Unity in his own holiday message. I know the country has grown weary of the fight we need to remember, were at war with a virus, not with one another. Not with each other. Calling inaudible. The nfl makes a lastminute change to thanksgiving football, brought on by a new coronavirus outbreak among the Baltimore Ravens the league now scrambling to get the numbers back under control in time for the weekend. Well talk to their chief medical officer about that live. Ready, set, shop those infamous black friday crowds wont be the same this year, but dont worry, the deals are still very much on weve got your preview and a game plan for the holiday sales you will not want to miss. Plus, marching on. The iconic floats and showstopping performances keeping tradition alive at the macys thanksgiving day parade we are live along the route with a front row seat to all the excitement ahead today, thursday, november 26th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb
We will get your thoughts on what grade you would give your governor on this pandemic, but lets begin with south dakotas governor. Take a look at the state. This is from nbc news. A 19 increase over the past two weeks. Here is republican south dakota governor kristi noem defending her approach. [video clip] across the country and around the globe, cases are increasing. Over the past week, cases are on the rise in 48 states. Some have said that my refusal to mandate masks is the reason why our cases are rising here in the state of south dakota. That is not true. Others have said that my refusal to advance harsh restrictions like lockdowns is another one of the reasons why our cases are rising, and that is also not true. There are 41 states that have some kind of a mask mandate. Cases are on the rise in 39 of those 41 states. Some in the media are saying that south dakota is the worst in the world right now. That is absolutely false. I would encourage you to look at the Johns Hopkins cor
Reporting its second highest single day covid death toll. In california shattering a record, nearly 21,000 cases in 24 hours. 113 deaths. And the Positivity Rate hovering around 7 lets take a live look at san jose were Santa Clara County appears to be in the worst shape this evening. There are only 44 intensive care beds left in the entire county. But there is some hope on the horizon for these vaccines. Reporter just a short time ago the county sent us the final draft of the Vaccine Distribution plan that just got uit is 65 pages long. No indication as to exactly how many doses they have or when they will get here but they are working on it. Before we get into that lets talk about hospitalizations, it is not looking good. These numbers are gravely concerning. The assistant chief medical officer development is sounding the alarm about hospitalizations. Currently there are more than 1900 and the hospital right now, 287 or covid patients. Santa clara county is at 80 capacity, only 44 icu
Was begging everyone to cancel their thanksgiving travel plans. Now they would like to see everyone canceling their travel plans for the foreseeable future. I traveled a lot during the pandemic. Tons of safety measures. Many passengers drifting through the Oakland Airport were not traveling for pleasure. Im traveling for work. Well airport staff was busy hanging stockings the cdc was, again, asking everyone to cancel their Winter Holiday season travel plans. Given the state of things i can understand limiting travel for Recreational Purposes or leisure purposes. So what exactly does that Winter Holiday travel mean . Listen to how Robert Redfield describes the nearterm. The reality is that december, january and februar will be rough times. I actually believe they will be the most difficult time in the publichealth history of this nation. Largely because of the stress it will put on the healthcare system. I dont think people will go for it. I think it has gone the complete opposite way.
Work and no relief in sight. Speaking of relief, the top democrat in the Senate Chuck Schumer has republican Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell agreed the rekindle talks about a stimulus package the senate is on recess through next week. We will speak with Colorado Governor Jared Polis who just moved 15 counties including denver into level red restrictions he is also part of a group of governors speaking with president elect biden this weekend. Plus we will talk with the ceo of the National Association of manufacturers who is working with bidens team to help fight the pandemic today we have with us mike santoli, steer liesman mike, the broader markets are well off the lows as we speak. They are. Kind of a little bit of an aimless back and forth type day. Absorbed a little bit of a morning selloff. Didnt do any real damage it has been firmly bid, especially with son of the bigger nasdaq stocks coming back. Holding the indexes together relatively well. As we speak, the s p around 3,580. Tha