good night for nbc news. announcer: this has been an nbc news special report. we now join the program already >> c-span's washington journal, then every day. coming up tuesday morning, thatico's previewing impeachment increase hearings this week. adco president and ceo carol jenkins talks about efforts to ratify the equal rights amendment and accuracy and media president adam gillett shares the mission and focus on investigative journalism. watch c-span's washington journal live on tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> watch this is been network live this week. , led by adam schiff will hear from three state department officials starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. the top diplomat in ukraine and deputy assistant secretary of state will testify. on friday on c-span2, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine will appear before the committee. willead of the hearings witness testimony from a deposition, find the c-span -- 10 skips on c-span. -- find the transcripts on c-span.org. >> next, president trump speaks at a veterans day ceremony and parade in new york city. ♪

utley, nbc news, new york. announcer: this has been an nbc news special report. announcer: we interrupt this program for an nbc news special report. here's harrick utley. -- garrick utley. garrick: good afternoon. here's the latest information coming to us from east germany, where short while ago government officials made the very startling announcement that east german citizens will have the right to leave their country to travel directly to west germany or to west berlin. it will no longer be necessary for east germans leaving their country to travel through other communist nations such as hungary, poland, or czechoslovakia. that is the route that tens of thousands of east germans have been taking over these last several weeks. the announcement was made by the spokesman. as you know, the government there has been under very heavy pressure from the new political opposition and from the tens of thousands leaving that country. here is how the announcement was made on east german television this evening. >> [speaking german] garrick: the announcer here says that th

from all of us at nbc news, good >>> i saw the headlights and i saw him. and it was like -- >> a life saving move. the quick thinking a b.a.r.t. employee made. and he pulled that man right off the tracks. >>> also a line out the door, why victims of the sonoma a $ f area's housing crisis. the news at 6 starts right now. good monday. i'm janelle wang in for jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathie. apple will recruit more than $2 billion to help the housing crisis in the bay area. our business and tech reporter scott budman broke the news this morning for us on twitter. tonight he shows us where else that money is going. >> reporter: it is the most valuable company in the world, and now apple has earmarked $2.5 billion to help ease the california housing crunch. >> it could be a little stressing at times. >> reporter: stressful for the agholor family of san jose. they're renters soon to have their third child. shopping at walmart to save money so they can someday own a. we lived in arkansas for two years and it was affordable here.

ann thompson, nbc news. >> and our hearts go out to the family. that's "nightly news." i'm lester holt. thank you for watching and good night >>> right now at 6:00, we are following some breaking news. this is regards to the orinda halloween party investigation. we've just learned no criminal charges will be filed against the people arrested so far in this case. the contra costa county d.a.'s office released the statement less than 30 minutes ago. if you remember, last week police arrested five people in connection with this shooting, and now they're going to be set free. this doesn't necessarily mean they're in the clear. they could be rearrested at a later date. the d.a.'s office is not giving any specifics, only saying the investigation is ongoing right now. that shooting left five people dead. some of the victims were armed. the sheriff's department last week suggested gang violence may have been a motive. good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang in for jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. our dry and warm november is leading to more shut offs. the e

our nbc news investigation into the system failing our veterans >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening a jaw-dropping 200 million people are staring into the face of a deadly winter-like blast tonight bringing bone-chilling temperatures and heavy snow to many places. treacherous driving conditions leading to pileups. icy highways setting many vehicles on their sides, including a school bus in illinois but it's the sudden and steep dropping temperatures hitting a lot of us tonight. parts of texas literally on ice as temperatures plummeted 50 degrees in just a day. across the country, nearly 100 low temperature records poised to fall our ron mott has the latest >> reporter: outside cleveland, more than half a football length, residents here in chardon caught by surprise when is the last time you had this kind of workout in november? >> not that i can remember in chardon. i've been here about 30 years. >> reporter: across the region, treacherous travel accidents from kentucky to pennsylvania to an overturned school bus in illinois. an accident in ohio in

this is bigger thanjust nbc, sarah. this is about a long history of news organisations who made a calculus that it was not worth taking the risk of going up against powerful interests to report tough stories of this type. and this was particularly true about sexual violence, which is something both of our cultures have failed to speak about for a long time. and in the case of harvey weinstein, there is a plot that is carefully reported out in this book in which, you know, he was huddled with the national enquirer and the top editor there, who was in a business relationship with him, and digging up dirt on people reporting on him. and he, at the same time, was in receipt of information about nbc and the secret settlements they had, and one of their top talents who had a series of allegations against him. none of this is speculative. the national inquirer began to run stories about matt lauer, this top anchor at nbc, and began to besiege nbc employees with calls about this. ok, but — i mean, nbc in a way, they almost la

tax code harry smith, nbc news, san antonio. >>> now an nbc news exclusive. an incredible medical breakthrough, the life of a little boy saved with cutting edge here's nbc's ayman mohyeldin. >> reporter: at 2 years old ari ellman was like most toddlers, a boy so full of life his parents called him lion but then sudden changes, low energy, vomiting and unexplained seizures. >> we were like this is not just a virus. >> reporter: tests confirmed their worst fears, a rare and life threatening tumor growing deep at the base of ari's brain. desperate to save their son, the ellmans turned to hospitals around the country searching for a treatment. >> how do you start to even wrap your head around what's next >> reporter: their best option was also the most risky ari needed special surgery to remove the tumor but at just 2 years old, his doctors say it had never been performed on a patient so young. >> actually, most people thought it was not possible. >> reporter: but dr. fernandez miranda and the team at stanford university had a groundbreaking approach to do the se

his attorney tells nbc news. helped look into the bgiidens t much of the country is in for some of the coldest weather of the season and snow. al roker is tracking it all. what can we expect >> reporter: savannah, winter is coming hard. tomorrow temperatures between 20 and 30 below average buffalo down to texas and on friday atlanta, memphis and louisville get involved and this storm system developing on thursday into friday snow breaking out from the northeast all the way back into the midwest and by the time it's over friday night, new england is involved. we're talking about the possibility of some very heavy snow in interior new england savannah, we'll have more details tomorrow morning on "today." savannah. >> thank you. >>> an urgent manhunt for two murder suspects after a jailbreak. authorities in california revealing details late today on a daring and brazen escape here is nbc's morgan chesky. >> reporter: tonight, a manhunt and a mystery. >> bol for escaped prisoner from county jail. >> reporter: how did

and pixar, now nbc. do you say there is more to aycome. >> i say it is indisputable that there is more to come. and i don't see that as a person just gets a lot of leads everyday but i know there is more to come. essay because of the assets of the systems that we are talking about. is all very clear to me that this story was not significant. just because harvey weinstein is the big deal, it's about more than anyone producer, more than just the entertainment industry, this is about patterns of power protecting power. in every industry and all around the world. we are just beginning to see a conversation about that. he talked about the unique significance of the media. and how it shape the future of our nation. who i'm very glad that that conversation is now happening across multiple companies in the media including abc. but that is not the only area was focused on. and it will take brave sources and whistleblowers continued to speak and brave reporters continuing to knock back downwn andd the case of all

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nbc news, new york. >> this has been an nbc news special report. >> we interrupt this program for an nbc news special report. >> good afternoon. here's the latest information coming to us from east germany , where short while ago government officials made the very startling announcement that east german citizens will have the right to leave their country to travel directly to west germany or to west berlin. it will no longer be necessary for east germans leaving their country to travel to other communist nations such as hungary, poland, or czechoslovakia. that is the route that tens of thousands of east germans have been taking the last several weeks. the announcement was made by the spokesman. as you know, the government there has been under very heavy pressure from the new political opposition and from the tens of thousands leaving the country. here is how the announcement was made on east german television this evening. [speaking german] >> the announcer here says the communist leadership has decided

kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >> good dog, indeed. that's "nightly news." i'm lester hol >>> right now at 6:00, a long criminal history. the new details we're learning about a san jose man accused of having pipe bombs in his home. >> i'll have the latest in the storm set to start arriving tomorrow. we'll get you to the hour by hour forecast. >> one of the most notorious problems f updge on the fight a the dirty streets. >> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us. >> filthy, smelly, and unsanitary, an nbc bay area investigative report brought the full problem to light. the streets of san francisco are just plain dirty and getting dirtier. however there are a few spots where the amount of human and pet waste is a little bit less. the city believes it's because of 24 hour publics. they're calling for more toilets. >> reporter: there was a rally earlier today. the toilet that you see behind me is one of three that will open for 24 hours. the other is on castro and market and one south of market. today mat hany was leading th

and began to besiege nbc employees with calls about this. 0k, but nbc in a way, they almost laughed at this suggestion because the national inquirer had so much dirt on matt lauer and was reporting it and the idea that they might be calling —— holding back, nbc said it was never contacted by ami may declare —— made aware of any time and they made the point was preposterous, this idea that they would take a threat seriously about matt lauer since they were already covering him. again, the denial is in there and as is the testimony of four different sources as a threat was delivered but the point is broader than that, sarah. the book does not go further than the facts of what these sources say and what nbc denies what is not in dispute, again, is that this is a company with a set of secrets, along pattern of corporate practice of burying these allegations with secret pay—outs which they have now admitted to and that at the same time, that this reporting was happening, harvey weinstein was bearing down on them with threats and enticements on all of these because they have now

gabe gutierrez, nbc news >>> the pentagon has identified two u.s. soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in afghanistan. they were both army chief warrant officers david knadle of texas and kirk fuchigami jr. of hawaii, both employed as apache helicopter pilots. a frightening security police in las vegas today, police shooting an intruder in a restricted area after they say he attacked officers here is joe fryer. >> reporter: police treating a man on the tarmac who was shot by an officer following a violent confrontation. it started at 3:30 this morning by a door breach at terminal 3 authorities found a man in terminal 1 in a restricted area. >> this individual became extremely irate and attacked one of our officers, knocking him to the ground and actually knocking him unconscious. >> reporter: police say the man then attacked a second officer who was using nonlethal tactics to get things under control. >> the individual then tried to attack a third officer. that officer fired two rounds, striking the subject. >> reporter: the man was taken to a hosp

nbc news. garrick: for years, the berlin wall has been held up as a symbol of the failure of communism. a place where the leaders of the free world could go and challenge the leaders of the other side and not think about what they would do if the wall were to come down. or at least open up one day. here are voices from the past president reagan: yes, this wall will fall for it cannot withstand faith. it cannot withstand the truth. it cannot withstand freedom. president kennedy: some will say communism is the wave of the future. let them come to berlin. this generation of germans has earned the right to be free, including the right to unite their families. ith goodwill for all people. ith freedom indwizzable. when one man is enslaved, that all are free. all free men. wherever they may live. as citizens of berlin. therefore as a free man, i take pride in the words ich bin ein berliner. garrick: and now, a personal note, if i may. many years ago, lived in west berlin and every morning as i awoke,

in the wake of this nbc reporting that we've seen multiple nbc reporters do the same thing and chris hayes program. cutback. >> wonderful. >> there is a really hard thing to be afraid to stay on up and call your bosses. thank we've god there are generalists who have that backbone. so that's part of the answered. i say all of us in the public two, the decisions we make about where we consume the media and the media companies can influence the decision. >> in terms of the parent company cbs news, don't you demand that contest be good corporate citizens and investigate nbc news. >> i'm a reporter not an activist on this issue in my part of the job is to very fairly interrogate the facts. i am so grateful and out of those facts are out in the world, they are pumping things like this letter sent by all these reporters and their needs to be an effort from this parent company to ensure that people are getting hurt. as these organizations and that the coverages independent of that. i can't see and part of that post, first see that i know the outcome of it should be but i can see that i am ad

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here's nbc's miguel almaguer >> reporter: the attack was captured on security camera. the victim on the left says the man in the hood asked him why he invaded this country, just before battery acid was thrown in his face. >> he was talking to me really angry, really -- back to your country, you come invade my country. you respect -- >> reporter: he suffered second-degree burns in what milwaukee officials are calling a hate crime >> as far as screaming, because it was bore said he was first confronted by a white man about how he parked his truck outside a mexican restaurant and was then accused of being in the country illegally. police later arresting a 61-year-old suspect. >> there are people that are willing to hurt another one for no reason. just for the color of your skin, how you talk i'm a u.s. citizen i have my rights, too. >> reporter: with the mayor calling the attack a hate crime -- >> what i saw was horrific >> reporter: fbi statistics note hate crimes are more frequent with a 17% increase in 2017. he said he's more than a number. >> in america, you have righ

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launching next year, hbo max and nbc universal's peacock from the parent company of nbc news the price tags of many of these services may seem low at face value. with so many shows spread across so many different services, cutting the cord may not save you as much as you think consider this, if the average price of an internet connection is $66 and you sign up for three services, say netflix, hulu and hbo max, that comes up to $100 a month, virtually the same as your average cable bill, which is $107 a month. experts say the surge in services gives consumers the ability to create their own those made for them.ying >> the beauty is that the consumer gets to choose. so you get to be empowered to pay for what you want to pay for and content you're interested in watching >> reporter: making binging when you want easier than ever. jo ling kent, nbc news, los angeles. >>> keep it right here for now, just ahead, the surprising way one little boy helped save halloween for so many others stay with us >>> finallto trick or realized the homeowners ran out of candy here is kevin tibbles. >> report

. >> announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone tonight the cdc reports a breakthrough in the urgent race to solve the mystery of vaping related illness that's been sweeping the country sometimes with deadly outcomes investigators zeroing in on a synthetic form of vitamin e turns out can cause serious damage when inhaled. the findings announced as a number of those stricken by vaping-related sickness has climbed to 2,051 with 39 deaths. ann thompson has details. >> reporter: researchers discovered the clue not in the distinctive vapor but residue left in the lungs. vitamin e acetate described as a honey-like substance is an additive in cosmetics and some vaping products. particularly those with thc bought off the street researchers tested 29 patients with vaping illness from ten states, all had vitamin e acetate in their lung fluid 23 also had evidence of thc. >> vitamin e acetate when it travels into the lung and touches the airway of the lung, that could trigger inflammation in the lung that is like a fire starting in the lung that's difficult t

launching next year, hbo max and nbc universal's peacock from the parent company of nbc news the price tags of many of these services may seem low at face value. with so many shows spread across so many services, it mve think. consider this, if the average price of an internet connectiond you sign up for three, say netflix, hulu and hbo max, that comes to $100 a month. virtually the same as your cable bill expert says say it's paying for your bundle. >> the consumer gets to choose so you get to be empowered to pay for what you want to pay for and the content you're watching. >> reporter: making binging when you want easier than ever. >>> keep it right here for now, just ahead, the surprising way one little boy helps save halloween for so many others next at k67, deadly halloween party. do we think there are rules on short-term rentals. >>> i'll have the cold weather warning for the weekend and passing areas near the fire zone. that's next at 6:00. >>> finally a sweet act of charity when one little boy realized the homeowners ran out of candy here is kevin tibbles. >> reporter: was it a

. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, everyone the holiday getaway rush instead has a lot of travelers standing still tonight. that snow we have been telling you about is moving out of colorado and into the midwest this evening after it closed a major highway, sent cars directions, anft travelers grounded by canceled flights's just part o triple weather threat also bringing a major coast, and big troubles in the east as more than 50 million try to t sta with molly hunter. >> reporter: tonight three storms closing in across the country. denver already buried in snow. the heavy onslaught shutting down highways across colorado as millions hit the road. cars skidding out, rescue crews on the scene. amid the snowy conditions, two rock slides shut down i-70 for hours. at denver airport, flight cancellations piled up, some 500, delaying nearly 200,000 passengers but at least one denver resident managed to find his way around in kansas, a pickup truck wedged underneath a tractor-trailer. and in nebraska, spinouts on icy roads and a semi slipped on its side the po

let's get a check with our weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning. >> good morning. a couple of trouble spots in new england. the new york state threw wuway,s of heavy rain, sleet and freeing rain in spots. we're seeing snow throughout the c catskills. here is the timing on all of this the higher elevations especially the adirondacks and the berkshires we're done central new england this afternoon this isn't a big snow event, but a highest of elevations could ges top a lot of the roads remain wet. accumulation on the trees and the cars the exceptio if you want great weather today, florida's looking great so is texas, san antonio to dallas, mid-70s. if we're goingve a damaging weather in the next co o up. >> coming up next. thanks, bill. >>> in in kylie cosmetics for a whopping $600 million. this gives cover girl and other beauty brands 5i 1% stake in the company. >> incredible. >>> taylor swift has been given permission to perform her older hit songs at sunday's american music awards after a reversal from her former record label. >>> re

picture-perfect sunday night football here on nbc bay area. it is a mid-season playoff-like matchup with the green bay packers. upper 60s, near 70 around the south bay. you'll notice towards concord, santa rosa, ukiah, 70s. 60s san francisco and oakland. a complicated pattern moving forward briefly some wind to watch on monday and then the rain and a real taste of winter comes our way towards midweek. briefly for the north bay now, this is monday, you'll see a bit of a ramp-up in the north winds. it's not going to last nearly as long as the other dry wind events we've seen. good news because as we get into tuesday, the clouds are filling in. by tuesday evening we begin to see rain spreading back across the bay area into wednesday. this will be the most rain we've seen since mid-may. the average for the bay area a half inch or more. for the sierra we're talking two to three feet of snow. winter storm watch already in effect in the sierra. don't be surprised, higher peaks around the bay area from the north bay to mount hamilton. saturday looks l

harry smith, nbc news. >>> the price you pay. big savings on your holiday shopping starting at midnight >> reporter: perhaps, >>> back now with two big stores, ellen degeneres and sandra bullock teaming up and fighting back against scammers here's gadi schwartz >> reporter: tonight some of hollywood's biggest stars taking on scammers using the names of celebrities to sell things like makeup online, in and out targets of a new lawsuit filed by sandra bullock and ellen degeneres for the unauthorized use of their names and likenesses but the problem is scammers online change company names so quickly it's not even clear who they are named in the current lawsuit as john does through 100. it's the kind of scheme that's plagued the internet for years. even nbc's own savannah guthrie used in a fake ad claiming she was leaving the "today" show to start a skincare line. we found dead end after dead end >> we're trying to figure out why there are fake advertisements selling your product under the names of several recognizable celebrities. s

nbc bay area is in san jose for us. anoushah. >> reporter: a new survey shows that this particular demographic is more financially educated because they were kids when the 2008 economic crisis happened and they understand the importance of buying a home. if you're between the ages of 14 and 23 years old, it turns out that the idea of buying a house doesn't scare you as much as it does someone older. that's according to a new survey released by freddie mac which claims the overwhelming majority of generation z is eager to own a home rather than rent and plans to attain the goal by the time they turn 30

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening the world held its breath for hours late today after word of a possible airplane hijack drama unfolding in amsterdam a signal mistakenly transmitted from the cockpit of a madrid bound airplane indicating a hijack was in progress, triggered a full on military and police response and reminded us all that when it comes to aviation security, there is no taking chances kelly cobiella starts us off >> reporter: at one of the busiest airports in the world tonight, a major security scare. planes stranded at gates after dutch police got a hijacking alert from the cockpit of a plane that hadn't taken off. flights delayed, parts of the airport closed. nearly two hours later it was over. the airline, air europa, explaining on twitter the alert was activated by mistake "nothing has happened. all passengers are safe and sound." 50 million travelers fly through amsterdam's schiphol airport every year last new year's eve passengers were evacuated after a man claimed to have a bomb police arrested a 51-year-old canadian but fo

nbc news. berlin: for years, the wall has been held up as a symbol of the failure of .ommunism a place where the leaders of the free world could owe and challenge the leaders of the other side and not think about what they would do if the wall were to come down. here are voices from the past rid president reagan: yes, this wall will fall for it cannot withstand faith. it cannot withstand the truth. it cannot withstand freedom. kennedy: some will say communism is the wave of the future. let them come to berlin. this generation of germans has ,arned the right to be free including the right to unite their families. all.goodwill to all -- to all people. enslaved,n one man is that are free. we are citizens of berlin. therefore as a free man, i take pride in the words ich bin ein berliner. [cheering] personaland now, a note, if i may. many years ago as a young course and i lived in west berlin and every morning as i awoke, the first site to greet me was east berlin, the brandenburg gate, and the wall

ron mott, nbc news, chicago. >>> all right. now to our nbc news exclusive. inside syria with the u.s. troops on a new mission, protecting the country's oil fields nbc's courtney kube with a rare access inside the u.s. base. >> reporter: we're inside syria with u.s. troops who have been moving into a remote base, including a national guard unit from south carolina. the u.s. is still working with kurdish allies known as the syrian democratic forces, or the sdf u.s. military leaders say the mission here continues to be to defeat isis, but the footprint has changed. many u.s. special operators who are here targeting isis have left, replacing them ar infantry troops, including national guard soldiers with these bradleys we go up for an aerial view with major general eric hill, who commands the special operations task force across syria and iraq. u.s. troops now working to keep oil fields out of the hands of isis. >> we will continue to secure that whole area with the capability we have >> reporter: general hill's troops are also dealing with a strained relationsh

nbc's tom costello is joining us. tom, what can you tell us about this >> reporter: this involved two private planes at the san antonio airport. the faa tells us one plane was taxiing when it clipped the wing of the second plane that was parked as you can see, one plane ran right up on top of the other one. both planes are cessna citations. the fire department says nobody was injured and the faa has for years worked to reduce the danger from so-called runway incursions and taxi way accidents when one plane runs into the other one on the ground we don't know the speed at which the taxiing plane was moving but the damage does appear to be rather significant. >> it makes for an odd picture. all right, tom, thank you. >>> there are new questions about the weapon a 16-year-old used to kill two classmates yesterday at his school in california as authorities still search for a motive miguel almaguer has details. >> reporter: the day after five students were gunned down by a classmate in santa clarita investigators still have

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nbc bay area's scott budman joins us live from the airport. so people got their bags back, but do we know what happened? >> well, jessica, i'll tell you. a lot happened. last estimate about 1400 people were affected by the power outage here at the airport. but so far oakland officials say they don't know what caused the lights to go out. >> if you were affected by yesterday's power outage -- >> reporter: after last night's two-hour power outage -- >> it was a fiasco, i guess. >> reporter: passengers like renee souther took all day before finally catching up with their luggage. >> i was flying from portland night, and then got -- we were almost to oakland and got rerouted to sacramento, and then i got a ride from sacramento to pleasant hill. >> reporter: meanwhile, her bags like all the rest of these -- >> thank you. >> no problem. >> reporter: -- got sent here where they sat until this afternoon. >> yay we got it! she'll have clothes for thanksgiving. >> reporter: eventually, people were let behind the rope to look for their own bag and after

nbc medical correspondent dr. john torres on how to protect your child. >> reporter: 8-year-old sofia was practicing a gymnastics move when she felt her knee bend backward. >> i heard a pop noise and it just like was maybe a pencil that broke in half. >> reporter: it was a big injury for a little girl. a complete tear to the acl, a ligament that crosses the knee. surgery was the only way to fix it. >> looks like it's attached here but up here is shredded. this is an 8-year-old. >> this is an 8-year-old. >> reporter: it's a nationwide crisis. in nine years, the number of acl surgeries in girls age 12 and under rose nearly 140%. >> the number one thing about this injury is that it's getting more and more prevalent and the younger and younger children are getting it. reason why. the growing number of kids playing only one sport year round without a break. and for girls, the risk of acl injury two to three times greater than boys. sofia's sport is competitive dancing and she's at it non-stop. when you're dancing befor

. >> announcer: this is nbc nlts wi"nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening dangerous cold weather is charging in from canada tonight, plunging temperatures to record-low territory over a huge region of the kupts, bringing snow and creating havoc for travelers. in chicago a commuter jet sliding off a snowy runway, digging into the ground. and things were no better on the roads. some car struck while others desperately searched for traction on icy pavement. there was winter weather adviceries in effect from eastern tennessee to maine our ron mott starts us off from chicago >> reporter: off-course, a safe landing at chicago's o'hare turned sideways today. >> aircraft slid off the runway >> reporter: an american airlines jet sliding off the runway, the plane's wing slamming into the ground, no injuries reported among the 41 aboard. >> the pilot started zig-zagging the plane to start to try to stop it and felt there was no grip on the ground. >> as soon as we stopped, everyone just kind of exhaled. >> reporter: just one of the hazards environment getting around, with spinouts i

nbc news. mar chicago's massive teacher strike class tomorrow >>> there is growing alarm tonight about the safety of america's drug supply. nbc's stephanie goss takes us inside a hospital where there's now a new shortage of a life-saving medication >> reporter: mass general has a tough enough job without having to deal with a drug shortage. >> i never thought we would get to a point in the u.s. healthcare system where we wouldn't have essential medicines. >> the hospital can't get enough of the blood thinner heparin, crucial for cardiac surgery. >> how surprising was it for you to hear that there was a heparin shortage >> oh, it was completely surprising it's extremely frustrating i mean, it's like mcdonald's running out of ketchup. >> but heparin is far from the only drug in short supply. right now, mass general is facing more than 100 shortages according to a new fda report, nationwide shortages are getting worse. 116 as of this week, including a cancer medication for children. >> she is our

nbc's sarah harman joins us now with more. sarah, good morning. >> reporter: frances, good morning. president trump has spoken publicly about the devastating california wildfires for the first time, hitting out at the state's governor, gavin newsom, and sparking a tweet battle. as california recovers from devastating fires ha scorched nearly 100,000 acres and forced thousands from their homes, the president lashed out ao ll fedel funding. tweeting, "every year it's the same thing, and then he comes to the federal government for monetary help. no more. get your act together, governor." and blasted newsom's forest management "i told him from the first day we met that he must clean his forest floors. he doubled down on the south lawn >> the governor doesn't know he's like a child. he doesn't know what he's doing. every year it's always california it's rarely somebody else or someplace else >> reporter: newsom fired back, "you don't believe in climate change you are excused from this conversation koechlt the president has suggested cleaning the forest floors before suggesting specifical

we are joined now by nbc's gabe gutierrez. gabe, good morning >> reporter: frances, good morning. we are starting to see heavy snow from the series of storms we are expecting many travel delays over the coming days as this winte tens of millions of americans are bracing for a series of storms just in time for thanksgiving snow already pounding several states the roads already dangerous. and in new york, some deflating news the iconic balloons from the macy's thanksgiving day parade may not fly for the first time since 1971 if sustained winds are over 23 miles an hour and gusts top 34 miles an hour. >> we have a lot of things in place to prepare ourselves for any kind of weather conditions but, you know, we really won't know until we get to that day. >> reporter: some airports are rolling out new technology this is miami's new automated baggage screening area and the tsa says new orleans' new screening area lets officers houren twice as many b outside the airport rideshare is employing traffic engineers to prepare them for the holiday rush >> thanksgiving is going to be really busy

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here's nbc's miguel almaguer >> reporter: president trump intervening again to defend embattled navy s.e.a.l. chief eddy gallagher saying he will not legality the navy strip gallagher as his status as a seal he tweeted the navy will not be taking away war fighter and eddie gallagher' take action on beha navy is aware of the tweet and has requested further guidance it comes days after president trump ordered gallagher's rank restored after he was demoted following a widely covered trial in which gallagher was acquitted of murder and war crimes, but found guilty of posing with a corpse of a teenage isis fighter. >> he told me he wanted to instill confidence back into the war fighters of our community. >> reporter: a move widely to have created a rift with the navy, which is referring inquiries to the white house as the commander in chief has made his orders clear in a tweet. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> an nfl star will remain off the field until further notice cleveland brown myles garrett lost an appeal to overturn his indefinite nist suspension for a violent attack in a game last w

steve patterson, nbc news. >> and with that let's get right to meteorologist dillon drier, what are we facing >> reporter: this is the tomorrow we're facing all weekend long the northern side where we will see most of the snow, six or more inches from the northern plains to the upper midwest. ahead of the cold front where it is warmer, a lot of rain and torrential downpour, isolated stronger storms, and on sunday, up and down the east coast, we will see rain and snow, you go up into new york, and new england, we could see significant amounts of snow, perhaps as much as nine to 12 inch, lesser amounts as you go farther to the south either way it is a huge travel day on sunday, and back through minneapolis, chicago, detroit, boston, down to dc, we will likely see some airport delays because of the rain and the snow farther north. lester >> okay, dylan, thank you. >>> on this black friday, shoppers were not going to let weather or anything else frankly get that their way of the best bargains of the year joline kent has some of the best deals in stores and online >> reporter: >> three, two

it's g here on nbc bay area. the forecast looks fantastic as we head throughout next week we have those wet weather changes. i did want to start us off tonight with a look at how we're doing so far for the season which started on october 1st and as many of you could have guessed we're not doing very good so far to date. we've only seen trace amounts to about 600th of an inch. with the rain moving in next week i do not think we will catch up at least for the rain season so far, but it's going to be a nice pop in the rain bucket. as we move into tomorrow morning's forecast we'll get back to that rain in about a minute and a half or so. i want to get you ready for friday morning. 42 in south bay. mostly clear skies. sunglasses on the commute. the only thing you have to worry about is the traffic. i think not any big problems with the weather. san francisco 47 and the north bay at 40. as we push through the day it is going to be in the 60s. we have that nice cool crisp air down in gilroy you are 65. east san jose 67.

here from washington is nbc news correspondent. >> good morning. this is the senate caucus room in washington, d.c., and it's jammed this morning. jammed with spectators, newsman, senators and their aides. and the scene adds to the sense of drama as the senate opens with what is likely to become the most serious investigation it has ever made. an investigation of the american political system and the presidency itself. the name of the investigation is watergate because that is the name of the building where the democratic party offices were located, offices that were broken into last year. but the investigation that begins today will go far beyond that incident. the senators will also be asking questions about other acts of politic political sabotage in last year's presidential campaign. and they'll be asking about the money, secret cash, where it came from and how it was used. that is the senate committee, seven members headed by the senator of north carolina. >> that's nbc news correspondent off camera but doing like live color, live play by play