Displaced Lebanese Return Home, Thanksgiving Travel, Holiday Health Tips
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Okay, under the show. As a ceasefire to suspend fighting between israel and hezbollah, pears to be holding thousands of displaced levine's are returning home. But after months of devastating attacks, will they recognize what they find abruptness? And this is up first for entier news. Chances are you for this before.

this will be the biggest thanksgiving ever in terms of our travel between new rules.

fair lines and long security lines. We've got you covered with what to keep in mind if you're heading to the airport and whether or not you'll be hitting the pavement for a turkey rot, don't forget to also .

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of lebanese are returning to the country's south, where they're discovering entire villages that have been destroyed by the fighting with israel. A ceasefire has halted the fighting between israeli soldiers and hezbollah militants, and under the agreement, both sides now have sixty days to withdraw to the respective borders, so civilians are being warned to stay away from certain areas to avoid possible confrontations. We have been now in paris, Lawrence fryer, who visited some of those bord areas yesterday and is now in the lebanese capital by rude. Good morning, Lawrence.

Good morning.

So first, we're a day into this ceasefire and curious where there any confrontations yet .

there have been today. The israeli military issued a map of ten border villages where IT says civilians are prohibited from going even if their residents going home, but people have been going home nevertheless and posting video of themselves with israeli tanks in their villages. The israeli military confirms IT has fired on people who have gone into this zone.

IT accuses them of violating the conditions of this a fire. A handful of people have been wounded by either tank or gunfire in different areas in different incidents, including journalists who say they too were shot at by israeli soldiers. Incidentally, there's also been a lot of celebratory gunfire, which in itself is dangerous and could certainly lead to misunderstanding. So though there have been several incident, but so far they don't appear to be jeopardizing the wider ceasefire agreement.

Okay, so reminders of what that agreement actually says, what are the terms of the ceasefire?

So this is a sixty day truth. Within that time, israeli troops have to withdraw from lebanon and hezbollah to withdraw its fighters and weapons from a zone close to the israeli border. The lebanon ese army is moving in alongside U.

N. peacekeepers. And those movements are underway. At one point yesterday, I was at a gas station in southern lebanon, and someone told me, take a right, not a left up here, because hezbollah ving some of its happen around the corner.

Oh, I mean, what else did you see in southern lebanon? This is an area that journalists had difficulty reaching until yesterday because of israeli strikes and ground fighting with his bullet.

yes. So I drove south from the route where the mood has been jubilee here, people celebrating the ceasefire, piling into cars, heading homes in the Victory songs. And as I drove south, the destruction became more and more apparent, and the mood became more somber.

I saw a lot of buildings burned, destroyed. I saw a critter the size of a swimming pool on a prominent along the meditation, an coast. And then I headed inland to the city of nevada, where not a single building is still standing on the main street in town, I met a business owner named hamada, so he showed me what's left of his store called monsoor nutts. He sells nuts and dried fruit. Here is taking me through the distraction glasses broken here?

Yes, I did a strike .

back.

he said in .

israeli airstrike, hit right across the from his shop and destroyed everything for a block in either direction. I also saw a funeral underway in a cemetery I in navi, a, presumably for what we hope will be one of the last victims of fighting there.

What's the situation on the israeli side of the border?

So while there's been this rush back to homes on the lebanese side, there has been no similar rush on the israeli side. The israeli government says there will be a one or two month period of rebuilding before people will return. Many local mayors on the israeli side opposed this ceasefire agreement.

They thought this was a bad deal. They still feel unsafe. They're worried about the resumption of hezbollah rocket fire or work.

So finally, laun, what does the ceasefire with lebanon mean for the other war that israel fighting in gaza?

I mean, the hope is that all efforts now can go toward getting a similar truth with hamas in gaza. Israel is staying hush about reports today that an egyptian delegation is there trying to kick start ceasefire talks for gaza and will be watching those.

That gp is learn freer in bairo. thanks.

learn. You're welcome. Happy thanksgiving.

Happy, thankful ving to you.

This thanksgiving holiday is expected to be the busiest ever for air travel, and that's not all that's different this year. There are also new rules in place about how airlines have to treat their customers, but it's not clear if those rules will survive or if the incoming trumpet administration, i'll try to roll them back. Joe rose, is paris transportation correspond joins us now with more haj.

Hey, rob. So joe, I feel like we say busiest ever every year around this time year, you know. But these numbers into context for us, how big is the thankful skiving rush this year?

Well, the tsa, the transportation security administration is forecasting that eighteen million people will pass through its checkpoints this week. That is six percent increase over last year, and that's on top of what has already been a record year for the tsa. Here is administrator David pocock, I at a recent press conference.

This will be the biggest thanksgiving ever in terms of the air travel. That's not a surprise given the incredible recovery in air travel in the united states since the pandemic because .

he says the ten basest days ever in the history of the tsa have happened this year. H, wow. yeah.

And I think it's easy to forget, you know, how precarious things were. Just a couple years ago, there were questions about how quickly the airline industry would rebound from the pandemic. Clearly, that demand to fly is back.

So at the same time, there are some new rules that airlines have to follow. What are they yeah .

that there has been a real push at the department of transportation with secretary p boot judge at the home, the past new rules that are aimed at protecting consumers, particularly after the big winter holiday meltdown back in two thousand twenty two, the department issued a record fine to southwest airlines over that incident. And since then, he has pushed for other rules about how airlines have to treat their customers, for example, requiring airlines to automatically provide cash refunds instead of travel vouchers for flights that are cancelled or seriously delayed and boot ge argues that these rules are popular.

The passenger protections we have put in place deservedly enjoy the public bipartisan support. The feedback we've gotten from the public has been univerSally supportive. I just don't run into a lot of people who are against the idea that you to get an automatic refund without any hassle.

And buta judge says, you know, he hopes that these rules will be durable.

So what about the elements? What they say?

The industry has already fought some of these new rules in court, and IT has had some success. For example, suing to block a rule that would have required greater transparency from the airlines about the fees that they charge. Several airline eos have already expressed the hope that d ot will be more pro business when president elect trump returns to office next year. Here's a bastion, the head of delta, speaking to bloomberg earlier this month.

We are quite frustrated with the amount of regulation over reach that we saw continuously through the four years, and we help there's a new sentiment that's pro employ, pro consumer, pro business and a good baLance between the threat.

It's not clear exactly what kind of regulatory over each basin is talking about here, but we should know the d. ot. Is conducting an investigation of delta, which cancelled more than five thousand flights after a technology outage .

back in july jol. I'm curious, how is the aviation system keeping up with this record demand?

There are signs of strain. I mean, there is still a shortage. Air traffic controllers IT is so acute in some places that IT is causing delays in the system. New ork, new jersey, for example, united airlines, which has a hub there, has complained about significant delays this month. Federal aviation administration has acknowledged that problem and says it's working to hire more controllers, but that's onna take a while, and airlines will likely continue to push on this as a priority during the trump administration.

And here is joe rose.

Thank you. You're welcome.

IT is thanksgiving, which probably means a very big meal is in your immediate future. But when you finished festing, instead of rolling from the table to the television, consider taking a walk in. Pr health correspondent maria today is here to explain why. Good morning.

maria. Good morning, rob.

and happy, thankful ving happy thanksgiving to you. So a lot of people do the turkey trip before the big meal. So you telling me we should be doing one after the big meal as well.

yeah. So exercises is always a good idea, but we're talking specifically about walking after meals, which has specific benefits for your gut and your blind sugar. And it's actually something people have done for centuries. They were once called .

constitutionals. I assume that refers to inner constitution, these constitutionals. What are the specific benefits of a constitutional?

So for starters, when you walk, you jump, start digestion and basically he gets things moving in your gut, and you know, you can help clear the air. And this is actually one reason why we're talking about IT. Now the idea has gone viral recently on tiktok as a farm walk, but really there's a lot more .

to IT than that. Okay, you just said farm walk on npr. In the spirit of moving this conversation forward, i'm going to ask you, tell us marmora.

yeah. So actually the big benefit is for your blood sugar. When you eat, your body converts food into glue cose and that sugar is gonna let your blood stream but when you walk, IT can blunt that sugar Spike.

Here's doctor Christmas. He's a gest tr. Ologies and professor at the university.

washington. When we move our muscles, they're become sponge's for the blood glucose that our god is absorbing into the bloodstream. And so is basically just pulls all that glue cos out of the blood into the muscles.

And you know, that means your body doesn't have to make as much insula to clear that sugar, which is good, because then your pancreas doesn't have to work as hard to make instant. And over time, that can lower risk of diabetes. interesting.

So how long do I have to walk before I can watch a the big game?

Not long at all. Research shows just two to five minutes can help regulate your blood sugar. Although longer is Better. You want to head out women about a half hour after eating. So as you're digesting and that sugar is hitting your bloodstream, your muscles can use IT up right away.

And this is great to do after any meal, but especially after dinner, IT tends to be our biggest meal and our bodies produce less instant at night. So it's kind of a double wai of more sugar hitting your bloodstream and less insuing to help clear IT. A walk can .

counteract that. okay? I am reminded hear that IT is november. And in a lot of places it's cold, dark, maybe even wet or snowy.

Yes, well, you don't actually to go outside. You don't even have to pause netflix. The rated P, H, O is an exercise researcher, a George washington university. And SHE says, just move at home. When you're watching televisions, stand up doing commercials in march in place, wave your arms and legs, walk upstairs, walk that those muscle contractions will help store the glucose yeah because who .

does not march in place and wave their arms during commercials, right? I'd literally do this. All right.

Well, that is happy hearts health correspondent maria. Good day. Thanks, maria, and happy. Thank you.

Happy thanksgiving in my pleasure.

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