still too early to call according to the nbc news decision desk. but the early numbers go to terry mccauliffe with 54%. the important thing to see at the top there is 1% of the vote is in. remember, lots of early voting in the state of virginia for about a month. the count will come in fairly quickly to start and if someone is lieding very big, maybe there is a decision tonight, and if not maybe there is a decision tomorrow or sometime later this week. >>> a major step forward in the fight against covid. after a unanimous decision from a cdc panel, some young kids could be getting the shot as soon as tonight. >>> time is up the vaccine mandates past due. how first responders are reacting now as punishment starts to kick in for those who aren't rolled up their sleeves. >>> and facebook set to scrap a key feature. the impact on more than 1 billion users. and why the move i it's another day. and anything could happen. it could be the day you welcome 1,200 guests and all their devices. or it could be the day there's a cyberthreat. only comcast business

nbc's jay gray is live in houston on our top story tonight. jay? >> reporter: the investigation here houston police continuing to interview witnesses and go through what are hours of videotape. they haven't given any update about the investigation. the last time they answered questions was saturday the chief posted a statement they said any information will come through their twitter account. firefighters here in houston they are talking the chief of police talking today on the "today" show and then later in the day, during an interview with cnn, he acknowledged that his firefighters that were staged outside of the venue had no radio contact with emergency medical teams hired by the venue that were inside those seconds, those minutes do matter, according to emts we've talked with and they didn't have any communication. the firefighters ultimately rushing in and doing what they can there. we also know today that the security plan mapped out before the festival began, 56 pages in all had not one single page dealing with crowd surge, even though that

jersey was not in play except almost 24 hours after the polls closed nbc news says it is still too close to call. polls. will we ever learn the incumbent democrat phil murphy was ahead in the polls for months republican jack ciattarelli made some gains, sure, but the polls had murphy winning outside the margin of error. now the race is essentially tied with murphy leading by less than 1 percentage point a recount may be next and who knows after that even if governor murphy does win in new jersey, which looks quite likely, some have already called it political analysts say last night's elections sent a warning to democrats everywhere. in virginia they got a solid beating. gop newcomer glenn youngkin took down the democrat terry mcauliffe and bathed the governor's mansion in red. like the new jersey race mcauliffe held a steady lead in the polls but his disappeared as election day approached. a year ago that might have seemed impossible when president biden won the state by a whopping 10 points so what's the message to democrats? you're trying to do too much going too far left or you're no

nbc's meagan fitzgerald is covering the trial in kenosha and picks it up from there meagan >> reporter: yeah, shep. prosecutors tried repeatedly to paint hernandez as being biased. they focused on the video saying that he made disparaging remarks. then they zeroed in on his social media account i want you to take a listen to that back and forth. >> have you ever posted anything on social media. >> yes. >> in support of kyle rittenhouse? >> one could argue, yes. >> reporter: now also today we're getting reaction to the moment kyle rittenhouse took the witness stand yesterday when he broke down we're hearing from jacob blake's uncle. he was the black man who was shot multiple times last summer setting off those protests his uncle told our gabe gutierrez that breaking down on the witness stand is something he called ridiculous take a listen. >> too little too late people seen the movies, seen the films. it's going to lead to him sitting on a bunk. that's why i believe he broke down. >> reporter: now tomorrow jurors will not be back in court. they're not going to return until monday attorn

nbc news has not independently verified this. last month, after an avalanche of bad press over its business practices, ozy media's co-founder carlos watson announce they'd were shutting down among the allegations against the company, a co-founder impersonated a youtube executive to raise oney. watson later backtracked and told cnbc that they would not shutter, instead hoping to make a full return somehow next year. in looking for potential wrongdoing, the times reports prosecutors have contacted at least one company that dealt with ozy, and the s.e.c. has been in touch with at least two companies that discussed investing in ozy but the precise focus of the investigations couldn't be determined according to "the times" report. >>> president biden marking the first veterans day in 20 years when the united states has not been in war. the president participated in a ceremony at the tomb of the about known soldier at arlington national cemetery. he thanked our nation's veterans said america has a duty to protect them >> many obligatio

she's denied all of them nbc news legal analyst, danny cevallos is with us. what are you watching for during jury selection, danny? >> reporter: we are in federal court for ghislaine maxwell's jury selection and in federal courts, it's the court -- the judge who normally handles most of the jury selection. it's not like new york state where the attorneys are heavily involved we will see the -- the court looking for people, not necessarily who have just heard about jeffrey epstein or ghislaine maxwell's charges. but they'll also be looking for people, specifically who have heard about it but can still render a fair and just verdict that's really the standard because it's impossible to find someone who hasn't heard about jeffrey epstein or ghislaine maxwell for that reason. >> yeah. with jeffrey epstein, though, certainly, a much bigger name. is that going to make seating a jury something that's going to be long and arduous process and fraught with peril >> yes look for the court to go through about 50 jurors, a day and you are going to see a lot of people that

according to our colleagues at nbc sports, he agreed to extra testing of his horses on his own dime nbc sports randy moss is live from the delmar track in san diego. medina spirit, you know, in june it felt like that will never, ever, ever, ever happen again and here we are. >> reporter: the breeders' cup, shep, was in a very unique and difficult situation this fall. because, amazingly, now, going back to the first saturday in may after medina spirit tested positive, they have not ruled yet on any kind of official disqualification the kentucky horse racing commission is still sitting and waiting. >> what the hell is that >> reporter: there have been some problems, apparently, with the samples. baffert's lawyers have requested extra testing on the samples to sort of try to prove their case. nothing has happened the wheels of justice are frozen they're not even turning slowly. right now they're completely frozen so there's been no official ruling against medina spirit and against bob baffert in the kentucky derty kentucky derby. so in order to be fair to baffert and at the same time show

on nbc and streaming live on peacock. free as a bird. >>> 50 seconds left. the jury in the kyle rittenhouse trial set to restart deliberations 9:00 a.m. local time tomorrow. jurors deliberated without success for eight hours today. and nasa officials are set to meet with the heads of russia's space agency in moscow tomorrow. you see, russia launched a missile into orbit that blue up a soviet era savrlt and left space junk all over the place. now you know the knews of this tuesday, november 16th, 2021 i'm shepard smith. follow us on instagram and twitter the@the news c nb and listen at apple podcast, spotify or your favorite podcast platform family is just very important. she's my sister and we depend on each other a lot. she's the rock of the family. she's the person who holds everything together. it's a battle, you know. i'm going to be there. keytruda and chemotherapy meant treating my cancer with two different types of medicine. in a clinical trial, keytruda and chemotherapy was proven to help people live longer than chemotherapy alone. keytruda is used t

once again calling on europe as the epicenter of this pandemic nbc's keir simmons in london tracking this covid wave. >> reporter: austria will lock down for ten days, maybe even 20 days such is the concern in austria now about the rising numbers of infections and this lockdown is not only for the unvaccinated, it applies to everyone in austria countries across europe, shep, will be watching, particularly in germany where concern is heightening as the numbers are rising there could be a national lockdown in germany too. but nowhere as tough as austria, which is now bringing in a vaccine mandate. the chancellor of austria saying all people should get the shot, saying it is the only way to beat back the virus and saying, quote, we don't want a fifth wave we don't want a sixth and seventh wave we don't want to have this discussion next summer noen opponents in austria are vehemently opposed to it, one saying that austria has become a dictatorship a protest is planned for saturday shep. >> keir, thanks. >>> a group of crypto investors trying to score a first edition print of the u.s. con

on nbc and streaming live on peacock. free as a bird. >>> 50 seconds left. the jury in the kyle rittenhouse trial set to restart deliberations 9:00 a.m. local time tomorrow. jurors deliberated without success for eight hours today. and nasa officials are set to meet with the heads of russia's space agency in moscow tomorrow. you see, russia launched a missile into orbit that blue up a soviet era savrlt and left space junk all over the place. now you know the knews of this tuesday, november 16th, 2021 i'm shepard smith. follow us on instagram and twitter the@the news c nb and listen at apple podcast, spotify listen at apple podcast, spotify i thought i was managing my moderate to severe crohn's disease. then i realized something was missing... ...me. my symptoms were keeping me from being there for her. so, i talked to my doctor and learned humira is the #1 prescribed biologic for people with crohn's disease. humira helps people achieve remission that can last. and the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief in as little as 4 weeks. humira

we're live athe act trk with randy moss from nbc sports, next (man) still asleep. (woman vo) so, where to next? (vo) reflect on the past, celebrate the future. season's greetings from audi. >>> the controversial horse trainer bob baffert is heading back to the track. baffert, of course, was suspended from racing horses at the kentucky derby back in june for two years after his winning horse, medina spirit, failed a drug test. two years. but the hall of fame trainer is set to saddle that same horse and seven others for the breeders' cup world championship saturday in san diego. baffert and his horses will face stricter scrutiny. according to our colleagues at nbc sports, he agreed to extra testing of his horses on his own dime randy moss is live from the del mar track in san diego medina spirit, you know, in june it felt like that will never, ever, ever, ever happen again and here we are. >> the breeders' cup, shep, was in a very unique and difficult situation this fall. amazingly now, going back to the first saturday in may after medina spirit tested positive, they

>> let's get right to nbc's jay gray live outside the courthouse in kenosha i understand the lawyers just finished >> reporter: yes, they completed the rebuttal here by the prosecution, this will go to the jury in the morning. they'll come back and get to the deliberations here during the closings today, prosecutors called kyle rittenhouse a wannabe soldier while the defense painted him as a teenager, chased down and attacked and fighting for his life that night. >> reporter: referring to the sho shooting as murder prosecutors take their last turn with the jury. >> there is no valid self-defense claim >> reporter: thiey say rittenhouse provoked the violence the night he shot two men and wounded a third. >> reporter: defense relies on video as well saying rittenhouse was chased down and ambushed and had no choice but to use his weapon >> he was there and causing trouble and he was a rioter, my client had to deal with it last night alone. >> reporter: after two weeks included and rittenhouse apparently breaking down on the witness stand. >> that's untrue, no, no, verbal sparring betwee

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nbc's phillip mena with the latest >> big election night. nbc news projecting eric adams will take the lead from bill deblazio to be mayor in new york city the second black mayor of that city >> in boston, it is predicted michelle wu will be the first woman and minority to become mayor after previously having all white men. >>> minneapolis voters reject policing overall after the george floyd murder a year and a half ago more issues with mental health and others took issue with the wording. >>> the world series sending the ball out of the park cooked on the mound and freeman put runs on the board for the braves up 7-0 with one out to go. >> left side swanson to first the world champions. >> atlanta wins becoming world champions for the first time since 1995 the brave's fourth title in franchise history. he was named world series mvp. that's it from here. back to you. >> i love to see those sports moments. thank you. >>> getting to today's top trending stories including a beer that has been to infinity and beyond pull am nfts >> we have more.

nbc's capitol hill correspondent leigh ann caldwell now on the fight for a memorial on the national mall in d.c. >> his smile was contagious. he would laugh at himself. >> reporter: shawna's husband, sergeant first class chicagoia, joined the military in 2001. eight months later, 9/11. >> the united states of america will use all of our resources to conquer this enemy. >> reporter: he was deployed to iraq three times on his fourth deployment in afghanistan, he was killed his son austin was just 3. now austin and shawna are working to ensure his service is never forgotten with a memorial on the national mall. >> what does this mean to you? >> i feel like it would be like more honor that can be given because of how long it took and how much time was put into it and all of the sacrifice it was just way too important to be swept off. >> reporter: more than 7,000 u.s. soldiers have been killed in the war on terror and more than 50,000 wounded. gold star families and wounded warriors are eyeing three sites on the mall, next to the korean war memorial, adjacent to the vietnam memorial or on the

. >>> first, nbc's gabe gutierrez covering the trial in kenosha, wisconsin. >> reporter: with the defendant crying, the judge yelling and the defense now asking for a mistrial, it was a wild day of testimony here at the courthouse behind me. and that defense is asking for a mistrial with prejudice, meaning, shep, if the request were granted, rittenhouse could not be retried the judge has yet to rule on that motion. but the judge did admonish the prosecution twice, once because the prosecutors questioning involved rittenhouse's post arrest silence, which, of course, was his right under the constitution. >> i was astonished when you began your examination by commenting on the defendant's post arrest silence. that's basic law it's been basic law in this country for 40 years, 50 years i have no idea why you would do something like that. >> the judge also lashed out at the prosecution for another instance, where the prosecution brought up a piece of evidence, a video that involves kyle rittenhouse talking about how he wished he had a weapon the judge had previously said that could not be talked

he released a statement to our local nbc station in philly saying i'm a passionate guy and say things in the heat of the moment if i said anything in the past that hurt anybody's feelings, i sincerely apologize. as rachel would say, watch this space. >>> one of the nfl's biggest stars spoke words today after his positive test for covid. he said he was immunized now he admits that didn't mean vaccinated and he gets a shot at explaining it all his response to critics and when he could return to the field >>> the murder trial of ahmaud arbery officially under way finally. the defense and prosecution presenting two different explanations of what happened. and key evidence bringing arbery's mother to tears receiver live in georgia as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news on cnbc. this is called momentum. and there's no off-season. just work that builds on itself over and over and over again... becuase the only way is through. every day, coventry helps people get cash for their life insurance policies they no longer need. i'm an anesthesiologist and a pain physician by

support and in a statement, astroworld organizers say they will help local officials however they can nbc's jay gray live in houston on tonight's top story jay. >> reporter: and a lot to unpack in this tragedy. let's start with the investigation. it involves multiple agencies and investigators say it's going to take some time. they want to work through interviews with hundreds if not more than a thousand witnesses, and they want to get to the video. they say that's going to be vital here not only from security cameras inside the venue but on social media as well, and they're asking anyone with that video to make it available to them. now to the civil side of this and the lawsuits we know at least 12 civil lawsuits have been filed travis scott, drake, both rappers, and the event organizers and venue manager, live nation, accused of negligence and encouragement of violence among other accusations. in a written statement live nation says we continue to support and assist local authorities in their ongoing investigation, so that both the fans who attended and their families can get the answers

officials tell nbc news that cia director bill burns told russia earlier this month that they will face consequences if they're behind the havana syndrome this comes as the fbi acknowledged today that some of its agents may have symptoms of the mysterious condition now the agency promising to offer medical care to its employees who are suffering from it in a statement to nbc news, an fbi official wrote that while the agency, quote, does not have the authority to provide direct medical treatment, we now have a process to guide current and former employees to the interagency medical treatment and evaluation options that are available to them. symptoms range from brain injuries to headaches. there's still no definitive cause that's been identified some experts suggest it's a hypersonic weapon. others believe it's just mass hysteria. >>> and nine people in san francisco facing felony charges for those smash-and-grabs we told you about earlier this week the city's district attorney says five of the people were arrested in connection with a mob that robbed a louis vuitton store there on frida

the school district started a diversity panel, but the controversy keeps coming a month ago, nbc news obtained recordings telling teachers that if they have a book about the holocaust in the classroom, they should also offer students a book from an opposing perspective. to the holocaust the district apologized, but the outrage put a real spotlight on a new texas law that requires teachers to present multiple perspectives when discussing hot button topics. nbc news antonia hilton has been leading the coverage of this school district and is live for us tonight antonia? >> reporter: hi, shep. look, this investigation is pretty significant the federal government launched three probes into allegations of discrimination here that range from racial discrimination, gender and sexuality based discrimination and nation of origin to put that in context, experts we have spoken to say when this office receives complaints, they only take about 5% to 10% of those complaints and launch actual investigations. so to them, this signifies they have significant evidence there have been violations of title

>> nbc poll here election eve in virginia here's joe biden's approval rating nationally. look at that 42% for the president. low 40s. now, well over 50% on the disapproval rating if you break this down by party here, you zoom right in on independent voters biden under 40 approval. mid-50s on the disapproval by the way, if you just looked at virginia which is voting tomorrow and you looked at biden's average-approval rating in virginia polling, that sits not much better. just 45% we also asked here on some issues where did democrats have the advantage on the issues right now? the coronavirus comes to mind. climate change two issues where democrats have an advantage but whetn we ask on which party you refer prefer on these issues, here is the republican edge this one, i will circle it for you but it should jump out at you. the economy. look at that in our poll, by an 18-point margin that's what that means voters say they would rather have the republicans handling the economy than the democrats that is a powerful issue advantage for the republicans, especially with biden's a

nbc shaq brewster is live. >> reporter: voters are taking t this extremely seriously this is something that voters say it's unique to them. it's not just the mayors, it's not the city council on the ballot it's a fundamental question about policing in the city >> reporter: have you heard of the public safety. >> reporter: a year and a half after the murder of george floyd to eliminate the department from the city's official governing document >> we are reenforcing the importance of this amendment >> reporter: its ballot question number two, shall the minneapolis charter be amended to remove the police department and replace it with the department of public safety with specific functions to be determined by the mayor and city council. functions could include license peace officers or police officers if necessary. >> we are about expanding public safety >> reporter: minneapolis collected more than 20,000 signatures and overcame legal challenges to get the questions to voters. >> this is finally an opportunity for people to get a right relationship with our police officers and with so man

according to a report from the "new york times" nbc news has not independently verified this. last month after an avalanche of bad press over its media practices, carlos watson announced they were shutting down among the allegations against the company, a co-founder impersonated a youtube director to raise money watson backtracked and told cnbc they would not shutter instead try to make a full return next year in looking for potential wrongdoing, the "times" reports prosecutors have contacted one company that dealt with ozy and the sev that is been together but the precise focus of the investigations couldn't be determined according to the times report. >>> president biden marking the first veterans day in 20 years when the united states has not been in a war. the president participated in a ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier. he thanked our nation's veterans, said america has a duty to protect them >> we have many obligations. one truly sacred obligation. properly prepare those and equip those whom we send into harm's way and care for them and their families, both de

nbc owns a third of hulu, disney owns the other two thirds. if nbc decides to pull its content it would be removed by next fall. then you wonder what does disney do if hulu becomes a disney product, do they shift to disney plus >>> still on deck. samsung, reportedly making a big investment in texas. picking a new home for its $17 billion semiconductor factory. the city that will be housing that major investment still to come >> announcer: today's big number 88%. that was the jump in electric vehicle sales this year through october over the same period in 2020 according toresearch firm ward's intelligence. that makes up 7%f e ta2. othtol car market don't settle for silver. #1 for diabetic dry skin #1 for psoriasis symptom relief and #1 for eczema symptom relief. gold bond. champion your skin. this is the new world of work. each day looks different than the last. but, whatever work becomes, the world works with servicenow. what does the future of strength look like? it's dynamic weight that adjusts for you in real-time for a more efficient worko

in a statement, an nbc spokesperson said -- while the traffic violation took place near the jury van, the freelancer never contacted or intended to contact the jurors during deliberations, and never photographed or intended to photograph them. we regret the incident, and will fully cooperate with the authorities on any investigation. the jury is set to continue deliberating tomorrow morning. live coverage of a verdict, should it happen, here on cnbc >>> covid watch now. any moment the fda could authorize booster shots for all u.s. adults. regulators are considering whether to approve extra doses of pfizer and moderna vaccines moderna resubmitted its data to the fda yesterday. if the cdc signs off, vaccinated americans will be urged to get the booster of their choice. the booster debates comes as john hopkins reports that average daily cases are rising in 34 states infections are increasing across much of the northeast and midwest, also rising in parts of the south, but it's not just new cases causing concerns health experience say they're keeping an eye on the growing number of breakt

nbc "nightly news" once investigated the customer complaints a year ago and accused nbc of publishing false information and is seeking $2.85 billion for defamation >>> stock three, amc, the apes posted a narrower than expected loss, revenue also topping expectations, ceo adam aaron warning the theatre chain faces challenges ahead, the stock is down just under 5% and also revealing the company is exploring how it can accept shiba inu and other cryptos as payment. >>> and stock four, the real real surging. revenue topping forecasts, the real real up a real 15%. wow. on deck just how long can this record breaking stock rally e roll on? could it have more to do with rates than anything else we have tiab b maconleigoney advice just for you. stick around ocean. bring your visit to outdated montepisa! our sights will take your breathing away. our food will make your mouth leak. and our roads will make you break wind. translation is complex. transperfect makes it simple. our experts help your business succeed. in any market, any language, any industry. simplify global business with transperfe

nbc news says the man is a freelancer who never contacted or attempted to contact the jurors cnbc and msnbc are both part of nbc news. >>> a lot of attention has been focus on the makers of electric vehicles number one being tesla, but there is a universe of stocks making the components for ev cars, and batteries, that you may want to know about pippa stevens is here to look at those names. there are a lot of names and you are going to do this in a minute. >> yes, start the clock. there are a lot of names in order to meet electric vehicle goals, entirely new supply chains need to develop, especially around batteries. morgan stanley call the ev battery the quote new oil and saying the market could top $500 billion by 2040. the chain is simplified into five groups. mining, batteries require lithium and copper, nickel, and cobalt alba marro and sqm next up, forming the batteries components, the anode, cathode, electrolight and separator basf and quantum escape. once you have those components, they go into the battery cell and eventually the battery pack. these are names like samsung and

only on nbc and streaming on peacock >>> anding thiss ing >>> anding thanksgiving can brig out strong emotions. everyone seems to have a favorite and the least favorite dish turns out new england patriots star defender has a particularly strong opinion about mac n cheese yesterday he gave reporters a passionate plea to get rid of the dish this thanksgiving >> we got to get macaroni and cheese off the table all right, guys? it's just cheese and noodles all right. i'm going up and getting on my soap opera it's just cheese and noodles and it's not that good every time i try it, it's the same thing it's never going to change it's never going to get better all right? i'm almost 30 now. i'm pretty set in my ways. and it's disgusting. my brothers and sisters, my mom cook it, big pan they know not to put it on my plate or that's fighting words i'm going to have to fight everybody in the house one by one. and i will wait until they eat their macaroni and cheese, get sluggish and whoop them. >> i'm not a mac and cheese fan myself judon's comments have been widely debated online. they delivered

seems to be doing the exact opposite as it plans to open its first deep coal mine in decades here's nbc's matt bradley. >> reporter: boris johnson's hosting the biggest climate conference in the world. one of his main priorities get rid of coal, for good. >> our country, the uk, was 40% reliant on coal to -- to generate power today, it's only -- today, it's only 1%. >> reporter: but just two hours drive south of glasgow, one town is threatening to spoil johnson's party by welcoming coal back. an international company wants to open the first new coal mine in decades here in white haven. >> in the 1950s, coal was still our dominant energy source >> reporter: when the mines became unprofitable in the 1980s, the government shut them down that hit towns like white haven hard. >> lots and lots of mines all got shut down. and it's just slaughtered this country. >> reporter: for people here, the new mine is a chance to turn things around. >> i would estimate about 90% of the people are in favor of the mine it's got very, very strong support in the local community >> reporter: this is where the mi

nbc news says that stock plans to provide full refunds for everyone who bought. scott canceling las vegas appearance this weekend with sources saying he is too distraught to play julia, back to you >>> let's get back to the market and the meltup rally we have seen in stocks the s&p now up seven sessions in a row and on track to make today number eight mike santoli here with us on the all-important question, can it continue >> julia, we know it can because it has in the past continued higher after we've gotten some of these overheated readings, the ones we're seeing right now. very hot streak seven days up for the s&p 500. 16 of 18, keep kind of reciting all these statistics because it does show you that the market has been on a really strong run you don't see very often this, however, shows the semiconductor group against the nasdaq composite semis very interesting here because, of course, on one hand it's a gauge of cyclical expectations, usually a really good sign when semis are outperforming and they really are outperforming. on the other hand, this latest mov