Thanksgiving rise to the occasion . Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening im kate snow in for lester on this thanksgiving eve. And the rush is on. From coast to coast, with nearly 49 million of us expected to travel and see family and friends over this holiday weekend, that would be the largest number of thanksgiving trav great recession. Nine years ago. Throughout the day weve seen relatively calm scenes at many major airports, but that may be because so Many Americans chose to drive. The roads are jammed tonight. And thats where we begin, with our tom costello. If youre watching tv right now, look what youre missing. Outer loop of the beltway, still a big mess. The thanksgiving crush. It started on the west coast, tuesday night, nearly 49 million of with gas now averaging just 2. 13 a gallon, the vast majority are driving in tallahassee, this video blogger picked up his son from c
Cleveland 19 news sponsored by National Carpet mill outlet. Asking questions and getting answers, cleveland 19 news starts now. He was a really good guy. I dont want him to be left with a bad name. Were gonna miss romona now at 11 00, a heartbreaking story of a 4yearold boy finding his dad dead from a drug over dose. And this wasnt the first time the man over dosed this week. How his family is dealing with their loss coming up. But first, many of you are getting ready to hit the road tomorrow to travel for thanksgiving. Denise we issued an alert for one of the busiest travel days of the year. How will the rain affect your jeff it will be worse tomorrow night. Thats when the rain will be arriving. Let me show you the regional con digs tomorrow morning. If you have the day off and if you are traveling east i know they have gotten a lot of snow out east. Parts of new york state and especially it is looking dry in the morning. This is the system that is making its way here. And we are thin
Good morning, sam. Samantha good morning, guys. Its 6 00 on the nose, and we have a little rain to track for you on the holiday map. Right now its completely dry. You can see on my map there is nothing going on in northeast ohio. As i take you through time, you notice that rain does move in our direction. If youre traveling this morning out towards pittsburgh or d. C. , taking that pennsylvania turnpike, youll be just fine, 77 southbound. We look good. 90 west and towards columbus and eventually cincinnati is where the rain is. Maybe youre taking 90 farther and youre headed out towards indiana. Look at that. A lot of rain and maybe wintery precipitation. I have the map stopped right now at 8 00 in the morning, so travel through the Morning Hours will be just fine. Look, heres midday. Rain will be approaching us from the west and southwest, and it might even start off as a little sleet mixed with rain, but with later today, i do not expect any travel issues from this. Its just going to
Terrifying for him. We believe the child is going to Say Something to his mother, his grandmother, his aunt, or his uncle, or maybe a day care worker, a preschool or kindergarten teacher. Hes going to Say Something to someone. This was traumatic for him. We are asking that that person that he tells, to please give us a call. Just give us a name. Thats all we need. It can be an anonymous call if doesnt matter. We truly believe that this small child is in danger and hes in the company of a cold blooded killer that must be taken off the streets. Charlie davis can no longer speak. We, the police, and the public, must now Work Together to speak for him. I ask you. Brian all right, thats the Garfield Heights police. They are speaking about a evidently a very young person with the suspect when that shooting took place last night and police are desperately searching for him. Moving on, a Detroit Police officer is in Critical Condition after being shot in the head while on patrol. Officer colin
The urge earn sue to get the gunman off the street. The press conference packed. 29yearold Charles Davis was gunned down at the barber shop as soon as he walked in by another customer who apparently recognized him. No one knows who he is. Police say the man had a boy with him so saw the whole thing. He is going to Say Something to someone. This was int we are asking that person he tells please give us a call. Just give us a name. Thats all we need. It can be an anonymous call if you wish. You took somebody very important to us. [crying] please, if you know something, come forward. I dont know how im going to bury my son. Romona so sad. Charles davis was the father of have right now what was going on between Charles Davis and the killer . Theyre hoping that maybe Surveillance Video somewhere in this area will help them track down that killer to get all those answers. Getting answers, catherine bosley, cleveland 19. Romona thank you. I also want to tell you about a store owner who was as