Thank you for joining us. With ther viewers Paycheck Protection Program is. Stimulus was a form of that the treasury and Small Business administration started lending to borrowers, Small Businesses, back in april. They plan to forgive a lot of these loans as long as the funds were used to fund payroll and other qualifying expenses. Host how much money was lent and what types of businesses received the money . Guest in the end there were 525 billion lent out. More than 5 million recipients of the loans got some of the funds. All kinds of businesses. Very Small Businesses, some larger businesses as well. The ones who filed for bankruptcy were a lot of restaurants, hotels, and businesses in the Accommodation Services industry. Host you wrote the total amount lent to companies who went bankrupt is between 220 Million Dollars and 509 million. For thernment range amount. Half of the firms identified by the journal have filed for bankruptcy since august. Dozens of recipients who come from a s
Released results of its latestage trial. The Pharmaceutical Company said that its Coronavirus Vaccine is up to 90 effective, depending on the dosage. It plans to seek emergency use authorization from the world health organization. Astrazeneca becomes the third drug maker hoping to distribute a vaccine following pfizer and moderna. Meantime the u. S. Has recorded 20 Straight Days of at least 100,000 daily covid cases. Thats according to Johns Hopkins university. On friday, infections hit a new daily record of 196,000 cases, but there is hope. The First Americans could be vaccinated in just weeks. Bofta yimam is in washington. So, bofta, it is great that it looks like we have a vaccine on the horizon, but you have to make sure you dont catch the virus first. And a lot of people are ignoring the cdcs recommendations to stay home for thanksgiving. Reporter thats right, annmarie. 50 million americans are expected to travel for thanksgiving, and experts warn that crowds at airports could lea
Deaths in uganda as protests turned violent following the arrest of the president ial candidate bobby wanted. And Mexicos Senate approves a can of this legislation, bill, but it faces hurdles before those ill believe it. Now, the u. S. State of georgia has completed an order of ballots cast in the president ial election and has confirmed joe bidens victory there. And while donald trump refuses to concede the avenues to contest that results are getting slimmer, a hand recount was launched in georgia after biden had a small lead over President Trump by about 14000 votes. Officials have repeatedly denied that any irregularities had taken place with georgia. Now called biden has extended his liens and has won the presidency with 306 Electoral College votes he needed, 270. Donald trump fell short with 232 legal team has again promised to produce evidence of what it calls a massive democratic conspiracy to steal the president ial election. Though it has yet failed to do so, and fresh reports
Ahead, we are joined by the chief Congressional Correspondent from the Washington Examiner, great to have you with us. Guest good morning. Host lets leap ahead to january and the two runoff races in georgia, the race against the incumbent senator david perdue any other race with senator Kelly Loeffler. Have we ever seen to Senate Runoff races in any state before . Guest not my history of covering congress. Its really unusual. Its also unusual in georgia that the race has ended up in runoff territory. Georgia had been traditionally a very red state where republicans could usually count on an easy win in the statewide races. That was the last few election cycles. There has been a shift in the electorate in georgia over the areas ande the urban their suburban surroundings have gotten more blue, more democratic in their electorate. That has led to some close races where republicans cannot be assured of an easy win. Thats one reason you are seeing runoffs. I think people had thought david p
A president ial candidate of the wind and one neuron colombians commemorate the anniversary of large antigovernment demonstrations. Now the u. S. State of georgia has completed an audit of ballots cast in the president ial election. And confirmed joe bidens victory there. And while President Donald Trump refuses to concede the avenues to contest the results are getting slim. Hand recounts was launched in georgia after biden had a small lead over donald trump by about 14000 votes. Officials have repeatedly denied any irregularities, had taken place, but with georgia now officially called biden, has extended his lead and won the presidency with 306 Electoral College votes. He needed just 270, and donald trump fell short with 232, well, trumps legal team has again promised to produce evidence of what it calls a massive democratic conspiracy to steal the president ial election though it has yet failed to do so. Alan fischer reports from washington. Theres no saying from his legal team that