AFN NEWS
Thursday, November 26, 2020
1) From ABC News, I’m Michelle
Franzen. It’s 2020 but 2016 is on the President’s agenda issuing a pardon
for his former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. “The President
tweeting it’s his honor to grant General Michael Flynn a full pardon. Flynn is
the National Security adviser who pledged guilty to lying to the FBI about contact
with Russia and discussing sanctions before President Trump took office.
General Flynn also admitted to violating foreign lobbying laws on behalf of Turkey.
President Trump tweeting, ‘Congratulations to General Flynn and his wonderful
family,’ and that he will now have a truly fantastic Thanksgiving.” ABC’s Andy
Field.
2) The President has not conceded this election year’s
race. The Biden transition moving ahead. Joe Biden scheduled to receive his
first intelligence briefing next week, and on this Thanksgiving eve, Biden
focusing on the challenges for the country in this pandemic and loss.
President-elect Joe Biden with a heartfelt Thanksgiving message to Americans
who’ve lost a loved one. “For those who’ve lost a loved one, I know that this
time of year can be especially difficult. Believe me, I know.” Biden lost his
first wife and baby in car crash and his son Beau to cancer. The
President-elect also uses his Thanksgiving address to reassure Americans that America
would win the war against COVID-19 and urged the public not to give in to COVID
fatigue. __ __, ABC News, Washington.
3) Coronavirus cases surging nationwide
with 88,000 Americans hospitalized yesterday. And 778,000 Americans filed for unemployment
benefits last week. Around the country, the number of those facing food insecurity
is on the rise. Ryan Michelle and his wife relying on food banks for the first
time in their lives. “It’s not bad when you think about, during the depression what
all the people got was a bowl of soup, you know. I think, you know, we’re doing
much better, you know, today.” You’re listening to ABC News.
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I’m Charles Payne and this is the Fox
Business Report.
Wall Street closing mostly lower, getting back some gains
from Tuesday’s record-setting climb. The Nasdaq now did hit a new record
closing high. The Dow Jones Industrials slipping below the 30,000 mark just a day
after crossing that milestone for the first time ever. Wall Street by the
numbers today. The Dow down 174 points, the S&P 500 slipped 6, but the
Nasdaq did manage to climb to a new record high, up 58 points to 12,094. // Economic
news; the second of three estimates on U.S. growth for the July-September
quarter is unchanged, a record pace of 33.1%. The number of Americans applying
for unemployment benefits rose by 30,000 last week, 778,000 second straight weekly
rise. Commerce Department reports a sluggish half percent rise in consumer spending
last month and it’s the weakest rise since April.
That’s your Fox Business Report. I’m Tom Graham,
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