Attempts to over turn the election results. Over night, president elect biden expanding his victory in wisconsin. Biden adding 132 votes to his total bringing his margin of victory to more than 183,000 votes. New reaction from Vice President elect Kamala Harris to reports that President Trump is mulling another run in 2024. Take a listen. President trump has been making motions he will run again in 2024. Do where you feel like you and president elect biden would be ready to face face him again. Please. Theres that. And then this. The number of coronavirus cases nationwide surpassing 13 million. The u. S. Adding one million new cases in each of the last two weeks. Helping us to expand is a trio of correspondents. Were going to begin with aly vitali. Theres another split screen weekend. The president who spent time at his golf club while Vice President elect spent time with Small Business owners. Reporter another split screen weekend. Another juxtaposition of how the administration is spending their weekend and the Incoming Administration is spending their weekend. It was a mix of politics as well as pe krusing what the shops ha to offer. She did make a few purchases. Her husband did purchase a madame Vice President tshirt. She looks at that and posed. He purchased that for her afterwards. The politics showed through as they were shopping. When she was asked about the state of the transition, we know that on an agency level the Transition Team has been connecting with people who are government. At the highest levels of this government between the sitting Vice President and the sitting president as well as their counter parts on the Incoming Administration, we know they have not had contact. Kamala harris has not talked to mike pence and donald trump has not talked to joe biden. I asked the Transition Team the other day if they thought they needed to have that kind of contact in order to make this transition as efficient as possible. They told me then they didnt view it as mission critical. Kamala harris was asked a similar question today. Here is how she put it. We are clear about the job that we have in front of us and the American People deserve that the Incoming Administration focuses on whats important and what is important is getting a handle on this virus, opening back up our Small Businesses and focusing on the experts in all areas. We have been meeting with every one from labor leaders to heads of fortunate 500 companies. We are meeting with mayors, governors, bipartisan. Thats what were going to continue to do which is focus on the issues that the American People deserve their leaders are paying attention to. Reporter a few things that stuck out to me there as we heard Kamala Harris talking about the importance of combatting the virus. This has been the top priority of this Transition Team. It was the center piece of their electoral pitch during the general election. It makes sense then that she would pivot back to talk about the virus. Note how she talked about bipartisan outreach this team has had. They have done calls with mayors, governors over the last few weeks all trying to highlight they want to be talking to people in the localities. Assuring they have partner in the federal government but telling them they will have a seat at the table as this Incoming Administration trying to figure out what it has to do to get this coronavirus under control. Thats ban key piece of this transition so far. She also touched on Something Else that as we get into a week where we know this transition will be putting out slate of nick picks, she touched on the role of Small Businesses on this Small Business saturday and its a Small Business saturday unlike any other because of the pandemic. She highlighted one statistic that struck me. One in four businesses are in the process of being close to permanent closure bp that tracks to another research out there. The economy and the pandemic are really linked. Alex. 100 . Youre absolutely right. Thank you so much. Lets go to carol lee who is standing by for us in washington. Carol, welcome to you. Now that we have trumps appeal being struck down in pennsylvania, how does his Campaign Plan to move forward in. Reporter they are saying they are headed to the Supreme Court. Thats what their response was yesterday. They said this was something that, in their view, was part of the judiciary machinery. Thats a quote. In terms of something that is bias against the president. They will continue to fight this onto the Supreme Court. Its not clear the Supreme Court would take this case and they are alleging the judge in this case, this three panel judge and the judge who wrote the opinion who is a trump appointee are just not looking at the facts. They are saying they are not listening to these widespread allegations of widespread fraud. Ill read you a small portion of what the judge wrote. Charges of unfairness or serious but calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here. Pretty squacathing response fro the judge. You heard the White House Press secretary saying perhaps the judge was not fully understanding the argument they were making. Take a listen. I think this Third Circuit judge misunderstood the argument because its an equal protection argument. The one we have been making in court. We have presented affidavits. There are declarations made as well. There is evidence there. Its important for the Supreme Court to take a look at this. Reporter now, they are vowing to fight this to the Supreme Court its not clear they will get their wish on that. Meanwhile, you have the president who is continuing to push these allegations of fraud on his twitter feed. He spoke to reporters for the first time in 23 days this week where he made these allegations of fraud. He is thanking state legislatures. They havent given up on this idea they could try to arm twist some state lawmakers to try to achieve the president s goal. He said its to overturn the results of the election through the legal system or through the political system. Its all remarkable coming from you there. Thank you so much. Outrage protesters in tehran at this hour after the assassination of irans Top Nuclear Scientists. Fingers are being pointed at israel and the United States by the protesters. Israel and the white house not commenting on the news. Reporter iran and officials military figures ordinary people are up in arms over the what they call an extrajudicial killing of a Top Nuclear Scientist on home soil. Theres been protests all afternoon and early into this evening by member who is are Para Military organization under the umbrella of the irgc. They have been calling for revenge against israel, against the United States. They say no u. S. Assets in this region should remain safe for the next 40 days. A reference to the time that is left in office for President Trump. Irans Supreme Leader also made a very fiery statement today. Saying that iran is looking for vengean vengeance. He said its first order of business for the country to get vengeance for their master mind nuclear scientists. A sentiment that was echoed who said that iran wants vengeance but interestingly, he said vengeance has to come at the right time. I think iran is now making calculations as the Playing Field has changed, as theres going be a new president in white house. Nay may not want to upset the apple cart too much and close the window to breathing new life into the nuclear deal which is what the iranians desperately want. An adviser said they are trying to get this into a conflict and were not going to take the bait. Where where im standing, i think the iranians are going to bite the bullet for the next month and a half or so till the 20th of january and see if they can come to some sort of an agreement with joe biden. Its not going be easy but thats their only option right now for removing sanctions which is really, really hurting the country. As you know, relations between tehran and washington are predictably unpredictable and the smallest miscalculation can change everything. All right. Thank you so much. Joining me now, congressman adam smith. Congressman, welcome to you, sir. Hope you had a good holiday. Lets get right into this. The u. S. And israel, neither commenting on the killing of this scientist. What is your reaction . I think this is huge problem. I dont know who did it. I dont believe the u. S. Was involved. I think its logical to assume that israel was but we dont know. I do think we should understand its very Serious Business to go assassinating somebody in another country. I dont think this is the path towards a peaceful outcome. I think the path was the nuclear deal that we had with iran. I think people lose track of fact that trumps decision to pull out of that pact hasnt helped us. Iran is much further along in Building Nuclear weapon when we pulled out of that. The stated reason for pulling out of it was we wanted to put maximum pressure on iran to stop all the other bad things they were doing. Theyre still doing. Theyre still in iraq, yemen, lebanon. To your point that you dont think iran was involved in all, but if israel was responsible, is there a chance that the United States was not told in advance of their intentions . Absolutely theres chance. Its plausible deniably deniability. We will be briefed on that. We should not reveal it publicly. In terms of what u. S. Policy would be, we have to understand our involvement with the rest of the world, were trying to stop iran from developing a fluke here weapon. Were trying to stop transnational terrorist groups but the actions we take trying to stop that, when violent acts are committed by us or people think by us whether youre talking about drone attacks in somalia, afghanistan or elsewhere, that employees back on us. Countries do not like the u. S. Taking violent action in their countries. We need to come up with a better Foreign Policy or well have an escalating well have escalating conflict that doesnt ultimately serve our interest. What do you think bidens first order of business should be in terms of Foreign Policy . We recall in 2016 president obama told president elect trump that his top Foreign Policy party should be north korea. Has that changed . Sgr reestablish the u. S. As a player in the world. Not just a selfinterested actor. A country committed to International Organizations and working cooperatively with allies and reaching out to adversaries in trying to find out how to Work Together to solve problem. Trump message of america is in it for itself, period, and the wap we have bullied allies. The way hes spoken positively about dictators has really confused the plemessage as to w the u. S. Is trying to do in the world. Getting our diplomatic core out there, to appoint ambassadors and to reengage in the world in a positive way is the number one thing to do. Other than that, its a whole bun ch of challenges. Its russia, transnational terrorist groups. I dont think you can pick one at this point. Im looking at an article. There are four authors of it. One of them is former defense secretary jim mattis who cowork this oped saying in january when President Joe Biden and his National Security team begin to e reality Foreign Policy we hope they will quickly revise the National Security strategy to eliminate America First from its content, restoring cooperative opportunity. You clearly agree on that but how best does he go about doing it . I guess the question has to be asked how much has the Trump Administration undone the good will that previously other countries had towards the United States . They have done a will the of damage to it. The best way i summarize is i traveled around the world before covid. Many of our foreign partners really felt like they couldnt deal with the u. S. Honestly. If they had an ambassador in their country, maybe working with him, they get an agreement. The next day the president tweets something that totally undoes that agreement. Reestablishing our credibility and connecting with people and letting people know we want to work with them and we are going to have a coherent Foreign Policy. Also its important let me ask you. I hate to interrupt. You describe something we have lived with as well. Where be president put something out one day and in matter of hours or next day he completes something opposite and blows up what he said before. Do you sense there was a point during this administration that foreign dignitaries, foreign leaders stopped paying attention to donald trump and his twitter rants . Yes. Worse than that. They stopped paying attention to trump and his twitter rants but to some extent they stopped Pay Attention to u. S. Diplomats because they didnt know what our policy was. The greatest example was the decision to pull out of syria. It came in a tweet. Undermined a whole lot of discussions that were ongoing at the time. I want to make quick point on the National Security strategy. That is an actual document. Step one would be to redo that document. The sta s to state what our National Security strategy should be. I think jim mattis nailed in. Biden should redo that document and his National Security team, that should be job one. Let me ask you what nbc news is reporting which is that some exintelligence officials are saying when President Trump leaves office, he should not receive access to classified information about the countrys National Security secrets. Do you agree . Absolutely. I think the president has made it clear that its all about him. That was obvious from the day he took office, to me. Now as you look at him just totally trashing our democracy, just because he doesnt want to lose. He lost. He wish he didnt. He is making it up. Theres no credible allegations of any fraud. He is tearing down our entire democracy and our constitution or hes trying to merely because of his own selfinterest. Theres no way on earth i want someone who is that selfinterested to have access to that information. Hes not going to think about whats best for america. He will only think about one thing. Whats best for him. Yes, i think we should be very careful about giving him any more power once he leaves office than we absolutely have to. I really appreciate the Straight Talk conversation from you. Democrat from washington. Thank you so much. Thanks. Bringing optimism going into the Holiday Season but how can doctors convince americans to trust it. Ricans to trust it. Its the easiest because its the cheesiest. Kraft. For the win win. Alice loves the scent of gain so much, she wished there was a way to make it last longer. Say hello to your fairy godmother alice. And longlasting gain scent beads. Part of the irresistible scent collection from gain this month the country adding more than three million cases in just four weeks. In rhode island, a twoweek pause begins monday. There will be new restrictions on Indoor Dining and household gatherings. Colleges are being told to go fully remote and Los Angeles County will be under a new threeweek stay at home order. That starts monday. Residents are banned from gathering with anyone outside their households, indoor retail and essential businesses must operate at limited capacity. Most schools will remain open. Some of those strict new orders may not impact nearby pasadena in the outskirts of los angeles. The city has its own Health Departments with different restrict strixs drawing shoppers there this weekend. What about ten miles or so from downtown los angeles. Steve, good to see you again. Break this down for us. Whats happening in pasadena thats not happening in los angeles . Reporter to be fair, most of whats happening is happening to greatest Los Angeles County. They are going along with most of what the new order says which is as you just mentioned, wearing mask in public. Limiting those gatherings whether its private or public and reducing the crowd sizes in non nonessential and essential businesses. What pasadena doing different is they are not following the ban when it comes to out door dining. They have their own Health Department. The City Council Decides on what to do. Based on the data they found, they are able to keep out door dining. You have a lot of shoppers flocking from all over state. As they shop, they want to grab something to eat. They want to see their family and friends and able to do that here. The guy we should talk to is paul little, the ceo of the chamber of commerce. Lets talk about the decision to keep out door dining. What role did you play in that and why do that . Well, we advocated to try to keep as much the Outdoor Dining in place as possible. Its the lifeline of so many restaurants. The only thing the server could have done that have beenless harmful would be to wear a hazmat suit. They wore gloves the whole time. Had masks and face shields and served e everything wearing gloves or with tongs. Cases are surging here in california. Cases are surging in l. A. County. As far as i know they are al probablying surging here in pasadena. What is being done on the enforcement side of things since youre keeping the out door seating open. Are you enforcing whats in place on the ground here in in the nice thing about were a small city. Were 142,000 people with our own Health Department. Our Health Department people know all the restaurant, all the businesses. Its manageable size. Anybody who is not following the rules will be shut down. They will step up their enforcement. Theres a lot of people that walk around the rose bowl here. They will make sure that people are following the rules and being safe about it. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Just to reenforce what pall said, we have seen some local businesses that have been in violation of the order and they have been in trouble by the Health Department here in pasadena. The decision to stay open helping those Small Businesses, restaurants that are trying to do their thing and attracting a will the of shoppers here. Clearly they vigilant. I did love the elbow bump. The nfl is pausing all team activities. This is the planned thanksgiving game between the Baltimore Ravens and the pittsburgh steelers. That moves to tuesday after several baltimore players tested positive for the virus. Its not the first time a game has had to be postponed this season over an out break of cases. Why has this been so challenging for these teams . Well, its really about the interaction that players and team members and staff are having. If you actually do a diagram, even with all the precautions in place, masks, youve seen it op field. Think are doing Everything Possible but at tend of day, youre in pretty close contact and then that translates out to the back, to training rooms, places where they are getting physical therapy despite the best measures, its a revelation in how hard it is to do this if you cant truly stay six feet apart. Thats just one of many reasons that i think were having these discussions about Indoor Dining, Outdoor Dining, schools and things like that. Is there anything they could have done differently . This is football. Its an interactive sport. What could they do in terms of transmitting covid . Could they or should they have done something to the nba. Where they took the teams and put them into these bubbles but inside one geography. Understandably, thats a lot tighter control. You dont have fans. You dont have the base that you kind of want in football. That could have been one change. They are doing an incredible amount of testing and i think it also shows something i want to underscore for anybody listening. You cant test your way out of the risk of covid. Testing helps but it does not give you a pass so you dont have to worry about covid in between the tests. Third and final is youre dealing with i do know theres been some players who have not really taken it as seriously. To your point about outdoor restaurants in pasadena, there has to be 100 mandate. Ive seen players and coaches that didnt want to wear their masks or arent wearing them properly. You have to crackdown and make sure that everybody is 100 complaint. Theres a big hope the next season could be more normal in 2021. The year overall in 2021. How soon do you think the Pfizer Vaccine can be approved . When would the peer review data about that vaccine become available to the public in. Theres already been a set date for the Fdas Advisory Committee and they have a full package of data to review. We expect approval or recommendations to be literally within days and then the cdc has an Advisory Group which will make recommendations on the priority population. We expect full data to be available in that time period as well. Ill be looking for it. Hopefully well be talk about it and then literally, the minute the fda gives that emergency authorization for priority populations Like Health Care workers and essential workers, pfizer has been ready. They have plane, trains and ablable automobiles, dry ice, you name it. It will be responsible to see doses administered within days of that approval. To keep every one a little more patient, its not going to be until 2021 until theres basic says. You said that data will be available for you to review on the 10th of december. Come back that weekend. The whole idea of President Trump running again in 2024 made Kamala Harris rlaugh. Harris rla. 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It effectively freezes a lot of heavy weight candidates that otherwise would see a wide pathway to the republican nomination. It also shows the president feel a sense of urgency to stay relevant even after serving one term in the highest office in the land. He clearly wants to not lose that spotlight across the nation. Suggesting he could run again is meant to keep attention on him. I guess. Were talking about it so to an extent its working. The Trump Campaign is vowing to take their lawsuit up to the Supreme Court now. After the court of appeals struck down the attempt to overturn pennsylvania certification. What state do you think he will go after next . Oh, wow. I dont know that one. What i can say is this pennsylvania case was so striking. The New York Times language. They called it blistering and particularly blunt. The judge who wrote that is a trump appointee. I wonder were those words used for donald trump. Was that the audience. Was it his Attorney Team of back off and stop putting these lawsuits out without evidence or was it the supreissusupreme cou. All these judge vs been issuing strident rulings. I wonder if they are trying to send a message to the Supreme Court which many of the jfustics have been appointed by trump. Trump said this himself. Time is are you positiving out. You know, lets quickly, lets reiterate. Theres no guarantee the Supreme Court would even take this, correct s correct . Absolutely. Thats the question. Its whether they are open to this and the trump attorneys keep saying they will do these things but the problem is theyre not producing evidence to these judges. You can tell patience is running thin. You hear legal experts saying they are teaching their law students that is not how to launch a legal lawsuit. When asked about whether he will leave the white house after president elect biden is certified by the Electoral College, the president got into a Heated Exchange with a reporter. Lets play that. Just to be clear, if the Electoral College votes for joe biden, will you concede . If they do, they made a mistake. Will you concede. Just you understand, this election was a fraud. Are you not going to leave this building . Certainly i will. Certainly i will. You know that. I think that there will be a lot of things happening between now and the 20th. Between now people, dont talk to me that way. Sorry, sir. Youre just a lightweight. Im the president of the United States. Dont ever talk to the president that way. Just going to ask your reaction to all of this. I mean, he can sit behind a tiny desk and lob all kinds of temper tantrums. Hes going to leave the white house and thats the way it is. I have to wonder when you watch given the closeness of which you worked with president , speech writing, does your head sometimes spin at the reality of this particular, the behavior thats submitted from this oval office by this president as opposed to guy you work for. At this point, i think nothing is surprising. Even he took office, before he won his election clearly demonstrated he was completely unfit for this office. He has no idea of its gravity and he doesnt understand the presidency is not about him but the American People. None of this is surprising. Its gross that hes sitting in the diplomaticthrowing a temper. Its disappointing and given the fact after he won his election, president obama invited then president elect trump to come to the white house and talk about the issues he would face once he took office. Thats right. We all remember that well. Donald trump pardoned michael flynn. Do you think he will offer a deal to any former associates thats been charged . Yeah, i cant possibly predict who is next or when they will happen. This is a president who has enjoyed the power of pardoning people. What we have seen in the final days of the Trump Administration is an eagerness to enact final rules, executive orders to shift the professions of federal officials and as president s normally do, multiple pardons seem likely on the horizon. With all the focus on Police Reform this year, lots of focus on who he will choose for attorney general. What do you think biden will be looking for in an ag . I think hell be looking for someone who can calm the waters on this front. There are many names going forward. Theres sally yates, duval patrick. Hes trying to turn the temperature down in american politics. Theres probably no appointee who matters more. Oud of o the pandemic, the number one justice is how we delegate justices and criminal Justice Reform and so i think this one will be so crucial. I want to ask you about this because many people voted for biden in hopes of restoring that feeling of the obama administration. How does biden do that without being seen as just trying to carry out a third obama term. When you say that they want to restore that obama feeling, i think what they are hoping for is those early years or during the campaign when we felt like we actually were sort of unified. That has sort of fallen apart. Bidens job is to bring back some of what we lost. As soon as he takes office he will rejoin the paris climate accord. He will reverse President Trumps withdrawal from the World Health Organization which is crucial in the middle of pandem pandemic. Reinstate daca. He will have to go forward. He is the most ambitious climate proposal of any candidate in a general election in american history. Hes talked about what he will be doing for his first year in office, its clear thats his intention. Abby, daniel, good to see all o three of your. Come see me again. Planning for the winter, how the first state to see a massive coronavirus stiek is trying to prevent it from happening ever again. Trying to prevent it from happening ever again. Im having a big lunch and then just a snack for dinner. So were using a speakerphone in the store. Is that a good idea . One of the ways i do that is to get them out of the home. Youre looking for a grout brush, this is garth, did he ask for your help . No, no. No. We all see it. We all see it. He has blue hair. Okay. Blue. Progressive cant protect you from becoming your parents, but we can protect your home and auto when you bundle with us. Keep it coming. You dont know him. Tonight, try pure zzzs allus. Night. Unlike other sleep aids, our extended release melatonin helps you sleep longer. And longer. Zzzquil pure zzzs all night. Fall asleep. Stay asleep. A Record Number of black friday shoppers stayed home and shopped online. The reason could be the comfort and convenience or the pandemic. Preliminary data indicate online sales yesterday as high as 9. 6 billion. Thats an increase of nearly 30 from a year ago. The online spending spree started on thanksgiving with sales over 5 billion. Thats more than 20 higher than last turkey day. Its probably no surprise that adobe expects a record high cyber monday. That would be nearly 40 higher than last year. That would make cyber monday the Largest Online sales event in history. Well see. As the nation braces for a po postholiday coronavirus spike, new york state officials are developing a winter plan to prevent another surge of the vir virus. This comes during a rise in cases and hospitalizations in the state of new york with the western part of the state being hit the hardest at this point. Joining me now, new york governor, its good to see you again. Thanks for joining me. Im here in new york. Im well aware cases are on the rise. In erie county and Staten Island as well. Thanks for having me back. You cant get your hair done, you cant do do gyms or restaurants. The numbers have been high. Statewide new york is a bit shy of 4 compared to other states, compared to where we are and where we are now, we are still at a far better place. Our administration will get ahead of this problem and thats why the governor is presently developing with all of our experts and thats he will only listen to are the experts. A plan to get us through the winter months. The first part we address the micro clusters where we say the entire state doesnt have to shout dun and the county dounts have to shut down if the numbers go up. Well target an area where the numbers are high and shut down businesses only in those areas and only the high risk ones for as long as we can. High end with that is also adjusting for number of hospital beds available. Icu or layer in new metrics for that plan right now. Number two, getting the kids back to school. I have listened to some of your experts on the station many times. Even if numbers are creeping up outside the schools, the schools are right now, at least on the data we have now are safer for the children and they have to get back to learning. Well have a plan to shut down for four days if numbers go over a certain percentage. Let the kids get tested. Let the teachers get tested. Come on back today five and then retest every week about 25 of population. The third part is, i heard my former colleague in Congress Barbara lee talk about this. Making sure we have a fair and equitiable Distribution Plan for the vaccine. We are going to make sure that communities of color, left behind and so many other facets of our society will be out there with our front line workers, Health Care Workers and make sure we just dont count on the trump plan which focused on saying everybody can go to their National Chain pharmacy or go to your doctor. Im sorry, mr. President , youve not seen most of this country. Our rural areas and most impoverrished areas dont have a rite aid or cvs on every corner. Walk around brooklyn or the bronx and youll know what im talking about or go up to rural upstate new york. Well have a plan ta uses the churches, the senior center. Get to the areas that need it first especially those on the front lines have access to a vaccine. Thats what were working on right now. Im curious, is there a point at which you would take these big shutdown measures again. Would it potentially be county by county if you had to do it. You were part of these daily briefings and you watch them when we all saw the governor going through, ticking through where things were really specifically and would get to one point and say until we reach this metric, we have to stay shut down. There was no arguing. It was just no moving him on that. Do you have that point figured out for the state of new york in. Yes, we do. You mentioned there are specific parts of our states, Staten Island, western new york. Were talking about erie county. We dont have to shut down the entire western new york region. Im head of the control room where we talked daily with the Health Care Experts as well as the leaders of the counties. We dont want to make the businesses suffer. They are taking it on the chin. We cannot do that. Were going to always put health of our residents first but theres ways we can nua flrnce tailor a customized approach. We have to do that. Thats what the brilliance behind this plan is not to have a one size fits all. The governor and i want to make sure were adept to the circumstance of the area and not punish an area where the numbers are declining or kept them under control because another community has not been adhering to the guidelines as well or the residents are not. The vast majority of new yorkers are doing what they are supposed to do. Lets not punish them. Good point. You mention Small Business saturday, which is today. You wrote a letter and this was in the buffalo news urging new yorkers to shop small this Holiday Season. What can new yorkers do to help local businesses this year and what are you hearing from the Business Owners . Well, ive been listening to Business Owners since i was right out of law school and the first thing i did was help start my mothers small flower and gift shop. Ive been immersed in the Small Business universe since i was a young person. Also i started a coalition of business, Small Businesses the fight a large Big Box Store that we were afraid would compete with us. A big walmart with coming. Thats why i ran for office in the first place. Even as Lieutenant Governor im focused on main street. Im still out there in the streets. Im going to do some more shopping this afternoon. Socially distanced and wearing my mask. Here is what they are saying. They need cash. They need money in their hands right now. If you can help them by buying a gift card, ordering something online, walking up and picking up something at the curb. Our restaurants, were losing so many people, so many restaurants where people just had a dream and got off the ground. They hire people. These are great engines. Its a great place to work. I started at a restaurant when i was a teenager. I started downtown when i was a teenager. Restaurant owners, Small Businesses need money that can come from our patriots. And the federal government, donald trump come off the golf course. Spend as much time focusing on the Small Business needs as you do on watching your golf game today. Focus on that. Have a plan. They shouldnt have to worry about joe biden taking care i know joe biden will take care of it. Hes got a plan to make sure every business under 50 will be able to get direct money, not loans, but grants, suffering the effects of the pandemic. We will not have a recovery if we do not help the Small Businesses right now. Over 80 in this country has said they suffered an illeffect in the pandemic. Individually, we can do more, the federal government, im calling on donald trump, senate republican, follow what Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi has done. We can help save it. Once theyre gone, we lose the charm and identity in the downtowns. Lieutenant governor kathy hochal, good to see you. What happens when covid takes a holiday . Thats next. Wisconsin one of the countrys coronavirus hot spots it now reporting a drop in cases. The state remains sixth in the nation per capita. According to Johns Hopkins university. And hospital staffs are stretched thin as they try to care for so many patients. Nbcs Corey Hocking is joining us. Corey, i know you spoke to a patient who lost his mother to covid. How is he doing fighting covid19 . Reporter in addition to that, he also had a couple Lung Transplant last year, alex. Imagine being in that position where youre already vulnerable. Youre trying to recover and then you get Something Like this. I talked to him about it. His name is tom, hes 62 years old. Hes right here in the hospital in milwaukee. Listen to what he told me and i also spoke to a doctor about that just about the impact. This is tough. The double transplant was a lot more emotional for me. It was a fight. Covid was hard too. Kind of in a different sense. But i dont wish this on anyone. You cant look at the mask mandates, the capacity orders as, you know, restrictions, limitations on our lifestyle, but, rather, weve been trying to shift the perspective. Look at them as acts of bevins t you heard from at the beginning, also with the doctor, hes got some blood symptoms along with that. Doctor said think about me, patients like me and your loved ones who can get it. The doctor also talked a little bit about the testing that recently dipped a little bit because of the thanksgiving holiday, alex. So that also might be one of the contributions to why were seeing lower numbers. They are hoping that the numbers continue to go down. But the doctor told me he is extremely concerned for the next three weeks. Not only will it take a week to start to see the infections come in. It will take another week to see hospitalizations expand and overstress this Hospital System even more. And in that third week, alex, he said deaths are going to go up in the state. Yeah, nobody wants to see it. Were keeping our eyes on it. Thank you, cori coffin, appreciate that. Thats going to do it for me, im alex witt. Thank you for watching. Yasmin vossoughian is next with ambassador Michael Mcfall on the impact of the iranian assassination on joe bidens decision to reenter the nuclear deal. Have a great saturday. Urday. The calming scent of lavender by downy infusions calm. Laundry isnt done until its done with downy. Good afternoon, everybody, im yasmin vossoughian. We have a lot to cover in the two hours ahead. Stay with us throughout. The Trump Legal Team suffering new setbacks in the efforts to overturn the election as the president ratchets up his rhetoric over what it will take to get him out of the white house. High alert after the assassination of a top nuclear assassination. And that the retaliation will be coming. And as covid is on the rise in this country, a look at the impact on Small Business with a make or break Holiday Season. Weve got correspondents out in the field around the world covering the stories from top to bottom but i do want to start here at home with Nbcs Carol Lee at the white house for us. Carol, lets talk about the stinging rebuke we got from another pennsylvania judge here. It seems as if every day and night, the president is essentially shouting into a void. And his road is getting narrower and narrower. Not sure where hes going, necessarily, but nonetheless, not any path forward. Yeah, it is getting narrower and narrower. Youre right, yasmin. They say