Plans now for those american troops in afghanistan and iraq. Transition turmoil. President elect joe biden says President Trumps refusal to allow the transition to begin could cost lives. More people may die if we dont coordinate. As georgias top election official says hes receiving death threats. Was he pressured by one of the president s top allies to toss i mean, its a truck. Its not about inches. Out legally cast ballots . Whos thinking about the garage when youre shopping for a truck . Breaking overnight. Deadly hurricane iota making landfall. Carmax is. Well let you bring it back for a full refund slamming into hard hit central within the first seven days. America with winds up to 155 the way it should be. Carmax. Miles per hour. The major category 4 storm bringing lifethreatening storm surge. Were tracking the latest this morning. Urgent search. A 15yearold girl disappearing from her home in the middle of the night. Its like she vanished into thin air. But with walmarts low pric
The woman who says she had an affair with one of the most prominent pastors in the country speaking out. Social media sin, the surprising post that was apparently liked by the pope. And later, staying home for the holidays. The new service that will deliver your tree tree and even string up your lights for you but its not cheap. Good friday morning, everyone. We begin with the cdc now urging americans not to travel for thanksgiving. Thats because of the relentless rise in coronavirus infections, and now deaths are also sharply increasing. Nearly 2,000 lives per day are now being lost in this country. The cdc warns the death toll could top 300,000 by middecember. In the meantime, more infighting in washington as President Trump refuses to allow president elect joe bidens team access to coronavirus data. Biden calling trump, quote, irresponsible, and overnight another key republican spoke out slamming the president. Those details in a moment, but first the growing crisis unfolding across
At tray Glen Astrazeneca on the defense after critics say it failed to give an update on patient data on the vaccine trials. Futures after markets were closed for the thanksgiving holiday, they are in the green as you can see, dow jones 54 in the premarket. Weve got a lot to talk about today with wall street. Were going to have a half trading day today, markets closing at 1 00 p. M. Eastern time some good news to show you, nice gains there, the nasdaq is in record territory as the dow is looking to crack 30,000 once more today after the index crossed the milestone earlier in the week. Ruling on religious restrictions, the Supreme Court telling new York Governor Andrew Cuomo he cant put a capacity limit on houses of worship. Were on this story today. Plus, it is black friday, its going to look a little bit different. Retailers going with the shift to online sales as brick and Mortar Stores are rethinking foot traffic this year. Mornings with maria is live right now. Its a brandnew day.
Im marcus washington. Meteorologist kari hall is tracking the forecast. What can we expect today . Its going to be a chilly morning, but overall a really nice and comfortable afternoon. We are starting out a little bit cooler today. Take some time to get out there and enjoy the fall colors because tomorrow well see the cold front arriving and some showers late tomorrow evening but the weekend is looking pretty nice once that rain moves out. So ill detail that with the timeline coming up in a few minutes. Mike, any issues for the Early Morning commute . You know, things changed, kari. I had an issue to report. I circled where the crash just was removed from northbound 101 at the old oakland off ramp and a live look shows you no problems through the area. Very light traffic flow. The circled area now is not the problem, its opposite the arrow. Southbound and we now have reports of a disabled vehicle. Ill check that and a new crash in san leandro, marcus. Two things to update. Back to you
Administrations refusal to aid his transition and the impact it could have as the nation battles the pandemic. Breaking overnight, catastrophic. Hurricane iota tears across nicaragua as a powerful category 4, ripping roofs off buildings, toppling trees and causing widespread flooding. Just ahead, the damage and where this dangerous storm is headed next. Home away from home. Dragon spacex, capture confirmed. Overnight four astronauts arrive safely for their sixmonth stay on the International Space station, leading to cheers on the ground welcome to the iss. And hugs high above. All that, plus big demand for small turkeys. The holiday dilemma facing millions of families downsizing their gatherings this year. And rokers recovery. Al joins us live for the First Time Since his cancer surgery with some very good news to share. Today, tuesday, november 17th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, guys, w