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now. ♪♪ today is wednesday, november 27th, 2024. thanksgiving tie-up. a major airport issues a ground stop on the busiest travel day ever. that was before an expected major storm set to wreak havoc. what you need to know before stepping out your door. pumped up. balloons are being inflated for the macy's thanksgiving day parade but are there any hopes of seeing them tomorrow? could those fade in to thin air? >> you may think you know the story of the first thanksgiving but indigenous experts say there a whole lot more to it. i'll explain the origins of the first thanksgiving with members of the tribe who were there. >> an expert has tips to make sure your kid's education doesn't slide down the chimney.

>> you want rest and going down the chimney. >> millions of americans are trying to make it to their final destinations before thanksgiving tomorrow. most are traveling by car. aaa estimates more than 71 million people will be on the roads during this thanksgiving travel period which began yesterday and goes until monday. >> plenty of others will be going through our nation's airports. the tsa say they expect to screen nearly 3 million passengers today alone. we have seen a pretty big number of delay today but very few cancellations, luckluckily. we track a major coast-to-coast storm that could lead to a rainy macy's thanksgiving day parade tomorrow. >> let's start with nbc news reporting gary who is along i-95 in virginia. gary, how is traffic looking out there?

what are you hearing about the gas prices? >> people are in good spirits even though the thick of the worst times to travel in the entire week right now. a couple of reasons. first, they are in a good mood because of the gas prices. we are at $3.07 a gallon. that is lower than it's been in several months. think back to last thanksgiving, we were at $3.25 a gallon. the other reason look around me here. we got clear skies and the sun coming out for the first time all day. it's not going to be that way all week but at least right now, things are looking good. >> i'm from california so everything is really cheap here. >> for north carolina, it's not bad. more the pennsylvania part is where it's painful. >> reporter: you think it will get more expensive as you go north? >> taxes go up as you go north and how it goes. >> reporter: if you live along the eastern seaboard, extra good

news. many states have paused nonessential construction on some of their major roadways and north carolina and m.d. aryland virginia pausing the construction so people can get where they need to. >> let's check on the airports now. priscilla thompson is in houston. what sort of delays and cancellations are we seeing there and across the country? >> here in houston, we got sunny skies and planes are taking off and landing. the security lines are short. it is a thanksgiving miracle but that is not the case in other places across the country. in denver, we are seeing the delays starting to rack up there because of all of that snow they were getting. there are issues in newark due to that air traffic control shortage they are dealing with there. across the country, we got around 30 cancellations which isn't bad but there are more than 2,000 delays so far today so that number is steadily rising. as the bad weather continues to move in, there are other hubs we

are concerned about. kansas city, st. louis, nashville, and dallas which should also see some gusty winds. i will not leave you all without some tips, especially for the viewers out there who like to pack their thanksgiving meals with them to the airport. if you can put it in your carry-on, if it's a solid. if you want to bring the meat, stuffing and casseroles and candy and spices and mac and cheese, you're good to try to carry it on. if it's a liquid state, check the cranberry sis auce and grav and bottle of wine and jams and syrups you have to check it. you don't want to hold up the security line and everybody is looking at you. >> don't lose the wine! cranberry sauce is my go to. i'll keep your tips in mind. >> cranberry sauce and wine. got it. >> done. >> thanks. >> now to the holiday forecast

with meteorologist bill karins. where could we see problem areas tomorrow? >> lots of wine but not the wine you are talking about. a lot of whining. vermont a winter storm weather in the southern adirondacks and eastern maine in winter storm as the afternoon forecast from the national weather service offices. it's trending colder and more snowy. here is the timi throughout this evening, light rain breaks out throughout the ohio valley and along i-80 and 70. more scattered in areas of kentucky and tennessee. when we wake up thanksgiving morning, this storm is strengthening. the blue is the snow. it good portion of the new york state freeway driving the pennsylvania turnpike and traveling vermont, new hampshire, through the berkshires in massachusetts is problematic. heavy rain new york city the first half of the day. unfortunately, when the parade is and the rain lets up 2:00,

5:00. snowing in the new hampshire and vermont. heavy wet snow and may be isolated power outages. we are thinking some areas have a chance of a foot of snow and especially in the mountains in new hampshire and southern vermont and there in the cat skills and southern adirondacks. be careful traveling on thursday. friday, the entire weekend, no issues! >> nothing to whine about there. >> very good call back. thank you all. we appreciated it. rain or shine, the macy's thanksgiving day parade will go on as planned tomorrow morning. >> the weather is perfect today for inflating those balloons. big new additions to this year's parade. 60-foot tall minnie mouse. a new spiderman balloon and joining the party is nora and elf on the shelf. erin mclaughlin is in manhattan.

the event draws big crowds not on the day of but right now. what are you seeing and hearing out there? >> reporter: exactly. this is what is called the inflation celebration. hundreds of folks come out to check out the balloons ahead of tomorrow's thanksgiving day parade. today, the buzz is all about those new additions you were talking about. six new floats and six new balloons. two of them just behind me. right over there is the reimagined spiderman. the first time in more than a decade that spiderman is taking to the skies of new york city. then you have right over here, my nephew's favorite, marshall from paw patrol. fun fact. marshall is larger than two new york city fire trucks. that is how big the balloon behind me is. i was speaking to volunteers and they are very much powering this effort. 5,000 volunteers in total. one volunteer was telling me how she comes out here for the last decade and it is the highlight

of her year. she explains why. take a listen. >> this is happiness. this is pure joy for myself, for everybody that watches the parade on tv, everybody that comes along the parade route. this is thanksgiving and we have so much to be thankful for. >> reporter: that joy is expected to last in to the evening. folks can come out here and check out these balloons ahead of the parade in the evening hours. >> i got to stay i'm impressed with the definition of the leg muscles on spiderman in the back there! like really? probably focusing on the wrong thing but here we are. what about the weather tomorrow, erin? are they preparing for the bad weather? >> reporter: weather every year, of course, is a concern. this is november in new york. rain is in the forecast for tomorrow. folks telling me that will not stop them.

they will come out to check out this parade. volunteers telling me that wind would be more of a concern but, so far, so good on that front. we will have to see what happens. >> erin mclaughlin, thank you. >> lots of weather to watch and lots of spiderman legs to watch. >> watch the macy's thanksgiving day parade tomorrow morning. don't wore.ry. i won't be a mentator on it. >> reporter: amazon workers in over 20 countries, including the u.s. have set to protest during black friday and cyber monday. organizers are calling to the company to treat workers fairly and stop undermining the systems to protect them. amazon said it's proud to offer

competitive pay and . tiktok blocking beauty filters for minors. it's unclear whether the updates will roll out globally. cheetos said it's auctioning a version of a cheetos puff to the wall with tape on e bay and highest bid is over 1,000. the winner will get a supply of cheetos worth the cost of the bid. >> i think the handprint makes it for me. cheetos get messy. >> it's accurate. >> interesting. interesting, interesting. anjelica peoples, thanks.

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>> a man climbs out of a moving roller coaster after he said the safety bar unlashed. he said he is only seconds to act. liz joins us now with more. he said he was terrified at the their reaching the drop and he noticed his lap band unlatched and he had to decide what to do so he decided to hop out. >> reporter: it's a shocking moment at an amusement park in phoenix. this video shows a rider climbing out of a moving roller coaster before it's about to drop. the person in the video is ricky. ricky told us he was at the park with his family when they got on

the double looping roller coaster called desert storm. he says the person operating it didn't check the lap bars to make sure they were fully secure before starting the ride and he says as they were making their assent, his unlatched. >> we were about to the top when that happened, so i had a split decision to decide to stay on the roller coaster and hope i stayed in -- or get out. >> reporter: ricky chose the latter hopping out of his seat and on to a catwalk where he says he then climbed downstairs to safety. you're lucky that you were able to think on your feet that quickly. >> yeah. i'm thankful that it was me. if it was one of the 10 or 11-year-olds going through that, i don't think they would jump out of moving roller coaster to save themselves. the incident happening at this amusement park where, three years ago, people had to rescue 22 people on the same ride. nbc news has reached out to the park for comment but not heard back. recently, there have been other roller coaster scares nationwide including this one in

knott's berry farm in california when a reid malfunctioned and riders were stranded mid air two hours. they safely evacuated the guests and investigating. ricky hopes his close call helps bolster roller coaster safety. >> luckily, i'm here to tell my story. the only thing can i do is try to spread awareness. >> reporter: in arizona, there is no state agency that regulates amusement parks. but the state requires the amusement park to have annual inspections. the amusement park has not responded to him. he just says he is thankful that the stranger who takes that video he hopes will lead to change for rides around amusement parks. >> liz, thank you. holiday break is under way. if you've got kids or young ones around they may be inclined to spend more free time scrolling

on phones but a report by the federal trade commission highlights some concerns regarding social media use by kids and teenagers. our nbc station in new york explains. >> reporter: at this children's playground parents told me what they worry about when their kids on online. natalie martinez has a young son. >> talking to strangers is, obviously, number one. we don't know who they are talking to. >> communicating with somebody who is not -- who they say they are and they are not. i guess the second concern is them finding something that is not age appropriate. >> reporter: parents are on guard, especially after a study by the federal trade commission on nine of the largest social media companies and the amount of data they collect. a senior analyst with p.c.mac. >> basically saying these platforms are not that safe specifically for teens. some of the apps contain code within the pixels so this he can

see where and how you're scrolling. >> reporter: meta recently launched teen accounts for its platforms including instagram with more restrictive settings and it plans to use artificial intelligence to spot users under 18 lying about their age and automatic switch them to a teen account. youtube says it doesn't sell people's personal information for ads and x says it ensures that information is being shared and provides options for limiting. road blocks now for parents to access parental controls on kids's devices from their own devices and monitor screen time. every phone and most apps there are plenty of settings you can i don't to help control what your child sees and does online. >> they also have settings that you can turn on for your child or you can request them to turn it on. that sort of thing. that do not allow them to be viewed by strangers, which is great. they also don't allow them to be contacted by strangers. >> i do have restrictions for

key words that i don't want them to have access to. >> reporter: it's also a good idea for families to have conversations about the need for protections. >> talking to them. making thur e ing sure they unds isn't house rules for no reason. this is about safety. >> reporter: you can set for screen time to allow for more family time. linda baccarro, nbc news daily. keep watching us streaming free 24/7 right here on "nbc news now. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ woah, limu! we're in a parade. everyone customize and save hundreds on car insurance with liberty mutual. customize and sa— (balloon doug pops & deflates) and then i wake up.

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avenue in piedmont. there were four passengers in the cybertruck. now we are told that they left a function and were driving westbound on hampton avenue when the cybertruck crashed. when police got to the scene, the flames were just too intense. it took hours to clear the scene this morning, and with the light of day, you can clearly see the destruction on that truck. we're also learning more about a person who was not involved with the crash, who was following shortly behind. that person got out and pulled one of the passengers out. that passenger was brought to the hospital with serious injuries. neighbors tell us this morning that he went into surgery and at this point is recovering members from this tight knit community visibly torn apart and heartbroken this morning. this is a community that's going to rally around members that are affected by this tragedy. but there's no doubt this is going to be immensely impactful to this community. it already has

been, and it will continue to be so. and as you can see, memorial has started at the tree where this crash took place. you can still see the burn marks from where that fire happened. neighbors have been coming by, leaving flowers, leaving bouquets and also leaning on one another. one another. during such a tragic morning here in the community. now, they do tell us that the victims were home from college for the thanksgiving holiday. and this is why it is even more heartbreaking for these young individuals who were visiting and at a function last night. now, at this point that has not been confirmed by authorities. we were also told earlier this morning that by piedmont police that the first alert that they got was from the cybertruck. they have clarified that to say that the alert that they received was from an iphone, from one of the passengers inside the car in piedmont. ginger conejero saab nbc bay area news. it's so heartbreaking. thank you,

ginger, for the update. we're going to talk about travel. today is one of the busiest days to travel for thanksgiving. so you want to plan ahead. the tsa says it expects more than 18 million people to travel between now through the monday after thanksgiving. passenger volumes have reached record highs this year, so if you're catching a flight, make sure to arrive at least two hours before your boarding time for domestic flights. the earlier the better. we spoke to fliers in the bay area who are not taking any chances. my poor brother in law had to get up at four in the morning to get us here. and what time is your flight this morning? it's 740. i'm excited. mr. dwyer invited me up. so real excited for thanksgiving. it's actually not too. i mean, it's pretty crowded, but we're early enough to where it should be. okay. if you are driving, the best time to hit the road is thanksgiving day. interstates and highways are usually clear because most people have already taken off and arrived at their destinations. meanwhile, one airport provided a mini therapy session for passengers who might be anxious about holiday travel.

these dogs are part of the happy tails therapy animals program at san jose airport. today, they paraded through the airport terminals. travelers coming or going home for thanksgiving? got to have a cuddle session with them. how sweet is that? a beautiful but chilly day outside. here's meteorologist kari hall with our forecast as we take a look at our thanksgiving eve forecast. it will be sunny with highs in the low 60s. one of the warmer temperatures will be in gilroy up to 64 degrees and mostly low 60s from oakland down to hayward and 61 in fremont. upper 50s for the tri-valley and in walnut creek. look for a high of 6160 in palo alto and 58 in san mateo. in san francisco, mostly upper 50s, while downtown makes it to 60 degrees and 61. in sonoma and 62 in santa rosa. we are going to see more temperatures like this, but frosty mornings ahead. we'll take a look at those numbers in our 7-day forecast coming up in

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>> the kansas city chiefs beat the carolina panthers last weekend, fans gathered around the railings for a anticipated souvenirs or high five. one child lost his footing and slipped over the edge. thankfully, chiefs defensive tackle tershawn wharton caught the boy just in time and put him safely back up in the stands. wharton said it was a natural reaction to catch the kid and that he hopes to connect with that child and invite him to another game. former hollywood mogul and convicted sex offender harvey weinstein is suing the new york city department of corrections. his attorneys claim the prison has not ensured the 72-year-old has gotten proper medical care following his recent cancer diagnosis. the lawsuit claims to state that weinstein was found in unsanitary conditions. weinstein is serving a 16-year prison science for sex crimes in california as he waits a new trial for sexual assault charges in new york. this is the cover nobody was asking for. authorities at the los angeles

long beach seaport say they seized 3,000 counterfeit gibton guitars. if they were awe thentsic the guitars would have been worth 18 million dollars. they calling the largest seizure on record for a musical instrument. no word yet on any arrests. nbc news has learned that several of the president-elect cabinet nominees and administration pointees have been threat. the threats were not credible and did not involve president-elect donald trump or vice president-elect j.d. vans. >> joining us is nbc news law enforcement and intelligence correspondent tom winter. tom, we mentioned these did not target the president-elect or vice president-elect. who did they target and what do we know? >> there are a number of names out there but in fairness to the people who were targeted not to

invite more copycats those who publicly came forward we identify as elise stefanik, the nominee to represent the trump administration as the ambassador to the u.n. matt gaetz was one of those according to gaetz who was target by this and other members of the cabinet and those close to the president as far as the president-elect as far as his star star that received these type of threats' came in through social media and sometimes 911 calls to police and social media threats and emails and it's individually basically saying there is an active shooter at my house or a bomb i placed under the car of so and so official. it brings a police response. police are knocking on the door in the middle of the night and flashing lights and creates a disturbance. so many of these officials records are public or you can find them through public records, it really presents a potential problem. some of them will eventually get

secret service protection and that kind of brings in some different things from the law enforcement perspective that can hopefully curb down on these types of threats but it's a big problem. >> tom, briefly. we know the transition of power is critical in a democracy. are law enforcement officials on high alert right now? >> we have talked about on this show will whether the two assassination attempts involving trump or whether a whole host of threats made when vice president harris was running. president biden. we have seen a continual pouring in of threats and they have been high against donald trump. of course, it figures that there would be a significant amount of threats toward president-elect's cabinet and inner circle and i expect that will continue depending on the policies may or may not be in the next administration and could ratchet it up from a high state. >> tom winter, thank you. we appreciate it. a stunning break in a cold

case spanning four decades. in 1980 a wealthy company disappeared during a road trip. a group of volunteers found a car in the pond and may have solved the mystery. >> reporter: this vehicle was found submerged off the georgia coast highways. inside human remains. the first potential clues in decades into the disappearance of charles and katherine roamer. >> she was one of those grandmothers who made everyone feel special. >> reporter: their granddaughter christine was just 15 when the couple went missing and told us they were adored and especially grandma. >> she was very creative and talented. larger than life. life of the party andup wonderful, wonderful woman. >> reporter: the retired wealthy

and his wife disappeared in 1980. the couple reportedly checked into this hotel steps from the pond and never showed up for checkout. >> sqerk earch and rescue and t were searching for them. >> reporter: police suspected foul play. katherine was wearing about $81,000 wornl of th of jewelry. >> it was like a robbery that went terribly wrong. we had to watch our father really suffer. >> reporter: decades later, volunteers sleuths armed with new technology revived the case. >> we specialize in looking, working cold cases of people that went missing in their vehicles. >> reporter: volunteers divers john martin and his brother mike say last week, they received a tip from fellow explorers that the roamer's car could be in the pond. they decided to dive in and find out. >> i found an open window,

reached in the open window to field around. i had my hand on the seat and i could feel several hard objects and i just grabbed the biggest hard object i could feel, came to the surface of the water and it happened to be a female bone in my hand. all diving stopped and law enforcement was notified and, i mean, they all came out. they were able to retrieve lots of jewelry. there were bags and bags of jewelry! >> reporter: now investigators are draining the pond in search of additional human remains that could confirm if it is, indeed, the couple. the family says investigators are now telling them it's possible the roamers died accidentally. >> knowing that it was just a terrible accident and not a violent crime is giving us a lot of peace of mind hopefully when things are confirmed. >> reporter: erin mclaughlin, nbc news.

fast food fans, a new delivery service might be coming right to your front yard. we are talking about drones that can can get your meals in minutes. here is nbc's kathy park. >> reporter: these drones are on a mission. picking up your order and dropping them off steps away from your home ich you can hear it overhead. we run outside and grab it. >> reporter: the food has been flying in christianburg, virginia, a test market for doordash and drones from the company wing have partnered with wendy's adding another speedy option to get meals to their customers within a six-mile range. why drones? >> drone delivery is kind of a natural extension of the delivery platform. how do we get that product to customers faster than we have before. >> reporter: it starts with the orders on the doordash a.m. and check out you can choose drone delivery. once you confirm, the employees get to work. >> it's put on an auto loader where the drone will take the package and pick it up and fly

it very fast to our customer's front yard or backyard. >> reporter: the drones fly 65 miles per hour reaching its destination in minutes. >> the minute you confirm your order on your phone, how quickly is the food delivered to your house? >> maybe within 15 or 20 minutes, i would say. probably faster than if you got it from a delivery driver. >> it's fun. it's easy and fast. and it's just something we can take off of her plate. >> crazy! >> reporter: drone deliveries are taking off across the country. >> got my package! >> reporter: walmart offers a service to select customers in the dallas area. amazon recently expanded its delivery options near phoenix. the faa tells nbc news more than 380,000 drones are currently registered for commercial use. by 2028 it could be over 3 million. >> communities are finding they like the service and find it

helpful. they like cars off the road. >> reporter: more drones in the air, privacy concerns are surfacing, too. with some consumers worried about the tracking technology. in college station, texas. >> they sound like a swarm of bees. >> reporter: some residents have plained about the noise from amazon's drone delivery service. feedback the company says they will take into account and consider alternate launch sites. in christiansburg, california. >> if you're listening for it, you can hear that little buzz when it starts to come over the trees. >> reporter: wendy's will be serving up about everything on the menu. >> we can deliver hot coffee and it will arrive hot. >> kathy park, nbc news. you've likely heard the first thanksgiving story often recalled as a friendly meal of thanks between the grims and native people.

here is thanksgiving simply explained. >> the fruits of honest -- >> reporter: there is a lot to be thankful for but the story behind america's thanksgiving holiday has some experts crying fowl. put simply, thanksgiving was first declared a holiday by president george washington in 1789. it's often remembered as a friendly harvest feast shared between english colonists or pilgrims and the native wampanoag people. but chris newel says that story falls short. >> if you're in love with the pilgrim narrative as the true history of what happened, then it becomes an erasure story. >> reporter: quick history lesson. >> the relationship between the wampanoag and pilgrims was complicated. >> reporter: she is here at this plymouth pawtucket mutual in massachusetts. >> what actually happened the harvest fest in 1621 that the english were having or the

pilgrims grims and wampanoag show up with 90 of his men. >> reporter: he was the leader of the wampanoag confederacy. >> was it invitation? probably not. he showed up and stayed three days. >> reporter: that is in the battle of gettysburg in president lincoln's proclamation. >> he tried to bring all of them together. a woman here began popularizing the pilgrim myth through a book. >> reporter: he says hale wrote letters to lawmakers that was urging for a national thanksgiving holiday that centered on native people welcoming settler colonials. native scholars point to a darker retailing. >> he was a woman woman man who was captured as a slave and makes his way back here and was a tour guide and translator. >> reporter: historians estimate 5 million native people and leaders were captured and enslaved from the time of

european arrival until 1900 with waves of epidemic reducing the native population by 95% in the first year after european arrival. >> this is an art form that is starting to come back to the woman woman people and its significance is huge. >> reporter: according to her, settlers enacted laws that prevent the woman woman from speaking their language and practicing their religion and she works today to reclaim thanksgiving for the tribe known as the people of the first light. >> we celebrate a day of morning where you'll see some of the native staff actually with black on their face to represent the day of mourning. >> those who want to understand the true history, i would encourage them to enjoy the holiday but i also encourage people to go beyond the narrative that is taught. >> that is thanksgiving simply explained. >> we want to hear from you.

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you've likely heard of summer learning loss. it happens when kids forget some of what they have learned during the school year because of the long summer break. experts say it can also happen during winter break. good news, though, there are ways to prevent it. joining us is lauren thomas who is the director for the virtual learning division at pierceson virtual schools. thank you for being with us. let's start with this idea of christmas break is short. kids don't have a lot of time to be kids. let them relax. how worried should parent and caretakers be about the possibility of learning loss during winter break? >> good question. so winter break is much shorter than summer break. so i think the impact of long-term learning loss is more minimal. however, any time a child is away from that structured setting of practice and repetition, you can expect some decline, so parents should be aware of that. but you can also incorporate

learning into your daily activities maybe with your family and new traditions that will curb that loss. >> how do you suggest parents go about incorporating learning within the daily activities but not overburden the kids or make the whole break feel like work? >> two thoughts. it needs to be intentional and second it needs to be fun. for example, i've cooked with my chirp and have them calculate everything. doubling and halving the recipe and new ways thinking about the recipe, for example. or they brought home a reading assignment and trying to get involved in that. family game night if you're looking at math skills or vocabulary. a lot of games out there that work. it's intentional and trying to incorporate fun. >> if your children was struggling prior to the semester before the break, is this an opportunity to speed up and get back on track and how can you maximize this time to make up

for lost ground? >> i do believe that rest and relaxation and rejuvenation is very important but there are three things you could do. one is pick a focus. sometimes that comes home by a report card or through a teacher or sometimes just talking with your child and what to focus on. make it fun. games, apps, flashcards, story telling is fun and do it with them. celebrate progress and reward effort. you want them to have fun on the holiday along with you but maximize their time. >> if there is somebody anxiety about the return to school at the end of winter break and i know it's better not to talk about that now, what do you say? what conversations should you be having with your kids and how do you make sure that is easy to go back to school at the ends of the break? >> a great question. i think spending quality time with your child so they feel very saturated and very rested and ready to go back. so that is not about time all the time. it's really about what you do to

make it meaningful, which makes all of the difference in the world and that is what they will remember going back into the school year. >> it really sounds like balance is key. >> it is key. >> even as an adult, i love to have fun with a board game. thank you so much for being here, lauren. >> thank you. stay with us. we will be right back. hi, my name is damian clark. and if you have both medicare and medicaid, i have some really encouraging news that you'll definitely want to hear. depending on the plans available in your area, you may be eligible to get extra benefits with a humana medicare advantage dual-eligible special

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