jonathan lieber from eurasia group will join us shortly. let's take a look at some of the earnings trickling through. aia, the largest pan asian insurer in the region coming out with its earnings. millionooking at 706 u.s. dollars. a decline of almost 30%. saying that annualized new premiums have contracted at 6% as well as a of new business declining 35%. total weighted premium income just short of 26 billion u.s. dollars. we have been watching the impact of the chinese yuan. the appreciation looking to pull a little certainty away from hong kong life insurers. demographic, it could be a use of diversification. to karinaet you over mitchell in new york. while the election has been playing out, reported coronavirus cases have soared with theillion cases u.s. experiencing a third consecutive day of cases over 26 million. american deaths have been at about 1000 for the fifth day. protestsexperiencing against the restrictions. the prime minister of singapore has offered a pessimistic view of the post virus recovery saying the economy is unlike

lieber with eurasia group, the u.s. managing director. an open question to you to begin . what is your number one focus as you begin to look at the mathematics of this election day? jonathanflorida. it is going to be florida. florida counts quickly. biden is ahead, but barely. a leade total could show for biden, and that could shift to trump as a net goes on. if florida looks like it is going to go for biden, this race is over, we can all pack up our bags and get ready for the new inauguration and transition. jonathan f: you are calling, as a house, for a biden win. what do you see in the numbers that gives you that conviction? jonathan l: this has been a steady race, and biden has had a polling lead, despite trump's relatively high approval rating given the coronavirus, biden has had the lead since he clinched the nomination in march. within 2% of hillary clinton in 2016, and you saw a collapse in hillary clinton's numbers over the last 10 days. brokeded voters towards donald trump. that is just not happen this time around. the trend -- no trend is suggesting that lead will go away. and all of the swing states that bidenwon that 2016, all needs to do is when one of them.