There will be at some point that strain here in the united states. reporter: so that inevitability the president just spoke of, that is what federal officials are bracing for now. but the president said he did not believe that for now there would be any more lockdowns. he said he would present to the american people a larger case about how he wants the country to prepare for the wintertime in face of the pandemic. laura? all right, jasmin wright, thank you so much. all right. still ahead, will tiger woods ever play professional golf again? hear from him in his own words. and see the moment when rihanna was declared a national hero in her homeland. this is how we shine. find the p perfect gift at zales. the diamond store.
Not yet. for more let s bring in white house reporter jasmin wright live from washington, d.c. so, jasmin, what are you hearing behind the scenes right now? how worried is this white house? reporter: well, look, the president is trying to reassure americans that they want to stay vigilant in the face of this potential new threat, but not to panic as we just heard from him just now. and yesterday when he spoke, he spoke after meeting with his medical officials, medical advisers, including dr. fauci being briefed. he said they are learning more and more about the variant every day, every hour, but there was still a lot that was unknown, including the transmissibility and the severity and, of course, that could take weeks for them to find out. but the president was really firm in saying that folks need to get their vaccines because it s only a matter of time until a case pops up in the u.s. he said they need to get their vaccines and get their boosters. and after he spoke, the cdc even
Still, not knowing is enough for investors to rush to safety. u.s. stock futures dropping badly here. the dow futures down more than 2%, 800 points, markets in asia tumbling. in europe markets opening sharply lower here. more on this throughout the day. all right. this may be the final holiday shopping season for two iconic brands. sears and k-mart, which could be why sears is offering 50% off everything while k-mart is offering 40% off this black friday. the two chains emerged from bankruptcy two years ago, a shell of what used to be a combined 3500 stores nationwide. president biden and jill biden greeting service members on thanksgiving day in nantucket, massachusetts. they visit theed u.s. coast guard station where all six branches of the military were represented. cnn s jasmin wright joins us live with more. good morning. reporter: good morning. that s right, christine. president biden and first lady jill biden, they visited troop service members at brant fort.
We just heard as he visits the annual tree lighting ceremony in nantucket where he is spending the holiday weekend. we will see him there over the weekend and then of course he heads back to d.c. sometime next week or on monday, rather, where he has a big task ahead of him trying to push through that social safety expansion package as well as government spending and debt ceiling that he will have to respond to. christine? all right, jasmin, nice to see you this morning. hope you have a wonderful day. thank you. it was a text that changed both of their lives. now known as the thanksgiving grandma, wanda dench is celebrating her sixth holiday inn mess a, arizona, with jamal hinton after she sent a text in 2016 by mistake. jamal was just 17 and since then they have celebrated birthdays and christmas, too. what if you had never done that? if i had never texted him, then i would have missed out on a wonderful relationship. i changed my view totally of the
Education, for preschool and the like, and for drugs, and that s the point they re trying to make. that it s not inflationary, in fact, it helps blunt inflation. that is their point of view. we ll see if that sideways senator manchin on the senate side. thank you, daniela. i always wonder about the bathroom situation. eight hours, how do you do isn t that magic minute is my parenting. five more minutes. it never works. exactly. so, assuming the bill passionpasses today, the burden falls squarely on the president to sell it to the senate and american people. jasmin wright has that angle. what s the plan? reporter: you re right, laura. president biden will be one step closer if the house passes, minority leader kevin mccarthy stops talking. the fact is this win for the president may not seem so sweet because of all of the other factors that he is facing. remember, he has until the