Supplies. It wouldnt be thanksgiving without the macys day parade and the National Dog Show. How will each be impacted this this year . Weve got a preview. Im thankful all of these things that happened made me stronger as a person in a way, a strange way, the coronavirus has kind of made us better. That as we kick off thanksgiving what are you most thankful for in this incredible year we call 2020 a special edition of early today begins right now. Good morning, everybody. Im paul gehrke. Im glad youre starting your holiday with us. Im Frances Rivera thanksgiving has arrivied and i will be unprecedented. More than 8 million are affected the travel numbers tell a completely different story heres nbcs tom costello. Reporter despite a raging pandemic and a skyrocketing death toll, americans are on the move this thanksgiving from miami headed north. So far being here has been safe everybodys following the rules, so no problem. Reporter to new york, headed west. Im wanted to see my dad. Repo
And possibilities of things that could happen if theres uncertainty about the outcome. They are bob bauer a distinguished scholar at nyu school of law now on leave as a Senior Adviser to the biden president ial campaign and Benjamin Ginsberg an election attorney in the cnn commentator. I like to recognize some of our special guest today the ambassadors of singapore sweden new zealand and the european union. Id also like to recognize our sponsors our Title Sponsor bank of america of the Greater Washington d. C. Area larry, thank you very and are sponsors terry women senior partner and also its like to recognize siemens usa ceo. Thank you for your leader sponsorship. Sponsors onrporate the screen and the like to thank them as well for their support we have a few Upcoming Events as some of you know about already but let me just remind you on november the 18th at 10 00 a. M. We will have that bandwidth alex of course he who is the chairman and ceo of Johnson Johnson. As you probably know J
It was the biggest single day drop since september 3rd. The index fell more than 950 points at one point. Worries about the economy rose after the daily tally of new intexass in the u. S. Climbed over the weekend to about 83,000. The techheavy nasdaq fell at well. People in the markets said investors sold on fears that the surge in new cases would derail efforts to get the economy moving again. Investors are turning cautious as lawmakers in congress remain far from a deal on additional stimulus measures. Staying in the u. S. , the Republicancontrolled Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barretts appointment to the countrys top court. The 48yearold will bed Third Supreme Court Justice Toews chosen by President Donald Trump. She will succeed Ruth Bager Ginsburg who passed away last month. Her lifetime appointment samcems a 63 majority on the bench. Divisive issues such as abortion, gun control and health care. Trump, trailing in polls, made barretts nomination part of his pitch to voters
Hello im david rubinstein, the National Book festival, welcome to the National Book festival, which this year is being done virtually. Our guest this year is melinda gates, for the first part of our program. Im coming to you from washington dc at the library of congress and from another washington, seattle washington, is melinda gates. Thank you very much for doing this. Im so glad we could do it david. Melinda, youve written your first book recently, a book about women its a book about empowering women and i want to talk to you about that and what prompted you to write this book. How long did it take you to write this book and what prompted you to write this book . Melinda i wrote it over most of the year and what prompted me to write it was, ive been so incredibly fortunate with the foundation to travel to so many places in the world. Its the people and particularly the women ive met in these incredibly difficult circumstances and seeing what they are doing to empower their families
Traffic is not impacted. A 3. 6 magnitude earthquake rattled the south bay near san jose this morning. No damage or injuries reported. And back now to the memorial for the fallen Santa Cruz County sheriffs deputy. Anne makovec is following it from the live news desk. Reporter it has been a heart breaking memorial to watch, michelle. And actually, we can take you there live now. It just wrapped up and they are about to bring out the casket. Theyre bringing out some of the flags. A lot of the mourners have left. This is at the college where Sergeant Damon gutzwiller attended college in the early 2000s. [ music ]. Reporter almost 5,000 people packed the field, including hundreds of uniformed officers. The Sheriffs Department said they had gotten hundreds and thousands of emails from people who didnt know him sending support to the force. Sergeant gutzwiller was respected by his fellow officers who shared a lot of stories at the memorial. And his wife spoke. This is the man that i am missi