>> naomi ruchim in washington. ank you so much, naomi. >>> so you saw the presidential candidate joe biden in the story. he hits the campaign trail today. biden is leading trump 51% to 44%. last night biden took part in an nbc news town hall event in miami. when asked about the president taking off his mask after he was discharged from the hospital, biden had this to say. >> i would hope the president having gone through what he went through, and i'm glad he seems to be coming along pretty well, would communicate the right lesson to the american people. masks matter. these masks, they matter. it matters. it saves lives, it presents the spread of the disease. social distancing. >> biden said wearing the mask is a patriotic responsibility. >>> kayleigh mcaenany is the latest to test positive. she will begin self-quaranti self-quarantine. she said she previously tested negative and she spoke with reporters without a mask as treatmently as sunday night. >>> new coronavirus precautions will be in place at tomorrow night'

naomi ruchim is in new york with those stories and more. naomi, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning to you. stocks dipped yesterday after word a pair of front-runners developing coronavirus treatments announced their trials were put on pause over safety concerns. the dow dropped 157 points. the nasdaq fell 12 points, and the s&p 500 lost 22 points. lawmakers are slated to vote on a coronavirus relief bill next week. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell set up the date to teak take up the $500 billion economic aid bill. democrats already rejected similar legislation as they hold out for trillions in relief including help for the unemployed. at this point, it's unlikely both sides will reach an agreement before the upcoming election. >>> movie theater chain amc entertainment is warning it could run out of cash by the end of the year. it's the largest theater chain in the u.s., and though it has reopened most of its venues, it's operating at reduced capacity to allow for social distancing. a government filing amc said it has seen an 85%

naomi ruchim is in new york with those stories and more. hey, naomi, good morning. >> good morning.ll get to the noodle king in a minute. first, let's talk stocks. they dipped after mixed signals from lawmakers over a possible coronavirus relief package. the dow fell 19 points, the nasdaq dipped 54. the s&p 500 fell 5 points. >>> twitter is back up this morning after widespread outage. tens of thousands of users reported they could not access the website or mobile apps yesterday. the social media company said the issue was caused by an inadvertent change it made to an internal system. twitter added it has no evidence of a security breach or hack. >>> amazon's prime day event scored big sales for small and medium-sized businesses. amazon says the two-day event racked up a record profit of $3.5 billion for those companies. that's a 60% increase compared to last year. the company said this year's prime day was designed to help small and medium-sized businesses succeed. amazon says overall prime day sales hit a record, but did not disclose the total figure. >>> and here's a dream job fo

naomi ruchim is in new york with those stories and more. > good morning to you. the labor department is out with its latest weekly jobless claims. meantime, stocks fell yesterday after dimming prospects of a coronavirus relief package. the dow slid 165 points. the nasdaq dropped 95 points and the s&p 500 fell 23 points. >>> united airlines posted a $1.8 billion loss in the third quarter as the pandemic continues to ravage the airline industry. it's a blow to the chicago-based carrier after boasting a $1 billion profit a year ago. united says it was able to trim its cash burn by limiting flights more aggressively. that resulted in a loss of about $24 million a day, down from an average of 40 million a day in the previous quarter. >>> the nfl has canceled the pro bowl for the first time in more than 70 years. the league is instead focusing on finishing the full regular season and post season during the pandemic. the annual all-star game will be replaced with virtual activities. fans will still be able to vote for pro bowl rosters next month, a

naomi ruchim shows us which states are being hit the hardest. >> reporter: the surging covid-19 cases across the country are not just due to more testing, according to dr. anthony fauci. >> we're going to have many more hospitalizations, and that will inevitably lead to more deaths. you're using the word mandating masks, yes if that works, let's do it. >> reporter: the governor of kansas is considering a mask mandate with record-breaking cases, overstrained hospitals and rising deaths. >> the state did not reach 500 covid deaths until september. roughly six months after the pandemic began. it took a little over six weeks for another 500 kansans to die. >> reporter: missouri and indiana are seeing a dramatic rise in hospitalizations and indiana set a daily high for covid cases. finding the balance between the economy and keeping people safe remains a challenge. new york city is allowing 40,000 stores to sell goods on the sidewalk. >> if the stuff is on the street already, it would help a lot. >> reporter: in massachusetts, many restaurant tents are coming down due to cold weather. >> i

naomi ruchim is joining us live with more on that. >> reporter: good morning.nvestors are trying to figure out if washington can get a new coronavirus relief bill passed. yesterday nancy pelosi and steve mnuchin said they made progress for negotiations for a package worth $1.8 trillion. mcconnell said republican members only want a $500 billion bill. >>> trading has been underway for a little more than ten minutes on wall street. we want to look at the dow. things are looking good. dow is up about 170 points to kick off our friday. also checking on the tech sector, nasdaq is also up about 60 points to kick off the friday that we have today and stocks to watch today include amazon which is on a high after wrapping up prime day and is heading into holiday shopping season. also apple, we talked about the new iphones. they start taking preorders for iphone 12 and iphone 12 pro in a little bit. both stocks are ones to watch in the tech sector today. anne. >> such a variety of ways to spend our money. thanks for all of that information. >> in time for the holidays. >

naomi ruchim is in new york with those stories and more. good morning, naomi. >> reporter: good morning to you, anne-marie. investors looking forward to a batch of corporate earnings results set for release this morning. it comes as stocks yesterday kicked off the week in positive territory. the dow rallied 250 points. the nasdaq jumped 296 points and the s&p 500 adding 57 points. >>> microsoft announced it has taken down a powerful hacking tool used by a major cyber crime digital network. the bot net called trickbot uses more than 1 million zombie computers to loot bank accounts and spread ransom wear. experts warn trickbot could be a major threat to the upcoming election in november. microsoft was ordered to take down the bot command centers. it is difficult to know how effective it will be. >>> facebook is banning posts that defly ny or distort the holocaust. it will start directing people to authoritative sources. mark zuckerberg announced the policy yesterday. it's the latest attempt to take action against conspiracy theories and misinf

naomi ruchim is in new york with those stories and more. good morning. >> good morning to you. all three indices are on track to post weekly gains of at least 2.7% after ending yesterday in positive territory. the dow gained 122 points, the nasdaq was up 56 points. and the s&p 500 added 27 points. >>> hopes for a coronavirus stimulus package are not looking good. house speaker nancy pelosi ruled out the idea of an airlines only bill unless the trump administration committed to a broader relief plan to help americans. her comments now cast doubt on the prospect for a compromise. hours after mr. trump had given an upbeat assessment, in an interview he said he reconsidered his decision to pull the plug on bipartisan negotiations until relief aid after the election. >>> the dollar general is launching a new line of stores geared to less budget minded shoppers. the tennessee company said the star concept is called pop shelf. unlike dollar general which sells mostly food, snacks and cleaning supplies, this store will sell things like beauty produ

we can speak now to the cbs news correspondent, naomi ruchim, outside mr trump's hospital.ell us so we have heard some reaction. tell us more? well, we know the president could return back to the white house as soon as today, that is what his doctor said yesterday during a press conference. whether that will happen, we should find out later this morning. they usually have some sort of announcement sometime in the morning, in the next couple of hours. we have learned more about the treatment of the president has been receiving. that includes some severity of his symptoms as well. the white house doctor has confirmed the president has experienced two drops in oxygen since the start of his illness, and also he was running a fever earlier but he is now fever free, it seems. he was on an antiviral drug. he has also been on supplemental oxygen at least once, although that was before he got to the hospital. the question now is whether he will return to the white house today. but you have to keep in mind he is not returning home like any of us would return home. the white house has