so we took advantage of the travel advisory and the being able to change the flights early. in total, about 3 1/2 million people are expected to fly this thanksgiving. that is the most in five years. and people are also paying more for their tickets this year as compared to last year. unfortunately, ronan, that does not guarantee that you will get there at all or on time. back to you. thanks for that update. no vacation for sara today. let s drill down on this storm. meteorologist domenica davis is following it for us. hi, ronan, we have a nasty storm pushing its way across i-95 right now. the low pressure system s moving up the coast. so by tonight, we re looking at this really pushing up through new england. the good thing is, it s out of here by tomorrow. here s a look at the radar right now. along i-95, temperatures still hovering right around the freezing mark, but above it. so we have a pair of 35s in philadelphia and new york and even up through bridgeport. the
sigh of relief today are two turkeys. they were pardoned by the president in an annual tradition at the white house just last hour. i am here to announce what i m sure will be the most talked about executive action this month. today i m taking an action fully within my legal authority, the same kind of action taken by democrats and republican presidents before me to spare the lives of two turkeys mac and cheese. we have team weather coverage as only the cycle can do. luke russert near d.c. sarah dallof at a parked laguardia airport in new york and wendy at o hare and domenica davis is commanding the storm weather cycle and we begin with luke at reagan. looks pretty miserable out there. where is your coat? i thought you were smarter than this. i rock the polifleece. i have buffalo blood in me. this is easy. we are one buffalo, we are strong. but let s talk about the weather here at dca. as you see, a lot of precipitation. it s been falling steadily since about 11:00 a.m.
that area set to soar in the next few days, the rain in the forecast now. suddenly the risk of massive flooding is becoming a top concern out there, too. and also the dust-up over the president s new executive action on immigration continues. we he want to begin this morning with a surprising news breaking overnight. we now have word that president obama has reversed himself and decided to expand the role of troops in afghanistan. there s still almost 10,000 american traps in thoops in tha and their role was supposed to be limited to training afghan soldiers. under obama s new order they could now be involved in proactive combat missions against the taliban and other militant groups through next year at least. nbc news has confirmed the information reported overnight. an important detail is president obama made this move quietly signing a secret order. to discuss this, the other top stories this week, joined by our panel katherine van pelt of the washington post, david of g
front-runners cementing their leads in all of the latest polls. could this really be the matchup we see in the general election? in every new poll, clinton has a commanding lead of more than 20 points over her closest rival, bernie sanders. one area where she is struggling, benghazi. brand-new numbers from the nbc news/ wall street journal poll found 44% of americans are not satisfied with her response to the benghazi attack. just 27% are okay with her response. but while the candidate was off the campaign trail today, her daughter predicts that clinton s testimony before the house benghazi committee later in the week could actually help her. i think every opportunity my mom has, she proves again and again, why she should be our next president. i know i m very biased. and i actually think i m even more biased now, as a mom, than as a daughter, because i feel like i have a different stake in the future because of my daughter, charlotte. so i have no doubt on thursday she wi
condition of the train, human performance. we are setting up a multi-disciplinary investigation to try and understand the factors that led to this accident. now the white house press briefing is beginning right now. we re keeping an eye on that but earlier president obama released this statement and reads in part, quote, our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of those we lost last night and to the many passengers who today begin their long road to recovery. want to begin now with nbc s raheema ellis at the crash site. what s the very latest as this remains fluid in search-and-recovery mode? reporter: it really is thomas, as you re pointing out, a tragedy like this can happen in a flash but the analysis of why it happened really comes in in an instant. they are trying right now in the search and recovery to make sure that everyone on that train was accounted for. a search and recovery effort is under way. what mayor nutter said very emphatically. he said