Mirkarimi has been in the spotlight after an illegal immigrant with a criminal record and a history of deportation was freed from jail instead of being turned over to immigration. That man was later arrested for the murder of kate steinle. Should win reelection in a landslide, he had no major opposition, and ran a lowkey campaign. We caught up with the mayor a short time ago and talked about his plans for the next four years. Whats your priority for the second term . A very strong eye toward public safety. Housing and homelessness are the two Top Priorities ill be spending a lot of time on. There are several races making headlines tonight. First, to ohio where voters rejected a statewide proposal that would have legalized marijuana for both medical and recreational use. In the end, the vote wasnt even close. Ohios approach been considered unique for combining in the same ballot. Tonight, a republican won the office with 55 of the vote. Matt beven describes himself as a conservative chr
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 travelers since the great recession. Nine years ago. 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 us traveling this holiday. With gas now averaging just 2. 13 a gallon, the vast majority are driving in tallahassee, this video blogger picked
around the world were surprised that you won a medal. were you? i was i was surprised that i won a medal that s some truth. i m going to be very honest, man, i was of the a lot of people wrote me off after pommel horse. i just kept telling myself, don t worry, man, you re going to win another, you re going to win another, otherwise i wouldn t have been able to come back. perspectivewise, from where you re from, you defected from cuba. what s it like to have this medal. this medal isn t only for me, it s for my coaches and my family and everyone back in miami, back in the u.s. really for the whole latin community ought only in the u.s. but all around the world. you were in san jose for the trials earlier this summer. are you going to come back and visit us in the bay area? yeah, i hope so. the trials were amazing. the crowd was beautiful, so loud, so helpful for all of us. reporter: can we have a little fun here. when you go back to miami, they like to have