Afterwards is, well, just what the Christmas Season is all about. Early today starts right now good morning im valerie castro. Glad youre starting your week with us im Frances Rivera the start of this week brings new hope the u. S. May soon see the approval of a coronavirus vaccine, but as the country anxiously waits, cases and deaths continue to climb as of today, there have been over 14. 8 million infections, and over 283,000 deaths, according to an nbc news tally. The pandemic isnt stopping pope francis from spreading an uplifting message this Holiday Season at his sunday blessing, the pontiff said the Christmas Season provides a sign of hope in this difficult time his words come as most of california enters a new virus lockdown nbcs Meagan Fitzgerald has the latest. Valerie, good morning millions of californians are waking up to some of the most restrictive measures weve seen since the beginning of the pandemic all while state officials do what they can to try to stop hospitals fro
Unemployment. For those who have been laid off. Or had the work hours cut. Fears of eviction are constant. Tonight, Catholic Charities held an online workshop to help people stay housed with state eviction moratoriums, set to expire at the end of january. The fear was clear, if we did nothing, that we could stand to lose 10s of thousands of residents from this valley. Many of whom are our parishiners. I will take a closer look at the eviction that in the south bay is coming up at 11 00. Nbc bay area news. Santa clara county continues to see covid cases rise at an alarming rate, a mass testing site closed today, workers are gearing up for another businey week. They were testing a pop up site where people could test themselves. The dropin site is at the Emanuel Baptist church. They can self administer a nasal swab test. Tuesday through friday, 11 00 a. M. To 5 30 p. M. Another high profile member of the president s inner circle has tested positive for covid19. This type, its rudy giulian
Measures. The new Field Hospital just opened as one city warns it will run out of beds within weeks. Rudy guiliani tests positive for the coronavirus as President Trump gives his first major speech since the election. Local republicans spent today refuting it. The government report first obtained by nbc news, was a foreign adversary hitting american diplomats with Microwave Radiation to make them sick . Plus, the show must go on. The nutcracker in the age of covid. The Sugar Plum Fairy Dancing under the stars. This is Nbc Nightly News with kate snow. Good evening. There is some hope on the horizon at the start of a new week. The first doses of the Pfizer Vaccine landing in british hospitals today. Here in the u. S. The fda set to meet this thursday to consider Emergency Authorization for the same vaccine. But that hope is over shadowed at the moment by far too many cases of coronavirus and deaths. California Just Announced they recorded 30,000 cases yesterday, a new record in that stat
As well as declines in cases across the u. S. Not just big tech winners, jawdropping moves for individual stocks. Roku up 11 . Dicks Sporting Goods up 15. Urban outfitters up 20 weve got them all covered for you. 59 minutes left, what is set to be another record close for s p and nasdaq all we need is a positive finish kayla, welcome. Thank you, sara thank you for having me. Feels like record finishes every senile day we have a great lineup of ceo interviews coming your way on the rest of the show well me with the head of Toll Brothers about his companys strong Earnings Results and whether the Housing Market can keep topping expectations over and over again plus shares of crocs you heard me up. Up 300 just since march we will ask that companys ceo what is driving the foam footwear boom. And also the ceo of etsy says amazon is trying to wipe out its competition by supporting a New California Consumer Protection bill he will join us to discuss that and much more. Its a big show today. Bu
Region. In the u. S. , the senate has gone on vacation. It cannot get over this . It cannot francine get over this. Lets get to bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning, francine, lisa. President trump hasnt delivered the deal of the century he promised in the middle east. He can claim a foreignpolicy victory after israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed to normalizing relations. Even joe biden called it a historic step. With joe trump clashed biden over masks. The democratic president ial candidate said every governor should require masks for the next three months. He said that would save more than 40,000 lives. Bidenst trump rejected approach, saying, we want to have a certain freedom. That is what we are about. Vacationers will be unable to get back to work when they come back from their holidays. They must be quarantined for 14 days. China, the economy continued to bounce back last month. Industrial growth remained steady, rising 4. 8 fro