very very important stuff coming up in as you said jan you're natasha thank you natasha the name in atlanta georgia so just to go back to what president elect biden was saying earlier in this his number one priority dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and its economic impact the u.s. is the worst affected country with more than 237000 are working to get through getting covert under control we can only purge the economy restore our vitality a relation lives most precious how good our grandchildren are jordan our birthdays wedding graduation all the moments that matter most to us until we get it under control on. monday i want name a group of ladies scientists an expert as transition advisor. the bright hair is colored pravin converter you know an actual blueprint that will start on january the 20th 2021 what we've heard from the head of the world health organization in a tweet which was congratulating joe biden here is my colleagues and i look forward to working with you and your teams to address crises like the pandemic show the importance of global solidarity in protecting lives and live

the the president-elect and vice president-elect will be giving an economic speech today, natasha.t sick, frankly, of talking about the president's childish tantrums. and i would much rather be speaking about the presidential transition and what will be happening for the next four years. so assess, if you will, that part of this story. >> it's starting to feel like groundhog's day. every day, the headline is the same. and to make this super relatable, alisyn and john, it's like expecting an ex to be happy for you. we've moved on, we've selected a new administration, and it doesn't matter if he gives us the concession or closure that we want. we're moving on. i think what's important to remember is that donald trump is putting the lives of every american at risk right now. if you think missing thanksgiving is going to be tough, imagine going to a covid funeral, where you have to be socially distanced and you have to wear a mask and you don't get to say good-bye. that is real for so many americans and, you know, we're also losing sight of the fact that latino communities in the u.s.,

cnn's natasha chen live in florida with the very latest. natasha? >> reporter: yeah, john, florida just crossed the threshold of 900,000 cases yesterday, the third highest in the nation. that's not a record anyone wants to have. and like many other states, when you look at florida's trend of seven-day average of new cases, it really looks like a tidal wave. since the summer surge coming back down a little bit, now spiking back up, this is a state that since late september has lifted capacity restrictions on businesses. so local jurisdictions like orange county here can ramp up testing, like the site behind me, can have a local mask mandate, but cannot restrict capacity of restaurants, for example, without telling the state what kind of economic impact that would have. more than a quarter million people have died from coronavirus since the pandemic began in the united states. on wednesday, over 1,800 americans lost their lives to the virus. >> if you were to read all of the names of the people who have died in the united states from coronavirus, it w

house correspondent candy harkat also go live to patty call hane who's in philadelphia we also have natasha going in who is standing by for us in atlanta georgia but let's begin with mike hanna in wilmington delaware joe biden's home states for nail biting days joe biden has achieved his decades long ambition today in his 3rd attempt at presidency when are we likely to hear from the president elect and how happy are the people behind you . now there's certainly a great degree of joy here not only behind me but throughout the city of wilmington which president biden president elect biden has called home for some 66 decades so certainly there's a great deal of joy now we expect to hear from joe biden in roughly 2 hours time he will be here at the campaign headquarters in the convention center behind me but we already understand some of the elements that he is likely to address in his speech and principally it is his plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic use moving very very quickly on this he said throughout his campaign this is one of the 1st things he was going to address it is the greate

the co-founder natasha lamb is back with us natasha, julia laid out what the analysts are thinking.argely wall street likes disney right now. this recovery play with a streaming asset. so why did you sell out? >> we sold because of profitability challenges there was a $700 million loss in the fourth quarter versus approximately $700 million if profit last year the pendulum has swung in the complete opposite direction. now you can look past the near term numbers but there is no doubt it's been a tough year and it's going to continue to be a slog. it's really a tale two of cities or two assets. you have the parks which last year made up 40% of revenue. that revenue is up 61% and the revenue for the parks is the same as the revenue for the media networks at least it was last year. and this year is really about the media business it's about content and streaming. i think it was very bad time to lose bob iger as ceo he build the media business. and, you know, as you know, we look at the environmental -- >> yeah? >> that story though of two companies is what a lot of wall street is liking

as natasha says it is a call to action brevity., and it was so perfect that it would be we are family. so natasha got behind it and they should talk to the world health organization, it all came together because this is something that means so much to us as a global unity song. we can come together and fight this thing. it has hit all of us. fight this thing. it has hit all of us. so that's why we have done it and that is why i'm here, and we are having great success with that so far. telling everybody to sing.|j having great success with that so far. telling everybody to sing. i am loving those moves i am liking those moves, kim. did it transport you back all the way to 1979 and the time you recorded the song? yes with my sisters dancing, moving, everybody is involved in it. and when i see people with their families, it reminds me of all my family on the road, my grandmas, my uncle, everybody. the great thing seeing folks come together now to fight something that is important for all of us because we all have a family. and i had b

also with us, natasha alfred. i want to start with you, because i love it when you send the playbook out two seconds before you come on our air. your reporting this morning is that most republicans on the hill and around the country, they're engaging in what you call performance art. that there really aren't many people who believe that there's any chance of delaying or changing the outcome of the election, but they're playing along to let the president tire himself out, as performance art, you call it. so how long will this performance go on? and what sign or what moment will they stand up and say, okay, the performance is over? >> republicans on the hill have really had a hard time standing up to this president for the past four years. i think they're going to let this play out for as long as they necessarily need to. the date that we hear is certainly the certification of a lot of the ballots in the state. that happens mostly, state by state, but a lot of them will happen at the end of this month or early into

good evening, natasha. what kind of message does secretary of state pompeo's refusal to accept the results send to the rest of the world when he's going on a seven-nation tour? >> yeah. i mean i think the rest of the world by now is used to chaos coming from the trump administration and conflicting messaging. so i don't think they'll necessarily be surprised about the conflicting messages coming out about the transition. i do think they probably expected something more orderly, at least with regard to the election, right? something very basic, you would think, that's gone back hundreds of years, the ability for our peaceful transfer of power that the trump administration can't even seem to do correctly, doesn't want to do correctly. i think it's worth emphasizing that pompeo will be going to countries that have already congratulated joe biden on his election victory. they already recognize him as the president-elect, including turkey, whose president erdogan said originally that he was not going to weigh in

back to you. >> natasha, thank you so much for that. >>> president-elect joe biden and vp elect kamala harris will finally receive their first daily intelligence prebriefings later today after the president held up the transition for weeks. biden will announce key members of his economic team. he's now recovering after twisting his ankle. he slipped while playing with one of his dogs, and his doctor says he has hairline fractures in his foot. mj lee has more on the biden transition. >> president-elect joe biden paying a visit to the doctor on the sunday. his transition office telling reporters that on saturday, he had a little bit of an incident where he was playing with his dog major, slipped and twisted his ankle, so upon returning to wilmington from rehobath beach, according to his doctor, he did have a sprain in his rvlight fo. ta it was a busy day for the biden transition team for naming key names from the list of folks that were announced on sunday include kate bedingfield who's going to be named white house communications directo

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joining us now is natasha allford, a senior correspondent and vice president of digital content for "." also with us, mike rogers, a former republican congressman and former chairman of the house intelligence committee. great to see both of you. chairman, i don't know if you got to see the whole "60 minutes" interview, but you could not have found a more sensible, sane-sounding person to walk us through -- >> with a deeper voice. >> -- with a fabulous radio voice. scott pelley was reading to him things that president trump has accused him of, the false claims that president trump is making. and he just stayed sort of cool, calm, and collected and didn't take the bait. and didn't, you know, become kind of emotional. and just spelled out how much effort he put into making sure that this is the most secure election and how proud he was of it. and all of the evidence supports him. >> you mean, exactly what you would want in senior government leadership at a time when there's challenges at both home and around the world? of course. and listen, he had a great -- chris krebs had a great repu

natasha is standing by it wisconsin. mike is covering the campaign from delaware.n is a michigan. as we go to our white house correspondent it washington, d.c. kimberly, biden is taking the lead in closer 2270 the trump campaign not conceding and they filed another lawsuit. reporter: the trump campaign as filed lawsuits not just in wisconsin but also in michigan and the u.s. president even as the tally in pennsylvania continues is claiming victory there. he says he is claiming victory in pennsylvania, georgia, and north carolina. he also says michigan. he is also alleging there are a large number of secretly dumped ballots that he says has been widely reported. at the second part of his suite he sent out has been a by twitter as being potentially misleading, but this is what of -- a lot of from supporters leave at this is why they are asking for recounts. this is what the trump campaign delivered in terms of a message from philadelphia in the state of pennsylvania earlier. what their fear is that many of their observers in states like michigan were not allowed to w

joining us in a moment from atlanta is natasha brown. we begin though with katie hobbs. thank you for joining us. i hope this finally becomes the restful weekend that you deserve. you have earned your rest. what did you see in the final tallies that made it clear to you where it was going? >> the president, the margin he needed to close the gap between him and president-elect joe biden was increasing. even though he made small gains he wasn't going to meet those margins. when it fell below a gap between him and joe biden he couldn't make up the difference. here we are today. >> talk about what it means historically in arizona for democrats. democrats are now holding two senate seats there. now winning the presidency. >> this will be the first time since 1952, except once that our electoral votes have gone to the democratic nominee for president. that is a really big deal for democrats. down the blatt i don't think democrats made the gains they hoped to so there is still work to do for them. >> secretary hobbs, what about lessons learned for arizona and for conducting the

natasha. tell us more for us about what the protests today are about and what's been happening where you are now. can you hear me? we seem to have lost our connection with natasha. they will hopefully bring a back up as soon as we reestablish the line. let's take a look at the world weather. now with rob, it's been raining heavily in eastern iraq and the western side of iran, less have elise who said it was great deal of cloud around your notice this figure $109.00 millimeters in the last 36 hours on the western side of iran is significant . this is a mountainous area. this would have caused flash floods. this would be rain. this summer highs in on sunday to be more snow falling in iran into as a by john as well. the following weather is largely fine. not particularly colder up to nearly 20 in beirut, and this line here through saudi arabia is focused scattering. breaks of light rain, i suspect this clears through took by this town. then the next batch of shout is coming through into cyprus an

natasha chen, please stand by. miguel marquez, he's in new york where schools are set to resume in-person learning. >> reporter: at least some schools are. the mayor announced today it's been after -- it's been very difficult for new york to get back after shutting schools down. they tried to reopen in the summer. it took them a couple of tries. they finally got reopened and had to shut down in november. they tried to reopen. this is the second attempt to reopen and this is only for a limited number of students. this is for elementary students, 3 to 8 through grade five. elementary students, they will start to be able to go back to school on the 7th of december. and then those students with the most severe disabilities, so-called district 75 students in new york, they will begin to go back to school on the 10th of december. keep in mind, all of this is subject to whether or not those kids had previously said they were fine to go to in-person learning. those that didn't say that or check in to that system will have

we can turn to natasha and i'm. in atlanta georgia where the numbers of still being crunched bring us up to date. yours is really a microcosm of divided electorate in this country as the months and the final tally in georgia has yet to be announced at last count it appeared that biden had now edged past by more than 9000 votes secretary of state has already said because the margin between the 2 candidates is so small less than half a percent. as of yesterday there would be a recount and you know this is something that is quite momentous when you consider that for 28 years. the republican presidential candidate in this state had been supported so 192 was the last time that george and dave there are 16 electoral votes to a democratic presidential candidate in 26. trump one in the state of georgia by 5 percent so the margin between the 2 candidates is quite close the 2 senate seats here in georgia razor thin margin that's why georgians will return to the polls in january for a runoff to determine whether the democrats

natasha apart from the close presidential vote that there's a senate rerun there to. there is i want to mention for a 2nd day trump's supporters gathered at the capitol here in atlanta at one point chanting that quote the gates of hell will not prevail and saying that the election had been stolen from trump due to voter fraud yet as many of us already know not a single case credible allegation of voter fraud has surfaced just yet but it does give you an indication of the divisiveness that remains in georgia and across the country while many americans no matter where you fall on the political spectrum have expressed a fatigue over what was a very bitter election cycle georgians will continue to be in this election cycle because on january 5th they will head to the polls there's a runoff for the 2 senate seats by state law you have to have a majority of the vote if you don't you go to a runoff runoff both of the senate seats are currently held up by republicans so there is a real scramble for among both parties to get control of these seats because what is at stake is c

natasha bottler al jazeera paris. the u.s. chief negotiator is in london for more negotiations for brics a trade deal despite a lack of progress. last week, michel barnier significant differences as this with just 5 weeks left until britain's exit from the country. well, its chief negotiator, david frost, says a deal is still possible. the fishing rights in british waters remain an unresolved issue between the 2 science that in baba has more from london. michel barnier has hold, held a meeting with on friday and a diplomat who attended as reported that they were downbeat talks. he said michelle bunny is said the same issues still remain a sticking point. those issues are fishing rights. there's state aid to companies and they are the mechanism to deal with either side diverging own standards like environmental standards, on labor standards, and so on. now, one of those diploma said that the gap remains large. we've heard from david frost himself in a tweet that he is continuing to work towards a deal, but in his words, a deal

natasha butler reports from power french documentary.the monopoly of violence exposes and examines police brutality in france, focusing on recent yellow face protests, but also taking in the suburbs. the hiring watch, it uses footage shot by journalists, all members of the public showing clips like this though, may not be possible in the future. the french government has proposed a new security law, part of which would crack down on the broadcast or sharing of images of police officers. filmmaker david ukraine says the bill destroys basic freedoms. that over the lawmakers want to stop the free circulation of information and knowledge because in the last few years, france has discovered police violence. it's something that, in reality, has existed for a very long time in the suburbs, but was not documented in this way. video has been used in several high profile cases of alleged police violence in the country, the death of delivery man, cedric sure, via during a police check in paris in general, was filmed by a passer by footage. the lead

cnn's natasha chen has the latest. >> reporter: hartsfield-jackson international is the busiest airporte world but officials say they are expecting a third the number of travelers they would typically see during thanksgiving week. over the weekend, we're seeing people walk through security with no problems when in years past there would be lines to where we're standing the cdc guidance is to keep thanksgiving gatherings insta gatherings small and not to travel to see family. dr. anthony fauci warned it may seem innocent to have family gatherin gatherings but can be a great risk of spreading the virus as people take their masks off to eat or drink. we talked to people over the weekend struggling to make decisions about thanksgiving travel. one person, one pastor in the atlanta area told me he survived covid-19 in march, and he knows how serious and real the threat is. he is not traveling across the county to see his family. another woman we talked to lost her uncle to covid-19, so she won't be going to the typical 50-person party that they would have at thanksgiving. now, tsa on friday,

we want to go to cnn's natasha chen just outside of atlanta. owners. they're hoping things are going to get better. how optimistic are they? what are they telling you? >> reporter: yeah, we're talking about a lot of small businesses on this square, a lot of them -- most of them, really, are locally owned and they really struggled to survive through the initial shutdown in the spring. where i'm standing right now is universal joint. they actually pivoted to becoming sort of a general store. they got a lot of supplies from their bulk supplier and started selling things to their usual customers, like toilet paper, like meat in the beginning. so a lot of these people had to think of different ways of surviving. that patio right behind us where you see the red umbrellas, that is a new patio just because of the demand for outdoor dining. so right now these shops are looking at this weekend, as well as the holiday season, as a real push to make sure they're in a healthy spot to go into the new year. we talked to bruce kennedy, the owner of universal j

natasha, what are you hearing from small business owners there?eing that a lot of them just barely made it this year. now, small business saturday really started as a campaign about ten years ago, but we're noticing that people in the community truly recognize this is more critical than it ever has been, to shop local. when you walk around to these shops and lawrenceville here, there's a theme similar to probably what's going on in towns across the country wherever you live. there are loyal customers who get it this time, who get how critical it is this holiday season to help these small businesses be healthy enough to go into 2021. here is a comic bookstore called galactic quest talking to us about what they've seen from their customers. >> the thing about, you know, catering to a bunch of people who love super heroes is they recognize that it takes a village, it takes a group of people to come together and work towards a common cause, and they really rallied around us and helped us stay afloat. yesterday, we had a dungeons & dragons book that go

good morning, natasha. >> reporter: good morning, poppy. florida hit 900,000 cases yesterday, making them the state with the third highest number of coronavirus cases after texas and california. that's not a record anyone wants to have. you could feel that concern from the people we met who are in their cars trying to get tested right now. we've met a couple of women who said they clean hospitals for a living, a couple of guys told me they were exposed to someone positive, another person said she teaches in a classroom and she along with some others were telling us they wanted to get tested before traveling for thanksgiving. that's a major concern for a lot of experts thinking people will try to gather with their families in the coming weeks. and the reason is this, take a look at this seven-day average of new cases across the country. we are hitting more than 150,000 daily cases on average, higher than it's ever been. when you look at the positivity rate across the country we are hovering at about 10%. that's as bad or worse than it has be

let's go to cnn's natasha chen in lawrenceville, georgia, just outside atlanta. and tell us more, natasha, about what you're hearing from business owners, especially during this weekend where, you know, a lot of people are shopping. >> amara, one of the concerns is talking about this current surge in cases and whether new restrictions would have to come into place just like paul was talking about there. if anything like a lockdown or any type of restrictions were to happen again, the question is would small businesses survive a second round of that? we've been talking to some restaurants here in lawrenceville, as well as the owner of that flower shop lovin florest. brandon bought the place in february from local owners. what a time to become a new business owner. we've got brandon with us here right now. what timing. you had to go pretty much directly into lockdown after you opened the shop. what was that like? >> it was frightening. it was a lot to take on. my husband and i bought it. we literally dropped everything. we stopped our lives, left our job in three d

natasha bottler al jazeera paris. meanwhile, thousands of people have protested that controversial security building the french city of new and the city was one of the flashpoints in last year's anti-government protests which saw clashes between demonstrators and police. the protest against the bill is expected in paris later. today. the chief negotiator is in london for more negotiations for a brics it trade deal despite a lack of progress. last week, michel barnier says a significant differences persist with just 5 weeks left until britain's exit. or britain's chief negotiator, david frost says a deal is still possible to use fishing rights in british waters remain an unresolved issue between the 2 sides. that in baba has more from london. michel barnier has hold, held a meeting with on friday. and a diplomat who attended as reported that they were downbeat talks. he said michelle bunny is said the same issues still remain a sticking point. those issues are fishing rights. there's state aid to companies and they are

well we have correspondents in over places that matter natasha code name is standing by in wisconsin mike hanna is covering job i'm scam pain from his home state of delaware john hendren is in michigan but 1st we go to our white house correspondent kimberly hockett in washington d.c. kimberly. biden is taking the lead now getting closer to $270.00 by the campaign not conceding and they filed another lawsuit. that's right the term campaign has filed lawsuits not just in wisconsin but also in michigan and the u.s. president even as the tally in pennsylvania continues is claiming victory there he says that he's claiming victory in pennsylvania georgia and north carolina edition he also says michigan and then he's also alleging that there were a large number of secretly dumped ballots that he says in twitter have been widely reported now this 2nd part of his tweet that he sent out in the last couple of hours has been flagged by twitter as being potentially misleading but this is what a lot of the trump supporters believe and this is why they're asking for recounts in fact this is what th

natasha butler, i'll just 0. paris. take his president has announced tighter restrictions on partial weekend lockdowns to try to reduce covert 19 infections. also ordered. all schools remain closed until the end of the year. while restaurants will be limited to deliveries only turkeys recorded nearly 420000 infections and 11000 deaths. the head of the international lead, a limping committees, encouraging athletes to get vaccinated against covert. 19, thomas back finished his 2 day visit to take care at the national stadium. it's one of the main venue for the games, which have been of course, delayed by a year because of the pandemic. $11000.00 athletes are expected to compete in tokyo back stress that they wouldn't be forced to get a vaccination, but added it would be a good way to keep everyone safe. that whenever of course you have a vaccine, they should like to fish for their health. it's all color anyway, he had demonstrations of solidarity with their fellow athletes. believe people. meanwhile, a small group of anti

natasha butler has more from paris,,, france, the u.k. the u.s., greece and italy. their embassies are put out a statement condemning what they call a cowardly attack. now they are some of the countries that were represented during this remembrance day ceremony that took place injured at this cemetery for non muslims. it is almost this day, it is the day that marks the end of world war one. what happened was an explosive device went off during that ceremony. we understand that several people were wounded. we don't have any more details, though, about how gravely they were wounded or their identities. president elect joe biden has attended a ceremony in philadelphia to mark veterans day. meanwhile, president donald trump has made his 1st public appearance and days. at an event in arlington, virginia, he was joined by 1st lady melania trump, and vice president mike pence protesters in armenia's capital voicing their anger about a deal to end fighting with azerbaijan. the nagorno-karabakh there posed to the agreement which sees land handed over to a very forces. the mi

helen mirren, as we saw in the clip, and jon hamm natasha directed it.were -- is it true that you were excited to be working with fred? >> i was super excited i met fred, like, seven years ago at a south-by-southwest panel. i took a picture with him afterwards and i -- i was just like a huge fan of his and when i was working with natasha lyonne, who was director of the special she was texting me, she said "fred's here and fred, you know, read some of the stuff and he likes it. and i was like, "oh, my god, fred armisen is reading this and he's liking it this is incredible." and then natasha said, "fred thinks that you don't know who he is. and i said, "what? yeah apparently, he truly believed that i didn't know who he was. and so i was able to send this picture as proof that i knew exactly who he was >> seth: there you go. there's a -- >> yeah. i even got his glasses i mean, i was a big fan. i even used to -- i didn't tell him this, so i hope he is not watching this, but i used to own the domain fredarmisenfans.com [ laughter ] >> seth: i'm assuming you f

and natasha allford, senior correspondent for the grio., he was yelling at jeff mason, who is the most mild-mannered reporter in america, who was asking one of the most obvious questions in america, which is, will you concede the race that you lost. i think it gave a window into where the president is this morning and how untethered to reality he may be. >> yeah, frustrated, astonished, angry. and you know, doing real damage in the process. i you know, john, you've seen the polling. three quarters of republicans now believe the election was stolen. we've never seen anything like this, an effort by a president to systemically undermine the results of the election. and i was listening to that performance. i came back to the same thought i always had. where is mitch mcconnell, where is kevin mccarthy? why are they abetting what the president is doing. i think it is too facile to say, they are silent only because they fear him. they fear a tweet. they fear he won't gown to georgia and mobilize the base. you have to allow for the possibility th

. >> joining me know, natasha bett bbertrand.maybe this president for having not been the most let's say he is stitas observer may not reallyertrand. take about how maybe this president for having not been the most let's say he is astute observer may not really be not someone to worry about. >> according to my reporting, the president has in fact been very scatter brained to put it mildly. there was one incident that i reported about a month ago where he was in the middle of a highly classified briefing about afghanistan and in the middle of that briefing, he kind of stopped everything and he ordered milk shakes from his staffed staffed a bedminster. and that beige ledcame legendar. wanting to know what is happening in the world and biggest threats to theist, to national security, what seemed to be something that would interest most presidents. so the possibility that he hasn't really retained much of the information that he has been given during the briefings. but also the risk according to people inside the intelligence communi

the story from paris because natasha, the french foreign minister is where a lot of the information has come from. what else have they said? well, we've actually had a statement now from the embassies of fronts, crease, italy, the united states, and the u.k. . now those are all the countries that were involved in this remembrance day ceremony that was taking place at a world war one cemetery in the saudi arabian city of jeddah. and what happened was an explosive device went off during the ceremony, re understand that several people were wounded. we don't have any more details exactly about to the victims were, but it was a cemetery for non muslims. this is 11 of november, it is commemoration day. the armistice day, the end of world war one, and the embassy in this embassy statement. what is saying is, is that all those embassies together are condemning what they call an extremely cowardly attack. they are calling on the authorities in saudi arabia to investigate, say, with full transparency we haven't heard as yet from authorities in saudi arabia. but this latest attack comes just while

natasha chan is at the atlanta airport. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: it's actually going pretty smoothly as far as passengers go. it is very different from what you would see in years past. this spot where i'm standing, typically where people cup up on the escalator, on a sunday after thanksgiving, you see, i would probably see a stampede. it's a lot emptier. atlanta officials here said they expected about a third of what they could typically see. we will see some numbers reported later on, but so far, from the numbers tsa has reported, as far as what they have screened. they head more than a million passengers screen ugh. that's breaking reports. the only time that happened was one day back in october, so people definitely deciding to travel even though it's less than normal. we met somebody who just came home after flying to las vegas to have a thanksgiving with five family members. i asked about the difficulty in making that decision to actually travel and see family. here's what he said. >> there's a risk you take every day walking out

natasha good name in minneapolis well let's talk more about the issue of race and its aim packed on this election back again genoud king a republican party analyst and co-founder of georgia speaks joining us from sandy springs in georgia and derek from a democratic strategist and a political analyst live from washington d.c. i'm very excited to talk to you both about the specific issue of race and criminal justice which now let me start with you once again donald trump says he's done more for blacks in the u.s. and any other president besides lincoln what has he done for african-americans in the last 4 years. well the list can go on and on and on but we'll just start with the record low unemployment will start where you know the 1st step add for the thousands of individuals primarily african-american males from prison i'm due to the crazy 1904 crime bill we can talk about a.p.c. you finding we can that now so there are a species presidents don't have to be for money every 2 years but now they have to answer to new year lease on that as well as he provided them additional funds i guess an

let us try to save each other. >> reporter: natasha chen, cnn, atlanta. >> wise words there.nd four years ago, a grandmother and a high school student were introduced over a mistaken invitation to thanksgiving dinner. their story went viral and since then, wanda dench and jamal hinton have celebrated the holiday together with their families. they kept the tradition going this year despite the pandemic and the empty seat it created. cnn affiliate, kpho has the story. >> dear heavenly father, thank you for bringing everybody here together safely. >> reporter: their tradition lives in the hearts of so many around the world. >> thanksgiving just wonuldn't e the same without wanda and jamal. >> i didn't want to miss thanksgiving with gentlemanal. >> grandma wanda thought she was texting her real grandson but texted teenager jamal instead. out of courtesy, she invited jamal over for thanksgiving d dinner, the two have celebrated ever since. >> this year is different. the pandemic has taken so much, and took the one whose smiles, hugs and warmth, made jamal and his girlfriend feel r

natasha butler, just 0. paris. let's, remind you of our top stories this hour. u.s., president, donald trump, will reduce the number of u.s. forces and iraq and afghanistan. before he leaves office. the decision was anticipated and preceded by warnings from military officials that any significant changes in troop levels could undermine security in afghanistan and threaten peace talks with the taliban. the announcement was made by the acting u.s. defense secretary, christopher miller, who was only installed in the post last week by january 15th, 2021. our forces, their size in afghanistan will be 2500 troops, or 4 sides in iraq will also be 2500 by that same date. this is consistent with our established plans and strategic objectives supported by the american people and does not equate to a change in u.s. policy or objectives. shortly after the announcement on troop withdrawals was made, several katyusha rockets landed in baghdad's green zone. at least 7 rockets were fired. some of them landing near the u.s. embassy. the u.s. air defense system crime was deployed

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i want to go to cnn's natasha chen.'m curious to hear what you're learning from travelers today, what they're sharing with you. >> reporter: yeah, boris, some of them who are arriving home to atlanta today have given me really different accounts of what they've experienced depending on which airports they've come from today around the country. here in atlanta, this is the busiest airport in the world and about an hour ago, we did see a little rush but honestly, this is so much emptier than a typical sunday after thanksgiving, which is historically the busiest day out of the thanksgiving week for travel, typically, you'd have security lines to where i'm standing right here instead people are walking right on through. i did talk to someone who decided to fly and travel for the very first time since the pandemic began. here is what she said about her experience. >> i was a little nervous because it was our first time going out and out of the state, but charleston was really, really, like empty this morning, the airport and

natasha chen shares some of their stories. >> father, we know that there are so many people that arek times right now. >> reporter: after almost a year of dark times, there's an understandab understandable urge to be together for thanksgiving. >> my father lives in memphis. he's 83. >> reporter: but the risk is huge. >> so, i'm struggling with going to see him because my mother passed earlier this year, so i'm struggling right now trying to decide if i'm going or if i'm staying home. >> the centers for disease control and prevention says stay home. cdc experts saying most coronavirus infections are spread by people with no symptoms. and the spread is worse than ever. the u.s. saw more than 100,000 u.s. cases every day over the last 13 days. about a quarter of all coronavirus cases during the whole pandemic. one of the early cases was pastor arthur breeland. >> it was the worst experience i had in my life. >> reporter: on march 25th, he woke up in a sweat. >> i was rushing to the refrigerator to put my head in the freezer because i was so hot. and that's all i remember and my wife wak

. >> well, joining us now with political analysis and perspective and natasha lind stat, professor of government at the university of essex. thanks for being with us. >> thanks very having me. >> outgoing president trump indulges himself in more golfing and tweeting. he's conceding nothing. just hours ago, he tweeted in capital letters that he won the election, all this while he falsely claims the election was rigged. what does the country do when the outgoing president doesn't accept a free and fair election? >> that is a great question. this is really unchartered territory for the u.s. because conceding an election is a norm. it's not a law, but all the past presidents, outgoing presidents, have conceded. this is something that is important for our democratic process. and it's just an example of civility. but we've seen that donald trump has been the one president to shatter really all of our democratic norms, and we don't know what he's going to do. i think he will eventually leave, but he's trying to turn this loss into a win somehow. and he will never really fully concede. and th

natasha butler just 0. paris program started today because the headlines all around us here. the pentagon has confirmed shot productions and the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan and iraq, by mid january, just before president donald trump leaves office 2100 afghanistan 500 from iraq leaving 2 and a half 1000 in each country. let us remind those who question our resolve or may seek to interfere with this prudent well planned and coordinated transition. the united states armed forces remain committed to protecting the safety and security of the american people and supporting our like minded allies and partners worldwide . are just minutes after that announcement, several rockets hit baghdad's green zone. some landed near the u.s. embassy, while others were intercepted by air defense systems. a child was killed at least 5 people, and trump has fired the top u.s. election security official who diffuser the president's abstention claims of fraud . chris krebs was the head of the department of homeland security agency that monitors election security. if you know his government

cnn's natasha chen with more for us.ules and when they go into effect. >> reporter: yeah, this starts november 4th. and governor cuomo really wants to keep that positivity right down. new york suffered in the very beginningment but over the summer, between june and september, the seven-day average of new cases really stayed under 1,000. that changed in october. since october, it's tipped over 1,000 and stayed that way every day. so this new rule change essentially means that travelers outside of those contingency states who have been outside the states for more than 24 hours have to show two negative tests in order to come out of quarantine in new york. with cases surging throughout the country this halloween weekend, new york governor andrew cuomo announced saturday that most travellers to the empire state will now be required to show they've tested negative for covid-19 three days before they arrive and upona, rival. the governor said during a call with the media the new policy replaces a previous advisory list of stas

. >> starter, cnn's natasha chen is outside of atlanta at a food drive where cars have been lined upt how much need there is out there, natasha. >> reporter: yeah, amara and victo victor, we've been to these before, there are more and more people. this time, it's all about thanksgiving, you've got your turkeys in hand and boxes of produce ready to go. and recruits actually from the dekalb county fire department who are ready to help load all of this stuff into the cars. but let's show you the actual cars here. this is only one of the parking lots. there's actually an overflow parking lot across the way. there already have been more than 300 tickets given out. each ticket represents a box that can be given out. some of these people are telling me that they've really never been to a food drive prior to 2020 which goes to show just the need that this pandemic has created here. we're going to talk to marion. marion presley, spoke to us a little earlier. hi, marion. you were telling us you're really collecting stuff here for your elderly aunt, is that right? >> yes, i am, i'm trying to pi

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cnn's natasha chen is taking a look at how the pandemic is affecting small business. >> well, there's never been this much riding on holiday-season sales. according to the website track the recovery dot org, there's been almost a 29% decline of the number of small businesses open in november compared to the ones open in january of this year. and while not all businesses are listed on the website, yelp, that site shows that, of the businesses open in march, nearly 98,000 of them were listed as closed in september. so, this is a very crucial time. a lot of these small-business owners told me that they rely on assistance, including the ppp loan. that includes bruce kennedy, owner of universal joint restaurant here in lawrencevill lawrenceville, georgia. they really prifbtivoted to a gl store when their restaurant had to shut down. >> i'm going to tell you, without the ppp, which was the loan that we all got, probably nobody would have made it. that was a big thing that the government did for us. you think, what happened in march and april, if that comes back again, tough. it'll be really

fred, back to you. >> natasha chen, thank you so much.ords cannot be stressed enough. >>> so if democrats are to control the u.s. senate next year, they'll have to win both of the senate runoffs in the state of georgia. up next, how democrats there are hoping to pull a page out of the biden playbook to change the balance of power. we have only one standard when it comes to the quality of our cars: the highest. it's why only 1 in 10 cars we look at qualify to sell on our site. if it's been in a reported accident, we won't sell it. and at our state-of-the-art facilities our ase certified mechanics roll up their sleeves and get to it. inspecting, dialing-in, and fine tuning every single car inside and out, bringing all of it up to our high standards. by the time we're done, our cars are beyond "certified." they're carvana certified. so whether you have it delivered or pick it up, we do it all so you can rest easy. att plan for each family member with the features they want, like hbo max. what was that? happens every time i say hbo max. cool!

let us try to save each other. >> reporter: natasha chen, cnn, atlanta. >>> joining us now is dr.alth specialist and primary care physician in atlanta. good morning to you, doctor. thank you so much for joining us. first off, just some advice from you. you know, as we've been reporting, we're seeing long lines for testing ahead of the holiday. we know the cdc is telling people please don't travel for the upcoming holidays, thanksgiving, and what have you. and newark, new jersey, is asking its residents to shelter in place for ten days after thanksgiving. and we know that that's not exactly practical for a lot of people who work. so what's the right way to handle the holiday in your view. >> yeah, good morning. listen, nobody should be traveling. you know, like i tell all my patients, you know, a zoom thanksgiving is better than an icu christmas. i mean, i know that we're all tired, we want to see our family. but you've got to realize if you take a look at the pictures of everybody that was with you for thanksgiving last year and if you want everybody there next year, you've got to

what is the mood there right now, natasha?ty of atlanta and even the suburbs surrounding it, the mood is very celebratory. i'm sure you've seen images of people partying in the streets. we were at another rally today in smyrna in the suburbs where people were very excited to celebrate the biden/harris victory. that's been happening even as georgia continues to count the votes as you just said. joe biden currently leading by about 10,000 votes. but the focus is already turning to these runoffs for the two critical senate seats, and the reason they're headed to runoffs is because none of these candidates reached 50% of the vote, which is required here in the state. and so what you've got in january is jon ossoff, the democrat, running against senator david perdue. that will be a rematch. then you've got reverend raphael warnock, the democrat, against republican kelly loeffler. they were in a special election, so there were a lot of candidates in that race, and they were the top two candidates that will be moving forward. so what

what are you seeing now, natasha?just more and more people continue to gather here. there was already a planned rally today at noon and as people were arriving on their way to thiss planned rally thats when the race was called. she is from south of atlanta and critical in delivering the final have etc. to put biden in the lead in this race. miss champ, what does that feel like to you? you volunteered for so many campaigns and you never seen georgia in our time here elect democrats for president. >> it was absolutely wonderful. it was fantastic. when i got the phone call this morning, i was crazy, because we never had it done. i've been here since the olympics came and we have never had this type of success. i credited all to stacey abrams. it was her choice to change things and make sure everybody knows what the rules have been that everybody wasn't talking about that made this happen for all of us. so thank you, stacey abrams and clayton county, a shout out to clayton county. we made it happen. i appreciate all of yo