good morning. thanks for starting your weekend with us. there is a good chance you're one of the millions who will be on the move for thanksgiving. >> get ready for a lot of company. it's november 18th. this is "today." turkey trot. with thanksgiving now just five days away, the holiday rush is on. tens of millions expected on the

roads and in the skies, but nasty weather may make travel difficult for many. we've got everything you need to know. on the move. health officials in gaza saying many patients and medical staff are leaving the biggest hospital, after it was taken over by israeli forces. the military now saying, after dismantling much of hamas in the north, they're headed south, as the humanitarian situation grows more dire. breaking overnight, taylor swift tragedy. a fan dying before the pop star's concert in brazil, amid triple-digit temperatures. the star mourning her death on social media and even stopping the show briefly during the sweltering heat. >> sorry, it's just very hot. we need water when it's this hot. >> we'll have the very latest. second time is the charm. spacex launching the most powerful rocket ever built this morning, a new attempt after the

first one ended in a fiery explosion. this mission crucial for the eventual trip to the moon and beyond. all of that, plus say it ain't so, joe. one of the nfl's biggest stars, cincinnati bengals quarterback joe burrow, out for the season, after suffering a wrist injury during a game. how the team is reacting. today, saturday november 18th, 2023. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today," with peter alexander and laura jarrett, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today," and thanks so much for joining us this saturday morning. the thanksgiving holiday travel rush is on. it's time. and most of us are going to be driving. thankfully there's good news on that front. gas prices, listen to this, way down from where they were just a year ago. >> here we go. get ready again.

if you're flying, make sure you leave early to the airport, because, of course, you're not going to be alone. the tsa expecting a record number of passengers in the nation's airports over the next 11 days. >> and weather, of course, may be an issue as well. we are going to get angie's forecast in just a moment. let's begin with nbc's george solis at new york's laguardia airport. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. as you can see, already many are getting a head start on their holiday travel days before thanksgiving. here, people slowly starting to trickle in. we saw lines forming this morning and we expect that to ramp up in the couple of days. it's expected to move fairly seamlessly because according to the tsa, there's about 17 million people now signed up for pre-check, about 4 million more than this time last year. fortunately, at least so far today, we're only looking at a handful of cancellations, but the busiest times to fly are yet

to come. not surprising, the tuesday and wednesday before thanksgiving, the tsa expecting to screen about 2.5 million. the sunday after, a whopping 2.9 million people expected to be screened. hopefully they'll be well fed by that point. back on the ground, aaa says a lot of drivers will have company. an estimated 49 million or so expected on the roadways. some good news, gas prices expected to be a lot cheaper, about 40 cents a gallon cheaper, even cheaper down south where the national average hovering around $3.32 a gallon. make no mistake, it is still going to be crowded. best times to avoid the roadways, wednesday between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m., midday around thanksgiving, and starting on noon the friday after. but no matter your mode of transportation, the key advice here, give yourself plenty of time. other good news for travelers, something they're thankful for, airfare and rental cars are dramatically down from what they were this time last year, making it a little easier on the wallet

as we try to rush home to be around the dining room table this holiday. >> that's what everyone wants. thanks so much, appreciate it. everybody trying to figure out what the weather is going to look like. we want to get to meteorologist angie lassman with the latest. you're not just hosting the holiday, you're hosting all of us with your forecast. what's it going to look like? >> i don't want to disappoint with my meal or forecast. let's talk about real quick what's happening today. if you're getting an early head start, california is going to be the spot, especially northern california that will pick up on a little rain. nothing too impressive. as we get into sunday and then especially monday, we start to see another system, a low pressure system merging out of colorado. this is going to be kind of the troublemaker for the extended period. sunday to monday we'll see the storm intensify. it does bring stronger storms from texas and toward the gulf coast. we'll watch for that to be impactful. look at this heavy rain that spreads across the east coast as we get to tuesday. strong winds will develop, gusty conditions from the midwest to

northeast, we'll see a wintery mix working in as well. the good news is this starts to exit by the time we get into wednesday, gearing up for a very busy travel day. but the winds stick around and so does the lake effect snow across parts of the great lakes. you'll have to watch near syracuse, cleveland and parts of michigan. as we get to the broad view, look at this heavy rain. this will make the roads difficult, we'll see the snow make the roads slick, potentially causing airport delays across the country. >> angie, thank you very much. to the mid east now, where there are conflicting reports this morning about what exactly is happening inside gaza's main hospital, as the israeli military carries out a search for hamas militants inside. nbc's erin mclaughlin is in tel aviv with more on this. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning. as you mentioned, there are conflicting reports of what exactly transpired at the al shifa hospital this morning. we have been unable to reach any

medical personnel inside the hospital complex. according to the hamas controlled palestinian health ministry this morning, the israeli military ordered the evacuation of the hospital, and a number of civilians and sick patients left the hospital on foot. but a number of critically ill patients remain inside the hospital. the israeli military, though, is denying that it evacuated the hospital. it says that it provided a safe corridor at the request of the hospital's director, and that it will medically evacuate any remaining patients. now, for days now, the israeli military has surrounded the hospital. yesterday i spoke to the director of the hospital's burns unit, and he described just this desperate situation. he said that patients were dying due to a lack of essentials, including oxygen. this as the israeli military continues to search the hospital complex looking for any signs of what it alleges is a hamas

terror cell that it says was operating deep beneath the complex itself, so far presenting evidence of a tunnel, as well as weapons that it says it found on hospital grounds. but nothing definitive so far. >> and i know there's also word that the israeli military is shifting its operations from the north to the south in gaza. what more do you know about that? >> reporter: yeah, the israeli military says it's looking to increase pressure on hamas, today a number of leaflets were dropped south of the the wadi gaza, and there are also reports of air strikes south of the wadi gaza, which is where tens of thousands of palestinians have been told to evacuate. palestinians there say they have nowhere else to go, guys. >> erin, thank you so much. there is new fallout this morning for social media giant x, formerly known as twitter, and owner elon musk, after musk

endorsed anti-semitic rhetoric on his platform. several major companies are now pulling their advertising, and the white house is issuing its own strong condemnation as well. nbc's aaron gilchrist is traveling with the president in delaware this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. the white house, the latest to weigh in on the growing controversy here, issuing a strong rebuke to the post by elon musk. musk replied to another user on x, who posted an often repeated conspiracy theory saying that jews promote a hatred of white people. musk then replying, you have said the actual truth. that generated millions of views on the platform. a white house spokesperson responding, saying, we condemn the promotion of anti-semitic and racist hate in the strongest terms, and that we have a responsibility to bring people together against hate. now, responses from the business world have been really swift, with major companies suspending their ads on x. we're talking about apple,

disney, paramount, ibm, warner bros. and comcast, which is the parent company of nbc news. overnight musk writing that x corp. will be filing a thermo nuclear lawsuit in response to the fallout saying it's an attempt to undermine free speech. this obviously generating headlines with incidents of anti-semitism and islamophobia on the rise in the u.s. and online. >> it's not the first time that elon musk has made offensive comments. in the meantime, president biden just wrapped up that crucial asia-pacific economic cooperation summit in san francisco, including a meeting with mexico's president. of course fentanyl and the border were key topics during that discussion. >> reporter: yeah, senior administration official says they covered multiple topics, including their meetings with chinese president xi, climate and trade agreements. really their main focus was the crisis at the u.s./mexico border. president biden and president obrador talked about how to

deter undocumented migration, but also about expanding legal pathways to come into the u.s. the leaders also talked about u.s. and mexican law enforcement working together to fight human trafficking and the drug trade, including the flow of fentanyl, as you mentioned, a topic that president biden also discussed with president xi. >> aaron gilchrist traveling with president biden, thank you very much. >> a big week there as well. now to embattled republican new york congressman george santos, accused of embezzling campaign money for lavish spending. the republican chair introduced a resolution on friday to expel santos from congress. nbc's capitol hill correspondent julie tsirkin has more on that. >> reporter: this morning representative george santos' colleagues are inching closer to kicking him out of the house, that's after the gop chair of the ethics committee began the process friday to expel the new york republican only hours after a bipartisan panel found sprawling evidence of santos'

illegal and unethical behavior. they laid out findings in a 56-page report, alleging he committed business fraud and spent hundreds of thousands in campaign cash on personal expenses like bills, credit card dent and rent and he paid for botox and spent thousands on vacations. the panel also said he used campaign donor funds on only fans, a platform known for explicit content. >> julie, this isn't the first time his colleagues have tried to kick him out, though. what's the likelihood this is actually going to happen this time? >> reporter: exactly. lawmakers removing one of their own is extremely rare. of the five times it happened, three were during the civil war. previously republicans claimed santos deserved due process, but after reading this damning report, more than a dozen said they would vote to oust him. it would take two-thirds of the house or 290 members to make it

happen. if democrats support the move, they would need 77 republicans to join. any vote on santos won't happen until after thanksgiving. if a vote to expel him is successful or if santos resigns, a special election in the competitive district would take place less than three months later. santos, meanwhile, called the report a, quote, dirty, biased act. but after all, decided against running for re-election. >> julie tsirkin in washington, thank you, as always. let's turn to the tragic news from overnight. sadly, a fan in the crowd at a taylor swift concert in brazil died on friday. joe fryer is here with the latest on that. joe, you could see taylor swift was really moved by the situation to try to do everything that she could there. >> most definitely. good morning. we actually got the news from taylor swift herself. she took to instagram late last night, writing, it is with a shattered heart that i say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show. i can't even tell you how devastated i am by this. she went on to say, there's very little information i have, other than the fact that she was so

incredibly beautiful and far too young, adding, i want to say now i feel this loss deeply, and my broken heart goes out to her family and friends. now, we don't know exactly what happened, but we do know temperatures in rio were around 100 degrees last night, so it was clearly very hot inside the stadium. taylor stopped the show more than once to make sure fans were able to get water. >> we just need to get water to them. does anyone have water? do you see them? amazing. >> during at least one other point in the show, taylor was seen asking for water and tossing a bottle to fans below. just last week swift had to postpone a show for a couple of days because of weather conditions, in that case intense rain. she does have two more shows scheduled for rio, and at this point those are still happening.

>> what a terrible story. >> thank you very much. now to this, a music mogul sean "diddy" combs has quickly settled that disturbing lawsuit alleging he abused his ex-girlfriend. the settlement was announced late last night. it came just one day after the singer cassie accused him of years of sexual and physical abuse. combs has denied those allegations. their on again and off again relationship began in 2007 when ventura was 19 years old and combs was 37. the terms of this deal were not disclosed. just months after he was convicted of killing his wife and son, alec murdaugh was back in court on friday. he pleaded guilty to a series of financial crimes there. nbc's blayne alexander has the latest. >> reporter: donning an orange juchl jumpsuit, alex murdaugh, the once prominent attorney turned convicted murderer was back in court, this time pleading guilty to a slew of financial crimes. >> i plead guilty, your honor

progress prosecutors say he defrauded clients out of millions of dollars. >> do you believe you've had enough time to think about it? >> yes, sir, i do. a long time to think about it. >> reporter: murdaugh is serving two life sentences for the murder of his wife and adult son. at the time, prosecutors said he killed them to distract from his financial crimes. >> he cares for these victims and he feels badly about it. >> reporter: in a statement, attorneys for the financial victims say the plea will allow them to begin the process of healing, adding justice was served in this case. murdaugh has been in prison since his march conviction. in an exclusive interview on "dateline," craig spoke to the investigators who helped put him there. recalling that now infamous recording that put murdaugh at the scene of the crime. >> i listened to it three to four times to make sure i was hearing, because i was in disbelief at the time. i immediately got on the phone

to david owen. >> i'm excited because i can prove that alec was lying to me. >> did you know at that moment that the case had been blown wide open? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: murdaugh will be back in court to be sentenced for his financial crimes at the end of the month. the carter foundation has announced that former first lady rosalynn carter is in hospice care at her home in plains, georgia. earlier her family said she has dementia. she's spending time with her husband former president jimmy carter. the 99-year-old is the longest living american president and the company has been married for 77 years. >> 77 years ago. the carters always impress. we're wishing our very best to both of them. angie is back with the forecast. >> good morning, guys. we've got dry skies across most of the country. we're dealing with a couple of spots of rain. if you live in chicago, minneapolis, saint louis, quiet conditions overhead.

we have showers that are going to exit across the northeast and new england, those will be out of the picture by midmorning. and of course the rain we're going to track across california through the day today. across the middle of the country, plenty of sunshine. bright skies for the southeast, they had a soggy week. they deserve it. breezy and chilly across the midwest. temperatures coming back down to reality. we're going to see these conditions lasting for the extended good morning. at 5:17, we are under a microclimate weather alert as we see heavy rain. those colors of orange and yellow moving in through the bay area. so let's take it to storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar, see where the heaviest of rain is now. down over santa cruz, monterey, seen heavy rain. might have woken you up this morning and now a chance of lightning rolling through over the next couple minutes. when you hear thunder roar, go

and that's a look at your forecast, guys. >> angie, thank you for that. still to come for you, dana griffin on the nfl host and former sideline reporter who is under fire this morning for something she admitted during a podcast that has a lot of people talking. >> laura, a whirlwind of controversy is swirling around this one, after clarissa thompson said she made up reports early in her career. i'll tell you what she's saying about it all. "satury today" will be daba

another long week, we're back on a saturday morning with the weekly download. our look at the week's other big stories. >> among the big headlines this week, chaos in congress.

>> reporter: it was a wild week on capitol hill. congress passed a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: on the senate side, tensions ran hot. >> you want to run your mouth, we can be consenting adults and finish it here. do you want to do it now? stand your butt up. >> reporter: mark wane mullen challenged the president of the teamster's union to a fight. bernie sanders calling for order. tim burchett claimed that former house speaker kevin mccarthy assaulted him without warning in the halls of congress. >> he walked by and elbowed me in the kidneys. >> if i kidney punched him, he would be on the ground. come on. >> reporter: nbc news obtained exclusive production footage from the "rust" movie set that was taken in the days before the accidental shooting death of

helena hutchins. the clips show alec baldwin rehearsing with firearms and giving directions to crew members. >> wait a second. i'm going to shoot right. i don't want to shoot toward you. >> reporter: special prosecutors are considering recharging baldwin with manslaughter. baldwin's attorneys say this is misguided prosecution. matthew perry's "friends" co stars posted emotional tributes online. jennifer aniston wrote, i love you so much and i know you are completely at peace and out of any pain. >> courteney cox wrote, i'm so grateful for every moment i had with you and miss you every day. from lisa kud row, thank you for making me laugh so hard at something you said that my muscles ached and tears poured down my face. matt leblanc, spread your wings and fly. and david schwimmer, this photo

is one of my favorite moments with you. some of the week's most dramatic moments caught on camera. this double-decker tourist catamaran sank off the coast of the bahamas. one person died in the accident. in atlanta, several people stole packages from this amazon truck. the driver could only watch as it happened. in san francisco, aerialists repelled down the world famous transamerica building, twirling in midair as they worked their way down. ♪♪ ♪ in the bad times i fear myself ♪ >> finally, the stars of "ted lasso" reunited for a fundraiser belting out "shallow". ♪♪ ♪ do you need more ♪ >> it begs the question, who is ready for "ted lasso," the

musical? ♪♪ >> i love it, hannah waddingham just pushes him out of the way. >> she sings in the series. i didn't know he could sing. >> she is a child of an opera singer. she was in the studio this week. she is very cool. she's cool. >> very cool. still to come on "today," let the holiday shopping begin. we're going to give you a look at some of the best deals to be had. plus, brady, belichick and the patriots like you have never seen them before. we're going to have a sneak peek at the patriots documentary coming soon. first, these messages.

good morning. thanks for joining us on this saturday, november 18th. i'm kira klapper. this year's apec has officially wrapped in san francisco, and this morning you should be seeing ro roads open again. yesterday before leaving the city president biden met with mexico's president. they discussed a number of topics including their bilateral

meeting with chinese president xi jinping. all three leaders discussed ways to crack down on fentanyl. president biden and mexican president andres manuel lopez obrador pledged to work together to manage the flow of migrants from central and south america. >> further progress needs to be made to address the migratory phenomenon. we're working on that jointly. >> i want to thank you again all the things consequential to us. i couldn't have a better partner than you. thank you. >> at the closing of apec president biden gathered with all members once again. he passed the baton, you just saw, to the president of peru where apec will be hosted next year. well, it is coming down out there this morning. cinthia pimentel has a peak at our microclimate weather alert. >> good morning, kira and everyone. definitely rain waking people up this morning. we are under a microclimate

weather alert, because it's going to stick around and possibly be heavy at times. we're seeing this loop of satellite and radar coming in mainly in the overnight hours. now some people in the south bay, woke up by heavier downpours, even a chance hearing thunder and seeing that lightning. let's zoom it in on storm ranger. mobile doppler radar. seeing heavier bands pushes through parts of santa cruz, scotts valley, seeing colors of yellow and orange, radar is picking up on heavier downpours at time that continue to push through san jose, campbell, into east san jose. right now over the tri-valley, looks to be slick over the 580 going on into tracy where some heavier rain is concentrated at this time. 5:28. seeing more of that rain picking up through the north bay as well. roadways over the san rafael richmond bridge slick if you have plans to head out the door saturday afternoon. might about day to stay inside

watching the rain pass. keep an eye on this through 7:00 a.m. and take it hour-by-hour for you in that full microclimate forecast. >> a lot to get to, cinthia. see you an 7:00. also coming up on "today in the bay," you might not get any dengenous grab in time for this thanksgiving. once again, tell you about the reason experts delayed crab season for the second time this year, and when it could start. that, plus all top stories coming up at 7:00 and hope you join us.

we are back on a saturday morning, november 18th, 2023. look at that. just out our window, last week at the same time we were welcoming the rockefeller christmas tree.

the tree topped with the beautiful star and getting ready for its big day when the scaffolding will come off, and of course you'll be able to see the tree lighting right here on nbc. >> i looked outside and i saw she was getting a little extension work done, making sure she's completely full for her debut. >> we need a ten-story stocking out there. let's begin this half hour with a check of your headlines and a victory for former president donald trump in a colorado court on friday. a judge there ruling mr. trump can still appear on colorado's 2024 primary ballot, even though the judge concluded that the former president engaged in insurrection. that's the judge's words, by in citing the january 6th riot at the u.s. capitol. courts in minnesota and michigan have also rejected similar legal challenges to take him off the ballot in those states. a stunning fall on friday for the high-profile ceo of the artificial intelligence company behind chatgpt, openai said it

pushed out co-founder sam altman after a review found he was not candid in conversations with the board of supervisors. the company did not provide any other details. altman has become the face of the ai boom, speaking out on the promise, as well as the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. also this morning, some crushing news for cincinnati bengals fans and their playoff hopes. the team announced friday that star quarterback joe burrow will miss the rest of the season. he tore a ligament in his wrist during thursday's game against the baltimore ravens and it will likely require surgery. the 26-year-old led the bengals to the 2022 super bowl, and last season's afc title. there's also a controversy that's shaking up the nfl this morning, after fox sports and amazon host clarissa thompson said on a podcast that she made up sideline reports earlier in her career. now thompson is apologizing for those comments. nbc's dana griffin is in los angeles with more. there was a lot of outrage after this. >> reporter: oh, yeah.

good morning. thompson originally said that she would make up reports if coaches didn't talk to her, but now with her credibility called into question, thompson is walking back those comments and trying to clear the air. >> i asked about his team's emergency -- >> reporter: fox sports broadcaster under fire for admitting on a podcast she would occasionally make up sideline reports. >> i would make up the reports sometimes because, a, the coach wouldn't come out at halftime, or it was too late and i didn't want to screw up the report. so i was, like, i'm just going to make this up. first of all, no coach is going to get mad if i say, hey, we need to stop hurting ourselves, we need to be better on third down, and do a better job of getting off the field. they're not going to correct me on that. it's fine, i'll just make up the report. >> reporter: the viral clip met with criticism from other prominent reporters, calling the comments deplorable and a mockery. under pressure, thompson

apologizing, saying in part, i chose the wrong words. i have never lied about anything or been unethical during my time as a sports broadcaster, adding, i would use information that i learned and saw during the first half to create my report. in these instances, i never attributed anything i said to a player or coach. but listen to this admission from january 2022 on a podcast with fellow broadcaster erin andrews. >> coach, what adjustments are you going to make at halftime. he goes, that's a great perfume you're wearing. oh, [ bleep ], this isn't going to work. all right, i've got to make up a report. i'm not kidding, i made up a report. >> i've done that, too, for a coach that i didn't want to throw under the bus. >> reporter: a spokesperson for andrews said in part, the reporter was referring to taking information from head coach meetings, adding, she is clear in her reporting. amazon, the nfl and fox sports have not commented, but media experts say thompson's words have damaged an entire

profession. >> when you have one reporter, a pretty famous sideline reporter admitting to making things up, it brings into question the entire media, and so a lot of people who already distrust the media will say, see, even they admit they make things up. >> reporter: so on that podcast, thompson also said that she has great respect for sideline reporters, because of the amount of prep that goes into collecting information each week ahead of a game. but added that the return on investment from all that work is also why she's no longer a sideline reporter. >> thank you so much. >> it's just such a shame, because obviously it's a male-dominated field, and so the comments, i feel like it just sort of undermine for everybody all the hard work that so many women have tried to be trailblazers, and it's just a shame. >> it's an incredible amount of work, every single week. the amount of research they do, unreal. >> i will say i've been so impressed by the sideline

reporters, the women and men i've met. they know everything about the game inside and out, the game plans as well. that's just an anomaly, i think, those comments. we're back with a check of the forecast. >> i know a couple of things about the weather, and one of them i'm going to share with you is the temperatures we're dealing with across the middle of the country. if you're looking for a little warmth on this november day, low 50s in minneapolis, running above normal, 55 degrees for the high in chicago today, upper 60s for oklahoma city. into tomorrow, we're going to run above normal, low 60s for st. louis. look what happens by the time we get into later portions of the next seven days. monday, tuesday, wednesday, we see a big difference in temperatures. monday in minneapolis, mid-40s. by wednesday, we're into the 30s, just in time for holiday festivities, upper 40s for milwaukee on monday, and then mid-30s by wednesday. across the country, though, today, there will be plenty of sunshine. even though it will be chilly in a couple of spots, like the great lakes, we're going to see

plenty of sunshine. lingering showers across the northeast and rain and mountain snow out west, but look ahead to turkey day. we've got lake effect snow across the great lakes and good morning. 5:36, woe are under a microclimate weather alert as we see rain pushing through the entire bay area at this time. let's zoom it on in a closer look where those heavier downpours are right now. you see that little shade of gray down towards the bottom of the screen. radar picking up on lightning detected as it pushes on through, continuing to get towards >> that's a look at your forecast. a little bumpy this week for travel, but behind thanksgiving on the back side, it will be a lot better. >> a return trip to look forward

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we're back with today's holiday consumer, and it's definitely that time of the year where, like santa, we start making our lists and checking them twice. >> black friday just six days away, a lot of retailers already started rolling out deep discounts. how low will they go and what should we think about buying in the next couple of weeks? we are happy to have nbc's senior consumer investigative correspondent vicky nguyen here to talk through it all. good morning. so happy to have you. i have a lot of things in my cart, i have to confess. walk me through, what should i

wait for cyber monday, what can i do on black friday? >> and you have all these early black friday deals like ulta, target, best buy. people are, like, do i buy now? the advice from a consumer savings expert, if it is an item in hot demand and it is 30% to 40% off, go ahead and snatch it up now. but do what peter does. keep an eye on it for black friday and see if the price goes down. you're within the seven-day window. most retailers will give you that lower price. target will give it to you all the way until christmas eve. the typical items that go on sale, small appliances, mixer, coffeemaker, blender. this is a good time to buy that. gaming consoles, those are usually bundled with a cash back deal or a gift card to get you back in the store. and then finally tvs, big black friday deals. consumer reports found some tvs are made just for black friday. so they may not have the reviews or the features, so read

carefully, don't buy just based on price. cyber monday you asked about, beauty, footware, clothing, if you want the best toys, retailers want to clear their shelves, but you do run the risk of items running out. >> beauty, footwear, clothing. >> this is our super shopper. >> i try to get it right. i follow your directions. we're talking money saving tips. there are some good apps as well. >> yes, if you are shopping these days, especially online without using a browser extension or a cash back app, you are absolutely leaving money on the table. so let's take a look at some of the basic ones. google shopping, just put that item into google and click the shopping tab, and that will show you the prices across all retailers so you can compare. another one on the middle of your screen, honey and camel camel, camel, price trackers. you're looking at something and saying is november or december

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good morning. thanks for joining us on this saturday, november 18th. i'm kira klapper. in the east bay police are looking for the person who attempted to rob a man and shot him as he ran away. all caught on surveillance video. as oakland police investigate neighbors hope someone can help identify the shooter. it happened wednesday night in the city's redwood heights neighborhood in the east oakland hills. 9 video shows that man walking and another man getting out of a minivan, attempting to rob him. the gunman demanded something, possibly a wallet. the victim heard saying, "i don't have one" backing away there you see. the gunman suddenly points the gun and fires. missing. oakland police urge anyone with information to contact them. happening today in pleasant hill, a walk to unite people against hate.

it's in honor of united against hate week we ends today. organizers say the intention show that community members stand together against acts of hate and discrimination. the family-friendly event begins in pleasant hill at 10:00 a.m. outside of pleasant hill city hall. how will the weather cooperate for walks like that, cinthia pimentel joining us now with a microclimate weather alert. >> tricky getting throughout the day. could be soggy at times, but we only have a few minutes left before getting to the 6:00 hour, which is when the advisory is set to expire. watching it, see how long the national weather service decides to extend it, because this is impacting the santa cruz area and watching this, we see heavier bands pushing through the south bay. now moving into parts of the central valley. we do see heavier rain moving into parts of santa cruz, scotts

valley, into watsonwatsonville. continuing the next couple of hours possibly. pushing through fremont ant palo alto receiving rain. heavier downpour over walnut creek and 680. plans to go outside, could be a day to maybe stay indoors. the weekend is not completely ruined. better clearing tomorrow. right now heavier rain pushing through northfield and vallejo. more details at 7:00 a.m. back to you. >> thanks. see you at seven and coming up at 7:00 "today" in a bay. a seventh greater attacked on her way home from school. 9 investigation is under way and we explain why the student's family says the school district isn't doing enough to keep her safe. that, plus all our top stories and cinthia's full forecast at 7:00. hope you join us. right now back to the "today" show.

we're looking at south padre island right now. ready to propel into space any second now as the countdown ticks away. this is the largest, most powerful rocket ever built.

400 feet tall, taller than the rocket that carried apolo astronauts to the moon. >> in a hold right now, but expecting that blastoff any second now. we are going to have a live report for you there from san padre island from priscilla thompson shortly. >> we're expecting to see it take off any moment. the window opened at roughly 8:00. starship likely to carry astronauts to the moon, currently slated for 2025, and the potential elon musk says one day to carry up to 100 astronauts. we're going to keep a close eye on that scene from south padre island over the next couple of moments. we want to get to today's news. a holiday travel rush. a rocket ship would probably get you there more quickly. millions of people are getting a head start early. nbc's george solis is in new york's laguardia airport with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning,

peter. many rocketing to get a head start on their thanksgiving travel, just days before the holiday. and those that are traveling, the millions are expected to have a good time at the nation's airports says about 17 million or so are already signed up for pre-check, about 4 million more than this time last year. here at laguardia airport, we are seeing masses starting to show up and we're expecting to see more of that in the coming days. the busiest times to fly though, still to come. not surprising, the tuesday and wednesday before thanksgiving, some 2.5 million expected to be screened. the sunday after thanksgiving, a whopping 2.9, presumably well fed passengers. if you're heading out on the roadways, expect to have company. aaa predicting some 49 million will be packing up the car. the national average for gas, about 40 cents cheaper than this time last year with the national average hovering around $3.32 a gallon. it will still be crowded. times to avoid, anywhere between 2:00 and 6:00 on wednesday, any time around midday on thursday,

thanksgiving itself, and basically any time after noon on friday. but the advice from the experts, guys, no matter your mode of transportation, be it the skyways, give yourself plenty of time. >> george, the overhead lady sounds like she just said your flight is boarding. appreciate that report. thank you so much. >> got to go. now to that critical launch today for spacex. as we mentioned, it's attempting to send its powerful starship space craft into orbit. nbc's priscilla thompson is near the launch site on south padre island in texas. good morning to you. you can hear the cheers. >> reporter: good morning. can you hear the cheers, the countdown clock is going. it's expected to take off in the next couple of seconds. folks here are super excited. i hear the boom. there it is.

>> 40 seconds into the flight. we've heard power and telemetry. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: so the ground is literally shaking here. to give you context of what we should see happen in the next few minutes, there are two pieces of the ship that need to separate.

the starship needs to separate from the bottom portion called the super heavy booster, and this is where things went wrong last time. but we hope to see that separation happen today. they've made some changes, and so the expectation is that the engines on the starship are actually going to start up a little early to help it separate from the booster. the booster is going to fall into the gulf of mexico here, and then that starship is going to continue on into a partial flight around the earth. it will be about 90 minutes and the starship will ultimately land in the pacific ocean near hawaii. as you may remember back in april that is not what happened when the first launch occurred. the separation never happened, and as a result, they had to detonate the entire thing about four minutes into the flight, bringing the whole thing down. but elon musk called that a very exciting moment. he said that they learned a lot of lessons as a result of that, and so they are testing out the

more than 60 changes that were made as a result of recommendations by the faa, and they are hoping that it all goes well today. and as you recall mentioned, strongest, most powerful rocket ever built, and this un-crewed mission is important, because they do hope to put astronauts on it. it sounds like that separation may be occurring. they are hoping to put astronauts on it as part of the moon mission with nasa. >> you can only time these things so much. that one worked and a successful mission, it sounds like, from all of those cheers. congratulations to all. very, very cool. that was the news. we don't always get a spaceship launch on a saturday. >> it appears to be successful. we have the boost, but i think it will pale in comparison to the 39 raptor engines we just watched. you might remember earlier

this morning we were talking about the stars from the hit show "ted lasso." here is a mom who might give coach lasso a run for his money. take a look. >> okay, go out there and score. you shoot. >> shoot. >> put everything in there, okay? >> okay. >> everything. you ready? yes? say yes, coach. >> yes, coach. >> now go score. [ cheering ] >> the toddler shoots, he scores. that was certainly a lasso-worthy pep talk. perhaps fc richmond needs a new coach if they do a spinoff. >> i love mom and dad just going nuts. that is so good. those moments are the best part of parenting right there. coming up next, emilie ikeda

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>> tipped and rebounded, and scores! the carolina tar heels are headed to the national championship game. >> reporter: unc's field hockey team is one step away from a national title. it would be erin matsen's fifth championship ring with the team, but first in her new role. at 23 years old, she is the youngest head coach in all of division 1 sports. >> do you think about that? >> no. i think it's hard to ignore it. i had a head coach's meeting this morning and it's funny to walk in a room. yes, i'm obviously the youngest one there. >> reporter: before her graduation she asked for a shot at the job. i went to our athletic director, and i said, i know coach is going to retire, when it opens up, i want this job. i don't want to be overlooked. and he was totally caught off guard. >> reporter: her confidence a key part of her success. >> i played field hockey in college and i think of those as some of my most formative years. how do you handle the pressure

of shaping and inspiring young women's lives? >> i take pride in it. i want people to feel that empowerment and self-belief and confidence in themselves that i've been lucky to get from those around me. >> reporter: they say their relationship with matsen is an advantage. >> that was one of the funniest moments, do we have to call you coach? >> she's been able to understand us so well and that's transformed into great coaching. >> and their nearly perfect record speaks for itself. >> how does that feel? >> it's amazing. i'm just so proud of the team. >> i was talking to erin last night and she told me the team revelled in the win for about ten minutes before turning their focus to the final game against northwestern tomorrow. >> we went to northwestern. >> uh-oh. >> we have a horse in the championship. this is a sport that you know all too well, a famous american eagle. >> thank you for letting me relive the glory days. i played field hockey at

american university after coach steve jennings. they were some of my most formative years. erin matsen and i played for the same club team in the suburbs of philadelphia, different years, obviously, and different abilities. it's a small world. >> we say that she is the michael jordan of field hockey. soon they're going to be calling nba stars the erin matsen of the nba. let's get one more check on the forecast with angie as we look ahead to thanksgiving, what things might look like for travelers, angie. >> hey, there, guys. good morning. it's a little dark over here. we'll get to the forecast. we've got some things to talk about when it comes to holiday travel, specifically today. let's start there. we've got a couple of spots, especially out west, that you might have to deal with rain, mountain snow. we've got breezy conditions across the great lakes. look at these bright skies for the southeast, plenty of sunshine in san antonio, 70s along the gulf coast. a couple of spots across the

northeast that you may have lingering showers. boston, new york, could be iffy when it comes to gusty winds. san fran and l.a. are the spots that i want you to watch for if you're traveling today. let's take a peek at what's going on for tomorrow. we've got some other areas that we're going to have to look for, some strong storms in the middle of the country, mountain snow out west. we're going to see places across the northeast deal with a little snow. again, plenty of sunshine across the midwest. low 60s for louisville, 49 good morning. 6:15. rain might have woken you up as we are under a microclimate weather alert expecting some heavy downpours positive push through the bay area. where you see those colors of orange and yellow, that's where the heavier rain is. move it on through. give you a closer look over the south bay. santa cruz, watsonville, that heavy rain right now. that continues to push through the santa cruz mountains. seeing rain light at times through the south bay.

>> and that is a look at your forecast. don't worry, the lights are back on. we paid the bill. >> symbolic of the forecast or something? >> just wanted to put the focus on the forecast. >> thank you. still ahead, we're going to introduce you to a young lawyer with a passion for the law and chess.

we are back on a saturday morning with the inspiring story of a young woman who was making a name for herself in more ways than one. >> she recently pass today bar and started her first job as a lawyer, spending hours and hours on another job. >> that's right. she's been playing chess since she was a kid and now she is well on her way to finally reaching another major milestone. >> reporter: before my match,

valentine has a ritual, focus, studying, that's useful in her day job as a first-year corporate lawyer. at the marshall chess club, she's honing her other craft, working toward her goal of becoming the first black female chess master. >> when did you first discover chess. >> my grandmother taught me when i was 8 or 9. she was a very disciplined woman. she taught me chess and beat me every single time. >> at some point did you beat her? >> oh, yeah. my sole purpose in life, yeah. >> after that first win, rochelle kept on winning in tournament after tournament. even featured in the chess documentary brooklyn castle over a decade ago. >> did you see anyone else who looked like you? >> as i got better, there were less and less girls. the school i went to was predominantly children of color, so i was always surrounded by black and brown kids. when i went to nationals, not surrounded by black and brown

kids. i was, like, oh, wait, this is not, this is a predominantly what sport? >> reporter: for rochelle, chess has opened doors. >> i don't do this just because i love the game. i do this because i do want to see more black girls playing chess. i do this because i grew up poor and this was a way for me to get into college for free. >> reporter: an opportunity she wants others to have, too. but she's mindful of who has access. >> it's an expensive game. it's not just the coaching that you need to pay for, it's the tournament fees, the travel, the hotel. >> do girls ever say to you, you know, you're my inspiration? >> yes, sometimes. >> does it freak you out a little bit? >> so much. i think the first time it happened, i was, like, i'm a child, too. >> reporter: she says she tries not to focus on the rankings. her love of the game -- >> boom. first of all, white goes first.

>> and i take that back. >> reporter: >> reporter: -- is infectious. >> don't i protect the queen? >> can my piece attack you? it's safe. i love taking pieces. >> what's the fastest you've ever won a game? >> four moves. >> and the longest? >> longer than four moves. [ laughter ] >> reporter: those moves, the board, all an escape, something she used while she worked three jobs through law school. >> i feel at home there is a certain level of calmness and serenity that i only feel when i'm sitting at a chess board. >> that's a pretty special feeling, to sit down and be able to sort of tune out all the noise. >> i also know that i have to take care of myself and i have to carve out space for things that matter to me. >> reporter: with each win, inching closer to her master goal. >> if you reach that master title at some point, what do you think your grandma would say?

>> i think she would be, like, took you long enough. >> rochelle is well on her way to reaching that goal. she does have some competition in the race to be the first black woman. meanwhile, rochelle's home club, the marshall club is hosting its first ever women's chess tournament this weekend. i was so inspired by her story and i said to her, look, you're a first year law student, your life is not your own. she said, i'm going to do it. carve out the time. >> i love how she gets serenity, i would get anxiety. >> her grandmother would be very impressed or is impressed with her successes. the four moves she won with, was that against her? >> it easily could have been. >> four moves for checkmate, >> four moves for checkmate, that's

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good morning. thanks for joining us on this saturday, november 18th. i'm kira klapper. roads in san francisco soma neighborhood and top hill reopened after apec wrapped last night in the city. before departing from sfo yesterday president biden met with mexican president andres manuel lopez obrador discussing a range of topics including bilateral meeting with chinese president xi jinping. all three agreed to crack down on illegal trafficking of fentanyl. president biden and oeb pra dohr promised to work together to manage migrants from central and south america. >> translator: needed to address the migratory phenomenon. we're working on that jointly. >> i want to thank you again all the things consequential to us.

i couldn't have a better partner than you. thank you. >> at closing of apec biden and all members gathered one last time recounting key accomplishments made and passed the baton to president of peru where next year's summit will be held. back here locally, a rainy morning out there. cinthia pimentel that our microclimate weather alert. >> good morning, kira and everyone. yes. under the mike climate weather alert seen and possibly heard heavy downpours pushing through in overnight hours. outside, gloomy and dark over san francisco in marin county. slick roadways. be careful with that as you head into your saturday plans. very busy as people are getting ready for the holiday. san jose also waking up to those gloomy skies and wet windshields as we look at storm ranger, mobile doppler radar, seeing those heavier bands pushed through parts of the south bay on into the central valley. give you a closer look of where that heavy rain is right now.

picking up orange and yellow colors on your screen there. still over santa cruz, scotts valley into day valley and parts of watsonville and we continue to see the rain pushing through the south bay. a little lighter at times through milpitas, fremont and into parts of the east bay, but a cell becomingalities more heavy right around south san francisco. maybe seeing this at the airport. seeing slick roadways out there as the planes are taking off. we'll see a day filled with rain possibly a chance of thunderstorms continuing. walk you through hour-by-hour and see what we can expect coming up at 7:00 a.m. kira, back to you. >> cinthia, thanks. see you as 7:00 and also at 7:00 on "today in the bay," you can help families in need this holiday season. our nourishing neighbors food drive kicks off today. laura garcia and marcus washington join us to show how easy it is to help. before that enjoy

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