Today we honor the service of those who have worn the uniform of the armed forces of the United States who are proud veterans. I will be a commander in chief who respects your sacrifice, understands your service, and will never betray the values you fought so bravely to defend. And this was Donald Trumps first tweet today. We will win. Actually, it was a retweet of himself. [ laughter ] its hard to believe that in 75 short years weve gone from this to this. But we have. Trump did emerge from his bunker today. He visited Arlington Cemetery to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown loser i mean, soldier. Those were his words, not mine. That was his only scheduled event of the week so far. Hes busy doing everything he can to maintain his tiny cheetolike grip on the presidency. Several top defense officials, our pentagon, theyve been ousted in favor of loyal trumpsters. The directors of the fbi and cia are rumored to be on the chopping block. Some are saying that trump is turning the admi
Today america reported a record high 136,000 new cases. Its the seventh consecutive day with 100,000 coronavirus cases nationwide and now, every state in the country is reporting an increasing number. Texas just became the first state with 1 million cases. In california, not far behind and at our current rate, well reach 1 million cases by the weekend. Bay area counties range from the best to the worst among the color coded coronavirus restriction tiers. San francisco is the only in the best category, yellow but preemptively going to shut down indoorining friday night as a precaution. Yesterday contra costa and santa cruz moved backwards from orange to red. A spike in new cases in napa county has Health Officials worried and for very good reason. Those numbers are rapidly moving in the wrong direction and could send napa county from the orange tier to the state most restrictive purple tier if things dont turn around. Cornell bernard found many people are suffering from coronavirus fati
Stapleton later on. [ cheers and applause ] and hes going to join us tomorrow night. Best wishes to our veterans on veterans day. Thank you for your service. And sacrifice. [ cheers and applause ] i hope you felt appreciated today because you are, by us, at least. Our president , donald trump this kind of tells you all you need to know about him. This is joe bidens first tweet of the day. Today we honor the service of those who have worn the uniform of the armed forces of the United States who are proud veterans. I will be a commander in chief who respects your sacrifice, understands your service, and will never betray the values you fought so bravely to drend. And this was Donald Trumps first tweet today. We will win. Actually, it was a retweet of himself. [ laughter ] its hard to believe that in 75 short years weve gone from this to this. But we have. Trump did emerge from his bunker today. He visited Arlington Cemetery to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown loser i mean, soldier
Bernard shows us many may be suffering from covid messaging fatigue. Inside or outside . In. Reporter there is a busy lunch crowd at the tavern in downtown napa. This longtime eatery has went with the punches and restrictions brought on by covid. Gm john crane says finally, his customers are coming back. We just had our best week. Our best covid week so far ended on sunday. Reporter but that could change. Instead of going in the right direction, new covid cases county wide are spiking. Going backwards at an alarming rate. We saw our case rate more than double over the weekend with 118 new cases in 72 hours. We also saw our hospitalizations double. We now stand at 12. Reporter thats the highest weekend total ever. The spike could send napa county back two steps to purple as soon as next week. The states most restrictive tier. Purple tier would be a temporary closure until things got better. Reporter thats not good. Not good. Reporter it would mean no outdoor dining. They only have four
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