. >>> nick cannon's tragic loss. what the star revealed today about his 5-month-old son. >>> our nbc exclusive, federal warning of gift card scams this holiday season how to protect yourself. >>> remembering pearl harbor our conversation with five survivors returning to the solemn site to mark 80 years since that day of infamy. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. it is the way a lot of us have done business these last two years, video chats. but likely not with as much at stake as today's virtual face to face between two of the world's most powerful leaders according to the white house, president biden warned russia's vladimir putin against a military invasion of ukraine, promising strong economic and other measures which include increased supplies and resources to american allies of the region for his part, president putin wants guarantees against nato expansion and u.s. offensive weapons in the region. there was a lot on the agenda for the two-hour meeting but nothing more important th

. >>> talk show nick cannon's tragic loss. what happened that led to the death of his five-month-old son? >>> our tom costello, gift card scams. how you can protect yourself and your family this holiday season? >>> and the biggest moments from last night's peoples choice awards "early today" starts right now. >> i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. >>> six states are getting hit especially hard. according to hhs data, michigan, ohio, indiana, pennsylvania, new york and illinois currently make up 60% of all new covid hospitalizations the largest is in michigan, where the numbers jumped 70% since november 10k9. three out of four patients are unvaccinated nbc news' sam brock has more. >> reporter: just as it felt like you were making progress on cutting down on the number of cases of covid-19, new figures right now show the united states is over 100,000 new infections per day with concerns that the omicron variant could add fuel to that fire florida is potentially a cautionary tale here as of mount june, there were a few case

anne thompson has late details. >> reporter: nick cannon, actor and tv personality. today on his talk show delivering difficult news. >> this is the pic of the day. >> reporter: announcing his five month old son died of a cancerous brain tumor over the weekend. >> i know so many people out there have experienced the kind of pain and grief that i am experiencing right now. >> reporter: the illness discovered a couple months ago when he and the baby's mother brought zen to the doctor to check his sinuses. >> cancer in the brain, and the tumor began to grow a lot faster. so we knew that time was -- >> reporter: he says as a result, his son loped hydrocephalus, build up of too much fluid on the brain, the most common reason for brain surgery in children. on zen's last weekend, his parents took the baby to the beach. today in new york for his show, cannon called this episode a celebration of life for zen. >> this is a special show dedicated to my beautiful son. >> reporter: anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> we'll take a discomfort back there? instead of using aloe, o

we'll be right back. >> nick cannon is with us now. nick, good morning our deepest sympathies to you and your entire family i just want to say, i feel like i've watched you for years sharing your joy every time i see you, i watch you and you make everybody at home feel better but this was -- this was different. this time you decided that you were going to put your pain on the table for people to see. just how are you doing this morning? >> hoda, i'm taking it as my therapist says five minutes at a time i'm optimistic in the -- finding the purpose of -- through all of the pain i'm attempting to smile. i'm attempting to be the high-frequency individual that i set out to be, but, i mean, along the way, there's some courage in the journey i'm taking it five minutes at a time. >> zen was obviously a lovely, wonderful little boy and i found it just -- when i saw you speak about it on your show and i watched it, i thought to myself, nick is sharing this news in a place where he feels love. is that what was going through you when you were tell

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. >>> nick cannon's tragic loss. what the star revealed today about his 5-month-old son. >>> our nbc exclusive, federal warning of gift card scams this holiday season how to protect yourself. >>> remembering pearl harbor our conversation with five survivors returning to the solemn site to mark 80 years since that day of infamy. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt.

. >>> coming up on "today" nick cannon opposite up about the five month old loss of hisson. >>> less interest rate hiengs. it looks like we're in for three. >>> plus the boss's biggest payday ever. steve sedgwick is live in london good morning, steve. >> good morning, i'll come to the boss in a moment i'll tell you my favorite boss song in a bit of time. the world and the markets have been told the federal reserve is suddenly getting aggressive on inflation. the markets ride hard on the back of it what they said is they will be reducing the bond-buying program, really aggressively it's called a tape were. so they'll be buying less bonds to support those levels there. there will be high interest rates. this is potentially bad news down the line for mortgage holders. they're talking eight hikes by the end of 2024 including three in 2022. back to the boss, mr. spring stein is selling his entire padlock to sony music for reportedly $35 million way more than bob dylan of a single artist of $400 million. we haven't had a response from sony or springsteen yet. my favorite springsteen song s

talk show host nick cannon today and the doctor he called on for support after the death of his little son. >> i can see myself in his eyes, where i was ten months ago. >> announcer: then... under siege. embattled youth

. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: tv personality nick cannon in tears. he just lost his 5-month-old infant. >> holding my son for the last time. >> then, whether in cross-examination at the jussie smollett trial. >> deborah: the embattled doctor on the hot seat. >> this cockamamie story, which changes every time he starts talking. >> announcer: and... the capitol hill riot or who flew in a private plane. >> we are all going to be up here breaking those windows. >> she is about to report to prison. if she really looking forward to it? >> if i could

we want to send love and condolences to my brother nick cannon i love you i love all of you. have a great night, everybody! ♪ >>> right now at 11:00. how well are vaccines working against omicron? what we are learning about the new variant and the pfizer vaccine. >>> also, a new recommendation for the holiday season. take an at-home covid test before that get-together. but how easy is it to buy one? we went shopping. >>> plus. >> then, he pulled out like a 6-inch switchblade and started swinging it at everybody. >> from his hospital bed, we have the exclusive interview of this san francisco man who was attacked by a stranger. his neighbors say this was the final straw. >>> and i just got an u date late tonight on that next storm. i will show you how much rain, wind, and snow it could bring us. >>> good evening, i'm raj mathai. we begin with the new concern about the effectiveness of the pfizer vaccine as it relates to the new omicron variant. this comes, as the cdc is urging everyone to get an at-home test before attending holiday parties. so where you do get those tests an

. >>> actor and television host nick cannon announced that his youngest child has died at five months old. he said he died of an invasive brain cancer. he gave an ache an account of his young son's last days. >>> in the boycott of the winter games and chinese officials are warning of possible countermeasuresthe olye biden administration announced a diplomatic boycott of the games , citing human rights concerns, chinese foreign ministry officials warned the move could harm relations and they vowed . >> they stop beijing olympics. otherwise it will undermine the cooperation between the countries. >> the warning comes as the u.s. tries to stabilize relations with beijing while maintaining a tough approach to trade in human rights violations . >> the administration on record saying that the status quo in china is unacceptable. >> it fully supports u.s. athletes competing in the olympics. other countries including japan and australia have not decided to attend the games that a democratic level. some argue that global leader should go a step further and keep athletes at home as well. >> thi

talk show host nick cannon today and the doctor he called on for support after the death of his little son. >> i can see myself in his eyes, where i was ten months ago. >> announcer: then... under siege. embattled youth

. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: tv personality nick cannon in tears. he just lost his 5-month-old infant. >> holding my son for the last time. >> then, whether in cross-examination at the jussie smollett trial. >> deborah: the embattled doctor on the hot seat. >> this cockamamie story, which changes every time he starts talking. >> announcer: and... the capitol hill riot or who flew in a private plane. >> we are all going to be up here breaking those windows. >> she is about to report to prison. if she really looking forward to it? >> if i could

as the battle unfolds and begins shifting, pelham begin shifting the cannons. and these are other batteries that he's commanding. and they are going to move from nick edema's heights and they are going to move to cause a ridge which is behind westwood's. so as union troops are plunging into west woods and thinking, oh, we are going to break the confederate lines, pelham who is already waiting on -- ridge. pelham will later move the ridge back to the heights. and when the dangerous past he wants to go forward into very exposed positions but he's actually held back. and he holds nickedemas heights. he's kind of lost a fair about the position. and it doesn't always seem like -- possibly. but at the same time, jackson has a level of trust in stewart and pell him and that's getting played out on the battlefield of antietam. it's also important to note that jackson's chief of all chiller-y, is not present at the battle of antietam and he is still in harpers ferry organizing the captured artillery from a few days earlier. so, pellet and stewart, where they really step