Cloudy, a little foggy especially across the north bay as we expected. Thankfully this cold front has been quiet. The winds are starting to pick up in the north bay and the hills, the fog wont last nearly as long as it usually would. That wind will shove it out of the way heading through the morning commute. It will be breezy and cooler this afternoon. Yesterday, a lot of us were in the mid to upper mid to upper 50s along the coast. Well look at your thanksgiving forecast coming up. Now to the deadly toll the coronavirus is taking on the u. S. More than 2,000 people died from covid19 yesterday. That marks the deadliest day in more than six months. Right now more than 88,000 americans are hospitalized. For the 22nd day in a row, the u. S. Has reported more than 100,000 new cases. As those numbers rise, the cdc is considering shortening the quarantine period for people who have been potentially exposed. Currently it recommends two weeks, but they could change guidelines to 7 to 10 days.
News of the father of the Pfizer Vaccine shou. Our conversation with jeremy stopple min later this hour. Tiktoks Parent Company is asking a u. S. Court to intervene in President Trumps attempt to thwart the sale. We will have the latest from beijing. First, a comeback for big tech in the stock market. For more on the trade, we are joined by Sarah Ponczek in new york. Walk us through the day and how tech drove market action. Sarah we did have a tech turnaround today. After two days when the nasdaq fell. You see the nasdaq 100 back on top. You look at your other major benchmarks not staging as much of a rally. So what changed . Not too much. You could say its just a comeback. At the same time, there were headlines being here in new york city, headlines about further restrictions in the city. It begs the question about whether or not people will be working from home, stuck at home with restrictions longer than previously thought, especially with the positive news on the vaccine. With that
Nevertheless, there is a huge amount of false and misleading information strong winds, especially in the sloshing on line about what some south. Strong went combined with a high tide means they could be the people claim to be the risk which is chance of flooding. All the details com pletely people claim to be the risk which is completely unfounded. The potential throughout this mornings programme. Risks of taking the vaccine are its sunday the 15th of november. Unfounded. An agreement between our top story this morning is a call for social Media Companies facebook, twitter and google and to face tough financial and criminal penalties if they fail to clamp down others and government to take steps to work with Public Health on anti vaccine content. With a Coronavirus Vaccine authorities and also to sign up to a on the way, labour wants principle of not profiting from any the government to bring in emergency laws to deal with what they describe as dangerous online material. Misinformation
Theirx joins us to share answer to the new competition. And, the bitcoin rarely continues but for how long . But first, tech shares leading the market higher as more covid Restrictions Mean more staying at home for the foreseeable future. Scientists are making to make advances on the vaccine front but there is still a long winter ahead. Joining us now, Abigail Doolittle taking a look at the Market Movers of the day. Lots of conflicting strands here. How did at up did add up . We had the bearish news yesterday about Public Schools in new york city closing server restrictions on the biggest schools in the u. S. Stocks yesterday sold off. Today . Not so much. They were basically flat on the day. At the end of the day, the nasdaq 100 climbing by three quarters of 1 . We once again have that disconnect between stocks and the reality that would seem to be concerning about the narrative seems to be stocks are looking forward six or nine months on the vaccine starts to get into the system a bi
Be officially called by the fox news decision desk. Those five are pennsylvania where i am, georgia, nevada, North Carolina, also alaska has not been called. The Trump Campaign is mounting a number of legal challenges in these states. The Biden Campaign calling the legal challenges meritless. Well get into both sides on that. Look for a moment at current vote tally in pennsylvania, as counting continues throughout the day, the margin between President Trump and Vice President biden has continued to narrow. President trumps leads with well over half a million votes, just over 100,000 votes as mailin votes continue to be tallied in places like philadelphia. Here in harrisburg, we had protesters out on the streets on the steps of the state capital. A number are still there behind me right now. They have been chanting things, stop the steal, stop the fraud. Well talk about those challenges, the legal challenges on the merits from the Trump Campaign but also keep an eye on the other story,