Helping to mentor over 7,000 students welcome to december. Early today starts right now. Good morning. Im phillip mena. Glad youre with us im Frances Rivera the next few months could be devastating. More than 13. 5 million have been infected and fatalities have surpassed 258,000. Officials expect to see new infections spike in the next five to ten days new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo called the covid the grinch as they prepare for new restrictions meanwhile california is on the brink of new stayathome orders about 75 of the states beds are occupied nbcs Miguel Almaguer has more. Reporter the end of the month marks the most dire month of the pandemic with a grim 35,000 fatalities. Now as tens of millions of americans return home from the holiday, the darkest days may be yet to come. As we go for the next couple of weeks in december, we might see a surge superimposed upon that surge were already in. Reporter expecting to see new infections spike in the next five to ten days, in states li
The number of people at the thanksgiving table get smaller with fewer people traveling. Comedian Dave Chappelle goes to war with a Major Media Company over a popular show he says he never approved. And meet norbert the cat Tristan Flanigan is giving millions of hits early today starts right now glad youre with us. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. On whats normally a very busy travel day, the country is facing a pandemic and extreme weather. Dangerous thunderstorms rolling a i cross tacross the south ovet at least one Apartment Building was also ev evacuated there have been Power Outages after winds ripped down trees and power lines. Coming up, meteorologist bill karins will tell us what more we can expect from holiday storms president elect joe biden sat down with our lester holt. He revealed whats on the agenda in the first 100 days in the office. Tell us about day 1 in the white house and your first 100 days what are your priorities going to be . Some of it will depend on the
At home. Plus an Important Message to every parent. The anxiety and depression on teens as they struggle through the pandemic. What role did social media play . Well hear from Mark Zuckerberg and jack dorsey. The sexiest man of 2020. Do you know who it is . Lets get to it right now. Im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. In a tweet last night President Trump fired Christopher Krebs who debunked the conspiracy theories. It continues as he continues to block president elect joe bidens transition. Reporter President Trump on twitter firing the top u. S. Election security official who publicly refuted his baseless claims of widespread fraud, the president directly tying the firing to chris krebs statement who said, quote, this was the most secure election in the history. It comes as the Trump Administration announced the u. S. Is pulling more troops out of afghanistan and iraq, leaving only 2,500 american servicemembers in each country, just days before joe biden will take his place as presid
Winter is showing signs in what we call 2020. Early today starts right now good morning im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. The global war against coronavirus continues as the war has topped 44 million covid infections 8. 2 million and 75 million and 52 million respectively. Theres a dramatic rise in new infections available icu beds are critically low in some states. Heres nbcs gabe gutierrez. Reporter frances, wisconsin is among those states seeing a Record Number of covid cases the state had already opened an emergency Field Hospital near milwaukee. Now this new drivethrough testing site as demand for testing soars. The parking lot of a Major League Ballpark transformed into wisconsins newest drivethrough testing site the cars started lining up an hour before testing started. On friday they saw a Record Number of covid cases, nearly 3 rkds 800 what are your symptoms ive had a pesky cough since saturday and fatigue we all want to get back to work and have life as normalal as possible
Biggest night. Good morning im Frances Rivera im phillip mena. Breaking right now at 4 30, tens of thousands trying to dangerous wildfires continue to escape the flames in Northern Force people out of their homes. California. A fire burning north of the bay area gets closer and closer to strong winds are causing these homes and neighborhoods. Fires to explode in size the startling new video were getting in overnight of the miguel is there on the ground with this report north complex fire. And reporter the rescues the lights, by and large, overmountains of fire and heavy dont work, and we dont have plumes of black smoke became so tv. And power is still out for many people across the bay area. Well talk about when the lights perilous at one point the could be turned back on. Mission was called off plus, some good news for they found nearly 150 people people livin i trapped loading them into choppers like they had done over the weekend. It was scary. Reporter for four days surrounded by p