Gatherings, infection rates have surged. Thats a lesson for western leaders struggling with plans for a covidsafe christmas. In liverpool, in britain, the military joined a vast trial of tests. If they work well, the idea is to test everyone in england every week. European i. C. U. Beds, spearvel iespecially in france d switzerland, are piling up. And the numbers are staggering. One person is dying every 70 seconds in the european region from covid19. Reporter sweden is no exception. It started out as an outlier with light restrictions, but the experiment has failed. Infections hit a record high this week, and deaths are spiking, too. At the same time, the worlds hopes are focused on the vaccine. Here is a shipment of chinas arriving in brazil, where it is being tested. The data so far show it is safe but not as effective as the two American European frontrunners. Meanwhile, World Leaders gathered this week on the mother of all zoom calls in a virtual g20 meeting. They pledged Fair Distribution of covid19 vaccine to poorer countries. But in spite of international goodwill, in countries like this, that will rely on the World Health Organization for vaccines, 2021 is already shaping up to another lethal year. Here in the u. K. , the results are in on another frontrunner vaccine being developed at Oxford University with the drug company astrazeneca. The data shows it does produce a strong immune result even in old people. Brennan liz palmer, thank you. We go to dr. Scott gottlieb. Who is a board member at pfizer, which has just applied for f. D. A. Emergency approval of its vaccine. Good morning to you. Doctor good morning. Brennan lets start on that vaccine. You heard dr. Fauci say life probably wont go back to normal in may, but he did seem to agree with the timeline that around that timeframe, thats when the vaccine will be widely available. What do you know about that Distribution Plan . Doctor well, look, the supply is going to be limited in 2020. As we get into 2021, there will be much more supply. And maybe into the third quarter, well have a vaccine that will be licensed for general use if everything goes well, and the data continues to support the safety and effectiveness of that vaccine. And well be able to vaccinate a good portion of the public in the fall of 2021. I think 2021 will be a much different year with covid with the combination of the vaccine and the therapeutics. What we really need to get through is the next two or three months. What i would say to the American People is there is light at the end of the tunnel right now. Try not to be the person who gets infected in the last two or three months of the acute stage of this pandemic. We have two or three months to go before we have Technological Solutions that will dramatically lower the risk. We need to get through a very difficult period right now. Brennan to clarify your timeline, when youre talking about second or third quarter, youre saying it is really not until april, may, june, maybe later, that your average healthy person can go get a shot in the arm, correct . Doctor i think that is probably right. The emergency use authorization will be for a limited population this winter. The companies are likely to file amendments to expand the eligible population as the supply expands. Think of the initial population being the elderly people, and then you expand it to maybe to elderly People Living at home, and you start expanding it down to age cohorts. So you basically walk it down to risk benefit continuum. But the point where it will be for the healthy 30yearold, that is probably Second Quarter of 2021. But thats okay, because well be getting off a dense epidemic this winter, and you want it available in time for the fall covid season. And we dont need to vaccinate 70 of the country. Probably 30 of the public will have natural immunity. And ideally some of the people who have had the infection to basically double down on their immunity. Brennan do you know if there are Adverse Reactions to the vaccine . And once you get it, will you have to get it every year . Doctor we dont know yet. And initially it will be given in a general schedule, and until we know more about how much it cuts down on the transmission of the virus does it just prevent you from getting covid symptoms or does it prevent you from getting the infection and spreading the infection, and how long the immunity is. There is some data that suggests the immunity might last longer than a year, and were not going to know it until we learn more. The safety profile has been good in the clinical trials. Most information related to the vaccines happens in the first two months of vaccinations. And thats what the f. D. A. Is taking a prudent approach and theyre not going to generally license this vaccine until they have six or eight months of followup on the patients vaccinated in trials, as well as those who get vaccinated over the course of the next several months. Brennan key point for people who hear it may be available next month, it wont be widely available for quite sometime. I want to play something for you that President Trump said on friday. President trump you wont have a vaccine, if it werent for me, for another four years. F. D. A. Would not have been able to do what they did, what i forced them to do. Brennan is that true . Doctor well, i think the f. D. A. Moved with a lot of speed, and they worked very closely with the manufacturers. I have no indication that the white house forced them to do that. I think it was the agency and recognizing the urgency. I know they engaged with the manufacturers, including pfizer, which im on the board. I dont think anybody was forced to do anything. I think everyone worked together very hard in collaboration. This was an unprecedented collaboration between the government and private industry because everyone recognized the urgency. Brennan what dr. Fauci was saying carefully, he was clearly issuing a warning of what we need to prepare for over the next few weeks. We talked a lot about progress that has been made in medical research, in therapeutics and vaccines. At what point does that progress get overwhelmed by the infection rate . Do we wipe out that progress because it is so widespread . Doctor well, the problem is that the progress wouldnt be widely accessible when were going through the worst phases of this pandemic. What is going to happen over the next four or six weeks is largely baked in. The federal government is not going to be able to backstop local regions who are going to be facing very unprecedented situations. There will be therapeutics available probably to help on the tail end of what were going to have to go through. But were going to have to go through this the oldfashioned way, wear masks, hunker down. Right now the prevalence is 1. 5 . If youre in a restaurant with 50 people, there is a 50 chance that someone has covid. In north dakota, if youre in a group of 10 people, someone in that group of 10 people has covid. And thats what were facing right now, and it is only going to get worse. Brennan youre saying hospitals are going to get overwhelmed . Doctor hospitals have a lot ability to create new beds. Where theyre going to get overwhelmed and stretched is on personnel. What we were able to do during the spring wave, and, again, the wave in the summer, we surge Health Care Personnel into those regions. So the hospitals can create new beds, but they just wont have the people to staff them. Brennan dr. Gottlieb, thank you for your analysis. Well be right back. 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Its not just a work environment. Everyone here is family. Gonna go ahead and support him, get my hair cut, leave a big tip. If we focus on our local communities, we can find a way to get through this together. Thank you. If you are ready to open your heart and your home, check us out. Get out and about and support our local community. We thought for sure that we were done. And this town said not today. Brennan c. V. S. Pharmacy is one of the locations where americans will eventually be able to get a Covid Vaccine when it becomes available. The c. E. O. Larry merlo joins us this morning. Good morning, margaret, thanks for having me. Brennan id love to get your insight for the American People on what they can expect. We hear from the u. S. Government, from operation warped speed command general perna, that a vaccine can be distributed within 24 hours of approval to all 50 states. We know the elderly are likely to be among the first to receive it. I know your company has contracts to give those shots in the arms inside longterm care facilities. What is the timeframe, when you receive it from the u. S. Government, how long before there is a shot in the arm . Yeah, margaret. Thats a great question. Weve been working closely with operation warped speed and the c. D. C. For several months now. Our first involvement in terms of administering the vaccine will be in longterm care facilities. That is not anything that is new for us. Our pharmacists, our nursing professionals, have gone to Skilled Nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, for several years conducting seasonal flu clinics. So we have the systems. We have the processes. We have built the logistics directly for the Covid Vaccine. We just received information in the last few days that more than 25,000 longterm care facilities have selected c. V. S. To be their Covid Vaccine provider. So wir wire in the final steps of our logistics plan. Operation warped speed said 24 hours after approval the vaccines will be on the road. And 48 hours after we receive those vaccines, well be in those facilities providing that vaccine into the arms of the elderly and most vulnerable population. Brennan for someone who has a loved one inside a nursing home right now, when they hear the f. D. A. Approval, can they expect within three days their loved one will get a shot in the arm . We will be starting that process. We will go to each of the facilities that have selected c. V. S. Well berforming three clinics over a three to sixweek period. But well be starting that process, as i mentioned, within 48 hours. Brennan youre hiring thousands of people to do all of this work. Who is actually administering the shots . Pharmacists . Interns . Who are they . They will be pharmacists, along with pharmacy interns and licensed pharmacy technicians who collectively those will be the professionals that will be administering the vaccines all across the country. Brennan and will c. V. S. Employees who are giving the vaccine also be among the first to receive it themselves . Well, we will weigh guidance from the c. D. C. , in terms of the various protocols, in terms of who is available for those phases. We will certainly be involved when it is our turn. Brennan have you briefed the Incoming Biden Administration on the plans you know so far . I know you are waiting for a lot of the information yourself, but what kind of contact have you had . We have reached out to the Biden Covid Task task force. We talked about the role weve been playing in fighting the virus. The role that we played in testing all across the country. The fact that we have now tested more than seven million americans for covid. The plans that we have are to play an Important Role in administering the vaccine. We have 10,000 pharmacies, about 70 of the u. S. Population lives within a few miles of a c. V. S. Pharmacy. Equally as important, we have built mobile kiosks. We have gone into historically underserved communities to bring access to covid testing. Well do the same thing with the vaccine brennan what does that mean, temporary facilities . Think of a mobile trailer that we can put on wheels and take it to a particular location to provide testing availability, and well be doing the same thing to administer vaccines at the appropriate time, when the vaccine becomes available. And weve also talked to the biden team about our commitment to work with them in terms of ensuring that we Work Together to make health care more accessible and more affordable. Brennan okay. Because when the president elect said that he doesnt fully endorse the plan to use commercial retailers, Grocery Stores and pharmacies to distribute because he thinks underserved communities will be overlooked. Do you think there is a blind spot there . Margaret, for us, there is not. 70 of the population lives within a few miles of a c. V. S. Pharmacy. We have worked with state officials, in terms of bringing testing to underserved communities where we may not have a c. V. S. Pharmacy today. Brennan how stretched are you when it comes to testing demand now . I know if im asymptomatic, i cant get a test. Yeah, margaret, we have come a long way from that first testing site in massachusetts. We now have 4300 testing sites up, most at c. V. S. Pharmacy drive through locations. We have even the demand for testing increase substantially over the last 10 days, and were continuing to roll out additional testing sites. Well have more than 5,000 within the next two or three weeks, including about a thousand point of care testing sites, where well use the antigen test that will provide realtime results in about 30 minutes. Costumers can go to c cvs. Com and find the testing site near them. Brennan but if you havent had contact with someone who is sick and youre not sick yourself, can i still get a test . You can. Weve created a seamless experience for costumers to fill out a simple questionnaire. That will determine their eligibility to schedule an appointment for a covid test. Brennan thank you very much. Well be back in a moment with former National Security advisor h. R. Mcmaster. Brennan we go now to President Trumps former National Security advisor, h. R. Mcmaster. He has a new book out. Good morning to you. Good morning, margaret, great to be with you. Brennan joe biden is the president elect, and the president has now viable legal pathway to 270 electoral results, but he continues to raise doubts. How corrosive is that to our National Security . Well, its very corrosive, margaret. What concerns me is that the president is playing into the hands of our adversaries. What i write about in battlegrounds is russia doesnt care who wins our elections, as long as a large number of americans doubt the legitimacy of the result. What all of us need to do at this point is to demand better from our political leaders, especially the president , that they dont play into our adversaries hands, and reduce our confidence in our democratic principles. Brennan the president fired cri kris crebs. Creb called that press conference the most dangerous hour and 45 minutes in American History and possibly the craziest. Is he overstating it . I think he is overstating it. We should be confident. I think it was a travesty to fire him because really what the administration should have done was take credit for the vast improvements that the Trump Administration made in our Election Security since 2016. Cris crebbs was a big part of it. It is thanksgiving week, and we should be thankful for the framers of our constitution because they designed our form of government based on what they say as worstcase scenarios, based on the bloody wars in england in the 20th century. We have in place a transition that will occur without really the say of the executive branch. The president doesnt get a say in the transition itself. Brennan afghanistan, i know you feel strongly about the conflict there and our troops who continue to serve. This week President Trump halfed the number down to 2500, even though violence is spiking, and even though the taliban has not cut ties with alqaeda. Is the president handing the taliban a victory on the way out the door . Yes, margaret. What i think President Trump has done is doubled down on all of the flaws of the Obama Administration approach to afghanistan by conjuring up the enemy we would prefer instead of the actual enemy we are facing in afghanistan, and a an enemy who, if they win, gives safe haven and support basis to terrorist organizations who want to commit mass murder against us on the scale of 9 11, and we will be far less safe and vulnerable to these groups. I think what happened is the prioritization of withdrawal over our interests led to us empowering the taliban. If we were going to leave, just leave. But dont force the Afghan Government to release 5,000 of the most heinous people on earth. Dont make the assumption there is this bold line between the terrorists and the other organizations. We saw today with the rocket attacks in kabul, and the images of hundreds of young girls fleeing these rocket attacks. We saw it with an attack on a maternity hospital, where they gunned down pregnant mothers and killed infants. We saw it in the attack on the American University in afghanistan. Does it mean there are mass executions in the soccer stadium every other saturday . I think it is abhorrent what were doing. I hope that a Biden Administration will reassess, based again, on what is it and for us. We know what happened on 9 11. Brennan quickly, the conflict to come with china, you architected the trump strategy. Is joe biden inevitably headed for conflict with china . What the Trump Administration has done is set us up to be competitive with china. We know the previous policy was flawed. That china would play by the rules, and as it prospered, it would liberalize its economy, and the exact opposite is happening. It is important to compete as a way to avoid a confrontation with china. Brennan h. R. Mcmaster, it is good to get your insights. Well be right back. Lactaid is 100 real milk, just without the lactose. So you can enjoy it even if youre sensitive. Yet some say it isnt real milk. I guess those cows must actually be big dogs. Sit i said sit wthe Natural Light is amazing. Hardwood floors. There is a bit of a clogging problem. clog dancing at least geico makes it easy to bundle our renters and car insurance. Yeah, helping us save us even more. For bundling made easy, go to geico. Com brennan thats it for us. Thank you for watching. And today is a sad day here at face the nation, but senior producer Catherine Reynolds last broadcast. We wish her all the luck in the future. I will miss you, cat. We all will miss you. For the rest of you, have a safe thanksgiving. For face the nation, im margaret brennan. Defying and denial. People want to be with their families. Protests against new restrictions, why the week ahead could be americas most dangerous yet. We are in a very, very difficult situation. Also, President Trump digs in. 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Warning that the county is very close to hitting this mark. Some businesses are especially concerned about that curfew bars like the sycamore in the mission say they depend on those late night customers for their bottom line. The workers there say if theyre forced to close at 10 oclock and set of their regular time at midnight. It will hurt even more. As jeremy. Our business is already down closing early or would it bring us even further down its terrible, however i get it its its a good thing i just wish people stan cider. Can be saved. It would have to go through this again. So under the curfew folks will still be able to do a central activities like walk your dog. Pick up takeout or do some Grocery Shopping as well. Now we have seen more than 3 million new cases in just the month of november alone about one quarter of all the u. S. Cases since the pandemic began more than 256,000 people have also died from this virus. The virus is spreading all across the country, including here in the bay area local Health Departments are reporting. 185 new cases of covid19 nearly 139,000 cases and more than 1900 deaths have been recorded here in the bay area. California saw 14,000 new cases today. The states Positivity Rate over the past 2 weeks has now jumped to more than 5 . And thanksgiving is fast. Approaching and the cdc is warning against traveling for the holiday as covid19 cases continue to rise across the country saying that the safest place to be is at home. Even so wednesday and sunday are expected to be the busiest travel days at San Francisco international airport. Kron fours gayle ong talk to passengers there today about their decision to fly despite the warnings. A personal decision that comes with the risk i havent seen family this whole year militias. I just i just wanted to see them meadows, ill is worried about flying during the pandemic despite the cdcs plea not to 5 for the holiday of course that took precautions and pay my hand santizer mask and all that. Flying is not as bad as people say as long as you protect yourself, you know. The cdc says most viruses and germs do not spread easily on flights because of how air circulates and is filtered on airplanes but its the lack of social distancing on a crowded flight sitting close 4 hours that may increase your risk of getting covid19 aaa believes those flying will drop 48 but nationwide tsa saw a busy stretch on friday and saturday since before the pandemic including here at sfo but sunday afternoon we saw empty terminals, but airport Officials Say the crowds come in waves busier in the mornings and late afternoons, travelers could be seen taking extra precautions, this traveler says shes not leaving for the holidays, im going to seek its not just the potential transmission inflight Health Officials are worried about the cdc warns small household gatherings are an important contributor to the rise in covid cases travelers returning to the bay area from out of state are advised to self quarantine. And if you must fly airlines are doing the best that they can to keep passengers safe delta will keep blocking middle seats through march. Masks are required on board but keep in mind they can come up for meals. Here at gayle ong kron 4 news the cdc also telling folks to avoid cruise ships this holiday season. The agency issuing its highest threat level meaning that folks should not travel on cruise ships worldwide. The agency ask that if you do take the first coronavirus vaccinations could be available in the u. S. By december 12th this is according to the head of operation warp speeds covid19 vaccine program. An Fda Advisory Committee is set to meet on december 10th to discuss pfizers request for emergency use authorization. Doctor moncef salau he says the vaccines could be shipped to states within 24 hours of expected fda approval, although not everyone is going to be able to receive it right away pfizer and its german partner biontech say there vaccine appears to be 95 effective at preventing the virus. Meanwhile, the Company Moderna whose Covid Vaccine is also said to be around 95 effective is expected to send its application in the coming weeks and while doctors allowing says so far he has not yet met with members of president elect joe biden or members of his administration. He did though did say that he would be open to talking with members of the administration and sharing information that has already been made public. This morning on nbcs meet the press he said that he would not provide confidential details to the Biden Transition Team since hes been told not to do so with anyone outside of the trump administration. So allowing also says that he doesnt believe that a change of command will impact the vaccine rollout. Well going out to the east bay because berkeley fire crews are still monitoring the hot spots from a large building fire. This was the scene at university and shaq. And we carried this breaking news last night for you here during kron 4 news in prime time it started around 5. 30 yesterday in this 7 Story Building thats under construction. It just went up in flames. Were told that crews are going to remain at the scene for the next 24 hours to inspect the area for any damage. Evacuations are still in place for people who live in the area. But tonight, theres still no word yet on what sparked that fire some news out of hayward tonight if youve been picking up food every week from the chabot college. Theres a couple of things you should be aware of organizers now moving the date up from thursday to tuesday this week because of the thanksgiving holiday. Everything taking place from noon until 2 oclock or until those supplies run out at parking lot j at chabot college. The event is drive through because the pandemic the city of hayward is also teaming up with the college and the Alameda County food bank to provide this free service to folks who need it the most during the pandemic. Well go now to our 4 zone forecast a lot of people are off this week kids are off a school so how will the weather play. Think my kids out for the next month and a half so hes got plenty of time thats a discussion another as long as the suns out and he can go outside thats all that matters. Meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is here now with a look at what we can expect as we begin the start of this turkey day we kind of jonathan jeas no pressure on the i know i can feel it all right, lets take a look at your outlook for this evening for your sunday night. We are tracking an increase in cloud cover and thanks to that blanket of clouds temperatures actually warming up a few degrees. From around this time yesterday anywhere from about 2 to 10 degrees of warming the biggest warmup those of you in fairfield see double digit warming thats why youre in the low 50s as opposed to the low 40s that you were around this time last evening and lets take a look at temperatures for everyone else in the bay area tracking widespread low to mid 50s low 50s for downtown San Francisco in Half Moon Bay, same a san jose as well but livermore 40 degrees a little bit cooler there but nice warm up nonetheless most of our valleys in the east bay and north bay noticing the few degrees of warming things to that blanket of high cloud cover overhead napa in the low 50s but petaluma and santa rosa, currently at 48 degrees and we are tracking some showers to the north of antioch this evening. Were cell has actually formed and were seeing some light scattered showers starting to inch closer to those of you in fairfield so going to keep an eye on that cell but overall everyone else in the bay area relatively dry but we could see some light scattered hit or miss showers mainly along the coast for those of you in the north bay shortly before midnight and then were going to notice some light spotty scattered showers along the San Francisco peninsula and those of you in the south bay through your monday morning commute so just keep that in mind really bring us just traces amount of rain at best but warmer temperatures heading our way and to we cool down midweek details your thanksgiving outlook in just a few minutes justine in jonathan back to you. Thank you so much and heres whats coming up tonight, kron 4 news at 9 the election recount efforts are still going on in wisconsins 2 largest counties. So well take a closer look at when a decision could be made what it will mean. Finally made in a mass shooting at a wisconsin mall tonight. What were now learning about the teen suspect now in custody. And the pandemic taking a serious toll on forming arts here in the bay area, the latest venue forced to shut down. I wanted my hepatitis c gone. I put off treating mine. Epclusa treats all main types of chronic hep c. Whatever your type, epclusa could be your kind of cure. I just found out about mine. I knew for years. Epclusa has a 98 overall cure rate. I had no symptoms of hepatitis c mine caused liver damage. Epclusa is only one pill, once a day, taken with or without food for 12 weeks. Before starting epclusa, your doctor will test if you have had hepatitis b, which may flare up, and could cause serious liver problems during and after treatment. Tell your doctor if you have had hepatitis b, other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or other medical conditions. And all medicines you take, including herbal supplements. Taking amiodarone with epclusa may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. Common side effects include headache and tiredness. Ask your doctor today, if epclusa is your kind of cure. All right so with no more live audiences and ticket cells performing Arts Organizations are struggling like so many to stay afloat across the country and in San Francisco during the pandemic most recently bay area musicals becoming the latest casualty of covid19 the company filed for bankruptcy and also announced its permanent closure. Kron fours taylor sackey has the story of its last curtain call. After Live Performances were put on pause during the pandemic. Ticket sales stopped and so did the life blood of San Franciscos bay area and musicals like any other Arts Organizations, big and small. The company was forced to permanently close because there was no end in sight and the bills kept coming in despite the fact set. We could not have any revenue because you get revenue from ticket sales. It just fairly quickly became obvious that unless there was a Guardian Angel out there or that for us. They can demick was controlled that it would be really difficult to continue Robin Bradford was a member of the board of directors. Well they were one of the smaller Arts Organizations in the city. Bradford says hundreds of people were involved with putting on their musicals and they put on 5 shows a season by the end of their 6 year stint. The company took on Big Productions like hairspray the hunchback of notre dame in gypsy Matthew Mcqueen founded the company in 2014. He said in a statement quote sometimes life throws curveballs the devastation of covid19 and its mandated closures presented a challenge we have been unable to overcome sadly despite the board of directors finding a pathway to survive. We have no alternative except to accept the reality that bay area musicals has become one of the casualties. The pandemics Global Impact bradford fears the loss of more arts and culture in the city because of the pandemic just feel like that the color goes out of power. Of our city we have to save the arts. And suggest donating to your Favorite Local Arts Organization, if youre able to. Donate to their favorite Arts Organization because it really depends on. All of us. Coming together to make. You know to keep our city vibrant and not have it turn into. The in office space for banks and dot coms and Insurance Companies taylor kron 4 news. A sure sign of the season here in the bay area ms. San francisco ballets performance of the nutcracker and guests this year the show will go on but there will be some changes. The u. S. Of bally will premiere this years rendition of the nutcracker exclusively online starting this friday. It will run until new years eve. Organizers say theyve created a virtual experience that will make you feel like youre sitting right there in the upper house purchasing a ticket online will grant you access to the event for 48 hours. The Fort Mason Center for arts and culture has also had to navigate the pandemic and they tried to do something a little bit different that they thought would benefit the community as well back in september organizers launched a drivein movie you can see the big screen there set up there in the parking lot they called the experience for me some flicks and although it was set to and earlier this month, the director tells us its been so successful. Theyre now extending the event through the end of the year. One of the great things about formation places weve been able to partner with a number of local nonprofits local Arts Organizations to allow them to show their own productions at a time when you know their theaters are close. So organizations like proper film, the jewish settlements that here. They center for Asian American media theyve all been able to come in and engage their audience. Many of them for the First Time Since march. In the coming weeks, the fort mason flicks will feature some holiday classics on the big screen such as elf and the polar express. Weather wont be too bad if you head out there this week know, lets try to find out what it has in store for us with our meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez, she has a look now at the week ahead. And its a big one i know no pressure right, its just thanksgiving, you know no ones favorite holiday. No, its actually my the lets take a look outside because we are noticing. Those holiday lights out there are already out in full force ahead of the thanksgiving thursday holiday and we are noticing an increase in cloud cover out there right now on radar also keeping us some scattered showers that sell over antioch no longer an issue its actually dissipated making its way north so pretty dry out there right now in addition to the high clouds that are going to warm us up 3 to 5 degrees from last nights chilly overnight lows. Im also tracking some pretty dense low clouds and fog visibility at or near 0 at times for your monday morning commute not just far inland valleys but also along the coast and east bay shoreline as well so just keep that in mind if youre heading out early for your holiday destination or if youre heading into work for your monday morning drive lets take a look at temperatures out there right now seeing a lot more 50s as opposed to last nights 40s so we are noticing already that blanket of cloud cover working in full force with downtown San Francisco in Half Moon Bay in the low 50s mid 50s throughout the east bay shoreline for oakland and hayward but everyone else in our inland valleys in the low 50s to upper 40s. So right now livermore in santa rosa to 48 degrees with overnight temperatures in the low to mid and upper 40s, but santa rosa, 35 degrees a little bit cool there but not near freezing as you were last night so thats a good thing but temperatures for your work week monday started holiday week outlook were going to see a few degrees of warming warming up about 2 to 5 degrees from todays daytime highs near average for downtown San Francisco at 62 degrees mid 60s for those of you in oakland, san jose also in the low 60s which is exactly where you should be for this time of year. Few degrees above average though for most of our inland valleys in the east north bay 66 degrees for santa rosa, but in the tribe valleys, 65 degrees for conquered antioch and livermore and taking a look ahead at our extended 7 day outlook were going to notice a gradual cooling trend midweek but then warming up just a touch by thursday for your thanksgiving day outlook but very dry out look at that in fact typical la pattern that were seeing but seasonable weather so thats a good thing. We just want some rain but you know will hold steady for the week going to pass ok, thank you lets see what december brings base number like still in february so packed right coronavirus cases are surging across the bay area and its not only forcing new restrictions on indoor businesses its also creating a lot of uncertainty for schools. As to when it might be safe to reopen campuses for in Person Learning and a lot of parents waiting for this to happen for example here in San Francisco, some private schools have already returned back to the classroom students attending Public Schools though. Still have no timeline on when they could return. Last week San Francisco unified school board passing a resolution that would require its leaders to pin down a deadline that could come the last week of january. Thats when we could see hybrid learning thats a combination of lessons from home and classroom instruction. But if San Francisco is forced to move back into the purple tier that could push that timeline back even further. A similar debate also playing out right now in the south bay after Santa Clara County moved into the purple tier last week. The San Jose Unified School district is waiting until they return to the orange or yellow tier before they resume in Person Learning that move is more restrictive than the state guidelines which only require schools to reopen when counties are in the red tier for 2 weeks, education labor groups say they actually support the districts conservative approach to reopening. Nobody wants to get back in the more than more than but we also dont want a situation where we just in this endless cycle of opening and closing schools. If we open schools and then you know the virus comes in and we have to start closing classrooms, closing schools. Because of its going to be even more disruptive them them what we potentially could have. Today. A recent survey from the district found out that only 40 of parents say they want their kids to return back to the classroom for in Person Learning. Still to come tonight here on kron 4 news in an Online Shopping seeing an increase this year with deals becoming more and more accessible on your phone. What some experts say that actually could hurt your wallet. And diabetics are at an increased risk of getting severely sick if they get covid19 learned why doctors are worried that the pandemic could be causing new cases. Covid19 is particularly dangerous for people with Underlying Health conditions like diabetes and now there are new studies out there to see if the virus is bringing on a diabetic problems composing talking with a doctor and a patient for National Diabetes month. Ive been a diabetic for 51 years. Rick davis lives with type one diabetes but says it doesnt slow him down dont think its going to stop you from living a full life covid19 though has caused him to take extra precautions weve really. Cut down on our social interaction davis like so many others with Underlying Health conditions is at a greater risk of severe illness if he gets covid19 i tell my patients that their risk catching the disease of the virus isnt necessarily higher in in diabetic patients that if you get because of youre deaf and increases and prolonged stay in Hospital Doctor sarah bull is an endocrinologist at presbyterian Saint Lukes Medical Center in denver this virus seems to have an issue in any store the cells that produce insulin. She says there is also some indication internationally that covid19 could be causing new cases of diabetes for example a well controlled and they come in in diabetic racists or people who are borderline diabetics who now that was new she says its important for patients to manage their health stay on top of their blood sugars and take precautions. Davis says hes doing everything he can his 2 sisters, his father and his mother have all had covid mothers still in the hospital with that as a ma
Click am right here. Some of those low clouds making for a blurry view of the city lights down below as you can see though visibility is holding on just fine for most areas there will be some low cloud cover all the way to our inland areas hanging on this morning. By 10 00am and after which point you can expect some clearing to occur and then after which point a nice Sunny Afternoon to expect 50s for most of our current temperatures right along the bay, while you head further inland and you do have a few 40s and even upper 30s mixed in santa rosa is easily or coldest spot this morning at 39 degrees while oakland one of your warmer areas at 54 to kick off the morning. Concord in pittsburgh, fairly mild that 53 degrees right 20 degrees warmer than at the same time yesterday in nevado currently Oakland San Jose napa each up 11 degrees from yesterday same for you in San Francisco, so even though it is a cool feel out there its not as chilly as yesterday morning was now making their way into the afternoon today do expect daytime highs mostly in the low to mid 60s for inland spots and a few 50s taking on near the coastline. So were hanging on to the cool weather. The dry weather that weve seen so much lately the big question though is as we approach thanksgiving will this dry weather last of those details still to come in your full forecast robin all right, thank you for the update john now we are updating your monday. Morning commute it is nice and quiet here on 80 working your way into San Francisco as we take a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, its going to be smooth trip not only at the pay gates but across the upper deck all the way through downtown San Francisco. So were off to a fantastic start so far all right, lets head over to 92 the commute from hayward over to the peninsula looks a little soggy out there. I think we have some fog and roads are a little slick and im also noticing that a high wind advisory was issued for the san mateo bridge at around midnight so just be careful to little breezy here for chp standards, but overall a nice trip from the east bay off to the peninsula. We have one more were checking in on one oh one across the golden gate all is well no hot spots, no problems and easy trip under 25 minutes nevado to the toll plaza well check more traffic coming up a little bit later. Well now to breaking news that were following for you from overnight in san jose 2 people are dead after a stabbing at a church it happened last night at the Grace Baptist Church along east, san fernando street, several people were also stop some suffered life threatening injuries. Police say no Church Services were being held at the time of the stabbing the church was being used to bring homeless the homeless out of the cold. A suspect has not yet been arrested. More breaking news that were following for you governor gavin, newsome is in quarantine after being exposed to covid19 in a series of tweets just last night the governor said quote late friday evening. Jennifer ann i learned that 3 of our children have been exposed to an officer from the california Highway Patrol who have tested positive for covid19 thankfully, the entire family tested negative. However consistent with local guidance. We will be quarantine for 14 days Governor Newsom also said that he and his wife did not have direct interaction with the officer and wish him a speedy recovery. He also extended his gratitude to the officers and frontline workers of the pandemic. Well coronavirus cases are surging in San Francisco Health Officials say that the county is on the brink of moving back into the most restrictive purple tier. Well, San Francisco moran and send the tale are the only counties in the bay area not under the states stay at home order which includes that 10 00pm to 05 00am curfew now the move into the purple tier would actually shut down all gyms places of worship and then all indoor gatherings ahead of the holiday, San Franciscos top doctor warned that the county is very close to hitting that mark and some businesses are especially concerned about the curfew we have bars like the sycamore thats in the mission that bar depends on late night customers workers say that if they close at 10 instead of the regular time at midnight. Its going to hurt their business as jeremy. Our business is already down closing earlier wouldnt bring us even further down. Its terrible. However i get it its its a good thing i just wish people stan cider. Can be saved. It would have to go through this again. Dont forget your mass under the curfew people will still be able to do a central activities, you know such as walking your dog or picking up your takeout serve doing Grocery Shopping that will definitely be allowed. Heres a look at the coronavirus numbers there are more than 1 million cases and 18,000 deaths in california. The states Positivity Rate over the past 2 weeks has actually jumped more than 5 . Now right here in the bay area there have been over a 139,000 cases and more than 1900 people have died from covid19. Well thanksgiving is fast. Approaching and the cdc is warning against traveling for the holidays as covid19 cases continue to rise all across the country saying that the safest place to be of course that home. Well even so wednesday and sunday are expected to be the busiest travel days at sfo kron fours gayle ong talk with passengers about their decision to just go ahead and fly despite the a personal decision that comes with the risk i havent seen family this whole year militias. I just i just wanted to see them meadows, ill is worried about flying during the pandemic despite the cdcs plea not to fight for the holiday of course that took precautions and pay my hand santizer mask and all that. Flying is not as bad as people say as long as you protect yourself, you know. The cdc says most viruses and germs do not spread easily on flights because of how air circulates and is filtered on airplanes but its the lack of social distancing on a crowded flight sitting close 4 hours that may increase your risk of getting covid19 aaa believes those flying will drop 48 but nationwide tsa saw a busy stretch on friday and saturday since before the pandemic including here at sfo but sunday afternoon we saw empty terminals, but airport Officials Say the crowds come in waves busier in the mornings and late afternoons, travelers could be seen taking extra precautions, this traveler says shes not leaving for the holidays, im going to its not just the potential transmission inflight Health Officials are worried about the cdc warns small household gatherings are an important contributor to the rise in covid cases travelers returning to the bay area from out of state are advised to self quarantine. And if you must fly airlines are doing the best that they can to keep passengers safe delta will keep blocking middle seats through march. Masks are required on board. But keep in mind they can come up for meals. Here at gayle ong kron 4 news. Well the cdc is also warning that folks should just avoid cruise ships during the holiday season. The Agency Issued its highest threat level meaning that people should not travel on cruise ships worldwide the agency ask that if you do take a cruise that you definitely get tested 3 to 5 days after your trip and that to isolate at home for 7 days. I have applied for emergency authorization of its Covid Vaccine. Now this is last hurdle that they must clear before the company can distribute its vaccine to hospitals and Health Centers around the world. Well doctors at the fda will spend the next few weeks just looking over all of pfizers data and giving it a final look so the fda is expected to grant pfizer the emergency authorization use something that really only happens during a Major Public Health crisis. If the data proves out the way it has been announced before if the companies are transparent if everything works as as we would hope for we could literally be seeing authorization within weeks and what weve said is we are ready to ship millions of doses of that vaccine within 24 hours out to the american people. Once they get approval pfizer says that they have 50 million doses ready. On day one now half of those will be for use right here in the united states. Health experts say that the goal is just to make this and other covid Vaccines Available to all americans but they admit it will take time. Thats when well be able to get it just like their flu shot. But thats going require. Ample supply thats not gonna happen. Sure. Pfizer officials are scheduled to meet with the fda on december 10th to discuss the emergency requests, the drug Company Moderna is also expected to file for an emergency authorization for their Covid Vaccine. Meanwhile the Company Moderna whose Covid Vaccine is also said to be around 95 effective is expected to send its application in in the coming weeks. Well the white house vaccine chief doctor says said. He has not met with the president elect joe biden or members of his administration he says said he would be open to talking with the Biden Administration and sharing information that has already been made public. But over the weekend on nbcs meet the press, he said that he would not provide confidential details to the biden team since hes been told not to do so with anyone outside of the current administration. Doctor also says that he does not believe a change of command will impact the roll out the vaccine rollout. Coming up next on the kron 4 morning news, a super spreader at the Golden Gate Fields horse racing track in berkeley what were learning about the covid outbreak that sickened hundreds. Of employees. And this racist rant the east bay you remember this went viral last week why the Community Says they hope it will be a learning experience and the election recount efforts continue in wisconsin too of the largest counties thats where its going to happen well take a closer look and one of the discussion could be made coming up. Welcome back and thanks for staying with us the recount effort so just rages on in wisconsins 2 largest counties, milwaukee and dane President Trump has paid for that re tabulation after president elect joe bidens margin of victory was to clear large enough to not automatically trigger a second tally. Michael shoar reports. Its nearly 3 weeks after election day and there once again counting votes in wisconsin were focusing making sure that the number of absentee ballots, equals the number of envelopes that they were shipped him. Greg plumbers one of the many tabulators working the tables at unknown a terrorist Convention Center here in Madison Wisconsin and were also doubling double checking to make sure that all the correct information is on the envelope summer then displaying that to the observer so that they understand exactly what we have. That process hasnt been entirely smooth with state officials accusing the Trump Campaign of obstructing the process in some cases by objecting to every ballot the tabulators pulled in milwaukee county. The Trump Campaign has paid for this recount as the difference was too large at over 20,000 votes to trigger an automatic recount. It doesnt look like a sincere effort to raise real challenge is about the election and tried to overturn the result barry burden is director of Elections Research center at you w madison who points to the fact that the Trump Campaign only chose to recount the ballots in milwaukee and dane countys the 2 most democratic counties. A campaign that was serious about that would have been involved in the canvassing process or would be observing. The audit of Voting Machines or would have been watching the absentee voting process in person which they have a number of complaints about just blocks away from the recounting some small weekend protests took place in front of wisconsins capital i voted for. President donald trump. And im very concerned many of the votes in the state of wisconsin. Were. I counted incorrectly or there were. Votes submitted the hay legally. And im here to stand for. A Legal Process of counting votes in the state of wisconsin. What we know its not going to change in the margin of victory is way too high, you know thats its ridiculous to think that its going to change 20,000 votes. So anyone. You know believing thats look at georgia. Look at other states. And just recognize it biden won the election. This isnt a new exercise for wisconsin voters and barry burden doesnt expect a new result either the recount what happened 4 years ago that resulted in trumps victory. Involved a look at every ballot in the state and then also under uncovered very few changes or concerns. Out of the roughly 3 million votes that were cast in that election. Only 131 changed in terms of the margin between clinton and trump. I would expect a recount this year in wisconsin would be the same. And sometime in the next 10 days the counting will be complete. Michael sure Madison Wisconsin. Michigan now looms as the next battleground in President Trumps attempt to challenge the Election Results without evidence biden won michigan by more than a 150,000 votes. The States Election board is supposed to certify the results today. However, the foreperson board has 2 democrats and 2 republicans so theres a chance of a split vote. Michigans Top Republicans meth President Trump friday. But said that they were not made aware of any information to change the outcome. But now the Republican National committee is trying to challenge the result, the certification could end up in the courts for President Trumps attorneys have lost and dozens of challenges already. The Trump Campaign is also appealing a judges decision to throw out an election lawsuit in pennsylvania. Judge Matthew Brann firmly dismissed the campaigns attempt to invalidate about 7 million dollars. He says the campaigns argument lack merit and evidence and amounted to an attempt to disenfranchise legal voters experts say the chances of success. The Second Time Around are incredibly small. Well happening today we could learn the first members of president elect joe bidens cabinet now so far biden has not said who he will choose 4 you know what particular position. But it incoming his incoming chief of staff says that some names will be announced on tuesday. Biden says that he has already decided on his treasury secretary President Trump is refusing to concede or even help in this transition, hes the first president in modern history to obstruct the process. Well meanwhile twitter and facebook are getting ready for a transition of their own the social media sites say they plan to hand over the official potus account to president elect joe biden on january 20th now thats separate from the at real donald trump account thats used by President Trump. The Vice President and first ladys social media handles will also make that switch. Its racing continues to delay the transfer of power his supporters still refuse to accept the outcome of the election on saturday several of his supporters clash with counter protesters in downtown sacramento. Well, trump demonstrators gathered for a stop the steal rally that was in support of the president s claim of widespread voter fraud. Things got a little crazy at the gathering gathering it was declared an Unlawful Assembly after fights broke out, Sacramento Police were on hand to break things up between the 2 groups. Theres also been no evidence to support Election Fraud claims. Judges how thrown out nearly every election related lawsuit for the lack of evidence obviously our president is fighting for the benefit the people does not agree. So im all im asking now. Its enough on never weve got to fight flower free. Sacramento police say they arrested one person on assault related charges, but no one was hurt. On to National News now a federal judge has ordered the Trump Administration to stop expelling children who arrive at the usmexico border. So the court ruled that the explosion of thousands of children without due process exceeded its authority. Since march, the white houses side of the covid19 pandemic out reason but Amnesty International says that u. S. Public Health Officials have spoken out against the move. This is not doing anything to stop the spread of covid it is sort of laser targeted into populations that the administration has tried to keep out of the united states. Amnesty International Says us law makes it clear that seeking asylum is not illegal. The response to the department of Homeland Security said that it hopes to overturn that court order. Coming up next on the kron 4 morning news could the shape of your mouth. Make you more likely to spread covid19 what researchers say or what theyre saying about the importance of your facial features. And being a potential super spreader interesting that story coming up next stay with us. Welcome back everyone researchers are taking a closer look at peoples facial features to determine if someone might be a covid super spreader by the way they sneeze. So a team at the university of Central Florida found that people congested nose or a full set of teeth. Actually have the potential to spread droplets farther they say that the teeth restrict the exit of the sneeze make sense causing it to release more power and more droplets. Well this is soaring infection rates from the coronavirus are leaving you feeling, you know that drained youre certainly not alone nursing some doctors out there on the front lines of the pandemic are right there with you in dealing with whats call. Compassion fatigue researchers say that thats when people are emotionally and just physically exhausted for caring for others constantly doctor Jennifer Mikell is based in kansas city and has been tasked with helping other medical professionals cope with the exhaustion. The biggest here people are tired when were and this that stress fear based state of mind. We will automatically interpret actions and make it a fight more than a positive. Well to cope with 14 doctors encourage folks to get out there and you know just how some healthy out lets reflect on good times and. Write your thoughts down maybe do a little bit exercising to that usually helps all right still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, the rapid spread of covid19 is affecting schools plans to reopen. And get back on campus right here in the bay area the impact that it could have on your childrens mental health. Welcome back everyone and thanks for staying with us the time is for 28 happy monday to you i thought we had a really nice weekend. I was out on. Sunday and saturday outside the weather was nice plenty of sunshine and lets people get more of that john trouble standing by with the forecast a job pay robin yeah, it was a beautiful weekend. We have the rain last week we had some dense fog times last week. This weekend we can take a breather from all that let ourselves a nice chance to step outside and just enjoy a little bit of sunshine and a nice fall feel to the air which is certainly stuck around for a while now, and its something we can expect for the week ahead of us to now as we work our way through your monday expect some low clouds this morning you can see some of those clouds sitting right above San Francisco, not really blocking out your view in crossing our bridges are driving to work this morning so visibility has actually been holding up just fine for most areas you can see on fog cast this morning that visibility is pretty good be looking at much issues unless you head up into the hills and do encounter some low visibility in the form of that low cloud cover as you head up to higher elevations. Now current temperatures are on the cool side but not as cold as yesterday was most bayside areas are sitting in a cool range of 50s 40s for livermore and dublin while santa rosa are only spot in the 30s as of right now at 37 degrees. So it is a ch
Tested positive. 10year fore spanish bonds and portuguese bonds ever lower. Yesterdayorld shifted in the United States of america. We are on the cusp of a constitutional crisis. I have no idea in america how friday is going to work. The president is clearly inserting himself on a constitutional basis into the state crisis in michigan, and into wisconsin. What im watching friday is simple. Vice president pence travels to georgia. It will be fascinating to see if he makes Public Comments on this contested election. Absolutely, tom, and we are also trying to find out what the next step is. Lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. Another legal setback in President Trumps bid to overturn joe bidens election victory. Last night a federal judge denied a request to halt georgias certification of its election results. That is supposed to take place today. According to a hand recount completed wednesday, biden won georgia by more than 12,000 votes. Meanwhile, President Trump is reaching out directly to michigan lawmakers to try to overturn the states vote. Bloomberg has learned the president will meet with Republican Leaders of the state legislature today. Some trump allies have urged him to preserve legislatures in testing to he is the electoralive college the vote. Using remdesivir to treat hospitalized coronavirus patients, the w. H. O. Says there is no evidence that improves that improves survival or the need for ventilation. A warning for the European Union. The leaders of france and belgium are urging the block to step up reservations preparations for a no deal brexit at the end of the year, in case lastminute talks do not work with the u. K. And results in a trade and security agreement. If there is no deal, there will be disruption in higher costs. Ecaus global news 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, im ritika gupta. This is bloomberg. Tom thanks so much. Lets look at equities, bonds, currencies, commodities. It is real simple, real quiet, and maybe that is what you see with the news flow and the inc battles between politics and where we are heading. It has been a massively divisive week. Sustainsote the vix under 23. 22. 96. Dollar churning, i dont know what else to say, francine. Odd data screen this morning. Francine what is even more odd is that there is a difference that we dont see very often, between what european stocks are doing and u. S. Futures. It is clear the top two American Economic policymakers clashed, and that is worrying investors. Mining, energyil stocks rally and. In europe, i want to show you gold, to give you a sense of what is happening. That im looking at these two yields, the spanish 10year, a portuguese 10year, because they are very close to 0 . I think that would be a game changer psychologically for a lot of investors. We will have plenty more on that and a great rotation. Director anding Christine Lagarde are caused bashar calling on governments to do more about the pandemic. Here they are. Infections wave of is slowing down the recovery. , and ouring momentum first message to leaders is, do not withdraw support for the economy prematurely. Stay the course. Decisive policy actions are needed. It will certainly affect the environment in which Central Banks operate. Isncine joining us now peter dixon, commerzbank Global Equities economist. I guess the concern is that the market has been largely ignoring what was happening over in the u. S. With a difficult transition. We see this public spat between the fed and the treasury. Is this politically motivated . And what does that mean for how the markets will take it . Is highlyuspect it politically motivated. We have entered a very difficult transition period. How this plays out, time will tell, but i think markets generally will start to look ahead. Manynk there are too fundamental problems to worry about, whether they be corona related, whether they be fiscal related or european economics related, to bear on the markets for too long. Attention will be very much elsewhere. Peter, what will move what will the markets actually look at in the next three to four months . Is it going to be a lot of haven buying . Peter i think in the short term, maybe, getting toward the they are looking to try to secure their gains as long as they can ahead of year end. Over the course of the next couple of weeks, we will upbably see flows draw significantly. Looking ahead to four months, perhaps even before the end of the year, we will start to see a number of vaccines getting approved, especially here in the e. U. There are suggestions we are on the verge of an approval here. Under those circumstances, i think markets can look ahead for 2021 with more confidence, and i a three to four month horizon you will start to see a move towards cyclical stocks, which are likely to be pick up inat will general economic sentiment. Tom i look at where we are in the cacophony of this week. There is a massive divide between the bulls and the bears. Which way does commerzbank go . Peter well, economists are in the middle. I think in the short term, i am count,y in the bearish not very much. But i think fundamentally on a mediumterm perspective, i am fairly bullish. The economy is set to recover next year, hopefully, despite all the concerns that we have about the degree of fiscal stimulus or not. I think the economy will still recover. Pumpingbanks are still vast amounts of liquidity into the system. That this signs are is an environment in which you would probably want to continue buying equities, at least in the first half of 2021. And thereafter, we will have a pause to see how things develop. Tom with the ballet of institutions, and particularly what we heard from the imf yesterday and, granted, they have a mandate to be cautious imfi get that as the said, is instability in our future, where we could jump conditions in Interest Rate markets . Term i think for the near , instability remains the name of the game. But i think in the longerterm, it is probably going to be an environment of relative stability, relative positive stability. What is going to drive Interest Rates higher . Central bank actions, i would venture to suggest. But we are not going to see anything on that front for many years to come. They may even be going lower in some cases. Conditions, there are those who think that we will get a bit of inflation, with this huge amount of Central Bank Liquidity permission. I remain skeptical that it will show its face any time over the next couple of years, given the damage to capacity and the demand we have seen over the course of the last few years, a huge amount of economic scarring. I think we have plenty of capacity to prevent inflation anytime soon. Aancine this is despite vaccine . If we have a vaccine, how quickly do we return back to not beso that there will a shock to spur inflation quite so quickly . Peter there is such a huge amount of Spare Capacity , that even if we get we are not going to run into capacity constraints. That is not a view shared by everybody, because there has been a lot of damage to the supply side of the economy. But the numbers i am running at the moment, is going to take 2, 3, possibly four years to get back to where it was prior to the onset of recession. That is sort of a general feature. I dont think we are going to get to that position, vaccine or not. Francine peter, thank you so much. Peter dixon of commerzbank stays with us. Coming up next, we will also talk about the budget, the e. U. , and a lot of things that have not been going to plan for european politicians. We will speak to wolfgang munchau, euro intelligence director. That is coming up shortly, and this is bloomberg. Delay. Pe there is no the german presidency is strongly committed to finalizing negotiations as soon as possible. The European Parliament is also very much engaged so that we can reach a solution, and so the target date of january 1 should be should continue to be our target date. Of course we are going to fully use the 140 billion, but the rules are so that the grand part has to be committed by 2023. The grand part announced to amounts to 72 billion, and we are interested in making sure that we commit the amount in the first three years so that we do not lose the euro from the grand part. Francine that was the spanish withmy minister speaking maria tadeo. European leaders remain divided over stimulus after poland and e. U. Package, the introducedlion plan at the end of july will not be put in place until 2021. What is the elegant or not so elegant way for the e. U. To get around this problem . What they should be doing now that they should realize they are not bluffing. A verye very this is serious threat to their own finances, which it is. It was intended to be a serious threat, so this is not surprising. What theyhing need to do is to take the Recovery Fund out of this package. The reason we have this veto is because it is all in the package. It needs everybodys approval for that. But if you take it separate, but , withcovery fund in a box a condition of inside the e. U. , there is the possibility, a legal possibility to look at this in some details and it is legally possible to do that. They other the other thing they need to do is take the rule of law, conditionality, to making sure that money only goes thatries that comp compromise with e. U. Principles and take that out of the passage out of the package irrespective of the budget. And then they will not veto the budget. Time is this the and i know there are millions of questions for countries that need the fund, some arguing that if it goes to esm it would be political suicide but is it time for europe and Central Europe to stand up to autocratic regimes that feel like they are holding them hostage . Wolfgang i think it is the time, because the Recovery Fund is delayed. We hearpine the spanish finance minister being very optimistic about when she will get the money. She will not get it quickly. When thenot get it budget was supposed to be agreed to by now. That they know Recovery Fund is delayed. It probably will not kick in until the middle of next year. Longer the e. U. Is held hostage, the longer it will take. This will not be a paid free option either. Wet will also take time, and shouldnt have started from here. We should have done this in july. But this is still faster than waiting for or bond to cavein, which she may not do. Tom i want to look at the ft chart. It is an obscure chart but it shows the massive Second Derivative of the deaths in cases in europe versus other regions of the world. It is friday and we dont want to do too much math. Are politician in europe aware of the rates of change of the pandemic in europe . Yes, they are. I think of all the leaders, merkel is probably the one who is most aware of the rate of hasge that the pandemic caused. Rising fast, and this is not going to go away. We are not going to have christmas in europe. That is already clear. The lockdown will last. There is also the question about the lockdown that we have agreed, where the children go to school it is not clear that this is the right mix. Im not saying it is the wrong mix because i have no idea. I find people are generally too certain about these things, looking at data to see this country is doing better than another. I dont know. The numbers of the first wave are not the numbers of the second wave. Early on, quite good but then it didnt. Certainly the economic impact, you could say that this is going to be much worse. We talk about a vshaped recovery this is not going to happen. Of is the federalism europe unraveling in this third week of november . The germans dont like the green effort in terms of fiscal support. His federalism drifting away this november . Wolfgang it might be. It might be. As always, we have the opportunity, we have the means to do this. We could do this if we wanted to, but we probably are not going to do it because we are probably going to offer softer solutions and ultimately turn out not to do these solutions that we now see with the veto and all the fuss that people made about the Recovery Fund. The reality is that the action has already failed and the Recovery Fund probably will not the money will not be spent until the crisis is over. The deeper question about the future of federalism i agree, there is a lot, we have a lot of ambitions in europe, but the concrete realization at the moment, this is a test case. The ultimate veto is a test case for a federal solution, and we will see. If we meet the test or if we dont and my predation is we dont because i am not the greatest optimist when it comes to the eurozone. But if they do, i will be the first to say congratulations. But my experience is i have been looking at it a long time my experience has been that they will miss that opportunity. Tom wolfgang munchau, and we are thrilled that he will be with us in the next halfhour as well. Coming up, Darren Bernstein advising the president Jared Bernstein advising the president. What is the economic biden policy . What does it mean, and particularly what does it mean given the new gridlock of washington . Futures are negative seven. Stay with us. This is bloomberg. Good morning. Ritika this is bloomberg surveillance. One of americas top chocolate the coco depending on market. Hershey is taking an unusual step, directly sourcing a large amount of cocoa through the ice futures u. S. Exchange. Instead of buying beans in a physical market, it will save millions in the deal. But it will send delivery futures to a record premium over the next contract. Turning to an American Company to electrify struggling pickup trucks. The japanese automaker may buy a factory electric powertrain from hercules electric vehicles. It would be used to tighten pickup with u. S. 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Angela merkel never she kind of held it together by not evoking national interest. Macron, the fishing industry. The question many germans are asking themselves were we right to withhold on the interest and having a trading with the u. K. En macron is threatening about the fishing. The unity held up so far. The germans kept it together quite well. But as we approach the end game and we are approaching it at some point, nobody wants to make predictions when it is going to happen. The case of covid19 and negotiating on hold for now. There may not be a deal next eek. Also emergency provisions going on and being prepared for what happens if there is a delay. They are going to keep negotiating. They are not going to let a deadline get in the way. The unity to have e. U. Will at one time come under some strain unless there is a deal at the moment. They know exactly what the deal is. Tom you know, im going to steal a line from politico e. U. Here. In cod we trust. I get the fishing thing and that is that fishing is a heritage issue for other nations as well. How many other cods are out there . At the moment, not many. The u. K. And the e. U. Have a difference on state a for example. That is a matter between the u. K. Because they dont want to bind themselves. I think the u. K. Will not cave in on this but it will accept the principle that it needs to have to have a robust policy and it cannot completely disline from the e. U. The trid relationship are suffer as a consequence. Hat is a tradeoff that might my hunch at the moment is to say there will be a it wont come to this. Problems enough. I dont i do not at the moment anticipate a big row between france and germany unless of course british play this really hard. Im not agreing to anything. I want a deal that is trade only and nothing else. The germans may at one point say we want that too. But it hasnt happened yet. Merkel has been quite wise not to fall for any she has been really kept her subdued. The longer that drags on, the greater the chance for serious francine the election in the u. S. , we dont fully understand what the legal challenges could be because also there is obstruction for this transition at the moment. This is the United States of america were talking about. Does it change diplomacy . Does it change the way that we do politics or do you assume that come january 21, we just go back to something a bit more normal . There will be a different tone assuming that biden becomes president on time. There will be a difference of one. The possibility of the change. I think the reality of a new administration, especially what the current president is likely to do between now and then will an for example, on all the countries, the transatlantic relationship, the pipeline project. Steel tariffs. None of these things will go away. Biden will sign up to the paris accord. A symbolic gesture but probably will not deliver any of the goals in the paris accord. There may be some movement on the Iran Nuclear Deal possibly but it is not clear at all because it is complicated. It is not going to be clear. The u. S. China rivalry probably s not going to change. Ey would like to do not want to be a part of a confrontation but cannot lienate the u. S. Thank you so much. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. The Trump Campaign lost another one last night. A federal judge refused the block georgia from certifying its election results. A hand recount showed that biden won in georgia by more than 12,000 votes. Early today a judge in eas threw out a suit in a pivotal filed a suit in michigan. Treasury secretary mnuchin called on fed chairman Jerome Powell to return money for several fed lending programs that rely on treasury backing. Minutes later the fed put out its on message. They told Bloomberg Companies dont need more loans. They need grant money, which must come from congress. And congress is getting closer to a guiel on a 1. 5 trillion spending bill that would avert a Government Shutdown next month. Nancy pelosi and Mitch Mcconnell met to hash out the details. They are separate from another Coronavirus Relie
Especially mail in ballots amid a record turnout we hear from commentators on the key issue. Sort of so if they want to stop the counting over 61. 00 if you can you tell me its a joke every night after night after night a secure and i watch the big board our system moves already is the worst we also say that in the United States constitution voting is never mentioned at all. Youre watching r t internationals us president ial election coverage my name is donald quarter and ill be joining you for the program and certainly a nail biter as vote counting has resumed in key states to decide the u. S. President ial election. Now the contest for the white house could be over in the coming hours with Democrat Joe Biden looking more and more likely to be declared the winner increasing his vote margins in key states however a recount has been announced in the key state of georgia leaving americans hanging on the edge of their seats attention is focused on a handful of states and were still waiting for a crucial results in nevada pennsylvania to where the democrats hold a tight lead. As it stands this is how it looks joe biden has 264 electors if you include arizona which some do say is still too early to call but if you do assume he is one biden needs only 6 more electoral votes to achieve the 270 required for victory donald trump on the other hand currently stands at 214 with that said it remains a very tight race gaps closed in different battleground states on saturday the former Vice President is leading in nevada and is less than one percent ahead in pennsylvania and georgia biden has taken the lead by 0 point one percent with 99 percent of the ballots counted as i mentioned the margins are so tight there that a recount is already set to happen a democrat hasnt won that state in decades while in North Carolina the race is also too close to call we go live now to our new york correspondent kaleb moppin kaleb hello weve been hearing fine margins in these pivotal states left to declare whats the latest will ballots are still being counted in arizona in pennsylvania in georgia and in nevada but in all of those states biden does have the lead though it is a razor thin lead its very very close now were hearing a lot of optimism coming from democrats at this point take a listen i wish we werent wearing masher so we could see how exciting it is to come before you today with joe biden having the tremendous mandate that he has and that. Pretty soon the hyphen will be gone from Vice President to president elect joe biden now at this point donald trump is not sharing these sentiments he has taken to social media to reiterate some of the concerns he expressed on thursday evening when he addressed the country donald trump thinks there is some foul play involved take a listen. Joe biden should not wrongfully claim the office of president i could make that claim also Legal Proceedings are just now beginning i had such a big lead in all of these states late into Election Night only to see the leads miraculously disappear as the days went by perhaps these leads will return as our Legal Proceedings move forward. Now its also important to note that donald trump has spoken up on social media about georgia and the fact that in georgia there were 9000 ballots cast by members of the u. S. Military that he argues may be unaccounted for hes asking for answers in regards to these military ballots cast absentee in the state of florida furthermore im sorry in the state of georgia that furthermore we are at the point where donald trump has also raised concerns about how the vote counting was done in the states of pennsylvania and in michigan in michigan there is actually a member of the state legislature who has filed for an investigation into how the votes were counted donald trump argues that there were not proper observers on hand in in michigan and in pennsylvania to watch the votes be counted and he intends to file legal challenges against the results if joe biden is certified there will be legal challenges this is what we heard from the Republican National committee echoing trumps concerns we intend to ensure that every little fool votes and has their vote counted in a cool dence with the law that observers are granted the access they achieve on the state law and that any irregularities that have occurred with the by malicious intent or incompetence fully investigated to the fullest extent allowed to under the law. Now joe biden his campaign seems to be quite optimistic they are using words like on the road to a victory on the way to a win they have not yet declared victory but they argue they are clearly on their way to a victory now when dealing with Donald Trumps concerns the Biden Campaign has used some rather spicy language to talk about trump and the possibility of him not leaving office in a friendly manner the American People will decide this election and the United States government is specifically capable of school bus passes out of the white house now at this point biden is scheduled to speak to the country the country is waiting to hear from joe biden he should be speaking within the next few hours addressing the country people are anxious to see if he will indeed declare victory or what exactly joe biden has to say but at the moment things look pretty good for biden and pretty negative for donald trump however donald trump is clear there will be legal challenges he has all these concerns about fraud hes getting support in those concerns from around the country though the mayor of philadelphia for example has said that his concerns about vote counting are not legitimate he has had the secretary of state of arizona say that his concerns there are also not legitimate and not bearing any merit regardless donald trump intends a legal challenge so even when results finally do come in the election its pretty clear theyre going to be challenged in court it is friday the election was on tuesday but we still dont have a clear answer about who will be president of the United States for the following 4 years internationals new york correspondent killam up and thank you very much for your insight into the u. S. Elections. Now we spoke to republican election lawyer terry campo and he explained what could happen if the vote counts are contested. But there always is some fraud and a usually happens in the major cities and its usually where theres one Political Party control of her political machine and people have quotas to meet about how many votes theyre supposed to produce to keep their jobs in local government or their contracts and so thats kind of what happens it becomes very difficult once those ballots are in the box to to invalidate them and so whats what poll watchers are for and why we try to have poll watchers everywhere to prevent those improper ballots from being counted the problem this year is so many ballots being cast by mail were done in private without any witnesses there is always when these recounts that happen there will be challenges about what Legal Standard was applied to how to count those votes and those issues probably will be taken up by the Supreme Court 2000 president ial election 20 years ago bush versus gore that took 37 days from the date of the election for the Supreme Court to reach the decision and thats very well may be happening again what youre seeing right here is washington d. C. Where anti trump demonstrators are taking a stand next to the white house theyre calling for the vote counting to be done legally and fairly other Peaceful Demonstrations in support of both candidates are also taking place in a number of cities the battle over whether or not the results are being rigged started even before the election with both parties stressing the vote had to be legal. If you count the illegal votes i easily win if you count the illegal votes they can try to steal. The election from us in america voting sacred. Its how people of this nation express their will. And it is the real will of the voters no one not anything else that chooses the president of United States for america this tremendous litigation going on and this is a case where theyre trying to steal an election theyre trying to rig an election each ballot must be counted. And thats what were going to see going through now and thats how it should be our goal is to defend the integrity of the election will not allow the corruption to steal d such an important election or any election for that matter its a corrupt system and it makes people corrupt even if they arent. Artsy Senior Correspondent morag as the discuss the tension around the country with nikki arent. The u. S. Really does pride itself on its democratic system does not now appear to have glitches with everything thats going on i would say its at this point more of a spectacle i mean the elections in the United States the there are always something of a shrew for the entire nation but this year in particular they seem to have outdone themselves democracy sometimes messy sometimes requires a little patience as world but that patience has been rewarded now for more than 240 years in the system of government governance the envy of the world while the envy of the world perhaps in days long gone if youre in the United States you just a citizen wanting to exercise your constitutional right to vote what you show up at the polling station and theyll turn you right around and tell you to go and register 1st except you have to register 2 to 4 weeks in advance depending on the state you know different procedures everywhere and to register you have a say you have to have a special id card which not everyone has so far the ok you will well prepared you did it you you went and registered next youve youve got to get time off work either that because in the United States whereas in europe it is always inside everyones free everyone who vote in the United States sunday is a jewish holiday and they would make it a National Holiday voting day so you have to go to wednesday for example now theres a pandemic it is dangerous it is literally dangerous to do and stand in huge lines of people with the very little social distancing suit you will you vote as democrats have been urging their supporters to do you mail your vote and its lost 150000 votes have been confirmed soo far lost in this election and theyre still counting there this potentially tens and tens of thousands more in an election as clues as this. Every vote matters theyve lost so many already Democrat Officials never believe they could win this election honestly i really believe that thats why they did the mail in ballots with this tremendous corruption and fraud going on thats why they mailed out tens of millions of unsolicited ballots they refused to include any requirement to verify signatures it is or even determine whether theyre eligible or it was a vote of it is a nation divided more now than it has been in living memory the level of polarize ation and division Political Division in the United States is tearing the country apart and it isnt doing anyone any favors everybody understands what is happening in america but there is very little you know that nobodys willing to go take the extra step to understand the other side everybody wants things done their way and and this is being would repeated across the country protest violence Political Violence to level to get beaten stabbed because of the color of the had that youre wearing the slogan a new t. Shirt and this is this is being seen worldwide this new buddies envious of these in europe theyre saying look we simply cant afford in content out europe to become as divided and as polarized as the United States the polarization of america should be a warning for europe we are successful because we preach differences between countries and peoples so we benefit together if we lose the ability to compromise our democracies are in danger. Whats happening in america does not quite correspond to the democratic culture we know from the United States its important the result is the accepted by everyone its easy to be a winner but sometimes it is hoped to be a loser at the end of the day the how close this election is how clueless the vote is well that both candidates a lot of leeway both are claiming that theyre on the path to victory that theyre winning but will be contested little suits of being fired off like flies crackers but by trump especially the this election will be condensed and drawn them selfs said that you know this saloon and in the Supreme Court. Is quite the warning of legal action several election commissions in america have insisted that every valid vote was counted and accurately reported International Observers have also said the ballot process preceded lawfully theyve even slams Donald Trumps allegations of fraud saying it damages public trust in Democratic Institutions human rights lawyer eric surat can believe the president will fight tooth and nail to stay in the oval office. I think its there are advantages and disadvantages to a extended legal. Battle if you will i think that yes if the matter is not resolved by Inauguration Day that seems to be to create a constitutional crisis in the United States however if the Supreme Court is quite aware of when an operation a day they set their briefing schedules they will eventually irrigates that will. And will issue the appropriate orders but donald trump is fighting for his life hes knows hes going to be prosecuted criminally when hes released from the presidency and if not he wants to stay on this is very personal to him however the Supreme Court can hear the matter and here in a quick way i wouldnt be surprised if they want to throw that kind of curveball into it and make everyone have to hold their breath and be plugged into the drama into january i suspect that the matter will move much quicker and i believe that it will have the president elect. Now the vote count has been particularly complicated in the current contest its thrown up many contentious issues an artist r. T. America discussed some of them. Look at what the prison is doing legally the places theyre trying to intercede and serve and so if they want to stop the county other states want to continue county to get a concrete standard for that and as well as after shelby reed holder in 2014 who had alluded Voting Rights we need to end this mystery for goertzel who the president is authorized to make things that the 5 Border Guards at the have National Standards only lurch and cut republicans are fighting against that since they like these and that what i was saying that metastasized into this years election now i dont know what about that why dont we have one uniform federal law that says when youre voting for president maybe put it on a separate take it im not sure how this will work but why dont we have one federal law for that the question is what youre asking is a great question theres a better question joe which i think transcends this why is it in the year 2020 when we can map of the genome we still have this archaic system which i think speaks to something which is which makes it right and right if for any kind of shenanigans we know so much about how the votes can be stolen we had terrible days of poll taxes and literacy tests and our system of voting is the worst let me also say that in the United States constitution voting is never mentioned at all theres hardly anything new selectors and that sort of thing they never got around to it so the question we have to ask is how is that right now that we see that we have something as archaic and as stupid as it. Seems i think is really its gotten him if this is not the donald trump that were used to this is not the same fire and brimstone have bob how did you take it down to what degree. It will say it was embarrassing it was the sad final chapter to a set chapter in American History that something you want here. On an internet war ready. Situation what over a broken beat him cards and almost everything you said in that speech was a lot its all those little moments you find yourself getting angry a bit of the. Barrel. For every. Understanding that there is no pair or. Would you want joe biden to drive you home from the airport let me just talk about something right now when you put all this is side to this as either something about is good or bad when we have a man but im not even sure knows where he is and he is most probably what we see is correct going to be sworn in as the president and i further predict since since were predicting he will serve one term shorter than William Henry harrison of 31. 00 days when kamel harris will be removed immediately something will happen in joel will maybe perhaps that aneurism god forbid something will pop up maybe coded maybe 8 maybe senescence but he will be moved because if you think of anybody thinks that joe biden is going to be if he is the he is the intended get it and you think that well my friends happy birthday cause you were born yesterday robert can you respond to that do you think that there is a likely ive heard from a lot of people on both sides who they all seem to believe that biden will not serve his entire 1st term and i hear from democrats who say that the time with me are from republicans who say it would be a scandal but ive heard very few people disagree with that idea do you disagree with. Of course i disagree with that idea or still by the term i think its important that he does because hes the throwback to the oh thats what we were governing in a 51 to 49 country where we were we have bipartisan agreement would be a big thing to big big projects of that nature we put people on the moon one cold war 2 we liberated there were western civilization thats what america used to do when we worked across party lines. This is a sham the fix is in the fix hes been in from the beginning all these states so you know just going around the voter and changing the voting rules claiming that its because of coded setting up the scenario where you think they cant finish counting the votes in georgia or North Carolina or whatever theyre just theyre just waiting theyre coordinating with the biden people and theyre just waiting to see how theyre going to do this we all know its a joke every night after night after that i sit there and i watch the big boards you know whether its on c. N. N. Or wherever it is and guess why the numbers more votes have come in in this state more votes have come in in that state and guess what biden picked up close trumps lead is evaporating were out of surprise this is really a travesty what you guys say is the actual role of the press in these elections i mean are we supposed to be be observers of the process because these days it does seem like the media wields so much power that it could actually steer perception steer the publics and ultimately steer the election itself then. Yeah absolutely you know were supposed to be in the media the observer the impartial observer were not supposed to be influenced or in this case weve moved even past that to become the decider in fact i were in the arena is full combatants this is something almost unique to the Trump Presidency i mean the uncomfortable position of being a member trump or somebody who thinks the president should be defeated hope. Defeated and yet finds himself very sympathetic to the president when he complains about the media because steve is right my friend steve is right the president has got an unfair shake from this media and i think its all people out there like me who dont think Donald Trumps been a good president but we hate it that we have to defend the guy against an unfair media so we had on our t. International more coverage of the u. S. President ial election america could have a new president in a matter of hours days perhaps weeks whatever the case our news team has you covered