100% beef and hearty chili. try my $5.99 chili cheeseburger combo. it's pretty delicious. this morning, doctor anthony fauci said he would indeed take the coronavirus vaccine himself if the data remains solid. plus, the new cdc guidance who's heed by wearing the mask most. a fire at the famous greenburg smoked turkey in tyler, texas, causes chaos as loyal customers show their support. and we'll take a moment to thank our nation's veterans for their service and sacrifice on this wednesday, november 11th. "early today" starts right now.

glad you're with us. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. coronavirus continues to break grim records u.s. broke another record in daily new cases with more than 135,000 yesterday, and with icus at the brink, hospitalizations reached an all-time high with nearly 62,000 in one day, but whether we fretover to visit our relatives this thanksgiving, our own dr. anthony fauci has his own information. >> he says the information is impressive and the fda can use the improved emergency. >> by the time we get to the end of november, we should have doses available for those with highest priority. >> but storing its is complicated. >> we anticipate it, although, there are logistic challenges

that it will be done successfully. >> will you take it? >> if they look at this data and say this data is solid, let's go ahead and improve it, i promise you, andrea, i will take the vaccine and i will recommend that my family take the vaccine. >> after president trump's comments when a crowd recently shouted fire fauci, fire fauci. >> don't tell anybody, but let me wait until a little after the election. >> dr. fauci hopes he won't be forced out. >> my entire activity right now is devoted to end the pandemic i would hope i would be allowed to continue doing it i do it well and have been doing it for many, many years. >> dr. fauci was not part of . trump's task team. >> what's your advice going into

thanksgiving >> i think each family is going to have to make a risk assessment of what the risk and benefit is of what we all feel is an important tradition. i have three daughters who live in three separate parts of the country, and they do not want to put their dad at risk. my wife and i are going to have a quiet dinner together, get on zoom and smile and talk and laugh and drichc with onk with daughters. i'm proud of my daughters for worrying about their elderly dad. i hate to use that word, but it's the truth. >> americans face many hard decisions going into a pandemic winter. meanwhile the cdc makes a major change on mask guys answer it may protect the person wearing it from coronavirus. it say ace departmenting universal mask policies can help avert future lockdowns, this as

infections surge in the southwest and midwest. our miguel almaguer has more. >> in just 24 hours 1rks 33,000 americans were diagnosed with covid, and while infection rates explode, the number of fatalities is approaching 1,000. ben jenson's 24-year-old wife jessie who just gave birth is fighting for her life on a ventilator. >> they're keeping her pretty heavily sedated because she's panicking. >> as regions across the country warn of a return to restrictions, some of the highest positivity rates are in states like south dakota, iowa, kansas, and wyoming. our team is dispatched to the hardest hit areas. here in el paso, officials have called in ten mobile morgues with the growing number of bodies >> doctors tell us the covid

load they're seeing is not sustainable. >> reporter: government officials now believe they'll have enough doses to begin vaccinating the most vulnerable americans by december. >> i'm looking forward to when i can take the vaccines so i don't die. i don't want to die. >> reporter: drugmaker eli lilly just received emergency authorization for covid therapy for those already infected it's a one-time iv treatment that the company says can reduce hospitalizations by 70% for high-risk patients. >> for chris, help will arrive too late her husband john is never coming home. >> the grandkids miss him. i miss him he was just a good person. >> reporter: a heartbreaking reminder each number is a name miguel almaguer, nbc news. the state of obamacare also known as the affordable care act

is still in limbo at the supreme court, but after hearing oral arguments on tuesday, a majority of the justices may have already decided. here's nbc's jay gray. >> reporter: with a handful of protesters gathering near the steps, the u.s. supreme court hears arguments on the affordable care act. at the center of the latest challenge, the individual mandate ruled a tax by the high court warned americans to buy insurance or pay a penalty until they ruled out that tax since 2017 now that it raises know revenue, 18 attorneys general along with the trump administration argues it's unconstitutional. >> it's a naked command to purchase health insurance and as such it falls outside congress's enumerated powers. >> justice john roberts fights back. >> i'm think it's hard for you

to argue that congress intended the entire act to fall if the mandate were struck down >> there's no doubt that it's been controversial and in 2017 congress debated wherever to keep it, but congress ultimately chose to preserve every provision. >> reporter: president-elect biden supports it. >> it's a law every american should be proud of it's why people with pre-existing conditions are protected in this country. >> reporter: this is the third supreme court charge, the first failed by 5-4 and 6-3. jay gray, nbc news. the transition is still in limbo with 70 days until the inaugurati inauguration president joe biden is up nearly

5 million in the popular vote. georgia and arizona still close to call, but are leaning blue while president trump is slightly ahead in north carolina nbc news called the tar heels senate race for republican thom tillis while the democrats picked up two more seats in the house overnight. alice barr has the latest. >> reporter: for the first time, president-elect joe biden responding to president trump's refuse tool concede the l to co. >> i think it's embarrassing. >> reporter: he's not been included in resources and a daily intelligence meeting though he insists everything is still on track. >> we're going to be doing everything we would be doing if he had conceded. >> reporter: president trump off camera but on twitter making a

basis for widespread fraud bind calls it noise, not really law, theatrics, not really lawsuits biden suggesting republicans are mildly intimidated as they largely stand by the president. >> until the electoral college votes, anyone who's running for office can exhaust concerns. >> reporter: as world leaders congratulate biden, the top diplomats making this remark. >> there will be a smooth transition to the trump administration. >> biden telling americans he will accept his win and he will take office in january. on this veterans day, both president trump and president-elect biden are expected to honor our heros.

tracie potts joining us. we could see the president for the first time since last week. >> right so he's been laying low for five days since the election was called we have heard from him on twitter with those claims that continue to be disputed about election fraud, but we have yet to see the president he's scheduled to be at arlington national cemetery with the first lady later this morning to commemorate veterans day. he will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. this comes after he fired the secretary of defense mark esper, but he's expected to make that public appearance today. we'll see the president for the first time no word if we'll hear from him sometimes he'll speak on the white house south lawn before he heads out. we'll see if that happens today. also, we do not have a schedule for president-elect

bind today we don't know if we'll see or hear from him. we know that twice in the last week or so, he has visited his son beau, the grave of his son beau who was a veteran in wilmington, delaware we'll see if the family makes that trip again today. phillip. >> all right, tracie thank you. we have a consumer alert to tell you about packages of romaine lettuce sold at walmart stores are being recalled for e. coli infection the products were distributed to 19 states and puerto rico. the single head lettuce was shown under the name tanumor tanumora antle. >> let's get a check of our weather with janessa webb. >> good morning. in the last hour the storm

system has strengthened and gained an eye. i think it's on the verge of becoming a cat 1 hurricane we'll watch for that from the national hurricane center. right now you see sustained winds. hurricane warnings are now in place for southwest florida throughout the afternoon we're going to watch the storm surge and now this movement now across the florida peninsulat a watches are going to be put in place from washington, d.c., all the way into new york city with this latest update, i'll show you that storm surge forecast coming up. >> all right, janessa, thank you. jon stewart is expected to

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the holiday season has gone up in smoke for one popular texas turkey company a fire happened causing the company to shut down >> reporter: nothing could be done to salvage what was inside, and it wasn't just thanksgiving and christmas dinner there were memories and traditions going up in flames. >> it's like when big tex burned. >> reporter: paige's memories of greenburg smoked turkeys go back

decades. >> when i was a kid, my dad would get them as christmas gifts and then 25 years ago when my husband and i got married, we immediately said we'll take care of the turkey every year. >> reporter: but this year the cycle for tens of thousands of families will be broken. the greenburg smoked turkey plant in texas caught fire after a mechanical failure the owner said a freezer holding some 80,000 turkeys exploded nothing inside was untouched by the fire the news spread far and fast people who counted on greenburg for years left wondering what to do on social media thousands of cheers and comments about what it meant to have greenburg as a centerpiece of a holiday gathering. but page didn't give up. >> we immediately called the local markets. two was the most they'd let you buy, so we bought two. if not, this would be the first thereaftering in nearly 30 years we would have had a greenburg turkey. >> reporter: like so many

others, she hopes greenburg will build back and come back strong next holiday season and she can't help but they what's on everybody's minds. >> it's so 2020 all over again. >> i hear you. i hear you greenburg says, though, all refunds will be made by november 13th, but here's the cool part some of their most loyal customers, they have refused a refund as a show of support and solidarity. >> maybe next year it's double smoked turkeys, they'll come back and get two. >> i feel like a bad texan i never had it before. >> i never heard of it all my years living in texas. >> whe'll have to check it out. the "early today" members team celebrate family members who have served. these will photos of some various members of our extended e.t. family, and for those watching this morning who served in any branches of our military, we're grateful to your for your

sacrifices and those who support you in uniform, you, too, have served on some level, you, too, have sacrificed, and we're grateful as well always and forever, we thank you for your service today and every day. this is "early today" on a thursday

four years in the military. >> right now at 4:30, dealt another setback. the rolling reopening rollbacks across the bay area due to a spike in covid-19 cases and the growing concerns about a second spike this winter. plus, another cold start across the bay area. here's a live look outside in san jose and oakland for you that morning. meteorologist kari hall is always tracking when you'll need to break out that umbrella. oh, no. we'll talk about it. "today in the bay" starts right now. oh, no,h,