There will be the money to fund it. And we do know there has been a confirmation already from the department of defense that that transition has already begun in order to ensure that u. S. National security remains on track something. That was a grave concern to many of the top Security Officials in the United States. Given the fact that donald trump was dragging his heels and essentially blocking this transition from taking place, they argued putting u. S. National security at risk. The International Air transport association is predicting the industry is on track to lose more than 150000000000. 00. Thats after the number of passengers plummeted from 4 and a half 1000000000 in 2019 to fewer than 2000000000 this year. The theo paean government says to gray and Regional Forces have started to surrender. But to grays leadership says theyre fighting back and have destroyed an Ethiopian Military division, including a helicopter, and 2 tanks. At least 7 people have died in 2 separate car bo
The bill awaits signoff from the president. Akron turns up the heat. France threatens to veto a brexit deal if it does not like the terms, piling pressure on the e. U. Not to make further concessions. Welcome to the program, everybody. 7 00 in london. 8 00 in paris. Lets look at the futures. We are fairly flat on futures. The young stock x50 futures flat. Yesterday, we saw some decent gains for the ftse, up by more than 1 and that was a standout compared to the rest of europe which was more mixed. It was mixed in the u. S. Session as well. We did actually see a bit of a late rally in u. S. Equity trading, up to some of those new highs we were talking about in headlines. All of that in the context of the hopes and dreams around u. S. Stimulus. The concern about what can legitimately be done in the shortterm and a lot of hope around vaccines. Perhaps oncent day some parts of the equities space and a late rally in the u. S. Yesterday and we are now pausing. We are pausing somewhat here. W
Will try to fill in his space as he expresses his culinary abilities. Francine we will get clarification on what he is working on. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. S p global is on the verge of a giant deal in the Financial Information industry. Bloomberg has learned that the company is in advanced talks to for 44s markets billion. An agreement could be announced as soon as today. It would be the second biggest deal of the year. President trumps coronavirus taskforces propping promising a rapid rollout of the vaccine to 2 million americans i the end of the year. The Surgeon General expects that most americans will have access by early in the second quarter. He says the government hopes to quickly ok requests from two drugmakers for emergency approval of their vaccines. A group of opecplus ministers could reach an agreement on whether to delay januarys oil a fullincrease, before meeting of the cartel and its allies today.
That could spark an ugly storm for investors in chinese stocks. Just back from asia, undersecretary of state for economic growth, keith crock, is here live to react. He will reveal the new weapon our government is using to counter chinas fastgrowing technological might. The deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic, now at this hour has los angeles going into full lockdown mode. We are on the ground in l. A. As businesses shutter in realtime. From College Dropout to ceo, the youngest selfmade billionaire in the world with us live on the day his tech company goes public. Discussing the risks he took that triggered his laserlike rise to the top. First, we begin with a fox business alert. The tweet heard round the stock market with billions in Coronavirus Relief at stake. House speaker Nancy Pelosis deputy chief of staff just put out this tweet in the last hour and a half that used covid relief and as soon as possible in the same sentence. The tweet confirmed that the speaker and Senate L
First wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Austria is doing well as well. Are seeing the dollar at levels that we have not seen for Something Like two years. The falls in the dollar taking place overnight. Yenre seeing the japanese clamber up as well, reaching the 104 level. 103 yen. Terry gou. That is the current position. Kong is declining just a fraction at the moment. That is where we are without one. That is where markets are standing. Haslinda. Lets get back to our top story. President trump has attacked the credibility of the election, challenging counts and nevada, pennsylvania, georgia, and michigan. Speaking at the white house, the president made several claims and said that the election is being stolen from him. We will not allow the corruption to still this election or any election in that matter. We cannot allow anyone to silence our voters. Haslinda joe biden is urging patience and saying that he is no doubt heading to victory, in an election that hinges on seven states. Mr.