Home to the house and senate since 1800. But it is their home districts and states that send members to washington, d. C. Over the next 90 minutes, a look at pivotal u. S. Politicians as we travel the nation in search of their stories. Coming up first, u. S. Congressman and senator, former wisconsin governor, and 1924 Progressive Party president ial candidate, robert fighting bob la follette. There is work for everyone. It is large. It is a glorious service. This service for the country, the call comes to every citizen. It is an unending struggle to make and keep government representative. Bob la follette is probably the most important political figure in wisconsin history, and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century in the United States. He was a reforming governor he defined what progressivism is. He was one of the first to use the term progressive to selfidentify. He was a United States senator who was recognized by his peers in the 1950s as one of the Great Ame
That would be a game changer. Bitcoins market cap is currently only 3. 1 the size of gold. As bitcoin and gold struggle between the risk off, is gone, copper is not hitting a sevenyear high. It looks a lot like that spike we see in early 2000 at the beginning of that chart, that is when china started commodities super cycles. Maybe there is some more longterm fundamental support from china. Lets get into the ring with todays top story. Opecplus agreeing to increase output starting in january, with monthly reviews to cf if more oil should be added. Alex longley joins us from london. What are the rules for the subsequent production hike . Alex there has been a fraud week of debate within opec. We have had the opecplus meeting. What we are hearing as they have agreed to hike production by 500,000 barrels a day in january, and will then have monthly reviews what they were at another 500 barrels a day to the market. That is doing the same, weve got a Strong Oil Market at the moment. But the
A quiet start to christmas celebrations in bethlehem as crow virus restrictions keep the crowds away also this information are not. Touched down for a console carrying samples from a distant asteroid that scientists hope could explain the formation of the solar system. Welcome to the program but was meant to be a rally to about 2 Senate Candidates has turned into an opportunity for donald trump to once again falsely claim that he won last months president ial election hes been campaigning in the state of georgia for republicans who are facing a runoff next month the poll will decide which Party Controls the u. S. Senate a White House Correspondent complete health care reports now from valdosta in georgia. Donald trump was not the declared winner in last months president ial vote but that didnt stop these georgia voters from attending trumps 1st postelection rally. Thousands here believe trump defeated joe biden even as the president s court cases to overturn the Election Results have o
Georgia voters. Race. Not just the future of the senate which republicans currently hold but the future there are. Very important you have to get out you have to vote you have to make sure you have every vote count everybody. Because at stake in this election is control of the u. S. And that really. The voters are determined which party runs every committee right every. Controls every single taxpayer dollar. The democrats are. Largely still a. Result of. The supreme court. Will never surrender. The u. S. Has reported a Record Number of covert 900 infections in the row in the 230000 cases recorded over the past 24 hours according to Johns Hopkins university the u. S. Has seen a huge resurgence of the virus over the past month. Trade talks between the u. K. And the European Union etc on sunday the 2 sides are deadlocked over issues of governance fishing and competition rules but more on the negotiations. Theres been a lot of talk in the press about british on happiness or the European Un
Distributed, how will be it done. All of this at a time were hearing about four 45 minutes from now president elect biden and Kamala Harris will detail their own economic plan. What theyre calling their Building Back better plan. I dont know what that means but they have got a lot of union heads there as well as the chairman of gm, the chairman of microsoft, the head of target. Again, virtually, if not in person. So well be monitoring that. When that comes up about an hour 45 minutes from now. Meantime more on this excitement around moderna and what it poses to offer right here. Jackie deangelis own that. Jackie. Reporter good afternoon to you, neil. The vaccine news certainly fueling the markets today. 94. 5 efficacy. That is what moderna is saying. We had excitement from pfizer and biontech last week. The market is saying we would expected or less efficacy. This is a really important number. People are wondering what happens next. How do i actually get the virus, excuse me, the vacci