new facts to share in the coronavirus pandemic this hour. total cases in the u.s. surpassing 12 million today with 49 states reporting an increase on friday. now, hospitalizations are up nearly 50% over the last two weeks. per reuters tally. a ban on indoor dining in effect in minnesota. the new restrictions also prohibit indoor gatherings at private homes, closes gyms and theaters and that order remains in effect through december 18th. the mayor of newark, new jersey, orders a ten-day stay-at-home order beginning wednesday. all non-essential businesses are asked to shut down and the city is closing some streets to non-residents from 8:00 p.m. to 35 3:00 a.m., and new measures. vis eitors must provide a negate test before boarding a plane. if not, arriving without a test, quarentine 14 days at least.

start with you, erin mclaughlin at dodger stadium in los angeles. ho hoar you officials responding? >> reporter: unprecedented a word we're hearing from californian officials over and over again. never seen anything quite like this. case count average 10,000 confirmed covid-19 cases across the state. double what it was two weeks ago, and so they're taking drastic action for large parts of the state. shutting down non-essential businesses between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. really targeting that late-night crowd of young people going out, having fun, and spreading the virus. of course, the big question being, will it be enough? officials here in l.a. county saying the numbers are not looking good. take a listen. >> the data looks really bad right now. we've had three terrible days in terms of case rates and

increases in hospitalizations. if this does continue, we will, in fact, be certainly at the point where the we're going to exceed 4,000 cases over, as an average over five days, and potentially approaching easily exceeding 4,500 cases. >> reporter: and that 4,500 number is particularly concerning. you heard there barbara ferrer referencing it. the threshold they will proceed with a full stay-at-home order, 24 hours for the part of california exceeding certain thresholds. a concerning situation when you consider covid-19 is capable of rising exponentially and they're going into the thanksgiving holiday period. authorities very concerned about that. you see behind me, outside of the largest testing site in the entire state. dodger stadium.

double in demand. part of that demand, officials say, due to people wanting to get tested ahead of thanksgiving, wanting that peace of mind. exactly what authorities are warning against saying just because you test negative today does not mean you'll be negative on thursday and they're very worried about those gatherings for thanksgiving turning into a super spreader event. >> thank you so much. precautionary tale in l.a. food and security in the state of ohio exacerbated by the pandemic according to feeding america. the rate increased from 13. perce9% in 2019. the rate is worse where you are. what are officials doing to try to meet demand? thanksgiving is just around the corner. >> certainly do, alex. good afternoon. the food bank distribution centers around country are working overtime and here in cleveland the greater cleveland food bank has people around the

clock making sure they can get food to places like this church behind me, where people come by to pick up bags of food. lines of people were here earlier today. the church does the event twice a month. the last time they were able to help around 200 people. food insecurity here in cuyahoga county is especially high. 15.9% in 2018. projected now more than 21% this year according to feeding america. some people come here for help. this may be their first time. others come here periodically when they need help. i spoke to a woman earlier today says right now she is dealing with two family members in the hospital battling covid and needs all the help she can get. take a listen. >> it's been so busy here. we -- a list for me and my family. they give me, gave some grocers, it's kind of tough going end of the month when the kid are at

home, schooling. so it's kind of hard. they want to try to help your whole house. so that's monthly. so always need that extra help towards the end of the month. >> reporter: and the numbers are staggering. the greater cleveland food bank helped 100,000 more people this fiscal year compared to last, and they said they set a record just a few days ago. they were able to distribute more than 400,000 pounds of food in just one day. alex? >> ah. tell you, heartbreaking listening to their tale, valerie. thank you for giving it us-of-to . a reevt poll, nearly 26 million americans said their household did not get enough to eat in the last seven days. a silver lining in this pandemic nightmare. a coronavirus vaccine. pfizer has asked the fda fo emergency approval. a question when that might happen.

joining me now, dr. peter hotez, co-director center for vaccines children's hospital and dean of national school of tropical medicals at baylor college of medicine. doctor, welcome, sir. can you first of all walk us through a timeline how soon you are expecting the fda to approve pfizer's vaccine and once that's down, how long before shipped out in sdrishgs? distribution? >> good to see you, alex. we think the dossier will be submitted to the u.s. food and drug administration for the pfizer vaccine. it will take around two weeks for the fda to go through all of the data. i mean, remember, they look at the primary data. not just looking at press releases. they're going through the data, detailing to confirm the efficacy and safety and sometimes see things that the companies don't pick up or notice. that two-week review period is important, and then likely they'll present it to what's

called verback, committee of the fda and ascp linked to the centers for d.c. control and then can move quickly. hope, early, mid-december might start releasing the first doses of vaccines probably in pilot programs and in several states including texas. then it will really gear up in the new year, and, remember, other vaccines are following. the moderna vaccine that we think will have a similar profile in terms of efficacy and safety then the two adeno from astrazeneca, and the hope a fleet of vaccines early next year to immunize the american population. >> good to get the timeline. again you think some vaccines will be ready beginning of december? that's a couple of weeks from now? >> middle of december. yeah. >> middle. okay. >> i think the first vaccines will be, start to roll out probably in pilot programs

likely to health care providers initially. pfizer has i believe 50 million doses manufactured. but only about half of that is intended for the u.s. that's 50 million and then, remember, 25 million and then you have to have two doses. roughly 12 million americans that could be vaccinate ed starting in the new year. >> and then you think a very wide distribution by -- end of first quarter, into second quarter? i mean, how do they decide who gets it? i understand first responders, but then after that? how will they decide the priority line? >> well, a lot of it is being left to the states, with recommendations both from the fda as well as the national academies. so likely health care providers. first responders. and then individuals at high risk. older americans, age cutoff to be determined as well as underlying risk factors. the hope, having four vaccines

available we can move quickly and don't have to restrict it for too long, but a lot of decisions are being left to the states as well as local municipal health authorities. >> so as we have, parents, grandparents, you worry about the older americans and getting them vaccinated. where will they go? to a doctor, pharmacies with clinics? will vaccines be brought to nursing homes, for example? >> yeah. really depends on the vaccine. the pfizer vaccine, the first, probably the more complicated logistics because it requires a deep freeze minus 94 to 100 degrees it fahrenheit. so it's not going to be easy to do that where most adults get their vaccines now at farm sis, supermarkets, things like that. that's more complicated. the others require four degrees refrigeration. should be doable and worked out now by general gus pirna, the

four-star general together with contractors mckesson doing this. remember, we do a dance like this every year. d disburse 100 million vaccines during a brief time of august, september, october, november. this is clearly more ambitious but not so different from things we've done in the past. >> getting into details here, as the vaccine reportedly requires two doses, what's the timeline for first dose to second dose? are you concerned that people might not go back for the second shot? or simply forget? is that going to be tracked at all? lastly, a friend of mine who suffered with covid-19 and recovered wondering, will people who already have the virus need or get a vaccine? >> so the, at least for the first vaccines, there are about three or four week it's apart depending if it's the pfizer or

moderna vaccine. take as week or so to develop a full amount of anti-bodies in your system. roughly five weeks from the time you receive your first dose, then second dose and then have antibodies. the states are doing, and really they're responsible for looking after making certain that everybody gets a second dose, and gets a second dose with the same vaccine they got for the first dose. here in texas, for instance, the department of state health services is sending out postcards as reminders. also going to be a public service announcement campaign. so it will require some situational awareness from the people who get their vaccines as well, but there's a pretty big public relationsest for that. in terms of whether or not, if you've had covid-19, whether you should get the vaccine, i think the thinking at this point, i haven't seen specific guidance from the fda. going to be too complicated to start measuring antibodies in people prior to vaccination to

determine if they've had covid-19 previously then vaccinate. i don't think it's going to matter that much. if anything, there might be a booster effect. in other words, if you've had covid-19, recovered, your immune system's already primed and potentially respond even better to the vaccine than others. we'll know that. we haven't seen that phase three data yet. hopefully that information will come out around the time that fda reviews the emergency use authorization. >> you know, doctr. hotez, lead in this, you, dr. fauci alike suggested second quarter maybe third quarter people all having great access to the vaccine. so when does that mean we can return to a sense of normalcy? say the holidays this time next year. will americans have more of a normal lifestyle? >> i think so. remember, this is an evolving process, not a light switch on or off. you will start seeing life eventually get better and more

and more people are immunize, feel more sure, virus neutralizing antibodies in their system. we still don't know the full performan of the vaccineses. durability? will some of these only last three months? that's a possibility. will they actually stop shed ago virus? say thir vaccinated, still get the virts virus and is shed it from their nous and mouth? that means more social distancing and masking. it's a slowly, evolving process. with each passing month we're going to see improvement. by this time next year, we'll be in a much better position, and this is why it's so important for americans not to do reckless things over the next few months. horrible projections from the institute for health metrics 150,000 americans will lose their lives between now and a week or two after the inauguration. people who don't have to lose their lives, number one.

number two, vaccines are coming. it's a matter getting them to the other side until they're vaccinated. i'm doing all i can to get the simple message out. now is not the time to loose a loved one when vaccines are coming. >> amen to all that. safe advice from you dr. hotez, thank you so much. the one briefing president-elect biden is not getting raising alarm and fear about the nation's security. a member of the homeland committee joins me next. s me n. (customer) that is something else. (burke) get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪

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new today, just 60 days away from joe biden taking the oath of office and sworn in as president. the president-elect is meeting with transition advisers today putting together his team. biden decide hoog ing who he wa serve as secretary. a treasury nominee chosen.

announcement expected next week. meanwhile, publicly acknowledge president trump will not be in the white house come january 20th. tennessee senator marsha blackburn referring to joe biden and kamala harris as president-elect and vice president-elect yesterday and tennessee senator lamar alexander saying a very good chance joe biden will be the next president and he should be provided with all transition materials. the president's desperate bid to overkurn election bids hit multiple new road blocks. friday, the state of georgia certified by his win handing the state's 16 electoral votes. same day, in michigan pouring water to reverse the outcome there after a white house meeti meeting. that meeting comes as a group of michiganders suing the campaign. accused of attempting mass voter suppression, particularly among black voters. pressuring election officials into not certifying the results. also, this just in. the rnc michigan republicans

asking for a two-week delay certifying those results. more on that from michigan. josh, what does this mean? >> reporter: the president's legal efforts in court have been failing one by one, alex, and now efforts outside of court also appear to be faltering. this new letter from the michigan republican party's chair as well as ronna mcdaniel, chairman of the national republican party, leading with those state canvassing not to go ahead and certify the results of the election when they have a meeting to vote on that tomorrow. instead, pleading for a 14-day delay in which case they would like to have an audit specifically of results in wayne county in the detroit area. the secretary of state's office in michigan already clear there can be an audit but by law that can take place after the certification that there's no reason not to go ahead with that certification for president-elect joe biden in michigan tomorrow. this last-ditch effort, alex, is

following the president being unsuccessful in his earlier effort to strongarm state legislative leaders in michigan when he met withes they yesterday to try to convince they to intervene in the certification. those leaders emergesleasing a statement that we have received no evidence to change the election and as legislative leaders will follow the law. meanwhile, the white house is on defense over its continuing refusal to cooperate with president-elect joe biden's team. including national security issues. why this is justified -- >> something i would note is just when we talked a lot about transfer of power in the election and worth remembering this president was never given an orderly transition of power. his presidency never accepted.

>> reporter: i can tell you firsthand, alex, that's not true. i was in the white house rose garden the day after election day in 2016 when president obama recognized donald trump's victory, committed to a smooth transition and within 24 hours president-elect donald trump was in the oval office meeting with president obama. >> heard you say that and well remember it myself. thank you josh letterman for that. joining me, kathleen rice, democratic member of the homeland security and veterans affairs committees. thank you for being here. the president is firing the head of u.s. cybersecurity on twitter claiming without evidence that chris fer krebs put out highly inaccurate information. krebs had recently debunked election conspiracy theories including some by the president himself. so congresswoman, is this firing anything other than retaliation? >> no. and, look, chris krebs got fired because he did exactly what he was supposed to do in his

position. but the really important, alex, to understand how we got to this point. in 2016, the russian s interferd in our election. undisputed in the entirety of our intelligence committee that that happened. launched a targeted disinformation campaign used social media platforms and propaganda news organizations to try to polarize the american electorate and influence the election in trump's favor. now, how much did it affect the results? to be honest, we'll never know. no doubt that this operation was certainly successful and in sowing division. 2018, cyber security and infrasecurity agency also known as cssa propped up for this exact thing. president trump himself chose chris krebs to lead the agency. looking for foreign actor it's like iran and china, who would try to interfere in our

elections, did it in 2018 and active also in 2020. but what we didn't know was that the most dangerous disinformation campaign would not be from russia or iran or china, but it was going to come out of 1600 pennsylvania avenue. and krebs, like the honest public servant he is, called it out. he didn't hesitate. he fact checked and refuted the president's baseless election fraud claims proving they were blatantly false that the public was aware and because he did his yob honestly as a good public servant, he gets fired. it's so distajjing, alex and unbelievable, because it just, look what's going on. now you have no one in charge of that agency. and with a gap in competent leadership gives an opening to our adversaries and other bad actors looking to threaten our national security in cyber space. >> yeah. certainly sounds like the fate that befell our former defense

secretary as well, mark esper with his firing. speaking of which, the pentagon is reducing troop levels in afghanistan and iraq by 2,500 by january 15th coming days after the president installed several loyalists in the top roles in the defense department. that vacancy of mark esper. what do you think of that move? >> it is -- it is in violation of the agreement this administration originally made to allow for this kind of pullout. eventually, moo ving it up -- moving it up is not a good idea. trump wants to withdrawal nearly half of the military presence in afghanistan again directly against the recommendation of the military chain of command. nato expressed reservations about it. esper, what led to his dismissal because esper sent a letter to the president saying this is why you should not do this. because the price of leaving in an uncoordinated abrupt manner

could be harmful to our strategic objectives in that region. look, all of us want to bring our troops home, but any plan to do so has got to be done responsibly and in coordination with our allies. i remember president trump saying that he knows, of course i know more than our general doss. i think that everyone american knows that is simply not true. and so my request of president trump would be to stop filling these positions like secretary of defense with people who are just "yes men" for you and listen to the military leadership on the ground who know how to keep peace in this region which has everything to do with not just international security but our domestic security as well. we cannot allow al qaeda to grow and influence in afghanistan. >> you know, it's interesting, because president-elect biden's team confirmed that former and current trump administration officials privately reached out to him.

but they say that their conversations certainly cannot make up for not having the proper intelligence be given to them officially because of the transition process. your thoughts on that? how much longer can this administration, the incoming administration, go without getting access to this critical information? . loo >> look, there are serious consequences. don't go far back. 9/11 commission report cited delays during the clinton/bush transition one of the hindrances preventing that horrific terror attack from happening. continuing this delay only puts our country further and further away from crushing this deadly pandemic for good, the number one domestic issue. we need the biden administration to hit the ground running on

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another grim milestone in the ballots against coronavirus in the u.s. 1 million additional cases in just the last seven days. this number hits less than 48 hours after the white house coronavirus task force held a press briefing, the first since

july and here's how it ended. >> we will get through this together. >> mr. vice president, mr. vice president -- mr. vice president -- >> are we really -- >> why hasn't the federal government not taking action -- >> why is the federal government not -- >> what's going on? >> you're not working with -- you're whole party is not recognizing democracy! you're all undermining the democratic election. every one of you. >> why isn't the -- >> ooh. joining us now olivia troy member of that task force and adviser to the person who left that podium and walked away without answering those questions, vice president pence. what did you think of that? taking no questions, olivia. what are you worried about in the questions? >> they're worried about what donald trump is going to think and knew they were watched closely. i was watching dr. birx and it was painful to see her struggling during that briefing. i know she really cares a lot

about this. i've had conversations with her recently about what's going on in the states. she's really upset about all of it and it was hard to watch these doctors walk a fine line up there and they were honest and truthful but they know that it's a little too late right now, and this task force to me seemed like something to check the box say, okay. we mentioned it, talked about it. in a bad place in the country and walk off the stage without answering questions and clearly don't address the instructions that they're doing, not allowing the transition for the biden team to come in and work on this. >> the person you were charged with advising, vice president pence is speaking to a party of one. that's presumably donald trump. it's not a communal property, not a communal group you're insinuating as in the people of the, of this country? you're saying, he's talking to donald trump? >> and i say that to you, al

lebs, becau ex. i used to pact check the president and help him prep for these things. we always knew there would be a careful line. times at a lot of speeches, remarks, especially on the covid task force give credit to the president. i would sometimes take that line out and the vice president would put it back in. i think that tells you everything right there. that this man knows who's watching and everybody in that white house walks around on eggshells. >> missing from this one, the president as well as scott atlas. why was atlas added to the task force and what's his impact? >> you have a doctor, if you can even call him that, willing to spread conspiracy theories and misinformation that bottom line was what the president wants the narrative to be, and i think that he's a dangerous individual who has a lot of influence over the oval office and created great division in the current

task force. he's made dr. fauci, dr. birx and dr. red field so much harder with his presence in and adding other obstacle of ineffectiveness during a p pandemic happening across our country. >> and a lot of times military generals and saying, distribute a vaccine. how quick? rye so much about logistics and so he abolittle about the exten the outbreak? is it because it's run wild away from them? >> i think they know it's out of control and i think they're in a situation now where the right thing is to support the incoming administration, and gish them the data and facts and that's not a scenario that the person in the oval office right now is going to support. you have these people who are trying to do what's right, because they know this country's in an awful situation and the

people are separated, but nobody has the power to do anything, because everybody lives in fear of donald trump. >> hmm. let me ask you something. because you were on the inside when "operation warp speed" came about. right? the president, you've heard, is flying foul. says the drug companies deliberately stalled their vaccine data until after the election. are you surprise ed the vaccine materialized this quickly or is the president right? did they hold back? >> i think the drug companies and scientists worked dill jeopardily from the very beginning. you i remember significant milestones, 30, 60 days in, we were impressed with the work happening and quite frankly i'm glad the companies have done a thorough job of this. i know the fda and dr. hahn has influence and all working together. to the president, i'm sorry, donald trump, that you didn't get to wag it as a win for you, but, really, everyone else is

looking out for the safety of americans and this vaccine has to be safe, effective, people have to have confidence in it, because it's going to be the major tool with have to get ahead of this crazy virus that's attacking all of us. >> is there any logical application you can apply to the president saying that this vaccine would not have been developed were it not for him? that he's the one responsible for developing this vaccine? >> the problem with "operation warp speed" the president himself has politicized this entire response to begin with. i give no credit unfortunately to "operation warp speed." i give credit to the doctors, to the moderna, pfizer and all of the people who have tried to stay out of this political realm that donald trump has created in this task force inside the white house, and i think, yes, everybody was focused on the vaccine from the beginning, but that's just common sense. has nothing to do with donald trump. in fact, the president has

actually been counterproductive to the safety of the vaccine by his rhetoric, and you've had companies sort of separate themselves and make sure that the integrity of the vaccine and what they're seeing is completely separate from the white house. any connection and association to this president pretty much makes it, makes everything they do in question. >> olivia troy, thank you very much. glad for this conversation, as always. appreciate it. president-elect biden reportedly does not want the justice department to investigate president trump for fear that that would further divide the nation. could it actually help unify the country? i'm going to get views on that, next. g kids. (dad) helping families. (women) helping pets. (vo) these are the lives subaru retailers have impacted in our communities, through our support of over fourteen hundred hometown charities. in fact, subaru and our retailers will have proudly donated over two hundred million dollars to national and hometown charities through

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new jersey congressman bill pascrell is calling on investigation into president trump and members of his administration including endangering national security and attacking the election system. host of a show on peacock and open invitation on this broadcast. always good to talk with you. talk about the divide on whether to file federal charges against president trump after leaving office. some democrats say, look, it could undermine biden's message of unity he's trying to get out there. in your mind what's the right thing to do? bypassing the rule of law for the sake of unity? or are they not mutually exclusive?

>> alex, you're right. the phrase you use is perfect. it's not mutually exclusive. you can walk and chew game same time. legally, no sense to say no president sis above the law. it's absurd to say no longer sitting president you don't indict him then either. legally, it's mad and says to a future republican president who wants to break the law, go for it. break more laws. you'll never been held to account. sends a legal bad legal and political message. makes to sense. barack obama came top power in 2008 sings and famously says i want to look forward, not back on issues like cia torture. did it help, no. no one. no healing, no ubtnity. mitch mcconnell said make him a

one-term president before even inaugurated. allows geena haspel to run the cia. no accountability and three, allowed donald trump to run his anti-elite, anti-establishment pseudopopulist campaign bashing bankers, bashing the iraq war because obama never held the bankers to account, never held the architects of the iraq war to account and didn't work politically and won't work legally. joe biden was there in 2009 and should avoid the mistakes barack obama made then. >> two thoughts together here with nbc news reporting that biden's signaled he wants to avoid divisive trump investigations according to five people familiar with the discussions. how does that sit for those who voted for biden and the other hand, ramifications of charging a former sitting president, received, lest we forget, more

than 73 million votes? >> yeah. i mean, i hear people say. million. ip mean, richard nixon won in a landslide. was a criminal, impeached. pardoned and avoided further prosecution. doesn't matter how many votes you win. matter the rule of law, holding people to account. alex, you're suggesting prosecute him the voter will be upset with joe biden. guess what? half don't accept his legitimacy at president. trying to appease trump supporters? tried it four years. doesn't work. >> you bring up the watergate situation, and richard nixon. granted, we're in a different time. a different place now in society, but it does help the country move forward. by not dragging this out. right? in the public eye. having the watergate proceedings. you know, there was that pardon. so -- gerald ford did that, and -- we healed as a country. right? perhaps more quickly? >> hmm, well, historians like

kevin on my show, no, it didn't actually heal the country much and gerald ford was a republican president pardoning his former boss. nixon went around saying i did nothing wrong i am the law, et cetera. nixon's crimes are 1% of donald trump's alleged crimes. don't forget, a federal pardon wouldn't protect donald trump from the new york attorney general, manhattan district attorney rightly looking into his alleged tax and insurance fraud and other things goinging on. drop the idea this republican party, alex, as we speak has not accepted the pridesidency of jo biden or the results, helping donald trump trying to overturn a free and fair election, not appeased by joe biden not prosecuting donald trump. no one's asking him or saying lock him up in the way donald trump does. we're saying, let the doj do what it has to do but joe biden going around briefing the press

saying i'd rather they theft alone. no attorney general is going to do something they know the president is dead keen against going. don't tell them 0 to or not prosecute. let them follow the evidence. with donald trump, there's a lot of evidence. >> i set you up to come in blazing and give me the answer there. >> take this further. the other hand you have republicans who worked for trump. some think they should be help at couple. aoc alexandria cortez, trying to down it play con police complic future? >> i agree and archiving it mentally and ed tore aeditorial. allowing a reset, republicans in a few weeks' time think they care about the deficit, look at

this. the article that you wrote, i was going to tell everyone to read it. sometimes it is so hard to get your head around everything, all of the malfeasance and things. >> yep. >> one day -- >> dan a to z. >> awesome. read it on msnbc.com posted november 2nd. a anti-semitism, alphabetical guide to trump's worst moments. go through these things. i mean, i won't. not enough time. >> more things than in the al a alphaabet. >> f for family separation. horrible euphemism for the children at the border. accountable, bone sore, mbs, did jared kushner play a role covering up the murder of an american, a resident in america? so many things that need investigated. jared kushner's role in the

coronavirus mishandling. 's stephen miller's role in crimes at the border. ivanka trump role in consulting fees and alleged tax fraud. even if donald trump former president should be left alone, you can't excuse the fact that some of these lower level people definitely need to be investigated. none of them should be allowed back into polite society. none of them should get cable deals or book deals. they participated in crimes throughout the trump presidency and after the election, complic to the best of my recollection iy in trying to overturn election results. >> it's just stunning. i'm going to read it again. all after you can check out the show weeknights at 7:00 eastern on the choice news challenge. it's only on nbc universal

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we could be just days away from major crackdown in new york where infection rates are on the rise. the mayor and the governor say new yorkers should expect more restrictions and soon. lindsay, what does this mean for the already struggling restaurant industry, for example? >> reporter: it just means more struggle for them. they have been trying to get creative. look, we're in the upper west side of manhattan. they have invested in these igloos here. hundreds of tlars. you can see how many of them line the street. they are quite a spectacle. people come by and take pictures of them. this is what is allows h imto entertain his kcustomers and kep people on the payroll. right now, restaurants are only

at 25% capacity. unfortunately, mayor says it's not a question of if but when the state does shutdown indoor dining. the reason is because people are letting their guard down. they are not wearing their masks as much. they are not socially distant as much. right now, we saw this week schools here in manhattan closed down. the largest school system because of the pastivepositivit. gyms have to close, hair and nail salon, spas and indoor dining. the owner here says that will really hurt his ability to still be open when it gets colder. nobody will want to eat outside even with the heaters they have here. he says we're in a global pandemic. we knows we're many this

together. here is what he had to say. >> i think it does make sense maybe for the restaurants, not to many restaurants are going to like what i have to say but it does make sense tr the restaurant to be closed indoors for certain period of time, at least. am i happy about it. of course i'm not happy. are we going to suffer business wise? yes with rebbut we have to deal. >> reporter: a very realistic approach. you heard when we saw the schools close, people said how can the schools close but we can eat inside at a restaurant. the restaurant owner, many of them just bracing for it. they are ready for it. he's kind of set a trend here. he said originally a few month ags he bought these. they were around 300 bucks. now he is seeing them online for $400.

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