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Home people in low Income Countries can benefit. Astrazeneca, now the third vaccine proving highly effective. Tonight, how this ones different. The challenges, the time line and when americans can expect a shot in the arm. Large crowds, and gatherings of people is just not something we can do this year. Plus, the macys thanksgiving day parade, covid style. A sneak peek at what it takes to keep the holiday tradition alive. Live, from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith. And good evening, after weeks of blocking the biden transition, the Trump Administration backed down late this afternoon and is now allowing it to begin emily murphy, the administrator of the General Services administration signed off on releasing federal funds and other federal resources to the now president elect bidens transition team. Murphy says she strongly believes that the law requires her to do so, and she says her decision is not based on fear or favoritism as for the timing, it happened after Michigan State Elections Officials certified president elect bidens victory in that state today. Cnbcs kayla on our top story tonight. What are we hearing from bidens team. Bidens transition will set up meetings with counter parts, taking stock of the National Security issues. The team leading the ladder announced today. The gsa ascertainment frees up access to classified briefings and a green light to submit for security clearances. Earlier today, President Trump after a rare quiet day on twitter, issued this missive saying hell keep up his legal fight but that he made the decision in the best interest of the country to recommend to murphy and his team to do what needs to be done with initial protocols for the transition but in her letter, gsa administrator emily murphy who said she received Death Threats for the delay could not have been clearer please know that i came to my decision independently, based on the law and available facts. I was never directly or indirectly pressured by any executive branch official, including those who work at the white house or gsa with regard to the substance or timing of my decision to be clear, i did not receive any direction to delay my determination. The move comes after a turning of the tide among republican lawmakers who have been urging the transition to begin and after hordes of industry leaders, including many have supported Trump Administration policies have urged the white house and gsa to make this ascertainment clear, and one notable person who has been echoing calls, shep, one of President Trumps closest con i confidants, steve schwarzman. Well be very much more on the president elects transition team, and specifically, new members of his cabinet again thats coming up in just a moment three days out from tli thanksgiving, Public Health officials have the next three days to convince americans to stay home, three days to slow what could be a dramatic rapid spread of infections the United States has recorded we have been averaging 1,500 deaths a day over the past week. The highest since may. For context, thats an average of more than one death every minute for the past week and while the cdc has urged people not to travel for the holiday, long crowded lines have been reported at major airports. More on that from chicagos ohare in a moment but first a breakthrough on the vaccine front, astrazeneca announcing late stage data shows its vaccine cwas on average 70 effective in preventing the virus. Thats not the whole story researchers say the trial looked at two dosing regimens, one was 90 effective when patients received a half dose followed by a full dose at least a month later. The other was 62 effective. When people got two full doses a month apart. Combined, the results showed an average efficacy rate of 70 , but think of it. If a half then a whole works, thats what theyll do the half dose was never supposed to work in the first place, an error that turned out to be a fortunate one. A cdc subcommittee met today to discuss vaccines, the conversation included side effects and how those should be communicated to the public cnbcs meg tirrell covered science and medicine meg, this new vaccine could be cheaper and easier to distribute is that right . Yeah, thats right, shep. It could be. Oxford and astrazeneca have established a price of less than 4 a dose, compared to 15 oar 20 for pfizer and moderna the vaccine doesnt have to be kept super cold. It will be simpler to distribute, particularly to rural areas. Its not clear the vaccine will have an easier time getting through the fda, at least from these results. Studies in the u. K. And brazil the fda may want to see more data from the u. S. Trial the pfizer and moderna vaccines could be a few weeks from the fdas green light. Mo under the most aggressive time line, the first shots could be going in peoples arms by december 12th. Then the question is who gets those first doses. A cdc Advisory Group outlined a proposal that puts health care workers, essential workers, adults with high risk medical conditions and the elderly first. The government estimates there will be enough doses for 20 million in december, and 25 to 30 million each month after that how soon people not in the priority groups can get vaccinated depends on more vaccines working dr. Anthony fauci said by spring and early summer, most americans should have access. Separately, the fda granted emergency authorization for regeneron, an antibody drug that was given to President Trump, and this to help you, once you have it and not get so sick. How significant is this . Yeah, it could be an important advance. You know, its an antibody drug made by regeneron, and the first medicine the president was said to have received after he was diagnosed with covid19. The drug was cleared for people in the same situation, for use as soon as possible after diagnosis, and its specifically for people at high risk for severe disease those with obesity, chronic kidn kidney disease, those older than 65 and others in high risk groups, and thats because supply is constrained here hhs secretary, alex azar says the government will have 30,000 doses to ship tomorrow, enough for 30,000 people, and regeneron will have enough for 80,000 people this month, 300,000 by the end of january, and given the numbers of people being diagnosed with covid every day, thats not going to be enough. Certainly not meg, thank you Americas Health care workers need all the help they can get hospitalizations are up for 29 days in a row. Over that time, the number of people hospitalized for the virus has doubled. According to the covid tracking project. The Top Health Official in pennsylvania says that state could run out of icu beds within weeks. The states Positivity Rate has now spiked to over 10 and take a look at the front pages from the weekend the El Paso Times reporting on the deadly truth about covid the National Guard deploying troops there to help move bodies of covid victims into freezer trucks the situation so bad that El Paso County is hiring inmates at 2 an hour to cart away the dead and the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports there are no beds anywhere in the state the crisis also taking a toll on ambulance workers overwhelmed by the surge in patients. Nbc news ellisonbarber live in st. Paul what are ems workers there facing these days . Well, shepard, they say the calls just keep coming they have not really had a moment to even breathe and as we see the numbers rise, the hospitalizations go up paramedics tell us they are getting more and more calls every day from people having covid like symptoms. The state of minnesota actually asked the federal government to send them staffed ambulances from out of state and they got 25 of them on friday the state says that they will use those ambulances to transfer patients from one hospital to another in an effort to ease hospital bed capacity concerns and free up local ems to respond to other emergencies so we spent the day talking to paramedics and doctors at hospitals in the area, trying to get a better sense, a better understanding of what theyre dealing with, and what theyre seeing heres a little bit of what we heard. Really, our hospitals have turned into airports that need to take care of a certain amount of people but theyre a little bit, we need to treat them like travelers. We need to get them from where theyre starting, which is maybe not healthy, to a destination of healthy and safety to do that, were having to move patients a lot more, and our ambulances have turned into the airplanes to make sure that when there is a bed available, it might not be at the hospital you want, might not be in the city you want you need that to get better and our ambulances need to be there to get you where you need to be. The fire chief with st. Pauls Fire Department told me they are currently going out on about 15 to 20 calls for covid like symptoms every single day one paramedic i spoke to says he has been out on a hundred calls since the pandemic started for those exhibiting covid like symptoms, and those are not people that are asymptomatic, and test positive for covid19, and they are under a lot of stress, and every day it seems to get worse. Ellison barber in st. Paul. The virus gripping those inside americas hospitals, its just crazy now. New today, the Cleveland Clinic reports, 970 care givers are out due to covid think of that. Triple the number from two weeks ago. The hospital in a region where cases are on the rise. On the left, you see the daily cases have jumped since september. On the right, same for hospitalizations, adding about 35 patients every day. Kelly hancock is with us now shes the Cleveland Clinics chief care giver officer, thank you so much for being here you know, thinking through this, im like if the Cleveland Clinic, i mean, its the Cleveland Clinic, and theyve got 960 people they cant keep safe to treat patients i dont know whats coming for the rest of us youre absolutely right good evening, thanks for having us as we have seen the increased number of cases rise in the state of ohio, we had a record today. We saw nearly 12,000 new cases in the state of ohio of covid positive patients, when you think about the increase and the hospitalizations that that results in, its incredible. And as you mentioned, were experiencing close to a thousand of our care givers, who have been affected by covid19, and unable to come in and care for those patients luckily for us, you know, in northeast ohio, we have a Large Health System here, and we have adequate bed capacity but we really need to ensure that our care givers, you know, are able to come in to work and care for those patients who have covid19 as well as our other patients that have clinical conditions. Are you reaching a point where doctors and nurses are sick at such numbers that its going to be difficult to get the care that people at Cleveland Clinic are used to getting. Right now, we have adequate staffing, were able to mobilize our care givers to the area where theyre needed most, and meet freedom throughout the day to assess the situation for most care givers and the bed capacity. I see your numbers, and we remind ourselves every day these arent numbers these are human beings who are suffering mightily, and there are more than 1,000 human beings in intensive care in your state alone for the first time for this pandemic. Its one thing if were able to get it under control and bring the numbers down thats not happening the numbers are going up, and in a position like yours, i just wonder how concerned you are, not about tomorrow but a couple of weeks after thanksgiving, where in the world were going to be. Were deeply concerned about the rising cases, and particularly for our care givers, the power is with us right now, as members of our community, we can take this into control. We have to listen to our Public Health officials we have to assure that we adhere to the Safety Measures wearing a mask we know that wearing a mask helps slow the spread of the disease and wearing it appropriately, over the nose and mouth. The social distancing is important, making sure we dont, particularly with the holidays coming up, go to large gatherings and of course frequent hand wash, all of this is concerning for all of us, and we need to do all of this to keep our care givers at work. Kelly hancock at Cleveland Clinic, all the best to you and heroes across the country. Thank you, which kelly. President elect biden as we mentioned earlier is announcing cabinet picks, a whole list to lead National Security and Foreign Policy teams some of the nominees are making history. Many of the faces familiar from the obama administration, secretary of state, tony blinken was president obamas deputy secretary of state bidens pick for National Security adviser, Jake Sullivan helped broker the Iran Nuclear Deal alejandro mayorkas, lead the department of Homeland Security. He was born in cuba, served as president obamas deputy dhs secretary. If confirmed, avril haines, will serve director of National Intelligence the president elect bringing back john kerly. This time hell be the Climate Change czar under biden. Secretary kerry. And president elect biden has chosen janet yellen to be the tre treasury secretary, she would be the first woman to fill the seat ali vitali, what do these picks say about the biden administrations direction here . Reporter that a premium is being put on expertise and having been in these spaces before everyone who was announced today has some prior government or diplomatic experience to speak of when they come into the roles, this is not the first time they are getting into the space of being in government. Janet yellen, for example, former fed chair now being place instead a potentially historic position as head of the treasury she is going to be someone who placates a few different parts of the democratic party, both progressives and moderates, and she has a tall order in front of her as she tries both to get the economy back on track amidst an ongoing pandemic and as she tries to tackle larger agenda items for democrats, such as closing the wealth gap that has been so persistent in this country. Joe biden today making those picks public, but also acknowled acknowledge as he appeared in wilmington, just because the picks are out does not mean the process is anywhere close to over these people still have to be Senate Confirmed listen do you expect republicans to put up any significant roadblocks to your nominations are you kidding me . Whyd you go with National Security first because its National Security. Reporter so this road is a little bit easier now, because as you mentioned, that letter of ascertainment, that long awaited letter that will allow them to officially begin the transition has finally been transmitted to the biden team that means they can officially begin talking with people in the agency, and also that the all important process of background checks can begin because a lot of people, although they have been in government before and have seen high security clearances already, that is a process that needs to take place before they can get into office in january and hit the ground running. Thank you so much despite the pleas, the numbers, the stories, many people are still not following fauci. Airports packed with thanksgiving travelers but there is something people are doing a lot of from home people will spend, but much of it will be done online. The nightmare before christmas. Just how delayed will your Christmas Gifts be this year how a new covid experience in the hometown of the beatles could hold the secret to reopening cities in america. Put it up your nose until you feel a little bit of resistance. The story behind this unbelievable car crash. Ws the facts, the truth, the woo you are busy. Working, parenting, problem solving. At new chapter vitamins weve been busy too. Innovating, sourcing organic ingredients, testing them and fermenting. Fermenting . Yeah like kombucha or yogurt. And we formulate everything so your body can really truly absorb the natural goodness. Thats what we do, so you can do you. New chapter wellness, well done. Weshlthe pandemic is not ge in the way of holiday shop forecasting that people will spend more money this season than last. Somewhere between 3 and 5 more. Thats a lot and that means a strong end to the 2020 year for retailers. Economists say people spent less time on travel and int entertainment, why not blow it on Holiday Gifts how to deliver the toys and television and furniture on time heres cnbcs frank holland. This is what black friday used to be about shoppers rushing Big Box Stores for deals. Theres no way this year i would go near the stores. Instead of waiting online for door busters this Holiday Season gabby is shopping online for her two kids. Social distancing, i cannot imagine, is going to happen on black friday, and i just need to be safe for myself, for my family. Reporter Online Shopping from black friday to Small Business saturday to cyber monday is forecast to surge more than 35 over last year. The avalanche of online buying is expected to create major delays for shippers like fedex, ups, amazon and the post office. 7 million packages a day will have delayed delivery according to one estimate. As many as 700 million all around the world wont make it by christmas according to another. With supply chains so overwhelmed you should pick your presents as soon as possible according to the chief marketing officer of fedex weve also seen coming in from overseas that there is some inventory constraints, so if u you see that special gift you need, purchase it now. Reporter according to a new poll by deloitte, 3 4 say they are going to skip shopping in the stores all together, and do all of their shopping online last year, that number was much lower, 62 shep. A safety Group Warning about dangerous toys ahead of christmas, heres the ten worst toys from world against toys causing harm of w. A. T. C. H. , very clever the group says they contain hidden hazards, take these calico critters, watch warns children can choke on them marvel avengers, fx claw, the toy based on the block buster movie. Theres a potential for injuries to little eyes and little faces, and finally these wwe jumbo superstar fists made the list. Of course they did they allow kids to be their favorite pro wrestlers, no warnings and no cautions provided regarding the potential for blunt force or impact injuries the Toy Association represents toy manufacturers, a spokesperson told us in part that the watch list is quoting now needlessly frightening parents and care givers with misinformation before we can get to christmas, we have to get past thanksgiving millions are already traveling for the holiday as the cdc says do not travel for the holiday. The tsa screened more than 1 Million People in airports today in the u. S thats more than on any day since the pandemic began but half of what they screened this same time last year people are hoping to test negative before heading home, and theyre keeping testing sites full, long lines in tampa, denver, san francisco, los angeles, and cities and towns all across the nation. Some sites forced to close early because of high demand and lack of tests jay gray is live at chicagos ohare what have the crowds been like there today, jay hey, shep, travelers have been coming through in waves, very busy this morning, then we had a bit of a lull this evening. We had a rush. Had it not been for the mask people were wearing might have thought it was so crowded it was precovid. We have seen families traveling right now. That despite a plea from nurses, doctors, health officials, elected officials from the local level through the federal government for people to stay at home this holiday. When you talk to those who are traveling many will tell you for them, right now, months of restrictions and lock downs are just not as scary to them as the need to be with family and friends for the holiday. Thats just a much stronger draw than any fear of infection we just felt like, okay, well, it doesnt seem like its getting any better we might as well just try to have just a little bit of fun without getting sick reporter yeah, and i think an important point in all of this, shep, is the fact that this is just the first week of what traditionally is a very heavy volume Holiday Travel season we should begin to find out what its meant as far as thanksgiving travel in a couple of weeks as people are gearing up to travel again for christmas. Thanks so much, jay gray. Remember the ice bucket challenge, people pouring icy water over their heads to spread awareness for als. One of the men who helped launch the trend died over the weekend. Patrick quinn was just 37 years old. Doctors diagnosed him with als back in 2013 the disease destroys the nerve cells that control the way you move and speak, even breathe the ice bucket challenge took social media by storm, youll remember videos of celebrities, including justin timberlake, bill gates, even President Trump helped register millions of views around the world the challenge went on to raise, look at that, 220 million according to the als association. The Organization Says that challenge dramatically accelerated the fight against als, and led to brand new research 2020, the year that brought us a lot of firsts, including language, so much of that oxford couldnt narrow down to just one word of the year the phrases changing our life, next. And fancy a swab, a british citys experiment with mass Rapid Testing with results being called remarkable. Plus, months after a fast moving wind storm uprooted part of our nation, homes are still in ruins the slow moving road to recovery in the midwest you can go your own way its time you make the rules. So join the 2 Million People who have switched to xfinity mobile. You can choose from the latest phones or bring your own device and choose the amount of data thats right for you to save even more. And youll get 5g at no extra cost. All on the most reliable network. So choose a data option thats right for you. Get 5g included and save up to 400 dollars a year on the network rated 1 in customer satisfaction. Its your wireless. Your rules. Only with xfinity mobile. A tiktok copy cat thats paying users snapchat making a bet on viral videos the social media launching spotlight, a service to allow u users to share short clips get this, snap is paying more than a Million Dollars a day to users who post what they deem to be the best content. Snap wants you to spend more time on the app. Guitar center playing a sad song the biggest Musical Instrument retailers filing for bankruptcy. The company is forced to Close Many Stores with the pandemic struck the ceo says he expected to emerge from chapter 11 by some time around the end of the year. The queens gambit, netflixs most popular limited series script ever. 62 million households watched the program in the first 28 days, the story of a chess prodigy has people everywhere buying chess boards. Ebay seeing a 215 spike in sales. Goliath games, a 1,000 increase according to npr on wall street, the dow up 327 positive news on Covid Vaccines and treatments put investors in a buying mood. The s p gained 20, the nasdaq up 25 im shepard smith, on cnbc, its the bottom of the hour time for the top of the news Pennsylvanias Health secretary banning alcohol sales at bars and restaurants for just one night. Wednesday night, starting at five you cant buy booze in that state on the big night before thanksgiving until 8 00 wednesday morning. In d. C. , the mayor limiting indoor gatherings to 10 people starting on wednesday. The order caps outdoor groups at 25, los angeles county, theyre shutting down all dining at restaurants and bars as cases skyrocket. Theyre allowed to stay hoopen r takeout, drive through, and delivery thats it. The new measure starts on wednesday, and they are set to last at least three weeks. New restrictions in new york, too, cnbcs Contessa Brewer in lower manhattan. Contessa. Reporter ly thehi there, shep the governor in new york said Indoor Dining can remain open but announced more restrictions to parts of new york city and long island today. Let me show you this, all over the city, you have plywood sheds being erected replacing outdoor tents as the Colder Weather moves in businesses around the nation are trying to adapt to tougher restrictions amid record breaking new coronavirus cases. My first reaction was oh, my god, what do i tell my team . Los angeles county forbidding even Outdoor Dining for three weeks. Madeline alfano, owner of marias italian kitchen, worries about these businesses surviving. This challenge after investing hundreds and thousands of dollars to create an Outdoor Dining space its devastating, and its heartbreaking for so many Small Businesses 60 who are of color in nevada, the governor has ordered casinos to reduce capacity from 50 to 25 , as new cases top 2,000 per day. And in new york. I feel safe in the reality. Outdoor dining is beginning to resemble Indoor Dining. Nervous restaurateur are trying to keep options open as they enclose their tables for winter. A writer for the atlantic, and md certified in preventative medicine, he worries how safe it is. If you find yourself in essentially a new building with four walls and a roof and youre really enclosed with people. You have to realize that if they are infected, you will be infected and vice versa. The city tells me that these enclosed structures are permitted but if they dont keep the side walls open, and closed in like this one is, theyre going to be subject to the same 25 capacity as Indoor Dining, shep. Contessa, thanks. Have you had that visit to your favorite spot, you hear theyre about to close down because of the rising cases. A guy in cleveland did, so he paid it forward, left a hefty tip to help the workers out. The workers posted this resecei online a man walked in, ordered a beer, left a 3,000 tip on his 7 charge and told the four employees on duty at the time to split up the money they thanked him, and he said hes looking forward to when they return. The United Kingdom is ending it month long lock down next week, returning to a strict tier system the Prime Minister there Boris Johnson also says that in certain hot spots, he plans to increase mass at the time testing, like the kind theyre using in liverpool that city is part of an experiment all residents given free rapid tests, hundreds of thousands took them, and the Positivity Rate in liverpool dropped nearly 90 in one month mass testing is really important, and we cannot get it right in the United States not yet, its important because it identified not just the sick but the asymptomatic, people who feel fine and would walk around spreading the virus and wouldnt otherwise get tested reporter liverpool was the top hot spot, the lock downs emptied the streets of the beaters birthplace, and most stores are closed. Customers are now lining up at dos on it have test centers, filled with swab stations where residents can get tested for free. Put it up your nose until you feel a little bit of resistance. Shes alerted by text, receiving results in 20 minutes. My test result was negative thats good news. It will radically reduce the infection rate. We need to wait so that we can protect peoples lives and protect the livelihoods of people as well. The British Government has committed tens of billions of dollars to what it calls a moon shot testing strategy. The liverpool experiment is part of the effort and know the costs associated with the city Wide Campaign have not been calculated some scientists question whether voluntary mass Testing Programs can provide value for money or even prove effective. The benefit of a test is only in what comes after the test, and if youre still not able to Contact Trace effectively, then why are we testing at a mass level. If targeted this government approach could be replicated in u. S. It is a very effective way of identifying people who are infected and also cutting the transmission chain of the disease. This city certainly seems successful exports before and this aggressive testing approach might help shorten americas long and winding road to recovery for the news an unprecedented year leading to an unprecedented decision by Oxford English dictionary instead of one word of the year, it named several, the dictionarys president , Casper Grathwohl told us why. We chose words of the year instead of a singular word of the year, because when we looked at the evidence, there was linguistic change and upheaval that was going on that was parallel to what was happening in the rest of our lives we have hundreds of editors and lexicographers who are looking at any given moment at how english is evolving in various parts of the world what we found so interesting this year is that speck ikes in usage that point to a good candidate for word of year were happening constantly. The list includes coronavirus, it dates to the 1960s but not many had used it before covid19 a completely new term, first recorded on february 11th, then the words lock down, social distancing, and reopening all spiked as did covid iot. And then over the summer, black lives matter, and blm exploded, those becoming a rallying cry. Two more to add to the lexicon, doomscrolling, defined as the action of compulsively scrolling through bad news on social media. And finally blursday, as in what the, hell day is it, i dont even know anymore. Call it blurs day. Last year, oxford did pick just one word or really one phrase, climate emergency, no less serious than now than it was then the u. S. This year slammed by a record tying 16 climate disaster described as those costing more than a billion dollars each. In august, a derecho ripped through the corn belt, high winds and tornadoes caused 7 1 2 billion dollars in damage. One of the hardest hit areas was in iowa. More than a thousand homes destroyed in the town of cedar rapids, alone. Thats a thousand families we met one of them on the road to recovery. A powerful wind storm ripping through the midwest. 140 miles an hour gusts tearing through neighborhoods. Destroying homes meteorologists call it a derecho, and as we wreaked havoc, families from iowa to indiana, braced for the worst. Im just thinking that pray to god that the house doesnt cave in. Thankfully, the rooch stayed sturdy on the miles family home in cedar rapids. But when the couple and their three daughters emerged from the basement after the storm had passed, disbelief. We went out the back door, and it literally was like we were walking into a whole different world. While family and friends came together to help, nothing could be done to salvage their 2,000 squarefoot 100yearold house. The insurance adjuster said start paking things up you cant stay here, and that was the end of any quick answers. Three months later, virtually zero progress has been made on whats left of their home. Its hard to find people in the area who will do the demo area. Reporter the derechos path of destruction, leaving a thousand homes in desperate need of repair, creating more work than contractors in the area can handle another hurdle, the skyrocketing cost of Building Materials the Insurance Company offered 200 a square foot to rebuild. The couple says contractors tell them its not enough theyll likely have to rebuild a smaller home, and just this month, the family confronted covid firsthand. Lindsay testing positive the family hunkering down yet again. Happy birthday to you when youre dealing with the situation of the derecho and covid on top of that, loss of home with all of those scenarios, my mentality is if its this bad, there better days ahead. For now lindsay and ed expect to stay in the townhouse theyre renting. Where life marches on to better days. Demolition of the home is months away. Good news, lindsay told us just tonight that shes out of quarantine, and feeling better from covid, and luckily, the kids never got it at all well, did they or didnt they conflicting reports about whether there was a meeting between israels Prime Minister and the crown prince of saudi arabia the historic step this would be. And cars flipping over look at that a man diving out of the way. Not the scene of a hollywood movie. That is real and a stop on our tricp around the world in 80 seconds. The facts, the truth, e saudi arabia is denying reports that the Benjamin Netanyahu flew in for a secret meeting. The saudis theyll say, you know the two countries have a bitter and bloody history the covid rendezvous if it happened actually would be a historic step toward easing the tensions in the middle east. Heres nbcs chief Foreign Affairs correspondent, richard engel. Politics in the middle east are personal, often hard to understand, often with a hidden hand this is a very strange story for the last several months, even as the Trump Administration is ending up moving into its final days, it has been pushing for the arab world to recognize israel and throughout the editorials in the newspapers and the region, everyone has been asking will saudi arabia be next and it is something that israel desperately wants. Israel wants normalization with the arab World Without having to make major concessions on the ground, and give up land, give up territory, give up jerusalem. Did it happen . The israeli media says it did. During this visit on which secretary of state mike pompeo went to an israeli settlement, a jewish settlement in the west bank which much of the world considers illegal, infuriating the palestinians doing something that in the arab world would have been unthinkable in the past thulg kob now, is that a way to pressure the saudis into going along . The saudis then denied it did it happen, but the saudis didnt think the israelis would publicize it very hard to know. It shows even in the last final days, the administration is trying to drive one of its clearest Foreign Policy objectives over the finish line. A musician plays for a curious crowd and protesters set fire to a Major Political site as we go around the world in 80 seconds. Guatemala, outraged over spending cuts. Spilling into the streets. Protesters breaking into the Congress Building and lighting it on fire officers shooting tear gas in response local media say the budget slashes education and Health Care Funding and gives lawmakers money to pay for their meals china, a look at this, a crush loses control, crashing into a car, sending it rolling on to the side a man on the shoulder seen running for his life the car teeters, and falls off the highway. All five people involved sow survived Officials Say they were all wearing seat belts spain, police in madrid using drones to keep crowds in check they launched the drones after a popular flea market to open. Back in business now, with half the crowd, and eyes over head. Thailand some Furry Friends a piano player harnessing the power of music to bring attention to hungry monkeys. Visitors typically feed them covid cut into tourism and the monkeys food fly. A wonderful opportunity to see wild animals just being themselves playing for a cause as we go around the world in 80 seconds. No kids and no crowds, just two of the changes coming to the thanksgiving day parade. How macys plans to pull it all off. And welcome to the thunder dome two birds enter, one bird leaves, who shall prevail and be pardoned corn or cob . You can go your own way its time you make the rules. So join the 2 Million People who have switched to xfinity mobile. You can choose from the latest phones or bring your own device and choose the amount of data thats right for you to save even more. And youll get 5g at no extra cost. All on the most reliable network. So choose a data option thats right for you. Get 5g included and save up to 400 dollars a year on the network rated 1 in customer satisfaction. Its your wireless. Your rules. Only with xfinity mobile. The president ial turkeys get names each year. Corn and cob are the 2020 offerings, they arrived in d. C. Today from iowa. Heres their red carpet entrance at the Willard Hotel President Trump is to grant one of them a president ial pardon, but per tradition, both will be spared from the dining table the white house says cob has a type a personality hobbies include pickle ball and puzzles. Corn were told is chatty, loves College Football and hopes to one day visit the iowa state fair tough choice, unless corn is a corn dog, and lsu fan. Covid has messed with a lot of things, right, but this is america and we will not let it mess with our balloons hello boss baby, the little guy is one of the new balloons youll see during macys thanksgiving day parade. The other is red titan here, some sort of you tube star, idk. Heres cnbcs andrea day when i found out we werent going. It was definitely a hard pill to swallow. High School Junior is drum major for the iowa centerville jazz band, one of several groups no longer performing in this years macys thanksgiving day parade due to covid. I understand the reason for it, and i respect the reason for it, but it still is a bummer. Its part of five big changes this year, first one, age restrictions you have to be over 18 to perform. And that means hundreds of kids and chaperons no longer attending. It will dramatically decrease crowds parade Officials Say those students who miss out performing this year are invited back next year big change number two. There is no parade route for people to come and watch live. Definitely safety was our number one priority in this event. Last years parade spanned 2 1 2 miles. This year, it will all go down on one block, right in front of macys third big change, no crowds. Last year, 3. 5 Million People turned out to watch the parade this year, live spectators discouraged. Large crowds and gatherings of people is just not something that we can do this year. Fourth change, not as much live coverage. While the balloons roll into macys and Harolds Square will be live, many of the performances will not be the broadway cast, delivering musical acts pretaped ahead of time big change number five no balloon handlers, usually around 100 people hold the balloons down with their body weight this year sglr. So we came up with a plan to replace all of these multitudes of handlers with additional utility vehicles. Here they are testing that concept. One thing that wont be changing the big finale the parade ends with the biggest celebrity of them all and that santa claus social distancing. Its kind of like 2020, it is what it is, and youve just got to look forward. Reporter well said and shep, parade officials tell us instead of the High School Marching bands, they are going to have performances from parades that were cancelled this year due to covid. Thats including a st. Patricks day parade, puerto rican day parade and the pride parade. Great news for high school seniors, the ones who cant march this year, you are invited back next thanksgiving shep. Thank you a symbol of love goes down the drain and a Police Officer acts fast when a man gets caught in a fiery crash on this cnbc trip, coast to coast new jersey, a dramatic rescue caught on video, seeing that burning minivan, theres a man trapped in there Howell Township Police say one of their officers jumped into action the driver shaken up but says hes doing okay. New york, a deer with a paint can stuck on its head, the animal fell into a lake on long island rescuers pulled the can off. Then guided the deer to shore. It ran off and didnt look like it was hurt. California, a woman in the bay area says she lost her wedding ring when she accidentally flushed it down the toilet she says it happened in september. I figured if it was in the sewer pipes, it was long gone. Two months later, a great idea from a friend call the local waste Water Treatment plant. She says she did turns out a crew had cleared debris from one of the sewers near her home. After raking the pile and using a metal detector, they found the ring washington, d. C. , the votes are in and this guys name is somehow chi chi, the giant panda born three months ago, zoo keepers say hell move to china once he turns 4 years old. After a cnbc trip, coast to coast. So how much do you love your pet . Enough to wrestle with an alligator . Richard willbanks does, an you can go your own way its time you make the rules. So join the 2 Million People who have switched to xfinity mobile. You can choose from the latest phones or bring your own device and choose the amount of data thats right for you to save even more. And youll get 5g at no extra cost. All on the most reliable network. So choose a data option thats right for you. Get 5g included and save up to 400 dollars a year on the network rated 1 in customer satisfaction. Its your wireless. Your rules. Only with xfinity mobile. I decided that i wanted to go for Electrical Engineering and you need to go to college for that. If i didnt have internet in the home i would have to give up more time with my kids. Which is the main reason i left the military. Everybody wants more for their kids, but i feel like with my kids, they measurably get more than i ever got. And i get to do that. I get to provide that for them. A florida man wrestling his puppy from the jaws of death look here, he didnt even drop his cigar. Richard willbanks enjoying the sun at his southwest florida home when he heard his puppy named gunner crying. Turned turns out, gunner was clamped in the mouth of a gator. It was a shock. It happened so fast that, you know, instinct just took over. Adrenaline kicked in, and you know, i just went right in the water after the gator, and gunner. And got gunner right out of that gator right quick all captured on camera by the florida wildlife federation. Willbanks allows the group to put cameras up and monitor the wildlife around his property the footage was in october, and they found it when they came around collect the memory cards. Will banks said he had only a couple of cuts and gunner is doing just fine. 60 seconds left, the Trump Administration allowing the biden transition to begin at last after blocking if for weeks. The gsa said it was her decision and not the white house. President elect biden announcing first cabinet picks. If confirmed that cabinet will include the first latino Homeland Security secretary, the first woman serving as director of National Intelligence. And another breakthrough in the race for a Covid Vaccine astrazeneca announcing its candidate is highly effective, and cheaper than that of the pfizer or moderna companies. And now, you know the news for this monday, november the 23rd, 2020, im shepard smith. Follow us on twitter thenewsoncnbc and with thanksgiving coming by all means if you can follow the fauci. So were not all it is 5 00 a. M. In boston and who is your top 5 at 5 00. Futures are soaring again, small caps posting big time returns. Maybe call it the yellen bounce markets seem to like bidens treasury pick. Raymond james says it could send the economic recovery into overdrive. Also the president giving up and giving the green light to begin the president ial transition another day, another million plus people hopping on an airplane the ever outspoken