They now share and the unique reason they have to give thanks, winging it. A plane stuck on a runway for hours, passengers determined to get home brave extreme cold to push it onto the taxiway, making for one unusual takeoff, wednesday, november 26, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Good to see you all as we get ready for thanksgiving. We like to talk about what we have to be thankful for. Look at this shot. Some people in our green room. These are people who have a unique reason to give thanks. They also have a unique bond. All of them are ebola survivor es. To see them and the bond they share is really touching. They have a unique reflection on this thanksgiving season. Many of them had not met each other before this morning. Well talk to them all. Look forward to that. First something not to be thankful for, this bad weather. Its already caused major disruptions for millions of travelers in the east heavy rain and snow, storms in the midwest and the Pacific Northwest as well. We have got it all covered this morning from the roads to the airports, well begin with the man of the hour, mr. Roker and the all important travel forecast. Weve got a lot going on to talk b. Lets get you started, show you whats happening. Weve got winter storm watches and warnings, stretching from the mountains of the carolinas all the way on up into new england, and in between. You can see it now. And heres the snow just starting to fire up in parts of West Virginia and western virginia, heavier showers and thunderstorms along the coast, its warmer. So this is where were going to see the heavier snow accumulations. Basically, back through the mountains of West Virginia, pennsylvania, 3 to 6 inches of snow by late tonight. But as you move up to the north, we are looking for heavier amounts. In new york city the big metropolitan centers 1 to 3 inches. Inland up to a foot and a half or more into new england. So airports we start things off. Well show you the airport delays, boston, rain and wind, d. C. , minneapolis, light snow. There is a clipper moving through the midwest thats going to bring rain and snow. Seattle, occasional rain. Flight aware already saying there are over 460 flight cancellation, almost 2,000 delays and the northeast roads as you get along i90 look for snow, i80, icy mix, i95 mostly a wet ride. And as you head down south its rain along the coast, i81 look for a mix of rain and snow. Then weve got this clipper to talk about. Light snow along i70, look for a mess along 55, i90 will be snowy as well, guys. But the good news is, this is going to be two fast moving systems, by tomorrow morning everything is pretty much high and dry. Al, thanks very much. 41 million americans expected to drive to their thanksgiving destinations. How are the roads looking . Dylan dreyer is driving on a stretch of highway in virginia now. Good morning to you. Good morning. Me and 41 million of my closest friends traveling this thanksgiving weekend, aaa predicts this will be the highest volume of travelers on the roads since 2007. A big help, the gas prices, the lowest they have been on thanksgiving for the past five years. Not helping, though, the weather. Whether its the rain or the snow, they are both going to cause problems on the roads today. We are on i81 outside of winchester, virginia, and we have seen now the rain change over to snow. And the snow is starting to get very slushy on the streets. Its accumulating around us and on the roads were going to see conditions deteriorate. There is traffic starting to build. If you dont want to deal with the snow, you need to hug the coast. Traveling along i95 where well see mostly rain. You go inland or up in new england, and most of the major roads will be dealing with snow today. Thats the massachusetts turnpike, thats 90, 84, thats 87. Those roads will be covered in snow. Especially later on this afternoon. An aspect i like if you are traveling, where the traffic is starting to build on the roads. It shows you all of the roads around you and where some of the easier passing lanes are and maybe you can change your route based on. That also shows you live cameras so you can get a view of this long road ahead. Matt. All right, dylan keeping her hands at 10 and 2. We are impressed. The storms have led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights nationwide and we could see more as the snow begins to intensify. Tom costello is at Reagan National airport for us this morning. Hi, tom. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. A rain event here at the moment but thats going to be turning into snow as we move north as you know. One of my favorite websites flight aware. What airports are doing and how their delaysen mounting. Boston logan is problematic, you look at whats happening at washingtons airports, new yorks airports, also chicagoohare, atlanta, these are the critical airports to watch today. Hundreds of cancellations likely and even as we know delays mounting flew the day. Also of importance, the pentagon is releasing restricted air space along the coast in the gulf of mexico, giving that up to commercial aircraft. Thats going to speed things along as well. One other Important Note here. The washington, d. C. Area has now gone to satellite approach, its called next gen. Washington, d. C. Is joining houston and dallas and seattle and a few others to speed up the flights coming into the airports based on satellite navigation, not radar, thats going to be allowing for a much smoother and orderly decent. Youll feel like youre sliding doung to the airport rather than stepping down. Everybody we talked to said thats going to make a huge difference as it rolls out. One of my favorite travel trips, websites i checked out is fly. Faa. Gov. You can look at whats happening at every individual airport, then see, for example, a wind delay at ohare, or a snow delay at boston, it will tell you the exact number of minutes that were seeing delays or cancellations, and when they expect to see things get back up to normal. So i would try that website as well. Back to you. Thank you. In other news for a second straight night protesters have taken to the streets across the country lashing out against a grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case. And this morning for the first time publicly were hearing from officer who shot and killed that 18yearold. Today craig melvin has the latest on this. Good morning. Reporter matt, good morning to you. It started as a largely peaceful protest here in front of the Ferguson PoliceDepartment Last night. After a few hours, it turned. A crowd of protesters a half mile down the street in front of city hall here they tried to flip a police car and set it on fire. They were not successful. But there were 45 people arrested in and around ferguson last night, down considerably from what we saw the night before. Its not just here. The protests, sometimes violent, continue all over this country. Protesters returned to the streets of ferguson for the second night 18 row, some sending a message. Others trying to find Common Ground with police. Were here for peace. Reporter a few resorting to violence. We made 44 arrests. The majority were misdemeanors. We did may four felony arrests, unfortunately use of a weapon and the others assaults against Police Officers. You have a generation of people who have been hurt and nobody has attempted to reach them. Thats what you have. Broken people break things. Reporter from miami to portland thousands protested, mostly peacefully. Across the country, shutting down major highways in new york city, and looting businesses in oakland. Tensions flaring in minneapolis as a car ran over a female protester. As Business Owners cleaned up from monday nights chaos. Im so sorry. Reporter some wondered why it had to happen. Where were the police, where were people that said they had this under control . Reporter missouris governor responded increasing the number of National Guard troops from 700 to 2200. This community deserves to have peace. Reporter in an interview Darren Wilson talked publicly for the first time about his struggle with Michael Brown. Like a 5yearold holding on to hulk hogan. Hitting wilson in the face then after a short chase wilson said brown turned and started moving toward him. At that time i gave myself another mental check, can i shoot the guy, you know, legally can i. And the question i answered myself was i have to, if i dont he will kill me if he gets to me. Im ready for to the end. Reporter in ferguson, brianna says her family sympathizes with protesters. Seek justice peacefully the right way. But dont turn on our community. Reporter that is the sentiment i heard a lot of here in ferguson the past days. We should note, two fbi special agents shot overnight about five miles from where im standing right now. We are told that at this point officials do not believe that is in any way connected to the unrest here, but they are checking it out. Craig melvin, thank you. Michael browns parents are with us now along with their attorney. Good morning to all of you. What is the last 36 hours been like for you . Sleepless. Very hard. Heartbreaking and unbelievable. I remember you said once leslie, you feel there would only be justice if there had been an arrest and conviction. Michael, you said you believe that justice would prevail. You feel now that justice has been lost to you . No. Just going to keep fighting and pray for a better outcome. What do you hope happens . A conviction. Youre hoping he is pursued in federal court . Yes. You really made a point as this was about to be released, this grand jury news, to call for peaceful protests. Unfortunately that hasnt always happened. And there was a video that circulated about monday night leslie, i want to show it to you. In the video we see your husband what appears to be stirring up the crowd. Take a look and i want to ask you about it on the other side. I know you were there in the crowd and this is just after the news came out. What do you have to say about that . That he was just emotional. I dont feel that he stirred the crowd t. Crowd was already stirred. Its been stirring since august 9th. I wouldnt hold him accountable for that. That comes from a higher power elected official and its called the governor. Can you explain what you mean by that . They stirred is the pot. They had everyone on edge, in an uproar and had the city on edge, basically, since august 9th. You dont feel that made a bad situation even more volatile . Just emotion and nobodys condoning violence. You lose your child in this manner and somebody put video camera on you in the raw emotion, who knows what you would do if this is your child laying on the ground for four hours and you find out that the killer isnt going to be brought to trial. Mr. Brown, did you watch the interview with officer wilson . No. Would you want to watch it . Yeah. Ill get a chance to watch it. Hes claiming that your son was the instigator, that he punched him, reached for his gun, came back charging toward him. Does that seem possible to you . No. Why not . For one my son, he respected law enforcement. Two, who in their right mind will rush or charge at a Police Officer that has his gun . Sounds crazy. He used some descriptive words saying your sons facial expression was angry, that he looked like a, quote, demon, the officer felt like a 5yearold holding on to hulk hogan. He had never seen anybody look as crazy as your son. What do you think when you hear those words . Unbelievable. Everybody should read his statements, read the description. You have young people of color be killed they try to demonize and play on the stereotypes and try to put the Police Officer who killed our children on a pedestal. Its just not right and we have to fix this system. Thats why you see everything going on in ferguson and around the country. Insult to injury, really. What do you do now . Are you considering a civil lawsuit . Whats the next step . We plan on exhausting every legal avenue possible to get them some sense of justice. Obviously the prosecutor didnt do what we really felt should have been done by indicting the Police Officer, and so we plan on having whether its civil, federal charges to get justice, and remember, what were asking supporters to do is to not just make noise, lets make a difference, lets pass the proposal for the mike brown law with video body cameras for all Police Officers and every American City so we wont have to see this play out over and over again all across this country. Its good to have you here. Thank you for spending your time wisconsin. Appreciate it. And now heres matt. Thanks very much. Natalie with developments abroad in the fight against isis. Seven suspected militants were killed in pakistan, Officials Say the missiles were fired from a u. S. Drone. Meantime, two minnesota men face terror charges after allegedly trying to travel to syria to join isis. One man is in custody following his arrest at the airport in may. The other man slipped out of the country and hasnt been seen since. A highspeed chase comes to a halt when a driver hits a dead end. This happened tuesday in oklahoma city. After 20 minutes of eluding police the suspect ran out of pavement, the chain link fence separated so the driver backed up, got a running start and tried to plow through it and you see that didnt work so. The driver then took off on foot and after a short chase he was tackled by a National Guardsman and police. The suspect faces a last of charges. When a car gets stuck in the snow or ice the right thing to do, get out, give it a push. When it happens to a huge airplane apparently i guess if youre in siberia the same rule applies. Passengers on a flight there did just that on tuesday with temperatures dipping to 52 below zero, dozens of passengers pushed on the planes wings and hey, it worked. Eventually the plane took off for what was an otherwise uneventful flight. Thats called the boarding process. Try that here at home. Thats not going to work through this weather. They run and get back up. That was hard part, getting back on the plane. Boy, its going to be a busy travel season. Absolutely is. And weve even got rough weather in the Pacific Northwest. Were looking at windy conditions, rain along the coast and mountain snows, just to the east of there. Beautiful weather in southern california, sunny and 85 degrees in los angeles, look for the snow coming across with the clipper in the upper midwest. Your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. 7 18. Happy wednesday. Thanksgiving eve to you. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s. On our way to the 70s later on. Its going to be unseasonably warm for today and tomorrow. Staying nice and dry. And the good news is, if you have family, friends coming into town, looking good across the state of california for travel. Now we are watching your airports and right now delays not happening out of sfo or san jose but trying to get back home could be problematic. Well let you know whats oming. Ather. One of our own already affected by the weather. Yeah. You had a flight canceled . Yeah, it canceled. They booted me back to an evening flight which, according to your forecast, put me in a dicey situation. Its a party at laguardia. Holla. Tomorrow thanksgiving is going to be great. Rush toward laguardia, now we know why. Tamrons party. Were all invited. Talking about an unusual news conference. Yes. There was a rush to the internet overnight. Two players are trending. Richard sherman and doug baldwin. Marshawn lynch was fined 100,000 for, get this, being too brief at a post game interview sunday. Marshawn is known for not wanting to talk to the media. He has made it clear. Nfl policy says players need to be available to the media after a game. In the press conference tuesday, sherman and baldwin call that rule hypocritical. Even providing his own cutout. If he had spoken, do you think they would have paid 100,000 . No, they sure wouldnt. Do you know who pays me a lot of money . Beats by dre, the wonderful headphones i wear. The league doesnt let me say anything about them. So no response from the nfl yet but sherman and baldwin were the talk online. Mike hill tweets loved what sherman and baldwin did. Smart and clever. Players should realize they have to speak but they control the message. If youre wondering where mr. Baldwin got his cutout, because everyone should have, its a Promotional Campaign at Subway Sandwich shop. These are pictures of people taken before the press conference. Imagine how many people will show up at the subway in seattle now that this has happened. Interesting conversation. 100 grand for being too brief. Richard sherman has a way of getting attention. He sure does. 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