Whos always along the parade route. Welcome to early start and happy thanksgiving. Im alina cho. Good morning, im Brooke Baldwin. Berman and zoraida both have the day off. Its 6 00 ones the east coast. Good to be with you. Well get back to the macys thanksgiving day parade in just a moment. But we want to begin with something that many people around the world are really thankful for this morning. The ceasefire is holding between israel and gaza this morning. In gaza city, where so much blood spilled over the last eight days, palestinians are celebrating in the street. You can hear the horns honking, mosques were blaring, all the last several hours, israel and hamas agreeing to halt all acts of aggression against each other. The ceasefire deal brokered largely by president obama and mohamed morsi, apparently making a real connection to stop the carnage. Well have our coverage of the ceasefire with arwa damon, whos live this morning for us in gaza. And arwa, we see the flags flying, the
For so many, the holiday is finally here. Well have more on that in a moment. But first, all eyes are on the stars this thanksgiving morning. Of course those 16 balloons flying in the macys thanksgiving day parade. But the weather system that snarled Holiday Travel is not over. And it has many wondering if snoopy and others will even get off the ground. Nbcs jay gray is live along the parade route in new york city. Good morning, happy thanksgiving. Will it be happy for those looking to see those balloons in the air . Reporter hey there, good morning. So far, so good, betty, and a happy thanksgiving to you. Lets look at the balloons youre talking about, snoopy in the background, one of the bigger balloons, 16 of those are in jeopardy are not flying if the wind is sustained at 23 miles an hour, if it gusts to 34 but right now its looking good, seven wind monitors are watching things closely. The decision wont come until right before parade time, right before things start to roll. Even if
Happened. I just want everye to know the truth. And free falling. Lieve it or not, this musician emerges unst. Atharines unscathed after a rrifying stage dive from three stories the ai that story and more today tuesday, nember 19th, 2013. Announcer frombc news, this is today with matt lauer and sannah guthrie, live from stio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a esday moing. Im savannah guthrie. Im mt lauer along side Natalie Morales d al roker. Wow. We were with mor rob ford of toronto a couple of hours after the cityouncil there stripped him of his staffmost of his budget a most of his power. If you think hes backing down hes gearing up r a long fight. He told you hes t going anywhere. O, he is waiting andunning for reelectn. He is vowing to sticaround. Thats the top story this mornin for two weeks now, mayor ford has been under fire after his admied use of crack cocae. During that chaotic meetin heaven almost knocked over a city cncil woman. We travelledo toro
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He did however call in to a republican policy hearing in pennsylvania. Joining the attorneys as they try to make the case that the States Election results should be overturned but he alleged that the democrats cheated and that he actually won. Claims that the pennsylvanias ag called devoid of reality. Just minutes after trump tried to disenfranchise millions of voters, president elect biden delivered a thanksgiving address that called on americans to Work Together to overcome the pandemic. Watch this. I know the countrys grown weary of the fight. We need to remember were at war with the virus, not with one another. Not with each other. This is the moment where we need to steel our spines, redouble our efforts and recommit ourselves to the fight. Lets remember were all in this together. All right. I want to bring in ali vitali in delaware. Carol lee is covering the president from washington and Charlie Savage is covering all of this for us. Hes a Pulitzer Prize winning correspondent for