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( screaming ) joy quickly turned into chaos. tonight officers say is it suspect was fleeing a domestic disturbance when he plowed through police barricades. this was the moment the suv owraro lving cae.0 or 15 peoth street! multiple complications. >> reporter: good samaritans rushed to help the injured. dan thompson, police chief, became emotional as he read the names of those killed. >> and i say this with great sorrow. virginia sorenson, 79-year-old female. >> : leanna owen, 71-ye71-year-old female. >> reporter: the incident left five dead ranging 52 to 81, and 40 injured, nearly half injured as young as three years old. families celebrating the holidays watched in horror. >> when i looked over, i saw one person on the ground, their feet and they were surround bid a bunch of people. >> reporter: matt was at the ray paid with his two young children. >> when i walked past i fold my girls to close their eyes and look the other way. >> reporter: 39-year-old darrell brooks is identified as the suspect and police say hebao evidenceer>> in thedeaon boks >> reporter: on social media, brooks who lives in milwaukee can be seen rapping next to a red suv. brooks criminal history dates back to 1999. last year he was charged with three felony gun counts. according to court documents in a domestic abuse incident brooks intentionally ran over his child's mother with his vehicle. brooks posted a $1,000 bail on november 11. the milwaukee d.a. called the bail inappropriately low today. president biden said he and his family are praying for the suffering. >> an entire community is struggling to cope with the horrific act of violence. >> now the community is trying to heal after horror came to this year's holiday parade. its theme, comfort and joy. waukesha mayor described the 70,000 as a close community. >> waukesha has held as what can be described as a norman rockwell christmas parade for decades. last night the waukesha parade became the scene of an horrific tragedy, a nightmare. >> reporter: a police chief fired shots at the vehicle to stop it avenue it went through the barricades. no one was hit by the shots. brooks, who faces five counts of first degree intentional homicide will make his first court appearance tomorrow, norah. >> o'donnell: nancy chen, thank you. this parade was an annual tradition in wkesha, in fact, the 158th christmas parade. just as family and friends were spreading holiday cheer, tragedy struck. more now from cbs's david begnaud. >> the oldest victim wilhelm hospel was 81. jane kulich and tamara durand were 52. virginia sorenson and leanna owen were in their 70s. ♪♪ four were members to have the beloved local group known as the dancing grannies. this summer they told our milwaukee affiliates cbs 58 how much the group meant to them. >> we all truly, i think, love each other, too. we're like sisters. >> reporter: sorenson was described as the leader of the night-knit dancing family. >> she's like the heart and soul, honest to god. >> reporter: at least 48 pple were wounded. injuries ranged from scraped faces to serious head wounds and broken bones. among the injured are at least 18 children who were taken to the hospital. six are in critical condition tonight in the i.c.u., including 11-year-old jessa lynn torres seen dancing in the parade. still in the i.c.u. according to her uncle. also three sets ofsiblins, young kids, all hurt. denstrates the devastating effects of this on our community. >> reporter: the christmas parade was put on hold last year due to covid so this was supposed to be a night of pure joy. >> we have so much healing that needs to occur. waukesha will not be defined by the horrific events of last night. with ewill help those -- who experience a loss of a loved one or were injured. >> reporter: tonight, we're just want two blocks away from the crime scene at this local park where they're having a vigil, and i guess there are probably about 500 or 600 people here right now. the first thing we noticed when we walked up was that at every corner around us there's a snow plow or dump truck or bus that has been put up to basically protect the vigil site. i asked the officers why and they said because we want to stop another driver from trying to drive into this crowd. >> o'donnell: fear is still so real, david, thank you. to brunswick, georgia where a jury is to deliver a verdict in the ahmaud arbery murder trial. three men are accused of calculationing down and murdering arbery in what the defense claims is a citizens arrest. demonstrators showed up to support the arbery family. omar villafranca has more on today's closing arguments. >> reporter: ahmaud arbery's mother we want as she walked into is it courthouse, one step closer to closure, as closing arguments began in the trial of the man accused of murdering her son. >> all three men made assumptions about what was going on that day and made their decision to attack ahmaud arbery in their driveways because he was a blackman running down the street. >> prosecutor linda dunikoski tod the state's side to have the story that the three men charged with murder could not have made a citizens arrest because arbery could is not have committed a crime. she also added while chaisessing arbery through the neighborhood and confronting him with a shotgun, it was travis mcmichael who pulled the trigger and committed the felony. >> reporter: imagine the man with the shotgun saying he was defending himself. >> the defense attorneys argued they were just defending themselves when they tried to detain arbery. >> trais, trying to yank this gun from mr. arbery, ahmaud's hands still on it, fist raising, is there in i question that ahmaud arbery is assaulting travi mcmichael? chsahe dn't pullneys for greg the trigger and it was arbery's actions that led to the confrontation. roddy bryan's lawyers say he didn't know what was happening or that mcmichael had a weapon. the state will have the final word in rebuttal and the case is handed over to the jury to deliberate. if the defendants are found guilty, they could face life in (. norah. >> omar villafranca, thank you. here in washington tonight, the house committee investigating the deadly assault on the u.s. capitol is subpoenaing roger stone and alex jones, among those who allegedly helped plan to the attack on the capitol. both spoke at demonstrations near the white house on the 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 country descend into chaos accelerated by natural disasters, a presidential sac nation and gang kidnapping for money. unicef says more than 100 women and children were abduct fled the first eight months of this year. >> people looking at haiti from the outside are not realizing that the government is not working, so the gangs are running the country. >> reporter: here in miami's little haiti neighborhood, people are closing watching, too. the white house said it welcomed the news of the release of the two hostages but did not have further comments, an indication of how delicate the negotiations are for the release of the remaining 15. norah. >> o'donnell: manny bojorquez, thank yo mpresbiden s nominatine po te, w pandem keeping intduring the id he' foinon anos. 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 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 when a man accidentally discharged a gun at security sending passengers scrambling. tonight a warrant is out for his arrest highlighting the problem of prohibited carry-on weapons in atlanta. >> we have detected more than 460 firearms to date and found two on the morning shift alone at this security checkpoint. >> reporter: most travelers will avoid airports this week choosing to drive instead. the aaa predicting more than 53 million on the roads. >> thanksgg trav is bad. people are feeling better. >> the t.s.a. has been tallying more than 2 million flyers per day recently, so if you're taking to the skies, certainly get to the airport early. long security lines are effectively guaranteed and consider that the busiest travel days this week, norah, are ahead of us on wednesday and sunday. >> o'donnell: sounds busy, errol barnett, thank you. still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news," the big announcement from target about what it plans for thanksgiving day and the breaking news tonight on that lebron james brawl and a tiger woods brawl and a tiger woods comeback. their car insurance so they only pay for what they need. 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