afterwards is, well, just what the christmas season is all about. early today starts right now good morning i m valerie castro. glad you re starting your week with us i m 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 isn t 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 nbc s meagan fitzgerald has the latest. valerie, good morning millions of californians are waking up to some of the most restrictive measures we ve seen since the beginning of the pandemic all while state officials do what they can to t
unemployment. for those who have been laid off. or had the work hours cut. fears of eviction are constant. tonight, catholic charities held an online workshop to help people stay housed with state eviction moratoriums, set to expire at the end of january. the fear was clear, if we did nothing, that we could stand to lose 10s of thousands of residents from this valley. many of whom are our parishiners. i will take a closer look at the eviction that in the south bay is coming up at 11:00. nbc bay area news. santa clara county continues to see covid cases rise at an alarming rate, a mass testing site closed today, workers are gearing up for another businey week. they were testing a pop up site where people could test themselves. the drop-in site is at the emanuel baptist church. they can self administer a nasal swab test. tuesday through friday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. another high profile member of the president s inner circle has tested positive for covid-19. this ty
measures. the new field hospital just opened as one city warns it will run out of beds within weeks. rudy guiliani tests positive for the coronavirus as president trump gives his first major speech since the election. local republicans spent today refuting it. the government report first obtained by nbc news, was a foreign adversary hitting american diplomats with microwave radiation to make them sick? plus, the show must go on. the nutcracker in the age of covid. the sugar plum fairy dancing under the stars. this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening. there is some hope on the horizon at the start of a new week. the first doses of the pfizer vaccine landing in british hospitals today. here in the u.s. the fda set to meet this thursday to consider emergency authorization for the same vaccine. but that hope is over shadowed at the moment by far too many cases of coronavirus and deaths. california just announced they recorded 30,000 cases yesterday, a n
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