How americans malls are getting creative during the age of covid19 live, from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Good evening, for many of Us Thanksgiving wont be the same tomorrow not close. It is a holiday bringing family and friends near and far and thats what this virus thrives on whether you are serving a turkey or zooming this year, remember the pandemic is ripping through cities and towns from coast to coast and the data shows it has no signs at all of slowing down. Just yesterday 88,000 people in america were in hospitals sick with covid it is the 15th straight day that hospitalizations hit another all time high. Deaths theyre on the rise, too the u. S. Reported more than 2100 people died yesterday. The most deaths since may according to johns hopkins, the numbers are obviously troubling. The doctors and scientists assuring us there is light at the end of this dark tunnel. Two weeks from tomorrow, fda will meet to discuss whether pfizer, the victory park seaccis the government plans to ship out the vaccine and healthcare will be the first to get. Health experts are facing a daunting task. Got to get those dose saage to millions of americans. Our chief science advisor which means the big man thats in charge of everything one question, moncef slaoui, when will it be normal again i would hope by summer should be substantially back to normal. Oh, that sounds wonderful i mean that makes me warm all inside like summer does. It took nine months to test 180 million testing doses across america. Now we have to come up with 300 million vaccine doses so getting them there to there and arms, may, june, summer . Really yes it is an important challenge, however, people need to know that every year, 180 million doses of vaccines produced and distributed in the u. S. Population in a period that goes between the month of august and the month of maybe january so, well may be doubling that number over a period of time it is not from scratch which was different from testing the channel exists and warehouses exist we have, you know, 25 sites that are manufacturing this vaccine so, it is a big challenge, of course, but i think well achieve it another thankful answer now even if you get those doses where they need to go, how do you get enough people to convince yeah, i should take this because the polls look ugly it is a great concern and very unfortunate that the political context in which of this vaccine have made it or exacerbated we went very fast. We didnt start from a blank piece of paper please keep your ears opened and mind open and listen and judge on the facts and the data. I feel confident if we do that most americans will need to be vaccinated. That sounds so confident. Again, one more thing, i read this morning that you said youre done. Why are you leaving . Why i didnt say i am done, i said i would be done once we have two vaccines approved and the rest of the vaccine portfolio, we have six of them well advance in their phase three trials and the manufacturing site and running and processes and established and fixed and we have two vaccines approved. So, probably the next month or two will be the time for me to move on. Frankly, mostly because my value i will always remain available to help and support as needed this is a voluntary role i over night let go everything i was doing and 24 hours a day, seven days a week over the last six months and a half have been doing this moncef slaoui, thank you. Many are taking care of sick patients thats an hour west of detroit and hospitalizations there have doubled since the beginning of november nurses and doctors here in this place tired and overwhelmed but still doing their best like so many our Allison Barber is live in atlantic inside that hospital, what did you see . Reporter yes, shepard, it did not take us very long. Once we got on the Critical Care floor here at sparrow hospital what you are about to see was for a man who has been a patient in the icu with covid19 for 31 days and hes one of the few patients to survived after being placed on a ventilator happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear william happy birthday to you happily birthday at a time when most patients in the hospital covid or not or unable to have any sort of visitors, care givers are spending their holidays away from their family and children to make sure strangers have a hand to hold, someone to remember their birthday when they needed most you know people see it as a holiday, for us, care giver is just another day for us to make sure our patients are well taken care of. I am sorry it is very emotional and it is hard to answer that question and not get tear tearyeyed because we do sacrifice a lot. Reporter as of this morning, 7 patients here who have covid 19 are currently on ventilators. That man celebrating his birthday today was one of the first sick patients in about tw and a half months to come off of the ventilator, so they were not celebrating any birthday, they were celebrating the fact that this man beat the odds ellison barber, thank you so much they were so covid careful and then i am thinking nothing bad would happen i went to my neighbors house. Now, i am fighting against covid19 fighting still. More than a dozen of them tested positive alexa, you were not at the party but you dropped your mom off there. What do you want people to know through this psa and disappearance. Please do not gather with those that do not live within your household we were so careful, it takes one person to feel ill or to have an outbreak in your family. You say you were careful, masks anddisdantancing and all h things we try to do. Correct. My mother made masks and even then she has it the worse with my family. And you got tired of it all we all do yes not necessarily tired but just our guard fell. We just got comfortable and fell back into normal habits. You went to the party and everything felt great and then and then 12 that were there tested positive with covid i know your mom was bad, how is she last night was not great, she had some heart issues because of the tornado that happened in arlington, texas this happens and tens of thousands of people and not everybody that does all this, where did you get this and why are you doing this in. I work for the city of arlington, this is what i do for my job in legislative affairs. It is a dpragreat project of mio make sure that our people have information of covid19 in spanish and english. We came together and discussed one by one and what we think and if it was possible, we decided our story of pain and suffering was gladly put in the forefront of the public so we can all learn a little lesson from it alexa aragonez, good luck to you and a lot of love. Thank you well, yesterday President Trump pardoned the thanksgiving bird, today a formal National Security adviser pleaded guilty lying to the fbi flynn, the felon, corn the turkey, both free to fly now Michael Flynn twice pleaded guilty lying to the feds of his communication with sergei kislyak. The president pardoned Michael Flynn. The Justice Department called the pardon appropriate kal kaley taush now. Reporter for years President Trump has called general flynn a very fine man who should be totally exonerated by authorities and just this evening the white house put out a statement, flynn should never been prosecuted in the first place. President trump long believe that flynn was treated unfairly by Law Enforcement and privately influenced other policy decisions. For instance, two senior officials tell me President Trump removed wash dog glenn fine aid oversight because fine paused but kept open of an investigation. The flynn case sparked the firing of gjim comey and hiring of Robert Mueller and Trumps Campaign to be convicted of unrelated crimes roger stones seven years sentence was commuted in july and manafort and steve bannon and rick gates those individuals shave not bee pardoned President Trump has used his power to pardonless frequently in modern times. That could change with flynn shep, now questions about whether President Trump could choose the preemptive pardon himself because the constitutional power to pardon is broad we all know that has not been tested with the supreme court. I guess there are a lot of things he could do i wonder if there is a short list of who else he could pardon well, certainly, President Trump has done it less than other president s we just showed you a list of the Campaign Officials who have then convicted four different crimes. Steve bannon at one time he was the campaign chair, he was in charge with a crime related to a funding that was advertised feds falsely for funding for the president s border wall and you have Paul Manafort and rick gates who were sentenced for other crimes and so there is a list of people who are in President Trumps former inner circle that he has not yet chosen to pardon well see the next few weeks happy thanksgiving. President elect bidens speech, imploring americans to limit the size of our Family Gathering and keep up the fight with covid19. I noknow the country is grown weary of the fight, we need to remember we are at war with a virus and not with each other. This is a moment where we need to steal our strengths and double our effects and recommit ourselves in the fight we have to try to slow the growth of this virus we owe it to the doctors and nurses and other frontline workers. The president elect team confirmed hell get his briefing on monday now that the Current Administration has stopped blocking the transition. Committing crimes from behind bars. How some notorious inmates scammed the government out of millions and millions of your dollars and Holiday Shopping covid cant stop this. What we are finding that folks wanted to be online. High expectations, black friday and cyber monday spending, expected to break records. We go inside the numbers plus, a quick history lesson. How this unusual holiday compares to the pandemic thanksgiving of 1918 and, the salute tonight to the br brave men and women serving overseas this thanksgiving eve we are so thankful we are so thankful for all of you. Still your best friend. And now your copilot. Still a father. But now a friend. Still an electric car. Just more electrifying. Still a night out. But everything fits in. Still hard work. Just a little easier. Still a legend. Just more legendary. Chevrolet. Making lifes journey, just better. Ah, black friday you sleep off your thanksgiving turkey coma, then you wait in line for hours at the mall and fight your way in to get a dollar off that slinky sadly, not this year the pandemic replacing door busting with Online Shopping a trend not new but certainly accelerated. Take a look at this chart, black friday online sales more than 7 billion last year according to adobe. So how is the pandemic going to change the shopping this year . Heres cnbcs berthacoombs. Reporter retailers will be closed thanksgiving, but with rolling black friday deals all month, americans have already racked up 62 billion in online holiday sales in the first three weeks of november, according to adobe analytics. Still, this weekend is when Holiday Shopping hits overdrive. More than 100 million of us expected to shop on black friday, according to the National Retail federation. If we look at saturday and sunday, there seems to be a preference for online on those days the other two days of the weekend, were finding folks are wanting to be online. Reporter this year were not up for black friday door buster crowds three out of four americans surveyed say no thanks. Ive maybe gone out for a door buster on black friday or late thanksgiving night if something was really enticing, but theres no way this year i would go near the stores. Reporter the result . An even bigger shift to online adobe estimates well spend a record 10 billion on black friday and 12. 7 billion cyber monday, the biggest day for online sales of the year but some retailers, like the Parent Company of old navy, are worried about the rest of the season with rising covid cases and millions of americans, like alyssa cordero, unemployed during this pandemic, facing a cash crunch. I know the holidays arent about presents and being there for your family, but they are tokens of love and appreciation and it makes me feel really bad that for all my family has given me throughout the years, im now the broke, poor kid in the family. Reporter you know, alyssa says shes prioritizing her spending for a test to make sure she can safely join her family and she is encouraged and hopeful that the vaccine will turn things around next year. I bet the whole Retail Industry is hopeful for that. Reporter very much so. You know, the ceo of macys in fact on the Earnings Call last week says he thinks once we get thatvaccine and a lot of peopl are inoculated that youre going to see pentup demand for people wanting to go buy clothes, go out and dress up Department Stores like macys have been struggling for years this is a time for them to really try to regroup in the midst of this pandemic Bertha Coombs at macys nothousands in Southern California could have a cold turkey on thanksgiving the utility companiedson is threatening to shut off the power 76,000 customers noon tomorrow until friday afternoon. The areas on high fire alert because of dry gusty wind in the forecast the power outage is designed to lower the risk Officials Say it hasnt rained in Southern California in like two weeks. Areas under threat include los angeles, riverside and San Bernardino counties. California already scorched by record fires this year that have killed at least 30 people. Tens of thousands of inmates pulling off one of the largest fraud schemes in the history of the state of california. Listen to this prosecutors say these guys scammed their way to getting pandemic unemployment aid. 140 million paid out already, after 35,000 claims were filed that money sent directly to the inmates or their family and friends. The Sacramento CountyDistrict Attorney says the scam could end up costing the state up to 1 billion. So the scheme involves some notorious murderers, scott peterson, famous for slaying his pregnant wife, laci. And the yosemite killer on the right, carl stayner. Aditi roy on how they scammed the system. Reporter it reads like a hollywood script set in prison its been said that there is no honor among thieves and there is no better example of this than the massive fraud that is occurring within our jails. Reporter this story starts with whispers of recorded jailhouse conversations monitored by a bay area investigator. You listen to the rest of the conversation that this inmate was having with a person on the outside about this new scam that was loads of inmates were taking advantage of. Reporter investigators started comparing lists of californians receiving pandemic Unemployment Benefits to names of inmates in the state and found some of them overlapped. With that thread, detectives unraveled what they say is fraud so far reaching, it has no precedent. The fraud is honestly staggering applications for Unemployment Benefits were made on behalf of inmates by persons on the outside. Using false names, false i. D. They were obtaining money. It involves rapists and child molesters, human traffickers and other violent criminals. Who cashed these and then sent money orders to the inmates within the state prison. Reporter all told, investigators say tens of thousands of inmates scammed the state out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Money they say is now gone theres money been stolen out of the pockets of every one of our taxpayers. That is offensive. Reporter and that outrage begs the question, how did this alleged fraud stay undetected for so long . Well, the Task Force Says part of the reason is that unlike dozens of states nationwide, california does not have a crossmatch system to check names of those receiving benefits against Prison Inmates they say moving forward, a system like that could be a game changer. Shep. Aditi roy, thank you. The cdc has been warning us for weeks dont travel for thanksgiving i hear you millions of us have still taken to the roads and the skies well hear from travelers as we go live to chicago ohare. And its not the first time america has done this whole thanksgiving pandemicstyle thing. 1918 calling wit when you switch to xfinity mobile, youre choosing to get connected to the most Reliable Network nationwide, now with 5g included. 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The company citing a potential issue with the roof and the tightness of the bolt that keeps it on the roof it is tesla models between september of 2015 and july of 2016. On this thanksgiving eve Michael Jordan is giving back. The nba legend donating 2 million to feeding america his heirness taking money he made from his documentary the last dance to help food banks in m. J. Towns, the carolinas and chicago. The dow up 173 back below 30,000 disappointing jobs data the key reason for the slide s p down 6 and the nasdaq, i dont know, up 57. A warning for Holiday Shoppers not everything that glitters is gold and dozens of families homeless after an overnight tornado on a cnbc trip coast to coast texas. An overnight tornado leaves behind a path of destruction in arlington. Trees toppled, homes flattened, firefighters say seven buildings collapsed. Among them, a church and three apartment complexes. Nobody badly hurt. New york tis the season for ripoffs these are just some of the counterfeit goods cops say they seized at kennedy airport. Jerseys, watches, eyewear and more federal authorities warning people ahead of black friday if the price is too good to be true, it probably is. New jersey a big promotion for a hero cop who saved an officer during a shootout this is marjorie jordan running toward gunfire and pulling a wounded officer to safety. Happened in jersey city last year and sergeant jordan is now a lieutenant that makes her the highest ranking black woman ever on jersey citys police force oklahoma the town of chickashay known for itsfest cal of lights, and now this. Do you know what this is . This is a lamp. A leg lamp. Think major award from a christmas story only this one is 40 feet tall, inflatable and sits at the end of main street mega major whatever it takes to kick off the Holiday Season on this cnbc trip, coast to coast the orchestra was on strike. Im Shepard Smith on cnbc. Its the bottom of the hour. Time for the top of the news local leaders issuing more covid restrictions ahead of the holiday. In el paso, the county judge imposed a curfew 10 00 at night until 5 00 in the morning. Starts tonight, lasts till monday in newark, new jersey, a 10day stayathome advisory begins today the mayor says streets will be closed from 8 00 at night to 3 00 in the morning to anyone who doesnt live there. In louisiana, the governor ordering most bars to shut down Indoor Service until after christmas. The restrictions come as millions of people have been hitting the roads and airports this week. Phil lebeau is live at chicago ohare phil, a quiet day im guessing. Reporter quiet is the right word for it. Usually the day before thanksgiving its a mad house here at ohare as it is at so many other airports. Not the case today take a look at this. This is ridiculously quiet for the day before thanksgiving. You never see it like this this is what it might be like on a monday in the middle of the day. Heres whats happening with this years thanksgiving travel rush first of all, it is going to be the slowest since the 08 recession. The cdc discouraging visits is one factor thats contributing to this. You also have a number of people who have cancelled their trips at the last minute and those who are flying, when weve talked to them theyre all saying the same thing. Theyre taking the covid19 restrictions in stride planes are packed but everything is fine, theyre cleaning, handing out sanitizer. Its all good. Flight attendants just made sure that you kept your mask on and it was fine. No, i wasnt nervous. The airplane was maybe, i dont know, 30 full and it was quiet. So yeah, its been fine. They were following procedures it was fine. I felt safe. Reporter one other reason why its a little quieter today, its the fact that so many people in the past would have to be in an office until tess or wednesday and this was the day they could get away. No longer the case with Flexible Work schedules i think a lot of people opted to go last weekend or a couple of days ago thats why we saw strong travel numbers last weekend so it is overall sort of a strong thanksgiving in terms of how the airlines are dealing with things and the fact that its so slow really drives this home this year. Bet sunday is different phil lebeau, thank you history helps sometimes. Perspective it can lend. This whole pnandemic thing is nw to us, but its not new new to america. A century ago in november of 1918, Woodrow Wilson was president , tiger rag and im chasing rainbows spun on the phone phonograph and tarzan was in the theater before closed because of the spanish flu. It would eventually leave more than 600,000 people dead in our nation of 100 million americans. Michael beschloss now, author, wise man, nbc news president ial historian. Michael, here and now reflecting upon then, what can we learn well, what we can learn is that during a century we didnt learn that much because what happened was that in 1918, Woodrow Wilson, just as you were saying, shep, didnt have National Policy on things like masks and social distancing. So basically people decided what to do almost locality by locality and the result was this thing spread really badly. Thanksgiving, 1918, was not a happy time. What were they doing on thanksgiving in 1918 were there masks and distancing or what was it some people were, but most people were not. There were actually there was something called the antimasking league in San Francisco and elsewhere. People who thought this was an unfair intrusion of the federal government what does that sound like . Nothing ive ever heard of. And i wonder what it was like by christmas after that thanksgiving of gathering . Well, there were a lot of big gatherings, including even in washington, d. C. , and the result was that every time there was one, this really spread. There were some parades, for instance, thanksgiving parades where some people wore masks, some did not and there was no social distancing. The result was that this pandemic went on for years Woodrow Wilson, who nowadays would be talking about it, people would demand that he put the forces of the federal government against this pandemic, never gave a single speech, never told people how to protect themselves. Wow michael beschloss, happy thanksgiving to you and your family. Happy thanksgiving to you be well. Thank you, han markle is speg for the first time about her miscarriage. She said she and prince harry lost a child over the summer, but her powerful words on grief and taking care of each other are coming plus, a god among men gone at age 60. 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Today Meghan Markle wrote about he hers she said i knew as i clutched by firstborn child that i was losing my second she and husband, prince harry, lost their child in july Meghan Markle says shes speaking out because too often women and their partners grieve all alone. Heres nbcs sarah harman. Reporter tonight the dutchess of sussex discussing a tragedy that many families dont, after losing what would have been her second child with husband, prince harry, writing in a New York Times oped writing losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief, experienced by many but talked about by few. The conversation remains taboo, she says, and is riddled with unwarranted shame. In the past meghan has been candid about her struggles. Thank you for asking. Not many have asked if im okay. Reporter recalling the moment she was asked by a journalist during a grueling royal tour whether she was okay, and encouraging americans to ask each other tonight the dutchess joins a growing chorus of highprofile women speaking publicly about their own experiences of pregnancy loss model and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen opening up about her complete and utter grief after losing a baby at 20 weeks, sharing intimate photos from the hospital as she and husband john legend mourned the baby they named Jack Michelle obama speaking out about her miscarriage and fertility troubles on nbc. I felt like i failed because i didnt know how common miscarriages were, because we dont talk about it. Reporter in fact, they are incredibly common. As many as 10 to 20 of pregnancies end in miscarriage according to the mayo clinic but it remains a taboo subject women and their partners often grieving behind closed doors tonight meghan is speaking out against the stigma, reminding others theyre not alone Buckingham Palace isnt commenting, calling it a private, personal matter, but meghans point is just that. The pressure to keep pregnancy loss private isnt helping anyone shep. Thanks so much. Anger over a police crackdown, and one of soccers greatest ever is mourned, as we go around the world in 80 seconds. Argentina, tributes pouring in for soccer legend diego maradona, dead after a heart attack at his home weeks after brain surgery. The countrys president declaring three days of National Mourning he led argentina to a 1986 world cup win against england with the most infamous goal of all time the hand of god, it was called maradona admitted to it in 2005 with no regrets. Four minutes after that score, he pulled off what fifa called the goal of the century. Off the pitch, he struggled with drugs, friended mobsters and dictators. But his country and friends never stopped loving him fellow legend pele tweeting one day i hope we can play ball together in the sky. Yemen, a cyclone kills seven fisherman who drowned when the boat capsized. The flood left cars stranded in muddy waters. France, outrage in paris after police fired tear gas to clear out a migrant camp a riot squad faced off with protesters who called out poor treatment of the migrants. Germany. A Restaurant Owner protesting the covid lockdown with hundreds of stuffed pandas. The owner said he wanted to put some life back into his business a new way to protest as we go around the world in 80 seconds the Pittsburgh Steelers are 100, the very best start for one of the most successful franchise in the history of the National Football league so thanksgiving night is theirs, prime time huge audience at heinz field, so excited. But because 2020, its covid cancelled. Actually postponed until sunday, but the virus hit baltimore. Seven players positive or in quarantine so the league needs to trace and contact its the second time covid has gone against a steelers opponent to attack their winning streak juju smithschuster says first the nfl takes away our bye week because another team cant get their covid situation together and now they take away our thanksgiving prime time game for the same reason. Smh. Same, same, same it targets success, clearly. Just took out nick saban too bamas head coach is covid positive again he says he wont be on the sideline with the tides perfect season on the line against auburn on saturday war eagle. This time hes got more reliable pcr test he says he has a runny nose and that theyll get through it. Covid didnt spare College Hoops back in march and it certainly is not now thenew season tipped off today at last, but games already falling off the schedules, one after another. Duke and georgia both scratched games against gardner webb this week after that team reported a positive case. And the womens powerhouse uconn postponed its first four games and suspended all Team Activities because of covid. One thing to keep in mind, though, there are 32 ncaa conferences and they operate across 50 states, which all have different covid restrictions and safety protocols, so getting the teams on the court, its complicated. Cnbcs eric chemi is with us how do all these conferences move forward, eric reporter thats the thing, its not the ncaa who controls all of College Basketball, each conference gets to set its own rules. The ivy league, for example, simply cancelled basketball completely this year, but thats because sports its not a huge revenue generator for that conference but when you think duke, kentucky, syracuse, ucla, kansas, those schools, they rely on basketball Television Money it subsidizes so many other activities on campus and helps bring in more money in the form of alumni donations, corporate sponsorships and Better College rankings from increased high school applications. Tv rights for the basketball season are about a billion dollars, so they cant afford to miss a second straight season. They need to get in as many games as possible right now, reschedule as many games as possible if covid causes cancellations, and most importantly, they need to make sure they can get to march, because the march madness tournament is where almost all their money is made, shep. Oh, man, its going to be hard what has College Basketball learned from all the other sports, eric College Basketball is actually most closely following what Major League Baseball did that means theres no bubble for the regular season theyre going to let teams travel for games they know players will test positive they know games will get cancelled. But they saw baseball deal with the same issue and they still completed their season honestly, a cancelled regular season game doesnt cost that much tv money but losing playoff games thats a different story way too much money at stake. Baseball created playoff bubbles and the ncaa will put march madness all at a single site to reduce covid risk. Back to you. 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And a recent report estimates that 25 of those will close in the next three to five years consumers are just not shopping at malls as much as they used to now that they have discovered amazon, ebay, pinterest, it setsy. Reporter what should be the busiest shopping season of the year only accelerating the problem. Facing possible extinction mall owners are being forced to get creative from dreaming up an indoor ski slope. We built one. In a mall in a mall. Reporter to replacing oldschool Department Stores with new hotels, megachurches, and even giant water parks. Its critical to the mall of the future that we bring in new and creative uses. Reporter Brookfield Property retail owns and operates over 170 malls, the second most in the u. S. The biggest risk to all malls and all Retail Operations is a fear of change we embrace change. We embrace the need to adapt and evolve. This is our shark tank. Reporter brookfield even embracing shopping with sharks this is our bird exhibit where kids can interact with the birds. Reporter wes hawes is the ceo of blue zoo in a mall in oklahoma city. A lot of what my business does for the mall is it brings traffic in. Reporter this is wes second location inside a mall and hes about to Start Construction in a third in baton rouge, louisiana. Once we get past covid19, certainly more experienced based tenants could be a solution. Reporter aquariums woenlt be the only thing driving people to the malls in a future. Were in a very different kind of service business. Reporter a full Service Medical clinic inside the mall of america in minnesota have grown by over 90 in the last five years. Malls that are strictly focused on retail are going to struggle its going to be a challenge for them as they look forward. I believe the biggest challenge is the adaptation to change. To be agile and try new things that will help us fight through all these changes. Reporter and covid is just another challenge. Nearly half of all shoppers plan to avoid malls altogether. In response, malls are stepping up their safety precautions, including this one here in south carolina, where theyre increasing cleaning and social distancing many major retailers are widening aisles and increasing staffing for Curbside Pickup and in some cases adding lockers for contactless pickup thanksgiving is so great, isnt it normally but in terms of decorations, its really boring i mean nobody drives around looking at neighbors turkeys and pies for decorations we turn to christmas. Lights and trees and silver bells and giant inflatable snowmen. No surprise, this year people are really doing this. Heres cnbcs andrea day. Reporter its beginning to look a lot like christmas at the laguire house in coldwater, michigan in fact, alyssa started decking the halls right after halloween while in quarantine following a covid scare. To help ease my mind and take my mind off of it, i figured it was a great time to start decorating. Reporter thankfully her test results came back negative and alyssa managed to turn the experience into a positive. That ritual of decorating and changing your space gives you like a sense of normalcy until you have to go out the door and put your mask on again. Reporter they arent the only ones craving normalcy some families are enlisting professionals to help make spirits brighter. I have a granddaughter, so i want her to see the lights because i dont know if santa will be around. Reporter so aruna and her family called shack shine to string up lights at their house. Kevin young runs the new jersey franchise. He says requests started flooding in as early as october, unheard of in past years. Were definitely seeing a demand to be bigger and brighter this year. Reporter shack shine lit more than 4,000 homes across north america in 2019. This year, the company is on pace to double that. I think however you can finding to celebrate the holiday and just find some sort of joy, i think thats what we have to do right now. Reporter because after a year like 2020, we could all use a really bright christmas. For the news, im andrea day look both ways before you cross the road, wild animals they never learn well, now at least in one place they dont have to the wildlifeonly bridge, keeping them alive and your car away from the body shop. But first, turkey trivia for you on this thanksgiving eve take a look at this map. These six states combined, minnesota, missouri, arkansas, indiana, virginia and North Carolina account for 69 of all turkeys produced, it says here, produced in the united states. The more you know. Still your best friend. And now your copilot. Still a father. But now a friend. Still an electric car. Just more electrifying. Still a night out. But everything fits in. Still hard work. Just a little easier. Still a legend. Just more legendary. Chevrolet. 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Its working a wildlife bridge in utah getting the critters over a busy highway safe and sound look at that the overpass about 15 minutes south of salt lake city, everything from deer to mountain lions to bears making the trek across look at you. The bridge built in 2018 this new video showing the 5 million project is a roaring success. This is the states first overpass built for wildlife. Crews put boulders and rocks around to make the animals feel more at home theres also six miles of phelpsiphelp fencing. A new class of students saved by the bell. The 90s sitcom making a comeback on peacock, nbcs streaming service. Its free as a bird, peacock most of the original gang is back, zach, slater, kelly and jesse all returning to the halls of bayside high, but there is a new story line zach morris is now the governor of california, and hes in big trouble for closing too many underfunded high schools those students sent to bayside for a whole new set of adventures but probably no bricksized cell phones anymore. The saved by the bell reboot streaming today on peacock, free as a bird. On thanksgiving, do you go around the table and say what youre thankful for . We do. But since im solo on the couch tomorrow, im thankful for my gio and my dad and my pity pat and the rest of our close friends. Im thankful that were all healthy and safe im thankful for doctors and nurses and scientists and vaccines im thankful for those who protect and serve us im thankful for my new job and our team, and thankful every time ole miss wins and lsu loses, and for honesty and for lucia and chocolate. Thats lucia and now you know the news for this wednesday, thanksgiving eve, 2020 im Shepard Smith. Im Shepard Smith. Have reed drop it down, drop it down whoa unusual. elon we want to be a leader in apocalypse technology. jay what im sitting in right now is called the pleasure capsule. Ridiculous. This is really thinking outside the box brad i have no feeling below the waist. jay thats what i hear. And just plain stupid. And never underestimate the power of stupid. charlie i actually staged a fake accident with my limo. You know, weve done a lot of crazy things on this show, and it really impresses me the things that people come up with, its so creative, we thought itd be fun to put together a list of some of the wackier and cooler not the most practical cars weve seen. And some are pretty outrageous, and some are kinda stupid