Years since 1793. Paul joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist, dan heniger, kim kim strassel and jason riley. Dan, lets give context of where we are now in the election fight. As i look at it, donald trump to win would have to turn results in some combination of georgia, arizona, pennsylvania or wisconsin. How likely is that . I dont think its very likely that its going to change very much. Its good that georgias going to do this manual recount so we can have a clear idea of how one of these elections turned out with a legitimate recount. But you know, theres a couple things to keep in mind here. Joe bidens lead in most of these states is tens of thousands of votes. The other most famous recount in american president ial history was florida in 2000, al gore and george w bush. Between them, there were less than 600 votes. Out of millions cast. So as a statistical proposition, paul, its pretty unlikely you can turn around that many votes. Having said that, the percent
As is often the case, it will likely be the cover up that proves more bothersome for uber than the hack itself. Companies are required to disclose significant data breaches to regulators, something uber has, by its own admission, failed to do in this case. Our north America Technology correspondent dave lee has more. The huge breach included names, e mail addresses, and phone numbers of 57 Million People around the world. The information was obtained by two who accessed a server uber we re by two who accessed a server uber were using to stood data. Many drivers also had their licences stolen. Uber pavey hackers 75,000 to delete the data. But they did not contact anyone whose information was put at risk. It is understood that travis calen it knew about the breach in november last year, but it is only now being made public on the orders of the new boss. None of this should have happened, he said. The companys admission that it failed to disclose the bridge comes as uber is seeking to rec
And may the force be with you. The stars and fans flock to the london premiere of the latest star wars release the lastjedi. Good evening good evening and welcome to bbc news. The gap between the average increase in wages and the rise in the cost of living has widened, tightening the squeeze on household budgets. Rising food costs, bigger electricity bills and higher air fares have all helped push inflation to its highest level for almost six years. The Consumer Prices index the measure the government uses hit 3. 1 last month. Heres our economics correspondent, andrew verity. At this baker on the outskirts of barnsley, its notjust the bread rolls that are on the rise. Ingredients like butter and flour have shot up in the last year and a half, so its had to do everything it can to make sure its costs are covered. One of the things we have done with our suppliers, we have decided to take a radical approach which is pay all of our suppliers very early and demand better terms from them bec
Im nejra cehic in london. Were checking a third day of declines for european equities. The the stoxx 600 down. 7 . The bloomberg dollar index on track for its first weekly loss in a month. The dollar weaker against yen. The b. O. J. Pushing for more stimulus. Well talk about that more throughout the show and the new Zealand Dollar best performer in this session on the announcement of a new central bank governor. Perhaps that might not hold up with some of the data were going to get next week but thats how were looking in todays session. Coming up today on surveillance, we talk surveillance and get a take on markets later on in the morning. First lets get the first word news. Greenbrussels, giving the light for brexit talks to move on to the next stage. They have complied with their conditions over a future trade deal. Diplomats warned the discussions will be more difficult than the First Six Months of talks. In japan, calling for more stimulus, prompted the b. O. J. To adjust its commu
The eclipts is a big business story. Dozens of companies with offers. And if ever a die to buy solar stocks, buy. All of the angles covered for you coming up. Plus, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin making a tax for tax reform tim pawlenty head of the Financial Services roundtable. What he wants to see in that plan coming up. And to our reporters covering the Solar Eclipse. Contessa brewer is in columbia, South Carolina and jane wells joins us as well but first to contessa. Reporter people are reacting now by leaving i can still see the sun partially occluded here. Its still a crescent as the moon moves out of its path and people are like, okay, been there, done that its hot outside, feels like its 15, 98 degrees with the humidity so theres been a lot of people taking a move on, but ill tell you what people paid a premium to be here i talked to people who have driven down from new york and people who drove over from macon, j. , ageorgia and all of were paying a higher price for hotels,