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Thanks very much for joining us my guests today here in the studio are Soraya Sarhaddi nelson from k c w radio maine who says the results show how disconnected American Voters are from the jhumpa and from politicians pollsters and journalists. Also with us is mostly secret freelance journalist and currently a fellow at the American Academy here in burlington he argues that a deadly pandemic mumps of racial of people and scandal after scandal have done little to diminish trumps popularity at the polls and a warm welcome to to Matthew Carney chief europe correspondent for politico who believes whoever wins in the end the result shows that neither candidate or party has a clear convincing mandate. Thank you all 3 for being here great stuff id like to begin with you Soraya America has voted to what one leading financial broadsheet cold a big us election that resolves little about seemed like an option fad description of where we do you agree absolutely and it could become pounded depending
Has 20 electoral votes should biden pull ahead here and when the states he would of he would have crossed over the magic number of 270 Electoral College votes so that means he would he would win the election. Trump is still ahead by a little bit but its mail in voting ballots that are still being counted that favor joe biden and some of them are coming from the philadelphia area which is also a democratic leaning. Area and so that would mean that biden could pull ahead here and were expecting more numbers from there soon lets talk about the further numbers that are expected we also know from philadelphia that you just mentioned also know that georgia 99 percent of the vote counted and that is really quite a lot given all of this when could we expect to bristle at sort of timeline could we be looking. Well that is of course what everyone is wondering and the short answer is we dont know exactly some numbers and some states as you mentioned are very close to having all ballots counted. S
On this mornings washington journal the duties of the office on which im about to enter, so help me god. At the white house last night, Amy Coney Barrett becomes a 115th justice to the Supreme Court and the fifth woman to the court in its 231 year history. This happened hours after the senate voted 5248 to confirm the 48yearold justice, President Trumps third nominee to the Supreme Court. Your reaction this morning, republicans democrats and us on twitter as well remember you can text us with your first name, city and state. Lets begin with Amy Coney Barrett at the white house yesterday. She delivered rare remarks for a justice just sworn into the high court, he or she is. The confirmation process has made ever clear to me one of the fundamental differences between the federal judiciary and the United States senate. Acute isps the most the role of policy preferences. Of a senator to pursue her policy preferences. In fact, it would be a dereliction of duty for her to put policy goals as
Dom . It looks like well try that recovery trade from yesterdays late day selloff here. Stocks are broadly higher and to a decent degree. 250point gain for the dow about 1 upside. The s p 500 still very much above that 3,400 area. Thats an area that a lot of traders are looking at as a pattern of support there possibly for the markets up 1 , and the nasdaq, believe it or not, is underperforming, only up threequarters of 1 as well so the nasdaq a key focus there. If you take a look at some of the things that traders are watching from a more macro perspective. Interest rates, especially longer term ones are a very key focus here we dont show the 30year long bond very often. We focus on the tenyear more but that move to the upside has taken that 30year long bond beeld 1. 592 above its longer term trend line or the 200day average yield for that particular Interest Rate 1. 52 is the level to watch there. That could have reverberations on the financial side of the market also then check out