Americas Largest School system closed. The Ripple Effect of our kid being sent back home and a cnbc special investigation. Faster payments mean faster fraud. Criminals using popular apps to launder cash meant for americans. Good evening more good news to report on the vaccine front tonight and it comes at a dire point in the pandemic just an hour ago we got word the United States has now topped more than a quarter Million Deaths thats more than strokes, suicide and car crashes typically kill in a full year. The virus killed more than 1,700 americans yesterday alone. Johns hopkins reports its the deadliest day in six months. In addition, hospitalizations hit another high more than 76,000 people in the hospital for covid, according to the covid tracking project by nearly every available metric, the pandemic is worse than ever, everywhere across the country. For months new york city kept its positivity level very low. Now its rising and forcing the Largest SchoolDistrict Court in the nation to be shutter again pfizers data shows the vaccine was even more effective than first reported, 95 effective. It plans to ask within days for emergency authorization from the fda, sources telling cnbc the fda railroad askalready asked a set aside three days to discuss the plan meg, where do things go from here el wiwell, shep, we are pot l potentially just weeks away from the vaccines becoming available to americans in addition to pfizers plan to ask for oughtizatioauthorizatioa said it would submit its application in coming weeks the fda has asked its group of vaccine advisers to hold december 8, 9 and 10 for pos me possible meetings. We got more information on what it will be like to take the vaccine. Some people might feel severe fatigue and headache after getting their second shot. Remember, these are twodose vaccines begin a couple of weeks apart. The Moderna Vaccine people asked more fatigue and muscle aches. Testing experts point out there are limitations as it how helpful this specific test can be it will cost 50 for one test and you need a doctors prescription to get it why in the middle of november does anyone need a doctors prescription to get a covid test you know, this is like we truly cannot seem in this country to get out of our way and recognize this as a Public Health problem so of course some frustration there that we dont have access to more home tests but hope that this opens the door for more approvals from the fda meg, Thanks Health care workers got a Virtual Meeting with president elect biden today as Covid Patients overwhelm hospitals across our country icu beds filling up at an alarming rate. In 36 states, all the ones in dark red here, icu beds are more than 70 full, Alarming Number for doctors and nurses to give you an idea of what it like in these hospitals, lets hear from one doctor and one icu nurse. Theyre hundreds of miles apart in chicago and omaha but theyre both in the same desperate situation. Quite frankly, were exhausted. We can do anything, you know, when we see the light at the end of the tunnel and im not sure where the end of that tunnel is anymore. When we had our surge back in may, we were tired were exhausted and we thought, wow, i dont know how this could really get much worse and fast forward to now to this week and the surge that we thought we were having then was really nothing compared to what were experiencing now were more than double where we were were hearing this across the nation today the president elect warned his team could be weeks or months behind on covid planning if President Donald Trump and his Administration Keep blocking his transition Geoff Bennett covering the biden transition in wilmington delaware jeff joe biden told the front line workers they deserve a president who listens to them and works as hard for them as they do for the American People and he took aim at the white house nor delaying the president ial transition process and said he hopes that republicans will come to work with democrats in fully confronting the Coronavirus Crisis im hoping that the reason why my friends on the other side have not stepped up to do certainlying something is because of their fear of rhetttoetribution from president and when hes gone, theyll do what they know needs to be done reporter the Biden Transition Team has been shut out of data and contacts and he fears it could delay a Vaccine Distribution process by weeks and months in pennsylvania a shortage of front line workers is already starting more than 700 nursesat a suburban philly hospital on strike for a second day saying Staffing Levels are dangerously low and other nursing in the region are getting paid more they hired temporary nurses to try to replace them. The number of patients in pennsylvania hospitals is surging. Two months ago the number was less than 500. Rhode island is the smallest state in all the land but has a very big covid problem the states Positivity Rate stand at 5. 9 , cases quickly turning to hospitalizations, icu beds almost full 85 occupied statewide Laura Foreman now. Lauras the chief of emergency medicine at Kent Hospital in rhode island doctor, thanks for being here. Thanks for having me shepherd i appreciate it. We know hospitals are struggling to keep you now if you could, look ahead to thanksgiving and give us an idea of what youre expecting then. Were really concerned about it as you noted, our ic yu beds are full and this pandemic has pushed us right to the brink we are an incredibly well resourced state here in rhode island when it comes to Health Care Needs but were rapidly running out of room. Were concerned with thanksgiving come being if we continue well be overflowing capacity in the very fear future weve seen a lot of people in small groups getting together with members outside of their household. Were concerned thanksgiving could be a massive super spreader event and push us into field hospitals here. Youve worked at hospitals all offer tver the world in alls of situations for decades. To what would you compare it in your experiences ive worked in emergency medicine for 20 years and in refugee camps and war zones and field hospitals. What weve seen in rhode island is unlike anything ive seen in the u. S. Its closer to what ive seen in field hospitals and underresourced settings. We are running out of space here we are running out of the ability to care for people and in the traditional hospitals that we have and were very concerned that we will be in field hospitals soon working with fewer resources and fewer staff and in conditions that were not used to working in, quite frankly. Im not sure people really understand that there may come a day when they have a heart attack or have a car wreck or fall and break a leg on ice and they wont have anywhere to go thats a real thing, isnt it . It is you know, were very lucky in this country that we have so Many Health Care resources and we have such incredible hospitals and such incredible training i think we do take it for granted but we have finite resources. There are only so many doctors, nurses, hospital beds, only so many ventilators were really at risk of running out of those our cases are increasing so rapidly here we literally today are making plans to put refrigerated trucks for morgue space outside of hospitals and field hospitals. The toll this is taking on Health Care Workers is tremendous i know had youyou had a brief cp about that before. Raek workers are getting sick because of the rate of Community Spread were being incredibly care in hospitals to protect ourselves but Health Care Workers are still getting section with covid. One of our biggest concerns is well have too many staff out sick and be unable to staff our hospitals in the future. Its a sobering reality thank you very much. Its over and the president continues to refuse to concede milwaukee and deign counties solid blue and voters went overwhelmingly for the president elect. A Biden Campaign official calling it a cherry picking recount that wont change the result and will once again confirm joe bidens victory. In michigan, the largest county certified the vote count after republicans tried to block it. Wayne county, home to detroit, two gop elections refused to certify the results at first but relented after facing a lot of backlash and in georgia the deadline to finish the hand recount is midnight tonight and the state is set to certify results on friday officials said the recount is not expected to change the overall outcome, a win for joe biden stands nbc news carol lee is with us how long could this drag out reporter that is a great question, shep right now if you talk to people around the president , they say this could drag out well into december so weve got a few more weeks here some of these lawsuits are going to start to play out and find their natural end. If you look at the one in pennsylvania where the president s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in court yesterday arguing there were widespread irregularities, trying to get the state not to certify the vote there, that decision will be made in coming days and then in terms of the recounts, in georgia as you noted, that audit is going to wrap up tonight. Then the Trump Campaign is expected to file for a recount in georgia so we could go through this process all over again and in wisconsin, theyre recount being in two counties, which is notable the Trump Campaign didnt do a statewide recount that would have cost a lot more money that recount start tomorrow and will have to end by noon on december 1st there a are number of people in the president s circle, small number, who are hoping they can stop the certification of votes in states, which has to happen on december 8th. Its not clear that has to happen and the president has a decision to make on what hes going to do and when to end this election on a cold night in d. C. , carol, thank you a big ruling to that could chang the lives of thousands of children a federal judge ordering the white house to stop expelling kids from america when they cross the southern border alone. The aclu has sent home 13,000 unaccompanied mineors. That means they were kicked out before this could request asylum it was all done under the guise of a Public Health emergency the government said it helped stop the virus from spreading in Detention Center but the aclu hit back the 737 max is back in business but not everybodys on board with the plan. Clear for takeoff, the 737 max heads back to the air, but can airlines convince the public its safe to fly again in. There has to be a national plan, strategy in order to combat what is coming down the road americas Nursing Homes are in trouble how we can protect our most vulnerable during the pandemic and beyond plus, what drove this man to jump on the roof of a bus with a flame thrower . Ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. Whoohoo great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health. 617 days, thats how long the 737 max jets have been grounded glitches on those planes are responsible for multiple fatal crashes. Boeing says changes in software, design and training have solved the problem. Would you feel comfortable f flying on one of these jets . Heres phil lebeau the 737 has been cleared to take off, despite lingering questions about its safety Steve Dickson says the max is safe i would put my opwn family on it and fly on it myself. Reporter but the families of those killed in two max cashes have made up their minds this woman died in a crash last year her father says the plane is still dangerous. They cut corners on the original design and theyre cutting corners on the fixes its not a safe plane. They refused to do fixes pointed out. Passengers should avoid it reporter chris moore, who lost his daughter, danielle, when a 737 800 crashed last year says he will not fly a max. Ill never fly a max. The airline is anxious to put the plane back in the air and plans to start flights in december and airlines that have the 737 max in their fleets will start flying those planes starting early next year. If you are somebody who gets booked on a max flight and you dont want to be on that flight, all airlines are saying they will work to rebook you on another flight will you know theyre a max most airlines are going to tell when you youre booking a trip or when youre getting your boarding pass at least in the next several months that it is a 737 max because they want people to know. They dont want people to be surprised and say nobody told me this they will work with you. But theyre not going to be marketing the max. You will no longer hear airlines saying weve got the max, its new to our fleet theyre going to add them in and hope that over im peoples memories start to fade a little bit and they get more comfortable flying the max the governments Paycheck Protection Program or ppp was designed to help Small Businesses during the pandemic and in many cases it did it turns out its also been ground zero for fraud. Nearly 100 people charged show far with attempting to steal almost a quarter billion dollars. Cnbc learned some of that money was laundered through popular apps, venmo, zelle, paypal, perfectly legal ways to spend money. Police say these apps are being sploud exploited by socalled money mules. Heres Kayla Tausche ive never seen in my 28 Years Experience the amount of fraud ive seen recently in video, he brags about getting rich by stealing covid19 Unemployment Benefits they say it was produced just for entertainment purposes but the criminal complaint says otherwise, hes facing felony charges for obtaining 1. 2 billion on fast app. Faster payments means faster fraud. Reporter fraudsters can easily exploit cash app, venmo and paypal to move money back and forth. The secret service has more than 700 pending investigations into covid related fraud and they increasingly involve one of these apps. How easy has this type of fraud become to conduct for these criminals . Extremely easy because of the online application process in place. That ability makes it something that they can do remotely and they direct that to different money mules across the country reporter criminals illegally play for for and obtain funds for a program like the Paycheck Protection Program once the money hits, they bounce it to another count and then another, obscuring the money trail, making it harder to trace. Thousands of Law Enforcement across the country may be no match for the scope and speed of the fraud under way. Weve seen an explosion of fraud. These detectives of the Coral SpringsPolice Department said criminals are targeting people hit hard by the pandemic stradiva fraudsters dlsolicit innocent people over social media others promising free money. One of the schemes theyre doing is theyll get you hooked. Theyll say that 1 you send me, i can make it 10. So what is there to lose in these surveillance photos, a suspect a cashing out money at a florida atm. Police say the money came from fraudulent checks with fund sent through cash app by an unwitting victory. You send the money, they can disappear, theyll block you and you cannot talk to them anymore. It made it very easy to steal a victims fund and transfer it not only to one location but then to another and another. Was it inevitable when those programs got passed that there would be fraud or was there something that congress could have and should have done to put guardrails to keep this from happening it was inevitable the amount of money youll have different criminal organizations and individual, basic scam artists that are going to try to take advantage of that cash app says it continues to bolster fraud fighting resourcess are investing in new staff and technology paypal, which also owns venmo is monitoring transactions for unusual payment patterns zelle declined to comment sayin it works with banks and Credit Unions once a report has been made to stop the activity. And beam financial, we told you about the savings app last month. It promised high interest on federally insured deposits, up to 7 . The problem is the people couldnt get the money out the fda sued the company and its founder for deceptive process. Some customers tell us they got their money back today but not everyone head to cnbc. Com for more info on this and a shout out to our Investigative Unit for chasing down the story and getting some action have you seen the video of the flame thrower on top of a bus in brooklyn when we first saw it, we said this is a stunt. Turns out it was imagine driving down the street and this is happening in the next lane, right insanity new yorks Transportation Authority calls it absurd, dangerous and just plain stupid, which is hard to argue it shows this guy shooting the flame thrower on top of the bus. A rapper posting it on his social media account, part of a wu tang tribute which he named fing epic and hes playing spin the bottle, flame lower edition. You can own and use a flame thrower legally in new york city a law is in the works. Meantime, please dont do