Afterwards is, well, just what the Christmas Season is all about. Early today starts right now good morning im valerie castro. Glad youre starting your week with us im Frances Rivera the start of this week brings new hope the u. S. May soon see the approval of a coronavirus vaccine, but as the country anxiously waits, cases and deaths continue to climb as of today, there have been over 14. 8 million infections, and over 283,000 deaths, according to an nbc news tally. The pandemic isnt stopping pope francis from spreading an uplifting message this Holiday Season at his sunday blessing, the pontiff said the Christmas Season provides a sign of hope in this difficult time his words come as most of california enters a new virus lockdown nbcs Meagan Fitzgerald has the latest. Valerie, good morning millions of californians are waking up to some of the most restrictive measures weve seen since the beginning of the pandemic all while state officials do what they can to try to stop hospitals fro
Clarity as Steve Kornacki gives us his perspective. Thanks for starting your week with us im frances rivera. New hope the u. S. May soon see the approval of a coronavirus vaccine. Cases and deaths continue to surge. As of today there have been over 14. 5 million infections and over 282,000 fatalities according to an nbc news tally. The latest data comes as most of california enters a new lockdown heres nbcs meg fwan fitzgerald reporter valerie, good morning. Millions of californians are waking up to some of the most restrictive measures weve seen during the pandemic while they do all they can to stop hospitals from being overwhelmed. 33 million californians, hours away from a Lockdown People told to stay home, stop gathering, no more inperson dining and reduce retail as hospitals try to save people in crisis bottom line is if we dont act now, our Hospital System will be overwhelmed. Reporter fear turning to frustration for restaurant owners. Im losing Everything Everything i own is bei
Highs. Coming up a busy news day, and a series of big interviews as well. The ceo of gap, jonah snngal, her first interview since taking the job in march talking about the post covid lavin escape and the partnership with kanye west. Plus we have patrick frisk with his partnership with steph curry. We will discuss the fierce competent anything footwear. And salesforces deal to buy slack is expected to be announced today after the bell we should get those details. And sales details also out after the close. Looking forward to that. Slack up a little bit today. Lets get to the Market Action mike santoli is tracking it. As stocks moving higher but off the highs of the session. For three weeks they have been mostly sideways around the recent highs right now we are a little less than 1 above the intraday high from november 9th. Est that was the day the election was called. Then you had the vaccine from pfizer that was right in here intraday high. At a record. 67 above the march 23rd low righ
Wednesday. Feels like a friday on after the bell. Lets look at the news thats happening at this hour. Team coverage with more on the markets. Hillary vaughn, covering the president elect. Lets start with you, the day before thanksgiving. What are we seeing . We are seeing a retreat partially for the s p. The dow transports, all retreating from record highs but the dow closing at 29872 on track for november since 1928. Youve got to go back really far. The nasdaq, first, record close september. 12,000 94. The first force was this rotation weve seen for the week out of tech to cyclicals that reversed today. Energy was your worst performer and tech was your second best performer. The second we noticed is the Economic Data that poured in this morning. That was a reality for many investors. Jobless claims rose for two weeks in a row. The First Time Since july, 778,000 americans filing for firsttime unemployment benefits. Claims rose the most in states where infections also rose the most. Min
Hospitalized. Rudy giuliani, the president s personal attorney, testing positive for the virus at Georgetown University Medical Center this morning. The effort to trace his footsteps after he appeared at multiple Public Events without a mask. Even the Arizona Legislature now having to shut down. Battleground georgia. The president down south for a rally in republicans crucial runoff. The candidates holding debates over the weekend but one a noshow. Your senator is refusing to answer questions and debate his opponent. Who holds the upper hand in the battle for the control of the senate straight ahead. Mystery solved. A new report out on what may have caused strange illnesses in american diplomats living overseas. Could a series of targeted microwave attack be the cause . I had ringing in my ears and knew something was wrong with me. An exclusive interview with a cia officer still suffering three years later. Power problems. A strong weekend noreaster, the first of the season, leaving hu