The United States is heading into what pandemic expert bill gates says will be a very difficult fall. But trump is not preparing the population for that reality. Instead, he is sticking to his discredited script saying the virus is disappearing. The same thing he tried to say seven or eight months ago. You know, reaching for new ways to describe this aberration of a presidency. They will say he is the liar in chief or conspiracy theorist in chief. Here is the new chief. Superspreader in chief. What a 2020 title. These headlines say he is a superspreader of the virus, of disinformation, and of anxiety about the election since he wont accept the outcome. Trumps reelection story is much bigger than any single headline or anything he is tweeting because the president is yanking on every lever of state power in an attempt to prop up his campaign. I am thankful at a time like this for beat reporters who cover all of these agencies. For example, the postal service, who are uncovering examples
We go into the possibilities and get a read on that. Well be hearing from the former Vice President who is addressing a crowd in delaware. Not quite sure when hes going to talk, we know lawsuits are flying fast and furiously. We know as well that the markets which have been all over the map, surrounded some of their games will get into why they did that, but whether up to tripl we digits. Lets first get a read, taking a look at where it stands and a couple of possibilities that could clinch it for one or the other. Good afternoon. Where we stand at this hour even with wisconsin being called for joe biden, both candidates still have a path here. I want to focus on pennsylvania and the 20 electoral votes. You can see President Trump is leading 52 to bidens 46 , however there were 3 million ballots, 1 million still need to be counted. The tally up year, 85 of everything has been counted so far. Pennsylvania could potentially shift. The biden camp is saying they will favor the Vice Preside
Of annual visit on the state induction. Energy is front and center. Were in davos. And daniel juergen, together. And Michael Mckee, talk about ripping up the script. Argentina and the emerging markets are front and center for everyone in doubles. In terms of emerging markets, a lot going on. We will talk about that in a moment for it lets start with energy. It is 11 degrees in new york. Natural gas prices are heading for a fourth day high. The biggest weekly gain since 2012. Meteorologists predict temperatures will remain below normal through the end of the month. It will be cold when you get back. Not much else going on. We do have some earnings before the bell that will matter. Procter and gamble, xerox, and honeywell. Also, a look echo what might have been. We have to get straight to the data check grid the red is stunning. It is not just emerging currencies, but global stocks. A lot of concern about what is going on in china. S p 500 futures are down by almost 7 10 of one percent.
Between u. S. And russia is yet to be determined. At the end of their press conference on thursday, secretary kerry could not hear part of mr. Lavrovs translation and asked that the interpreter repeat his remarks. It was a glimmer of just how deep the distrust remains between the americans and russians. Can you give me the last part of the translation, please. Hello . Translator yes, hello. You want me to take your word for that. Its a little early for that. Joining me today editor and publisher of the nation and a contributor to the washington post, most of msnbcs up with steve kornacki, steve kornacki. Joining us from washington, New York Times White House Correspondent peter baker. Peter, thanks for joining us. Id like to ask you the first question here. In terms of u. S. And russia relations, dmitry at the carnegie moscow center, he says that syria ultimately is only marginally important to the russians and their real objective here is to constrain america. How accurate do you thin
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