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nbc news's harry smith is here to tell us about it. really interesting.ou have been digging on this. >> i have been on the hot beat. you're looking at a giant cultural shift. think about the polls done just over the last ten years. 50% is the midline, right? ten years ago support for legalization was significantly below 50%. now in the pugh poll it's up to 57%. on gallup at 60 prn. people in the country want to see marijuana legalized. >> what are the arguments we are seeing for and against? you spoke with lieutenant governor of california about this. >> gavin newsome. he's been on this bandwagon for a long time. decriminalize, make it legal. by large part so many people in the country think it's not a criminal act at all. this is something that ought to be legal. >> we were talking about the folks at home. in places where it's not legal. still have access. >> here's the truth. for those of you who maybe have kept your head in the sand for the last decade or so, if you want to get marijuana just about any place in this country it's really, really easy to

harry smith, nbc news. >> can't get enough of those pictures. what a pair. that's going to do it for us on a tuesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. right now at 6: thes spreading. within the last hour we're learning more people got sick from a thanksgiving meal hosted by an east bay church. the urgent plea tonight from health officials. ==jess/2-shot== the news at 6 starts now. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. ==raj/2-shot== and i'm raj mathai. more questions in this bizarre story... 3 people have died.. and now -- we know at least 9 more people were sickened by at more questions in this bazar story. at least nine more people were sickened by that thanksgiving feast in antioch. they told us they've now traced a potentially deadly illness to at least 16 victims. each one ate that the american legion hall. here with this latest twist. elyce. >> reporter: that's right. press conference just wrapped up behind me and tonight health officials are now asking anyone who attended t

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harry smith, nbc news. >> can't get enough of those pictures. what a pair. that's going to do it for us on a tuesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and the embers are burning as fewer sweeps through the smokey mountain, dozens burn to the ground, three died in the cherished areas,t dolly parton's dollywood, what brought down a brazilian plane that brought down almost every player of a brazilian soccer team. >>> more about president-elect trump's denner with mitt romney. >> i had a wonderful dinner with president-elect trump. it was enlightening and engaging much. >>> a dangerous pipeline explosion in the kansas city area. the long awaited return of tiger woods. "early today" starts right now. it's good to be with you. i'm frances rivera. we begin this wednesday morning with breaking news on a deadly and destructive weather in the south. there are at at least confirmed fatalities after a tornado tore through southern alabama. nbc's bill cairns is tracking this severe talk about the threat. is it still over? >> no, it

harry smith, nbc news, new york. >>> and that will do it for us on this thursday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good >> what started small has grown into a major crisis. how watching a episode of the doctors changed his life. >> thank you. >> i didn't know. >> then 911 operator's nightmare. >> you heard this woman. >> plus a break through treatment to beat an impossible cancer. >> it's a miracle. >> the faints at the sight of real blood? plus the food additive that could cause cancer. that's today. >> welcome, everyone, to the show. joining us today is dr. anita landry. hello. we will get right to it there is a trend alert out there. glamorous eye lashes. we are putting it to the test today. joining us back stage is candace with beverly hills lashes. what are you doing? >> people have heard about a lash perm. this curls the tips of your lashes. this lifts from the base of the lashes. this lasts 6 to 8 weeks maybe 12 weeks depending on the person. we are here with lisa and amanda. lay down. putting on the soothing gel pad on

here's nbc's harry smith. >> york, pennsylvania, built more than 100 years ago.ot bed of heavy industry, but york county has long been reliably republican. this is trump country. and these folks want you to hear this. >> you know, you got to give him a chance. >> no matter which side of the fence you came down on, i think you should give the man a chance. >> reporter: and just in case you didn't get it -- >> they got to give the man a chance. >> reporter: york is a red county with a bit of blue downtown and reflects the quantum shift that's happening in the state. just this year the pennsylvania republican party says it enrolled almost a quarter million new voters and saw nearly 100,000 democrats switch to the gop. this guy gets it. >> if you can't trust your garbage man, who can you trust? >> reporter: garbage is scott wagner's business. he knows waste when he sees it. >> we need to fix harrisburg. >> reporter: that's part of why he ran a write-in campaign in 2014 against a democrat and a republican who is already on the ballot. he won. >> what did you tap into

here's harry smith. >> reporter: the market in york, pennsylvania, was built more than a hundred years ago. york was once a hotbed of heavy industry. but york county has long been reliably republican. this is trump country. and these folks want you to hear this. >> you know, you gotta give him a chance. >> no matter which side of the fence you come down on, i think you should give the >> reporter: and just in case you didn't get it -- >> they gotta give the man a chance. >> reporter: -- york is a red county with a bit of blue downtown, and it reflects the quantum shift that's happening in this state. just this appear, the pennsylvania republican party enrolled almost a quarter million new voters and saw nearly 100,000 democrats switch to the gop. this guy gets it. can you trust? >> we need to fix harrisburg. >> reporter: that's part of why he ran a write-in campaign for the state legislature in 2014, against a democrat, and a republican who was already on the ballot. he won. what did you tap into two and a half years ago, that you're still tapping into now? >> it's anger. people are fe

. >>> and harry smith with team rubicon. >>> and head over to facebook for a facebook live chat with me and dylan in just two minutes. well this here's a load-bearing wall. we'll ahead and rip that out. dget. we'll be totally behind schedule, right? (laughs) schedules. schedules. great, okay. wouldn't it be great if everyone said what they meant? the citi? double cash card does. it lets you earn double cash back: 1% when you buy, and 1% as you pay. the citi double cash card. double means double. wait... wait... perfect. at del monte, green beans are packed at the peak of freshness with just water and a dash of sea salt. nothing else. >>> good morning. we are fighting a deadly old died in an atv crashed. he was writing with his father one some went wrong. the 5-year-old was wearing a helmet but investigators tell us it was a soft helmet not designed for this type of right. his father was treated from the hospital and released.>>> we're here with a look at forecast. >> still seeing areas of low clouds and. visibility low for lakeland and plant city appeared visibility improving in plan

nbc's harry smith explains. >> this is breakfast made with mothers of red -- j jennifer tehada is wourd about election day. >> this is the reason for prop 64, because her state is voting for the legalization of recreational marijuana. >> it will certainly be more prevalent and more challenging >> reporter: california, arizona, nevada, massachusetts and maine all have legal cannabis on the ballot, potentially joining legal marijuana states, oregon, washington, colorado and alaska. >> everybody knows anyone that wants it can get it today. >> reporter: gavin newsome says it's time to stop criminalizing a substance people use. don't want to see them arrested. >> reporter: if you are 21 and older, you can buy marijuana from a licensed vendor, no questions asked. and you can grow your own. up to six plants per home. >> that worries jennifer tejada, along with being a million. >> i love. >> you is a police chief in the bay area. >> i think we're going to have a lot of people driving under the influence of marijuana a. lot more traffic collisions where people die, lose their lives. >> but polls

our harry smith takes a look at how america can begin to heal, after the most contentious election of our time. >> so much for polls and pundits. funny things happen sometimes in big games and elections and real life. there is a momentum electorate is elated and the other half is on edge. we've endured 18 months of partisan rancor. but today president obama said it's time to look at the big picture. >> we're actually all on one team. we're not democrats first, we're not republicans first. we are americans first. >> back in 2000, after more than a month of hanging chads and legal wrangling, al gore conceded the election to george bush. >> this america and put country before party. we will stand together behind our new president. >> what's best for the country can be a bitter pill. yesterday, people waited in line for hours to vote. there was a buzz in polling places. that's how it's supposed to be. and while donald trump scorched the earth with his rhetoric on his way to victory, there was none of that early this morning. >> it's time for us to come together as one a very different ton

. >>> and harry smith with team rubicon. >>> and head over to facebook for a facebook live chat with me and dylan in just two minutes. well this here's a load-bearing wall. we'll go ahead and rip that out. that'll cause a lot of problems. hmm. totally unnecessary and it triples the budget. we'll be totally behind schedule, right? great, okay. wouldn't it be great if everyone said what they meant? the citi? double cash card does. it lets you earn double cash back: 1% when you buy, and 1% as you pay. the citi double cash card. double means double. wait... wait... perfect. at del monte, green beans are packed at the peak of freshness with just water and a dash of sea salt. nothing else. >>> i just, i can't believe it. why aren't people turning out for hillary the way they did for barack obama. >> i mean, maybe because you're replacing a charismatic 48-year-old black guy with a 70-year-old white that's like -- >> chris rock making a guest appearance with dave chappelle on "saturday night live" four days after the election. that show now looking at four years of material. >>> anna kendric

. >>> and harry smith with team rubicon. >>> and head over to facebook for a facebook live chat with me and dylan in just two minutes. well this here's a load-bearing wall. we'll go ahead and rip that out. that'll cause a lot of problems. hmm. totally unnecessary and it triples the budget. schedules. great, okay. wouldn't it be great if everyone said what they meant? the citi? double cash card does. it lets you earn double cash back: 1% when you buy, and 1% as you pay. the citi double cash card. double means double. wait... wait... perfect. at del monte, green beans are packed at the peak of freshness with just water and a dash of sea salt. nothing else. >>> i just, i can't believe it. why aren't people turning out for hillary the way they did for barack obama. >> i mean, maybe because you're replacing a charismatic 48-year-old black guy with a 70-year-old white woman. that's like -- >> chris rock making a guest appearance with dave chappelle on "saturday night live" four days after the election. that show now looking at four years of material. >>> anna kendrick hosted snl a couple y

. >>> and harry smith with team rubicon. >>> and head over to facebook for a facebook live chat with me and dylan in just two minutes. well this here's a load-bearing wall. we'll go ahead and rip that out. that'll cause a lot of problems. hmm. (laughs) schedules. schedules. great, okay. wouldn't it be great if everyone said what they meant? the citi? double cash card does. it lets you earn double cash back: 1% when you buy, and 1% as you pay. the citi double cash card. double means double. wait... wait... perfect. at del monte, green beans are packed at the peak of freshness with just water and a dash of sea salt. nothing else. good morning. i'm julia fello. it's 727 people who live in riverwest where a man was murdered yesterday morning are speaking about the shooting for the first time.the man was shot and killed just steps from the door of his home. neighbors of the victim.. who has not been him.the victim's wife posted a message on facebook: "if anyone knows anything please come forward. my heart is lost without him." no arrests have been made. here's meteorologist brian nizansky

as our harry smith explains, some women weren't so vocal about their support before the election, but that is starting to change. >> reporter: terri gimple is having lunch with her grandkids. supporting donald trump wasn't something she was public about. you are out of the closet now? >> i'm out of the over it. let's see what he can do. >> reporter: she voted for trump and against hillary clinton. >> i came to my decision because i don't trust hillary. >> he called everybody american, and that's what i believe. >> reporter: women for trump. ellen cox, a navy veteran and small business owner, was with trump almost from the beginning. >> i did not vote very a parish priest, and i didn't voteor sunday school teacher. i voted for someone who is going to take my country back and to protect all americans. >> reporter: the allegations of impropriety, his language, phony or forgivable say many of these women. >> he's a passionate, sometimes unpolished businessman. i'm a female, and i may have said worse things than trump's ever said. >> reporter: many trump women have a taxes. he's going to -

here's harry smith with the message that sent to a divided america. >> reporter: there are moments in our history when we just have to sit back and let it sink in. >> we now are going to want to do everything we can to help you succeed because if you succeeds, then the country succeeds. adversaries, near mortal enemies, talking about what matters most -- the future of america. >> the meeting lasted for almost an hour and a half. and it could have, as far as i'm concerned, it could have gone on for a lot longer. we really -- we discussed a lot of different situations, some wonderful and some difficulties. >> reporter: we can only wonder what crossed their minds as the conversation deepened from the perfunctory to the truly import matters of state. what did each get wrong about the other? the campaign is over. the war of words is done. how we succeed together eclipses all that came before. >> mr. president, it was a great honor being with you, and i look forward to being with you many, many more times in the future. >> thank you. >> reporter: deep inside, it's what we all pray for. it i

harry smith, nbc news. that's going to do it for us on a tuesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and goodnight. watching and goodnight. pron today for the meth dealer checked off the most significant accomplishment of all. @q >> taylor 1'2fsad the fe of t t taylor graduated and had a full career with the state patrol, he would have checked that goal off his bucket list time and time again. >> reporter: trooper clint rushing's very life is a testament to that. they were side by side investigating a crash when a meth ?u?dealer ing a traffic stop came their direction. i before that morning, but in two and a half minutes i knew the guy he was and the trooper he would have. >> reporter: and that's why taylor's mother had always been so proud, from his childhood to his army service to the start of his trooper career. >> from the age of 4 he always wanted to build his muscles and go into gxthe army. i miss him. i miss his touch, his feel. >> reporter: today carol

harry smith, nbc news, new york. >>> and that will do it for us on this thursday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for . >>> protesters are out on the city streets for a second night voicing their president-elect. >>> president-elect donald trump meets with president obama for the first time. >> mr. president, it was a great honor meeting you. i look forward to meeting with you many, many times in the future. >> leonard cohen, a giant in the poety center for the last half century has died. >>> america is honoring its veteran's day. good friday morning, this is "early today." >> for the second night in a row, spontaneous protests erupted as frustrated voters marched in the streets in opposition of tuesday's election rules. they appeared in patriot more, san francisco, oakland and more. protesters demonstrated their frustrations, donald trump returns to his old self, taking to twitter to blast them and the open and successful presidential elect. now successful protesters are protesting. very unfair. now it should be noted that trump. >>> called f

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. >>> coming up next, harry smith you said you wanted to feel better about your cereal. ou. that's why we say "yes" to whole grain as our first ingredient. and "no way" to high fructose corn syrup. so no matter what your favorite is, you can feel good about general mills big g cereals. the first place to stop and the best place to shop is kohl's black friday. shop online all week. get $24.99 toys $29.99 diamond and crystal earrings. and - stores open thursday at 6pm. plus everyone gets $15 kohl's cash >>> with all mashmade light down here on earth, it's getting more and more difficult to see the natural light in the night sky. harry smith traveled to a the view from above by going dark. >> reporter: westcliff, colorado is an old mining town, quirky enough to be quaint, quiet enough so tourists don't think it's --. all beautiful as all this is, you should see it at night. yep, that's the milky way. on this chilly autumn night, locals gathered at the community observatory. >> wow. >> reporter: it's a stargazer's dream come true. >> when i calm up here on a vacation trip, the f

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harry smith, nbc news, new york. >>> that will do it for us on this wednesday night. "nightly news" continues now with another half hour of coverage on most of our stations. for others, it will be streamed live on our website. i'm lester holt for thank you for watching. and good night. comnity.now fee. >>> i'm scared for myself, my family, my community. >> now i feel like people have come out of the woodwork. >> the day after the election, protests on bay area streets, while others celebrate and call for unity. a live look from our chopper, over a protest going on in oakland. it looks like hundreds of people out there, we keep an eye on this from the air and the ground. >> the news at 6:00 starts right now. thank you for joining us, everyone. >> they are both on assignment right now, including jessica aguirre. we want to get to what the bay area is doing now. it's responding both negatively and positively to new president-elect donald trump. protesters made their voices heard on streets and campuses. another live look over oakland. you can see a large crowd gathering

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