What investigators are now saying sparked the blaze. Plus, the heartfelt thanksgiving message left behind by alex trebek. Black friday changes. Shoppers showing up for sales despite a pandemic. How covid is changing how people hunt for deals. And from digital dinners to an adorable postmeal nap, how people celebrated their socially distanced thanksgiving. Good friday morning, everyone. We begin with President Trump acknowledging that the transition for president elect joe biden is moving forward. The comments came as trump took questions for the First Time Since losing the election. Trump refused to concede and would not commit to attending the inauguration. But he did say he will leave the white house if the Electoral College declares biden the winner, which is expected to happen. Trump also said hes heading to georgia next weekend to campaign for two republican candidates. Those races will determine which Party Controls the senate. Abcs Elizabeth Schulze is live in washington with th
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Election uncertainty poised to bounce from the worst week since march businesses are bracing for election unrest. Live in manhattan. Well take a look at how companies are preparing for the unknowns of this week ahead. And with no preelection stimulus lifeline, how airlines are now preparing to stem the losses and lure passengers back in to their seats. Carl all right, jim, what do we think is going on this morning doesnt sound like you trust futures at this level. We really sold off terribly friday until the last half hour. This is continuation of what looked like a short covered rally. I think a lot of people who are betting that no matter what happens it will be contested and therefore the market has to go down so, why not just come in short my problem with that is what happens if its actually not contested . What happens if its a landslide for either side. The reeason i point that out if youre betting on a contested election its entirely possible with our 24hour coverage its entirel
Dorsey, and alphabets sundar pichai, are set to testify virtually tomorrow. Section 230hange could have longterm ramifications on free speech on the internet. Banned news political ads. We will ask Cambridge Analytica whistleblower as part of our special electioneering series. First, lets get a read on stocks and microsoft results. Abigail doolittle with us from new york. Big beats out of the gate. Abigail in the after hours, they are trading higher. Although i think what we are about to look at could be all over the map at the moment. They are talking about the idea that further lockdowns could hurt demands. Their Cloud Business was weak. Microsoft Cloud Business very strong. That was a piece of the beat. Maybe part of the business that could have gone to microsoft. Again, after hours, this stock is trading higher on the year. Valuation is rich, but the theter is good enough that stock is doing just fine. The s p 500 index and the dow down once again. The nasdaq climbed sharply higher
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