Plenty of things to be thinking about. The election dominating the narrative. Alix polls are just opening in alaska. In the lower 48 states, voters have been filing into bowling into Bowling Centers across the United States. Joining us into pulling Centers Across the United States. Joining usis bloombergs nick wadhams joining us is bloombergs nick wadhams. We saw a record early turnout of about 100 million voters, i reflation that a lot of democrats in particular were worried about the coronavirus and possible exposure, and want to get their votes in early. Republicans tend in this election to vote much more on election day. The big number we are looking at is 9 00 p. M. That is when we expect to know what is happening in florida. Once we know florida, people have a very good sense of what this race is going to look like. If joe biden wins florida, President Trump has very few paths to get to the white house. If it is a nailbiter, that could give us a sense of the shape of things to co
Joe biden says hes feeling good. Higher. Looks to be texas, florida, and arizona are among the states reporting big numbers with no signs of disturbances so far. And the other major story today, groups in hong kong and shanghai demanding capital control, throwing jack mas empire into turmoil. But, of course, there is one story it is the u. S. Election. Election day coming to a close in the u. S. Some of the polls closing and the key battleground states and over the next hour or so and starting to see whether the ballot shows a shift to what the markets have really been pricing in, which is that strong blue wave. Take a look how we are setting up after the u. S. Had the biggest twoday rally and since september led by financials and bank shares, treasury yields. On anticipating that as soon as the election is Done Congress will deliver a spending bill. Shery, a lot of the action going to be in currencies. Shery definitely chinese yunaa, one to watch. We are watching the Immediate Reactio
144,000, 65000 people hospitalized and we are averaging over a thousand deaths a day. A new round of restrictions would surely slow the economy and put more people out of work, heard even more with travel, retail and Entertainment Industries perhaps, thats one reason the market is selling this morning. After the huge recent gains the dow looks to be down about 200, s p down about 10. Look at the nasdaq with a modest bounce to the upside with the dana may be a quarter of a percent of the standout political headline comes from Bernie Sanders. He says yes, if offered the job of labor secretary in a biting next he would take it. On that, we will say this, varney co. Is about to begin. Stuart born to be wild, well i guess thats fairly appropriate. What you are looking at is rather empty new york city on a rainy thursday morning. Of course, its been half empty for about eight months and Governor Cuomo has more restrictions on businesses. Ashley, bring me up to speed. Ashley he certainly has.
White house in the east room. With 400 of his closest friends. Thanks to mary a parker. Emily wilkins is covering the biden campaign. Emily the Vice President began his day in delaware. He visited the grave of his son beau biden. He said his sons passing was part of the reason he decided to launch this third for president. He visited scranton pennsylvania and is now just leaving philadelphia. We are expecting him on the stage in wilmington, delaware. We do not know whether we will be able to have a president ial announcement at that point, but we are expecting joe biden to address the nation. David Emily Wilkins will be with us throughout the evening as well as she covers the Vice President s campaign. The markets have been watching the election closely. We turned to Abigail Doolittle for what they are telling us today. What are they saying. Abigail we have investors interested in stocks. A very big rally on our hands. The s p 500 up 2 , its best day since june. Investors wanting in. I
The company who made the machines says that didnt happen, and a Government Election watchdog insists the election was the most secured in American History. The elections, infrastructure, government, coordinating council, and the election infrastructure sector, coordinating committees, part of the department of Homeland Security issued a joint statement and emphasized in bold type. There is no evidence that any Voting System deleted or lost votes changed votes, or was in any we compromised. One of the major contributors for making this the most secure election in u. S. History is the fact that there were large numbers with vote by mail. And actual having physical paper ballots, one of Donald Trumps closest aides has reportedly been seeking out. Officials in various government departments, he considers insufficiently loyal to donald trump, with the intention of firing them. One of the people behind this report has told friends he expects to be called in the coming days. On capitol hill,