surely made that s really interesting stuff. alexia, thank you for being here. covid-19 cases are dropping nationwide in some areas that have been hit the hardest. while there are some signs of hopes, the cold weather may create more problems. nbc s news correspondent, sam brock. reporter: for the first time in months, americans are feeling optimism. do you feel better hearing that? more relieved that covid cases are going down. hopefully by holidays, our numbers are lower. reporter: infection dropped around 40% since peaked level a month ago. dr. fauci predicting that could change. i strongly suspect that you are going to start seeing deaths
discussion in washington feeling optimism an escalating trade war might be diffused before additional tariffs take effect next month. what are these sticking issues that people are talking about? we re talking about forced technology transfers, intellectual property copy rights, you listen to what the white house statement said, they mentioned cyber theft, nontariff barriers and currency manipulation, something that candidate trump talked about a huge amount. he said to an audience in d.c. that d.c. may be closer than ever to having a, quote, real trade deal but noted negotiations were, quote, very complicated. and there was a statement from his office saying much work
they want to buy discounted ond online. what do you do about the americans that don t have jobs? what do you do? it s a long term problem and we are living in a short term world. whether i m a ceo worrying about an activist knocking on my door. snapchat filed to go public. they have 1300 employees. normally a $40 billion company would have 50,000 employees. okay, then this robots are coming. snapchat users don t know who max is. we all do. but, those ceo s at the white house today, i m not saying they haven t been there before. the ceos president obama welcomed were from the tech industry and not necessarily big employers. there s a positive momentum saying we are welcoming them. we are not talking to a valerie jarrett we are feeling optimism.