The election count continues

1 big thing

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🗓️ 6 November 2020

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We're still waiting for many key states to finish counting votes and announce a winner. Though it's a tight race, Vice President Joe Biden is ahead. These are what Biden's top priorities will be if he does win the Oval Office. Plus, what’s happening with the final four uncalled Senate races. And, where the markets stand after this week. Guests: Axios' Alexi McCammond, Alayna Treene and Courtenay Brown. Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Carol Wu, Cara Shillenn, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Dan Bobkoff, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alex Sugiura and Naomi Shavin. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Go deeper: GOP Senate wins wreak havoc on Biden transition plans Fed chair says economy will see "stronger recovery" with stimulus package Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. I'm Nailaboodoo. It's Friday, November 6, and we still don't have a winner in the presidential race. Joe Biden urged calm Thursday afternoon.
0:15.0	Democracy sometimes messy.
0:17.6	It sometimes requires a little patience as well.
0:21.0	But that patience has been rewarded now for more than 240 years with a system of
0:25.8	governance and that's been the envy of the world. Later in the evening President
0:31.0	Trump continued his baseless claims that fraud is costing him the election.
0:36.9	If you count the legal votes, I easily win.
0:41.4	If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.
0:48.6	With that in mind, here's how we're making you smarter today.
0:51.4	What's happening with Senate races, plus how the stock market
0:54.3	is reacting to all this news. But first, Biden's transition priorities, if elected,
0:59.6	are today's one big thing.
1:08.6	We're still waiting for many key states to finish counting and announce a winner.
1:11.7	Though it's a tight race, former Vice President Joe Biden is ahead.
1:14.4	So we wanted to check in with Alexi McCammon, an Axios political reporter who's been covering Joe Biden's campaign.
1:18.5	Alexi, the race hasn't been called yet, but if he is elected,
1:21.8	what are Joe Biden's top priorities going to be?
1:24.5	Well look you can't hear from Joe Biden without hearing him talk about the
1:29.1	COVID-19 pandemic and the state of the economy but But then secondly, to the coronavirus,
1:34.2	Joe Biden and his campaign
1:35.5	has been focused a lot on infrastructure.
1:37.9	Biden's kind of emerging with his own made in America agenda,
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