nbc news' national correspondent gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: the u.s. is bracing for the new omicron. new cases confirmed if ontario, canada. president biden is meeting with his chief medical adviser, dr. fauci. >> it givers indication that it has the capability of transmitting rapidly. that's the thing that is causing us to be concerned but also to put the pressure on ourselves to do something about our preparations for it. >> reporter: new u.s. travel restrictions from south africa and seven surrounding countries take in effect. public health officials trying to contain not just the variant but fear. >> there is no reason to panic but it's a great reason to go get boosted. >> reporter: u.s. officials spoke to their south african colleague, this doctor was one of the first to sound the alarm. >> there is no reason for panicking as we don't see severely ill -- starts with the younger generation, the most dominant critical complain is severe fatigue for one or two days. >> reporter: authorities say it's too early to know whether the u.s. will need to imp

just listen to how nbc opened its nightly news broadcast the day after the election. >> good evening, a year ago, we were talking about a sea change in american politics. tonight we are reporting a small change which could also be anonymous development for the year old obama administration. republicans were elected governor last night, two important states, but other than preferred both candidates to the democrats, were voters across the country last night trying to say something else? there is evidence of an angry electorate out there. >> that was not wrong. we remember what happened in the midterms in 2010, that night with brian williams referring to -- they were bob mcdonald and new jersey's chris christie. that was an even more stunning [inaudible] because of the unusual -- and not during a midterm year an awfully because it's a kind of swing you stayed in some ways. the state often access [inaudible] for public sentiment. and normally that would not be unusual. this kind of pendulum in the major competitive parties is what democratic politics look like in liberal democracy all ov

joining us now nbc news anne thompson and a guest. the fda giving the green light for all adults to get the boosters but some states are doing it for everyone. >> it is really confusing, andrea. and the fda referenced that as it approved the pfizer and moderna boosters. you have got 15 states by our count who expanded eligibility to everybody over 18 or intended to do so if the federal government didn't step in. the fda say basically to clear up the confusion they now have authorized moderna and pfizer booster shots for anyone over 18. the cdd is expected to do that this afternoon. in a briefing this week indicated almost proforma and then everybody who's over 18 no matter the state or city you live in will able to get the boosters and the white house tells us that there are enough booster shots for every adult that wants one and don't anticipate that delay that there was when the vaccines first came on market. >> doctor, from my understanding from other doctors who have spoken out the boosters stake effect in terms of immunity and re

. >> nbc. >> the bbc. i kept seeing that this was going further and into europe. >> german newspaper, irish newspapers, you name it, they were all calling. >> my e-mails have not stopped. are you getting e-mails? >> non-stop. >> it's insane. >> otherwise if i thought it was turning into this i would have thought twice. >> on the day after the press conference, it was nothing but chaos. we couldn't even use the office phone for two weeks, because it just never stopped ringing. >> you couldn't even get a thought processed, let alone answer them. >> you have 1010 new messages of which three are urgent. >> i understood that there is a special. >> message two. >> deleted. >> deleted. >> you're f-ing traitor. >> real message 39. >> the things they're saying about us is like amazing. i can't even believe this. okay, guys, wait until you hear this one. there's a big conspiracy theory. we're burning ballots across the street at the crematory. people's minds, they're just delusional. >> that was one of the hardest p

joining us now is ben collins, a senior reporter for nbc news. he covers disinformation and extremism on the internet. ben, thanks for being here, i really appreciate you making time. >> thank you. >> it is easy to sort of point and drop your jaw and be agog at this. but i feel like one of the reasons i wanted to talk to you about it is i feel like you've been smart about how these are our fellow americans and these are people who are politically engaged in their own way. and these folks are looking for something and believing they're finding it within these strains. did you feel surprised that there were so many people who actually turned up there, given how obscure and far out there these theories are that would have motivated them to have to be there? >> yeah, rachel, i was shocked about this, frankly. look, in the qanon universe, this is like a denomination of it, this jfk junior thing. let's back up to what qanon is, right, it's this idea that there's this guy named q embedded in the government, he was saying there was a big secret plan from

nbc news now projecting that in the new jersey governor's race it is still too early to call but nbc is characterizing this race as being one that phil murphy, the incumbent democratic governor, is leading. again, one of the things that we are watching for in the next few minutes is that the new york city mayor's race has been called. eric adams, who's currently the brooklyn borough president, is projected to be the next mayor of new york city. this is a shot of his headquarters where we believe that is him taking the stage. you see him about to give his speech. if he is i would like to take it if we can. >> mayor for the city of new york, eric l. adams! [ cheers and applause ] ♪♪ >> the champ is here! ♪♪ the champ is here! ♪♪ the champ is here! the champ is here! the champ is here! ♪♪ the champ is here! the champ is here! >> i don't know if he's going to crowd surf a little bit here or if this is going to become a speech soon. chris, you're closer to the monitor. what's happening? >> he's just soaking it in and putting together a kind of rainbow coalition on stage of

nbc foreign correspondent matt bradley joining usre now from london with more. matt, bring us up to speed. >> reporter: good morning, lyndsey and kendis. we just missed the actual moment,ss the 11th hour, the 11 month, the 11th day. there was a treaty that ended world war i. that moment on that day is marked something like a veterans day or a memorial day here in britain. and it doesn't just honor those who fought and died in world war i, it honors those who are injured and fought and died in every war. the queen is a representative of the country, but also a representative of the greatest generation. she woreprgr a uniform and works uniformed soldier in world war ii. that's why this is such an important day for ther. and she rarely misses it. the only other times she's missed it's is when she was pregnant or traveling, but it still went trahead. we saw prince charles. he laid a wreath at the cenitaph. and this solemn ceremony involved ad two-minute moment silence for the entire country horse procession around here. this is a big deal. this was what we heard fro

. >> nbc. >> fox. >> cbs. >> cnn. >> the bbc. i started seeing this was going further and it was going into europe german newspapers, irish newspapers, you name it, they were all calling. >> my emails have not stopped. are you getting emails? >> non-stop. >> are you? >> yeah. >> yeah, that's why i said yes. otherwise, if i thought it was turning into this, i would have thought twice. >> on the day after the press conference it was nothing but chaos. we couldn't even use the office phone for two weeks because it just never stopped ringing. >> you couldn't get a thought processed, let alone answer them. >> you have 1,010 messages, three are urgent. message one. >> i understood that there is a special on [ bleep ] this week. >> message two. >> dismantling our democracy. >> and the united states of -- >> deleted. >> [ bleep ]. >> deleted. >> you're a [ bleep ] traitor. >> deleted. >> message 39. >> i was hoping -- >> the things they are saying about us is like amazing. i just -- i can't even believe this. okay, guys, wait until you h

joining us now is shaquille brewster, nbc news correspondent. shaq has been at the kenosha courthouse since the trial started. he was there to see the crowd's reaction today when the jury delivered its verdict. shaq, thanks for being here, i know it's been a really, really long day. >> reporter: thanks for having me, rachel. >> what is it like in kenosha right now? the town saw those weeks of protests last year, including the violence that resulted in this trial. supporters and protesters of rittenhouse have been back in kenosha for this trial. what's the atmosphere been like? >> reporter: really, rachel, despite the fears, concerns, and deliberations, as we watched the deliberations stretch into four days, kenosha is calm tonight. and that is much to the relief of many people here in this community. we mentioned and we've been talking about the national guard that has been on standby, the schools that switched to virtual learning in anticipation of this verdict. and you're just not seeing that real reaction here on the streets. i'll tell you, i

and, then police cornered off the scene of the house, and nbc correspondent, carrie sanders, found another way to get closer. >> there's a roadblock, police warn letting anybody, in and i looked over to my left, and i saw construction workers, who was on this bicycle, and he was riding home on the sidewalk. and i ran over to him, and i go, can you give me a ride on your handlebars. and i hopped on his handlebars, given $20, and he rode me down on the bicycle, about four or five blocks to get to where this was all going on. >> a sieged atmosphere, settled in. >> how did you tried to reach him? >> we had a hostage negotiators on scene, from the fbi, am from the local sheriff's office. they attempted to make contact to the landline telephone. but he didn't answer. >> okay. >> so we tried the bullet horn. and no response. >> everybody waited. the world, watching. at one point some officers moved in quietly. busted a window, and tossed a listening device, into the house vote. >> we were getting absolutely nothing from the side of the house. so we were pretty confident, that he was either gone,

>>> as we come on the air here on "nbc reports," we are watching what's happening in the courtroom in brunswick, georgia. the three men on trial for killing ahmaud arbery may, in a matter of hours or days, know if they're heading to prison or not. that's because the trial you're watching now is about to be in the final phase of arguments before the jury deliberates. >>> plus the update coming in just the last hour from wisconsin. multiple homicide charges now announced against the suspect in that deadly christmas parade incident. >>> back here in washington, more bipartisan praise and more bipartisan outrage for this man. why the president's pick for the fed chair is getting a thumbs up from mitch mcconnell and a big thumbs down from warren. >>> we have a new report on how much of a makeover is coming. democrats hoping for paid leave may be disappointed. let's start with the michael bryan trial. sam brock is covering that in georgia. i'm also joined by our legal analyst, federal and state prosecutor. sam, let's start with you. we're on a bit of a break. we expect courts to pick back u

on behalf of our cold leers here at nbc news, good night. d night. >> rachel has the night off, she will be back on monday however. here is something that is worth watching if you didn't see today, i'm gonna tell you this is not an exciting piece of tape, in fact it is so bland and normal that if we were living at any other time we might not even bother playing it for you, but this is worth seeing. this was the republican candidate for governor of new jersey today conceding last week's election which he lost in new jersey's incumbent democratic governor. >> to those who are disappointed that i am conceding, to those whose faith in our election system is shaken, to those who are angry that i am not asking for a recount today, let me say this, i've worked every day and night for 22 months to become new jersey's governor. if you think i would be standing here today conceding if i thought i won this election, you couldn't be more wrong. i hate to lose. ask mayor deceit go. but i'm also someone who believes strongly in our republic and our democr

danny solace is an nbc legal analyst. and malcolm nance is in and miss nbc terrorist analyst. danny, clearly we have two very different cases here. the case of the man accused of killing ahmaud arbery. the case involving call rittenhouse. different sets of facts. was the biggest difference to you when people start thinking about the rittenhouse verdict as we prepare for a verdict in the trial of ahmaud arbery's accused killers? accused ki>> no two criminal cae exactly like, just as you pointed out. in fact, these two cases are very different. in that case of arbery's killers, you have a situation where there's plenty of evidence that the defendants took themselves to the encounter and not only at the very last second they claim self-defense when arbery turns toward them. before that he's doing everything he can to run away and. that appears to be from the defendants own testimony. so, that's a very challenging case for these defendants to claim self-defense. but i think while the two cases show us is there is a lot of reach range between self-defense cases. no two are alike. t

>> nbc's peter alexander live. thank you for that report. >>> and tomorrow is election day in virginia for the virginia governor's race. one of the most watched contests in the country which could have national implications ahead of the 2022 midterms. nbc news white house correspondent monica alba has the latest. >> it's a state-wide race with national implications. >> we can't get this done unless we keep this positive momentum going. >> nation is watching what's happening in virginia right now. >> democrat terry mcauliffe and glen youngkin crisscrossing the commonwealth this weekend in a last push to be virginia's next governor. as president biden's falling approval rating takes a toll on his own party. a worrying trend ahead of the bellwether election for the 2022 midterms. with a new national nbc news poll showing the party in power trailing republicans on which better handles the economy, inflation, and immigration. the top issues on virginia voter's minds? >> people's safety, schools are important. when it co

joining me now to discuss, nbc news investigations correspondent, tom winter. tom, first of all, set the scene outside the courtroom. i am guessing there is a long line of people looking to get in. what can we expect today? >> that's exactly right. they're actually right over my shoulder here, stephanie. a number of people have been lined up. the line started about 6:30 this morning here. a number of people are already inside the courthouse. a couple of people who aren't inside the courthouse are a couple of prospctive jurors. they're still in the process of picking this jury. and according to the judge, two of the members of the jury pool did not respond to their phone calls. another one said that they forgot that they had to show up today for jury selection. so we're a little bit delayed, but we should expect both sides to use their peremptory strikes shortly. they'll whittle down the number in the jury pool down to the final jury here. they'll select the alternates, and i suspect that we'll get opening statements within the hour, i think, stephanie, is proba

on behalf of all of my colleagues, at the network of nbc news, goodnight. , goodnight. tonight on all in, >> why is it that the only thing the republicans would punish one of their own members for in this congress is speaking out against donald trump? >> how is it, i don't understand your question. >> donald trump endorses paul gore side as the republican leader plans to reward him tonight. >> the stakes for american democracy as the troll caucus grows. then, as the build back better plan most towards the, vote senator bernie sanders, on his plan to hold of defense spending that no one is asking questions about. plus, dr. fauci, with this message on boosters and thanksgiving gatherings, and senator elizabeth warren of the big money interests trying to stop a biden bank regulator as it goes to joseph mccarthy returns to senate. >> i don't mean any disresp

nbc's ron allen is in brunswick, georgia following the trial for us. and danny cevallos is back with us as well. take us through the opening statements being made by one of the defense attorneys. >> well, remember, william brian is the resident who filmed the encounter. he joined the chase and n -- in his pickup truck and videotaped the encounter between the other defendants and ahmaud arbery. and his lawyer has throughout the trial been trying to separate his case from the others saying he was essentially just a witness who saw all this and didn't participate in much of what was going on, they say. he is still charged with murder, because under georgia law they are essentially saying that all these three men worked together and cooperated together to cause the death of ahmaud arbery. we heard from bryan as he was trying to convince the judge that he was not getting a fair trial because of the conditions of his confinement for the past 18 months at the detention center. we have some of what he said and how ahmaud arbery's mother reacted to that. take a

. >> joining me is nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali, nbc correspondent monica alba, and ashley parker, an msnbc political analyst. love having all of you here. these are interesting times to say the least. ali, there was some sense kind of that we were headed for a vote today. speaker pelosi seems to be tamping down those expectations now. where does this new sense of urgency, if that's what it is, leave democrats today? >> it's an existing urgency, chris. even at the beginning of the week, before we saw the virginia and new jersey results, there was a sense that progressives have been ready to move on this and certainly moderates are ready to move on this. publicly we didn't hear speaker pelosi set any timeline, but privately to her caucus, in talking to lawmakers in the last little while, they're still under the impression that a vote could come as early as this evening, first on the larger social spending package, then tomorrow morning on the bipartisan infrastructure bill that has already passed in the senate. but really what this comes down to is a bunch of finger p

nbc goes on to detail several previously unreported threats against elected officials. congressman tom rice of south carolina, one of the ten republicans who voted to impeach donald trump in january, received a menacing voicemail a few weeks later. congressman ted lieu was threatened with a citizens' arrest several days after january 6th and although the report of the incident said there was no articulatable threat, police have received patrol requests for the congressman. senator collins had at least 77 property checks at her home and local office between january 6th and september 1st. and following the impeachment vote in february, a suspicious letter was mailed to impeachment manager congressman joe ngusa's home which revealed a picture of him with an unknown substance suspected to be feces marking an "x" over the photo. disturbing incidents that signal an alarming trend where one of the two major political parties in this country has become increasingly tolerant of violence and images of violence, and in some cases, are the ones promoting it. first off, we cannot di

bring in nbc news ken delanian now along with nbc's garrett haake, too. start on the mark meadows news we have. former chief of staff to president trump, with him, around him on the days leading up to and on the capitol insurrection. now saying to his lawyer, he's good. doesn't want to cooperate. talk us through this? >> right. saying under instructions from former president trump that his testimony and documents related to it are covered by executive privilege, this in response to a letter from the biden administration we decided this isn't govered by executive privilege and you should testify. now, you may ask, well, okay. what can congress do about it? what leverage do they have? hold mark meadows and other people, hold them in contempt. how do they enforce that? get the justice department to prosecute them and even if they do, can't force them to testify. they can send them to jail and inherent power the congress has, throw people in jail in the bows of the capitol. adam schiff talked about potentially fining witnesses who don't respond to subpoenas.

joining me now is nbc senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell. chief executive and cofounder of independent climate change think tank ekg and scientist michael man, penn state professor and director of their earth science center, his latest book is entitled "the new climate war." kelly o., a potentially embarrassing image of president biden has emerged from the climate conference there. tell us what we know and what the white house is saying about this. i know how exhausting that overseas schedule is, and they did have a late night last night. >> yes, this is the fifth day of the president's overseas tour, and he was seen on camera with his eyes closed. it appears that perhaps he was dozing, and in these settings, cameras are all around. the camera caught president biden who turns 79 later this month with his eyes closed for a period of time, and you're right, these can be embarrassing situations. you have the contrast of leaders including president biden calling for the urgency of these issues, of addressing climate and a moment like that in a s

let's get started right now with nbc's liz mclaughlin, what's the latest on the situation there overnight? >> reporter: pretty calm here in kenosha, overnight but there were about 30 protesters here in front of the courthouse when the not guilty verdict was read. one woman was arrested for writing the judge must go. in chalk, not spray paint. the judge, 75 years old, is the longest active circuit judge here in wisconsin and has received criticism throughout the trial. here's what he had to say to the jury right after the not guilty verdict was read. let's listen. >> i couldn't have asked for a better jury to work with. and it has truly been my pleasure. i think without commenting on your verdict, the verdicts themselves, just in terms of your -- the attentiveness and the cooperation that you gave to us justifies the confidence that the founders of our country placed in you. >> reporter: and the wisconsin lieutenant governor reacted saying that this judge virtually demanded a not guilty verdict from that jury, outrage overnight. bedid see some protests, larger groups in new york city, abou

. >>> nbc news is reporting the u.s. circuit court of appeals for the district of columbia notified lawyers for trump the house committee and the national archives they should be prepared to address whether the cart has the legal authority to even hear this dispute. the fact that the court is wondering about its authority to take up the case is telling. courts are protective of their jurisdictions. if trump's lawsuit is dismissed it would pave the way for the january 6th committee to get documents from the archives. we know that is something donald trump is desperate to have not happen. any sense on how this news has landed both on the committee side and on the trump side? >> this is undeniably a blow to the former president. he and his legal team have tried to block this and have received some stays along the way to prevent these documents were being hands over to the committee. now with the court suggesting it potentially doesn't even have the right to hear this, that it is not in its jurisdiction, that would seem to t

nbc there's new pressure on democrats to pass the democratic agenda. speaker pelosi is set to hold her weekly briefing any minute now. a vote could come as early as today according to our hill team. and we know she only holds a vote if she has the numbers. we're going to watch her comments pretty closely there. if there is a vote, is she confident that senators manchin and, of course, sinema would'ven back whatever the house sends their way? here is what senator manchin is saying about this process just this morning on "morning joe." >> they want you to write in blood that i'll be for this, this, and this. and i'm not, and they know it. >> so we're going to get to more on where the biden agenda stands in moments from now. right now we're following a live hearing with the cdc director and anthony dr. fauci. kids as young as five are getting vaccines. what they're saying about the next phase in the pandemic fight. >>> and then when it comes to two big legal cases, the number sticking out is one. in the trial of three men accused of killing ahmaud arbery,

nbc news correspondent has the latest from rome. >> reporter: cases are on the rise everywhere in europe. slovakia, the czech republic, hungry and the netherlands recorded the highest daily cases in the last 24 hours since the start of the pandemic. germany has just reached 100,000 people dead from coronavirus. of course, that is a very important psychological threshold. why this sudden and massive surge across europe? well, the director general of the world health organization yesterday said he thinks it's a false sense of security among people who get vaccinated. he thinks that or he says that people get vaccinated lower their guard and they forget about the other precautions which is of course wearing a mask in a crowded place indoors or keeping social distance. while, of course, vaccination is the main true protection against covid-19. he says that people shouldn't forget that they should not -- they should not lower their guard in terms of the other precautions. what are governments across europe doing to stop this new trend? the fourth wave of infection across europe? here in italy

on behalf of all our colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night. prohibitive from testifying, but i'm asking much more directly, will the government yuck. about all the money in this and who will be helped. >> well they did call i laid at the white house brian, so we're probably not gonna see the president tonight, but that's not to say that we're not gonna hear from other democrats, who are i -- as well as for the biden white house. my white house inbox immediately filled up with emails applause with senators who had been wanting to theirs to pass from other lawmakers and institutions who had been lobbying for different causes in this bill. because this is a win for democrats. the cheers that you heard on the floor, there, come after hours and weeks of hard deliberations and negotiations, policy items that were important falling by the way side. only to beat revised and brought back in, moderates having their arms twisted but they would move on those tonight on the vote that we haven't seen yet, which is on the build back better package. i want to

joining me from outside the courtroom is nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez, also joining me is nbc news legal analyst maya wily. thank you for being with me. gabe, the judge admonished the prosecutor yesterday. what's everyone watching for today? >> reporter: it was quite a sight. i've seen judges be stern with prosecutors or defense attorneys before. this was in front of all the cameras. out of the view of the jury, the jury was outside the room at the time but he lashed out at prosecutors, one prosecutor over his line of questioning and also a very emotional testimony from kyle rittenhouse. what we're looking at today the defense as you mentioned expected to call several more witnesses, they indicated they had at least three remaining, one use of force expert, also talk about the time line of events and other eyewitness on the ground at the shootings that night and an expert on shell casings to address some things the prosecution brought up during its case. now, again, several more witnesses late yesterday the judge indicated we could expect closing arguments early next week but

nbc news foreign correspondent is with us and dr. susannah hills and pediatric surge surgery at colombia university. tell us about the plans coming from folks overseas. >> reporter: hey, holly, the u.s. has become the latest company to have imposed travel restrictions on south africa and seven other african countries. why? because this new variant just named today omni chrome, the who ray signs a greek alphabet letter to each variant so they're not associated with the countries they were first discovered in, in this particular case. it was south africa. remember that name on the chrome, we will hear that over and over in the next few days but months, it's like a delta variant but worse, this is what the w.h.o. has been saying. it has a lot of mutations. it is highly infection and very viral and that is the reason why the u.s. is the latest country to have stopped people or restricted travel from all those countries where this particular variant was spreading and was spreading fast. italy announced those restrictions today. scores of

nbc julie tsirkin there for us. facing challenges in the senate. how does this play out? >> reporter: alex, remember all of those things that the senate punted to end of the year? government funding, defense spending. well, it's end of the year bp so they're going to have a lot of work to do when they come back from thanksgiving recess that doesn't revolve around build back better, but that's okay, because they have time. that bill, the $1.6 trillion social safety net and climate plan that just passed the house yesterday, boy, it's got a lot of work in the senate before they're ready to consider it. let's take a listen to what congressman jamaal bowman said on msnbc earlier this morning. >> all eyes are now on the senate right now, and all eyes are on manchin and sinema. the last leg of the president's agenda passed infrastructure framework and house passed build back better. final leg is the senate. all eyes are on the senate. >> reporter: alex what the progressive democrat from new york said is really important because it brings me back to something that jayapal, chairm

joining me now is nbc correspondent pete williams and jesse hahn. pete, what did we hear about this today? >> it just started and it's got a long way to go. originally the house ways and means committee sued the treasury and irs saying, you're supposed to turn these documents over. there is a law that says we can ask for any individual's returns. you're not giving them so we're suing you, and initially the treasury department said, no, you don't have a legitimate purpose. that was under the trump administration. the biden administration said, on second thought, we think you should have these documents, so the house said, okay, the fight's over, let's dismiss the case. that's when president trump's lawyers came in and said, whoa, not so fast, we think this lawsuit should stay alive. we don't think the documents should be turned over. right now the judge is questioning the lawyer for the house, saying, what am i supposed to make about all these statements that are made by democratic politicians which the trump team has assembled for the judge to look

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. >>> joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell, the reverend al sharpton, host of "politicsnation" on msnbc, republican pollster kristen soltis anderson, and civil rights attorney david henderson. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> good sunday morning.e this past week we got more evidence of just how divided t we've become as a country. on friday, wisconsin jury found kyle rittenhouse not guilty on all counts of shooting three r men, two fatally, at a concern osha protest last summer, sparked by the shooting of black man by a white police officer. >>> in georgia right now there are three men on trial charged with an unprovoked killing of a black men, ahmaud arbery. >>> earlier in the week, just two house republicans joined democrats in censuring republican c congressman paul gosar and stripping him of his committee assignments after he posted an animated video showing him killing his colleague, democrat aoc woshds. aoc words. >>> the gop, at least the house gop's near unanimous dismissal are further evidence of a framed

nbc news can project that democrat eric adams will handily be elected the next mayor of the city of new york. only the second black mayor in the city's history. notably a former member of the nypd, who decidedly did not sign on to the defund the police movement, perhaps the most toxic phrase ever introduced into our politics in the modern era. with all that we want to begin with the very latest on the vote count. you know what that means. for more we go to steve kornacki at the big board for us tonight as he has been all evening. steve, what have you got? >> yeah, brian, i mean, the story right now has shifted a bit towards new jersey, a state we did not talk about a lot in the run-up obviously to this election. but here's the deal right now. we've got about 60% of the vote counted statewide, and in the tally that's been done so far the republican challenger jack ciattarelli leading the democratic governor by four points. now, what's making this so tricky in new jersey is the vote has been coming in extremely unevenly. so it's not like we're looking at a sample of votes from county to c

looks very similar to that nbc poll we had nationally the other day of biden's approval rating. that's one, i think, headline from this exit poll right now. the other, though, is what has terry mcauliffe, the democrat's, strategy been to try to overcome potentially the baggage here from joe biden, if he has a negative approval rating. terry mcauliffe has been trying to link his republican opponent glenn youngkin to donald trump. trump, who lost virginia by ten points last year, trump who -- youngkin, i should say, has tried to in this general election publicly try to keep his distance from him. hot is the electorate's opinion of donald trump coming into tonight. it's a favorable/unfavorable number. the favorable number for trump with this electorate is 41%. the unfavorable number is 58%. so the youngkin folks are hoping to benefit from this and the mcauliffe folks are hoping to benefit from that. again, the favorite -- the approval, the favorable. other numbers, hopefully we can share them with you from the first look at the exit poll. >> steve, anything you're going to be looki

it was obtained by nbc news. it says, all members of the oklahoma army and air national guard regardless of duty status must follow the directions of the secretary of the army and the secretary of the air force, respectively, for specific instructions and may jeopardize the member's status in the national guard. which means request denied. if members of the oklahoma national guard defy the federal order that they have to get vaccinated, then they may very well lose their jobs as members of the national guard. that's what the rule means. a spokesperson for oklahoma's governor tells the oklahoma newspaper tonight that governor stitt maintains his position that the governors, the commander in chief, are all members of the national guard while they are all channel 32 status, meaning they are not actively deployed on a federal mission or training. so neither side is backing down. we called the oklahoma national guard today to see what this will actually mean for their members. they said as far as they know, the orders

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but his parents say video obtained by nbc news and spotlight p.a. tells a very different story and now they're suing. vaughn hillyard picks up the story from here. we want to warn you, some viewers may find the video disturbing. >> reporter: new video released showing pennsylvania state police fatally shooting a chinese american teenager who had his hands in the air holding a pellet gun when troopers opened fire. the video was recorded by the state police, shows christian hall, who had been diagnosed with depression, standing on a ledge of a highway overpass in northeastern pennsylvania when troopers arrived. >> can you step down and talk to us? you're not in any trouble. you're not in any trouble. >> reporter: in the video, the troopers back away after seeing what they believed tore a gun in his hands. it was later determined to be a realistic pellet gun. authorities are seen attempting to persuade hall to step off the ledge with him repeatedly ignoring their request to drop the gun for about 90 minutes. troopers firing warning shots at the concret

joining me now with more on this is nbc's ali vitali. ali, what more can you tell us about this investment? >> reporter: yeah, jose, this is an historic increase to the s.n.a.p. program and one that comes at a critical moment for the millions of families who access the program, including eric tucker's. >> get some cereal you want. >> reporter: the later it gets in the month -- >> we can afford them now. >> reporter: the further eric tucker's grocery budget has to stretch. >> if i can feed my family for 10, 12 bucks a night, that works. >> reporter: what happens when you get towards the end of the month? >> less snacks. >> reporter: the father of two boys in orange county, california, lost his home and job during the pandemic and joined s.n.a.p. to help feed his family. >> you want any noodles? >> reporter: it's forced some tough choices in the checkout line. what's that been like? >> humiliating. you've got to pick and choose your battle, who am i going to upset? myself, my kid, what kid? it's got going to be the fulfillment of a meal. >

joining me to talk more about this is nbc news correspondent heidi przybyla. larry sabatow from the university of virginia center of politics. heidi, what have voters told you about what's become the key issue in this race, education? >> chris, if you're talking about youngkin voters, it's literally the first thing they bring up. traversing this main strip here in virginia beach, which is a very swingy area, you can't help but feel the passions that a lot of these republican voters have about this issue and the notion that critical race theory is being taught in virginia classrooms. a lot of these voters, chris, weren't able to exactly articulate what that means, other than they just feel that their kids or grandkids are being shamed for being white. and it was just striking how many of them brought it up, chris. i want you to listen to just one of the many conversations that we had in a nearby diner. take a listen. >> i like what youngkin is standing for. you know, parents do have a big say in education. this critical race theory is something to me that is ri

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now with more on all of this, we're going to nbc's lauren egan in delaware. she's with the president and gary grumbach is standing by on capitol hill for us. lauren, we're going to start this hour with you. what are we hearing from the president about how he was able to finally get this done? >> reporter: we know that the president was deeply involved in negotiations over the past few days. he was in the oval office yesterday making calls to both moderates and progressives. he's continued to make calls in the white house residents late last night and his message was, we need to get this done and we need to get this done now. he did not want this to drag on any longer, alex. we have been talking and having these conversations now for almost seven months, and he wanted to see this finally get across the finish line. just a few hours ago, he spoke at the white house about how he was finally able to pull this off. listen to what he had to say. >> i've been doing this thing any whole life. i've been able in the senate to put things together when people said they c

our report tonight from nbc news correspondent miguel almaguer. >>'s former super bowl champion, league mvp, and the face of the nfl, aaron rodgers is breaking his silence after testing positive for covid. >> on the, show the 37 year old green bay packers quarterback discuss ticking monoclonal antibodies and ivermectin, a drug the fda advises against using for serious illness. it's used to treat livestock. >> i believe in bodily autonomy. >> roger says that he can salts joe rogan and revealed he never took one of the three authorized vaccines. i'm not some sort of anti vax flat earthers, i'm someone who's a critical thinker. >> this, after telling the media over the summer, he was protected. >> are you vaccinated and what's your stance on vaccinations? >> yeah, i'm immunized. >> today, rogers, who said the work mob tried to cancel, him insisted that he was not misleading the public. >> my plan was to say that i have been immunized, it wasn't some sort of ruse or lie, it was the truth. >> he says he's allergic to ingredients in mrna vaccines and wa

joining us now, nbc news correspondent kristen dahlgren in burlington, vermont, and dr. kavita patel, msnbc medical contributor and former policy adviser in the obama white house. kristen, what's behind this troubling rise in infections in vermont? >> reporter: it's a good yes, andrea. and we just got the latest numbers in. 517 cases. that is the second highest daily total in the entire pandemic. so something going on in this state where we have more than 90% of people 12 and up vaccinated. 18% of kids 5 to 11 have gotten their first dose. so the most vaccinated state. a few things going on according to health officials. one, this is still cases predominantly among the unvaccinated. also, they're seeing efficacy waning. these are people who got their vaccine way back in the spring, now they're beginning to see it waning and they are getting more breakthrough cases. here's what a local infectious disease doctor had to tell me. >> we're a bit of a victim of our success. unlike new jersey and new york that had pretty high percentages of their citizens who got infected, some

to learn more about cost, visit xarelto.com or call 1-888-xarelto >>> we have some new nbc news exclusive reporting in the way gun dealers are marketing their weapons including violent threats against president biden. one gun dealer going so far as to change the inscription on the safety lever of its ar-15 rifle. meanwhile, two other gun manufacturers are advertising ar-15 magazines with "let's go, brandon" stickers. that's code for a swearing incident to president biden. we have a lot of questions like what this brandon thing is. take us through your reporting. >> this is how volatile this has gotten, joe. someone is selling an ar-15 branded ar-15. the word joe is next to the single shot mode and the word biden is next to the automatic firing mode. after i got a tip about this, i came across two other companies marketing ar-15 magazines with "let's go brandon" stickers on them. i reached out to the secret service to see whether they considered this a threat against the president. a spokesman declined to comment. so far we have not heard from the white house. the phrase "let's go brandon"

at the networks of nbc news, good night. it's good to have you. here shotguns are legal. sawed off shotguns are not legal. the national firearms act of 1934 put in place new federal rules, again 1934, against owning a whole big class of weapons and weapons accessories that are believed to be associated with serious crimes. so that 1934 law included things like, machine guns and silencers and sawed off shotguns. and now, just because i just said that small sequence of sentences all of the gun people are now going to write me really pedantic misspelled threatening letters telling me that i've explained this in a way that they do not like. i welcome your hate mail. bring it on. but frankly, the bottom line truth for most americans is that for 87 years now, u.s. law says you cannot have a sawed off shotgun. you cannot shorten the bear of your shotgun to be 18 inches or less, because, crime. but this being the united states of america in which we are not really a route to have nationally derive policies about guns, even though sawed off shotguns have been illegal in this count

jacob blake's uncle spoke to nbc's gabe gutierrez. here's some of what he said. >> there was no self-defense. self-defense is when you are protecting your home, protecting your family. he in a bastardly and dastardly law used the law to work for him. there was throughoutly no self-defense. >> the family of anthony huber, one of the two men fattlely shot by rousz is out with a statement that reads in part, today's verdict means there is no accountability for the person who murdered our son. i sends the acceptable message that armed civilians can show up in any town, insight violence and then use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street. the acquittal of kyle rittenhouse is where we start this hour. shack brewster is outside the courthouses in kenosha for us. maya wiley and here. and the reverend al sharpton is here, host of msnbc's "politics nation." shaq, i start with you. what are you seeing and hearing? >> things are calm here in kenosha. i will tell you here in front of the courthouse there is some demo

she's now an nbc news analyst. pete, let's start with the argument that this law would lead to a deluge of lawsuits just as sotomayor asked a question about this, and we can play it thanks to the new rules here. >> you believe that the way this sb-8 is structured that what the chilling effect is the very multiplicity of lawsuits that are threatened against you? >> yes, your honor. that's exactly right. it is the fact -- there's a combination of various ways that this state has created special roles, applicable only to sb-8 to make state courts a tool that can be used to nullify constitutional rights that have been recognized by this court. >> so much of this seemed to be about the ways in which this law could be applied elsewhere. the structure of it. i think for people who were tuning in and hearing the supreme court arguments for the first time, myself among them, dealing with the ways this could be applied elsewhere, walk me through what we heard there and what we understand from the argument? >> i'd say bottom

nbc news correspondent stephanie stanton is in brunswick, georgia. and correspondent liz mclaughlin is in kenosha, wisconsin. stephanie, we're going to start with you. what do we know about the timeline for the end of this trial? >> reporter: good morning, kendis. we understand that closing arguments are set to begin tomorrow. and depending on how that all plays out, the jury could get this case in their hands as early as tomorrow afternoon. last week, we saw some pretty dramatic testimony here at the courthouse in georgia by travis mcmichael. he of course, is one of those three defendants on trial for murder. during his testimony, he was attempting to explain why he was following ahmaud arbery. he along with his father, greg, and another man, william brian, following ahmaud arbery, because they believe that he was responsible for at least one burglary in their neighborhood. but upon, when they came upon him, mcmichael claimed that he ended up opening fire in self-defense. well, during some pretty intense cross-examination, the prosecutor was able to

let's get right to nbc's josh lederman in nantucket where the president is for the holiday. we also have msnbc medical contributor dr. vin gupta. also the host of npr's "full disclosure," robin farzad. josh, i asked you in the last hour whether the president would move to strict travel and you said you hadn't heard anything. sounds like he was listening. >> reporter: that's right, katy. the white house wanted to wait until the variant was designated of concern by the w.h.o. and that's now occurred. the white house is acting on the advice of the president's chief medical adviser dr. anthony fauci as well as the cdc in now putting into place these restrictions which will occur beginning on monday. in addition to south africa, there will be seven other countries that are subject to these new travel restrictions. i'll read them you to. it's botswana, zimbabwe, mows a.m. mozambique, and malawi, as scientists try to learn more about this covid-19 variant circulating in southern africa. now that it's been labeled a variant of concern, they feel comfortable taking this step. this po

nbc's national security and television correspondent ken ken dilanian. ken, we've been covering a lot of trials lately, but bring us up to speed. what's happening? >> the jury found the defendants liable for four out of six counts and awarded punitive damages. it's at least 12 million and a million per organization and half a million against each of these defendants which, as you'll recall, are some of the white supremacists and nazis who organized the unite the right rally, including richard spencer, the guy who coined the phrase alt-right. james fields, the man who drove the car into the crowd and killed heather hire was a defendant in this case. he's serving life in prison. remember, this is a civil case. he had a punitive damage case against him. this is not the perfect victory the plaintiffs wanted. the jury was deadlocked on two counts of civil conspiracy, but it is a significant victory for these plaintiffs who were trying to send a message. i don't think they expect these organizations will be able to pay all these millions of dollars, but the id