Republican senators push back against claims that Trump's intelligence pick Gabbard is compromised by her comments supportive of Russia and secret meetings with Syria's president. Winter storms are forecasted across the US during Thanksgiving week, while Hezbollah fires rockets into Israel in response to Israeli strikes in Beirut. Left-wing politician Yamandú Orsi is set to become the next president of Uruguay, and a little-known far-right populist takes the lead in Romania's presidential election. Black women in America are rethinking their role as political organizers after Trump's win, and the rising price of paying the national debt poses a risk to Trump's promises on growth and inflation. Heavy rains in Bolivia cause a landslide, leaving one missing and destroying homes, while New Zealanders help save about 30 stranded whales. In college football, Alabama and Mississippi fall out of the top 10, and Miami and SMU move in.