Pennsylvania and georgia is he maintained his lead in arizona and nevada bidens a razor thin margin grew is millions of mail in ballots were tallied securing him more than enough Electoral College votes to become the 46th president of the United States well the announcement has sparked celebrations across the country large crowds have gathered in washington d. C. As well as new york city and philadelphia well lets go live now to alan fischer in washington d. C. Allan you obviously have been following every twist and turn of this election it took a couple of days but joe biden is now the president elect. Exactly i came to trump in 4 years ago and it looks as if a year when were counting him but the Republican Party are seeing quite yet we are just above the white house you can see Lafayette Park behind me which has been sealed off since around the time of the george lloyd protest. In the summer behind that is the white house the oval office is just over to the right and in front of Lafa
Eventually secured more than enough Electoral College votes to clear his path to the white house or biden supporters are gathering a rallies across the u. S. Celebrating the democrats victory one of the biggest celebrations is just in front of the white house thousands of people have poured on to black lives matter plaza in the capital chanting cheering and singing. Lets speak to a White House Correspondent kimberly how kid who is in washington d. C. For us says so kimberly it is being contested by the Trump Campaign but it does seem that joe biden after 4 days of painstaking counting and wafer thin majorities in some places is now the president elect of the United States. Yes in his cell or his his supporters are celebrating on black lives matter plaza outside the white house as the president returned from one of his weekend golf games he had to weave his motorcade through these crowds to get back to the white house were watching carefully to see if well hear from the president but ju
A year after a power sharing deal was signed. Theres gold in these hills that im standing on perhaps 3800000000 dollars worth armory chalons in Northern Ireland keep watching to find out why some people here want to stop the canadians from mining it. So were beginning in the United States with the Democratic Party is holding its National Convention to formally name joe biden as its president ial candidate of course the coronavirus pandemic is still persisting so this years event is being held virtually weve got the vermont senator Bernie Sanders and former 1st Lady Michelle obama headlining this 1st night of speeches some of which have been prerecorded. I know joe he is a profoundly decent man guided by faith he was a terrific Vice President he knows what it takes to rescue an economy beat back a pandemic and lead our country and he listens he will tell the truth and trust science he will make smart plans and manage a good team and he will govern as someone whos lived a life that the r
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Good morning, everyone, and welcome to bloomberg surveillance. Inm Francine Lacqua here london. Happy thursday. Lets check in on the markets. A lot of focus about the turkish keene is alsom all over. He is really on what could happen in the near term. Apart from the turkish lira, there is quite of lot going on, and stocks are dropping in much of the world after the fed signaled continued concern on the pandemic, and that is weighing on the worlds biggest economy as well as treasuries advancing. The other thing i am watching out for is daughter holding, gold edging higher, and then we not need to talk about wheel, declining from a high after the fed and opec both sounding cautious we need to talk about oil. And lets get to the bloomberg first word news. We start with china, which says it is planning to hold talks after last weeks talks were canceled by donald trump. This is six months after the pack. The russian opposition leader, navalny has fallen ill, allegedly due to poisoning, unco