On the welcome to the program democratic candidate joe biden has won the u. S. President ial election after sealing victory in the battleground state of pennsylvania of the 99 percent of votes counted and Sylvania Biden won 49. 7 percent and trump won 49. 2 the 20 electoral votes biden takes home in the state allowed him to surpass the 270 needed to win the election according to projections by the Associated Press he also picked up 6 and nevada giving him a total of 290. 00 electoral votes to republican president Donald Trumps 214. 00. Democratic supporters across the country have been reacting to the news of president elect by success from philadelphia to black lives matter plaza in washington to New York Times square people didnt want to hide their relief and excitement lets take a look at those reactions. To me me every time my mother is a disabled woman who goes directly to medicaid and medicare and said no a day. Out and you can no longer mess with those programs is the thing we w
Sweet farmers their start harvesting crops with wheat exports forecast to almost double this year. But have to do business on one of the giants and burn em good to have you with us and were starting with china manufacturing there continued to recover in october as a key purchasing Managers Index reached the highest level since january 2011 the sides seem private the follow to official p. M. I. Figures over the weekend which also showed faster recovery in the worlds 2nd biggest economy the pandemic appears largely under control in China Business operations improved as did the mood among entrepreneurs that export growth is slowing us code 19 resurfaces in other countries. Well for more on those chinese data im joined now by our financial correspondent in frankfurt cama good to see you. Well obviously today germany starts its 2nd aloft down how did china manage to to keep the economy open. O. Monaco with strict top down management off the outbreaks as soon as an outbreak happens in china
And experts warn too much celebration could trigger a 2nd coronavirus wait. Welcome to the business i want to get jones and berlin good to have you with us the United States and to google i headed to Court Washington has filed an antitrust lawsuit against google accusing the company of illegally using its market power against its competitors the government says google has borge its success by paying a mobile phone makers and others to make it the default search that engine google controls about 90 percent of global web searches its the biggest challenge the u. S. Has launched against the Tech Companies and a landmark case against microsoft and that was back in 1998. So lets get some analysis on this now from our financial correspondent Chelsea Delaney in frankfurt chelsea. Please tell me i mean so what exactly is illegal about googles business model. Its no surprise that google is seen as a monopoly here but what the government is alleging is illegal is the way that google has attained
You with us. But what Economic Forum has just published its annual report on regional risks for doing business and not surprisingly the coronavirus pandemic has left its mark based on a survey of over 12000 Business Leaders from 127 countries the report has unemployment topped the list just like previous reports have done like the one from the International Labor organization massive job losses due to the pandemic are expected to negatively impact businesses for the next 10 years fiscal issues until recently the main risk factors dropped into 3rd position followed by Cyber Attacks and social instability the report is part of the Global Risk Initiative which aims to find Sustainable Solutions for Global Environmental challenges and that also includes the impact of a pandemic that earlier i spoke to the managing director of the world Economic Forum assadi as a haiti in geneva and i asked her whether the result of this report comes as a surprise. You know its not really a surprise in the
This morning from the president ial suite at walter reed. White house chief of staff mark meadows told foxnews the president could be discharged as early as today. The president made a decision on whether to discharge later today. Reporter questions remain about the president s condition. The president stock is now acknowledge he had a high fever on friday and say his oxygen levels dropped twice. We have also learned the president has been given a steroid in addition to remdesivir and an experimental antibody cocktail. The question is, is his disease much more severe than is being describedbeeen the potency of the drug and what is going on. Reporter the white house is hoal g backlash after the suite sunday evening to drive by supporters who had taken up vigil outside of walter reed. Administration Officials Say the president s doctors approved the trip where he was seen wearing a mask but Health Experts say he risk exposing his security detail to the virus. Leaving hospital, going to a