The race for president is far from over. A live look at ballot counting in philadelphia. Heres faith abubey in d. C. Reporter good morning. This morning millions of ballots are still being counted all across the country and it looks like this race is going to be decided in three key battleground states. Overnight former Vice President joe biden in williams, dewilli l delaware. We believe were on track to win this election. Reporter biden performing as expected, as vote counts roll in across the country. Its not over until every vote is counted, every mroballos counted. Were feeling good about where we are. Reporter the former Vice President boosted by the west coast, taking california, oregon and washington, and biden now leading in arizona. The state of florida has 29 electoral votes and it will go to donald trump. Reporter trump taking all of floridas 29 electoral votes and performing well in rural areas. As votes are still being counted, trump in an Early Morning speech falsely clai
The president s own voters. He is calling the game at the end on end of the First Quarter and its extraordinary. We have never had a situation like this, in the country. The president is a steward of the american electoral system, as a member of it, he is a steward of the american system and he is trying to under mine it while the count is still going on. And the last time that we had a dispute that went to the court force Supreme Court as the president said, he thinks will go. You had two candidates who ultimately accepted the outcome of the courts. Ultimately accepted and said, we have to carry the weight of the office that john just described. To have the president jump that gun and make calls and frankly, norah, as gail was saying, there were a lot of things that were untrue. We can look at the map over your head and see the state of texas was called in his favor, he said it was not. Georgia and North Carolina remain toss ups on our map because of all the details you just laid out.
Good wednesday morning welcome to squawk alley. Im Caro Quintanilla with jon fortt. Deirdre is with us for the hour. Nasdaq is trying to come back after a couple of days of losses as we turn our attention once again to covid levels in the United States. Were going to start the hour, though, with alibaba, a big drop for the stock despite these new sales records on this singles day. Hi, eunice hey, carl live streamers in china are wrapping up whats been a very long day pitching to Chinese Consumers and it seems as though the efforts have paid off. For alibaba, the value of the orders that crossed the site have just come in at just shy of a 500 billion, about 75 billion u. S. Dollars these numbers cap an extended 11day campaign thats a little different this time around not the usual 24hour singles day shopping extravaganza. There were some interesting trends that we saw that were generally pandemic related, where consumers were looking to buy goods that they probably would be buying if th
Increase you dont have to sell your stocks to beat some kind of Capital Gains rate that is quo going to be punitive for rich people im not saying it is solely business as usual. But i am saying that if you own tech stocks, which a lot of people do, there is nothing to keep the stocks from going higher remarkable night, pollsters seem to think there would be this blue wave that got avoided if anything, there is, i think, a recognition that whatever the heck we had before election day seems to be the same after so, david, you know, i feel kind of business as usual for us. Well, it is, carl, not business as usual this morning as you say as the votes continue to be counted in important battleground states. Three you mentioned. Want to add georgia in there, potentially North Carolina, still those early votes, carl, being counted and tabulated and were paying close attention we are, guys. In fact, front and center this hour, the president ial election remains unsettled as voting continues as
Joe biden both taking time to honor those veterans who served our country. President elect biden left wilmington to stop by the philadelphia Korean War Memorial at penns landing to lay a wreath there. This is a personal day. His late son beau biden served in the National Guard in iraq. The president laid a a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. This is the first appearance since Hemant Lakhani shun was called. The biden called on the president to concede. I think it is an embarassment quite frankly. The only thing that, how can i say this, tactfully, i think it will not help the president s legacy. Reporter even though President Trump is biding his time, World Leaders are not waiting. Biden had a roundrobin ever calls with leaders around the world congratulating him on his win and recognizing him as the incoming leader of the free world. Biden also says he is looking forward to speaking with Top Republicans and says he thinks silence on their side is because they are quote, mildl