Numbers 3 to 5 degrees warmer than yesterday. Carolyn . Lisa, thank you. From football to basketball and now baseball, pro athletes are taking a stand against President Trump. Oakland as catcher Bruce Maxwell said it was a decision that was a long time coming. He knelt during the National Anthem yesterday after the president blasted nfl players for doing the same thing. Maxwell is the First Major League baseball player to join the protest. He said mr. Trumps rhetoric on twitter took the movement to a whole new level. Yesterday the catcher tweeted, inequality is being displayed bigger than ever right now as our president shows that freedom of protest and speech is not allowed. Maxwell talked to the media after yesterdays game. This was the right thing for me to do personally, just from the endeavors that ive been through myself and from where im from and the people that i d do know that are victims of ra alindifferencecis. If he wants to take a knee, let him take a knee. The athletes do
Worry that the virus can spread so easily. The latest numbers show nearly 12 million americans have been infected with coronavirus so far. This led to more than 255,000 deaths. However, there could be some hope on the horizon. Drug maker pfizer yesterday asking u. S. Health regulators for emergency use approval for the new covid19 vaccine. We have coverage on all of this. Alex hogan with whats upcoming, the thanksgiving holiday will look like a across the country. Christina coleman has the latest on the vaccine and where were seeing the worst outbreaks right now. Hi, christina. Reporter hi, eric. Well, cases are surging all over the country right now, but the upper midwest is getting hit particularly hard. States like north dakota, south dakota and wisconsin are seeing massive increases in infections right now. Covid daily deaths nationwide are lower than they were during springs peak. On thursday, there were more than 2,000 covid fatalities in the u. S. , making it one of the deadlies