emmanuel is here, vice provost of global initiatives at the university of pennsylvania and nbc analyst with an eye on washington and an evolving response. doctor, how bad is it and when will we know how bad it is? >> we don't know how bad it is. it does appear to be more transmissible. whether it's more virulent, putting more people in the hospital who get the omicron variant, making more die, we don't know. it's mainly infected young people at the moment, not older people. it will probably take two to three more weeks to really figure that out. in addition, it's probably going to take that, if not more, to figure out whether the current vaccines really do -- how much protection they provide, and in addition, whether the oral medications that are now developed, the pfizer and the merck one, have an important effect against this variant. >> the white house is trying to do a dance. they've emphasized they'll follow the science. but they're also clearly trying to get ahead of any potential panic or other fallout and say, similar to what the doctor said, but in somewhat more sweeping terms

. >> shannon, nbc. reporter: hi. thanks for taking my question. i wanted to follow up on the timeline question one of my colleagues asked a moment ago. i understand the pharmaceutical companies say it would take several months for them to come up with a new vaccine, if that worst case scenario occurs. under this scenario where people would need to get another booster, another vaccine, what does the timeline look like for how long it would take to have enough doses to revaccinate the 300 million some americans who are already vaccinated? what's some of your planning for how that would work, how that worst case scenario would work. jeff: the few months estimate i discussed not only includes the prototype, the f.d.a., and c.d.c., authorization and recommendation, but also time to manufacture enough doses for the american public. that's an estimate. we are planning in that scenario not only for supporting the manufacturers through that process, if needed, but also for how would we rapidly get shots in arms. we know how to do that given the insurance w

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i want to bring in nbc news correspondent shaq brewster. here we are the first few hours of this trial going on here. what are the key moments for you so far? well, so far hallie, three jurors have been selected. two of them are men. one is a woman. now, these jurors are going to remain anonymous throughout the entire process, throughout the trial and through deliberations. but we are learning a bit about them as they're being questioned by attorneys from both sides. for example, we know one is a retired special-ed teacher. we know the other -- or another -- formerly played on a band that was touring the country at one point, a bass guitar player apparently. we're learning more about them as we're going throughout this process. we also got a major headline during the questioning of the juror. the defense attorney announcing that kim potter will take the stand once this trial is underway. we know opening statements begin december 8th. i want you to listen to the moment when we learned what they plan for her to say. >> well, let me tell you t

nbc bay area's cierra johnson in the courtroom this morning. she is live in san francisco now to break down what happened as he faced a judge for the first time. >> yes, good morning, laura. cameras were not allowed in the courtroom but i was sitting in as he faced his first hearing. i saw callaway dressed in that orange jump suit as he sat next to his public defender to be arraigned on the charges of possession of that firearm the night of the smash and grab there at union square. the judge did order callaway to be on house detention and electronic monitoring. he is also ordered to stay away from 233 gary street which is that louis vuitton store there at union square. when i asked callaway's attorney about whether the community should feel okay or feel secure in this judgment, this is what she had to say. >> absolutely. mr. callaway does not have a record of violent convictions. as stated, he is native to the bay area. he's a young black man. he has a 4-year-old child. the conditions are more than enough to ensure the public safety. again, he

joining me now is nbc news correspondent steven patterson, and announcer steve sands. he just sat down with woods for a one-on-one interview that will air on the golf channel today at 4:00 p.m. eastern. mr. patterson, you were on the air with me when we saw that crash, the day it happened, and it was horrific. i remember looking at that and surmising with you, how could everybody walk again after a crash like that, and not only is he walking, but he is swinging the golf club again. >> reporter: you felt that way watching this press conference today, katy. thfls this was a man who was joyful and seemingly jolly with reporters, but i think it's fair to say it was a little more candid than we thought it was. we've seen the physical process and the progress he's made through that video, and just over time in the last few months, but we really got a glimpse into his mental state over the course of this injury and recovery, and listening to him sort of wrestle with the legend that he is as a golfer and with wanting to golf again. we got the insight that he'll probably never

even though less than half the country now supports a vaccine mandate, according to our most recent nbc news poll. mike memoli is in minnesota ahead of president biden's visit to talk infrastructure. also with us is washington state secretary of state dr. amir shaw and also with me is dr. zeke emmanuel from the university of pennsylvania and he's also advised president biden on covid both during the campaign and since in office. mike, i want to start in minnesota with you. what's interesting is there is a choice the white house could make. essentially all of their current problems that they're trying to deal with in this country, inflation, it's about covid. covid itself, it's obvious. the supply chain. we can go on and on. it is all through the prism of covid. are we going to see more of that front-facing messaging out of the white house now considering with omicron on the horizon? >> reporter: i think, chuck. i think when you've heard from the president, from the white house officials since the emergence of the omicron variant just a few days ago, one of the real messages has been are

let's not gloss it over nbc and cbs too. when you have someone in your midst and creates unsafe working environment whether it's discrimination or hostile or sexual or whatever it is, you have to have a chorus of voices. what i hear from cnn right now is silence. it doesn't just have to be the women speaking up. i'm wondering where those people, those woke folk over there and that liberal bastion are defending the women who were gone after by one of the employees there. now, last hour, joe concha and i said could it have been a contract why they won't touch him? what in your contract says that it's okay to do immoral things? in fact, you have a morality clause in most talent contracts. i don't want to speak out of school. i don't know what's in chris cuomo, maybe they gave him an exemption because they didn't think he would be moral, i don't know. buff the fact of the matter is, he was still on the air last night. there's no mention that he won't be on the air tonight. i mean, i don't know. this is proof to me when you look

nbc's richard engel is also with me in london. new york city mayor bill de blasio just reinstated this mask advisory on the new variant. what are you hearing. >> reporter: the city is preparing. on friday the governor of new york declared a state of emergency, signing an executive order that will go into effect this friday limiting nonemergency, nonurgent medical procedures to help with hospital staffing as well as supplies. this is all in preparation, because no omicron variant has been confirmed in the u.s. but the governor says it's coming. the new york city health commissioner says it's probably just a matter of days before we have the first confirmed cases of the omicron variant here in new york city. also mayor bill de blasio announcing that mask advisory yesterday. people already have to wear them on public transit, in schools. this is encouraging people to do so at the grocery stores, doing holiday shopping. i talked to a new york city pediatrician this morning about how should people be receiving this news. she says we're

nbc's sam brock joins us now from miami with that angle on the story. hi, sam, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. many communities right now are taking a wait and see approach with the omicron variant, but there is fresh urgency from the federal reserve about the impact it may have on the economy, while here in miami a return to a cultural touch stone, some 100,000 visitors expected for art week. >> reporter: this morning a warning to businesses as they brace for omicron. jerome powell saying this could affect americans' willingness to work in person and lead to uncertainty and more inf uncertainty and more inflation so far, no confirmed u.s. cases of the highly mutated variant, the country's collective antenna's are raised >> very concerned. i'm both vaccinated and have the booster shot, but that doesn't mean i'll be protected >> reporter: two of the nation's largest cities, new york and los angeles, already issuing new advisories, urging residents to wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status. as some businesses consider vacc

with me now from san francisco is nbc news correspondent, jake ward. jake, good morning. you have been looking at a new study on what happens to women who receive or are denied an abortion. what did that study find? >> well, jose, the reason we are looking at this is that tomorrow in the supreme court, we're likely to hear all sorts of arguments. and they'll probably be on moral, religious, even political grounds. but it turns out that when you look at the science, the outcomes for women who are denied abortion are extraordinary. and that is because this huge study of more than 1,200 women found that the physical, mental, and financial effects on women who could not get the services they wanted went on and on. >> brittany moststiller spent her teen years here on the south side of chicago, living with her mother and raising two baby daughters. >> i learned a lot here and i became a mother here. had no clue what i was doing. >> reporter: but once she became pregnant with her third, she knew it would be too much. >> i called around to a few abortion clinics to terminate the

in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >>> 6:05. moderna ceo proving existing vaccines will be much less effective at tackling the omicron variant compared to other strains. it could take months before pharmaceutical companies could manufacture a new variant-specific jab at scale. >>> developing for you this morning, this is a warning for seniors here in the bay area. criminals have recently targeted older women, at least four east bay cities all of them walking along and then they lost thousands of dollars in jewelry. one of those victims, 95-year-old francis roberts said she was walking in berkeley on thanksgiving day when a car pulled up with a man and woman in the front seat and two children in the back. the woman got out of the car and put her necklace around her head as a distraction and stole her $2,500 ring and her necklace passed down by her mother. >> we had a pact that she would wear the chain until she died and then i would wear it when i died, and that was our way of keeping up with each other. >> over the past few days

joining me now, nbc news investigations correspondent, tom winter. take us inside the courtroom, tom. what was it like, what did you hear, what can we expect today? >> first, a little bit of news this morning, steph. looks like our first jury might be dismissed in this case. the jury had flagged to the judge yesterday that she had a trip, a surprise trip planned by this husband, starting on christmas eve and lasting for several days, including several days where a trial was going to be heard in this case. the judge asked if she had any flexibility in that, if the trip could be moved. it appears that that's not going to be the case. the judge doesn't want to delay the trial, wants to hold trial and hear testimony through the bulk of the holidays, with the exception of christmas and new year's eve. so it sounds like that jury is going to be off and an alternate will be placed. that's what's happening here this morning. as far as yesterday, you know, it's been about 19 years since i first covered my first trial at this courthouse behind me. and steph, t

sources tell nbc news that pfizer is pushing booster shots. right now only those 18 and older are eligible for an additional dose and the cdc is now adding summer skwrupb see when it comes to the boosters when it comes to anybody over the age of 18. the guidelines about timing still apply. six months since the full vaccination for pfizer or moderna, and two months for the johnson & johnson vaccination. >>> the next step in a controversial legal battle playing out in san francisco over a police shooting nearly five years ago. it followed a response for a domestic call. medical examiners determined his death was tied to internal injuries. boudin has charged the officer who is appearing in court today. >>> switching gears. it's 5:35. today could be another bombshell day in the fraud trial of holmes. she shared emotional testimony about being raped at stanford and abuse by her former boyfriend that was the operating chief at theranos. kris sanchez is live. this is certainly emotional. >> reporter: those revelations about elizabeth holmes were deep

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everyone may get a shot and only people over age 50 should get that shot separately, a source tells nbc news, pfizer intends to apply for boosters for teenagers ages 16 and 17. the shot is already approved for everyone age 18 and older, 16 and 17-year-olds kind of fell between the cracks on this they aren't authorized for boosters at this point they addressed the omicron in a news conference saying he did not believe there would be a feed for more lockdowns. >> this variant is a cause for concern. not a cause for panic. we have the best vaccine in the world. the best medicines, the best scientists and we're learning more every single day. and we'll fight this variant with scientific and knowledgeable actions and speed, not chaos and confusion. we have more tools today to fight the variant than we've ever had before. from vaccines to boosters, to vaccines for children, five years and older and much more. >> the president defended his restriction of travel from south african nations saying it will buy us more time to get more people vaccinated. >> i was quickly looking up. i didn't realiz

. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening with the world health organization warning of a very high global risk, president biden tonight says the omicron covid variant is cause for concern and not a cause for panic. here's what we know as we come on the air tonight. the variant first identified in south africa has now been discovered in more than a dozen countries, including canada, raising concerns about the speed of its transmission late today the cdc recommending booster shots for everyone 18 and over who is beyond six months of their initial doses. white house officials say it may be two weeks before key questions are answered, including whether the omicron variant can evade vaccines the president tonight reassuring americans that new lockdowns are off the table. our team is in place with the very latest, starting with gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight, with the new covid variant omicron spreading around the world, president biden says he's not considering any widespread u.s. lockdown. >> this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. >> re

nbc's correspondent anne thompson has those details. >> questions under oath about allegations of sexual harassment. >> if somebody were to sit on my lap, you know, i wouldn't push them off, you know, but as a general rule, no. >> reporter: then new york governor andrew cuomo was at times testy with investigators. >> do you understand what girlfriend means? >> girlfriend means different things to different people. >> reporter: denying that he asked lindsey boylan to play strip poker. never happened. >> reporter: disputing that he made an unwanted advance against anna at a wedding, posted in "the new york times." >> do you remember asking on any occasion, can i kiss you? may i kiss you? >> no, i don't remember that. >> reporter: video of cuomo and six of his accusers released by the new york attorney general's office. cuomo will be arraigned in january for allegedly groping an aide's breast at the executive's mansion in 2020. the story mirrors that of executive assistant brittany commisso. >> i remember his hand sliding right up my blouse. >> reporter: cuomo insists that never happened. >

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ginger conejero saab, nbc bay area news. >>> okay. be careful out there. our climate in crisis coverage continues. california's snow pack in the sierra nevada could be gone in 25 years. that's what a new study at the lawrence-berkeley national lab shows. the snow in the mountains will be replaced by rain. we have already seen a change in recent decades as the snow season has been shortened by about a month. at the same time, snow levels have moved up by 1,200 feet. no snow pack means california would be without spring and summer melt-off that fills rivers and streams. the state relies heavily on that for its water supply. jeff has been talking about this for a while now in our extensive coverage. >> yeah. and that really goes along with some new research we're seeing that we would get overall fewer storms. but when we do have those storms happening, they'd be those stronger atmospheric rivers that tend to be warmer. so hence, less snow pack. but the good news we want to remind you is new research came out this year and said if we all do our part, we contri

law enforcement told nbc news they are unearthing a specific area the search expected to take 7 to 10 days. >>> cyber monday still in full swing at least for next few hours. what we have learned about america's new spending habits now that the five-day shopping blitz hit the final stretch. >>> plus the mlb labor dispute, the state of negotiations, and the possibility of a major league baseball lockout as we inch closer to a critical deadline >>> but first, one of the best known designers in street ware fashion has died virgil abloh died yesterda after a private two year battle with cancer.e men's wear in 2018 he louis vitton hired him to head the men's wear in 2018 he handled his own label called off white five years earlier he styled a long list of stars he also worked closely with ye, the former kanye west. he earned a grammy nomination. as the artistic director for ye's 2011 album with jay-z the ceo released a statement after abloh died saying we're all shocked after this terrible news virgil was a man with a beautiful soul and great wisdom. virgil abloh was just 41 years old. look

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. >> there's a recent poll taken, nbc and washington post, and it shows opinions on abortions. amongst u.s. adults, 60% oppose hold roe v. wade. 20's fan percent want to overturn. it amongst democrats it's 82 to 11. amongst independents it's almost the same as it is among the united states population. 58 to 28. amongst republicans, a plurality in favor of overturning roe. but it's not that much. does any of that matter to the court? >> it matters in the sense that i think the republican party has been captured by a bunch of hard-core activists who have made this their mission in life. which judge, judges, are going to be put on the courts of appeal. which ones are going to push to the supreme court and the like. i do think that even those percentages ally a basic truth. which is that the republican party cares about that intensely. at least a segment of the republican party does. i do think it should cause everyone concern if the court is really going to take back roe v. wade. which is one of the few decisions that americans know by name. to just change it because the personnel

a letter from secretary lloyd austin, from -- obtained by nbc news. all members of the oklahoma army and air national guard, regardless of duty status, must follow the direction of the air force. for specific covid vaccine deadlines and requirements. failure to do so may lead to a prohibition on the members participation. conducted under tighter 32. may quote, jeopardize the member status in the national guard. which means, requested i'd. members of the oklahoma national guard defied the federal order that they have to get vaccinated, then they may very well lose their jobs as members of the national guard. that's with the rule means. spokes person for oklahoma's governor tells the oklahoma newspaper tonight that governor stitt maintains his position that the governors, of chief, are all members of the national guard while they are on title 32 status. meanwhile they are not actively deployed on a federal mission or training. so neither side is backing down. we called the oklahoma national guard today to see with this will actually mean for their membe

this is nbc bay area news tonight. i'm raj mathai. back from thanksgiving, all that love with your friends and family, but quickly we're hit by this sobering reality. this omicron variant. might lead to a lot of changes in the bay area in the next several weeks. perhaps more travel bans and a rollback of covid regulations by many of our local counties. here's where we stand now. there is a lot going on here. this variant is not here in the united states as far as we know. but health leaders are already preparing for the arrival. the first confirmed case of this variant was detected by three weeks ago in south africa. as of today, it's been detected in a dozen other countries. canada among them, hong kong and the uk. late today the cdc urging everyone 18 and older to get that booster shot because of the new variant. that bears repeating. if you are 18 and older, you are urged per the cdc to get that booster. it's a message that people in the bay area and health leaders are also echoing. people taking action today. the santa clara fairg

that gender fluid one world future comes courtesy of ford, oracle, amazon web services, comcast nbc in the nfl. all sponsors of this lovely vision of the future. can't wait to dive in. >> laura: i didn't like the talking fried egg. it will click on talking fried egg. i'm uncomfortable. a very uncomfortable. it freaks me out. going to have nightmares. raymond, thanks for giving me nightmares. really appreciated. >> happy to do it, as always. >> laura: there are children still suffering in the waukesha attack. six people there were murdered. why has the media moved on? dinesh d'souza, victor davis hanson bring us the inconvenient truth dictating the media blackout. stay there. >> one is the idea of contagion. whether it has anything to do with this accident last night and the killing of these people. speakers are going to see people trying to politicize it and they could be about gallery form which is a complete nonissue. >> when the truth about this waukesha attack didn't align with the predetermined narrative, the media stop talking about it. when they do, as cnn did yesterday, this wa

next on nbc bay area news tonight, what are we doing about it locally? the omicron variant, scientists say it has the potential to be the most contagious strain yet. our covid expert joins us to break down what you need to know and how the bay area is prepping for the potential spread. >>> also, elizabeth holmes on the stand and in tears. what she said today about being raped at stanford and the abuse she suffered at the hands of her long-time boyfriend and theranos sfo sunny balwani. >>> also, twitter founder jack dorsey is out, stepping down. why he says it's time to move on. >>> plus -- >> around 11:00 p.m. we heard growling. >> not one, but two mountain lions on one city in the peninsula.

in san francisco, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> what is the plan in the bay area? we mentioned health leaders are encouraging people to get the covid booster shot. that's what hundreds of people did today at the county fairgrounds in san jose. >> it is one more reason. i mean, i'm sure it's going to effect the u.s. eventually. if we have an opportunity to have access to things like this and protect ourselves, why not, right. >>> >> i think it's just a better chance. it's not a guarantee, but at least give me a better chance. >> playing the odds there. specialists say the omicron variant is different from the dangerous delta variant because it has more mutations and could potentially enter the body more easily. santa clara county public health officer dr. sarah cody says even though we don't have a lot of information about the variant yet, booster shots, masking and good ventilation are still proven weapons in fighting any variant of covid. now, our coverage continues on our website. we posted an explainer about omicron. go to nbcbayarea.com. click on the story righ

on nbc bay area. >>> this is a high-profile week at the supreme court. the justices will hear a direct challenge to roe v. wade. it's coming from mississippi. that state passed a law in 2018 to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, but that law was blocked by the lower courts. the high court will now hear arguments beginning wednesday. supporters say the law is intended to regulate, quote, inhumane procedures, and argued that a fetus is capable of detecting and responding to pain by that point. let's bring in our political analyst for more on this case. larry, nice to have you tonight. what's the difference about this case? why do we need to pay attention here in california? >> raj, it's the first challenge to roe v. wade since 1992, and this one has the possibility of going all the way through. remember, we have got a very different supreme court than we had then. in 1992. so this court's got three new justices, all nominated by president trump, all of them that have ruled one way or another against the roe v. wade case. so you put this -- of

in san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, scott. you should know that scott has been following this case from the beginning. you can get the latest scoop on the trial by following him on twitter. get live updates from inside the courtroom and the latest business and tech news as well. >>> well, a shake-up at the top of twitter. co-founder jack dorsey has stepped down as ceo of the social media platform. dorsey isn't offering any specific reasons, saying that twitter should break away from the founders. this is the second time he left the job. this time he said it's by choice. dorsey was twitter's first co-in 2007. he was forced out the followinger year and then returned in 2015. he will remain ceo of his other company, square. so who will replace him? 37-year-old parag agrawal. up until today he has been chief technology office, developing twitter's a.i. technology. he joined twitter a decade ago and got his ph.d. from stanford. dorsey described his trust as bone deep. >>> scott peterson has left death row in san quentin and has bee

nbc news reports this. quote, trump has backed seven candidates for state house or senate seats in michigan, an electoral battleground that he lost narrowly to joe biden. trump's focus on the state illustrates how determined he is to exact revenge on those who haven't supported his baseless claim that the last election was stolen from him. it's also a play to install allies who could be helpful should he run for president again in 2024 and find himself locked in another close race. the alarming attempts by republicans to dismantle democracy in broad daylight is where we start this hour with some of our favorite reporters and friends. msnbc political analyst and former congresswoman donna edwards is here. also joining us, charlie sykes, an msnbc contributor whose brilliant work we've already quoted from. and michigan secretary of state jocelyn benson is here. madam secretary, let me start with you. we talked to you about it. we ask you what's happening in michigan. does anyone from the biden administration c

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bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> good advice. bob, thanks. >>> pfizer and moderna's chief medical officers say that if a new vaccine is needed, its company can have it ready by early next year. they called omicron a dangerous looking variant but he said he's optimistic the company can fight it. >> i think we have cause to be hopeful. we've learned a lot about this virus in general. we've learned so much about how to deal with covid as well through simple measures and obviously through vaccines. but until we see how this virus now behaves in populations of older people, people with other co-morbidities, we really will not get a handle on exactly how severe the disease could be, i think. >> pfizer and johnson & johnson are also testing to see how their vaccines stand up to that new variant. >>> our coverage of this new mutation, the omicron, is on our website. we posted an explainer about the virus. we'll go to nbcbayarea.com, click on the story in our trending bar right at the top of the home page to find that. >>> twitter's ceo j

nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley from london. nbc news correspondent antonia hylton in boston for us. and msnbc medical contributor dr. erwin redlener, founding director of columbia university's national center for disaster preparedness. shannon, we just heard president biden talk about getting the vaccination and the booster and wearing masks, and no need for lockdowns. >> and it's going to be several weeks, possibly a month before we do know some of the answers to these questions about how transmissible it is, what type of severity of illness comes from this variant of the virus. and of course, as you were talking about there a moment ago, how well the vaccines are going to work against it. so with all of these questions still up in the air, the administration is using this as a moment to urge people to get vaccinated, to get a booster, with the assumption that the vaccines will still provide some protection and that particularly a booster could sort of give that hyperdrive to your immune system and provide you even more protec

. >> we've got every angle of this story covered with our nbc news team. shannon petty piece is at the white house and tony health inoutside the hospital in boston. matt bradley is tracking the global response from london, and on the medical front, dr. padalia. we heard from the president. first time since early november that he's given a speech totally dedicated to the pandemic. did we hear any surprises from the pandemic? is this the tone we were expecting? how is the white house viewing this today? >> you get a sense of the urgency within the white house around this new variant. it's really the most heightened alert we have seen from this administration since the previous administration. since the early days of the pandemic here inside the white house. the president, of course, as you mentioned, saying this is concern, not panic. saying he does not predict there are going to be lockdowns like we saw last year if people are vaccinated, and he added a new bit to this. if they wear their masks. calling on people to again wear masks indoors, in crowded sett

nbc's antonia hilton and nbc medical contributor dr. natalie azar is joining us. while we're waiting to see how bad this new variant can can be, the country and dr. hotez pointed this out, is still dealing with close to 90,000 new cases a day from the delta variant, this winter surge could be coming. tell us what you're seeing where you are. >> well, chris, here in the boston area, they've been dealing with a spike in covid cases here now for a couple weeks, and just on the friday after thanksgiving, massachusetts reported over 5,000 new cases, and mass general hospital behind me here, they're treating about 40 people with covid right now, and the system here is really strained. there's a pull on resources here. that's related to the continued covid cases and hospitalizations, but also really about covid-related impacts to the entire system here. what we're hearing from physicians and doctors that there's an immense amount of burnout among staff members in hospitals like this one. there's low staffing and some really critical departments, so this new variant is em

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. >> and nbc's jo ling kent has more from nbc's air hub just outside dallas, texas. >> reporter: we have some new numbers, $9.2 billion is how much was spent online over the long thanksgiving holiday weekend according to adobe, and of course that is good news for places like amazon. we're here at the biggest air hug in the country, the busiest air hub where they are transporting more than half a million packages every single day. cyber monday is upon us and today is expected to break records with $11 billion set to be shelled out online as retailers drop deals on biggest wish list items with the hope of bounding back after a dismal black friday turnout. with smaller discounts on fewer items, this year's foot traffic failed to reach pre-pandemic numbers and in a black friday first, shoppers actually spent less money online compared to last year. the sales slump comes after a slew of smash and grab robberies hitting high end and big box retailers across the country. in los angeles, a string of heists put police on tactical alert. >> i haven't been coming out as often like to this area, jus

nbc's tom costello at reagan national. the airlines were in the spotlight for the past couple of weeks. how did they do? >> reporter: absolutely. listen, we had the meltdowns of southwest and american and spirit in recent months, all of them seemed to perform very well over the last ten days or so. i just checked. we have very few cancellations and delays today. very few cancellations over the entire ten-day period. most people arrived at their destinations on time. the thanksgiving 2021 travel rush now in the rear view mirror with airlines celebrating their heaviest passenger loads in two years. on sunday, the biggest travel day yet, the tsa estimating 2.4 million flyers took to the skies. >> when you haven't seen family in two years, sometimes you mask up and do what you got to do. >> reporter: over the entire thanksgiving travel period, an average of 2 million passengers and more traveled each day. the most since 2019. to avoid a repeat of a mass cancellation that began over the summer, and extended into october, airlin

joining me now with more on this is nbc's ali vitali. ali, what more can you tell us about this investment? >> reporter: yeah, jose, this is an historic increase to the s.n.a.p. program and one that comes at a critical moment for the millions of families who access the program, including eric tucker's. >> get some cereal you want. >> reporter: the later it gets in the month -- >> we can afford them now. >> reporter: the further eric tucker's grocery budget has to stretch. >> if i can feed my family for 10, 12 bucks a night, that works. >> reporter: what happens when you get towards the end of the month? >> less snacks. >> reporter: the father of two boys in orange county, california, lost his home and job during the pandemic and joined s.n.a.p. to help feed his family. >> you want any noodles? >> reporter: it's forced some tough choices in the checkout line. what's that been like? >> humiliating. you've got to pick and choose your battle, who am i going to upset? myself, my kid, what kid? it's got going to be the fulfillment of a meal. >