America mercury structured around the world order. By promises to change the way the u. S. Is handling Global Affairs as leaders from around the world are pulled his victory. The. News of bidens wins brings supporters out to celebrate in cities all over the u. S. And outside the white house. But donald trump and his supporters are defiance the president showing no sign of conceding as he prepares to challenge ballots counted in several states. So joe biden has delivered a message of hope and unity just hours after declaring victory in the United States president ial elections he spoke of bringing together a country thats been. Deeply divided on the doll trump with racial unrest and the pandemic dominating headlines biden will face challenges trump is refusing to concede and is threatening legal action that he hopes will overturn results that secured bidens victory. We have a team of reporters Getting International reaction to this story harvey forces in west jerusalem what it means for
New york 1. Good evening, welcome to new yorks 111th Congressional District. Were less than three weeks from election day, the start of early voting starts on october 24th and many voters received their absentee ballots. With Big Decisions on the minds of many voters, we bring you a seat held by both democrats and republicans over the past decade. Its consistently been the most competitive Congressional District in the city. The 11th district encompasses all Staten Island and bay ridge and the heights. The seat is currently held by max rose, a Democrat First elected to office in 2018. Hes being challenged by Nicole Malliotakis who currently serves in the state senate. Both are appearing via skype, were holding this remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. The rules agreed to, generally the candidates will have one minute to answer questions and well of course allow for exchanges. Well have a cross examination round and a lightning round. The candidates will be by themselves for the du
Hearing of judge barrett. The senate will be in session for the next two weeks. What are you looking for . Guest i think we can expect the majority to move forward with all deliberate speed. They will conduct hearings remotely as they have been doing with other nominees. The members who have tested leadive wont need to their quarantine. I expect we will see democratic opposition and republican support and the Movement Forward confirmation sometime this month. Host you think it will happen before the election . Happeni think it will before the election, presuming there are enough senators who can physically come to the floor to cast ballots. That would be the one factor that could interfere with that. It does not look like there will be an issue with that. Issuedhis statement was by Chuck Schumer. They are trying to slow down the process. Your reaction . Good theyve got a very spin dr. Who is writing this. The Committee Hearings dont have to be in person. They can be dealt with remotely
Ahead on washington journal, your thoughts and reaction to the events of the last few days as President Trump continues his treatment for covid19. We are dividing our phone lines regionally. 202 7488000 if you live in the eastern or central time zones. Those of you out west, 202 7488001. Send us a text message at 202 7488003. You can join us on social media, on twitter, and on facebook. Good sunday morning. Thanks for being with us. A lot to get to in the next couple of hours, including this headline from the New York Times, confusion and concern as the president ails. This headline, trump saying he is doing much better. He is not out of danger. That is from white house chief of staff mark meadows, contrasting a rosy picture painted by the president s dr. On television. Saturday evening, the president said he was starting to feel good. The video meant to reassure the nation posted on his website at realdonaldtrump. Com. [video clip] i want to begin by thanking all the incredible medica
These are your markets. A bit of a move sideways for the europe stoxx 600. Mix the data across the world and mixed corporate earnings. If you look at the banking sector, it is one of the biggest gainers. We have a german manufacturing orders and Euro Area Services pmi for the month of october. Better than expected. Anything above 50 means expansion and we were expecting 51. 8. So look out for any movement on eurodollar and the u. S. 10 year yield. Coming up, we speak to the president of south africa. Come alk about s escom at a possible ratings downgrade. But first, lets get to bloomberg first word news. We begin with the impeachment inquiry for President Trump. The actions of Rudy Giuliani deeply unsettled to ukraine, outlining a quid quo pro. This is in exchange for investigating joe bidens son. Julienior ambassador said Rudy Giulianis role started as perplexing but quote became more insidious. The world has gone mad with free money according to ray dalio. He decried the current poli