another barrier broken the first woman ever to take the field in a major college football game molly hunter has her remarkable story >> history is on the field in columbia, missouri, as sarah fuller is about to put her right foot into a football, speaking volumes to women around the world >> reporter: and she's done it. the 21-year-old soccer star making history with this kick to the 35 yard line starting off the second half. with that she became the first woman ever to play a game in any of the top five college football conferences. >> i just want to tell like all the girls out there that you can do anything you set your mind to. like you really can. and if you have that mentality all the way through, like you can do big things. >> reporter: on the back of her helmet "play like a girl. >> sarah, huge congrats this is so exciting. would you do it again now that you've got a taste of it? >> yeah. i would love to. i would love to get out there and score a field goal >> reporter: fuller was tapped early this week to suit up after members of vanderbilt's football team were benched because of po

here's molly hunter. >> reporter: with thanksgiving just four days away and more people staying homeear, that means more turkeys and more people cooking. >> we've been shopping for the past few days because people are like going crazy and rushing. >> reporter: the safest way to gather all your ingredients for your stuffing and pumpkin pies is right there from your couch. frequent direct, instacart and wul mart prepping for a banner week. double check with your grocery store. they might be closed on thanksgiving but offering delivery or curbside pickup over the next three days. in new mexico, some grocery stores are now closing if too many employees get sick, forcing people to travel farther for food. but if you absolutely must go in person, keep it short. bring a shopping list so you don't linger. check store policies and be prepared to wait in outdoor lines. avoid peak shopping times. according to google data, grocery stores are pretty empty mondays at 8:00 a.m. and once inside, always mask up. avoid crowded aisles and keep your distance. >> everyone wears their masks, and they've d

sarah furl beca fuller became the first woman to play in a major football game over the weekend molly hunterdible moment and where she goes from here. >> history is on the field in columbia, missouri, as sarah fuller is about to put her right foot into a football, speaking volumes to women around the world. >> reporter: and she's done it the 21-year-old soccer star making history with this kick to the 35 yard line starting off the second half. with that, she became the first woman ever to play in the game in any of the top five college football conferences >> i just want to tell, like, all the girls out there that you can do anything you set your mind to. like, you really can if you have that mentality all the way through,like, you can do big things. >> reporter: on the back of her helmet, play like a girl. >> sarah, huge congrats. this is so exciting. would you do it again now that you've got a taste of it >> yeah, i would love to get out there and score a field goal. >> reporter: fuller was tapped to suit up after members were benched due to possible exposure to covid the texas native and

molly hunter live in london, great to see you. thanks for your time. yasmin?> thank you. >>> big changes already in the works, everybody. what we know about joe biden's plans to undo multiple executive orders from the current white house, especially the ones that have to do with immigration. and it was an emotional scene to say the least yesterday in times square where i spent a couple of hours talking to people who were celebrating. >> trump will be out. it's five years we have been fighting. >> everyone is celebrating for the common cause, the love of america. the bright future for our children. >> i am so proud that she is the vice president. bides that she's also a woman. so i'm extra proud. and she's from india. so happy that people chose biden and kamala harris as our next president and vice president. >> i feel even more special for this generation that's coming up. this is -- this moment is very important for them. the last four years have been horrible. and i am so glad to be here for this rebirth and this rejuvenation. lds you back don't settle for s

more from nbc's molly hunter. >> reporter: across the country, primary schools are closing like dominosing kids back to full-time remote learning. >> they just returned two or three weeks ago on a hybrid model. it did not last long and now they are at home until the beginning of january and longer. >> for single this single mom is back to timetable. >> we had a glorious two weeks while they were in school part-time. i had four total days kid free. they have been almost with me everyday. >> you had four days -- >> they were great. we had a great four days. >> i wish they could be in school safely because i think it is good for everybody's mental health at this point. >> reporter: everybody. >> yes. >> at this point i am almost equally concerned about their mental health and social isolation. >> reporter: from colorado to new hampshire where gabrielle bradt shifted her work back at home. >> sometimes like there are five people on the internet and it glitches. we ramp it up, too. >> reporter: the ever changing competition in-person classes. for sam is frustrating. >> we brought up choices

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how, when and even where you go could make a difference in staying safe here is nbc's molly hunter. >h thanksgiving just days away and more people staying home this year, that means more turkeys than people cooking. >> people are going crazy and rushing. >> reporter: the safest way to gather all your ingredients for stuffing and pumpkin pies is right there from your couch. fresh direct, instacart, and walmart all banning for a record week check with your grocery store. they may be closed on thanksgiving but offing delivery or curbside pick-up in the next three days in new mexico stores are closing if too many employees get sick, forcing people to travel farther for food if you absolutely must go in person, keep it short, bring a shopping list so you don't linger, check store policies and be prepared to wait in outdoor lines. avoid peak shopping times. according to google data, grocery stores are pretty empty monday at 8:00 a.m always mask up and keep your distance every year the crush of shoppers in all kinds of stores this week is maddening at the best of times, but in 2020, it's eve

our molly hunter joins us from lond london certainly what they were fearing would happen. >> reporter: absolutely, they're just reacting to the numbers of course as they're ticking up across the continent the holiday season there of course has already started with thanksgiving, here everyone is focused on christmas and focused on giving families at least some sort of christmas gathering. in the uk we are currently on lockdown but easing restrictions next week. take a look at the headlines, you have the telegraph shows a map of the restrictions after lack doun is lifted and you see huge swaths of red on that little map people in the strictest tier, london where i am will go into tier 2, outdoor dining will be an option again. the daily mail, the head line tears of rage and disbelief and the "times," millions in tougher tears until mid-january. across europe as you mentioned, frances, a lot of lockdowns are being extended in germany it was supposed to be in a four-week lockdown that's now in place until december 20th of course just before christmas. in greece they were supposed to end t

molly hunter has the very latest. molly, good morning to you. >> reporter: kristen, peter, good morning. no comment yet from the white house. no comment from israel yet. but it was just two weeks ago "the new york times" was reporting that president trump had to be dissuaded from launching a strike on iran for fear that it would escalate a broader regional conflict, and this morning that's exactly the fear. this morning, iran accusing israel of assassinating its top nuclear scientist in a roadside ambush outside of tehran. the foreign minister pointing to israel calling it an act of state terror. iranian state media published photos showing the aftermath. a black suv with bullet holes, blood streaked on the ground. nbc news has not verified the details of the attack. iran's defense minister now saying there was also an explosion. state media reporting that gunmen were lying in wait along the road. for the last two decades. mohsen fakhrizadeh was the architect behind the effort to design an atomic warhead. >> he was the

molly hunter joins us from london. molly, what has been the overall reaction from world leaders?reporter: alex, that's right, it's been's deluge since last night, tweet after tweet. we haven't seen that many world leaders out in person. i want to play a video for you from ireland over the inassess tractor-trail -- incestral homelands of joe biden and kamala harris. there's no doubt we took a hit over the last four years, and the american democracy took a hit, and the consensus, at least here in europe among the strongest allies, faith has been restored. listen to boris johnson today. >> in democracy, in free speech around the world, in human rights, in free trade, in the rules-based international order. all these things are currently under threat. you have the united states and britain standing together as they have done many times in the past to protect those values. >> reporter: now, alex, i'll just give you a quick whip-around of some of the most viral tweets from this neck of the woods. here's prime minister boris johnson again congratulating joe biden. he says the u.s. is ou

nbc's molly hunter is in london with more of the international reaction. e world, people have been focused on this election like it was their own. is that normal? >> hey, steph, good morning. i don't think that's normal, but there are a lot of really tired brits, and certainly a lot of really tired people across the world. he spoke last night, president-elect joe biden at 1:38 local time on the cover of every single newspaper. but there's a real sense, especially among america's allies overseas that anne hidalgo tweet captured it perfectly, welcome back, america. america is returning to the rest of the world. and the biden administration will embrace a lot of things that the trump administration didn't. on the cover of every newspaper here, of course, steph, "the new york times," sleepy joe wakes up america. but the other thing, steph, everyone's talking about, is the embrace of international organizations. of alliances and of america's historic allies. so the w.h.o, the paris climate agreement, the iran nuclear deal, the jcpoa, all of those expected to pla

. >> molly hunter joins us.t china is going ahead, perhaps seizing this window of opportunity knowing that the secretary of state, even the president, are somewhat distracted with the election. what do we know about the different strategies world leaders are taking to their approach to the presidential election and transition? >> reporter: look, that list you just read out, i'm not sure it's a list you want to be on. and there are people that we would normally associate with putin, kim jong-un, who have extended their congratulations, like the saudi prince and erdogan. netanyahu, after a little bit of time, he expected his congratulations, and thanked trump. but let's look at the leaders who have not. putin, kim jong-un, both men, neither are going anywhere anytime soon, neither are huge fans of democracy. both are would be critics of a biden administration, and don't lose much by staying silent. i don't think anyone is surprised by bolsonaro, he was all-in with trump, and he modeled his campaign after trump. pr

more tonight from nbc's molly hunter. >> reporter: across the country, primary schools are now closingminos, thrusting most american kids back into full-time remote learning, including 12-year-old libby and her 8-year-old brother jay in colorado. >> they just returned to school two and three weeks ago on a hybrid model, but it didn't last long. now they're home until at least the beginning of january and probably longer. >> reporter: for single mom marcy, it's back to timestables. >> we had a glorious two weeks while they were in school part-time. i've had four total days kids free. they've been with me since march 14th. i had four kid free days since march 13th. they were great. we had a great four days. i wish they could be in school safely, because i think it's good for everybody's mental health at this point. >> reporter: everybody. all three of you. >> yes. but at this point i'm almost equally concerned about their mental health and the social isolation. >> reporter: from colorado to new hampshire, where gabriella has shifted her full-time job to two days a week with three kids ba