hey, sam, good morning >> hoda, savannah, good morning.y unusual there's basically nobody here right now. as we enter this sacred space where so many families are excited about reconnecting, the biggest airlines are beefing up capacity, expecting higher demand united airlines adding more than 1,400 flights the week of thanksgiving this morning the question facing many americans eager to embrace loved ones over the holidays, should i stay or should i go >> our plan is to go to new york as a whole family. we're going to get there in an airplane we're feeling comfortable with it. >> reporter: but others aren't quite ready yet. >> i'd rather just stay home until we can get a little bit more normal. >> we can all wear masks, but the baby can't so i'm prepared to skip it for now. >> reporter: this thanksgiving will be the first time many travelers take to the skies again. united airlines says it expects to see last-minute bookings up 40% compared to last year, adding 1,400 flights to meet demand. >> we expect the week of thanksgiving will be the

today on the "today" show. >> hi hoda. hi, savannah.pted brother. >> ah. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to today. we're so glad you're starting your day with us. it's friday. hoda will be back monday. >> you say friday. i say fri-yay. we're going to focus on the holiday season. vicky nguyen is going to look at what stores and malls, what they're doing to keep us safe. also apparently santa has got a new look in 2020. so take a look at his new look. and then an online shopping guide so you can tack on some extra savings as well. all of that coming up next week. >> yeah, getting in the spirit. now let's get to your news at 8:00. we begin with that grim warning as the holiday made for giving thanks collides with the pandemic that shows no mercy. but hopes for a vaccine have never been brighter than they are today. nbc's blayne alexander joins us with the very latest. hi, blayne, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. as millions of americans are looking forward to the holiday weekend, the cdc is issuing a clear

>> reporter: we are, hoda.re starting to see a growing number of republicans, cracks if you will, break with president trump, and making it clear they believe the results of this election are final the latest, karl rove, writing in a "wall street journal" op-ed about the president's claims of fraud, quote, the president's efforts are unlikely to move a single state from mr. biden's column, and certainly, they're not enough to change the final outcome. now, the other flash point, the fact that the trump administration is withholding key transition funds from president-elect biden and also intelligence briefings overnight, the republican senator from oklahoma, james langford, saying he'll intervene if necessary take a listen. >> there is nothing wrong with vice president biden getting the briefings to be able to prepare himself, and so that he can be ready. if that's not occurring by friday, i will step in, as well, to be able to push and say, "this needs to occur." >> reporter: we've also learned that even thoug

hey, peter. >> hey, hoda. the president has no events on the schedule, but we are hearing from him in the last hour tweeting three words in all caps, stop the count. it comes with the lead in pennsylvania and georgia is shrinking while they count legal mail-in ballots that are skewing the numbers and the president is fueling unfounded conspiracy theories of cheating and fraud. >> reporter: with the path to re-election appearing to be narrowing, president trump is counting on relief from the courts that may not come filing suits in michigan and pennsylvania to stop vote counting until the trump campaign can access voting locations. >> it is fair, because we believe we will prevail. >> reporter: and the voting locations say it is transparent. pennsylvania's secretary of state is weighing in. >> there is plenty of opportunities for people to observe the process. philadelphia also has livestreaming to the public. anybody from around the world can watch it. >> reporter: the trump campaign saying it is requesting a

hoda? >> gabe, thank you. >> we want to bring in nbc's medical correspondent dr. john torres. >> dr. torres, we're watching doctors and nurses basically on bended knee, pleading with people. if you're not going to do it for yourselves, do it for us. i can feel them wondering, like, is anybody listening? >> you're exactly right. that's what i'm hearing from my friends, as well. they're saying, even to the point where people are getting intubated, as they're with their last gasping breath, are saying, i don't believe this is coronavirus. i think this is the flu. why are you doing this to me? or they're saying, "i should have listened and done these things that we know we need to do." the concerning thing is, this has been going on for nine months or so. we have many, many more months to go with this. everybody working in the health care industry, doctors, nurse, health techs, they are tired and overworked, overwhelmed. psychologically, it is taking the toll, as well, and that is important. we

>> reporter: yeah, hoda.merican academy of pediatrics says that over the past two weeks there's been a 28% jump in cases among children. children now make up more than 11% of all confirmed cases. hoda. >> all right, gabe gutierrez for us. gabe, thank you. >>> in the meantime the pandemic also is fueling the economic crisis. craig joins us with more on that. hi, craig, good morning. >> good morning. as we head into thanksgiving now, food banks nationwide are struggling to keep up with skyrocketing demand. officials who run these food banks say things could get even worse. that could happen very soon. nbc's sam brock is in miami for us this morning to explain. sam, good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. the need is absolutely staggering. this is feeding south florida's distribution site, one of about 50, many of which looked exactly like this.his. there were people out here at 11:00 p.m. last night, many others since 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning. this is a microcosm of what's happening across america, w

>> reporter: yeah, hoda. federal health officials have reached an agreement with major pharmacy chains and drug stores to distribute free coronavirus vaccines once they're approved and made available to the public. right now this agreement includes about three out of every five pharmacies across the u.s. the goal is to eventually make getting a coronavirus vaccine like getting a flu shot. hoda. >> all right, gabe gutierrez for us. gabe, thank you. >>> we turn now to politics. in a rebuke of claims made by president trump, the department of homeland security is calling the election the most secure in american history. and overnight as we mentioned, president-elect joe biden added to his lead in the electoral college. chuck todd will be here in a moment to break things down for us. first, nbc's kristen welker has the latest. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hi, willie, good morning to you. president-elect joe biden is expanding his delegate lead with that win in arizona. the trump administration continues to

good morning, peter. >> hey, hoda. president trump is some of his backers insisting this thing still isn't over looking to ramp up his leg fights. now to drive it home, the president's re-election effort is planning to hold campaign style rallies in the coming weeks that may include president trump himself according to a campaign official. those rallies focusing on those legal challenges in battleground states where the president is projected to lose. president trump defiant in defeat, no concession, and no new statement for the cameras since thursday before joe biden was projected to be president-elect. instead, the president with back to back trips to his golf club is venting his anger on twitter, they slapped warning labels on more than a dozen tweets including one that falsely claimed victory. but pressure is building even among allies insisting it may be time to move on. >> if your basis for not conceding is that there is voter fraud then show us we can't back you blindly without evidence. >> reporter: republican

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studioa in rockefeller plaza >> hey, guys hey, guys. welcome to "today. so happy you are joining us. it's a thursday morning. happy thanksgiving savannah and i are here in herold square, right in front of macy's. >> i cannot think of one place i would rather be right now than right in this spot with you, and waiting for the 94th macy's thanksgiving day parade. it is happening. it kicks off about two hours from now. >> but -- >> nothing is going to rain on this parade. >> nothing by the way, you know what, we like the rain. they've been lining up the floats are behind us there they've been lining up since early morning. you guys know, it is not thanksgiving without our annual thanksgiving day parade. today's, we have to let you know, will be a little different than what we're used to, but the show is going to go on. >> nbc's joe fryer has got all the details on how in the world they're going to pull this off they are going to do it. hi, joe, good morning. >> hi, joe >> reporter: savannah and

hey, sam. >> reporter: hoda, savannah, good morning. mayors and governors dropping the hammer on restrictions they hope will save lives. the president-elect is urging a smooth transition to prevent more fatalities. the testing center behind me will be opening in a little while. we'll see long lines here and all over the u.s. as infection rates are rising, in some places dramatically. communities across the country besieged by covid this morning are moving backwards. more than a dozen states watching deaths from the virus climb 75% in two weeks. this as the president-elect warns conditions will only get worse without a peaceful transfer. >> more people may die if we don't coordinate. if we have to wait until january 20th to start that planning, it puts us behind, over a month, month and a half. >> reporter: on the state level, leaders trying to pick up the slack. >> it actually took my breath away. we are in the midst of the worst weeks of this pandemic. >> reporter: michigan's governor clamping down on bars, restaurants and everyday lif

hey, steph. >> reporter: hoda, good morning.s time of year you would expect to see holiday displays at department stores instead, they're boarding up it's not just here in manhattan. this is the scene in chicago, denver, l.a. there are really two big security concerns for election day. you're talking about securing polling places there are fears that there might be voter intimidation or even voter confrontations in some places voters will be greeted by police for the first time, including fulton county. that's home to atlanta in georgia. for the first time, all 255 of their polling stations will have police officers present. it's not just in georgia across the country there are states that have called up the national guard, including in oregon here is what the governor of that state had to say about the security situation >> i want to be very, very clear that voter intimidation and political violence will not be tolerated. not from the left, not from the right, and not from the center >> reporter: the second concern is reaction

>> he really says "exstruction helper." >> hoda?your family there. >> yeah, yeah. witches and wolves this year witches and wolves my mother-in-law continued the tradition of making the costumes as well. >> wow >> that is impressive. >> what about the dalys? >> dalys are in full effect. chewy and there is baby yoda. london and dark princess >> what about jack p.? >> he bailed with his friends. he was a call of duty guy. i never got a picture of him if you see him out there, please send him home. >> this is the first time in 32 years none of my kids dressed up a little sad >> all of your nieces and nephews are there. >> there you go. >> that is going to do it for -- do we have time for hocus-pocus? >> it doesn't look like. so don't tease it, because we know they are going to be great, so we will see you after the local news. right. great tease, everybody >> you like it >> i am sticking around. i know that. >>> good morning. it's 8:26. i'm marcus washington. the legal team representing a large and what some call defiant south bay churc

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everyone. good morning. welcome to this special edition of today. we are glad you're with us on wednesday morning. we really never left. we've been on the air all night. lots of news to cover. >> i do think a lot of folks at home were up all night. today comes with something we're not exactly used to in the wake of a presidential election. and still a lot of uncertainty. >> and a lots of votes uncounted, millions of them. >> we're going to walk you through all of it, do it slowly and take it one step at a time. >> here's the count at this hour. according to nbc news, the electoral count is 224 for biden, 213 for the president. they're trying to reach 270. that's the magic number. now nine states are this morning either too close to call or too early to call, not enough votes being counted yet. seven of them or the battle grounds we've been focused on for weeks, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, north carolina, georgia, nevada and ariz

savannah and hoda. >> all right. peter alexander at the white house. >> and we go to kristen welker who has reaction as well. >> hoda and savannah, and we are getting the first glimpse and insight into what joe biden is doing right now. one close aide says that he is patiently watching and waiting for the returns like the rest of us, and he is waiting for the race to be called. this person notes that his first presidential run was back in 1988, and he spent 32 years thinking about what it would feel like if he were in fact to win, so what is another few hours to wait. so that is how vice president biden is approaching this moment. not yet ready to, as we have been reporting pop the cork as some of the aides might want to do. now in terms the of what we might want to expect to see or hear from the vice president, don't expect to hear from him until primetime, and so if there is a call today, we would not see the vice president until this evening. what themes will he touch on when he addresses the nation, and he is goi

i guess that the big question is -- hoda? >> we want to know when we get your votes and we want to know who has won your state? >> well, 2% left to go, and we had great success yesterday. 4.7 million voters who vote, and a record breaker for us, and beat the 4.1 in 2016 and the average wait time of two minutes of a statewide average. we have 2% left to go, and you can see where we are right now with the results that have been repo reported. i don't believe it is going to change the outcomes, but that is for the people who make predictions. and what we will do is -- >> ooh. anybody who has done a facetime with the kids you know that sound. >> that sound is bye-bye. >> and we were just getting to the good part there, because the secretary of the state said that they have 2% left to count, chuck, but he did not believe it is going to change the outcome, and then he deferred to the prognosticators which i believe is you. >> that is you. >> and look, that is the models, and where the counties are, and they are heavily democratic c

savannah and hoda are off on this day after thanksgiving. we were just talking, we haven't seen each other in person since february. >> this is as close as we get today, but it's good to see you. you look great. i was thinking about claire, the big winner last night. you should have seen what she and her friends did to the hotel. there was purina everywhere. she's living her best life. >> we'll talk to her handler. i'm sure claire will be there coming up in just a minute. >>> let's get to our top story and that is the changing face of black friday. with the pandemic raging across the country, stores already hit hard by dipping sales have been forced to give traditions an update. many offering deals in person and online to attract customers. the big question this morning, will it work to give businesses a boost? blayne alexander has more for us. good morning to you. >> reporter: sheinelle, good morning to you. believe it or not, some of the familiar things we've come to know about black friday are still here this morning. here at this macy's,

hey blayne. >> reporter: hey, hoda. we just got new updated numbers from the secretary of state's office. i want to run through those. the first is a number that we've been watching, frankly, since election night. that's the number of votes still outstanding. we know that as of 8:15 this morning, later this morning, rather, there are about 8,197 outstanding votes still in the state of georgia. now that's across five different counties here in the city. the state, rather. but the biggest share comes from gwinnett county. we're watching that very closely, not just when the votes come in but where they're coming from. that gives us a good sense of where those counties stand so far and what we can possibly expect. so we know that the lion's share of those, more than half, about 4,800 votes are going to come from gwinnett county. that's a county that joe biden is already leading by about 58%. it's a metro atlanta suburb. another number of them are coming from cobb county. another metro atlanta suburb. but of the three remain

welcome to today "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody. welcome to today it's monday, the monday after thanksgiving and you kind of feel the holiday spirit in the air. if you don't, look across the street >> right behind us was our christmas tree remember when people were knocking it, saying it was thin? it here. and more deals to be had this cyber monday just ahead a live report to help you to find the day's best bargains. >>> and president-elect biden is recovering from a weekend mishalf. he injured his foot while playing with his dog we will have the latest on that. and the dire warning a about a post-thanksgiving surge in cases. there is promising news on the vaccine front. sam brock starting off our coverage sam, good morning. >> savannah, good morning. despite all of those warnings about not traveling, 2.3 million people got on to a plane over a three-day period according to the tsa. that does not include sunday's numbers which should be released later today. this is the covid testing lines building across the country

action several previous attempts to end the conflict have failed in a moment we'll speak to al-jazeera hoda abdel-hamid in yerevan but 1st this report from riyadh. the deal comes after 6 weeks of relentless fighting it was 1st. nelson a facebook post by armenian prime minister nicole pushing in within minutes confirmation came from a server sean and moscow he would. meet on november 9th the president of azerbaijan the prime minister of armenia and the president of the russian federation signed a statement which declares a complete cease fire and of military action in the nagorno-karabakh war zone starting from midnight on november 10th moscow time armenia's prime minister described the deal as unbelievably painful. the backlash was immediate moments after the announcement furious demonstrators stormed into parliament in europe want to protest the move the conflict they argue is about much more than land. but armenia had undergone a number of defeats the forces overran nagorno-karabakh the 2nd city shoe shop and they were on their way to the capital when the deal was signed some analysts say

savannah and hoda?dministration is pursuing whatever claims it may have trying to bring them before a court and reporters are actually trying to fact check and see if there are any examples of actual voter fraud, particularly in any number that would change the outcome here what can you tell us about that? >> well, the latest example of that, savannah, comes from "the new york times" reaching out to dozens of election officials in multiple states all across the country and the times found there were no instances of fraud according to the officials and no instances of voter irregularities that does contradict the narrative that is being put out by president trump that there was fraud. it's important to underscore the fact he has yet to provide any evidence to back up that we have not heard from president trump in five days >> the "times" talked to secretaries of state to both parties and called officials in all 50 states. so, you know, people are staying on it to see if there is anything to this at all.

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody, good morning. welcome to "today." good to have you with us. you see the tree? >> yeah, it arrived on saturday. we're happy to see it here. we do have a lot to get to this morning, including that spectacular launch by spacex and nasa. it went off without a hitch. there was an issue that had to be addressed a few hours before flight. tom costello will have details in a live report coming up. >>> we are also looking forward to speaking live this morning with dr. anthony fauci and there's a lot to talk about. breaking news just out. another vaccine candidate showing great promise. let's get right to nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer who has the information for us. miguel, the company is moderna. tell us about it. >> reporter: yeah, that's good news that's welcomed on the heels of so much loss. the cdc predicts up to 35,000 more deaths by december, the nation now surpassing 11 million cases. as you mentioned, signs of pr

good morning >> reporter: good morning, hoda. questioning the timing andice ao wisdom of the move, they are calling it diplomatic malpractice, and nato is saying that leaving afghanistan in particular too early or in an uncoordinated way could allow that country to become a springboard for terrorism. president donald trump's newly reshaped pentagon announced it's drastically scaling back troop levels in afghan stand and iraq. on the outgoing president's orders. >> president donald trump ran on a promise to put a stop to america's endless wars >> reporter: troops will go down to 2,500 by mid january. for afghanistan, that's nearly a cut in half. just after the announcement, rockets crashed into baghdad's green zone the shiite militias that fire them clearly wanting to show they're victorious, that they're responsible for driving the draw down it's clear because in afghanistan the same thing is happening. the taliban are claiming victory, too, that they forced a pull-out >> it's highly irresponsible for a sitting president in the w

hoda sharawi did not accept that message. in 1923, she founded the egyptian feminist union which would become the largest and most active feminist organization in the arab world for decades to come. she would also begin to collaborate with international feminists to forward a global women's rights agenda. so the photograph you're seeing on the screen here is shaarawi in the middle with two other feminist activists from egypt and rome in 1923 meeting with the international women's suffrage association. so the passage of the 19th amendment, again, took place against this global backdrop. and there was a movement that was very much aimed directly at americans and at president wilson who claimed to be supporting democracy in the world. and the blatant injustice of women's disenfranchisement in a nation that promoted itself as a defender of democracy and self-determination when it would not yet establish that for women at home. now, if foreign women were directly and indirectly holding american's politicians feet to the fire in 19

good morning, hoda.say some are driving to wedge between the two brothers overall of this. prince william has already spoken out about the investigation into this 1995 bombshell interview with his mother, princess diana, calling it a step in the right direction. prince harry hasn't yet commented. and a source close to him says he's aware of what's happening. prince harry from his home in santa barbara is getting regular updates a source close to him tells nbc news adding you don't need a public statement. prince harry was 11, prince william 13 when their mother princess diana sat down to tell her side of the story about her marriage to prince charles. >> well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded. >> reporter: prince charles and princess diana's divorce was finalized months later. and she died in a car crash months later. and now, bbc says that bashir used dishonest tactics to obtain the interview including using a graphic designer to create fake statements that he used to con

. >> and hoda returns to the show. watch today . >>> another check on wall street. even with the race up in the air the dow is up quite a bit. it's about 457 right now. >>> vote count 2020, joe biden has broken former president obama's record for most votes ever cast for a presidential candidate. just minutes ago the latest popular vote count just put biden at over 70 million votes by is about 50%. the president also passing 67 million votes, a few minutes ago earning just over 48% of the vote. we have continuing coverage as those votes come in. stay with us for the latest updates online at kpix.com and watch cbsn bay area on the kpix5 news app. >>> at five we look at the impact of uber and lyft's victory with proposition 22 and the potential consequences for all free lance work. >>> let's get a final check of weather now. here is mary lee. >> all right. a pleasant day across the bay area. hopefully you are enjoying it. the sun and mild temperatures above average for this time of year. pretty view of the sales force tower camera across the bay. another day tomorrow

for the concessions made in the going back and said that his main priority is stability and security hoda abdel-hamid reports. now for me out of a. well, i think the most important is the responsibility for all what happened during this war and the aftermath of that war, which is that something we've heard a lot of complaints about a little the past few days. people saying when you've been talking about databases and we didn't know point, did he take responsibility as the prime minister of this country? now he also said that he did not either of these rumors that were going around because of a facebook post. he did late last night, where he said that he was waiting for the armenian volunteers with, for this war to come back to iraq. to graze, regional leader has called on the united nations of the african union to condemn ethiopia's 2 week military offensive. he's protesting against the use of high tech weaponry, the destruction of infrastructure. the t.p.o. f. is now fighting on 2 fronts against both eritrean and ethiopian government troops. if you've been prime minister abu ahmed hasn't

tree, looking at that swarovski star and then next wednesday, we'll -- it will be craig, savannah, hodainging you christmas from rockefeller center. the lighting of the rockefeller center christmas tree, again without spectators, but it's still going to be a fantastic event. one more thing we need to bring a sense of normalcy to 2020. happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving to you, al. yes, curl up with the family and enjoy and a reminder the 94th annual macy's thanksgiving day on nbc from 9:00 to noon in all time zones. >>> of course millions will be watching the parade from home. the year filled with kids learning remotely and parents working from home. and families have been struggling to make it all work. we caught up with one family in philadelphia to see how they're handling this new normal. >> hi, we're working from home and going to school from home during the pandemic. >> it has been a circus, life in general with kids but being at home with them all the time it's like being in the jungle. you don't know what's going to pop up next. >> something happens that's the breaking po

hoda abdel-hamid in a thank you. and this thread to more head on this news hour, including a breakthrough to end libya's war. we have the latest on the final day of u.n. box topics. moldova faces, a choice between russia and europe as it heads into presidential elections. and in support of hamas racing is making its return in zimbabwe as a sporting to recover from the financial impact of coronavirus. the s. libya 1st and rival factions have agreed to hold nationwide elections in december of next year. that was announced that u.n. sponsored talks inch yunis, delegates are negotiating the appointment of an interim government military representatives have also been meeting in certain central libya. they're discussing the implementation of a cease fire deal signed last month. has more from tunis, national elections to be held next december on the 24th december 2021. that's christmas eve next year. well, that's the 70th anniversary of libya's declaration of independence through the united nation and the united nations fro

the dictator, inspired by the psychiatry valley hoda hero, who had studied nazi germany, decided that spain had to be catholic and free of the red gene. some imprisoned republican women had conjugal visits, while others were already pregnant. let me get on the grid no longer. oh, i don't know a lot about that and i don't grow as a fellow mentor. and the last person of the bully going to go is those that are not on the list. and in their absolute agreement that i'll give all the side off on their own or their last. and i mean this that, but it's not, i know squat and they think they're slowing you and them. and then under him, in fact, the local dealer or you know, where's your will most many course do it on a central theme with a thing that only subtle and see you don't call him the worst there is no one has borders to curse and they call me a he would also support only mothers going in and there are often, you know, skin oh boy you can, you know, that moment it doesn't assume you know your longest of your future and because for me from, you know, it would amuse a poem in the present

stephen hoda doesn't believe so. he worked for years as a tourism manager in amsterdam until he was left with no doubt the city could not carry on with its current approach to travel. i changed my perspective, the world has changed. i promoted amsterdam in the netherlands. i lived in new york and director of the board of tourism and promoted it as much as i could until i realized that i was busy to destroy what i think was of value. and therefore i changed. but i'm seen as a traitor by the industry, or is he a traitor or a visionary? either way, he doesn't think much of the city's current proposal. i've seen for the last 30 years of them saying we're going to distribute tourists in time and then place 30 years and 30 years it's not been able to achieve anything. and the reason for that is people follow people. people go where the masses are small, hidden places away from mass tourism. that's what clouds berlin, tourists are all about. why are you taking me to this place but not from it? because to me, this embodies t

. >> the bottom line is it is happening and hoda kotb will be hosting. >> the balloons will fly. >> brisk did not ruin things last year. covid-19 won't this year. >> thanksgiving ain't thanksgiving without the macy's thanksgiving day parade and i'm so happy we're doing it. >> reporter: trimming a two-mile parade route to just harold's square with no sidewalk spectators and those balloon s wrangled by special vehicles instead of people on foot. >> it's going to be different, obviously. you won't have the crowds and all that but from home you'll see what you normally see. >> reporter: that includes performances from the likes of dolly parton and patti labelle. parade perennial al roker will also be there. >> good morning, everybody. >> reporter: bouncing back from prostate cancer surgery earlier this month. >> we're very hopeful that al will be in his typical rare form on parade day. >> reporter: an event kotb savers even more now as mom to adopted daughters haley and hope. >> watching them marvel at those balloons. they couldn't believe what they were witnessing. the idea that they're goin

20 years and off furious at having to leave from cal, but on the road, out of the disputed region hoda abdel-hamid reports, they came for a last pilgrimage. very soon the monastery of that event will be off limits to armenians. nestled in the mountain gorge and killed by john a district west of the unclear evidence that's about to be returned to azerbaijan. russian peacekeepers are already here giving people a sense of safety, a final prayer, one more memory, a little souvenir to take back home. there's an overwhelming sense of defeat among going to mean years, often too difficult to express. stopping the war was the right thing, but not like this. it's unfair, but we have to do it. it wasn't an equal fight. the eyes of the world are wide open, but the world preferred oil and gold instead of justice and they sacrificed us, even though as ever john has promised to save guard historical and religious sites . many fear they will be disagreed. it is still crossed as to tear, for centuries is now being dismantled along the road. and meg's it is towards armenia. people who were given only 6

hoda abdel-hamid is a lawyer. by this agreement in fact some are calling it a betrayal can you tell us more about the reaction. well certainly i mean as we just heard in that package there was an immediate reaction of people being very angry storming the parliament as we understand it now they have evacuated the premises but no one here is going to be happy about it even though i spoke to a few and they said well the situation militarily was so bad bad for us we didn't have any choice underground areas had taken already. and they were really a few kilometers away from it and that would have been a huge blow another huge blow i would say for i mean people are upset. are saying so why did we have this war you know just soldiers have paid a very high price 1200 have died in this conflict as a government and now they lost a huge chunk of territory not only these occupied regions that i mean you had taken back in 1904 but also part of itself so certainly that sense of loss that has been restored in azerbaijan has now m

hoda, abdel-hamid it's a nation in shock. many baffled that their media has signed an agreement. they see as humiliating and for some the anger was too much to contain. by early morning protestors started to arrive in front of parliament. our. i don't know how this nation behaves. this man says, calling on people to rise up. emotions were high, and soon the anger turned into current prime minister to resign among the people here veterans of the 1st war, thereby jan in the early 1990, s. mothers of soldiers who recently died and displaced people from nagorno-karabakh mina and her mother bear to are dismayed they left their hometown of stepan, occurred by john at the beginning of the fighting. her father stayed behind the one he saw miss agreement, didn't ask our opinion. he signed in secret, it's a crime. i want to return there. my trained general there, i'm not having a normal education because of current virus and the war. i will only go back if the children of the prime minister come and live there with me. like everyone here, nina and berta want the agreement to be cancelled b

it captured, during 6 weeks of fighting hoda abdel-hamid was at the main protests in the armenian capital, yet they stood in freedom square in europe. and it was from here that defers would occur with voice defined in years of soviet rule. this time they were shouting, prime minister yan is a traitor. the rally was organized by his political opponents, including the 2nd largest party in parliament. the message, some of the opposition leaders gave to their supporters, is that there has been national betrayal of the protesters defied the country's martial law under which demonstrations are bad. and that time scuffled with goodies for the prime minister to reside beekeeping louder throughout the day. this is by agreement signed with russian azerbaijan, course intermediate to pull out of war as it had occupied since 1994. well, as are but keeps has regained doing to military operations. he has to apparent front of the military tribunals with all his team because he secretly in the middle of the night, sold the whole of nagorno-karabakh. he discredited the honor of our soldiers. a prime minist

in the next should be an autonomous republic of zeros hoda abdel-hamid. as more oil from the border of the district which is being handed over today 4 hours ago. this road was packed bumper to bumper with people fleeing with their belongings, with their livestock. we saw armenian forces also retreating, oldest military hardware coming out. and then we saw the russian peacekeepers going into the opposite direction towards killed by jar. so the mood as an been very has been quite grim among people here. very few actually wanted to speak to us when we told them what's going on. they say, you know, what's going on, what do you want me to tell you has to be said that those armenians who were living by john had moved in by and large in the early 1990 s. after azerbaijan lost that district before that, that district was acting as a majority, there is where living there. now, the armenians who are left are heading towards year of and are heading towards other cities and towns in armenia about what's the future going to look like? is the big question. one guy told

cancels the agreement, which allows azerbaijan to keep land that captured during the 6 weeks of fighting hoda, abdel-hamid was at the main protest in the armenian capital yerevan. they stood in freedom square in europe. it was from here to defer so brilliant lives over that would occur over to define the years of soviet this time they were shouting, the news, probe minister, is a traitor. the rally was organized by his political opponents, including the 2nd largest party in parliament. the message, some of the opposition leaders gave to their supporters, is that there has been national betrayal by the protesters defied the country's martial law under which demonstrations are back. and the time scuffled with goodness calls for the prime minister to reside became louder throughout the day. this is fire cream inside with russian azerbaijan. kotler begin to pull out of boers every territory it had occupied since they tended to for a while as are but there and keeps the lead. it has regained, drink a bit iffy operations. he has to repair in front of the military tribunals with all his team because

an update now with hoda abdel-hamid, who isn't yet on the capital of armenia and what does the resignation of a foreign minister really amount to in this situation? and it really amounts to that the prime minister has not been able to be convincing enough ever since this ceasefire agreement was signed in the beginning. early days it was the opposition. that was the voice was louder. 'd coming out of there, but now it within his own party, people had an extraordinary session in parliament. it was only the member of his bloc attending the opposition said that he would not attend because resignation was not on the table. he was trying to explain his point of view, he said that previous ministrations had, had negotiations with azerbaijan. and that the issue of journey call it was always a precondition set to by the azerbaijani side. well then, after that we heard folks woman of the foreign minister, she posted on social media the resignation letter of a foreign minister, which is basically a handwritten letter about 2 sentences saying, please accept my resignation. it was great to work with yo

differences osama bin javid in bako and as you heard earlier there's been anger in armenia over this deal hoda abdel-hamid has more from here on. there's a group of women who are from nagorno-karabakh who are visibly shaken by what's happening and who been also calling on prime minister nicola. to resign or the other people who actually say well no this was the right call for the prime minister to do because we were on our last on the ground militarily i was soldiers were dying and we were going to even lose more ground had the cease fire can come into action at this point bearing in mind that the azeri forces were within kilometers from carrot prime minister that's the message actually that the prime minister has been trying to give it to to have armenians accept he said it is a very painful moment but he had no other choice that the fate of those 7 regions that surround not going to care about have always been a precondition for azerbaijan to start even any kind of talks over the future of the enclave itself he said he had no way out of it and he said that armenia was fighting against. army

i was serious hoda abdel-hamid reporting live from the reach thousands of supporters of u.s. president donald trump and held a demonstration in washington. trump encouraged the protest and many echoed his claims of fraud during the presidential election. but as i was irresponsible in jordan reports, now it's unlikely the parents will impact the result. the briefest glimpse of u.s. president donald trump just blocks from the white house trucks motorcade drove past thousands of people gathered on pennsylvania avenue on saturday morning for what they called their 1000000 magnum. r r r. the protesters goal overturn the results of the november 3rd presidential election and give tromp a 2nd, 4 years in office. these demonstrators believe the media, the democratic party, and other sinister forces conspired to steal the vote from trump. my mission is to let the pretty country and especially what should we have not given up on the fact that there's irregularities in voting in there are being taken every patriot who can hear my voice. it's a conspiracy being spread by some of the presi

this is the young al-jazeera that's bringing hoda abdel-hamid with the latest now from yerevan lot of anger in armenia how to tell us about the reactions this morning. yes definitely i think it's a mixed bag of shock sadness and a lot of anger and a sense of loss really i mean we've been standing here in parliament for the past 2 hours i'm just going to show you what's happening behind me you have people. who have been here strongly debating for hours on end you can you have a sense really that the opinions on what has unfolded over the last 12 hours are very different we've seen people shouting at each other we see a little bit of scuffle and they're behind the gate where protesters have blocked the road that leads to this building so you do have certainly good news is seeping in that sense of loss is dipping in and also many people say well why did we have this war why did we have about 1200 soldiers dead that's the official number some people say in that number may be higher while all of this if india and we lost so much the prime minister of armenia is under a lot of pressure afte

but some people are reported to be burning their homes as a leave hoda abdel-hamid reports from the regional capital say panacur it. we have seen very few civilians all military since we arrived here in st. bernard kerik. now, the vast majority of people had left throughout the war, and it seems that no one is intent to come back even though that is a suspicion of facilities ever says that ceasefire agreement was signed a november 9th. now driving here, we will through a region called kobo job. it was a region that or armenia had occupied, in 1994, and according to a d agreement is now has to return to a serb by jan well, on the road, driving in the opposite direction to always the border with armenia. we sew, a lot of civilians, so trucks carrying beds, cupper cupboards, all sorts of personal be long. and we also saw military personnel, most likely armenian volunteers, being bussed out to still military underground, dismantling their positions. so you do get really to feeling when you're driving on the road that people are leaving arm as they know they're not going to come back and they're

hoda. >> awful, awful timing, too. morgan, thank you. we will bring in al roker and get the latest, because those storms are headed this way? >> yes, part of the system is pushing through. you can see that it is still stretching all of the way into the ohio river valley and down into the gulf, and behind it, we have snow reported and for today, we have a risk of severe weather now stretching from central indiana and illinois all of the way down to new orleans and damaging winds. the risk for a few tornados the and the hail threat is low. if you are going to be traveling and the cdc said that you shouldn't be, but if you are, delays in cleveland, ohio and chicago, and you are looking at i-70 to birmingham along i-65. tomorrow, if you are leaving or going somewhere, the airport problems from boston, to new york, and baltimore and raleigh and atlanta, and i-95 along the corridor, and we could be seeing some problems from new york to washington, and raleigh on into atlanta along i-85. guys >> all right. al, thank you. and now the latest of w

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shusha but armenia is insisting they are pushing back on that as area forces have been retreating hoda abdel-hamid is in armenia near the town of dennis she has war on those comments coming from officials there. they both saying that this is ongoing fighting they say that they have managed. forces have managed actually to push back the forces the authorities of nagorno-karabakh saying that this ongoing fighting a dymo meant in a village south of the town of shushi does how the armenians call it. which on a road leading down from to south i mean you can expect armenia to fight as hard as it can over it has historical symbolism for anyone you speak to on this side it also is strategic military lease on a clifftop it's only 10 kilometers away from stepanek carried over. there we call it and so it would be a huge military sit back said back if they really lose everything or the push back from shushi now if you look also on the political side there is international move to try to bring the 2 sides together to try to reach some sort of ceasefire that could last to try to have negotiations th

hoda did not accept that message. in 1923, she founded the egyptian feminist union which would become the largest and most active feminist organization in the arab world for decades to come. the photograph that you're seeing on the screen here is shaarawi meeting with the international women's sufferage group. and president wilson claimed to be supporting democracy in the world and the blatant injustice of women's disenfranchisement in a nation that promoted itself as a defender of democracy and self-determination when it would not yet establish that for women at home. now, if foreign women were directly and indirectly holding american's politicians feet to the fire in 1919, american women also helped assure that the 19th amendment would have a global history to it. because they were staging the fight in part outside of america's borders in that final year leading up to the package of the suffrage amendment. these were women who opted to leave the united states at the apex of the movement to advocate for women's right

you and i were talking about this the other day, hoda made a comment about you don't see two memberse it? fred upton and i work together every day and i think that both parties need to do some serious soul searching about the message that's being sent to us. the american people want to see us get our work done. and we've got -- there are problems that need to be addressed and just keeping them from happening or keeping them from moving because the senate wants to block them is unacceptable. we don't know who's going to be president. one of the reasons i so strongly supported joe biden is that i can think of nobody better to do that. he is somebody that respects people on both sides of the aisle. he will pull people together. you find the common ground. you know, i'm someone that even thinks when you pass a bill and you have bipartisan support, bipartisan even the drafting of it, it gets more buy-in from people across the country. so, you know, maybe i'm naive but i don't think i'm naive. i know a lot of good pieces of legislation passed over the history of this congress -- the histor

celebrated by armenians have a sense where are our correspondents on both sides of the story will be with hoda abdel-hamid and yet of on armenia in a moment starting there with a sama bin laden update from us in baku azerbaijan. but come on it's now coming up to about 7 hours since the other by johnny president announced that his forces have taken that. city of shushan ever since then it's like a street party here in the capital but almost everyone has come out despite the destruction than we can show you that how people live being celebrating coming out with their families they being lied chanting slogans and saying that they are very confident that this is a conflict a long being in the making is now tilting in their favor they see that their forces have been able to take back the city and maybe if that's a precursor to their forces taking the rest of the disputed region of the goal of power about although did have been some claim from the armenian side that this is not the case but that does not seem to be taken into account in the other bike on top of most people you speak spoken to. stand

let's get the details with hoda abdel-hamid in yet, yvonne for us. so nicole takes responsibility, but basically stops there. is he? is he offering anything else? now he takes responsibility and he says that he won't resign because what the country needs most. the moment is stability and he sort of kind of positioned himself as the figure of stability here. but he is under a lot of pressure make no mistake. he's due to meet with his own party members of his party have put forward their resignation. he is also due in the coming days to answer questions from parliament. this is still, i don't think he has been yet convincing enough to anger is still there. and you know, the handover has been postponed for a while, but this is just the beginning of people understanding how much they lost, not only in terror, but also human toll of this war. there are different figures coming out at the moment. the government saying about 1400 soldiers have ministry of health saying no, that number is above 2300 in this still many, many bodies laying on the ground. for e