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Welcome to our special 2020 election coverage. It is so nice to stay up altogether. I think the world is really riveted by what is happening with the vote counting in u. S. I am francine lacqua. Tom keene in new york. Interesting to look at market movement. The world is watching this razor thin election, just trying to understand why it is taking so long in certain counties, and of course trump to find out what happens in the senate race and what happens with the president. Tom its going to be extraordinary this friday and the uncertainty of where we are friday afternoon, where we are into the weekend. One thing that is very evident as we edged towards recounts, which will move us nicely from november and even into december. One telling statistic, the sum right now of the five states, forget about alaska, the five state disparity between these 3,919 votes out5 of 150 million that have been made. Francine we are talking about razor thin changes. The latest electoral vote count 64, the m
Minute. Veterans day yesterday in america with the bond market shut down. There is no other backstory in america right now than the pandemic. It has pushed everything aside, including this election. Francine i agree. We will have play more on that. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Here is rick a group to ritika gupta. Ritika the state of georgia will conduct a hand count a recount by hand. Joe biden leaves by leads by roughly 14,000 votes. The Trump Campaign alleged there were widespread election regulators, but there was no proof. President elect joe biden is naming longtime aide ron klain as white house chief of staff. Klain played a leading role during the economic and Public Health crises of the Obama Administration, leading the the job the job is one of the most powerful in washington. Dharna is set to take moderna is set to take a spotlight take the spotlight on a new coronavirus vaccine. It will allow a preliminary analysis of its effectiveness to begin. Moder
Hello im christine one day its good to have your Company President ial elections in guinea all set for this coming sunday incumbent president alpha conde is going for a 3rd term the 82 year old became the countrys 1st democratically elected leader in 2010 bringing hopes of progress soft ideas of dictatorship and ministry of rule he says he needs more time to finish big projects guineas constitution has a 2 term limit for president s but in a march referendum voters approved changes to the constitution that conde argues reset the clock on his presidency the opposition ses its illegal for conde to run they also accuse him of using deadly force to crackdown on dissent. Taking it to the street the opposition says president out of a calm day has been in power too long and shouldnt even be running. Last year deadly clashes erupted when conde said he planned to run for a 3rd term dozens died in a government crackdown. But a referendum boycotted by the opposition approved an amended constituti
And discrimination the uns high commissioner for refugees tells d. W. Its time to International Community acts before its too late. And as cape town braces for corona virus infections to peak at the end of the month will ask why the city has seen more cases and deaths than the rest of south africa. Im going out of as welcomed to the program youre a peon Union Leaders have wrapped up a Video Conference to agree on a Financial Plan to help the bloc emerge intact from the worst economic crisis in its history Virtual Summit was the 1st step in what are expected to be difficult negotiations on a 750000000000. 00 euro carona Recovery Fund their leaders will meet face to face next month for the 1st time since february. What german chancellor Angela Merkel had to say surveys. You dont have standing exactly each of us spoke about the positive aspects and also brought up criticism when appropriate given the there are still big bridges that need to be built thats clear but it was a very construct