there is a one in four chance that these taxicabs may have unfixed recall. >> reporter: city by city we checked with country's biggest taxicab regulators. most of it they did not include recalls in their record vehicle inspections. q houston to seattle, a study startling percentage drove around outstanding recalls. some ignored for up to seven years. >> we took our findings to a representative for taxi company. how does it come -- ball to the cracks, these are things in one notices the car owners. they just don't get done. >> since we haven't seen the data, we can't just what you tell us. >> reporter: white inspections after that any inspections. >> he makes a good point. [uber say those recalls of the individual owners with tom petty vehicles that need work from airbags that can explode

how widespread is it? we don't really know. >> huber took us to seattle to dr. reese of public database. evidently we found the recall share around 25%. the same lousy lottery you hope to never win because without access to the vehicle identification number or then, passengers have no way to tell. >> you inside the car, buckle up and be in the backseat. >> reporter: typically free. checking could not be easier. just get your cars identification number and type it in online. do it for your own jakarr identification number and type it in online. do it for your own jakarr@tinyurl.com/check recalls. for what it's worth, the rate of unrepaired recalls and consumer cars isn't much better. also nearly 25%. the odds are you aren't a professional pay to get passengers around in your car safely. . northeastern ohio residents got notice that

will scope other properties with an armed guard. what are your rights? are required to let them on your property? the summit county and we find out what you should do. it's important for us to start with this. many residents got a letter saying armed guards are coming onto their property with pipeline surveyors. all about the nexus pipeline and potentially putting it througei if friends. we talked to a man here who says he has no plans to. >> if there are my property with a gun, i have to call the sheriff and hopefully get here in time. >> reporter: michael conley got a letter from his attorney. >> people are scared. >> reporter: the letter is all about getting efforts to put a massive high-pressure pipeline undergrounds that would move natural gas from southeast ohio

>> reporter: >> we don't know because we have met them on the survey. would they take for your tomorrow? sitting in the decoders, the trade here. >> reporter: the decoders, reference to what you probably know are pretty intense clashes of please. over the dakota access pipeline construction sites. >> that's what made this so scary. they believe their rights are superior to the rights of the >> back to david not only said michael manotas for represents 100 writing the current pipeline plan. >> what are you telling people tonight? >> don't allow them on your property and call law enforcement right away. >> prosise property rights, the cans concerns over danger, some residents in native american artifacts and trees been around for 350 years. they say they want that to be undisturbed. we put a call to the people behind the pipeline didn't get

their new details in the bill school bus crash in tennessee for six children died as a result of injuries from the crash. lisa the bus was carrying 37 kids melody school with crash into a utility pole and a tree. investigators say the bus is not on the street is normal route at the time of the accident. the driver has been charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment and reckless driving, by ot hospital. their shocking video from new york. and ecigarette explodes in a man's pants while he was working at grand central terminal. surveillance video shows the blast after the ecigarette explodes. you can see everyone in the store runs. the workers suffered minor burns. coming up, black friday deals, many mensch plane test

price. >> we went to a local tree farm to find out how to pick the perfect one and keep it looking its best. to holiday tradition, will show you the finishing touches underway the macy's thanksgiving day parade. we'll be right back.

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the final touches are and with the 90th thank escaping day parade. crews spent the day playing giant balloons, featuring favorites like charlie brown, and mickey mouse. for the 3 million people are expected to line new york's streets and security will be tight. more than 80 new york city sanitation trucks filled with sand will be used along the parade route to create a physical barrier. the parade steps off at 9 am and you can watch it right here on channel 3. > favorite. did you know what time you can shop can make all the difference on the deal you get? >> that's credit is watching the clock to save you hard earned cash. >> reporter: great to be with you this evening. my machine continues! my mission continues to get you the big deals, no lines

wkyc.com. take a look at the three times to wash. 6 pm thanksgiving was with the big-screen tv deals drop. amazon's product deals also dropped tomorrow call to you about those in the second. and that is in the apple deals begin on light as well as gaming systems and by 8 am, storewide sale and all those big box retail desperation begins to try and grab your business. tomorrow on the morning show, the $30 fire tv echo. at the landowners would be a reality alongside a few other surprises. back to you. when bellies are full, place are cleared. the special magical time of year just to kick into high gear. >> mainly families choose a

raising your tree and how you can keep an evergreen once it's home. we have blue spruce, and others. >> they know every inch of this farm. >> just a duck's father started the business in night team 54. a family affair for more than six decades. we have customers who have been with us for 40 years. check out these two as well as three other the farm year-round planting the spring, trimming over the summers and harvesting just before thanksgiving. >> they go for a year. >> take seven or eight years to reach 7 feet with 15,000 to raise from saplings, the semi- knows how to treat a tree. here's what you can do to make yours last. >> take a fresh cut on the trunk. >> we tell people they have about an hour to get it into

>> there some aldrick a gallon a day. >> reporter: keep your house as cool as possible and place your tree away from heat source. >> it smells like an orange. >> they sell their treason will be held. a happy to make christmas there is us and provide tradition for families in northeast ohio. you can't get the smell the christmas tree from artificial tree. there's nothing like a real tree . >> the greats have cared for these trees rears. follow their advice and yours will last well throughout the holiday season. nothing like a live tree. the smell. >> i was sick of the movies take on everything. also christmas story. this was a great tree. >> i was sick of the charlie

>> the daughter of a firefighter, we have artificial tree. that's what i grew up with. i am so debbie downer all of a sudden. it's practical. there's something else that's really nice about popping it up like an umbrella and carrying it and shoving it in the basement down. we have moving through northern ohio. these raindrops are light and they will be passing through from time to time. heavy rain chances coming in as we go to the overnights. as you can see on 80 westbound we have rain coming down, a lot of what roads as well. us 250, same story as well as 42. that's through most of the county into ashland as well. further south, and richland

wayne county, holmes county, nice lights, soaking rain. that will continue eastward. if you don't have the rain yet in places like akron, you can see we have dry weather now but that what weather is coming your way. it all continues to move them. the same goes for lake county around painesville. you pick up rain showers as we all this dealing with chilly temperatures but everything is above freezing. we sits at 40 degrees now. the bigger picture, all that's cold air sitting further to the north, dealing with snow and portions of the northern lakes and eastern in the adirondacks with a had 50 inches of snow thanks to lake ontario. in ohio, it's just rain and that will pass through as they

the hour by hour forecast we have scattered rain chances will still be around in the early morning. it looks like you may have to dodge a few raindrops. cool and damp for good part of the day. scattered showers hanging around to the afternoon into the evening. temperatures not making it much above 50. will be in the upper 40s across the area. southwesterly winds continue to buy the evening as you have your pie, hopefully catching your goodies still be around the house make sure you have good jacket to take out the door with you. as far as tomorrow, it's festive. temperatures start in the 40s and will top out in the upper 40s in the afternoon. rain chances come and go. dry periods during the day but will be damp out there. we have a chance for rain lingering into black friday.

what a beautiful sunday, we get ready for more rain coming tuesday. i also had artificial tree growing up. >> sarah had a real one. >> spec -- historic night for the cavs and kevin love as it

to say the cavaliers are red- hot shooting the basketball tonight does not do them justice. they scored hundred 37 points tonight and beat portland 137- 125 and they are 11 and two on the year and kevin love was amazing. >> right after the national anthem tonight he just went off. he had eight three-pointers and will show them all to in the first quarter he had 34 points in the first quarter. that's an nba record for most points ever by a player in the first quarter of the game. the point shy of the lead is likely record. trey thompson holds that. love finished with 40 points in the game. lebron only had a triple-double. they were points 13 assists, if you count playoff games, that's the 60th triple-double of his career.

if you add in what sky irving did in the game, scored 91 points. in the website. the cavs went 137 125, they'll play friday at home against dallas. what a wonderful world this would be. there 0-11 and take on the giants. a sight for sore eyes. rg three practicing getting closer to be ready to play. their 21 days to activate him onto their active roster. he still has to pass one more physical test to make sure that none official is completely healed and in stand up to contact. he says was the was the happiest day for him and he was happiest guy in the building. we all went to gain -- we all want to win games. we know our records. no one in the stock room for the front office deserves the record we

i commend to those guys are putting it on the line every week. i want to be able to help more by playing and help this team gets a few wins. which answer your sunday and they are red-hot. they won five in a row. they put themselves toward the playoffs. they bow they will not take the brown slightly in the the browns come in at 0-11. >> team and not have the same record playing to your competition ever gets paid anybody has a specific talent level to play. treadway that record out and take it for what they are worth. >> let's go to the indians use. they signed a player putting daniel robinson. 31-year-old outfielder to a minor-league contract. who come to spring training and try to make the team, the angels and the mariners, utility player mike martinez

like to bring them back. college basketball a lot of it. kent states a winner. 66-59 and they are or-two will be at northeastern. ohio state at home taking up jackson state. more clinical hits a three, 19 in the game and ohio state wins 7847. they are 5-0. cleveland state at number one kentucky. they came in 30 point underdog and lost by 31 roberts district brought edwards had 21. they could be the next. 101-70. pittsburg over the weekend to play for the

we want to wish you a happy and safe holiday.

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tonight, the getaway, tens of millions take to the road and the air -- the most in years. inside the new command center as the tsa tries to avoid a repeat of scenes like this. the wrong route? late details tonight, federal officials now say the driver in the school bus crash that killed five children should not have been building a team -- president-elect trump names two women to top jobs, plus an exclusive inside the massish secret service plan to protect the new first family. high alert -- lester's look inside the nypd's bomb squad on guard after a recent attack. showtime, tens of millions will watch. how do these giants of thanksgiving rise to

right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening i'm kate snow in for lester on this thanksgiving eve. and the rush is on. from coast to coast, with nearly 49 million of us expected to travel and see family and friends over this holiday weekend, that would be the largest number of thanksgiving travelers since the great recession. nine years ago. throughout the day calm scenes at many major airports, but that may be because so many americans chose to drive. the roads are jammed tonight. and that's where we begin, with our tom costello. >> if you're watching tv right now, look what you're missing. >> outer loop of the beltway, still a big mess. >> the thanksgiving crush. it started on the west coast, tuesday night, nearly 49 million of us traveling this holiday. with gas now averaging

driving in tallahassee, this video blogger picked up his son from college. >> the gas prices down here. you get rolling. >> and driving up i-95, headed for boston. >> traffic has been light so we're lucky so far. hopefully we'll do as well in new york. >> meanwhile, a potential record-breaker in the air. with as many as 2.6 million people expected to pass through airpo sunday. when the harmon family arrived at reagan airport this morning, they found this. >> have you ever seen a line this long at this airport? >> no. have not. >> never. never been this long. >> fortunately, it cleared fast. the tsa has been under pressure to avoid a repeat of the long lines that stretched for hours last spring. since then, adding more dog teams and thousands of new screeners. >> 23,200 passengers

>> airport command center, the real-time tsa checkpoint at the 30 busiest airports. one hot spot today, a power outage in louisville that slowed things down for an hour. the tsa chief -- >> sunday is predicted to be the largest day of the weekend. that's when everybody comes home. give yourself time. >> as always, the biggest variable -- snow in minneapolis today. while in l.a., comfort dogs to ease the stress. nationwide, the average w so far today. back out here on the roads, aaa says right about now is the worst time to be hitting the roads. as for the return, the peak travel volume will be saturday at 4:00 so if you can, return home either early on saturday or early on sunday. is when you should start driving. kate? >> great advice, tom costello, thanks. with millions of us traveling over the next few days, al roker is here with a look at the holiday storms, how is it looking? >> not too bad, kate.

northwest. wet weather with snow into the upper great lakes and for tomorrow, not too shabby. heavy rain continues in the pacific northwest. light snow and wet weather in the northeast and new england. let's look at saturday, as far as travel is concerned. looking at the airports, a little problem at laguardia, but the rest of the eastern half of the country looking good. out west, the only problem, san francisco, delays due to showers and wind. boston logan because of a storm system developing along the northeast coast. as far as the roads are concerned, i-95, a i-80, san francisco to reno, and then on sunday, we expect to see more of the same, the northeast looking kind of rough. out west, we've got snow, and problems in l.a., again due to some more heavy rain. kate? >> al, thanks so much. late details tonight involving the deadly school bus crash in tennessee. federal investigators now say the driver was not on his designated route. and should not have been on the road where the bus crashed killing five children. nbc's kerry sanders is

>> late today the national transportation safety board revealed that the school bus that crashed in tennessee kill five students had diverted from its route and was not on a reasonable doubt approved to drive children home. >> one of the things we're exploring is, is a, has he done it before? and b, if so, why? >> police announced that the driver, 24-year-old johnthany walker had no trace of drugs or alcohol in his system. the bus was not equipped with a black box recorder. but officials wer important data from the record. >> what this bus had was three video cameras, we're bringing in an electronics expert late they are week. >> according to relatives of some of the victims, walker was a known problem. jasmine mateen, whose 6-year-old daughter died, said she complained in person and writing. >> it was about him slamming on brakes on purpose, making all the kids hit their heads. >> 9-year-old cordayja jones died in the accident.

fourth grade her also complained about the bus driver. >> she had said one time before to my mom, granny, that man drives like a fool. >> walker's public defender did not respond to requests for comment. and today, school officials and the tennessee governor repeatedly ignored questions about the allegations. >> why would you not want to answer if you had been notified about this driver's record by a parent? >> the governor has to leave. so thank you -- >> the governor can leave. but the school representatives can answer. >> 11-year-old cordariust younger sister in the accident. >> the last time i see her was when we go to bed and i said good night, i love you. >> he now treasure as photo she gave him. scrolled on the bottom -- love. kerry sanders, nbc news, chattanooga, tennessee. president-elect donald trump made more appointments to his cabinet today this time he turned to two prominent republican women, one of them a vocal critic of trump in the past. we get details from nbc's kristen welker. >> raise our families,

ones. >> president-elect donald trump with a thanksgiving message for the nation. >> it's my prayer that on this thanksgiving, we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country. >> it comes as he's trying to diversify his cabinet today. tapping two women, including 44-year-old south carolina governor nikki haley to serve as the ambassador to the u.n. haley, whose parents emigrated from india is a rising star in the republican party she was sharply critical of trump during the primary. >> i until we fight a man that chooses not to disavow the kkk. >> but taking a more measured tone after meeting with the president-elect last week. >> i did vote for him. and i was absolutely thrilled to see him win. >> haley earned national praise for leading the call to take down the confederate flag in south carolina, in the