pieces. so pack your captioning sponsored by cbs o donnell: tonight, a christmas parade turns into a nightmare after an suv mows down children and the elderly, killing five and injuring dozens more. an update on thkids still in critical condition and how the suspect with a long criminal history was let out of jail just days earlier. after a joyous tradition on waukesha s main street ends in tragedy. what we re learning about the five killed, including the leader to have the milwaukee dancing grannies, a group cbs news profiled just this summer. she s like the heart and soul, honest to god. o donnell: tonight, the suspect facing five counts of intentional homicide. closing arguments in the ahmaud arbery murder trial. his mother weeping in court, as
thanksgiving, you re one of 53 million americans. for those hitting the roads, welcomed news. president biden is set to announce he will tap into the strategic petroleum reserve to lower gas prices. errol barnett says we haven t even hit the height to have the thanksgiving travel rush. reporter: today the weston-kandathil family is braving the clouds. will this be her first time seeing grandma? in person, yeah. reporter: flying with the 20-month-old for the first time. it will be a really special thanksgiving for us. reporter: 40 million people are expected to fly this week, up 80% over the last year. and while security lines are long, the t.s.a. tells cbs news it is not concerned about sapping issues the uh to the vaccine mandate. 93% of its employees are at least partially vaccinated as the deadline kicks in today. we don t expect any service disruption as a result of the vaccination mandate. reporter: but there was a major disruption out of atlanta s airport saturday w
arpos aepublican originally nominated by president trump. well, this was deadline day for federal workers to roll up their shrieves for a covid vaccine or request an exemption. word tonight the vast majority have done so, but comes as infections are on the rise in 35 states. more from cbs s nikki battiste. reporter: as the deadline for federal workers to get vaccinated passes, the white house is saying vaccine mandates work. vaccination requirements are goo for workers and the economy. reporter: more than 90% of federal workers have had at least one covid vaccine dose, and 5% have submitted for an exemption for medical or religious reasons. and they will accelerate our path out of the pandemic.r: mn e walt disney company paused the vaccine mandate for its florida based employees after the state s legislature and governor made it illegal for employs to require the shots. 90% of disney employees in
florida are already fully vaccinated. a disneyy spokesperson told cbs news we believe r pproory e. t as ths seasn, another surge may be looming. the biggest reason the case is arising is because there are lots of folks who have not yet been vaccinated. reporter: dr. megan ranney is associated dean of public health at brown university. can we have hope going into 2022 that some sort of end might be in sight? i don t think we ll ever get to a place where there s zero covid but i think we ll get to a place where society looks more like it tid before the pandemic than it does now. reporter: after the federal government authorized booster shotsfor all adults friday, 3 million people got them over the weekend, according to the white house. norah. i got one, too. nikki battiste. thank you. well, if you re traveling this
fifth and sixth, the day of the insurrection. two has tajes free after being held by a violent gang in haiti, after being abducted last month. my knowledge my knowledge has the details nu the case.eporhe e lythe group was kidnapped while leaving an orphanage near port-au-prince. in a statement christian aid minimum industries said the two freed hostages were safe, in good spirits, being cared for but released no additional details. they were part of a group of 16 americans including five children the youngest eight months old and one canadian. the mawozo gang. be like brit runs a orphanage in haiti. i have my scoirnt force so we re able to stay somewhat safe go nobody is safe in haiti. reporter: he s seen the