college london. -- of the university college london. this is bloomberg. ritika: with the first word news, i'm ritika gupta. pfizer and biontech are asking u.s. regulators for emergency use authorization for the coronavirus vaccine. if the fda says ok i'm of the vaccine could be available next month for high-risk populations. earlier this week, the drugmakers reported that clinical trial data showed the shot was not if i percent effective in preventing the disease. inther legal step back president trump's bid to overturn joe biden's electoral victory. to a hand recount completed wednesday, biden won georgia by more than 12,000 votes. president trump is now reaching out directly to michigan lawmakers to try to overturn the state's vote. the president will meet with republican leaders of the state legislature today. some trump allies have urged him to persuade legislatures in states he is contesting to overrule voters and give him the state's electoral college vote. one of america's top chocolate upending the new york market. hershey is taking an unusual ste

politics at the university college london. we will get his insights on the relationship between the u.s. and the eu, carrying on the conversation. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: breaking news out of the u.k. the u.k. government raising the terror threat level in the united kingdom to severe. that means an attack is "highly likely." this following the terror attacks we have seen over the last few days in vienna, near paris, and in nice, spread across europe. the u.k. now responding to that and raising the terror threat. this against the backdrop of the u.s. election, which we are continuing to cover today, and the implications for europe. let's carry on the conversation. we were just talking to holger schmieding from berenberg. ,oining us now is thomas gift director of the center on u.s. politics at ucl here in london. thank you for joining us today. let me just get your take on your sense of the timeline that we are working with here. financial markets seem to be pricing in the idea that we are going to get a result. the inflation

university school of medicine. in johannesburg, professor of vax elegy and a member of the south africa ministerial advisory committee on covid-19, and in london, a senior lecturer and global health advisor at university college's london school of pharmacy. a warm welcome to you all. i'd like to begin in the u.s. we hear so much about people being concerned, frightened, suspicious of taking vaccines, but we also are talking about perhaps making covid-19 mandatory. do you think mandatory is the way forward? is that the way to go? >> given the current climate we find ourselves in the united states and the difficulty we have had in getting standardized leadership and therefore for the public to follow the public health guidance, it will be very difficult to mandate this vaccine without a lot of pushback. unfortunately, this has become a highly politicized issue. mandatory in my mind will make half the population feel like their freedoms are encroached upon. imran: but this is a public health issue. surely it is up to the government to explain this properly and suggest guidelines, if not making it mandatory, but at the very least, if we want to get out of this, we have to take this vaccine. >> as you know, the timi

she lectures on politics at university college, london.d to see you, especially trying to distill what the president said a few hours ago. there is not one shred of truth in what the president said, and that's not because his opponents, the democrats are saying that. it's because republicans are saying it as well. what's at issue here? and perhaps more important is the vast majority of those who voted for donald trump believe him. how dangerous is that? >> well, paula, i think that is the issue right now. and it was really encapsulated in what we heard yesterday from the president. so far his refusal to concede has had two elements really, a procedural in terms of actually trying to overturn election results through recounts or through lawsuits, and the more political, which is just continuing to state that there was widespread voter fraud, and really keep sending that message to his supporters and to his base. i think it's clear now that the procedural route has pretty much failed. all the lawsuits not gone forward. there hasn't been any

julie norman from university college london. thank you. thank you. and shortly after the announcement about the troop withdrawals was made, several katyusha rockets landed in baghdad's heavily fortified green zone. at least 7 rockets were fired, some of them landing at the u.s. embassy. the u.s. air defense system crown was deployed to intercept and destroy the rockets. one child was killed is much more still ahead for you on this news hour from london. the u.n. warns its agency for palestinian refugees is facing a financial crisis after its biggest fund. the u.s. cut all funding in 2018. people in the philippines take stock of the death and devastation caused by typhoon. and then later in sport, new data confirmed from the public, well come in, caps out. now if you know of his government says troops have achieved significant victories in its conflict with forces in the northern 10 region. and national army is carried out as strikes near the region's main city of mccalla. a is the primary base for the 10 great people's liberation front or t.p.s. left

school and from london, the lead at university college, london's global citizenship program on out ofounds of infectious diseases. welcome to you all. moderna's figures are based on the first 95 participants who fell sick. 90 of them had received the sleebo so is that -- placebo. is that enough for people to confidently say the vaccine is 94.5% effective? >> this is based on a smaller event size so the company has announced it will continue its trial until they have reach it would preview specified number of events, when they then will do the final analysis. once tough final analysis, you can really look at the entire number of participants and look -- have a better look at efficacy and safety. also in some populations like the older or those with core mobalts. but the inner analysis do look promising. >> and do you think it looks promising? >> i think so. i think basically because the vaccination vaccines, a lot of them went through the fails one, that was the toxicity. the fails two, showed some etch cazzie that was really good and now showing very good results. 90% of the populatio

professor of laws and the director of the center on international courts and tribunals that university college london. mr. science, thanks for joining me. these trials were groundbreaking on so many levels and given the unique circumstances. what exactly was unique about the trial? well, it was the 1st time in human history that any international criminal trial had taken place. so it truly was a 1st and they literally had to invent new crimes to apply to these defendants. you mention crimes against humanity, but of course it was on this day 75 years ago that the word genocide was 1st used because it was created as a war crime. so it was a wholly original process untried, untested completely new waters. and i want to talk to you further, but before we continue, let's listen to 2 men that spoke to one, and that's survivor. and the other, the son of a nazi deputy, they told us about the impact that these tribunals had on their lives. in 1904 peter guard was 14 years old. when he, his mother and his sister, were deported to the auschwitz concentration camp. one year later, at the nuremberg trial, he reco

joining me now is drjennifer rohn, a cell biologist at university college london. see you today. last time we spoke we didn't have news on any of these vaccines and now we have a third, adding to hopes, of course, of everyone worldwide for a solution to this virus. how encouraged are you by these results of the oxford vaccine at this stage of development? well, it is officially very encouraging news. the virus is still out there, it is gaining traction in the winter and we really need solutions faster so it is brilliant that the horse that the uk banks, 100 million doses, is recording safety and good immune response in people, notjust young people but in all ages, that's great news “— people but in all ages, that's great news —— that the uk backs. people but in all ages, that's great news -- that the uk backs. talk to us news -- that the uk backs. talk to us about the significance of the findings so far that this older age group, more susceptible to covid—19, because we are getting suggestions that the oxford vaccine produces a similar immune response in older and

university. joining us from london is oksana. she's lead at university college london, global citizenship program on outbreaks of infectious disease. welcome to you all and always a 1st of all. if i can start with you, modernity figures are based on the 1st 95 participants who fell sick. 90 of them had received the placebo. so is that enough for people to confidently say the vaccine is 94.5 percent effective? so these are the results of the interim analysis, baseball a smaller event sized, the soul of the company has announced it will continue its trial and till they have reached the pre-specified number of events when they then will do the final analysis. once you have a final analysis, you can really look at the entire, you know, number of participants and look at have a better at, at advocacy and safety. also in and some populations like the old arrow or those with cuomo, bit he's. but indeed, the interim analysis do look promising. as a dean, you think it looks promising? why i think so, i think basically because they're the vaccines, a lot of them actually

thomas gift director of university college london center on u.s. politics and joining us in istanbul matthew bryza a nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council's eurasia center and global energy center welcome to each of you thomas let me start with you it's being reported that joe biden is planning on quickly signing a series of executive orders once he's sworn in as the next president and that these orders would see america rejoin the paris climate accords reversed president trump's withdrawal from the world health organization in the muslim ban reinstate daca i'm curious to know from your perspective how much is joe biden going to have to rely on executive orders to try to implement his agenda and is that something that he wants to do. well i think that the executive orders will be the primary mechanism by which biden will be forced to govern and that simply because it's looking increasingly like he will face divided government with republicans more likely than not maintaining the senate you know anytime you have a divided government the

thomas gift is associate professor of political science at university college london.om oxford. great to see you in good to have you on. talk to us about the timing of this because this executive order that president trump has just signed, executive order that president trump hasjust signed, this will come into effect at the very end of his term? exactly. this order does reflect an aggressive move by the trump administration and and it says that his last few months in presidency will not be a softer approach. the firm targeted, we need to remember as you are noting, the timing of these decisions is only about two months away from trump actually leaving office and the order blocking us investors from channelling money into the securities will not take effect untiljanuary11. so, whether this triggers a frenetic response and amplifies the us—china tech rivalry will intermittently be contingent on how markets predict joe intermittently be contingent on how markets predictjoe biden will respond and willie signal an intention to roll back the order or will he chart more of a

university of which waters run and a member of the south african ministerial advisory committee on code 19 and in london . oksana peacenik, a senior lecturer and global health advisor at university college london. school of pharmacy, a warm welcome to you, or i'd like to begin in the u.s. . we dr. davis. we hear so much about people being a concerned frightened, suspicious of taking vaccine, commonly known as the anti vaccines. but we're also, we also are talking about perhaps making covert 19 mandatory to take once it has all that approvals. do you think mandatory is the way forward? is that, is that the way to go? i think given the penn climate, please find out falls in the united states and the difficulty we've had after 9 months in getting standardised leadership. and therefore for the public to follow the public health guidance. it will be very difficult to mandate this vaccine without a lot of pushback. unfortunately, this has become a highly politicized issue. and so mandatory in my mind will make half the population feel like their freedoms are being encroached upon. but this is a public health issue. surely it's up to the government to be able to try to explain this properly an

we'll be joined by peter drobac from the university of oxford and 0ksana pyzik from university college londonsending your questions to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. 0r tweeting us using the hash tag bbc your questions. borisjohnson has said he is feeling "fit as a butcher's dog" on his first working day self—isolating in downing street. the pm and several other tory mps have been told to isolate by nhs test and trace — after a meeting at downing street where one of the mps later tested positive for covid—19. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. this was last thursday morning, the prime minister had a meeting with some of his mps including the man on the right, lee anderson who the day after lost his sense of taste and later tested positive and so the prime minister is holed up in his downing street flat until a week on thursday. the good news is nhs test and trace is working ever more efficiently. the bad news is i have two self—isolate. it doesn't matter we are all doing social distancing, iam fit we are all doing social distancing, i am fit as we are all doing social distancing, iam

in the documentary, there's a u.c.l., link, the university college london. how these get colleges not afraid of u.s., 3rd party sanctions, if they cooperate on health care development with cuba. the issue of u.s. sanctions is a difficult one. there is and you can legislation that makes it illegal for the u.s. mckay to be in full state against and individuals companies interests and i'm saying not rise. your question why that legislation is at risk. all the collaboration place with you see out of the states and they may write one of the hack ventilates as humans and our way copy they all said and used to create these machines that was fundraise through recent court battles. cubans in the u.k. and, but you know, even for that as a fundraising campaign to save lives, they have to be very careful about which use and how they said, can they share the information because money, right. or, you know, if you can examine the cultural events issues has a whole event. right. all right. and, well, i hate how and of all because the u.s. . ok. ok. i want to get on in a mom

drjulie norman is a lecturer in politics and international relations at university college london — with the middle east. she told me more about the security concerns raised by this attack. one of the things the iran regime will be looking into now, how intellgience got so close to an important scientist to carry out an attack. and this is just months after another assassination of an al-qaeda operative also in iran, so this is definitely a blow to their security apparatus and their own intelligence. does it matter from the nuclear programme's point of view if he's dead? certainly fakhrizadeh has been a leading figure in their nuclear programme for decades, which they have always maintained is for peaceful processes, but he has been cited by america and israel as being a leader in the more military and weapons capability side. that being said, the weapons programme has presumably developed over the decades with him in the leadership role, but what we heard from iran is that the programme will not stop with his assassination, and i think it can be assumed there would be others who would s

oxana is a senior lecturer and global health advisor at the university college london school pharmacy. she says, not everyone resisting the vaccine, subscribes to conspiracy in anti science movements. this group in the middle may be pro-vaccine, but just uncomfortable with the current timeline of development in human history. we're not being able to develop a vaccine within 10 months. but one thing i would point out is that also a history that we haven't had this type of emergency where all countries in the world who are halted to screech and for every pharmaceutical company, the industry coming together, researchers, scientists, to focus on a singular problem. there are or were 210 getting candidates in development, so it just shows what's possible when we have urgency and the resources to fund a specific problem. so that 10 year usual timeline is under usual conditions. and i think we all have experienced a very unusual 2020. and this isn't what has led to absolutely historic scientific innovation, but for others to hear that it sounds like well, something must have been skipped. sa

paris is a professor of french and european politics at university college london. he says the public perception of police brutality in france is changing. i think it's really genuine anger, and i've never seen really the question of police brutality eat coming into the mainstream of politics and the media. it's the 1st time. it's not the 1st time. we've heard of cases of police brutality. in fact, i think if people wanted to know about it, it's been going on for a very long time in need is if there's even a tradition of police brutality and racism in the french police. the difference between now and $1020.00, or 30 years ago, is before each used take place outside of the city centers in the outskirts and the brutality of the police were directed at ethnic minorities youngsters. whereas now it is really taking place in city center. and i think that the turning point was reached 2 years ago when the, you know, this movement started where, you know, they, people taking to the street in a city center more white population. and i think people could see that an anchor st

ill patients., and yeah, that there isn't in the documentary, there's a u.c.l., lincoln university, college london. are these good colleges, not afraid of us, 3rd party sanctions, if they cooperate on healthcare development with cuba, the issuance and u.s. sanctions is a difficult one. there is. and you can legislate ation that makes it illegal for the us mckay to be in full state against an individual's company's interest. and i'm the same applies to your question. why that legislation is at risk also. that's the issue at the collaboration. and so i see if you see out of the states, they may write one of the hack ventilates. as you can see how and way to copy they all said and used pulse to create these machines that was fundraise through recent court battles. you can see the u.k. and, but you know, even for that as a fundraising campaign to save lives, they have to be very careful about which platforms they use. and how they said, can they share the information because money, right? or, you know, if you can examine the cultural events issues has a whole event by almighty event, but i hate how en

that speech was gifted a lecture of political science at university college london he joins us now no one realizes it was going to get this close and the margins are incredibly tight this could still go either way couldn't. well you're absolutely right that most of the pollsters really missed this i think in a substantial way most polls going into election day suggested that joe biden had a comfortable lead somewhere between 8 to 10 percentage points although it was showing in much closer race in some of these key swing states i think that very few experts expected donald trump to do as well as he did so the fact that this is still a race even if it's unlikely that donald trump will win at this point and the odds are looking better and better for joe biden i think that this really does surprise a lot of analysts and it suggests that there is a very sizable nontrivial fortune of americans who even despite all the controversies that we've seen over the past 4 years continue to maintain support for donald trump if it does get up to the magical figure of 270 electoral college votes and ma

that we can speak to tell his gift to use a letter of political science at the university college london joins us now from there so thomas gift we are now where most had hoped we would not be if biden does get the votes he needs how might these lawsuits brought in by deliberate campaign played the hand well i think that it is the case that the legal basis for these arguments that donald trump is making is relatively stand i mean he is certainly planning to go through this process it would be gamut some of the lower courts and then eventually could escalate to the supreme court but the problem is that most legal experts just think that most of these arguments are relatively unsubstantiated and has been telegraphing this for quite some time saying exactly what he would do he is hoping that given that the supreme court has a conservative majority including the 3 justices who he supports that should a case actually go up to that level it would be more likely to vote in favor of him but i'm not even sure if that is the case and in fact it is possible that the supreme court would be reluctant

politics at university college london. he joins me now from oxford, england, good to have you with us. >> good morning, happy thanksgiving. >> and to you as well. we'll get to the presidential pardon in just a moment. i want to start with the president-elect's compassionate thanksgiving address to the nation where joe biden called on americans to unite and recommit to fighting the pandemic saying we're at war with the virus, not with one another. it offered a stark contrast to what we have seen and heard from outgoing president trump. how significant was biden's speech at this critical moment in the united states history. >> well, it's such a stark contrast, rosemary, as you know. presidents have the bully pulpit. they persuade, communicate, and biden is calling for sacrifice and a at the same time, it is worth noting the contrast where trump is calling for americans to gather. it doesn't get more conflicting than that. clearly it's a difficult time for many in the u.s. as we head into the holidays against the backdrop of

biden presidency has been to juvie no one letter in politics and international relations at university college london thanks very much indeed for being with us i just want to pick up on area that if it is a presidency which we don't often don't yet know but if it is what kind of areas of difference do you see shaping up in the next 4 years. well and i think there will be a couple key areas and terms of foreign policy where we'll probably see it 1st is in 2 areas 1st in terms of by its commitment to climate change agreements especially rejoining the paris climate accords and secondly in terms of the u.s. is engaged with the j c p a way and the iran nuclear deal but in other areas of foreign policy i think we won't see as much of a shift in policy substance as much as style right now will still expect biden to follow trump in terms of being tough on china and pushing for better relations in the middle east and also for engaging with our nato allies but in a way that's much more cooperative one that's focused on multilateralism and one that's just a bit more stable and predictable in general and just to

drjennifer rohn from university couege drjennifer rohn from university college london.on the bbc news channel this afternoon. do send your questions using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions or email them using yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. we‘ll be putting them to our experts at 3.30pm. gmt. in australia, a long—awaited war crimes report has found credible evidence that some of the country‘s elite soldiers murdered 39 civilians and prisoners while serving in afghanistan. the head of australia‘s defence force said the investigation had uncovered a "shameful record" of a "warrior culture" by some soldiers. 19 service personnel could face prosecution over the allegations. 0ur australia correspondent shaimaa khalil reports. the defence chief‘s language left us in no doubt about how grave these alleged violations in afghanistan were. general angus campbell used words like toxic, appalling and shameful when describing the actions of members of these special forces. and it wasn‘t just that these alleged executions occurred, but it was also the culture of impunity in which they happened.

it works through the air—conditioning system and was developed with advice from university college londonfrom outside the vehicle. after over a decade, with eight different champions and nearly three million fans passing through the doors of the o2 arena, london has waved goodbye to the atp tennis finals. russia's daniil medvedev won the finalfinal in greenwich yesterday, before the tournament moves to turin in italy. it was a muted send—off, as there was no crowd. the finals have been held at the 02 since 2009. let's take a look at the travel situation now... there's a good service on the tubes this morning, 0n the roads, vauxhall bridge remains closed northbound. southbound is open. over in east london, in hackney, near broadway market, la nsdowne drive has been closed by police. now the weather with kate. good morning. it's a chilly start to this monday morning. you mightjust run into a patch of mist and fog, as well, but it will lift to this blue sky and sunshine. a really bright start this morning. we should get plenty of sunny spells. but, gradually, we will start to see the cloud i

university college london. nice to see you truly. good morning. let's not get too much into this lack of concession from donald trump because as one of our correspondents has pointed out, it is not a legal requirement, it's just something which he should do in the meantime. what is happening with the transition? can we, can there be a proper transition as long as the trumpet ministration is holding out like this? welcome all, it definitely complicates it. what we have seen so far is the biden team trying to press ahead as much as they can and really not getting to engage with the back and forth with triumph over any kind of concession. they're just trying to be as pragmatic as possible making movements where they can. and that includes meeting with people who have left the trumpet ministration, but still have knowledge of what was happening inside the departments and agencies . and working through some of biden's previous contacts from the senate, and of course his time as a vice president as wow, but it is still limited. what they can do. they do

spoke to philip sands is director of the center of international courts and tribunals at university college london. and i asked him about the importance of the nuremberg trials. well, it was the 1st time in human history that any international criminal trial had taken place. so it truly was a 1st and they literally had to invent new crimes to employ to these defendants. you mentioned crimes against humanity, but of course it was on this day 75 years ago that the word genocide was 1st used because it was treated as a war crime. so it was a wholly original process untried, untested completely new waters. bringing the prosecutions against nazi officials faced a daunting task. one man there at the time was benjamin ferenc. it was just 27 years old when he came face to face with the horrors of the concentration camps and started to build his case. he's now the last living member of the tame who helped hold nazi officials to account for their crimes. he spoke today about his historic role and i got 30 indignant, and i said, loath i gotta find harris, you matt meagher to run for president. i'm not going

professor of laws and the director of the center on international courts and tribunals at university college london. mr. sands, thanks for joining me. these trials were groundbreaking on so many levels, given the unique circumstances. what exactly was unique about the trial? well, it was the 1st time in human history that any international criminal trial had taken place. so it truly was a 1st and they literally had to invent new crimes to apply to these defendants. you mention crimes against humanity, but of course it was on this day 75 years ago that the word genocide was 1st used because it was created as a war crime. so it was a wholly original process untried, untested completely new waters. and i want to talk to you further, but before we continue, let's listen to 2 men spoke to one an hour. that's survivor. and the other, the son of a nazi deputy, they told us about the impact that these tribunals had on their lives. in 1904 peter guard was 14 years old when he, his mother and his sister, were deported to the auschwitz concentration camp. one year later, at the nuremberg trial, he recognised

joining us will be cell biologist at university college london — jennifer rohn and university of cambridgeign group is planning to take legal action against the government over the awarding of contracts for nhs personal protective equipment to a recently formed miami firm. court documents in florida, which have been seen by bbc news, reveal that as part of the contract, £21 million of taxpayers money was paid in "consulting fees" to a go—between in spain. our special correspondent, lucy manning, has the background to this story. let's start at the beginning. it's a jewellery firm in miami and the owner of that, a man called michael saiger, decided during the covid crisis that he would get into the ppe business. he had business contacts in china, so he told a magazine that as well as designing his new jewellery collection, he was going to source ppe. and the british government gave him contracts for ppe, for the nhs. we know at least £200 million worth of contracts, but they haven't all been published. mr saiger hired a go—between to help him with his contract, a spanish businessmen, a man

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researchers at university college london hospitals trust and the royal free london found that, 54 days breathlessness. an extra 12,000 reports of domestic abuse have been made to the met police this year, compared to last, it's an increase of more than 8%. the figures apply to the period up till the end of september. today, the met and the mayor's office for policing and crime are being questioned by politicans at city hall about how they're supporting victims, particularly during this second lockdown. books worth more than two million pounds, stolen from a warehouse in west london three years ago, have been reunited with their owners after detectives traced them to romania. the haul included first editions by galileo and sir isaac newton. the bbc‘s children in need show is back on firday, and celebrating its 40th birthday this year. among the many young people who've received support are those at the candle child bereavement service at st christopher's hospice in south london. eleanor lost her mum to cancer when she was just three years old and she still attends group sessions there.

joining us will be cell biologist at university college london, university college london, jennifer rohny of us it's also going to be a fairly cloudy one. we still have some rain across western scotland, it's been falling here for some time. some of that this morning getting into northern ireland, easing as we go through the afternoon but remaining cloudy with the odd shower, and for western areas, a lot of cloud with some drizzle and some murky conditions. we could see temperatures, though, in any breaks in the cloud across north—east scotland, east of the pennines, north—east wales, get up to 17 or 18. now, through this evening and overnight, we continue with the blustery winds, we continue with the rain, that rain getting into the north of scotland, more coming into the west of the uk as well and a lot of cloud, but it will be a mild night. so a mild start to the day tomorrow with still all this rain in the north and west, still blustery, and that rain continuing to push east as we go through the day. behind it, temperatures will start to fall, and we'll see a return to brighter skies

politics the university college london. joining us live from oxford. good to see you. among the many tweets sunday, trump tweeted this about joe biden. he only won in the eyes of the fake news media. i concede nothing. it was a rigged election. everyone involved in this the election says that is a lie of course. what do you think the president's motivation is for allowing this to continue? >> it's really good to be with you. trump refusal to concede clearly represent ts a major collage to democratic norms. it's hard to be too surprised. he has been telegraphing this for months. this might be a personality by product of narcissism. refusing to concede allows trump to maintain relevance. and attract dollars into a political action committee. and also to sustain his position as de facto leader of the party. more damaging here is that some republicans on capitol hill continue to lend legitimacy to the claims. not all but some. they are doing it not just because they are afraid of trump ob don't want to offend him. they realize trump are mains popular within the gop base. t

julie norman, university college london professor. equities are rallying.r headlines in the electoral college vote count, the key races we have got our eye on, right now there are two we have been focus on much more so in the last 30 minutes. biden leading in wisconsin and narrowing the gap in michigan is the counting continues. tom: i haven't seen much voting change in the last 50 minutes, which tells me where really due. we are dribbling in michigan more so than wisconsin. mr. biden's closing that gap in michigan and he is ahead in wisconsin. jonathan: in this market just keeps getting a lift. tom: look at the percent on nasdaq. jonathan: it is unreal. tom: i have an entry point. jonathan: through the price move, find a tidy narrative. lisa: we are going to get some more fed support. we are not going to get fiscal. lower yields, good for tech, and less regulation if there is a republican senate. jonathan: simple as that. we will be with you in 10 minutes to tell you something different. alongside tom keene and lisa abramowicz, i'm jonathan ferro. america,

politics at university college london. he joins from us oxford, england. thanks for coming on. want to know, what's the point of all this political theater, yet another georgia recount, aside from allowing biden to set a record for the number of times a single candidate can win a state in one election? >> yeah, i do think, kim that the georgia recount now looks like a total moot point, especially after pennsylvania. trump is entitled to the recount because the margin is less than a half percentage point, but i think taxpayers should ask why the president is insisting on expending public dollars on an exercise that won't change the election outcome. trump's legal team hasn't provided any proof of widespread fraud or irregularities in georgia. georgia did already do a risk-limiting audit of the presidential ballots by hand which amounted to a de facto recount, and most recounts at the state level don't change election results by more than several hundred votes, not thousands or tens of thousands. for example, trump's victory in wisconsin in 2016 was subject to recount. that chang