guilty. i knew it was my job as mom to really find out what happened to ahmaud. i prayed. god answered my prayers so i m just thankful. ahmaud arbery s mother speaking to cnn as these men found guilty of murdering her son while he was jogging. run with ahmaud became a rally cry. cnn s ryan young is live in brunswick, georgia, and ryan, you covered this case extensively. it s another emotional thanksgiving for arbery s family and bittersweet. yeah. as you can imagine, you can only think about what they re feeling today. the emotions of what happened yesterday, but the long haul to get to the point where we are. two laws have changed in the state because of this case. now there s a hate crime law in the state of georgia and they got rid of the citizen s arrest law that was here for so long. i want to show you this video of the men being taken out of court yesterday. it was so surreal to see them walking away in handcuffing under police guard with the crowd cheering as they
people or more than we did before covid hit. and today s most colorful and creative sign yet that america is nearly back to normal, a packed macy s thanksgiving day parade. 2.5 million people were expected to show up along the route in new york city, and take a listen to their cheers for the start of the show. it feels like we re almost getting back to normal in a sense. we re able to be out in crowds again. we re visiting family in new jersey we haven t seen in a long time. it is a great feeling. and cnn s pete munteen is at reagan international airport. the tsa just announcing a new pandemic air record for the number of travelers. which means this new move by the justice department matters even more. tell us what they re doing and this new priority for federal prosecutors. it s so true, jessica. 2.3 million people screened yesterday aausz the country by the tsa. that number double than where we were this time last year, 88% back in 2019 before the pandemic. a new pand
month. mcconnell, leading the meeting, didn t want to get into the details but said it was a good discussion and there would be more talks ahead. a big breakthrough that the two sides are talking. perhaps they can avoid a default before the deadline, guys. manu raju on capitol hill, thank you. top of a brand new hour. good to be with you. i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. a lot of activity inside and outside the brunswick county courthouse in the trial of three men accused of murdering ahmaud arbery. prosecutors finished cross-examining the man who admitted shooting arbery who was unarmed and grilled him over inconsistencies in his story. here s what s happening outside. pastors and attorneys are leading a rally and a march in support of arbery s family. martin savidge is following all of it for us. martin, what s the latest? reporter: truly a pivotal day both inside and outside the courthouse here. that march is underway, and it s anticipated that thos
doesn t have boots on the ground on foreign soil in any active war because the war in afghanistan is now over. but while our troops are no longer there, too many are dealing with all kinds of illnesses from their time abroad. did you know 86% of those stationed in iraq and afghanistan were exposed to toxic burn pits? these are garbage fires filled with things that can throw off noxious chemicals. sometimes they have jet fuel as an accelerant thrown on them. you know, they re not allowed here, but our men and women spend hours and hours, they live, they sleep, sometimes they stand guard in front of these things for weeks, years. question. why would we make our veterans jump through all these hoops to prove the pits are the cause of their illness before paying for their treatment? shouldn t we pay for veterans health care no matter what the cause? don t we owe them that? president biden took some good steps in the right direction. he announced a new series of actions today to
and she says the first thing her daughter ever asked for was to go to this concert. she added, why didn t i say no to her? our thoughts are with her family and every family touched by this tragedy. the news continues. let s hand it over to chris for cuomo prime time. chris? thanks, anderson. i m chris cuomo and welcome to prime time. happy veterans day. thank you to those who have served and all of the armed forces, you do it on our behalf and we know it. to the men and women currently serving, those who have retired, all of your families, because we know they make the sacrifice right along there with the enlisted, thank you to all of you. now, this is the first veterans day in 20 years that the u.s. doesn t have boots on the ground on foreign soil in any active war because the war in afghanistan is now over. but while our troops are no longer there, too many are dealing with all kinds of illnesses from their time abroad. did you know 86% of those stationed in iraq an