wer to take on climate change. use less from 4 to 9 pm to keep california golden. don't talk to me that way. you're just a lightweight. don't talk to me -- don't talk to -- i'm the president of the united states. don't ever talk to the president that way >> president trump gets testy in the media following well wishes for the troops overseas, as president-elect joe biden delivers a very different message. and as hospitals across the nation get no break from battling the coronavirus, those on the front lines are still finding reasons to be grateful. >> we'll take a look at the future for some of the jobs hit the hardest during the panned, will they bounce back? and you'll meet a couple of

teens going above and beyond the call to help families facing financial hardships. it's friday. "early today" starts right now we appreciate you waking up with us on this friday morning i'm michelle fisher. >> and i'm frances rivera. president trump still refuse to go concede this morning. he took questions on thanksgiving for the first time since the election, and while he claimed he won the election, he pledged to leave the white house when the electoral college formalizes joe biden's victory nbc's kelly o'donnell has the latest >> reporter: defiant and denying his own defeat, president trump answered questions for the first time since election day. >> i don't know what is going to happen i know one thing, joe biden did not get 80 million votes. >> reporter: asked fell concede, more obstruction. >> it's going to be a very hard thing to concede because we know there was massive fraud. >> reporter: pushed about whether he would vacate the white house january 20th if the ee electors finalize the biden

victory. >> certainly i will. certainly i will >> reporter: the president's legal team has not shown fraud or irregularities that would overturn the results, but the president vented. >> and the whole world is watching and the whole world is laughing at our electoral process. >> reporter: president trump angry and lashing out, minutes after he thanked overseas troops for their service. he criticized joe biden for forming a cabinet and would not publicly commit to attending the inauguration earlier, joe biden followed a more traditional playbook, in a video message from delaware president-elect joe biden urged a small stay at home thanksgiving because of covid. >> it's a personal sacrifice that each of our families can make and should make to save somebody else's life, but it's also a shared sacrifice for the whole country. >> reporter: the president who spent much of his holiday on the golf course, was also taking more swings on twitter again, to impugn joe biden's

victory and undermine election integrity. the president's anger boiled over at reporters. >> don't talk to -- i'm the president of the united states don't ever talk to the president that way >> reporter: president trump says he will get back out on the campaign trail, committing to visit georgia where there is a runoff for both senate seats, vowing to help the republicans keep control of the senate the president would not discuss whether he would be a candidate again for president in 2024, instead wanting to focus on this year and trying to overturn the 2020 election. the president repeatedly insisted he actually won, only giving hints of recognition that he knows his time here at the white house is nearly over frances? >> kelly, thank you. the nation celebrated a thanksgiving marked by surging coronavirus cases. there have now been over 12.9 million americans infected, deaths are surging, especially in the midwest so far more than 263,000 lives

have been lost baltimore ravens quarterback lamar jackson is infected with covid-19, the ravens now have had at least a dozen players test positive this week. because of that their prime time game already rescheduled sunday against the steelers is in jeopardy yet again and with thanksgiving like no other this year, so many front-line workers are sacrificing their own holiday to help others. here is gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: in hospitals across america no break from the virus, but a flood of gratitude for those on the front lines >> i was final discharged after 44 days. i am thankful to all the staff, nurses, pas and doctors who took care of me and made sure that i could come home to my family. >> i'm grateful for the new lease on life that i've received covid destroyed my lungs and i was able to receive two new lungs in a transplant. >> reporter: and as hospitals face staffing shortages this holiday season there's more

relief on the way. >> did you ever think you would end up here in north dakota? >> absolutely not. this is unforeseen. >> reporter: this captain is among the air force nurses working at the covid icu in bismarck, north dakota he served multiple tours in iraq and afghanistan, now another kind of war. >> it's always hard, but as members of the department of defense we're tasked to fight all enemies and that's whoever and wherever they may be, including this virus >> reporter: north dakota's positivity rate is 11%, nearly three times what it was three months ago it takes two to three hours for local health officials to go through about 1,000 tests here, they do it each week and right now it's taking five to seven days to get results. air force medical teams had previously been deployed to california and texas. >> most rewarding part about being a nurse is seeing that patient walk out of th hospital. >> reporter: this holiday

kathleen alejandro is spending time away from her husband in florida. >> day in and day out we start seeing severity and the news of course and everything going on in our nation. proud to be here to be able to answer the call. >> reporter: a deployment that's expected to last at least a month. no small sacrifice in a year where every day counts gabe gutierrez, nbc news, bismarck, north dakota meanwhile, across the pond several european countries extend their lockdowns as covid-19 cases surge in several countries. our molly hunter joins us from lond london certainly what they were fearing would happen. >> reporter: absolutely, they're just reacting to the numbers of course as they're ticking up across the continent the holiday season there of course has already started with thanksgiving, here everyone is focused on christmas and focused on giving families at least some sort of christmas gathering. in the uk we are currently on lockdown but easing restrictions next week. take a look at the headlines,

you have the telegraph shows a map of the restrictions after lack doun is lifted and you see huge swaths of red on that little map people in the strictest tier, london where i am will go into tier 2, outdoor dining will be an option again. the daily mail, the head line tears of rage and disbelief and the "times," millions in tougher tears until mid-january. across europe as you mentioned, frances, a lot of lockdowns are being extended in germany it was supposed to be in a four-week lockdown that's now in place until december 20th of course just before christmas. in greece they were supposed to end their lockdown november 30th, that's going to be extended a week. in lithuania lock doup extended until december 17th. in france, like the uk, they are going to start easing their restrictions in a staged unlocking. in every single european capital the conversation right now is if they relax restrictions too much, too fast, they could be

looking at a third wave after christmas. >> and those measures are exactly what we're fearing on this side of the pond, too molly, thanks for the update new on nbcnews.com this morning, some of the top black friday deals you can get online. way fair is offering up to 80% off furniture, christmas trees and much more as part of their holiday sale for everyone still working at home today is the last day to get up to 62% off dell laptops, monitors and other tech items. and lord and taylor having a closer sale offering 60% to 80% off across their online store. for more details on dozens of black friday deals visit nbcnews.com. another consumer alert for parents of budding jedi. the "star wars" dark saber tops this year's list of most dangerous toys from world against toys causing harm. the sword has a potential for blunt force and eye injuries the group says lots to love

babies minis pose a choking hazard and boom city racers starter pack come come with potential for eye injuries, also the boom rang stunt ufo and sci-fi climb can cause chemical-related injuries the toy association which represents manufacturers called the list needlessly a lirmist saying all toys sold in the u.s. must meet over 100 rigorous safety tests an standards. time to check in with nbc meteorologist bill karins for more on our weekend forecast bill >> good morning. i hope you guys had a wonderful thanksgiving let's get into this rainy event in the southeast we have clouds increasing now, i think the heavy rain will wait until this afternoon in areas like houston, lake charles, into the new orleans area, but eventually the rain will move in, isolated possibility of some flooding saturday the rain backs off a little bit in areas of the southeast, but still southeast texas is going to deal with a rainy day fwr san antonio, corpus christi, back up through

areas of houston when you talk about houston and two day in the row for heavy rain you do have the potential for flash flooding the rest of the country looks for a pretty great saturday, still no signs of any really cold air out there on sunday we're watching our big storm on the move through the southeast, rain, thunderstorms along with it, maybe isolated severe weather monday a look ahead that goes all the way up the east coast, maybe even some slow in the ohio valleys.t texas, louisiana, eventually through mississippi, possibly southern alabama. florida is pretty warm, temperatures in the 80s, but all the talk in florida is about the cold air coming your way monday. we come back i will talk who has a chance of getting some of that snow come monday those details ahead. >> it's kind of fitting, people are getting the trees up already and the decorations, at least it

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lester holt president-elect joe biden opens up about his transition of power and his strategy for handling the pandemic >> we know the vaccine is going to happen, but as we speak people are ignoring advice to stay home, they're crowding airports around the country right now. you called for a national mask mandate. how much power as president will you have to influence people in ways you have not been able to as a candidate >> my hope as president and many of the republicans governors and mayors felt the same way, i hope that we're going to be able to have a united voice on the need to mask, socially distance, testing and tracing. they're critical, critical pieces to dealing with bringing down this virus in a more manageable place the words of a president matter and i think it's critically important and i think it's a patriotic responsibility to wear a mask, to socially distance. >> a moment ago you mentioned

schools. i want to ask you about that new york city recently went back to at-home learning only, some other big cities have made the same choice. what will you do to get kids back in school how much will you be working the phones and working with governors and mayors >> well, it takes a lot of money to get them back, the estimates are 150 to 200 billion dollars for the year to safely open our schools. for example, we know we have to change everything from the ventilation systems in schools, we know we have to change the sanitary -- we have to take manufacture -- everyone from sanitary workers right through to the bus drivers, they have to be exclude in, they have to be protected and they need the ppe, they need the gear, they need the ability to have smaller modules of classes. >> you've got schools closed right now in places where restaurants are open are our priorities correct do both, but, looki', m very to concerned about the schools and, for example, i was on call

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ward good morning, jake. >> reporter: good morning, frances. the pandemic has affected practically every american industry but we discovered a few lines of work have been hit a lot harder than others just up the road from where she grew up in san francisco karen mcdonald oenz studio reds share salon. >> i've been doing this for 35 years but i was going to be a nurse, i worked for doctors. >> you're someone who likes being with people. >> of service, yeah. >> but the service industry is hurting right now. according to glass door openings for chefs are down 56%, valets, 51% and stylists like mcdonald 50%. business is less than half what it was less year and yet mcdonald also has to pay for protective gear and plexiglas. >> losing half my tickets, no retail, just a ballpark estimate i have down at least 15, 20, 25 in the hole. >> reporter: health care jobs are suffered, especially audiologists and opticians

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the california hiker is lucky to be alive after being trapped under a fallen boulder highway patrol and rescue teams were able to find the man after receiving his call for help. he had been stukd under the rock for hours and was transported to a hospital in stable condition if he hadn't gotten his cellphone out of his pocket before the battery died they wouldn't have found his gps location this is the case so glad to have that on. >> i'm glad that had a happy ending for him. this year plenty of people could use a helping hand

two teens in maine realized that and started a fundraising effort that has seen an outpouring of support. reporter shannon moss with our wcsh affiliate has more on this story. >> reporter: sean allen and charlie moore are friends and fellow freshmen at greely high school in cumberland this summer while working a part-time job together they came up with an idea. >> wouldn't it be cool to start a nonprofit organization to help kids in need. >> a lot of kids we see that are not very fortunate and we want to like make them feel happy. >> reporter: so with the support of their family these teens created backpacks for a change at first the plan was to stuff backpacks with school supplies, but -- >> everything happened so fast, the covid-19 and everything, so we kind of looked ahead to the winter and thought clothing and winter clothes. >> reporter: the community quickly took notice. >> so a lot of people just sent in donations and they said just

use this towards your calendar. >> reporter: the calendar is their first fundraiser and those initial donations helped the boys buy gift cards for prizes check it ouchlt prizes designated for each day of the month that people who purchase a calendar could win. >> you can win a prize if you get your name drawn in december and one calendar is $10 and three calendars $20. >> reporter: money that will be used to buy winter gear that school officials will give to students who need it. >> it's just cool to us that we're just two high school kids from our school and we're doing something greater for our school. >> reporter: and from the looks of it, just getting started. >> water bottles, school supplies. >> hopefully to move on like towns near us and expanding. >> reporter: because even teenagers know a little good will can make a world of difference. >> it just feels good to help someone in need. >> our thanks to shannon moss for that report and our thanks to those young men for helping

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