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The nasdaq holds in the green up by a quarter of 1 for the week and all week long stimulus uncertainty has been hanging over this market and on that point the president elect joe biden is meeting this afternoon, nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer, we will have more on that in the other meeting that were going to watch very closely this hour, President Trump has invited a group of state legislators from michigan into the white house. I am connell mcshane, welcomed after the bell we have a lot going on in his time to get straight to the news happening at this hour. Lauren simonetti, blake burman and Hillary Bonner standing by to cover the news, we start with you lauren on the latest figures on the virus, what are we seeing . Their moving in the wrong direction, the grid numbers coast to coast, new u. S. Pieces topping 100,000 for 17 days in a row and over the past week the u. S. Is averaging 166,000, new cases a day, this is happening right before the holidays with families gathered together
Wehle. She is a professor of law at the universe the baltimore. Thank you for your time. Guest thank you for having me. Host can we start with the president s claims about voter fraud . How would you analyze that . Guest voter fraud is a crime. It carries a fiveyear prison sentence under federal law, which is why it is really rare. I think there has been some confusion around voter fraud and just maladministration, mistakes that are made. There are hundreds if not thousands of people on the front lines of democracy, this week, making it work for the rest of us. They are regular people and they are not committing fraud. That does not mean that they dont have errors along the way. The president is wrong to complain claim fraud. There is no evidence of that. No evidence that would actually show some affect on the Election Results. That would require a conspiracy of lots of people committing fraud together. It does not happen. Host what is the threshold of proof that has to be presented .
Remarks by mike pence in greenville, south carolina. With david canon, Political Science professor at the university of wisconsin madison to continue our conversation on the battleground state of wisconsin. The Supreme Court decision on absentee ballots, what is your take on it . What type of voter could be impacted by this . Guest it really is an important decision to say that the ballot has to be received by election day, and anything not received by election day will not be counted. Where a District Court judge ruled you could count the ballots for three days after the election, the way that many other states allow. Partiesright now the are scrambling to get the message out that if you want to vote by mail, you better get your ballot in today or tomorrow, because the mail sometimes takes more than a week to get to the clerks office. This has thrown a monkeywrench at the last minute into the voting process. And we do have a Record Number of people voting by mail, already almost half
University of wisconsinmadison to continue our conversation on the battleground state of wisconsin. Mr. Can become letson begin wih the news from washington. The Supreme Court decision on absentee ballots. What is your take on it . What type of voter could be impacted by this . Really is an important decision by the Supreme Court to say that the bow has to be received by election day. In cnet received by election day willec not be counted, whereas e District Court judge had ruled you could count the ballots for three days after the election the way many of the states allow. Supreme court said that cant happen and so right now the parties are scrambling to get the message out if you want to vote by mail you better get your ballot in late today or tomorrow at the latest because the mail sometimes takes more than a week to get to the clerks office. This really has put a very lastminute monkeywrench into the voting process for a lot of voters. We do have a Record Number of people voting by