>> mary alice, thank you. >>> now, to the case of the men who murdered ahmaud arbery. after a nearly all white jury convicted them of murder every. and today, arbery's mother says she is giving thanks that justice was done. abc's alex presha has been following the trial from brunswick, georgia. >> reporter: in a case that in many ways has defined this brunswick community, this verdict is the thanksgiving miracle so many here hoped for. all three defendants found guilty of murdering ahmaud arbery. >> we the jury find the defendant, travis mcmichael, guilty. greg mcmichael, guilty. william r. bryan, guilty. >> reporter: and for ahmaud's mother wanda, who spent nearly two years fighting for justice, hearing that verdict meant victory. and today, she's full of gratitude. >> today is thanksgiving and i'm really thankful. my family and i are very, very thankful for the verdict. >> reporter: arbery's father marcus spoke to abc news just hours after his outburst in the courtroom. >> guilty. >> oh! joy. when i heard that guilty verdict on the one that pulled the trigger, i real

alice parks explains a federal grand jury indicted bannon for contempt of congress. steve bannon is now facing federal charges for contempt of congress after defying a congressional subpoena from the select committee investigating the january 6th siege of the capitol once a top advisor to former president trump. he's facing one charge for failing to testify and another for refusing to hand over documents requested by the committee. no one in this country no matter how wealthy how powerful is above. the law. bannon is a central figure in the investigation into the events of that day house. gators pointing to his own words the day before the attack. oh hell is going to break loose tomorrow. you have made this happen and tomorrow it's game day. bennett has said that he's refused. to cooperate at the direction of former president trump citing executive privilege of president's right to have confidential communications, but the justice department in its announcement made specific reference to the fact that bannon had been a private citizen since leaving the white house in

reporter: mary alice parks, abc news, capitol hill. liz: this is a big win for president biden and the democrats. u.s. representative for san rafael jared huffman was in washington for that vote and he is joining us live this morning. thanks for being here. i know it was a late night for you. take us behind the scenes. what do you believe happened in those final hours that led this to pass? rep. huffman: there is an old saying, you don't want to watch sausages being made. yesterday was a perfect example of that. nobody likes the messy process that we have been going through, but we got a good outcome. the reason it has been difficult is no congress in modern history has tried to do more because we must tackle these problems with such a major -- a razor thin majority. it takes constant effort behind the scenes and a lot of leadership that the public never really sees, but i am pleased that we got there. in addition to the traditional infrastructure, the infrastructure of the 21st century that we will start building because of this new l

. >> reporter: last october, when we met mary alice soctt, the executive director of portland buy local, the outlook for the city's local and independent businesses did not look good. >> we surveyed members during the height of what would normally be the busy season, and about a third of them said they were considering permanently closing. >> reporter: considering closing because the summer of 2020 was not really summer at all. normally, it's the season that helps carry businesses through the slower winter months, but july and august of last year brought only a fraction of the normal traffic to portland's downtown businesses, and sales were down substantially. >> everything from restaurants to real estate have been really suffering. they've seen a decline in revenue, sometimes 80%, 90%. >> reporter: and that was before the winter. but, as vaccines arrived in early 2021, so too did additional financial support for businesses. and late last spring, as in the rest of the country, covid restrictions in maine started to ease. and portland is a much different place than it was a year ago. >>

alice cain is here to show you how to put together a nutritious meal. >> we have dollar general's better recipes, showcases three today but there's a whole line of them. they're a great way to lighten up some of the holiday classics or really any recipes year round. so let's start with our entree. >> we all think of the same options for thanksgiving. but this is an alternative. >> this is a great alternative. the pecan crusted salmon. so this salmon is a great lean protein to add to your holiday menu offering. what we're going to do is coat it with a really yummy honey mustard glaze and then we'll add some crushed pecans on top. >> so we can't just have an entree. have to go to the side dish. what do we have here? >> this one is so good. a green bean casserole. instead of a cream based soup we're going to make our own homemade cream sauce. by doing that we're able to control the saturated fat, the sodium and adding in walnuts. adding in those healthy fats in a really good crunch to this dish. >> now we're ready for dessert. a sweet twist on apple pie. >> the pear and apple crisp focusing

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mary lou, i have indicated repeatedly that present alice out as lost legitimacy that he needs to step down. rather than drag his country in the civil war, he should move in the direction of the political transition. the view and the white house was as sad, is essentially finished and he is finished near term. and our concern in the white house is that he may be finished before the president of the united states says he should be finished. therefore, we need to get the president up to make the statement to be on the right side of history before it happens. ah, this was quite a turnaround for a president who had previously managed to project a very positive image to western leaders. he speaks english. he's a handsome man, wedding suit than the thigh, and therefore one was an official used to come to him before the war. they said to him, well, as you are western educated, he was didn't indicate that he stuck in the left for 2 years. and then the west thinks that's why he is good. that's why his flexible, that's why he's enlightened because he is was denied, means he's like us. you know,

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