Francine i agree. The sports angle is extremely significant, and i hear more people say what does it mean for the future . If you have so much power and are able to bring so much pleasure to so many people, that seems to be the future of where this is headed, unless we get a vaccine. I was looking forward to seeing about inflation and if the Central Banks are right in saying we shouldnt believe all the hype, or if we get a vaccine, even if it is quick, it will be a cureall. One of the things we will explore further in this hour. Tom election 2020 is still ongoing. And somehow weekend stagger through the holiday season. You wonder what the news flow will be about 8 00 p. M. Tonight within the United States of america. In new york city with our first word news, here is karina mitchell. rejecting President Trumps claims of widespread voter fraud. They say last weeks election was the most secure in American History and there is no evidence any Voting System deleted, lost votes, changed vot
For a september quarter. There are also concerns about the ant ipo fallout. And america awaits the outcome of the president ial election, seven states now holding the keys to the white house. Wisconsin heads to a recount and others face challenges in court. Foropen here in sydney friday trading in asian markets, we have seen an eerie calm and trading across equity markets, and globally, on expectations that policy gridlock will me know extreme measures when it comes to the tax front being taken and more status quote when it comes to the visible markets. We are up. 2 when it comes to sydney, the in aussie dollar and commoditieslinked currencies it particularly well. We have the u. S. Dollar fall to its lowest in two years. The nikkei 225, we expect weakness going into the open but we have japanese stocks trading in the green every day of the week. Also watching the yen, but interestingly, as an election respirometer, we continue to watch price action in china as well as volatility in ch
Good afternoon. Today, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could strike down the Affordable Care act in its entirety. If the Supreme Court agrees with the opponents of the act their , decision could take Health Care Away from 20 million americans. It could take away protections for more than 100 Million People with preexisting conditions. And hurt the millions of americans who have come to rely on the Affordable Care act. Getting rid of the Affordable Care act will take us backwards. To a time when people could charge a woman more for her health care than they could charge a man simply because she is a woman. To a time when pregnancy could be considered a preexisting condition. It will take away free Birth Control and contraceptive coverage for women. This is all happening at a moment when our country is suffering to a pandemic that has claimed more than 238,000 lives. And we all know that if the Affordable Care act is struck down, communities of color would be hit particu
U. S. And outside the white house. The donald trump and his supporters are defiant the president showing no sign of conceding as he passed a challenge ballot count in several states. Its illegal its unconstitutional and we will be bringing an action challenging that. Hasnt stopped leaders from around the world applauding joe biden including many who have rocky relations with trump. Welcome as 2300 hours g. M. T. 6 pm in washington d. C. And off to days of anxious waiting the United States has reached a fateful moment in its history Democratic Party candidate joe biden is now president elects having obtained 290 electoral votes so far he of course needed 270 to take the white house this is what finally put joe biden across the finish line a projected victory in pennsylvania with its 20 Electoral College votes and in nevada with 6. Hes also leading in georgia but that race is still too close to call the current President Donald Trump has 214. 00 electoral votes all together looking at th
4 00 in the morning we can tell you joe biden is overperforming from where Hillary Clinton was 81 of that vote in but still 20 of maricopa is out. One of the reasons why we cant project the state just yet. One of the stronghold, pima, tucson, 6038, overperforming there. The trend so far and its been holding for the last two to three hours, you would know better than me, democrats are in a good position in arizona but its just with 20 out you just cant project it yet. Whit johnson, the vote is just trickling in, that remaining vote. Reporter were getting more clarity on the outstanding ballots that exist. We just talked to Maricopa County officials again and we keep going back to them because as we mentioned Maricopa County makes up at least 60 of the vote here in arizona. Within the next ten minutes but talking to my producer, it still hasnt come up they were trying to do the final dump of results and this is the inperson votes from today. They were counting those throughout the night