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Hearing. Shana broussard, sean cooksey and Alan Dickerson are the president s nominees to be members of the federal elections commission, as our witnesses are joining us remotely, i also understand that their families and friends are watching today and so i welcome them as well. This is a big responsibility, is significant president ial nomination and significant to the work of this committee and i know youre proud, your Family Member as they have moved forward to this opportunity. Let me say a ...

We absolutely thrilled to meet so many colleagues wherever you might be. It took all team to get his hair, a team of colleagues representing more than 17 campuses. They and others are volunteering their time and energy during these days. We would normally ask them to stand and be recognized but alas thats not possible unless you want to do so from home, please do. As you see them convening sessions are helping various capacities in the conference, please take a moment to thank them for their wor...

Milestone, u. S. Deaths topped a new milestone as new york city closes schools again. Germanys finance minister tells bloomberg taming the virus is critical. E. U. Leaders will attend make a veto that threatens from hungary and poland. France says nations could be cut out of the rescue plan all together. Chinasy pledge, president xi jinping says the nation wont engage in decoupling, saying its policy of opening up wont waver. It comes after the u. S. And the u. K. Called for beijing to honor its...

Were going to have to be patient until the hard work of tallying boats is finished. Manus biden on the brink, michigan and wisconsin edging closer to the 270 electoral votes. Trumps campaign sued pennsylvania to stop counting votes. Treasuries are bid on policy uncertainty in the fed is set to focus on the pandemic, while the boe is expected to boost qe. The results may continue to flood in. Majors welcome to the show, and marie. Good to see you. What a difference 24 hours make. My guess in the ...

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 thos...

Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The roll out of covid 19 vaccines has boosted hopes the virus can be tamed, but it will have to be a worldwide effort if its to be effective, and right now the signs are not so good. While tens of millions have already been vaccinated in the rich west, the worlds poor are facing a very long wait the phrase Vaccine Apartheid has already been coined. My guest is the chief scientist at the world health organization, dr Soumya Swaminathan. Is Vaccine Inequity ...

The top of joe bidens agenda. His relations with beijing may differ in tone from the president but perhaps not in substance. The best the dollar extends its decline. Over the future of the u. S. Administration. Rise inie and the kiwi early asia trading. We are seeing those commodities and currencies benefit. Asia is waking up and getting the for the first reaction to president elect joe biden. The nikkei 225 to the upside by 0. 3 . These watching some of clean energy as well as infrastructure re...

College we need to focus on. Tom not only be Electoral College but the outcome. Divya weston gets to Election Results on the west coast tonight. There are any number of ways to slice it. My opening comment for the next 30 hours is simple. We have seen this force. This is part of america, it deeply divided america. There is nothing new about that. What is new is the social media, the cable tv concentration, the emotion in your face. It used to not be that way. Maybe we can all get comfortable by ...

Jose and thats going to be in effect at least through 9 00 a. M. So were still pretty foggy. If you woke up around 3 00 a. M. , you probably saw how dense things started to get. Your hour by hour temperature forecast, it is cold. We have 30s up in santa rosa. Then 40s throughout the rest of the bay area. So its feeling more like fall. Of course we had that rain that moved in late last night and as far as the moisture goes, well have a little bit of the moisture left over. As far as rain, it look...

Future signals against are set to continue. Commerce bank swings to a loss in the Third Quarter as the pandemic and restructuring charge hits revenues. We speak with the cfo shortly. Good morning. Plenty to talk about on the u. S. Election front. Breaking news on the bank of england. Maintaining its benchmark Interest Rate at 0. 1 , entirely expected. The bank of england saying that was the news amount around maintaining its Interest Rate. They are raising the total bond target. Unanimousf engla...