Im annemarie green. Well, a formal president ial transition has been finally authorized to begin 20 days after the election. Yesterday the General Services administration told president elect joe biden its ready to start the process. Mr. Biden is set to announce his National Security team today. President trump says hes not giving up his fight to challenge the election. Bofta yimam is in washington. Bofta, things are moving forward, thats good, but what about mr. Trump, any sign he might concede any time soon . Reporter good morning, annemarie. No signs of that right now, but bidens camp is moving full steam ahead to get millions of dollars in transition support and briefings. They have ascertained joe biden is the apparent winner of the election. The move gives the biden team access to prepare for the white house. Gsa administrator emily murphy wrote she came to my decision independently and was never directly or independently directed by any branch official. Minutes after that was re
Daily virus cases. In some cases, records. Chancellor warns of an unemployment tragedy. Markets tick higher in spite of the dire warnings across europe. Europeile section on ends in the green after the s p dipped into negative territory. The trillion dollar gap. A 2. 4mocrats draft million stimulus bill. As mnuchin says he is ready to talk trump. We will be following this closely for you. Lets take a look at what futures are showing. Pointingfutures higher. We are looking at gains of 0. 4 . U. S. Futures also pointing higher for this friday, about 0. 25 . The pain in which contract you look at. The c anday in the gmm . The asian equities session going to the upside. Futures pointed out in the asian equity session, up 0. 4 . Indonesia, australia, india, all those markets moving to the upside. Is pushing us upwards just a little bit. We are all about the physical right now. The fed talking about the need for fiscal stimulus. Very much talking about the you of things as side well. Lets go
Ofjobs and create 40,000 new roles. A controversial day of firsts for mike pompeo he becomes the first us secretary of state to visit an israeli settlement in the occupied west bank, and the golan heights. Prince william says the bbc investigation into how panorama secured its interview with his mother is a step in the right direction. A scientist advising the government warns household mixing at christmas could pose substantial risks, particularly for older people more vulnerable to coronavirus. And a £300 million rescue package for 11 sports, struggling without spectators because of coronavirus. Theres more encouraging news today about Coronavirus Vaccines. Researchers from Oxford University say the vaccine theyre working on shows a promising immune response so far in people in their 60s and 70s. Crucial further tests still need to be carried out and the vaccine isnt yet at the same stage as similar jabs being developed by pfizer and moderna. The uk has ordered 100 million doses of
Blocked by falling trees. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the chief political commentatorfor the independent, john rentoul and the Political Writer and academic, maya goodfellow. Lovely to see you both. The front pages. Volunteer army ready to distribute Covid Vaccine reads the front page of the telegraph the paper reports that the oxford Covid Vaccine could be approved as soon as tomorrow, and that more than 10,000 medics and volunteers have been recruited and trained by the nhs to begin delivering the jab. The mirror headline is a shot at freedom as the paper also reports that the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine is just days away from being approved. The daily mail adds that hundreds of pop up gp led Vaccination Centres are on their way as part of the drive to help roll out the jab to millions of people as quickly as possible. Sticking with vaccines. 0n the front page of the independent, a photograph of a Healthcare Work