Pharmacy of the future. What amazons new move could mean for drug prices. From People Magazines new sexiest man alive to the peoples choice to replace alex trebek on jeopardy to this massive flock of flamingos on the move. All the trending stories for your wednesday morning. Good wednesday morning, everyone. We begin with several stories breaking overnight. President trump has fired his top cybersecurity official who denied there was any fraud during the election and now another Homeland Security official is resigning. In the meantime, a new setback for the Trump Campaign just as Rudy Giuliani takes over legal efforts to overturn the Election Results. President elect joe biden is still being shut out from the transition process even as the white house moves forward with plans to withdraw troops from afghanistan and iraq. And the pandemic is raging out of control with daily deaths now hitting the highest level since may. But we begin with that highlevel firing in washington. This mornin
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Hopkins camera. You can see the clouds in the sky through the afternoon, mid to low 50s to low to mid 60s for the afternoon. I will take you hour by hour on live in a few minutes. Lets go to gianna. Still slow it is. No friday light here unfortunately. Construction is blocking a couple lanes. Everything was supposed to be cleared by 6 00 but it doesnt seem thats the case. You can use 580 through oakland as an alternate but they have a couple lanes blocked because of the trouble spot along the nimitz freeway north bound. Elsewhere, a slow ride into the Altamont Pass. Delays on 205 at mount house and extend with a 32 minute drive time towards 680. We just heard from the chief of the World Health Organization about the coronavirus. He is urging all of the countries in the organization to not rely solely on a vaccine to solve the pandemic. We have a long way to go. The world cannot put all its eggs in one basket and neglect the many other tools at our disposal. Reporter he says when we do
1000 pandemic has thrown a wrench in the works. The fact that many stores will not have in person a bed due to the pandemic, as well as millions of americans facing unemployment and a lack of another stimulus package to put cash in the pockets. Has many wondering what we can expect from this Holiday Shopping season. So lets get some expert analysis from dr. Banky shankar, director of research at the center for retailing studies at Mays Business School at texas a and m. And dr. Barbara stuart, the coordinator of retailing and Consumer Sciences at the university of houston. Thank you both for being here today. Dr. Stuart, i want to start with you. Were seeing a change in black friday due to the pandemic and stores want to avoid crowds. What are some new trends that were already seeing for the black friday this year . Well, here are 3 aspects that will make this a black friday, like, you know, rather firstly, Online Shopping has exploded 2nd playing well shopping. And thirdly, retail is i
Thats ali baba alone, while black friday was once the now known for outrageous door busters that caused consumers to line up in front of Big Box Stores like target, walmart and best buy 2019 was the 1st year in which more people shopped online than in store. For the most part, sales figures have continued to trend up over the last 2 decades. But the copa 19 pandemic has thrown a wrench in the works. The fact that many stores will not have in person a bed due to the pandemic, as well as millions of americans facing unemployment and a lack of another stimulus package to put cash in a customers pockets, has many wondering what we can expect from this Holiday Shopping season, so lets get some expert analysis from dr. Vankin shankar, director of research at the center for retailing studies that made Business School at texas a and m. And dr. Barbara stuart, the coordinator of retailing and Consumer Sciences at the university of houston. Thank you both for being here today. Dr. Stuart, i want