2. The center, what american holidaymakers would have known, there are not many people around. If you look at the shift, where people are going to get their contact lenses, shopping, it is really more on the outskirts, where the parts of london that are still in Central London but where people have homes, because no one has gone back to work. I think 20 of the city of london occupied. There was a wave of people coming back, and that is where Boris Johnson and announced extra restrictions. But the schools remain open, and this was the linchpin of the Boris Johnson strategy. You close Everything Else and keep the schools open. Johns hopkinsve university with us today. I believe the leadership of outside i will be with us as well. There is ritika gupta. Ritika another legal stepped another legal setback in president trumps bid to overturn joe bidens election victory. Georgiasto halt recount Election Results has been denied. Biden won georgia by more than 12,000 votes. President trump is n
Tested positive. 10year fore spanish bonds and portuguese bonds ever lower. Yesterdayorld shifted in the United States of america. We are on the cusp of a constitutional crisis. I have no idea in america how friday is going to work. The president is clearly inserting himself on a constitutional basis into the state crisis in michigan, and into wisconsin. What im watching friday is simple. Vice president pence travels to georgia. It will be fascinating to see if he makes Public Comments on this contested election. Absolutely, tom, and we are also trying to find out what the next step is. Lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. Another legal setback in President Trumps bid to overturn joe bidens election victory. Last night a federal judge denied a request to halt georgias certification of its election results. That is supposed to take place today. According to a hand recount completed wednesday, biden won georgia by more than 12,000 votes. Me
It is a little unusual for the secretary of state to be involved in politics of any shape or form, but it sure does sound like good theater and im anxious to see if youd see it. David ok, many thanks. You will be back with us tomorrow night. We will have live coverage again of the second night of the Republican National Convention Starting at 10 00 p. M. Eastern time. As we said, secretary of state mike pompeo will be appearing from jerusalem as well as First Lady Melania Trump headlining the night. This is coverage of the Republican National convention on Bloomberg Television and radio. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets asia. Asia looking set for gains after wall street extended its record run, investors increasingly optimistic for a virus vaccine and that the Global Pandemic will not drag on the recovery. One progress,e the u. S. And china held trade talks and say they have made advances and both sides insist they are committed to the deal being a success. Rishaad and the Republican Conve
Across the americas. Texasa sees a record as says covid19 is spreading at unacceptable rates. The u. S. Raises the pressure on Chinese Media organizations, foreigning four more as missions and calling them nothing more than began to outlets. Shery lets get you started. We are seeing u. S. Futures kicking off trading flat at the moment after u. S. Stocks rose. A pretty choppy morning session but technology did manage to lead the advanced. The nasdaq composite rising to a record high, seventh consecutive session of days. The longest winning streak since december. We did get some negative sentiment on rising coronavirus cases in dozen states. The s p 500 did lag this gain across the board. Some sectors like financial and health care under pressure as investors weigh the Economic Impact of a second wave. Take a look at what oil is doing at the moment. Wti right now falling towards the 40 a barrel after finishing at the three month high. We have some demand optimism as states have moved tow
The virus, the treatment and a possible megadeal after they are with gilead inr the Biggest Health care deal in history. Atlets take it what look what it is going on this monday. After u. S. Stocks, the pickup and jobs data we are seeing third of 1 . At theshore yuan trading april 14 high and moving away from the lows of 2008 against the greenback but the yuan has been sliding against the basket of peers. Rising, set for the 10th day of gains on the back of the opec deal rubberstamped on center. Checking in on wti and brent this morning. Wti holding steady. At 39. 54, and brent gaining closing up after 5 . Idi we do have this resumption of gains and Risk Appetite in asia. We have a positive picture when it comes to asian asian futures. Up by a quarter of 1 . A big tank expected when it comes to the start of trading in seoul. With kospi futures up like 2 . New zealand resuming gains as well. At the highest level since march. A quick word when it comes to trading in australia we do have