A final assault on the city of mackay. Like to green forces refused to step aside. And china launches an unmanned spacecraft to the moon with ambitions to eventually set foot on the u. S. President dont. Trump has accepted a full transition can begin for joe biden to take office the head of the General Services administration. Told by biden the process can begin. Now, trump said in a tweet, hes directing his team to cooperate. But hes promising to keep up the fight. Bidens transition same as welcome the move. It frees up millions of dollars for the president elects new administration. And bidens team can now work with federal officials on the pandemic response. National security joins us live from washington. D. C. Now passes good news in a sense for the president elect, but theres no can spare concession speech from president donald trump. In fact, hes vowing to fight on what really can he do now at this late stage. What really can he do . Well, he can continue to tweet, but really th
Im Francine Lacqua. We track the markets and policy. We look at statebystate, the difference between joe biden and donald trump to figure out what will happen overnight. What is clear is we are getting quite a lot of volatility. Volatility spurred on because there is concern there will be civil unrest if certain votes are not counted. There is concern out there in the press we could see civil unrest if the candidates of whoever does not win actually sees people go out in the streets. Stock climbing globally for a is americanbut it president ial election day so currency traders are taking the brunt off for the increased volatility. I spoke with one senior banker yesterday who said in terms of the trading floor, they will have pretty much full staff overnight to see what happens. When i asked about havens, it is difficult, he said, what would constitute a haven. A bit ofee the vix, elevation earlier on. The pound dollar. , for the moment we are looking at some of the currencies. Lets get
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[ applause ] good evening. Welcome to tonights great lives presentation. I would like first to thank the Program Sponsor for their generous support not this year but for several years now. Its this kind of Corporate Support along with that from so many of you as individuals that enables the great lives series to thrive. I would like to ask our good friends to please stand so we can acknowledge them. Where are you . I know you are there. [ applause ] also, special group with us tonight that i would like to acknowledge. Thats the simpson circle. That is a group composed of former Mary Washington members. They are here tonight. We would like to have them stand so we can acknowledge them. I see you out there. [ applause ] in introducing tonights speaker, dr. Joanne freeman, would you like to mention at the outset that one of her most commendable qualifications is that she received her ph. D from the university. Thats right. Uva, right. In any case, not long after receiving that degree she