Good evening. Weve got a lot to get to tonight. An hour from now most of the state goes backward to the most restrictive tier. And jessica, heres why. This graph shows the average number of cases in the bay area not quite as high as july, but you can see covid cases are spiking. The far right of your screen is the recent number. Lets begin our Team Coverage with nbc bay areas ian cull with what this means and whats changing. Reporter today Governor Newsom says hes pulling the emergency brake to slow the spread of covid19. In the last two weeks hospitalizations are up 30 . The number of cases has doubled. This is simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. Reporter 41 of the states 51 counties including most of the bay area are pushed back into the most restrictive purple tier. San francisco, san mateo and marin fell to red. Most like santa clara jumping back two full tiers. We have done this before. We can do it again. We really need every Sing
That really picked up after the good jobs number. That is the election uncertainty lets get back to election uncertainty. Joe biden has taken the lead in pennsylvania and georgia, remains ahead in nevada and georgia. We expect updates from all four today. For more, we are joined by Bloomberg Government congressional reporter emily wilkins, at the biden headquarters in wilmington, delaware. What is the latest . Emily the Biden Campaign has a tricky thing to do today. They have to continue to project confidence that biden is going to be the winner. That is what it is looking like right now. But what he also has to do is make sure that he doesnt get out there and declare victory. Biden has already said he cannot declare victory, trump cannot declare victory, but that they need to wait for the votes to be counted and for it to be called. Thank, indeed. Bloombergs thank you very much, indeed. Bloombergs emily wilkins. Lets bring in Josh Wingrove in washington. The Trump Campaign saying this
The mahomes magic on full display in the chiefs showdown against the raiders. Early today starts right now. Glad youre starting your week with us im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. As we begin this holiday week, a lot of americans seem to be shrugging off warnings not to travel despite Health Officials urging people to stay home for thanksgiving, about 2 Million People passed through airports on friday and saturday nbcs lindsey riser joins us from new Yorks Laguardia airport. Lindsey, good morning. Reporter phillip, saturday saw 984,000 people going through u. S. Airports. Friday saw nearly a million, so clearly even though right now the cdc is warning against holiday travel, not everybody is listening. Here at laguardia weve seen a steady stream but nowhere near some of the scenes were seeing play out in some other airports across the country some images people elbow to elbow, people, no room for social distancing. This is the backdrop right now the u. S. Is at 12 million cases a
First wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Austria is doing well as well. Are seeing the dollar at levels that we have not seen for Something Like two years. The falls in the dollar taking place overnight. Yenre seeing the japanese clamber up as well, reaching the 104 level. 103 yen. Terry gou. That is the current position. Kong is declining just a fraction at the moment. That is where we are without one. That is where markets are standing. Haslinda. Lets get back to our top story. President trump has attacked the credibility of the election, challenging counts and nevada, pennsylvania, georgia, and michigan. Speaking at the white house, the president made several claims and said that the election is being stolen from him. We will not allow the corruption to still this election or any election in that matter. We cannot allow anyone to silence our voters. Haslinda joe biden is urging patience and saying that he is no doubt heading to victory, in an election that hinges on seven states. Mr.
Will wake you up, call it ludicrous speed. Stay here, airbnb making its pitch to go public even as the travel sector continues to suffer amid the pandemic and buffetts big buys, the sto stocks he says are ready to rally. It is tuesday, november 17th, and this is Worldwide Exchange. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening from wherever in the world you might be watching. Im Brian Sullivan thanks for joining us. Here is your markets and money on a tesla tuesday as well call it futures are mixed to flat. Dow lower, nasdaq futures are higher neither are moving very much but another big monday for your money, more new records and a new vaccine candidate of course. The dow coming off its first record close since prepandemic levels in early february the index now just 50 points away from 30,000 something certainly a number to watch. Small caps continue though to be the star the s p small cap 600 up another 3 yesterday if you are not paying attention to small caps, you should. Lets also t