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

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

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

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

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

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

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. like many people with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn's disease, i was there. be right back. but my symptoms were keeping me from where i needed to be. so i talked to my doctor and learned humira is the #1 prescribed biologic for people with uc or crohn's disease. and humira hel

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

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

route and new video from a doorbell appears to show ut moment police tracked him down a homeowner tells nbc news he was watching football, unaware of what was happening at the parade when brooks knocked on his door asking for help. >> i called an uber and i'm supposed to be waiting for over here i don't know when it's coming. can you call it for me, please i'm homeless. >> the homeowner said he let brooks inside, gave him a coat, made him a sandwich, and let him use the phone. later when he noticed police driving up and down the street, the man got nervous and asked brooks to leave. a neighbor called police and the homeowner says brooks came back knocking on the door saying he had left his i.d shortly after that, police can be seen confronting brooks on the porch. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> today police released this new mug shot of brooks leading up to that first court appearance his next court date is scheduled for january 14th prosecutors added today that if brooks is convicted on any of the charges of intentional homicide, he faces life in prison >> that's incredible that he was let into a