Dollars and sense of the change. And get ready for a rainy masters. Augusta gets ready for a soggy teeoff as tiger woods defends his green jacket. Its never too old to think about getting the Holiday Gifts shipped on time as covid19 picks up steam its thursday, november 12th early today starts right now. Good morning. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. The coronavirus is pushing Emergency Rooms to the brink a shocking 144,000 new cases were reported just yesterday the situation is so dire that in some states that in north dakota theyre letting Health Care Workers who have tested positive for the virus continue working, treating Covid Patients because theres just such a shortage of staff. The state is struggling to care for those with coronavirus our Gabe Gutierrez gives us a glimpse at an icu thats under siege in the west. Reporter phillip, new covid cases in minnesota have jumped by 125 in the last two weeks we got an inside look at one of the covid icus here in minneapolis this covidicu is busier than ever among them, 36yearold kelly meager, hospitalized for a month and a half she was on a ventilator less than a week ago. I felt miserable. I knew i had covid from the very first day i had symptoms, but i kept getting worse and worse i just kept feeling sicker and sicker. Kelly loves her family, job as a gymnastics coach, and her cattles. How is it to see your daughter i really cant describe it. You want to be there thats your job. But you cant, so youre just so helpless. Reporter in just the last two weeks, minnesota has seen new covid cases spike by more than 125 , but that statistic doesnt come close to capturing what nurse oneill sees every shift. I dont think of numbers. I think of my patients reporter the hospital showed us rare access to show the deadly impact. This hospital has 30 icu beds and three forurths of them are full. Reporter for kelly, each day brings a victory she walked for the First Time Since her coma. What would you say to people who are skeptical of it being that serious. Id say wear your mask. I almost died from it. Its more serious than people think. Reporter and on wednesday, minnesota reported a Record Number of covid Deaths Health officials in wisconsin just issued a very troubling warning. They say the states hurdling toward a Tipping Point where the hospitals wont be able to save everyone whos sick. Cal perry is live. Whats the situation there reporter frances, were seeing daily records here in the state of wisconsin the picture is very grim and getting worse. The hospitals are already at 85 capacity there are less than 125 icu beds available in the state theyre trying to ramp up the testing. Im here at one of the mega Testing Centers in the state weve been watching cars come all day long the one thing thats scary is so many are testing positive. Over 7,000 a day with a Positivity Rate of 30 thats one in three people who are getting tested are testing positive doctors want people to know in this state and across the country to wait at least three to five days if you think youve come in contact to see if it builds up in your system theyre worried people are testing too early and the test is negative. Hospitals are getting creative with how theyre using their space. Theyre shutting down other wards to make room for covid cases. Cal, thank you. Over in europe, the virus is also wreaking havoc. The uk has become the fifth country in the world to exceed covid deaths it now owns the u. S. , brazil, and mexico meanwhile in the race for a covid vaccine, russia is raising a few eyebrows with a vaccine thats 92 effective our keir simmons takes a closer look. Reporter another promise of vaccine announcements, but can it be trusted. Russia naming its psputnik afte the worlds satellite and saying it can save the world. Scientists says interim data shows 92 effectiveness. Thats with 16,000 volunteers, less than 43,000 for americas Pfizer Vaccine we traveled to moscow where the labs director told me two doses could give two years immunity, longer than pfizers its a very good program, important program. Important important for people or russia important for people. Reporter scientists are worried the preliminary results are being rushed ow and not independently reviewed. Its very important that the Worlds Health organization gives it a stamp of approval before they start exporting it all over the world. Reporter unlike pfizers vaccine, it may not to need to be kept frozen, but its unlikely to ever be approved in the u. S. Frances . Keir, thank you. With less than 70 days until the inauguration, president elect joe biden is keeping his eye on the prize in the wake of his electoral victory, hes up 5. 2 million in georgia a hand count is officially under way with biden ahead by 14,000 votes. The political world is now pitted in the peach states the senate will decide who will hold the chamber for the latest on all this, lets get to d. C. And our tracie potts. Biden made his first big staff announcement last night. Right were now learning some of the people who will be or are being considered as part of a Biden Cabinet including his longtime aide ron klain now announced as his white house chief of staff when biden takes over in january. This is an interesting appointment because klain also served as his chief of staff when he was Vice President they have a long history of working on capitol hill, all the way back to bidens first run for president back in 1988 were also hearing that he may consider former rival senator Bernie Sanders as labor secretary, and there are a number of other names being floated around were learning we can see as many as ten or 12 appointments in the coming week meantime President Trump continues to fight the Election Results and make some changes over at the pentagon that are raising concerns among military and intelligence leaders. Ive been shot at a lot and nearly killed a bunch of times im not an alarmist. I stay cool under pressure mark me down as alarmed. His reaction to the president replacing defense secretary mark esper and three other officials, people describe as trump loyalists now at the pentagon. Meantime those close telling nbc news he may at some point acknowledge the Election Results but will probably never concede. Tracie potts for us in washington thank you. Tropical storm eta is the storm that seems like it will never end. It first made landfall as a deadly hurricane now its aiming for florida for a second time in a week. Theres a riff of course a storm surge that continues as eta approached the skyline, the sky waybridge had to be closed the winds reached over 50 miles per hour. It does seem like we talked about eta since before the election its all a time warp at this point. Working overtime for us is meteorologist janessa webb hi, janessa, good morning. Weve been talking about eta for the last 12 days weve seen three landfalls im going call this. Right now were moments away from another landfall across Central Florida, for cedar keyes. Were going to see the center of circulation over it. 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Thats because of a huge demand for shipping and never before has there been a showdown. There is a shippinggeddon. It depending how quickly rain shower retailer can fulfill your order and how fast the shipping cheaps can get it to you as they face unprecedent demand. Whats your advise for customers this year . If theres something you want, get it now two to three weeks before black friday we havent even had inclement weather, which could cause more ruckus. Give yourself time for every order so you can deliver this Holiday Season another reason you should be shopping and shipping early, a lot of these company, fedex included, reserve the right to change those deadlines, to move them up because of the massive volume thats already under way, frances. Jo ling, thank you. What el are you going to do. Four hospital workers in canada are pretty happy after they became millionaires overnight. 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