Flying into space theres always risk. I never knew another crisis. In their own words. Life on the front lines. Meet the icu nurses volunteering to fight covid19 far from home. People are running out of unemployment checks. And the biden team talks. The plan to fight the pandemic and bring our economy back. Announcer live from cnbc global headgaurs, the news with Shepard Smith the pandemic is spiringal out of control forcing cities and states to issue new initiatives to slow the spread the United States topped more than 11 million cases. Johns hopkins reports the latest million added in the past six days alone for context, mexico reported about a million cases since the pandemic began that means weve added mexicos total caseload in less than a week and the cases arent just surging. Theyre getting more severe. At least 26 states hit alltime highs for hospitalizations last week all the ones in red here thats from the covid tracking project. More than 1,100 americans die on average each d
Saying sparked the blaze. Plus, the heartfelt thanksgiving message left behind by alex trebek. Black friday changes. Shoppers showing up for sales despite a pandemic. How covid is changing how people hunt for deals. And from digital dinners to an adorable postmeal nap, how people celebrated their socially distanced thanksgiving. Good friday morning, everyone. We begin with President Trump acknowledging that the transition for president elect joe biden is moving forward. The comments came as trump took questions for the First Time Since losing the election. Trump refused to concede and would not commit to attending the inauguration. But he did say he will leave the white house if the Electoral College declares biden the winner, which is expected to happen. Trump also said hes heading to georgia next weekend to campaign for two republican candidates. Those races will determine which Party Controls the senate. Abcs Elizabeth Schulze is live in washington with the very latest. Good morning
What investigators are now saying sparked the blaze. Plus, the heartfelt thanksgiving message left behind by alex trebek. Black friday changes. Shoppers showing up for sales despite a pandemic. How covid is changing how people hunt for deals. And from digital dinners to an adorable postmeal nap, how people celebrated their socially distanced thanksgiving. Good friday morning, everyone. We begin with President Trump acknowledging that the transition for president elect joe biden is moving forward. The comments came as trump took questions for the First Time Since losing the election. Trump refused to concede and would not commit to attending the inauguration. But he did say he will leave the white house if the Electoral College declares biden the winner, which is expected to happen. Trump also said hes heading to georgia next weekend to campaign for two republican candidates. Those races will determine which Party Controls the senate. Abcs Elizabeth Schulze is live in washington with th
Specialist dr. Peter chinhong tells us the hospitals on the list are all Holding Meetings right now to decide how it will be distributed and who exactly is at the front of the lines to get it. So they include those ware working in the department, the intensive care unit, specialist like Infectious Disease doctors, pulmonologists, stock members of therapists, like occupational therapists. Reporter dr. Chinhong explains it has to be stored in really cold temperatures and that ucsf already has the special freezers it needs ready to go. He says the military will be involved in the process to ship the vaccine to each facility but that those plans are still a work in progress. Even though it may not get into the arms of most of ours until the end of late spring, early summer. You know, it is something to hold on to as a metaphor or symbol of how far weve come. Reporter once the vaccine is available to the general public, dr. Chinhong kong expects it will be free for everyone and could be ava
Way today, but things are looking a lot different due to the pandemic. And while people will still head to the stores, it is Online Shopping that is getting a major boost. The National Retail federation says online and other nonstore sales will jump between 20 and 30 . Total sales are expected to be as high as 218 billion. Naomi ruchim is outside of a best buy in new york city. Naomi, good morning. Reporter good morning to you, tom. Yeah, despite the economic fallout from the pandemic, experts predict that consumers are still optimistic about the economy and we will start seeing that this Holiday Shopping season, starting this morning, black friday. Best buy doesnt even open for an hour. But check out the crowd already around the corner as folks wait to get that ps5 and any other electronics theyre trying to get here at best buy. Still, though, the safest place to shop this year is online. And its where you might find the best deals. The countdown to christmas is on. Black friday remai