Than 100 Million People cast their ballots early, which means incould see the is turnout the print see the biggest turnout in president ial election. But we are seeing attempts to undermine it. Tols and texts attempting discourage and intimidate voters today. How keytalk about social platforms like facebook, twitter, and youtube are looking andrevent disinformation postelection civil unrest. First, a check on the markets, where u. S. Stocks rallied for a second day. Investors have been incredibly anxious leading up to this moment. Just how anxious were they today . Abigail not so anxious today. At one point, the s p 500 index up 1. 2 . Thehe close, up about 1. 8 , best day in about a month. Around anxiousness, the vix below 35. Some are saying that it suggests that it means that there will not be decision soon, that that is no longer the case. That the volatility investors are telling us that we are more likely to know who will be the next president sooner rather than later. We had bon
Of antiriot Police Squads across all of nigeria there have been nearly 2 weeks of protests against a Controversial Police anti Robbery Group which has since been disbanded actually addresses in the capital of georgia we understand that there are pockets of protesters still on the streets protesting and demanding that the demands be met there is also a very very serious traffic jam on of that group its usually a very difficult situation at this point in time when people close to the world earlier the capital here as an announced a ban on street porters however that did not stop the protesters from carrying out their protest on the streets of a buddha. The fiance of murdered saudi journalist. The Saudi Crown Prince in the u. S. The lawsuit alleges that mohammed bin salomon ordered has killing at the saudi consulate in istanbul 2 years ago it claims the murder was ordered to stop the Washington Post journalist for speaking out for democracy in the middle east google says its considering f
And were awaiting comments on president elect jooe biden. And later, the biontech ceo will be here to discuss their groundbreaking results showing their vaccine with pfizer is more than 90 effective. Thanks, welcome once again to power lunch. I am john fort check out some of the tech heavyweights Apple Holding up after announcing its own line of chips for computers and names like amazon, facebook, microsoft all under pressure at this hour. And on the flip side, take a look at whats leading gains in the dow. Its walgreens up 8 , boeing up 5 for more on the divided market, lets go over to john pisani you hit it right. It is essentially out of growth and the rally in cyclicals value, not always the same thing but cyclicals and values are continuing. John mentioned walgreens theyre going to be an administrator of the covid shot. Walgreens and cvs moving thats a very specific story by bu si but cyclicals Like Aerospace boeing has been a huge mover in the last few days, 3m, oil stock is anot
Elections we have identified that 2 foreign actors iran and russia have taken specific actions to influence Public Opinion relating to our elections 1st we have confirmed that some Voter Registration information has been obtained by iran and separately by russia this data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion so chaos and undermine your confidence in american democracy former u. S. President Barack Obama Says donald trump is incapable of taking the job seriously stumped on the campaign trail his former deputy Joe Biden Obama urged supporters to vote early. Violence between Security Forces and protesters in guineas capital has left at least 9 people dead it falls a tense president ial election race with the president of a conde and his main rival. Little are they counting the shows conde in the lead but the final result has yet to be enhanced by jerry in protest as have defied a curfew to contin
States want the same agreements alan fischer has more eyes for donald trump well he seems to embrace the idea of making small deals across the middle east rather than focus previous essers trying to build one all encompassing middle east deal he believes that this changes the reality on the ground he already got a deal signed between the United Arab Emirates and bahrain to recognize israel remember the Abraham Accords were signed here at the white house just in september just over a month ago and he believes that there are 5 other countries who are ready to sign up to this deal. Libyas rival factions of signed a permanent cease fire agreements the un brokered deal orders all foreign fighters to leave and comes ahead of political talks next month kinneys army is on the streets to curb protests after president alpha cons a one a controversial 3rd term Security Forces dispersed opposition protesters with tear gas at least 26. 00 people have been killed in unrest since sundays election Pre