Lockdowns as coronavirus cases spike. Home sales hit a 15year high but weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise. I have a question for you guys. Is chicago the nations canary in a coal mine, as new york citys mayor warns indoor restaurant dining is on the verge of shutting down again, and the center for Disease Control today recommending against thanksgiving travel. We are live in the windy city, where it already begins to lock down again. Refi rush as urban dwellers flee covid and the big cities. Mortgage rates are nearing alltime lows. At the start of the pandemic, mortgage guru barry habib told you right here on the claman countdown wait to refinance because rates were going to drop more. He was right. Hes about to tell you where rates will go next. Its his big 2021 prediction. The woman with goop on her hands. The Venture Capitalist who backed the superhot retail site is here on whether the Hollywood Alister is ready to go public. First, we have a fox business alert as covid cases r
Colors only on cbs this morning. The singer reveals the lineup for her latest concert to help lgbtq kids who dont have a home. Its a good one, but first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. I want to be very frank to the american people. The vaccines critical. But its not going to save us from this current surge. The sweeping new lockdown in california. Doctors and nurses across the country are being pushed to the brink. Were not likely to see a peak in the number of infections in hospitalizations until probably at some point in the middle of january. As bad as things are right now, theyre going to get a lot worse. Rudy giuliani says hes getting great care and feeling good as he recovers from coronavirus in the hospital. President elect joe biden is poised to nominate California Attorney general Xavier Becerra as health and Human Services secretary. To the last line of defense. All eyes on two critical runoff races in s is in georgi will determine which party control
Busy today in Santa Clara County, especially at the fairgrounds. They had 2500 testing slots today which were all taken. And that is where we find da lin at the fairgrounds in san jose right now. Reporter all is quiet now because they close down 3 00 but ill tell you, earlier, a lot of folks, as you mentioned, coming home from their thanksgiving trip, also some essential workers as well as folks who are saying they have symptoms and want to get tested. 18 testing booth at the Santa Clara County fairgrounds. Each one with the short line of cars. Some cars contain families of up to five people. All getting tested at the same time. That is a lot of people. The line has gone so fast. Some just came back from a trip and somewhere required by work. If we are positive for covid 19 we are not allowed to work. Health Officials Say Santa Clara County has no single day covid cases in the bay area and they are seen troubling trends. We are definitely seeing our people with symptoms or have a house
Hour. Fox Business Team coverage. Blake burman in washington today, Hillary Vaughn in wilmington, delaware. The president elect is meeting with a group of governors. Grady trimble in chicago where businesses brace for more lockdown related loss. First we start with Lauren Simonetti about the new cdc warning about thanksgiving travel. Lauren . Lauren good to see you, the cdc is urging americans not to travel for thanksgiving one week from today. Were in the worst of the pandemic yet. Over one million americans infected in the past seven days. 80,000 in the hospital. Still look at these numbers. 50 Million People will hit the roads to see family and friends next week. While that is 10 fewer than last year, it is still a large number of people traveling. Nearly all of them, 95 will be traveling by car. So if you are hosting a gathering, this is the cdcs recommendation. Keep it small. Keep it outside. If youre attending thanksgiving gathering, the cdc says bring your own food, drink, plate
Its ranks. More on the investigation and why a multimilliondollar program created to help survivors is not working. And dancing through pain. Sam smith on how they turned heartbreak into hope and found a way to express their true self on their new album. Cant wait to hear from sam. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Too many people still seem to think covid19 is a hoax. There is no way to sugarcoat any of these numbers. We need to redouble our efforts. More than a quarter million americans have died from the coronavirus. We are in an absolutely dangerous situation. This is not crying wolf. This is the worst rate of rise in cases that weve seen in the pandemic. Joe biden met virtually with Frontline Health care workers as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. As many as another 200,000 dead by the time we get sworn in. Its skyrocketing. It is skyrocketing. The u. S. Army is responding to an exclusive cbs news investigation into Sexual Assault in the military. It