Morning Edition: 07 November 2024

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 07 November 2024, straight from the Newstalk ZB newsroom - bringing you everything you need to know in news, politics, business, entertainment and sport.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning. I'm never Retty Manu and this is your
morning news fixed for Thursday, seventh of November. In this update,
Donald Trump says his return to the White House will
usher in a golden age for America. He's projected to
win the presidency after securing more than the two hundred
and seventy Electoral College votes needed. Carmala Harris has yet
to declare defeat, but seeing n his Trump on two

(00:26):
hundred and seventy six votes and Carmla Harris on two
hundred and twenty three, the President elects as the country
has never seen a political victory like this before.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
Every citizen, I will fight for you, for your family,
and your future. Every single day, I will be fighting
for you and with every brother in my body.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Carmala Harris is expected to address the result in his
speech at Howard University in Washington, DC later today. Correspondent
Mitch McCann has been spending the night with Democrat supporters.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
There was no one on the dance floor and people
were leaving nearly We actually had to go outside to
do some work because they shut the event down and
turned off the lights because everyone was going home.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
And while the house is still up for grabs, seeing
in projects, Republicans will win control of the Senate and
Trump will win the popular vote. Political analyst Sean Trendy
told Ryan Bridge the result has exposed some real pressure
points for the Democrats. Black voters have been a backbone
of the Democratic coalition since the nineteen thirties, so to
see Trump make those advances just that something's really amiss

(01:31):
in the Democratic coalition. In for Metrix principal economist Brad
Olsen says markets are likely to be volatile until Trump
officially takes the reigns in January. He told Ryan Bridge,
investors will be keen to see which policies Trump implements first.

Speaker 4 (01:46):
This is I think a big challenge is what of
the many economic policies is he going to pursue first.
Is it going to be tax changes, Is it going
to be tariffs? Is it going to be deregulation?

Speaker 1 (01:56):
And other news Unions are concerned young people and Mary
and pacificare being particularly affected by rising unemployment. The unemployment
rate has risen to four point eight percent in the
September quarter. That's below forecast and isn't historically high. Murders
the highest unemployment rate since December twenty twenty. Council of
Trade Union's economist Craig Rennie says some communities are being

(02:19):
increasingly left behind.

Speaker 3 (02:21):
With twenty percent of fifteen to nineteen year olds and employed,
nearly nine percent of twenty twenty four year olds and
employed in Mardi and Pacifica unemployment running nearly double the
rate of general unemployment.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
The Government's expected to face significant protests over its Treaty
Principals Bill. The bill is being introduced to Parliament today,
eleven days earlier than previously planned. A hikoi from Northland
to Parliament opposing the legislation is set to start on Monday.
Auckland University professor of Mardi Studies, Margaret Mutu says the
early introduction of the bill won't change the force of

(02:53):
the movement really.

Speaker 4 (02:54):
If anything, it's an added incentive for not just Mary,
but of non Marty who are saying to us, how
can we help you?

Speaker 1 (03:04):
In Sport, Lu said prop Ethan de Groot has missed
the All Blacks twenty three to face Island on Saturday morning,
with Tamighty Williams preferred. The run on side features two
changes are sapp for Alma and Damien Mackenzie are at
hooker and first five respectively. Former teammates have delivered tributes
for New Zealand's only female Olympic track medallist Maurice Chamberlain,

(03:25):
who has died aged eighty eight, and Formula One drivers
Voultry Boortas and jiorguan Yu will leave Sauba at the
end of the season. Neither has scored a point in
twenty twenty four. I'm never ready, Manu. That your latest
news fix. We'll be banked with the next update at
midday from the Newstalk ZB newsroom.