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
Windy monday as you step outside it is probably the first thing youll notice seconds will be just how mild it is outside as well so kind of anoodd start to this december monday morning. You look outside from seat hurt our shows the Crystal Clear skies weve been in the midst of throughout the course of your morning, no fog is these are offshore winds keeping marine layer pushed away from us Sonoma Petaluma Half Moon Bay napa some of your windiest spots right now and some of the same areas in the midst of red flag warnings temperatures are mild in the 60s for Oakland Alameda in hayward the lay how in berkeley are in the upper 50s along with San Francisco santa rosa youre at 61. And later today weve got 70s for some of these areas high fire danger as we do see strong winds paired with all the dry grasses and vegetation that we still do have red flag warnings through 05 00pm tonight. Rebecca all right, thank you john yes, it is definitely been windy on the bay area roads and now were seein
Stay at home orders are now in effect for for bay area counties at San Francisco santa clara contra costa and alameda counties are in counties stay at home order will go into Effect Tomorrow at noon. The order will be in place until january 4th as of now Sonoma Napa Solano and san mateo counties are not planning to go into a stay at home order until their icu bed capacity falls below that 15 threshold that state home order does mean personal Services Like hair salons and barbershops can no longer operate restaurants can only offer takeout or delivery means Outdoor Dining is out of the picture. It also affects indoor gyms drivein gatherings outdoor playgrounds Entertainment Centers zoos and museums open airbuss and boat operators all of these businesses must now close we begin our coverage of these shutdowns in the south bay. The new more restrictive health order. In Santa Clara County will no doubt take some getting used to in terms of whats allowed and whats not were going to check in
By law, the bidenharris team cannot access federal funding or contact federal agencies without gsa signing off. Now despite the step, the president is clearly not conceding. In a series of tweets he wrote our case strongly continues. We will keep up the good fight, and i believe we will prevail. Nevertheless, in the best interests of our country, im recommending that emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols and have told my team to do the same. Now, in response to the letter, the executive director of the bidenharris transition wrote todays decision is a needed step begin tackling the challenges facing our nation, including getting the pandemic under control and our economy back on track. This final decision is a definitive administrative action to formally begin the transition process with federal agencies. Now, in her letter, murphy said she made her decision now because of developments involving legal disputes and certification of Election Results