Nightly News Full Broadcast - Nov. 27

Some nasty weather is happening right now tonight making the drive home miserable on one of the busiest days of the year. Wind and rain stopping traffic and delaying flights in the eastern half of the country. A complete ground stop at Newark Airport. Long queues stretching through major centers. of delayed flights amid rush to get home from vacation many planes going nowhere Unprecedented protests park across China violent clashes with police over coveted lockdowns and demonstrations getting bigger Notable new videos of protesters attacking their leaders and calling for democracy dividing the law enforcement police departments across the country are dangerously understaffed.

Former officers explain what led them to resign. We are one bullet away from death and one wrong from the prosecution on every call. We are just a few hours away from Cyber ​​Monday. Which items on your list will be the cheapest. tomorrow and which one you might get a better deal on later and on this NFL Sunday, the 98-year-old World War II veteran whose football dreams finally came true, I'm NBC Nightly News with Kate Snow, good evening, we still have leftover turkey, but Thanksgiving is in the rearview mirror and on this Sunday that means millions of Americans are rushing to drive or fly home in time for work and school tomorrow across the country at major airports long lines of passengers major traffic jams like this one from Nevada to California Overall, the weather could have been worse, but a storm system moved across the eastern half of the US today, bringing rain and wind that caused some delays at busy airport hubs.

In total, there were more than 4,600 flight delays nationwide at Newark. The New Jersey airport was the wind that was the problem today and that's where we found our Emily. From crowded roads to very, very busy runways the big holiday Exodus is testing some 55 million Travelers patients across the country an impressive 16 mile backup seen in Nevada and not much relief for those flying how early do you get here before your flight? Three hours of queues crept into airports in Austin, Orlando, Oakland and Philadelphia as staff tried to keep the atmosphere cheerful; More than two and a half million passengers were waiting to take the flight.

On what could be the busiest travel day of the year as improvements were made to The Summer Armageddon airport, today several thousand flights were delayed and dozens more canceled and with fewer planes in the sky, experts warn it is hard to rebook what your frustration level is right now. Frustrated by the communication with only a few hours notice because Turbo found out his flight back to Colorado had been cancelled. The problem was that they couldn't find a flight for me to return today, which would mean I would have to take time off work tomorrow to travel.

The rush developed just as the bad weather turned and travel times were not the best, causing a ground stop in Newark and delays at other major hubs. The same system that hit the Southern Plains and spawned a tornado in Louisiana today spread north with a wall of rain and meanwhile, wind gusts exceeding 50 miles per hour across the country, families are dealing with a different challenge, high winds and snow closing out the holiday weekend in the northwest, we made it through just as it was starting to snow and luckily it wasn't freezing yet as returning home brings travel headaches and Emily joins in to us now from Newark Liberty Airport.

Emily, when is the weather expected to improve? Storms Kate will remain here in the Northeast tonight, but tomorrow should be a calmer travel day, with hardly any flight cancellations or delays. Kate anticipated, that's good

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, Emily, thank you abroad. Now unprecedented protests are spreading across China and the crackdown is becoming more violent. It's hard to overstate how rare it is to see this kind of dissent in China. It's not just that protesters clash with police. over strict covid measures now some of them are denouncing their leaders and calling for democracy RAF Sánchez has more thanks anti-government slogans that were once whispered now shouted on the streets of Shanghai protesters in China's largest city crying with the party Chinese communist and down with Xi Jinping those chants are a red line in a nation where political protest is not tolerated we have to be brave this man says am I a criminal for holding a flower dragged by the police, but it is not clear if the arrests Can they stop boiling on their own?

The anger of nearly three years of harsh, coveted lockdowns is turning into something bigger: Protests this week in cities across the country and in the capital, students at this Elite Beijing University turn blank sheets of paper into a symbol of resistance that demands democratic rules of law and freedom of expression, experts say. of their demands have echoes of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests it is extremely unusual for people to openly gather on the party dance floor this has basically not happened since 1989, two weeks after their first face-to-face meeting with President Biden Xi Jinping now faces a crisis at home, the question is how he will respond.

She had tried to relax her coveted zero rules to help the economy, but with cases now at a record level, local authorities have tightened restrictions once again, with protesters blaming those restrictions for stopping the fire. Blaze, okay, people who have lived through what seems like an endless lockdown and are now taking their anger to the streets. The referee joins us now from London. We understand that a British journalist was arrested by Chinese police. That's right Kate, the BBC says one of its journalists has been arrested. arrested while covering protests in Shanghai they say he was released after several hours but was beaten and kicked by police officers okay okay Ralph Sanchez noting that for us former President Donald Trump is facing tonight a growing reaction, even from members of his own party. are criticizing the current 2024 Republican presidential candidate for dining with controversial musician Kanye West along with a known white supremacist Ali Vitale has another reckoning tonight for the Republican party after former President Donald Trump dined with a white supremacist at his Mar- The A-Lago club Trump is really impressed with Nick Fuentes, rapper Kanye West took Fuentes, a neo-Nazi, to dinner with Trump, who says he didn't know him afterward.

Silence from Republican leaders. The strongest condemnations coming from those Republicans are probably to defy. Trump in 2024. I hope that one day we won't have to respond to what former President Trump has said or done in this case. It is important to respond. It is very disturbing that former Trump ally Chris Christie calls this another example of Trump's terrible lack of judgment. He issued a statement and said that he did not know who those people were, but in any case, you know that my attention will be focused on investigating the current administration. It comes as Republicans are set to take control of the House and increase oversight.

We're going to investigate 40 to 50 different things, including Covid-19 funding and the US withdrawal from Afghanistan - veterans deserve this first and foremost - plus more controversial topics like Hunter Biden's laptop, but while lays out the Republican Party's game plan, who will lead the charge? Let's Get America Back on Track Top Republican Kevin McCarthy Works to Win 218 Votes Team Needs to Become Speaker of the House A Handful of Republicans Promising They'll Never Vote for McCarthy Hardens Their Task, Yet the Fact is what is the alternative here. I think he'll get the 218th vote on Jan. 3, but even as Washington looks ahead to 2023, a key race remains in 2022.

Georgia voters flocked to the polls this weekend in that Marquee Senate runoff, more of 90 thousand votes already rival the November midterm early voting figures. This is still essential even though the Democrats will already maintain control of the Senate and Ali joins me now from Washington, so in addition to everything you explained, there is still a month left until the Democrats control both the House and the Senate. A long list of things to do before closing the book on this Congress, election reforms, same-sex marriage protections and government funding, all things Democrats hope to address in just the next month.

Kate, okay, Ali Vitale, for us, we're just a few hours away from the start. With Cyber ​​Monday potentially the biggest online shopping day ever, the holiday shopping season is already off to a flying start for online retailers, but if you're getting ready to shop, what should you look for? tomorrow and what should I expect to buy? Brian Chung breaks it all down after a record-breaking Black Friday with online sales surpassing $9 billion for the first time. Shoppers are expected to spend even more on Cyber ​​Monday. Cyber ​​​​Monday is approaching. I'm just waiting for them to shell out an estimated $11.2 billion online tomorrow, the biggest day of online sales in history.

It has surpassed Black Friday as the biggest shopping day of the season and shows no signs of slowing down. Walmart is cutting prices on airpods. Best Buy offers great deals on TVs. Gap advertising. With 50 off most purchases and Amazon taking 30 percent off American Girl dolls and select Legos, we expect Cyber ​​Monday to hit peak discounts, particularly in the toys and electronics category, and with inflation raising prices 7.7 percent compared to last year. Parents like Sarah Heimer need those offers. Do you feel like you have to make compromises? I feel like I've cut back in the sense that I'm checking my neighborhood pages to get some free toys and give away old toys and just recycle so I can spend more money on the big items they really want, experts say, use comparison websites of prices like Google Shopping or camel camel camel to ensure you are really getting a deal and advise you to probably get the best deal on electronics and toys tomorrow, but if you won winter clothing, wait until the new year the question if you missed tomorrow, there will still be offers in the coming weeks.

Thank you so much. Enjoy the rest of your vacation that the consumer can expect. To see a pretty competitive landscape in terms of pricing over the next few weeks as we approach deadlines to get it before the holidays, the race for deals is far from over Brian Chung NBC News New York we're back in a moment with former police officers talking about why so many are leaving the force plus the incredible rescue of two people who fell through the ice on a frozen pond, all caught on body camera camera. Camera footage shows the frantic moments police rescued two people who fell into a frozen pond.

Watching this, police can be seen rushing to save a nine-year-old boy and a woman who fell through the ice into the freezing waters. They throw a rope to the two of them and then pull them out to safety. Incredible officials say he fell through the ice when the boy walked on the ice to retrieve a ball and the woman went after him to try to save him. Tonight we're going to take a closer look at policing in America, specifically why so many veteran police officers are choosing to resign from the force leaving many departments across the country with serious staff shortages tonight our Ron Allen talks to former officers about why they chose to turn in their badges did you always want to be a police officer when you grew up always yeah definitely Dusty Steel served 11 several years just as cheap in the little Blue Mound Texas Police Department um I guess it's about time , but in September of this year he had had enough, turned in his badge and stormed out of a city council meeting, why did you decide to resign in my situation? um budget, budget issues, um, we had been passed over for raises for the last three years and, um, not only were there no raises, you know our budget was cut by about 20 percent, the mayor defended the cuts by saying that all city departments were affected, but that's how it was.

It's not just about the money, he says, but also about the lack of recognition. The job changedover the years. Yes, it seemed to become more difficult for police officers. Media scrutiny and when an officer makes a mistake, that officer might make a mistake. be murdered or end up in jail for the rest of your life in the years since George Floyd's death and other high-profile incidents protests demanding police reform and the coveted pandemic studies show police staffing was reduced by by three percent Resignations nationally increased by 42 percent in 2021 compared to 2019. More than a dozen departments we contacted said they were understaffed and many were facing retention and recruiting challenges.

I didn't feel like my victims were getting the justice they deserved. I started. I wouldn't call it going downhill, but mentally. I was, you know, like Joy Kohangi disappeared from law enforcement after 15 years in northern Wisconsin and many sleepless nights. Well, there are many cases where prosecutors didn't follow through with what you did after you made an arrest. Yes, that became very frustrating. So when I wake up, I wonder why I'm doing this. So if I can't change the job, I need to change. You know, I was putting a lot of effort, I guess, into trying to do decent things, but not much.

I don't know much in return I guess not much, not even just the slightest. You know, thank you in life. Jody May turned 20 in suburban Illinois and retired earlier than expected last December. She says she found racially charged protests especially discouraging because her family is multiracial. My wife is mixed race I have mixed nieces and nephews you know they called me racist and they called me you know other things and I hope you die and all that kind of stuff and you know it hurts me a little bit would you encourage young men? and women to become officers.

Yes, I am one of the biggest supporters of getting young people to be police officers. Tyrone Dennis left the Atlanta police force after 16 years, like many retired police officers, to seek a higher-paying job related to law enforcement. He is public safety. principal of schools in St Louis and runs a non-profit organization that tries to improve police relations with the community, you will have to go to some of these communities and recruit people within the community to be police officers, we need to go downtown and anywhere to recruit people from different walks of life, a recipe for policing he believes could keep more police on their toes and help reinforce the country's Thin Blue Line Ron Allen NBC News when we return why an entire stadium gave a tribute unforgettable to this WWII veteran tonight there is good

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about honoring Our Heroes and the surprise for a WWII veteran who had been waiting his entire life Fit For A Hero, the Buffalo Bills and thousands of fans celebrating World War II veteran Bill, oh my goodness, honoring the 98-year-old earlier this month when he watched his favorite team.

Play in person for the first time What were your feelings when you saw yourself on that Jumbotron screen? Oh, I couldn't believe it and there I am and I filled the entire screen. It was a dream come true for God, who joined the Navy. Corps in 1942 serving overseas in Asia her daughter Susan says her father was almost moved in Tears by the emotional tribute to his service. There are no words to express how grateful we all are. We are right. It gives me great pride. Really a great pride to say that this man. my father did what he did but also knowing that he was with a group of men who really fought for our country the surprise happened after the Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight group found out about Bill's service, come on, my goodness, they partnered with the Buffalo Bills. to take him to a game that day.

Neighbors from his town in Western New York showed up for a farewell he will never forget. We even had a Cadillac limousine come here. What an exciting experience and now this generation lives in a free place. world because you saved the world so I can't believe this is all for me it is a humbling experience for a member of the greatest generation and joy as a hometown honors the bravery of an extraordinary man you are a hero to many people . I did what I had to do, I did what I had to do. Bill will be 99 next month and he says his favorite player is Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, and of course I'm staying here for Sunday Night Football which starts immediately after this

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