Announcer this is Washington Week. Corporate funding is provided by [music] for 25 years, Consumer Cellular has been offering no contract wireless plans designed to help people do more of what they like. Our u. S. Based Customer Service team can help find a plan that fits you. To learn more, visit consumercellular. Tv. [music] announcer additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams and koo and Patricia Yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. Robert good evening. And welcome to Washington Week. President elect joe biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris continue to face mounting challenges tonight with President Trump refusing to concede and blocking them from both transition funds and highlevel intelligence briefings. Now while some republicans
Announcer this is Washington Week. Corporate funding is provided by [music] for 25 years, Consumer Cellular has been offering no contract wireless plans designed to help people do more of what they like. Our u. S. Based Customer Service team can help find a plan that fits you. To learn more, visit consumercellular. Tv. [music] announcer additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams and koo and Patricia Yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. Robert good evening. And welcome to Washington Week. President elect joe biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris continue to face mounting challenges tonight with President Trump refusing to concede and blocking them from both transition funds and highlevel intelligence briefings. Now while some republicans
Astrazeneca is to resume vaccine trials amid questions about initial claims and the level protection with Global Buyers numbers on the up. But thanksgiving travelers defy warnings to stay at home. New data shows china is likely to miss targets this year. Imports were slow last month after septembers high, leaving the full year targets out of reach. We are seeing australian stocks starting off on the back after snapping three days of gains yesterday, just falling short of being able to erase those 2020 losses. But we are still on track for the best monthly gain on record, about 13 on november. Further positive news for the country when it comes to 28 consecutive days of no coronavirus cases from victoria. Looking at u. S. Futures right now, initial jab, if you will, cash markets were shot overnight. Not a lot of price action. Down about six points on your s p futures. Dollaryen, 104. 24. Limits to the upside. New york crude below 45. We will talk about opecplus later on. The outlook for
To start in september. The s p 500 is therefore positive though not at a record. Were 59 minutes left to trade and we have two big exclusive interviews coming your way on todays show delta Ceo Ed Bastian will join us with the latest view from 30,000 feet on the state of the Airline Industry and his companys announcement today to keep middle seats blocked until at least the end of the year. Plus, well speak with marc short about stimulus negotiations or the lack thereof. China trade talks and the latest signals on the economy you dont want to miss either of those conversations. Lets get to the big stories were tracking a volatile day for the lows we have a look how the economic recovery hasnt benefited everyone but we begin with the fast moving developments surrounding uber and lyft in california. Fast moving indeed. We found out just moments ago that uber and lyft have won a delay for converting drivers to employees. The i was about to come on tv and tell you that both apps were going
Odonnell 70 days until election day, and what the president calls the most important election in our history. Good evening, from the nations capital. Im norah odonnell. And welcome to cbs News Coverage of the night two of the Republican National convention. Already drama tonight before the event kicked off as a Convention Speaker was bumped from the program for retweeting an antisemitic conspiracy theory. Who we will hear from tonight President Trumps son eric, as well as secretary of state mike pompeo. His speech has drawn criticism and sparked a congressional investigation, even before it airs. The headlineronht is first lady melanie trump. She will deliver her speech from the white house rose garden, weather permitting, which has just been renovated, a project mrs. Trump oversaw. We begin our coverage with paula reid who is at the white house tonight. Paula, what can we expect to hear from the first lady tonight . Reporter good evening, norah. Well, this will be the most highprofile