NEWSIE
NEWSIE AT
NEWSIE AT FIVE. >> GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
BARBARA LEE EDWARDS IS OFF
TONIGHT BUT THANK YOU FOR
JOINING BETWEEN THE HOLIDAY
TRAVEL AND GATHERING'S.
THERE'S GROWING CONCERN
NATIONWIDE AND HERE IN SAN
DIEGO OF AN EVEN HIGHER SPIKE
IN CORONAVIRUSES INFECTIONS.
YESTERDAY THE U.S. REPORTED
MORE THAN TWENTY TWO HUNDRED
NEW KOVIK DEATHS.
THAT'S THE HIGHEST SINGLE DAY
TOLL SINCE EARLY MAY AND NEARLY
NINETY THOUSAND COVERED
PATIENTS ARE CURRENTLY
HOSPITALIZED IN THE U.S. AT
LEAST PRESTON REPORTS FROM NEW
YORK WHERE THE ANNUAL
THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE WENT ON
WITH A FEW MODIFICATIONS.
>> A RECORD NUMBER OF CUBIE 19
PATIENTS ARE SPENDING THIS
THANKSGIVING IN HOSPITALS
ACROSS THE NATION.
>> OTHER CORONA VIRUS PATIENTS
ARE RECOVERING AT HOME
INCLUDING TRUCK DRIVER ONEIL
GOMAA GIRL KANSAS WHO IS NOW
BREATHING THROUGH A TRACHEOTOMY
TUBE.
>> HE SAYS HIS MAIN CONCERN
WHEN HE GOT SICK WAS HIS
FAMILY.
I MEAN THE LAST THING I PRAYED
SCARED THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAD
INFECTED MY WIFE AND MY KIDS
AND MY MOM IN MINNESOTA AS ICU
BEDS NEAR CAPACITY.
>> THE STATE HAS SET UP A
COMMAND CENTER TO COORDINATE
PATIENT'S WITH HOSPITAL CARE
PATIENT PLACEMENT AS ALWAYS A
LITTLE BIT LIKE A GAME OF
TETRIS AND YOU'VE GOT TO FIND
THAT RIGHT BED IN THE RIGHT
SPACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
>> DESPITE CALLS TO STAY HOME
THIS THANKSGIVING TO LIMIT THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS, THE TSA
SAYS IT'S GREEN.
MORE THAN A MILLION TRAVELERS
CHECKPOINTS NATIONWIDE
WEDNESDAY.
THAT'S THE MOST SINCE
MID-MARCH.
HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THOSE WHO
CHOOSE TO HAVE BIG THANKSGIVING
MEALS SHOULD STILL TAKE
PRECAUTIONS.
>> FOCUS THE MEAL IN SHORT
PERIODS SO YOU'RE EATING THE
MEAL AND THEN THE REST OF THE
TIME WHEN YOU'RE TALKING AND
SOCIALIZING YOUR SOCIAL
DISTANCE AND WEARING A MASK IS
CRITICAL.
THE ANNUAL THANKSGIVING DAY
PARADE HERE IN NEW YORK CITY IS
ONE TRADITION THAT THANKFULLY
HAS NOT BEEN CANCELED BECAUSE
OF THE VIRUS.
BUT IT IS MUCH DIFFERENT THIS
YEAR.
THERE'S A SHORT AROUND AND
THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF
ONLOOKERS INSTEAD OF THE USUAL
CROWDS.
WE FOUND ONE COUPLE WHO DRESSED
UP TO WATCH THE PARADE.
>> I GUESS IF YOU CAN MAKE
ANYONE SMILE DURING THIS TIME
YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB.
YOU KNOW ANOTHER CHANGE FEWER
HANDLERS ESCORTING THE GIANT
BALLOONS THEY STILL PROVIDED AN
UPLIFTING SIDE DURING THESE
DIFFICULT TIMES.
>> ELISE PRESTON, CBS NEWS ,
NEW YORK.
AND HERE LOCALLY TODAY, COUNTY
HEALTH OFFICIALS RELEASED A
LIMITED CORONAVIRUS DATA
BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY BUT THEY
SAY THERE ARE 1052 NEW CASES,
37 MORE PEOPLE ARE NOW
HOSPITALIZED AND FIVE MORE
PEOPLE WERE ADMITTED TO THE
ICU.
THEY ALSO REPORTED EIGHT NEW
DEATHS NOW JUST SHY OF 1000
TOTAL SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN
WITH NINE HUNDRED NINETY SIX.
IT WAS A CLOSE CALL TODAY FOR
ONE FAMILY IN NATIONAL CITY
THERE.
>> THANKSGIVING IN TURKEY
ALMOST SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE.
FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE FAMILY PUT
THAT TURKEY IN AN OVEN AROUND
FOUR A.M. THEN WENT BACK TO BED
.
FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE FAMILY HAD
GREASE FROM THE PAN SPILLING
OUT STARTING THE FIRE.
>> THE RESIDENTS LATER WOKE UP
TO SMOKE AND FOUND FLAMES WHICH
THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT OUT
THEMSELVES.
FIRE CREWS HELPED THE FAMILY
VENT THE HOUSE BUT THEY SAY
THIS IS A GOOD REMINDER TO MAKE
SURE YOUR OVEN IS CLEAN.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE
COOKING TOO BEFORE YOU FIRE
THAT UP BECAUSE SOME OF THE
TIMES PEOPLE DON'T FIRE UP THE
OVENS UNTIL IT'S ONCE A YEAR.
IN TODAY'S USUALLY THE BIGGEST
DAY WE GET THE OVEN FIRES.
>> THE FAMILY'S TURKEY WAS A
LOSS.
FORTUNATELY THOUGH NO ONE WAS
HURT.
IT WAS A THANKSGIVING MEAL
UNLIKE ANY OTHER.
AS THE PANDEMIC FORCED THE
SALVATION ARMY TO CANCEL ITS
TRADITIONAL GOLDEN HALL DINNER
HELD DOWNTOWN FOR DECADES.
THIS YEAR THE NONPROFIT PASSED
OUT INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED MEALS
FOR THOSE IN NEED TO TAKE OUT
NEWSDAY.
HEATHER HOPE SHOWS US THE
CHANGES.
>> RIGHT.
AND THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT THE
PACK THANKSGIVING DINNER WE'VE
SEEN THE SALVATION ARMY DO IN
YEARS PAST.
BUT THIS YEAR DUE TO COBA 19
PANDEMIC THEY'VE HAD TO PIVOT
AND OPENED UP LOCATIONS LIKE
THIS ONE IN CLERMONT ALLOWING
PEOPLE TO DRIVE UP PICK UP FOOD
TO GO FOR ALL THOSE IN NEED.
TODAY WE'RE FEEDING 400 PEOPLE
FROM THE COMMUNITY GIVING BACK
ON THANKSGIVING.
>> THESE DAYS THERE THE NEED IS
GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE AS A
LINE GREW OUTSIDE THE SAN DIEGO
SALVATION ARMY CITADEL CORE IN
CLAREMONT.
>> TEAMS OF VOLUNTEERS PACKED
FULL PLASTIC BAGS.
>> SOME GREAT PEOPLE THAT WE
WORKED WITH TO MAKE SURE THOSE
MEALS COME AND THEY'RE HOT AND
THEY'RE PREPARED PASSING OUT A
THANKSGIVING MEAL TO MANY
WITHOUT ANYTHING TO EAT.
>> WELL, I'M ON THE STREET
HOMELESS AND I COME HERE EVERY
WEEKDAY TO GET LUNCH ANYWAYS
AND HER THAN THIS ON SO I'VE
GOT ENOUGH FOOD TO LAST FOR A
COUPLE DAYS MAKING IT LAST.
>> AS THE NONPROFIT HOPES TO
MAKE AN IMPACT DURING THE
PANDEMIC THAT HAS KEPT PEOPLE
SOCIALLY DISTANT FOR SEVERAL
MONTHS MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A
MEAL, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SOME
KIND OF CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY
GUESTS WERE GRATEFUL TO PICK UP
THE FREE TAKEOUT MEALS.
>> BUT IT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE
FROM THE PACK.
SIT DOWN THANKSGIVING DINNERS
THE SALVATION ARMY HAS SERVED
FOR 30 YEARS.
DOWNTOWN GOLDEN HALL.
AS WITH EVERYTHING IN LIFE
WE'VE HAD TO CHANGE PROCEDURE
BECAUSE MARKOVITS SO NOW IT'S A
GRAB AND GO INSTEAD OF A SIT
DOWN MEAL USING CLAIREMONT AS
ONE OF FOUR LOCATIONS SPREAD
OUT ACROSS THE COUNTY WHERE
ANYONE CAN WALK UP AND NOT WALK
AWAY HUNGRY.
>> IT MEANS SURVIVAL.
THANKSGIVING DAY 2020 HAS BEEN
INCREASINGLY HARD FOR MANY TO
FIND AND KEEP A JOB.
DOUG SMITH SAYS HE'S A RETIRED
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER LIVING ON
THE STREETS.
I GIVE THANKS TO GOD AND I'LL
DO IT SIX OR EIGHT TIMES
DESPITE HAVING NOWHERE TO GO.
>> DOUG IS GRATEFUL FOR HIS
HELP AND A MEAL.
HIS THANKSGIVING PRAYER IS
SIMPLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOU KEEPING ME
GOING.
AND DESPITE ALL THE
CIRCUMSTANCES MUCH DIFFERENT
THIS YEAR WITH FAR LESS BELL
RINGERS FOR THE SALVATION
ARMY'S BIGGEST FUND RAISER, THE
KETTLES THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT
OF STORES WHICH ARE LIMITED NOW
BECAUSE OF CAUVIN ARE HOW WE
HELP PEOPLE ALL YEAR ROUND IN
ORDER TO KEEP FOOD GIVEAWAYS
LIKE THIS ONE GOING THE
SALVATION ARMY OR JUST ANYONE
TO DONATE AT SAN DIEGO GOT
SALVATION ARMY DOT ORG HEATHER
HOPE NEWS .
>> THANKS, HEATHER.
>> AND THANKS TO THOSE PEOPLE
DOING THOSE GOOD DEEDS.
MANY STORES THAT OPENED UP FOR
BLACK FRIDAY DEALS ON
THANKSGIVING LAST YEAR.
THEY'RE CLOSED TODAY.
THEY WON'T OPEN UNTIL NEARLY
SUNRISE TOMORROW MORNING.
ON TOP OF THOSE CHANGES,
MUSIC'S FELICIA SUMMERS SHOWS
US STORES ARE SPREADING OUT THE
SAVINGS TO SPREAD OUT THE
CROWDS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
>> BLACK FRIDAY THIS YEAR WON'T
QUITE BE LIKE WHAT WE'RE USED
TO.
MANY STORES OPEN IN YEARS PAST
TODAY ARE CLOSED ALSO DUE TO
THE PANDEMIC, MAJOR CHAINS ARE
LAYING OUT THEIR BLACK FRIDAY
DEALS EARLIER THAN EVER AND
MOSTLY ONLINE.
WITH THE CLICK OF YOUR KEYBOARD
IT'S NEVER BEEN EASIER OR MORE
HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO SKIP THE
AGE OLD AMERICAN TRADITION OF
LINING UP SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
OUTSIDE STORES FOR BLACK FRIDAY
DEALS AND I USUALLY COME IN
STORE.
>> BUT I JUST GOT TO AMAZON AT
THIS TIME FORTUNE FEELS SAFER
AT.
I REALLY HOPE THAT IT DOESN'T
GET AS CHAOTIC AS IT NORMALLY
DOES ON BLACK FRIDAY.
I THINK A LOT MORE PEOPLE ARE
ORDERING ONLINE AND YOU KNOW,
FINDING OTHER WAYS TO GET
THINGS.
RETAILERS ARE OFFERING BLACK
FRIDAY DISCOUNTS EARLIER AND
ONLINE THIS YEAR TO SPREAD OUT
SHOPPERS.
>> FOR EXAMPLE, THE PRICE ON
THIS SHARK IQ ROBOT VACUUM HAS
BEEN SLASHED.
ONE HUNDRED NINETY FIVE DOLLARS
AT WAL-MART AND THIS NINJA
FOODY PRESSURE COOKER AND AIR
FRYER IS ON SALE FOR ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS OFF AT BED BATH
AND BEYOND STORES THAT USED TO
OPEN THANKSGIVING EVENING THE
KICKOFF BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING
ARE CLOSED.
TARGET BEING ONE OF THEM.
HERE'S A LIST OF SOME OTHERS.
EVERYTHING FROM ALL DS BARNES
AND NOBLE HOME DEPOT TO T.J.
MAX.
THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION
PREDICTS TOTAL HOLIDAY SALES
THIS YEAR COULD REACH ABOUT
SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY SIX BILLION
DOLLARS A 5.2 PERCENT INCREASE
FROM LAST YEAR.
>> ALICIA SUMMERS NEWSIE A
REMINDER AS YOU CELEBRATE THIS
THANKSGIVING IF YOU PLAN ON
DRINKING, HAVE A PLAN FOR YOUR
DRIVE HOME.
>> CHP IS OUT IN FULL FORCE FOR
WHAT THEY CALL A MAXIMUM
ENFORCEMENT PERIOD.
IT STARTED LAST NIGHT AND GOES
THROUGH 11 FIFTY NINE P.M.
SUNDAY.
OFFICERS ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
IMPAIRED OR UNSAFE DRIVERS.
THE CHP ALSO REMINDS EVERYONE
TO BUCKLE UP DESIGNATED DRIVER.
IF YOU'RE DRINKING OR USE A
RIDE SHARE TO GET HOME.
STILL AHEAD, LOCAL FIRE CREWS
WERE HARD AT WORK TODAY PUTTING
OUT A SERIES OF BRUSHFIRES.
PLUS A THANKSGIVING MESSAGE TO
TROOPS FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
ONE TO THE NATION FROM
PRESIDENT ELECT JOE BIDEN.
AND A RED FLAG WARNING TAKES
EFFECT AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR
EVENING HOURS.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WINDY
IT'S GOING TO GET.
AND A LOOK AT YOUR WEEKEND
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND FORECAST
COMING UP.
>> AND TO HELP BRIGHTEN THE
HOLIDAYS FOR SENIORS WHO ARE
GOING IT ALONE THIS HOLIDAY
SEASON, WE'RE ASKING YOU, OUR
VIEWERS TO MAKE A CONNECTION.
IT'S EASY TO DO AND WILL MEAN
SO MUCH.
JUST WRITE A LETTER.
MAYBE YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE YOUR
FAVORITE HOLIDAY MEMORY OF A
GRANDPARENT.
MAYBE YOU JUST LIKE TO SAY
HELLO AND BRIGHTEN THE DAY OF
SOMEONE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW.
START BY TEXTING THE WORD
CONNECT TWO EIGHT FIVE EIGHT
FIVE SEVEN ONE EIGHT EIGHT
EIGHT EIGHT.
WE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH STEP BY
STEP.
WE'LL BE HAND DELIVERING
MESSAGES TO LOCAL SENIORS.
YOU CAN