That is the shoes, right . The shoe extension . Francine i dont know if you can hear it, but it is a neighbors. It wont last very long. Hammeringtle bit of there. We welcome all of you here, to the realities of the pandemic. The pandemic is front and center, but there is a lot of other news. I would note pacific rim currencies continue strong. Francine they certainly do, and there is quite a lot going on also in pound talks, so lets not forget brexit and the u. K. E. U. Relationship. Les get to first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika the Trump Campaign is abandoning demands that almost 700,000 is withdrawing a key part of its lawsuit against the Election Results in pennsylvania. It is abandoning demands that almost 700,000 mailin ballots be thrown out because observers were kept too far away from the count. The challenge is now against a far smaller number of ballots, almost certainly just a fraction of bidens lead in the state. Joe biden is Meeting National security experts, but his
Lets listen to the candidates first. Trump we already have one. Mr. Biden we believe we are on track to win this election. We won states would not expect to win. Florida, we won by a lot. Mr. Biden we are going to win pennsylvania. Pres. Trump we are going to the u. S. Supreme court. We want all voting to stop. Mr. Biden we have to be patient until the hard work of tallying the votes is finished. Tom that was 90 minutes ago, maybe two hours ago. Greg jarreau with us, truly an expert on elections. We could have six conversations with him this morning. Kevin cirilli told me three days ago go to wisconsin, and he of course was right. Milwaukee,ll of 169,000 ballots has shifted the tone as well. Does a pro like you right now have any understanding of the mailin ballots that remain in green bay, the mailin ballots in georgia, pennsylvania, and the rest, or are we blind until we see them . Greg in some states it is hard to say how many votes are outstanding. Michigan still has a lot of votes
Bubbles cannot mix unless at work. Tom im speechless. I was just talking to jon ferro, just getting up at the crack of 9 00 a. M. In london, about the uniqueness of it. There are two separate parallel worlds and the United States, where europe and the pandemic is off the radar. Clearly in europe it is unraveling. Francine it is. We are all dealing with the same virus, having the same effect on people, but if you look at germany come it is different on how they decide to do with it, compared to macron, with tighter measures. Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika the chances of Congress Passing a preelection stimulus are all but gone. Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin is blaming politics. He says democrats dont want to give President Trump something to brag about in his campaign. Democrats say the white house never took the need for another stimulus seriously enough to push for a compromise. Senate democrats are all but powerless to keep Amy Coney Barret
With the pandemic, so different in america. Francine im sorry, tom, you cannot forget about brexit. Almost there, and certainly by next monday, london will have moved to tier two, which is where you can still meet people outside but you cannot let people come into your home. We should have a better idea of what london will become over the next couple weeks. Is similar moved by the french president , emmanuel macron, announcing that eight cities will go in lockdown. That is hurting a lot of the stocks. Go, there are eight ways to and just because there is compressed time, are the chancellor of the exchequer and the Prime Minister on the same page . Francine they are on the same page, but we heard from the london mayor, who is from the labor party, and the opposition leader, asking for a national lockdown. We call it the circuit breaker. The idea is for two weeks we go back in lockdown so that the cases go down. This is not what the Prime Minister wants to do, but we also know that the l
Statistics. Trust me, i got a lecture this morning on my way into work about these risks of age and weight, and the number one message i have worldwide is not what you or i think or what all the good people of journalism it is what the medical people think, and they are one week out. They are one week out, and then they are in search of pneumonia. The linkage of bacterial illness with this virus is what the pros are worried about. Wish everyone a speedy recovery, but that is a timely reminder. We will have plenty more on that. Lets get to bloomberg first word news with three to ritika more on the stunning news from the white house. President trump has tweeted that he and his wife milani a he and his wife, bonnie a trump, have tested positive for coronavirus. They plan to remain at the white house. President trump will continue to carry out his duties without disruption. In london, a warning that the city is at a Tipping Point when it comes to the coronavirus. Residents are taking immed