Steps to fight back the second wave. Closing the valve as covid infections soar, cities issue new restrictions on restaurants, bars, and gyms. And action. Plus, hollywood is back the show must go on. We cant rehearse like we used to. Youll see the new normal behind the scenes. Livefrom cnbc global headquarters, the facts. The truth. The news with Shepard Smith. Good evening again. The pandemic is raging across the nation shattering record after record day after day many of our hospitals are overwhelmed. Our Health Care Workers at the breaking point and now cities and states are threatening lockdowns. The u. S. Reported another 153,000 new cases just yesterday, an alltime high. Cases were bad in april, worse in the summer but this rise is much different and the chart is still going up over the past ten days Johns Hopkins reports weve added nearly 1. 3 million cases when the pandemic began it took the u. S. More than three months to hit that number now ten days hospitals are filling up just yesterday 67,000 people in hospitals sick with covid. Thats from the covid tracking project. Its a spread like we have never seen this week the virus is killing nearly 1,000 people in america every day, but the experts warn it will get worse. Researchers at the university of washington now project if we continue on this path, nearly 439,000 of us will be dead by march. So far covid has killed 242,000 people nationwide. We have coverage of the pandemic from coast to coast. First to nbcs ron allen in new york city where the mayor is warning all Public Schools could shut down by monday. Ron . Reporter shep, yeah. Closing schools here would be a big, huge setback. Its the largest Public School system in history and one that opened for in Person Learning a couple of months ago things have been going relatively well. The covid numbers here have been setting off alarm bells, especially the number of people testing positive its not as bad back in march and april when new york was the epicenter. Officials are stepping in now to try to stop that from happening. The irony and a lot of parents are set because the numbers of tests in the schools that are turning up positive was very low compared to the rest of the city heres what the mayor had to say about that the testing shows very few people have tested positive in our schools. Thats a great blessing, but when you see the rest of the city unfortunately experiencing this generalized problem, weve got to act out of an abundance of caution. Reporter also across new york state tonight bars, restaurants, gyms are closing at 10 p. M that curfew imposed because contact tracers have been able to determine that a lot of late night activity in new york, a city that never sleeps, for example, is spreading covid. The cause of some of these outbreaks. Theyre shutting things down at 10 00. Theyre trying to limit private gatherings to ten in peoples homes, especially with thanksgiving coming up, to try and stop the spread. Drastic measures here in new york state. Ron, thanks keep in mind, new york is doing very well compared to most states covid testing Positivity Rate below 3 in illinois its four times that, 13 on average over the past week the number of new cases topping 15,000 for the first time today the governor warning illinois could be headed for another stay at home order if they cant get this virus under control in chicago the mayor is urging residents to cancel thanksgiving plans and stay home for the next 30 days. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is there. Reporter shep, chicago saw more than 12,000 new covid cases just this week the mayor says the situation is dire the number of covid deaths has tripled here over the last month. Now starting monday that new stay at home advisory takes effect and the mayors urging people not to have any gatherings of more than ten people, that includes thanksgiving and there is a lot of push back here from some in the Business Community who feel that this will be devastating for their bottom line. Some new restrictions on business went into effect last month but that has not stemmed the rise in covid cases here we just spoke with one Restaurant Owner who says that the Restaurant Industry as we know it is dead. Now today there were several more communities in the suburbs of cook county that also imposed a stay at home advisory. Again, the number of cases here in chicago is rising and it is one of the major cities looking at some tough decisions over the coming weeks shep gabe, its worse in wisconsin, or i should say in illinois 16 positivity over the last week and today some hospitals are completely full. No room for anyone, and with covid cases rising and flu season beginning, doctors say that could spell disaster. Nbcs cal perry is in madison. We are setting new daily highs in the state today over 7,700 new cases were seeing more cases here in the state of wisconsin than we did in new york city when new york city was at its peak. Its what has doctors incredibly at concerned local media is reporting that there are some hospitals in the state that are at capacity the one behind me is trying to avoid getting to capacity by opening up extra wings theyve opened up two covid wings in just the last two weeks. What has officials concerned and especially the governor is that people will, of course, celebrate thanksgiving with their extended family. Its why he has put in an order for people to stay home. It is not a legally binding order. Doctors here are begging people to do a virtual thanksgiving we heard a doctor tell us last week be careful of who invite to your thanksgiving dinner, that person may not be there for christmas. West coast, california, oregon, washington are all issuing a joint travel advisory. That happened today. The state is urging a 14 day quarantine for anybody visiting in that area partial lockdowns are back in oregon new mexico, too. Theres a stay at home order for the next two weeks oregon shutting gyms and restaurant dining. In california, this is dodgers stadium transformed into a testing site lines wrapping around the place over the past few days nbcs Meagan Fitzgerald is live there. Meagan, is that stadium equipped to handle this surge well, shep, the answer the short answer is yes. The state feels that testing is the way to try to slow the spread of this virus what theyve done at dodgers stadium is expand the hours so they can accommodate more people thats consistent with what were seeing across the state at different testing locations. Here at dodgers stadium theyre testing some 13,000 people a day, and thats important because california is surging. The state Health Department telling us that they have seen the single day daily covid cases doubling in the last month and hospitalizations are up 30 . The concern, as weve been reporting, is that thanksgiving is less than two weeks away, rather, and theyre concerned that people will go to others houses, that theyll gather. So thats why the state is saying, look, now is not the time to let up its important to social distance its important to wear your mask its important to celebrate and see people through virtual means as opposed to in person because the biggest concern here is that this virus will continue to spread shep Meagan Fitzgerald on california in mississippi, its even worse. Almost 16 covid testing Positivity Rate and now there is not one single icu bed available in the entire capital city of jackson. Statewide in mississippi hospitalizations are at the highest level in 2 1 2 months. We have the mayor of jackson, mississippi. Mr. Mayor, how close are you there to disaster . Were at acritical stage. As you mentioned, our hospitalization rate is of great concern to us. Were not only the capital city, were the capital of health care here in the state of mississippi. So the decisions that are made on the state level impact the city of jackson and ultimately impact the availability of hospital beds. Mayor, since the pandemic began, mississippi cases and covid deaths per capita are the sixth highest. Gov in our tate reeds daughter is positive. They are in quarantine covid is surging right now yet there is no statewide mask mandate. Have you talked to the governor and can he explain this . My communication with the governor has been as touch and go as the Decision Making that is happening. Touch and go . We have not had consistent communication and there has been there doesnt appear to be a rhyme or reason to some of the decisions to reverse the statewide mask mandates. Here in jackson we have maintained our statewide mask mandate and we have had relative success in that area in the month of october we actually had 11. 4 decrease in the infection rate but that appears to be on the uptick as we know that people are traveling, as we know that we are in the midst of flu season all of these things that we have been warned by the scientists, by the doctors would be affecting us at this time. But were in a need for a uniform strategy on the state and National Level mr. Mayor, Everybody Knows mississippi is poor and mostly rural. The best equipped hospitals in the whole state, a majority of the icu beds are in jackson. People to come to them for hours away from the delta to the coast. How concerned are you for all mississipians . We know covid has not come to discriminate against any one but it has exposed the inequities in our society. People who dont have regular access to our health care are those that are the most susceptible because of Underlying Health conditions so it is a circumstance which is right to take advantage of those conditions here in mississippi and so this may be the epicenter of where we should be most concerned in the absence of a uniform strategy and a proactive strategy. Mayor of jackson, mississippi, thanks for your time and all the best. Russian and north korean government hackers are trying to steal Covid Vaccine research theyre trying to get it from the United States and other countries and companies around the world. That is the warning now from none other than microsoft. One of the companys top Security Experts now reports the hackers have been targeting seven Prominent Companies directly involved in researching vaccines and treatment for covid19 thats as specific as they would be he says that some of the breakins were successful. Microsoft did not share which Companies Got hacked or how serious the instrutrusions were of course russia has denied any involvement. Measles cases around the world at the highest in 14 years. In the United States more cases than in any year since 1992. Health experts say they fear that covid may be the reason because restrictions have disrupted peoples ability to get vaccinated they also say antivaxxers are partly to blame. The other problem, not being able to reach children in rural areas. World leaders are expecting that to be a problem with the Covid Vaccine. Measles deaths are up considerably 50 over the last few years. President trump talking finally, but not about conceding. What he says about covid under his watch. And later, prevention. The masks, the tests which are more effective and most accurate . Facts versus fiction whats working and what isnt in coronavirus testing. 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No concession here he insisted the nation will not lock down to stop the spread ideally we wont go to a lockdown i will not go this administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully the whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be, i guess time will tell, but i can tell you, this administration will not go to a lockdown. Time has already told the next administration will be a Biden Administration as President Trump refuses to concede and cooperate with that incoming administration, his legal challenges keep falling flat in court. The Trump Campaign giving up the fight in Maricopa County in arizona today. The president s own lawyers dropped its lawsuit and called it moot. In the suburbs of philly judges threw out hundrethe claim. The judge said the claims were, quote, not credible and the gop, quote, did not have a full understanding of how vote counting works nbc news confirms the Trump Campaign has shut down its voter fraud hotline after it got flooded with prank calls a recount underway in georgia, a traditionally red state where nbc news projects the former Vice President biden is the apparent winner. Election workers there counting millions of ballots by hand. Aside from georgia, nbc news today called arizona for joe biden and North Carolina for President Trump. So thats the final map right there, and that would give president elect biden 306 electoral votes, the exact same number that President Trump won in 2016 and called it at least 20 times a massive landslide victory. Hallie jackson is at the white house. Wheres the president . Whats the focus right now reporter ostensibly, shep, the white house wants it to be on the coronavirus pandemic which is getting worse as you well know. The president had an operation warp speed meeting and in the rose garden without talking about that as well, but we know that the president s head is elsewhere. It is specifically on his continued claims of voter fraud despite the fact theres no evidence of that that its widespread the president is thinking about perhaps his next steps as well with sources confirming to us that he does have his eye on a run potentially in 2024, at least has his eye on talking about a run in 2024 and potentially the creation of his own news outlet, shep, presumably this one not fake news he spent much of the last 24 hours, we saw this yesterday, going after fox news, shep. Any idea or indication when he might let the transition process begin . Reporter well, thats a good question we dont expect anything imminently here. I will say that based on the conversations that ive had with folks in and around the white house and around the Trump Campaign, if the president is going to acknowledge that he lost, right, even if he doesnt say that he accepts the results and continues to allege that this election was stolen from him despite the fact that it was not, it would be after youre seeing some of the state certifications coming in specifically looking for the certification in arizona, not the call which we got today, but the certification in georgia as well once that recount ends, in pennsylvania, once those are certified. Once those start to build up the president will feel like he has no choice but to acknowledge that based on conversations ive had. Theres a maga march scheduled on washington tomorrow. Yes. Last i heard there was no permitting for that. That could get dicey the president says he may drop by reporter potentially weve seen him do these before im thinking back to walter reed when he was hospitalized but did a drive by past his supporters Nothing Official on his schedule i will say, shep, i heard back the permit has been issued theyre looking at 10,000 people marching from freedom plaza, according to the permit, over to the Supreme Court in a demonstration that is pro President Trump and some of the speakers, conservative names that you would recognize congresswoman Marjorie Taylor green who is a qanon supporter and there will be a letter red from general flynn too. Hallie jackson at the white house. Thanks. As the Trump Administration leaves the biden transition mostly in the dark, doctors close to that transition are developing their own plans to mass distribute a Covid Vaccine. Nbc news reports bidens advisers are worried that the outgoing administrations planning will leave them unprepared when they take over the fight against covid. Cnbcs Kayla Tausche covering the biden transition kayla, the president elect received a briefing from his Coronavirus Task force today and said it was alarming do we know any details reporter well, shep, the doctors advising the president elect shared good news and bad news today the good news was on vaccines and therapeutics the bad news was on the sheer statistics of the virus. The record daily case count. The rising deaths. The hospitals at Surge Capacity and the protective gear in short supply despite this acceleration, biden advisers tempered expectations for a national lockdown. After a third advisor suggested something to that ilk earlier this week. Today in separate interviews t