>> do you think i can talk to kayla?. >> can she call me when she comes back? >> of course. >> i wanted to protect her from harm. a teenager's brain is not fully formed. your brain doesn't stop growing until you are like 24. so my basically good kid did one crazy thing does that mean her life should be ruined? i could actually like get behind that like argument. >> you need to tell her dad that you don't know where she is? >> no. >> it's a pretty bad decision all in all. but i think really fueled by his own inadequacies as a parent. sort of if you believe in yourself as a parent, you can face your own inadequacies. >> i am scared. she can't be trusted to talk to brittany's dad. >> daddy! [ screaming ] >> kayla. get down. >> where is your friend? >> when we first meet her versus the person that we come to know in the end of the story, they are two completely different people. >> she didn't mean it. ♪ music playing >> what? don't look at me like that. ♪ music playing >>> phylicia rashad and mamoudou athie take a deep dive

joining us now, cnbc correspondent kayla tausche. kayla, good morning.with us this morning. it's great to have you. >> good morning. >> let's talk a little bit about this, the reaction to the moderna trial and the vaccine news. i can't help but think -- first of all, it's amazing. we all need this wonderful, wonderful news. i do wonder if it's going to impact what's going on, on the hill, and the possibility that a second relief package ultimately doesn't happen because republicans will be that much more confident that this is going to be enough to help people, when, in fact, we're still facing months of these businesses closing. and i think there's a lot of americans out there who see what the stock market's doing, and they're really not feeling it in their own lives. i mean, what's your reporting on wall street versus main street in this regard? >> well, kasie, there was a sense back in september and early october, and even back as far as august that the failure of the stock market to sort of reflect the main street reality led to a lack of urgency on

tausche watching it all for us kayla, they are moving forward even though the current president of the united states has still yet to concede that election >> without that concession, the transition team, scott, will not have access to federal funding and meetings with their official counterparts within these agencies to move forward but even so, the president-elect has a roughly hour-long briefing with his newly announced covid-19 task force. we are still awaiting an official read-out of that meeting from the pool that traveling with the president-elect. you heard he was attempting to depoliticize the wearing of masks and areaff -- reaffirming next months the cases and deaths will rise. they also have on the transition web site underscored what they believe is needed from a finance perspective. he believes they will need emergency funding for schools for ppe and small businesses to reopen and a renewable fund for state and local governments that are facing budget shortfalls, so they don't have to keep going back to congress for more money, which has become an incredibly partisan proce

the justice department calls the pardon appropriate kayla tausche.the president has been strongly hinting for a while he was going to do this, so surprise not really. >> reporter: no, shep, for years president trump has called general flynn a very fine man who should be totally exonerated by authorities just this evening the white house put out a statement saying that flynn should never have been prosecuted in the first place. president trump has long believed that flynn was treated unfairly by law enforcement and that view also privately influenced other policy decisions. two senior administration officials tell me president trump removed watchdog glenn fine this spring from leading coronavirus aid oversight because fine paused but kept open an investigation into flynn at the defense department, even as the justice department opened and then closed its own criminal case the flynn case sparked the firing of fbi director jim comey and the hiring of special counselor robert mueller it started many in trump's campaign, including roger stone whose seven-

cnbc's kayla tausche now on the missing money and the hunt for ill-gotten gains struggled, mon mean >porter: as many small businesses struggled, money meant to save them went to luxury goods according to federal complaints, that includes a minnesota man who took money for manufacturing payroll and went golfing a new jersey attorney who got $9 million for fake businesses and remodeled his home an atlanta reality star who spent $2 million on a rolls royce and rolex watch. and a former nfl player who joined a scheme to get $24 million in federal funds they all deny the government's charges.rtment so far ha the justice department so far has charged more than 50 defendants for attempting to steal over $175 million from the paycheck protection program. u.s. secret service has opened some 700 investigations into c.a.r.e.s. act fraud. >> which programs are you seeing getting exploited by criminals the most. we see the payroll pt >> we see the payroll protection program and the emergency injury disaster loan program also, which includes both loans and a >> reporter: these grants up to $10,000

here's kayla tausche on the trail of what police call the money mule >> i've never seen in my 28 yearsence the amount of fraud that i've seen currently. ♪ >> reporter: in this music video l.a. rapper nuc lizzel brags about getting rich by grabbing unemployment benefits and said it was made for entertainment purposes and he's facing three felony charges for obtaining $1.2 million, some transactions made on cash app. >> faster payments means faster fraud. >> reporter: secret service supervisor roy dodson says fraudsters can easily exploit cash app vemmo, papal and bell to move money back and for the and the 2020 cares act a big target the secret service has 100 pending criminal investigations into covid-related fraud and they increasingly involve one of these apps how easy has this type of fraud become to conduct for these criminals? >> extremely easy just because of the online application process that's in place, that ability makes it something that they can do remotely and then direct that to different money mules across the country. >> here's how it works criminals illegally apply for

now, kayla tausche, over to you.e'll see you in a few minutes we want to bring in mick mulvaney and duvall patrick. duvall, i want to ask you about the senate we got the news about mitch mcconnell retaining his seat we're focused on the balance of power in the senate. a lot has been placed on what happened to bidens do you think a democratic associate will save it to another election >> that's got to be part of any campaign she's one of the smartest people in politics. it has to be, it needs to be part of the calculation on whether democrats control the senate i say that mainly because when republicans have controlled the senate, they've shown no interest in working on a bipartisan basis the amount of work, the amount of neglect, if there is a biden presidency, he'd want to think real hard before locking that decision in. >> if there is a second term for president trump, mick, how do you expect the cabinet to be rescheduled. we've heard resignations from the fbi director, cia director and the secretary of defense wha

and we get over to kayla tau shi with more on all of it kayla?> reporter: well, andrew, in that unifying address on saturday evening, his first as president-elect, joe biden thanked the black voters who saved his candidacy. he pledged to work for those who didn't vote for him. and he said that he would set to work immediately to address the coronavirus pandemic well, just this morning, the biden/harris transition officially announced the members of that coronavirus task force it will be chaired by two professors as well as dr. vivek murthy the surgeon general of the obama presidency who was ousted 90 days in president trump's term agency review teams will begin assessing their work as soon as possible and aides say rebuilding agencies like jus it is state and epa will be high on the list and implored the general services administration to declare a clear winner in the administration so the transition can access millions of dollars in federal funding to aid in that effort. on the subject of orders reversing trump's executive actions, the statement

kayla tausche is here. how are they dealing with this >> reporter: federal judge emmitt sullivan ordered them to reiterate in writing the extraordinary measures thats if taking requiring them to use the fastest network available to process ballots, to establish separate retail and drive-through lines for ballot postmarks and to collect and process ballots outside of normal business hours, that includes early processing in the morning and late handoffs with boards of elections. the order comes after the postal service said that on time ballot delivery was slowing just days before the election. on wednesday the postal service had a processing score of 97% for delivering ballots but by saturday that had deteriorated daily to 91% and was worse in some swing states. in the great lakes region, which includes battleground wisconsin and michigan, the score was 6 percentage points lower. the post office releasing the data as part of an ongoing lawsuit filed by the naacp in a filing today responding to questions abou

i'm carl quintanilla with qualify qualify and kayla tausche.ture on markets after yesterday's blow-out rally dow adding another half a percent, s&p is down about 8 >> our road map starts with what you just mentioned, a mixed morning for wall street after we hit new records yesterday. the dow holding on to gains, but the rotation out of the big tech stocks has continued >> and hopes for a cure, a new reason for covid optimism, pfizer's covid-19 vaccine and eli lilly's antibody treatment giving investors renewed hopes for a possible return to normalcy, as coronavirus cases continue to rise across the u.s. >>> and finally, mrk do lly mcd joins "squawk on the street" to talk about the outlook, the election impact and coronavirus headwinds and more do not miss the cnbc exclusive coming up later on this hour >>> we'll start with the new wave of record covid cases of the u.s. printing 130,000 cases for the first time, and along with good news for lilly on the emergency use front, meg tirrell has more on that good morning again, meg. >> hey, carl as th

good afternoon, kayla. >> the treasury department is putting out a statement at this hour saying it isan additional 15 days for tiktok and bite dance to find a corporate structure to operate in the united states that satisfies national security concerns that essentially puts the deadline at the friday after thanksgiving for these companies to find a transaction that satisfies the concerns of those in the trump administration. remember, they had previously announced a deal with oracle, but there were concerns that the ownership structure was not majority enough that it would allay some of those national security concerns. earlier this week we did see a notice from the department of commerce saying it would not be moving forward with a ban on tiktok downloads in the united states pending further legal developments and the treasury statement makes clear that the commerce, as and the treasury pursuit of some sort of deal are the ruesults of separate orders there's an august 6th and august 14th executive order. there's a lot to follow here i think the bottom line is that we have another 15

kayla tausche covering the biden transition kayla? >> reporter: good evening, shep. today president-elect biden held no public events and traveled to his beach home where he'll spend the next several days. in the five days he secured enough electoral votes to win the presidency, his vote totals have only increased. and his team said that he are investigating all means to unlock necessary services and facilities and $6.3 million in funding. back then the two administrations were fighting a deepening economic crisis, but chris lu, who ran the obama transition, then said critical continuity right now is important. >> we're in the middle of a pandemic and the policies right now that the trump situation are pursuing on the pandemic will have to continue beyond january 20th so you would want to make sure that there's cooperation and collaboration and that this handoff next january is as seamless as possible >> without a formal designation, the biden harris team cannot access classified information, cannot process security clearances, must raise outside money for staffing a

let's bring in our kayla tausche for a little bit more.including -- to me, this was a speech on vaccines to counter the narrative that's out there that the president is to the doing anything aggressive or on top of this rapidly rising covid-19 pandemic and crisis with 244,000 americans now dead, and hospitals filling up again around the country >> it also appeared, sara w the presentation by dr. slaoui and the general right there that it was also an argument to try to combat some of the fear has the vaccine has been politicized by the white house's involvement. they went to great lengths to says that not, in fact, the case president trump did make a little bit of news saying he expects the emergency use authorization for the pfizer biontech vaccine to come very soon it appeared to be closing arguments and a victory lap for the herculean effort that didn't exist seven months ago, the pace of a vaks that we have never seen before in this country. the doctor implored americans to take part in j&j and astrazeneca trial. the only way out of thi

and kayla, i believe the way this stands, if president trump loses georgia, there is no path left for a second term for him >> well, certainly not without arizona and pennsylvania two other states that are still too close to call. of course the georgia reversal at this hour, the big news overnight. and because of that trend that you mentioned of some of those late coming ballots taking multiple days to be counted, the nbc news decision desk says that might not be responsible to make an official call on georgia for weeks. so we'll continue watching that. the official electoral count according to nbc news still he remains unchanged for the last 36 hours it currently has joe biden with 253 electoral votes, president trump with 214 on the race to 270 to win the white house north carolina is another state that is currently too close to call, about 95% of the vote is in donald trump has a lead by about 76,000 vote, but votes will be counted until november 13 theth. so it could be until next week or at least several days before we get an official result from north carolina the remainder of t

cnbc's kayla tausche covering the biden transition kayla, the president-elect received a briefing from his coronavirus task force today and said it was alarming do we know any details >> reporter: well, shep, the doctors advising the president-elect shared good news and bad news today the good news was on vaccines and therapeutics the bad news was on the sheer statistics of the virus. the record daily case count. the rising deaths. the hospitals at surge capacity and the protective gear in short supply despite this acceleration, biden advisers tempered expectations for a national lockdown. after a third advisor suggested something to that ilk earlier this week. today in separate interviews they advocated targeted and nuanced closures the transition is working behind the scenes to prepare itself for this vaccine to come on the market which could dovetail with the inauguration time line pfizer is briefing both the incoming and outgoing administrations and i've learned that the biden team is talking with cvs and walgreens about distribution and has been doing so for several months even pr

tausche who has more info on biden and harris kayla, over to you >> reporter: in just a few moments vice president elect and president-elect to meet with labor and representatives from corporate america, including the ceo of microsoft, the ceo of target and the ceo of gap. even the representation from corporate america does skew toward those who represent manufacturing and hourly jobs. so a much different dna than the large scale ceo advisers that we saw convened by president donald trump in his early days but nonetheless we'll see what this group has to say to the incoming administration about where the economy stands right now and how their work forces need support back to you. interesting collision between the transition team obviously and corporate america. first time we've seen that in such sharp relief today. thank you. the dow continues to flirt with mott just record highs but0k, 3 which is just a little more than 100 points away. don't go anywhere. - as the original host of "wheel of fortune" i was blessed to be part of building one of the greatest game shows in history. dur

but vice president pence said at the briefing that it was the president's idea cnn's kayla tausche with the details. >> reporter: shep, it was the first public briefing by the coronavirus task force since july 8th since then 119,000 americans have died. today vice president mike penn and the nation's top health officials took no questions on the surging pandemic or the election they are currently contesting dr. deborah birx attributed the spread in covid to asymptomatic spread in young people and a cold snap in the country the task force, including dr. fauci said with continued ving i willance and those vaccines there will be a light at the end of the tunnel. >> we need to actually double down on the public health measures as we are waiting for that help to come, which will be soon we will be getting vaccine doses into people at high priority at the end of december. we are not talking about shutting down the country. we are not talking about locking down we are talking about intensifying the simple public health measures that we all talk about. >> reporter: as the white house convenes g

here's cnbc's kayla tauche. >> pauline has been out of work since march. >> reporter: with her five kids now home schooling, she doesn't know when she can find a new job, but thanks to this virginia food pantry, she knows where their next meal will come from >> it's wonderful because at least you will be able to put food on top of your table for the kids so they won't feel left out of thanksgiving. >> reporter: precovid, food for others served 80 families a day, now more than 200, mostly new cases. executive director annie turner says that number will grow. >> i'm worried that with restaurants and bars closing again that demand is going to increase in the next few months, especially january, february. >> reporter: as unemployment remains high, 50 million americans are considered food insecure 13 million more than last year, and while food bank shelves have stayed stocked, federal funding runs out at the end of the year. the coronavirus food assistance program has provided $850 million to food banks this year >> it's been an incredibly important program. it has provided us with about 40%

to have a little more checks and balances in place for the people who are actually using them. >> kaylanse from the makers of these apps. any cautionary sense of what congress might do differently? i mean, i know you were just talking about the volume of money and the percentages. boy, it sure seems like there are going to be plenty of people just waiting to take advantage of this again with the next round of stimulus. >> reporter: they've talked about what they could do in the future to keep this from happening but there seems to be an expectation that because there is still a need to get the money into people's hands quickly, that you have these online applications. they don't want people coming into banks and applying for them in person. they don't want them showing up on the doorstep of the small business administration because of the pandemic, so they have to keep the online application process in place they want to be able to get the money out quickly. it is those dynamics here that have sort of enabled a lot of this activity to happen, carl. >> thanks to you let's get to the judg

after a long night's labor, how her parents, kayla and alex, shared that profound moment, welcoming theirr, separated and yet, connected by a pane of glass. how this couple kept their bond and their promise, simply by holding each other's gaze. we've posted these photos on our website, matteroffact.tv, along with a link to their story. that's it for this edition of "matter of fact." we'll see you next week. >> listen to "matter of fact with soledad o'brien" on apple podcasts and spotify. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >>> coming up on "asian pacific america" all about nourishing neighbors as we examine the problem of hunger and how the food banks in san francisco, marin, alameda county and santa clara county's silicon valley are helping with the crisis during this pandemic. hello, i'm robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi-tv. this is "asian pacific america." >>> and we start off our special program on hunger and food shortages. we talk to kelly

voters more than ever before they could sway the election particularly in those swing states it's why kayla spent $600 to fly from baltimore to ft. lauderdale when he florida absentee ballot did not show up >> i would not have been able to forgive myself if i didn't vote in this election. i honestly feel that the stakes are far too high to be complacent. >> reporter: now all eyes are on tuesday and turnout. blayne alexander, nbc news, atlanta. >>> in just 60 seconds, election stress disorder. yes, it is a real thing. we're going to tell you how to recognize it, how to deal with it >>> with just hours until the polls open, there are a lot of americans feeling it tonight, election anxiety. stephanie gosk now on what you can do to cope with it. >> reporter: the election is coming at us fast. and at times, angry. the campaigns, the ads, the twitter feeds. polls and pundits and finger wagging >> no justice! >> no peace! >> reporter: the voting lines are long and there are fears of unrest all of it while the pandemic only gets worse. no wonder there's more stress than ever. >> i'm seeing a tremen

kayla mills has what 49 er fans can look forward to next. >>and scott peterson appeared in court and hi come experience floor and decor's grand opening in san leandro! safely shop our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. discover the perfect floor at the perfect price in whatever way is perfect for you. floor and decor's newest location is now open. also open in milpitas and burlingame. >>a developing story more than 15 years after being sentenced to death for the murders of his pregnant wife and unborn son. scott peterson was back in a san mateo county courthouse today. part of an attempt to get his conviction thrown out kron four's maureen kelly talked to a member of his legal team who says if there is a new trial. they have no evidence. >>once again the fate of convicted murderer scott peterson will be decided here in redwood city because of the covid outbreak in san quit and this time around peterson appeared via zoom during the hearing there a new san mateo county judge one of peterson's attorneys and the status au c

tomorrow is still on the niners will host the green bay packers at levi stadium kickoff is at 5.20 kaylaills will be live at levi's both pre and post game. some more unfortunate news out of the nfl detroit lions starting quarterback matthew stafford has been placed on the covid-19 list luckily for him he had tested positive for the virus stafford is considered a high-risk close contact case after being with someone who did test positive but to be clear it was not a member of the lines organization stafford could still be eligible to come off that covid-19 list sunday in play against the minnesota vikings if he has 5 straight days of negative tests. all right finally some good news for college football fans in the bay area on saturday pac, 12 schools will kick off their seasons. this will mark the first weekend that all power 5 conferences will be back in action stanford will open up its season on the road in eugene to take on the 14th ranked oregon ducks. the cardinal is hoping to reap to turn things around in this shorten covid season after finishing just 3, 5, in pac 12 play last year.

the forty-niners plagued with injuries all season looking to upset the new orleans saints though kayla mills. >>has reaction and also how the underdogs will do heading into sunday's matchup and next the warriors latest efforts to bring fans back into the chase center. ♪ we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's not available all day long. use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. >>warriors are doing what they can to get the fans back into chase center that he proposed a plan this week to state and local officials is being called operation dubbed nation. it's a good title has react to it now includes the team spending 30 million dollars a game to host 10,000 fans. using a rapid test that is 99% accurate. it's unclear though if this process but even be considered for other events at the arena but conceivably it could be used for concerts in the future. hawaiian airlines is now travelers to redeem their frequent flyer miles for covid-19 test kits the airline says the kits can be exchanged for 14,000 frequent flyer miles and will be

we are water protectors by carol lindstrom illustrated by kayla. an inspiring call to action for all that care about our planet. and stamped by jason reynolds. worthy of inclusion in every home and in curricula and libraries everywhere. impressive and much-needed. as you may have noticed, this category includes two picture books, two middle grade books and two young adult or teenage books. everyone is a triumph. congratulations to all the finalists. the winner of the 2020 kirkus prize for young leaders literature is i am every good thing by derek barnes and gordon c jes. >> w. thank you. holy moly. [inaudible] i am over here hugging people. i justanted to say thank you to everybody that readhe book. my son gabriel who was on the cover. can you say hi to everybody? >> hi, gabe. >> and myife for pting up with me. and my daughter who was not here and to my parents who have to always put so much behind me. i just want this book to be out there in the world so that our voice and all the people that love themnd don't even know them can know that they are

kayla, scott and john fortt, i'm just reading there's a big lawsuit out of california that cnbc says may be turn toward the companies instead of the labor. >> there are 300 lawsuits out there right now pending regarding voting in the united states a few that have been decided would essentially allow longer time frames for some of those states, as you heard frank talk about, to count those ballots. i've been texting with some folks on the trump campaign and the white house and they say it feels like 2016 in the sense it feels close but they acknowledge that it will be close until a lot of these ballots are counted. shep, you just mentioned minnesota now leaning biden. according to nbc but just a few hours ago jason miller, the senior adviser to the trump campaign said on nbc trump is definitively going to win minnesota tonight. he said that's going to be a big shock to biden clearly there's still a lot we don't know, still a lot people think is going to happen but it's anyone's guess. >> it's time for another projection from the nbc decision desk it's a big one florida goes to donald

i want to echo what kayla was talking about there. i believe that knot long after biden takes office and yellen is confirmed there will be a call to jay powell about restarting the programs that mnuchin shut down in short order i wonder to what extent the market when it sees janet yellen being potentially nominated to the treasury secretary sees that coming. >> that story has been confirmed. breaking news about this which has pushed the markets to session highs. >>> still to come, the tsa says it screened the highest number of travelers since march over the weekend. we will speak with the ceo of hawaiian airlines to see what steps he is taking to keep passengers safe. you are watching "closing bell" on cnbc. this is decision tech. find a stock based on your interests or what's trending. get real-time insights in your customized view of the market. it's smarter trading technology for smarter trading decisions. fidelity. but before we sign i gotta ask... sure, anything. we searched you online and maybe you can explain this? i can't beli

i'm carl quintanilla with kayla tausche.ack some gains as we pay attention in the meantime, business inventories are out, rick santelli has that. rick >> yes this, is the end of the third quarter. numbers in september jumped. september business inventories jumped up 0.7% that is the strongest jump since january of 2018. and we know we need to build wage it? s if we'll have a good holiday shopping season. aim east and go to diana olick for our november read for the national association of home sentiment. a good number? >> reporter: rick, it is another blow-out number from the home builders sentiment in november soared to 90 on the national association of home builders wells fargo housing market index, the third record high in as many months anything above 50 is considered positive last november it was at 71 and at the start of the pandemic it plummeted to 30. but buyer gey demand has been incredibly strong since then as consumers want more indoor and outdoor space in the suburbs sales expectations in the next six months up 1.

. >> reporter: kayla williams is a recent college graduate who gets coverage through her parents' health insurance, a provision that could go away if the aca is struck down. >> when you are able to stay in that health home that you've been in for as long as possible, you maintain quality care. >> reporter: more than 20 million americans could lose their health insurance if the current law isn't upheld and protections for nearly 54 million people with pre-existing conditions could also be eliminated. the case was brought forth by the trump administration and 18 republican-led states who argue that the law is unconstitutional, since the individual mandate is no longer in place. >> this is a very technical case about this question, the doctrine of severability and to what extent you can separate parts of a large act. >> reporter: santa clara university constitutional law professor deepgula sakurum says california, who is a co-defendant in the case, has a great interest in making sure aca stays for emergency medicine and emergency care, among other services, due to its large population. >> i

artie's new york correspondent kayla mop and thank you very much for those election updates. now we spoke to republican election lawyer terry campo and he explained that what could happen if the votes are actually count contested there always is some fraud and a usually happens in the major cities and it's usually where there's one political party control of your political machine and people have quotas to meet about how many votes they're supposed to produce to keep their jobs in local government or their contracts and so that's kind of what happens it becomes very difficult once those ballots are in the box to to invalidate them and so what's what poll watchers are for and why we try to have poll watchers everywhere to prevent those improper ballots from being counted the problem this year is so many ballots being cast by mail were done in private without any witnesses there is always when these recounts that happen there will be challenges about what legal standard was apply to how to count those votes and those issues probably will be taken up by the supreme court 2000 pr

kayla touchy has more. >> sara, the commerce department is not going to enforce its ban on tiktok. according to the "wall street journal," which sites a statement directly from the commerce department. in choosing not to go ahead with this ban, the commerce department in its statement to the journal is citing a preliminary injunction by a federal judge last month that essentially prohibited the ban from going into effect search rarely the commerce department's statement to the journal cites pending legal developments there are several court case involving tiktok and its operations some of them brought by tiktok stars that are still awaiting an outcome. cnbc has reached out to the commerce department buy phone and email. we are still awaiting a response of course today is the deadline that the administration had set for either the u.s. operations to be divested or the app to no longer be offered by app stores here in the united states. but it appears that commerce is not going forward with this move we should note though separately the law that the administration used originally to

here's kayla tausche >> i've never seen in my 28 years experience the amount of fraud i've seen recently >> in video, he brags about getting rich by stealing covid-19 unemployment benefits they say it was produced just for entertainment purposes but the criminal complaint says otherwise, he's facing felony charges for obtaining $1.2 billion on fast app. >> faster payments means faster fraud. >> reporter: fraudsters can easily exploit cash app, venmo and paypal to move money back and forth. the secret service has more than 700 pending investigations into covid related fraud and they increasingly involve one of these apps. >> how easy has this type of fraud become to conduct for these criminals? >> extremely easy because of the online application process in place. that ability makes it something that they can do remotely and they direct that to different money mules across the country >> reporter: criminals illegally play for for and obtain funds for a program like the paycheck protection program once the money hits, they bounce it to another count and then another, obscuring the money tra

kayla tausche in d.c.i, tyler president-elect biden had previously said that treasury pick could be announced either before or after thanksgiving but the favorites according to people close to the biden team are as follows janet yellen the former chair of the federal reserve. brainard or roger ferguson source suggest these names are in the mix for many different economic jobs including national economic council director and fed chair should jay powell step down those names are in the mix for one of many different jobs under the biden administration it is expected the economic policy internationally will also be originating from the state department and the national security council some of the more traditional channels. that's why the foreign policy picks today are each more important. tony blinken the former number two at state is now going to be picked to lead the agency. it is a long-time aid to both vice president and candidate biden. blinken as well as former state secretary john kerry who are going t

now he's on that covid list kron 4 sports reporter kayla mills has more details. >>for the most part all is quiet here at levi stadium we've seen a few cars going in and out of headquarters but not a whole lot of activity as we know the facilities are closed today due to positive covid-19 test result. just when you think it can't get any worse for the forty-niners already dealing with a long list of injuries this year we're learning that an impact player has tested positive the forty-niners confirm wide receiver kendrick bourne has been placed on the reserve covid-19 list. >>more is coming off his biggest game of the season, he had 8 catches for 81 yards against the seahawks he's recently seen an increased role in the offense with deebo samuel out with injury the team said the statement earlier today before born was identified in part quote our organization has entered the nfl's intensive protocol and we are working with the league on contact tracing to identify high-risk individuals. they also added that the health and safety of our players staff and community or

that is your tape playback i'll go to kayla tausche, who is paying attention to this, too. >> scott,entioned the name of the corporate executives who are present at that teleconference it should be noted there are five representatives of major american unions that are also on that call. and the president-elect said that he wants to have this conversation to get the economy back on track and to make sure it doesn't get off track during this upcoming period and to discuss ways that workers can continue to operate in their environment safely it's notable that he asked that question because he has major representatives of companies and organizations that interface with manufacturing and with hourly workers whose staff retail establishments. certainly these are people who are face to face with customers and in lieu of any sort of federal back stop, there's no one paying them to close or to not operatous e out of an abund of caution a tt this moment. that seems to be the thrust of the conversation that the president-elect and vice president-elect are having today. >>> pete, you own the sto