bianna? >> and of course the first recipients are expected to be first responders as well. not the general public. that will be months ahead. elizabeth cohen, thank you so much. good to see you. >>> well, joining me now to discuss is the senior director for special pathogens at new york city health and hospital. thank you so much for joining us and happy thanksgiving to you. let's start with thanksgiving because it's black friday. what is your advice to those who are considering going out shopping today? are they fine if they just wear a mask or are there still some risks by being in stores with others? >> well, i think, first, individuals that are newly infected yesterday are not going to start showing signs and symptoms basically three to five days from now. individuals that were tested before getting together are going to now basically be the contagious period. so the blanket recommendation is everybody should be quarantining for 14 days. you're going to see a number of people with being a

golodryga, cnn, new york. >> bianna, thank you. >>> let's get you back to our breaking news for thean effort to prove voting fraud, all-star tribute for cnn heroes will be a special celebration of the women, men and children who stood up to help others when faced with the simultaneous crises of covid-19 and racial injustice. here is one of this year's most inspiring moments. >> sometimes a photograph can capture the mood and the attention of the world. in june one image did just that. during the the protest in the streets of london, england events turned violent and black lives matter was there to contem statues with racial ties and many white protesters were there to protect the statues. things got heated. one man a white former police officer wandered into the crowd and started to get beat up. one of the black lives matter protesters patrick hutchinson saw he was in trouble and carried him through the crowd to save. >> the biggest thing to me to make sure no harm had come to him. i knew if harm came to him, the blame would be on the young black lives matter protesters. we made sur

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germany police are carrying out raids in connection with monday's terror attack in the austrian capital bianna according to the federal prosecutor's office homes in pin a back oh simple look and are being combed for possible evidence and ties to islam is to extremist circles the 20 year old assailant was shot dead by police after killing 4 people austrian authorities say international terror units are operating in the investigation including the f.b.i. and the u.s. . for more that i'm joined now by our political correspondent tell us sparrow here in berlin tell us what more can you tell us or people in germany suspected of involvement in these vienna attack. not direct involvement that's at least according to german authorities what they have said is that they're basically looking for evidence here in germany in 3 locations in those not book in custody and pin about on what authorities have said is that they do not think that the people involved had direct in of involvement in the attack in vienna what they're trying to find out is possible links to the alleged perpetrator in austria so we're

bianna, thank you very much. >>> okay.so developing overnight, president-elect joe biden has won arizona, the first democrat to flip that state in decades. how did the legacy of late senator john mccain affect voters there? i will be speaking to his widow, cindy mccain, about her decision to back joe biden next. >>> cnn projects joe biden wins arizona, pushing his electoral lead to 290 over president trump's 217. biden is just the second democratic presidential candidate to turn arizona blue in nearly 70 years. joining us now is cindy mccain, the widow of the late republican senator john mccain. she is now a member of biden's transition team advisory board. good morning, cindy. great to see you. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm doing well. what's your response to joe biden winning arizona? >> it's wonderful. it's great news. i suspected all along he would, but it's great to have it confirmed. >> i mean, you know, as we point out, this is only the second time in 70 years the ones ruby red arizona has gone for joe biden.

cnn's bianna golodryga has more. >> university of michigan sophomore elliot boss took an extra test beforeng. a negative covid test. we met elliot on campus last week. >> my family is at home, and grandparents are back. i want to make sure that i'm cleared before i come back home. >> despite a late plea from the cdc advising people to stay put, he's one of the hundreds of thousands of college students who traveled home for the holiday because staying put wasn't an option. the university of michigan and many other universities nationwide ended all in person classes for the semester this week. >> i think everybody is kind of in the same situation. i'm not unique in any way in that sense. it's just an extra level of thoughtfulness so i had to go out of my way, get the test, be diligent about, you know, wearing a mask. washing my hands and so on. >> these are the scenes health experts wanted avoid. 4.8 million travelers passing through tsa check points since the cdc guidance came out last week. it's tough because i think students kind of around the country are -- might be thinking differently

bianna golodryga is in new york following the story. there has been some opposition to this. that 3% figure, positivity rate, 3 out of 100 people who test test positive is something of an arbitrary measure, right? is it not? was this decision automatic? >> well, it is an arbitrary measure, good morning, jim and poppy, and it was something that was put in place the mayor said earlier in the year before the school year began where the mayor felt that he could get the school officials, teachers and principals comfortable enough to return to a classroom setting, but obviously once that threshold is hit the mayor is saying that he's got to keep his word and he has to reassure these teachers that his safety and their safety is top of mind, but of course for the 300,000 new york city school children that have been going for in-person learning, this is a big setback for them, it's a big setback for their parents. about 700,000 students had been learning online and remotely for the past two months since schools have reopened, but i have to say this has been a rather surprising turn of

cnn's bianna golodryga joins us now.f humans now on the move, heading back to different places. it's such a challenge. >> and many of them could be carrying the disease asymptomatically, john. here's part of the problem, that guidance came one week before thanksgiving. we knew the trajectory of this virus in the country and yet the cdc waited one week. that's led experts to say, this is going to be a recipe for disaster come this thanksgiving holiday. many schools have made their own decisions, because there hasn't been cdc guidance up until today. and remember, many of these universities, specifically said to control the disease, they were going to end the semester by thanksgiving. so what are these students going to do? >> students come all through the day, by alphabetical order, and get tested. >> reporter: sitting in a campus gym, refitted as a covid-19 testing site, plymouth state university president donald burkes has been preparing for a thanksgiving break like none other. the new hampshire public university has b

bianna, i appreciate it. thank you. >>> "new day" continues right now. >> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, this is a special edition of "new day," alisyn is off, erica hill in this morning. great to have you here. >> nice to be with you. >> on this morning after thanksgiving hospitals from coast to coast are stretched to capacity with more than 90,000 americans waking up in hospital beds. this is a horrifying graphic you're looking at right there as the hospitalizations have doubled in the last month. the number rising to record highs every day over the last 17 days. the u.s. averaging 165,000 new cases of coronavirus every 24 hours. president-elect joe biden spent part of his thanksgiving thanking health care workers on the front lines of the pandemic. his national security briefings begin on monday. as for the defeated president, for the first time since losing the election president trump took questi

reagan, bianna patterson also contracted the virus. now to be on the safe side, all of his 10000 mink will be called. he never imagined that denmark's mink farms could develop into hotspots. it is thought that the corona virus stems from the animal world. it is believed to have 1st jumped from a bad species to humans via the pangolin in china. on denmark's make farms, it is now jumping back to animals from humans. once a mink is infected, the virus spreads to almost all of the animals on a farm in less than 2 weeks. viral and just are concerned about this extensive transmission. and as from scarves team analyzed the mutation on the mink farms and found it matched the virus found in some people in the region who fell ill. so the question, we can see exactly how the virus spreads. it comes from humans, it is transmitted to minks where it spreads on mass and mutates in a manner we don't see and humans. and then it jumps back to the human population and thus to the rest of the world. every 3rd corona case in northern new england can alread

bianna paris and also contracted the virus now to be on the safe side all of his 10000 mink will be culled he never imagined that denmark's mink farms could develop into hotspots. it is thought that the corona virus stems from the animal world it is believed to have 1st jumped from a bad species to humans via the pangolin in china. on denmark's make farms it is now jumping back to animals from humans. once a mink is infected the virus spreads to almost all of the animals on a farm in less than 2 weeks viral and just are concerned about this extensive transmission and as from scarves team analyzed the mutation on the mink farms and found it matched the virus found in some people in the region who fell ill. so. we can see exactly how the virus spreads it comes from humans it is transmitted to minks where it spreads on mass and mutates in a manner we don't see and humans and then it jumps back to the human population and thus to the rest of the world. every 3rd corona case in northern new england can already be traced back to the mink farms exactly how it spread is still unclear but with ever

so tell us what let to this decision, bianna. >> it was a big setback for the city. so for those 300,000 that were in person learning, the mayor sent out a tweet. he said -- new york city has reached the 3% testing positive legitimate seven-day average threshold. unfortunately this means buildings will be closed tomorrow out an abundance of caution. we must fight back. the school chancellor sent a similar e-mail to principals throughout the city. a really big setback for the city as well. even though we have seen a rise in positivity rates, we have not seen schools the vectors that many were concerned about. they're not the super spreaders. in fact the most recent data showed that just 1.7% tested positive through pool testing. the reason the mayor had said earlier he would be setting this 3% threshold was this was the arrangement he made with the unions. however, he says that he will look back and see if they can change that threshold, if there's any way to navigate a different threshold, giving the information they now now. there had been a lot of frustration today

. >> brianna, if i may, too, bianna brings up a good point, about a third -- and has the coordination taken place, or to this just a unilateral issues with u.s. forces to put several nations in europe that are contributing a great many forces to afghanistan at risk themselves and further damage the transatlantic relationship as part of this entire action. >> general, vivian, thank you so much. we appreciate your analysis here of this breaking news. >> announcer: this is cnn bre s breaking news. >>> president-elect joe biden set to speak in moments, after cnn is learning that the u.s. military has been told to prepare for a drawdown. keep in mind president trump has yet to conasset the election, yet to acknowledge he lost and refusing to start the normal transition of power with the biden team. i want to go to kaitlan collins at the white house. >> reporter: you're right we are still many days with the president refusing to concede and formally acknowledge that joe biden has won the election. this comes as we are learning that u.s. military demanders are preparing to get a formal order

. >> bianna, thank you so much for all the news there. let's go to dr.on the school's advisory board. dr. gander, on one hand you have dr. fauci saying try as best as possible to keep the schools open, and now you have de blasio saying to shut is down. do you think this is the right move for new york city? >> yes, and just to clarify, i'm no longer a cnn medical analyst, i recently jumped ship to advise the biden/harris team. i think what we've learned over the last several months is that schools are not superspreaders, especially elementary schools. we really do not see transmission from those kids to adults, educators working in the schools. now, with older students, for example high school students have a different story. they do seem to be more adults in terms of how they transmit to others. if you were to restrict on the basis of the science in terms of how risky is the activity and how essential is the activity, you would be closing indoor dining, indoor gyms, especially group classes, before you would be looking at closing, say, an elementary scho

. >>> i'm bianna golodryga in new york.uld be on the verge of shutting down all in-person schools by or even before thanksgiving due to the city's rising coronavirus positivity rate. mayor bill de blasio warning thursday that schools will close if the city's seven-day average crosses bo crosses above 3%. the rate as of thursday stands at 2.6%. school closures would be a setback for the largest school district. there are currently 300,000 students attending in-person classes. the news comes after recent data showed that since schools have reopened last month, the positivity rate among students and faculty was at just .17%. just this week, the philadelphia school district shelved plans to bring students and staff back to the classroom. schools in des moines, detroit, and cincinnati are all swipg acg to a fully remote plan. >> more airlines are doing away with policies they put in place at the start of the pandemic. jet blue says it will soon sell every seat on board its flights starting january 8th, 2021. right now, jetblue i

cnn's bianna golodryga explains what some colleges are doing to mitigate that risk as students travelthrough the day by alphabetical order and get tested. >> reporter: sitting in a campus gym refitted as a covid-19 testing site, plymouth state university president donald burks has been preparing for a thanksgiving break like no other. >> we've got them tested and going back home safely. >> reporter: the new hampshire public university has been testing students and faculty weekly since september. the strategy appears to be working. the school currently has fewer than 20 confirmed active cases, all isolated off campus. >> students have been fantastic through the whole process. >> we will have to adapt this thanksgiving. just like the students have adapted to how they interact with each other. >> reporter: plymouth state recently hosted white house coronavirus response coordinator dr. deborah birx as she toured campuses last month. she also happens to be donald's sister. >> there was a time i called her and said, do you really think we can do this this. >> reporter: she has been focused

. >> reporter: i'm bianna golodryga in new york.unty public schools, virginia's largest school district, which remains fully virtual, shows a significant decline in academic achievement. comparing last year when classes were in-person to today, middle and high school students receiving fs increased by 83%. younger students appear to struggle more as do those for whom english is a second language and students with disabilities. >> reporter: i'm dan simon, amid a surge of cases in nevada the governor has issued a new set of restrictions that could have a big impact on the state's economy, but governor steve sis lack says they are needed to help slow the spread of the virus. among the restrictions most public recreational facilities including casinos must reduce capacity from 50% to 25%. that also includes gyms, restaurants and bars. private gatherings now restricted to no more than ten people and no more than two separate households. >> reporter: i'm brynn gingras in east rutherford, new jersey. the meadow lands ymca filled the need f

bianna, thank you very much for that. >>> so dr. sanjay gupta has an exclusive interview with dr. birx as the coronavirus crisis is breaking new records in the country. "new day" continues right now. >> president trump's assault on the outcome of the election taking on a new intensity. >> inviting michigan republican state lawmakers to the white house, hoping he can twist their arms into overturning the election. >> incredibly damaging messages being sent to the rest of the world. he will go down in history as being one of the most irresponsible presidents. >>> nearly 80,000 covid patients nationwide. >> as testing lines grow ahead of thanksgiving, this stark new advisory. >> the cdc is recommending against travel during the thanksgiving period. >> it is much better to have a zoom thanksgiving than an icu christmas. >> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." unfortunately, your waking nightmare is not over. this morning, the united states still enduring tw