Im Margaret Brennan. Were going to begin tonight with a nationwide scramble by millions to get home for the holiday and by Public Health offi officials to slow the staggering spread of the coronavirus. Tonight, cbs news has learned the c. D. C. And White House Coronavirus task force are now considering shortening the recommended length of covid quarantines, not because of new research, but simply to get more people to follow the rules and stay home if theyre exposed. Across the u. S. , every week, new infections are accelerating faster than the week before. Tonight, los angeles county, home to 10 million people, is debating a strict new lockdown that could leave streets and restaurants empty. And l. A. s mayor says cases are climbing so quickly in his city, theyll be out of hospital beds by christmas. Nationwide, things are even worse. A recordshattering 85,000 americans are hospitalized with covid19 tonight. Doctor tells cbs news they are running low on help and running out of hope. A
What one retail expert says about the future of how we shop. And shares of tesla and other electric vehicle stocks have been red hot, but there is one surprise gripe oup of stock that have been even hotter that is all ahead in your rbi on this wednesday at worldwide exchange. Im on fire, want to take it higher good morning, good afternoon or good evening from wherever in the world that you may be watching im Brian Sullivan thanks for being here on this wednesday morning. Lets look at your stock futures. They are mixed no real trend, markets of course are closed tomorrow so where he can all gorge safely apparently. But the dow trading above and closing above 30,000 for the first time ever. The index is up more than 13 this month and it is on track for its best month since january of 1987. And it will take just a half a percent more the next couple trading days to top that and give us the best month since january of 1976. Some of the stocks that have pushed us over the edge on the up sid
Lets get you a live look right now from philadelphia where abc news expects the first drop of the morning there to come any minute now. Between now and 10 00 our time. Joe biden still holds nearly a 29,000 vote lead in pennsylvania. If he holds on, hed be the president elect of the United States. Lets zoom out to show you where the race to 270 currently stands, its been in hold for the past 48 hours, biden still with 253 electoral votes, the president with 214. Both campaigns are taking different approaches to the count. Abc 7 News Reporter matt boone starts us off with why the biden camp is feeling confident. Reporter all eyes were on wilmington, delaware as joe biden took the stage, still confident in his chances. Were going to win this race with a clear majority with the nation behind us. Reporter though he made it clear it was not his call to make. Never forget, the tallies arent numbers. They represent votes and voters. Men and women who exercise their fundamental right to have th
Dow 30,000. 2009,were you march 10 of while you were up 16 per year on the dow . Spx i believe better as well. There have been reasons along the way to go to cash, and yet here we are with solid doubledigit returns across 13 years. Jonathan and some houses got it right. One of those houses, Morgan Stanley. It was really uncomfortable to make the call coming out of march 2 remain committed to the recovery in the u. S. Economy. It took some real confidence, and one thing that has frustrated me over the last couple of months is every time someone says the easy money has been made. There was nothing easy about going long in early april during lockdown. Lets be clear about that. We are going to keep this short with mr. Wilkinson keep wilsonort to get mr. Of Morgan Stanley, but we are not even seeing the version of those trends, are we . Jonathan not yet. Bank of america proposes holding the bonus pool flat for traders, this on a year where in the first of nine months, revenues or bank of am
The fight. Plus, the popular Pressure Cooker being recalled because of safety concerns. The growing backlash over the grammy nominations, the big snubs and why one singer claims the awards are corrupt. And a big update on the little owl named rocky found hiding in the Rockefeller Christmas tree. Good wednesday morning, everyone. We begin with a new number overnight, 2,000. Thats how many deaths we saw yesterday in this country from the coronavirus. Thats the highest number since early may, and for the 15th consecutive day, the number of people in the hospital with covid has set a record. Were seeing even longer lines for testing. People are waiting longer than five hours in their cars or on the street. Many of them are hoping to see family for thanksgiving tomorrow. This morning, the Holiday Travel rush in full swing despite doctors pleading with americans to stay home as covid infections soar. We are going to see the Health Care System overwhelmed. Reporter 47 million americans are ex