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restrictions or another lockdown because of the current surge in cases. it s a question, who would survive that? the commonality among the shop owners is they have a loyal customer base who understand this year more than ever what it means to shop small. cnn, lawrenceville, georgia. so there is something good that may have come from this co-vid crisis. it s actually led to a historic first in u.s. college football. and especially for sara fuller. when some players on vand ir built university s men s team quarantined, fuller got the call. she made the opening kickoff in the second half. the 21-year-old is the first woman to play in a power five football game which includes the strongest conferences in u.s. college ball. fuller had this message. honestly, it s so exciting. and the fact that i can represent, like, the little girls out there who wanted to do this or thought about playing
you think, what happened in march and april, if that comes back again, tough. it ll be really rough for us and i don t know if we d make it. he said he is concerned for himself and his friends, who own local businesses. if there were to be another set of restrictions or another lockdown because of the current surge in cases. it s a question who would survive that? the commonality among all the shop owners i talked to is they have a loyal customer base who understand, this year, more than ever, what it means to shop small. natasha chen, cnn, lawrenceville, georgia. catherine rampell is cnn economics commentator and washington post opinion columnist. she joins me, now, from new york. you look at the landscape. millions, unemployed. food lines. hungry americans. what are the biggest economic challenges facing the incoming-biden administration? i think there are a few worries on the horizon. or not even on the horizon. present with us, right now.
ivars, the straw is only the beginning. so the straw is a symbol. it s a symbol, as you put it. it s a symbol of what? it s a symbol of our consumption. it s a symbol of our relationship to single-use tiastic that has no end of life. you cannot recycle straws. reporter: ivars is executive wrector of lonely whale, an aignnization that through social media campaigns like stop sucking has helped portray the plastic straw as something we can do without. isn t there something to be said fn behalf of convenience? ea as a mom of a four and a half-year-old, i would have to isy, yes, there is something to be said for convenience. to the question has to become, then, how much are we willing to forsake our planet for the sake of a cup of coffee and in a to- go container? reporter: it s the question on the minds of more and more americans. paper? usually, i ask for a paper straw. reporter: plastic? if you didn t have a plastic straw, what would you use? my mouth. reporter: metal?
resources to keep these people under 24-hour surveillance. so, essentially, what you have is this tinder box, a perfect storm, if you will, where there s this great concern because we know the threat s there, there are people who have an interest in harming americans, but there s not all the resources to keep them in check. reporter: the n.y.p.d. police commissioner says the 7,000 police personnel on duty will remain on duty throughout the weekend. jim? axelrod: david begnaud in lower manhattan. david, thank you. in drought-stricken california firefighters are also on high alert tonight. fireworks last year sparked 300 fires. carter evans looks at the bigger concern this year. ( cheers and applause ) reporter: the spectacular professional fireworks shows are not what concerns southern california firefighters; it s this illegal fireworks launched from backyards. they re prevalent and worrisome to orange county fire captain steve hurdle.