ata hearing injune this year, pretty speirs broke her silence. this year, pretty speirs broke hersilencervatorship abusive. she said it prevented herfrom having children, and getting married again. she asked for it to be lifted without needing to undergo some sort of psychiatric evaluation. last month, thejudge removed her fatherfrom his role of overseeing herfinances, and overseeing her finances, and today overseeing herfinances, and today granted her for request. she is free now of the bounds of that conservatorship, batted to the jubilation, of that conservatorship, batted to thejubilation, i'm might add, of hundreds of free britney supporters who have been following this case very closely. they believe it is a human rights struggle. britney spears is now free to not only control her own finances but also decide when and where she is married to herfiance, and even to decide whether she drives her own car. she is also free now to decide whether she will go back to the recording studio or onto the stage. she has refused to do both in recent years, all the time that her father was in con

. >> he will be running for the seat currently held by congresswoman jackie speir. she represents district 14. she announced on tuesday that she will not seek re-election. >>> all right, this is how sfo looks tonight and the airport is saying that yesterday it had one of the busiest travel days since the start of the pandemic. tsa says agents screened more than 2 million travelers at airport security checkpoints, that of course nationwide. that's the most people since early last year. aaa expects more than 50 million americans to hit the roads and the skies over the thanksgiving holiday. >>> and we continue to follow a developing story out of atlanta. the search continues for a man who caused chaos at the airport there. take a look at video of passengers running out of the airport after a gun went off. authorities say something was detected in a man's property. tsa agents flagged it for another search. the man then allegedly lunged into his bag and grabbed a gun they say accidentally discharged. he ran and got away. he's been identified and 42-year-old ken wells, a

he'll be running for the seat held by congresswoman jackie speire. she announced on tuesday she will not seek reelection, saying it's time for her to spend more time with family. >>> with the holidays nearly here and so many families may be your own neighbors in need. nbc bay area is here to help. laura garcia and marcus washington are live near by the safeway in santa clara, good morning to both of you, how can people to join into help? >> reporter: hey, look, this is where you have to be in the morning because this is what we do. making sure we really help our community, that's what nbc bay area is all about. >> completely. it's easy to help. you go to any bay area safeway, go to the counter and they got this cute little $10 easy to stamp. they can make the money go so much further. there is an 80% greater need in the bay area. there are so many people that are going without lately and we are still in the pandemic and we are still here to support each other. >> reporter: there is a lot of partnerships that go on. i want to bring in victoria where s

congresswoman jackie speir. thank you for joining us for the first time since making that big announcement. i am sure there are hundreds of decisions to make as you are coming to this conclusion, but what was the one thing that pushed you over the edge, that made you say ok, this is going to be at? >> coming up on 39 years in public office and a husband who, frankly, has had a weekend wife for 20 years and wants to have me home, as do i think my family and my friends. it was a very hard decision. i love my work. it has been incredibly fulfilling and it has been such a privilege to serve my constituents in san mateo and san francisco. it's tough. i will say that right out. but i think after 39 years probably time for the torch to be passed to yet another generation. kumasi: when you think over those 39 years, what do you think of as your best moments and also the most challenging? >> that's a hard one, kumasi, because it's a very full career. in the state legislature, i am most proud of the fact that i was able t