But years later, reality looks very different. Litter peaches, good drinking water, shortage of children. And what happened to him got a stream of black gold oil. Thomas starts december 4th, w a record high for wall street and a lot of confidence elsewhere. Stocks are on the world follow the dows lead upward amid easy in worries over the demick and u. S. Politics with the latest from our markets correspondent, also on the show china us while wife is a technological pioneer. But is the company also a trojan horse for beijing . To bring your a special analysis and coronavirus test the liver to the lab by drone, a modern day airlift is underway in the german capital for a list on for school. Welcome to the program, the rally on Financial Markets while it continues with optimism about the Coronavirus Vaccine and easing u. S. Political uncertainty, pushing global stocks higher asian investors were in a buying mood on wednesday after the dow jones reached 30000. 00 points for the 1st time in
The cdc is worried that small get togethers could turn into super spreaders. There are 88,000 people in the hospital with covid19 in the u. S. Thats a record according to the covid19 tracking project. The number of deaths yesterday topped 2100. The most since early may. And Johns Hopkins says the u. S. Has recorded 22 Straight Days of at least 100,000 daily cases. We have a reporter in washington. Health officials fear its going to get worse. Yes, tom. Because even though thanksgiving travel is way down this year over last, still, a Million People a day packed airports across the country last weekend. Many americans are scaling back thanksgiving this year. Were going to do a zoom call or face time. Well make some type of contact and, you know, give thanks just to be over the phone. Health Officials Say small gatherings are the biggest spreaders of the coronavirus. The risk is high for families. There is just no way to sugarcoat that. Still, triplea expects up to 50 million americans to
Rally has fed into crude. Propelled thates price. People look beyond the covid to a look beyond to a returned to normal. Gold pretty much stable appeared bitcoin at record highs. Up about two thirds of 1 . We have a u. S. Dollar index unchanged. Lets have a look at the copper price. Copper advancing. The highest price and a more than six years. It is under president elect joe bidens formal transition. The hope is there will be a move toward a Lower Carbon Energy future. That britain the outlook for its demand. As has what is going on in china up. Joining in all of that. Lets have a look at the transition in more detail as we get over to new york and join Karina Mitchell for the first word news. Introduced biden has his foreignpolicy and Security Experts as he seeks to calm relations with International Friends and foes. The president elect is promising a multilateral approach, reversing the America First tragedy of the Trump Administration. He will prioritize ending damaging executive o
A very good wednesday morning to you. Thank you for joining us. Were halfway there through the workweek, the day before thanksgiving. Mike has a look at the commute. First that forecast. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. How is it looking, kari . It looks pretty good. We are all quiet across the bay area. We started out with Cool Temperatures and patches of fog particularly in the north bay. A live look in dublin, it will be cooler but comfortable for the middle of the day. We do have some cool mornings ahead. The dry weather does continue. Well talk about that in the forecast coming up. Mike, how is it looking driving through some of those foggy areas . Yes, folks might have trouble looking around them. The bay bridge for a reference, very light traffic flow. The note as we look at the north bay 29 to highway 1 up to healdsbu healdsburg, thats that warm amber blob where the fog has registered. Lower visibility there. Really no slowing on this map. Back to you. President
His first classified briefing and his historic picks as he staffs up his administration the injury over the weekend hes recovering from and the two battlegrounds delivering a new blow today to President Trumps legal fight. Severe storms barrel through several states, tornadoes, strong winds, heavy rain al roker is here. Cyber monday expected to be the biggest ever how to score deals all week long. Plus, the shipping alert you need to know about. The man clinging to a capsized boat 86 miles off the coast. Tonight how he survived messages to santa in the pandemic. What kids are really asking for this year this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, everyone the specter of a covid surge on top of a surge is almost too much to imagine. But its exactly what Public Health officials believe we may be in for as millions of americans return to their lives today, some likely bringing home from thanksgiving gatherings more than just family memories officials urging travelers to take