Christmas with fears that travelers will deepen the crisis. Plus, reaction t a Supreme Court decision involving how many can worship together. To the rescue, the militarys new mission stepping up to help hospitals out of rooms and resources in the heartland. The effort to feed families this thanksgiving long lines across the country and a shocking new report, 1 in 6 without enough to eat. Black fridays best deals and a shopping season like no other, the one simple thing you can do to get the best buys online. And thanking health care heroes, the outpouring of love and kindness bringing smiles this holiday. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and happy thanksgiving im kate snow in for lester tonight and we begin with late breaking news, President Trump continuing to insist he won the election taking questions for the First Time Since the election and saying hes not ready to concede but the president also pledging to leave the white house if as expected the Electoral
primary contest. how people are reacting. plus, the city of new york ramping up security for the big party in sometimes square. how tensions over fighting in the middle east are playing a major factors. russia launching its largest aerial assault on ukraine since the start of the war. the images coming in as ukraine pleads for more military aid. we re beginning the hour with the new legal showdown over donald trump s eligibility to even be on the ballot. maine s secretary of state issuing a decision last night that the former president can t be a candidate in the primary, because he violated the constitution s insurrection clause. the weight of the evidence, all of the evidence made clear that mr. trump was aware of the by a multi-pronged effort to delegitimize a democratic election, the election of 2020, and then chose to light a match on january 6th. we should note on the same night we got that news from maine, the state of california made the op sid decision sayi
together with you broadcasting balloons. rachel: that s right. if you get a little chilly, i have a heat or here, will. will: is it on? pete: i don t know why you haven t turned it on yet. rachel: because it s been cozy. pete: have you been to the great american ballpark in cincinnati? will: no. never been to cincinnati. pete: never been? will: have you been to cincinnati? everybody acts, like, wow. pete: dial up a diner for will in cincinnati, and you ve got to have chili for breakfast. rachel: that sounds good right now. pete: on noodles. will: let s do a list of american cities by population and find the biggest city you haven t been to. want to do that? i don t think cincinnati is the biggest city we ll find out, let s do the three of us, what s the biggest american city you ve never visited? @. pete: it s going to be a small i know i ve been to all 50 states, multiple times over. will: i ve never been to. pete: i don t know if i ve been to big cities in maine. yes, i
starts right now. today in d.c., national mall expected to be flooding for march for israel. call for ceasefire in gaza. fuel has been cut off. president biden will jetted off to crime-ridden san francisco ahead of face-to-face meeting with president xi. you clean up your house. it was obvious they were cleaning because of optics and not security. donald trump jr. testifies in the fraud trial for former president donald trump. james is beaming and glaring. the protesters. wedge of marchers pusheds into a line of officers in riot gear. officers push back and upon respond with teargas. ainsley: wokeness backfires. many say no thanks to macy s parade many say they have had enough. todd: begin our final hour with this, happening today, 100,000 plus will gather at the national mall to march for israel. ainsley: griff jenkins joins us from the national mall, what is going on? griff: it is a big event. let me give you a look, you can see the capitol thr
the national mall expected to be flooded in d.c. with up to 100,000 protesters march for israel. the goal of the administration is to show solidarity with the hostages taken as well as condemning anti-semitism. brian: head off to san francisco head-to-head meet with president xi. clean up the house. it was abundantly cleaning because of optics and not security. steve a united airlines flighted headed from los angeles to canada made an emergency landing in san francisco last night after an alleged bomb threat. brian: 148 passengers, 8 crew members. unclear if any of these passengers were arrested. mike ought to know better and republicans thinking about supporting this ought to know better. same government shut down showdown this time with a new speaker. mike johnson unveiled a two step plan to avoid a partial shutdown before friday. steve: holiday huddle for the kelce brothers announcing a christmas album. give it up. when when. [harmonizing] [laughter]