Each of the panelists a few questions. We are going to start today with of a guide to the electoral college. His volume is all you need to understand the complexities of the electoral college. He is also an expert in absentee voting. What percent of the population do you think will vote early or absentee and can you tell us what we are learning from states such as texas . The technical answer is a lot. Many people are going to vote. Many more than ever. A huge increase in voting by mail and early voting in person. We have been seeing a lot more voting in this realm before. We saw 41 of the American People vote i mail or early in person in 2016. The early results are stunning. As states start to open up, you see enthusiasm go toward early methods of voting. I give credit to a university of florida professor who spent time counting these things. As of today, over 31 million votes have been cast that we know of. There were roughly 56 million of them in 2016. See certainly over 50 of the v
Support. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance, im Francine Lacqua in london. Lots going on on the markets. Lets get straight to what the european stocks are doing. Down 0. 5 . Stocks are falling with u. S. Futures, as well. Oil dropping below 40 a barrel. Economicl says the rebound likely needs more support and that leaves a lot of questions about what Central Banks could or could not do. To have ans good idea of what is going on with the german economy, the german Business Confidence index aligned with expectations. Get straight to the bloomberg first word news in london. Leighann gerrans. Good morning. Protests in louisville, kentucky. One officer is undergoing surgery and a suspect is in custody. The latest violence was sparked by a grand jury decision not to file murder charges against Police Officers involved in the Fatal Shooting a Breonna Taylor. One officer faces a lesser charge of wanton endangerment for firing into neighboring apartments. Itsu. K. Is considering first vaccine st
Edward lawrence is live in d. C. Hillary vaughn live on the ground in wilmington, delaware. Susan, start with you. Were seeing a record close for the nasdaq and s p 500 as well. Now one star stock performer today, we have to bring updraft kings, dont we . It rallied almost 14 in presession. Not a bad 8 gain today. This is after bringing Michael Jordan on board as stakeholder, investor in the company and special advisor now to the board. Jordan brings his brand name along with him star power and strategy and sports knowledge. We have news from the worlds Biggest Company apple, today. Yes, a bit of a drag. Giving back some of the advance, not all the advance weve seen on monday. Worlds Biggest Company, 2. 3 trillion. That is bigger than the entire European Market and the ftse 100. They created 100,000 new economy jobs during the pandemic. That brings it up to 2. 1 million. That is 15 up in the last year. Biggest states with jump in app economy jobs, not talking california, new york. Texa
A vast lineup of passionate speakers from both sides of the aisle but the pandemic means this years convention is an entirely virtual affair. And here in germany trial begins an unprecedented online paedophile case alongside the defendant more than 150. 00 suspects have been identified and prosecutors say theyre investigating tens of thousands of leads. On nichols good to have you with us. And belarus president aleksander sending mixed messages about his willingness to hand over power on sunday the authoritarian leader said protestors would have to kill him before any new vote is allowed now he says he may be over. In new elections but only after a constitutional referendum the embattled president attempt to buy time amid a growing political crisis was met with fresh demonstrations on monday nights look at says he won the election last week and many inside and outside of bell arose saying the vote was raked. Through red and white flag of the opposition has been raised one small on the
That you are really good at portage is, so we are going to do a lot of canoeing. Back then, it used to be birchbark canoes. Of course, lisa was totally wired up in the adirondacks. Did you have anything at all . Lisa no communication, no internet. I am glad to be back, though. A pretty active late august, all things considered. Tom it is, lisa, without question, the most odd august since 1998. Mr. Ferro is still off. It has now gone from vacation to sabbatical for jon ferro. Lisa and i will get you through the week. Dow futures up to 70. We will get you to the data in a moment. Yields really havent moved, and that is a key item. Also, Lisa Abramowicz with some of the ideas of the morning. What do you have . Lisa not only do we have the political backdrop in the u. S. And also in europe, with the u. K. And the European Union continuing contentious negotiations this week. Last week, talks broke up friday with Michel Barnier warning that an agreement seems unlikely. New york city tentativ