National security briefings but the information is not coming from the people who matter most. Plus, six months in space. Tonight meet the astronaut whos been there, done that. And good evening its rare that we get from the government an unfiltered uncensured true view of whats going on with coronavirus. Nbc just got one the White House Coronavirus task forces latest report delivers a sobering assessment of the pandemics trajectory. It describes aggressive, unrelenting, expanding, Broad Community spread across america thats getting worse, not better the task force reports efforts to stop covid are inadequate and the curve must be flattened to sustain the Health System for both covid and noncovid emergencies. In short, the virus is out of control, the Emergency Health care system is in danger of collapse and the white house knows it the task force is alerting thanksgiving can make things worse urging the states to warn their people not to gather, to wear face coverings and socially dist
Ama daetz. California set a single day record for diagnosed coronavirus cases with more than 13,000. The previous high in july. Were seeing the Positivity Rate spike. The 14day rate is 5. 2 . Thats an indicator of the spread of the virus. Another member of the trump family is infected. Donald trump junior tested positive and is quarantining in upstate new york. Rudy ghoiulianis son also test positive. He serves for trump. The citys Health Officer said today he expects the city to move into the restricti tivi purple tier as early as sunday. Abc 7 is committed to keeping you fully informed about the vaccine and when approved by the fda, it will be the most reliable way to beat this virus. We have assembled the abc 7 vaccine team. Dr. Patel, kate larson, andlars, to bring you the host complete cov most complete coverage and answer every question about the vaccine. Here. Reporter developmentdeve. Reporter developmentdeve. They have 40 million doses stockpiled. The fda said the Vaccine Advi
We got light rain falling across the entire south bay. This is the way it looks on 87 as we take a look at the tower cam right there. As we head into the afternoon hours, temperatures will hit the low to mid 60s. Notice the rain shield much smaller by the evening commute. Kumasi . All right. Thank you. Were starting this morning with a major announcement overnight about pfizers covid19 vaccine. We know youve been tracking these vaccine developments closely. Now pfizer says it is days away from seeking fda approval. Jobina has the details. Pfizer says its vaccine is 95 effective against covid19 in the final analysis in its phrase three trial and the Company Plans to file for fda authorization within days. Once thats given, pfizer will deliver millions of doses possibly before the end of the year. Its not known how long the immunity will last after receiving the vaccine. Pfizer said the vaccine caused only mild side effects, the most common one was fatigue which happened in 4 of voluntee
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