Made a huge change which could spell the end of theaters. Its friday, december 4th. Its early today and im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. We find ourselves in some of the darkest days of the pandemic a record 2,800 americans have died in just 24 hours. Hospitals in at least a dozen states are delaying elective surgeries. In california a new lockdown could be triggered in some of the biggest cities as beds become scarce. Meanwhile the first batch of Pfizer Vaccines have arrived in the uk over 800,000 doses will be made available next week. Our jay gray is following the latest for us here in the states. Reporter doctors identified the first Coronavirus Infection january 20th now almost a year and almost 14 million cases later we as a country are in a very, very difficult if not crisis situation when it comes to the explosion of cases. Reporter more than 200,000 new positive tests in a single day, more than 2,700 deaths in a single day, both tragic pandemic records. Well, what were
Helping to mentor over 7,000 students welcome to december. Early today starts right now. Good morning. Im phillip mena. Glad youre with us im Frances Rivera the next few months could be devastating. More than 13. 5 million have been infected and fatalities have surpassed 258,000. Officials expect to see new infections spike in the next five to ten days new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo called the covid the grinch as they prepare for new restrictions meanwhile california is on the brink of new stayathome orders about 75 of the states beds are occupied nbcs Miguel Almaguer has more. Reporter the end of the month marks the most dire month of the pandemic with a grim 35,000 fatalities. Now as tens of millions of americans return home from the holiday, the darkest days may be yet to come. As we go for the next couple of weeks in december, we might see a surge superimposed upon that surge were already in. Reporter expecting to see new infections spike in the next five to ten days, in states li
Boeing 737 max airplane to fly again after two crashes that took the lives of 346 people well tell you what to do if you dont want to fly on this aircraft. And well tell you what to do to keep your immune system strong as we head into winter. Early today starts right now good morning im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. Fresh off the news that Pfizers Covid vaccine is 95 effective, just hours ago astrazeneca released its own optimistic findings phase two shows that the vaccine is safe and its generating an immune response. Sara harmon of nbc is joining us from london. What have we learned about this vaccine . Reporter hi, phillip its billioning are encouraging on the vaccine front this morning were waking up from great findings from astrazeneca. This is a phase 2 trial. It was published in the medical journal the lancet. Its producing am immune response in older adults we know thats important because most adults are at risk for the virus, both for complications and risk of death. We
The number of people at the thanksgiving table get smaller with fewer people traveling. Comedian Dave Chappelle goes to war with a Major Media Company over a popular show he says he never approved. And meet norbert the cat Tristan Flanigan is giving millions of hits early today starts right now glad youre with us. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. On whats normally a very busy travel day, the country is facing a pandemic and extreme weather. Dangerous thunderstorms rolling a i cross tacross the south ovet at least one Apartment Building was also ev evacuated there have been Power Outages after winds ripped down trees and power lines. Coming up, meteorologist bill karins will tell us what more we can expect from holiday storms president elect joe biden sat down with our lester holt. He revealed whats on the agenda in the first 100 days in the office. Tell us about day 1 in the white house and your first 100 days what are your priorities going to be . Some of it will depend on the
1920 an all black officiating crew takes the field on monday night football. Plus a Major General motors recall involving some of the auto giants most popular and expensive suv models welcome to tuesday early today starts right now good morning, im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. The Trump Administration is finally giving the green light for president elect joe bidens transition the head of the General Services administration cleared the way for the transfer of power last night after slowwalking the process for weeks. Our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts joining us now with the latest tracie, good morning biden will have a lot of catching up to do. Reporter so, phillip, this means that joe biden will have 57 days instead of the 77 that president obama had to get his administration together before Inauguration Day this letter of ascertainment just signed off by the General Services Administration Director calls him the apparent winner of the election and directs more than 7