in aleppo, syria and forces areas. into rebel held the situation on the ground is getting worse. our correspondent lyse doucet is in damascus with this report. bounds are dropping on east aleppo. it is already a wasteland after years of war. the search for targets has not stopped, nor does the desperate quest. this is the agony of life and death and aleppo for those who remain trapped in what the u.n. calls a slow-motion descent into living hell. >> there is a lot of devastation. they are hitting us with everything from all sides. our children are all dead. lyse: now, there is a chance to escape. the syrian forces push forward, and rebel fighters retreat. thousands of families are seizing this moment. they are running with whatever worldly goods they can carry. many are headed to the government-side of aleppo. at the center, russian allies are handing out blankets. theywho make it here said would have left rebel territory sooner if they had then able to. the situation is very bad. we did not have anything to eat, not even bread. are reports young men are being detained and questio

a children's hospital in war torn aleppo, syria-- is out of service today after being hit with bombs. the underground hospital was the only specialty facility for il four-thousand patients a month. witnesses tell n- b-c news it was hit by bombs dropped from syrian helicopters. security is tight today -- outside of the berlin hotel where where president obama is staying during his farewell european tour. the president is set to meet with german chancellor angela merkel -- today and then with other european leaders friday. on his last overseas trip before president elect takes office in january, mr. obama is seeking to reassure european allies who are concerned about the implications of parents and students in jefferson county will be able to get a sneak peek at a new school today. rose stein international elementary school will now sit on what used to be know as stein elementary. jeffco public schools relocated stein to o'connell middle to ease overcrowding. in the meantime the building that was stein was renovated. the school will reopen with its new name in time for the 2017-18 schoo

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aleppo, it's suffering very much. >> reporter: today, syrian state tv showed as they left rebel areas. syria wants to show aleppo is being liberated. activists say they and the city are being decimated. the syrian regime has long maintained if it can retake all of aleppo, syria's second city, it will break the back of the resistance. tonight, it looks like that may happen. lester? >> all right, richard engel, thank you. >>> still ahead, caught on camera. cyber monday deals. the new way you can protect your special deliveries this >>> we're back now after a long holiday weekend that saw millions of americans shop till they dropped. people are spending much more money online than they are in stores, even before today, cyber monday, and with the rise in online spending comes fears over package thieves stealing those deliveries. that story and how to fight back. >> reporter: cyber monday zooming towards a new record. americans now on pace to spend a whopping $3.4 billion online today. up 9% from last year. mobile is the driving force. more than half of online shoppers use tablets or smartphones.

turning overseas where after a three-week reprieve, deadly new air strikes have been launched on aleppo syria. among the sites hit, an underground hospital built to care for children of war torn city. nbc news has gotten exclusive access into the hospital and for more on the attack, turn to richard. >> reporter: the only children's hospital was bombed by syrian helicopters. served 4,000 patients a month. no more. one of the doctors filmed the aftermath for us. hospitals are targets in syria and the regime has been bombing them ruthlessly. from the basement. the doctor spoke to us over skype. asked us not to show his face. are more than 90,000 children. these children are not terrorists. we are not terrorists. >> reporter: nbc news has been filming at the hospital for two months. had the only relatively advanced maternity ward in the rebel held section of aleppo. now it's out of commission. relaunched to take back the city. people there are not expecting help from the outside. what do you think the change of power in the aleppo? >> for me, i'm not worried because of trump because mr. obama did

next, russia has rejected a request to extend the cease-fire .n aleppo, syria the united nations had asked for more time to allow aid supplies to be delivered. officials say they have handed their last remaining rations in rebel held parts of the city. 250,000 people left without food. beyond the fierce frontlines, thousands of civilians are rapidly running out of food. with winter approaching, that will only get worse. u.n.was the warning from a who managed terry and advisor to syria on thursday. the last food rations are biggest or beat it as we speak -- being distributed as we speak. there will not be more to distribute next week. >> there are two ordered 75,000 people still living in -- 275,000 people still living in aleppo. u.n. has called for parties to come together to agree on a cease-fire to allow aid in. moscow said it would continue to observe dawn to dusk humanitarian pauses, but the kremlin warns that doing so would allow militants to regain their capabilities. u.n.a also criticized the for failing to take advantage of previous cease-fires. the rebels in eastern aleppo l

people in aleppo, syria, are not imagining that. they're living it.s the text they got and syrian rebels in the city are being told to lay down their weapons or die. cnn is following that from amen, jordan for us. good morning. >> good morning, carol. according to residents of eastern aleppo that we've spoken to, they say early on sunday they received these various text messages that they believe are from the syrian regime, really with a warning, addressed to the rebels in eastern aleppo, but also to the residents, a warning, an ultimatum, giving people 24 hours, telling the rebels to lay down their weapons, or even leave the city, and they're really warning of a military assault that they say is going to be launched on eastern aleppo. the people that we've spoken to, carol, say this is something they've seen in the past, these sorts of messages, they've received them in the past on leaflets that have been dropped on their neighborhoods or broadcast through state media. they feel this is part of the psychological warfare and intimidation tactics to sp

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aleppo, it's suffering very much. >> reporter: today, syrian state tsh areas and changed -- syria wants to show aleppo is being liberated. activists say they and the city are being decimated. the syrian regime has long maintained if it can retake all of aleppo, syria's second city, it will break the back of the resistance. tonight, it looks like that may happen. lester? >> all right, richard engel, thank you. >>> still ahead, caught on camera. of americans shop for cyber monday deals. the new way you can protect your special deliveries this holiday season. ch for relief often leads... here or here. today, there's a new option. introducing drug-free aleve direct therapy. a tens device with high intensity power that uses technology once only available in doctors' offices. its wireless remote lets you control the intensity, and helps you get back to things like this or this. and back to being yourself. find yours in the pain relief aisle. give the gift of lower back pain relief. when you're close to the people you love, does psoriasis ever get in the way of a touching moment? if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, you c

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. >> oliver: a human rights group says there was a mass exodus of more than 4,000 people from aleppo, syriathis weekend. it comes as syrian and russian forces continue their assault to retake syria's largest city. >>> across the border, about 6,000 american troops are in iraq helping in the fight against isis. over the holiday weekend, holly williams spent time with some of them. >> they've spent months away from home, aiding in the fight against isis on the other side of the world.ù. >> happy thanksgiving. how are you? >> their thanksgiving lunch wasn't shared with family.ùbut with their brothers and sisters in the armed forces. and when we asked some of the roughly 6000 u.s. service members currently in iraq what they're thankful for - many of them spoke of their loved ones. major rebecca dimuro white and captain jeremy white were grateful just to be together for a few hours at thanksgiving, meeting up at a military staging area around 10 miles east of mosul. they've only been married five months. >> so you're intentionally together here in iraq. this was the only place you could be toget

. >> civilians and rebels in aleppo, syria, are warned that a humanitarian pause is the last chance to escape before what one out war. the russian military said a troop pullback is in effect until 7:00 p.m. local time to allow civilians and rebels to leave. that's after the kremlin announced they're extending a more torium until friday night. it's not long enough to bring aid to those in need or for those looking for escape. and rebel fighters in aleppo have refused to withdraw. >> a preview of the ticker tape parade i'm still getting used to saying world champion cubs. but first, bill karins with a weekend forecast. >> they have the parade and temperatures are 50 to 60 degrees with sunshine. the party continues in chicago. big storm off the coast. right now, clear as can be in the pacific northwest. some of this moisture will move in, especially on saturday. so the forecast over the weekend, there's going to be hit and miss bad weather, but overall, shouldn't be too bad. inches along the coast. today's forecast, really nice. no problems in the northwest. phoenix at 79 and sunny. that'

. >>> new from overnight a 10 hour cease-fire has begun in aleppo, syria. it was ordered by vladimir putin and the world leaders are hoping it will give civilians and 70 and rebels the chance to leave the area. >>> the harbor men's soccer team off of the pitch for the rest of the season because of sexual comments made about the school's women soccer team player. >> this started all the way back in 2012 when players made a so-called scouting report making recruits for the women's team based on their looks. with gender equity and just respect. so i definitely do agree with the decision. >> the men's team at harvard was in first place but not have to forfeit any chance of a chairmanship in the ncaa tournament. >> let's take a live look from chicago where people are already gathering to help kickoff today's parade. it is celebrating the cubs world series win leave wrigley stadium at 8:00 our time and leave downtown for a round. about 2 million people showed up for the blackhawks rally in 2015. that was the third time in just six years. imagine after this drough

. >>> turning overseas where a three week reprieve deadly air strikes have been launched on aleppo syria. among the sites hit, an underground hospital built to care for the children of the war torn city. nbc news has exclusive access into the hospital. for more on the tack i richard engel. >> reporter: the only hospital was bombed witnesses say by helicopters. served 4,000 patient as much. no more. one of the doctors filmed the aftermath for us. hospitals are targets in syria and the regime has been bombing them ruthlessly. from the basement, a doctor spoke to us his face. >> must stop the attacks. there are more than 90,000 children. these children are not terrorists. we are not terrorists. >> reporter: nbc news has been filming at the children's hospital for two months. it had the only relatively advance maternity ward in the rebel held aleppo. now out of commission. the regime has launched offensive to take back the city. people there are not expecting help from the outside. w the united states will mean for you and for aleppo. >> for me, personal i'm not worried because of trump beca

syria. in eastern aleppo, the u.n. ys rebel groups have agreed in principal to a relief plan there, but syria and russia they have not given the green light to that relief plan. 46 people were killed on friday alone, the fourth day of government air strikes. and we want to show smu video that is just difficult to watch. rescuers found a little girl in rubble. these scenes like these, these are brutal scenes and they happen day in and day out. half of her body appears to be trapped. she seems to remain calm there, seems to be in shock and is almost emotionlesemotionless. then she is rescued, but keep in mind, there are so many, so many more who are not rescued. cnn's will ripley is live in istanb istanbul, turkey, following the story for us. will, just talking about the video we just showed our viewers, you get a sense of the pain that so many of these families are enduring for so long. >> it's their reality day in and day out, death ask destruct surrounds these children. it's hard to find people in east aleppo who haven

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. >>> overseas to the middle east where there are claims syria rebels prevent civilian families from leaving eastern aleppo. a syria monitoring group says rebels are holding 275,000 hostages. this comes as assad, the president there, and forces intensify bombing efforts. destroyed. at least 140 civilians killed. in fact, in this country, homeland security warn local law enforcement officials to watch for terrorist threats this holiday season. new york city police are taking extra steps to protect that big thanks giving day parade. security alert remains in effect throughout the presidential inauguration in january which will attract thousands of spectators. >>> a kansas water slide where a 10-year-old boy was killed is now set to be torn do injury, and investigators are looking into what happened there. the water slide was the tallest in the world. >>> a california convenience store is asking an owner there asking himself why did he do this? here's a video of an armed robber holding up the store monday, and then that's the owner making a takedown. the fight moved into the street as you can see where the tw