The curve. Good afternoon reporter california secretary of health and Human Services doctor galley confirmed the state is in the midst of a coronavirus surge, saying he is telling it the californians the way he would tell any patient. As i said, my patients, often when im worried i will tell you, she penry with me and we are there. Reporter infection, hospitalization and icu rates, all up sharply over the course of the last two weeks. Here, since the beginning of november in the same oneweek period it has been a 47. 1 increase. This is almost a 20 faster rate of rise in the fastest rate of rise we have seen in california. Reporter with thanksgiving less than two weeks away and families considering gathering, dr. Galley also announced a travel advisory, urging people to not travel and if they must come asking them to quarantine for at least a full two weeks, in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. Travel, having others travel to your home could potentially cost increased transmi
A final assault on the city of mccarrick. To graham forces refused to step aside late, u. S. President donald trump has accepted that a formal transition can begin for joe biden to take office. The head of the General Services administration told biden that the process can begin acknowledging him. As the president elect trump said in a tweet that hes directing his team to cooperate, but is promising to keep up the fight. Joe bidens Transition Team has welcomed the freeze up millions of dollars for the president elects new administration. And bidens team can now work with federal officials on the Pandemic Response and on National Security. We have political hay who is standing by for us live in washington, d. C. Patty. So this is not an official determination of the winner, but obviously a very significant development, especially when we consider Donald Trumps response. I think that is by far, one of the more significant parts of the story. Donald trump. Lets keep in mind since the elec
Restriction due to covid19. sime minister trudeau ambitious immigration policies resulted in the fastest pace of population growth in three decades. Despite the Current Border closures, canadas immigration minister does not want to scale back the countrys immigration targets for the coming years, which includes bringing in more than 350,000 new permanent residence in 2021. The wildfires, power outages, and extreme weather ravaging california are taking a bite out of the state economic recovery. Officials say the blazes that scorched more than 4 million acres over the past three years have caused a record 1. 1 billion. This weeks hot and dry weather is reminding residents that wildfires season is not over yet. The coronavirus pandemic has also battered the state, leaving them with a 54 billion hole in the budget. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg.
Today, david. David this no argue about it. We were supposed to have the second president ial debate last night. Instead we got dueling town hall meetings. One moderated by abc news George Stephanopoulos and form Vice President joe biden. The other Savannah Guthrie and featuring donald trump. The contrasts were sharp including the economy and the president s response to the coronavirus. President trump i now it was a big threat. At the same time i dont want to go out and say everybodys going to die. We make up 4 of the worlds population. We have 20 of the worlds deaths. We are in a situation where we have 210plus thousand people dead. Whats he doing . Nothing. President trump we had the greatest economy in the history of our country last year. Including the state of florida where we are now and pennsylvania and North Carolina and every place. We had the greatest economy we ever had. We had to close it down. We saved two million lives. We are opening it up. We have a vshape and its comi
There is no question, in all my years, this is the oddest jobs day, with a bomb shale with a bombshell earlier this morning. The president had the first have contracted the virus. We will show a shot of the white house here in a bit, describing the second floor and the president s president ial rooms. Right now, we are beginning to hear with our bloomberg reporting from people in washington. Jonathan heard from jen jacob in her reporting before the top of the hour on the aids close to closeesident the aides to the president that were concerned. We understand the Vice President has tested negative, so that is good news for mike pence. What we dont know yet is whether former Vice President joe biden is out. We understand he will be tested at some point today. It is a highprofile track and trace. Everyone that has been in contact with the president , with hope hicks over the last week or so. Who where they . Have they been tested . It is an odd payrolls friday because 29 minutes away from