Christmas with fears that travelers will deepen the crisis. Plus, reaction t a Supreme Court decision involving how many can worship together. To the rescue, the militarys new mission stepping up to help hospitals out of rooms and resources in the heartland. The effort to feed families this thanksgiving long lines across the country and a shocking new report, 1 in 6 without enough to eat. Black fridays best deals and a shopping season like no other, the one simple thing you can do to get the best buys online. And thanking health care heroes, the outpouring of love and kindness bringing smiles this holiday. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and happy thanksgiving im kate snow in for lester tonight and we begin with late breaking news, President Trump continuing to insist he won the election taking questions for the First Time Since the election and saying hes not ready to concede but the president also pledging to leave the white house if as expected the Electoral
A new covid test may have the answer. The crisis within the pandemic with so many struggling financially, heartbreaking scenes at food banks facing almost unprecedented demand. Holiday Shopping Reimagined what stores are doing to make shoppers feel safe trying to preserve a little holiday magic. Meghan markles deeply personal revelation about her Pregnancy Loss her message to so many families who have been through the same experience and remembering a soccer legend, Diego Maradona one of the greatest players of all time. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening. Im kate snow in for lester tonight President Trump announced today he will grant what he called a full president ial pardon to his former National Security adviser michael flynn. Flynn was the only white house official to be convicted as part of the russia Investigation Led by Robert Mueller he was also an early supporter of mr. Trumps president ial campaign the move ending a long, drawn out legal battle and comi
The new technology that shows the ball just barely crossed into the goal for the team a crushing defeat, and for one of its stars, a heartbreaking final world cup game on the mats this weekend a Great American comeback celebrating the most decorated womens gymnast in history simone biles returning to competition for the first time in two years after an extended break to focus on her Mental Health and biles looked like she never left dana griffin has more. A great save. Reporter and just overseas a boat crash off of italys famed amalfi coast is now being investigated as a possible manslaughter case after a top american players and managers ejected this man rescued as his boat was sinking off florida, and the emotional reunion with his parents. I gave up hope. I should never give up hope dont give up on the big guy. And a major Supermarket Chain experimenting by going all selfcheckout. Will other stores follow will customers buy it . Those machines do not work announcer this is nbc night
in paris, arkansas, some people still do not have power, following strong storm under ant warning. it was miserably hot. all ud down all night because it was too hot. i sweat so bad. the heat also building in the northeast, new york, philadelphia, and boston are expected to see a heat index around 100 degrees today. this is serious heat and we re really concerned about those, particularly with pre-existing respiratory conditions. heat is the number one cause of weather related deaths in the u.s. one heat expert says if you have air conditioning, stay inside. but if you don t if they don t, to have windows open with a fan. to cool off their extremities, their feet, their hands in cool ice baths. put cold towels on the back of their necks. and to check on their friends, family, and neighbors. and there is no relief in sight. around 275 million americans expecting to see a high above 90 degrees. and more than 60 million people are expected to see a high at o
there is good news tonight about a teacher who raised his hand to help a student and in the process changed the boy s life jesse kirsch has his story. reporter: for years, roman mccormick struggled. i constantly was tired. i had low energy. reporter: the 15-year-old was born with a condition known as b.o.r. syndrome, impacting his kidneys i looked forward to seeing him playing soccer every weekend and now saying, i m sorry, dad, i m just too tired, you know, just, it just really broke my heart reporter: it was clear roman needed a new kidney, but after months of waiting, his family couldn t find a donor. so they went public. roman s parents pleading for help. we would do anything for your kids. reporter: they were feeling desperate until late june when they got a surprise phone call not only is there a donor it is me, his geometry teacher. reporter: eddie mccarthy, roman s 9th grade math teacher, heard the family s pleas. i think the guilt