Joe bidens, transition to the white house can now begin in earnest until now hes been doing it without the support of the federal office thats tasked with overseeing the transfer of power will then 2 weeks after his victory speech, the head of the General Services administration has finally told the president elect the transition can formally begin means bidens new administration can meet with federal officials to work on the Pandemic Response and National Security. Trump took to twitter to announce that hes ready for the transition. He wrote, i want to thank emily murphy at g. S. A. For her steadfast education and loyalty to her to our country. Shes been harassed, threatened, and abused, and i do not want to see this happen to her family or employees of the g. S. A. Ok, strongly continues. Well continue to keep up the good fight, prevail saying nevertheless, in the best interest of our country, hes recommended that emily and her team do what needs to be done. He went on to say that he
Worn surging numbers may undermine a Global Recovery. Plus, we discussed prospects for the u. S. And the wider picture with the atlanta fed president , who joins us this hour. Haidi lets look at the sydney staggered open, the friday session muted compared to the street we have had in asian stocks, asiapacific stocks seeing 13 consecutive days of gains broken by the thursday session, the longest winning streak since 1988 coming to an end. A flat stock a flat start in sydney, kiwi stocks up, muted start in japan spite heavy inflows of foreign buying. We are seeing a further downside when it comes to trading in the futures session. Getting secretary mnuchin speaking at the moment. He is speaking in an interview with Bloomberg News, saying financial conditions are quite strong, that companies that are need grants,covid not that. We heard secretary mnuchin earlier asking the fed to return unused coronavirus money. We will get you more as we get those comments. This is coming at a time when
Talks to secure a trade deal between the uk and the European Union are resuming later on monday. They broke up last night with the trickiest areas of disagreement like fishing richts, Competition Rules and enforcement of the deal remaining unresolved. If theres going to be a deal, it needs to be done by december 31st. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. Last night in brussels, the lights on, the talks ongoing. Huge amount at stake. It is serious. Its at 50 50 right now and i dont think one can be optimistic about resolution emerging. Speaking to some of the key principles here, this isa the key principles here, this is a very challenging issue to resolve, and particularly around the level playing field. There are three main sticking point, the so called level playing field, how any deal is enforced and fishing rights. Eu sources suggest a deal on fish is close. The british sources say it isnt. It seems the two sides cant even agree on what they disagree on. After todays ne
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Life is adamant. Theyre battling on and anger in brazil, a black man dies after being beaten by 2 security guards at a supermarket. Hello, everyone. After weeks of delay and uncertainty, u. S. President elect joe biden is finally formally beginning, his transition to the white house. They head of whats called the g. S. A. The General Services agency or administration has designated biden as the apparent winner of this months president ial election. It clears the way for the transition to get underway. Donald trump, he has of course, refused to concede defeat, but he has authorized visit ministration to at least start the process. He says is going to keep up the fight, insisting without evidence we must say that the election was, quote corrupts joe bidens team for their part of welcomed the move. Because, well, it frees up millions of dollars for his new administration, which can now work with the existing federal officials on a coronavirus response, as well as a National Security strat