dislodged. they are now working on pulling the front of the vessel out while keeping the freed stern away from the bank. let s bring in cnn international correspondent, ben wedeman, and he joins us live from cairo. looking more promising now, isn t it? what s the latest on the efforts to remove the cargo ship that has been stuck for nearly a week. reporter: this is a massive improvement of the situation than 24 hours ago. we heard from the chairman of the suez canal authority that says the stern of the ship which was just 4 meters away from the west bank of the suez canal has now been shifted 102 meters away, so the canal is still not functioning properly but certainly this is a massive step forward. now, they are waiting for the high tide which is in about 2 1/2 hours at which point they are hoping to completely free the ever given, and then they will float it north to the great bitter lake, and that s about 30 kilometers from its current location. that will allow the e
front out while keeping the freed stern clear and they hope to refloat it in the coming hours, but the ceo of a savage company working to free the ship said this was the easiest part and the bow is stuck rock solid. we ll bring in ben wiedeman joining us live from cairo. good to see you again, ben. the bow stuck but the stern is free. what is the latest information you have on this effort to free the whole vessel? reporter: well, we know that the high tide peaks in about an hour and a half and that s when egyptian officials are hoping that there will be progress made and free the bow. certainly the statement from the ceo from the dutch dredging company that the bow is stuck rock solid in clay throws a bit of cold water on the euphoria that was in the air here in egypt. it appears that perhaps even though progress has been made, very impressive progress has been made, we re still not out of the woods or the water, so to speak. the plan was that if it was free and could float
than a million cases in a week. we re live at the white house and in new york city where a new health advisory is out in response to the omicron variant. and we re also live on capitol hill where it appears two key democratic priorities won t get done before christmas and are up in the air in the new year, as well. we ll talk to one senator on what s next for build back better and voting rights. i m garrett haake. we have medical contributor dr. vin gupta. i want to start with you and with a new clip we re just getting in from an interview that dr. anthony fauci conducted for nbc nightly news tonight. listen to this if you re a family sitting around the table planning your holiday trip and you re watching this right now, what should you be rethinking, what would you advise people, not even in an official capacity, but simply good-old common sense? well, again, vaccination is going to make the difference, lester. if i have i m a family member, i m vaccinated, i
it lasted just over two hours. this is a video from russian tv at the start of that videoconference according to a senior administration official. president biden planned to warn putin of very real costs if russia did take action against the ukraine. what those costs will be and whether it will deter from vladimir putin is still uncertain. u.s. intelligence suggests that the kremlin is planning a multi-front offensive that could involve as many as 175,000 troops and it could begin as early as next month. today s meeting clearly has the attention of not tonal president himself but the entire administration. the white house said the president spoke to ukrainian president zelensky ahead of today s conference as well as other nato leaders. defense secretary tony blinken also spoke with president zelensky. look, it would not be hyperbole to call today one of the most consequential of president biden s 10 1/2 months in office so far. this is about avoiding war, folks. it s what the
nbc news business and technology correspondent jo ling kent joins me. jo, it s great to see you. you have big new numbers for us in the billions in spending yesterday. right? reporter: jose, that s right. we just got fresh new numbers about thanksgiving day online spending. adobe reporting $5.1 billion were spent on thanksgiving. now, when you look at what was expected, it s actually on the lower range of what was expected. so this may be a cause of inflation. a cost of living going up, gas and food prices on the rise right now. but well within the range of expectations. we do expect to see a record amount of money spent across retailers on this thanksgiving weekend. but on an anecdotal note in virginia and across the country including mall of america and minnesota, we are seeing the traditional lines and door busting parades of people really come down significantly. and that may have been accelerated by the pandemic, of course. but we re seeing online spending really incre