Amidst record turnout we hear from commentators on the key issue. Sort of so if they want to stop the counting over since they want to continue to tell me its a joke every night after night if today they sit there and i watch the big board our system moves what he used the word but he also say that in the United States constitution voting is never mentioned at all watching our Team Internationals u. S. President ial coverage my name is donald quarter and ill be joining you for the program but certainly a nail biter as vote counting has resumed in key states to decide the u. S. President ial election. Now the contest for the white house could be over in the coming hours with Democrat Joe Biden looking more and more likely to be declared the winner increasing his vote margins in key states however a recount has been announced in the state of georgia leaving americans hanging on the edge of their seats attention is focused on a handful of states and were still waiting for crucial results
Beginning i had such a big lead in all of these states late into Election Night only to see the leads miraculously disappear as the days went by perhaps these leads will return as our Legal Proceedings move forward already some of these legal challenges seem to be in motion u. S. Supreme Court Justice samuel alito granted a motion to have votes that are being counted segregated so that votes received after november 3rd would be counted separately however a judge in nevada did not give any credence to Donald Trumps concerns and ruled against efforts to stop vote counting in nevada now at this point though the republicans are raising the concern that they feel that the way votes are being counted is not proper theres not proper transparency republican observers are not able to watch the vote counting process donald trump has also raised a concern about the fact that in georgia he is not sure what happened with over 9000 ballots cast by members of the u. S. Military these are absentee bal
People. Empty store shelves becoming the norm this morning. Amazon to hire a hundred thousand workers and Major Grocery chains adding jobs as well to keep up with demand as well. More countries closing borders. Things have reversed course and dow industrials showing decline of 96. Nasdaq up 29 but s p is are youer by 12 and a half after dow, nasdaq and s p 500 had biggest oneday point loss in history. It was 13 in a day. 12 and a third percent and the s p gave up 324 points yesterday, 12 , yeah, quite a day on wall street. Primary day on ohio. Voting still taking place in arizona, florida and illinois. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria we want to check Global Markets this morning, asian markets were mixed overnight. Remember, we did have a pretty good upswing at the end of the day coming off of the lows and into the premarket, this morning we had rally and that reversed. In china, the shanghai composite down third a percent. Oil prices rising after hitting new 52week low yes
Experiences told and they have a responsibility to stand with them. Plus, a second day of paralyzing strikes in france. Commuters and travelers s face more widespread disruption as unions protest emmanuel macrons Pension Reforms. Theyey say they are not backing downwn. Also coming up this hour, in business, we will be hearing about how aramco posted a recordbreaking ipo despite failing to attract foreign investment. Sugar and spice, all things nice . Architects in lolondon have trad in usual concrete and wood for biscuits and dough to create a gingerbread city. Watchinghank you for france 24. Those were our top stories this hour. We start with india where police have shot dead four men accused of a beautiful brutal gang rape. The men were in detention and had been taken back to the scene of the crime friday. According to one official, the incident happened when the suspects tried to grab an officers firearm at escape. This is another horrrrifying incident in a country wrestling with hi
The plan, but others say that they question its feasibility. At San Jose City hall, mayor sam liccardo shares his vision for a customer takeover of pg e, the proposal now endorse bad coalition of elected oefficials from 58 cities and ten counties across california. I think the reality we all have to accept is that as rate payers, as customers were all on the hook for this. And if were going to be on the hook, we better own it. Pg e filed for bankruptcy in january as it faced billions of dollars in liability claims for fires started by its equipment. Next year, a federal judge is expected to consider two competing reorganization plans. One put forth by shareholders, the other from bondholders. But the California Public Utilities Commission has final say, which is why liccardo has been pushing his proposal as an alternative. We need to let good of the delusion that someone else is going to pay for the neglect of pg e. While many agree that pg es infrastructure and governance needs a chan