President elect biden good afternoon. Today, im very proud to be announcing our health care and covid team at a critical time, as we near the end of one of the toughest years weve faced as a nation. More than 285,000 dead americans because of covid19, and counting. Last week, covid19 was the number one cause of death in america. Of covid19 and counting. Last week, covid19 was the number one cause of death in america. For black, latino and native americans, were nearly three times as likely to die from it, covid19 is a mass causality. For families and friends left behind, its a gaping hole in your heart that never will be fully healed. As a country, weve been living with this pandemic for so long, were at risk of becoming numb to its toll on all of us. Were resigned to feel that theres nothing we can do. And we cant trust one another. That we must accept death, pain and sorrow. Were in the midst of this deadly pandemic that has infected almost 15 million americans. 1 out of every 22 peo
Belgium urge eu leaders to step up plans for a no brexit. 50 questions from german lawmakers. We will talk to a member of the team. Rd investigative a warm welcome to the program. U. K. Data. Datac sector net borrowing coming in this morning. Excluding the banking group. At 28. 3ber has come in billion pounds. That is below estimates. The estimate was for 30 billion. That are than anticipated. Really interesting aspect here payhat the Public Sector conversation will look like from here. We have a Spending Review coming wednesday of next week. In july, the chancellor made the point that the fed felt publicsector pay was needed. We are bracing for some effort from the treasury with regard to Public Sector pay. Squeeze in Public Sector pay perhaps coming. We will focus on that and it will be interesting to see the comments coming through or the numbers coming through on the banking sector. That is the u. K. Data. Markets. Futures looking a little bit mixed really if you take a global pict
Baseless conspiracy theories. Why a republican senator is now accusing the president of trying to subvert the will of the people. And Princess Diana reimagined. Actress emma koren reveals how she recreated the look and voice of the iconic royal for the new season of the crown. People love the crown. First, todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Every american needs to be vigilant in this moment because we know that when you are, we can mitigate this virus. Good news on the vaccine front. The cdc urged americans to not travel for thanksgiving. If you are fighting a battle and the cavalry is on the way, you dont stop shooting. You keep going until the cavalry gets here. President elect biden said theres no excuse not to share information that his Incoming Administration will need to fight covid19. How many will be lost as a consequence of that, i cant tell you. A lawsuit filed against tyson foods claims a manager organized a betting pool on how many workers would test positive
Outcome of the election now hinges on 4 battleground states where mainly postal votes are being tied to and in other news the u. N. Calls for i mean media deescalation intentions that ethiopias Prime Minister calls in troops into the tikrit region following at an auction on a military base the way. To. So democratic candidate joe biden is now just 6 Electoral College votes away from the u. S. Presidency after flipping michigan and wisconsin which donald trump narrowly won 4 years ago biden now has a total of 264 Electoral College votes ron donald trump has 214 hour remember the magic number to become president is to 70 here in yellow youll see the states still in play nevada in the west and georgia and North Carolina in the south and up here pennsylvania donald trump has launched legal action in several states to stop votes being counted. Lets look at georgia firsts an extremely close race ted Donald Trumps initial lead has been steadily falling most of the remaining votes are from atl
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