Winter weather hitting at the heart of the holiday travel rush as many start heading home. A winter chill settling in for 50 million people from Utah to upstate New York. The Chicago area hit with several inches of snow.Weather there bringing airports to a standstill with ground stops and delays lasting hours. >> Stressful. >> More than 1,000 cancellations at O'Hare airport.This family trying to get to Miami in time for a cruise. A surprise for their mother's birthday. >> It's been terrible.Uh, we woke up. ...

There's good news tonight. So often the good news doesn't get as much attention as the bad. So every Saturday we highlight the many people who spread joy and love.And these are just some of those stories this week. Just listen to those strings showing their love and their talent to celebrate his 55th birthday. I'm rarely surprised >> at this firehouse in Florida.A reunion these heroes have been waiting for. That's Bandit, who was rescued by Clearwater Fire and Rescue when he was home alone. Luckily, Bandit ...

The holiday shopping blitz is officially in full swing. What are you hoping to get for the holidays. >> A robot toy.It's been good. I'm hoping to get maybe like a Apple Watch. >> And shoppers are poised to break records.Sales were up 4.1% on Black Friday compared to last year. The popular purchases, jewelry, and apparel. >> Well, the Super Bowl, as we like to call it, uh was was very strong yesterday.We saw a lot of traffic, but more important than traffic, I think, are bags. >> And this holiday season, ret ...

Tonight, the FDA claiming without evidence that CO shots are linked to at least 10 children's deaths and vowing new vaccine rules because of it. In an internal memo obtained by NBC News, the director of the FDA's vaccine division, Dr. . Venet Prasad, alleges no fewer than 10 deaths reported to the agency between 2021 and 2024 were related to the COVID vaccine.>> It appears 10 deaths of children from the COVID shot. We're going to make that information available uh that those cases were reviewed. >> The memo ...

This was the moment Ukrainian sea drones launched their attack on a pair of oil tankers in the Black Sea, tracking their targets through the icy waters before slamming into them and self-destructing in a ball of flame. >> Drone attack. Drone attack.Please help. >> This distress call shared with NBC News by a Turkish maritime tracking site. No crew members were harmed.Turkish authorities say the drones are called Sea Babies and they're the size of small speedboats. Ukraine says both tankers are part of Russi ...

escalating the pressure on Venezuela over its drug trade. American military might and personnel positioned in the Caribbean. And President Trump posting a menacing message today to all airlines, pilots, drug dealers, and human traffickers.Please consider the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety. The Venezuelan government said today it will not accept orders, threats, or interference from any foreign power. President Nicholas Maduro, who makes frequent TV addresses, has not a ...

Family members of the two women killed in this Thanksgiving fire along Mosswood A in Orange opening up about their heartbreaking loss. The Essex County prosecutor identifying the victims as sisters Pojani and Frania Flurry. Investigators say the two women died while trying to save their disabled father from the burning home.He survived along with six other family members who managed to escape. Sadly, the sisters never made it out. this neighborhood in disbelief over this holiday tragedy.>> I just understand ...

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In Ingram, Texas, the pride is clear for a team and the town they're fighting for. >> Whatever comes our way, we're going to take it on head on. >> Which is exactly what head coach Tate Damasco did July 4th.When rescue helicopters landed at Ingram High and the Guadalupe River raged amid a devastating flood, the team found a new game plan. >> We knew we had to go out and help our community. Senior Chris Alva using his dad's backhoe, clearing bridges for army trucks to reach Camp Mystic.Teammates tackling cle ...

Yeah, Morgan. Two different uh set of circumstances in the Caribbean with very different outcomes. We'll start with the case of what was the missing woman from the from the cruise and Evans as identified by authorities and simply saying that she seemed to have missed a connection after an excursion on a bus, but that she checked into a hotel on the French side of the island.They were able to connect with her after suspecting that they had identified her earlier, but just wanted to make sure and confirm that ...