Welcome to arts 21 we are in cannes where a mini version of the citys famous Film Festival is giving hope to a struggling movie industry because the corona pandemic has hit the film business hard now if this were spring and it were a normal year the streets in cannes will be packed with filmmakers journalists and film payouts but this is the fall and the process is nearly empty as empty has most theatres these days as empty as the most film sets where even the movies that are being made have to be done under very strict and costly new 1900 safety protocols in fact the only place that film fans seem to be congregating these days is on streaming platforms at least at cannes many festival there are some new movies to be seen thats not the case in most cinemas these days the Hollywood Studios have held back their big. Busters no one can say when or even if say the new batman or the new james bond will get the a but how long consider must survive if there are no new movies. It might be up t
Of northern africa. Im like a local welcome to the program more than 3 days after the polls closed in the race there is still no official winner of the u. S. Election lets have a look at the results as they stand at the moment the overall picture hasnt changed in quite some time now remember the candidate who gets 270 electoral votes wins so 4 democratic candidate joe biden has received 264 to republican president Donald Trumps 214 according to projections by the Associated Press a. P. Has biden winning arizona but many other forecasts say its too close to call. Pennsylvania would be a massive prize with its 20 electoral votes joe bidens lead there is currently around 29000. 00 with 99 percent of votes counted the mail and votes being counted have been heavily favoring the democratic candidate georgia with its 16 electoral votes is also extremely close biden has pulled ahead of trump there with a difference of just over 4000. 00 votes a recount is expected overall Donald Trumps path to
[ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Oh, that was uncomfortable. [ laughter ] everybody, thank you for joining in tonight. Im jimmy, im the host. Im the captain of the dance team here at the show. For the first time in about four years, its looking like theres no need to feel down. Ding dong the witch hunt is almost dead. [ laughter ] the winged monkeys are about to fly out of the white house. The cowardly liars hitting the yellow brick road. I would not want to be Donald Trumps my pillow tonight. He is liable to chew right through that thing. What a day for the president. Pennsylvania, georgia turned out to be bluer than Mitch Mcconnells hands. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] the presumptive president elect, joe biden, addressed the nation tonight. This is unprecedented. A spokesperson for joe biden said the United States government is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the white house. [ laughter ] in other words, hit the road, maralago, youre g
Veterans day as we thank those who served us in the past and continue to serve us today im becky quick along with joe kernen along with Andrew Ross Sorkin things are in the green once again. Looks like the dow is indicated up by about 181 points and if we were to open at these levels and hold it through the session, you would be looking at the dow closing at a record high it has been up six out of the last seven sessions. Up another 626 points yesterday. Dow futures are up, s p futures up by about 26 and then the nasdaq, which has been the weaker part over the last several sessions, down more 1 , actually indicated higher today as well. Up by about 130. The bond market today the is closed in ob sservance of veters day. Well talk with David Petraeus later this morning andrew thanks. And an important day in the United States of course. But there is also a holiday going on in china, very different kind of holiday, made up of a shopping a made up shopping holiday i should say called single
[laughter] guest i think we have so little perspective on this moment that it is quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and, of course, also around the world have that this is an extraordinary uni shall time is something that we are in a time out of time will be a curiosity in the future. People will look back and wonder about that very sense i think it is kind of an interesting phenomenon. I think that will be studied. Host when you think about today, do you compare it to any other period in history . Guest no, you know, as a historian, im interested in analogies. I think we have a cognitive tendency to enjoy analogies to find one thing to be like another, all the time, just in the same way, you know, im the kind of person that sees likenesses in family members. I look at a new baby and say oh that looks just like great grandma so and so. But at the same time, even as i say that, i recognize that a lot of that is my need for familiarity.