Under siege. But front line er doctors still manage to send a message of hope plus, weve got a live one shark tanks mr. Wonderful kevin oleary in the news tank, talking Small Business survival. Live from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Good evening. The United States just topped more than 13 million covid cases, according to johns hopkins. Los angeles has just issued a new stayathome order it starts on monday. A full report coming and all of this as the virus has disrupted another american tradition. Black friday, normally one of the busiest shopping days of the year not in covids 2020 in many parts of our nation, thinner lines at stores. Smaller crowds at malls. Many people opting to shop from home instead its a trend accelerated by covid. Shoppers projected to spend as much as 10. 6 billion today. Thats according to the data firm Adobe Analytics and thanksgiving day spending rose by more than 21 compared to the same day last year. Total sp
How to get through this. Its been an extraordinary outcome. One i could have never perceived could happen in march when we were scrambling for ppp loans, the majority of my companies were cash flow negative we shut down retail, until we went through this extraordinary transformation we would have never shut down our headquarters we would have never assumed that we could make a pivot and start selling direct to our customers instead of through retail. Thats exactly what happened and when you sell something direct to a customer, you make almost 100 cents on the dollar versus 0. 50 when you sell through retail thats the reason that theres a massive digital pivot going on, and theres major cost savings also occurring i could have never foreseen this, 15 of my staff including the areas of accounting, logistics and compliance never want to come back to the office. Wow. Theyre raising kids at home in the suburbs, taking care of elderly parents. Another major savings. This is happening to ever
Dark winter warning. President elect joe biden charging ahead, promising bold action against the pandemic. We can save tens of thousands of lives if everyone would just wear a mask. Urging americans to do their part with 71 days until hes sworn in. President trump refusing to concede and overnight, attorney general william barr adds fuel to the president s false claims by giving Prosecutors Authority to investigate claims of voter fraud. The race to stock up. As americans brace for the next covid wave, the grocery chains already limiting purchases and the items in high demand right now. Emotional tribute. Jeopardys touching farewell to alex trebek and the new details about his final days spent with his family as his fans turn their grief into action. And double trouble in the ballroom. The dancing competition tougher than ever from that bachelorette boost to that backstreet boot. Were hearing from the eliminated couple only on gma. And we do say good morning, america. We appreciate you
Of numbers. Right now bind ahead by about 20,000 votes after the most recent update. In georgia, it bears repeating, a state that has now elected a democratic president since 1992. Biden again took the lead there overnight, but the margin is razor then. The georgia secretary of state has already said there will likely be a recount. Officials say what is left are most live provisional ballots. Right now biden holding on to a lead of about 4,000 votes. To nevada, its 6 Electoral College votes. Officials have said they will are counting votes well into the weekend. A lot of focus on clark county, rightfully so. 70 of the statements population in las vegas. 88 reporting, biden hanging on to a 50 to 48 lead. Fox news and the Associated Press already called arizona for joe biden, but a quick look at the numbers, bind holding on to a slim need, 94 reporting, 50 to 49 . For more insight on this race, go to sonoma state Political Science professor dave mcewen. Let me start with the biden campai
Ahead right now most of us are back in the 40s and 50s a few holdouts in the 30s say alina youre one of those spots sitting at 39 degrees santa rosa youre back at 42 after a morning in the upper 20s, fairfield you fell to 28 degrees this morning now youre back at 41 degrees. Robin. All right. Thank you john lets check in on the traffic a little busy out there on the bridge is heading into San Francisco, heres a live look at your approach to the bay bridge toll plaza so if youre about to roll in youve got to have to sit in this right, but its not too bad, im noticing that the ad overcrossing is thinning out a little bit here back appears often on between west grand the bottom of the maze so not so bad 20 minutes is your average for now it just goes up and down throughout the morning drive checking back in on capitol corridor they are recovering from some earlier issues a car was stuck on the tracks near oakland they finally got out of the way so train 5. 23 is on the move but a little b