Of their own homes but in a hospital. The number of americans fighting for their lives in a hospital right now, over 90,000 for the first time. Thats up by more than a third in just two weeks, and were not even through the worse of it yet. What were seeing is the entire midsection of the country screaming at high levels and unfortunately now 2000 deaths per day is going to be the new normal. Well probably head to 3,000 at the times p deaths per day. Air travel breaking the pandemic era record. More than a Million People deciding to fly, along with 6 million who decided to travel by air before the holiday. Most travelers are expected to return home all at once on sunday, only compounding the potential for spreading the virus. And it appears we dont yet have a full picture of how many cases there have been in the United States. A cdc Study Suggests we are vastly under counting the data indicates only one in eight covid cases in the u. S. May have been counted so far, and for all of those missed cases are missed transmissions which increases the spread everywhere. Emergency authorization of a vaccine could be weeks away as states are currently negotiating to get their hands on it. Remember, the fda predicted 40 million doses could be available initially. Thats only enough for 20 Million People since each person will need two doses. We have had a readjustment of the numbers quoted to us. I have talked to a number of state Health Officials. They have had a proportional decrease in their counts. Were waiting to see answers, why that is. It seems that the initial allotment that we thought would be ready to go out, that number has decreased and so as a result all of the states are going to get a smaller amount. At the same time, key pandemic relief programs are set to exfire pire at the end of th year. Extra paid family leave and a pause on student loan payments. Already more than 50 million americans, 50 million americans are facing food insecurity. Americas food banks are being stretched to their limits. The same way its possible to have enough icu beds, enough doctors to staff them, thats a problem. Soup kitchens and charities Mother Nature the food but not the volunteers. Older volunteers at high risk from covid are staying home and other volunteers are suddenly in need themselves. About 40 of the people who are turning to food banks around the country are people who never before relied on the food system. What was really shocking was how often sometimes we did recognize them because they used to be volunteers in the food bank. And they found themselves in need of our services when they used to be the ones helping their neighbors. Now some proceeds from an emmy winning documentary will go to help the nations hungry. The goat, michael jordan, donating 2 million from the series the last dance to feeding americas food banks in the carolina, and chicago. Jordan said in a year of unimaginable difficulty, its more important than ever to pause and give thanks. The pandemic and struggles of every day americans were not the focus for the president as he took questions thursday for the First Time Since losing the election. He says he plans to go to georgia to campaign for two republican senators facing runoffs in january. Those races of course will determine control of the senate, with huge ramifications for the next two years. Speaking of georgia, ill be going there. I spoke with two great sfaenato. Its very important we win those races. These are two fwraegreat people the president said for the first time hell leave the white house if the Electoral College declares biden the winner of the election, and in the next breath he said that would be a mistake, and took time to repeat more pacele baseless claims about the election, never missing a chance to gin up supporters with conspiracy theories, as long as he has the platform to do so. Kaitlan collins has more. Reporter yeah, boris and laura, the president has not taken a question in over three weeks since the day of the election, and he broke that streak on thanksgiving, finally taking questions from reporters after he held a call with members of the military. As he spoke to us, he reemtpeat accusation of widespread fraud. Also saying if the Electoral College certifies joe bidens win in a matter of weeks as they are scheduled to do, one thing he did say is they would leave the white house, of course i would, should january come and push come to shove. There have been these theories about whether or not he would actually leave the white house. If the Electoral College does elect president elect joe biden, are you going to not leave the building . Certainly i will. Certainly i will. And you know that. But i think that there will be a lot of things happening between now and the 20th of january, a lot of things. Its going to be a very hard thing to concede because we know there was massive fraud. He criticized that biden is moving ahead with transitioning to the presidency by picking people who are going to be in his cabinet, and he wouldnt say whether or not hes going to attend bidens inauguration as of course is the precedent for past president s in january, and its really notable, i cant stress enough, the president has had such a quiet period in his presidency where he has not taken questions, and of course after three weeks, we broke that streak, and well see if that continues with these baseless allegations of fraud. Thank you. After announcements about his Economic Team next week, president elect joe biden spent part of his thanksgiving holiday speaking virtually to front line workers. He called it an honor to speak to some of the hero nurses and firefighters who have sacrificed so much to keep us safe. Mj lee is with the Biden Transition Team in delaware. Reporter yesterday was obviously a challenging thanksgiving for so many families across the country who couldnt travel, who had to skip some of their usual traditions around the holidays couldnt be with the family members they wanted to be with, and the same was the case with the president elect and his family, joe biden and his wife staying back here in delaware where as in past years they would have gotten together with their extended family and traveled out of state, and we have heard biden talk in the last couple of days a lot about the sacrifices that people are making across the country, and that he really understands what these folks are going through. I know this isnt the way many of us hoped wed spend our holiday. We know that a small act of staying home is a gift to our fellow americans. Yes, its a personal sacrifice that each of our families can make, and should make to save somebody elses life. But its also a shared sacrifice for the whole country. A statement of common purpose that says we care about one another, and were all in this together. An Important Message that we have been hearing from biden over and over again, is just urging people to act responsibly saying we could be so close to turning a corner, particularly as we get closer and closer to Vaccine Distribution, happening across the country. This has been a consistent message on the coronavirus pandemic from the future president. Laura and boris back to you. Millions of americans are struggling to pay the bills right now. What does it mean for one of the biggest shopping days of the year . Retail forecasts may surprise you. Youre all, youre all i need youre all, youre all i need as long as i got you then baby you know that youve got me, oh yea. To Severe Plaque Psoriasis uncover clearer skin that can last. In fact, tremfya® was proven superior to humira® in providing significantly clearer skin. Serious allergic reactions may occur. 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Now, the groups estimate comes as millions of americans are still out of work and another 778,000 filed for first time Unemployment Benefits just last week. This underscores how the pandemic continues to deepen the dwo divide between two groups of americans. Workers who have been negatively impacted, lower income and standing in line at food banks across the country, and those that have been able to weather the crisis for various reasons, maybe because they can do their jobs remotely or because theyre wealthy. The National Retail federation is banking on that latter group, seeking retail therapy. After all they have been through, we think theres going to be a psychological factor that they owe it to themselves and their families to have a better than normal holiday. There are risks to the economy if the virus continues to spread, but as long as consumers remain confident and upbeat, they will spend for the holiday season. Boris, laura. Cristina alesci, thank you so much for that. Lets jump overseas where germanys capital of berlin not using restrictions over christmas, a break from france and britain that will loosen rules. Theres a surge in infections around the world right now. Take a look at that. That skyrocketing red line is the United States far above any other country. Even european nations with big populations are far behind the u. S. The global perception of america taking a big hit over the countrys handling of the pandemic. Cnn cnns melissa bell live in europe this morning. How did europe get this right . The restrictions and lock downs are in place, but why are they doing so much better than the United States . Reporter whats been interesting with the first wave and second wave is its westward progression has allowed us to see how Different Countries cope in europe in the first wave and second wave has managed to find the right way to do it. What does that involve, essentially listening to the science and messaging. Youre right, those figures in france and england and also in germany because the second lock downs were brought in fairly effectively, quickly, and tightly. The numbers that had been soaring a month ago in all of those countries brought back under control, allowing authorities to say theyre looking at loosening the restrictions for christmas. As you mentioned, nora, and this is crucial, only if the figures allow it. France will lift the partial lock down on december 15th if its reached the target of no more than 5,000 new cases. The united kingdom, whether its changed to that regional tiered system is working enough that christmas is allowed to happen in certain conditions germany, another good example. It is because the figures are beginning to improve that although the restrictions will stay in place until january of next year in order to ensure th that remains the case, they will be loosening restrictions with ten people allowed at home. Berlin saying were not going to do that. Our figures do not allow it. The restrictions of no more than five people per household remain in place. Whether or not that gets in the way of your christmas plans. A real ability of governments to come down hard, come down strict when it came to imposing lock downs, clear messaging, and again, a sense of if youre going to have to sacrifice holiday joy and family get together to avoid the third wave, thats whats going to have to happen. Youre k looing looking at count are trying to make it work. The hope is if you lock down hard you can avoid doing it once again. Clearly so many countries are struggling with that right now. Melissa bell in paris. Thank you. A coronavirus outbreak for the ravens could sideline the reigning mvp for baltimores biggest game of the year so far. Your Bleacher Report is next. New aveeno® restorative skin therapy. With our highest concentration of prebiotic oat intensely moisturizes over time to improve skins resilience. Aveeno® healthy. Its our nature™. 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With last nights schedule impacted, in his first start on the holiday, texans quarterback, Deshaun Watson making it look easy against the lions. Up by 14 in the 4th, 17 in the 4th, excuse me, hands duke watson, turns around, throws the back ball to watson, and watson airs it out to wide open fuller. He finished with four touchdown passes, and a 16 point win over detroit. In a later game, Antonio Gibson made the most of playing in front of a national audience, carving up the cowboys to the tune of three rushing touchdowns, hes the first rookie to have three td on thanksgiving since hall of Famer Randy Moss in 1998. Thankful after the game saying he never would have dreamt in a million years that he would have a performance like that. Washington moving into first place in the nfc east with a 25 point blow out. 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We can create a kinder, more inclusive world for the millions of people on the autism spectrum. Go to autismspeaks. Org. Good morning, this is early start, im Boris Sanchez in for christine romans. And im laura jarrett. Its 31 minutes past the hour. This would be a day filled with leftovers, family, sleep, black friday shopping, instead for the 17th straight day, a new Record Number of americans are suffering with coronavirus. Not in the comfort of their own homes but in a hospital. The number of americans fighting for their lives in a hospital is 95 for the first time. Thats up by more than a third in just two weeks, and were not even through the worst of it yet. What were seeing is the entire midsection of the country screaming high levels, and unfortunately now, 2,000 deaths per day is going to be the new normal. Well probably head to 3,000 deaths per day. Air travel on wednesday breaking the pandemic era record. More than a Million People deciding to fly, along with more than 6 million who decided to travel by air before the holiday. Those travelers are expected to return home all at once on sunday, and that only compounds the potential for spreading the virus. Also, it appears we dont yet have a full picture of just how many cases there are in the u. S. The cdc Study Suggests we are vastly under counting the data indicating that only one in eight covid cases in the United States may have been counted so far, and for all of those missed cases are missed transmissions, which increases the spread everywhere. At the same time, key pandemic relief programs are set to expire at the end of the year. What does that include, expanded Unemployment Benefits, eviction protection, extra paid family leave and a pause on student loan payments. More than 50 million americans are facing food insecurity. Americas food banks being stretched to their limits the same way its possible to have enough icu beds but not enough doctors to staff them. Soup kitchens and charities may have the food but not the volunteers, a mainstay of those places, older volunteers at risk from covid, theyre staying home, and other volunteers, theyre suddenly in need themselves. About 40 of the people who right now are turning to food banks for help around the country are people who never before relied on the charitable food system. What was really shocking was how often sometimes we did recognize them because they used to be volunteers in the food bank, and they found themselves in need of our services when they used to be the ones helping their neighbors. And now some proceeds from an emmy winning documentary will go to help the nations hungry. The greatest of all time, michael jordan, an inspiration on the court and off, donating 2 million from the series the last dance, defeating americas food banks in the carolinas and chicago. Jordan said in a year of unimaginable difficulty, its more important than ever to pause and give thanks. Its the type of thing you might expect to hear from the leader of the free world but the pandemic and the struggles of americans were not the focus for President Trump yesterday as he took questions for the First Time Since losing the election. He says he plans to go to georgia to campaign for two republican senators facing runoffs in january. Those two races will of course determine control of the senate with huge ramifications for the next two years. Speaking of georgia, i will be going there. I spoke with the two great senators, theyre great senators, were looking for a site. Were going to have a tremendous turnout. Maybe ill go twice. Its very important that we win those races. These are two great people. Also for the first time, the president saying he will leave the white house if the Electoral College declares biden the winner of the election, but in the next breath he said it would be a mistake. He took time to repeat more baseless, false, nonsensical claims about the election, never wasting a chance to gin up supporters with conspiracies as long as he has a platform to do so. Cnns Kaitlan Collins has more. Reporter boris and laura, the president has not taken a question in over three weeks since the day of the election, and he broke that streak on thanksgiving, finally taking questions from reporters after he held a call with members o. Military, and as he spoke to us, he repeated his accusations of widespread fraud in the election. Something his attorneys have been saying without evidence for weeks, and saying if the Electoral College certifies joe bidens win in a matter of weeks as they are scheduled to do, one thing he did say is he would leave the house. He said, of course i would, should january come and push come to shove. As there have been theories about whether or not he would actually leave the house. If the Electoral College does elect president elect joe biden, are you not going to leave the building . Certainly i will. And you know that, but i think that there will be a lot of things happening between now and the 20th of january. A lot of things. Its going to be a very hard thing to concede because we know there was massive fraud. Reporter he also criticized that biden is moving ahead with transitioning to the presidency by picking people who are going to be in his cabinet, and he wouldnt say whether or not hes going to attend bidens inauguration as of course is the precedent for past president s in january. Its just really notable. I cant stress enough, the president has had such a quiet period in his presidency where he has not taken questions and after three weeks, he broke that streak. Well see if that continues with the baseless allegations about fraud. Kaitlan collins at the white house. Thank you for that. The president s decision to campaign for the two republican senators in georgia, amplifying the focus on the two crucial runoffs. The president s baseless claims about fraud put the gop candidates in a tight spot. Ryan nobles is on the ground in atlanta. Reporter theres no doubt the stakes of the runoff races in georgia are big. The win will determine who holds the majority in the senate. There are many republicans who are Trump Supporters focused on the election that took place in november. They want President Trump to continue on with this unfounded effort to rye and undo the results of the election. Not just here in georgia, but across the country where we were at an event with david perdue where a trump supporter interrupted his speech to demand that he and kelly leffler, the other republican running in the runoff need to do more to support President Trumps effort. Now, this has put them in an awkward position. They would rather be talking about the stakes, the difference between republicans and democrats controlling the majority, but instead theyre forced to answer questions about President Trump and show support for him because they need those Trump Supporters to show up on january 5th and vote for them in this runoff election. Right now, its a difficult tight rope that the republican candidates find themselves watching. They want the focus to be on them, but President Trump and his legacy still looms large. Boris and laura. Thank you so much. Its interesting, boris, i wonder how much the president s presence in georgia is actually helpful to these two republicans to have him banging on about voter fraud when theres no evidence of that. They want to move forward but at the same time they think that they need his energy, they think that they need his enthusiasm to bring out crowds and to bring out votes for them. It runs the risk of sapping the energy of supporters who believe that the election is fraudulent, of course a false claim from the president. We were talking during the break, this is an admission that he is not going to be in office on january 1st. These races wouldnt be as important as they are if joe biden hadnt won the election. Now Kamala Harris gets the tie breaking vote in the senate, thats why the senate is in place. Its disingenuous, we have to point out that the president is putting this out there, the idea that there was a fraudulent election, fundraising, asking for money for his legal fund. Its not actually going to his legal fund, and thats something i think more Trump Supporters should be aware of. So many good points, the big one being he knows he lost. Exactly. From the current president to the president elect. Ahead of his first highly classified president ial Daily Briefing on monday, and announcements about his Economic Team next week, joe biden spent part of the thanksgiving holiday speaking virtually to front line workers. He called it an honor to speak to some of the hero nurses and firefighters who sacrificed so much to keep us safe. Mj lee is with the biden team and filed this report. Reporter yesterday was a challenge thanksgiving for so many families across the country who couldnt travel, who had to skip some of their usual traditions around the holidays, couldnt be with the family members they have wanted to be with, and the same was the case for the president elect and his family, joe biden and his wife staying back here in delaware where as in past years, they would have gotten together with their extended family and traveled out of state. We have heard biden talk in the last couple of days, a lot about the sacrifices that people are making across the country and that he really understands what these folks are going through. I know this isnt the way many of us hoped we would spend the holiday. A small act of staying home is a gift to our fellow americans. Yes, its a personal sacrifice that each of our families can make and should make to save somebody elses life. But its also a shared sacrifice for the whole country. A statement of a common purpose that says we care about one another, and were all in this together. Reporter an Important Message we have been hearing from biden over and over again, is urging people to act responsibly, saying we could be so close to turning a corner, particularly as we get closer to Vaccine Distribution across the country. This has been a consistent message on the coronavirus pandemic from the future president. Laura and boris, back to you. Mj, thank you so much. Well be right back. My dermatologist was raving about pure retinol. Its amazing. New from loreal, revitalift night serum with pure retinol International Patent pending. Our most potent retinol. So effective, in a clinical test, 100 of women showed reduction of wrinkles, even deep ones. Powerful results. Validated by dermatologists. Its an antiaging super star new revitalift night serum with pure retinol from loreal paris. Were worth it. 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The Holiday Weekend will bring storms to the gulf coast. Karen mcginnis has your forecast. Boris and laura, i hope you both had a great thanksgiving. A couple of big problem areas. Lets start with the gulf coast. Were going to see heavy rainfall, could see the risk or threat of severe weather. Heavy rainfall that could produce hail and high winds. This extends from loredo to Corpus Christi to houston. Houston needs the rainfall. Lake charles is really recovering from just being battered by backtoback hurricane systems. All right. This is the forecast radar. There you can see it across south texas, then towards the gulf coast. Then towards new orleans and extending into southwestern portions of mississippi. The main threat, as i mentioned, weve got potential for damaging winds. Also the potential for some hail. These pink shaded areas, red flag alerts, ventura county, los angeles county, extending from lake mead to havasu city. Could see wind gusts 60 to 70 miles per hour, especially through the passes. Denver, 45, atlanta, 71, new york city, 59. Enjoy it while it lasts. Thank you, karen mcginnis. Has clouded promising vaccine news from astrazeneca. The drug maker announced its Coronavirus Vaccine is 70 effe effective on average. A lack of clarity surrounding the data has raised concerns that could delay authorization in the u. S. And europe. Yeah, astrazeneca says trial participants were given two different courses of the vaccine, and the size of one group was significantly smaller than the other one. Now, Vaccine Developers say an error that was measuring the doses during manufacturing gave the drug maker wildly different results between these trial groups. A top astrazeneca official tells the wall street journal that the error is irrelevant and insists the vaccine meets thresholds for approval. Africa has been able to keep coronavirus contained better than the world. The head of the cdc says the continent is often neglected when it comes to getting drugs. How long will countries in africa have to wait for a covid19 vaccine. David mckenzie is life in south africa. What are you learning . Reporter the head of the african cdc said there could be delay compared to countries in the Northern Hemisphere to access the vaccines. He says potentially the middle of next year is a realistic deadline to roll out vaccines across the african continent in a meaningful way. He did say one of the issues facing many countries is logistical that these two two of the ropromising vaccine, the moderna vaccine, Pfizer Vaccine have to be stored in lower temperatures. Traveling to places even in remote areas, they are able to form that cold chain, and get vaccines all the way to the people, but in this case, its going to be an order of magnitude in logistic, so much greater than they have experienced before on the continent. There are vaccines being tested here in south africa. Perhaps to try and get earlier access to that, and the oxford vaccine and others in the pipeline do not need those cold temperatures. One of the issues will be the cost of vaccines, the World Health Organization warns that it could cost more than 5 billion to get access to vaccines but already, there are negotiations going on with the world bank to get money into the pipeline, to get that logistics ready and, while africa hasnt been hit as hard as uyou say, many countries want to get the vaccines quickly to allow africa and africans to access the rest of the world because of those restrictions that will possibly be in place for travelers going forward. Yeah, the logistical challenges of this are just so immense. Its so important to have this conversation now, and hopefully get on top of the situation. David, thank you. 6 Million People traveled by air in the United States ahead of thanksgiving. Many of them were College Students forced to love school because campuses closed due to the pandemic. Now, families are being forced to figure out how to thatve ga navigate that situation. Cnns Bianna Golodryga has more. University of michigan sophomore elliot boss took an extra test before reuniting with his family in san mateo, california, for thanksgiving. A negative covid test. We met elliot on campus last week. My family is at home, and grandparents are back. I want to make sure that im cleared before i come back home. Despite a late plea from the cdc advising people to stay put, hes one of the hundreds of thousands of College Students who traveled home for the holiday because staying put wasnt an option. The university of michigan and many other universities nationwide ended all in person classes for the semester this week. I think everybody is kind of in the same situation. Im not unique in any way in that sense. Its just an extra level of thoughtfulness so i had to go out of my way, get the test, be diligent about, you know, wearing a mask. Washing my hands and so on. These are the scenes Health Experts wanted avoid. 4. 8 million travelers passing through tsa check points since the cdc guidance came out last week. Its tough because i think students kind of around the country are might be thinking differently about this, and everybody wants to see their family. I think in terms of travel, everybody is trying to do their best about how to travel safely. Universities across the country set their own covid testing protocol before students left campus. There are no federal guidelines in place. Leaving Health Officials frustrated. Young, asymptomatic individuals with so called silent spreaders are fueling the epidemic in this country, and so colleges have a responsibility to ensure that they dont unwittingly unleash ticking time bombs into the nations airports, train stations and thanksgiving dining tables. Elliots dad mike says the family is comfortable with his sons decision to come home. He is a responsible kid, and so he got tested and so that alleviates the concerns, so overall, there is always a risk, but the risk is minimized as much as possible. Elliots parents and his 81yearold grandparents will be together this thanksgiving, but his older brother, shura, a College Senior in los angeles is not coming home from school. So what is this thanksgiving going to be like for you, i bet a little bittersweet having your younger son home but obviously the whole family cant be together . Its going to be a partial family. We had other family members that were planning to come, and theyre not coming anymore because of spike in covid, and so its not just my older son. Its our family members. Reporter its exactly the kind of holiday precautions dr. Fauci and other experts are pleading with americans to make. To the extent possible, keep the gatherings, the indoor gatherings as small as you possibly can. We know how difficult that is because this is such a beautiful traditional holiday, but by making that sacrifice, youre going to prevent people from getting infected. Reporter sound advice that will extend far beyond thanksgiving for families with College Students home for the rest of the year. In terms of the grandparents its thoughtful albabout when ie them, talking with them apart, and giving them a hug, being thoughtful. Reporter Bianna Golodryga, cnn, new york. Final word this morning, we turn to alec trebek, he prerecorded a message of gratitude and encouragement for his audience weeks before he passed away. 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. So well put. Trebek died at the age of 80 years old from pancreatic cancer earlier this month. Boris, thank you so much for being in the chair with me all week, even from a distance, its always great to have you. Thank you so much, laura. It was a pleasure as always. Thank you so much for joining us as well. Im Boris Sanchez in for christine romans. Have a great weekend, everyone. Im laura jarrett. New day is next. Not whats easy. 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