The information is not coming from the people who matter most. Plus, six months in space. Tonight meet the astronaut whos been there, done that. And good evening its rare that we get from the government an unfiltered uncensured true view of whats going on with coronavirus. Nbc just got one the White House Coronavirus task forces latest report delivers a sobering assessment of the pandemics trajectory. It describes aggressive, unrelenting, expanding, Broad Community spread across america thats getting worse, not better the task force reports efforts to stop covid are inadequate and the curve must be flattened to sustain the Health System for both covid and noncovid emergencies. In short, the virus is out of control, the Emergency Health care system is in danger of collapse and the white house knows it the task force is alerting thanksgiving can make things worse urging the states to warn their people not to gather, to wear face coverings and socially distance, the report dated on sunday and now governors and mayors from across pennsylvania to california are ramping up covid restrictions the United States now adding roughly 155,000 new cases every day. Johns hopkins reports weve been topping more than 100,000 a day for the past two weeks the number of americans in hospitals is the highest ever recorded in this pandemic, more than 73,000 just yesterday thats from the covid tracking project. And while there is good news to report on the vaccine front tonight, dr. Fauci warns, now is the time to double down on safety measures. Given the fact that weve been fortunate enough that the science has given us unless two and likely more vaccines that are highly effective there is light at the end of the tunnel i use the metaphor the cavalry is on the way which means rather than give up on Public Health measures we should say now that we see the end in sight, now is the time to double down. Double down ohio is one of the states taking new steps to slow the virus and its rapid spread Governor Mike Dewine announcing an overnight stayathome order from 10 00 p. M. To 5 00 in the morning and says it will begin thursday and last for at least three weeks. In iowa the governor called mask mandates a feel good measure now shes putting a partial one in place iowas in big trouble. The Positivity Rate there more than 50 now the governor warns if people dont do better the states Health Care System will fail in california, some of that is already happening. The governor there gavin newsom rolling back reopening plans after daily cases there doubled in the past ten days all 41 counties shown here in purple under the states strictest covid rules. Thats more than 94 of the states population houses of worship, restaurants and gyms in those counties ordered to shut down for move outdoors cnbcs aditi roy is live there what about the schools reporter good question, here at Lincoln High School many of the 1800 students in attendance were looking forward to the possibility of going back to school in person starting january 5th but now all of that has been put on hold, in fact, today was the deadline that parent had to let the school know whether they were opting for inperson instruction or going back to Virtual Learning which theyve been doing since march. The restrictions a surprise and disappointment to many students, parents and School Officials we anticipated that there might be an increase in covid rates over the holidays but yesterdays news was definitely tough and falling back to categories to the purple range was definitely a surprise to us and its probably going to change some of our plans postholidays. Reporter i also spoke to an official with the Oakland Unified School district. He tells me while they didnt have any concrete to open to inperson instruction this was a big blow to move to the purple tier because more than 70 of that district students are on the reduced or Free School Lunch program and, in fact, at one school there within the first two weeks of the pandemic, 80 of the students had at least one parent lose their job, 60 had two parents who lost their jobs, just staggering. Aditi, thanks. In new jersey leaders are threatening new restrictions to contain the virus. The state beat covid back for months on end but now cases are skyrocketing again, up 40 from just last week the test Positivity Rate now at a sevenday average of 9 . Health officials reported another 38 covid deaths just today, the highest total in about four months. Ron allen live in newark the Positivity Rates even worse there. Reporter it is, shep it is 20 of the last couple of days here in newark, the states largest city all day we have seen a steady line of people going into a Testing Center here. The line started forming at 4 00 a. M. In the morning which was several hours before the place was even set to open which is in some ways good news that people are testing, bad news that they have to wait so long, but thats the situation here, people are desperate to get tested the mayor here is saying that the thanksgiving holiday he may order a citywide lockdown and says it will be inevitable that people will gather for holidays and the numbers will increase, the big problem in new jersey and the cold weather, indoor small gatherings in private homes and businesses where people let down their guard and stop doing the basics and hand hygiene. So there are new restrictions in place in new jersey. Larger restaurants are closing at 10 00 p. M theyre trying to limit gatherings inside peoples homes to ten which is somewhat unbelievable and of course difficult to enforce and people will have to try and do that but its going to be a very difficult thing, again, a lot of concern about what happens after thanksgiving here in new jersey they have had 4500 new cases over the past couple of days the next thing they may shut down are Indoor Dining and Indoor Sports and the governor said he reserves the right to shut everything down not taking that off the table if the numbers keep rising. Shep. Ron allen in new jersey Pfizers Covid vaccine is one step close story getting fda approval today the companys ceo announced its vaccine achieved a key safety milestone meaning half the people in the trial have shown no major issues at all for at least two months after taking the second required dose pfizer needed to hit that milestone before being able to file for emergency use which it could do within the next few days so whats next what other vaccines are in the works . Heres cnbcs meg tirrell. Reporter as pfizer and model t prepa moderna, they are in midst of large phase 3 studies with expects ready early 2021. J j is the only one so far to test a single shot vaccine the others require two doses behind nose are novavax and sanofi with trials that could start by the end of the year they all target the coronavirus in the same way, focusing on its spike protein. But they do it slightly differently. Moderna rely on messenger rna and have been able to move the fastes fastest. The others employed a tried and true approach which takes long story develop. Success for multiple vaccines is key for large numbers of americans to get vaccinated quickly. Together they are expected to have enough supply for 20 million americans this year. Dr. Thank you very much fauci says if others are successful there should be enough for everyone in the u. S. Who wants to get vaccinated so who gets it first. A cdc Advisory Group will make the final call but the National Academies of science, engineering and medicine have laid out a framework top of the list, High Risk Health workers and First Responders then people with Health Conditions that put them at significantly higher risk and older adults living in congregant settings like nursing homes, phase two, teachers, school staff and child care workers, other critical workers in high risk settings and people in homeless shelters and prisons. Young adults and children follow and then everyone else and, shep, Health Experts say about 70 to 75 of the population has to get vaccinated in order for us to reach herd immunity and start to curve the pandemic. Were hearing the race for a vaccine is attracting really famous donors. It sure is. Dolly parton, we learned the news she had donated a Million Dollars to Vanderbilt University in april for the dolly parton covid19 Research Fund and that was used to support development of modernas vaccine she was asked about it this morning on the today show. Heres what she said. Im just so happy that anything ive done could help in any way. Back when we started the fund, i was just hoping that we might find some cures or whatever but now it looks like it might be happening. And, of course, yesterday modernas vaccine was proven to be almost 95 effective in preventing cases of covid19 shep, as i saw some brilliant person on twitter put it, it puts a whole new meaning to working 9 to 5. Rolling it out will largely fall to the next administration. It will need to get doses to hundreds of millions of american maybe more than once and convince them its safe and necessary. A massive undertaking with lots of people involved including michael osterholm. He is an Infectious Disease expert who serves on president elect biden a covid19 task force what is the role for the federal government in the rollout of a vaccine . Well, to roll out a vaccine we first have to be able to convince the public its safe and effective. And thats going to take a lot of work in terms of just public relations, Public Education campaigns, helping individuals understand why these new vaccines even though they were created very quickly, do have a lot of work thats been done to show theyre effective and safe. Our own well, dr. Fauci talked to our own Andrew Ross Sorkin about changing government listen i have been now dealing with six administrations. Transitions are extremely important to the smooth continuity of whatever youre doing. I think we need a uniform approach to this outbreak. We need some fundamental Public Health measures that everyone should be adhering to. Meaning from the top, from the federal to the state do you agree and could you list any . Absolutely. I mean the first thing, let me just emphasize that if were going to ask anyone in america whether its an individual or a company to close down or to lose a job because we want them to distance so we can stop this pandemic, we have to understand we have to take care of them you know, if youre the single mom a waitress at a restaurant that closes down and now you have two kid at home and dont know if you can feed them, its incredibly important that we support them i dont know a Small Business that doesnt want to do the right thing but if theyre hanging on by a thread so to be most impactful in terms of trying to reduce the transmission we need peoples cooperation. The way thats going to happen if we have the support to make that possible for them to do that and i think thats a major gap right now in many of these closings or other kind of forced activities were asking people to do. Michael, much of europe went into lockdown except for schools in late october to control the surge. There was a report on the daily from the New York Times. Walked back your own suggestion of a shutdown. A short one. Why . I didnt walk it down i walked it back i never said to i never recommended it it was a reported error on sororitys website that said that i said that i didnt. I laid out in august an argument for why we had to do more to actually in a sense lock down that virus then but with Financial Support and without that, you couldnt do it and so ive been just as i just stated very clear to say you wont be really very successful if we dont provide that Financial Support. Do i believe like tony that we need a set of National Standards to help governors to know what to do that would be really effective, i mean ill give an example why i realized people are trying to reduce the transmission of the virus. I dont think we have any data that says closing the bars at 10 00 is much more helpful than not closing them at all. Closing them completely down helps. We shut the whole place down and that worked. I agree with that so i think what were trying to do is understand what will make a difference the economy will shut down on its own if we see this uncontrolled transmission. If our Health Care Facilities start to fail and die in the emergency room after ten hours of waiting to get a room, youll see people refuse to go into the public at all we have to see a bunch of people dying because i mean there is another way i mean look at what belgium has done and look what happened across the continent rather than letting that happen in greece you have to text where youre going to go to walk outdoors but in the United States were dropping like flies and government is just going, be careful. I mean i dont understand it. I agree with you. I agree with you and have been saying for some time that just mask and watching hands is not enough at the same time, we want to do what is going to have an impact. I think the European Experience is a very important one. I think the experience weve seen in asia with australia, new zealand, other democracies where they have taken this compromisive approach but an example in australia why were they successful they paid people to get tested and stay home. They paid people to be part of the solution and you know what, it worked. Should we do that until we understand that its going to be a problem for us. Michael, wish you all the best on behalf of all of us. Thank you. Thank you President Trump ordering a drawdown of troops in iraq and afghanistan by january the 15th. Just five days before he is set to leave office. The Major Military move comes as President Trump and his administration refuse to cooperate and coordinate with the biden administration, the transition team. President elect biden receiving a National Security briefing today but not from the current government or the ones in charge, instead from former National Security officials. President trumps new acting defense secretary and National Security adviser did not take questions from reporters after the troop announcement four years ago President Trump ran on a promise to put a stop to americas endless wars today its announced at the pentagon President Trump is keeping that promise to the American People. Thank you very much. Have a great day thank you very much. How can you not take question. Why wont anyone in this administration take questions . Well, its a good question. The president s plan would pull out about 2500 troops from iraq and afghanistan leaving around 5,000 total on the ground. The president s fired defense secretary mark esper opposed this move directly called it too soon, dangerous and opposed by the generals sororitys eamon javers with us. Weve been expecting some sort of troop announcement. Here it is. Reporter yeah, it is, shep it had an end of an era feel at the white house robert obrien, the National Security adviser said the remaining troops in iraq and afghanistan are going to focus on things like defending u. S. Embassies and diplomats and ignoring the fact now that a new administration is coming to power in the United States in january he said that President Trump would like to see all of the remaining troops home as soon as may. Our American Allies in their Important Missions in those country, theyll defend our diplomats and theyll deter our foes just about the same time he was saying that at the white house in delaware joe biden was teleconferencing with defense and National Security experts about repairing relationships but in the short section that was opened up for report attorneys see, biden seemed as focused on putting things right here in the United States as well were going to need to reig investigate rate our democracy at home and transfer the democracy coalitions as we stand with and equip the American People to compete and succeed with the Foreign Policy that reflects their values and their needs. Reporter now, biden who is not received classified or Intelligence Briefings from u. S. Government officials wasnt briefed by anybody currently in the administration instead 13 outside advisers, they included stanley mcchrystal, the general who ironically was fired by barack obama back in 2010 for his criticism of then Vice President joe biden, also advising biden today was William Mcraven who oversaw that raid in which u. S. Troops killed osama bin laden. Eamon javers, thank you. Day trading. Its very 2020 the new people behind the new money in the market. Prior to this year i was never really interested, in fact, i was intimidated. It created a flood of new investors including this grandmother of eight direct hit the story behind the pentagons attempt to shoot down an int intercontinental ballistic mailin. Plus, lifesaving tips for the College Students headed home for the holidays the facts, the truth, the news with Central Asian shepherd back back 60 seconds. Would keep us apart. So, i talked to my doctor and learned. 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Many of them total beginners according to five top brokerage firms. Here, look at these number, nearly 4 million new accounts, just fidelity this year, 3 million for at Charles Schwab and robin hood 2 million for td ameritrade. In total more than 12. 5 million new accounts this year who are they i am a grandmother of eight i am starting my own business. During the covid crisis i found myself unemployed. Reporter these just some of the faces behind the millions of new trading accounts opened across the country during the pandemic first stop atlanta it doesnt matter who you are, what skin color, what your background is, what your education is, you create your own opportunity and no one can take that away from you dirty destiny works in marketing, the 29yearold says shes trading more than ever during the pandemic to help reduce student loan debt. Its so important for me as a black woman in america to have that skill and have that knowledge then share it with my Close Friends and family next stop, stockton, california. Prior to this year i was never really interested in fact, i was intimidated. Reporter parttime deejay Fayette Reynolds has had more free time since covid hit spending it with her grandkids and building her nest egg. I went from investing 25 into a fraction of a bitcoin to buying my first apple stock before it actually split reporter in dallas, entrepreneur mary clair opened a trading account back in march. I have decided to get more active in investing. Reporter the 30yearold said her goal is to build her save sflgz investing is important because it allows me to create greater Financial Security for my future family. Reporter last stop, winter park, florida. Where luis lives with his wife and three daughters. He was laid off from his Financial Services job. Once i was no longer employed with my company i needed to find a way to take control of the situation. Reporter now the 38yearold is trading daily to help support his family. Its always a constant process of researching, analyzing, i cant just sit in front of the computer all day even though id love to but thats not realistic with a growing family. Jim cramer is here. Amateur investing, smart way to get started. Im not so sure we should call them amateur. Younger or just beginning because is there is a pejorative i say first 10,000 should be in an index fund, particularly the s p and then you can be able to put away we call some mad money. I dont want people to be gambling so to speak day trading. Thats too hard but if you start say with, you know, maybe 100 shares of a stock then you build up over time, i think its right. I listened to all those people and proud of them. I know theres a lot of people who den nate the individual and think they cant pick stocks but there is a group of people scared to death and never got into the stock market and, shep, youre making nothing in Interest Rates and commissions are zero and i encourage people to go find quality stocks that have good dividends to make some money. Stats out showed Savings Rates are huge what do people do with that money now, jim. I think that, first, obviously we dont have a lot of things to do with our money so i totally understand why people are generating more capital. I think that there are so many great companies, whether they be in the Dow Jones Industrial average or s p that are doing so well both in growth in value, dividendand Capital Appreciation that i think people should do the studying its never been easier i was in my 20s, 30s and 40s, you never had as Mitch Mcconnell information. There is a lot wellresearched people i talk ahead of this piece i spoke to some people at some of the major firms, all the firms people know and they are all saying that these younger investors are more researched, better researched, more knowledgeable than they have they have seen in generations so i applaud them. Fascinating theyre so good on the computers im not that surprised. They are. You know, this is shep, they theyve got the world at their fingertips if they want to find out ow big alphabet is, they can do research and know how to do it im proud of them. You know whey dont get were at the worst the pandemic has ever been and yet the markets are soaring. Help me understand it. Sure, it seems like a real conundrum. The tailwind head wind probability in that you look obviously right now the pandemic is a big headwind but you know what, we heard, listen to what meg said doing such a great job reporting, meg tirrell pfizer soon to be getting good news and weve got right now moderna, behind that j j glaxo, looking like the science is paying off. I think they are starting to realize maybe the market is going up because this Time Next Year well be in better shape. The stock market always looks six months forward its difficult to see anything good i know particularly because washington failed us. Looks like no stimulus these vaccines are gigantic, shep, and theyre really a positive story and thats whats turning us around. Sure hoping for next sumer. Wouldnt that be fantastic. Thank you for letting me on the show. See you in the morning on squawk on the street. Amazon about to get into drugs. Thats whats topping sororitys on the money look out, pharmacies here comes amazon. As for you belong can tap your phone and order prescriptions on amazon pharmacy. Its amazons biggest push yet to disrupt the drugstore business your medications delivered to your doorstep. They take insurance and prime members get discounts and twoday free delivery. Shares of cvs, walgreens and rite aid doing what you might expect, look at rite aid down 16 on amazons move the maker of twix, snickers and m ms snacking on healthier kind bars candy manufacturer mars buying the maker of those energy treats the New York Times report the deal is valued at around 5 billion. Teslas ceo elon musk dancing all the way to the bank. His wealth soared about 6 billion over the past 24 hours after tesla was added to the s p 500 index, forbes reports his total network is now, get this, 97 billion. Adding to his big week, his Spacex Company successfully sent four astronauts to the International Space station. Just rocket fuel for elons future on wall street, the record rally took a breather today. 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Time for the top of the news covid on the rise in 47 states the surge leading to new restrictions and new demand for testing. And this is what the testing line looked like today in chicago. Car after car bumper to bumper, the wait hours, the line nearly a mile long. Its all putting great stress on Contact Tracing which is a critic critical tool in controlling the virus, the cdcs website said its key to slowing the spread of covid19 and help protect you, your family and your community. But now some contact tracers simply cannot keep up. Heres cnbcs contessa brewer. Reporter with case numbers skyrocketing covid tracing cal centers have never been busier in new york city thousands of people to track down those who may have been exposed. We have test and traced on a huge level. Reporter community tran transmission is outpacing tracing. Health official versus given up on universe cal Contact Tracing and only investigate where high risk populations are concerned in neighboring massachusetts, Health Officials report having a hard time getting people to pick up the phone in iowa, Public Health nurses told the des moines religionster they check in on those quarantining but, quote, we know people are lying to us nevadas Covid Task Force leaders tell cnbc were at the breaking point it is too early to throw in the towel on Contact Tracing reporter instead the state is desperate to get citizens to download the digital a. M. Hoping to fill in the gaps left by human. The pure math suggests unless we get ahead of this, it is going to be virtually impossible for thousands and thousands of people every day who come into contact with this virus, we need Technology Reporter right now states are developing their own individual apps and launching them on my phone i have nevadas and floridas, new yorks but ideally, shep, you would download one app and it would communicate with all these other apps to alert you if youve been exposed. For that were going to need federal leadership contessa, thank you. New numbers out today on just how hard the travel industry has been hit by this virus, spending expected to drop by more than 500 billion this year thats from the u. S. Travel association. And spending isnt expected to recover to precovid levels for more than four years another factor that might add to the hurt, fewer people travel over thanksgiving especially if College Students stay on campus. Heres stephanie gosk. Reporter there seem to be as many plans to manage the thanksgiving holiday as there are schools coming up with them. From changing the semester calendar to going all remote after the holiday, to mandating tests before students leave. If a student comes to you today and asks for advice on what to do for thanksgiving, whats the first thing that you say to them, that student . My advice would be to stay right here we love you, well take care of you. There is no need to travel right now. Reporter the fear that they will bring it home without knowing they have it. The only thing im concerned about when i get there i will be seeing my grandparents and they are high risk so that concerns me a little bit. Reporter there is a chance students bring the virus back to campus i just am not comfortable taking a plane at this point in time. Reporter colleges and universities have been regular targeting and they found 200,000 cases and 80 deaths since last spring on campuses scenes like this one worry administers and health official, a massive celebration after notre dame won a big game. The school is mandating students get tested before returning home for the break. Among a number of schools taking that step, if the tests come back positive students will be told to stay we want to make sure as youre sending students home youre not adding to Community Spread so this is just a smart, sensible policy. Reporter guidelines discourage them from traveling home altogether and quarantine procedures are needing when they come back and anyone feeling ill should delay travel. For the news, im stephanie gosk. Well, swifties all across the country are celebrating today. Taylor swift is rerecording her first six albums hits like love story, shake it off and we are never getting back together that defined her career after a battle with Scooter Braun for rights to those albums the pop star has more than 100 songs on the billboard top 100 and nine albums that have each sold more than a million copies. Now and for the second time in more than a year the rights to many of those songs have been sold and for the second time swift is not part of the payday. Cnbcs kate rogers untangles the back story because we got bad blood reporter taylor swifts bad blood with Scooter Braun is back in the spotlight the chart topping bad blood from her 2014 album, 1989 part of her catalog of hits sold again. His Ithaca Holdings purchased the recordings rights to her six albums in 2019 at the time swift said she had no knowledge of the sale happening telling fans on social media the deal was her, quote, worst case scenario. Swift with a legion of fans or swifties like no other saw her combined more than 200 million followers on instagram and twitter rally behind her swift claims that braun has subjected her to years of bullying and manipulation. Braun said hed received Death Threats adding he wanted to rectify the situation. The catalog is now in the hands of private equity firm shamrock capital. Swift said she again didnt know the sale was happening and cant support the deal as braun will continue to benefit financially. While its not always common for artists to own the rights to their masters she allowed fans to see behind the curtain. If anyone can successfully rally the fans it is taylor. Shes able to, you know, change the culture of the Music Industry whether thats through streaming deals or masters rights conversations based on the power of her fandom that shes been building for years reporter taylor swift ever the business woman said she has begun to start to rerecord her old catalog. Its welcome news for fans who continue to watch her and see her speak out not only on the inner workings but within politics speaking out and endorsing a president ial candidate for the first time in joe biden. Kate, thank you breaking news out of the white house. President trump has just fired christopher krebs, the director of the federal Election Security agency that repeatedly vouched for the accuracy of the 2020 election it called 9 election the most secure ever and directly contradicted the president s false claims of voter fraud. He tweeted the firing 30 minutes ago saying his recent statement was highly inaccurate. That, of course, is not true and neither are the other claims the president made in that tweet and others that followed twitter almost immediately flagged the president s tweets as disputed. And this move comes as the president still has not recognized the victory of now president elect joe biden, another firing at the white house. The second oldest member of the United States senate tested positive chuck grassley, the 87yearold iowa senator saying late today hes feeling good and will keep working from home under quarantine senator grassley is president pro tem of the senate meaning he is third in line of session to the presidency on top of covid Hurricane Season is still with us and roaring hurricane iota is the 30th named storm of the season and would you look at this it just slammed Central America as a very strong almost category 5 storm but a strong 4 the damage described as catastrophic well take you there next. Plus, those brave astronauts made it to the space station their mission is just beginning. So what do they do up there when theyre not working . The facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Back in 90 seconds ver there going once. Going twice. Sold dont get mad get e trade and get more than just trading investing. Banking. Guidance. To give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you dont. [grunting noise] ill take that. Woohoo 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. Ensure max protein. With nutrients to support immune health. Hurricane iota slammed into Central America as a strong category 4 storm hitting colombia and nicaragua with 150mileanhour winds the National HurricaneCenter Reports it has weakened over land but the rain is relentless and could cause deadly landslides in nicaragua Authorities Say more than 100,000 people have no electricity and no running water. This family was waist deep in water inside their own home heavy rains caused rivers to oversfl overflow and this captures the aftermath. Rescuers evacuated patient there is luckily nobody got hurt. Iota comes two acts after hurricane eta hit nicaragua, also a cat 4 in almost the exact same place eta triggered flash floods and mudslys that killed at least 120 people a wintry scene at a shrine and a massive volcano eruption as we go around the world in 80 seconds. Italy, the stromboli volcano off the coast of sicily erupts a giant cloud of ash and lava rush down the mountainside thermal cameras from an Italian Research institute captured this image of the high intensity blast. The volcano is one of the most active on the whole planet china, a british diplomat jumps into a river to rescue a drowning College Student the uk government tweeting this video. In it the count sol general jumps in and swims toward the junk woman someone tosses a life saver. Ellison carries the woman towards it about a half dozen people helped pull them to the river bank. India, temperatures dropping and snow falling creating a Winter Wonderland at this temple visitors enjoying their final di at the shrine. Outer space. Welcome to the iss. The spacex crew dragon docked safely with the International Space station. The four astronauts joining three others who have been there since last month its the first time the iss has hosted seven people at once. Total of seven. Its causing a scramble for beds for now the captain is sleeping in the capsule as we go out of this and around the world in 80 seconds. A big mission ahead for those astronauts aboard the International Space station. Theyre expected to be there for six months the mission includes experiments and space walks to update the space station and repair the exterior leroy chau now is a former astronaut, International Space station commander. So great of you to be here thank you. Great to be with you. How hard is that initial transition the initial transition into space, you know, the first time did a little surprising. Youre instantly dizzy, fullheaded feeling and disoriented but with each subsequent flight it gets easier and easier once you get up to the iss, it is exciting to get the hatch open and go inside, see how big it is and, you know, reconnect with your buddies that have been on the station for awhile. Ive always wondered. Weve talked before but always wonder what had do you do when youre not working you cant work every second of every day. What are you doing youre scheduled down to the minute including breaks and then after what do you do on a break its not like you can catch a movie or go to the dairy queen. We have a good Movie Library on board with a lot of dvds and things like that we have snacks on board so you can have a movie night here and there once youre off duty but you have the workload. Your schedule is planned down to the minute but you do have free time at the end of the day. Japanese astronauts up there as well. How does the communication work and how is that camaraderie built and how important is it . Well, its very important, of course, the crew has to be cohesive, crews are not just thrown together at random. The russians learned early on that doesnt work. You have to put crews together thoughtfully and give the commander a lot of input on who is on the crew and so different cultures make it very interesting and very rich. I was fortunate enough to fly every one of my missions with international astronauts, japanese astronaut, russians, of course, trained with europeans and it was a great experience and were all flyers and so we have that common bond and we instantly can kind of communicate with each other. Jealous when you see them up there or have you had enough you know what, im very happy for them ive spent over 229 days in lower earth orbit so kind of like eating a big meal im still full but if i had a chance to go to the moon or mars you bet id jump at it. 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Rather than doing something full scale they might pull out a bathroom to save 15,000 or 20,000. Reporter so some are scaling back their remodeling projects in order to afford them but others are just biting the bullet especially as we face a long, tough winter ahead, spent mostly at home for those looking to buy a newly built home a lot are starting to get priced out, shep diana, thanks so what is your dream home a stalling ranch in colorado, a sick penthouse in new york well, check out this a mansion in beverly hills, set to become the most expensive listing ever to hit the Auction Block and its going to the highest bidder tomorrow. The asking price, 160 million the nine acre estate, the billionaire owner listed in 2018 for a reported 165 million heres the backyard. It has a little Swimming Pool there and a tiny little walking trail. There is a tennis court you cant even see and look at this driveway coming up where is it . 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Clooney, his assistant and a couple of friends shocked security guards stuffing all the money, all 20 into 14 tumi suitcase, one of the recipient, rande gerber. George begins to say, listen, i want to you guys to know how much youve meant to me and how much you mean to me in my life i came to l. A. , i slept on your couch. Im so fortunate in my life to have all of you and i couldnt be where i am today without all of you so it was really important to me that while were still all here together, that i give back, so i want you all to open your suitcases. We opened it up and its a Million Dollars in 20 bills he confirmed its all true so why did he do it cloobeck telling gq his friends always helped him. It seemed like appropriate payback. 60 seconds left on a race to the finish President Trump has now fired the department of Homeland Security cybersecurity chief after he said that there was no evidence that voting systems were manipulated and there wasnt a new and dire warning from the White House Coronavirus task force. There is now and quoting, aggressive unrelenting, expanding, Broad Community spread of covid across the country. The task force sent that report to state officials across the land telling them current mitigation efforts are inadequate and President Trump ordering a drawdown of troops in iraq and afghanistan by the 15th of january. Just days before he leaves office and joe biden takes over and now you know the news. For this tuesday, november the 17th, 2020, im Shepard Smith. Following us on twitter on the newsoncnbc and by all mean follows the fauci, as always, shark tank is next nt will face sharks. 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