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israeli military probes gaza's largest hospital yet again and looking at proof that hamas uses it as a command center. the body of an israeli soldier taken hostage is discovered. hate mail. a letter from osama bin laden goes viral, as gen-z looks at points from a 9/11 mastermind. the white house is stepping in. the great escape. millions taking to the skies and hitting the roads ahead of the thanksgiving holiday. while get-away day is earlier than ever and how weather could impact everything. and play to pay. from gardening to mountain climbing, having a hobby is a great way to de-stress and unwind but it turns out it could actually help your career as well. we'll explain. we begin this hour with israeli troops inside gaza's biggest hospital. for a third day, israeli military claims it found a tunnel and weapons at the al shifa hospital complex. nbc news can't independently verify that information. israel also claims hamas uses the hospital as a command

center. that's an accusation hamas and hospital workers have repeatedly denied. israel says it is, quote, close to dismantling the military system in northern gaza. it is now urging people in southern gaza to evacuate. it comes as fears of mass starvation grow. the u.n. says it can't deliver food and other supplies because it doesn't have fuel. internet and phone service also down. the palestinian border officials say 17,000 liters of fuel entered gaza today to help restore communication. nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez is in tel aviv for us. so far, israeli has not provided evidence of a command center under the hospital. how is the israeli military responding to that? >> reporter: the israeli military argument is that every day, they will have more evidence of what they say is hamas's presence in el shifa hospital, the largest hospital

in the strip. they rushed out videos in the hours that followed and what they showed was pretty sparse. a standful of assault weapons and grenades and ammunition and hamas literature but not a smoking gun as it wrchl the following day, they released this video of what they say was a hamas tunnel shaft. nbc news is not able to independently verify that that tunnel belongs to hamas. but we can say that ouijao-located the video, and it is indeed on the ground of the al shifa hospital and the israeli military says will is more to come. the criticism from humanitarian organizations, from the world health organization, is about the danger that this israeli military operation is putting the patients at al shiafa hospital in, including the dozens of premature babies out of their incubators because there is no electricity and as well as the people sheltering there. and the consistent message from israel to palestinian civilians

no n-northern gaza, is flee south. it is relatively safe for you in the south. we actually, when we were in gaza earlier this week, is a thousands of palestinian civilians going down one of those so-called humanitarian corridor, but earlier today, in the neighborhood here, the israeli military says even if you're in the south, you're going to be carrying out military operations, and now they are urging people to get out from there, which just underscores there really is no safe area in gaza. tom? >> and raf, you also had exclusive access to israeli intelligence officer, who has been involved with interrogating suspects from the october 7th terror attack. i can't imagine what he has heard so far. what did you learn? >> reporter: yes, just a fascinating interview with sha lone, israeli's equivalent to the fbi, and retired last year and called back into service after october 7th, and i asked him what was it like, to sit across from people involved in that attack. take a listen. >> what's it like to sit like this, with a man who you know

massacred israeli civilians? >> sometimes you want to kill him with your bare hands but do you nothing, okay? and sometimes, even the opportunity you have to connect, to some dots in his personality. >> and he was involved in the interrogation of around 50 alleged hamas commandos, who were sort of the tip of the hamas sphere during the terror attack on october 7th. it is possible, tom, that a deal to free the hostages may involve releasing those very same hamas suspects that he interrogated. he said that would be painful for him and with officers, he would understand if that was the price of bring can the hostages, too. >> raf sanchez, thank you for that. you can see raf's exclusive reporting tonight on nbc nightly news with lester holt. back here at home, the federal government is trying to

help college campuses beef up security. it comes at a time when many jewish muslim students say they don't feel safe. some of the students we spoke to say they're not only dealing with threats from their peers, but now from complete strangers. nbc's homeland security correspondent julia ainsley joins me now. julia, you spoke with some of those students at the university of connecticut. what kind of threats are they dealing with? >> reporter: well, they've seen the threats run the gamut, jewish students say they have seen flyers on the campus calling the attacks on october 7th in israel justified this. see that as a threat of violence that could ultimately turn against them. also the muslim students have received email that have been threaten, and a very threatening voice mail, one former student head of the students for palestine, received a voice mail earlier this month. she played it for me and we had a conversation. take a listen. >> you are supporting baby killers, people who rape grandmas, i can't wait to see you dead. how. >> how did you feel? >> it makes me wonder what else

are they capable of doing, if they're going out of their way to get your number. >> reporter: it is pretty troubling, i talked to lina for a while there, the spokes person from the muslim association and the jewish association, to help work on security to help keep them safe because they say they need the extra security. u-conn administrators say they are investigating the voice mail as well as another message. while thee are condemning anti-semitism and islamophobia, the students say they need for the demonstration to come out, call out the actions and mack sure everyone knows about them and try to have an open dialogue to educate and bring people together but right now it is a place that the administration is going. >> thank you, julia. the social media discussion with the war is taking an

additional new turn. a decades old propaganda written by osama bin laden, the late al qaeda leader was behind the deadliest terror attack in american history, later called by navy seals. he wrote his so-called letter to america after the 9/11 attack, it called out u.s. policy towards the palestinian people, and israel, and fuels multiple anti-semitic and homophobic stereotypes. tiktok says it has banned the letter to america, and our team has been able to find videos on tiktok. let's bring in correspondent jake ward. i don't know if we know yet or anyone knows the answer to this question, but how did this letter start to pop up and go viral, sort of out of nowhere? >> reporter: well, anyone who had an idle interest in the content of let clear have found it in the course of the past two decades on the website of the guardian. that was the place it was most prominently feature and readily available for anyone looking into history at that time, but

something about the palestinian and israeli situation has set off a new interest in it, and a journalist earlier this week posted a compilation of a few videos that had been popping up on tiktok of young people describing the specific portion of that letter that deals with the palestinian situation, and blames american taxpayers for their government's actions around the world. it does not, however, tend to include the more horrible parts of that letter that call for the genocide of civilians, and casts homophobic and anti-semitic sentiment. so since tuesday, we've seen about a 4,300% increase in references to bin laden on x, formerly known as twitter, and a 400% increase on youtube, when it comes to searches for that. millions, tens of millions, maybe even hundreds of millions of views on tiktok have result the. but as you mentioned, the hash tag letter to america has been taken down by that platform at this hour, tom. >> and jake, can you talk about how the algorithm works, right,

on tiktok? because it works differently here than it does in china. but something like this can go viral sort of easily. >> reporter: yes, it absolutely does. i mean here in the united states, tiktok, like all of the major platforms, is looking for ways and things you are interested in and the idle searching i have done for the words bin laden on tiktok have yielded all sorts of videos ever since. they're just coming through my feed. and now, tiktok, youtube, instagram, they all have very clear policies about not promoting or encouraging any sort of terrorism-related content. and this falls squarely in the middle of that, but it is also a feature of tiktok that you could comment on other people's videos. so even videos now that criticize the outpouring of support for bin laden's sentiment have resurfaced the original videos, even those, even though those have been taken down. so at this point as with all things social media, tom, once a thing gets going, it is very hard to stop. >> jake, you monitor this stuff for us, so you would know better than i would, but is this one of

the, the first time, a mu trend that we're seeing, that tiktok is actually launching trends on other platforms? i mean that stat you put up of youtube and x taking off on it is, tiktok sort of leading the charge now? >> reporter: well, it certainly is leading the charge among young people, right? it is the preferred source of news for people 18 to 25. a huge proportion, a plurality of young people say they get their news off of that. so at this point, we know that once something takes hold and gets into this sort of political moment, when people are really talking things through on tiktok, that tends to lead the zeitgeists across social media, tom. >> as you know the media can purport to a trend setter, but not exactly like this. jake ward, we appreciate your report can. the cnbc money minute, california could see energy bill goes up and apple is making a big change to iphone messages. bertha coombs joins us now. great to see you. >> tom, you too. >> start with california, the utility company that serves more than 16 million people in the

golden state is adding a sur charge to the bills to counter wildfires in that state. pg&e will increase gas and electric bills by about $32 a month, so it can bury 200 miles of power lines to reduce the chances of starting another major wildfire. amazon meantime is confirming that the company is laying off hundreds of people in it's lexa division, as part of a broader cost cutting initiative. the company started last year. the vice president of alexa and fire tv says the company employees in the u.s. and canada are being notified today. and apple expects to adopt a technological standard next year that allows texting between iphones and android devices to run more smoothly. the standard known as rts will bring i message features and received bubbles and higher

quality media sharing to all platforms. the move comes after more than a year of pressure from regulators and competitors to make changes that work seamlessly across both operating systems. but tom, you will still have that separation of both of my messages from the blue bubble and folks on android in the green one. >> hopefully when i text you, you go back to me a little faster, right? instead of taking some time. >> bertha, thank you. coming up, spilling the tea. why starbucks workers who just went out on strike say more strikes may be brewing. plus, turkey trot. tens of millions of americans are already heading out for the thanksgiving holiday. we're not calling them turkeys of course. how you can avoid a travel nightmare. you're watching "nbc news daily." when my doctor gave me breztri for my copd things changed for me. breztri gave me better breathing, symptom improvement, and reduced flare-ups. breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition

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we're officially less than one week away from thanksgiving and people are already starting their holiday. today's the official start of the holiday travel season. and the tsa predicts this year, it could be the busiest for the millions of people flying. they have already been preparing, trying to avoid scenes like these from last year. nbc's bill karins is tracking the thanksgiving forecast. we want to start with george solis live for us at the philadelphia international airport. george, how is it looking out there? i know we're still pretty early before thanksgiving and what do people need to know before they're heading to the airport? >> hey, tom. come hungry. we're talking turkey recipes and sides. it has sort of been the little

fun we've been having out there. outside of that, get here early, we know it is a busy travel period. the calendar i'm about to show you full picture, 20 million or so, 30 million or so to be screened through tsa, and a record breaking number. the sunday after thanksgiving, 2.9 million expected to be screened. and the busiest travel season, tuesday november 21st, the wednesday before thanksgiving and the sunshine after thanksgiving. so here, with the folks that we've been talking to, a lot of them just grateful that they have pre-check, tsa is saying that 17 million people have signed up, for pre-check. that's 4 million more than last year. and that really is the tale of the case here. i'm looking at the board here, three to five minutes for pre-check and about four to nine minutes, it has been almost a half an hour, when we look at some of these long queues. take a listen to the travelers that i've been talking to about the benefit with the pre-check.

>> what do you think of the pre-check line? >> it is a little bit longer than it usually is. >> yes it is usually shorter. >> what does that tell you about the return of people traveling for this holiday? >> right, yeah, i think that it travel is definitely back. >> some people are not just turkey trotting by air. some by car. a lot of them, relatively cheaper for gas, 40 cents, relative speaking, even down south. weather looks pretty good but i will leave that to our great bill karins to get into that. and tom, hopefully you have a great thanksgiving. any particular side you're looking forward to? >> i have a nontraditional side, it is what we have at our house and we love it. george, thank you and thank you for not stepping on the weather because if you would, bill karins would be angry and we drive to philadelphia. nbc news meteorologist bill karins is here now and we know it will be a busy week and people have to focus on this. >> it always.

is and it is like a five-day stretch. we're always going to have a storm in some portion that will cause delays and we hope we don't get too many cancellations and people can't get to their final destination, it may be slow getting there but i don't see any reason why anyone shouldn't get to their destinations by thursday. right now, we love the green across the map. no airport delays, you about all of the major hubs, that's fantastic for a friday, and just any day of the year. let alone right before thanksgiving travel. so as we go throughout the rest of today, we just have this area of rain heading through western new york, and also a little bit of rain heading into california later on today. and by the time we get through this afternoon, the winds may pick up enough in detroit, and also nashville, minor delays, i'm not expecting much. by the time we get to saturday, the storm system heads to new england and the winds pick up on the backside of it. so driving will be just fine. and air issues may be minor in areas of new england and the west is where the storminess will be as we go through saturday afternoon and saturday night and right into sunday. and by the time we get to sunday afternoon, more of the four corner region and the rockies. snow or rain depending on your

elevation. late in the day isolated thunderstorms around dallas and oklahoma city. the interesting part of the forecast, by the time we get to tuesday, wednesday, the busiest travel times, a lot of rain up and down the east coast, by the time we get to tuesday. and wednesday, that storm is gone. if i had to pick a day, tom, i would say tuesday is the day i would try to avoid on the roads and in the air on the east coast. >> great advice. thank you, bill. coming up, overworked and underpaid. sound familiar? what a new survey reveals about who is being hit hardest by burnout. you're watching "nbc new daily.s " you'll find them in cities, towns and suburbs all across america. millions of americans who have medicare and medicaid but may be missing benefits they could really use. extra benefits they may be eligible to receive at no extra cost. and if you have medicare and medicaid, you may be able to get extra benefits, too, through a humana medicare advantage dual-eligible special needs plan. call now to see if there's a plan in your area and to see if

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the president's message to collaborate with the world's most dynamic economies. >> together we can harness the power of the pacific to grow our economies, to uplift our workers, to protect our planet, to connect our people to one another and the future of greater prosperity and dignity for all. >> the president signed a temporary spending bill pushing back the threat of a government shutdown until next year. the president will leave san francisco before 1:30 this afternoon. before that, his secretary of state, secretary blinken, will wrap up here at apec with a news conference in just over an hour from now. in san francisco, ginger conejero saab, nbc bay area news. president biden was one of the many attendees. he wasn't the only biden. dr. jill biden there just wraps up a program for apec leader spouses at apple's campus. the focus, discussing mental

health with the u.s. surgeon general. dr. biden began the event talking about the importance of open mental health conversations. >> too often, these issues are hidden. swept under the rug and ignored. when we bring them out into the light, when we talk about them openly like we will today, we can begin to heal. >> that program got underway 9:30 this morning. we have a trio of other stories. pg&e bill is going up again. a judge is now ordering charges be filed against a former prosecutor. first, breaking news, just in. a car has crashed into a home and we have video right here. look at this video showing the damage. you can see the car, a tesla slammed into the side of the home. we are told no one is hurt. police say the driver was pulling into the driveway, then lost control of the car. the house is now red tagged.

it's not safe to live in. pamela price claims funds were misappropriated. a judge agrees ordering ford be charged. ford is working in the san francisco d.a.'s office and has not replied to our request for comment. here it is, state regulators are giving pg&e the green light to take more of your green, raise rates by 13% starting new year's day. the utility says it needs more of your money to reduce fire risk. here is how to break down on your screen, typical household will pay $32.50 more per more. the following year, bill goes up another $4.50. perhaps a reprieve in 2026 when the bills are expected to drop eight bucks.

we are in for stormy weather. kari hall is monitoring our radar to pinpoint where and when you might see rain or thunderstorms. >> we will see rain returning to the bay area going into the afternoon. at 3:00, we may even see thunderstorms moving through. that chance of storms continues into the evening. at 7:00, it may be over san francisco and parts of the north bay. with widespread rain across much of the rest of the bay area. we will continue to see rain in the forecast off and on throughout the day on saturday. not too many breaks here, at least in some parts of the bay area. we will see that rain continue. then on saturday night into sunday, eventually we will see the rain winding down. we are in for some drier condition as we head into our thanksgiving holiday. i will have a look at that as we approach a busy travel timeand we want to see what's coming our way next. a look at the seven day forecast in $30 minutes.

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jimmy carter, are spending time with their family. former president carter who is 99 has been in hospice car since february. a mistrial in the 2020 death of breonna taylor. brett hankenson was facing federal civil rights charges for firing shots in a botched raid that led to her death. the judge declared a mistrial. federal prosecutors have decided to retry hankenson and the judge has set a hearing for next month to determine the next steps. california governor gavin newsom announced a section of i-10 which was severely damaged by a fire last weekend will reopen no later than tuesday. pretty fast. officials feared it would be close for months. the fire forced two miles of the freeway to shut down re-routing about 300,000 vehicles each day. all right, grabbing your starbucks, if it takes a little longer than usual yesterday? it wasn't just because of the coffee giant's annual red cup day. it might also have been because starbucks workers walked off the job in a major labor action.

baristas at more than 200 locations were on strike thursday, saying they are totally overworked and those big promotional days, well, they need better staffing and they want to see the mobile orders limited when it gets to busy. for more on, this we want to bring in senior business correspondent christine romans. could there be more starbucks strikes on the way? >> reporter: certainly, organizers were energized by what they saw yesterday. a year ago, it was about a 100 locations that had walkouts and rallies and protests outside and this year it was 200. you're absolutely right with the demands of some of the starbucks worker. it is interesting because some of the starbucks workers who walked off the job, one of the biggest problems on the big promotional days are the customers who have to wait in long lines for their complicated drinks and he had can get a little disgruntled, and there's not enough staff to help deal with that. starbucks for its part says this was a very minimal disruption, if any, with only a handful of stores, they say where you might

have seen delays and most people could get their coffee just like normal, and that they are still, you know, working on raising wages, and they earlier this month announced they are raising wages and doing other things to try to meet the demands of the workers outside of organizing unions. >> right, and christine, i wanted to talk about another labor action that has a huge economic impact, the auto workers strike, there is movement on the deal with the big three car makers today with what happened. tell us what happened. >> it looks like they are on the way to ratifying, ford is finishing up the vote, but it looks like stellantis and gm, the uaw members have ratified the deal and an historic deal with labor and a 45% increase and something they worked hard to get and remember during the bailout of the stings crisis, they had stagnant wages and big concessions after the financial crisis and then saw the automakers recover and became

quite profitable again and this is something the workers are happy about. >> we've spoken about this before, are these strikes contagious. 2023 has been defined by strikes. the auditor workers and writers and actors and now starbucks. more? >> truck drivs, pilots, teachers, nurses, there is a moment here, labor is having a moment, i think it is important to put it in perspective about, 10% of the labor force is unionized, that is still near a historic low, but there is this feeling among workers across the country, across age demographics, and across industries, frankly, that they do have a little more leverage here, and a very tight labor market, after years of stagnant wages, to ask for more. >> christine romans, always great to see you. thank you. >> you're welcome. if you're feeling burned out at work, you're not alone. a recent survey from deloitte says more than half of workers feel exhausted, 49% feel stressed and others say they are overwhelmed and angry. in the aftermath of the pandemic, it has particularly impacted workers ins public

sector and required to work an exorbitant amount of overtime to compensate for all of the staffing shorting. our reporter shannon has been working on this topic. you have talked to workers in the public sector, what they have seen. an aaggressivive normalization of understaffing? how is that impact can workers in the community on apparently level? >> reporter: we have talked a lot about worker shortages across the economy and the impact on consumers. but for workers, they really described crushing demands by their employers with really no end in sight. and i'll give you some examples. there has been a common shortage across the country of firefighters. i talked to one firefighter in virginia beach, and he describes routinely having to work 36-hour shifts, without any rest breaks, and then only getting a short period of time off, before having to come back into work the next day. and he says that him and his colleagues have worked six times the amount of overtime hours at the virginia beach fire

department, as they have before the pandemic, because of these staffing shortages. police officers, they're in a very similar position. i talked to boston police officers, who said they routinely are working 16-hour days, four days in a row, before they get two hours off. and then of course, health care, there has been a large number of nurses who left the work force since the pandemic, and the nurses who remain say that they're already long shifts that can be about 12 hours long, and having been stretched to 14, 15 hours and getting eight hours off before they're required to come back. so the workers say this has been going on for several years now. and they don't see any resolution. they don't see light at the end of the tunnel. and for many of them, it is causing a lot of stress. it is pushing them to a breaking point. >> all right. shannon pettypiece, we appreciate your reporting. thank you for that. remember last year, holiday travel season was filled with delays, and cancellations and one complete southwest air meltdown? it is a much different story in

2023 as better staffing and schedules has led to much smoother airline operations. how you can beat the traffic? not just on the airport but on the roads as well. noah pranski has important tips. >> the tsa has a predicted 30 million passengers heading through u.s. airports next week and starting today is when it picks up and aaa says record traffic volume, too. there are a few ways to avoid the inevitable travel nightmares this travel season. there are vacations and there are family trips, and they are not the same. so five quick tips how to avoid the worst of the worst part of the holiday season. number one, the new best days to travel. see, remote work has changed holiday habits. no longer do all travelers hit the road simultaneously the wednesday before turkey day. experts say the airport rush starts the weekend before now. and should really be bad both tuesday and wednesday. and the quietest days of the week, in the skies, it is monday and thanksgiving day.

as for the highways, aaa predicts crazy volume wednesday afternoon, and midday thursday. but not so bad outside those windows. and on the backside of the holiday -- >> if you can avoid traveling on the roads, or the airport, on sunday after thanksgiving, we recommend it, it is the busiest travel day of the year. >> tip number two, look at price deflation. gas is down 5% from a year ago. airline ticks, 13%. you can still score some deals on the thanksgiving and christmas travel if you're flexible and analysts say prices should drop even more right after thanksgiving. >> consider waiting for travel deal tuesday. it is tuesday after thanksgiving. and it is the best day of the year to book travel. there are widespread deals on air fares, hotels, rental cars, you name it. >> tip number three. reduce your risk of flight delays by taking flights earlier in the day, before the little scheduling disruptions snow ball into major disruptions.

and security lines, they also tend to be shorter in the morning, too. speaking of those security lines, tim number four, get to the airport 30 minutes or more earlier than normal, even if you have expedited access. >> for those travelers who have security speed-up programs like clear, tsa pre-check, keep in mind that doesn't guarantee a short line. >> reporter: it's too late to add tsa pre-check now if you don't have it ahead of thanksgiving but it is good to start it with 2024 travel or a 2024 government shutdown. same for passport renewals, too. in tip number five, the holidays are good times to score deals on stay-cations, especially at really nice hotels. >> typically, prices on holiday dates, especially in big cities, are going to drop by anywhere by 25%, or more. >> the two exceptions, according to hopper, new york, home of the rockefeller tree, and thanksgiving parade, and orlando, home of the mouse. >> so what are a few things you can do immediately for flights

that get delayed during the holidays. >> you race to the airport and get in line but 200 people deep and there is a lot of power in your phone, download the app for the airline you're flying because you may be able to reach customer service faster texting through the app. and recommend calling on a second phone or the same phone because customer service on the phone may be faster, especially if you dialed the international phone numbers, they may not be issues abroad the way there are here domestically. and also, a lot of apps let you rebook yourself, often even cheaper or faster than you can do in person. three different ways. got to try them all. but hopefully it will help you avoid some nightmares. >> thank you. breaking news that just came in. this time from texas. the woman convicted of sending a procyclist and alleged romantic rival has just been sentenced to 90 years in prison. the jury handed down the sentence for kaitlin armstrong after three and a half hours of deliberations. armstrong was convicted of killing a woman in a jealous

rage, and prosecutors were not seeking the death penalty in this case. turning now to a bombshell lawsuit against music smokele sean p. diddy combs. the former long time partner cassie alleges her relationship with combs was filled with years of abuse and violence. and the outlet tmz initially reported that the artist was the subject of a criminal investigation in new york city. today the nypd responded saying that is not true. there is no criminal investigation against diddy. here's nbc's chloe melas with more. ♪ every step i take. >> reporter: music mogul sean diddy combs facing a slew of allegations, including rape, and sex trafficking. in a stunning new civil lawsuit filed thursday, by his long-time partner, singer cassie. ♪ >> reporter: according to the complaint, cassie, whose real name is cassandra ventura, alleges combs asserted complete control over her personal and professional life. throughout their relationship,

she says she endured a cycle of abuse and violence. for more than a decade. the lawsuit even detailing combs thanking ventura during a lifetime achievement award speech on b.e.t. last year. >> cassie, for holding me down in dark times, love. >> reporter: she is also accusing the rapper of forcing her into unwanted sexual encounters, with mail sex workers through the use of illegal substances and threats of violence. saying combs allegedly recorded the sex acts, to reinforce her inability to escape. the complaint going on to accuse combs of uncontrol al rage alleging he often punched, beat and kicked and stomped on her. and then allegedly used his money to hide evidence of abuse including putting ventura up in a hotel tore days to hale ools. accusing combs of rape, saying his relationship near the end, he ford himself into her apartment in 2018. the acclaimed music producer, vehemently denying the

allegations. . his attorney calling them offensive. and outrageous. writing in, part, for the past six months, mr. combs has been subjected to ms. ventura's persistent demand of $30 million, under the threat of writing a damaging book about their relationship which was unequivocally rejected as blatant blackmail. chloe melas, nbc news. coming up, research shows having a hobby can be good for your brain and your body. now, before you say you don't have any time, we'll tell you how you can squeeze one into your busy life. you're watching "nbc news daily."

okay, we're back now with today's mental health check, and we're focusing on the benefits of having a hobby. according to the british journal of sports medicine, people who engage in physical leisure activities for at least 20 minutes a week are less inclined to feel fatigued. and research shows performing a hobby can improve our mental and physical health, as well as our overall well-being. joining me now is health and wellness coach natalie, thanks for joining us here, i want to start with some of the benefits associated with performing a hobby, and how they can improve our mental health. walk us through this. >> yes, i love this, hi, happy

to be here. so having a hobby is a great thing because it allows to you explore your creative side, it allows you to do something that really energizing you. when you do something that you enjoy, that the time passes and due realize it, it actually gives you more energy. whether that be something that is physical exercise, or something like playing cards, or reading a book, both count as hobbies, and both are going to reduce the stress in your life. >> and which hobbies would you say are best for mental health? >> yeah, so exercise is always going to be great, but i also love something that is outside, and a hobby that actually involves other people as well, so if you love cooking, get your kids involved, have them learn a a recipe with you, being outside is wonderful, because you're in touch with nature and you get the i.v. vitamin d from sunlight, and great environmental health and being in touch with the nature side will always put a smile on your face, so if you can lean on exercise, and nature and

incorporate other people into your hobbies, then you are getting an a plus. >> what about collecting stamps? is that still a thing? are people doing that? would that help you? >> i don't know if people are doing it, but we certainly still are mailing letters so there must be someone out there who is checking stamps and that counts, that absolutely counts, again, something that is going to energize you, that is going to take some pressure off of your day, collecting stamps. >> a lot of money collecting stamps. also, how can it improve your professional life, with hese hobbies you're talking about? >> yes, so often we feel pressure from work and so that is really because we're maybe there for a pay check and hopefully you do what you love and sometimes we're not as fortunate so a hobby somehow allows you to escape that pressure and enjoy something you do love and you're not relying on work so much to be your happiness source. you have kind of that outlet to explore your creativity side,

and also to find happiness in a different way. >> what's your device for people looking to pick up a new hobby? >> explore, explore, explore. try a new thing every single week, whether that be dancing, crocheting, playing cards, give yourself two or three new activities a week, and invite friends with the activities, do them solo and find something that you're not looking at the clock while you're doing it and you would be surprised what you enjoy doing. >> a little high stakes poker, maybe right? >> maybe. >> i'm just joking. for many people finding time is a big obstacle between juggling work and family and a social life, and how do you carve out some time for these leisure activities. >> so take advantage of your commute, make you take a train, or a way to work, you can get some reading in at that time, if that is the hobby that you enjoy. and incorporate your kids and your friends, maybe your birthday is coming up, or there's a lot of holidays coming up, and you can do something together that maybe as soon as a normal dinner, you can either

cook together, or if you love painting, can you go to a painting class together and in corporate the people around you, and get them invited and get them excited as well and have them explore hobbies and killing two birds with one stone, on the commute or spending final with family and friends. >> real tip, any tips to get your parents into a new honey. >> explore. have them try a new hobby once or twice a week and reward them with good behavior when th with good behavior when th at movihang forward with node- positive breast cancer is overwhelming. but i never just found my way; i made it. and did all i could to prevent recurrence. verzenio reduces the risk of recurrence of hr-positive, her2-negative, node-positive, early breast cancer with a high chance of returning, as determined by your doctor when added to hormone therapy. hormone therapy works outside the cell... while verzenio works inside to help stop the growth of cancer cells. diarrhea is common, may be severe, or cause dehydration or infection. at the first sign, call your doctor,

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tomorrow. we could see some sunshine. kari hall has our seven day forecast. >> we are going to have mild temperatures today, clouds increasing and rain developing during the afternoon. we are watching out for the possibility that we could see thunderstorms in parts of the bay area for today and off and on rain continues in our saturday forecast. sunday is looking nice. that's going to be the pick of the weekend with our temperatures headed for the mid 60s. we are still going to have some sunshine in the forecast. we approach the day before thanksgiving and the thanksgiving holiday, expect it to reach into the upper 60s. in san francisco, the chance of thunderstorms increases this evening. heavy rain possible through saturday. look for sunshine and highs in look for sunshine and highs in the mid 60s ♪ heatin' up the kitchen ♪ ♪ we got somethin different ♪ ♪ spreadin' good vibes all day ♪ ♪ livin' in the golden state ♪ ♪ nada se puede comparar ♪ ♪ livin' in the golden state ♪

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holidays. the tsa expects record crowds this year. this year, seven of the top ten busiest days in the security agency's 22-year history. here is how long it will take you to get through at our bay area airports. the agency advises that you arrive two to three hours early. that's to allow enough time to park, check in, go through security and make it to your gate. you can expect peak thanksgiving travel now through thursday. there will be more than 4 million travellers in the air, which is 6% more than last year. >> look at wednesday through sunday, that five-day period, aaa is projecting this to be the third highest thanksgiving on record, since we have been watching holiday travel since 2000. >> you need to plan for busy roads as well. nearly 50 million americans will be on the roads. avoid wednesday, which is expected to be the busiest day.

leave tuesday if you can or get up early thanksgiving morning. gas prices are lower than last year. in california, our average is still 5 bucks a gallon. turkey is $2.36 a pound. that's cheaper than a year ago. the holidays are drawing closer. that means we have some annual traditions to talk about. this is macy's in san francisco. unveiling the 2023 holiday windows. they feature puppies and kittens available for aadoption. it's a partnership with spca. shoppers can enjoy it through it the end of the year. they rehe are preparing in the south bay. a the city's ice opens today. around the circle palm plaza. an official opening ceremony is scheduled for monday. that's going to do it for "the fast forward."

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