Americas bag. Jay powell confirming the central bank supported the economy and calling for further fiscal stimulus. The market is desperately trying to price in the future stimulus. It is Pretty Amazing how much markets have thrived in this uncertainty. Joe joe here we are trying to figure out what is going on in the election and it has not been an issue. For more on the latest, i want to welcome Bloomberg Government kyle trigg stead. Thank you for joining us. What are watching most closely . Right now, we are waiting for final results in georgia. The president ial race we are watching but the senate race, david purdue, republican senator just dropped below the 50 threshold necessary to avoid a runoff. If those results hold and he finishes with less than 50 , he will be going to a runoff the jon ossoff on january 5 a runoff with john also have on january 5. Then were looking at the control of the senate being decided after the new year. Romaine the story in georgia intriguing on the se
Us fighting continues there as part of a military offensive aimed at removing local leaders. Amnesty International Says hundreds of civilians have been massacred during the fighting. If you o. P. s Prime Minister has defended the operation saying the actions of to graham forces cant be ignored. That the region is mostly cured, but it was the last week against the woman in uniform. As the Northern Command was carried out, well, they will be the most brutal in the germans. And among we did search to dinners, acts live, but to mobilize machinery. The prevailing nervousness in the region, moroccos government has launched a military offensive in Western Sahara against Pro Independence troops. The Polisario Front is accused of attacking trucks and extorting people, travelling through the area Pro Independence activists deny the claim, saying they were peacefully protesting. France says its killed the military commander of an Al Qaeda Linked school in mali. Ali has been fighting against an Is
Um yes, desperately. Also i want to call the police but maybe youre the police. Yeah. Just incredible. Thank you, my friend. Well done. Well done. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Tonight we are going to be joined live this hour by the person who is fast becoming one of the most familiar faces and voices of the new administration, jen psaki, white house spokesperson is going to be our guest tonight. Even though were only one week into the administration, i can show you this many pictures of her conducting different White House Press briefings because we have daily White House Press briefings again. She does these every day. Under the Trump Administration, they started out bad until they disappeared entirely. They seemed not to be able to handle talking to the press every day and bring questions. But immediately day one, President Biden brought back the briefings and jen psaki is the spokesperson. They started reversing things that were broken by the previous presiden
Lets get you a live look right now from philadelphia where abc news expects the first drop of the morning there to come any minute now. Between now and 10 00 our time. Joe biden still holds nearly a 29,000 vote lead in pennsylvania. If he holds on, hed be the president elect of the United States. Lets zoom out to show you where the race to 270 currently stands, its been in hold for the past 48 hours, biden still with 253 electoral votes, the president with 214. Both campaigns are taking different approaches to the count. Abc 7 News Reporter matt boone starts us off with why the biden camp is feeling confident. Reporter all eyes were on wilmington, delaware as joe biden took the stage, still confident in his chances. Were going to win this race with a clear majority with the nation behind us. Reporter though he made it clear it was not his call to make. Never forget, the tallies arent numbers. They represent votes and voters. Men and women who exercise their fundamental right to have th
Hour after the senate narrowly voted to secure the nomination order with only one republican not supporting the motion. Democrats strongly opposed to the confirmation saying a Supreme Court justice shouldnt be appointed this close to an election let the record show that tonight the Republican Senate majority decided to thwart the will of the people and confirm a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court in the middle of a president ial election. Opponents of carney bars nomination say it paves the way for conservative rulings on abortion Rights Health care and q. Rights Karni Barrett val but she will remain independent. The oath that i have certainly taken tonight means at its core that i will do my job without any fear or favor and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. Shell take this 2nd or 3rd its on tuesday at a private ceremony which will allow her to begin the fish who duties on the court. Well joining me now to discuss this in