Well, two important aspects of the ongoing pandemic, preventing the spread of the virus and limiting the economic damage continue nobody conflict this afternoon across much of the country, including right here in the bay area. Tom vacar joins us live this afternoon, and this new wave of restrictions threatens the very survivability of the restaurant industry. Well, the whole fact is this cannot go on forever. Some accommodations will have to be made. Covid carnage to patients mirror s the carnage to small businesses, restaurants and their employees. It is a tail of two realities. According to the National Restaurant association, this is their sobering reality. 100,000 restaurants, 1 in 6, closed forever or long term. 40 of the remaining restaurant ours saying theyll be gone in three months without any help. 240 billion in lost sales this year. One Business Owner we spoke with has been able to survive so far. There has to be assistance for businesses and also for individuals. Reporter b
You know, and the nasdaq, of course, moving ahead here. But right now the dow and the s p are the ones poised for a gain on the week. And we got that hand count underway right now in the peach state as Networks Finally do what fox has done and call that race in arizona, indeed, for joe biden. So that is not going down well with team trump. Well take a look at whats happening on the count, where he might place his bets right now in this increasingly unlikely bid to secure another four years of the white house. Lets go to Jackie Deangelis first i off on those spikes in cases right now that just get bigger and bigger and more worrisome literally by the day. Jackie. Reporter good afternoon to you, neil. Well, presumably, the president will be briefed on that. Its supposed to happen i any moment now regarding operation warp speed. But, of course, its a closed briefing, and many are questioning why joe biden, president elect, wont be involved. Thats a separate conversation that we could have
Long. Then we are looking at cracking down on china. The Trump Administrations latest efforts to keep american money out of chinas military. New executive order coming up. Office of trade and manufacturing director Peter Navarro is here to discuss china and threat. Take a look where we stand with the dow industrials, 1 , nasdaq up 96 points and s p higher by 32. This falls a dismal day on wall street yesterday. The dow industrials were down 317 points, nasdaq lower by 76 and the s p lower by 35. Meanwhile the future of a Coronavirus Vaccine, new measures President Trump is taking in order to increase access once its ready for rollout. Alex azar is here live in 8 00 a. M. Hour. Elon musk has some questions. Why tesla chief has said about the results from four separate covid tests and then back to the shack, iconic miami eatery is reopening doors and providing you the seafood experience, we will take you there. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria lets take european markets this
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Partnership with National Security advisor kissinger. Im going to share the screen so we could look at powerpoint pictures as we go through the sequence. First of all, here is president nixon himself. He had been born in 1913. He grew up in a lower middleclass family in california. To dukeated and went University Law school. This was in the worst years of the great depression. The mid1930s. During the Second World War he joined the u. S. Navy. Nixonuld see a photo of as an officer. He served with distinction in the pacific. Noncombat but as a logistics expert. Getting the right equipment to the right place at the right time. He was given a series of commendation from his commanders. He was also a very talented poker player. He had a great ability to bluff. That is a valuable quality in someone who is undertaking policy at a highlevel. In 1946 after he had been demobilized from the navy, he ran for congress. On the right, you could see a poster from his first election campaign. In 1946,