Produce. At a different type of exam season half a 1000000 students in south korea tackle the most important day in the academic calendar. In the past 24 hours more than 2700 americans have died from covert 19 thats the highest daily death toll in the country west affected by the virus since april further to bass for the 1st time hospital admissions across the u. S. Topped 100000 in just 24 hours and 200000 new cases were reported thats another record now the head of the u. S. Centers for Disease Control has warned that by february a further 200000 people could die from the virus. So were in that range potentially now. To see if seen 100 to 2000 to 2500 nasa day. From this farm so yeah the mortality concerns are real. And i do think unfortunately before we see february we could be close to the floor and 50000 americans have died from this virus in the u. K. The pfizer bio and tech coated 19 vaccine will be administered to high risk groups within days its the 1st country to approve a va
Democrats can call in at 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7488001. Independents 202 7488002. You can also send us a text this morning. That number 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Catch up with us on social wj, on on twitter cspan facebook. Com cspan. Today marks three weeks since election day 2020. Transition to Bidens Administration begins. Take you now to the front page of the trade news. Their lead story about the certification process. Michigan born in charge of certifying election votes casts what they call a pivotal vote, cementing joe bidens victory in the state. The board of state canvassers voted 30 to certify the results. The republican board member crossed over to certify the election, which is traditionally viewed as an administrative step , but had drawn a spotlight as the Trump Campaign questioned the integrity of the election. Less than two hours after that final vote, a letter from gsa administrator emily murphy to joe biden. That sa
Is the first air travel bubble of its kind. There we go. We should be watching airline stuff as well but a lot of that thisready priced in after bubble was announced a few weeks ago. A have a look at the tech index here. Alibaba and tencent on the market at the moment. They are taking 179 points off the hang seng index itself. That is as we are seeing this rotation out of tech stocks, a global phenomenon at the moment. This will be because of the regulatory challenges we will be facing through some of these online retailers. Juliet . Juliet lets get Market Analysis with patrick, the global asset strategist. Patrick, we are finally getting this news of this travel bubble between singapore and hong kong. This is one thing that investors have been looking for when we start to see Global Travel open up and how that will feed into the energy markets. Lets get to our question of the day. That is when will crude back to these march highs . What is your view . Patrick morning. We are not speci
Toolbox. Johnson johnson now set to file for Emergency Fda approval within a matter of days as the u. S. For the first time confirms two cases of the South African variant believed to be more dangerous and the current vaccines dont seem to protect as well against it. What Public Health experts are recommending ahead. And any minute now were taking you live to the White House Briefing room. We expect to hear from press secretary jen psaki. The next steps getting set for pushing that covid relief bill forward with or without republicans. Good morning, im Hallie Jackson in washington along with tom costello dr. Nahid bhadelia and Stephanie Gosk in West Virginia. Photograph give me if i interrupt you, but talk about those new vaccine trial results. Good news here, the Efficacy Numbers arent as high as weve seen in other vaccines, but this isnt like a bad situation here. Lets give you the Bullet Points before the briefing because theyre important. 72 efficacy in the United States with the n
Between him and donald trump. The nikkei to 25 about. 5 higher than weve seen. And of rockets around the region really outperforming, including australia. Some intra incremental gains, the dollar yen has been interesting on thes expectations from the bank of japan. For impact when it comes to the japan equity rally, its been sort of a nonevent. Weve seen any attempts turning short on japanese stocks becoming increasingly risky. Shares of socalled lowquality companies have seen quite a lot of volatility on this Reform Program that has driven so much of the optimism toward equities. Watching on the back of that Political Risk aspect as well. Looking at korea, seeing a lot of foreign buying interest. Similar optimism that perhaps about your program can be successful and can elevate a deal with the korea discount in the same way weve seen it successfully done over the past few months in japan. A lot of chip stocks are in focus today. Chips in focus as we continue to see this too and fro fr