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good to be with you for a second hour this afternoon. i'm katy tur. today, we're learning more about why a walmart supervisor walked into his place of work on tuesday, walmart, and shot six co-workers. what chesapeake police say motivated the shooter to carry out the massacre and how he got the weapon to do it. plus, what president biden is promising to do in the wake of this shooting, and the others we've seen, just in the last seven days. before the house changes hands. and as we enter the holiday season, a health crisis is threatening to overload u.s. hospitals. what mounting cases of rsv, covid, and the flu are doing to health care facilities. first up though, today marks the official kickoff of the busy holiday shopping season. what is in place doing to the shopping outlook this black friday? we have a report on that. and let's begin right there. with that black friday, and this

year's twist, inflation. as i said, still painful. but while the cost of food and gas are eating away at family budgets, the budget for holiday shopping isn't changing. according to a new survey from cnbc, the majority of americans say they expect to spend the same or more this year. add to this add dichotomy of holiday pressures and spending, a wildcard from the world's largest online retailer. thousands of amazon workers are striking today, in some 30 countries around the world. they are demanding better pay and better work conditions and a protest called make amazon pay. joining me now is nbc's brian cheung at garden state plaza mall in new jersey and cnbc analyst and commentator ron insana. ron i i want to begin with you. less let's talk about amazon first. what's this protest going to do? >> i'm not sure. some of these larger firms are

successful in warding off employee deems even as wage prices have been building in the post-pandemic world and some employers have acquiesced and given larger than normal pay raises because of the inflation you talked about earlier. amazon is automating rather dramatically in some of the warehouse operations between robots and the like and it is hard to say whether or not workers at this juncture have the levers that they had a few months ago. obviously, if it disrupts business activity around this all-important holiday shopping season, which is black friday, through cyber monday, just to start, then amazon may be forced to make at least a few concessions to get through the holidays without too much damage to the bottom line. >> is it much different for those protesting in other countries and europe and are the protests different and perhaps better, or better conditions, or better atmosphere for workers to demand more in europe as opposed to here in the states? >> well, europe has higher inflation and the risk of a deeper recession than we do here. so it is kind of a double edged

sword. yes, on the inflation front. no on the recession front. if amazon is forced to cut workers because of the slowdown that is taking place in europe. very tough to call at this juncture. europe is in a little more difficult economic shop and maybe more leverage here and less there. >> let's talk about black friday and shopping and you are at a mall and i'm going to say you pulled the short straw for the holiday shopping assignment day, i'm sorry, what is it like at the mall? is it like in years past? >> i mean i don't think it is the short straw, it is a business reporter from new jersey, this is kind of the peak, it is covering this holiday shopping season. >> it is the peak? >> but look, look, it's find, it's fine, i didn't have to go far from my parents place after thanksgiving yesterday but there's a lot of people out here at the mall, people are clearly slopping, as you mentioned, inflation, prices are 7.7%

higher than this time last year and for that reason even if your budget is about the same or a little more than last year, that is going to cover fewer gifts this year. and americans might be shopping for about nine gifts as opposed to 16 last year and you have to prioritize which members of your extended family might be getting gifts under the tree this holiday season. again, people are out here and spending, and the holiday spirit is clearly in view and people can do e-commerce from the couch and choosing to come out and a lot of people are saying they're here not necessarily for the deals but the holiday spirit, you can see that here at the garden state plaza mall. >> in addition to the holiday spirit, inflation as we are talking about is more of a toll, groceries more expensive, gas is more suspense in, the budgets are tighter, and why do people feel they have that extra money to spend on holiday gifts, brian? >> well, again, you can't have nothing necessarily under the tree, at the end of this holiday season, but at the end of the day, there are compromises that are being made. and what's interesting is despite the fact that retailers have been discounting slightly

more aggressively than last year, anecdotally, people that i've spoken to at the mall here so far have said they don't find the deals that much more attractive than last year. and one reason for that might be that despite the higher discounting, they don't have the budget as they did from last year, because of the fact that they're getting squeezed, things like food, things like rent, things like gas, the things that you need, on a daily basis, getting more expensive, so the holiday spend is still there, it's just a little bit smalleren this this year than perhaps it was as a share of your income compared to last year. >> thank you very much. and 55 million americans travel to their thanksgiving dinner this year, most people drove, but some 4.5 million flew. thanks to clear weather, the trip to dinner was smooth but some expected weather delays this weekend. and it could make for a bumpy trip home. joining me now from laguardia airport is, in new york, is nbc's ron allen, and also nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. michelle, first to you, tell us about what to expect

weather-wise. >> hi there, katy. we're expecting rough weather on sunday but as we look at the satellite and radar right now, it is not too bad. for the most part, the southwest is looking good a little windy there. dry through the northern and central plains and the ohio valley and the great lakes. the northeast, we had some showers, and still seeing some showers and some wintry weather in portions of new england. the northern parts of maine. but we have a cold front that is moving through. most of it has moved off the coast at this point. we're seeing that clearing. the tail end, we're seeing some showers in portions of the southeast, it is the southern plains that we're watching again, we watched the southern plains yesterday on thanksgiving, with heavy rain falling, and we're seeing that once again, and once you see the reds, the oranges, the yellow, the brighter colors showing up on radar, it shows where the heaviest rain is falling and we will see that once again tomorrow. on the backside of new mexico, far western texas, we're looking at some snow where you can see the blue and we can see up to a foot of snow in some spots. so notice most of the showers on the east coast, off the coast into the atlantic. good news, and we continue to clear throughout tonight and into tomorrow and we bring back

the rain on sunday. i'll show you in just a minute. pleasant conditions for the ohio valley and the northeast, and the southeast tomorrow, and no problems in terms of weather. heavy rain once again into the southern plains, into the lower mississippi valley and it will bring a chance for flash flooding as well. and then mountain snow throughout the cascades and rockies and slow travel as well. blowing snow and windy conditions. this is what it looks like sunday unfortunately. clear in the southwest with sunshine. and clear in the northern plains, central plains, and in the southern plains, that's good news, after three days of some rain. but look at the east. from the great lakes, the upper midwest, the ohio valley, the southeast, all the way up to new england, we're looking at travel impact, and these are some pretty major hubs, we're talking about chicago, and new york, and philadelphia, and down to miami, and it looks like portions of the mid atlantic could see heavy rain. that is certainly going to cause some delays most likely. as we look toward tomorrow, we are looking at smooth sailing in terms of weather from boston. to miami. and minneapolis, detroit, chicago, looking really good.

the southwest, looking good. l.a., san diego, phoenix, and it is dallas and houston where we will see slowdowns once again in the air and the roadways, we could see some ponding on the roadways, and then on sunday, this is the one that we're watching, and i'm going to be, not you, you will be off on sunday but i'll be here on sunday watching the weather from boston to dc for some slowdowns. back to you. >> i'll be inside my house underneath my covers hiding in the rain on sunday and hiding from my children. michelle, thank you as always. thank you much. >> ron, what's it like at laguardia? it's been pretty smooth, here as best we can tell, and the airports around the country, looking at the flight aware maps and so forth, there have been very few cancellations, very few delays, and everybody is sort of waiting and hoping that this holds through sunday, which is a much busier day. you can see here in laguardia, one thing we're seeing, you can see a team of people coming in

down there, in the black, we have run into a lot of groups that were participating in the macy's thanksgiving day parade and they're all heading home. and i can't show you, because there is a group check-in area downstairs mobbed with people. there has been that here. and generally speaking pretty smooth sailing and take a listen to what travelers we're talking to say they want to get ahead of early. take a listen. >> my semester ends next week. i'm hoping to finish. i hope by traveling today, there will be less people traveling, but people are always traveling. just be safe. >> a straight flight home. i'm surprised the airport doesn't look more busy than it already is. >> we've been keeping track of tsa check-ins as best we can and here it is running smooth, and the lines are relatively short and looking over past year, the tsa put out some numbers that showed that this year has not quite reached where we were in

2019, pre-pandemic levels, but we're getting close to that, and of course, the big day is sunday. yesterday, you were at the airport, where people who were traveling on thanksgiving day, because the fares were cheaper, and because they didn't want to deal with the wednesday evening craziness, and today, there are people here trying to avoid the sunday craziness, which we have all anticipated. overall, you know, thanksgiving feels a lot different. there are a lot of people who are really anxious to get home because they haven't been able to for the past couple of years, because of covid, and a lot of people are much more flexible work schedules so the normal rush maybe in years past is not manifesting itself this year, just yet. so bottom line, it has been pretty, a pretty good day, on the roads of course, the best advice is not to travel during the middle of the day, travel early, travel late, and check the forecast, and the road conditions, where you are. because things will vary of course. we will see what sunday brings. >> ron, thank you very much. coming up next, what we've

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we've got more on the motive in the walmart shooting that killed six people. police today released a note they say the attacker left on his phone, it said that he was angry at his co-workers, and authorities also identified the youngest victim, 16-year-old fernando chavez-barron who was working the overnight shift. let's bring in nbc news correspondent cal perry in chesapeake, virginia. cal, give us the latest. >> reporter: so the note detailed exactly what the shooter planned to do and why he says that he was doing it. he was highly paranoid. i say that because he talked about his phone perhaps being

tapped. he didn't declare who would have tapped his phone. he talked about his co-workers perhaps laughing behind his back, talking ill of him, being disrespectful, and all sort of reasons that he laid out for this unbelievably heinous crime. it's the note that sort of points to things that we already know, this was an incredibly disturbed individual who was hell-bent on carrying outs an unthinkable crime. the other bit of information today that police are releasing is about the firearm. this was a handgun that was purchased the morning of the shooting. early on tuesday morning at a nearby store and it was purchased legally. shy add this is an open carry state. and so you do have questions being asked about what would have prevented this shooting. . the shooter didn't do anything illegal up until the points of the murders and that has people here obviously very concerned about what could happen in the future. virginia has seen a number of these high profile mass shootings and that is not lost on this town, katy. >> thank you very much. president biden says he hopes to use the last months of an all democratic house and

senate to pass gun legislation, biden told reporters he would try to push through an assault weapons ban during the lame duck session. this of course comes after multiple mass shootings in just the past week. let's bring in nbc news senior national politics reporter jonathan allen and congressional investigations reporter for the "washington post," jacqueline alemany. the president wants to get this done, this has been on his agenda for years now. the house has passed it. when it gets to the senate, it is at the senate, what is happening? why is the senate not taking it up? >> i don't want to predict forever that gun control legislation would never pass congress but there has been no indication that republicans have moved on this, and it has been sitting there for a long time. they're opposed to it and largely opposed to it because the base of the republican party is not only opposed to gun control legislation but is

adamant about that, especially with this election coming up in georgia, and just a couple of weeks, and the last senate seat, herschel walker and rafael war knock, we've seen the raf yes, ma'am warnock and we have seen republicans suggesting that this is going to be a problem for warnock in georgia which is a much more gun friendly state than some of the ones represented by democrats. >> what can biden do to try to push this issue? the fact that the house passed it alone is a pretty big deal, considering that this legislation hasn't gone anywhere since it expired back in what was it 2004-2005, and what can he do? i mean we're seeing a lot of mass shootings. is there more the president himself can get out there and do to pressure the public, to pressure the lawmakers. >> it is a great question, katy, if the president wanted to make this his priority, he could get out there and talk about it at more and take executive action to create more of an emphasis on gun control with his administration and guns have potentially been discussed and

you can see him take executive action to declare a national emergency. but all of these things are, potentially even ban automatic weapons and find ways around, with the executive action, to ban semi-automatic weapons, and the automatics are already banned. they can do all of those things. but the supreme court has shown recently that it is expanding gun rights, not closing down on them, so the likelihood that he could do something that was really lasting by himself is very small. >> that's true on the supreme court. jackie, what you are watching? >> a lot of activists are asking if biden could do some more incremental change here, in the bipartisan gun control bill that was passed earlier this year. there are some sort of tweaks that they say that biden can make here, for example, there's some word thrag could be clarified in the gun safety law that requires individuals, quote, in the business of selling firearms, to conduct background purchases, but they would like to see an executive

order that these part-time sellers who are not, you know, in the full time business, don't have any wiggle room here to abide by these new expanded background checks. they also, i think, want to see faster implementation of this sizable chunk of money that is going to go towards expanding mental health resources and sort of ways to intervene in the case of, the way that red flag laws are carried out. so a lot of, again, gun control activists, want to see that. and i think they also want it to be, right now, at the top of mind for president biden, as he has gotten a lot of his agenda done in the past two years, and now that these midterms are mostly over, and democrats are likely going to, or are definitely going to keep control of the senate, that he has more room and space to go after the things that are a little politically riskier, but we have

to note i think nine, nine and 10 democrats are in favor of an assault weapons ban. >> john, when you look at polling, the american public is in favor of background checks. they're in favor of tightening restrictions on guns. not in favor of getting rid of guns but tightening restrictions. but when you look at congress, it seems like nobody is in favor of it, because, well not nobody, but that a good portion of the population is not in favor of it, and i wonder, is it the single issue voters that the republicans have that are holding them to not changing at all on this, or is it the gun lobby, the money or both things tied together. >> i think they're tied together. so much energy in that single issue set that you talked about, they will show up and vote, they will donate money, the nra is a shadow of its former self and yet this issue remains potent on the republican side of the aisle, because it's the voters that care so much, with that set. i think, you know, with the

republicans taking over the house of representatives, the chances of any sort of gun control legislation going forward in the next congress are even worse than in the lame duck. so the president could decide to make this a case, he has done so far and he has not moved public opinion nor has anybody else moved public opinion enough over the course of the years to really force republicans to move their position. >> and in a large way, not in the -- >> in the angry, upset, i'm going to vote about it, i'm going to vote you out of office. >> the way abortion was a motivator. >> absolutely. and also changing some of the republicans side, changing some of that conservative side to say enough is enough. so that it is, so that there is enough of a punishment for republican members of congress for being for semi-automatic weapons as there is punishment for being against them. >> i just wonder how many people might have to die before that opinion changes, and before we see that sort of movement. i mean it has already been a

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failures with various law enforcement agencies, with other white extremists and nationalists who led some of the fringe elements at the capitol, we spoke with staffers who said that they have been told, a lot of them have been told that liz cheney wanted the report to be all about former president trump, and a lot of these folks have studied, you know, the ways that groups fundraise for this and the ways that these different fringe elements came together, and various security failures by the capitol police, various security failures by the u.s. military, and they believe all of those should be delineated fully in the final report, while also focusing on trump. but in they're telling, liz chainy, who is the co-chair exered extreme control over this group for the last two years and wants to keep the product focused mainly on trump himself. >> what about the members of the

panel, the lawmakers on that panel. any rumblings of frustration from them? >> some of them are battling behind the scenes on the final report, but there is also support for liz chainy, we had a statement from zoe lofgren, and nancy pelosi gave us a statement, saying that she had thanked liz cheney for her work, but a lot of it is sausage making on the final report behind the scenes, it is quite messy, and what we're hearing, and we heard this from multiple, multiple people who have been involved in this committee for the past two years, is that a lot of the work is being cut, or the total amount of workers were to be cut, in exchange for more content about trump himself. >> when do we expect the report to come out? >> we expect the report to come out next month at some point. it will be fairly lengthy. and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of pages, and they'll have to get it out before the committee, obviously, and it is likely disbanded by the republican majority in january

so we expect it by the end of the year. >> lisa, let's talk about the expectation for what is going to be in this report, beyond these rumblings about whether it focuses to much on donald trump. has the committee proved its thesis? >> that's an interesting question, katy, because the committee has had multiple these theses, and what they're reporting there, are so many things they wanted to investigate in terms of the causes of january 6th. however liz cheney focus on donald trump makes sense to me because he is what we would call in the legal profession the "but for cause" of january 6th meaning you can have law enforcement failures, you can have security failures, you can have a growing white nationalist extremist movement in the united states and for january 6th to combust the way it did, it cook one donald trump. so what i'm looking for is to see all of the testimony that we heard so far, including, i would

expect a lot from cassidy hutchinson, about how donald trump ignited the fire that was january 6th. through his actions both on that day, and in the weeks leading up to it. >> so we have the panel report that's going to come out, and it only has, you know, so much, it will have the influence of the public sphere, certainly not influence in the criminal sphere. and the president is being investigated by the department of justice, there's a special counsel that's now involved. what's your expectation and do you have one, lisa, on the time line for that investigation? >> i do, and i don't. i take merrick garland at list word that jack smith is going to move with all deliberate speed because he is not starting in the u.s. attorney's office from ground up. he is coming in to take the place of senior department leadership and continuing an investigation that has already gone on for several months. on two fronts. with the fbi agents, and skilled prosecutors. that having been said, there are

some things that are out of jack smith's control. one of them is when the special master process in the mar-a-lago records investigation comes to a close. the department of justice needs to know what evidence it can use and review before it brings charges there. and we're waiting for the 11th circuit to rule on whether that special master process should have ever existed in the first place, katy. >> does the department of justice need to speak with vice president mike pence? i know they're asking for his testimony. >> i think they do. and one reason why is there are a couple of conversations that have been detailed that occurred only between vice president pence and former president trump alone. nobody else was there. and in one case, the conversation that they had over the phone on january 6th, there were a number of people there in the oval office with former president trump, but nobody on the pence side overheard that conversation. and in fact, greg jacob has testified that the vice president left the room and he

didn't come back and share what happened on that phone call with others. so there are two conversations in particular. one a meeting between trump and pence on the 5th. the second, the phone call on the meeting of the 6th. the only two people who know what happened on that phone call are trump and pence themselves. now, pence has talked about that in his book, but for the department of justice, that's not going to be enough. they are going to want his sworn testimony, katy. >> thank you very much. the justice department wants to speak to vice president pence, thank you. thank you for coming on and bringing us your reporting. by this time tomorrow, voters in georgia will be able to start casting their ballots in the senate runoff between herschel walker and raphael warnock, currently a senator, in a race that comes down who shows up. all races come down to who shows up but this one we're really focusing on that. a court ruling rejecting a republican bid to halt early voting in georgia could be a major win for the warnock camp. joining me is the political reporter for the atlanta journal

constitution. i'm laughing because that is the cliche of elections, it is all going to come down to turnout but we are reading again in georgia it is all going to come down to turnout. talk to me about enthusiasm. where does it lie right now considering that this is a runoff. >> yes, and you're right, it is a cliche, but it is always the true cliche. but look, democrats are confident right now, because a number of developments have appeared to have broken away. they believe that control is no longer on the control to help warnock's case and trump's comeback bid energizes the democratic core of supporters and he is also raising a lot more money than herschel walker. we saw this in today's filings, $50 million over a few week span. so he has tens of millions of dollars left for the homestretch. add to that some of the recent gaffes from herschel walker and the some of all of that is cautious optimism for democrats that they will come across the

finish line. >> warnock is going after, or walker is going after warnock over housing. is that resonating at all with voters? >> that's been one of their core messages in the homestretch of this race. the other core message is basically trans-gender sports, trans-gender policies, a lot of appealing, a lot of the same sort of rhetoric you might hear from donald trump had he come to georgia for a battle ground stop. he is trying to energize the maga base right now. >> who is coming out to campaign for walker? is trump going to come? any expectation? has he been asked? or has he been told to stay away? >> we know that in the run-up to the midterm, he was basically told to stay away, to steer clear, and not only because of herschel walker but also because of the number of republican statewide candidates, brian kemp, secretary of state brad raffensperger who were on donald trump's bad side who didn't want to be anywhere near donald trump coming in and we don't expect that donald trump will come in,

in the next eight or nine days, ten days until the election although anything can happen. we do know that former president barack obama is coming for senator raphael warnock, as well as dave matthews. so you're hearing, you're appealing to the base and an appeal to swing ticket voters. >> let's talk about the georgia supreme court and the ruling reinstating the six-week abortion ban. is that having an effect right now? >> that puts back into the spotlight an issue that was of paramount concern to some voters which is of course reproductive rights and abortion. and we haven't necessarily heard it change the campaign trail rhetoric but we know that herschel walker has supported an outright ban on all abortions, including in the cases of rape or incest, and we also know that senator warnock has pushed to roll back georgia's anti-abortion restrictions as well as the fight for reproductive rights so there is a vast divide between the candidates on that very important issue. >> what about in terms, i wonder, because the control of the senate has already been decided, democrats are going to

control the senate, they will have the tie-breaking vote with the vice president, does that take the wind out of their sails? or what does it do to the race in georgia? >> look, that deprives herschel walker of one of his main arguments which is a vote for herschel walker, is a vote for the senate and that was the skeptical middle of the road republicans who were not comfortable with the history of violent behavior and gaffes and all of that. that has been off the table. we haven't heard him change at all since the arizona nevada race clinched control for democrats. we haven't hear senator warnock to talk about how important it is for democrats to have control of the final, 51st senate seat that gives democrats more leeway over policies and committees and frankly one vote closer to that filibuster proof 60-vote margin. so we definitely heard senator warnock hear about that. >> you're a week and a half away

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for? what should parents like me, families like me, be looking out for, as those sniffles and coughs perhaps start to get worse? >> katy, i'm only laughing because we're sharing the same household and actually my 5-year-old is just recovering from literally weeks of rsv, and that's what i always tell parents to watch out for. this is something that certainly younger children, but really children of any age, and also older adults, can have really detrimental effects. in fact, older adults and young children, the most vulnerable groups for rsv to land in the hospital. just katy, it is common sense as a parent, and if you see your child struggling to eat and breathe and using your stomach or neck muscles to breathe, that is an urgent call to get to your local pediatrician or an emergency room, but be warned, the wait in most emergency rooms for children around the country are at a record peak. the most we've seen in about 15 years. so be patient. or at least have a plan in place where where you'll go and what

you'll do in case you need to wait for hours there. >> explain that to me, if i'm going to an e.r., it is because i don't have any more patience, it is because i'm terrified for my kid who can't breathe, how do you let a kid, how does it work if you get there and there's a line and they can't be seen immediately? >> so here's what, and every e.r., including the ones i've worked in, we triage patients, so what we try to do is there is no mother that is going to come in, or a parent that will come in with a child that can't breathe that won't be immediately assessed. what i mean by being patient is that it can be a long wait, you'll be in a room, most likely in a hallway, in a bed, having oxygen access, getting vital signs checked, but if you need to get to a hospital bed, an icu bed, that could be the testing of your realtime, because that's going to take, some hospitals are so overcapacity, they're flying people out of state, if they really need those intensive services. and so patient parents i think, none of us want to expect the

unexpected but in this scenario, have a plan and have a plan if you have other children in place so that you can have someone la can take care of your other children while you're tending to a child's needs. but let's hopefully not get there. i think the best thing that we can do is households like yours and mine, just trying to limit our contact with other people. that means making decisions about going back to school, going back to work, and that's going to be hard for some families. >> and is there a way to, if the kid starts coughing, or starts showing signs of getting sick, sicker, is there a way to limit it, so it doesn't develop into rsv? >> yes, it's most likely, by the time it kind of presents with those symptoms, they've already got the infection. much like what you're probably seeing in your own household. but you can do things that can support the child so that hopefully it doesn't get worse. humidifiers actually do help in this scenario. so humid fying the room, and having the child be able to just breathe a little bit more humid air, and then talking of course

to your pediatrician or care provider about what medication, but sometimes supportive medicine, like tylenol and ibuprofen, children's doses of course and only if that is something that you're comfortable with. that can also help. just for that pain that those children are having, when they're coughing, and they're just kind of miserable. and then i did this with my daughter, i turned that hot shower on, and i sat there with her, when she was a baby and had something similar, you know, and they just need to feel a little bit of relief, especially if you're in a dry cold area in the country and it feels cold offsite. >> oof. man. it feels like one sickness after another, especially when you have little kids. my daughter was asing out of her eye and that is -- oozing out of her eye and that is finally going away and starting to sniffle. it is never-ending. dr. kavita pa tell, thank you. i took a lot of that advice to haerpt and i hope our viewer disdid as well. the new wave of infections

is straining the child care system. according to new data from the bureau of labor and statistics more than 100,000 americans missed work last week because of child care issues. nbc's kathy park has that story. michelle stepped back from a part-time job and into a full time role as stay-at-home mom when the high cost of chide care didn't add up. >> how much were you paying, how much were you looking at? >> it would have been $2,340 a month. for both kids. which is more than our mortgage now. i'm in the process of building a business. and it is really tough not to have the option of have a committed child care option. >> experts say she is not alone. >> given the cost of child care, which ranges anywhere from 20 to 30% of the household budget. it makes sense that parents might decide someone should just stay home and care because it may be more financially feasible for the family. >> last month, a record 104,000

americans missed work due to child care challenges. many families being pushed to the brink with kids out sick with the flu, rsv, or covid. the outbreaks are happening as day care centers and public schools nationwide struggle to stay fully staffed. when infections soared earlier this month, some school districts in tennessee and kentucky shut down. >> we have sending a lot of children homesick and we got to the point where we couldn't sustain being in school. >> experts say to avoid the child care crunch, expand your search area to include more towns and zip codes. and consider getting on a wait list, because openings can come up unexpectedly. and ask your network of friends, neighbors, and co-workers, for suggestions. across the country, a balancing act for parents caught between finding care and high costs. kathy park, nbc news. and still ahead, what one school with a traumatic past is doing to right the wrongs that

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their students and their tribal communities. antonio hilton has a closer look at how students are carrying on their traditional native culture. >> reporter: for generations indigenous families have shared stories about the history of boarding schools run by the federal government and designed to assimilate their chirp and separate them from their families. recent lit federal government has been investigating the lives that have been lost and ruined by that system, but one school system in santa fe is already building a new era on old land and turning tragedy into triumph. >> tonight be late, guys. >> reporter: for chrystia, becoming superintendent of the santa fe boarding school was a dream job. she's not just an administrator but a steward of history overseeing a school that's overcome. >> so for some people it's too painful to come back here. >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: founded in 1890 but the u.s. government it was one of more than 400 boarding schools in the 19th and 20th

centuries that used separation and violence to stamp out traditions and spirit of indigenous children and took hundreds of lives all in the name of assimilation. >> you still hear stories from families who say, you know, we'll never ever sen our students to an indian school because of the experiences of my grandfather and what they lived through. >> reporter: this is all that remains of the original school building from 1890, a site where children were separated from families, beaten if they spoke their native languages, chained if they broke the rules. it was once a site of incredible paper, but now it's a reminder of how far this place has come. in 1976, the tribal governors of the 19 local publo communities took control and indijnized the curriculum and now native language and culture are celebrate here. >> reporter: tribal elders teach history. they have one of the highest graduation rates in new mexico. on indigenous people's day the campus was transformed. students and families ate,

prayed and danced together. >> back in the day we were not allowed to speak our languages. we were punished if we did, punished for just dressing up in our regalgia, so being able to dance freely shows our resilience as native people. >> for this senior alexis who had a tough childhood and was separated from her pueblo, this is important. >> i wanted to go back and learn and regain everything that was lost. >> reporter: now the school teaches six different native languages. >> reporter: alvino teaches the navajo language. >> these are the change agents, and they are -- they are the ones that will make the difference, and we'll see the -- continue to heart language, the pray, the songs. >> reporter: they hope this school becomes a mold as indigenous americans push

lawmakers to act on two bills that would create a congressional commission to study records from the indian boarding schools. >> there's been a movement to talk less about race in school, so are you finding that you're doing this at a time when there's less and less support for it? >> there's always been this resistance to accepting that people aren't all the same. but if you real want to reach your kids, you have to acknowledge who they are, where they come from and what's important to them. many of the students that we spoke with say that their grades and their self-confidence soared once they switched from traditional schools to this one and they hope that the school system serves as an inspiration, not just for the curriculum and approaches in indigenous communities but for schools across the board. >> people want to be seen. antonio hylton, thank you very much. for all of those who were key yours, the game ended 0-0.

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