Biden holds lead over Trump, US leaves Paris climate agreement
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 5 November 2020
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Joe Biden won Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday in two critical victories that boosted his chances of winning the presidential election while the Trump campaign launched lawsuits to delay vote counting. Meanwhile, investors are now changing course after Democrats missed an opportunity for a blue wave. Plus, the FT’s environment correspondent, Leslie Hook, explains how the outcome of the election is crucial for global efforts to tackle climate change.
Biden boosted by Wisconsin and Michigan wins as count drags on
https://www.ft.com/content/874f4401-aa3f-46c0-b4ca-2d06066c1f7e
Investors hold their poise in face of knife-edge US election result
https://www.ft.com/content/732afbb8-af6f-4bfa-9cd2-e7dab82873af
US formally withdraws from Paris climate agreement
https://www.ft.com/content/54f600e0-183f-41fd-8d4b-69ab4403e331
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:01.8 | Today is Thursday, November 5th. |
| 0:04.3 | This is your FT news briefing. |
| 0:08.4 | A full day after US polls closed, |
| 0:10.6 | the vote count dragged on in some states on Wednesday night. |
| 0:14.3 | And investors were expecting a blue wave. |
| 0:16.7 | Now they're adjusting their expectations. |
| 0:19.7 | Plus the U.S. officially withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement on Wednesday. |
| 0:23.8 | So what's America's role when it comes to tackling global warming? |
| 0:27.6 | We'll take a look. |
| 0:28.6 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:33.0 | Democratic candidate Joe Biden stopped just short of declaring himself the winner of the U.S. presidential race yesterday. |
| 0:47.0 | We the people will not be silenced. We the people will not be bullied. We the people will not surrender. My |
| 0:58.9 | friends, I'm confident will emerge victorious. |
| 1:03.8 | Biden flipped the Midwest swing states of Wisconsin and Michigan. |
| 1:07.0 | He's only a handful of electoral votes away from winning the race. |
| 1:10.8 | But states like Pennsylvania and Georgia were still very much up for grabs at the time of this recording, with the vote count dragging on. |
| 1:18.0 | Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is trying to stop officials from finishing that vote count in some states. |
| 1:23.7 | I'm joined by the F.T.'s Kattam Schibber, our US legal and enforcement correspondent. |
| 1:28.0 | Kattam, where is Trump challenging in the election at the moment? |
| 1:31.6 | Well we have a handful of states where the vote isn't completed and in three of those states |
| 1:38.0 | Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia the Trump campaign has filed law fruits. |
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