We will get your thoughts on what grade you would give your governor on this pandemic, but lets begin with south dakotas governor. Take a look at the state. This is from nbc news. A 19 increase over the past two weeks. Here is republican south dakota governor kristi noem defending her approach. [video clip] across the country and around the globe, cases are increasing. Over the past week, cases are on the rise in 48 states. Some have said that my refusal to mandate masks is the reason why our cases are rising here in the state of south dakota. That is not true. Others have said that my refusal to advance harsh restrictions like lockdowns is another one of the reasons why our cases are rising, and that is also not true. There are 41 states that have some kind of a mask mandate. Cases are on the rise in 39 of those 41 states. Some in the media are saying that south dakota is the worst in the world right now. That is absolutely false. I would encourage you to look at the Johns Hopkins cor
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Toer that joe biden speaks block religious leaders in souls to the at a polls. Then President Trump campaigns in north carolina. Host we are looking at what has become a scene this year, long lines at polling places. Matt, you study this for the bipartisan policy center. Covidear with the pandemic to we have baselines to understand electorate going into this election . This election is unlike any in the past so it is hard to know if theres a good corollary. Already we have seen far more early and absentee voting then it 2016 so it is really off the charts this time around. That lookse a chart at early and in person voting and how it is trended the last couple of years. As folks can see from watching it, the trend has been for more prior voting, either by absentee or mailin ballot, then in person on election day. What is happening in thinking about the conduct of elections, that has led to this . And then accelerating this trend this year . Matt sure. It has been a trend 20 years in the
If confirmed, she would be the first woman to hold the position. Promising stynes leader to have u. S. Coronavirus Vaccine Program says astrazenecas shot could halt severe covid. Welcome to the program. Futures in europe pointing higher. Futures in the u. S. Pointing higher and a number of uncertainties removed from the markets thinking over the last 24 hours or so. One of them is who is going to be treasury secretary. Somebody the that market knows ery well in the shape of janet yellen, somebody that has considerable monetary experience and fiscal experience. The other uncertainty is the transition at the white house. That seeps to be looking a little smoother given the headlines we have seen over recent hours. The asian picture benefiting from all of that removal of uncertainty i described. Something more complicated happening to the japanese market which had been doing well prior to being closed. It seems the Trump Administration in its last days still has some tough time to be toug