Notre dame refusing to allow students to leave until they test negative. President trump tonight with now sign of conceding making his first public appearance in nearly a week. A wreath laying ceremony for veterans day. Several judges now rejecting his legal challenges to the election. President elect biden at the Korean War Memorial in philadelphia. He could soon name his chief of staff, as World Leaders congratulate biden, british Prime Minister boris johnson, for one, who had a close bond with president trump, now referring to him as the previous president. In georgia, authorities now ordering a recount by hand of millions of ballots. Joe biden leading in that state by more than 14,000 votes. And tonight here, a reality check what the typical recount finds in the past, how much has it affected the original vote count . And, of course, the result would have to change in georgia and in several other states. And once a hurricane, the Tropical Storm now set to slam into the u. S. Again tonight. Rob marciano in the storm zone with the track. And on this veterans day, the heroes you met right here, many of whom youll remember. And tonight, their wish on this veterans day. Good evening and its great to have you with us here on this wednesday night, on this veterans day, we honor our nations veterans and their wishes on this day, in just a moment here. But we begin tonight with the pandemic and alarming new numbers coming in and new yorks governor taking ags tonight amid new cases here. In fact, cases now rising in all 50 states, 152,000 new cases in just the past 24 hours. New york, the original epicenter, imposing a 10 00 p. M. Curfew. The governor warning of stricter measures if this doesnt stop this new wave. Texas tonight topping a million cases. The most in the nation. Some hospitals crushed by a Record Number of patients in the icu. North dakota hospitals nearing capacity and the governor there now allowing Health Care Workers who have covid but who are asymptomatic to come to work because there is such a need for front line workers. Authorities had warned we would see this with the Colder Weather and americans heading indoors. And they now say it is going to get much worse unless we all act. Abcs chief National Correspondent matt gutman leading us off. Reporter tonight, new york, the original epicenter of the coronavirus, taking swift action in the face of a troubling sign. The Positivity Rate climbing to 2. 9 , the highest since june. Starting friday, a new curfew. Bars, restaurants and gyms will close at 10 00 p. M. Gatherings in private homes will be limited to ten people. If these numbers keep going crazy, you have some scientists who believe were going to go back to a closedown. Im just praying that doesnt happen. Reporter tonight, texas, the first state to surpass a million cases and the nations new epicenter, el paso, parts of which now look like a military field hospital. Air force Lieutenant Colonel and dr. Brock miller has been deployed to afghanistan, his medical unit now on the ground in el paso where covid is exploding. Even compared to any experience ive had in my training or since deployment, its also the busiest ive ever seen a hospital. Reporter one of that very hospitals Covid Patients is taylor soderberg. Can you describe that feeling of you know what its like to try to walk and get into the emergency room when you cant breathe . The feeling is like youre drowned. You know, youre just grasping for that breath. Reporter tonight, every state in the nation seeing hospitalizations, icu admissions and ventilator use on the rise. In oklahoma, hospitals are overwhelmed. Our Worst Nightmare right now is having to choose between a patient in a car accident and a patient with covid. Reporter but the governor resisting a mask mandate. And in south dakota where the Positivity Rate is nearly seven times the national average, the city of sioux falls voting down a mask mandate. That came just hours after the cdc updated its guy dance, saying wearing a mask protects you, not just the people around you, adding, adopting universal masking policies can help avert future lockdowns. In north dakota, Staff Shortages so severe, Health Care Workers with asimilymptomatic covid wil keep working can Covid Patients. Every day, front line workers are watching their own patients slip away. Its just hard to see somebody passing in front of your eyes. Youre gowned up and you cant see your face and you cant feel the touch of skin to skin. Its just extremely sad. Reporter in utah, 24yearold jesse jenson is on a ventilator, struggling to survive, days after giving birth to a little girl. For the first couple days, because i had no idea what was going to happen, i mean, you hear that your oxygen is low, okay, shes on a ventilator, you hear the ventilator isnt working. Its its kind of scary. Reporter tonight, on the heels of pfizers progress of its vaccine, word today moderna will be announcing its results soon. We likely will see results from them probably sometime, i would think in the next two weeks or two and a half to three weeks, which means youll have two companies that will have vaccine available. So, lets get to matt gutman live tonight from el paso. And matt, there is a new forecast just out tonight as we come on the air, as well, looking at which parts of the country could see substantial growth in cases in the next coming weeks . Reporter policy lab, david, is predicting that substantial growth in the northeast through the midatlantic and Significant Growth in california and west coast cities like portland and seattle roughly following those deadly trends weve been seening here in texas, the midwest and the rockies. David . But make no mistake, this is across the country tonight. Matt gutman leading us off again. Thank you. And now, to the growing concern that thanksgiving could actually fuel the most dangerous spike yet. And tonight, the cdc with guidance for families planning to celebrate the holiday. Heres abcs Stephanie Ramos. Reporter tonight, with thanksgiving just two weeks away, and the pandemic exploding, Health Officials warning close family gatherings could accelerate the surge. Given how bad things are with the pandemic and how widespread the virus is, its really difficult to have kind of a normal thanksgiving, large family gatherings. Reporter experts say half of all americans plan to travel for the holiday, going against those new cdc guidelines, which recommend celebrating thanksgiving virtually or only with people in your own household and preferably outside. For indoor dinners, the cdc says keep the windows open, spread out as much as possible and wear masks. The other major concern, College Students bringing the virus home for the holiday. More than 540 university of connecticut students now in quarantine after two dozen people tested positive. At notre dame, where thousands of studes stormed the field after a win on saturday, students must test negative before they leave campus. Yale university freshmen wont be allowed back on campus after the holiday. Weston kerekes heading back to santa monica, but even though hell be home in time for the holiday, hes not taking any chances. On thanksgiving, ill still be in my room, and we will eat together as a family on zoom. Reporter david, Health Officials caution about relying too heavily on testing. The incubation period for covid is up to 14 days, so, it is possible to test negative one day and become sick the next. Here at rutgers university, students living on campus are tested weekly and if they do test positive, they are isolated on campus until they recover. David . All right, Stephanie Ramos tonight. Stephanie, thank you. Were going to turn next this evening to president trump, unwilling to concede and his first appearance in nearly a week today. President elect joe biden laying a wreath at the Korean War Memorial in philadelphia. In fact, he could soon name his chief of staff. As a growing number of World Leaders congratulate biden. Heres our chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl. Reporter today, a new campaign 2020 milestone joe biden now leads donald trump by more than 5 million votes nationally, the largest popular vote victory since 2008. The president elect and his wife jill traveled to philadelphia today to pay tribute to americas veterans. And the current president visited Arlington National cemetery, but he has not spoken in public for nearly a week, the longest stretch of silence for donald trump since he became president. His only communication coming in the form of tweets, many making unfounded claims of election fraud. The New York Times called Election Officials in all 50 states. The resulting banner headline Election Officials nationwide find no fraud. Still, only four Senate Republican senators have publicly acknowledged joe biden is the president elect. How do you expect to work with republicans if they wont even acknowledge you as president elect . They will. They will. Reporter but the president s refusal to concede has frozen the transition process. Today, two former chiefs of staff for george w. Bush and bill clinton wrote in the washington post, quote, our adversaries seek to take advantage of the United States during transitions. Given the realities of the pandemic, delaying the launch of the transition could have real costs. But the outgoing secretary of state, in an apparent effort to please his boss, is echoing president trump. There will be a smooth transition to a second trump administration. Reporter its clear the rest of the world is moving on from the trump presidency. Secretary pompeo heads out on a trip this friday to seven countries. The leaders of all seven of them have already congratulated biden. And in britain, Prime Minister boris johnson, one of president trumps closest allies on the world stage, today referred to him as, quote, the previous president. I had and do have a Good Relationship with the previous president , but im delighted to find the many areas in which the incoming Biden Harris Administration is able to make common cause with us. Back here in the u. S. , jon, a number of judges dismissing president trumps legal challenges to this election . Reporter yeah, and let me be blunt about this, david. N none of this is going anywhere. For donald trump to win, they would either have to disqualify or change tens of thousands of votes and overturn the results in at least three different states. No indication that that is going to happen whatsoever, david. All right, jon, thank you. In georgia, meantime, authorities, though, are ordering a recount by hand of millions of ball lots. Joe biden leading in that state by more than 14,000 votes. And so tonight here, a reality check what the typical recount finds. And heres Steve Osunsami from georgia. Reporter georgias republican secretary of state tonight still says that the election here was fair, but hes been feeling the blow torch from others in his party, and is now agreeing to give Trump Supporters an audit of the vote for president that currently has joe biden leading by more than 14,000 votes. The votes will be counted by hand and the election must be certified in nine days. It will take every bit of the time that we have left. Reporter the president s people have been claiming without evidence that there was significant voter fraud. Sitting senators david perdue and Kelly Loeffler are leading those charges, and today, atlantas major newspaper took the rare step of dressing both of them down on the front page, calling this dangerous behavior. Both are fighting for their seats in a Runoff Election in january and rallied the troops today. We are going to save the country. Reporter historically, recounts rarely change things. Of nearly 5,000 statewide elections in this country, 27 of them needed recounts, but only three of those changed the results. And the average change was just 282 votes. And again, joe biden is currently leading by more than 14,000 in georgia. Even if the president won here in georgia, it wouldnt be enough. He would also need to win pennsylvania for sure, where hes behind more than 50,000 votes and hed need to win in at least one other state where hes behind. David . All right, Steve Osunsami with us again tonight from atlanta. Thank you, steve. Were going to turn now, though, to veterans day. The heroes you met right here. Many of whom youll remember. We have long believed returnsing to the veterans along the way has been so important. And so, tonight, we do it again. We check in on them. And this evening, their wish on this veterans day. Tonight, we go back to find the veterans you met right here. It was just last year, we documented our world war ii veterans and their return to normandy 75 years later. There was the moment, strangers walking up to them to say thank you. Onofrio zicari originally from geneva, new york, was so moved. Thank you for everything you guys did for us, for your service. Thank you. This whole beach, whole section. As far as the eye could see was just men coming ashore, coming ashore, unbelievable. Nono told us he had one more wish. A lot of graves. Look at all the crosses. Oh boy. To find the grave of the friend he lost. Holding the photograph of himself, standing before his friends grave back during the war. 75 years later, he found the cross. Donald e. Simmons, who died on june 6th, 1944. What nono did not know was that donald similmonssimmons family watching our news. So moved by that moment, they wanted to meet nono. Ah, there he is. Im marie, dons sister. And im pleased to meet you, mr. Nono. Im doris. Im dons oldest sister. Im elinor simmons, and i was his sisterinlaw. Im bernie simmons, im dons brother. Only one left. See the picture . Definitely, yes. Yeah, thats him. Yep, thats him. Months later, nono would travel to syracuse to meet Donald Simmons family. What do we got here . They were waiting to shake his hand. Im nono. Reporter tonight, nono tells us he has stayed in touch with donalds family. Sending us this image of him in his garage. And on this veterans day, he honors our first responders, telling us he hopes the pandemic will soon be over. God bless america. There was our trip to iraq one year ago. Our servicemen and women still hunting down isis. Captain craig dolhi from pittsburgh, who had something he was looking forward to. Fiance. We got engaged right before we came out here. So, i imagine shes waiting for you to come home. Yes, sir. Whats her name . Emily. Tell her we thank you for your service. Yes, sir, i will. Congratulations, by the way. Thank you. Major vonn wright, who told me back then, he couldnt wait to see his family. Youll be home in time for the holidays . Ill be home in time for the holidays. I look forward to it. Tonight, mayor wright back with his family in kentucky. His children and his wife. Hi, david. Major wright and his wish tonight. My one wish to all the soldiers, servicemembers and veterans all over the globe, past and present, is that they know, as well as their families know that their sacrifices that they made have not gone in vain. They are see roes, in my ewes, and everyone elses eyes here at ft. Campbell, kentucky. He remembers the heroes who came before him and we do, too. Stan friday from pennsylvania, who we met in normandy. At the time, he was receiving frances top honor the legion of honor, to thank him 75 years later. Stan told me then, that medal was not for him. The medal part is for the guys whos out there. Theyre the heroes, im standing by there. Theyre the heroes. Every one of these men right here. I represent them. Tonight, his hope on this veterans day, dont forget what we did for freedom. We had a purpose to fight. We went to war to be free and we did our job. My message is to not let it be forgotten. And weve learned that stan just had another birthday. He is now 98. And i remembered talking to stan about birthdays while we were in normandy. God bless me. Absolutely. Whats your secret . I dont know. Yeah . No, because and if you did know, youre not going to tell me. Ill give you a hint. All right. I did all the wrong things years ago and i found out later on they come out right. They sure did. That was the secret. We do honor stan and all of our nations veterans on this day and every day. When we come back here with more news tonight, it already hit the u. S. , now the Tropical Storm set to slam into the u. S. Again, in fact, rob is in the middle of it all right now with the track. Heres to the duers. 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