nbc news correspondent rahema ellis is in new jersey. and larry sabato, the director of the university of virginia's center for politics. thank you for being with me. steve, let's start with you. what's the latest from new jersey? >> here we go. all eyes are on the garden state right now. you see phil murphy, the democratic incumbent. he leads here by just under 6,000 votes, 0.2 of 1% over jack ciattarelli, his republican opponent. look, the bad news for murphy is this was a state that obviously joe biden, as you say, won in a landslide. it's a state that republicans really struggled to be competitive in. and nobody thought this race was even going to be place. i think the suspense both democrats and republicans talking to in the last week felt, hey, is this maybe going to be a single-digit race? well, it's a lot more than a single-digit race. that's the bad news for murphy. the good news for murphy the vote, it seems to be coming in. the remaining vote that's out there, we're still seeing big batches or significant batches specifically

i want to bring in nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake, nbc news justice correspondent pete williams, nbc news national security and intelligence correspondent ken delanian, white house bureau chief ashleigh parker and form u.s. attorney and senior fbi official chuck rosenberg. great to see all of you on this day before thanksgiving. so garrett, i guess we've got about 50 subpoenas that have gone out so far. now the committee wants to hear from groups that were involved in storming the capitol. where do things go from here? >> well, we've seen subpoenas go after the leadership, the organizers, the financeers and the people behind the stop the steal movement, the rally on the ellipse and so forth. the latest batch is for the foot soldiers, the organizations that provided, we believe, some of the most violent members of the mob who were here at the riot on the capitol. the oathkeepers, the proud boys, another group called first amendment pretorium. these will be more granular part of the investigation by the committee. we've seen a lot of what has been going out from the

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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

with me now, nbc news's white house correspondent, mike memoli, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ali vitali. thank you both for being with me. mike, what's the message that the president is hoping to send with today's signing ceremony? >> jose, we've been talking about it. this is a president that needs badly a political victory and when the house finally passed this, it was late on a friday night. ali was up working the hill at the time. today is the moment where the white house is really finally going to get a chance to celebrate this moment. and the president will use this big bill signing event on the south lawn to really send two messages. first, about a promise kept to voters that he was going to finally deliver on infrastructure. we've been talking so long about the needs that this country has and the president will highlight the billions of dollars that's going to be going to roads, to bridges, to expanded broadband, to replacing lead water pipes. we're also going to hear the president talking about another promise that he is going to keep true to. which he said in the c

here with that and much more, nbc jacob ward. jacob, good morning. how is the pacific northwest doing after that storm system? >> good morning, jose. this storm system that began on friday is now in theory over, the floodwaters are receding, but officials are still worried as they have to release pressure inside reservoirs that have, of course, filled up during the storm. this drone video that you see over bellingham, washington, just outside of seattle, is, of course just one of the many incredible images that we've been seeing from there. i'm actually from washington state, jose. i grew up with rain. we're used to that, but this is nothing like that. this is the kind of atmospheric river that scientists say carry incredible amounts of water out from the ocean and dump it once it hits landfall. and unfortunately, in a warmer climate, the atmosphere can hold more moisture. and that's why you've seen small towns like sumas, washington, in which hundreds of people had to be evacuated, roughly 75% of the homes in that one town on the canadian border hav

joining me now from scotland, is nbc's josh letterman. great seeing you. tell us about this methane commitment. what does it mean for us here in the states? >> reporter: this is one of the biggest actions president biden has taken domestically on climate change so far, putting for the first time, about a million oil and gas wells in the united states under federal regulation. now, the obama administration had started regulations on new wells that were rolled back under president trump, but this is the first time the u.s. is going after existing wells. one really interesting part of this, the oil and gas industry, they are onboard. they have seen the writing on the wall for a long time on this. and we've heard from the american petroleum institute just a few minutes ago, the big oil and gas lobby saying they're reviewing this, but they are supportive of direct federal regulation of methane, which is a very know greenhouse gas. >> josh letterman, thank you very much. appreciate that. >>> it is 39 past the hour. time now for a check of headlines beyond our bo

news senior national correspondent tom and nbc national security analyst. tom, what more are we learning and hearing about what happened? >> yeah, jose, good to be with you this morning. i'll walk you through what investigators think what happened. they think the driver went through a barricade like this one and that's main street. that's where all the mayhem happened. that's where the parade was happening at the time. they believe the man turned on to main street and headed in the westbound direction and just began plowing into people. there were different groups, jose, at the time. this was a very popular parade here, holiday parade. you had children's dance troop, you had the dancing grannies, you had marching bands and you had volunteers from the archdiocese of milwaukee here. all of them are victims this morning. we know that at least two grannies from the dancing grannies have passed away and a troop of elderly women that would dance in the parade and make people laugh and happy and several children. 18 kids were taken to children's hospital of wiscon

with me now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ligh ann caldwell. what can we expect to see as the day goes on? >> reporter: good morning, jose. what you can expect to see, which is what we are seeing on the house floor right now, are attempts by republicans to delay this process. and so this process and these votes throughout the day could take quite a long time. republicans have the ability to&they want to slow this down. and that's what they're trying to do. but ultimately, speaker pelosi wants to hold two key vote today. one to pass this bipartisan infrastructure bill. the one that has already passed the senate months ago. if that passes and if that vote takes place today, it will go straight to the president for his signature. so that could be signed into law in the coming days. the other vote they want to hold is on their build back better agenda. this $1.75 trillion social safety net climate change plan that includes some immigration provisions. and they are hoping to pass that today, as well. there still seems to be some problems, though, wi

follow the show online@jdballart on nbc. craig melvin picks up with more news right now. >>> a good friday morning to you. craig melvin here. today is the day house democrats have been waiting for for months. >> the build back better bill is passed. >> there it is. the house finally passing the long-debated build back better bill by a final vote of 220 to 213. cheers breaking out on the democratic side of the house floor when they crossed the magic number of 2018. just one democrat voted no. it is a critical step. a critical step in passing the bill that includes billions of dollars for clean energy, free pre-k, an

i want to bring in nbc's dan deluse and attiyah abawi. this report says there was no illegal activity. does this mean no one will be held accountable? >> no, it doesn't mean that. it does mean there won't be the criminal prosecution, not a court-martial. there's personnel involved may be disciplined and could mean the end of their careers but that may not be enough to shield the pentagon from criticism, you had the charity that employed one of the victims saying yesterday they were deeply disappointed with this review and chairman of the house intelligence committee adam shift he was not convinced this represented full accountability and wanted to see a classified version of the report. >> dan let's remember after this attack happened, the u.s. military was all too glad to give us all the details about who this person was and he wasn't that person. >> it was an aide worker, not a terrorist, just about every detail that the pentagon offered in the immediate aftermath of the strike turned out to be false, completely wrong and the reaction f

joining me now with more is nbc's guad venegas. guad, good morning. what happens if these protesters don't follow the mandate? >> reporter: jose, good morning. well, the vaccination mandates in los angeles are in place with the proof of vaccination required for anyone entering indoor businesses like restaurants, shopping centers, theaters, museums, and other spaces. so that, of course, applies to all eligible to be vaccinated. many of the protesters yesterday, they stand against the vaccine mandates for governor employees and also for some schoolchildren here in los angeles. now, the protest was organize i'd by a group called firefighters for freedom, who called this rally a march for freedom. some of the most vocal protesters were the firefighters and the police officers who attended. lapd officials say about 75% of the police department are vaccinated, while the l.a. city firefighter's union says about 76% of them are vaccinated. meanwhile, the city council has expanded the deadline for city employees to be fully vaccinated, now to december 18th. me

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. >

he's also an nbc msnbc contributor. thanks for being with me. eugene, the national employment rate is at 4.6%. the unemployment rate for african-americans is 7.9%. almost 8%. for hispanics, 5.9%, 6%. a potential 10% rent increase along with a 60% increase in gas prices will hit these groups really hard. is the white house looking at the entire country when trying to figure out how to deal with these uses? >> no, they are. they are constantly talking about equity, as an important aspect of every single thing that they do, right? but when you talk to black voters, black activists, and latino voters, latino activists, they're saying they don't feel that. and that is at the core of a lot of what's happening with this administration right now, is that they have a lot that they could be running on and talking about. they have this higher, the overall unemployment going down, unemployment going down, you have this infrastructure bill that they say is going to provide a lot of jobs. numbers going up on jobs overall in this country. but people aren't fee

nbc's guad venegas is here with those details and more. guad, good morning. what's the latest on that concert tragedy? >> reporter: jose, good morning. well, fire chief pena is speaking about these details while also noting that everything is under investigation. now, the chief spoke about this lack of communication, saying, quote, no one on scene -- no, we did not speak or did not have direct communication with those organizers. he has noted that the members of the fire department were standing by and they were able to jump in and help the private medical teams that were overwhelmed that night. the communication issue comes up after the chief confirmed a mass casualty incident was declared just after 9:30 that night, but the concert kept going past 10:00 p.m. when asked if he thought travis scott who was performing should have ended the concert once he saw what was happening in front of the stage, the chief responded, absolutely. everyone at that event had a responsibility, starting from the artist on down. more than 30 lawsuits have been filed so far. and w

with me now, nbc capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and mike memoli. thank you for being with me. mike, the president's got this celebration, a huge bipartisan win yesterday, but low approval ratings complicate efforts to sell his agenda. >> reporter: yeah, jose. there's no doubt this white house is facing quite a few political head winds, but you saw in that grand ceremony on the south lawn yesterday, i was outside on a brisk washington afternoon, an effort to try to turn those winds back into their favor. you saw the president expend so much political capital on those difficult negotiations within the democratic party, with republicans on the infrastructure plan, and finally, a chance to celebrate that. and it was interesting watching this ceremony, you heard sort of the makings of the case going forward. you had house speaker nancy pelosi, vice president harris talking about really what an historic accomplishment this is in their view, linking it to the transcontinental railroad under president lincoln. the interstate highway system. but in the pres

with me now from san francisco is nbc news correspondent, jake ward. jake, good morning. you have been looking at a new study on what happens to women who receive or are denied an abortion. what did that study find? >> well, jose, the reason we are looking at this is that tomorrow in the supreme court, we're likely to hear all sorts of arguments. and they'll probably be on moral, religious, even political grounds. but it turns out that when you look at the science, the outcomes for women who are denied abortion are extraordinary. and that is because this huge study of more than 1,200 women found that the physical, mental, and financial effects on women who could not get the services they wanted went on and on. >> brittany moststiller spent her teen years here on the south side of chicago, living with her mother and raising two baby daughters. >> i learned a lot here and i became a mother here. had no clue what i was doing. >> reporter: but once she became pregnant with her third, she knew it would be too much. >> i called around to a few abortion clinics to terminate the

with me now so break this all down, nbc news correspondent, julia ainsley, at the u.s. supreme court. neal katyal, former acting u.s. solicitor general, a partner at the law firm, hogan levels, law professor at georgetown university, and an msnbc legal analyst. barbara mcquade, a former u.s. attorney in michigan, now a professor at the university of michigan law school. she is also an msnbc legal analyst. talia farhaddian winestein, as well as an msnbc legal analyst. also with us, joshua prager, a journalist who has written for "the atlantic," "vanity fair," "the new york times," and "the wall street journal." he's also author of "the family row," an inside look at the family behind the supreme court's most divisive case. julia, tell us a little bit more about what's happening at the court today. >> reporter: well, just right now, these oral arguments are getting underway, jose, and we expect first to hear from, as you said, that case where they are -- these are abortion providers challenging that law in texas, sb-8. they originally petitioned the court and as we know o

joining me now is nbc's cal perry live from the courthouse in brunswick, georgia, and paul butler, a georgetown law school professor, former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. cal, what's the schedule for today? we hear there's a ten-minute break. what are we expecting? >> reporter: ten-minute recess now and then we're going to have, as the judge says, the jury charges. those are really the jury instructions. so much of what you're going to hear in those jury instructions is what we heard from the prosecution, from the state in their rebuttal this morning, specifically a lot of talk about this citizen's arrest law. now, the defense team interrupted, in fact, the prosecution's rebuttal, closing argument, at least one time, for about 15 minutes to have this ongoing discussion. it was really what we saw on friday. how will the jury be charged with this law? the law, as it reads, and the prosecutor's interesting, she sort of paraphrased it, was this. quote, the person has to -- if the offense is committed in the person's presence, that's going to be key, jose. in the person's pr