Report help to boost sent men this morning with the u. S. Economy adding 638,000 jobs in october. The Unemployment Rate fell to 6. 9 the coronavirus surge remains in focus, the u. S. Setting a record with more than 121,000 cases on thursday according to Johns Hopkins data 59 minutes left of the session in what has been a crazy week. Today though essentially flat, sara. Holding onto the gains i would argue, which are very strong so far this week. Ahead on todays show we will ask jeff sonnenfield how americas Corporate Leaders are thinking about the heated election race. Big news out of cvs as larry merlo announces hi retirement. We will also speak with the ceo of hershey asking about how cappy sales fell during this years unusual halloween season. Lets get to the final hour of trade, the markets and the election mike santoli tracking all the action for stocks. Frank has the vote count in pennsylvania ylan moi is covering the balance of power in the senate how georgias undetermined races
Emergency use authorization next week. But there is a caveat, the efficacy of the j js vaccine dropped 57 from the highly contagious variant from south africa. Despite the travel van to stop that variant from coming over here, the new variant is already here. Two cases identified this week in South Carolina with two patients with no ties to each other and no travel history given that, signals community spread. During todays White House Briefing dr. Anthony fauci stressed the importance of vaccinating as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, before those mutant strains get out of control. Whether or not thats going to ultimately take over in the sense of being dominant is unclear by now. The projection that is made with regard to the uk is that probably by the end of march, the beginning of april, it actually will become more dominant in this country. The fundamental principle of getting people vaccinated as quickly and as efficiently as you possible can will always be the be
A member of her test of her staff tested positive for grown a virus that happened as e. U. Leaders gathered in brussels for a summit on a raft of Critical Issues including as well as europes response to sharply increasing infection rates across the block. Human rights watch says russian and syrian air strikes on syrias rebel held city of live last year may constitute crimes against humanity the Global Rights Group has released a report that looks into dozens of what it said were unlawful strikes on civilian targets over a period of 12 months it says the strikes were deliberate. This is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram or visit our web site e w dot com. On january 1st of next year the u. K. s transition period for leaving the European Union will end how will both sides do business with each other after bread sit well that was supposed to be decided by today that all important u. K. E. U. Trade deal is nowhere close to being a done deal will there even be a deal bridge
Celebrations in the kyrgyz capital bishkek after the resignation of the countrys president. Stepped down after a week of on rest following a disputed election Prime Minister says hell assume the presidency he was named Prime Minister on wednesday just days after supporters freed him from prison. Human rights watch says russian and syrian air strikes and syrias rebel held city of live last year may constitute crimes against humanity the Global Rights Group has released a report that looks into dozens of what it said were unlawful strikes on civilian targets over a period of 12 months it says the strikes were deliberate. This is due to be a news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at u. W. News or visit our website eat up you dot com. On january 1st of next year the u. K. s transition period for leaving the European Union will end how will both sides do business with each other after bread sit well that was supposed to be decided by today that all important u. K. E. U. Trade d
I think the perceptionce that many people in the United States and also around the worldhi that this is an extraordinary unusual time in a sense where we are out of time will be a curiosity in the future. People will look back and wonder about that wonderment. And he gets kind of an interesting phenomenon. When you think about today do you compare it to any other time in history . As a historian. Im interested in that. We have a cognitive tendency. In the same way im the kind of person that seems like this and family members. Our need for familiarity. For most of my career as a historian. What time is this like. It is an easy story to write. I think theres a whole crop of president ial biographers who go out on talk shows. I generally find them to be not i in this era. Its actually a way to kind of contain the chaos. It is a way to avoid what is truly strange about this. What do we mean when we talk about American History. How are we to reckon with the fact that our present day is so p