greenback climbing for a third day. the yentting weakening. upside, this after some good gains, the demand outlook and also more coming through from that saudi output cap supply. bitcoin been called the mother of all bubbles by an analyst at bank of america. there we go. looking at what has been quite a reversal in the dollar story. anchor 2: that s right. let s get you the first word news. top democrats say they will bring impeachment legislation to the house, seeking to remove president trump the 25th amendment. in response to the assault on the u.s. capitol and president trump s comments before and after. there is no timetable yet, but the democrats expect the boot motions to be tabled until tuesday or wednesday. global corona virus cases have topped 90 million, but the trend is varying across the globe. in new york state, cases felt. california s daily deaths fell to a new high. japan has reportedly found a virus variant similar to that in the u.k. and south africa. vac
is that right? [laughter] many of the world s largest pharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturers are racing to find a cure for covid-19. one of those companies is glaxosmithkline. based in england, and also now the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world. its ceo is emma walmsley. she was trained in the classics in oxford, but now has an incredible task of producing a vaccine that will cure covid-19. so, how many times a day do people ask you when you re vaccine is going to be available? emma: [laughs] yes, well, that is definitely a very regular question, whether from employees, customers, government, media, or my mother, so very frequently. obviously, we have all been delighted to see the recent news of some of the first results coming through on vaccines. yesterday, i was just on a call last night with 10 of the global pharma ceo s who are heavily involved in bringing solutions to covid. we are really excited and optimistic to see some of the first data coming through and
before that. meantime, the drama continues in georgia as the remaining few thousand votes are being counted in the race. for the latest, we turn again to emily in georgia. we know one of the races has been determined but what about jon ossoff versus david perdue? do we know anything about the nature of those votes? we are looking at about tens of thousands of votes that have not yet been counted from a number of counties. but what we are seeing is that the most of that remain uncounted are coming from counties that are largely democratic. this is something that has given chuck schumer a chuck schumer, nancy pelosi encouragement to ground jon ossoff the next winter. we have not called that, but it looks very good for jon ossoff to become the next senator from georgia. david: thank you so much for that great reporting throughout this runoff race. what we are seeing, vice president pence conferring with speaker pelosi in the house chamber as they begin to get formalities und
brexit. is set to have a deal before christmas. and we hear exclusively this choi. om let s find out what to watch. after a three-day drop, we re seeing the asia 100 up by wo eighths of one percent. the market gaining some ground, extending and remaining one of the few bright spots after leading asia s leaders on tuesday. we are waiting on assessment from thailand along with .o.j. s meeting minutes. they are losing a little steam after we saw a session on wall street that saw tech shares rise and energy settle. on that, we are seeing fall best low 47 per barrel as fuel demand outlook being threatened by the new virus strain coming into the picture. paul? paul: let s get more on the markets now. look at how the u.s. relief bill may help. expected impact to be limited. great to have you on the show again, we have that stimulus bill that passed just waiting for the president s signature now. markets rather tepid in response. you do wonder whether that stimulus is a, enough, an
you don t feel inadequate now theuse you are second-wealthiest man in the world? is that right? klaus schwab is the entrepreneur, the engineer, the maestro who has organized the world economic forum over the last 50 years. in over 50 years, it has been a place where the elites of the world have gathered to talk about global issues. i have been a member of the world economic forum board for a number of years, and i have seen up close the extraordinary skills of klaus schwab. you, at the end of january for the last 50 years or so, the elites of the world, the most famous businesspeople, in davos gather. this january, is it going to be possible? klaus: yes, we come together for the usual week, that in the is virtual form. it is so important to look at the agenda of 2021 and to shape the agenda. we are at a crossroads. with the virtual meeting is not enough, so we combine it with a meeting where people physically again, later in may. hopefully vaccines and testing , will allow