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Welcome to the program. Its been 24 hours since voting ended in the u. S. President ial election and there remains no clear winner democratic challenger joe biden and President Trump along with america and the rest of the world are waiting for results as ballot counting continues in a few key battleground states this election is demanding patience and call from everyone but the president has already claimed victory and hes alleging voter fraud without presenting any evidence joe biden has called for patience but his supporters are confident that hes on track to win so lets look at the results that are significant at this last hour our figures are showing that Vice President ial democratic candidate joe biden with 248 electoral votes to incumbent president Donald Trumps 214 electoral votes that puts joe biden just 22 Electoral College votes away from the 270 that one of these men needs to win to claim the presidency now counting is done in michigan and biden is has won that state which
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Today. Stocks higher as the president returns to the white house plus two big steps in the race for a vaccine sending shares of biontech and vir higher. And battles over how to regulate big tech over a yearlong antitrust investigation republican ken buck from colorado will join us to discuss the gops concerns about too much regulation. Power lunch starts right now welcome to power lunch. Im dominic chu. Check out shares of boeing, one of the biggest losers, down more than 2 as it says the pandemic will hurt Aircraft Sales for the next decade. American airlines delaying boeing 737 max Pilot Training as it awaits the faa to recertify the plane. And the reopening trade is reactivated on some of the positive vaccine headlines that kelly just mentioned on air and then of course the energy trade on fire right now, one of the best performing sectors as crude oil jumps, now up 9 in just the past two days. Watch those trades, the energy sector, very, very much on the up side there. Kelly, ill s
Well im terry martin good to have you with us with just 4 weeks to go until election day u. S. President donald trump and 1st Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for covert 19 the president made the announcement on twitter shortly after the news that his top aide hope his contract at the virus has traveled with the president several times this week trump tweeted that he and his wife would quarantine immediately but his doctor said the president would continue to carry out his duties in the white house quote without disruption. With more now were joined by g. W. Correspondent my a schwager in washington and here in the studio william glue cropped our u. S. Election expert good to have you both lets start with you you are closest to the white house what more can you tell us. The information is very basic right now terri its basically what youve lined out for us we know that he is positive we dont yet know if hes showing any symptoms we know that he in the 1st lady are quarantining bu