To abide by draconian lockdown orders, will have the latest on reaction to all of this and from capitol hill im joined by republican congressman andy biggs of arizona talking about a 35 million covid relief bailout going to want to joe bidens Campaign Advisory firms, what the heck is going on with that. This is the backbone of america being challenged by new lockdown, 60 of americas Small Businesses closing for good or being pressured to follow debilitating restrictions, will hear from the chief attorney from the owners of the Staten Island bar arrested for staying open, our covid shutdowns being used as political weapons, all that and a lot more right here on making money. David stocks are on pace for record close to in the week in a bigness in the november jobs report, the u. S. Added 245,000 jobs last month, that was only half as much as expected, you can see on the right the unemployment did kick down two tenths to 6. 7 but much of that because folks leaving the job force entirely.
Concerns about jobs and especially about the coronavirus. Well talk about it all. Im connell shane, welcome to after the bell on a friday, and its time for the news thats happening at this hour. Our fox Business Team coverage, blake burman at the white house, Edward Lawrence is in washington, jer true willis in new york. Edward, we kick it off with you and the details on the jobs report. Reporter theres still some growth, plus looking forward to stimulus. Thats what the markets like. In november the economy added 245,000 jobs, almost half as much as the the experts thought. The unemployment rate, though, dropped to 6. 7 , well below what the federal are serve estimated from last summer. Now, the administration saying this is a fundamentally strong economy, and were moving very quickly in the right direction. Listen. President trump has always add slow e candidated keeping advocated keeping businesses open and keeping schools open. Thats very important. All right, thats a good point. So
Christmas with fears that travelers will deepen the crisis. Plus, reaction t a Supreme Court decision involving how many can worship together. To the rescue, the militarys new mission stepping up to help hospitals out of rooms and resources in the heartland. The effort to feed families this thanksgiving long lines across the country and a shocking new report, 1 in 6 without enough to eat. Black fridays best deals and a shopping season like no other, the one simple thing you can do to get the best buys online. And thanking health care heroes, the outpouring of love and kindness bringing smiles this holiday. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and happy thanksgiving im kate snow in for lester tonight and we begin with late breaking news, President Trump continuing to insist he won the election taking questions for the First Time Since the election and saying hes not ready to concede but the president also pledging to leave the white house if as expected the Electoral
Years since 1793. Paul joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist, dan heniger, kim kim strassel and jason riley. Dan, lets give context of where we are now in the election fight. As i look at it, donald trump to win would have to turn results in some combination of georgia, arizona, pennsylvania or wisconsin. How likely is that . I dont think its very likely that its going to change very much. Its good that georgias going to do this manual recount so we can have a clear idea of how one of these elections turned out with a legitimate recount. But you know, theres a couple things to keep in mind here. Joe bidens lead in most of these states is tens of thousands of votes. The other most famous recount in american president ial history was florida in 2000, al gore and george w bush. Between them, there were less than 600 votes. Out of millions cast. So as a statistical proposition, paul, its pretty unlikely you can turn around that many votes. Having said that, the percent
With a live look with the mark hop kins hotel camera with those clouds and patchy fog. You can see how extensive that cloud cover is. For this rans day the forecast we looking at cool and below average daytime highs. We are talking about upper 50s to low 60s for the bay and inland. Details on the rain chances. Lets check in for our wednesday commute. Its not a bad one. If you are headed towarded bay bridge this morning traffic lighter than usual looking okay at the toll plaza. You will tap the brake lights just past here. Keep that in mind. A pretty easy ride out of the east bay in to the city. There is a trouble spot in the south bay. 101 at mckie. Watch that. It looks like it may be blocking lanes. Its veterans day. There may be fewer people on the roadways heading to work. You will find fewer cars overall as you head through. As we look at trafficking 101 southbound i was seeing a few wake brake lights as you work out of marin. Thats likely due to that overnight road work. Everythin