A michael its nice to have you with us u. S. President elect joe biden has addressed the nation for the 1st time since claiming victory in tuesdays election bided was speaking in his home state of delaware alongside Vice President elect Campbell Harris their running mates emerged victorious after taking a clear lead in the swing state of pennsylvania after 4 days of vote counting. Up the dots. But will a new dawn soon be upon America Joe Biden has one power promising just. To a country that has been living through a year of pandemic and on rest the veteran lady is promising to bring a new book. The bar tells us to every day there is a season a time to delve trying to return to time to sorrow and a time to hear. This is the time of day here in america. Alongside biden a woman who says shes determined to heal the countrys rice who divisions Camilla Harris will be the countrys 1st female a minority Vice President she did the key to victory to the Civil Rights Movement and said it will hel
Today as the u. S. Military mission in afghanistan and the implications to the Peace Process on u. S. Involvement. We are doing this hearing both with some members present and some members remote. We also have two of our witnesses that will be remote. So we are its the first time weve bee back for a full comttee meeting, House Armed Services mmittee since the covid outbreak so i urge all of you participating and watching be patient as we work out the bugs and give everybody the chance to say what they need to say and run the committee in an orderly fashion. Before we start the basic rules and outline of how were doing the hearing. And i welcome those joining us remotely and those members are reminded they must be visible onscreen within the Software Platform, joining the establi established meeting and remaining a quorum and they must use the video platform during the proceeding unless they experience connectivity prlem. If a perso remotely have issues, the staff will help you get reco
We are doing this hearing both with some members present and some members remote. Remote. We also have two of our witnesses that will be remote. So we are its the first time weve been back for a full committee meeting, House Armed Services committee since the covid outbreak so i urge all of you participating and watching be patient as we work out the bugs and give everybody the chance to say what they need to say and run the committee in an orderly fashion. Before we start the basic rules and outline of how were doing the hearing. And i welcome those joining us remotely and those members are reminded they must be visible onscreen within the Software Platform, joining the establi established meeting and remaining a quorum and they must use the video platform during the proceeding unless they experience connectivity problem. If a person remotely have issues, the staff will help you get recorrected. Video of remotely, will be visible on television and the video feed. Members remotely will
Leader addresses a nation on edge making no mention of the role of the shooting of protestors in africas largest city. And french scientists warn covert 19 is spreading much faster night during the peak of the 1st wave. U. S. President donald trump and Democratic Party nominee joe biden have held their seconds and final debates less than 2 weeks before the election the threats of having their microphones muted largely deterrents interruptions making for a less chaotic events than the 1st they still sparred though on coronavirus racism in america and accuse each other of corruption white house correspondents Kimberly Hall gets reports no from nashville. It was a stark contrast from the 1st debate if youre interruptions and more substandard discussion with the 2 president ial hopefuls donald trump and joe biden who mostly respected the rules the moderator even earned a rare compliment from the u. S. President so far respect very much the way you handle it this is the debate opened with a
Treasury market. European stocks are down by 1 . U. S. Stocks are up i. 2 . I also want to bear in mind what is happening with the chinese currency. This is important. 6. 6 four, below key levels. The dollar continues to weekend. The dollar is important, the euro is important, but the chinese currency is potentially very important. Jump inaly reporting a new daily virus cases to over 15,000. The other part of the story, we are talking about trade talks, the u. K. And the eu are ready to sit down immediately with the goal of finding a deal by midnovember after positive contacts between the two sides. Our bloomberg is european politics reporter. Ian, a great way to talk about itting the deal, getting done, was that Boris Johnson was getting his way and getting it done. Ian in the past five minutes, the chief negotiators have gotten off the phone after about an hour long discussion. We have not heard officially what they have agreed to do, but as you were saying, we have reported in the l