Ashamed of us right now. Ts Warner Brothers bypassin roll credits Warner Brothers bypassing theaters and going direct to your tv. Can Movie Theaters survive blow announcer live from cnbc global announcer live from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. On the doorsteps of that dark winter that Health Experts have b good evening. We are on the doorsteps of that dark winter that Health Experts have been warning us about the beginning of that promise is going to be immeasurable, even with a vaccine on the horizon. We know this because yesterday the United States reported more than 2,800 deaths, the most in a single day since this pandemic began according to johns hopkins. So far its killed more than5,0. Another will 275,000 of our fellow americans. Another will die in 30 seconds and another 30 seconds later number among the victims a 70yearold all of them far more than just a number among the victims a 70yearold nurse who came out of retirement to teach, a couple married 47 years who died on the same day and a First Responder who served us on 9 11 keep rising. In part because the Halftime Report are skyrocketing experts expect the deaths to keep rising in part because the hospitalizations are skyrocketing theyve doubled over the past month. More than 100,000 people were in hospitals sick with covid. Thats an alltime high according to the tracking project. As the virus spreads local leaders are imposing more restrictions with the holidays weeks away california, the governor, gavin newsom, announced he would issue stayathome orders for regions where icu capacity falls below 15 . Below 15 . Indoor businesses will close including bars, casinos and barber shops many regions will meet that within days. Meantime, new concerns over Vaccine Distribution the wall street journal reports in todays edition that pfizer had to cut its original estimates for the amount of vaccine doses this year because of supply chain problemst gottl head of the fda, a pfizer board member, cnbc dr. Scott gottlieb, now former head of the fda, a pfizer board member, cnbc contributor, thank you. Should we anticipate more supply issues like these . Well, look, i certainly hope not. The issue is that for all the companies, for both moderna and pfizer, they ramp up pfizer, they ramp up week from week maybe the first week you might produce 5 million, the second 10 million then the third 15 million and grows from there 20w if you take the third week, that would have been in 2020, now you push it out in 2021, your supply is cut in half the supply moves quickly as you move out, and the more you push out the time frame in 2021 by a week or two weeks, you have less supply in 2021 i hope we will have adequate supply that will ramp up quickly, but hopefully these do get out in the market. T hopeftht in the market. Another one on the 10th and 17th to consider both. You probably heard dr. Fauci saying that he another one on the 10th and 17th to consider both. You probably heard dr. Fauci saying that he believed in the united kingdom, they rushed the process of getting this through and then later walked it back uk and said he had good faith in the uk when talking to the bbc his point was americans are already skeptical about these viruses. Do you think the uk rushed their decision decision well, look, i worked closely with them. A lot there are from the European Regulatory Authority and went back after brexit, and i think they did a good job. Part of whats going fda has a different process, part of whats going on is fdas committed to having a Public Advisory Committee to bring this before their Advisory Committee and have a public airing of this information. That will add a couple of weeks to the process and push out the time line to get materials f prepared for the Advisory Committee meeting and provide it in advance to those members so they can read it in advance of the meeting. Public Health Dividends to having a public airing and having that meeting we think theres public Health Dividends to having a public airing and having that meeting and having the fdas external advisory validate it in an open setting, so i think thats going to go a long way to Building Public confidence, and so it might be worth the time it takes to do that process i spoke yesterday with the head o thats going to add a couple of weeks to the process i spoke yesterday with the head of operation warp speed, the part where theyll distribute, and asked specific questions about like how will i know when its my turn, and how will they announce it, and how will they make sure the right people are in line they really didnt have any y granular answers thoug granular answers, though thats left up to the states. One thing, that doctors offices wont play a big part in that. Should they . Well, theyre not going to initially because the way these vaccines are being distributed, theyre being distributed in large volumes, large lots. They need to be kept under certain conditions so distributed to special sites that have training and equipment on hand to handle the vaccine, special Vaccine Distribution sites. I think there will be a lot of sites available to go and get vaccinated cvs clinics will vaccinate, walgreens, places like that, so it will be accessible to most people probably what will happen, youll see a situation where theyre rationed at first and maybe for a period of time as through the different tranches of peo they were through the different tranches of people eligible to get vaccinated, and as supply starts to ramp up, it will generall become more generally available like there will be an Inflection Point where well see this rationing system start to erode and widely available to larger groups of people in the march time frame is my guess. F people in the march time frame is my guess. One last thing weve been one last thing weve been kicking around, if you get those twodose vaccines, thats a complicated process. If you get the first one and then for one reason or another you cant really get the second one, are you protected at all or is onetwo a must . There is some protection after the first dose and the protection is better in younger than older people but to get the full there is some protection after the first dose, and the protection is better in younger than older people, but to get the full 95 efficacy, you need both, but you will get some protection depending who you are after that first dose. Dr. Gottlieb, youre the best thank you so much. Like so thanks a lot. Like so many states across the country, hospitals in indiana are at their breaking point. For some, beds arent even the issue. The problem, they dont have enough doctors and nurses anymore. Take this hospitalpatients and cities according to the head of the hospital statewide, 77 its having to turn away patients and send them to other cities according to the head of the hospital statewide, 77 of icu beds are filled, data from the department of health there. Now some hospitals are taking new steps to try to stay ahead of the surgere nbc news Shaquille Brewster is outside a hospital there shaq, what are they facing there . Shep, theyre being as creative as they can to expand capacity as much as they can, and we spent much of the day inside a spillover room, a room that once held events like hel banquets and auctions, and now you see rows and rows of medicah beds, and doctors say that theyre expecting to start filling this room with patients any day now as the numbers in indiana continue to soar today was another worst day yet in terms of new cases here in indiana. The state said that there were d more than 8,500 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, and while state Officials Say a few hundred of those cases are the result of a reporting backlog, result of a reporting backlog thats thousands more than the week average in the state. Doctors know more cases or increase in cases lead to an increase i n hospitalizations ad thats thousands more than the week average in the state. Doctors know more cases or increase in cases lead to an increase in hospitalizations, and for rural hospitals like the one behind me, they feel sometimes theyre fighting this virus alone. In order to transfer on, we have to go 75 miles away to indianapolis or 45 miles away to dayton, ohio, or 75 miles to downtown cincinnati. Dayton, ohio or 75 miles to downtown cincinnati. The problem is those areas have at least as much coronavirus as we do, and many of them are looking at overflow situations s reporter to add to the difficulty, this is a hospital reporter to add to the difficulty, this is a hospital that will be one of the distribution points for the vaccine when it is approved, but hospitals and doctors know that first they need to get over thin current surge and increase in hospitalizations in order to see that light at the end of the tunnel shep. Yeah, sadly this surge just beginning. Appreciate it. Its been 251 days now since Congress Passed any covid relief to help struggling americans to help struggling americans today and for the first time that we know about in a while,h majority leader talked on the phone about making a deal on another aid package. This morning on th nancy pelosi, the House Speaker, and Mitch Mcconnell, the Senate Majority leader, talked on the phone about making a deal on another aid package. This morning on the Senate Floor Leader mcconnell said compromise is within reach. At long last lets do what congress does when we want an outcome. We know where we agree we can do this let me say it again. O this and we need to do this so lets be about actually we can do this, and we need to do this. So lets be about actually making a law. Youve needed to do this for a long time. This week leader mcconnell rejected a 900 billion relief compromise on which a group of republicans and democrats supported it on which a group of republicans and democrat around 12 million americans could lose Unemployment Benefits completely after christmas ylan mui on where things stand ylan ylan with even the president saying hell support a deal the pressu reporter with even the president saying hell support a deal, the pressure is really building on mcconnell to take that bipartisan compromise and use it as a starting point for negotiationsation with pelosi and that they both he told reporters today that he had a good conversation with pelosi and that they both want an outcome, and then this afternoon he met with the four republican senators who helped craft that compromise and talked him into giving a little more money, 160 billion to help ator mark warner had a private dinner with the treasury secretary in which they talke state and local governments. Meanwhile, democrats are working their own angle. Im told that virginia senator mark warned a private dinner with the treasury secretary in which they talked about another covid relief deal. Now, over the next few days lawmakers hope to flesh out the framework a little bit more and, shep, they expect to have a bill in hand sometime next week. Ext whats in the bill that would whats in the bill that would help ordinary americans . Do we know unemployed workers by taking the benefits that expire at the end of the year and extending them through mar reporter well, to start with, it would provide a life line for unemployed workers by taking the benefits that expire at the end of the year and extending them through march it would also boost the size of any jobless payment by 300 a week theres 288 billion for another round of help for small businesses, 25 billion for rental assistance. St to help peopl the idea here, shep, is just to help people get over the hump of this hard winter until a vaccine is ready for the public hopefully this spring. Ylan, thank you. President elect biden says hell ask americans to wear masks for the first 100 days hes in office, all americans everywhereiew with jake tapper on cnn, mr. Biden said he will make masks mandatory in places where he has the Authority Like federal buildings and commercial in an interview with jake tapper on cnn, mr. Biden said he will make masks mandatory in places where he has the Authority Like federal buildings and commercial flights. Just 100 days to mask not forever. 100 days, and i think well seeo that that a significant reduction if we do that that occurs with vaccinations and masking to drive down the numbers significantly. He spoke with dr. Anthony fauci today. Says he asked dr. Fauci to be part of his Covid Response team when he takes offices targeting vaccine rollout with new hackers targeting the Covid Vaccine rollout with new cyberattacks going after Companies Involved in cold storing and distributing the doses. This threat revealed by ibms top security analysts. Its unclear now what the goal was in the first place or e inta whether the attacks were successful in any way, but ibm reports the intention was to steal critical information the department of Homeland Security so alarmed it warned operation warp speed directly urging them to review ibms report eamon javers. Who is doing this and how . Reporter yes, shep, we dont know who is doing it but i talked about i talked about the how. Estion with ib cnbcs eamon javers. Who is doing this and how . Reporter yes, shep, we dont know who is doing it, but i talked about i talked about the how question with ibms x factor, their task force there designed to go after this exact kind of information, and what they told me is the way this attack worked is that the hackers used a real name inside a fake company, and then they ny sent emails laced with malware to other sent emails laced with malware to others involved in that cold supply chain a spearfishing attack thats narrowly targeted and designed you to take the bait the email that ibm shared with us in terms of this attacks a by executives desk but has a lure, a proposal to buy something from the company. All you have to do is review the draft contract, the email says an. Then theres a it looks like anything that might come across a busy executives desk but has a lure, a proposal to buy something from the company. All you have to do is review the draft contract, the email says, and then theres a link. It looks like any other attachment, but if you click on it, it lets the hackers into your computer, so the question is, who done it . I asked ibms Nick Rossmann that question earlier today heres what he said. T but pu we think a nation state is behind it but put on a pretty clean glove to conduct this and didnt leave many Digital Footprints for us to track down exactly who. But we think some of the motivations behind this could be but we think some of the motivations behind this could be cyberespionage. Reporter and, shep, what cod Nick Rossmann told me, this could be a Reconnaissance Mission to disrupt the supply chain and could wreak havoc. Ja theres eamon javers, thank you. Theres a community on edge tonight after a series of violent and random assaults. Nig. New Surveillance Video of id be lying to you if im not losing sleep at night. New Surveillance Video of a serial attacker. How he targets victims and the reward offered tonightp adminisa new data released by the Trump Administration expected to help reunite migrant families. Plus, inside the pot shop. Meet the folks driving the record holiday sales of marijuana in america announcer the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith back in 60 seconds kyl Kyle Rittenhouse ordered to stand trial for that deadly shooting in kenosha. Arrested after he shot and killed two men at a protest back in august says it was selfdefense rittenhouse appear rittenhouse appeared at a hearing today over zoom with his attorney the county Court Commissioner said there was enough probable cause for the case to go on. He is 17 years old, faces six charges including two counts of homicide the arraignment he is 17 years old, faces 6 charges including 2 counts of homicide the arraignment set for next month. Kyle rittenhouse remains free on 2 million bond. Stalking the sun lying in wait at night as they put it and randoml cops say somebody is stalking the suburbs of boston, lying in wait at night, as they put it, and randomly attacking strangers on the streetse inves doze its happening in waltham where theyre investigating a dozen attacks. Surveillance cameras caught a glimpse of the suspect you see him here investigators say the serial attacker beats his victims in l one of the the head and face with some sort of blunt object. Listen to what one of the victims said i just feel one big hit from here in my left eye. T say nothi. Even he doesnt take he didnt say nothing. Even he doesnt take nothing from my wallet, nothing, no cell phone, nothing. O be just the thrill of the assault and the suspect in fact, the police chief says the motive appears to be just the thrill of the assault and the suspect enjoys seeing somebody hurt, he told us. Local coverage now nbc bostons joy lim nakrin is live in waltham. How are police trying to find this guy guy reporter shep, theyre trying anything they can and dramatically increased patrols and started usin reporter shep, theyre trying anything they can and dramatically increased patrols and started using a drone overhead and now offering a 5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and released brandnew Surveillance Video. Video. Le lets give you a closer look and hoping it leads to more clues about what may be going on here persons of interest, blue still so far theyve identified a few persons of interest, but still no suspect tonight there have been nearly a dozen of these attacks police saying they appear completely random, completely unprovoked the suspect lying in wait, as you mentioned, hitting the victims over the head, sometimes leaving them with fractured skullsyou said are not robbed the motive appears to be the pleasure o now, the victims, as you said, are not robbed the motive appears to be the pleasure of hurting someone, and it certainly has left the entire community on edge. My husband is out at night, and i asked him not to do that reporter walfam is a fairly safe reporter waltham is a fairly safe suburb home to brandeis university, and police here say theyve never experienced anything like this, so certainly tonigh a major fear factor here tonight, shep. Joy, thanks. A wildfire spreading fast forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes in Southern California the bond fire, they call it, exploding overnight in silverado canyon, an hour southeast of los angeles. Facing heavy winds as they battle the flames. 500 firefighters facing heavy winds as they battle the flames. Rescue crews going door to door to try to get people out as fast as they can. Authorities Say Utility Companies have cut power to tens of thousands of customers just in case. This has been the worst wildfire season ever in california. More than 4 million acres burned according to cal fire, an area larger than connecticut and rhode island combined. Acking th, chief meteorologis janice huff tracking the fire, chief meteorologist for nbc News New York how bad, janice, are the winds, and what are firefighters facing shep, earlier some of the winds gusting over 90 miles an hour in the san diego mountainsh theyre not as strong now. Most of the gusts right now are generally at 40 or slightly below that, but its still a dangerous fire situation all of this are fire warnings, fire danger throughout Southern California through saturday. Sao county all the way up through orange county, l that also includes San Diego County all the way up through orange county, Los Angeles County towards ojai and tehachapi. Tehachapi. Even though winds are expected to die down youre still goi even though winds are expected to die down, youre still going to see them flowing offshore, which means that the fire begins, it could spread very rapidly with these conditions. So as of now going through this evening, as you can see gusts s wont be as strong wont be as strong maybe up towards 40 miles an hour in the area around temecula but generally near the fire right now between maybe 15 and 30 miles an houry dr thats still dangerous enough and presents very dry conditions and also dangerous conditions with this fire thats not contained just yet, shep. And fire in the west, janice, but a big storm headed to the northeast. Thats right. A huge storm is headed to the northeast. Its now gathering strength along the gulf coastt moves clor to us, it will gather more and more strength. Where they could use this rain like this on the this is a coastal storm, moving towards and racing towards the northeast, and as it moves closer to us, it will gather more and more strength where they could use this rain like this on the west coast, theyre not getting it were getting too much on the east coast its going to be rain for most places and a lot of wind too, but there will be some snow. Not so much in the new york city area but up through parts of new england. Theyre looking upwards of maybe 6 to 8 inches, maybe even higher in some peaks of the green and white mountains, so it will be snowing in the mountainscoast, w york city down towards philadelphia and d. C. , one to raining along the coast, new york city down towards philadelphia and d. C. , one to three inches of rain, even boston will see heavy rain and wind gusts over 40, maybe 45 miles an hour with this storm coming in through saturdaysaturn saturday is when youll see the parts of northern new england. Peak of it, and the snow, well, for anybody who gets to ski, this is the place to be across parts of northern new england. This weekend janice huff, thank you much. Union workers cheering up patients and a frightened poochb in need of some help on a cnbc trip coast to coast. North dakota, deputies rescue a dog stranded on a chuck north dakota, deputies rescue a dog stranded on a chunk of ice this is the town of west fargo near the minnesota border. The dog backing up as rescuers try to reach him and eventually grab him and carry him back to shore. Delaware, construction workers putting down their tools to play bingo with sick kids their live game show is must see tv every wednesday at this Childrens Hospital in wilmington they wear costumes, invite kids to call in, even give shoutouts bringing smiles to families who need the most. Rescues a florida, video captures the moment a jet skier rescues a dolphin in biscayne bay. The animals tail caught in the net. The man jumps into the water, tries to cut the rope, but he cant do it. He gets back on his jet ski and gives it another shot finally freeing the dolphin. Pod of dol go ahead. And then a big thank you as a pod of dolphins swims beside him. Arizona, the obituary gone real name, randall viral for a guy everybody called uncle bucky. Real name, randall jacobs, died back in may after a life that as the obit put it would have sent a lesser man to the grave decades earlier. A local brewery with his own brew stories of the barflys adventures have made him legendary in death on this cnbc trip coast to coast. Will this one be the death knell for some Movie Theaters in america . Announcement about movin 2021 call it a pandemic only rule what i Warner Brothers out with a big announcement about movies in 2021 calling it a pandemic only rule what it means for you. And Nursing Homes, a perfect storm for covid cases and deaths p now enormous problems yet again from coast to coast. Next, the work to protect our friends and family its down to the wire, the teams been working around the clock. Weve had to rethink our whole approach. Were going to give togetherness. Logistically, its been a nightmare. Im not sure its going to work. Itll work. I didnt know you were listening. Walmart delivering some Holiday Cheer. Thats whats topping cnbcs on the money. Hourly workers at the Worlds Largest retailer enjoying a special bonus, the fourth since the spring for employees hourly get 300 bucks, parttimers, 150 the move designed to help retain workers amid a surge in sales. Different story at Southwest Airlines the Company Warning of furloughs. Theyd be the first if it happens. More than 6,800 employees told they could lose their jobs temporarily. The airline looking for ways to cut costs because of the covid travel decline and the decision comes on the same day we learned that 712,000 americans applied for Unemployment Benefits just last week and some music to investors ears, shares of spotify trading near an alltime high revealing its 20 biggest hits of 2020. The most streamed artist of the year, bad bunny. The most played song, blinding lights by the weeknd. On wall street, the dow up 85 Covid Concerns put a lid on big stock gains. The s p 500 down 2 pulling back from its alltime high, but the nasdaq up 27 a major move for unprecedented times, one that could change the movie business as we know it. Warner brothers sending its entire 2021 lineup of films directly to hbo max on the same day it releases in theaters. The decision catching a lot of folks off guard. Industry watchers calling it earth shattering cnbcs julia boorstin. Can Movie Theaters survive this . Reporter well, shep, analysts say this isnt a death blow to the Movie Theater business, but it is an aggressive move sending shock waves through hollywood. The latest sign of the industrys evolution that controls universal, cnbcs sister company, shortening the window between Theatrical Release and when they can watch it at home from three months to three weeks, and others are trying to break the rules of the business heres whats happening with the Warner Brothers movies starting with wonder woman 1984 on Christmas Day and 17 other films next year including suicide squad and matrix 4. Moviegoers will be able to watch on hbo max for the first month of each films release in theaters now, theres some good news for theaters it does give them valuable content. Without Warner Brothers films there would be no releases before james bond in april, but the largest theater chain isnt going down without a fight saying we will pursue economic terms that preserve our business shep. Julia, thanks im Shepard Smith on cnbc. Its the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news the cdc recommending Health Care Workers and people in longterm care facilities get the Covid Vaccine first once it gets approved so far its killed more than 100,000 people in Nursing Homes. Nationwide those who work and live in longterm care facilities make up less than 6 of all covid cases but they account for nearly 40 of virusrelated deaths. That data from the covid tracking project cnbcs Contessa Brewer on the top story live outside a nursing home in lake katrine, new york. Reporter the cdc urged Nursing Homes to be put at the top of the list, and new yorks governor committed to that publicly, but a nursing home like this one and around the nation, its already too little too late i call it a tragedy because her survival really depended on us coming to see her do you remember it . Reporter sylvia will celebrate her 103rd birthday, but her son peter wont be at her side the upstate new york facility where shes lived for the past eight years closed its doors once again to the family a couple weeks ago as covids ravaging the country the insidious virus once again is devastating longterm care facilities. Our Worst Nightmare has come true. Reporter and the numbers show Nursing Homes and assisted living facilities are suffering far worse now with 16,000 cases last week alone compared to springs high of 10,000 weekly the real tragedy of this is that we know about 20 of those people will die. People that are over 80 and have Underlying Health conditions, about 20 of them dont make it. Reporter while cases in Nursing Homes make up fewer than 6 of the overall infections, they make up nearly 40 of deaths thats why so many longterm residences have shut the doors to visitors. We were coming in every week. I was feeding her. My wife was massaging her, and she was so happy now she pretty much has nothing. Shine on, shine on. Reporter does the vaccine give you optimism . Oh, yeah, im definitely optimistic, but shes 103. Will she make it reporter the ceo of the Industry Group representing these longterm care facilities told me no governor has expressed opposition to putting Nursing Homes at the top of the list, but the Nursing Homes themselves and the industry, they worry about the general skepticism over vaccines and whether families will oppose their loved ones inside receiving the first rounds, shep. Contessa, thanks. Nine months into the coronavirus pandemic more than 193 million covid tests have been processed across america. Thats from the cdc. 193 million. But well need millions and millions more in the coming months test lines still wrapping around the blocks and stretching down streets. Los angeles, el paso, chicago, worcester, mass, demand all soaring for people behind the tests. The ones who make them, cnbcs kate rogers looks at one Company Ramping up production in a big way. [ applause ] fantastic job in getting out the swabs, on behalf of the entire nation i want to thank you. Reporter President Trump back in june congratulating Puritan Medical Products on its speedy production of much needed nasal swabs for testing, a major weapon in the fight against covid19 that production has skyrocketed with the company adding not one but two new facilities that will be at full capacity by june of 2021 puritan went from producing some 20 million swabs monthly back in the spring to now more than 110 million a month set to reach 160 million monthly by next summer 400 additional workers will be needed to continue ramping up production wages and benefits are competitive, and while recruiting may be a challenge, it hopes it entices others to join ranks all of us are better working tirelessly to increase capacity where, you know, were going to keep going until the job is done until we can meet that requirement. We understand were in the middle of a pandemic that, you know, is affecting so many, so to be fortunate enough to, you know, make such a big difference, were all pretty proud of that. Reporter puritan will have more than tripled its workforce in just one year one executive called it a Little Big Company in our interview and should been named inc. Magazines company of the year being hailed the most important manufacturer in the world. Wow kate, thanks. Delta air lines partnering with the cdc to help track covid and stop the spread of the virus. The company is the first in the nation to introduce Contact Tracing for international travelers. Later this month passengers going from the United States or into the United States from any other country can provide information to help. They can delta asking for five pieces of data including u. S. Addresses but for now its voluntary. More than 600 migrant kids separated from their parents, now a release of information is leading to reunions. That update is next. And Carole Baskin is back in the headlines, not because of joe exotic this time tonight, the incident at her Big Cat Sanctuary that started when a volunteer said, i didnt know what i was thinking. And collaborations involving lady gaga and mariah carey not with music, the sweet treats coming to a Delivery Service or store shelf near you announcer the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith back in 90 seconds the Trump Administration cannot find the parents of more than 600 Migrant Children he separated at the border but now new hope have finally turned over data theyve been demanding for Legal Advocates say the feds have finally turned over data theyve been demanding for months, phone numbers and addresses that could be critical to tracking down and reuniting familiesn following this story from the beginning. Julia, might this help put families back nbc news Julia Ainsley has been following this story from the beginning. Julia, might this help put families back together reporter yes, the lawyers representing them, pro bono lawyers, say this could be critical what it shows, immigrants still in our system, either about to be deported or seeking asylum and has the most current Contact Information for them phone numbers, addresses about a lot of this is key because were talking about a lot of families separated in 2017 and 2018, and the u. S. Government made no effort to track those people or reunite the families or even find out where they ended up if a child ended up in foster glimmer of hope for those care or a parent got deported, that wasnt recorded this information could be a glimmer of hope for those people but i will say its really only hopeful for people who are still in the United States and going through our court system for twothirds of these parents the lawyers believe theyve already been deported and hard story get into those covid19 has made it that much harder to get into those countries, find those parents and give them the chance of reunification. Julia, thank you. Through home a record drug bust and deadly floodwaters rushed through homes as we go around the world in 80 seconds. Thailand, a monsoon triggers flash floods that kill at least five people. Homes and vehicles in waist high waters its gushing into a hospitals an emergency entrance driveway, and floodwaters turning streets into canals brazil, police seizing 2. 5 5 to tons of pure cocaine inside a shed the bust, a record for the state of rio de janeiro. One of them an two people under arrest, one of them an offduty military police officer. No word on who owned the cocaine or where it was headed showcasi intricat india, artists showcasing intricate sculptures at the sand art festival this week the big themes this year, covid and climate changef a thousand dollars. The eventual winner to take home a prize of a thousand dollars. Malta, santa spreading Holiday Cheer to people and fish ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, merry christmas. Old st. Nick feeding the Sea Creatures and patting a zebra shark on its tummyg a zebra shark on its tummy scuba diving santa scuba diving santa as we go around the world in 80 seconds. Theres video now of the collapse of an iconic space telescope. Weve been reporting on this and here it is on tuesday support cables snapped and, see there, the arecibo observatory in puerto rico fell in and destroyed itself for decades that giant antenna used radio waves to explore the cosmosthe director of the obser told the director of the observatory told us arecibo could see further into space than any other, and the space radar starred in movies and sent the first human messages to the cosmos back in 1974. First human messages to the cosmos back in 1974 a tige a tiger in quarantine, a volunteer in the hospital. Next the incident at the big cat rescue run by tiger kings Carole Baskin. Baskin and when pot shops were deemed ess and when pot shops were deemed essential, some eyebrows went up. You know what else went up, sales. Sky highsee what i did see what i did there a country cannabis owner calling it a tidal wave of demand. Whats behind the record numbers and who . [ whispering ] whats this . Oh, are we kicking karly out . We live with at t. It was a lapse in judgment. At t, we called this house meeting because you advertise gigspeed internet, but we cant sign up for that here. Yeah, but im just like warming up to those speeds. Youve lived here two years. The personal attacks arent helping, karly. Dont you have like a hot pilates class to get to or something . [ muffled scream ] stop living with at t. Xfinity can deliver gig to the most homes. Carol Carole Baskins big cat rescue park in trouble this morning. Officials say a tiger nearly tore somebodys arm off during r took an ambulance to the hospital w feeding. Officials say the park volunteer took an ambulance to the hospital with some serious injuries Carole Baskin, of course, became famous in tiger king. Nbcs sam brock live in miami. N. Sam, what do we know reporter you know, shep, it is amazing how many people know who carol baskin is because of netflix, her big cat rescue is a sam, what do we know reporter you know, shep, it is amazing how many people know who Carole Baskin is because of netflix. Her big cat rescue is a sanctuary for rescued animals, but in this case it was a reminder of how dangerous it is to try to care for lions and tigers the woman injured, a fiveyear volunteer there. R volunteer there. You you are not supposed to stick a part of your body in a cage with an animal and opened up a guillotine tunnel door to try to get access to kimba the tiger, and that is when kimba attacked her. F reacting to what was going on and describing what they saw they said it was like seein according to employees that provided audio of reacting to what was going on and describing what they saw, they said it was like seeing her arm almost detached from the shoulder, so dangerous they had to use their fanny packs and belt buckles asm tourniquets to try to help her at this exact time Carole Baskin has been an outspoken advocate of the exploitation of big cats but safety around them and there will be a vote on legislation tonight that she had inspired. S here she is reacting to this in that audio file she shared with nbc news a lot of you are really concerned about the sanctuary and what people are going to think about Something Like that happening here but the reason that you guys are here and doing this hard work breeders and dealers that are thei every day is because of those breeders and dealers that are their cats. Now, i spoke today with the congressman who is sponsoring that legislation and said, its going to do a couple of things, one of which to end the private ownership of big cats but stop the practice of breeding these animals just for financial profit he expects it to pas animals just for financial profit he expects it to pass overwhelmingly with bipartisan support tonight. Shep, back to you. Sam, thanks you cant bring your emotional support pig on the plane anymore. Of the new rule from the department of transportation, emotional support pets of all kinds no longer considered service animals. Passengers in airlines have been scrapping about this issue for years, and now its settled. O ae but service dogs are still good to go as are dogs trained to help with people who have psychiatric conditions like ptsd or anxietyu have to leave y that said from now on you have to leave your support peacock, support pigs and support squirrels back at the crib gange who is smoking the ganja turns out millions of americans and the money is just wafting in the day before thanksgiving they now call green wednesday, and it was a blockbuster for the pot store. Expected to hit, get this, 19 billion this year up 45 over last year and by 2025 the Legal Cannabis sales expected to hit get this 19 billion this year. Up 45 over last year, and by 2025 the projection is 35 billion on weed. That is data from new frontier turns out covid stress and new so whats driving the sales . Turns out covid stress and new laws cnbcs jane wells got the kind bud. Sales in stores this year havent been so great. Reporter holiday sales in stores this year havent been so great unless youre selling weed d for cannabis people are stressed out. Green wednesday and black friday reaffirm what covid has been good for cannabis people are stressed out. Green wednesday and black friday reaffirm what weve been saying for a long time is there is a tidal wave of demand. Reporter the day before thanksgiving was dubbed green wednesday four years ago by eaze, a Delivery Company with 600,000 customers. Eazes biggest day was green wednesday. Reporter Data Collected from over 1,600 dispensaries by jane jumped Technology Shows cannabis sales jumped 241 this green wednesday over a year ago, and on black friday sales were up 271 . While vapes are still the most popular product that peopls infused drinks came in at number two this year which was really are buying, drinks, cannabis infused drinks came in at number two this year, which was really quite amazing because they werent in the top three or even the top five. Reporter one reason for the jump, more states have legalized in 2020. Visited chicago last february prepandemic as illinois added this is video from when we visited chicago last february prepandemic as illinois added recreational pot to already legal medical marijuana. Ben covler operates several stores there. Roughly last year the industry was 20 to 25 million thats per month retail sales and now youre seeing 100 to 110 million a month administrao reporter now the industry looks to a new administration to legalize pot on a federal level. So i mean obviously the industry hopes that that happens on january 21st. This demand is big the consumer is not dead this demand is real this demand is big the consumer is not dead retail is not dead this is major. Reporter tomorrow the house of representatives votes its probably up to congress to legalize it, but the president could reschedule it. Its not the same as heroin, then u. S. Drug Companies Might invest in research so we can find out if these magical claims are true at the atrium a dispensary in y l. A. , steady traffic especially as california prepares to shut down again a lot of taxes coming in. Who is buying, jane . Seeing big grow reporter well, were seeing big growth in women customers, particularly older women eaze says its way up to those people except overall green Market Report says over the thanksgiving holiday 21 men were still outbuying women. Jane, smoke them if you got them. A remarkable scientist invented an easy way to detect lead in Drinking Water and dabbles in Artificial Intelligence shes 15 years old well introduce you to Time Magazines first ever kid of the year and anyone can be an innovator, and anyone can be an entrepreneur, and anyone can change the world if they have the desire to do so and if they do put their mind to it. Why she says shes not your typical scientist. A generous person would give you the shirt off their back, right . But not one of these about t wait till you hear about this shirt collection worth millions of dollars its down to the wire, the teams been working around the clock. Weve had to rethink our whole approach. Were going to give togetherness. Logistically, its been a nightmare. Im not sure its going to work. Itll work. I didnt know you were listening. 2 million is a honking pile of money for anything but fo 10 million is a honking pile of money for anything, but for tshirts thats what christies auction house estimates one collection is now worth all originals by supreme the brand once called the chanel of streetwear meaning very expensive. Cnbcs robert frank talked to the 21yearold student who collected the shirts and whos about to be a very rich man. As soon as i got into the brand, i pretty much became obsessed. Reporter growing up in vancouver, james had skateboarder friends who introduced him to supreme. He started collecting their tshirts and bought 253 of them you. Now christies offering them for sale for 2 million or just under 8,000 per tshirt. To understand why, you have to understand the luxury phenomenon of supremerted as a small sk it started as a small skate shop in downtown manhattan, and its secretive product drops created a devoted following. James bogart traveled as far as london to hunt down the rarest tshirts eventually collecting every Single Design ever made by supreme since its founding in 1994 1994 the shirts originally shoulder for about 35 to the shirts originally sold for about 35 to 50 it is in some way contemporary art i think when you take a look at what art is and who it attracts seeing a lot of new collectors coming in re and appeals to, i think youre seeing a lot of new collectors coming in. The record price for supreme gear is a slate of skateboard decks that sold at sothebys for 800,000 but with someone who spent 2 tshirts wear them. Million on the tshirts, will they wear them . I hope they dont wear them ive spent so long trying to get these shirts in their best possible condition. Little pait wearing it for the first time i think would be a little painful to watch reporter and may be hard to wear since all these tshirts comes in all sizes the auction runs through december 15th and also includes a 30,000 backpack and a 15,000 skateboard skateboard shep. Robert, thanks. A new thing for 2020 shep. Robert, thanks. A new thing for 2020 Time Magazine partnering with nickelodeon to recognize their first kid of the year. Gitanjali rao getting that honor. Shes a scientist from colorado, 15 years old, selected out of e more than 5,000 nominees young miss rao invented a mobile device to test for lead in Drinking Water and an Artificial Intelligence tool to detect early signs of cyberbullying she told us, being kid of the year is something she never imagined be among all the amazing people on the cover of the time im so honored and humbled to be among all the amazing people on the cover of the Time Magazine i dont look like your typical scientist, of course of color an im definitely a, you know, younger female of color, and thats not necessarily what you see in a scientist im not your typical scientist. Science and tackles problems in society and uses science a instead im your innovator, someone who uses kindness for science and tackles problems in society and uses science as a catalyst for social change. Someone clone her, please gitanjali says like most kids homework isnt her favorite thing. Thing. Solving the worlds problems solving the worlds problems apparently less of that chore. By the way, times person of the year to be announced next weekt names in two of the biggest names in identification want you to buy their cookies. First oreo teamed up with lady gaga creating a bright pink grn between. Inspiration from crowe vanilla filled oreo with green between, inspiration from chromatica, gagas sixth studio album and called plies last and now chromatica where kindness rules all things while supplies last, and now all i want for christmas are cookies mariah carey launching a delivery only cookie brandnd ub its available through apps like doordash and uber eats, each an assortment in more than 30 big cities starting tomorrow 55 seconds left on a race to the finish0 americans yesterday. The most in a single day since the pandemic began covid killed more than 2,800 americans yesterday, the most in a single day since the pandemic began. The Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says a deal on desperately needed covid relief is within reach. Speaker nanc he spoke with the House Speaker nancy pelosi for the first time in a long time today but still no action. And Warner Brothers announcing today all of its new movies in 2021 will be available for streaming on the same day theyre released in theatershat anticipated may trick hbo max, that includes a much anticipated matrix 4 and dune and now you know the news of this thursday, december the 3rd, 2020. Im Shepard Smith. Thanks for having us in tonighta and tweet us thenewsoncnbc. Follow the fauci and stay tuned. See you tomorrow on squawk box. It is 5 00 a. M. In baltimore, maryland and at cnbc headquarters and your top five at 5 00. Your money looking strong as we with are powering to new highs once again, but is there growing reason to be cautious . We dig in. 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