nbc's gabe gutierrez with that report. the forensic pathologist also testified yesterday that one of the men fatally shot by rittenhouse was in a, quote, horizontal position, suggesting the victim wasn't a threat when he was gunned down. joining us now, msnbc legal analyst, ms. weinstein, who worked as a federal prosecutor in the obama justice department, and as general counsel at the brooklyn da's office. i guess where to begin? what are your primary takeaways from watching this trial so far, in terms of the direction that the defense has taken? >> well, the defense has taken the direction that they said they would. you know, the basic facts of this trial were never in dispute. the shootings are caught on tape, and the question is whether those shootings were crimes. whether the people who died were murdered. that all turns on whether kyle rittenhouse's actions were justified under wisconsin state law. so now we really are getting to the heart of the case, which is the claim about self-defense. >> right. >> and, you know,

>> 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

they did a statement to nbc news as well. are you clearly understanding the facts, and what is it that you hope to prove in this investigation? >> mika, maybe i'm just an unsophisticated lawyer, but i know enough to know that when i read research from facebook, from its own people, outlining the social harms, the mental health harms caused to our young people, particularly to our young girls, i don't think i need an advanced degree in technology to understand what's going on here. and, you know, facebook will continue to deny, they'll deny to call us ill-informed. the facts will reveal themselves. and, again, we are so engaged in this investigation because this is about protecting young people and this is a company that time and time again has sought to exploit all in the interest of gain and profit. and the worst thing is, it's about exploiting the most vulnerable among us, our young people. it's so wrong, and that's why we're all over this. a year ago general peterson and i had to call for instagram to not go forward with t

nbc news has a team of reporters on the ground covering these high-profile races. nbc news correspondent heidi przybyla is in virginia beach covering the virginia governor's race. nbc news correspondent rehema ellis is in new jersey for the race for governor there. msnbc correspondent trymaine lee is in boston for that city's historic mayoral contest, and nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster is in minneapolis covering the city's ballot initiatives on the funding of its police department. a lot to get to. let's start with heidi przybyla. heidi, take us into the final hours of mcauliffe and youngkin campaigns. >> yes, mika, the outcome here won't necessarily predict the outcome of the midterms but i think we can agree mcauliffe loss here would not be the optimal segue. there are a couple of things we're watching. first of all, is trump still the powerful motivating factor for these suburban women, independent women, who we all remember marched in pink hats and waited in long lines in the rain to catch their anti-trump referendum, or whether some of these suburba

nbc news reports this indictment is a first. no one who has asserted executive privilege has been prosecuted for contempt of congress. >> noted for weeks of arguments of executive privilege also is putting it forward. he was not working in the white house, there is no executive privilege. especially if you look at nixon, if there is a believe that you're pursuit of a crime, then there is no executive privilege. >> if convicted, he could face up to a year in behind bars and a fine up to $100,000 a conviction would not force him to testify. and as joe mentioned, former chief of staff, mark meadows may face criminal contempt charges of his own after failing to appear before the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection at the capitol. let's bring in our host of "way too early," jonathan lemire and betsy woodruff swan. great to have you all on this hour. dave, we'll start with you, what's next for steve bannon and how does that work? with mark meadows, is it for sure that he faces the same fate? good morning

let's bring in nbc news our keir simmons. you got an exclusive look at one u.s. space there you learn about its newest neighbor. tell us about it. >> reporter: hey, joe, that's right. this is the only u.s. base in africa camp. it's a place of 5,000 u.s. service, men and women based. close boy a chinese base with 400 to 500 members of the people. on the show we talk about politics so much. just being here for a few days is so insight full. you see the press of china and africa and u.s. allies andst impossible to exaggerate the strategic importance of this location. >> reporter: u.s. british and u.s. jets. one of its near by neighbors, a u.s. mill industry base. home to 5,000 u.s. everything . >> the most senior u.s. officers in africa. >> this is the only example of a chinese base so close to the u.s. base. when ever i hear that, i always say it's china's first base. i believe there is others. it's located in countries that battles with extremism. >> the chinese completed a construction close to here. do you expect to see aircraft characters or chinese submarine?

our nbc exit polling out of virginia. voters make exactly that case. their number one issue and all the talks of education which was important in that race. the economy was the number one issue for all of them. you still have some progressives and activists and members of congress saying the problem with terry mcauliffe campaigning he was too moderates to which republicans across the country, please, keep saying that in 2022. you mentioned guy cecil moments ago, he leads the most prominent super pac, things are on track to be worst on next year's midterm even on tuesday. democrats risk fierce backlash from voters and can't allow themselves to get dragged further into party warfare. >> governor phil murphy barely hung on. state democrats must win in 2022. the memo were backward looking attacks in formal president trump will not be enough to retain democratic majority. guy cecil is joining us right now and also with us, christina grier and our susan del persio and jonathan alter. good morning guys. what is the message to democrats as we turn the corner t

in the nbc poll this past weekend. joe biden never talks about it. you never see him going to a small business. you never see him talking about it. he'll have a supply chain meeting generally because somebody said, "you better have a supply chain meeting," but they've got to talk about it. economics, economics,economics. john, i want to talk the you real quickly before we go to break. >> really quickly. >> and alex tears off my earpiece. >> he will. >> the fact that democrats -- we're talking about critical race theory, whatever that is. wokism, it's a catch-all now. >> yeah. >> democrats should have been able to push back, especially if it was a bogus issue. they didn't. it was horrible. we were saying the same thing, though, a year ago, about defund the police. every democrat said, we want to fund the police. we want more police. nancy pelosi didn't want it. you do through it, jim clyburn. >> joe biden. >> joe biden, everybody said it. the question is, what's it going to be next year, and when are democrats going to realize that they can't just sco

senator at nbc news, claire mccaskill joins us this morning. great to have you all. we begin with the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack issuing another new round of subpoenas. five more allies of former president trump who were directly involved with the planning of the rally took place before the insurrection have been asked to provide testimonies and documents, they include roger stone, right wing conspiracy theorist, alex jones. stone was pardoned by former president trump for crimes tied to a congressional probe of trump's 2016 campaign. he appeared at multiple events in the days leading up to the capitol attack. he led a march to the capitol from the ellipse on saturday january 6th but did not end up doing so. in a statement last night stone says in part this. i have said time and time again i had no advance knowledge of the events that took place after the capitol that day. after the subpoena is served and my council reviews the requests, i will make my determination as to how i proceed. jones reportedly helped organize and rally at th

the trial is expected to last six weeks. >> that was nbc's stephanie gosk reporting. >>> coming up -- tiger woods gives his first in depth interview since that devastating car crash last february. what he's saying about his future and his hope for a return to competitive golf. "morning joe" is coming right back. ♪♪ like pulsing, electric shocks, sharp, stabbing pains, or an intense burning sensation. what is this nightmare? it's how some people describe... shingles. a painful, blistering rash that could interrupt your life for weeks. forget social events and weekend getaways. if you've had chickenpox, the virus that causes shingles is already inside of you. if you're 50 years or older ask your doctor or pharmacist about shingles. as a dj, i know all about customization. that's why i love liberty mutual. if you're 50 years or older ask your doctor they customize my car insurance, so i only pay for what i need. how about a throwback? ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ >> man: what's my safelite story? my

nbc's gabe gutierrez reporting. we're going to be obviously following this story. and talking about -- >> i mean, mike, this is a kid who brought an ar-15 across state lines and was running around kenosha playing, you know, paratrooper. >> listen, we're just dropping in on this trial, we're just dropping in on the testimony, but that clip you just showed of the kenosha police homicide detective, basically ruling out the charge of intentional homicide in answering that question, when he's asked, you know, would you agree that the people that he shot either shot at him or punched him or pushed him or whatever the question was. >> what about the first shooting? the first person he shot? >> i don't know that we know that he was armed. >> yeah. >> we'll follow it and -- go ahead. >> but if the defense is self-defense, he's got the video of the defendant was just on the stand raising his gun up on him. >> i would say, if you're on the jury, intentional homicide, you've got to drop down from that based on some of the testimony. and it's limited testimony. we have to point

tim was the most important guy at nbc news at the time. he said, this is where i want to talk politics. i've been watching from a distance, and i like what you're doing. here i am. java joes, from there, every iowa caucus, every four years, for us, it kicked off an important year and was our bread and butter, talking about presidential politics and the election. so sad to hear this news from tim and amy, that java joes is closing. it really has been such a part of our lives for well over a decade. for people in des moines, much longer than that. >> you know, as you look at these images, it takes me back, mika. i remember calling phil and telling him, "hey, we need to go to iowa. we're a political show." he said, "people at nbc news aren't going to let you go out." i remember telling phil, "well, listen, we're going to be in iowa. if you want to send some cameras, you can send cameras." >> yup. >> "but we're going to go. so good luck with that. you'll have an empty set in new york." so we went out there, but they wouldn't let us stay in the

nbc news has obtained a call sent to congressman fred upton of michigan. we warn you, it is disturbing to listen to. >> [ bleep ] traitor, that's what you are. you're a [ bleep ] piece of -- traitor. i hope you die. i hope everyone in your [ bleep ] family dies. >> joe, this is the culture, this is the climate that former president trump has helped to create, to seek out people seen as disloyal to him. now it's made its way to the leadership of the sitting republican party where kevin mccarthy told people if you sit on that house select committee looking to january 6 they will run you out of the place. loyalty is all that seems to matter. >> it's the culture. it's a cult. if you have somebody actually calling for the death of a member of congress because they voted on a bipartisan bill, mind you, a bipartisan bill for more bridges, for more roads, for safer airports, for safer drinking water, for more broad band, by the way, so much of this money going to red states, to red districts, that broad band piece will disproportionately help people in rural setti

>> let's bring in senior reporter for nbc news who has been covering this world for so long, ben collins. good morning. thanks for coming on. obviously, oath keepers, proud boys, those are broad terms that capture a lot of people. who exactly are we talking about here with the subpoenas, and what is the significance? >> sure. so with the oath keepers, it is stewart rhodes. so stewart rhodes is the head of the oath keepers. in the days around january 6th, he was telling people what to bring to the riots to make it look like you don't have weapons but you do have weapons. he's like collapsible batons are in a gray area. bring flashlights and d-cell flashlights. they can be used as weapons. you know, he was sort of upset with the president on january 6th because he didn't give enough specific instructions, he thought. he said the patriots are taking it into their own hands here. that's what he said to his followers that day. you know, in the run-up to that on telegram and discords, these groups, specifically, thought there would be violence that day and pushed that way. the head of the prou

that's nbc's tom costello reporting. this is the last year or so has been so politicizepoliticized, l families living in fear, the father said 600 days for their child and they're worried any time their kids go to school or to a dance or whatever, they could get sick and now the miracle, thanks to a couple of administrations, pharmaceuticals and doctors and scientists of shots going into the arms of young kids. >> it's amazing. this will become politicized, we'll take a look at some leaders who are not on the side of getting kids vaccinated if you can imagine. that could lead to problems because the vaccine is now available, that miracle is available. parents need to step up and bring their kids in just like they get vaccinated for other things to go to school. >> when we left the air yesterday morning, new jersey race for governor was still too close to call and it was not until yesterday evening when nbc news was able to project incumbent phil murphy as the winner with 88% of the vote in. nbc gives murphy a 50.3 to 48.

nbc news correspondent morgan chesky has the latest. >> reporter: this morning disturbing new details emerging about the devastating events at travis scott's show in houston. a criminal investigation ongoing as those behind the festival face multiple civil lawsuits. >> everyone was pushing to the front. there was no room to walk. >> with an estimated 50,000 people in attendance, a sea of fans rushed the stage minutes before the performance. >> you couldn't breathe. the surge killing eight people, all under the age of 30. the youngest just 14 years old. video showing desperate fans climbing on stage to beg for help. >> reporter: at another point as first responders tried to drive through the crowd to help, some fans seen dancing on medical vehicles. witnesses described feeling helpless, watching some fans fall unconscious before being trampled. 25 people were hospitalized. 11 suffering from cardiac arrest. on stage the rapper pausing his performance multiple times. maybe somebody help. somebody passed out right here. but the show went on for nearly an hour. scott's girlfriend kylie jen

joining us now nbc news senior business correspondent, msnbc anchor stephanie ruhle. steph, good morning. how do they look? >> well, they look good. retail sales numbers are out for the month of october. they're up 1.7% from where they were in september, up over 16% from where they were last year. all of this is a complicated story because we've got to talk about inflation. this tells us why americans don't like paying these high prices, they're mad about it, we're actually going out and doing it. we're expecting to have record holiday sales this season and why all of this tells a complicated inflation story, we live in two economic americas. we have a portion of the country we saw household savings balloon to its highest level during the pandemic. these are wealthier americans who can work from home, we didn't have to pay to commute or buy our lunch. chances are we own our homes, have some investments in the stock market. people in this situation saw our household wealth go up and we're in a position now where we might not like these higher prices but we're paying th

on behalf of all of our colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night and happy thanksgiving to it all. >>> good morning and welcome to a special edition of "morning joe." we have plenty of great conversations and interviews -- >> thanksgiving was great, wasn't it? >> it was delicious. >> i love stuffing. >> let's dive right in. if. >> let's dive in. first up, the most highly anticipated book, a deep dive into the final days of the president trump presidency and the fraught transition to the biden administration. >> let's dive right into the moment. bob woodward and political reporter for "the washington post" robert costa join us now. their new book "peripet kwtsz is out today. there's some pieces of the book that have come out, but what was most striking to you that perhaps hasn't been released yet to the public? >> wow, i guess the overall that this it was a national security crisis that trump brought because countries like china, russia, iran, looked a at what was occurring in the united states. if you go back and look at what trump said before the election, it was scary to

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

nbc news senior capitol hill, garrett haake, thank you very much. nice work. >>> the defense rests its case in the trial of the men accusing murdering ahmaud arbery but not before the defendant who was cross examined on the witness stand. >> he didn't do well. >> we'll bring in reverend al sharpton who was mentioned in the courtroom. >>> plus, a lot more americans could be eligible for booster shots of both pfizer and moderna covid vaccines. nearly a dozen states are taken part in an investigation of instagram. after the company found the platform could be harmful to children and young adults. you are watching "morning joe," we'll be right back. watching "m we'll be right back. vo: just getting by, it's an ongoing struggle. that's why president biden and democrats in congress have a plan to lower costs for america's working families. lower costs of healthcare premiums and the price of prescription drugs. pay less for electric bills by moving to clean energy. and do it all by making the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share of taxes. it'd be a win for t

this fully formed series that has touched so many people how it began as a series of promos here at nbc sports and i remember seeing those seven or eight years ago. at what point did it turn from i'm doing this thing to get people to watch premier league to this is going to be something bigger and deeper and richer and maybe he can carry an entire series? >> well, it really was the watching clips from the first commercial, the whole conceit of the first commercial this guy, an american football coach gets hired to coach a premier professional soccer team. i get hired and fired in three days. they asked to us make a second one but said we don't have the budget to take you back to london. okay, all right. i don't mind those constraints. and how fun would it be if he got hired and fired in three days and got screwed over like that or however you want to put it that he loved it. he loved the time. he fell in love with the sport, with the country and that enthusiasm really got the brain cooking and, wow, that optimism is really fun. a lot of cynicism and sarcasm and snark. it was rooted in t