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today, monday, december 2, 2024, click, cart, buy. after a massive black holiday shopping is not slowing down on this cyber monday. where you can still find the best deals. >> full and unconditional. president joe biden issues a pardon for his son hunter after repeated lead repeatedly saying he would not do that. the bipartisan reaction to the decision and why it is drawing comparisons to president nixon. i traveled to ghana to talk with farmers about the changes around them and the akds they're taking to prevent their livelihood from melting away. and can i get a chee-hoo? moana 2 headlines a record breaking weekend at the box office and the other movie shattering records and why movie execs think the best is yet to come. cue christmas. i can't wait for all the films. >> it is so close because thanksgiving was so late. >> i know.

>> we hope you enjoyed your holiday. >> yes, happy thanksgiving. >> we begin this hour with the biggest online shopping day of the year. >> as you and your credit card are probably aware, it is cyber monday and this year is expected to break records according to adobe analytics americans are expected to spend $13.2 billion and that's up more than 6% from last year. here to make it all down for us, nbc news business and data correspondent brian cheung is outside an amazon fulfillment center in new jersey. brian, this is considered the biggest day for online retailers like amazon, and it kind of feels like black friday stuck around all through the weekend and maybe even still today. are these fresh deals? >> yeah, well, look, people we've spoken to is the big discount and it will be cyber monday and it is the last stop to catch people's attention for what consumers expect to be the best time for discounting.

so when you look at the discounts and i'm talking about target, amazon, macy's and petco, you're seeing pretty big numbers in terms of the percentage off, 50, 60, 75% in some cases and again, these retailers are trying to make sure they get you opening up your wallet to buy things during this peak holiday season and outside of this amazon fulfillment center we saw in person just what it looks like when a potentially high and record-setting amount volume is being done. there's 14 miles of the conveyor belt zig-zagging in every direction all to get the packages to you on time, and i do want to mention that's very important because there are five fewer days to get your shopping done between thanksgiving and christmas. not trying to freak you out, though. >> just a little and i imagine someone at home and at work is still planning on shopping and hasn't done it yet and how can we make sure they're getting the best deals. >> some tips for those doing shopping on the cyber monday, for example, if you're going to

buy a dish washer or a large tv that can be in the hundreds of dollars. remember to use cash back apps or cash app credit cards because you might as well get 5% off and get price matching and price comparisons to make sure that you're getting the best deal. experts tell us it's fall apparel because retrailers are trying to clear the inventory as they switch to the winter jackets as well as electronics and they say the deepest discounts will likely be today. >> quick question, are we expecting any more dig sales before christmas? >> reporter: yeah. it's part of the branding. you have black friday. you have cyber monday. now there's also travel tuesday. so you have the likes of hopper which is a website where you can look for travel itineraries. they've advertising some of their best discounts coming tomorrow, not today, tomorrow on when they're calling travel tuesday. so keep an eye out for

potentially hotel and airline deals tomorrow, as well. >> brian cheung for us, thanks so much. in addition to snagging the holiday deals they include a movie. 30 million people seeing the top three movies and disney's moana 2 which sailed to the top while "wicked" had people singing in theaters and gladiator 2 battled into the top three. emilie ikeda, moana 2 was the big winner breaking all kinds of records and wicked and gladiator 2 raked in big numbers. >> that's right. really making some big waves at the movie theater. you can see some of the numbers and big hits over the weekend. moana 2 raking in some $221 million having the biggest thanksgiving opening weekend since 2019 when "frozen 2" had done the trick. we have "wicked" bringing in

$117 million which is the biggest movie based on a musical and "gladiator ii" another 44 million starring paul pascal and 45 million were consumed over the thanksgiving holiday, just under that 30 million people saw one of these movies over the holiday weekend. >> that's a big number. >> i was one of them. i was at "week icked". >> me, too, kate. >> is the industry on the rebound? are we going to see a lot more? >> absolutely. you think about coming out of the pandemic people have been leaning into more experiences and people have time off and they're looking for ways to spend time with loved ones and family and the movies really are emerging as a trend around this time of year. the amc ceo tweeting out earlier

today that it had a record setting holiday and more than 80 million people, he called it stagring, incredible numbers and you look at the marketing techniques here. you have the range of types of movies and there are a number of movies coming out at christmas time hope tol recreate the biotic and mufasa and something for everyone, guys. >> thanks so much. now to major bipartisanfallout tonight from president biden's controversial decision to pardon his son hunter. >> nbc news was the first to report that the president was the first to grant clemency for his son going back to 2018. it is a reversal for the president who said multiple times he would not periodon his son and he was set to face conviction on tax evasion

charges charges. joining us is mike memoli and in studio danny cevallos. mike, what do we know about how the president came to this decision? >> the white house said he made this decision this week end after spending the thanksgiving holiday in nantucket, but numbers news is reporting this was something he had not taken off the table as recently as june just days after his son was convicted of that first gun case, but two dates that are significant in driving this ultimate final decision, one is the election of donald trump in november. there was concern including we heard from the white house directly on this that the president's political opponents would continue to seek -- to investigate hunter biden going forward including a trump-led justice department, but then also those two sentencing dates that were looming on december, on the 12th and the 16th, the president making this decisions now spare his son from the

appearances and all that comes with it. >> the special counsel who brought these charges against hunter has issued a new filing in the california case, and it shouldn't be dismissed despite this pardon. walk us through. could that matter? is there a way to reverse this? >> i reviewed the filing. candidly, i'm want sure what the special counsel is talking about. it seems to be more of a procedural objection. they say in the filing we have not seen this pardon yet. we've just gotten the notice of filing and maybe they just need to see the actual document, but here's the deal with pardons. it is one of the broadest powers granted to the president. he can pardon federal crimes completely. he can essentially erase them. there's some dispute as to whether or not there are klatt rl consequences and a lawyer may be disbar but as for the prosecution itself it can be erased and that's what biden has done.

>> what's been the political reaction on both sides of the aisle. >> putting many of those republicans who had been investigating hunter biden's business dealings are strongly denouncing this decision. it's notable what we are hearing from a number of democrats so far. one democrat calling this decision unwise. governor democrat of colorado saying this may tarnish president biden's legacy. donald trump hosting on his truth social account to link the president biden's decision to pardon his son with any potential pardons that he might make of those january 6th rioters and an interesting possibility that is looming over this decision now. >> mike memoli, danny cevallos, thank you both. >> cucumbers are now being recalled. >> and a well-known alcohol company has filed for bankruptcy. contessa brewer joins us now. >> hi there, kate. hi, zinhle. >> carlos tavares resigned from

the automaker effective immediately. there are different views from him and the board of directors. it expects to conclude that search during the first half of 2025. arizona company sunset produce issued a recall fofor i cucumbers because of of a salmonella outbreak who made 68 people sick. the cucumbers were sold between october 12th and november 26th including walmart and costco. so go look in your fridge. the company that owns stoly vodka filed for bankruptcy. it will remain on shelves as it deals with financial difficulties. >> it has an ongoing legal battle with russia over who controls it in russia and the netherlands. we'll keep an eye on that one. contessa brewer, thank you so much. millions around the great lakes are dealing with a healthy helping of lake-effect snow and

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pleaded guilty. jamie komoroski's trial was set to start today in south carolina. she was accused of hitting a golf cart killing samantha miller and her husband just outside of charleston in april 2023. the lyweds were driving away from their reception. she was killed and her husband suffered brain damage and broken bones, but did survive. priya srithar, can you remind viewers how we got here and what kind of sentence does komoroski face now? >> this story was in the national spotlight because of just how tragic it was. this was supposed to be the best day of this young couple's life and moments before this tragic accident happened they were celebrating their marriage and then they were driving away, as you mentioned in a golf cart when state prosecutors then jamie lee komoroski came and was driving 65 mis per hour in a

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>> she was light. she was love. she was amazing. >> you took the greatest human being i've ever met. she's not coming back. she's gone. she was my world. and i would give anything to go back. >> so right now what's happening in the courthouse right next to me here is that we're actually hearing from lee komoroski's defense attorney and they were talking about how she was on the dean's list and once she graduated from college she suffered from an alcohol addiion and since then she's tried to rehabilitate herself and she's not trying to play the victim in this scenario. she understands there has to be consequences and they're, sshlly asking the judge at this point for on the lower scale of that

three to 85-year-old sentence. so we will certainly be monitoring this and let you know how the judge ruled. >> certainly a devastating story for that family. thank you so much. the thanksgiving travel rush and preparations for the christmas travel scramble. if sunday was any indication people are traveling and the tsa broke the record for passengers screened in a single day that surpasses the record that was set five months ago after a july 4th holiday. nbc correspondent sam brock joins me from new york's laguardia airport looking empty behind you there, sam. over the weekend, though, not a lot of disruptions or cancellations, right? >> isn't that a wild juxtaposition, kate? the fact that you have these winter storms blanketing huge six of the country, the great plains and you have volumes like

you have literally never seen them before and you talk about the sunday, screening numbers 3.1 million the second time and yet i'm at laguardia airport, and do you know how many cans lagszs there have been in the last two days? two cancellations and o'hare has the most of any of the larger airports in the country, nine. atlanta, six. philadelphia zero. these are major travel hubs. if you broaden the scope of it, kate if you look at the numbers of cancellations in the country. it has been 3,000 or so cancellations and it will fluctuate. on know is, the highest volume day and it was 7,000 delays and 122 or so and 123 cancellations and yet the faa said from tuesday through saturday the largest portion of this travel window, 0.3% of all flights were cancelled and 1.2% of all flights were delayed and given the technological challenge that we've seen in recent months and

staffing, as well and this has been fairly remarkable if not miraculous. >> it seeps like the airlines are getting in a rhythm, maybe. this is the first time in 20 years that christmas and the start of hanukkah are on the same day this year. so what are we expecting for christmas rush? >> yes. we have chrismakkah. when you have memorial day, record. july 4th, record, thanksgiving appears to be a record and that would lead you to believe that the holidays for christmas and hanukkah will be elevated and expect more of the same. >> sam brock, thanks. why pepper spray was used to why pepper spray was used to break up a fight oh, so many medicare plans. that's why you're comparing all in one plans, all in one place with ehealth. oh, hey. based on what we talked about. your doctor. my pharmacy. your budget. my medications. you have a match. whoa. how is all this a free service?

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taking the crown, brain rot, beating out lord, demure and dynamic pricing. it refers to consuming excessive amounts of low-value internet or social media content resulting in a mental and digital oversold. users of the word saw a 230% increase from 2023 to this year. the supreme court heard arguments today on whether the food and drug administration violated federal law when it refused to approve certain flavored e-cigarettes. a majority of the justices seemed unconvinced by the e-cigarette companies' arguments that the fda had changed its standard for evaluating process in the middle of the process without enough warning. the fda refused to approve flavored vapes that may encourage young people to use tobacco. the fda has approved menthol flavored e-cigarettes as well as some that are tobacco flavored. in new guinea more than 50

people were killed in a stampede in a soccer stadium after clashes between fans in the west african country. this video shows people scrambling to escape the stadium. angry fans, fought after a questionable penalty in the game. several children were reported lead among the victims. we are following new developments in the middle east today across multiple fronts. >> this morning the israeli military announced the death of omer moutra. israel now says moutra was killed in the october 7th attacks, however his body is being held by hamas in gaza. the ceasefire between israel and gaza is on shaky ground after they fired missiles into disputed territory in lebanon. all of this comes after a new rebel offensive in syria and the forces opposing the assad regime

has reignited a civil war after a years-long stalemate. nbc news correspondent hala gorani joins us from jerusalem. let's start with the news from lebanon and what does it mean for the ceasefire between israel and hezbollah? >> reporter: the ceasefire is just a few days old, kate and for zinhle, and for several days now both hezbollah and the lebanese army have accused israel of violating the terms of the deal. they have accused the israeli military of firing on civilians trying to return to their homes. southern lebanon in charge of enforcing a resolution that ended the 2006 war has reported more than 100 violations by israel. what happened is that hezbollah today launched a rocket on an israeli base in a disputed area called the shiba farms and israel has called that a

violation of the ceasefire deal and has vowed to retaliate, and we are now hearing reports of israeli military strikes in southern lebanon on multiple locations. so this is happening right now. shaky ground is a good way to put it. on paper, this ceasefire is still holding, but in practice, as you can see there are exchanges of fire that are quite worrying, kate and zinhle. >> hala, let's talk about a different conflict in the region, the syrian civil war it had been largely dormant and rebels opposing the regime of president bashar al assad did make significant advances over the weekend. what's happening and why right now? >> reporter: well, it is connected to what's going on in lebanon with hezbollah and israel. hez bella has weakened. it's preoccupied with its conflict with israel and iran is also weakened and russia is involved in ukraine, so it doesn't have as much energy, time or manpower to support and prop up the assad regime. so what happened is that these

coalition of rebel forces including one which is an incarnation of a former al qaeda affiliate marcheded on aleppo, the success largest city like myself basically without a shot being fired almost, syria's second largest metropolitan area and they are now moving on another city called hama. so what's going on is there are air strikes from the regime and the regime assisted by russia on idlib which is a province north of aleppo and many concerns with what will happen as the country grapples with yet another explosive battlefield shift throughout the country. as you said, it was dormant and now it is very active once again, kate and zinhle. >> hala gorani, thanks so much. >> a blast of winter weather

dumps snow and ice across the midwest, upper plains and the great lakes. new york and pennsylvania were hit the hardest with some parts getting more than five feet of snow. many areas are still under a lake-effect snow warning until tonight. the wicked weather didn't spare last night's buffalo bills' game. fans braved elements to shovel out snow and allen celebrated the win with an on-field snow angel. look at that. we'll have that a little later in the show, but nbc news correspondent george solis joins us from a very snowy orchard park, new york. george, i know it looks like there's a break in the weather right now, but you're not out of the woods for the rest of the week. what's the latest? >> reporter: yeah. not at all, kate. there's been a little bit of sunshine with just enough time to create snow piles in orchard park and we've seen a number of these as the bills game. we were expecting that to taper

by kickoff. that was want the case and easily two feet on the ground and the threat of snow far from over as we look at more inches of snow later this week and this is just orchard park other parts having more snow and there were a number of highways that were clogged from cars that had to be left abandoned or from the accidents there. one thing you might notice in my backdrop as cars drive by, you see a number of plows and trucks and the work to remove that snow ongoing ahead of the next snowstorm and the other major headline in all of this, kate, is the frigid temperature. that is moving through the plains and the southeast. that's really going to be the big story line coming up in the next couple of days and temperatures, ten to 15 degrees below average at this time of year and we can feel it in buffalo and just another added component to the already cold temperature here over the last

several days and a lot of people here, buffalo strong. so they know they can take it. they just hope it won't be so bad the next round. >> i'm an upstater. i'm going buy you a hat, though, george. it's cold out there. >> thank you, george. >> thank you. this holiday season your sweet tooth may be out of luck cocoa prices have more than doubled, and for consumers it could mean smaller packaging and west africa, the world's largest cocoa producing region. i traveled to ghana for a closer look. >> he comes from a long line of cocoa farmers. >> we lived on cocoa money until now. >> but in recent years the 66-year-old says kull straighting the cultivating the crop is becoming harder. >> it is like hell for cocoa farmers. the yield dropped, reduced,

dropped drastically and poverty was everywhere. >> ghana is the being second largest cocoa producer and rampant deforestation is causing dram attic water loss in the soil. it's an issue ataisi has seen first hand on her farm upon. . >> has the environment changed? >> yes. because when we have the cocoa and it will driveway properly. >> experts say changing weather patterns continue to have a negative impact on the cocoa supply. the price of cocoa has more than doubled since the start of 2024. for consumers, buying chocolate in the u.s. will likely be more expensive this year. to adapt, farmers like dan wrel and ataisi are teaming up with non-profit their trade to learn about new climate-forward rain

for tres that can protection if they succeed. >> there is no succession. >> oh, it's protecteded by this? >> yes. >> this is plantain. >> yes, this is plantain. >> she's sharing that training with other farmers in her community, many of whom say they have not yet benefitted from those higher prices making recruitment and retention of tential farmers a challenge. >> does anyone look down on your farming? >> one of my friends was saying that because the price is low that no money was used and it would not be beneficial. >> today experts are hopeful a better fall weather forecast and practices will help the cocoa supply rebound this season. today apple stock credits cocoa and the new farming techniques. >> how id you feel when you were able to purchase a home of your own? >> i was very glad.

it's given you ownership. >> yes. the my own, still, there's more that can be don fuch on the business, and we have the foundation, and this chocolate manufacturing and so let's all come together and see it. >> zinhle, ththank yo >> this year online holiday shopping is expected to be a record breaker, but thieves are stealing hundreds of your purchases before they get to your door. how it's happening and how it's costing you real money. >> at first glance it looks like business as usual. a palette of goods, the men unloading the goods are thiefs who walked away with half a million dollars in stolen electronics just outside dallas, police say. amid the holiday shopping crush,

burglars are targeting semitrucks and trains with monday expected to be the peak day for crinal activity. >> we have about four-day period where the freight terminals, the ports are thinly staffed and very quiet, and that's when the criminals like to strike. >> this video appears to show thieves crawling on the floor during a break-in at a computer warehouse in north carolina this month, just weeks after dozens were similar trailing this a-train in chicago. >> it's very lucrative and it's low rick for liven times and very high reward. a trip load of liquor could be worth half a million dollars. >> cargonet recorded an inres in can that, totaling $39 million. the highest commodities, alcohol and electronics and the majority of which are stolen from california, illinois and texas.

experts say fraudsters are becoming more sophisticated and hacking into email accounts to coordinate fake shipment pickups. >> ultimately, who pays the price for these crimes? >> in the end we all do, all of the citizens do because the cargo and freight companies mean more money for security and cameras and for gps tracking and that's passed on to the consumers. >> back near dallas, seven people were arrested in connection with that warehouse heist. part of a multimillion dollar operation responsible for thefts across the area. >> busts like that can take months, experts say. until then, shoppers may be the ones le holding the bag this holiday season. priscilla thompson, nbc news. priscilla, thanks. coming up, bubuffalo bills fans also known as bills mafia are known for their dedication to the team. how some of them helped get the stadium ready

the in buffalo was frightful, but that doesn't stop the bills mafia. >> davis to the end zone, diving? and here comes the snow! >> reporter: in a blinding buffalo blizzard, bills fans bundling up and grabbing snow shovels to help get their beloved team stadium ready for southbound night football. >> many, if not all are standing because they didn't have time to

clear the seats of snow. >> as lake-effect powder pummeled western new york this weekend, bills fans showed up early, really early, working around the clock to clear aisles and walkways as foot after foot of snow fell prior to kickoff. >> i spoke to the bills' head of operations and he said there was never a consideration to postpone this game. >> sunday's game coming just days after the bills asked their supporters lovingly dubbed bill mafia calling on anyone over the age of ayn who 18 who was willi able to shovel. >> it will take several hours, but i'm shoveling away. the bills paid everyone who said yes $20 an hour plus food and warm drinks. backers high-stepping to their snow-covered seats as plows outside and inside the stadium did what thai do best, clearing walkways, parking lots and even the sidelines.

>> fans are sitting on snow uncomfortably just to be a part of the day. >> one fan trying to help another day, tossing a snowball during a field goal. this isn't the first time the bills have reached out to fans during a white out. bills grabbed their gear trying to get the job done. >> they can play in this weather, they know it and love it like we do. hard work is paying off big time with buffalo dominating the san san 49ers for the win. josh allen even improvising on a play you have to see to believe. diving into the snow for a highlight reel touchdown and angel. celebrating with a snow >> kailey hartung, nbc news. it was a big weekend of rival versus rival in college football, but the temperature was turned way up and multiple games turned into brawls. here's nbc's morgan chesky. >> reporter: from college football to the pros, big games

boiling over. >> oh, my goodness. >> reporter: in jacksonville, an on-field frenzy between the jaguars and houston texans following a late hit on trevor lawrence knocking him out of the game. the latest after a string of clashes over an intense college rivalry weekend. >> incredibly ugly scene for a beautiful rivalry? in ohio state, a buckeye wolverine mi wolverine melee after a a rival. a michigan planted on ohio state turf spiralling to the point police used pepper spray to break up the players. >> there are prideful guys on the team that weren't going to let that happen. >> emotion on both sides that can't happen. rivalry games get heated and especially this one and we'll have to handle that better. >> reporter: ohio state confirming one officer had to be taken to a hospital. >> when you see pepper spray being deployed on a football field. >> that was terrible.

i think we all love the pageantry that comes with these rivalry games and obviously people getting pepper sprayed, falling victim to something like that, that's something that the ncaa can't afford to have happen again. >> reporter: this scuffle at the unc-nc state game erupting after another flag incident. followed just hours later -- >> florida plants the flag. >> reporter: by a fight in florida after the gators trounced rival florida state. >> it's a distraction from a really well played football game, right? so i want to apologize on behalf of the entire organization. >> beloved rivalries all but overshadowed when a game went [♪♪] did you know, period pads are not designed to protect against bladder leak odor and wetness? try poise fresh protection. unlike period pads, poise features freshsense technology, for up to 100% protection from wetness and odors try poise. hi, my name is damian clark. and if you have

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