there. more news on the way. uilding up this week, as people head to their holiday destinations. the faa dealing with air traffic controller shortages, as storms threaten to slow things down

even more. meteorologist angie lassman shows us where the threat is the greatest. a new twist in donald trump's legal battles. special counsel jack smith moves to dismiss all charges against president-elect in his federal election interference and classified docs cases. why he made the decision. and israel and hezbollah are nearing a cease-fire agreement. we're live with the latest on what u.s. sources are saying. terrifying moments during a sunday sermon. td jakes suffers a medical incident. the update from his church and family. and a behind-the-scenes look at how american airlines overnight maintenance crews are making sure every plane is ready for service during the busy holiday rush. it's tuesday, november 26, early today starts right now.

hi there, glad you're with me this morning. we begin with the potential travel trouble looming over the u.s. this holiday week. flights will be full and roads will be packed as 80 million americans travel 50 miles or more for thanksgiving. the faa warns that a shortage of air traffic controllers could slow down operations this week. and if that wasn't enough, starting midweek, heavy rain is expected from the midwest to the east coast, sparking concerns about delays. let's bring in meteorologist angie lassman. what can we expect in the days to come? >> hi, frances. good morning to you. we have a couple systems we will be watching closely. already rain working into the northeast and stretching to the southeast. we've got another west coast storm we're going to keep a close eye on, too. this is the day before thanksgiving, lots of folks gearing up to travel. we'll see afternoon rain across the midwest. a little built it of snow acros rockies. the east coast looks great. not expecting a lot of delays on the roads or in the air there.

notice what happens. showers and storms and potential snow work across the east. that makes it difficult for people in the region on the roads. we'll also see wet snow. the rest of the country looks pretty good. quiet conditions for the rest of thanksgiving. now friday, we turn things over to some snow and maybe some cold and kind of blustery conditions across the interior northeast. we'll still see nice dry conditions for the plains but frosty conditions in the early morning hours. >> good to know as we make those important travel plans. thanks, angie. president-elect trump has something else to be thankful for for the holiday. two of his legal battles are halted. special counsel jack smith dropping the federal election interference and classified documents cases. laura jarrett has the details. >> reporter: in a striking move, the justice department abandoning the federal criminal charges that had loomed over

now-president-elect trump in washington and florida for more than a year. special counsel jack smith says his dee cision does not turn on the merits of the prosecution, but the doj has a long-standing policy against prosecuting a sitting president. they think it's important to dismiss the charges before the president is inaugurated. the move by smith, while expected, a notable defeat, after launching a pair of historic cases, a first of their kind against a former president. >> we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone. >> reporter: the trump team calling the dismissals a major victory for the rule of law, as president-elect had made his criminal exposure as a center piece of his campaign. >> i'm being indicted for you! don't worry about these fake indictments. it's actually driven our poll numbers way up. >> reporter: mr. trump often railing against smith.

>> i would fire him within two seconds. >> reporter: smith expected to step down on his own soon. his cases never getting close to trial. stymied by appeals. the supreme court finding mr. trump immune for some of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. while in florida, a federal judge found smith was wrongly appointed, dismissing the accusations mr. trump unlaw enforcementlyly ordered associates to keep classified documents. israel and hezbollah are moving closer to a cease-fire deal amid a continuation of strikes from both sides over the weekend. but there are a few issues yet to be resolved, which could take some days. for more, let's turn to nbc's claudio lavanga. good morning, claudio. >> reporter: good morning, frances. one of those officials from the biden administration you just mentioned also said that may take another couple of days to

finalize that cease-fire deal between lebanon and israel. but despite this further slight delay, there is widespread optimism that this deal will finally be reached. the white house national security advisor john kirby said the discussions have been productive, even though he warned that nothing is done until it's done, a lesson that we have learned, for instance, while they tried to reach a cease-fire deal in gaza, for instance. the comment by kirby were echoed by the israeli ambassador to the united nations who also said the deal hasn't been finalized yet, but it's on its way and moving forward. now, despite the positivity and optimism around the deal, the conflict carries on in lebanon. now over the weekend, israel has carried out about several airstrikes that killed about 20 people in the capital and around

the capital beirut, while hezbollah fired about 200 rockets into israel. now the deal will involve only lebanon, not gaza. but the families of the hostages are still being held there and said any deal, including this deal, should include a demand for their release, because they say the conflict in gaza and lebanon are linked, frances. >> claudio, thank you. the menendez brothers have been waiting nearly 30 year for freedom, but it looks like they'll have to wait a little longer after a judge pushed back their resentencing hearing until january. the judge argued the newly-elected d.a. needs time to review the case, as does the court. the original resentencing was scheduled for december 11th. but now it will be january 30th. the brothers' attorney says he hopes the pair will be released by the end of the january hearing. if not sooner. a federal judge says he will need to approve the sale of alex jones' infowars to the satirical website, the onion. the sale remains in limbo following the november 13th

auction. an llc backed by jones has challenged the results of the auction after it said it bid twice as much cash as the onion. the judge in houston may hold an evidentiary hearing next month to determine whether or not to approve the sale. now to raw milk. a california company is recalling a bunch after it tested positive for bird flu. here's anne thompson. >> reporter: a batch of whole, raw milk being voluntarily recalled in california after health officials etected bird flu in a sample sold in stores. it comes from raw farms llc of fresno in quarts and half-gallons with a best-by date of november 27. >> i can't imagine any benefits from drinking raw milk. >> reporter: megan davis is an environmental health professor

at john hopkins bloomberg. were you surprised there was a recall of raw milk in california? >> i was not surprised to hear that, because right now california is the epicenter of the current outbreak of h5n1 in dairy cows. >> reporter: there are 29 human cases of bird flu in california, all with links to infected cows except for a child. officials have long warned that raw milk can pose serious health risks because it can carry salmonella, e. coli and listeria. what makes raw milk so risky? >> raw milk comes from the udder of the cow. the udder itself can have an infection that can be shed into the milk. >> reporter: pasturization heats milk at high temperatures to kill the germs. despite the risks, raw milk has high-profile proponents, robert f. kennedy jr. two year ago.

>> last year i only drank raw milk. >> reporter: actress gwyneth paltrow says she puts raw cream in her coffee. social media with lesser-known advocates. >> this is why you should be drinking raw milk. >> reporter: a risk some 10 million americans are willing to take each year. anne thompson, nbc news. okay, let's check back in with nbc meteorologist angie lassman for your weekend forecast. >> we've got a busy couple of days as folks gear up for the holiday. the middle of the country looks quiet. and up next the storm system starts to gear up. this one brings rain across the i-95 corridor. through the early morning hours, we'll see some ice, maybe some slick spots. and up west we have this warning. the storm system will push into the rockies as the day goes on.

it will work to the mid section of the country and we'll see it taper off in the rockies, and then 30s in chicago, just 32 degrees with mostly-sunny skies in green bay today. and that's a look at your forecast, frances, back to you. >> okay, thanks so much, angie angie. the sun was out at the white house for president biden to deliver his final turkey pardon. >> raised by the -- yeah, i hear you. peach wants to speak a little bit here. peach is making a last-minute plea here. i hereby pardon peach and blossom. keep calm and gobble on. >> they were named after the

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lowering his microphone and sitting in silence for 20 seconds before clergy rushed to his aid. in the live stream posted to youtube, members of the congregation heard shouting as jakes remained motionless. the cameras eventually cutting out. >> everybody begin to pray. come on, stretch your hands this way. >> reporter: in a statement, the church writing, pastor had a slight health incident, adding that he received immediate medical attention and is under the care of medical professionals. the energy of this weekend's service notably low for one of the most widely-recognized pastors in the world. >> getting into your purpose doesn't always mean getting into your comfort. >> reporter: jakes leads a congregation of 30,000 members and has 6 million followers on instagram alone. >> nothing you've been through has been wasted. >> reporter: his message and vitality earning him millions of clicks on his youtube videos,

including this one wracking up almost 10 million views. >> everything is a rhythm. god is a rhythm. breathing is a rhythm. >> reporter: in addition to guiding his followers in spirit, he's a savvy businessman, authoring more than 30 books. >> ten women of the bible who changed the world through prayer. >> reporter: selling bibles, oils and apparel online and hitting the red carpet for movie premieres. in 2021, jakes launching a sermon series on sean "diddy" combs' revolt tv years before the rapper's highly-publicized arrest. his daughter and son-in-law providing this update. >> today could have been a tragic day, but it wasn't, by the mercy of god, by the grace of god. bishop is doing he's recovering well. >> reporter: his family and followers around the world

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airlines for a look at the overnight rush. >> reporter: 7:45 p.m. the american plane pulls in. the pilots are handing over control. >> anything that we might have noticed that wasn't perfect on the way over, we report it. >> reporter: minutes later, the 737 is empty and on the move, taxiing across the runways and pulling into american's 24/7 maintenance hangar, where the overnight pit crew already has their orders. >> we'll be servicing the oil, the engine oil system. we'll be looking at the igniter plugs. >> reporter: they've got a long to-do list. american 737s get a workout. ten flights each every day, carrying 1800 passengers a day. every 90 days, 737s must go through an overnight a-check. and routine maintenance even at the gate happens every night. >> we got a lot of work to do,

and we fly it done. >> reporter: eadie is in charge of all the maintenance. is this like an indy pit crew? >> absolutely. they have about eight hours of touch time to complete the work. >> reporter: a nose-to-tail physical. from inspecting the flight controls to the flight deck, to the passenger experience. >> check the call lights, check the reading lights. make sure the gas events are all broken and not broken. >> reporter: there's a cracked window shade and entertainment system that needs replacing. what's the most common complaint you hear from passengers about they want this fixed? they wish this didn't break? >> wi-fi. >> reporter: wi-fi. >> in today's world, wi-fi. >> reporter: fixing the wi-fi is a top priority. so is checking all 328 usb and

electrical plugs. >> they want to have the best experience possible. >> reporter: the clock is ticking. with 8 million passengers flying on american airlines alone this thanksgiving, the maintenance teams have been working ahead. >> we're prepaying maintenance to minimize the risk during the holiday period. >> reporter: at 4:00 a.m., after a deep clean, they're done. at 7:20 a.m., flight 2485 is boarding for miami. tom costello, nbc news. >> wow, what a machine, literally. thanks so much for waking up with early today. i'm frances rivera. have a great tuesday. see

lingers across the bay area. here's a live look outside at the san jose skyline. meteorologist kari hall timing out our thanksgiving week forecast. plus, making it in the bay could get even harder. pg&e pushing f