit of a risk on. 1. 55. 0 year yield at if you look at dollars stabilizing, 110. 85. Later, we will review an exclusive interview with Brian Moynihan, a banc of america chief executive. In the meantime, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. A Trading Services issue. Trading some of the biggest stocks on the London Stock Exchange has been delayed, the second such outage in a little more than a year for one of europes guest markets. Been delayed for parts of the ftse 100 and to 50. Other parts are operating as normal. Is a special relationship i