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
Welcome back to our special, highlighting the feelgood stories of 2020, we take you to martinez, where an attorney is helping feed people who are in need of a meal amid the covid19 pandemic, christina tells us that he is also helping restaurants that need a boost in business by pairing the two together. The lunch rush has slowed a bit during the pandemic. Owner david getting a boost from a donor. Going day by day, wondering how you are going to make rent, somebody comes with a check for 1,500 out of just the kindness of his heart, thats something very amazing. It is one of 16 downtown restaurants gifted money from a program called meals to martinez. I think a lot of people when they hear about this, it doesnt make sense to them, they feel it is too good to be true. The local attorney donated 30,000 from the restaurants to the law offices with the help of the nonprofit main street martinez, the meal program is giving out 600 meal vouchers to people in need redeemable at one of the 16 re
There say couple of people in some room in pennsylvania, i dont know who they are, i dont know if theyre working yet, maybe not up yet, maybe working 9 00 to 5 00, i dont know who are going to determine what matters the most, i can put a price multiple on bristolmyers better than anybody in the world unless you tell me there is a big sweep or something that is going to happen. You know when you deal with a lot of the companies were looking at, the price sharing multiple will be decided by the notch up or down by the president ial election. I think you dont think over the last two yesterdays trading session, potentially what were going to see today, the market is already making a decision in terms of who it thinks the president is going to be and what the composition of senate is going to be. Yes, it is. Youre talking about workers in rooms as though theyre make the decision, the decisions have been made, theyre simply doing an envelope, taking a ballot out and putting it in a pile so i
Ballots directly to the registrars office. In Santa Clara County, more than 437,000 people have cast their ballots. About half, about 220,000, have put their ballots not in the mail but directly into drop boxes. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro is live at the Santa Clara County registrar of voters in san jose with more on that. And marianne, people want to make sure they get in and their votes count. Reporter they are very concerned about that, janelle. If you look here, this is where people drop off their ballots at the registrar of Voters Office. Many people we talked with today felt that their vote would be secure if they dropped it off at this specific location. 13 miles, thats how far ted and carol bautista drove today to turn in their ballots at the drop box at the registrar Voters Office in san jose. I feel like it is safer to drop it on a place where you will be counted. Reporter but Evelyn Mendez with the Santa Clara County registrar of Voters Office says theres no need to make a
Really interesting to see the Vice President cast that vote before dawn. Well, certainly she leaves the u. S. Senate and she has to be back in that chair to break the tie. This isnt the first time youll see her breaking ties in an effort to try and pass the president s covid relief package. Look, this was a major moment on the senate floor, and they started this entire process yesterday at 2 30 in the afternoon. Then they had 15 hours of what is known up here as a voterama. Its a lot tougher because members are voting every 10 or 15 minutes on different amendments that folks are bringing to the floor. Its really an effort by the Minority Party to try to put the majority in tough spots by having to take very hard votes they can then later use on the campaign trail. And that works both ways. Both parties using this process to their advantage. But heres why it all matters. This unlocks joe bidens ability to pass a covid relief bill with just democratic votes. What youll see in the next co