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To office. Drivers on a 61 margin prefer being independent contractors. Live from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Good evening. Krns coronavirus is out of control in america and almost everywhere across the nation, were about to lay it out for you and let you know what the doctors who have been right every step of the way are warping us about whats ahead but then some very helpful advice and guidance on how we can lead our families and manage our kids through it, physically and especially mentally this will be very hard for everybody who survives it. The number of americans testing positive yesterday, the highest ever recorded, 143,000 the number of victims in hospitals, the highest refr reco ever recorded, more than 65,000. Victims in intense of care, expected to top the totally thanksgiving coronavirus killed more than 2,000 yesterday alone, the most since may. Heres whats so sobering, a week from now those news will likely seem low because the charts and doctors confirm tomorrow will be worse and the next day worse and on and on and then we hit thanksgiving and super spreaders and by christmas were likely in a new and chaotic world of overflowing hospitals, a Health Care Systems in tatters and bodies piling you. The percentage of people testing positive leads us there. 16 in pennsylvania, 22 in alabama, 40 in idaho, 50 in iowa and 55 in south dakota, the highest in all the land. Unimaginable, untenable and out of control Steve Patterson is outside a hospital in royal oak, michigan, where leaders say exponential increases in cases has created a health crisis. Steve . Reporter michigan is cycling the bottom of the bowl this state has set seven of the highest daily case counts its had this week alone. Hospitalizations have jumped up 259 in the last five weeks. In the next two weeks, that number is expected to double detroit Public Schools has just shut down inperson learning the governor says today in things dont improve rapidly, that all options are on the table. Meanwhile, Front Line Health Care workers are doing all they can to battle against this behind me is Beaumont Health system, the Largest Health system in this state theyve treated more Covid Patients than anybody else they are focusing on keeping people off intubation, keeping people out of the icu, using new treatment techniques to do that. Its a very large halt system. Theyre okay now but theyre extremely worried about what the next few weeks and even days looks like at this point i spoke to a doctor inside. Clver Health Care Unit this is like standing on the beach with a hurricane rolling towards you and you know if it doesnt go past you, youre going to see devastation i was born here, i grew up in michigan it strikes me looking at it if anything were going to happen, this is where it would be. What exactly are they telling people to keep people away from here they said the same thing weve been saying sings the beginning of this pandemic, wash your hands, stay socially distance and for god aches, wear a mask all of midwest is near a breaking point look at the average daily confirmed covid cases in wisconsin last month dr. Paul casey is the medical director of the Emergency Department in green bay. Dr. Casey, that chart, it really is casey are you reaching a breaking point there . Yes, unfortunately the state of wisconsin is now in crisis mode all hospitals across the state are either at or nearing capacity today we had a Record Number of covid19 cases, 7,500. Two weeks ago it was half that this is straining us almost to capacity, just like the reporter mentioned in the other hospital. Were currently able to keep up, but at this trajectory, were looking at that hurricane coming down the pike. Europe has been, dr. Casey, ahead of us in this new covid surge by a couple of weeks pretty stead i pretty steadily. This Shows Patients in italy i think we have it it Shows Patients in italy getting treated in their cars because there are not any beds in the hospitals are we on track to have that kind of reality in the United States we may get there. Were not there yet but at this current trajectory, that could happen you were on this newscast as our guest last month and delivered this warning here, listen we are on the verge of a crisis in green bay and our surrounding counties over the course of the last week every single Hospital System has been either near capacity, at capacity or above capacity and that was a month ago. And things have only gotten worse for you what is your advice for communities that are just now reaching that point p snp the most important thing is we all have to take an active part in stepping this pandemic wear a mask, socially distance and wash your hands. Were coming you on the holidays, a time when families get together what were seeing in the hospitals is the largest amount of spread comes from small family gatherings. People think im in the sick, im fine, its okay to have dinner with six or seven close family members, but inevitably, our current Positivity Rate is 37 of all people. One in three people has the virus. And they may not have any symptoms so if you go out to dinner with five friends, i had a case reents recently was sick. I san diego her where did you get it she said, well, six of us went out one night and five of us got it its spreading in small groups dr. Casey, i hope air that you will listening certainly do appreciate you and all the First Responders its a lot to digest, isnt it for so many of us, pandemic fatigue easy for me to say. Pandemic fatigue is real but experts save we have to fight it and now is the time to double down and wear the mask on social distancing we dont want another lockdown the best opposite strategy to locking down is to intensify the Public Health measures short of locking down so if you can do that well, you dont have to take that step that people are trying to avoid, which has so many implications, both psychologically and economically not a lockdown per se, but chicagos mayor today announcing a 30day stayathome advisory it starts monday shell also be urging people to cancel thanksgiving plans, all of this as the city of chicago hits what the mayor calls a critical point in the pandemic in ohio, the republican Governor Mike Dewine reimposing a statewide mask mandate, requiring people to wear face coverings whenever they cant socially distance. School leaders in several major cities reversing plans to bring students back to the hospital. Minneapolis, detroit, washington, philadelphia, boston, san diego. Miguel . Reporter the mayor went into detail and said essentially people should only leave their houses to go to work, pick up food and do anything that must be done that day anything that can be put off should be put off. Shes trying to curb the spread there in chicago, which is having a pretty nasty outbreak mayors and governors all across the nation are advising similar moves. Its a growing concern in so many states that many governors are now holdingthese rare addressed the state conferences that are happening on live Primetime Television thats how serious its getting. The governor in south dakota who has not issued a mask mandate actually is letting people who are infected with the virus, who are health care workers, who are asymptomatic, thats how concerned how low theyre running on health care professionals. All of this, a massive surge to get people to stay indoors as you mentioned, the numbers have been through the roof every day and theyre growing and they show no signs of slowing down, shep thanks, miguel. Mental health is suffering, especially in kids, isolated and lonely visits from five to 11yearolds up more than 20 over last year. Its more than 30 for kids between 12 and 17. It could obviously get worse as we enter a dark winter cnbcs Contessa Brewer with how you parents can help your children cope with covid reporter in anaheim, california, tanya is keeping a close eye on her teen daughters. I started to look at behavioral issues, isolated in their rooms too long, not talking with anyone. With everyone at home all day every day, anxietys high. Sfw the stress kind of kept piling on. I was kind of upset in the middle of quarantine stressful for some families, catastrophic for others. We are seeing an increase in Mental Health problems in children, depression and suicidal thoughts. Ask questions, how are you feeling, what are you thinking then really listen observe behavior and changes to it and then set an example be get outside, exercise and ask for help when the rubber meets the road like it has for a lot of parents, you have to sort of prioritize, right, and you have to take care of yourself so that you can take care of your kids the experts we talked to told us today sometimes people are embarrassed about talking about Mental Health, especially the potential for suicide or selfharm. These are tough conversations. But look, shep, we can never solve what we do not face. Its a fact contessa, schools are so often the first line of defense. What are they doing . Well, ive asked around the country, or land oaf schools asking teachers to evaluate all their students kind of screening and then send people to intervene in person when necessary. In los angeles, the schools there launched a hotline staffed with Mental Health professionals. In clark county, this is nevada, las vegas, they set up a task force to find more than 100,000 kids who just fell off the grid in march they had a call center and had people go door to door they found the vast majority of them they started a Pilot Program in 11 schools in 1 schools that ofe inperson intervention and growing calls to allow president elect biden in on security briefings already the message from top democrats, time to face the truth the election is over, it wasnt close President Donald Trump lost. Democrats call out republicans for denying reality. How playing politician with the peaceful transition at power is putting americans at risk. Long lines, supply shortages and covid results that take too long to help. Inside our testing failure a new stayathome advisory infections spiking, lockdowns and restrictions increasing. We dig into the realities of this new covid economy the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith back in 60 seconds along with the recipes. 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I would any especially on the classified briefings the answer is yes i just think its part of the transition, and if in fact he does win in the end, i think they need to be able to hit the ground running incredible, right he did win and that requires planning and information to get it together, but not one of those gop senators has recognized president elect biden for what he is, president elect and then theres the money, the Trump White House is blocking millions and millions in federal transition funds, plus meetings with agencies and classified briefings that an incoming president needs. Kayla tausche covering the biden transition kayla . Reporter good evening, shep. Today president elect biden held no Public Events and traveled to his beach home where hell spend the next several days. In the five days he secured enough electoral votes to win the presidency, his vote totals have only increased. And his team said that he are investigating all means to unlock Necessary Services and facilities and 6. 3 million in funding. Back then the two administrations were fighting a deepening economic crisis, but chris lu, who ran the obama transition, then said critical continuity right now is important. Were in the middle of a pandemic and the policies right now that the trump situation are pursuing on the pandemic will have to continue beyond january 20th so you would want to make sure that theres cooperation and collaboration and that this handoff next january is as seamless as possible without a formal designation, the Biden Harris Team cannot access classified information, cannot process security clearances, must raise outside money for staffing and cant formally meet with outgoing officials, though each agency sets its own protocol there. President elect biden has been holding calls with heads of state, including just today with pope francis, even without the facilitation that historically comes from the state department where congratulatory notes from foreign leaders are said to be piling up. More than 150 National Security officials have written to the gsa urging the agency to declare biden the winner saying the further delay compromises the readiness and continuity of our national leadership. A Top White House aide telling nbc news that President Donald Trump is very aware there is no path to victory, but he thinks his supporters deserve a fight. President donald trump hasnt spoken publicly in a week but hes been very active on the twitter machine, making claims of voter fraud and vote getting switched without any evidence of any kind the federal committee in charge of screening our elections came out with a forceful official statement a short time ago they say the november 3rd election was the most secure in American History and they say there is no evidence that any voting system, deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised and it went on americans should have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections. Its all there the president keeps making fraud claims and before judges they finally admit theres no evidence of fraud. It repeating ov its repeating over and over if is, shep theyre continuing to mount their battles. In a Conference Call with reporters, they laid out how they were going state by state they said this is going to be a process so Everyone Needs to be patient. Theyre not showing any signs of backing down as you know, every time they get into court and theyre put on the spot under oath to say whether or not there was fraud here or whether the claims are backed up with evidence on another issue, they consistently are shown to be nothing there. And yet the president were told from people who are in the white house, outside advisers, is insistent that in continues forward and doesnt show any signs hes willing to back down soon there are two lanes on twitter, carol, theres the lane thats the fraud and votes and the other lane is just an attack on fox news. That was his favorite place for the longest time is there any truth to this constant swirl of speculation about him starting a Media Company or something yeah, i mean, axios had a great report today about how people were thinking he would want to do a television network, something cable to compete with fox but now hes looking more in the digital space, something streaming that could be cheaper and easier to do but he is really upset with fox. Not just him, shep, but the people who work for him. Its been building for some time for the president on election day morning when he did that interview with fox friends he said fox news was one of the biggest things that changed for him. Then when they made that call for arizona, even when that turns out to be right, it will still have been the wrong call at the time and the president seems really out to get revenge there and wants to compete with fox. I heard what you are did there. Even when its right, its wrong from the president of the United States the newly elected members of the house of representatives are up on capitol hill today they call it freshman orientation, traditional they get a crash in all things washington and the most women ever, 140 women, including 35 republican women, another record, after a shop drop in gop women elected back in the mid term so whats changed . Cnbcs ylan mui has the story. She became the first woman to graduate from the citadel, a Military College shes now the first republican woman South Carolina has ever elected to congress. In the Political Climate today, people dont want b. S they want authenticity, somebody who is real. Reporter gop leaders expect this freshman class will double their number of female lawmakers. Every democratic incumbent who lost, lost to a woman, minority or veterans democrats are celebrating the first democratic Vice President and in 2018 they voted for the most diverse women ever, including 106 women. Republicans took note. I think that energized and mobilized republican women around the country i think they were inspired in some ways by the success of Democratic Women and i think you saw some outside activism on the republican side. So from the farm and i absolutely intend to request to be on the Agriculture Committee because it such an important part of the seventh district to the minivan. That thing is a tank. I totalled up my mileage, it was over 60,000 miles i put on the van during the campaign from start to finish. Reporter republican women flipped eight house seats from blue to red, shrinking the democrats majority in congress and signaling a new era for the grand ol party. If we want representation and a seat at the political party, then we have to run. Doing it this year is amazing but we have to do it again in two years. Reporter now, the numbers this cycle are still in flux there are 16 house and senate races that have not yet been called or are headed for runoffs. Federal Appeals Court panel upheld the use of race in deciding admission to harvard. A group of asian students said they were discriminated. Today the judges ruled unanimously 20 against them the judge was heard by three judges in september but one died before the ruling. The decision is considered a major victory for affirmative action and could end up in the supreme court. Covid watch, testing on the rise long lines at sighttes, and conn for the holidays what does another round of lockdowns mean for your bottom line Steve Liesman is here on that. Plus kornacki. He charted us through the election, didnt he . And now hes boosting business pants on fire . 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The color, for the record, Palomino Brown it is on wall street the dow down 317 investors sold stock across the board, the s p off 35, the nasdaq down 76 record shattering Coronavirus Infections and new curbs on activity raising concerns about the health of our economy. A Christmas Tree that could really use some help and a Marathon Police pursuit in Southern California on a cnbc trip coast to coast. California, a driver with two kids in the back seat leads cops on a 130mile chase across several Counties Police say it began with a traffic stop but the driver took off, finely pulled over near long beach and jumped out of the car. After a brief chase theyre going to tackle him boom there it is. Got him on the ground. Police say the children are safe this coyote has a sweet tooth. They caught him on a doorbell camera stealing halloween county in frisco. He made several passes at the bucket until something scared it in colorado, 9yearold kye figured out how to make cash in the pandemic he likes to crochet and hes fast making bumble bees for 1 a pop, he started kys crochet creation my mom makes the dabls and my s the labels and my sister manages my profits this tattered tree sits in Fountain Square in cincinnati. People started comparing it to Charlie Browns sad looking tree as charlie put it, christmas is getting all you can get while the gettins good. Maybe santa can fix it on this cnbc trip, coast to coast. Im Shepard Smith on cnbc. Its the bottom of the hour. Now the top of the news. Covid overwhelming hospitals an straining testing sites across america. We have a chart for you. The average test per day now topping 1. 4 million. Thats up 80 from two months ago according to the covid tracking project and this is what it looks like line after line, bumper to bumper, this is los angeles, dodger stadium, drivethrough testing center, now adding hours to meet demands. Drone shots show lines of cars as far as you can see. Same thing in chattanooga where the Positivity Rate has doubled over the last three weeks. Similar reports all across the land Bertha Coombs tracking the wait tim times. At Community Health centers in connecticut, some days theyve had to close a few sites early pause they dont have enough tests 200, 300, 400 people a day coming in to almost every single one of our testing sites reporter the American Clinical Lab Association says the current coronavirus surge could mean some of the laboratories that process tests could reach capacity in the coming days and result in delayed results. Its already happening at the Pro Health Care clinics in new york city, where demand has doubled over the last week a week ago i could count on a 24hour turn around for our pcr testing. Now were seeing that increasing to 36, 48 hours. Cbs healths Field Operations chief says demand has gone from 60,000 tests per day nationally to 80,000 this week and so far test turn arounds remain in line but with more people seeking tests before thanksgiving, rite aid is warning customers tush arou turn around time could take from three to five days. It doesnt help if you have your test on wednesday and then you find out friday evening you went to thanksgiving dinner with the virus. Reporter here at city md, its a local urgent care center, Officials Say that they are prioritizing people who are sick, because they also want to make sure they get those people tested and can do Contact Tracing following. So people who are asymptomatic, shep, and want to get tested for travel may find longer lines, longer waits and maybe longer waits for test results and were two weeks away from thanksgiving bertha, thank you eight months in and testing is still a big problem the dean of the Brown University school of Public Health, dr dr. Jha, weve known this was coming for months. Why is there still a testing problem . Shep, thanks for having me on this is unbelievable we have known this is coming for six months and since march all of us have been saying we need a National Testing infrastructure where we can be doing millions of tests a day. We have 300 million americans. There has not been the left of investment and real debate in the white house about whether we want to make testing for the american people. My take is there should be no debate widespread testing is critical to controlling the virus but thats not the white houses view is there a way to fix it . Why is it so critical for Contact Tracing and testing . If we had widespread testing available, we could test on an ongoing basis. If you tested positive, you would isolate and you wouldnt infect others. There are a lot of companies that can make tests, but they need to know theres going to be somebody there to pay for it we need the federal government involved we need a partnership between the private sector and the Public Sector and the Public Sector has been largely missing from this. Yesterday a coronavirus advisor to the president elect said we need a fourtosixweek lockdown to fix this then he walked it back and dr. Fauci said maybe we dont need it. Whats your take, dr. Jha . I expect the doctor who said that i dont fwrae wiagree with thatr we dont need a full lock double play we learned a will the abolot abs virus. We do need to curtail Indoor Dining, gilyms, ka seecasinos. Dining outside is safe a full lockdown is not what i would hrecommend. But Indoor Dining at thanksgiving could send a real spiral, isnt it i love thanksgiving this year were not doing it because i want to be able to see them aroundne next year people have to be very, very careful this thanksgiving. Dr. Jha, thank you. Doctors tell us covid will wreck the Health Care System if we dont get the pandemic under control and if that happens, it will further choke the economy 10 million jobs remain lost since the pandemic struck. Steve liesman is here. What kind of damage to the economy as the runaway virus is forcing all these shutdowns . Shep, i think its really quite serious. If you look at where weve been and where we are now, you know, we fell by 1. 9 trillion of gdp or Economic Activity and came back 1. 2 we start this latest resurgence already in the hole by 700 billion. You could have lockdowns, they could become wider and the Economic Impact would be worse if it takes place in the cities, could you have consumers voluntarily cutting back on some of the things theyve recently been venturing out for this happens with no stimulus on the way and current stimulus running out. What stimulus would be necessary so people could pay their bills and get the economy going . You could start off with unemployment benefits. We have people whose benefits are running out right now and theyre applying for extended benefit for 13 weeks state and local governments could be firing people as they move to be within their law of a balanced budget. Anything to support Consumer Spending its vital for the retail histo industry and overall economy Steve Liesman, lets hope thanks so much this is brand new former president obama has spoken out to cbs news addressing the unfounded claims by President Donald Trump of Election Fraud and the transition delay republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are humoring him in this fashion. It is one more step in delegitimizing not just the Incoming Biden Administration but democracy generally. And thats a dangerous path. President obama sitting down for a series of interviews to promote his new book, which will detail his time in office. Uber and lyft with a victory that could really impact labor laws all across america. What they spent and how they did it plus what can scare off a bear its a bear alert. How about a monster robot wolf monster robot wolf is a thing ghen we go around the world in eit seconds. The facts the truth. 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No paid vacationstur turns out the companys helped create that law themselves jacob ward has a look with how that happened. Reporter in california, Gig Economy Companies have written a new law to suit themselves, spending the most money ever on a california ballot proposition passing last week with 58 of the vote Companies Like ub exlyft rand instacart spent more than 200 million to gather support for proposition 22, which exempt them interest a law that would have turned their drivers into employees. It was very bad for the drivers and riders and bad for your company. And bad for our company it guarantees minimum wage. Drivers on a 61 margin prefer being an independent contractor torefor an employee we were able to add benefits, health care, disability and protections and insurance to independent contractors that we werent able to provide before without making individuals employees. Reporter they dont get paid time off, sick days or Unemployment Insurance that could save these companies 20 on employees costs as independent contractors, Legal Protections will be more difficult for employees. I feel manipulated and disrespected i love the work i fell in love with the human race doing this. I stayed a driver for a while despite the decreases in pay reporter he says proposition 22 will make it impossible to earn a living driving full time. Theyre trying to push it down into a minimum wage job, you should get paid by tips. Reporter driver pay has fallen for years lyft gained 1. 8 billion in market value the day after proposition 22 passed. Is it fair to have Companies Like your essentially setting labor law across the country no, its not the role of a company to set labor laws. I wish you could get all money out of politics and just have good conversations theres money and influence on both sides. 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Well, its starting people afraid theyll run out of basic supplies because of covid as the surge increases dont do it resist the urge to stock up on toilet paper, please panic buying again what Grocery Stores are doing to stop a second wave of covid hoarding plus, countdown to thanksgiving. How airlines are preparing for the busiest travel week since the ndicpaem began announcer youre watching the news with Shepard Smith right here on cnbc ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. Whoohoo great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health. Coto build a house, you need ary ststrong foundation. [music playing throughout] the same is true for building a business. Blackowned businesses are an integral part of americas foundation. They lay the groundwork for other black businesses like mine that turns concrete into something beautiful. Im kimberley robles, and im the owner and founder of robles concrete design. The Citi Foundation is helping our Community Partners facilitate more loans to blackowned businesses. The ivy league just cancelled all Winter Sports for the upcoming season. They made the announcement about an hour ago. The decision means eight schools will not compete at the ncaa level this winter. That includes basketball and hockey with the virus raging across the country, they said they made the move to safeguard the health and safety of the student athletes theres a debate happening all across america right now what to do for thanksgiving. Two weeks away kids want to see grandma but were also breaking coronavirus records left and right the cdc reports travel increases the chance of getting and spreading covid19 its that simple airports, bus stations, rest stops, all places where you can be exposed to the virus. Of course staying home is the safest option but is anyone going to do it phil lebeau now. What does the data tell us big travel for turkey or no . There will be big travel. Youre looking at about 50 Million People thats down about 10 compared to last year biggest drop year over year since going back to the recession in 2008. But the overwhelming majority of people, theyre going to be driving. The decline in driving is just 4. 7 bottom line is this. Its thanksgiving and people want to get on the road. Hey, phil, what about air trav travel do people feel safe flying it is safe. Youre going to see the busiest week for the airlines since before the pandemic. However, southwest was out today saying in the last couple of weeks we have noticed a slowdown in the number of bookings. It may be, shep, some people are saying lets rethink if were going to take a particular trip on an airplane is it mostly domestic, mostly overseas where are they going mainly domestic the hot spot right now is florida. Oag crunched the numbers these are Airline Seats headed to florida from the beginning of september to thanksgiving, its up 92 airlines have added a slew of flights there. Heres how great the demand is, shep Alaska Airlines adding flights from the west coast to florida even people on the west coast are saying i got to get out of town, im going to florida sunshine and palm trees phil lebeau, thank you in another sign of the times, Grocery Stores are bringing back purchase limits. Remember the run on paper good and Hand Sanitizer kroger reports its a pro active measure, publi reports growing demand reporter many stop and shops across the northeast wont allow you to buy more than two packages of toilet paper or paper towels many are stocking up im starting to i cant help it. Reporter this mother of two is taking no chances after watching basics like cleaning supplies and flour vanish from the shelves earlier this year, shes stockpiling it almost is like a panic you have to be abe to take care of people in your household. Reporter within the last month, sales of basics are rising again along with covid cases. Toilet paper is up 23 from last year paper towel sales rose 27 and purchases of frozen food up 19 . Theyre still not at the sky high levels we saw in march and april. General mills, maker of cinnamon toast crunch and Betty Crocker says demand has remained strong since the spring we didnt see a real reprieve certainly in march and april we saw pantry loading but our demand has been strong since then reporter to keep up, grocery chains are doing their own stockpiling. Companies like smuckers feel more confident they can meet increased demand this time around, taking steps to adjust clorox is shipping over 1 million wipes day while boosting production consumers like kristy would rather be safe than sorry. For me its being prepared for ourselves and trying to help our loved ones stay afloafloat. Reporter two weeks before thanksgiving in normal times means more people are buying and baking and cooking at home i heard from tyson foods it was one of the biggest meat producers of the country amid a surge of cases from its workers at meat plants and tragically some deaths, it said it has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on safety precautions so it does not happen again, shep they say they are ready for the second wave. Sara eisen, see you on closing bell tomorrow. Holidays will look a little different this year. New york citys Christmas Tree chopped down and on its way. 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