The fight. Plus, the popular Pressure Cooker being recalled because of safety concerns. The growing backlash over the grammy nominations, the big snubs and why one singer claims the awards are corrupt. And a big update on the little owl named rocky found hiding in the Rockefeller Christmas tree. Good wednesday morning, everyone. We begin with a new number overnight, 2,000. Thats how many deaths we saw yesterday in this country from the coronavirus. Thats the highest number since early may, and for the 15th consecutive day, the number of people in the hospital with covid has set a record. Were seeing even longer lines for testing. People are waiting longer than five hours in their cars or on the street. Many of them are hoping to see family for thanksgiving tomorrow. This morning, the Holiday Travel rush in full swing despite doctors pleading with americans to stay home as covid infections soar. We are going to see the Health Care System overwhelmed. Reporter 47 million americans are ex
Wednesday. Feels like a friday on after the bell. Lets look at the news thats happening at this hour. Team coverage with more on the markets. Hillary vaughn, covering the president elect. Lets start with you, the day before thanksgiving. What are we seeing . We are seeing a retreat partially for the s p. The dow transports, all retreating from record highs but the dow closing at 29872 on track for november since 1928. Youve got to go back really far. The nasdaq, first, record close september. 12,000 94. The first force was this rotation weve seen for the week out of tech to cyclicals that reversed today. Energy was your worst performer and tech was your second best performer. The second we noticed is the Economic Data that poured in this morning. That was a reality for many investors. Jobless claims rose for two weeks in a row. The First Time Since july, 778,000 americans filing for firsttime unemployment benefits. Claims rose the most in states where infections also rose the most. Min
Out onto the field for jack is very emotional i did not think that we could experience what we experienced with jack. A lot of these milestones are basically a dream come true. [chanting] i prayed quite literally for this to happen in lieu of jack. We were all scared. We did not know really what the next step was. For this family, football gave them what the doctors never could. The courage to dream. The will to keep fighting. And a chance to do the unimaginable. If i had told you you are going to see your son play High School Football, what would you have thought back then . Bri and andy hoffman settled in atkinson, nebraska. So their three kids would know the joys of rural life. Jack, where you going to go . We go to play outside. Carefree fun. Operation ava . [laughs] [laughs] here we go. The great outdoors. Go to the barn. Her and as he told us seven years ago, andy hoffman had something he wanted his son jack to have too, a love for corn husker football. His First Birthday Party w
Colors only on cbs this morning. The singer reveals the lineup for her latest concert to help lgbtq kids who dont have a home. Its a good one, but first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. I want to be very frank to the american people. The vaccines critical. But its not going to save us from this current surge. The sweeping new lockdown in california. Doctors and nurses across the country are being pushed to the brink. Were not likely to see a peak in the number of infections in hospitalizations until probably at some point in the middle of january. As bad as things are right now, theyre going to get a lot worse. Rudy giuliani says hes getting great care and feeling good as he recovers from coronavirus in the hospital. President elect joe biden is poised to nominate California Attorney general Xavier Becerra as health and Human Services secretary. To the last line of defense. All eyes on two critical runoff races in s is in georgi will determine which party control
Samples that could explain the origin of life touches down on earth. Ok theres less than a month before the deadline to reach a post brags that trade deal in the u. K. And the e. U. Still at all its british Prime Minister but as johnson and European Commission president of on the land admits that major differences remain the 2 leaders have told to go see it has to keep talking the issues they cant agree on include fishing and competition rules france says that if it thinks the deal is bad its going to veto it they go she asians are expected to start again on sunday. We welcome the fact that progress has been achieved in many areas nevertheless significant differences remain on the 3 Critical Issues level Playing Field governance and fisheries both sides underline that no agreement is feasible if these issues are not solved. And whilst recognizing the seriousness of these differences we have retired a further effort should be undertaken by our negotiating teams to assess whether they ca