lewis land of narnia a curse christmas can never come. guess what? we made it. it is merry christmas to both of you, nicole? many. nicole: merry christmas, i m so happy to be here. second year spending christmas together and spending christmas with justin as well. fox square is incredibly if he has been. it s been a difficult year. we can still look around and notice there are miracles happening everywhere. being jason. jason: merry christmas to you all. i thought as i was driving hereo the studios, i saw police officers, i saw people in convenience stores. i know there are people working in hospitals and people in hospitals. there are a lot of people working erlgly on christmas morning. it s one of my favorite times of the year and a united states day. i m glad to be joining with the two of you on this christmas morning. griff: glad to be joined by all of our viewers weighing up. find santa did indeed come and we will talk to you in a minute. we want you to send in your chr
plus, what you need to know about how to stay safe even after those holiday gatherings. also tonight, celebrations around the world. from the pope s mass to the queen s emotional address on her first christmas without prince philip. lift-off a $10 billion telescope launched into space the historic mission ahead and what it could reveal. the holiday movie season is here and how the tradition of going to the theater on christmas is changing. plus, the new blockbuster giving the industry hope. and the christmas choir brought together by hardship. now lifting up each other and those around them announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening. i m kristen welker in tonight for jose for a second year, americans are marking christmas with covid casting a shadow while many families are able to be together this year with the help of vaccines, the omicron variant has upended plans from coast to coast. the u.s. now surpassing 52 million infectio
christmas specials starting with the grinch who stole christmas. the annual christmas specials were an event. when you first see that advertisement like. frosty the snowman returns tuesday night. was that on once. missed it, you were screwed. mom, mom can we watch that, can we watch that? mom? on sunday, december 4th, burl ives again tells the exciting new story of rudolph the red nosy reindeer. i was obsessed with clay nation. rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was the pinnacle. loved that show. tells the story of rudolph based on the show redorsal outsider. burial ives as the snowman, the elf. remember him? the castoff. i want to be a dentist. it s a lucrative business given that your boss santa gets paid in cookies. and of course you have clay immigration thing in the history of he. still scary. to this day when that face comes on errr. rudolph the red-nosed reindeer has run every year since 1964. making it the longest running christmas special. act
airlines have already started to cancel flights for the weekend, as well. travelers of all ages being forced to change their plans. the thing i don t like about it is when you get stuck because airport is is so busy. it s canceled. it was bound to happen. it sounds like me as a convenient excuse for delayed flights because they are already short-staffed as it is. david lee miller is live in new york city with more. hi, alicia. many of the cancellations taking place are entirely not unexpected. it delta s ceo earlier this week fearing staff charges could result in disruptions, for people testing positive for the virus from ten days to 5. the airline boss at the current policy was developed last year when there are no vaccines and effective treatments. today, delta granted at least 141 flights, about 7% of its schedule. united canceled 170, about 9% of its flights. in a statement, united said, and i quote, the nationwide spike and overcome cases this week has had a
to buy at home tests ahead of the holiday. stores in many areas completely sold out. why are there so few available? a major setback for president biden. a key democratic senator announces he will not vote for the build back better plan. i can t get there. this is a no. reporter: the whitehouse firing back. will your packages make it there? the new report card on the big three carriers. who is delivering on time this holiday season? and the final shipping deadlines in the days ahead. plus, tiger is back in red and back in the game. the new record he and his son just set. this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening. in some ways it feels like an awful dejavu. march of 2020 all over again. businesses, entertainment, sports shutting down amid rising covid cases, long lines to get tested. but it s worth remembering how much has changed. we have vaccines and boosters now, treatments and other tools to mitigate risk and lessen the severity of illness. still,