Saying sparked the blaze. Plus, the heartfelt thanksgiving message left behind by alex trebek. Black friday changes. Shoppers showing up for sales despite a pandemic. How covid is changing how people hunt for deals. And from digital dinners to an adorable postmeal nap, how people celebrated their socially distanced thanksgiving. Good friday morning, everyone. We begin with President Trump acknowledging that the transition for president elect joe biden is moving forward. The comments came as trump took questions for the First Time Since losing the election. Trump refused to concede and would not commit to attending the inauguration. But he did say he will leave the white house if the Electoral College declares biden the winner, which is expected to happen. Trump also said hes heading to georgia next weekend to campaign for two republican candidates. Those races will determine which Party Controls the senate. Abcs Elizabeth Schulze is live in washington with the very latest. Good morning, elizabeth. Reporter good morning, mona. President trump says he will leave the office, but he wasnt willing to concede defeat. Overnight President Trump delivering a message to troops, then taking questions from reporters for the First Time Since election day. Between you people, dont talk to me that way. Youre just a lightweight. Dont talk to me that im the president of the united states. Dont ever talk to the president that way. Reporter the president is still refusing to concede the election, which he overwhelmingly lost. Its going to be a very hard thing to concede because we know there was massive fraud. Reporter trump provided no direct evidence of fraud while claiming irregularities in pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. And joe biden cemented his victory with 306 electoral votes and a record 80 million votes. So if the Electoral College does elect president elect joe biden, are you not going to leave this building . Just so certainly i will. Certainly i will, and you know that. Reporter this morning trump is not committing to attending the inauguration. I dont want to say that yet. I mean, i know the answer. Ill be honest. I know the answer but i just dont want to say it yet. Reporter the president also touched briefly on the pandemic promising a vaccine is on the way. The vaccines are being delivered and will start next week. Reporter joe bidens Transition Team says theyre in full contact with operation warp speed on plans to distribute a Coronavirus Vaccine. The president elect spending his thanksgiving with family in delaware speaking with frontline workers sending a message to americans. History has shown and all of you have shown that there is nothing we cant do if we do it together. Reporter president elect biden is expected to announce key positions in his Administration Next week including members of his economic team. When asked about the timetable for a secretary of defense, a biden spokesperson says, quote, buckle up for december. Kenneth. Thank you, elizabeth. Appreciate it. Breaking overnight in southern california, some residents forced to spend thanksgiving in the dark because of a fire danger. The Power Company shut off power in and around Los Angeles County overnight. More than 100,000 customers are affected. The goal is to keep high winds from sparking fires in electrical equipment. Residents are taking it all in stride. When they say theyre going to turn the power off, thats fine with me. Id rather have a home to come back to. We dont want any weather to go bad too, so, you know, we will live with it. Well get through it. I think its okay. Customers were warned that their service could be shut off at any time between wednesday and today. Turning now to the pandemic and the race for a vaccine, astrazeneca now says it will add a lower dose version of its vaccine to ongoing trials. The announcement comes as the cdc says the nations death toll could top 321,000 in the next three weeks. This morning, hospitals sounding the alarm as icus reach record highs for the 17th day in a row. Its an overwhelming experience. Its an overwhelming problem. Its an overwhelming disease. Reporter nearly 90,000 americans in hospitals across the nation, almost double the number hospitalized at the beginning of the month. Mercy hospital in oklahoma giving us an inside look, packed hallways and exhausted doctors and nurses. Back in april we just had one hallway on the floor that had covid patients. Now we have four hallways worth of patients with covid. Reporter one texas county reporting for the fourth time this month that they have no available icu beds. The staff there prioritizing covid patients, those nonpandemic related illnesses are now being sent to other areas. Cities now scrambling to get ahead of the next wave of cases which are expected to spike in the wake of thanksgiving. Officials in the st. Louis area are imposing new mask mandates. The move comes amid an Unsuccessful Campaign by Health Officials in the area to get governor mike parson to require masks statewide. And new york city has canceled its annual santa con bar crawl. And now the Holiday Travel concern. Sunday is expected to be another busy travel day as people return home. More than a million expected at airports alone. Tsa says its ready to open as many lanes as needed to allow for social distancing. If you look at National Data most passengers waited less than eight or nine minutes if they were a standard passenger. If you were a prechecked passenger, you would wait on the order of two or three minutes. Reporter the crowd adding to fears that the virus will spread even more. This addition of cases is not something that we can sustain. We are in a humanitarian crisis right now. Some states are now warning that the demand for testing could be higher after thanksgiving. The advice is to wait a little while after the holiday to get your test if possible. Mourners in argentina clashed with police at a public wake for soccer legend diego maradona. People hurled rocks and other objects at officers who fired rubber bullets at the crowd. Fans reportedly grew impatient as they waited for hours as tens of thousands made their way into the president ial palace in buenos aires to pay their final respects. Maradona was laid to rest in a private ceremony. Time now for a look at your friday morning weather. Heavy rains are set to hit the south from texas to florida. As much as four inches may fall in some parts of the region which could lead to flooding. Theres also potentially a powerful storm developing which will lead to Severe Weather in the west and northeast early part of next week. Look for highs in the 50s along the northeast corridor. 70s and 80s in the south. Highs in the upper 40s in the pacific northwest. 60, dallas, 51, kansas city. 38, minneapolis. Coming up, a black friday like no other. The big deals and people camping out overnight. Also ahead, a massive Fire Destroys three homes and the turkey fryer mishap being blamed. The powerful thanksgiving message of hope from alex trebek recorded during one of his final episodes of jeopardy. A nivea breathable experiment. Now they do. Moisturizes deeply with no sticky feel. The Game Changing nivea breathable. Inflammation in your eye might be to blame. Ck, moisturizes deeply with no sticky feel. Looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes overthecounter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. Ha these drops probably wont touch me. Xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. What is that . Xiidra, noooo it can provide lasting relief. Xiidra is the only fda approved treatment specifically for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. One drop in each eye, twice a day. 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Turning now to black friday upended by the coronavirus pandemic, there are less crowds and mayhem but still plenty of deals, especially online. Abcs andrea fujii has the details. Reporter this morning, some black friday traditions continue despite the coronavirus pandemic. In new jersey some shoppers waited outside overnight to get their hands on the new playstation 5. Sold out everywhere, almost everywhere. Reporter but for many when it comes to Holiday Shopping in the year of coronavirus, huge crowds are out and Online Shopping is in. At least 60 of shoppers say they plan to do at least some of their Holiday Shopping from home this year, and 41 say they wont be hitting the stores at all today. For the rest, timing is everything. Black friday shopping like a month in advance now. Reporter more than 40 of shoppers saying they started making their holiday purchases earlier than usual this year. Im done christmas shopping. I did it all online with pickup like this. Its tremendous. Reporter the cdc adding shopping in crowded stores just before, on or after thanksgiving to its list of higher risk activities to avoid. In response, 60 major retailers are offering Curbside Pickup and for those who dont want to lose the inperson shopping experience, many retailers are instituting extra Safety Measures and encouraging social distancing. We have people at every entrance making sure the customers are Wearing Masks and we have a supply of masks that we give out to people. Reporter despite the unusual shopping circumstances, online and other nonstore sales forecasted to increase between 20 and 30 and could top 218 billion. Experts say consumers will benefit this year because its a lot easier to compare prices online than it is in stores and competition is always good for the shoppers bottom line. Kenneth, mona. Andrea, thank you. Amazon is spreading the Holiday Cheer to frontline workers. Full time employees are getting a 300 bonus while parttime workers will get 150. Thats for anyone employed during the entire month of december this year. The online retailer plans to spend 500 million on the onetime holiday payments. Coming up, nfl outbreak. The star quarterback now testing positive for coronavirus. Also ahead, a new approach to international flights. Passengers testing negative for coronavirus three times before a flight. But how effective is it . Our medical expert weighs in. I wasnt sure. Was another around the corner . Or could things go a different way . I wanted to help protect myself. My doctor recommended eliquis. Eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot. Almost 98 percent of patients on eliquis didnt experience another. And eliquis has significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. Eliquis is fdaapproved and has both. Dont stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. 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Unfortunately, we cant answer every question you have right now. Lysol. What it takes to protect. The 1 pediatrician recommended brand, pampers, helps keep babys skin dry and healthy. So every touch is as comforting as the first. Pampers. The 1 pediatrician recommended brand. Back now with a special thanksgiving for two wounded new York City Police officers. Joseph murphy and christopher wells were released from the hospital two days after being shot while responding to a domestic incident. The suspect died in a shootout. Both officers are expected to make full recoveries. Jeopardy paid tribute to alex trebek who taped episodes of the show until shortly before he died of pancreatic cancer on november 8th. And in a prerecorded message, trebek used his obviously weakened voice to wish fans a happy thanksgiving. Happy thanksgiving, ladies and gentlemen. You know, in spite of what america and the rest of the world is experiencing right now, there are many reasons to be thankful. There are more and more people extending helpful hands to do a kindness to their neighbors and thats a good thing. Keep the faith. Were going to get through all of this and we will be a Better Society because of it. Trebeks message was followed by a moment of silence with the studio lights dimmed just before the game got under way. Incredible. Turning back to the coronavirus now and delta offering quaranfree flights. Earlier i spoke to dr. Imran ali and asked him about that and what travelers should know before heading home from the holiday. Dr. Ali, happy thanksgiving to you, sir. As we head into one of the busiest travel periods during this pandemic, what advice do you have for travelers returning home . Well, people are going to be coming from many different locations where they have met with other people, and thats how the virus can spread, and were going to fuel the pandemic if people come home and resume their normal activities without taking extra precautions. Cases are expected to spike about three weeks after thanksgiving. We saw the same pattern after memorial day, fourth of july and labor day. Is there anything people can do for now to possibly prevent that from happening again . Well, its going to happen. I mean, theres nothing that can be done now, but what we people can prevent that from bump from being extra large. Coming from different travel and holiday gatherings, what we want to do is encourage people to stay at home for 14 days if theyre not able to get any testing done. But if theyre able to get a test thats negative, if you stay at home for about seven days, you should be in the clear. Doctor, delta has announced the first quarantinefree transatlantic flights and passengers can fly if they test negative three times before a flight. Is this the best way to resume International Travel . Im getting a lot of questions all day about this. Everybody is excited because you now can go to italy and not be required to stay there for 14 days minimum for the quarantine. I do have some problems with this. From what ive gotten so far, you take a pcr test about 72 hours before boarding the flight and then you take a rapid test at the airport before getting on the plane and then a rapid test in rome once you land. Now, the problem is with these rapid tests, theyre not as accurate as the pcr test and another thing is, once you get to rome, you want to be tested three to five days after landing, because if you were exposed in the interim, it may take that time for the virus to replicate to the point where it can be detected in a test. Our thanks to dr. Ali. The nfl reigning mvp is the latest player to test positive for coronavirus. Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson has been ruled out of sundays game against pittsburgh. Hes one of ten ravens on the leagues covid19 list. As for the teams that did play on thanksgiving, the Washington Football Team now owns first place in the nfc east and Antonio Gibson ran for three touchdowns as d. C. Beat up dallas, 4116. In the first game of the day, Desean Jackson threw four touchdown passes as the texans won in detroit, 4125. Theres speculation the loss may be the final game for lions head coach matt patricia. Coming up, happy zoomsgiving. How families celebrated the holiday at a distance amid the pandemic. Also ahead, out of this world. A must see video posted by an astronaut. Ocean spray works with nature every day to keep you healthy time to check your postthanksgiving pulse. We begin with thanksgiving 2020 style better known as zoomsgiving. Many families spent the holiday celebrating virtually due to the pandemic, of course. One poll found 72 of americans said theyd be getting together with loved ones online because of the coronavirus. A set of grandparents from texas found a different way to be represented at the dinner table. Look at this. Missy and barry sent cardboard cutouts of themselves to their grandchildren. Great to have grandma and grandpa there. Cant tell the difference. Astronaut Victor Glover is getting rave reviews on social media from his new home aboard the International Space station. Yall, look at this. Glover posted his first ever video from space sharing his view of earth. He is part of a crew on board the dragon resilience capsule where he captured these images. The video just doesnt do it justice. It is pretty amazing, though. Ooh. Now i know where my iphone picture comes from. Glover also posted a picture of the entire space station crew shortly after their thanksgiving dinner saying, quote, so stuffed. Hell be living on that orbiting lab for the next six months. How many selfies would you take . One every day. Next a toddler going viral for his tiny man cave. His name is noah walker, and video shows noahs mom looking for the 2yearold in their home and there she finds him, finally in an empty kitchen cabinet. Noah is serious about his space outfitted with an ipad, crackers and a coloring book. Hes not thrilled when mom inva invades his space. I can tell by the sideeye. Dogs in california, their version of the thanksgiving food coma. Yes, the dogs take a snooze after a feast followed by pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Their owner shared the footage on facebook writing, quote, when you say youre stuffed and then the pie comes out. Rumor has it half of america still looks like that right now. Oh, definitely. But i just want a little bit more. I have a taste for a little more. Just a little stuffing . Well check the top headlines next. Is that ireland. 1953 . How did you know . Mom. That was taken at the farm. It was in this small little village. In connemara . Right connemara it is. Honestly, we went there oh, oh look at that look at that. 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Todays weather, showers in parts of the northeast. Heavy rain and possible flooding in the south. Sunny in the midwest and dry conditions create fire dangers in southern california. And finally, a los angeles couple refusing to let a Coronavirus Diagnosis interrupt their wedding day. But they were forced to take extraordinary measures to safely exchange vows. Jory rand with our l. A. Station has the details. Reporter as the fairy tale goes, girl meets prince, they fall in love then get married. For Patrick Delgado and Lauren Jiminez of walnut, they got the first two, but the whole marriage part hit a snag five days before the wedding when lauren tested positive for covid19. Its no joke. Like covid is not fun. Reporter with lauren quite sick and quarantined in her bedroom, the wedding was off, right . How does a couple marry when they cant be face to face . Well, on the day their marriage license was set to expire, they decided to go for that storybook ending. It will be like a fairy tale, i guess. Reporter so the fairy tale ruined became a fairy tale renewed. With this ring i thee wed. I thee wed. Reporter and lauren not with hair to throw down like rapunzel, but a roach made by her aunt, neither story could keep them apart. I am delighted to prnounce you lauren and patrick as wife and husband. Reporter they were finally man and wife. Then reality set in. As soon as like the ceremony was over, i was like back in bed. We still have yet to see each other. Were still waiting for that day. Reporter because they each live with their families, this now married couple will go more than three weeks before they can truly make it official. For me at least its being able to kiss him because we didnt get our like first kiss as like husband and wife. Reporter until then, this fairy tale is writing its own ending. At the end of the day, its still just about us. Its about like the marriage, not the big wedding. Reporter jory rand, abc 7, eyewitness news. Thank you, jory. Im sure hes ready to climb that rope. Definitely. But they have the rest of their. Right now on america this morning, taking questions. Youre just a lightweight. Im the president of the united states. Dont ever talk to the president that way. President trump answering questions for the First Time Since the election assuring reporters he will move out of the white house despite refusing to concede the election. What hes saying about the Coronavirus Vaccine effort and attending bidens upcoming inauguration. Hospitals overwhelmed. Nearly 90,000 americans in the hospital right now. Doubling in less than a month as covid cases reach new highs and now doctors bracing for a wave of cases after millions ignored cdc traveling guidelines. What we can expect heading into december. Dinner disaster. The massive fire forcing dozens from their homes as flames engulfed a line of houses
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