On how many people could gather in one place. Lets bring in nbcs Erin Mclaughlin at Los Angeles International airport and dasha burns at Bristol Regional Medical Center in bristol, tennessee. I know theyre getting ready to open new Rapid Testing centers for travelers at lax. Tell us how that will work . Reporter thats right, ellison. That center is set to open next week for results in one to two hours for anyone that wants to pay 150 for a test, building on an interim Testing Center opened last week. Those results are available in one to two days, meant for travelers going places that need to quarantine or prevent a negative covid19 test. It has to be said, while more testing is welcome, l. A. Officials are telling people to stop all nonessential travel. Thats how serious the covid19 situation is here, particularly in southern california, asking people to stay at home. Nevertheless, weve seen an uptick in travelers at lax ahead of the thanksgiving holiday, reaching a peek last friday o
Tested every single day. New scientific analysis, seen by the bbc, suggests the goals of the paris climate agreement are coming within reach. The Climate Action tracker study looks at the latest promises from countries including china, as well as the plans of us president electjoe biden. Matt mcgrath has more. From the uks wettest february on record to raging wildfires in california. The fingerprints of Climate Change linked to human activities have become increasingly clear this year. In efforts to curb greenhouse gases, has so far had limited impact. When countries signed the paris climate agreement in 2015 they undertook to limit the rises in temperatures to below two celsius this century. But when scientist added up all the pledges to cut carbon they added up to about three degrees by 2100. But the last three months have seen some significant changes. China surprise the world by announcing at the un david dein for net zero Carbon Emissions by2060, for net zero Carbon Emissions by 2
There are no localized hot spots anymore either. The whole country is experien experiencing a major spread. If you follow the yellow line on your screen you see that deaths in the midwest are roughly double that of any other region. The u. S. Right now averaging 1,500 deaths and 164,000 new infections per day. Just on thanksgiving, the nation reported roughly 110,000 new cases. That actually does not even include reports from 20 states. They didnt report new numbers because of the holiday. The virus is raging with one of the busiest days of travel of the year still to come on sunday. More than 6 Million People have defied cdc guidance to stay at home and not travel this thanksgiving. Despite consistent guidance from Health Officials the state of florida remains defiant over the issues of masks and social distancing. The governor there, ron desantis extending an order this week that bans local municipalities for issuing fines for violating pandemic related mandates like face masks or li
Public Health Officials should alert states directly. All the while President Trump refuses to accept the Election Results. Nbc news has also learned the president has discussed pardons for family and close associates. Joining me now jeff bennett with the Biden Transition Team in delaware. Monica alba and pete williams. Monica, let me begin with you. Tell me what we know about these president ial exit plans including skipping the inauguration and instead announcing he plans to run for president once again in 2024. Reporter our team has learned from three sources familiar with the sudiscussions that the president is having these conversations about launching his 2024 president ial run. Hes still mulling it over. On his successors inauguration day. What does that mean . He would skip that event. He wouldnt be at the inauguration which would be notable given it hasnt happened in the last 30 or 40 years. There are some notable exceptions, but for him to do that also signals to me he is mak
Welcome, everybody. Thanks for joining us. One day after families gathered for thanksgiving and an increased number of travelers went to the airports. Theres concern about the staggering rate of coronavirus in the country. The cases in america may be an undercount. It may be eight times higher with many people experiencing no symptoms. This is happening as states, local governments and organizations like the ncaa are trying to stop the spread of covid. We are in los angeles at lax airport and dallas texas. Aaron, im going to start with you on this one. Lets talk about the new rules at lax, the new testing as well. What has been implement sod far there . Reporter thats right. Theyre introducing Rapid Testing next week here at lax. Anyone who wants to take the test will be allowed access to it with results in one or two hours. Just lack last week they implemented an interim testing site that gives results in one or two days for anyone traveling to location that requires the negative covi