the cubs went to it and were clearly amused by their new toy. captain cal was found in september badly burned in a wildfire near redding. the female cubs were found orphaned a couple of weeks later. >>> in the east bay shoppers had a chance to support black-owned businesses before mandatory shutdowns and restrictions take effect. this is the third year for the black holiday expo in oakland. but this year many of the businesses have been hit hard because of the pandemic. some don't have storefronts and rely on pop-up locations like this one. >>> abc7 meteorologist drew tuma with a look at the wind in the areas with that red flag warning. >> dion, we have yet to see a significant storm to kind of end our fire season. our ground is extremely parched. so when you combine that with another off-shore wind event again overnight tonight, we are looking at our 13th red flag warning this year. right now temperatures today we made it not low and mid-60s. tonight we're slowly falling back into the 50s this evening. so we're in store for a cool night tonight

captain cal and the two sister cubs went to it and were clearly amused by the new toy. captain cal was found in september badly burned in a wildfire near redding. the female cubs were found orphaned a couple weeks later. >>> in the east bay shoppers had a chance to support black owned businesses before mandatory shutdowns and restrictions take effect. this is the third year for the holiday market and black holiday expo at the park in oakland but this year many of the businesses have been hit hard because of the pandemic. some don't have store fronts and rely on pop up locations like this one. >>> certainly not feeling like the holidays with the weather we're having this week, drew. >> we're tracking another red flag warning. it seems weird to talk about this in december but this year we still have not had a significant storm to really end our fire season. we're looking at a very parched landscape and with offshore winds developing overnight tonight we have to have the red flag warning in effect like we do. temperatures right now earlier today we made it into the low to

darvish had three years left on a six-year deal with the cubs. 34-year-old posted a video saying he feels sad to leave the cubs and vowing to be in shape for spring training with the padres. >>> sumo health exercises. >>> sumo health exercises. yeah! ♪ ♪ >>> and here's the three-day forecast for selected cities. >>> that's a wrap for this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm ramin mellegard. thank you very much for joining us. in light of covid-19 and extreme weather conditions, please stay safe. >>> hi, i am shaula vogue. welcome to "biz stream." our commentator is martin schultz. nice to have you martin. >> thank you for having me. >> reporter: in japan, buses are a popular way for tourists to go sightseeing. however, the covid-19 pandemic haslamed the brakes on bus tours this year. in an attempt to over come the sudden drop in business, a local bus tour companies started offering online bus tours. >> we are about ready for departure. >> reporter: participants eny drinking sake together. today's on-site report features a bus tour company that ken the

plus a perfect update on the bay area mountain lion cub by firefighters. laura garcia has it all. >> now to something good this morning. the precious cargo in this crate has left the bay area and now headed to the midwest. after safety plane and car ride, three mountain lion cubs, including the now known one as captain cal, they're in their new home. the oakland zoo tweeted out these photos of cal and his cub comrades heading to columbus zoo. columbus zookeepers say the three have moved right in and have already become the cat's meow. >>> an easy way you can help those in need this holiday season is through our nourishing neighbors food drive. the next time you're at a safeway store, make a $10 donation or more. that money will go right to local food banks. our drive goes through december 29th. >> three, two, one. >> light it up! >> did you see this? america's most famous christmas tree now lit up for the holiday? it played out right here on nbc bay area. pretty glorious there. 88th annual christmas tree lighting ceremony took place at rockefeller center w

they jumped right into action continuing the cubs development. staff at the oakland zoo have been caring for the trea yo since they were rescued from the zog fire in shasta county. captain cal is not related to the two female cubs, but they have spent time together and now they're basically brother and sister and that's that. >> they're family now. >> they're family. >> mike, i hope that brings you joy this morning. >> i'm sad and joyful. it's a ying and yang type of thing. he's so adorable i'm happy for him. i had a perfect spot for all of them. they could have lived with me. >> what? >> that's great. i hope he lives his best life. what? >> i'm trying to understand what perfect spot you have for three mountain lion cubs in the house. >> i guess we'll never know now. >> i guess. >> all right. let's look at at today we have dry and quiet weather, no definitive chance of rain the next seven days. look at that, a heightened fire threat continues for sunday and monday. no fire weather watch. no red flag warning yet. it's a borderline event right now.

right now the 4-year-old alaskan malamute and bear cub live in a siberian zoo their play fighting is part of the conditioning for the zoo to release the cub back into her natural habitat, as we go around the woods and around the world in 80 seconds. >>> the u.s. olympic committee overturning a long-time rule on protests american athletes will not be punished for raising a fist or kneeling on the medal stand at the games. this eliminates the rule that sent tommy smith and john carlos home from the 1968 mexico city games. the sprinters famously raised their fist on the medal stand to protest racial inequality. in an open letter, the committee wrote we need to use the platforms available to foster discussion, education and action for racial and social justice. but the international olympics committee has not come around. it does not allow athletes to protest on the podium or during any events right now it's unclear how the ioc may react to any protests by american athletes at the tokyo games. >>> who will be "time's" person of the year. we've got the short list. >>> plus marijuana mogul

lion cubs rescued get fedex to their new homes. >>> have y does your vitamin c last twenty-four hours? only nature's bounty does. new immune twenty-four hour plus has longer lasting vitamin c. plus, herbal and other immune superstars. only from nature's bounty. >>> the pandemic has forced many of us to change the way we are celebrating the holidays. but as kpix 5's andrea nakano shows us, one yearly tradition is more popular than ever and they area christmas tree farms are struggling to keep up.>> reporter: here at this beer family farms wonderland they have rows of trees but they say they've never been this low in stock this early. they also say it's been a record-breaking year for many tree farms in the area. no problem finding a home for the holidays for these christmas trees in alameda. for some, the tree represents a less stressful point in time when the world was covid free. >> i'm just trying to get some christmas spirit in the house, for the kids.>> the search for happiness is putting a smile on the faces of many tree sellers in the bay area. >> i would say our phone started r

lion cubs rescued get fedex to their new homes. >>> have y ♪ do you recall, not long ago ♪ we would walkthe sidewalk ♪ ♪ all around the wind blows ♪ we would only hold on to let go ♪ ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ all we needed somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪ the volvo xc90 recharge plug-in hybrid. ♪ ♪ >>> the pandemic has forced many of us to change the way we are celebrating the holidays. but as kpix 5's andrea nakano shows us, one yearly tradition is more popular than ever and they area christmas tree farms are struggling to keep up.>> reporter: here at this beer family farms wonderland they have rows of trees but they say they've never been this low in stock this early. they also say it's been a record-breaking year for many tree farms in the area. no problem finding a home for the holidays for these christmas trees in alameda. for some, the tree represents a less stressful point in time when the world was covid free. >> i'm just trying to get some christmas spirit in the house, for the kids.>> the search for happiness is putting a smil

up next, the tiger cubs you may remember rescued from wildfires are settling in quite nicely to their new homes after recovering at the oakland zoo. more new videos plus how they're doing. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> new this morning new video of three mountain lion cubs rescued from wildfires. now they're in their new home at the columbus zoo. they were brought to the oakland zoo in september from shasta county. captain cal did suffer some burns. now all three are learning their new surroundings in ohio. all three cubs will later be introduced to a 17-year-old cue bar and the hope is the older cougar will take them under her paws and pass along the cougar traditions. >>> a delaware man is reunited with his long lost high school ring. nbc's tom furlong reports on all the stars that aligned for this reunion of sorts. >>> nice, nice. >> reporter: bob clark has a brandywine high school class ring back on his finger. >> it's been a while. it's cool to have my ring back. >> reporter: bob kept checking the mail for his original brandywine class of '65 ring he lost in the '70s. a

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they jumped right into action continuing the cubs development. staff at the oakland zoo have been caring for the trio since they were rescued from the zog fire in shasta county. captain cal is not related to the two female cubs, but they have spent time together and have bonded. >>> president obama said he would want drake to play him in a movie. obama called drake a dal lentta brother. more importantly obama said he would have his daughter's stamp of approval. what do you think? >> that would be interesting. >> i think it should be an unknown. >> i know he did acting for so long, but he has the music. there's a lot going on, i just want to see the movie. >> all we'll see is drake. if we see someone else we don't know, they become obama. >> i'm with you. >>> next at 6:30, the prominent college football coach receiving the medal of freedom today. >>> despite the surge in the number of covid cases surpassing our summer surge, bay area hospitals tell us they're ready and prepared to take on the inmri influx of patients. i'm julian glover, that's com

the two female cubs, the sisters, they were founded orphaned a couple weeks later. were fully rehabilitated and they will live together at the zoo in columbus. i feel like mike gets triggered every time we run one of these stories. >> he does. he was really campaigning to have captain cal move in with him. >> keep reminding him. didn't get him. they're gone. >>> we're coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including front line workers getting the star treatment they deserve. >>> and some nurses are getting a once in a lifetime opportunity for celebrity treatment. >> the shutdown is in effect for contra costa county. we'll show you what their very busy weekend still being open looked like. >>> and a familiar face in california politics could be the new national leader in the fight against coronavirus. >>> first a live look outside at 5:26. it's a bit windy out there. if you're driving this morning, be extra careful. we'll be right back. . >>> timing couldn't have been worse. the holidays are the busiest time for barbershops. >>> now at 5:30, closing down ag

there were no positive tests on the cubs last year once the season started.an do it. but that's -- that's going to be a discussion that's had between -- like i said, the commissioner and the union >> tom ricketts, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >>> time now for a cnbc news update seema mody has got it for us. >> good afternoon. we will start in washington. this is our cnbc news update vice president mike pence is lickly to get the covid vaccine by the end of the week sources tell understand nbc news they add while nothing has been finalized it is possible the vaccination will be on camera as a way of demonstrating confidence in its safety. >>> the northeast is bracing for a major winter storm that's expected to bring freezing rain or snow and strong winds to an area stretching from the mid atlantic to new england tomorrow and thursday so bundle up >>> and federal scientists say they won't be giving the monarch butterfly threatened or endangered status for several years because several other species are on the waiting list. their populat

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a dog helping a russian bear cub. the two have competitive friendship, you could say. they fight like siblings but romi is a 4-year-old alaskan and the cub was found in a weak condition earlier this year and a siberian zoo worker nursed her back to health. they're still hoping to release that bear back into the wild. all the play really helped. i would imagine. they might be best buds and might not want to separate them. one of those movies that you see. >> absolutely. >>> right now at 6:00, fda leaders are meeting to give pfizer's covid vaccine the green light. up next, when a vote should happen and what is next if it is approved. >>> approval can't come fast enough. this morning, a major bay area school district tells students and teachers returning to classes looking less likely as the cases climb dramatically. >>> and the struggle to reopen and the frustrations ahead in a live report for you. the third hour of "today in the bay" starts right now. >>> and a good thursday morning to you. friday eve as we like to call it around here. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm

they are acquiring him from the cubs for exchange for prospects.reated for the selected time in four days. >>> the warriors got the first win of the season in chicago behind 36 points. it was another member of the curry family that played the role of a hero. he hit the game winning three to give them a 129 win. he is married to his sister. he was pretty excited for his brother-in-law. >> that's what he do! >> i don't even know, i lost my mind. first off, we won a game. second of all, it is my brother- in-law. >> the warriors finished their road game tomorrow as they play the pistons. >>> coming up, a family getting creative to get around th >>> one ohio family got creative and turn their snowed in neighbor into a sled dog course. >> they have participated in sled dog races for years. when they woke up to a white christmas they decided to make the best of things by bringing out their dogs. >> all of the neighbors were out and they were just laughing and they knew that we would do it. it was really a magical surprise to wake up and see all of this aw

in addition to vaccines the other way we can flatten the cub and help the health care workers and the system is to do the regular things that we have known about which is masks, social distancing, especially heading into this busy christmas holiday season. reporting live, emily turner. >>> and we have breaking news. we just learned bay area icu capacity has dipped below 13%. that means a regional stay at home order starts at midnight. new data from the state shows a 3.3% increase in cases. there are more than a million confirmed cases statewide. >>> new, new numbers from santa clara health officials aren't looking good. the county is averaging well over a thousand coronavirus cases a day. yesterdaya 24 people died of the disease. just 50% of hospital beds are available with the population close to two million. health officials have received shipments of the pfizer vaccine and plan to start giving it out by the end of the week. >>> new video of dozens of frontline workers getting the coronavirus vaccine this morning at john muir. they gathered in a room to roll up their sleeves and get

are they somewhere else where somebody might be able to listen to reagan doing cubs games? duke: to be honest with you, i don't know if we have the recordings, but i can check with the archivists. but there is a wonderful story about ronald reagan, and he used to call the games on a teletype machine. so it would come in and he would announce on who, the radio. this one time the machine broke. so he is sitting there on live radio, like right now, we are live, what happens if screen -- if the screen goes day, you dead, youscreen goes have to react. the next 15 or 20 minutes he said, and the pitch, and he's out, he scores, that guy grabbed it. he had so many foul balls and balls and strikes and then it started going up again and he was able to finish the game. classic ronald reagan. patrick: so tell us about -- obviously there is a lot of presidential gifts, objects, do you have a favorite object or artifact? what's your favorite child? duke: yeah right. well, one of the most unusual is this big ball of yarn. and you are sitting there going, why would somebody send the of yarn

charlie woods is tiger's cub. >> duncan: like father like son. tiger woods and his 11 year old charlie hit the green in orlando today wearing that iconic red that tiger has made popular over the years. the pga tour posted video of the duo. if you look closely charlie has his father's mannerisms, fist pump and all. >> in a city known for its cold, its football team is on fire. buffalo bill fans turned out in frigid temperatures at 1:30 in the morning to welcome-- welcome home their kwon quering heroes. the team that went to the super bowl four consecutive time in the '90s and lost became asc east champions for the first time in 25 years after beating the denver broncos saturday. go bills. >> when we return, a beloved holiday tradition reimagined 2020 style. >> duncan: finally tonight the nutcracker ballet isn't being performed in packed theaters this year. instead dancers are finding way to connect on new stages. here's cbs's nancy chen. >> with its iconic score and glittering scenes the nutcracker is performed for audiences around the country eve

he says it's as if somebody gave us a cub tiger 20 years ago and played with the children and we alwaysught how cute it was. we left it in the country house for 20 years and fort about it. we came back and now we see this tiger that's consumed the staff there and threatening to eat us. gerry: biden says and biden's people say the way to deal with china, we need allies to do that, key allies in europe and in asia too. but there's a problem for many of those countries, aren't there? they face tremendous economic challenges particularly in the wake of covid. germany exports a huge amount of its goods to china, japan closely tied in to the chinese economy, so are other countries too. how are you going to persuade those allies to do what might not be in their economic interest? >> absolutely right at the heart of the bull's eye question. this is a conversation i have had several times with mike pompeo who knew since he was a law student at harvard. leaders of other countries who depended on improving the living standards for their citizens are not going to choose between their economic relat

and now, according to reports, san diego is close to making a deal for cubs ace, you darkish. the warriors got the first one of the season last night in chicago behind 36 points from steph curry but it was another member of the curry family that played the role of hero. damion lee hit the game-winning three with the seconds left to get golden state a 1-29 to 128 win over the bulls. he is married to steph curry's sister and he was pretty excited for his brother-in-law. >> that's what he do. that's what he do. >> tell us what you said. >> i don't even know, i lost my mind. first thought was, we won the game, second thought was oh, that's my brother-in-law. let's go. >> finally got a win. >> finally. >>> still ahead, is the new stimulus money arriving a little too late? >> would have had a bigger affective it happen sooner? >> absolutely. >>> later, a new development about the officer accused in his stork police brutality case, in our new house is amazing. great street, huge yard. there is a bit of an issue with our neighbors fencing. neighbor 1: allez! (sound from wind chimes) n

in wuhan, we verified this image of a menu from there offering wild animals for sale like live wolf cubs and civets but there are many missing pieces the scientists tell us are you looking for a ground zero? and how confident are you that you'll find one? >> there's no guarantees this is not a one time visit. >> reporter: their work will depend on cooperation from chinese scientists and china, a country that's denied initially covering covid up officially the chinese say the first patient got sick on december 1st, 2019. by january 2nd, 41 people were hospitalized with confirmed covid. many had no link to the market. >> we'll follow the traces wherever they take us. >> reporter: the world health organization, which appointed the team, rejects criticism it's too close to china. >> are you confident that chinese scientists are able to speak openly >> they're talking to us we're talking openly about all the different hypotheses on the table politics are clearly there. we all know that. >> reporter: peter daszak himself rejects accusations he is too close to chinese scientists he told me his

the melting ice cub on your use was department stores t was ugly for them before the pandemic. naturally you said you avoid them. they rallied. is this a dead-cat bounce? >> i thought it would be disappointing christmas season for the companies we got the vaccine news. they shot higher. i feel like i've been beat up by a pack of angry macy's san tas. i don't love the stocks but they have had a remarkable bounce. jack: people are going back to the malls. slowly surely. that is good news for the economy. up next our financial resolutions for the year. ♪. (announcer) if you've struggled to lose weight, you might think you were born with a slow metabolism. that's exactly what these people thought. (woman) i lost 75 pounds with golo. (announcer) nambu lost 48 pounds. hannah lost 60 pounds. and graham lost 131 pounds. how? they went to golo.com. now it's your turn to lose weight quickly and easily with golo. head to golo.com now. that's g-o-l-o.com. ♪. jack: let's start the new year with financial resolutions for 2021. nothing crazy. these are all achievable. what is the financial re

" has inspired congressional action when it stops the private ownership of big cats and practice of cub petting. it passed congress in the house of representatives last night with more than 270 votes. its faith in the senate right now unclear as it does have bipartisan support but only two weeks left in this congressional session. some lawmakers concerned that this is being prior tiesed over getting covid relief in small business assistance. sponsors of that legislation say they can do both. in miami, florida, sam brock, nbc news. >>> in florida an amazing rescue caught on camera. dolphin is trapped in commercial fishing rope. two jet skiers noticed out riding in florida. . one of the men jumped into the water and freed the dolphin by cutting that rope. the dolphin was able to swim and rejoin i said pod. i'm glad it was able to get free. >>> what can we expect from our forecast this weekend because a lot of people want to get outside this weekend and exercise? >> yeah. but now the bay area air quality management district is saying limit your time outside, especially if you have breathin

today the padres strengthened their pitching staff by acquiring you darvish from the cubs.th season. this comes a day after the padres acquired blake's now. snell is the pitcher who famously was mowing down the dodgers in game six of the world series. his manager kevin cash pulled snell in the safe inning after giving up just two hits, no runs and just 73 pitches. they are probably still buzzing about that game in tampa even though blake snell is no longer on the team. i guarantee you that. >> i am sure of that, joe. obviously, a lot more wheeling and dealing ahead. i was just thinking about a spa season. i went for a run today by at&t park. >> this normally the time of the year when we bid be talking about all kinds of trades. as far as we know right now baseball is planning on starting on schedule. they will have during training in february and then spring training games and then the season beginning in march or april. >> we hope so. thanks, joe. thanks everybody for joining us tonight. >> have a good night everybody. (man) showers and thunder-- great. now go out and see

. >> that cub was spotted yesterday on white cloud drive right near oak creek park. see all the buzz with the neighbors there. officers with the department of fish and wildlife say the cat may have gotten separated from its mom. you see the cat right there. he or she was just hiding out in that bush. we're happy to report the mountain lion returned to the wild on its own once it got dark and hasn't been seen since. that's good news. >> yeah. he's like what's all this commotion? give me some privacy. >> lester holt joins you with nightly news and we'll see you again at 6:00. >>> tonight, the critical vote. who should get the covid vaccine first? a cdc panel making its recommendations late today on who should be at the front of the line soon as the vaccine is approved. the white house summoning the fda chief today demanding to know why isn't it happening faster >>> attorney general william barr defying president trump's attempts to overturn the election what he said today that directly contradicts the president's repeated claims of voter fraud. >>> president-elect joe

cardinals, cubs, blue jays, orioles, and i'm assuming other animals are going to file suit because --ith you. i always thought that especially naming a fran chase after something was a proud thing, a good thing. apparently saying the word indian makes you what is it, native-phobic? i don't know. jesse: it is a little ridiculous. >> it's beyond ridiculous. i'm incredibly prude of what you have managed to do since you were walking campuses on this nation and i had to listen to college students with degrees say really dumb stuff. the fact that you can endure juan williams daily is amazing to me. it's funny, but it's also sad, and starting to get in my mind very dangerous. jesse: juan gets paid to endure me and i have to endure him too. we all say it's this team and that team. then all of a sudden they go after abe lincoln because abe lincoln didn't think black lives matter. can you imagine being a director at the education department and think that's a good idea that abe lincoln who freed the slaves didn't care about blacks? >> we are literally debating whether you need to have and be a

taxi drivers, we have to change our cubs at one point. there should be money made available. said to have lost £85 million per year during the first national lockdown. 0ne industry group worries many drivers will be forced out for good, leaving customers with fewer options. it is an important and integral part of infrastructure. without it, you will have coast towns around the uk. taxi businesses and individual drivers are suffering. partition in the middle. as is a private firm here which specialises in corporate accounts and conferences and transfer is just not happening. right now should be the busiest time of the year. evenings really booked out with the parties, but they are not going anywhere. he said he cannot get a grant for the business. we had to sell a few cars to make up the difference. a spokesperson said a generous and wide—ranging package of support has said to be provided including for the taxi sector. it said as well as grants for the self—employed, there were loans, tax deferral is and mortgage holidays with drivers like this one trying to stay optimistic, h

not much is known about but if a cub ramdani she was a guest of the bloods or to karla by invitation of giuliano to me. it is unclear if she offered him her labors of love if he said used. as recorded by one of the documents was raped. in any case she spent a night with giuliana. and there's likely in voluntarily. but how should you have opposed the rich rule. she was plagued with severe remorse after her affair with giuliana. some sources stated that she was married at the time. when dunny fell into a crisis the deep end when she found out that she was with child. a child out of wedlock from a brief encounter in the court of will be no. then she drew up a terrible plan. she confided in her friend a midwife that she didn't want the child and though she could not take the disgrace . the midwife should kill the newborn in case granddaddy dies in childbirth. from danny did in fact dial up real fever. but the midwife didn't take the newborns life. on april the 19th 1511 the night before he's to sunday she dropped the child off on the steps of the sun to judge you know being out. the baby

all right let's bring in our guests in new york at liege a cubs a partner with the truman national project and president of public affairs consultancy firm e.j. strategies from about last and had the strategic affairs analyst and a former moroccan minister and in beirut but i'm a hootie director of global engagement at the american university of beirut welcome to the show and let me start with you this normalization deal between morocco and israel has been discussed for a while now but how much of a shock was it that morocco's agreement was clinched in return for american recognition of moroccan sovereignty over the disputed western sahara region. by think morocco has had relations with israel in the 1990 s. as part of the last of cord and morocco has had like here economic relations at that moment and then he'd had them when the netanyahu government walked away from the spirit and the letter of the chords but i think now is a ripe moment for that to resume while understanding that morocco is very friendly and also has good relations with the palestinians the king of morocco is the preside

then suddenly 2 polar bears appear a mother and her cub a potentially extremely dangerous encounter for both parties. so it's lucky for us we're sitting safely in our boat. and lucky for the polar bears this year's backwater has already been. the one to go keep nearby because they have very few thoughts. but i like the meat as. you know you make small pieces of meat and make it out of the food right before the fish polar bear goulash. our journey up the björk continues we've been traveling through this magical world advice for 2 days. but this isn't a family holiday even if it sometimes looks like an. 8 year old brian drives us to our camp for the night at full speed. isn't met a word. or phrase when he was crying. because he's still sore to do but his father one theme tutor to drive early as possible and if you really should you know how to shoot him when he was 4 why. as often as they can they bring their children to the field to teach them how to survive here in the arctic how to feed themselves how to hunt and fish how to creep up on polar bears seals and musk ox and how to adapt to

big guys, ity the is the local cub playing. that's the local club playing. tom: all the credit to scarlet fu come who jumpstarted that discussion on bitcoin. i'm not going to opine on bitcoin because i think a lot of people know how i feel. i am more in the nouriel roubini camp, who is really wound up about bitcoin. but this is the moment for the strident bowls of bitcoin. francine: in the final meeting fedhe year with the great special, the fed strengthening its commitment to the u.s. economy, cautiously optimistic. the chair, jay powell, warned the next several months will be challenging. ofthe substantial reopening the economy led to a rapid rebound of activity command annual gdp rose an annual rate of 33% in the third quarter. in recent months, the pace of improvement has moderated. a full economic recovery is unlikely until people are confident that it is safe to engage, reengage in a broad range of activities. if progress to our goals were to slow, guidance would cy our attention to increase policy accommodation through a lower expected path of the fed