stage for a second job to be cleared in the u.s. in as many weeks. they say the benefits outweigh the risks. asian markets head to the weekend as u.s. stocks see new all-time highs. the s&p 500 climbs for a third session. it searches through $23,000. a look at howake we are setting up this friday morning and asia. sophie kamaruddin is in hong kong picking a look at the markets. what are you seeing? sophie: at the open in sydney, little moves for the asx 200 after it rose after the budget outlook. aussie trading above 76, headed for a seventh weekly gain along with the kiwi dollar amid the dollar route. we are seeing that continue to falter. bloomberg intelligence expecting more rba easing next year to combat a rising aussie. we have kiwi stocks gaining ground. this as the government approved more covert funding that is to last until at least june 2022. flipping the board to check in what is going on with japan ahead of the boj decision, we have the yen seeing the strongest le
lawrence in washington, peter doocy covering the president in wilmington, delaware. edward, we ll start with you, when things get started this willing something of a surge event? reporter: exactly, 61 million doses of pfizer-biontech vaccine sit on a shelf. that will happen after 24 hours after approval. 24 hours after that vaccinations take place under emergency designation. fda hearing set for december 10th. we could see mass vaccinations on december 12th. the plans the administration have made are shift into action. but every day that goes by after the initial push additional vaccines come off-the-shelf because they have been certified and approved for distribution and administration. it s a initial push and then a continuous cadence, flow of vaccine for planning and coordination and execution. reporter: we re looking at 20 million people vaccinated by the end of this month, 30 million in january, 50 million in february. by march operation warp speed estimates 100 mill
everyone here is really waiting with baited breath on who the president of the united states is. we understand through the counting that joe biden could win it. it is razor thin, but we don t know for certain. the markets don t expect some kind of surprise, which is why they are stable and up. the other story is the bank of england, talking possibly about negative rates. although, not for now. guy johnson in the conversation with the governor talking about the downside risk. i think we have learned earlier this year with thoughts of covid, that we act both andkly and we do at clearly scale. we have a very substantial genocide risk on the forecast, and a lot of that relates to how covid itself will evolve. the bank ofernor of england. extensive comments on this. really important interview, mr. johnson, with nestor bailey on the bank of england. i should note, sterling rallies nicely. some of the headlines this morning are pretty shocking. let me do a data check. jonathan ferro
interview for global wall street. i believe david folkerts-landau is scheduled with us, from deutsche bank. the sun has not risen on the east coast yet. when it does, we will start to see the trickling in of the final 5% of voting in some states, and in some there is still a very large gap involving tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of votes. what am i focused on? i guess i have to be focused on nevada. i may be wrong on that, but that is the one state on focused on right now, francine. francine: what i m focused on is the legal challenges. i think it is pretty much being dismissed by the markets, and a lot of legal experts are also saying there is not a path forward for the president to challenge the voting. my want to see how that pans out and if there is a bigger impact. let s get to first word news with ritika gupta. just oneoe biden is battleground state away from becoming the next president of the united states. biden already won two key prizes in the midwest,
to,h mcconnell doesn t want nancy pelosi and steve mnuchin do. they don t see much closer. i think there s a political question underpinning the market, are people second-guessing their dismissal of a contested election. interferencee raised yesterday, possibly increasing the chances of a messy elections these in election season. jonathan: may become i m just not going to get excited on an 11 point move on the s&p 500. lisa: we could try. jonathan: here s what we look like on my heels coming down a basis point. 118, we have replaced this weakness with dollar strength in much of g10. johnhe news overnight, ratcliffe saying that iran and russia are meddling in the united states election. here s the u.s. director of national intelligence. that some confirmed voter registration information has been obtained by iran, and separately by russia. this data could be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to register voters. jonathan: john ratcliffe on atte