Administrations refusal to aid his transition and the impact it could have as the nation battles the pandemic. Breaking overnight, catastrophic. Hurricane iota tears across nicaragua as a powerful category 4, ripping roofs off buildings, toppling trees and causing widespread flooding. Just ahead, the damage and where this dangerous storm is headed next. Home away from home. Dragon spacex, capture confirmed. Overnight four astronauts arrive safely for their sixmonth stay on the International Space station, leading to cheers on the ground welcome to the iss. And hugs high above. All that, plus big demand for small turkeys. The holiday dilemma facing millions of families downsizing their gatherings this year. And rokers recovery. Al joins us live for the First Time Since his cancer surgery with some very good news to share. Today, tuesday, november 17th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, guys, w
High sierra. Around the bay area, starting to see a few cracks in the cloud cover. Well talk about whats next in the forecast coming up. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Also right now on the kpix 5 news at 7 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, thanksgiving is a week from tomorrow and right now some people are rushing to get tested before their big family gatherings. Kpix 5s Juliette Goodrich is in pleasanton where people are having a hard time getting a test. There are many testing options, but getting a test seems to be the hard part these days. And when you do get your test and you get the results, doctors say that doesnt mean youre in the free and clear come next week. Karma chang and her two sons got their covid test today in the cv s drivethru line. No, we just wanted to before the holidays just make sure we were healthy. And we plan to just stay with our own family. Reporter but securing appointments meant booking them at the strike of midnight, and even then
Note investors, of course, closely monitoring the condition of the president and also keeping a close eye on any progress and stimulus talks we are, as well. Not to mention there is fallout, as well, regarding covid shares of cina world tumbling. The second largest movie chain Regal Cinemas suspending operations at all locations, carl jim, the headline still crossing from meadows talking to fox earlier today saying the president is committed to getting an aid bill done wants to move expeditiously but also be fiscally responsible thats certainly where the markets focus is going to be o today. The fact that the president wants to give state aid, that matters. Speaker pelosi wants to do a deal some urgency coming to it. So, the talks this morning i bet will be productive and i think thats very exciting for the market does it matter to you if its piece meal a little bit for airlines or Something Else or do you still crave something comprehensive is. As long as theres something for states,
Move off towards the north and east for the three large fires we have been tracking. So next 12 hours we are looking at good to moderate air quality but i am tracking some changes. It is all about the wind. Once we hit saturday, we are likely to see a northerly wind return which we can have some smoke. I will talk about those chances coming up in about 15 minutes. Thanks so much jeff. You can check how the air improved in your neighborhood on our website. You can put in your city to see whats going on. Kids are worried of halloween. As we know halloween is called off in contra costa county. Nbc bay areas jodi hernandez. Reporter trick or treating and large halloween parties. These are all Things Health Officials Say you should avoid. We love halloween, right . No. Reporter her threeyearold are gearing up one of their favorite holidays. Walton plans to take her son trick or treating despite the risk of covid19. We are going to go and have fun and dress up. Reporter Health Officials warn
Francisco at 73. Robin. Thank you john were checking in on the traffic around the bay area which has some thinned out nicely we started off with several minor problem, so everythings out of the way so well check in on the bridge is an update those drive times for you like 92, theres a crowd leaving hayward heading over to the peninsula but youre only averaging 13 minutes off to highway one oh one here at the bay bridge. Almost delay free i was just about to say no delays by season. Cars slowing down just a little bit at the pay gates, but thats nothing 10 minutes into San Francisco here at the Richmond Sandra fell bridge. The fog has rolled in a folks about their wipers on ive seen some drizzle. But no big problems across the span and a dense fog advisory remains in place for the golden gate. Its really think youre cant even see the towers anymore be careful out there 20 minutes rolling south nevado to San Francisco area. Thanks a lot robin, i know one and our top story this morning. T