conditions. and there's the bay bridge. we do have filled in. we do still have a morning commute. all right. well, the today show is just moments away, but for more local news, stay with today in the bay. streaming now on roku, pluto and other platforms live at 8:00 to san jose football players who are heading to the pop warner national championships in florida. they're joining us live the way you can help make their trip happen. it's going to be fun. don't miss that. all right. well, that's what's happening today in the bay. the today show is starting now. you can always check out nbcbayarea.com for the latest. check out that sunrise this morning. that's right. all right. it is amidst all the rain. have a great one. and a great weekend as well. good friday morning, just like that, winter has arrived. >> yeah, millions wa >> yeah, millions waking up to the first snow of the season. good morning, it's november

22nd, this is "today." blanketed, a powerful storm dumping snow from the midwest to new england. up to 2 feet expected in certain spots. it's a welcome sight for some. >> i think it's the best thing ever. >> but causes havoc on the roads and at airports for those trying to get a head start on thanksgiving travel. and out west, even more heavy rain and howling winds. straight ahead, al's full forecast, including what to expect this weekend. gaetz closed, donald trump's embattled pick for attorney general withdrawing his nomination after struggling to get republican support on capitol hill. the president-elect moving on, tapping former top attorney and ally who also served on his legal team. we'll have the latest. new e. coli scare, beef products shipped nationwide

recalled this morning. the major food borne illness alert since this summer and linked to the same vain behind that mcdonald's outbreak. how to tell which products could be contaminated just ahead. new twist, police stunned to receive a video from the wisconsin father who faked his own death more three months ago. what he is revealing about staging a fatal accident, and why police still don't know where he's hiding. all that, plus "wicked" way, the highly anticipated movie released overnight. thrilling fans and dividing them over theater etiquette, to sing, or not to sing. >> this is our time, our moment. >> i need everybody on mute. >> the hot new debate over whether theater goers should belt it out or button it up.

and plowing through. >> hands it off to the end zone, touchdown. >> the browns upset the rival steelers on a very snowy night in cleveland. >> how does this one end? incomplete. a classic way to kick off week 12 in the nfl today, friday, november 22nd, 2024. >> from nbc news this is "today." with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody, good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. so nice to have you with us. hoda got the jump on the weekend. let me tell you, when we showed the cleveland browns highlights, i saw al clap, and i thought is it for the snow or because he loves cleveland. >> a little bit of both. . i mean, here's the thing, the basement dwellers in the afc north beating the perennial

favorites in the afc north. that was part of the story. the other part, that field right there. it started as a wintry mix and turned into blizzard like conditions in the second half. >> better late than never for winter. it's a dramatic shift from the unseasonably warm temperatures we have been having. it's the first significant snow of the season. as you can see it's falling in champion, pennsylvania, as we speak. >> whether it's snow or rain, a lot of the northeast getting some much needed precipitation from this system after that week's long drought. meanwhile, out west, that atmospheric river we have been talking about, it's still causing some dangerous conditions. some areas getting up to 15 inches of rain. tens of thousands still without power after days of downpours and heavy wind us out there. >> all of this is playing out as the thanksgiving travel rush will get underway in earnest this weekend. this is philadelphia this morning. a lot of travelers getting that early start on what is expected to be a record-breaking holiday season for travel. got it all covered. we've got mr. roker's forecast. let's get started with nbc's sam

brock, from snowy pennsylvania this morning. hi, sam. >> savannah, craig, good morning, look around me. this snow started around dinner time last night, and it has not stopped. in the valleys outside of scranton, it's been a few inches of accumulation. you can see from the top of the car, i don't think saying 3 or 4 inches would be a stretch. it's 7 inches by nearby mount poconos, as of 4:00 this morning, and you talk to folks in northeastern pennsylvania, they're surprised because only a week ago it was in the 50s and 60s. now we're here. they say it's a little bit late for the first snowfall of the season. they are glad the snow has arrived. >> this morning, for millions of americans, wintry weather is finally here. a far reaching storm system from the midwest to the northeast, bringing some of the first major snowfalls of the season. >> the weather delivering stuck

in drought like conditions, sparking hundreds of fires for weeks. >> i think it's important that the weather stabilized. blanketing the browns steelers game in cleveland. the home team celebrating a win with a snowball fight. the change of pace also coming to chicago. >> the first snow day in chicago. i am so happy. >> even animals at the zoo celebrating. but the storm system also ushering in dangerous conditions too, including wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour. just outside chicago. icy conditions trapping the semitruck on a slick bridge. a mixture of snow and ice, hampering driving conditions along the west coast. as california copes with that atmospheric river. >> rising water already covering vineyards in sonoma county's wine country. officials warning of mud slides. >> the best thing for folks to

do is stay off the roads. >> reporter: the jekyll and hyde weather shaking things up. >> if it snowed every day, i would be happy, not excited. >> a quick update, there are tens of thousands of power outages in pennsylvania. in new york as well. when we talk about winter weather advisories, those two states, plus west virginia and virginia and ohio and kentucky and a number of other states as well. one thing is evident, the holiday atmosphere is here. back tow you. >> tracking the rain, wind, snow in the northeast. we have been dry for a time. >> we are getting our fair share it's helping. you can see that wrap around snow starting to work in. we have had lake effect snow,

cleveland, chicago has picked up 3 inches of snow so far. parts of northwestern new jersey, upwards of 10 inches. right now we've got winter weather advisories, johnstown, all the way down to asheville, north carolina, so we are looking at a hot of snow. snow will be piling up in the appalachians to the cat skills. rain some places, especially up into new england, picking up 1 to 2 inches of rain, snowfall. power outages to elken, some places a foot of ♪. out west, you can see that atmospheric river bringing heavy rain to northern california, we have got a moderate risk of heavy flooding, heavy rain below. 5,500 feet, but above that, we're looking at a lot of snow, but 5 to 10 inches of rain in parts of california, and more than 3 feet of snow in the higher elevations from mount

shasta to mammoth lakes, guys. >> al, thank you, we'll check back, and the rough weather will impact travel plans for a lot of americans. many of whom are trying to get a head start on the thanksgiving journey. nbc's tom costello joins us from reagan national with that part of the story. hi there, tom. >> let me tell you what happened to me yesterday. i'm in chicago, that snowstorm moves in. we get a lot more than expected and pretty soon the delays start building at o'hare. took me 2 1/2 hours to finally get out of o'hare, get here 2 1/2 hours late, tis the season. it's the weather. it's record volume. leaving early at thanksgiving. it's going to be packed airports and packed roads. >> thanksgiving is still days away, but this morning, many americans are already headed out the door. the nation's airports bracing for the busiest thanksgiving travel rush in history. >> we are a week out from thanksgiving. and tsa is expecting a potentially record breaking holiday travel season.

>> that includes a 6% increase at tsa check points compared to last year. >> this year has already been the busiest in tsa history. all ten of our top busiest days in our 23 years have occurred since the 24th of may of this year. >> last summer, the tsa screened 3 million passengers in a day for the first time ever. it's expecting to break that record again over thanksgiving. with tuesday, wednesday, and the sunday after projected to have the greatest passenger volumes. but snow and wet weather are already impacting travel. a snowstorm in chicago on thursday led to a 65% delay rate at o'hare. while rain in boston delayed a quarter of the flights. meanwhile, crews on the west coast are still cleaning up debris after a bomb cyclone hit the region earlier this week. creating dangerous conditions on the roads. the washington state department of transportation.

still advising drivers to avoid travel over mountain passes there. >> 70% of americans planning to hit the road. not a surprise, but gas prices now at their lowest thanksgiving level since 2020. >> and aaa says gas prices are actually down on average nationally. by about 25 cents, compared to this time last year. with more than half of the country paying $3 or less per gallon. but even with a full tank, drivers should be prepared to hit the brakes. >> if traffic is usually bad where you live when it's not a holiday, double that. and it's probably going to be that over thanksgiving. >> reporter: yeah, and you know, most people do, in fact, drive on this holiday. here's the deal, the busiest day is going to be wednesday before thanksgiving on the roads, and sunday after, and experts say especially on wednesday, the worst time to drive is going to be 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. because the kids are getting out of school, parents are getting off work. everybody's trying to hit the roads at the same time. the earlier you can leave, the better.

same goes for sunday as well. savannah. >> tom, thank you, glad you got home from chicago. thanks. turning now to the latest on the trump transition, the president-elect pivoting quickly to a new choice for attorney general. the former ag of florida, pam bondi, after the sudden withdrawal of embattled pick matt gaetz, nbc's chief white house correspondent, peter alexander has the details and the reaction to the pick as well. peter, good morning. >> first, about pam bondi, she is one of donald trump's most loyal supporters. likely to have a smoother path to confirmation as attorney general than matt gaetz, but the fact that trump stuck with z so long speaks volumes about how he views his mandate. trump knew about the ethics investigation and that gaetz was widely unpopular among lawmakers yet he pressed forward. ultimately a source close to the transition tells nbc once the house ethics report started to leak out, there was no way for gaetz to make it. this morning, president-elect trump quickly turning the page on his first failed cabinet

pick, former congressman tt gaetz, selecting pam bondi. an experienced prosecutor, twice elected as florida's ag, trump praising her work combatting the opioid crisis. a long time trump ally, bondi helped amplify trump's false claims about the 2020 election. >> we have won pennsylvania, and they're not going to take it away from us. >> reporter: nbc news has learned at least five senate republicans were hard no votes on gaetz's nomination, many demanding the release of an ethics committee report, including allegations he paid women for sex and that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl at a party in 2017. according to a source familiar with the matter, there was a second alleged sexual encounter with the same 17-year-old and another woman. gaetz has denied the accusations and no charges were filed against him after the justice department investigating similar allegations. also this morning, new questions

about trump's pick to lead the pentagon, pete hegseth. monterey police detailing a report of a woman's allegation she was sexually assaulted by the former combat veteran turned fox news host. according to the report, the woman says she met hegseth at a hotel at one point blacking out, alleging her took her phone and blocked her attempt to leave a hotel room and that she remembered saying no a lot. >> i was fully investigated and i was completely cleared. >> reporter: the report does not exonerate hegseth but gives conflicting accounts of the incident from hegseth and his accuser. authorities have not said why he was not charged. hegseth later paid the accuser as part of a confidential civil agreement. hegseth has earned more support than gaetz among republicans. >> i believe he's going to be just fine. >> reporter: new headlines on trump's pick to lead health and human services, former rival turned ally, robert f. kennedy jr., after cnn published audio from kennedy's radio show in

2016 where he praised a guest's writing on trump's supporters. >> you write about trump, the way you build a truly vicious nationalist movement, belligerent idiots to a larger group of opportunists. >> sharing words from rfk jr. saying i no longer hold this belief and i now regret having made those statements. savannah. >> back to these confirmation battles, matt gaetz is out, but there's still pete hegseth, the defense department pick, tulsi gabbard for the d and i, they have their own controversies swirling around them. what do republicans do now? >> reporter: you raise a good question. going forward, that is a lot of focus. the other nominees face intense scrutiny, now that gaetz is out, the sexual assault allegation against hegseth, tulsi gabbard's kre credentials and past comments,

being supportive of russia, and those could complicate their paths, but, savannah, i think it's unclear whether senate republicans want to upset trump and his allies by jecting a second pick, stalling his agenda. if you want to get primaried, vote against trump's nominations, but the bottom line here, gaetz's experience does show there appears to be a limit to how much drama that trump is willing to accept. savannah. >> peter alexander at the white house, thank you. also this morning, a new concern over e. coli now. more than 160,000 pounds of fresh and frozen ground beef products shipped to restaurants nationwide are now being recalled due to a potential contamination and it's the same strain linked to the e. coli scare at mcdonald's. nbc's senior business correspondent christine romans with a little bit more on this. it feels like we have been talking about e. coli for months now. what can you tell us about the

latest recall? >> important information for consumers about food safety. 165,000 pounds of ground beef, 15 cases in minnesota, and investigators there linked it back to a distributor in detroit. symptoms began between november 2nd and the 10th, and this is the same strain linked to that mcdonald's onion case. wolverine packing is the name of the company that distributed this meat, and this is what they say. they have notified all customers that received the product. they are going to conduct an intensive review to fully figure out where it went and make sure that they have the highest standards of production there. so these were sent. this meat was sent to restaurants, the concern is it could still be in freezers. >> people freeze their meat, get a good price, you freeze it. is there a lot number or something? >> a use by date of november 14th. look at that on the packaging. these are frozen products with an october 22 production date.

that's according to the usda, and this is about 100 plus fresh and frozen ground beef products, we're talking brands like 1855 beef, davis creek meals, farmers choice, you can see them all there. you can go to the usda and fda web sites to make sure if you are a business owner and you think you have this in your freezer, you need to get rid of this. >> thank you, christine. have a good weekend. let's go to the nfl, as mentioned at the top of the show, if you tuned in for thursday night football. the browns hosting the steelers, and it was a snowy one. by the second half, it was blizzard like conditions, and driving snow making passing and catching, well, tricky for the players. in the end, though, it was the home team, the browns coming from behind, taking the lead with under a minute to play. >> from the gun, hands it off, to the end zone, touchdown browns. >> cleveland wins it 24-19.

browns needed that win. it's been a rough season for them. what did you call them, basement dwellers? that's not nice. >> in the afc north they have been. >> it's about the tough love. everyone has to get used to this with craig. >> i always do pull for cleveland. cleveland is one of the teams you always pull for. i got to tell you, you almost needed to hear the voice of john pasenda, back in the frozen tundra, cleveland brown stadiums, anyway, we're looking at east coast storm making its way up and into the new england. mild conditions stretching prosecute plains all from the plains all the way down to texas. the west coast storm causing big, big problems. we're going to get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds.

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revealing to police about how he did it, the ongoing search for him, and the emotional new plea for that dad to come home. plus, it's "wicked" release day, the highly anticipated film. it's now in theaters, and now sparking a big debate. is it okay for fans to sing along? or should she just reign it in, we're going to dive into that, so many theaters gave us.

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were in for another major twist. >> good evening, it's ryan borgwardt. >> this proof of life video from the wisconsin man police say staged his own death came as a shock to investigators. >> i'm in my apartment, i am safe, secure, no problem. >> the specific location of the married father of three is still unknown. but this morning, green lake county sheriff mark padoll says his department is e-mailing ryan borgwardt daily. >> our biggest concern was that he was safe and well. >> reporter: borgwardt was reported missing in august after police found his capsized kayak and fishing rod, wallet and keys, and vehicle parked near wisconsin's green lake. >> he picked green lake because it was the deepest lake in wisconsin. he did the research. >> reporter: but in october, the department learned borgwardt's

passport was run in canada the day after he was reported missing and he moved funds to a foreign bank, took out a $375,000 life insurance policy for his family and began communicating with a woman in uzbekistan. >> he had a plan, his plan didn't work out. >> reporter: he used an inflatable boat to paddle off the lake, right a stashed e bike 70 miles to madison, hopping on a bus that took him through detroit and into canada where the sheriff says he got on a plane to europe. >> he did say he didn't expect us to go more than two weeks searching for him. i hate to tell you, he picked the wrong sheriff and the wrong department. >> reporter: padoll said the obstruction charges will be filed within weeks and that the department will fight to get back up to $40,000 spent on the extensive search. but his main message is an emotional ask for borgwardt to come home to his family for the holidays. >> kids are the most important

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(♪♪) welcome back. this morning on in-depth today, it's the day we have all been counting down to all year, the opening of "wicked." >> a number of die hard fans got to check it out last night, and many more will be heading to theaters this weekend. >> of course the music is one of the big draws, but it's also sparking debate this morning. should fans be singing along, out loud, in the theater? nbc's joe fryer is here with the story. we'll get your opinion on this. >> you're getting it right now. to be clear, there is one answer. no. no, absolutely not. and clearly it appears amc grease with agrees with me, playing a message before the movie that says no singing. apparently no good deed goes un is heeding that warning.

the movie might be new, but the songs are already, well, popular. ♪ you're going to be popular ♪ >> if you sing along, though, you might quickly become unpopular. >> i'm here to warn everyone that the singing is, in fact, hang, and it's worse than you would expect. >> some moviegoers say something bad is happening. >> i need everybody on mute. >> and they're sounding off on the wickedness thrust upon them. >> i am going to see ariana, cynthia and the rest of the cast sing. i better not hear anyone else singing in the theater. >> before the show starts just as you're diving into the green and pink popcorn, amc theaters are playing an ad. >> silence is golden. no talking. no singing. no wailing. >> yet some just don't want to save it for the shower. >> okay. we've been repressing this for a long time. and it's about to come out. this is our time. this is our moment.

>> cynthia eriva joked about fans singing along in a target ad. >> nailed it. >> that's my line. >> she and her costar weighed in on the debate saying they support whatever makes you happy it. >> we understand it if you do and if you don't. we respect the feelings. >> if you come the third time and sing through, sing through. but come the second time and let us sing to you. >> if someone throws popcorn at you or their phone, then maybe stop. i'm kidding. >> over the years, some movie musicals have become synonymous with audience participation like the rocky horror picture show, and grease, had showings in theater. >> it's your time to shine, have fun, sing loud, and come alive. it's show time. >> at recent concert films, fans were encouraged to get up and croon from beyonce's renaissance

to taylor swift's era's movie. swift herself was singing and dancing in the aisles. but at "wicked," if you belt defying gravity, to many you'll be defying civility. >> okay. joe, we're going to take a poll here, but what if you want to sing? can they do like a special screening where everyone's going to sing? >> a reminder, this is a product of our sister company, nbc universal, and they say there will be special sing along screenings about a month from now, starting christmas, a thousand theaters nationwide. more details to come. i say, until then, shhh. >> unless you are cynthia or ariana or jeff, no, there should be no singing in the theater . >> then why are you there? >> do you sing in a broadway show? >> i think when it comes to

singing, there's no place like home. keep it home, right. >> i agree, totally. >> you can listen it our extended conversation with cynthia and ariana, they start singing in the middle of it, and it's incredible. that's on the "today" podcast. look for it wherever you get yours. >> note to self, never go to a musical with laura jarrett. >> haters, all right. >> mr. roker, care to sing the forecast. >> no, i do not. nobody's paying for that. let alone get it for star. >> and you're a broadway star. >> you were on broadway. >> you know what, okay, waitress, folks sang along. >> and you liked it? >> and the cast loved it. just throwing that out. hey, we got thanksgiving travel weather to talk about. so sunday, big getaway day, near record warmth to the south, blustery winds in the northeast, another storm comes into the west. airport delays probably for san francisco, salt lake city as well. we could be looking at delays along boston, new york and philadelphia. now, we move to the interstate, heavy rain and mountain snows

for i-80. i-5. rockies to the atlantic, very calm. very quiet. then we get to wednesday. actually day of real travel. possible blizzard in the rockies, sunny and warm in the south. sunshine in the east. salt lake city, denver most likely going to be the biggest delays. boston, new york, may have some problems as well. atlanta also, and then interstates, heavy snow in the rockies, snow over the mountain passes out west. mississippi river valley. i-64, i-55, i-40, all may see some rain. on thanksgiving day. maybe some rain, and chilly conditions for the parade. we'll wait and see. heavy rain to the southeast. hall, we are seeing waves of heavy rain still impacting the north bay. eventually this system will start to push to the

south and bring the rest of the bay area. some rain by late morning into the afternoon and it's going to continue into the eight to nine o'clock hours for the south bay and then gradually taper off overnight. still some lingering showers early tomorrow and that's your latest weather, guys. >> straight ahead, we've got a friday morning treat for you, the avett brothers. they have brought their music to broadway. and they're stopping by with the cast of swept away for a special live performance on a friday morning right here on "today." you don't want to miss that or the morning boost right after this.

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>> she's getting tested ht now. that sucker is moving good. if you hear the music there, bobby helms jingle bell rock. it's seen a 620% increase in streams on spotify this month. helping it to become the latest track to join the spotify billions club. it's in good company. other holiday hits worth a billion right here. "all i want for christmas is you" by maria carry, and wams "last christmas." >> do you have a favorite? >> temptations, "silent night." >> bing crosby "white christmas." >> celine does ava maria, i play it at christmas. >> david foster christmas album, it's unbelievable. >> really? >> oh. you got to listen. talk about throwbacks, but everybody -- celine is on it.

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east bay. last night we saw people filling up sandbags in martinez and public works teams in oakland are trying to make sure there are no clogged storm drains when the rain finally arrives. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall. so, kari, what conditions are we looking at now? well, the north bay is going on day three of all of this heavy rainfall. while in san jose, we have yet to measure a drop. and eventually we'll start to see this rain coming in, but still pouring in. san rafael and areas to the north. as we're seeing that as the target of this atmospheric river. still, that steady rain moving in and eventually we're expecting this to begin to bump its way to the south and affect much more of the bay area going into late morning into the afternoon, as well as this evening, where we may see some heavy downpours around 3 to 5:00 for san jose into the south county as it slowly starts to move out. and there will be a brief break overnight with some spotty showers continuing into the first part of the day tomorrow. clearing out for the evening, and we'll be tracking the next storm after that. laura marcus. thanks so much, kari.

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it's all ahead in "popstart." today is friday, november 22nd, 2024. ♪ girls trip. to the plaza. >> hi to my mom. >> back in st. louis. >> turning 16 and 60 in new york city. mother daughter trip from south bend, indiana. >> kicking off the weekend from churchill, tennessee. arkansas. >> twin cities, minnesota. >> good year, arizona. >> massachusetts. >> and cincinnati, ohio. >> welcome to "today" from jackson, mississippi. here for jojo's birthday. >> i'm turning 8. >> so cute. happy birthday. happy everything. happy poncho day on our plaza. nice to have you along with us. it's friday morning, we've got laura along, hoda has a long weekend.

>> we're going to be outside with notre dame to look ahead to the big game tomorrow, but next week here on "today," something to really look forward to as well, jenna bush hager, going to take us behind the scenes of that big hallmark movie debut we have been talking about. a lot of excitement over the trailer. now, jbh is ready to share her day at arrowhead stadium. she's going to show off her acting chops in holiday touched, a chiefs love story. >> there's oscar buzz. there's oscar buzz. >> some are saying. >> many are saying . >> the same as the grammy buzz. >> exactly. busy morning, let's get right to your news at 8:00. starting to feel like winter across much of the country. a storm system from the midwest to the northeast bringing some of the first major snowfalls of the season. parts of illinois, ohio, and pennsylvania blanketing overnight. and the storm bringing some dangerous conditions, too, including wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. out west, snow and ice also creating slick driving

conditions. parts of california. let's go to al, he's got a lot to keep his eye on and the weekend forecast. >> good morning, guys, and good morning to you here in the northeast. we've got a mix of rain and snow as the storm system starts to develop. it's going to be moving to the north. in the meantime, syracuse, scranton, williamsport, all looking at light snow. 10 million people impacted from syracuse, new york, to asheville, with winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings. that system will just kind of hang around the northeast, snow will pile up from the appalachians to the cat skills. the heaviest rain going to be into the northern new england and along the spine of the alleghenys, we're looking at anywhere from 1 to 2 inches of rain. snowfall, we are talking about some spots picking up to a foot, especially down in the appalachian mountains, and then out west, that atmospheric river bringing more heavy rain, northern california on into parts of coastal oregon. we're going to be watching the risk of really heavy flooding from reading to santa rosa.

there's going to be heavy rain below 5,500 feet in the sierra mountain range. rainfall, 5 to 10 inches before this is all over, and then you add in the snow. more than 3 feet over the highest elevations from mount shasta, all the way down to sequoia national park, guys. >> al, we'll come back in a few moments. meanwhile, the wintry weather that al was talking about, major headaches for the millions of americans traveling today to get a jump start on the thanksgiving holiday. nbc's tom costello joins us from reagan national airport with an update on how it's going so far. how is it going? >> just checked flight aware. we have delays in the northeast because of all the weather. specifically from new york to boston. delays building at this hour, and then of course we have some significant delays yesterday in the midwest because of the snow hitting chicago. tis the season because here's the deal. people are going longer, leaving earlier on their thanksgiving break.

they're working remotely from grandma's house for a few days. as a result, it spreads out the entire thanksgiving rush. the tsa expecting 6% more people will fly this year than last. and guess what, last year was a record. that means another record breaker of a year. and sundays they're expecting 3 million or so travelers moving through tsa check points. the busiest days are going to be tuesday and wednesday, and then sunday after thanksgiving. it's going to a real busy session. as i mentioned, we had a lot of snow yesterday in the middle of the country. i was in chicago. we had delays at o'hare. 60% of flights delayed at o'hare. this is the time of year when snow can really start to create the ripple effect nationwide. most people are driving, as you know, and as aaa reports, more records expected on the roads in terms of passenger volume, car volume this time of year. the good news is gas prices are down 25 cents from a year ago, and the advice, as always, leave

early, if you leave in the afternoon or the evening, good luck with that. craig, back to you. >> good luck to you. thank you, tom. tom costello at reagan national. a major shakeup the in trump transition team. the president-elect naming long time ally, pam bondi as his new choice for attorney general after the sudden withdrawal of embattled pick matt gaetz. nbc's chief white house correspondent peter alexander has all the details for us on this. peter good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. note that pam bondi is a long time ally of president-elect trump. she was also the first woman to serve as florida's attorney general, helped amplify trump's false claims about the 2020 election. trump, yesterday, in his announcement praising bondi as smart and tough. she is notably likely to have a lot smoother path to confirmation to leave the justice department than matt gaetz. nbc news has now learned that at least five senate republicans were hard no votes on gaetz's

nomination. many demanding the release of the house ethics report, including allegations he paid women for sex and that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl at a party. gaetz has denied those allegations. he dropped out saying he did not want to be a distraction. there's new scrutiny about trump's pick to lead the pentagon, pete hegseth. monterey, california, police releasing a report detailing a woman's allegation that she was sexually assaulted by the combat veteran turned fox news host at a hotel in 2017. hegseth said the encounter was consensual. he was never charged, laura, and later paid the accuser as part of a confidential civil agreement. back to you. >> peter, thank you so much. we have all been there, you're at the airport, you want to make sure you get on board for your flight, before the have i had bin is all full. american airlines is rolling out new technology to make sure parents don't cut the ine.

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>> maria shriver joins us with a closer look. >> as we know, once alzheimer's takes over the brain, doctors say there's very little you can do to stop it. but catch it early, and there are medications and lifestyle changes that can help slow it down. this morning, we have an early warning sign to look out for, and the new technology that could revolutionize alzheimer's detection. think alzheimer's disease and you probably picture symptoms like disorientation and memory loss. but doctors say there are other early warning signs that may surprise you. and the earlier alzheimer's can be diagnosed, the more treatments can help. >> we can actually pushback or delay the onset of dementia. >> neurologist, dr. gabriel liger runs the memory clinic at uc san diego health. he says one of the most common early warning signs of alzheimer's is also one of the

most overlooked. new struggles with driving. >> that ability for the different parts of the brain to talk to each other is impaired, and so decisions are not made as quickly. judgment is off a little bit. >> peter and his wife lynn say years before his alzheimer's diagnosis, driving started to be challenging for him. >> we're driving places, and he's making weird left turn or not interpreting the signs. >> i had to be more careful and more cautious. things were not as easy to me. >> lynn says she thought he was just distracted with work. but then she noticed another change. she says during family visits, peter would become withdrawn or sometimes combative. >> he sort of said, i can't follow the fast conversation. it's kind of like, come on, it's your family. they don't visit very often, snap out of it. >> but experts say, personality changes in social situations can be an early warning sign of alzheimer's.

>> there can be a reduction in social activities with the family or with the kids in part because these things do require more attention and it's tiring and difficult to do. >> lynn says she knew something was really wrong when peter started having trouble finding simple things, like items in a drawer. >> i asked lynn where is such and such, and she said, it's right there in front of you, and i say, oh, now i see it. >> he wouldn't see the peanut butter in the cabinet, right, and then i would point it out, it's like, i'm an idiot. >> experts say difficulty seeing things can be another early warning sign. >> our ability to effectively stand is degraded as alzheimer's disease sets in, and not as frequent for someone to complain, i sent him to the refrigerator to get the milk and he couldn't find it. >> when peter's vision was checked and came back normal, lynn took him to a neurologist and shared her concerns. only then was peter correctly

diagnosed with early onset alzheimer's. >> i would still be beating myself up if she had not advocated for me. she raised the right flag to the neurologist. >> and soon, early diagnosis may get a lot easier, thanks to the incredible power of ai. >> i think it really would be revolutionary. >> dr. david jones runs the neurology ai program at the mayo clinic, using ai, his team analyzed brain wave data from thousands of patients, and isolated flaws in those with alzheimer's. now, he wants to develop a head cap like this for people to use at home that would scan your brain waves for early signs of the disease. >> how far away are you from being able to do that? >> i would say anywhere from five to ten years, could be less than that. but it's going to happen sometime soon. >> since his early diagnosis,

peter says medication has helped stabilize his symptoms. giving him precious extra time with family before alzheimer's takes over. >> it freed me up to move forward. and live life more. >> so courageous for peter to share his story. you mentioned this medication that was helping stabilize his symptoms and so many people think once you get that diagnosis, there's nothing you can do. but he's taking something. what is it? >> right now, there aren't many treatments, savannah, you're right, but there are things you can do. for example, peter is taking a drug to help with memory. he's taking an antidepressant for mood. there's an fda drug called la laquembe, peter says he is considering that as well. but experts say that the real breakthrough is in using ai to diagnose patients early.

so many people are in the early stages of alzheimer's. they get misdiagnosed and for years they go back and forth, and there aren't that many neurologists, actually, who can actually proper diagnose, but hopefully ai will change that, and then that will bring even better treatments to help delay the symptoms. so it's an exciting field. people want it to be quicker than it is, but ai has a lot of promise n it. >> feels like we're making strides. really does feel like we're starting to make strides. >> hopefully. crossing fingers. >> have a good weekend. >> you too. shifting gears now, to another check of the weather. what do you say, mr. roker? >> what say i? i'd say we've got interesting weather at both ends of the country. here in the northeast, the storm system getting itself together, and it's still bringing snow through the appalachians, the allegheny mountains. we've also got that atmospheric river, bringing a lot of wet weather. northern california on into the pacific northwest coast.

we have temperatures that are awfully cold in the northern tier of states. 20s in the plains. 30s and 40s in the northeast and new england. look for 80s down through southern texas. it's going to be a beautiful day in between the coast. lots of sunshine from the great lakes all the way down into the plains. chilly highs in the southeast. we're looking at, again, a mix of rain and snow in the northeast. and that west coast storm bringing in plenty of wet weather, northern california, in to

i'm a little concerned, you were working out and kind of stretching. >> this is my big moment. >> my stretches? >> i was just doing a little limber. >> very good. very good. >> a little bit of like, okay. but now we're ready. lots to get to in "popstart." we're stretched and ready to go. we're going to start with the great luther vandross, an unreleased single made it into the greatest hits album, releasing his never before heard cover of michelle, by the beatles, with a music video. take a listen. ♪ ♪ that's what we call baby making music right there. that's baby making music. >> is that why you were limbering up? >> yeah, maybe. oh, my god, it's friday.

>> listen to how this happened, luther vandross collaborator discovered the song. he found two cassettes labeled michelle in his handwriting. i had no idea what it was, i played it. never too much greatest hits, that album from the legend drops december 13th. now this unreleased track, very cool. next up, billie elish, just named apple music's artist of the year. apple honoring the birds of a feather singer for her, quote, extraordinary impact throughout 2024. of course earlier this year, dropped her chart hit me hard, and tracks like birds of feather, she joins former apple of the artist of the year, taylor swift, bad bunny and the weeknd. "death becomes her" opened on broadway, with tony nominee, megan hillte, scoring some love

from the oscar winner herself. look how sweet this is. meryl sent a note that said, break a leg or i'll break it for you. with dried and undying love and respect, meryl. no pressure there. the reviews are in, including from joe fryer who absolutely loved it, "death becomes her" is produced by our sister company, universal theoretical group, good luck to them. mean girls, two stars holiday movies. katie and gretchen, last night they were on with andy cohen to reenact one of the most ic dropped netflix holiday movies, lindsay lo hen, and lacy. they were on with andy cohen, reenacting one of the most iconic scenes with andy playing the part of regina george. >> 128 call ories and 48 calori from fat. what percent is that? >> it's 40%. >> well, 48 over 120 equals x over 100, and then you cross multiply and get the value of x.

>> whatever, i'm getting cheese fries. >> that's cute. >> very cute. >> they look the same. >> con gratulations, andy. well played. the hallmark channel launched the first christmas cruise to a pinch of excitement. ♪ and that of course is "mean girls" and hallmark channel start john bennett, star surfing through the cruise. it was such a hit, a success, they announced the ship is going to hit the seas next year, the second annual hallmark christmas cruise from miami to cozumel, that is november 6th, 2025. so if you are already making plans for next christmas, keep its to yourself. >> come on, field trip. >> jenna should go on it because she's a hallmark star now. >> she should. >> and mama kelce.

>> let's get to thanksgiving. finally, kelly clark son, she and this week she simply knocked one out of the park and we starts with her -oke covers. her rendition of celine dion's "all by myself" ♪ i want to be all by myself anymore ♪ ♪ >> yeah. >> i don't know why. >> every time we play it, she should have a kelly covers album. >> it would be a double album. every one of these covers is a smash. >> it goes to show what happens when you have an incredible singer and song. when those two things come together, you get these moments. >> and she interprets them in interesting ways. >> celine called kelly version, quote, incredible and fantastic. >> kelly, we know you're watching the show.

the people have spoken. savannah especially. >> album, album. >> kels bells, let's do this thing. perfect weeknight meal, even an unexpected holiday dish up for laura vitale. but first your local news. of wh. [ vocalizing ]

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♪ ♪ >> come on. yes. welcome back. 8:30. friday morning. day two. how's it going. >> get you ready for a big weekend for college football here on nbc. notre dame. head to head tomorrow. yankee stadium, and leprechaun. >> let's go, baby. >> you're one of the rare mascots that can talk, colin. you have an irish accent. >> i don't. notre dame likes you to be yourself and the identity. >> you've got a lot of people travel for this game.

tell us why this is such an exciting game. >> absolutely. so this is the 12th time that notre dame has played a shamrock series game, which is where we play a really cool opponent like the army black knights at a neutral sight, and the cool thing about this game is that it commemorates the 100 year anniversary of notre dame playing army here in new york city, but this time, we're doing it at yankee stadium. >> feels like the leprechaun could be the coach. >> i'm fired up, ready to go. >> do you have a score prediction for tomorrow? >> let me think, by a million, baby. >> leprechauns pumped up. the dj khaled of college football. >> i'm ready to go! >> a lot of people travel for this game. what do you want to say to the fans? a lot of them are on the plaza. >> irish, fans, we all know

what's on the wind today, we're fighting for nothing left than a college football playoff spot today. we need to bring the energy, irish nation. we need the energy. let's go. come on. >> all right, you guys, leprechaun colin, thank you for being here. >> this is going to be a match up. two top 20 teams. 18, army, 6, notre dame. they're n a roll right now. should be a great football game. not only historic and traditional, but a great game. >> you can catch notre dame and army for the shamrock series followed by southern cal and ucla from the rose bowl where nbc and peacock coverage starts 7:00 eastern tomorrow night. do you want to get under here, leprechaun? echaun about, kelly, on "popstart," i was like, why haven't you done it. guess what, turns out she has. she has the ep.

only has five, six songs. >> how about another one. >> a double album. >> savannah has called for it. ahead in this half hour, a special steals and deals, filled with holiday gift ideas for the women in your life. >> all right. and we've got the avett brothers making waves with chart topping albums and grammy nominations. guess what, they're going to take their talents to broadway. they're talking about their new show, swept away, and they're going to treat us to a live performance with the cast. >> that's very cool. have a little pasta. cook book author, laura vitale, with a restaurant dish, the perfect meal for a special occasion. >> you have been shaking the pompoms since we started. >> i thought it was the rain. >> that's really impressive. we'll talk faster. in the thinker hour, we are revealing good house keeping, holiday cooking needs. before anything else, mr. roker. >> let's show you what we've got.

we are looking for saturday unsettled weather in the northeast, mild in the rockies, rain and snow out west. sunday, sunday. we're looking at a nice east coast, golf course looking very good. warm, down through texas, no relief in sight for our friends in norther. and then i'll. good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're going to see waves of rain coming through today affecting much more of the bay area, even the north bay still. but we are going to see the activity tapering off tomorrow. a bit of a break tomorrow afternoon into early sunday, and then another storm system will be arriving on sunday afternoon into the evening, with scattered showers lingering in the forecast at least for mon it's a big one, sunday night football night in america.

the eagles. fly into the stadium, taking on the rams. eagles, rams. all coming up sunday night, football night in america. >> there's no energy left on the plaid. -- plaza. i love it. colin, we want you to stick around. will you come inside. >> do you like pasta? we have a cooking segment. we need leprechaun energy. coming up, steals and deals, and leprechaun is pumped about that and the discounts for women on your holiday shopping list. stay tuned, but first, this is "today" on nbc.

jill's steals and deals is sponsored by wells fargo credit cards. credit cards made for the way you live. that's real life ready. welcome back, most wonderful time of the year, and we are spreading the holiday cheer with a brand new steals and deals. we are all about great gifts for the women in your life and sharing them, one of our favorite women, "today" lifestyle commerce contributor, jill martin. that's true. >> i know, i believe you. >> scan the qr code, folks, bottom of the screen. you know what to do to start shopping. >> i want to say go blue. this has been a hard morning as a wolverine. i'm big fans of theirs. i want to start with these handbags that are unbelievable and always sell out. they are the mila leather tote, the retailer is 600. 85% off. last month, 92,000 searches on google for leather coats. this is the every day item, the it item, you can wear it two ways. you see there's a shorter strap

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the citi concert series on "today" is proudly sponsored by citi. all right. we're back with the avett brothers, the grammy nominated band is taking their music to broadway in the new show called swept away. >> it follows four survivors of a ship wreck as they discover how far they will go to stay alive. it opened on tuesday. it's scored a coveted "new york times" critics pick. >> we're so excited to have here to tell us about it, scott and seth avett, avett brothers, all three of you here actually. there's two avetts, but three avett brothers. i didn't forget you, bob, right.

>> bob. >> didn't forget you, bob. how did this happen? this is your music, and it's been turned into a musical and it apparently is very well received. >> this is many years in the making. a dear friend of ours now, matthew matson from charlotte, north carolina, saw how this could be a musical and a record of ours, and ten years later, here it is, on broadway. >> it's amazing. you're going to do a song based on an album you have about an old ship wreck, and this is the song "swept away," is that what you're doing right now? >> it is, we are. >> avett brothers, all three of you, let's take it away. ♪ well you you send my life the world in ♪ ♪ darling when you're twirling on the floor ♪

♪ and who cares about tomorrow what more is tomorrow than another day ♪ ♪ when you you swept me away ♪ ♪ yeah you you swept me away snentd ♪ ♪ i see the end of a rainbow what more is a rainbow than colors out of reach ♪ ♪ if you you come down to my window ♪ ♪ and i climb out my window then we'll get out of reach ♪ ♪ and you you sweat me away ♪

♪ yeah you you swept me away ♪ ♪ you said with such honest feeling but what you really mean ♪ ♪ when you said that i'm your man ♪ ♪ well how my darling can it be ♪ ♪ when you have never seen me and you never will again ♪ ♪ and you you swept me away ♪ ♪ yeah you you swept me away ♪ ♪ life is ever changing but i will always find a constant and a comfort in your love ♪

♪ with your heart my soul is bound ♪ ♪ and as we dance i surely know that heaven can be found ♪ ♪ well you send my life a whirling ♪ ♪ darling when you're twirling ♪ ♪ on the floor ♪ ♪ and who cares about tomorrow what more is tomorrow than another day ♪ ♪ when you swept me away ♪ ♪ yeah you you swept me away ♪

♪ yeah you swept me away ♪ >> yes. >> how about that. >> yes. >> well done. the cast of "swept away" and the avett brothers, what a treat. i can't believe i thought you were an avett brother. you two are so obviously brothers. it's been a long morning. we get up here very early. what a pleasure to have you here. thank you. congrats. how fun is it for you guys and the cast to be singing with the real avett brothers? >> out of body. i'm not really here right now. >> catch "swept away" on broad way at the theater. >> guys, that was beautiful, almost as beautiful as what we got cooking right here, a hearty addition to your holiday table, addition to your holiday table, a tasty pasta, a meat sauce, low known for creating memories. no one wants to be known for cancer, but a treatment can be. keytruda is known to treat cancer. fda-approved for 17 types of cancer,

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table, thanksgiving, believe it or not, six days away, and your feast doesn't have to be all turkey. n. in fact, we're doing no turkey. laura laura vitale is here. this meal you call the perfect special occasion meal. you can scan the qr code to shop the recipe, and the exclusive code below to stock up on ingredients from our sponsor walmart. you're not just feeding us, the staff. you enlisted the leprechaun colin. you're probably a corn beef guy, but this rib dish might win you over. chef, let's get started. >> i love, this is a short rib ragu, i want to look for dishes that are spectacular to look at and really delicious, but also low in effort. it's really no more effort than making a pot of soup or stew, and it's going to start with short ribs, bone in, a nice amount of flavor and marmalade.

>> is this how you get the rib from the market? hot pan, this is going to get the beautiful color around the >> it's exactly how you get it. >> you season on all des, pretend this the screaming hot and sizzling. this is going to get the beautiful color around the short rib that's going to infuse your sauce with so much good flavor. sear them on all sides, you want them to be deeply golden brown, and then you're going to put together like a classic celery, carrots, onions, all that kind of stuff. >> this short rib you're going to sear to prepare it for a bake. >> once it's nice and seared, take it out of the pan, leave behind all the beautiful dark drippings. add so much favor. it's going to add so much flavor. you add in your carrots, celery, and onion. you're going to give those a good saute. you want them to develop color, and really begins to cook down. once they're there, they'll look a little something like this. great steps that you don't ever want to skip.

even if you're putting these in the oven and a crock pot. sear your meat and saute vegetables first. add the garlic towards the end. >> a little tomato paste. >> a little tomato paste, a little red wine. a little dry red, by all means, pour that all in. >> colin, you can't do that. you're not of age. how old is our leprechaun? how old are you? >> 22. >> you're a student at notre dame. >> we told him, no drinks for you, leprechaun. >> how do you like the food? >> it's phenomenal. >> fresh herbs like thyme and rosemary, once they look like this, nestle them back into that and cover this and let it simmer for about 2 1/2 to 3 hours. >> those aren't actually cooked through yet. >> right. that's just the seared, two and a half hours like this. >> until tender. you can use a good amount of fat on it. a much cheaper alternative and cooks down as delicious. once they're ready, take the sauce out.

shred the beef, take the sauce out and puree it. >> come on, guys. where are you, buddy? >> leprechaun, i'm getting there. >> better than lucky charms. >> i think it might be better than lucky charms, i don't know if it's better than my mom's cooking right there. >> good answer. >> well trained. >> after a late night of beating army on saturday night. >> the athletic department keeps telling me i need more carbs before games. >> it's not that fatty. the rib scares people away because of the fat. >> when you're shredding it. >> it tastes so gourmet. >> the fat rises to the top and skim it out. >> buy the ingredients, scan the qr code or head to today.com/todaytable. leprechaun colin, we'll be seeing you tomorrow, the sixth ranked college team in the

good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are still under a microclimate weather alert as heavy rain continues to come down in the north bay. a live look at san rafael, where we can see that traffic is moving slowly on 101 as storm ranger picks up on a pocket of heavy rain, continuing to move through marin county, across the bay, as well as into much of the north bay. eventually, this rain is going to start to push its way farther to the south, and we're going to see more of the heavier downpours moving into the east bay, as well as the south bay, and then lingering for several hours as we go into later tonight, while the north bay gets a brief break, there will stbeill s

♪♪ this morning on the "3rd hour of today," holiday road. the thanksgiving rush already underway. >> tsa is expecting