Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We are going to begin with new pushback from joe biden against President Trumps refusal to accept the results of the election. For the first time president elect biden addressed mr. Trumps unwillingness to concede, calling it an embarrassment. The Trump Administration is blocking the transition process, but mr. Biden is moving forward with his plans for the white house. Debra alfarone is in washington. Debra, how is president elect biden preparing to take office . Reporter hes appointed his Coronavirus Task force, hes spoken to world leaders, now without that formal transition, though, the state department isnt involved in the calls with world leaders, they would normally be, and the biden team, they could take legal action but so far, theyre not moving in that direction. President elect joe biden is preparing to take Office Despite President Trumps refusal to concede. I just think its an embarrassment. I think it will not help the president s l
Our sports director joining with us details on whats any going on. Reporter for years, the giants held out hope that Mack Williamson would be their next star outfielder that. Didnt pan out. And now williamson is blaming the giants for an incident that occurred in 2018. Running fullspeed after a foul ball, drifting over the mountained and and the side wall. He suffered a concussion. And he says the effects of that head injury still linger. Nausea and dizziness and the vision issues on a daily basis has been and continues to be a mess. Reporter at the time, oracle park was one of only a few major league facilities with the bullpen mounds still on the field. After twenty years, the giants relocated it this summer. Although i will never be made whole, my intent in filing this lawsuit is to hold the park owners accountable for not only taking away my career but carelessly risking every other great players career by needlessly placing the bullpen mounds on the field. Prior to the collision,
Good wednesday morning welcome to squawk alley. Im Caro Quintanilla with jon fortt. Deirdre is with us for the hour. Nasdaq is trying to come back after a couple of days of losses as we turn our attention once again to covid levels in the United States. Were going to start the hour, though, with alibaba, a big drop for the stock despite these new sales records on this singles day. Hi, eunice hey, carl live streamers in china are wrapping up whats been a very long day pitching to Chinese Consumers and it seems as though the efforts have paid off. For alibaba, the value of the orders that crossed the site have just come in at just shy of a 500 billion, about 75 billion u. S. Dollars these numbers cap an extended 11day campaign thats a little different this time around not the usual 24hour singles day shopping extravaganza. There were some interesting trends that we saw that were generally pandemic related, where consumers were looking to buy goods that they probably would be buying if th
Eastern time. Take a look at the dow. The dow specifically tumbled to lows around 11 30 a. M. Eastern after House Speaker nancy pelosi said in her Weekly News Conference there will be no standalone stimulus without a broader coronavirus bill that includes money for schools to properly open and stay open. But then the dow climbed back. Actually, the nasdaq and the s p never went negative but the dow did climb back when pelosi stressed she remains open to negotiations. Our floor show traders are about to tell you how to play this moving target. Flying higher in the middle of the pandemic. While major air carriers remain stuck at the gate waiting for more stimulus money, private jet travel, affordable private jet travel, is booming. The set jet ceo is here. He will demonstrate to you exclusively how contactless Security Systems that hes just installed dont have you having to remove anything metal or even take the loose change out of your pocket. And how are they expanding routes while the
Us, and we are committed to doing better. Tonight the states Top Health Official admits his team blew it. Californias coronavirus case counts are off because of a Computer System failure. And now the investigation into how this could happen is under way. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. The system broke down, or i should say break down comes as the state records 10,000 deaths from covid19. Abc 7 News Reporter melani woodrow is on the story. Reporter for months californias leaders have emphasized they are making decisions about reopening based on science and data. Now a bombshell announcement. Our data system failed and that failure led to inaccurate case numbers in case Positivity Rates. It also prevented counties from having some of the data they need to monitor and respond to the virus in their communities. Reporter secretary dr. Mark ghali says most are coronavirus test samples. He says no changes to californias response policies were based on the incomplete data. Also, that