Confirmed friday. Osaka has signaled its entering a local state of emergency due to the strain on the medical system. Authorities there are calling on people to avoid all nonessential outings until december 15th. Translator the number of people in serious condition will not decrease unless the number of infections falls. We need to practice selfrestraint in the shortterm to save lives. The governor of neighboring kyoto prefecture is urging people to refrain from traveling to osaka as much as possible. The death toll continues to rise in japan. Over the past three days, more than 30 people a day have died. In the week up to thursday, a total of 196 people died. Translator basically, the difference between the virus that spread in july and the virus that is spreading now is not large. I think december and january are really crucial times. Japan recorded over 1,800 infections on friday, bringing the overall tally to more than 158,500. Over 2,300 people have died. Prime minister suga i sho
Good morning, everybody. I think w had senator blumenthal remotely, ishat correct . Mr. Chairman. Is it okay if we move forwar absolutely. Thanks very much . Ill make a brief Opening Statement ts is about censorship, suppression and the 2020 election. A deep dive when it comes t twitter and facebook about the platforms and decisions they make, can we do better . Do we need to do better . The first thing i want to talk about here is health risk associated with social media. The 2018 Research Center survey of nearly 7150, 13 to 17 yearoldsnt 45 online almost constantly. 97 use socia media platforms such as youtube,st facebook or snapchat or instagram. Why are we having thisearing . Shes o companies offer, people like the politics ander u them. They probably more successful in their wildest dream they are having to make decisions that offend people on the left a the right. What we are trying t do is look at section 230 see if it nee to be modified or changed because section 230 basically
Thank you for being with us on this simulcast, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Television worldwide. Tremendous news flow wrapped around the details of a worsening pandemic worldwide, and indeed across this nation. Also looking at markets off the faxing news, futures up 10, dow futures up the vaccine news, futures up 10, dow futures up. New low on the vix as well. Looking at the calendar, everybody is recalibrating. Weve got a major house recalibration of the equity markets out moment ago. Jonathan at Credit Suisse, Jonathan Golub, they have a forecast yearend on the s p for the end of 2021 with a 12 upside. The 2021 forecast is designed to answer what the future will look like in the future. He makes the point at the end of this paragraph that the rotation into the cyclicals will largely be behind us, and they stay overweight on tech, also overweight on the financials. That is just a flavor of where Credit Suisse are at this morning. Tom the conversation forward, and i cant say enough on r
Recount of nearly 5 million ballots is underway in georgia plus David Perdues newmantra, win georgia, save america and the race that may decide your fate one of two gop senators fighting to keep the senate in republican control in his first interview on the critical contest, and why the entire country hangs in the balance plus the balance keeps tipping towards republicans in the house with more victories the gop flipping at least 11 house seats jim jordan the Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee on the road ahead all that and a lot more as we look ahead right here right now on sunday morning futures. But first this morning President Trumps legal team has exactly one month to produce enough evidence to overturn the 2020 election, with a slew of lawsuits pending in multiple states its a tall task but one that seattle ted cruz told us on this program last week is realistic. We could easily see , i believe, President Trump still has a path to victory and that path is to count ev
Bloomberg radio, bloomberg television. Earlier this morning, mr. Macron in his military, earlier london at whitehall, the british military, prince charles, i believe, in attendance there, and jon, you have to wonder who shows up with President Trump today on veterans day in america that is a mystery. Jonathan we mark veterans day in the United Kingdom as remembrance day, the 11th day on the 11th month. We will see the president today, and that is important. Whether we hear from the president , two different things, and we would like to hear from the president to see where he stands on the contested election. It has been building up, particularly over the last couple of days. Tom were going to go to market right now. , one, lisaexplain abramowicz is not with us today, an important day off for her come up in the catskills trying to find the proper word for the fourth thursday of november. Dow futures up. Look at the vix, under 24. Jonathan this market is balled up. Jp morgan calling it m