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
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
Supplies. It wouldnt be thanksgiving without the macys day parade and the National Dog Show. How will each be impacted this this year . Weve got a preview. Im thankful all of these things that happened made me stronger as a person in a way, a strange way, the coronavirus has kind of made us better. That as we kick off thanksgiving what are you most thankful for in this incredible year we call 2020 a special edition of early today begins right now. Good morning, everybody. Im paul gehrke. Im glad youre starting your holiday with us. Im Frances Rivera thanksgiving has arrivied and i will be unprecedented. More than 8 million are affected the travel numbers tell a completely different story heres nbcs tom costello. Reporter despite a raging pandemic and a skyrocketing death toll, americans are on the move this thanksgiving from miami headed north. So far being here has been safe everybodys following the rules, so no problem. Reporter to new york, headed west. Im wanted to see my dad. Repo
And ask the doc. Dr. John will be here to answer some of your weekly questions. I have one question. How will santa come if its covid19. [lester] all this, plus penguins are having a field day. intense brass music [child] this is nbc nightly news kids edition. Welcome back to nightly news kids edition. Its always great to be with you guys. I hope you and your families are doing well. Listen, weve got a great lineup today, including an inspiring young boy from texas, a visit to the Shedd Aquarium in chicago, where well check in with the new chicks in the house. Penguin chicks that is. Plus a 10yearold who is sweetening things up at home. Shell be here to share a special thanksgiving recipe you can try at with adult permission, of course. But first, lets get to our top story. And thats the president ial election. President elect joe biden will become the 46th president of the United States when he is sworn into office in january. And with this win comes a few historic firsts. Here to exp