harry smith, nbc news. >>> and that will do it for us on a thursday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and are . >>> >>> from now on, it's going to be america first. okay. america first. >> on the heels of the carrier jobs news, president-elect trump taking a victory lap while also revealing his the american mitary. the death toll rises from a one, two punch from massive wildfires in the southeast. >>> news on an nfl player shot in a road rage incident outside new orleans. >>> buzz aldrin forces a high rescue mission from the north pole. >>> heroes are now looking for new homes. food friday morning, everyone. aim ayman mhyeldin. >> i'm fran cyst says rivera. >> it was like the president-elect was embarking on a victory tour in cincinnati. bringing back showboating candidate that navigating his way to the white house. take a listen. >> we have people running our country that truly didn't know what the from now on, it's going to be america first. okay? america first. >> and trump made a big announcement while rallying supporters, surprisi

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nbc's harry smith with more. ♪ >> reporter: in "star wars," carrie fisher was going to save her peoplerom the evil darth vader. >> what the hell are you doing! >> somebody needs to save our skin. >> "star wars" is not just a film franchise, it is perhaps the film franchise. she was the dominant force of those first few movies. >> you think i'm going to leave without giving you a goodbye kiss! >> reporter: when word came last friday that she suffered a heart attack on a flight from london to los angeles, it stunned the world. but then news today of her death. on twitter, "star wars" co-star mark hamill said, "no words, #devastated." harrison ford in a statement said, "carrie was funny and emotionally fearless. she lived her life bravely. we will all miss her". fisher's mother thanked all who embraced the gifts and talents of her beloved and amazing daughter. carrie fisher was a child of hollywood mega stars, debbie reynolds and eddie fisher. >> think of eddie as brad pitt, debbie as jennifer aniston, and elizabeth as angelina jolie. >> reporter: "shampoo" with warren beatty was her firs

our harry smith stopped by. >> reporter: for a couple of weeks now, there's been a line.imes a very long line at new york's fabled carnegie deli. >> we've been waiting for an hour. >> we got up at 4:30 this morning to get here. >> 4:30? >> yes. >> reporter: tourists and locals waiting patiently for one last taste. >> i'm very sad. i used to come to new york all the time just to go to carnegie deli, and the whole family. this is it. >> reporter: do you know what you're going to eat? >> pastrami and cheesecake. >> reporter: a pastrami pilgrimage, if you will, to an old deli that still serves what is very much a meal of memories. >> really good. >> reporter: giant sandwiches without manners that demand to be consumed with lust. the carnegie deli was immortalized as a showbiz hang out in woody allen's broadway danny rose. >> this is the greatest danny rose story. >> reporter: and the walls are filled with photos. >> taylor swift, celine dion. stevie wonder. >> reporter: faded memories of a more glorious past. in recent years, the restaurant settled a $2 million back wages sui

here's nbc's harry smith. >> eleanor and teddy are as close as a girl and bear can be. >> he's my best friend and, um, it makes me sad not to be with teddy. >> reporter: maybe more so after what happened this week. back home in michigan, after a family trip to texas, eleanor realized teddy was missing. teddy, through no fault of his own, was lost. >> i made the promise that any mom would make to their little girl who was missing their best friend, i will do everything that i can to bring teddy home. >> reporter: but from a posting on facebook, an old family friend made it his mission to track down the vanished bear. steven lauderdale works at the detroit airport, he canvassed the can vernous bowels of dtw, there on top of a trash can lid waited teddy. >> luckily it was there. a christmas miracle. >> reporter: teddy, lucky to be found, helped steve all day at work. bears are good that way, you know. steven sent pictures to eleanor's mom, so eleanor would know teddy wasn't lost. teddy was having an adventure. instead of her sitting at home worrying about where the teddy bear was, maybe s

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he never knew he was warded the honor part of the confusion is because harry smith is really harry reynolds was in the name of the aleis and this week the medal was finally given to ren old as grandson in his honor. >>> thousands of meals for students without standing lunch balances in utah are paid for by the generosity of one man there. 35-year-old damon burton donated $2,000 to the school district and that was enough money to pay for 5700 meals. burton says he is familiar with the financial struggle for the students and their families. >> i benefitted with free programs in my school and over the years i wanted to figure out some way to give back. >> because of the donation the school says that 365 students from 17 schools now have a zero balance. >>> americans are buying up homes at the fastest pace in nearly a decade. the national association of realtors is out with the latest numbers. sales of existing homes climbed .7% in november. last month sales were 15% higher kbar compared to the same time last year and the tight supply is pushing up prices as well. >> turning to health check thi

nbc's harry smith looks back at her life and career. ♪ >> reporter: in "star wars," carrie fisher wasoing to save her people from the evil darth vader. >> what the hell are you doing! >> somebody needs to save our skins. >> "star wars" is not just a film franchise, it is perhaps the film franchise. she was the dominant force of those first few movies. >> afraid i was going to leave without giving you a good-bye kiss? >> reporter: when word came last friday that she suffered a heart attack on a flight from london to los angeles, it stunned the world. but then news today of her death. on twitter, "star wars" co-star mark hamill said, "no words, #devastated." harrison ford in a statement said, "carrie was funny and emotionally fearless. she lived her life bravely. we will all miss her." fisher's mother thanked all who embraced the gifts and talents of her beloved and amazing daughter. carrie fisher was a child of hollywood megastars, debbie reynolds and eddie fisher. >> think of eddie as brad pitt, debbie as jennifer aniston, and elizabeth as angelina jolie. >> reporter: "shampoo" with w

. >> reporter: harry smith, nbc news, new york. >> carrie fisher dead at the age of 60. >>> it was a frightening and chaotic scene in new york's trump tower after a security scare led to a massive evacuation sending tourist, employees and the media scrambling for the exits. a suspicious and unintended bag led to the panic. however, the nypd says that bag was filled with children's toys. with just 23 days until january 20th, the chaotic moment that played out at this fifth avenue headquarters underscores the president-elect's inauguration. clashes and protests could put pressure on an already stretched security apparatus. meantime, the president-elect is using his holiday to celebrate and take credit, tweet, thanks, donald, when it was reported that the consumer confidence index hit a 15-year high. >> that came after trump escalated his word of wars with president obama on which man would have won in 2016, tweeting, president obama campaigned hard and personally in the very important swing states and lost t. voters wanted to make america great again. israel now says it has iron clad i

. >> reporter: harry smith, nbc news, new york. >> carrie fisher dead at the age of 60. >>> overnight two large earthquakes struck near lake tahoe and they were felt near california and nevada. the 5.7 rattlers both centered in a remote area of nevada near the california line. 70 miles southeast of lake tahoe. struck after midnight and were followed by a series of smaller after shocks. so far no reports of injury or damage. >>> it was a frightening and chaotic scene in new york's trump tower after a security scare led to a massive evacuation sending tourist, employees and the media scrambling for the exits. a suspicious and unattended bag led to the panic. however, the nypd says that bag was filled with children's toys. with just 23 days until january 20th, the chaotic moment that played out at this fifth avenue headquarters underscores the security concerns surrounding the president-elect's inauguration. clashes and protests could put pressure on an already stretched security apparatus. this all comes after trump escalated his war of words with president obama pleading president obam

harry smith spoke with tourists and locals waiting for one last taste. >> we got up at 4:30 this morningo get here. >> 4:30. >> yes. >> i'm very sad. i used to come up to new york all the time just to come to carnegie deli. >> do you know what you're going to eat? >> sad to see it go. well, a pair of airline passengers are now facing charges after a mid-air outburst forced a cross country flight to turn around. part of the incident was caught on camera, and as gabe gutierrez shows us, it's part of a troubling rise in cases of air rage. >> it was a midair meltdown. a man lunging at another passenger. a woman cursing as police yank both of them from a delta flight. >> why? for what? >> million miles of flying, i have never seen anything like it. and it was horrible. >> patrick, who took this cell phone video, says it started when the woman tried to use the restroom during takeoff. when a flight attendant told her to sit down, she and her partner started shouting. >> captain came on and told the people in the back to sit down and listen. >> the plane on its way from minneapolis to los angel

harry smith, nbc news. >>> and that will do it for us on a thursday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and >>> welcome to downtown minneapolis. dallas and minnesota, set to meet in a crucial nfc showdown tonight. rookie phenom, dak prescott and the cowboys, bring the nfl's best record. and will be looking for an 11th-straight victory, as they visit sam bradford and the 6-5 vikings, on "football night in minnesota." >> if you want it, go get it.

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harry smith, nbc news. >>> and that will do it for us on a thursday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and now at six. a normal morning at an iowa deadly slam. new details on a crash that kills three and leaves more injured at a walmart. deeper damage for an area business -- which is still closed nearly three months after a fire ignited next door. over a hundred eastern iowa workers will soon be out of a job -- as an area company announces widespread layoffs. good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. our top story tonight -- three hurt tonight when a pickup truck crashes through the front doors of a walmart in iowa. this all happening in pella -- where a 9-1-1 call came in just before 10 this morning regarding a truck that drove through the meat and grocery entrance of the store. a chaotic scene in and around the walmart. amanda/ron- authorities aren't saying much right now as it's investigation. but at this point they say they have no reason to believe the a shopping trip turning into terror.

harry smith, nbc news. >>> and that will do it for us on a thursday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and >> anchor: now at 7:00 breaking news rob gronkowski set for back surgery. >> anchor: gronk's teammates talk about playing without him. >> reporter: fans hoping for the best. >> reporter: sunshine through continues through the weekend. >> we can't allow this anymore with our country. >> anchor: closing the deal and ending a campaign controversy. >> anchor: and decking city hall for the holidays. it's beginning to look a lot like winter. >> anchor: how crews are transforming the plaza. >> 7 news at 7:00 starts now. tonight on 7 the pats dealt a big blow. >> gronkowski just back and now taking a walk to the locker

yet our harry smith hundreds of strangers who'd never even met him, came from miles away to honor him and his service. ? ? >> reporter: there was a funeral tuesday morning near casper, wyoming. by the looks of it, it was for someone important. people, especially veterans, came from across the state to pay their respects to a man they did not know. steven reiman, a homeless man who served in the navy in vietnam, died in a local hospital two week him. so the coroner asked for help in finding his loved ones. as word spread, so did the notion that his service to his country should be honored, respected. >> it's our honor for those of us still here to do this for the vets. >> reporter: heiman's sister was finally located. she and her brother had been out of touch for several years. >> i never, ever expected a turn-out like this. >> reporter: earlier this year, people in kansas paid homage to a homeless vet named eton gilmore, awarded serena vine was buried with honor in virginia. on any given night, tens of thousands, perhaps as many as 40,000 american veterans, wander our streets in searc

harry smith. >> it is always great to have you here. thanks so much. news exclusive, how will the secret service protects president-elect trump when he's here in new york city and president, and what many are calling white house north, how do they protect it? ♪ ♪ ♪ is it a force of nature? or a sales event? the season of audi sales event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during the season of audi sales event. (bing) >>> we got exclusive details today about what it takes to secure trump tower while president-elect trump is in town. more we'll bring in nbc's cynthia mcfadden y, you got interesting details. >> one of the things of the security for president has changed. the man who used to be the head of northern command, general genes, he tells us how the environment has changed. >> since 9/11 we have seen the change in the number of threats and sophistication of threats that dod has increased its participation. >> so it really has changed in the intervening years. there is a massive military presence along with t

smith. here today harris faulkner, meghan mccain, and look who's back, the anchor of the kelly file, megyn kelly is here. glad to have here, her book, a "new york times," and amazon best seller and today's hashtag one lucky guy former presidential candidate and former governor of the state of arkansas governor mike huckabee, he is with all due respect, "outnumbered." >> outnumbered, outclassed, outlooked. i get it. thank you. >> supreme class going on down there. >> a guy said i used to have a tie that didn't go with anything either. hurt my feelings, i am surprised i showed up today. >> chris was a hater. >> we have a lot to get to. good to have you as well, megyn. get started with the stunning developments. senior u.s. intelligence officials saying vladimir putin was personally involved in efforts to interfere with the presidential election, and that putin himself, a former kgb

but today their final pastrami sandwich will roll off the line, as nbc's harry smith reports. >> reporterouple of weeks now there's been a line, sometimes a very long line at new york's fabled carnegie deli. >> we've been waiting for an hour. >> we got up at 4:30 this morning to get here. >> reporter: 4:30? >> yes. >> reporter: tourists and locals waiting patiently for one last taste. >> i'm very sad. i used to come up to new york all the time just to come to carnegie deli and the whole family, this is it. >> do you know what you're going to eat? >> pastrami and cheesecake. >> reporter: a pilgrimage to an old deli that still serves very much a meal of memories. >> really good. >> reporter: giant sandwiches without manners that demand to be consumed with lust. the carnegie deli was immortalized as a showbiz hangout in woody allen's broadway "danny rhodes." and the walls are filled with photos. >> taylor swift, celine dion, stevie wonder. >> reporter: faded memories of a more glorious past. in recent years the restaurant settled a $2 million back wages suit and was closed for ten months for

noam chomsky, harry belafonte, patti smith, danny glover, and juan gonzalez and more gathering at the historic riverside church in new york city to look back at the first 20 years of democracy now! and to look ahead lies ahead during a trump presidency. >> in a few weeks from now i'm a if there is a platform on which i will be privileged to stand my opening remarks will something like, welcome to the fourth reich. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in charleston, south carolina, a judge has declared a mistrial in the murder trial of white former police officer michael slager, who was caught on video fatally shooting 50-year-old african-american walter scott in the back as he ran away in april 2015. officer slager stopped walter scott for a broken taillight. after scott fled the car, video filmed by a bystander shows officer slager fatally shooting scott in the back from more than 17 feet away. despite the distance and the fact that walter scott was unarmed, officer slager argued during his trial th

nbc's harry smith reports. >> reporter: if a couple of weeks now, there's been a line, sometimes a veryg line at new york's fabled carnegie deli. >> we've been waiting for an hour. >> we got up at 4:30 this morning to get here. >> reporter: 4:30?! >> yes! >> reporter: tourists and locals waiting patiently for one last taste. >> i'm very sad. i used to come up to new york all the time just to go to carnegie deli. the whole family, this was it. >> do you know what you're going to eat? >> pastrami and cheesecake. >> reporter: a pastrami p pilgrimage, if you will, to an old restaurant that still serves a meal of memories. giant sandwiches without manners that demand to be consumed with lust. the carnegie deli was immortalized as a showbiz hangout in woody allen's broadway "danny rose." >> this is the greatest danny rose story. >> reporter: the walls are filled with photos. >> taylor swift, colleen dion, stevie wonder. >> reporter: faded memories of a more glorious past. in recent years, the restaurant settled a $2 million backwages suit and was closed for ten months for illegally tapping it

noam chomsky, harry belafonte, patti smith, danny glover, and juan gonzalez and more gathering at thestoric riverside church in new york city to look back at the first 20 years of democracy

this is "outnumbered," i'm meghan mccain, here harris faulkner, sandra smith, fox news legal analyst and host of justice with judge janine, the lovely judge janine pirro. very vocal trump supporter antonio sabato junior, and you are "outnumbered." >> good to have you. >> good to be back here. >> i didn't know i had so much in common. >> all of us, all of us. >> great to see you. >> a lot has gone on, i saw you at one of the conventions, a huge supporter as megan pointed out. a lot to get to. >> it's been a tough year, i'm glad we won. >> let's get started, reportedly falling into place, mr. trump expected to tap retired marine general john kelly to head homeland security. this, one day after he officially introduced retired general james mattis as pick for defense secretary, and slammed president obama's foreign policy as too status quo, watch. >> we don't want countries taking advantage of us anymore. we don't want that. we don't want that. we want to be the smart people, we don't want to be what we've been over the last long period of time. but to accomplish our goals we must rejec

here today, harris faulkner. sandra smith and fox news political analyst, eboni williams.ay's #oneluckyguy, co-host of "after the bell" on fox business, co-host of "forbes on fox," david asman. outnumbered. >> thank you,

here today, harris faulkner. sandra smith and fox news political analyst, eboni williams. today's #oneluckyguy, co-host of "after the bell" on fox business, co-host of "forbes on fox," david asman. outnumbered. >> thank you, ladies. why wouldn't i be glad? meghan: cheering on names of all the ladies. >> i mispronounced her name. >> and we're still friends. harris: find out what the k is for. harris: good to have you. thanks for being here. >> pleasure. meghan: begin with a cabinet almost full. president-elect donald trump tapping former texas governor rick perry to head the energy department. three sources telling fox news that he also sent along montana congressman ryan zinn key. he touted rex tillerson and talking about the ties to russian president vladmir putin. >> rex is friendly with leaders of the world we don't get alongwith. they do not want us to be friendly. i'm doing the deal with rex because this is what this is all about. meghan: those words by the president-elect seemed aimed at republican lawmakers, marco rubio, john mccain and lindsey graham. a all whom ex

this is outnumbered, i'm harris faulkner, here today sandra smith, megan mccain and today #oneluckyguy. he never believes that. >> i'm outnumbered happily. i wore my holiday tie. harris: that's gorgeous. >> christmas spirit early. we say merry christmas on this couch? harris: you say whatever you like. we support you. we like it when a hashtag comes dressed. >> i have to bring my a-game with you ladies. harris: president-elect trump is for wisconsin after officially announcing his choice for america's top diplomat, exxon mobile rex tillerson. mr. trump tweeted earlier, the thing about best of tillerson is he has vast experience in dealing with foreign governors and i have chosen one of the great leaders of the world to be secretary of state. the oil company chief has close ties to russia and vladimir putin and his selection sets up confirmation fight against the senate. incoming white house chief of staff reince priebus fired back at any criticism, watch. >> having relationships with people the not a bad thing. i don't know how we got to do place where having an actual functional relat

this is outnumbered, i'm harris faulkner, here today sandra smith, megan mccain and today #oneluckyguyer believes that. >> i'm outnumbered happily. i wore my holiday tie.

smith. here today harris faulkner, meghan mccain, and look who's back, the anchor of the kelly file, megyn kellyglad to have here, her book, a "new york times," and amazon best seller and today's hashtag one lucky guy former

smith. here today, harris faulkner, meghan mccain, host of "kennedy," on fox business, kennedy, today's #oneluckyguy host of "lou dobbs tonight" on fox business. lou bobs is here. he is outnumbered. >> great to be here. good to see everybody. happy monday. sandra: you have a lot to say, we might as well get started. >> okey-doke. i'm ready. sandra: president-elect donald trump meeting with carly fiorina and rick

smith. here today, harris faulkner, meghan mccain, news editor for townhall.com, katie pavlich is here, andeluckyguy, columnist for the "washington examiner" and fox news contributor charlie hurt and he is outnumbered. good to have you. >> thank you for having me. it is great to be here. sandra: looks like you finally got rest after the election. >> oh, man, literally five days at home with the kids. harris: that is rest. yeah. >> compared to this, it is. at least it's fun and, they're always hilarious, the kids.

smith. here today, harris faulkner, meghan mccain, news editor for townhall.com, katie pavlich is here, andoday's #oneluckyguy, columnist for the "washington examiner" and fox news contributor charlie hurt and he is outnumbered. good to have you. >> thank you for having me. it is great to be here. sandra: looks like you finally got rest after the election. >> oh, man, literally five days at home with the kids. harris: that is rest. yeah. >> compared to this, it is. at least it's fun and, they're always hilarious, the kids. sandra: here we are. let's begin. today marks four weeks since election day as new polling shows president-elect donald trump's favorability rating surging. most voters now believe he will deliver on his promises to reform health care and other issues. 45% of voters in the latest george washington university battleground poll saying they have a positive opinion of the president-elect. nine point increase from mid-october. when it comes to his signature promises and overwhelming majority, about 80% are confident mr. trump will repeal or replace obamacare, while most are mo

smith. here today, harris faulkner, meghan mccain, host of "kennedy," on fox business, kennedy, today's #oneluckyguy, host of "lou dobbs tonight" on fox business. lou bobs is here. he is outnumbered. >> great to be here. good to see everybody. happy monday. sandra: you have a lot to say, we might as well get started. >> okey-doke. i'm ready. sandra: president-elect donald trump meeting with carly fiorina and rick santorum as well as west virginia democratic senator joe manchin at trump tower today as it appears he settled on his pick for secretary of state. transition sources telling fox news exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson is mr. trump's pick for america's top diplomat, with a official announcement expected later this week. in an exclusive interview with "fox news sunday" the incoming president was asked whyç tillerson makes sense as the chief diplomat. >> he is much more than a business executive. he is a world-class player. he is in charge of, i guess the largest company in the world. it has been a company that's been unbelievably managed. and to me, a greatknows many ofd he knows them well. he doe

you can watch the f full event f our celebration with harry belafonte, noam chomsky, danny glover, patti smithtom morell o, denny to veto, and more. and a surprise appearance at democracynow.org. when we come back, we look at dr. ben carson, ththe retired nurse e surgeon who donald trums but to serve as secretary of the department of housing and urban development. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: harry belafonte singing 60 years ago in 1956. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we end today's show by looking at dr. ben carson, theetired neurosurgeon donald trump's has picked for secretary of the department of housing and urban development, or hud. trumump picked carson even thouh the doctor has no government experience in housing or urban policy. last month carson told the "washington post" -- "having me as a federal bureaucrat would be like a fish out of water, quite frankly." dr. carson's top advisor armstrong williams has also admitted this lack of experience could be problematic. williams said -- "dr. carson feels he has no government exper