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Nationwide rail strike with the Senate backing President Biden's deal and this is a big deal for the economy even with workers feeling a little mixed as this won't include the paid sick leave they wanted, we have the new reaction tonight and what else. a senior EU official is telling me what's next and soon the president will be enjoying a lobster dinner with Francis Emmanuel Macron, but tonight there are also many other things on the table, with Ukraine and the economy front and center center during the state. visit while we also take a look at why state dinners are important in the first place, that breaks down in a moment and former President Barack Obama will appear in Georgia any day now meeting with Senator Rafael, with time for early voting running out of time. message along with new allegations of abuse against the Republican candidate in this race Herschel Walker Plus in tonight's original we will take you to a vintage pantry in Virginia that is helping women who are struggling with how expensive towels are becoming sanitary pads and tampons and later in the program.

With the new scandals facing the royal family today, we go behind the scenes of William and Kate's visit to Boston with Pierre Simmons and a memorable moment for the two of us or should I say the four of us

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d in the air that is in the history of background. A little later in the show, Hi, I'm Halle, and just in the last hour, the Senate took the country a big step closer toward avoiding a rail strike that supports the deal that President Biden negotiated between union leaders and businesses. transport a couple of months ago. Yes, there are 80, the votes against are 15.

A senator responded present under the previous order that required 60 votes for the approval of this joint resolution. The joint resolution is passed and with that the country is basically out of the woods now regarding the potential of a railroad. strike right in the middle of the holiday season, the shipping season, the purchasing season, the supply chain season, all good, you heard the numbers there, 80 votes agreed to basically fix the bargaining process and end this pressure full court by the White House to make sure lawmakers back this, so what does this deal do right? Not only does it keep the trains running, it keeps the trains on the tracks, literally, workers will get more money, this is what they won't get more paid sick leave that they wanted, seven days.

Unions had actually been pushing for that in the Senate negotiations that considered it, but they fell short of the magic number of 60, meaning workers will still get zero days of paid sick leave. President Biden right before we went on the air, as we actually were. walking down the stairs here to the studio saying he'll sign this bill as soon as Congress sends it to his desk, he says the country was saved from a Christmas catastrophe right after he defended his decision not to include paid sick leave in this deal and Blaming Republicans for blocking his attempt to get that for everyone.

I negotiated a contract that no one else could negotiate. The only thing left out was whether or not it was a paid perk. I will continue fighting for paid leave not only for the railroad. workers, but to all American workers, Vitalia joins us now and Ali, as we lift our heads out of the weeds of the center-right back and forth, the bottom line here is that once the president signs this into law, the trains they will stay on the tracks a strike is avoided, but the underlying problem remains, right? Which was this concern that by putting the power of these negotiations in the hands of Congress, you are taking it away from the negotiating table. who are trying to reach labor agreements to know, hey, maybe Congress will back us here, that's the sticking point: back us or bail us out if the 11th hour comes, which is pretty much what happened here, there were a lot of Democrats.

The fact that they felt extremely reluctant to intervene here hampered union workers' ability to get the deal they wanted in terms of paid sick leave and that's why you saw them implement this two-pronged approach - the first is exactly what ended up in La Passage was a bill that ratified the underlying agreement that was already made and averted the crisis. The next one was about paid sick leave days and there are a few ways you can look at it. Look, the glass is half empty if you want these workers to get. Seven days of paid sick leave, the glass is full if you look at this in the broader spectrum of what it could mean for a future paid leave push, but still the Senate and House are working very unusually quickly to Avoiding this that everyone agreed to in a bipartisan manner would have been catastrophic for the economy, let's talk more about what's next.

I spoke to the AFL-CIO's top unit official, Greg Reagan, a couple of hours ago, in fact, when this vote was going down, and I said, okay, um. Do you still think President Biden is the most pro-union, as President Biden, pro-labor president, likes to say? He says yes, he gives the president some credit, but I asked him if he really has hope for workers to get sick leave in the future. As the president has promised, look, are you sure? Do you trust that this is really going to happen? Yes. I think it will happen one way or another. uh soon I think the railroads don't like that this has become the sticking point. has become the focal point of the media and legislators.

Reagan also says that people see that what is happening to workers is unfair. Do you think that's the real picture when it comes to paid sick leave, not just for rail workers but for everyone I have? For the president to think this could happen in a divided Congress, is that realistic? You know, this makes me think of a story I did about two years ago, when we were initially coming out of the pandemic lockdowns around the idea of ​​paid leave in the rebuild, better when there was a big push around that and the economy of the care and what one advocate told me is that this is a time after the pandemic when everyone realizes that they could get sick and have to give or receive care at any time and this is now a time when many of lawmakers here expressed the idea that it's not unreasonable to ask for seven days of paid sick leave or any day of paid sick leave, especially after a pandemic and especially as an essential worker, so certainly that was an opinion, but then also brings to mind future paid leave efforts and that's where Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's mindset was when she looked at the fact that a handful of Republicans actually voted for this that's how she thinks about it now obviously paid leave is essential for workers across the United States and I think this vote was very instructive because six Republicans voted in favor of paid leave for these railroad workers, which means that there is a willingness to work in the new Congress on a true national day plan payment.

Now six is ​​not the magic number we count here. in the Senate that number is 10. So there are still some timid people, but at the same time the question arises: could this be something that there is an opportunity for in the next Congress, especially after the last two years in which we have had so much pressure and Priority was given to the care economy and paid holidays Ali Vitale. Thank you so much. We heard the president speak there not only about the railway strike, but also at that press conference with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, saying that he would be willing to meet with the Russian president.

Vladimir Putin with conditions these two leaders I have a lot of things to talk about they are preparing for the state dinner not long ago the first state dinner for President Biden's White House and look they are going to be eating quite well tonight a little poached lobster some caviar some good meat better than the hot Cheetos waiting for me at home after the show, but for the rest of the day, sorry for the forced metaphor, they had other things on the table, the economy, the influence of China in the Pacific the war in Ukraine and that is, of course, where the president made those comments about Putin.

Listen. I am prepared if he is willing to talk to find out what he is willing to do, but I will only do so in consultation with my NATO allies. I'm not going to do it alone, so let me bring Carolee, who is now in Washington for us. Carol, what was so evident between these two men is the relationship that is quite strong, I mean, the vote described it as a friendship at the same time. point about Crohn saying: you know, dear Joe, I mean, clearly there is a lot of personal affinity between these two, there is a strong alliance between the US and France, this is important when it comes to Russia and the war in Ukraine , both sides say yes, we are. committed to helping Ukraine, there are some points of tension when it comes to oil and gas and then there is this comment from the president that, with conditions, perhaps he would meet with Vladimir Putin, which is particularly interesting in light of what Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, said.

I kind of dismissed today that no one thinks that's going to happen anytime soon, but I think it speaks to the broader point here, yes, and the broader point on that issue is that eventually, this US Administration and even more so in Europe, particularly in France, I want this war in Ukraine to get to a point where there are talks and there is a diplomatic resolution, so that's at the bottom of all of this and when you hear the president say yes, I would certainly meet with He is serious about you. They know how to end the war, they haven't seen that in anything that Vladimir Putin is doing, if anything, he's escalating things and using even more brutal types of tactics, so the presidents are in agreement about it, no matter what.

However, Macron has been a bit of an emissary. with President Putin talks to him more than he does with President Biden, who doesn't talk to him at all and that's been an important line of communication that the White House has had in terms of trying to get a sense of what Putin's thinking is. Putin, but there are problems here and in particular you mentioned things like energy, so they largely agree on the macro and then there are some micro things where there are disagreements about reducing inflation, for example, TRUE? Do you think wait a second? A home like that was an internal matter for President Biden, but France was actually a little frustrated by it, so the president didn't apologize at all, but he acknowledged that was never my intention when I wrote the legislation.

I never intended to exclude people who were cooperating with us, obviously there will be technical glitches and the changes will need to be reconciled so as not to get too nerdy Carol, but where does that go from here to make sure France feels good about things? The US has set up this US EU working group that's designed to help explain the inflation reduction law to Europeans, but also try to see if they can work out some of these differences. , but how they do it is not clear because there are French people who say they know we want exceptions. for our companies, the United States is going to do that, how would they do it?

So what you heard from the president is that, hey, look, we didn't realize there would be some unintended consequences here, we don't want to hurt our friends. We have to resolve this and President Macron says they really want to come to some kind of resolution, so they're putting a lot of emphasis on that task force, Hallie Carolee, ready for one night, I'm sure. at the White House, will you also be enjoying lobster tonight? Carol, sadly I won't, I know, but apparently you can smell her there in the Pressed area, which is torture, torture, tempting, all things kinky, thank you very much, well, Uber Eats, um, something.

Dance, I appreciate it, so listen, one of the things the girl talked about was the reduction in inflation that is intended to prop up the economy and yes, we have been talking on the show for the last year about how difficult things have been. things, but wait, wait, there's more. In fact, there's good

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because, get this, the average price of a gallon of gasoline is back to where it was before Russia invaded Ukraine, according to AAA for the first time since February. Gasoline is now below 350. and could drop below three. dollars for Christmas according to Gas Buddy and then another good sign for the economy today there was a really important inflation indicator that the FED likes to use showed some early signs that inflation is slowing, some are still going up, butnot as fast as before.

It used to be Brian Chung joins us now, so Brian, here's the thing like: can we be real? We like being on the show while we talk so much, I think rightly so, so it was

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worthy when gas prices were skyrocketing, well guess what they are? going back down that matters that's significant um that's something that people feel in their monthly budgets right, we know that normally, obviously, gas prices go down a little bit in the winter compared to the summer, but this feels significant. , yeah, I mean, well, look, I certainly remember when gas prices were five dollars a gallon, so getting back to 350 is certainly great news and, as you mentioned, Gas Buddy projects that it could even drop to 299 below three dollars by Christmas in just a few weeks from now, wouldn't that be a fantastic gift, they say it's for two reasons because there is no demand from China where they still don't have coveted lockdowns and, secondly, interestingly they said that because fewer people hit the roads during the Christmas shopping weekend we just had, maybe people did a little more online.

Buying either way points to lower gas prices, which I'm sure will be good news for many people who still remember those five-dollar-a-gallon prices earlier this year. I still remember my budget I still remember it well. My credit card bill. still remember talking about the other good news we're getting about the economy today again it's a sign, a glimmer of good news, but this sign that inflation is maybe slowing down, the Fed wants it to be something like two percent a year, we're quadrupling that at this point here, explain to me what this means, yeah, let's call it good news.

I assume this comes from the personal consumption expenditure number. It's another reading on inflation. Don't say that and no one knows what it is. The number was six percent. That's the year-over-year change that we saw in prices between October of this year and October of last year, but again, as you mentioned, the Fed needs to see that at two percent the Fed chair said yesterday that he needs more evidence. substantial fact that we have not reached that point. still, but look, a lot of people are crossing their fingers to see that evidence Brian, thank you very much, I appreciate it.

Prosecutors in the Trump organization's tax fraud trial are beginning their closing arguments today with a key question for the jury. Alan Weisselberg? The former CFO committed fraud for himself because he is greedy or he wanted the company to benefit. They also believe that it is the latter, that is the case. They are presenting the prosecutor by referencing a phrase that one of the company's defense attorneys said a lot today that Weisselberg made. For Weisselberg, of course, former President Donald Trump's company is accused of a 15-year fraud scheme to basically try to get more money off the books from its top executives.

This is a trial that began at the end of October. Jurors heard from a group of witnesses. including Weisselberg himself, if the organization is convicted of all nine charges, it could be fined up to one and a half million dollars. Please note that the former president has not been charged in this case, it is his company, not him personally. Tom Winter is following everything. of this and he joins us now and Tom, this is a central weiselberg was doing it for weisselberg was a central thing here the prosecution is trying to say uh-uh, he did it for the company, the defense is saying, um, not that one is the case well, tell us about it, yes, absolutely, the defensive strategy here is to put this completely on Alan Weissenberg, they called him a bredy, they called him someone who betrayed the Trump organization and they said, well, we still support him because you know, We've done it.

I talked before that Hallie, he's potentially owed a half-million dollar bonus here in January, but the defense is essentially saying, look, he stuck with us when Donald Trump's companies fell on hard times. Now we support him, but this whole plan was his doing. In an effort to line his pockets and get rich by not having to pay taxes on a lot of benefits we gave him, we gave him the opportunity to have an apartment in New York City, so every day when he showed up at 8 a.m., I didn't. By the way, we wouldn't have such a long trip from Long Island, when he traveled we gave him luxury cars and paid for his grandchildren's tuition and if he had just paid his taxes, none of us would be standing here and talking about it.

Indeed, what the prosecution is arguing is that no, no, not so quickly under New York state law, this case needs to be improved. Having someone in a high management position essentially and who could be higher than the CFO of the organization. Who is involved? They allege in this. a whole scheme to defraud taxpayers here in the state of New York, so that's what this case is about and that's what it will really depend on for the jury to believe whether or not there was any benefit to the Trump organization from Alan Weisselberg's participation in his current admitted tax scheme very fast conduct Tom schedule what do you think?

Do you think the jury is going to have this for a while? Do you know based on the experts you're talking to here? Just to be determined. I know it's speculative, but I'm curious. I think Jerry may get this case on Monday, it could take some time, they are clearly paying attention, taking lots of notes as they open the windows and get the blast of Arctic air, they are definitely alert so I just have to see Holly Tom Winter, thanks buddy, I appreciate it. Now let's talk about Donald Trump. The increasing pressure on him and the role of him as a potential president again.

We are now in the final minutes listening exclusively here on NBC to the news of Republican leader Kevin McCarthy calling today's anti-Semitic comments disgusting and unbelievable, that of course is in response to the rapper formerly known as Kanye West after the Republican Jewish Coalition. He asked conservatives and those who have mistakenly indulged in their words to make it clear that they do not support him, that enough is enough, after some anti-Semitic comments by Nick Fuentes and Yay on the prominent theorist's radio show. Alex Jones conspiracy. We're not going to play it for you or not, it's disgusting, it's terrible, it's super anti-Semitic, it's disgusting and that's why you're seeing this pressure from this powerful Republican Coalition of Jewish leaders for people to say enough is enough, this is bad and dangerous.

Let me bring in Garrett Hake and Garrett. This is symbolic. I think about the pressure that is building. The RJC didn't specifically mention Donald Trump by name, but it was clear who they were talking about and now they've caught up with Kevin McCarthy, who did. In fact, announcing this in strong terms sounds like yeah, that's right, Hallie and I think this is a different situation than what we've seen before because it might pull back the curtain a little bit because that's the kind of thing to do on this show, I mean, I asked McCarthy about this for the first time over an hour ago and he hadn't heard of it and he asked me what it was about and he said let me check back and get back to you about this and he found me.

Later in the afternoon and I said I had a chance to listen to it and this is disgusting. He said he's unhinged. He said it's the kind of thing everyone in this country needs to report. He was clearly done and wanted to do that. The same goes for Ashley Hinson, a Republican member from Iowa, who tweeted about this a little earlier today. I talked to one of her employees and he said, look, this isn't difficult, it's not confusing, it was basically a tray of what Kanye had. What he said here is so out of the ordinary that it absolutely had to be condemned and it had to be condemned by these House Republicans, in part because some House Republicans have really embraced Kanye West as someone who They had a certain cultural affinity, I mean, the best.

The way I can explain it to people who haven't followed, you know, West and House Republicans over time, is that they have the same enemies, right, they were taking on the woke crowd. I think that's the way they would look. but for House Republicans, including today's leader, these comments were so out of the ordinary that they had to be denounced and they had to be denounced quickly now I'm still waiting. I'm updating my truth social feed here every chance I get, yes, because Donald Trump hasn't said anything about this yet and as Hallie knows from covering it in her White House, one of the hardest things for Donald Trump has been to denounce bad people or people who say bad things but those people have said good things.

On him, it's always been difficult for him to do that and now, especially with McCarthy, one of his closest allies, coming out and calling out west, the pressure on him just grows and builds and builds and he has a speech that he's scheduled to give this night at Mar- A-Lago, to the paying customers, we'll see if it's that pressure if he decides he wants to try to top this, Garrett, hey, thanks for all the reporting you do on this, it's a big story again in the context. What you and I have talked about before and what we've talked about on this show, which is the growing concern about threats to members of the Jewish community, that's why it's so dangerous, Garrett, thank you very much, let's get on with the politics. here. because in the next hour we expect to see Georgia Senator Rafael Warnock alongside former President Barack Obama in Atlanta in this big final race to get voters to request a ballot before early voting ends in the runoffs in that state tomorrow . in record numbers so far for what is basically like the Sprint to the Finish over these next six days, over a million people voting, the lines are already very long, keep in mind that the official day of the second round of the Election's not until Tuesday, look, there's a little tune, someone was humming while they waited, but they're all packed into this Rec Center.

Basketball shoes on the court. You hear it. We got this video from a voter in Atlanta and it comes from like on the other side of this race. The Daily Beast is now reporting. that an ex-girlfriend of the Republican candidate, former football star Herschel Walker, is now publicly declaring that he angrily attacked her during her five-year relationship. The Daily Beast says she has corroborated her story with people who knew her. NBC News has not independently confirmed this account, although of course our teams are talking about Walker and the woman making these allegations on the record. Now Vaughn tells us more about that part.

Let's start there, Hallie. These are very difficult details for this individual. She describes the allegations against Herschel Walker over the course of what she says was a five-year romantic relationship that began in 2005. Again, she is the first person to really go on record with these kinds of details; In one story it says that Herschel Walker she came in when he was in a sexual act with another woman and while they were in this relationship and when she confronted him he in turn not only put his chest or his hand on her chest but also his throat and shook his fist.

This is this. The woman's accusations at her address in which she felt threatened The Daily Beast also spoke with four other women who provided details that led them to argue that this was an individual who, in their words, was unstable, a liar and someone who He frequently compromised. In infidelity, these are difficult details that only add to what has already been several difficult months for women who allege that they carried Herschel Walker's babies and that he urged them to abort, but also his own child, who has said he threatened his family, his ex-wife who said he threatened to kill her, the theories are difficult, difficult accusations that have been made against Holster Walker and all of this is escalating in what is an extremely runoff election. close against the owner.

Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock, on the other side of the race, is obviously there, stationed where one of the Democratic Party's biggest stars currently hopes to shine a little of that light, a little of that starlight. Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock, hoping to get you across the finish line, tell us about that, yeah, this is our entire turnout blitz at this point, here you have Barack Obama for the second time in a month coming out to try to galvanize Democratic voters here yes Let's go back to two years ago, Ali, it was Democratic navigators and particularly black voters who had higher turnout compared to Republican voters that allowed Ossoff and Warnock to win their runoff here and now This is a moment when Democrats realize they only have four weeks. after these general elections, which are a full month, ashorter period of time than the runoff two years ago, so this is a time when I was talking to a person close to the campaign who said, look, there's no one in Democratic politics who has a bigger megaphone. that Barack Obama, it's crucial that people here in the state of Georgia know that Tuesday is the day that they have to get out and go vote for Hallie Von Hilliard

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for us, you're in Atlanta, right? about to begin thank you very much the day after the drama of FTX founder Sam Bankman being released speaking openly about his company's billion-dollar collapse, today we are seeing a major financial regulator tell lawmakers to act fast to regulate the crypto industry and tells senators that he actually met with SBF banker Sam, released 10 times over the past year, saying that if lawmakers don't do something to regulate cryptocurrencies, customers will continue to lose out.

Remember, this all started last month when a leaked document showed that SBF's hedge fund called Alameda Research. one you're connected to had a ton of this cryptocurrency, this digital currency called ftt created by FTX just once that information was leaked, the CEO of the arrival crypto company tweeted that he would be selling all of his ftt tokens, so this basically led to a bank run on everyone who If ftt was like sell it, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell , sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell , sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell , sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell , sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell , sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, sell , sell, sale tour for the last 24 hours speaking out CNBC's Mackenzie Seagalis joins us now against the advice of her lawyers.

We don't know if she will ever testify at any Congressional hearings, but clearly in some corners there is a desire for greater regulation. is really going to happen, I mean, that's the question everyone has and you know, referring to those CFTC chair meetings with SPF, you actually know less about pushing for more regulation and more about FTX trying to get permission for a risky product that would have involved leveraged trading now you know said SPF was meeting with regulators and lawmakers pushing one of the many competing bills on Capitol Hill looking to set some hard and fast rules and they both know they have the mark from Senators Jilla uh and Senator Lumis is pushing for a construct that would lean on the existing entities, the SEC, the CFTC and just expand the mandate to include digital assets, but at the moment, Ali Hallie, we don't have those answers yet, We're just seeing what it feels like. like the beginning of public investigations into what happened with the FTX collapse, where cryptocurrencies figure prominently and it coincides with this media tour of released Sam Bankman, he was on GMA this morning on ABC News talking to George Stephanopoulos, you know , doing this. something he seemed to take no blame for, saying that he was just careless, but along these lines, what has been the reaction in the industry to this kind of guilty Mayan thing that's doing SPF while it's under so much legal scrutiny?

Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of people say that what it comes down to is that he's making it clear that nothing was intentional, like he's basically arguing that he made a lot of bad business decisions, but there's nothing intentionally bad about that practice, so I just says, "I'm a bad businessman, I'm not a criminal, and during the hour and 10 minutes he was talking to Andrew Ross Sorkin at that book deal conference, he kept coming back to the same line of defense, so he was wrong." either that or I made a bad decision. I wish I had chosen to do something different.

He also seemed to shift the blame to his counterpart at Alameda Research, pointing to the fact that some of these decisions that are now in question were not under his purview. Mackenzie Segalos from CNBC. it's the story that's still a story. I'm sure we'll talk again. Thank you very much for that this afternoon, the Supreme Court said the justices will hear arguments on President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan in February, saying that a decision would be made. Shortly after those arguments are heard, it basically means that the whole thing is still on hold, at least for a few more months.

The administration has said that the program is expected to help more than 40 million people pay off something like twenty thousand dollars in student loan debt, but in reality, they have not been able to do anything about it since one of the courts of circuit paused this whole issue in October. Critics of the plan say this is not constitutional in part because the president bypassed Congress, which they say is the correct entity. with the power to make laws about student loan forgiveness, you know, I'll update you on that, you know, February, March, it's coming here on the show, something with a quicker timeline and it's the closing arguments and the rape trial.

Harvey Weinstein with the prosecution. tell the jurors and their reign of terror in their words, plus the women making history on the World Cup fields, details on the five things, hey, I'm Halle, it's good to be with you tonight, there's another presentation legal today and I want to address some of the bad things let's get to the point where they have started voting on the herd law if you're like Kelly stop talking about Washington this bill would basically provide health care to veterans who have exposed to these toxic chemicals because Scott, I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible.

The kind of rising anger we've seen now in politics. I saw you looking. I think your microphone Daniel, are you trying to do it on the slide? Live TV, man, it's okay. Meet Press Chuck toddcast and Insider's take on politics and more with some of my favorite reporters get it for free wherever you get your podcasts NBC News streaming for free right now on NBC News now we start with the breaking news that just came in What's happening now? What's happening next? and what it means to you, we continue to follow the Russian attack on Ukraine, there is an intense artillery battle underway as we look at the latest city turned crime scene, we see the things left behind, fewer people are content to simply offer their thoughts and prayers impressive testimony on January 6 Theory Americans face highest inflation rate in decades parts of Virginia cleaning up after severe storms what resources people need right now can get essential items another special night of election coverage here on NBC News Now The results coming in this Tuesday will be huge.

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A packed courtroom today in California as Harvey Weinstein's lawyers told the jury in his Rape trial that five words sum up the prosecution's case, believe me, the defense and their closing arguments say that all the evidence the jury has presented are in his words are smoke and mirrors accusing one of the alleged victims of lying after a little earlier we heard the prosecution who obviously had a very different view saying that it is time for Weinstein's reign of terror to end and the prosecutor Deputy told the jury that he knew about Weinstein's despicable behavior and that he thought because of his power people would just let Harvey be Harvey.

This is the culmination now of more than five weeks of testimony. Once closing arguments conclude, this jury will decide on the two counts of rape and the five counts. of sexual assault that Weinstein faces pleaded not guilty note that he is already serving a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault in New York Danny Savalos joins us now so Danny, the prosecution said Weinstein's strategy had been consistent for decades when you Is the jury right? Help us understand when a jury goes into deliberations now to think about everything they heard at closing and over the last five weeks what they are thinking about.

I know we don't have an idea of ​​their minds. but walk us through the process here oh, I wish I knew what happens in those jury deliberation rooms, but you can assume that they are following the jury's instructions and have been told to consider each of these individual charges individually, but that's a kind of legal fiction because the prosecution presented several different victims and of course the jury will look at them collectively, consider the fact that there are similarities between the accusations and the challenge here for both sides is that this is a case that goes up and down in credibility I would say it's a case of he said she said but it's really not, she said and then the defendant didn't say anything, but because they told the jury they can't hold the The defendant's silence against him becomes a Really interesting discussion in the jury room.

They have to presume that the accused is innocent, but if they found the victims credible, how credible did they find them? Can you think about the whole fact that Weinstein has already been convicted in New York? uh, in general No, in fact, they're not even supposed to consider anything more than the testimony of each individual victim about that discrete act, but that's again why the prosecution brings those victims together to create some sort of mass of victims that the defendant makes look much worse than if they had presented each case separately, it is a good strategy on the part of the prosecution that leaves the defense arguing, hey, not only is the victim making it up, all the other victims They are also inventing it Dennis Volos, thank you very much, we will be Let's stay tuned while this case reaches the jury, we will soon appreciate it.

Let's go over the five things our team thinks you should know tonight. Number one. The CDC says Philadelphia and a Michigan county will begin testing their wastewater for polio. Travelers who visited places in New York state where the virus was also found earlier this year, the disease paralyzed someone in a county outside New York City, officials say they are focusing on places with low vaccination coverage and places that had travelers who visited places in New York state where the virus was also found earlier this year. Virus in wastewater can help a community speed up and Target's No. 2 vaccination campaigns, two U.S. officials told NBC News that an explosive envelope, an envelope containing something exclusive, that was delivered to the door of the United States embassy in Madrid, was detonated by the police. no one was hurt Similar letters were sent to other places in Spain in recent days, including one to the Ukrainian embassy, ​​one official was injured when this burst into flames, so far investigators have not discovered who is responsible for it being done history in football number three.

Not long ago, during the match between Germany and Costa Rica in the World Cup, French referee Stephanie Frappar became the first woman to referee a men's World Cup match and she is not the only one, her two assistants were also women, which made them the first exclusively female referees. The team that once participated in the world cup loves to see him in fourth place. If you enjoy long weekends, then you'll really enjoy the results of a new New York study that says a permanent four-day work week could be beneficialfor both workers. and their bosses, the study followed about 900 employees for six months, working four days a week at the same pay, workers reported less stress and burnout, which is a good thing. 33 companies participated and of the 27 that completed a final survey, none of them are planning to return to five days listen less stressed workers means better work environments for everyone number five let's stop giving on Tuesday that raised more than three billion dollars to charities in 24 hours according to the entity that gives the groups Tuesday The project began as a viral hashtag in 2012 asking people to donate the week after Thanksgiving, the group estimates that donations increased by about a 15 percent over last year, that's good, it's outpacing inflation, as we talked about a little earlier on the show, the White House is rolling out the red carpet tonight for a state dinner. of the Biden Administration and, of course, the first since the pandemic began.

President Biden and the first lady welcome French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte to the White House. It's a big fancy dinner held in a big fancy tent on the 300 South Lawn. There will be people there. John Batiste is hosting a sort of White House version of the Met Gala, although you have to assume the speeches will be less dramatic, but what's the point? Why does this matter? Why does this matter from a geopolitical perspective? here's the breakdown Pompom pomp and politics a glamorous black-tie event and a long-standing White House tradition dating back to 1874 the first state dinner in history was when Ulysses S Grant hosted King Kulakawa of Hawaii for over 20 courses During the dinner, the king was reportedly the first sitting monarch to visit the White House.

Since then, hundreds of state dinners have been held with highlights along the way, such as in 1976, when the Fords honored Queen Elizabeth. and Prince Philip during the bicentennial of the American Revolution, a few years later, the Carters invited the The leaders of Israel and Egypt after the signing of the Camp David Accords and in 1987 former President Ronald Reagan welcomed Secretary Soviet General Mikhail Gorbachev after they signed a historic nuclear weapons agreement. The grander the dinner, the more important the relationship and that's the point. from a state dinner at the White House to honor a long-standing ally, to highlight an emerging democracy or to celebrate a joint agreement.

The hope, as with tonight's dinner in honor of France, is that what happens now will pay off later, Macron is not going to budge on any major issue. just because Biden offers him a nice dinner, but the idea is that it will put him in a better mood when the tough negotiation happens today and beyond, often nights like these go beyond politics and beyond Washington to Hollywood, no It has to be a formal meeting. At the 1985 state dinner, the Reagans hosted Prince Charles and Princess Diana, a moment that became a global sensation when actor John Travolta danced with the princess and captivated the world, and other official state dinners also featured saw other celebrities Frank Sinatra Beyonce Elton John Stevie Wonder They all perform for high-profile guests who often include lawmakers, ambassadors, corporate bigwigs, donors and diplomats and, occasionally, celebrities with connections to the country being honored, but with With any big party comes the perhaps inevitable Party Crasher even in the White House back in 2009 two reality TV stars managed to bypass the layers of security and gain access to one of the most secure buildings in the world when they showed up and entered a state dinner organized by the Obamas in honor of the Prime Minister of India, the Director of the Secret Service in At the time I testified before Congress shortly after the incident in this case, I fully recognize that proper procedures were not followed and that human error occurred in the execution of our duties, as tonight's state dinner in honor of France is a first for President Biden. but not for France in total, there have been more than a dozen of them over the years.

Herbert Hoover hosted the first one in 1931. How about, just as a fun fact, here's one more? Crone and his wife Brigid already attended dinners at the property with him in 2018. Here on the show is an incredible video of a base jumper crashing into a cliff before his parachute gets stuck. See this? It's hanging something like 200 feet above the ground. talking about it on the local overseas search how much water will eventually be pushed in how many of you were up there at least like 11. Why was it important for you to be here in our main story tonight?

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Here he sees a small sample, sexual assault accusations, robbery charges, multiple suspensions that he has. He hasn't played since he walked off the field during a Bucks Jets game in January. Sam Brock has been following this story and Sam, you have been following before us since that walk off the field last season. Now you have Antonio Brown facing this. cargo, um, where does this go from here? Well, the police are currently trying to arrest him. I mean, literally, that's what's happening right now. I spoke to Tampa police today, they said they tried several times, they can't confirm at this time if Antonio Brown is not actually inside that house or not, but from sources we believe he is there now in terms of what you said ago a second about the woman who was involved in this petition, the mother of four of his children, it's not just that he came forward, she's through a shoe, he says in his head, but also that over the loudspeaker, while the police was on the property, he threatened to shoot her if she tried to enter the house, so that really gets to what happened this week, what happened with someone who has a very checkered past as you said on Monday there was an incident on this property the police responded we talked about the shoe throwing the threats that were made after that event the city of Tampa its police department requested a protection order to take away Antonio Brown's weapons that he had in his possessions and a judge denied it and I'll say why they put that there Hallie I have the document right here it says they were involved in a recent act with threat of violence against themselves or others or could be threatening others and this part is that they may have a serious mental illness or maybe suffer a recurring mental illness, so there is deep concern among the police department and its prosecutors at this time that Antonio Brown poses a risk not only to the general public. but for himself, for his family, for his children, for the mother of his children, that was not honest, it was rejected and now here we are three days after the same incident and now, in fact, they are processing an arrest warrant for domestic violence and assault on Sam.

Brock is on top of the story for us Sam, thank you very much, I appreciate you appearing here on the show. Tampons and pads are expensive, and if you didn't know that, now you know, so three Virginia teens are finding a way to help people. where they live we will have more information about this story in the foreign original celebrating 75 years of Meet the Press, the longest running television program, sometimes the news can be difficult and overwhelming for children to understand Ukraine and Russia, could you help me understand? what's going on to help it all make sense, we've created a newscast just for them, we hope your family watches the Nightly News Kids edition, hey, I'm Halle, it's good to be with you tonight, there's another legal filing today and I want to eliminate some of the bad stuff let's get to the point where they started with the act full if you're like Hallie stop talking Washington this bill would basically provide health care to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because I'm trying to make this non-DC as much as possible.

The kind of growing anger we've seen now in politics. I saw you looking. I think your microphone. Daniel, you're trying to do it on the slide. Live TV news is happening now. See what's making headlines around the world right now on the Morning News. Now we're going on air with breaking news and this is an important moment when it happens, wherever you are. NBC News streams free now for Dateline premium subscribe now on Apple Podcasts. NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt or listen wherever you get your podcasts NBC News streaming for free now Hi, I'm Halle, it's good to be with you tonight, there's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way, let's just say to the point that they have started voting on the PAC bill, if you're like Kelly, stop talking, this bill out of Washington would basically provide health care to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because I'm trying to make this not as much as possible in DC. rising type of anger that we've seen now in politics I saw you looking I think your microphone Daniel, are you trying to do it on the slide, live TV?

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A witness said he appeared to be 200 feet off the ground. Search and rescue teams managed to scale the cliff to get him down. Survive. He was flown to the hospital. and is in critical condition by our Midwest Office, Ohio officials are asking people to please get their children vaccinated due to a measles outbreak in Columbus. Public Health officials have confirmed at least 46 cases, all of them in unvaccinated children and adolescents, at least 19 have been hospitalized, it's tonight's original now with in-depth reporting on an issue we've been keeping an eye on and listen to sanitary pads and tampons, they are expensive, they aregetting more expensive and you really have no choice if you get your period, you have to deal with this right, but not everyone has the same privilege of being able to afford these products, that's a real problem, it's a reality for a lot of people and it's a reality that these three teenagers in Virginia heard about and wanted to do. something about they put together what they call a Pantry period, as experts say it's critical to have more access to this kind of thing across the country zinclair essenwald has the story overseas Pantry supplies free paths and tampons to our community a hassle-free errand: buy LED tampons Ariana Gala to a remarkable idea I took as a box of tampons and simply told her it was so expensive that the 14-year-old recruited her two friends, Ramsay Warner and Isabel Butcher, to launch a pantry free outside a church in Vienna.

Virginia, the pantry empties quite quickly, which shows that the products we have received a lot of donations and support that way and we have also been surprised how much the community has used it since September, friends filled this two and a half feet high. wooden cabinet with donated sanitary pads and tampons, it shocked us because we are girls and we know how important they are. I'm trying to buy more things with my own money but it's crazy to switch to buying my own pets and tampons would be such a big financial thing and it's a challenge that many face.

Period poverty is the inability to purchase menstrual products to control your period. Jennifer Gaines of the Alliance for Period Supply says period poverty is widespread in the U.S. and uniquely affects low-income and underserved communities and access to education. Students who do not have access to these products will miss school. One in five teens say they have trouble paying for menstrual products and four to five students say they have skipped class or know someone who has because of it, according to a study sponsored by Thanks, a period nonprofit that raises the high price of a box of tampons state sales tax 22 states in the US still charge a sales tax on menstrual products activists are pushing for a zero percent tampon tax rate, but some lawmakers are in disagreement with the idea that a 2021 bill to eliminate Wyoming's tax on menstrual products failed after lawmakers argued that all hygiene items should be included.

State Senator Tom James told the Casper Star Tribune that it segregates and favors one sex over another 17 states and Washington DC have laws requiring free menstrual products in schools, two of which require them in homeless shelters in abroad. New Zealand and the city of Seoul offer free menstrual products. Scotland makes history in September, becoming the first country to offer free menstrual products to everyone. They definitely modeled, you know, what we can do here in the United States, so we can't stop having this conversation by simply ending the tampon tax, away from political debates. Ariana Ramsey and Isabel are making an impact where you can expect menstrual pantries to expand. our president will simply take his own steps zinclair Samoa NBC News will appear here on the show Prince William and Princess Kate's royal visit was overshadowed by an alleged racist incident involving the prince's godmother, we're finding out more about that today only the latest scandal to hit the royal family, we'll talk to Kier Simmons about what it's like to cover the British monarchy right now in our behind-the-scenes story, the next foreign news with Lester Holt or listen wherever you get your podcasts, sometimes the news can It can be difficult and overwhelming for children to understand, which is why we have created a newscast just for them.

We hope your family watches the Nightly News Kids edition celebrating 75 years of Meet the Press, television's longest-running show. Hi, I'm Halle, it's good to be. with you tonight, there's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way, let's get to the point where they started voting on the package bill, if you're like Hallie, stop talking nonsense, this bill would basically give health care . to the veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible. The kind of rising anger we've seen now in politics.

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Wherever you are. It's here now. Meet the Press Chuck toddcast and Insider's take on politics and more with some of my favorite reporters get it free wherever you get your podcasts some breaking news here Federal appeals court now stopping this so-called special master that independent third party who Look at the documents the FBI took from former President Trump's home in Florida. This is from a three-judge panel, including, by the way, two Trump-appointed judges. Aileen Cannon made a mistake by appointing this Special Master to examine those documents. We know that the FBI is going through more than 13,000 pages or documents, I should say, including about a hundred that are considered classified, the judges now in this new information that we just received US say the law is clear, they say that all this special Master must be dismissed.

There's no word yet from the Trump team on any potential appeal, but we'll keep you posted in time to get the backstory, our behind the scenes, see how a story comes together and how it fits into our bigger picture and tonight you've got the prince. and the Princess of Wales in Boston, tomorrow they will meet with President Biden there throughout this trip. to the US has been overshadowed by a huge backlash against the prince's godmother. Today it is reported that she was the one who asked a black advocate for domestic abuse survivors where she really came from after she told him she was British.

You see her here and today she. I spoke with Ella Simmons' own priest describing what that exchange was like for her. I thought she was in a space that understood we were all on the same page and I was wrong. I quickly remembered that it doesn't matter if you were born here. This is just the latest scandal to hit the royals, a family here has covered over the years for NBC news reporting on them from London, trips abroad in South Africa, Canada and now Boston, even just a couple hours on the other show than do it again on a different channel to see the Royals in their live shot and you're looking behind you, are they behind you?

Haley, let me interact Hallie Hallie no, don't interrupt you for a moment because they're right. behind me so you know they're actually living here uh uh in Boston uh on the boardwalk here he joins us now you were so angry he wouldn't stop talking that's my first backstory question for you is how do I know how angry you are they were with me, that's a great question, can I say one thing? From all those places, I have followed the rules all over the world. Boston is the best. It doesn't get any better than Boston at the Celtics game last night.

I haven't been to many basketball games. It's like an amazing circus, I mean, I just loved it, they seem to love it too, but I'll tell you what, they're in the front row, we're in the very, very, very, very last row at the top end. I mean, we. I'm telling you we could order our beers while sitting in our seats, we were so far back in the auditorium that they call it in the Auditorium. I don't even know if I'm getting it right anyway, here we go, no. It's definitely a very short exposition, British, let me tell you, with that freeze they call it a basketball field.

I think it happens all the time anyway, so um, that moment, yeah, I mean, look, there you go, we wait there, it's cold in Boston. I will do that. tell you it was so cold, I could barely talk, you came towards us just as they were walking behind us so it was a bit of Serendipity and there they were and looking quite stoic. I don't just think about the cold but the fact that I Imagine you might want to ask me about this about all the controversy and the things that are trying to move forward. Yeah, I mean, they're just trying to stay focused on their agenda of their causes and trying to filter out the noise, it's not easy, although talk to me. about that part because I find it very interesting as someone who has covered, you know, presidents in the United States, has covered royalty in the United Kingdom, that's obviously not the same as having covered prime ministers, etc., no.

I will include them. level, but to the extent that you are around and know important people or well-known people who have some kind of public responsibility function or at least a public facing function, to the point that you hear that you are traveling, you are covering them as is developing a scandal at home about how much you're thinking because you know this segment is about pulling back the curtain on how much you're thinking about, like, how do you ask them a question? Can? I'm sure you're working like whatever handler they have, there's probably a security bubble around it etc, yeah, and there's also a protocol you're not supposed to know, just throw a question, it happens.

I'll tell you a story from a few decades ago with now King. Charles Prince Charles I don't remember what it was, it was something about Camilla and she said it as a producer and I asked a question and a security guy with a big bird came up to me and said: do it again son and I'll come down. It's not a good idea to ask a question unless you really want to know the answer, yes yes there is such a protocol but of course we live in the modern era where even royals have to be responsible and that's what we do.

What you're seeing now, I think with that story and what you heard in that interview, I mean, you know, it's really profound, you know, a challenge to the royal family with all their history, these accusations of the culture in the Palace of Buckingham, the Harry and Megan thing, uh and The big question really the underlying question is: can an old traditional organization like that really change and look modern? You've done it before, but when it comes to issues of racism and that kind of thing, I think the question is real and I'm not sure we know the answer Kira Simmons, if anyone is going to follow the answer I know it will be you, Thank my Lord.

Thank you. I'm glad to see you here in the United States. I hope it arrives. go to another basketball auditorium at some point on your trip, please stay warm, our love and best to you for Guinness beer, for a Guinness, actually a Boston Guinness, so that's great, very , very traditional of you, thank you, you care, I appreciate it. I appreciate everyone for seeing that. by this time we will have more for you here tomorrow at the same time same place I'm going to go enjoy a Guinness with my hot Cheetos I'll see you tomorrow Murders at foreign universities and the New Revelations as the police search for a murderer the families of Forceland university students demanding answers almost three weeks after brutal murders and now confusing statements from police, the father of one of those victims speaking in a major news story tonight, the new details he has now revealed about where his daughter was found and what is asking the police that Tonight also unfolds late tonight the confrontation in Florida involving a former NFL star that police are trying to arrest Antonio Brown at his home in Tampa after a dispute domestic with the mother of his children.

The weapons police say he might have in that house with him. Kanye praises highly controversial rapper Hitler, launches another hate-filled rant, a bizarre appearance with right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, sparking a swift reaction. Is this the point of no return for yay? Royal resignation of Palace AIDS' top official quit after being called out by a CEO. Outed for making racist comments tonight, that accuser goes toe-to-toe with our priest Simmons to tell her side of the story and Harry and Megan steal the spotlight from William and Kate as they tour the US in the new trailer that just dropped. launch more recession or recovery promising economic signs tonight consumer spending is up gas prices are falling, but with inflation still near a 40-year high, is this really a turning pointinflection?

We'll take a look at what this all means for you and your wallet. An extreme accident is terrifying. When a base jumper crashes into a cliff face in Utah, his parachute gets caught, leaving him dangling in the air, how Crews was able to get him there. a safe place and why they say this could have been much worse. The main story starts right now. Foreign good. night, what are police doing in Idaho, nearly three weeks after the horrific murder of four college students? There is still no suspect in custody, no police sketch or murder weapon has been found and now, to make matters even worse, contradictory statements from local authorities have added even more confusion to an already painful situation, these are the names and faces of the four lives that could end tragically on Nov. 13, when authorities said once again they believe their murders were targeted despite a local prosecutor saying otherwise, the community at the University of Idaho gathered for an emotional vigil last night as thousands showed up to pay their respects, the pain unmistakable on the faces of the crowd as this tight-knit community was shocked before this tragedy occurred, the city had not recorded a single murder since 2015.

Steve Gonzalez speaking to that crowd honoring his daughter Kaylee our team spoke with him a few moments ago what he is now revealing about Kaylee's death and what he is asking the police to do tonight NBC's Morgan Chesky starts us off with that interview and this story tonight new questions about murders of four University of Idaho Student officials say they still believe the murders were targeted, rejecting a claim made by a local prosecutor. Is it fair to say that you believe this was targeted, but you don't know if it was location-based or individual-based? Yes, that is correct at this time.

In the investigation, we really haven't come to a conclusion as to whether it was the people involved or one individual, multiple individuals or the location. We have not made that determination yet, but the victims' families are frustrated that no suspect has been named and the murder weapon has not been found. Steve Gonzales My daughter Kaylee was murdered along with her best friend, how does it feel like three weeks here and knowing that whoever did this to you, daughter, is still out there? It's ridiculous, it's angry. You know this amount of time and I can't even get them to do it.

Let's say this is a man, we can't have that kind of closure with that guy still on the street, how afraid are you of this case going cold? Well, the city likes to mention the fact that there is very little crime, so there is not much practical knowledge, this is what we are dealing with, this is what we have, these are the circumstances we find, let's make the best of it Let's get on with it, but I, the lead researcher, is a real stud, he really knows what he's doing. So I trust him, but he can't present evidence if it's not there, so I'm very concerned that the police are now turning to the public to help complete a detailed timeline, but the victims' families want more to be done.

In fact, I don't know why they pay you, if you don't communicate anything, you have to find a way to build a case from what you publish and still protect detailed information that only the murderer will know, except you. I have to help the community help you, okay Morgan Chesky joins us now from Moscow, Idaho Morgan, as you've reported here in the main story that can resolve, her family decided not to have a public funeral for their daughter, what Did Steve tell you about that? Yes Tom I asked that same question, heartbreaking answer. He is so worried that whoever did this might try to blend in with a crowd at a public funeral that the family has decided to postpone for now.

He says that thought even entered his mark when he was speaking to the crowd at that vigil last night, several thousand people in front of him, he says he was disgusted by the fact that this killer could be bold enough to try to enjoy some kind of joy in this traumatic aftermath that took your daughter and Morgan, according to that theory, did you think that the killer or killers and I know you got to that in your story are part of the university community, other students or do you think that possibly Is this person from the city?

Yes, Tom, I spoke to the investigators right now. incredibly tight have been able to rule out several individuals as potential suspects as this investigation has progressed, uh, but when I asked investigator Point Blank, he said we don't have a suspect, we don't have a suspect description, we don't even have a person of interest. right now and that's why he said it's so important that the public, if they have any kind of leads or potential evidence, go to the police as they build that timeline to try to retrace the steps of each of these four young students to try to discover where they were in those hours before going to that house where they were later found dead.

You were at the vigil. What are the students like right now there? What is your way of thinking? What are they living like? Terror I, you are certainly constantly aware of what has happened here, some are choosing to accept the school's offer of remote learning for the rest of the semester. We heard from another parent who said she didn't feel like it was right. Have your son, your daughter, come here knowing that even though there was a chance that something could go horribly wrong, there are law enforcement in almost every direction you look. around campus and we're told that the FBI has come here to help with the investigation, so the local Moscow Police Department can focus on patrolling this community.

An example of how aware this city is of what has happened is that the number of calls for suspicious activity or disturbances has doubled in recent weeks. Yes, that's logical. Well, Morgan Chesky. Taking us outside of Morgan, we thank you for more information regarding this ongoing investigation. I want to bring in former Boston Police Department Commissioner Ed Davis, and it's been a day of confusing statements from the police to the department and to a local prosecutor and in question, which was confusing. The public and the families is whether this was whether the victims here were targeted or whether the residence was targeted and they basically had to go back to the police department and say yes, they believe this was a crime, some type of crime where there was An objective. instead but it seemed so confusing it's confusing uh thank you Tom you know I've been watching this uh since it happened and uh it's unfortunate that there's a lack of coordination between the comments that the prosecutors are making and the police are generally on the same page with each other, but this may be due to the fact that they don't do many homicide investigations in this community.

This is something unusual for them and they are cute. overwhelmed and insecure because of the national attention that this case is attracting, so they have to get their act together, they have to sit at a table and determine what the evidence is and then make a determination about what they can share and you know that the compelling comments of the victim's father are exactly on the right path. We investigate. I was personally involved in several hundred homicide investigations. We would give the victims' families more information than we have. would give to the press um it was it's just important for them to understand that you're doing everything you can do and you really have to keep them on board and if I can if I can stop you right there but one of the things that caught my attention during Morgan's interview with the father was that he said the lead investigator was uh, I think he used the word, he called him a stud, who seemed to be a serious investigator, but at the same time.

He said he couldn't make up evidence and that to me sounded like something that maybe had been shared with them, that there wasn't a lot of evidence right now at the crime scene and it's frustrating for a family to have to deal with the fact that there may be They are not an easy solution to a crime like this, these crimes sometimes take time, there is a lot of evidence they can pursue and it is not unusual for the lead investigator to develop a very strong relationship with the family, but the family must be kept informed.

Do you think there's any chance the police will know who did this? Do you think they have solid leads and they're just not letting the family or the public know that doesn't seem to be the case? case, but police departments in the past may have been very strict with information as time goes on, we have learned that involving the community in the conversation, for example, posting videos, evidence that you have to ask helps the community, it's a very effective way to connect people to the case and know and let them know that you're on it, eh, but departments that don't have a lot of experience will hide and cover and that could be the case with what's happening.

Here and Ed, just from what we know, what has been reported, what the police have released, no murder weapon has been found, it does not appear that concrete evidence has been collected, the students who were on the second floor were murdered over there. There were some students on the first floor who were not killed. This is not a high crime area and yet they have no idea who did this. Have you created some kind of profile for yourself, but what you're telling me is that it's been, it's been? reported that there are hundreds of physical evidence in a violent crime like this, commonly there is transfer of bodily fluids between the victim and the suspect, so DNA is the best thing they can focus on right now if they don't have a suspect, okay , Ed Davis, for us here tonight at the main story Ed, we appreciate your analysis.

We want to move on now to the 10th confrontation between Tampa police and former NFL star Antonio Brown's officers attempting to arrest Brown on assault and domestic violence charges stemming from an alleged domestic dispute NBC Sam Brock has those details tonight The Tampa police say they are trying to arrest former NFL player Antonio Brown by making multiple attempts outside this home to serve a domestic violence warrant, department tells NBC News citing failure to communicate with police officers It's the latest twist in the 34-year saga that has gone far beyond charges stemming from an incident Monday involving Brown and the mother of four of his children, according to court documents.

Brown threw a shoe at the woman which hit her in the ponytail. The victim had no injuries, but believed the shoe was intended for her head in the same document that police describe when they learned that Brown threw the woman's belongings out of the house and then threatened over the loudspeaker saying that if she entered the house, he would shoot her in front of her. Police also say the children didn't want to go inside because they were afraid of his father when he gets into a destructive mood. After the incident, a Florida judge denied a request to remove Brown's guns and ammunition under a risk protection order citing failure. of physical action, how is it possible that there was not enough evidence to take away his weapons, but there is enough evidence to potentially prosecute him for domestic violence?

The judge was wrong on this. The Florida statute that allows these risk protection orders provides a series of factors that can be considered by the court, several of them Antonio Brown is a risk not only to himself but to members of the community and obviously to the mother of his children according to the petition had two firearms in the house a pistol and rifle NBC News has not been able to reach Brown's legal team for comment, as tonight he remains a man wanted by Tampa police, he is fine , Sam, who's joining us live tonight, pick it up from right there.

Do we have any idea where Antonio Brown is tonight? so we believe he is in the house, although the police will not record whether he is or not. Sources tell NBC seniors that he's in there and Tom, this isn't a confrontation, they're not characterizing it more as a Friendly Stalemate, they tell us there are no marked police cars outside the house now, but there are unmarked cars and the idea here is that it looks like they are going to wait, but Tampa police tell me they are not going to. risk the officer's safety for a misdemeanor a warrant there unless he escalates the situation himself so really this will continue until he leaves the house yeah it looks like maybe they're going to wait for him to surrender possibly and There is also the issue of guns, as you reported, the court documents also say that there have been other domestic violent incidents in the past, so the woman who is at the center of the petition to try to take guns away from Antonio Brown says She had also been a victim of him before, but the reason she didn't follow him was because she was worried that the house he was staying in was owned by his company, according to this woman, shewould be taken away and all the financial assistance he was giving her as well. be eliminated, so at least what this does is establish a pattern of behavior that seems to fit the profile of what we know about Antonio Brown.

Upstairs, all right, Sam Brock, for us tonight. Sam, we appreciate that the representative was previously known as Kanye. West caused more public outcry tonight for anti-Semitic comments — yes, he appeared with a hood over his face speaking to far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Infowars and sitting next to white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who was also at that dinner with President Trump last week. NBC News correspondent Valerie Castro joins us now and Valerie, this is something we had a hard time figuring out exactly how we were going to report this because a lot of what she said was so vile that it's been a difficult decision, but the comments that Tonight he blatantly declared that he loves and sees good things about Hitler, that he likes Nazis and even mocked the brothers Ari and Rahm Emanuel, prominent Jewish figures, and today there was strong condemnation from the Jewish community.

Jonathan Greenblatt The executive director of the Anti-Defamation League tweeted in response to the comments saying that in part he is a cruel anti-Semite. His comments today on Infowars are not only vile and defensive, but they put Jews in danger. The Republican Jewish Coalition also issued a statement saying: In part, given his praise for Hitler, it cannot be overstated that Kanye West is a vile and repellent bigot who has attacked the Jewish community with Nazi-style threats and smears. Conservatives who have mistakenly pandered to Kanye West need to make it clear that he is enough of a pariah. is enough, NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Garrett Hake asked House Minority Leader Kevin Party for his reaction.

He called Yay's comments disgusting and unbelievable and said it's up to the entire nation to call out behavior like that, but what's the next step? I know they already dropped it. Adidas was in his talent agency, but you can still listen to his music correctly and on social media many people disagree with that and are asking music services like Spotify Apple Music to no longer make that music available . We reached out to both services tonight, but we haven't heard back yet, so I guess the question is and we're going to delve into this in our next segment, but you know, at some point I thought maybe others also thought that Kanye would eventually He would apologize, but it's not that he's doubling down, he's tripling.

Is there any way out of this, especially with the Jewish community? So I talked to a rabbi not long ago on the phone and he said, "Look, in the Jewish faith there is a belief that people can correct their mistakes and can work to heal the mistakes that they have made, but he says that this is not true." It's one person who has offended, it's a whole group of people on a very large platform that has a large audience and those comments now have the potential to incite violence, possible hate crimes against the Jewish community, so he says, while waiting for him to realize that what he is saying is dangerous and inflammatory, it is not as simple as asking for forgiveness from a person or an individual, yes, the two big fears is that it leads to more violence against the Jewish people and also that normalizes this type of Commons, okay Valerie Castro, we appreciate it with the latest anti-Semitic rant, yes the questions remain what happens to artists r to help us solve that question entertainment journalist and friend of top story shagun olowogu joins us now shagun thank you so much for joining top story you know we talked about this from the beginning and now I'm at a point where I don't believe it exists is there any way back from this?

This is now the third rail and I don't think Kanye West will ever apologize. I don't think he wants to apologize. My question is what is wrong with Kanye West and all the art he has created. To this point, well, I think it's simple, Tom, if you have some kind of moral compass or if you have some kind of personal code of ethics and you choose to enjoy his music or enjoy the fashion that he created that says. Enough about you that I don't need to be around you Kanye West has shown you who he is to quote Maya Angelou when someone shows you who they are believe it and I just don't understand why we are fashion designers and musicians.

I go to it for political or religious reasons or any kind of experience other than fashion and music. I don't look to Kanye for leadership or direction any more than he would look to Marc Jacobs or Tom Ford in the fashion world, right? when you're in the public, uh Arena, obviously you have a huge platform and people follow you and listen to you, so you have to be conscious of what you say, absolutely Tom, but I think what's being missed is that I think because Kanye West is black and somehow people think he speaks for black people and he doesn't.

This is an individual who has a problem that he has chosen to broadcast on any platform that puts a microphone in front of him. him and whatever the reasons or whatever is going on right now, I think it's not even so much about canceling if you're a company, the CEO of a corporation, or a human being, if you have any kind of moral fiber , you do not have it. participating in what Kanye is cooking is really simple I don't eat at that restaurant I don't shop at that store I don't pray at that church Kanye has shown you has shown us repeatedly who he is and what he is about and it's nonsense and we need to get away from that, but do you think we should?

We were actually talking and you might remember this conversation we had this is before all the comments were made we were talking about how many collab deals Kanye was doing in the last few months. and how he was featured on so many different tracks for new artists and top artists in the hip-hop industry. My question to you is: do you see those collaborations happening again? I mean, are people trying to forget this and move on? he did it forever, those artists that were doing collaborations with him or uh cladding doing collaborations with him look with their eyes and ears open to what he says and it's to me that it's very simple when you go to bed with dogs you wake up with fleas.

He is surrounding himself with white supremacists, hate mongers, and people who spread filth and promote hate. If you're another artist and your art is about hate, anti-Semitism, racism and ignorance and you want to make a record with this guy, then you're telling us who you are. They're also, that's how simple it is for me if I had a record, Kanye, I wouldn't put it out, in fact, I would tell myself, I would tell the world that this is not who I am and this brother doesn't speak for me and I, the music I make is not representative of what this man is releasing and that has to be said well, these artists I don't think Kanye can come back because standing next to him with a microphone is putting your arm around the same type of ugliness that he is putting his arm around and to me that's wrong I think you may be right, maybe we're talking about Kanye West's final chapter, okay, we thank you as always for joining. main story we want to move on to another story we've been following for the past few days: the royal drama overshadowing Prince William and Kate's visit to the U.S.

Harry and Megan tease their new documentary as a racially charged scandal and falls across the pond are Kier Simmons sitting tonight with the woman who accuses Prince William's godmother of racism tonight the Prince and Princess of Wales visited a Boston nonprofit in hopes that the vulnerable young people let their guard down. British charity executive and Gozie Fulani speak out about Prince William's godmother's treatment of him at an event at Buckingham Palace this week. I'm there for five minutes when this lady approaches me and the first thing she does is grab my hair and move it. I think I don't know. who she is, but she's already felt like she has the right to physically put her hand on me to move my hair so she can see my name tag, then she says she was interrogated for eight minutes about her ethnicity Eddie, I'm bored and I'm not British, yes, but what is your nationality?

A spokesperson for Prince William has said there is no place for racism in our society. Do you think that's what I thought? Do I believe or know what racism is? Lady Susan Hussey, who is close to the Queen. Elizabeth has renounced her role as assistant to Camilla, Queen Consort. Where am I safe from this? When are we going to confront this type of behavior instead of excusing it? British newspapers call it a real disaster and now no one sees what is happening behind closed doors. and Megan releasing this trailer for her Netflix documentary. I had to do everything I could to protect my family tonight.

We reached out to Netflix and the Duke and Duchess' representatives about the timing, but there was no response. Alright, Kier Simmons joins us again live tonight from Boston. There's a lot to talk about tonight. I want to go back to your interview. You've covered the Royals for a long time, maybe even more than a decade. I want to ask about the accusation and suddenly Swift's resignation is normal for royalty. family, was that moment normal or was it incredibly fast, essentially it was damage control in effect, but that's exactly it, Tom and it was fast because you know how this goes to a fundamental question that they face, which is about the culture of the royal family . about the history of the royal family, but it goes back to colonialism of course, can they change the way they are perceived?

Can they modernize, if you want to put it that way, that's the real question for them and for something like this. Sometimes it happens, you know, Tom, something happens and it's just a personal moment between two people, but it seems to say a lot and that's what I think you're dealing with here, she was in the Inner Circle, she was an assistant to the The late Queen for a long time, so it will leave people with questions. I think the Palace royal family knew they needed to act quickly in an interesting way, although we haven't heard Prince William address it directly here in Boston.

I think there were questions about whether or not I should, what they've tried to do is keep the focus on their causes and their journey here, but I have to say, as you know, Tommy, it's been difficult these last few days, yeah, and I want to ask you because What I realized while covering Queen Elizabeth's funeral, which you know very well, is that when it comes to logistics, royals don't make mistakes, they can make mistakes in their personal and public lives. , but when it comes to Logistics, that really holds true. to the schedule in the script and I'll preface this because how does this Netflix trailer come out the same week that Harry's brother is there with the princess?

I mean, you can't say oh, it was just an accident, it almost feels like it had to be that way. be asked on purpose, that's a great question, Tony, you and I were together in London for the late Queen's funeral, of course, yes they do, they are good at logistics, but also remember that they are making decisions around a family with the whole family. Dynamics and that's what I really think this is about, I mean, listen when that Netflix promo dropped, uh, it was about 10 minutes away from airing on The Today Show, we looked at it and our jaws dropped, it's Well, my God, now.

I'll let people watching figure out the moment, but it's pretty extraordinary, right? And I think, frankly, when there are some good things, there have been some kind of resolutions, but when there are basically some between two brothers, then it's going to be a problem for this family and I think maybe you saw it today, maybe Netflix decided that in the point at which Prince Harry had the ability to veto it, I don't know, I mean, ultimately, again. I'm going to let the people watching decide what they think. about the fact that this Trader comes out of the closet just as William and Catherine, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are here in Boston trying to reintroduce themselves to the American people, yes, here and how they may or may not want to compete for the headlines, there will be a big headline tomorrow, right, the prince and princess meeting with our president, yes, the prince and princess meeting with the president, I mean, extraordinary, I think that might be what can change the narrative a little bit .

I must say you know local television here in Boston. and a lot of the magazines really focus on a lot of things that happened here that we haven't been able to focus on because of all the controversy, you know, meeting with the local community, all that kind of stuff, I think. They will be hoping that that meeting with the president tomorrow and then this big gala focusing on Prince William's work on the environment will all change the narrative tomorrow, but some of this is out of their control, as we've seen this week. and that's the problem for them, okay?

Kier Simmons. First of all, we appreciate your time and reports. We now focus on the economy, which is showing some positive signs. Americans spentMore than $35 billion online at the start of this holiday shopping season, but consumers are feeling the pinch of higher prices and, of course, higher interest rates, now that the FED is signaling it may ease those rate increases. NBC's Tom Costello has the latest on this mixed economic picture with just over two weeks until Hanukkah, three until Christmas, and the latest data suggesting Americans are still spending with 40-year high inflation continuing to ease consumer spending.

Consumers in October just released shows biggest increase since June, even as families pay more for rent, groceries and new cars, retailers report nearly 200 million people flock to stores from Thanksgiving through on Cyber ​​Monday in Atlanta Whitney and Joe Novak own Kazoo toys and say buyers are sensitive to inflation, but we still buy, we've had a good or positive year. I mean, we keep people employed, we're not worried about toys being one of those nice industries that we don't go into. have the huge rollercoaster of ups and downs Supply demand I mean, kids are always going to want toys inflation in October was six percent, slightly lower than in September Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell now says that the Fed Federal could soon reduce the pace of its interest rate increases aimed at controlling inflation The time to moderate the pace of rate increases may come as soon as members meet, which could mean a half-point increase in two weeks instead of another three-quarter point increase, meanwhile gas prices are now averaging 347 per gallon less. 28 cents in one month Third quarter GDP is even stronger than first reported.

We're kind of waiting for the recession like they're waiting for Godot. It hasn't happened yet, um, and with each passing month, the economy proves to be more. Resilient consumers continue to spend tomorrow we receive the November employment report. 200,000 new jobs are expected and that statistic will be used by the Federal Reserve to decide if it can really slow the pace of those rate hikes in December. Tom, okay Tom, while we wait for the FED decision I want to bring in Curtis Dube, the chief economist of the US Chamber of Commerce, to help us break it all down Curtis, the first question is very simple: Are we heading towards a recession or a recovery?

Well, that's the question everyone wants an answer to. but I thought it was interesting that you had the image of the base jumper getting stuck on the side of the mountain. I think that's basically what the FED is trying to do to get the economy out of really dangerous times and the juxtaposition of what we have. What happens is that there is a lot of weakness in the economy but at the same time there are many strengths. It is a double-edged sword. It means that we could get through this period where, although we lowered inflation somewhat.

That's not so bad that maybe we get ahead in what's called a soft landing, but at the same time it makes these plant jobs more difficult because if demand stays strong, if incomes continue to rise, prices will continue to rise. being tall, so it will be more difficult for them. to lower prices, so it's really really unknown, we don't know, this is a unique situation, you know, I know there are a lot of mixed signals, but I also want to be very honest with our viewers and here in the main story. I've always tried to break down the economy in a way that we can all understand, we talk about holiday spending, we talk about consumers still buying products, but we also talk about the record credit card debt that Americans are in right now and the expense.

That has gotten completely out of control since the pandemic, spending has been strong, consumption has been strong. I'm not too concerned about the increase and the credit card debt that has been growing, but it went down a lot during the pandemic and compared to income, it's still at very manageable levels now it will probably continue to increase, that's the problem that it will continue Increasing from here, what has been supporting spending the most has been the savings, they were enormous, they exceeded the trend during the pandemic by approximately 2.7 trillion dollars. It has gone down a lot this year, it has gone down every month, but there is still a lot of savings that they can continue to spend.

Those consumers can continue spending using those balances instead of building credit. Tell me about layoffs. We are hearing layoffs and I. I will say again that the news is mixed, there are companies that are having a lot of layoffs, there are companies that are staying quiet, there are companies that have hiring freezes, what is the outlook right now as far as layoffs and should People are worried about their own jobs. I'm not worried about layoffs, but we continue to add jobs. We still have many more vacancies than there are unemployed workers to fill them. More than 4 million.

The gap is that there are more than 4.4 4.3 million jobs. vacancies more than unemployed workers, the layoffs have been very targeted at specific industries and I think companies take advantage of periods of economic slowdown and the potential of recession to lose weight and become more efficient, so to me it is not yet a sign of economic prosperity. weakness the labor market is still too strong the fed would like to see it weaken to help lower inflation because incomes are rising wages are rising they are disappearing before you leave I know you have a theory about this secondhand pessimism talk to me briefly about what this means, if you can, yes, I'm sure it's really interesting, we go back to that unique circumstance that we find ourselves in, which is that if you look at any survey, whether it's consumer or business, they tell you that things They are wrong, that the economy is not good, it is not good.

Now it's not going to be good in the future, but consumers continue to spend and companies continue to hire, raise wages and invest, so they are taking the pessimists secondhand because when they look at their own personal circumstances they think things are fairly good. Curtis comes up from the US Chamber of Commerce We appreciate your analysis tonight, even before an update on that teenager shot in the parking lot of a McDonald's in Texas, the officer who shot at his car now charged with the charges he faces tonight plus the extreme accident of a base jumper. crashing into a cliff in Utah what witnesses say they saw from the ground and the rail strike prevented the agreement that was just reached to stop a labor strike in its tracks stay with us top story just starting this Thursday night abroad The news can be difficult and it is overwhelming for children to understand Ukraine and Russia.

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It could have been much worse if the jumper's parachute hadn't caught on a ledge, saving him from falling further, someone from search and rescue climbed the cliff. but that was surprising because there was no crack or obvious route to get there, so they had to put up protection, you know, pins to get there. The family watched as the Grand County Sheriff's Office search and rescue team worked to lower the jumper. Figuring it took about two hours, someone miraculously got up there and then, you know, caught the guy, but tied him up with another rope and lowered him to the ground, was able to say, "Hey, I'm fine, my leg hurts really bad." .

The office told KSL that its rope team managed to save the man and that he was airlifted to a hospital. Logenez told us the jumper now has a broken leg and they were able to get him from a cliff to a helicopter to a hospital within a couple of hours. that's some truly remarkable work, super impressive on your own Stephen Romo NBC News okay, when we returned from the medical emergency at a high school in California, seven students rushed to the hospital with symptoms of an overdose, which authorities say could have taken, stay with us as we look at the city's latest crime scene, we see the things that were left behind, tell us what that NBC News exclusive was like right now on NBC news, now that we reach New Yorkers or we know which has been dramatic and powerful, we begin with the breakup. news just arrived.

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Cantu was on life support for weeks after that. shooting in October, but is now recovering at his home. 10 students in Los Angeles were treated for what officials call a suspected cannabis overdose, authorities say the student who is between 12 and 14 years old was found in mild to moderate distress at a high school at least seven people were taken to the hospital and three were released at the scene, officials say the overdose likely involved Edibles. Several students were injured in a school bus accident in Rockland County. Aerial images from New York show the bus on the side of a house.

You can see there, another vehicle overturned next to it. Authorities say there were 22 people on board when the bus went off the road while rounding a curve. Several students along the way are hospitalized, but all are expected to be okay. Authorities are investigating whether speed was a factor there, and the Senate has averted that potentially crippling rail strike. The bipartisan bill will force union railroad workers to accept a deal negotiated by the White House months ago; However, it did not add the amount of paid sick leave that unions had requested in the bill now. heads to President Biden to sign Biden had urged Congress to work quickly to avoid a supply chain catastrophe before the holidays, now the man once known as the king of cryptocurrencies on an apology tour, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman released to speak after his company's historic economic collapse Gabe Gutierrez has this a week after his massive FDX cryptocurrency exchange collapsed Sam Bankman released is on an apology tour what are they doing for him saying your lawyers right now?

Are they suggesting that it is a good idea for you to speak up? uh no They're not at all, but the 30-year-old former billionaire says he had no intention of committing fraud and says management failures and sloppy accounting caused FDX to implode in early November. Crypto outlet Outlet Coindesk reported on possible problems with banker Freed's other company, Alameda a. The hedge fund soon became worried that investors would demand their money from FTX, causing what amounted to a bank run that forced The Exchange into bankruptcy through the I um, I've made a lot of mistakes or things that would give any something to be able to do again.

Again, I never intended to commit fraud against anyone. Congress is now investigating the collapse of FTX. These events uncovered an alarming lack of internal controls and egregious governance failures. A key question is whether FTX misappropriated client funds when it made loans to hedge bank Freed. fund I'm not knowingly funds, but many of the ftx investors don't believe it if it has screwed so many people. Manny Bautista says he can't access his FTX assets worth about thirty-five thousand dollars and is driving to share a ride. service to make ends meet, what do you think should happen to it?

I think he should go to jail and there should be some way for users to get their funds back. The liberated banker was once estimated at more than 20 billion dollars, he says now up to a hundred thousand a credit card Tom, we get out of the triple demek RSV and covid and the flu that are circulating throughout the country, more than 80 percent of hospital beds are now full and, according to Health and Human Services, the flu has already taken its toll. Additionally, the CDC estimates there have been at least 6.2 million flu cases so far this season with nearly 3,000 deaths.

The flu hospitalization rate this year is the highest in 12 years. I want to bring in NBC News medical contributor Dr. Natalie Azer and Dr. Azar I want to start with the flu, so so far there have been 12 pediatric deaths, that's so high for this time of year. I mean, you feel really bad for all those families involved. It's high for this time of year. I know we haven't had a lot of flu in recent years, Tom, if we compare it to the 2019 to 2020 season, there were close to 200 pediatric flu deaths and that was extraordinarily high and, more importantly, 80 percent of the children who died were not.

They were vaccinated and less than half had an underlying medical condition, so I know a lot of people think well, just like with covid, that the flu is not as serious for children as it can be and vaccination absolutely helps save lives in both children and adults, anecdotally in my opinion. In our family we have had very serious cases of flu. We have colleagues who have very serious cases of flu. Is it the flu that's circulating right now, at least in the Northeast or the East Coast? Is it more powerful than the flu? We've seen in the past, so the two predominant circulating strains right now are H1N1 and H3N2, they're strains that we always see, they're not necessarily more virulent this year than in the past, but they can cause serious illness, of course. , especially in the vulnerable populations that we now know very well, yes, when we talk about the triple democracy, we are obviously talking about the coveted flu and RSV, they are all respiratory diseases.

We have this graph up here, which is quite interesting and we see some overlaps there. it's the overlaps, so basically I would tell people that if you think of it as a respiratory illness that affects the upper respiratory tract, you know that sneezing, a runny nose, a sore throat, even a cough, it can be in all three. However, one thing that really stands out about the flu is that the high fever usually comes on with a very stormy onset and a little gem from some pediatricians at my hospital that gave me a clue about this is that we tend to see a lot of gastrointestinal symptoms with RSV and Covid, so the diarrhea is annoying, okay, less so with RSV, but at the end of the day you can't really tell the difference and you can treat Covid and you can treat the flu, but there is no treatment necessarily for VRS, are these?

Respiratory diseases are connected in some way and the coveted vaccines we have been taking for the last year, do they have any effect? Do they help us in some way against RSV or does the flu indirectly work well, so the viruses themselves are not really related? not at all, um, but it's a truism in medicine in general that if you get sick with a respiratory illness, you're at greater risk of developing another respiratory illness because your lungs have already taken a hit, so you become more susceptible to other infections in Pneumonia generally and particularly caused by bacteria is a side effect and a well-known result of the flu that always worries us, so hospitals are understaffed and because of that, in part, they are now overwhelmed.

When should people do it? being diagnosed with the flu, when they should go to the hospital, when it's time to call an ambulance or go to the emergency room, so a couple of things that I think are true for all of these illnesses if you have a sustained fever, let's say from 102 or higher, if you have shortness of breath or chest pain and then that kind of lightheadedness or dizziness because you just can't eat or drink, you can get dehydrated, those are definitely things you need to worry about. The trick is with young children who aren't talking yet and can't communicate, so we look for things like not being able to feed themselves, being very irritable, using, you know, flaring their nostrils, using their neck to help them breathe those little things. that you can look for in your children who can't tell you that they have trouble breathing.

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Bianca Bad Bunny is as successful as I mentioned. Take a look at this. She is the most streamed artist on Spotify since Billboard 2020 and Apple Music Artist of the Year. What does this say about the global appeal of both your music and reggaeton in general? You know, I think the bad bunnies are increasing, especially as we've seen in recent years, and you really can't underestimate the impact of not just Latin music. but Latinos around the world, um, I think because he, you know, acts in Spanish, sings in Spanish and you know he predominantly does interviews in Spanish, people think that he's still, you know, in a different classification in a different world, far from conventional music, but in any case, especially the year 2022.

It really showed that no matter what language you speak, music transcends, yes, and I think it is also important to point out that with streaming people can choose their songs and they can listen to them over and over again, it's not like playing radio at all I think. You know, really, the demise of radio being replaced by streaming has really shown what people really want to listen to, we don't have DJs choosing anymore, you know what our top 10 is, top 40, whatever, you know, it's really the people's choice and as we've seen over the last three years that people want to hear about Bunny, yes, and in addition to Bad Bunny, we also talk about Taylor Swift and Drake.

They both had pretty big years, they both were big news years and absolutely, and you know, something that I find very interesting that even though Bad Bunny Drake Taylor Swift probably has three really different audiences, honestly, their common denominator is that the Women really drive their streams, their concerts, their music video views. I mean, all of these people have a really strong fan base that is made up of women. really showing their power in the streaming business and the Harry Styles song, since it was the most played song in the world on Spotify, how much does the success of a song have to do with it?

Do you think with the fan base you were talking about and how much they have? It has to do with the song, you know what, I think it's a little bit of both. Harry definitely has one of the most devoted fan bases I've ever seen, whether it's in real life on social media shows showing support for him, but I do. I think it was probably his most palatable song yet for the general public, for an American audience that he's really leaning towards, you know, modern, slightly sexy, but still a little safe, adult and contemporary. A feeling that, honestly, really works for him and the numbers prove it. and then Bianca, you are very brave because now we are going to expose your most listened to list, your Spotify list, if we can, if we can, put it on the screen, now, this is what Bianca listened to the most this year, Bad Bunny, Of course, Beyonce Jack.

Harlow Rosalia Jack Carlo I should mention that she had a great album this year and Mariah Carey, so let's talk about Mariah first, let's start at number five, it was kind of a big hit, did you get into the Christmas spirit? What was happening there? Mariah is one of my favorite artists. I was also very lucky to be able to interview her this year to commemorate Butterfly's 25th anniversary, but she's someone I listen to constantly, whether you know it goes back to Emancipation or Mimi. to the hits of the 90s and of course right now with their Christmas hits too Bianca Bettencourt from Harper's Bazaar thank you so much for joining the main story tonight I'm Tom Yamas in York stay there, more news on the way now, I know it's not the same it was as it was as it was good evening I'm Sinclair Samoa and this is what we're talking about now tonight the return of the State Dinner President Biden welcomes the President of France Emmanuel Macron and his wife to the House Blanca more information on the menu Tonight, including diplomatic talks on the table and a potentially devastating railroad strike, the Senate was prevented from passing legislation negotiated by the Biden administration that now heads to the president's desk, but there are still some critics of the agreement.

We'll tell you why, then, Barack Obama is Back on the campaign trail, we'll head to Georgia, where the former president is speaking out for Senator Warnock and the mayor of New York announces a new plan to involuntarily hospitalize people with illnesses. mental. We'll talk to a mental health professional about the pros and cons. and the future of sports Lester Holt introduces us to the athlete of the year thank you We start this hour with a dinner after a three-year break the White House is hosting its first official state dinner right now for French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Bridget Macron, the two leaders just appeared for a photo shoot on the grand staircase a few moments ago.

State dinners are a well-known political tradition in DC as a way to honor visiting world leaders and their families; haven't happened in a long time, although with the pandemic making today's dinner extra special and the menu alone saying it all, we're talking about enough Maine lobster caviar cheeses to make our mouths water, though I can't eat cheese, but that's okay, Biden and Macron whetted my appetite. In the hours leading up to the dinner, a bilateral meeting was held in the Oval Office earlier this afternoon, followed by a joint press conference in which the two countries' commitment to Ukraine took center stage.

I knew Russia was, but I didn't anticipate them being so brutal. what they have been and what they have been doing today we reaffirm that, as I said, we will remain united against this brutality, we will never urge the Ukrainians to make a compromise that will not be acceptable to them because they are very brave and they defend precisely the lives of a nation and our principles. NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Peter Alexander joins me now. Peter, it's good to see you, so let's get in here. The state dinner returns after a three-year hiatus and the last one was hosted. by former President Trump for Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and President Trump also hosted a state dinner for Macron in 2018, which we know how this state dinner, the first of the Biden presidency, is different and what message is trying to send right now. we're already seeing some of the celebrities arrive here tonight Jennifer Garner John Legend Chrissy Teigen President Biden is touting the unbreakable partnership between the US and France, America's oldest ally, which is what they celebrate as They are headed to the state dinner tonight.

To get your mouth watering at Clay, they'll be serving Maine lobster, California wine, and Oregon cheese. It's notable that even though it's almost two years into the Biden presidency, they put together a night like this because of the pandemic, which now allows them to We will have almost 400 attendees here tonight, although the tone of this visit is very different from that of When former President Trump hosted President Macron after abandoning the Paris Climate Agreement and repeatedly attacking the NATO alliance, of course, today the two leaders emphasized the places where they find agreements. including their united front against Russia's war in Ukraine exactly and it is an important point, this state visit comes at a time of tension in this quite historic alliance between France and the US specifically, although it is related to the Mr.

Macron's disapproval of the inflation reduction law, is very very focused on the domestic interests of the United States. USA. First, one could say how exactly that affects France and other international allies. Well, the French president today really toned down some of the recent criticism of him about this inflation reduction law that, among other things, gives the government some money to help. support America's clean energy programs and move the macaroni said yesterday that it would fragment the West. President Biden tonight did not apologize for it, acknowledging France's concern and saying any failures could be corrected. Mr. Macron called for the need for the United States and France to succeed together. emphasize that both countries have a shared vision for Progress in the future, but I think it was a place of tension as they approached that press conference today where they each answered questions from French and American reporters, but at the end of the day It was one that both seemed interested in trying to step aside and of course a big topic of discussion today, as you mentioned, was the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Both sides agreed and reaffirmed their support for Ukraine's sovereignty. Do you fully agree when it comes to Ukraine's sovereignty? Invasion or there are areas of disagreement, you know, zinc clay. I think that on this issue the real news was given today by President Biden, who said that he has no plans to contact Vladimir Putin, but he also expressed his willingness to meet with Putin if the Russian president proves himself. an interest in ending this war in Ukraine, something the president says Putin has not done to this point. French President Emmanuel Macron has met with Putin on multiple occasions, as you know since the war began, but President Biden has had no direct contact with Putin on that occasion and made it clear again today that he would not take that kind of action. meeting with Putin on his own if he did.

President Biden says it would happen only after consulting with NATO allies in clay.something to keep in mind, hard-hitting topic cuts over what looks like a tasty dinner NBC's Peter Alexander from the White House thanks Peter and staying in Washington A potentially devastating railroad strike was averted on Capitol Hill. The Senate voted overwhelmingly today to ratify the tentative agreement between the railroad companies and their workers. This is the same agreement that President Biden negotiated two months ago and has been pressing lawmakers to support, among other things, including wage increases and more health benefits, something that is not included although paid sick leave to despite the objections. of several railroad unions, President Biden defended that decision today I negotiated a contract that no one else could negotiate, the only thing that was left out was whether or not it was a paid advantage.

I will continue to fight for paid leave not just for railroad workers, but for all American workers, NBC Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitelli joins me now. Ali, it's good to see you, so the paid sick leave issue was actually voted on separately as an amendment in the Senate and a completely different bill in the House, so tell us. How did this all unfold?today, yes, zinc clay, there is a reason why both the House and the Senate did it this way is because paid sick leave was one of the key points of this deal for progressive Democrats who wanted these workers they had seven days. of paid sick leave instead of the zero they have now, which is why we saw them do it in two parts, because while it was almost certain that the actual agreement to ratify the underlying agreement would be agreed upon in both the House and the Senate. it was less clear what would happen with paid leave and so they did it separately and we finally saw how this shook up today a number of Democrats who said no to the underlying bill because it didn't include paid leave but it did include some interesting dynamics on the Republican side.

Did a handful of Republicans actually vote for the amendment in the Senate that would have included paid leave? Of course, it wasn't enough and that's why it failed. The Court said: I mean, what are lawmakers telling you about national paid leave not being included in the deal? A lot of people have been talking about this aspect online, many of them are not happy about it, especially when you come out of an endemic panda. These are essential workers on the rails and now they are saying they will not have the seven days of paid sick leave, this was the reason why it kind of crossed partisan lines, but there is also a question at this point of what this could mean if the issue is reviewed in the next few months in the next Congress, we know that during the reconstruction the Democrats were trying to push for better through a national paid sick and family leave policy that did not manifest itself, but now, when you see that there are five or six Republicans willing to vote in favor of this, the door opens.

Potentially, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was certainly thinking about that when we saw her after her. The vote, listen, obviously, paid leave is essential for workers across America and I think this vote was very instructive because six Republicans voted in favor of paid leave for these railroad workers, which means I think there is a will to work in the new Congress with a real national salary. League plan, so we'll see if Gillibrand is right that there could be a new push for a standalone package on paid sick and family leave or if this was just one of those moments where circumstances lent itself to Republicans join this effort. but not necessarily the future absolutely time will tell on that and Ali, I know this is not the first time we have discussed a rail strike and I imagine it won't be the last, so what's next and when will this agreement come? the president's desk as soon as possible because Congress did something here that was quite surprising to those of us who cover Congress, and that is that they acted very quickly, it only took them a matter of days to pass these bills, ratify the agreement underlying and avoid closing the railroad now that's not to say that there wasn't a lot of reluctance on the part of the Democrats in the sense that perhaps they were undermining the ability of the Union to negotiate, but at the same time everyone here agreed that It was a crisis that could not be endured if you were in the United States and were affected by the economic consequences of this attack, so there was that agreement.

President Biden will want to sign it as soon as possible, but at this point the crisis prevented important analysis. NBC's Ali Vitale. Thank you. and meanwhile in Georgia there are just a few days left until the second round of the Senate elections tonight. President Obama is campaigning in an effort to carry Democratic Senator Rafael Warnock to victory and cross the finish line. Democrats have already won control of the Senate, but President Obama says this election is still crucial, an extra senator gives Democrats more breathing room on important bills, prevents one person from delaying everything and also puts us in a better position in a couple of years when there are other elections but the Senate map is working. leaning pro-Republicans and joining us now live from Atlanta is NBC's Von Hilliard Vaughn, it's not lost on me that in contrast to what we just heard and seeing a former president trying to mobilize voters for a Democratic candidate who exactly is baffling for Herschel Walker, there aren't really many people, Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of State, came out on Herschel Walker's behalf, but you don't see a former Republican president here.

I think it's notable and speaks to where Georgia has gone politically that he is a former Democrat. The president of the United States, who is the one who is trying to galvanize voters here in the final days of this runoff, Herschel Walker is making stops here across the state these last few days, but Democrats are eager to replicate what they did in 2020 and 2021. Remember that the runoff for John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock was actually a month after this runoff, that runoff took place on January 5, but Democrats got a larger share, particularly voters blacks, too low in higher proportion than Republicans and white voters here in the state of Georgia in the 2021 runoff and that is exactly why former President Barack Obama said he is asking people once again to do so again and to come out again because he said that the gains that Democrats were able to make in Congress and signed into law by President Biden was only thanks to the efforts of Georgia in the 2021 runoff, he said they need them again in this occasion and Vaughn, we've seen a lot of Warnock, but where exactly has Herschel Walker been lately? a lot of these more rural places uh was in Marjorie Taylor Green's hometown last night in Rome.

He was also in Dalton Georgia yesterday. These are the types of conservative voters. When you look at the map here, you can see that this is the support base. that needs to be brought to light, frankly, you could say that Georgia is still a very conservative state. You saw Brian Kemp, the Republican governor, win his re-election pretty easily against Democrat Stacey Abrams by eight percentage points and that's why that's where we have You've seen a willingness among Georgians to vote for Republicans who just aren't going. reaching out to people like Donald Trump, something that Herschel Walker actually did himself, and that's where Herschel Walker is now trying to use people like Brian Kemp instead of Donald Trump. uh, Brian Kemp has actually cut a TV ad that's airing around the state now and is trying to boost Herschel Walker's candidacy, suggesting that he'd like to have a partner in the United States Senate who's a vote Republican instead of having two Democrats and so He in the last minute play here could potentially be a savior if in fact Herschel Walker could make up that difference with Raphael War not here in the runoff and Vaughn.

I would be remiss not to talk about The Daily Beast's news was pretty salacious what exactly is going on with Walker today? This is a Herschel Walker candidate facing an avalanche of accusations from women alleging he paid them to get abortions. His own son has alleged that his father threatened his family. you've heard from his ex-wife who has said the same thing and now the latest Daily Beast report here from reporter Roger Sullenberger describes a woman who is on record saying that of a five-year romantic relationship she had starting in 2005 with him that there were multiple episodes where he threatened her in one particular episode where he physically, in her words, attacked her, put his hand on her chest and her neck and then shook his fist in the air in her direction, there were multiple women who spoke in the background. to The Daily Beast based on this report that described the story of Raphael or should I say a Herschel Walker committed to infidelity and uh and actions that they said led them to believe he was an unstable individual, of course these are again growing accusations against Herschel Walker. but there's also the reality that he's just five days away from a competitive runoff and could very well beat the likes of the Democratic incumbent and win a six-year term in the U.S.

Senate using troubling allegations for a moment critical in which we will be. watching NBC's Von Hillier thank you very much in case you haven't checked your calendar it's the first day of December and there is widespread snow at least in the Pacific Northwest approximately 5 million people remain under winter advisories as severe weather is expected continue throughout the Weekend, NBC News meteorologist Bill Cairns is here to give us the latest from Bill, what's going on. It was a snow day for the kids in Spokane. They had 10 inches of snow in Spokane, oh my gosh, just north of there in Lucerne they had up to two. feet, so yeah, there were some areas, if you love snow, I'm sure the kids were happy with that, some of the teachers probably had the day off too, so here's that storm, it's stopped snowing in much of Washington state, even in Idaho a lot.

We actually saw a few snowflakes as well, the Seattle area wasn't enough to accumulate and cause many travel issues, which was good, but that storm has moved south and tonight we'll be stuck in areas where the I-80 as Donner passed heading from Sacramento to Reno towards Lake Tahoe, the higher elevations are being nailed and this is what we need. I mean, the rainy season, the snow season goes from November until about almost almost May and then it just dies down and it's dry. practically all summer and we all know how bad the drought is, so it is essential in the winter months to accumulate the snow cover, then it will melt and go to the reservoirs and this is great.

Even if it rains a lot, it doesn't help. to travel easily through the central parts of the state and by the time we're done, we have two storms, the one I just showed you, and then another one that we're going to deal with as we go through Friday and Saturday that will last right through Sunday, this is a combination of both, how much moisture is going to fall, so even snow melts and the liquid equivalent is between two and three inches, so it's good, some of the highest totals could be between five and six inches. As for snowfall, almost all the mountain regions are going to get it, so if you have plans to ski, it won't be past the Christmas holidays until, you know, January 1, New Year's, these are the golden mountains of Colorado, from Steamboat to Aspen the Veil.

The road to Telluride will take you to the Wasatch Range here Provo will have good snow. Jackson Hole will also have a good 6 to 12 inches, but it's really the California mountains in the central Sierra that have the best. chance of getting the high totals at about 6 million people are under winter storm warnings and watches, they are mostly high elevations, if you drive at lower elevations you will be fine tomorrow, the other thing is the storm moves into the plains. We're going to have a high wind event, don't be surprised this time tomorrow night, we're showing you some photos of 18 wheelers rolling over, because we're going to have high wind warnings from New Mexico to Interstate 70 in Colorado .

It's going to be one of the worst places and that's how we time that second storm, so around 5 p.m. m. tomorrow, the storm is just off the Pacific Northwest coast, windy and rainy conditions along the coast, it is not until Friday night and Saturday that it moves to In the south, there is some moisture, even in Los Angeles, north of there we could get a little rain, not a high impact storm like we're facing, but it'll stay with us all weekend, so here's the light on the weekend forecast . The rain event will be headed to northeastern areas, not really high impact, just ruins your outdoor plans for Saturday and then as we move through the storm we just tracked on Friday, it leaves the coast on Saturday and it's getting a little closer. on the ground and then Sunday is when it really starts to cause some problems with heavy snow in the high elevations again and also some rainy weather in areas of California, right now it doesn't look like Los Angeles is going to get any significant rain, but any La Rain in Los Angeles is always a big deal, it will only be a little and we will notice it after that rainy day on Saturday in the Northeast.

Sunny and cool but cool weather in much of the eastern half of the country, so it's clay, you know. A high-impact storm for the West is difficult to deal with, but we desperately need it. We need more of these storms all winter long. It's always hard to balance, but it looks like we'll be wearing our coats this weekend. Bill, thank you. Oh, and almost three weeks later. fourUniversity of Idaho students were murdered in their home there are no suspects there is no motive but now there is growing confusion after conflicting messages from local authorities, police are now reaffirming that the four students were in fact part of a targeted attack.

Moscow police were forced to clarify after authorities appeared to suggest otherwise last night. attack but I have not concluded whether the target was the residence or its occupants. One of the victim's parents spoke to Fox News about the mix-up today. I don't like it at all, I mean, these guys are professionals, they sat in a room and this is what they came out and they continue to come out with statements that create more questions than the answer, joining us now from Moscow, Idaho, is the correspondent of NBC News, Morgan Chesky Morgan. It's good to see you, so given the seriousness of this case, why are we having a mix-up?

Yes, that was a question I asked an Idaho State Police spokesperson saying Clay and he said he wanted to clarify this ongoing discussion about the use of the word "targeted" by saying that they do believe this is a targeted attack but that it is still too early. in this investigation to say if the people inside or the target or if the house itself was the target, they clarified this statement because a local prosecutor had stated that it could be the house that was the target, which caused a lot of confusion in this investigation ongoing, so As things stand right now, authorities are not saying that this was not a targeted attack, but rather that it is still too early to say what exactly the target was.

I mean, definitely confused and Morgan without a suspect in hand, how can authorities make any assessment? What are the latest updates on the status of the investigation, especially given the seriousness of the crime? We know that Moscow police are working with the Idaho State Police and the FBI. This is a joint research in the future. Investigators tell me that they are making progress, but that the public needs to be aware that they cannot share critical details at this time and that is why they are calling anyone in this community who was in that area to see if they have any potential evidence of digital evidence on their phones. or any information you can share about the final steps of those four young victims and the hours before they returned home said that no matter how irrelevant it may seem, it may seem like it may be crucial to putting together this absolutely heartbreaking puzzle, but as to obtain information about the ongoing information they are collecting, there is not much and that is certainly creating frustration here in this community, since as you mentioned, no suspect was named, not even a person of interest, and no recovery was made. no murder weapon other than the fact that investigators say it was a zinc clay fixed blade knife and Morgan you spoke about the frustration in the community and I know you joined us last night before the vigil held at the University of Idaho and we just heard from Kaylee González's father how they are.

Relatives of other victims and their colleagues responded to this uncertainty. What is the feeling in the community right now? They're certainly still absolutely heartbroken and I think the lack of an arrest is compounding that, at least for now, the parents when they spoke at that very moment. Last night's somber vigil made it very clear that they wanted to celebrate the lives of these four young students and not dwell on the tragic way in which they were taken, these people said, these relatives of the victims are asking for justice and the vigil closed. with a prayer hoping that the people responsible for finding this individual, these individuals have all the information they need to hold that person accountable, definitely keeping those families in that community in our prayers Morgan chesky, thank you, thank you and still ahead crypto and Congress, says one expert. lawmakers it's time for crypto regulations how to avoid a crash like we just saw with FTX and later this hour a bell you have to see to believe now tonight continues after this right now on NBC news as we go on air Here's what we know has been dramatic and powerful We start with breaking news that just came in What's happening now?

What's happening next and what does it mean for you? We continue to follow the Russian attack on Ukraine. There is an intense artillery battle underway. We are leaving. from this area at this time because more air raid sirens are sounding. As we look at the city's latest crime scene, we see the things left behind. Was there a school official on campus? Because that's what we've been told. No fewer people are content to simply offer their thoughts and prayers and the House has answered the call to create new gun laws the surprising testimony at the January 6 hearing on Capitol Hill Americans face the highest inflation rate in decades parts of Virginia cleaning up after severe storms a scary night of flashes flooding What are the resources people need right now?

Can they get essential items? Another special night of election coverage right here on NBC News. Now that the results are coming in this Tuesday, they will be huge for the primaries. It's an interesting career. I just never covered anything like that. This is great, but compared to November, how many doors do you think you have knocked on? This feels like an ideological fight to the death. Is there room for common ground on this topic? What do you think when you see activism? That's happening right now. Do you think this movement could have happened without social media?

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The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee held a hearing on the matter today and Chairwoman Debbie Stabe, now a Democrat from Michigan, is calling for the bill to be hers. would create proper oversight the crisis created by FTX further confirms the need for a whole government approach to regulating this market. The risks of cryptocurrency trading have become especially important in recent weeks, but we have known about them for years. testimony from the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading commission urged lawmakers to soon institute a regulatory framework for crypto training or else, as I have said publicly many times before, I firmly believe we must move quickly toward A thoughtful regulatory approach to establish guardrails in these rapidly evolving risk growth markets or they will remain an unsafe business for customers and could present an increasing risk to the broader financial system.

CNBC technology reporter Mackenzie Segolas joins me now for more. Mackenzie, it's good to see you, so let's dig in because there's a lot. Here, so let's start with the FTX debacle itself by saying that Sam Bankman released FTX CEO appeared for an interview with the New York Times and in fact, our own Andrew Sorkin yesterday and agreed that he made a lot of mistakes, so let's listen first. I made a lot of mistakes or things that I would give anything to do again. I never tried to commit fraud with anyone. I was surprised by what happened this month and you know, rebuilding it.

Where are the things? I wish he had done the opposite, so is it really possible that he didn't foresee the way this all played out? Give us a rundown of what exactly happened and how you've been handling the situation, so in a matter of days FTX went from being one of the largest cryptocurrencies. stock markets on the planet where 32 billion dollars went bankrupt and it began in early November with leaked financials that eroded trust in FTX and its sister company, a hedge fund called Alameda Research, and that scared clients who began withdrawing thousands of millions of dollars from the stock market and, ultimately, Embankment Free simply did not have enough money in the company coffers to meet all those withdrawal requests.

Now we later learned that SBF had moved a lot of money in client funds to places it shouldn't have been, like that Alameda hedge fund that SPF now blames. The collapse of ftx over things like poor risk management told Andrew Ross Sorkin that he was to blame for not watching his Empire closely enough, but that he didn't try to commit fraud, a distinction he repeatedly returned to, you know. , basically throughout the entire conversation. he downplayed the knowledge of him, which is in stark contrast to this carefully cultivated image of a crypto genius he had just a month ago and you say a carefully cultivated image and it's not lost on me that I imagine his lawyers probably don't want him to talk.

Are you speaking against the advice of your lawyers? Do we think we'll see him testify in front of Congress? Yeah, I mean, he's openly said that this goes directly against what he's heard from the Council and all of these public speeches that he's made like Lately in terms of whether we'll hear from him on Capitol Hill, today was the first of many hearings. planned. The main meeting with the House Financial Services committee begins on December 13, where lawmakers are expected to summon new FTX CEO John Ray. possibly SBF itself, meanwhile, is giving SBF is giving legislators, prosecutors, investigators, a lot to work with.

He was on Good Morning America. Yesterday he had that conference on the book of agreements and in the last month he has had no qualms about giving these preimpressions. He interviews and in each of those conversations he continues to make the same basic defense, which is the classic strategy of the bad businessman. Basically, I made a lot of mistakes, but I'm not a criminal because I didn't mean to do anything wrong, well, a lot of eyes. In this case, Mackenzie sagalos from CNBC, thank you very much, thank you, now let's move on to some breaking news.

There has been a setback for former President Trump related to the documents seized at Mar-A-Lago. A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to end special special review of the materials, as you may recall, that is something Trump personally requested over the summer, the judges wrote in part citing the law is clear, we cannot write a rule allowing any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after execution. of the order, it is unclear whether Trump will appeal the decision and more headlines will emerge tonight, including why Biden's student loan forgiveness plan is headed to the Supreme Court and recreational marijuana is now legal in one state, Le We will say where and even later. the road to the White House in May 2024 no longer begins in Iowa, where Democrats plan to meet first and why it is ahead now tonight don't go anywhere foreign as we look at the latest city turned crime scene, we see things that are left behind now with our APC news exclusive right now on NBC News now we start with the latest news that just came in What is happening?

Now, what's happening next and what does it mean for you? We continue to follow the Russian attack on Ukraine. There is an intense artillery battle. On the move, as we look at the latest city turned crime scene, we see the things left behind. Fewer people are content to simply offer their thoughts and prayers. Impressive testimony in the Theory of January 6. Americans face the highest inflation rate in decades. Parts of Virginia cleaning up after severe storms what resources people need right now can they get essential items another special night of election coverage here on NBC News Now the results are coming in this Tuesday it's going to be a great season it's like a fight Idiot to death is it there? space for common ground, what do you think when you see activism?

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Now it's time to look at some of the headlines we'll see tonight. The Supreme Court today delayed a decision on Biden's student loan forgiveness plan. The justices will now hear oral arguments. Meanwhile, in February, the debt relief program remains on hold after years of delays. Tesla electric semi-trucks are finally available for delivery. Pepsi will be the first to get its hands on fully electric 18-wheelers. This is Tesla's first expansion beyond the passenger vehicle. If you live in Rhode Island and are over 21 years old, you can now legally purchase recreational cannabis. The state passed legislation for this in May, but it finally went into effect today.

Five hybrid stores were the first to accept recreational sales in addition to medical marijuana in Hawaii. Lava from the Big Island of the Mauna Loa volcano is still flowing, officials there say it will slow significantly if the lava continues at its current pace, although it could still flow onto a crucial highway next week and in Boston today Prince William and Kate They continue their trip to the United States. The couple will present the Earth Shot Awards for Innovation in Environmental Issues tomorrow in Boston, but the trip has been largely overshadowed by the resignation of the prince's godmother.

This week she reportedly made racist comments to a black woman who was at Buckingham Palace as part of a reception The royals are expected to meet with President Biden tomorrow. Closing arguments began today in the Trump organization's tax fraud trial, with the company accused of a sweeping 15-year scheme to allegedly compensate top executives off the books. Former President Trump himself does not face any criminal charges here, but It is still unclear to what extent he was aware of this alleged plan. Today, investigative correspondent Tom Winter has his final closing arguments in the trial against the Trump organization.

The former president's business is based here in New York City and is on trial for his alleged role in the attack plot with his CFO Alan Weisselberg and he was the name and main character mentioned in these closing arguments today by both the defense as well as the prosecution. The defense was the first to say. look, in his words it is about Alan Weisselberg's greed, this is someone who wanted to get rich, he had the opportunity to obtain all these benefits as a result of his work for the Trump organization, apartments, luxury cars, even school tuition for his grandchildren, but he did not pay the taxes and they say that this is his responsibility as a temporary solution for the Trump organization, his tax preparer who testified in this case, Donald Bender, as well as his company, who was paid two and a half million dollars per year. make sure they were on the right side of the law, they didn't support them either, this is not something they said that involves the former president or his family, this is the greed of one man in the greed of others in the organization, the prosecutor's office in your Closing arguments today say no, no, not so fast, the law says that someone needs to be in a senior management position and who could be more in that position than the CFO of the Trump organization and that, in fact, this was for the benefit of the Trump organization, several hundred people. thousands of dollars not only in Medicare payroll tax payments that the Trump organization didn't have to pay, but also in raises that they didn't have to give to their employees because everyone was receiving all of these benefits tax-free at the end of the year.

A day after the jury abandoned perhaps a key development in that the defense wanted the prosecution to stop discussing the former president and his family in their closing arguments. Prosecutors said they did not mention the former president so quickly in their closing arguments. You're allowed to address that about whether or not you knew about this now that former President Donald Trump is not charged in this case, he won't go to jail even if the Trump organization is convicted, but we'll have to see how much of a role the former President plays as closing arguments continue tomorrow thanks to Tom for that report and heading to New York City earlier this week, Mayor Eric Adams announced a new plan to allow involuntary hospitalization, excuse me, for people suffering from mental illness.

In the city, the plan would allow police and first responders to take them off the streets and Metro officials could then take these people to nearby hospitals even if they pose no threat to others. The mayor's office says the plan is a response to the city's Mental Health issues. crisis these New Yorkers and hundreds of others like them are in urgent need of treatment; they often refuse when offered the very nature of their illnesses prevents them from realizing that they need intervention and support; some homeless advocates condemn ad, calling it quote Reliance on ineffective policing and involuntary transportation and treatment of people with mental illness join us to talk about what this means as a psychotherapist, an award-winning reporter Dr.

Robbie Ludwig, thank you so much for being here, this is so important, thank you for having me. I agree with you, yes, so I wanted to ask you first and foremost how well mental health professionals are responding to this. I think you appreciate that Mayor Adams is not looking the other way and realizing that there is a mental health crisis and there is a problem with homelessness and he is trying to address it so that you can see whether this will work or not. I think there needs to be a broader idea of ​​how we handle this situation and so on, what concerns people express when it comes to this new plan.

Well, first of all, people who have mental illnesses have rights, so it's not They can have their civil liberties taken away if they are not a danger to themselves or others and you hospitalize them, they could leave immediately or let's say they are. treated, they have to, they can really only stay there for 72 hours and then where do they go? This is really a housing and treatment accessibility issue. If you're going to take them to the hospital, it's just going to be a revolving door. which we have seen before and I think the part that draws attention is the involuntary hospitalization, yes, how effective it is, practically well, it is effective for 72 hours, but then not so much because people go out and if they do not have a home, they go.

If they go back to the streets, if they don't have mental health professionals and access to them, then they will have no way to receive ongoing care, so I think the issue will highlight that homeless mentally ill people have nowhere to go and we have to find them. housing we need to find treatment for them so that they can maintain a healthy or healthier lifestyle and I mean you're touching on the fact that this is not necessarily a long-term sustainable solution, right? We are talking about many problems. There are a lot of problems, so I'm sure experts and people watching are wondering what the solution is, what would be a better alternative if not.

Well, this is a start. And I think the good thing about Mayor Adams is that when you look at Homelessness, it's easy to despair and give up on the situation, so he at least wants to address it, but we need more housing, we need more treatment available within the housing and we need it accessible to these people, so it will be an expense and that will be more of a political question: how do you create housing for this population to get them off the streets and give them the treatment they need and maybe help them be productive for society ?

And I mean, it sounds like you're touching on the fact that this has more to do, it's more than just mental health, there are multiple factors that contribute to this if someone is watching and it's like, what do I do if I meet someone who is Dealing with a mental illness or crisis and are homeless? What would you tell them? Well, I mean, I think you know it's a good question: are there caseworkers that maybe they can be assigned and where is their housing currently that they can maybe have access to, but that's a process and it's complicated and kind of which homeless people generally can't do on their own, so it requires people who know what is available in the city absolutely for these people.

Well, these are really important ideas. Thank you very much for joining us to talk about it. Thanks for having me, of course, and next we're talking about China's zero covid policy. Chinese authorities have signaled that they may be reversing their zero-Covid policy. There are signs that some quarantine and testing rules will be relaxed and the government could be ready. launch a massive vaccination campaign for its elderly population, this comes after those unprecedented protests across the country demanding an end to lockdowns and also, in some cases, demanding more political freedom. China's coveted zero policy sometimes involves daily testing, mass lockdowns and harsh hotel quarantines. or camps already Beijing has said that daily testing is no longer required for the elderly or for people working from home other cities have taken similar measures and lockdowns have been lifted in some cities, this again could be a sign that China is moving away from zero Covid, if so, it would be a big change for Chinese leadership, NBC's Kelly Kobia.

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I've never covered anything like this. This is big, but we're talking numbers. How many doors do you think each one has knocked on? This feels like an ideological fight to the death. Is there room for common ground here? topic what do you think when you see the activism that is happening right now? Do you think this movement could have happened without social media? There's a lot to talk about as we continue our ongoing coverage. We will go on the air with exclusive NBC news bringing the The news for you is not just a job, it is an honor that celebrates 75 years of Meet the Press, the longest running program.on television NBC News free streaming get this for a long time For more than half a century Iowa has been the first state in the country to cast its vote for president, but that may change in 2024, at least for Democrats, for some time the Democratic National Committee has faced pressure from party members to diversify the votes. first states to begin the Democratic nominating process, specifically Iowa and New Hampshire, the question now is which state could overtake Iowa, a senior White House official tells NBC News it's safe to say Michigan is the president's preference Joe Biden to join us.

Now to talk about this, I'm NBC News digital senior national political reporter Jonathan Allen. It's so good to see you, so let's go inside. What is the case with Iowa losing the top spot in the presidential primary or caucus? Well, I mean the first thing about Iowa, huh. is that it is almost all white and the Democratic party is racially diverse. Iowa doesn't necessarily reflect the balance of urban, suburban, and rural areas that exists in other states where Democrats could have early primaries; of course, Iowa is a Republican state, not one. That's particularly competitive in the recent presidential election, which means Iowa nominees may not be able to make it that far in the future.

Of course, we just learned, really in the last hour or so, that the president has made a recommendation to the dnc rules and bylaws committee that put South Carolina first and then followed with New Hampshire and Nevada on the same day Nevada, I should say then Georgia, then Michigan, so Michigan, as we reported, will be in the early window for the The first time, uh, if the rules and bylaws committee blesses what the president has told them to do and most of those members were put there by him and then the entire Democratic National Committee approves it, but it could there's going to be a big fight before that happens, I mean, a big fight and I heard you mentioned that South Carolina could also lose its top spots, yeah, I mean that's certainly a possibility because the president has pushed for these states, Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina remain in the top five, it seems.

Everyone can probably do that, you know, adding Georgia and Michigan into that first five primary map, like Biden would do, you know, I think that's what you're really going to see. Here's how hard New Hampshire fights this, what other allies it might have. Doesn't South Carolina meet some of the criteria that the president and the party had set for an early state in terms of, certainly, it has a huge African population? The American population meets that threshold of diversity that the president was talking about, but it doesn't actually meet the criteria for competitiveness in a battleground state, which is another thing he had talked about.

South Carolina, of course, in the general election is exclusive to Republicans, but what it does is put a huge fortress in the path of anyone who might think they could be a rival to Joe Biden for the Democratic primary nomination in 2020. South Carolina, as you remember, was his big swing state where he turned his campaign around what led to his primary victory and now he's telling the rest of the Democrats that if you want to come get me, if you want to beat me , they have to go through me in South Carolina, essentially on my home political turf.

And you made an important point there about diversity, because the demographics of the country are changing and policy should perhaps reflect that. I also know that right now Michigan and Minnesota are the top contenders for first in the nation, so can you just join us real quick? through the pros and cons of each of them, sure and you know they're not very different, they're both relatively competitive and in general elections at the presidential level, I mean, Minnesota is a little bit less competitive. Minnesota, of course, has a large metropolis. and uh or or two twin cities Minneapolis and St Paul uh Michigan, of course, with Detroit as its main metropolis, there are some similarities between them, uh again, what I was talking about before you know large urban areas, major suburbs and a large number of rural areas.

So yeah, there's that kind of geographic balance, you know, within each of those states, which I think was interesting to the president of his party. Michigan, of course, has had a special place in the tradition of presidential politics since, you know, the Democrats became the Reagan Republicans, in the 1980s, I think Michigan had a privileged position for many reasons, including having some supporters on the rules and bylaws committee, and you know, President Biden has a real affinity for that state, so you know. If he gets his way, Michigan will be one of the first states in Minnesota, no, um, but again there's still a fight over that, yeah, Jonathan.

I have to ask how this will affect the schedule of the Republican race. It's a great question because in some of these states, there may be some need for the state legislatures to change the dates of the primaries, and of course, in order to do that, you generally have to have control of both houses of the state legislature and the House. governor's office or cut. some kind of agreement, you know, the Democrats don't immediately affect the Republicans, but part of what the Democrats are doing could have an effect on what the Republicans do in New Hampshire, for example, there is a law that says that the New Hampshire primary must be held. the first primary and it has to be seven days before any other primary and of course the recommendation that Biden has made is that New Hampshire would not be the first primary in South Carolina and that New Hampshire would share a date with Nevada, so um you know, as a result of that, New Hampshire has to decide whether they're going to basically tell the president to push it and go ahead and set the date for their primary before um South Carolina either you know it or you don't. that, but the Republicans in that state are likely to be in favor of any plan that keeps New Hampshire first, we know you'll keep us informed, thanks, so we'll introduce you to a kid who calls his autism his superpower .

NBC's Lester Holt tells Tell us what led to him being named Sports Illustrated 2022 Sports Kid of the Year, that's what's coming. Hi, I'm Halle, it's good to be with you tonight. There's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way. to the point that they have begun to vote on the Covenant Law. If you're like Hallie, stop talking about Washington, this bill would basically provide healthcare to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because Scott, I'm trying to make this not DC as possible The kind of growing anger that we've seen now in politics I saw you looking I think your microphone Daniel, you're going to do it on the slide, live TV news is happening now, look what's making headlines around the world to come. on the air with breaking news this is an important moment whenever it happens wherever you are NBC News streaming for free now hey I'm Halle it's good to be with you tonight there's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way we're going to do. just get to the point where they started with the herd law if you're like kelly stop talking about washington this bill would basically provide health care to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because scott I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible The kind of rising anger we've seen now in politics I saw you looking I think your mic Daniel you're trying to do it on the slide Live TV man okay the news is happening now look what is making headlines around the world by going on air with breaking news, this is an important moment whenever it happens, wherever you are NBC News streaming free Now NBC News streaming free now sometimes the news can be difficult and overwhelming for you children understand Ukraine in Russia, could you?

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Carter had difficulties, he says he was bullied at school and that he had trouble socializing. Carter has a form of autism Carter's type of autism is high-functioning Asperger's. He is able to communicate, but his social skills are not where they should be. Medical experts say that some children with Asperger's tend to focus all their energy on one thing at a time. Carter used to say that to his advantage on the golf course, golf definitely helped me with my anger management and when I was having a bad day I would just go to the golf course and that made me feel good.

Golf really saved his life because now he had something to watch. I'm hoping for something he was good at. Carter was just named sports kid of the year. He hopes to one day play inthe PGA and has his own clothing line. Part of the profits Carter donates to an organization that helps families and children with autism, he feels. It's amazing that I can help other kids because I really want to help other people if they need help. A young role model hoping to inspire other kids like him and I will continue to be a good advocate and telling people to stay positive so stay inspiring.

Positive report from NBC's Lester Holt, thanks and before we continue, the headlines aren't always grim, but you might not know that from watching the news, so here are your 60 seconds of Joy Well. The basketball player from Milton Pope High School in Illinois dunked an incredible full court. The buzzer-beating of a shot that gave them victory against their local rivals just goes to show that it's not over until it's over in Qatar. An Ordinary World Cup match became historic when Stephanie, for her part, entered the field today, that's because she is the first. woman to lead the referee in a men's World Cup match, she also led the game's first team of referees, which was composed exclusively of women, in the words of Beyoncé, they run the world well and four lion cubs have been rescued from Ukraine, they survived drone attacks and bombings before. the trip to the USA now the young cubs will have a new home in Minnesota, a wildlife sanctuary, well that does it for us, thanks for ending your night well.

I'm online for NBC News. Now, tonight, the news continues, tonight, the Idaho College murders. and New Revelations As police search for killer, force families link college students demanding answers nearly three weeks after brutal murders and now confusing statements from police, father of one of those victims speaks of a important story tonight, the new detail he has now revealed about where his daughter was found and what he is asking the police to do tonight, also unfolding late today the standoff in Florida involving a former star of NFL police attempting to arrest Antonio Brown at his home in Tampa following a domestic dispute with the mother of his children. weapons police say he might have in that house with him Kanye praises Hitler, highly controversial rapper launching another hate-filled rant, bizarre appearance with right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, sparking backlash Swift's violence, is this the point of no return for yay Royal? resignation of Palace AIDS chief executive resigning after a charity executive criticized her for making racist comments tonight, the accuser meets face to face with our priest Simmons to tell her side of the story, and Harry and Megan rob her attention to William and Kate. as they tour the US, the new trailer just dropped more recession or recovery, promising economic signs tonight, consumer spending is rising, gas prices are falling, but with inflation still near a maximum of 40 years, is this really a turning point that we will analyze? what means everything to you and your wallet an extreme accident the terrifying moment a base jumper crashes into a cliff in Utah his parachute got caught leaving him dangling in the air how Crews was able to get him to safety and why they say this could have been much worse main story starts right now foreigner good evening what are police doing in Idaho almost three weeks after the horrific murder of four college students?

Things are even worse, contradictory statements from local authorities have added even more confusion to an already painful situation. These are the names and faces of the four lives that could be tragically cut short on November 13. Authorities say once again they believe their murders were targeted despite a local prosecutor. Saying otherwise, the University of Idaho community gathered for an emotional vigil last night, thousands of people showed up to pay their respects, the pain unmistakable on the faces of the crowd, this tight-knit community was left shaken before this tragedy occurred , the city had not recorded get This is a single murder since 2015.

Steve González speaking before that crowd honoring his daughter Kaylee. Our team spoke with him a few moments ago. What he is now revealing about Kaylee's death and what he is asking the police to do tonight. NBC's Morgan Chesky starts us off with that interview and this story tonight new questions about the murders of four University of Idaho students Authorities say they still believe the murders were targeted, rejecting a claim made by a local prosecutor. Is it fair to say that you believe this was targeted, but you don't know if it was location-based or individual-based? Yes that is correct, at this point in the investigation we really have not come to a conclusion as to whether it was the people involved or one individual, multiple individuals or the location.

We haven't made that determination yet, but the victims' families are frustrated that no suspects are named and no murder weapon was found. Steve Gonzales' daughter Kaylee was murdered along with her best friend. How does she feel? three weeks here and knowing that whoever did this to your daughter is still out there? It's ridiculous, it's angry. You know this amount of time and I can. Not even getting them to say this is a man, we can't have that kind of closure with that guy still on the street, how afraid are you of this case going cold? Well, the city likes to bring up the fact that there is very low crime, so there is not much practical knowledge, this is what we are dealing with, this is what we have, these are the circumstances we find, let's take advantage do the best we can and move on, but me, the lead researcher, is a real stud. he really knows what he's doing so I trust him but he can't present evidence if it's not there so I'm very concerned that the police are now turning to the public to help fill out a detailed timeline but the families of victims want there is more to do I don't know why they pay you, if you don't communicate anything you have to find a way to build a case from what you publish and still protect detailed information that only the murderer will know.

You know that, but you have to help the community help you, okay Morgan Chesky joins us now from Moscow, Idaho Morgan, as you've reported here in the main story that can resolve, his family decided not to hold a public funeral for his Daughter, what did Steve tell you? about that, yes, Tom, I asked that same question. Heartbreaking response. He is so worried that whoever did this might try to blend in with a crowd at a public funeral that the family has decided to postpone for now. He says that thought even entered his mind. brain when speaking to the crowd at that vigil last night (several thousand people in front of him) says that he was disgusted by the fact that this murderer could be bold enough to try to enjoy some kind of joy in this traumatic aftermath that took his life. daughter away and Morgan in that theory, did you believe that the killer or killers and I know you got to that in your story are part of the university community, other students or do you think this person is possibly from the city?

Yes, Tom, I spoke to the investigators. At this point, the remaining incredibly tight lips have been able to rule out several individuals as potential suspects as this investigation has progressed, but when I asked investigator Point Blank, he said we don't have a suspect, we don't have a description of the suspect. We don't even have a person of interest right now and that's why he said it's so important that the public, if they have any kind of leads or potential evidence, go to the police as they build that timeline to try to retrace the steps of each of these four young students to try to discover where they were in those hours before going to that house where they were later found dead.

You were at the vigil. What are the students like right now? What is your way of thinking? Are they living in Terror? They are certainly constantly aware of what has happened here. Some are choosing to accept the school's offer of remote learning for the rest of the semester. We heard from another parent who said he wasn't feeling it. It was only right that his son, his daughter, came here knowing that although there was a chance that something could go terribly wrong, there are law enforcement in almost every direction on campus and we are told that the FBI has come here to help . with the investigation so that the local Moscow Police Department can focus on patrolling this community, an example of how aware this city is of what has happened is that the number of calls for suspicious activity or disturbances has doubled in recent weeks , yes, that means right, okay, Morgan Chesky takes us outside of Morgan, we thank you for more information on this ongoing investigation.

I want to bring in former Boston Police Department Commissioner Ed Davis, and it's been a day of confusing statements from the police department and a local prosecutor and in question. What confused the public and their families is whether the victims here were targeted or whether their residence was targeted and they basically had to go back to the police department and say yes, they believe this was a crime, some type of crime. where there wasn't There was a Target in place but it seemed so confusing it's confusing uh thank you Tom you know I've been watching this uh since it happened and uh it's unfortunate that there's a lack of coordination between the comments that are made by Prosecutors and police are generally in tune with each other, but this may be due to the fact that they don't do many homicide investigations in this community, this is an unusual occurrence for them and They are quite overwhelmed, I'm sure, due to the national attention this case is generating, as well You have to get your act together, you have to sit at a table and determine what the evidence is and then make a determination about what you can share and you know that the convincing comments from the victim's father are exactly on the right track.

We investigate. I was personally involved in several hundred homicide investigations. We would give the victims' families more information than we would give to the press. them, it was just important for them to understand that you're doing everything you can do and you really have to keep them on board and if I can, if I can stop you right there, but one of the things that stood out What he told me during Morgan's interview with the father was that he said the lead investigator was uh, I think he used the word, he called him a stud, who seemed to be a serious investigator, but at the same time he said he couldn't. making up evidence and that to me sounded like something that maybe they had shared with them, that there wasn't a lot of evidence right now at the crime scene and it's frustrating for a family to have to deal with the fact that there may not be an easy solution.

For a crime like this these crimes sometimes take time there is a lot of evidence they can pursue and it is not unusual for the lead investigator to develop a very strong relationship with the family but the family has to be kept informed do you think there is any chance that Do the police know who did this? Do you think they have solid leads and just aren't letting the family or the public know? But it doesn't seem to be the case, but it is possible. Police departments in the past have been very strict with reporting. As time goes on, we have learned that involving the community in the conversation, for example, posting videos, evidence that you have to ask the community for help, is a very effective way to connect people to the case and know and let them know that you're in it, uh, but departments that don't have a lot of experience will hide and cover and that could be the case with what's happening here and Ed just From what we know, what's been reported, what has been revealed by the police, no murder weapon has been found, it does not appear that concrete evidence was collected, the students who were on the second floor were murdered, there were some students on the first floor who were not murdered, this is not an area high crime and yet they have no idea who did this, they don't create any kind of profile for you, but what it tells me is that it has been reported that there is hundreds of physical evidence in a violent crime like this, so There's usually a transfer of bodily fluids between the victim and the suspect, so DNA is the best thing you can focus on right now if you don't have a suspect, okay?

Davis for us here tonight on the main story Ed, we appreciate the analysis from him. We now want to move on to the 10th confrontation between Tampa police and former NFL star Antonio Brown's officers attempting to arrest Brown on assault and domestic violence charges stemming from an alleged domestic dispute. NBC Sam Brock Has Those Details Tonight Tampa Police Saywho are trying to arrest former NFL player Antonio Brown by making multiple attempts outside this home to execute a domestic violence arrest warrant, department tells NBC News citing failure to communicate with police officers, is latest turn. In the 34-year saga that has gone far beyond the Gridiron, the charges stem from an incident Monday involving Brown and the mother of four of his children, according to court documents.

Brown threw a shoe at the woman, hitting her in the ponytail. The victim did not suffer injuries. but believed the shoe was intended for her head in the same document police describe when they discovered that Brown threw the woman's belongings out of the house and then threatened over the loudspeaker saying that if she entered the house he would shoot her in front of her. to the police. The children did not want to go inside because they were afraid of their father when he gets into a destructive mood after the incident, a Florida judge denied a petition to remove Brown's guns and ammunition under a risk protection order citing lack of physical action.

Is it possible that there wasn't enough evidence to take away his guns, but there is enough evidence to potentially prosecute him for domestic violence? The judge was wrong. The Florida statute that allows these risk protection orders provides a number of factors that can be considered by the court. Several of them Antonio Brown is a risk not only to himself but to members of the community and obviously to the mother. of his children, according to the petition, kept two firearms in the house, a pistol and a rifle. NBC News has not been able to contact Brown's legal team for comment since tonight he remains a man wanted by Tampa police, he is alright, Sam, who joins us live tonight, pick it up from there.

Do we have any idea where Antonio Brown is tonight? So we think he is. in the house, although police won't go on record as to whether or not he is, sources tell NBC News, although he's in there and Tom, this isn't a confrontation, they're not characterizing him, more as a stalemate. , they say. Right now there are no marked police cars outside the house, but there are unmarked cars and the idea here is that it looks like they are going to wait, but Tampa police tell me that they are not going to risk the safety of the officers for a misdemeanor, a warrant there, unless he escalates the situation himself, so really this will continue until he leaves the house, yes, it seems like maybe they are going to wait for him to surrender, possibly and there is also the issue of weapons.

As you reported, court documents also say there have been other domestic violent incidents in the past, so the woman at the center of the petition to try to take guns away from Antonio Brown says she has been a victim of him before. . too, but the reason she didn't follow him was because she was worried that the house she was staying in that was owned by his company, according to this woman, would be taken away from her and all the financial assistance he is giving them would also be taken away from her. removed. at least what this does is establish a pattern of behavior that seems to fit the profile of what we know about Antonio Brown Tom, okay, Sam Brock, for us tonight, Sam, we appreciate that the representative was formerly known as Kanye West , causing more public.

He protests tonight about anti-Semitic comments, yes, he appears with a hood over his face talking to far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Infowars. He's fine, sitting next to white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who was also at that dinner with President Trump last week. Valerie, NBC News correspondent. Castro joins us now and Valerie, this is something that we had a hard time figuring out how exactly we were going to report this because a lot of what he said was so vile that it's been a difficult decision, but the comments that he's made seem to be increasing in nature. , blatantly declared tonight that he loves and sees good things about Hitler, that he likes Nazis and even went so far as to mock the brothers Ari and Rahm Emanuel, prominent Jewish figures and today there was strong condemnation from the Jewish community, Jonathan Greenblatt , executive director of the Anti-Defamation League, tweeted in response to the comments, saying that in part he is a cruel anti-Semite.

His comments today on Infowars are not only vile and defensive, but they put Jews in danger. The Republican Jewish Coalition also issued a statement saying in part given his praise. of Hitler it cannot be overstated that Kanye West is a vile repellent bigot who has attacked the Jewish community with Nazi-style threats and smears. Conservatives who have mistakenly pandered to Kanye West must make it clear that he is a pariah, enough is enough NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Garrett Hake asked House Minority Leader Kevin Party, his reaction. He called Yay's comments disgusting and unbelievable and said it's up to the entire nation to call out behavior like that, but what's the next step?

I know Adidas already abandoned him, he was a pass through his talent agency, but you can still listen to his music properly and on social media many people disagree with that and are asking music services like Spotify Apple Music to no longer make that music available with which we communicate. both of thoseservices tonight, but we haven't heard back yet, so I guess the question is and we're going to delve into this in our next segment, but you know, at some point I thought maybe others also thought that Kanye would eventually apologize , but it's No, it's doubling, it's tripling.

Is there any way out of this, especially with the Jewish community? So I talked to a rabbi not long ago on the phone and he said, "Look, in the Jewish faith there is a belief that people can correct their mistakes." They can work to repair the mistakes they have made, but he says this is not one person who did offend, but an entire group of people on a very large platform that has a large audience and those comments now have the potential to incite violence. Hate crimes against the Jewish community, so he says while waiting for him to realize that what he is saying is dangerous and inflammatory, it is not as simple as asking for forgiveness from a person or an individual, yes, the two big fears is that leads to more. violence against the Jewish people and also normalizing this type of commons okay Valerie Castro we appreciate that with the latest anti-Semitic rant yes the questions remain what happens to artists r to help us solve that question journalist of entertainment and friend of top story shagoon joins us now shagun thank you very much for joining top story you know we talked about this from the beginning and now I'm at a point where I don't think there's any way back from this.

Now it's the third rail and I don't think Kanye West will ever apologize. I don't think he wants to apologize. My question is what is wrong with Kanye West and all the art he has created up to this point. Well I think. It's simple, Tom, if you have some kind of moral compass or if you have some kind of personal code of ethics and you choose to enjoy his music or enjoy the fashion that he created and that he says enough about you that I No. I need to be close to you Kanye West has shown you who he is to quote Maya Angelou when someone shows you who they are believe it and I just don't understand why as a fashion designer and a musician we go to him for political reasons or you know. religious or any type of experience other than fashion and music, I don't look to Kanye for leadership or direction any more than I would look to Mark Jacobs or Tom Ford in the fashion world, true, but correct, but I should leave, but when it's When you're in the public arena, obviously you have a huge platform and people follow you and listen to you, so you have to be conscious of what you say, absolutely Tom, but I think what's being lost is that Kanye West is black that somehow people think he speaks for black people and he doesn't, this is an individual who has a problem that he has chosen to broadcast on any platform that puts a microphone in front of him and what whatever the reasons or whatever is going on right now I think it's not even so much about canceling if you are a company, the CEO of a corporation or a human being, if you have any kind of moral fiber, you do not participate in what Kanye is cooking, it's very simple.

I don't eat in that restaurant. I don't shop at that store. I don't pray in that church. Kanye has shown you, he has repeatedly shown us who he is and what he is about and it's bullshit and we need to get away from it but do you think we should? We were actually talking and you might remember this conversation we had. This was before all the comments were made. We were talking about how many collaboration deals Kanye was doing in the last few months and how he was appearing on so many different tracks for new artists for top artists in the hip-hop industry.

My question to you is: do you see those collaborations happening again? I mean, are people trying to forget this and move on or is it over for good? The artists who were doing collaborations with him or contemplating doing collaborations with him look with open eyes and ears to what he says and to me it's very simple when you sleep with dogs, you wake up with fleas, he's surrounding himself. with white supremacists, hate mongers and people who spread filth and promote hate, if you are another artist and your art is about hate, anti-Semitism, racism and ignorance and you want to make a record with this guy, then you are also not saying who you are.

It's that simple for me if I had a record, Kanye, I wouldn't put it out, in fact, I would tell myself, I would tell the world, this is not who I am and this brother. He doesn't speak for me and the music I make is not representative of what this man is releasing and that has to be said well, these artists I don't think Kanye can come back because standing next to him with a microphone is putting your arm around the same guy of ugliness that he is putting his arm around and to me that is wrong.

I think you may be right, maybe we are talking about Kanye West's final chapter, okay, we thank you as always for joining the main story. We want to move on now to another story we've been following for the past few days: the royal drama overshadowing Prince William and Kate's visit to the U.S. Harry and Megan mock their new documentary as a racially charged scandal and the folds across the pond are Kier Simmons. Sitting down tonight with the woman who accuses Prince William's godmother of racism The Foreign Princess of Wales visited a nonprofit in Boston hoping vulnerable young people would let their guard down.

British charity executive and Gozie Fulani speak out about the treatment she received from Prince William's godmother at Buckingham Palace. This week's event I'm there for five minutes when this lady comes up to me and the first thing she does is grab my hair and move it. I think I don't know who she is, but she's already felt she has the right to physically put her hand on me to move my hair so she can see my name tag, then she says she was interrogated for eight minutes about her ethnicity Eddie, I'm bored and I'm British, yes, but what is your nationality?

Prince William has said there is no place for racism in our society. Do you think that's what I thought? I believe or know. I know what racism is. Lady Susan Hussey, close to Queen Elizabeth, has stepped down from her role as assistant to Camilla, the queen consort. Where am I safe from this? When are we going to confront this type of behavior instead of excusing it? The British newspapers call it a real disaster and now no one sees what is happening behind closed doors. Harry and Megan release this trailer for their Netflix documentary. To do everything we can to protect my family tonight we contacted Netflix and representatives of the Duke and Duchess about the time with no response.

Alright, Keir Simmons joins us again live tonight from Boston. There's a lot to talk about tonight. I want to come back. According to your interview, you've covered royals for a long time, maybe even more than a decade. I want to ask about the allegation and suddenly Swift's resignation is so normal for the royal family, that moment is normal or it was incredibly fast. damage control is in place, but that's exactly right, Tom, and it was quick because you know how this relates to a fundamental question that you're facing, which is about the culture of the royal family, about the history of the royal family, but It goes back to colonialism of course, can they change the way they are perceived?

Can they be modernized? moment between two people, but it seems to say a lot and I think that's what you're dealing with here, she was in the Inner Circle, she was the late Queen's assistant for a long time, so she'll leave. people with questions I think the Palace royal family knew they had to act quickly, interesting, although we haven't heard Prince William address it directly here in Boston. I think there were questions about whether or not he should do what they've done. What I tried to do is keep the focus on its causes and itsjourney here, but I have to say that, as you know, Tommy, it's been difficult these last few days, yes, and I want to ask you, what did I realize covering Queen Elizabeth's funeral?

Alright, it's that when it comes to Logistics, the Royals don't make mistakes, they can make mistakes in their personal lives, in their public lives, but when it comes to Logistics, they really stick to the script schedule and I preface this because How This Netflix trailer comes out the same week that Harry's brother is there with the princess? I mean, you can't say oh, it was just an accident, it almost seems like it had to be done on purpose, that's a great question, Tony, you and me. We were together in London for the late Queen's funeral, of course yes, they are good at logistics, but also remember that they are making decisions around a family with all the family dynamics and that is what I really think they are about. treats.

I mean, listen to when that Netflix promo dropped. I was about 10 minutes away from going on the air on The Today Show. We saw it and our jaws dropped, it's good, my goodness, now I'll let the people watching decide for themselves about the moment. But it's quite extraordinary, isn't it? And I think, frankly, when there are some, okay, there have been some types of resolutions, but when there are basically some between two brothers, then that's going to be a problem for this family and I think maybe you saw that. today, maybe Netflix decided that the moment Prince Harry had the ability to veto it.

I don't know, I mean, ultimately it is again. I'm going to let the people watching decide what they think about the fact that this trailer comes out the same as uh. William and Catherine, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are here in Boston trying to reintroduce themselves to the American people, yes, here, and as they may or may not want to compete for headlines, there will be a big headline tomorrow, just as the Prince of the princess meets with our president, yes, the prince and princess meeting with the president, I mean, extraordinary. I think that might be what can change the narrative a little bit.

I have to say you know local TV here in Boston and a lot of the magazines they really focus on a lot. of things that have happened here that we haven't been able to focus on because of all the controversy, you know, just meeting with the local community, all that kind of stuff. I think they'll be hopeful that that meeting with the president tomorrow and then this big gala focused on Prince William's work on the environment, all of that will change the narrative tomorrow, but some of this is out of their control, as we've seen this week, and that's a problem for them, okay?

Kier Simmons, here first. We appreciate your time and reports. Now we turn to the economy. There are some positive signs. Americans spent more than $35 billion online at the start of this holiday shopping season, but consumers are feeling the impact of higher prices and, of course, higher interest rates now. The FED signals that it could soften those rate hikes NBC's Tom Costello has the latest on this very mixed economic picture with just over two weeks until Hanukkah and three weeks after Christmas and the latest data suggests that Americans continue to spend while inflation, highest in 40 years, continues to decline in October The just-released consumer spending shows the biggest increase since June, even as families pay more for rent, groceries and new cars.

Retailers report nearly 200 million people flock to stores from Thanksgiving to Cyber ​​Monday in Atlanta. Whitney and Joe Novak own kazoo toys and say buyers are sensitive to inflation. but still buying we've had a good year or we're positive I mean we keep people employed we're not worried toys are one of those nice industries where we're not going to have big ups and downs. Inflation in October was a slightly lower six percent than in September, so Chairman Jay Powell now says the Federal Reserve could soon slow the pace of its interest rate increases aimed at controlling inflation.

It's time to moderate inflation. The pace of rate increases may come as soon as the member meets, which could mean a half-point rate hike in two weeks instead of another three-quarter-point hike, meanwhile, gas prices they now average 347 per gallon, a drop of 28 cents in a month. Third quarter GDP is even stronger. from what was first reported, we're like waiting for the recession like they're waiting for Godot, it hasn't happened yet um and with each passing month the economy proves to be more resilient consumers continue to spend tomorrow we'll get the November jobs report that 200,000 new jobs are expected and the FED will use that statistic when it decides if it can really slow the pace of these rate increases in December.

Tom, okay Tom, while we wait for the FED decision, I want to bring in Curtis Dube, the Chief Economist of the US Chamber of Commerce to help us break it all down Curtis, the first question is very simple: do we Are we heading towards a recession or a recovery? Well, that's the question everyone wants an answer to, but I thought it was interesting that you had the image. of the base jumper getting stuck on the side of the mountain, I think that's basically what the FED is trying to do to get the economy through some really dangerous times and the juxtaposition of what we're going through, which is that there are a lot of weakness in the economy, but at the same time there are a lot of strengths, it's a double-edged sword, it means that we could get through this period where, although we reduce inflation in a way that is not so bad, maybe we get what which is called a soft landing but at the same time it makes these vegetable jobs more difficult because if the demand remains strong if the income continues to grow, the prices will continue to be high, so it will be more difficult for them to lower prices, so It's really really unknown, we don't know, this is a very unique situation, you know, I know there are so many conflicting signals. there, but I also want to be very honest with our viewers and here in the main story, we have always tried to break down the economy in a way that we can all understand, we talk about Christmas spending, we talk about consumers still buying products, but we also talk of the record credit card debt Americans have right now and the spending that has gotten completely out of control since the pandemic.

Spending has been heavy. Consumption has been strong. I'm not too worried about raises and credit cards. Debt has been growing, but it came down a lot during the pandemic and, compared to income, is still at very manageable levels. Now it will probably continue to increase. That is the problem that will continue to increase from now on. What it has been, but it is spending more. If the savings were huge, they were about $2.7 trillion above trend during the pandemic, it has gone down a lot this year, it has gone down every month, but there are still a lot of savings that they can continue to spend and that consumers They can continue spending. those balances, instead of accumulating credit, talk to me about layoffs, we are hearing layoffs and I will repeat it, the news is mixed, there are companies that are having many layoffs, there are companies that are staying silent, there are companies. that they're having hiring freezes, what the outlook is right now for layoffs, and whether people should be worried about their own jobs.

I'm not worried about layoffs, but we're still adding jobs, we still have a lot more openings than we have. unemployed workers to fill more than 4 million the gap is that there are more than 4.4 4.3 million more vacant positions than unemployed workers the layoffs have been very targeted at specific industries and I believe that companies take advantage of periods of economic slowdown and the recession potential to reduce go down and become more efficient um then, but to me it's still not a sign of economic weakness the labor market is still too strong the fed would like to see it weaken a little to help bring down inflation finally cars incomes are increasing wages are increasing they are decreasing before go, I know you have a theory about this, secondhand pessimism, tell me briefly about what this means, if you can, yes, I'm sure it's really interesting, we return to that circumstance The only one we find ourselves in, which is that if you look at any survey, if it is consumers or companies that tell you that things are bad, that the economy is not good, it is not good now, it will not be good in the future. , but consumers are still spending and companies are still hiring, raising wages and investing, so they're picking up the pessimists secondhand. because when they look at their own personal circumstances they think things are pretty good, okay Curtis comes up from the US Chamber of Commerce We appreciate your analysis tonight we still had an update on that teenager shot in the parking lot of a McDonald's in Texas, the officer who shot up his car now files the charges he faces tonight plus the extreme accident: a base jumper who crashed into a cliff in Utah.

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Right now, the man who was once known as the king of cryptocurrencies went on an apology tour. Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman was released as he spoke after his company's historic economic collapse Gabe Gutierrez has this a week after his massive FDX cryptocurrency exchange collapsed. Sam Bankman Free is on an apology tour. What are his lawyers telling you about him right now? Are they suggesting that it is a good idea for you to speak up? Not much, but the 30-year-old former billionaire says he had no intention of committing fraud and says management failures and sloppy accounting caused FDX to implode in early November.

Crypto outlet Outlet Coindesk reported on possible issues with banker Freed's other company, Alameda, a soon-to-be hedge fund. Concerned investors were demanding their money from FTX, sparking what amounted to a bank run and forcing The Exchange to file for bankruptcy under the mandate. I um, I made a lot of mistakes or they are things I would give anything to be able to do again, Um, I did. Never try to commit fraud against anyone. Congress is now investigating the collapse of FTX. These events uncovered an alarming lack of internal controls and egregious governance failures. A key question is whether FTX misappropriated client funds when it made loans to banker Freed's hedge fund.

He doesn't knowingly fund it, but a lot of ftx investors don't believe it if he screwed so many people. Manny Bautista says he can't access his FTX assets worth about thirty-five thousand dollars and is looking for a ride-sharing service to do. In the end, what do you think should happen to him? I think he should go to jail and there should be some way for users to get their funds back. The freed banker was once worth more than 20 billion dollars, he says now he's down to a hundred. thousand a credit card Tom we get out of the triple demek RSV and covid and the flu that are circulating throughout the country more than 80 percent of hospital beds are now full which according to Health and Human Services the flu has already taken its toll also the CDC estimates estimates there have been at least 6.2 million flu cases so far this season with nearly 3,000 deaths the flu hospitalization rate this year is the highest in 12 years I want to bring on Dr.

Natalie Azer, medical contributor from NBC News, and to Dr. Azar, I want to start with the flu, so there have been 12 pediatric deaths so far, that's so high for this time of year. I mean, you feel really bad for all those families involved, it's high for this time of year and you know we did it. I haven't had much of the flu in recent years, Tom, if we compare it to the 2019 to 2020 season, there were close to 200 pediatric flu deaths and that was extraordinarily high and, more importantly, 80 percent of children who died were not vaccinated and less than half had an underlying medical condition, so I know a lot of people think, just like with covid, that the flu is not as bad for children as it can be and that vaccination absolutely helps to save lives in both children and adults.

Anecdotally, in my family we have had very serious cases of the flu. We have colleagues who have very serious cases of the flu. The flu that is circulating right now, at least in the Northeast or on the East Coast, is more powerful than the flus we have seen in the past, so the two predominant circulating strains right now are H1N1 and H3N2, they are strains that we always see, they are not necessarily more virulent this year than in the past, but they can cause serious illness, of course, especially in the vulnerable populations that Now we know very well, yes, when we talk about triple democracy, we are obviously talking about the covid flu and RSV, they are all respiratory diseases.

We have this graph up here, which is quite interesting and we see some overlaps there, what are the overlaps, so basically I would say to people that if you consider it a respiratory disease that affects the upper respiratory tract, you know that sneezing , runny nose, sore throat, even cough, may be the only thing in all three. However, what really stands out about the flu is the high fever, which usually comes on with a very stormy onset and a bit of a Pearl from some pediatricians at my hospital, what gave me a clue about this is that we tend to see a lot gastrointestinal symptoms. with RSV and covid, so the diarrhea bothers less with RSV, but at the end of the day you don't really notice the difference and you can treat covid and you can treat the flu, but there is no necessarily treatment for RSV, do these diseases are respiratory connected in some way?

And the coveted vaccines we have been taking for the last year, do they have any effect? ​​Do they help? us somehow against RSV or whether the flu indirectly does, the viruses themselves are not really related at all, but it is a truism in medicine in general that if you get sick with a respiratory illness, you have a higher risk of contract it. developing another respiratory illness because your lungs have already taken a hit, making you more susceptible to other infections in general and particularly to pneumonia caused by bacteria, is a well-known side effect and result of the flu that always worries us. so the hospitals are understaffed and because of that, in part, they are now overwhelmed.

When should people, if they are diagnosed with the flu, when should they go to the hospital, when is it time to call an ambulance or go to the emergency room? Things I think this is true for all of these illnesses if you have a sustained fever, say 102 or higher, if you have difficulty breathing or chest pain and then kind of lightheaded or dizzy because you're just not able to eat and drinking, you can get dehydrated, those are definitely things you need to worry about. The trick is your young children who don't speak yet and can't communicate, so we're looking for things like not being able to. to feed being very irritable using you know widening the nostrils using the neck to help them breathe those little things that you can look for and your children who can't tell you that they have trouble breathing it's okay, it's good to know that Dr.

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People think that he's still, you know, in a different classification, in a different world, away from mainstream music, but if anything, especially the year 2022, he's really proven that that's the case. It doesn't matter what language you speak, music transcends, yes, and I think it's also important to point out that with streaming people can choose their songs and they can listen to them over and over again, it's not like playing radio at all. I think you really know something like that. The demise of radio being replaced by streaming has really shown what people really want to listen to: we no longer have DJs choosing, you know what our top 10 is, top 40, whatever, you know, it's really the choice of the public and as we have seen over the last three years people want to hear about Bunny, yes, and in addition to Bad Bunny, we also talk about Taylor Swift and Drake.

They both had pretty big years, they both made big news, and absolutely, you know something that I find really interesting, although Bad Bunny Drake Taylor Swift probably has three really different audiences. Honestly, their common denominator is that women really drive their streams, their concerts are music video views. I mean, all of these people have a really strong fan base that is made up of women who are really showing their power. the streaming business and the Harry Styles song, since it was the most played song in the world on Spotify, how much does the success of a song have to do with it?

Do you think with the fan base that you just talked about and how much it has to do with the song, you know, I think it's a little bit of both. Harry definitely has one of the most devoted fanbases I've ever seen, whether it's in real life at shows or social media showing support for him, but I think that's how it was. probably her most palatable song yet for the general public, for an American audience where she's really leaning into, you know, modern, slightly sexy, but still a little safe, adult and contemporary, she feels like, honestly, It's really working for him and the numbers show it, and then Bianca.

You are very brave because now we are going to expose your most listened to list your Spotify list if we can if we can put it on the screen now this is what Bianca listened to the most this year Bad Bunny of course Beyonce Jack Harlow Rosalia Jack Carlo I I must mention that I had a huge album this year and Mariah Carey, so let's talk about Mariah first. Okay, let's start at number five. This was kind of a big success. Were you getting into the Christmas spirit? What was happening there? Mariah is one of my favorite artists.

I was also very lucky to be able to interview her this year to mark Butterfly's 25th anniversary, but she's someone I listen to constantly, whether you know it goes back to Mimi's emancipation, to the hits of the '90s and of course now too with your Christmas hits Bianca Bettencourt of Harper's Bazaar thank you so much for joining tonight's top story I'm Tom Yamas in New York, stay there, more news is on the way breaking news tonight Congress managed to avoid a railroad strike that could have crippled the U.S. economy ahead of the holidays, the Senate voted to impose a deal on railroad unions a day after it cleared the chamber but rejected paid sick leave for workers that the unions wanted.

The bill now goes to President Biden for his signature tonight as well. The president hosted his first state dinner for France's Emmanuel Macron. What the two leaders said today about Ukraine. The great victory for the Department of Justice. A federal appeals court overturned the special review of the classified documents seized at Mar-A-Lago, but at the end of the fight the school bus crashed into a house, pinning a car beneath it, injuring several students. police outside Antonio Brown's home trying to arrest former NFL star allegations of domestic violence confront William and Kate who visit Boston, but face backlash at home our interview with a woman who says the William's godmother interrogated her with racist questions NBC News investigates possible cancer-causing chemicals in a neighborhood of a major U.S. city, and the young athlete beats the odds to become Sports Illustrated's Sports Kid of the Year, that is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, good evening everyone.

President Biden tonight welcomed a Senate vote this afternoon that will steer the country away from the economic hit of a major railroad strike that the Senate initiated today. Stopping a December 9 strike threat in its tracks, a day after the House gave its go-ahead to the bill imposing a labor contract previously negotiated by the White House, President Biden in a statement saying that we have saved him to this country a Christmas catastrophe in our grocery stores in our workplaces and in our communities, but Congress imposed a deal that left many union members with a bad taste in their mouths tonight.

Peter Alexander is in Washington, where the president is also engaging in high-level foreign diplomacy tonight. President Biden prepares for the pomp and pageantry of his first state dinner with a foreign leader French President Emmanuel Macron A domestic crisis now averted late today Senate approves deal to avert devastating rail strike the White House warned that could have triggered a recession on its own Joint resolution passes Bipartisan bill First time in 30 years that Congress is intervened to stop a railroad strike will force union railroad workers to accept a deal brokered by the White House It has included a 24-day pay increase over five years for months, but right now only one paid sick day workers receive none.

Some unions rejected the deal as they pressed the president today why he didn't push for more paid sick time. I negotiated a contract that no one else could negotiate, the only thing that was left out was whether it was paid leave, you know? I've been trying to get paid leave not just for railroad workers for everyone tonight, a vote in the Senate to include additional paid leave failed. Freight driver Dan Banks in Ohio says railroad crews deserve much better. My brothers and sisters in the crew room with me were all sharks. teeth one of those falls out they push another right in the spot there is no they don't miss a beat about Ukrainian presidents Biden and Macron tonight showing a united front against Russian aggression Mr.

Biden says he has no plans to contact the Russian president Vladimir Putin, but in opening the door to a face-to-face meeting, I am prepared to talk to Mr. Putin if in fact there is interest in his society and he is looking for a way to end the war, he has not done so yet and Peter tonight the mixed legal headlines for the Biden administration are less right and a victory for the justice department and the appeals court has now ended the Special Master's independent review of thousands of documents seized from the Mar-A- property Former President Trump's lake also tonight a setback for President Biden's proposed student debt forgiveness program, Supreme Court won't block court order and will hear arguments in February Lester okay Peter Alexander well guarded tonight thanks some new encouraging economic signs today, including healthy spending by Americans heading into the holidays despite high inflation and higher interest rates and new signs that the FED may ease those rate hikes here's Tom Costello just over two weeks until Hanukkah three until Christmas andLatest data suggests Americans are still spending with 40-year high inflation continuing to ease consumer spending in October just The result shows the biggest increase since June, even as families pay more for rent, food and cars new.

Retailers report nearly 200 million people flock to stores from Thanksgiving to Cyber ​​Monday in Atlanta. Whitney and Joe Novak own kazoo toys and say shoppers are sensitive to inflation but still buy. We've had a good year or we're positive, I mean we'll keep people employed, we're not worried about toy being one of those nice industries where we're not going to have the huge rollercoaster of ups and downs fighting Anthony. Children will always want toys. Inflation in October was six percent, slightly lower than in September. Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell now says the Fed could soon slow the pace of its interest rate hikes aimed at controlling inflation.

The time has come to moderate the pace of rate increases. may come as soon as a members meeting, which could mean a half-point rate hike in two weeks instead of another three-quarter-point hike, meanwhile, gas prices now average 347 a gallon, a drop of 28 cents in one month. Third quarter GDP is even stronger than we first reported. They're like waiting for the recession like they're waiting for Godot, it hasn't happened yet um and with each month that passes the economy proves to be more resilient consumers continue to spend tomorrow we will receive the November employment report 200,000 new jobs expected, data that the FED will use when deciding whether it can really slow the pace of the big climbs in December Lester Tom Costello thanks a rather disturbing scene today in the northern suburb of New York City when a school bus crashed into a house after colliding with two cars parked, police say the bus driver and seven children were injured, most of the injuries were minor.

Fortunately, two five-year-old boys suffered injuries that were more serious but not life-threatening in Tampa, Florida, tonight, more trouble for the former NFL star. Antonio Brown as police attempt to arrest him on misdemeanor charge stemming from alleged domestic dispute Sam Brock has late details tonight Tampa police say they are trying to arrest former NFL player Antonio Brown making multiple attempts outside this home to executing an arrest warrant for domestic violence assault the department told NBC News citing failure to communicate with police officers is the latest twist in the 34-year saga that has gone far beyond the Gridiron charges stem from an incident Monday involving Brown and the mother of four of his children, according to court documents Brown threw a shoe at the woman, hitting her in the ponytail.

The victim had no injuries, but he believed the shoe was intended for her head. In the same document, police describe learning that Brown threw the woman's belongings outside the home and then made threats over the loudspeaker. saying that if she entered her house he would shoot her in front of the police. He also says that the children did not want to come in because they were afraid of his father when he gets into a destructive mood after the incident. A petition to take away Brown's guns. and ammunition under a risk protection order was rejected by a Florida judge citing lack of physical action.

How is it possible that there wasn't enough evidence to take away his guns, but there is enough evidence to potentially prosecute him for domestic violence? The judge obtained this wrong the Florida statute that allows these risk protection orders gives a series of factors that can be considered by the court he heard, several of them Antonio Neo Brown is a risk not only to himself but to the members of the community and obviously for the mother of his children, according to the petition, he had two firearms in the house, a pistol and a rifle. NBC News has not been able to reach Brown's legal team for comment as he remains a wanted man by Tampa police tonight, so Sam, what do we know about what steps police are willing to take in this situation?

Yes, Lester Tampa. Police tell me right now that they are not going to risk officer safety over a misdemeanor warrant. Obviously, that could change if Brown escalates the situation regarding women and children policing. they say they're no longer home Lester Sam Brock thanks Anticipation is building tonight for Team USA's World Cup knockout round match on Saturday as the hero of Tuesday's victory talks about his injury and the next big game here's Megan Fitzgerald counting down to Team USA's highest-stakes game in years Superstar Christian Pulisic has a message for fans. I will do everything I can to work with this medical team and make sure I can play.

Pulisic was injured during Tuesday's match against Iran. I scored the winning goals, my opportunity was there too, just to beat, beat the defender and get to the ball and, uh, I was just able to do that and, you know, I kind of paid the price for it, that price was an injury. pelvic that kept him out of the second. half Pulisic then shared this photo from the hospital where I was anxiously watching the last minutes of the game on a phone they were checking me you know my blood sugar level and everything and I was flying through the roof but it wasn't for nothing it was just me stressed watching the game Pulisic says he is improving, but the US team says his condition remains day to day.

I think Chris and Pulisic will play in this game. This is what he has been waiting for all his life. That fighting spirit is exactly what Team USA will need in the knockout round. I hope that people who watch it, you know, especially at home in the United States, can see wow, these guys really give everything for each other for this country and that's what really makes us special. Team USA will be the underdogs in the game against the Netherlands on Saturday, if they win it will be the first time the team has advanced to the quarterfinals since 2002.

Lester, okay Megan, thank you, you were known as cryptocurrency king but now released Sam Bankman apologizes for historic financial collapse as potentially more than a million investors fight to get their money back as Gabe Gutierrez reports Congress now investigating weeks after collapse of his huge FDX cryptocurrency exchange. Sam Bankman Free is on an apology tour. What are his lawyers telling you about him right now? they're suggesting it's a good idea for you to talk oh no they're not at all but the 30 year old former billionaire says he had no intention of committing fraud and says management failures and sloppy accounting caused FDX to implode to beginnings of November.

Outlet Coindesk reported on potential problems with banker Freed's other company, Alameda, a hedge fund that soon became concerned that investors were demanding their money from FTX, sparking what amounted to a bank run and forcing The Exchange to file bankruptcy through the I um, I've made a lot of Mistakes are things that I would give anything to be able to do again. I never tried to commit fraud against anyone. Congress is now investigating the collapse of FTX. These events uncovered an alarming lack of internal controls and egregious governance failures. The key question is. whether FTX misappropriated client funds when it made loans to banker Freed's hedge fund.

I'm not knowingly mixing funds but a lot of ftx investors don't believe it because it screwed so many people. Manny Bautista says he can't access his assets with FTX values ​​around 35,000 and is driving for a ride sharing service to make ends meet, what do you think should happen to him? I think he should go to jail and there should be some way for users to get their funds back. The freed banker was once estimated to be worth more than $20 billion, he says he now has a hundred grand left and a credit card. Lester, it's okay, Gabe, thanks.

In 60 seconds we will hear from the woman at the center of a real scandal about racism what she says about those troublemakers. Questions Prince William's Godmother Asked Him We're back now with William and Kate's visit to the US. As the controversy continues at home in the UK tonight, the woman who says Williams' godmother asked her a series of racist questions during an event is speaking to our cure Simmons I, British charity executive Ngozi Fulani, speaking about the treatment of her by Prince William's godmother at an event at Buckingham Palace this week. I've been there for five minutes when this lady approaches me and the first thing she does is tease me. and move it.

I think I don't know who she is, but she has already felt that she has the right to physically put her hand on me to move my hair so she can see my name tag. She then says that they interrogated her for eight. minutes about his ethnicity Eddie I'm bored here and I'm British, yes, but what's your nationality? A spokesperson for Prince William has said there is no place for racism in our society. Do you think that's what I believe? Do I believe or do I know? Do you know what racism is? Lady Susan Hussey, who was close to Queen Elizabeth, renounced her role as consort to Queen Camilla.

Where am I safe? When are we going to confront this type of behavior instead of excusing it? The British newspapers call it a real disaster and now no one sees what is happening behind closed doors. Harry and Megan release this trailer for their Netflix documentary. You have to do everything you can to protect my family. Tonight we reached out to Netflix and representatives of the Duke and Duchess about the moment with no response tomorrow the prince and princess will meet with the president staying focused on their causes, not the controversy Lester Simmons, thank you, the danger of the volcano in Hawaii, lava flows towards a key highway and a neighborhood where cancer is common, there are chemicals both above and below the ground.

The cause of our investigation is the upcoming New Image tonight of the lava eruption at Mauna Loa from the world's largest active volcano that now threatens to cut off the main highway on the Big Island of Hawaii and is raising health concerns for residents. Residents as volcano spews ash and acid gases into the air We now turn to an NBC News investigation into potentially carcinogenic chemicals found in a Houston neighborhood and residents are fighting to hold one of the country's largest railroad companies accountable. . Priscilla Thompson reports that you love to cook and he loved to rap. in the shower Latonya Payne still holds on to memories of his son Corinthian since he died of leukemia last year at just 13 years old.

It was difficult to cough up blood from his lungs. She was on a diet after work. Two months after his death. Latonya was diagnosed with breast cancer. This is the second time our community has suffered from this group of cancers in 2019. State health officials found higher rates of certain cancers in adults in Houston's Fifth District. A year later, another bomb in the area children contracted leukemia at a rate nearly five times the state average in the second. The State Department of Health report was even more disturbing because it involved children, but they never listed a cause.

For years, the historically Black and Latino community has blamed higher cancer rates on the rail yard now owned by Union Pacific. which is located blocks from many homes, decades ago workers used creosote to preserve wooden sleepers. That site closed in 1984, but the chemical the CDC believes causes cancer leaked into the soil and groundwater remains under more than a hundred homes and businesses, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Union Pacific declined NBC's interview request, but says over the past 25 years they have implemented remediation efforts in the area, including installing more than 120 wells, removing impacted soil and monitoring the water. underground this house here Mr.

Dunn died of cancer this lady here her husband died for the Council Sandra Edwards lost her grandfather to bone cancer a decade ago I received a Ziploc bag full of Fifth Ward obituaries everything Cancer everything counts Edwards is an activist community why stay I have no other place to go this is what I can afford and my family works hard to maintain this house in September a significant discovery the Houston Health Department found another possible carcinogen in the dioxin area this time on the surface the fact that we are finding dioxins on the soil surface where residents canbeing exposed is what is so alarming.

Union Pacific says in part that dioxin levels in the city's samples are far below state requirements and that they attribute the contamination solely to their site. is unreasonable and inaccurate Lawyers representing neighborhood families say thousands have filed lawsuits against Union Pacific, including Latonya Payne, as compensation won't take away the crying of the night, but justice is when those in hand held accountable Priscilla Thompson NBC News Houston below how autism became her superpower and helped a young golfer become the sports kid of the year. It's finally in the pages of Sports Illustrated even as his own clothing line, but for an inspiring young athlete, golf is much more than a right-shoulder game.

Further down the road, the game of golf opened a new world for eleven-year-old Carter. Bonus. The first experience playing golf was really amazing and I liked hitting the golf ball before I started playing. Carter had difficulties, he says he was bullied at school and has trouble socializing Carter has a form of autism Carter's type of autism is high-functioning Asperger's syndrome. He is able to communicate, but his social skills are not where they should be. Medical experts say that some children with Asperger syndrome tend to focus all their energy on one thing. At one point, Carter used that to his advantage on the golf course.

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President Biden tonight welcomed a Senate vote this afternoon that will move the country away from the economic hit of a major railroad strike pushed by the Senate. is taking steps today to stop a threatened Dec. 9 strike in its tracks, a day after the House gave its go-ahead to the bill imposing a labor contract previously negotiated by the White House, President Biden in a statement that said we have saved this country a Christmas catastrophe in our grocery stores, in our workplaces and in our communities, but the agreement imposed by Congress left many union members with a bad taste in their mouths tonight.

Peter Alexander is in Washington, where the president is also engaging in high-level foreign diplomacy tonight. President Biden prepares for the pomp and pageantry of his first state dinner with a foreign leader French President Emmanuel Macron a domestic crisis now averted late today Senate approves deal to avert devastating rail strike that White House warned that it could have triggered a recession on its own joint resolution passes The bipartisan bill, the first time in 30 years that Congress has intervened to stop a railroad strike, will force union railroad workers to accept a deal negotiated by The White House has for months included a pay increase of 24 over five years, but only one paid sick day at this time. workers get none some unions rejected the deal because today the president was pressured why didn't he push for more paid sick time I negotiated a contract no one else could negotiate the only thing that was left out was if it was paid leave I know that I've been trying to get paid leave not just for real workers for everyone tonight, a vote in the Senate to include additional paid leave failed.

Freight driver Dan Banks in Ohio says railroad crews deserve much better. My brothers and sisters were in the crew room with me. They're all just shark teeth, one of those falls out, they push another one right into place. No, they don't miss a beat. The presidents of Ukraine, Biden and Macron, tonight show a united front against Russian aggression. Mr. Biden says he has no plans to reach out. Russian President Vladimir Putin, but opening the door to a face-to-face meeting, I am willing to talk to Mr. Putin if in fact there is interest in him from society and he is looking for a way to end the war that He has not done. that's still and Peter tonight the mixed legal headlines for the Biden administration minus that's right and a victory for the justice department and the appeals court has now ended Masters' special independent review of thousands of documents seized from the former President Trump's Mar-A-Lago property also tonight a setback for President Biden's proposed student debt forgiveness program Supreme Court won't block court order and will hear arguments in February Lester okay Peter Alexander well guarded tonight thanks to some new encouraging economic signs today, including healthy spending by Americans heading into the holidays despite high inflation and higher interest rates and new signs that the FED may ease those rate hikes, here's Tom Costello, just over two weeks away from Hanukkah, three until Christmas, and the latest data suggests Americans are still spending with 40-year high inflation continuing to decline in October.

Just-released consumer spending shows the biggest increase since June, even as families pay more for rent, groceries and new cars. Retailers report nearly 200 million people flock to stores from Thanksgiving to Cyber ​​Monday in Atlanta. Whitney and Joe Novak own kazoo toys and say buyers are sensitive to inflation. but still buying, we've had a good or positive year, I mean, we keep people employed, we're not worried toys are one of those nice industries where we're not going to have big rollercoaster ups and downs, Anthony. Children will always want toys. Inflation in October was six percent, slightly lower than in September.

Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell now says the Fed could soon slow the pace of its interest rate hikes aimed at controlling inflation. The time has come to moderate the pace of rate increases. It may come as soon as a members meeting that could mean a half-point rate increase in two weeks instead of another three-quarter increase. Meanwhile, gas prices now average 347 per gallon, a drop of 28 cents in a month. Third quarter GDP is even stronger than initially reported. We're kind of waiting for the recession like they're waiting for Godot, that hasn't happened yet and with each passing month the economy proves to be more resilient.

Consumers continue to spend. Tomorrow we will receive the November employment report. 200,000 new jobs expected data the FED will use when deciding whether it can really slow the pace of big hikes in December Lester Tom Costello thanks a rather disturbing scene today in the suburb just north of New York City when a school bus crashed against a house after colliding with two parked cars, police say the bus driver and seven children were injured, most of the injuries were minor, fortunately two five-year-old children suffered injuries that were more serious but did not put them in danger. endanger their lives in Tampa, Florida tonight, more trouble for former NFL star Antonio Brown as police attempt to arrest him on a misdemeanor charge stemming from an alleged domestic dispute Sam Brock has late details tonight Tampa police say they are trying to arrest the former playerNFL's AntonioBrown makes multiple attempts outside this home to execute a domestic violence arrest warrant and the department tells NBC News citing failure to communicate with police officers.

It's the latest twist in the 34-year saga that has gone far beyond the Gridiron, charges stemming from one incident. On Monday, involving Brown and the mother of four of her children, according to court documents, Brown threw a shoe at the woman, hitting her in the ponytail. The victim was not injured, but he believed the shoe was intended for her head. In the same document, police describe that Brown threw the woman's belongings out of the house and then threatened her over the loudspeaker, saying that if she entered the house she would shoot her in front of police.

He also says that the children didn't want to go in because they were afraid of their dad when he came in. In these destructive moods after the incident, a Florida judge denied a petition to remove Brown's guns and ammunition under a risk protection order citing lack of physical action. How is it possible? There wasn't enough evidence to take away his weapons, but there is enough. evidence to potentially prosecute him for domestic violence the judge was wrong on this the Florida statute that allows these risk protection orders provides a number of factors that can be considered by the court he met with several of them Antonio Neo Brown is a risk not only to himself, but to members of the community and obviously to the mother of his children.

According to the petition, he kept two firearms in the house, a pistol and a rifle. NBC News has not been able to reach Brown's legal team for comment as a man wanted by Tampa police remains tonight so, Sam, what do we know about the steps police are willing to take in this situation ? Yes, Lester Tampa Police are telling me right now that they are not going to risk officer safety over a misdemeanor warrant. Now, obviously, that could change if Brown escalates the situation as far as the women and children, police say, are no longer in the house.

Lester Sam Brock thank you. Anticipation builds tonight for Team USA's World Cup knockout round match on Saturday as the hero of Tuesday's victory speaks. about his injury and the next big game, here's Megan Fitzgerald counting down to Team USA's highest-stakes game in years. Superstar Christian Pulisic has a message for fans. I will do everything in my power to work with this medical team and make sure I can play. Pulisic was injured during Tuesday's game against Iran when he scored the winning goals and he also had the opportunity to get past the defender and I was able to do that and, you know, I paid the price for a little bit of that price a pelvic injury that kept him out. of the second half pulisic then shared this photo from the hospital where i was anxiously watching the last few minutes of the game on a phone they were monitoring my you know my blood sugar and everything and i was flying through the roof but it wasn't for nothing, it was just me stressed watching the game pulisic says he is recovering but the US team says his condition is still day to day I think Christian Pulisic will play in this game this is what he has been waiting for his whole life that fighting spirit is exactly what Team USA will need in the knockout round.

I hope that people who see it, you know, especially at home in the United States, can see. Wow, these guys really give it their all for each other. this country and that is what really makes us special. Team USA will be the underdog in the game against the Netherlands on Saturday. Well, if they win, it will be the first time the team has advanced to the quarterfinals since 2002. Lester, it's okay, Megan, thank you. was known as the king of cryptocurrencies, but now released Sam Bankman apologizes for a historic financial collapse, as potentially more than a million investors fight to get their money back, as Gabe Gutierrez reports that Congress is now investigating weeks after the collapse of its huge FDX cryptocurrency exchange.

Sam Bankman free is on an apology tour, what are your lawyers telling you right now? Are they suggesting that it's a good idea for you to talk? Uh, no, not at all, but the 30-year-old former billionaire says he had no intention of committing fraud. and he says management failures and sloppy accounting caused FDX to implode in early November. Crypto outlet Outlet coindesk reported on potential problems with banker Freed's other company, Alameda, a hedge fund that soon became concerned that investors were demanding their money from FTX, causing what amounted to a run on the bank. forced The Exchange into bankruptcy.

I have made many mistakes, they are things that I would give anything to be able to do again. I never tried to commit fraud against anyone. Congress is now investigating the collapse of FTX. These events were discovered. An alarming lack of internal controls and egregious governance failures The key question is whether FTX misappropriated client funds when it made loans to Freed Bank hedge fund. I'm not knowingly mixing funds, but a lot of ftx investors don't buy them because they're screwed. Many people, Manny Bautista, say that he cannot access his assets with FTX valued at about thirty-five thousand dollars and that he is driving for a ride-sharing service to make ends meet.

What do you think he should happen to her? I think you should go to jail and there should be some way for users to get their funds back. The freed banker was once worth more than $20 billion. He says it's now down to a hundred grand and a credit card. Lester, okay, Gabe, thanks in 60 seconds. Hear from the woman at the center of a royal scandal over racism what she says about the disturbing questions she was asked by Prince William's godmother. We're back now with William and Kate's visit to the US as the controversy heats up back home in the UK tonight.

The woman who says Williams' godmother asked her a series of racist questions during an event is speaking to our British charity executive Priest Simmons and Gozie Fulani speaking about her treatment by Prince William's godmother at the Palace event. Buckingham this week. I'm there for five minutes when this lady approaches me and the first thing she does is grab my hair and move it, I think I don't know who she is but she has already felt that she has the right to physically put her hand on me. to move my hair so she can see my name tag and then she says they questioned her for eight minutes about her ethnicity Eddie, I'm bored here and I'm British, yes, but what's your nationality?

A spokesperson for Prince William has said there is no place for racism in our society. Do you think that's what I believed? Do I believe or do I know? I know what racism is Lady Susan Hussey, who is close to Queen Elizabeth, has resigned from her role as assistant to Camilla Queen consort Where am I safe from this? When? Let's confront this type of behavior instead of excusing it. The British newspapers call it a real disaster and now no one sees what happens behind closed doors. Harry and Megan release this trailer for their Netflix documentary. You have to do everything you can to protect my Tonight, family, we reached out to Netflix and the Duke and Duchess's representatives about the timing, no response tomorrow, the prince and princess will meet with the president, staying focused on their causes, not in controversy.

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Also tonight the president hosted his first state dinner for France's Emmanuel Macron. What the two leaders said today about Ukraine was the big victory for the Justice Department: a federal appeals court overturned the special review ofclassified documents seized at Mar-A-Lago, but the end of the fight was that the school bus crashed into a house and pinned a car underneath it and several students were injured. police outside Antonio Brown's home try to arrest former NFL star domestic violence allegations facing William and Kate visit Boston but face backlash at home our interview with woman who says Williams' divine mother interrogated her with racist questions NBC News investigates potential cancer-causing chemicals in a neighborhood of a major US city and the young athlete beating the odds to become SportsIllustrated's Sports Kid of the Year, this is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, good evening everyone.

President Biden tonight welcomes a Senate vote this afternoon that will move the country away from the economic blow of a major railroad strike that the Senate introduced today to stop a threatened Dec. 9 strike, a day after the House gave its OK. good to the bill that imposes a labor contract previously negotiated by the White House. President Biden in a statement says we have spared this country a Christmas catastrophe in our grocery stores, in our workplaces and in our communities, but Congress imposed a deal leaving many union members with a bad taste in their mouths tonight. Peter Alexander is in Washington, where the president also participates.

In some high-level foreign diplomacy tonight, President Biden prepares for the pomp and pageantry of his first state dinner with a foreign leader French President Emmanuel Macron a domestic crisis now averted late today Senate approves deal to prevent a devastating railroad strike that the White House warned could have triggered a recession on its own the joint resolution is passed the bipartisan bill the first For the first time in 30 years, Congress is intervened to stop a railroad strike that will force union railroad workers to accept a deal negotiated by the White House months ago that includes a pay increase of 24 over five years, but right now only one paid sick day workers receive none.

Some unions I rejected the deal so today the president was pressured why he didn't push for more paid sick time I negotiated a contract no one else could negotiate the only thing that was left out was whether it was a paid benefit you know I've been trying get paid leave not just for railroad workers for everyone tonight a Senate vote to include additional paid leave failed. Freight driver Dan Banks in Ohio says railroad crews deserve much better. My brothers and sisters in the crew room with me were just shark teeth. Of those fights, they push another one right where there is no one, they do not miss the rhythm of the presidents of Ukraine, Biden and Macron, tonight, showing a united front against Russian aggression.

Mr. Biden says he has no plans to contact Russian President Vladimir Putin, but Opening the door to a face-to-face meeting, I am prepared to talk to Mr. Putin if there is indeed interest in his partnership and he is looking for a way to end the war, he hasn't done it yet and Peter tonight. Mixed legal headlines for Biden administration minus that's right and a victory for the Justice Department and the appeals court has now completed the Special Master's independent review of thousands of documents seized from the former president's Mar-A-Lago estate Trump also tonight a setback for the president Biden's proposed student debt forgiveness program Supreme Court will not block court order and will hear arguments in February Lester is fine Peter Alexander well watched tonight thanks to some new encouraging economic signs today , including healthy spending by Americans heading into the holidays despite high inflation and rising interest rates and new signs that the FED may ease those rate hikes here's Tom Costello just over two weeks until Hanukkah three until Christmas and the latest data suggests Americans are still spending with 40-year high inflation continuing to ease October consumer spending just posted the biggest gain since June, even as families pay more for rent, food and new cars, retailers report nearly 200 million people flock to stores from Thanksgiving to Cyber ​​Monday in Atlanta.

Whitney and Joe Novak own kazoo toys and say buyers are sensitive to inflation, but they still buy from us. We've had a good year or we're positive, I mean we'll keep people employed, we're not worried that toys are one of those nice industries where we're not going to have big ups and downs, rollercoaster fights, I think kids. "We're always going to want toys: Inflation in October will be six percent, slightly lower than September," Chairman Jay Powell said, now saying the Federal Reserve could soon slow the pace of its intended interest rate increases control inflation, it may be time to moderate the pace of rate increases. will come as soon as members meet, which could mean a half-point rate increase in two weeks instead of another three-quarter point increase, meanwhile, gas prices now average 347 per gallon, a drop of 28 cents in a month.

Third quarter GDP is even stronger than we first reported. It's like waiting for the recession like they're waiting for Godot, that hasn't happened yet and with each month that passes the economy proves to be more resilient consumers continue to spend tomorrow we will receive the November employment report 200,000 new jobs expected data the FED will use in deciding whether it can really slow the pace of big hikes in December Lester Tom Costello thanks a rather disturbing scene today in a suburb just north of New York City when a school bus crashed into a house after crashing into two parked cars , police say the bus driver and seven children were injured, most of the injuries were minor, fortunately two five-year-old children suffered injuries that were more serious but not life-threatening in Tampa, Florida, tonight , more problems for former NFL star Antonio.

Brown as police attempt to arrest him on misdemeanor charge stemming from alleged domestic dispute Sam Brock has late details tonight Tampa police say they are trying to arrest former NFL player Antonio Brown making multiple attempts outside this home to execute an arrest warrant for assault. Domestic violence, the department told NBC News cited failure to communicate with police officers. It's the latest twist in the 34-year saga that has gone far beyond the Gridiron. The charges stem from an incident Monday involving Brown and the mother of four of his children, the court heard. documents Brown threw a shoe at the woman hitting her in the ponytail the victim had no injuries but believed the shoe was intended for her head in the same document police describe learning that Brown threw the woman's belongings out of the house and then threatened over the speaker that if she entered the house, he would shoot her in front of the police.

He also says the children didn't want to go in because they were afraid of their father when he gets into a destructive mood after the incident, a petition to take Brown's guns away and a Florida judge denied the ammunition under a risk protection order citing lack of physical action. How is it possible that there wasn't enough evidence to take away his guns, but there is enough evidence to potentially prosecute him for domestic violence? The judge was wrong. The Florida statute that allows these risk protection orders gives a series of factors that can be considered by the court heard, several of them Antonio Neo Brown is a risk not only to himself but to members of the community and obviously for the mother. of his children, according to the petition, he kept two firearms in the house, a pistol and a rifle.

NBC News has not been able to reach Brown's legal team for comment as he remains a wanted man by Tampa police tonight, so Sam, what do we know about what steps police are willing to take in this situation, yes, Lester Tampa. Police tell me right now that they are not going to risk officer safety over a misdemeanor warrant. Now, obviously, that could change if Brown escalates the situation regarding the women and children, police say. no longer home Lester Sam Brock thanks Anticipation is building tonight for Team USA's World Cup knockout round match on Saturday as the hero of Tuesday's victory talks about his injury and next big game here's Megan Fitzgerald counting down to Team USA's highest-stakes game in years Superstar Christian Pulisic has a message for fans.

I will do everything I can to work with this medical team and make sure I can play. Pulisic was injured during Tuesday's match against Iran. I scored the winning goals and there was also the opportunity to get past the defender and I was able to do it and, you know, I paid a bit of the price for it, that price was a pelvic injury that kept him out of the second. half Pulisic then shared this photo from the hospital where I was anxiously watching the last minutes of the game on a phone they were checking me you know my blood sugar level and everything and I was flying through the roof but it wasn't for nothing it was just me stressed watching the game Pulisic says he is improving, but the US team says his condition remains day to day.

I think Christian Pulisic will play in this game. This is what he has been waiting for all his life. That fighting spirit is exactly what the team does. The USA will need it in the knockout round. I hope that people who see it, you know, especially at home in the United States, can see wow, these guys really give everything for each other for this country and that's what really makes us special. Team USA will be the underdog. in the game against Holland on Saturday, okay, if they win, it will be the first time the team advances to the quarterfinals since 2002.

Lester, okay, Megan, thank you, I was known as the king of cryptocurrencies, but now Released Sam Bankman apologizes for historic financial collapse as potentially more than a million investors fight to get their money back as Gabe Gutierrez reports Congress is now investigating weeks after the collapse of his massive FDX cryptocurrency exchange. Released Sam Bankman is on an apology tour. What are his lawyers telling you about him right now? they're suggesting it's a good idea for you to talk uh no, they're not at all, but the 30-year-old former billionaire says he had no intention of committing fraud and says management failures and sloppy accounting caused FDX to implode.

I was wrong at the beginning. In November, crypto outlet Outlet Coindesk reported on potential problems with banker Freed's other company, Alameda, a hedge fund that soon worried investors would demand their money from FTX, sparking what amounted to a bank run that forced to The Exchange into bankruptcy through the I um, I did a lot. of mistakes are things that I would give anything to be able to do again um, I never tried to commit fraud against anyone. Congress is now investigating the collapse of ftx. These events uncovered an alarming lack of internal controls and egregious governance failures.

The key question. is whether FTX misappropriated client funds when it made loans to banker Freed's hedge fund. Don't know. Leeco mixes thoughts, but many of the FTX investors don't believe it, they can simply ruin so many people. Manny Bautista says he can't access his FDX assets worth about 35,000 and he's driving for a ride sharing service to make ends meet, what do you think should happen to him? I think he should go to jail and there should be some way for users to get their funds back. The banker is released. Once estimated to be worth more than $20 billion, he says that's now down to $100,000 and a credit card.

Lester, it's okay, Gabe, thanks. In 60 seconds we will hear from the woman at the center of a real scandal about racism what she has to say. about those disturbing questions Prince William's godmother asked him the news is happening now look what's making headlines around the world when it happens wherever you are it's here now the big variable is storm surge why it was important for you to be here NBC News streaming free now Mr. Secretary, when is this going to get better? You soon came to this job, you were going to fight crime, have you been successful?

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We will head to Georgia, where the former president is demonstrating. for Senator Warnock and the mayor of New York announces a new plan to involuntarily hospitalize people with mental illnesses we will talk to a mental health professional about the pros, cons and future of sports Lester Holt introduces us to the sports kid of the foreign year We begin this hour with a dinner after a three-year break, the White House is hosting its first official state dinner right now for French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Bridget Macron. The two leaders just appeared for a photo session on the grand staircase a few moments ago.

The dinners are a well-known political tradition in DC, a way to honor visiting world leaders and their families; They haven't happened in a long time due to the pandemic, which makes today's dinner very special and the menu alone says a lot about what we're talking about. Enough Maine lobster caviar cheeses to make our mouths water, although I can't eat cheese, but that's okay. Biden and Macron whetted their appetites in the hours before their bilateral meeting dinner in the Oval Office earlier this year. afternoon, followed by a joint press conference in which the two countries' commitment to Ukraine took center stage.

I knew Russia was, but I didn't anticipate that they would be as brutal as they have been and what they have been doing today. We reaffirm it, as I said. Let's unite against this brutality. We will never urge Ukrainians to reach a compromise that will not be acceptable to them because they are very brave and defend precisely the lives of our nation and our principles. NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Peter Alexander joins me now, Peter, it's good to see you, so let's jump in here. The state dinner returns after a dinner for three. Break of a year with the last one hosted by former President Trump for Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and President Trump also hosted a state dinner for Macron in 2018, which we know how this state dinner, the first of Biden's presidency, and what a message.

Are you trying to send right now? Well, we're already seeing some of the celebrities arriving Jennifer Garner John Legend Chrissy Teigen here tonight President Biden is touting the unbreakable partnership between the US and France, America's oldest ally, which is who They're celebrating while heading to the state dinner tonight just to make your mouth water. At Clay, they'll be serving Maine lobster, California wine, and Oregon cheese. It's notable that even though it's been almost two years into the Biden presidency, they hosted a night. So because the pandemic now allows it, they will have almost 400 attendees here tonight, although the tone of this visit is very different from when former President Trump hosted President Macron after abandoning the Paris Climate Agreement and repeatedly attacking the alliance. of NATO, of course, today both.

The leaders emphasized exactly where they find agreement among themselves, their united front against Russia's war in Ukraine, and it is an important right that this state visit comes at a time of tension in this prehistoric alliance between France and the United States. United, specifically although related to Mr. Macron's disapproval. The inflation reduction law is very focused on the domestic interests of the United States. USA. First, one might say, how exactly does that affect France and other international allies? Well, the French president today really toned down some of his recent criticism about this inflation-reducing law that, among other things, things that some government funds to help support US clean energy programs to move the macarons said yesterday that they would fragment the West President Biden tonight did not apologize for it, he did acknowledge France's concern, saying that any flaws could be corrected.

Mr. Macron called for the need for the United States and France to succeed together emphasizing that both countries have a shared vision for Progress in the future, but I think it was a place of tension when they addressed that press conference today at the which each answered questions from French and American journalists, but at the end of the day it was one that both seemed interested in trying to put aside and of course a big topic of discussion today, as you mentioned, was the invasion Russian from Ukraine. Both sides agreed and reaffirmed their support for Ukraine's sovereignty.

Do you fully agree? in plain sight when it comes to the invasion of Russia or there are areas of disagreement, you know exactly. I think that on this issue the real news was given today by President Biden, who said that he has no plans to contact Vladimir Putin, but also expressed his willingness to meet with Putin, if the Russian president shows interest in ending this war in Ukraine, something the president says Putin has not done to this point. French President Emmanuel Macron has met with Putin on multiple occasions, as you know since the war began, but President Biden has had no direct contact with Putin at that time and made it clear again today that he would not accept that kind meeting with Putin on his own if he did.

President Biden says it would happen only after consulting with NATO allies in Clay something to keep an eye on hard-hitting issues about what looks like a tasty dinner nvc's Peter Alexander from the White House thanks Peter and staying in Washington a strike was averted railroad that could have been devastating on Capitol Hill the Senate voted overwhelmingly today to ratify the tentative agreement between the railroad companies and their workers. This is the same agreement that President Biden negotiated two months ago and has been pressing lawmakers to support, among other things, including wage increases and more health benefits, something that is not included although paid sick leave to despite the objections. of several railroad unions President Biden defended that decision today I negotiated a contract that no one else could negotiate the only thing that was left out was whether or not it was paid leave.

I will continue to fight for paid leave not only for railroad workers. but to all the American workers Ali Vitelli, NBC Capitol Hill correspondent, joining me now Ali, it's good to see you, so the issue of paid sick leave was actually voted on separately as an amendment in the Senate and a completely different bill in the House, so tell us how this. it all played out today yeah zinc light there's a reason both the House and Senate did it this way is because paid sick leave was one of the key points of this deal for progressive Democrats who wanted that these workers received seven days of paid work. sick leave instead of the zero they have now, which is why we saw them do it in two parts, because while it was almost certain that the actual agreement to ratify the underlying agreement would be agreed upon in both the House and the Senate, it was less Of course what would happen to paid leave and that's why they did it separately and we finally saw how this shook up today several Democrats who said no to the underlying bill because it didn't include paid leave, but some interesting dynamics on the Republican side have a A handful of Republicans actually voted for the amendment in the Senate that would have included paid leave, of course, it wasn't enough and that's why it failed, of course, I mean what are lawmakers telling you about the paid national leave not included in the agreement?

A lot of people have been talking about this aspect online, many of them are not happy about it, especially when you come out of an endemic panda. These are essential workers on the rails and now they say they won't get seven days of pay. sick leave, this was the reason why it kind of crossed partisan lines, but there is also a question at this point of what this could mean if the issue is reviewed in the coming months in the next Congress, we know that during the Reconstruction, top Democrats were trying to push through a national paid sick and family leave policy that didn't come through, but now when you see that there are five or six Republicans willing to vote for this, it potentially opens the door.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was certainly thinking about that when we saw her after the vote listen, obviously paid leave is essential for workers across America and I think this vote was very instructive because six Republicans voted in favor of paid leave for these railroad workers, which means that I believe there is a will to work in the new Congress in a true paid National League. plan, so we'll see if Gillibrand is right that there could be new push for a standalone paid sick and family leave package or if this was just one of those moments where circumstances lent itself to Republicans joining this effort, but not necessarily the future ones absolutely time will tell on that and Ali, I know this is not the first time we have discussed a rail strike and I imagine it won't be the last, so what's next and when will this come agree to the presidency? desk review as soon as possible because Congress did something here that was quite surprising to those of us who cover Congress, and that is that they acted very quickly, it only took them a matter of days to pass these bills, ratify the underlying agreement and avoid the railway.

The closure of the railway now does not mean that there was not a lot of reluctance on the part of the Democrats and that perhaps they were undermining the negotiation capacity of the Union, but at the same time everyone here agreed that this was a crisis that It couldn't be supported if you were in the United States and were affected by the economic consequences of this attack, so there was that agreement. President Biden will want to sign it as soon as possible, but at this point the crisis prevented important analysis. Ali Vitale from NBC, thank you. and meanwhile, in Georgia, the Senate runoff elections are just a few days away tonight.

President Obama is campaigning in an effort to carry Democratic Senator Rafael Warnock to victory and cross the finish line. Democrats have already won control of the Senate, but President Obama says this. Elections are still crucial: an extra senator gives Democrats more breathing room on important bills, prevents one person from delaying everything, and also puts us in a better position in a couple of years when there are another elections but the Senate map is going to change. leaning pro-Republicans and joining us now live from Atlanta is NBC's Von Hilliard Vaughn, it's not lost on me that in contrast to what we just heard and seeing a former president trying to mobilize voters for a Democratic candidate who is exactly campaigning for Herschel Walker, there really isn't muchPeople, Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of State, came out on behalf of Herschel Walker, but you don't see a former Republican president here.

I think he is notable and speaks to where Georgia has gone politically that he is a former Democratic president. of the United States that he is the one trying to galvanize voters here in the final days of this runoff. Herschel Walker is making stops here across the state these past few days, but Democrats are eager to replicate what they did in 2020 and 2021. We'll remember that the runoff for John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock was actually a month after this runoff , that runoff took place on January 5, but Democrats turned out in greater proportion, particularly black voters, too low in greater proportion than Republicans and white voters here. in the state of Georgia in the 2021 runoff and that is exactly why former President Barack Obama said that he is asking people once again to do it again and to come back because he said that the successes in achieving the achievements that Democrats were able to get through Congress and signed into law by President Biden was only thanks to the efforts of Georgia in the 2021 runoff, he said they need them again this time and Vaughn, we've seen a lot of Warnock, but what?

Where exactly has Herschel Walker been lately? he was in Marjory Taylor Green's hometown last night in Rome. Yesterday he was also in Dalton, Georgia. These are the types of conservative voters. When you look at the map here, you can see that this is the support base that you need to bring out, frankly, Georgia, one of the ones that could compete is still a very conservative state. You saw Brian Kemp, the Republican governor, win his reelection pretty easily against Democrat Stacey Abrams by eight percentage points and that's why you've seen the willingness of Georgians to vote for Republicans who just don't reach out to people. like Donald Trump, which Herschel Walker actually did, and that's where Herschel Walker is now trying to use people like Brian Kemp.

Instead of Donald Trump, Brian Kemp has actually cut a TV ad that's airing across the state now and is trying to boost Herschel Walker's candidacy, suggesting he'd like to have a partner in the US Senate make it one Republican vote instead of having two Democrats and therefore in the last minute game here it could potentially be a savior if in fact Herschel Walker was able to make up that difference with Raphael War not here in the runoff and Vaughn would be remiss if I didn't talk about him. The Daily Beast's story was pretty salacious. What exactly is going on with Walker today?

This is a Herschel Walker candidate facing an avalanche of accusations from women alleging he paid them to get abortions. His own son has alleged that his father threatened his family, he's heard from his ex-wife who has said the same thing, and now the latest Daily Beast report here from reporter Roger Sullenberger describes a woman who is on record saying she had a relationship five-year-old romantic Starting in 2005 with him, there were multiple episodes where he threatened her and one episode in particular where he physically, in her words, attacked her, put his hand on her chest and neck and then shook his fist in the air. in your direction. several women who spoke in background with The Daily Beast according to this report who described the history of Raphael or should I say a Herschel Walker involving infidelity and uh and actions that they said led them to believe he was an unstable individual, of course, these Again there are mounting accusations against Herschel Walker, but there is also the reality that he is just five days away from a competitive runoff and could very well beat the likes of the incumbent Democrat and win a six-year term in the US Senate. using disturbing accusations during it's a critical time we'll be watching NBC's Vaughn Hilliard thank you very much in case you haven't checked your calendar it's the first day of December and there is widespread snow at least in the Pacific Northwest approximately 5 million people remain under alerts wintry like the harsh weather is expected to continue throughout the weekend.

NBC News meteorologist Bill Cairns is here to give us the latest on Bill. What's happening was a snow day for kids in Spokane. They had 10 inches of snow in Spokane. Oh my gosh, I know just north of there in Lucerne they were up to two feet, so yeah, there were some areas if you love snow. I'm sure the kids were happy about that, some of the teachers probably had the day off too, so here's that storm where it stopped snowing. In much of Washington state, including Idaho, we saw a lot of things, also some snowflakes, the Seattle area wasn't enough to accumulate and cause a lot of travel issues, which was fine, but that storm has moved toward south and we are getting Nailed tonight in areas where I-80 went through like Donner.As we head from Sacramento to Reno towards Lake Tahoe, the higher elevations are being achieved and this is what we need.

I mean, the rainy season, the snow season goes from November to about almost May and then it just dies down and it's pretty much dry. summer and we all know how bad the drought is, so it is essential in the winter months to accumulate the snow cover, then it will melt and go to the reservoirs and this is great. Even if it rains a lot, it doesn't make traveling easier. in the central parts of the state and by the time we're done, we have two storms, the one I just showed you, and then another one that we're going to deal with as we go through Friday Saturday and that lasts until Sunday of this. it's a combination of both, how much moisture is going to fall, so even the snow melts and the liquid equivalent about two or three inches, so that's good, some of the higher totals could maybe be between five and six inches to where Snowfall is going to fall in almost all the mountain regions, so if you have plans to ski, they will spend the Christmas holidays towards, you know, January 1, New Year's, these are the golden mountains of Colorado, From Steamboat to Aspen, the veil to the end.

Telluride is going to get the Wasatch Range here Provo is going to get good snow. Jackson Hole is also going to get a good 6 to 12 inches, but it's actually the California mountains in the central Sierra that have the best chance of getting the totals are about 6 million and people are under storm watches and warnings. wintery, it's mostly high elevations, if you drive in lower elevations you're fine now tomorrow, the other thing is the storm is moving toward the plains that we're going to. have a high wind event, don't be surprised this time tomorrow night, we show you some photos of 18 wheelers rolling over, uh, because we're going to have high wind warnings from New Mexico to Colorado.

Interstate 70 is going to be one of the worst places and that's how we timed that second storm, so around 5 p.m. m. Tomorrow, the storm is just off the Pacific Northwest coast, windy and rainy conditions along the coast, it is not until Friday night and Saturday that it moves south. If there is any moisture, even in Los Angeles, north of there, we could get a little rain, not a high impact storm like we're facing, but that one will stay with us all weekend, so here it is your forecast of light rain for the weekend. going through the northeastern areas doesn't have a really high impact, it just ruins your outdoor plans for Saturday and then as we go through that storm that we just tracked on Friday, is off the coast on Saturday, it it gets a little bit closer to the coast and then by Sunday is when it really starts to cause some problems with heavy snow in the high elevations again and also some rainy weather in areas of California.

At this point it doesn't look like LA is going to get any significant rain, but rain in LA is always a big deal, it'll just be a little bit and we'll notice it after that rainy day on Saturday in the Northeast, sunny and cool weather but vigorous in much of the eastern half of the country, so it's on clay, you know, high impact. storm for the West it's hard to handle but we desperately need it we need more of these storms all winter long it's always hard to balance but it looks like we'll be using our trainer this weekend Bill thank you foreigner three weeks after four University of Idaho Students were murdered in their home, there is no suspect, there is no motive, but there is now growing confusion after conflicting messages from local authorities and police now reaffirm that the four students were in fact part of a targeted attack that Moscow police forced to clarify after authorities suggested otherwise Last night, a police spokesperson told NBC News: "We remain consistent in our belief that this was indeed a targeted attack, but not "We have concluded whether the target was the residence or its occupants," one of the victim's parents spoke to Fox News about today's confusion, I don't like it one bit and these guys are professionals, they sat in a room and this is what who came out and continue to make statements that create more questions than the answer who joins us now from Moscow, Idaho.

Morgan, NBC News correspondent Chesky Morgan, it's good to see you, given the seriousness of this case, why are we getting mixed messages? Yes, that was a question I asked an Idaho State Police spokesperson saying Clay and he said that he wanted to clarify this ongoing. discussion about the use of the word target saying that they believe this was a targeted attack, but it is still too early in this investigation to say if the people inside or the target or if the house itself was the target, they clarified this statement because A local prosecutor had stated that it could be the house that was attacked, which caused a lot of confusion in this ongoing investigation, so as it stands now, authorities are not saying that this was not a targeted attack, but rather that it is still too early to say which objective.

It was exactly, I mean definitely, really confusing and Morgan without a suspect in hand, how can law enforcement make any assessment? What are the latest updates on the status of the investigation, especially given the seriousness of the crime? Well, we know that the Moscow police are working with the Idaho State Police and the FBI this is a joint investigation going forward. Investigators tell me they are making progress, but the public needs to be aware that they cannot share critical details at this time and that is why we are calling anyone in this community who was in that area to see if they have any evidence. potential, digital evidence on their phones, or any information they can share about the final steps of those four young victims and the hours before they returned home.

They said that no matter how irrelevant it may seem, it may seem like it may be crucial to putting together this absolutely heartbreaking puzzle, but as for the information that is emerging about the ongoing information that they are collecting, there is not much and that is certainly leading to the frustration here in this community because, as you mentioned, no suspect was named, not even a person of interest was named and no murder weapon was recovered other than the fact that investigators say it was a fixed blade knife , zinc clay and Morgan, talked about the frustration in the community and I know it.

You joined us last night before the vigil at the University of Idaho and we just heard from Kaylee Gonzalez's father how other victims' families and peers are responding to this uncertainty. What is the feeling in the community right now? I'm certainly still absolutely heartbroken and I. I think the lack of arrest compounds the fact that, at least for now, the parents, when they spoke at that somber vigil last night, made it very clear that they wanted to celebrate the lives of these four young students and not dwell on the situation. tragic way in which they were taken, these individuals said, these relatives of the victims are asking for justice and the vigil closed with a prayer hoping that the people responsible for finding this individual, these individuals have all the information they need to hold that person responsible. person.

Sinclair definitely keeps those families in that community in our prayers Morgan chesky thank you thank you and still ahead crypto and Congress expert tells lawmakers it's time for crypto regulations how to avoid a crash like we just saw with FTX and later this hour a buzzer you have to see it to believe now tonight continues after this as we look at the latest city turned crime scene we see the things left behind overseas right now on NBC news now we start with the latest newsThey just arrived. What's happening? Now what's happening? next and what it means for you we continue to follow the Russian attack on Ukraine there is an intense artillery battle underway as we look at the latest city turned crime scene we see the things left behind fewer people are content to simply offer their thoughts and prayers impressive testimony on January 6 Theory Americans face highest inflation rate in decades parts of Virginia cleaning up after severe storms what resources people need right now can get essential items another special night of coverage election right here on NBC News Now that the results will arrive this Tuesday, they will be enormous, like an ideological fight to the death.

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I'm Zinclair Samoa, the shocking collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange has created new momentum for cryptocurrency legislation. The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee held a hearing on the matter today, and Chairwoman Debbie Stabe, now a Democrat from Michigan, says her bill would create adequate oversight. The crisis created by fjx further confirms the need for a full government approach to regulating this market. Some of the risks of cryptocurrency trading have been highlighted in recent weeks, but we have known about them for years. Testimony from the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission urged lawmakers to soon institute a regulatory framework for crypto training or else, as I have said publicly many times before, I firmly believe we must move quickly toward a thoughtful regulatory approach to establish guardrails in these fast-growing markets. risk or will remain an unsafe business for customers and could present an increasing risk to the broader financial system.

CNBC technology reporter Mackenzie Segolas joins me now for more. Mackenzie, it's good to see you, so let's dig in because there's a lot here, so let's start with the FTX debacle itself by saying that Sam Bankman released the FTX CEO appeared for an interview with the New York Times and, in fact, our own Andrew Sorkin yesterday and agreed that he made a lot of mistakes, so let's listen first. I made a lot of mistakes or things that I would give anything to do again um, I never tried to commit fraud on anyone. I was surprised by what happened this month and you know, rebuilding it.

Where are there things you wish you had done? Otherwise, is it really possible that he doesn't foresee the way all this will play out? Give us a rundown of what exactly happened and how you've been handling the situation, so in a few days FTX went from being one of the largest crypto exchanges on the planet where 32 billion dollars to go bankrupt and started in early November with leaked financials that eroded trust in FTX and its sister company, a hedge fund called Alameda Research, and scared clients who began pulling billions of dollars out of the exchange and eventually breaking free from the embankment.

He didn't have enough money in the company coffers to meet all those withdrawal requests. We later learned that SBF had moved a lot of money in client funds to places it shouldn't have been, like that Alameda hedge fund. Now SPF blamed ftx's collapse on things like poor risk management, telling Andrew Ross Sorkin that he was to blame for not watching his Empire closely enough, but that he didn't try to commit fraud, a distinction he returned to repeatedly, as You know, basically throughout the entire conversation, he downplayed his knowledge, which is a stark contrast to this carefully cultivated image of a crypto genius that he had just a month ago and you say carefully cultivated image and it's not lost on me that I imagine his lawyers They probably don't want you to talk if you're speaking out against it. the advice of his attorneys and we believe we will see him testify in front of Congress.

Yeah, I mean, he's openly said that this goes directly against what he's heard from the Council and all of these public speeches that he's made lately in terms of whether we'll hear from him on Capitol Hill today was the first of many planned hearings, The main one with the House Financial Services committee begins on December 13, where lawmakers are expected to summon new FTX CEO John Ray, possibly SBF itself in the Meanwhile, SBF is giving, it is giving legislators, prosecutors, investigators, a lot to work with. He was on Good Morning America. Yesterday he had that conference on the book of agreements and in the last month he has had no qualms about giving these pre-print interviews and in each of those conversations, he continues to make the same basic defense, which is the classic strategy of evil Businessman.

Basically, I made a lot of mistakes, but I'm not a criminal because I didn't mean to do anything wrong. Well, a lot of eyes are on this CNBC Mackenzie. sagalos, thank you very much, thank you. Now let's move on to some breaking news. There has been a setback for former President Trump related to the documents seized at Mar-A-Lago. A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to end the special master review. of the materials, you'll remember, that's something Trump personally requested over the summer, the justices wrote in part cite that the law is clear, we can't write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations.

After the order's execution, it's unclear whether Trump will appeal the decision and more headlines will emerge tonight, including why Biden's student loan forgiveness plan is headed to the Supreme Court and recreational marijuana is now legal in A state. We'll tell you where. and still ahead the road to the White House in 2024 May no longer begins in Iowa, where Democrats plan to meet first and why it is ahead now tonight don't go anywhere foreign cousin subscribe now on Apple podcasts the news are happening now see what's making headlines around the world when it happens wherever you are it's here now as we look at the latest city turned crime scene we see the things left behind tell us what it was like NBC News Exclusive Sometimes the news can be difficult and it's overwhelming for kids to understand what's happening, so to help them make sense of it all, we've created a newscast just for them.

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Now it's time to look at some of the headlines we're seeing tonight. The Supreme Court today delayed a decision on Biden's student loan forgiveness plan. The justices will now hear oral arguments in February in the Meanwhile, the debt relief program remains on pause after years of delays. Tesla electric semi-trucks are finally available for delivery. Pepsi will be the first to get its hands on fully electric 18-wheelers. This is Tesla's first expansion beyond the passenger vehicle market. in Rhode Island and you are over 21 years old, you can now legally purchase recreational cannabis. The state passed legislation for this in May, but it finally went into effect today.

Five hybrid stores were the first to accept recreational sales in addition to medical marijuana on Hawaii's Big Island Lava from the Mauna Loa volcano is still flowing, officials there say it will slow significantly if the lava continues at its current pace, although could still flow onto a crucial highway next week and over Austin today Prince William and Kate continue their trip to the United States, the couple in Boston. However, the trip has been largely overshadowed by the resignation of the prince's godmother, who allegedly made racist comments this week to a black woman who was at Buckingham Palace as part of a reception.

The Royals are expected to meet with President Biden tomorrow. Closing arguments began today in the Trump organization's tax fraud trial. The company is accused of a sweeping 15-year scheme to allegedly compensate top executives unofficially. Former President Trump himself does not face any criminal charges. here, but it is still unclear to what extent he was aware of this alleged plan. Investigative correspondent Tom Winter has the final closing arguments today in the trial against the Trump organization, the former president's business based here in New York City and on trial for his alleged role. in an attack scheme with his financial director Alan Weisselberg and he was the name and main character mentioned in these closing arguments today by both the defense and the prosecution the defense was first saying look, this is what it is about, in his words, the Alan Weisselberg's greed, this is someone who wanted to get rich had the opportunity to get all these benefits as a result of his work for the Trump organization Apartments luxury cars even school tuition for his grandchildren but he didn't pay the taxes and they say that's on their account in stopping the breach for the Trump organization, their tax preparer who testified in this case, Donald Bender, as well as his company, whom they paid two and a half million dollars a year to make sure they were on the right side of the law that they did not have. behind their backs this is not something they said that involves the former president or his family this is the greed of one man in the greed of others in the organization the prosecution in its closing arguments today says no, no, not so fast, the law says that someone needs to be in a high management position and who could be more in that position than the CFO of the Trump organization and that in fact this was for the benefit of the Trump organization several hundred thousand dollars not only in payments of Medicare payroll taxes that didn't have to be paid by the Trump organization, but also on raises that they didn't have to give to their employees because everyone was getting all these benefits tax-free at the end of the day after the jury left such time a key development in that the defense wanted the discussions of the former president and his family detained by the prosecution in their closing arguments the prosecution said not so quickly you mentioned the former president in your closing arguments we can address that as soon as to whether or not he could have known about this now that former President Donald Trump is not charged in this case.

He won't go to prison even if the Trump organization is convicted, but we'll have to see how much of a role the former president plays as closing arguments continue tomorrow. Thanks to Tom for that report and heading to New York City earlier this week, Mayor Eric Adams announced a new plan to allow involuntary hospitalization of people suffering from mental illness in the city, the plan would allow police and Street and subway officials may take these people to nearby hospitals even if they do not pose a threat to others. The mayor's office says the plan is a response to the city's mental health crisis.

These New Yorkers and hundreds of others like them need urgent treatment. often refuse when offered the very nature of their illnesses, preventing them from realizing that they need intervention and support; Some advocates for the homeless condemn the ad, calling it a quote.Reliance on ineffective policing and involuntary transportation and treatment of people with mental illness coming together to talk about what this means as a psychotherapist, an award-winning journalist, Dr. Robbie Ludwig, thank you so much for being here, this is very important, thank you for inviting me. I agree with you, yes, so I wanted to ask you first of all how you are. mental health professionals responding well to this.

I think you appreciate that Mayor Adams is not looking the other way and realizing that there is a mental health crisis and there is a problem with homelessness and he is trying to address it, so you appreciate that. Whether this will work or not, I think there needs to be a broader picture of how we handle this situation and so on, what concerns people are expressing when it comes to this new plan. Well, first of all, people who have mental illnesses have rights. you can't take away their civil liberties if they are not a danger to themselves or others and you hospitalize them, they could leave immediately or let's say they get treatment, they have to, they can really only stay there for 72 hours and then where ? van, so this is really an issue of housing and accessibility to treatment.

You know, if you are going to bring them to the hospital, it will simply be a revolving door that we have seen before and I think the part that draws attention is the involuntary hospitalization, yes how effective that is, practically well, it is effective for 72 hours but then not so much because the people go out and if they're homeless they go back to the streets if they don't have mental health professionals and access to Then they have no way to receive ongoing care so I think the issue will highlight that homeless mentally ill people have nowhere to go and we need To find them accommodation, we need to find them treatment so that they can maintain a healthy lifestyle. or healthier and I mean you're touching on the fact that this is not necessarily a long-term sustainable solution, we're talking about a lot of problems, a lot of issues, so I'm sure the experts and people watching are asking me what it is. the solution, what would be a better alternative if not like this, this is a start, and I think the good thing about Mayor Adams is that when you look at homeless people, it's easy to lose hope and give up on the situation, so at least he wants to address it, but we need more housing, we need more treatment available within the housing and we need it accessible to these people, so it's going to be an expense and it's going to be more of a political question, how do you create housing for this population? to get them off the streets and get them the treatment they need and maybe help them be productive for society and I mean, it sounds like you're touching on the fact that this is more about, it's more than just mental health. right, there are multiple factors that are contributing to this if someone is looking and it's like, what do I do if I come across someone who is dealing with a mental illness or crisis and is homeless?

What would you say? Well, I mean, I think you know it's a good question, are there caseworkers that maybe they can be assigned and where their housing is currently that they can maybe have access to, but that's a complicated process and usually Homeless people can't do it alone, so does it require people? who know what's available in the city absolutely for these people, well these are really important ideas, thank you so much for joining us to talk about this today. Chinese officials say they are taking steps to relax their strict and coveted mandates, a decision that comes later. days of widespread national protest the type in China rarely Seas NBC's Kelly Kobia has more Chinese authorities have signaled they may be reversing their zero covid policy there are signs that some quarantine and testing rules will be relaxed and the government could be point to launch a massive vaccine push for its older population, this comes after those unprecedented protests across the country demanding an end to lockdowns and also, in some cases, demanding more political freedom.

China's coveted zero policy sometimes involves daily testing, mass lockdowns and harsh hotel quarantines or Beijing has said daily testing is no longer required for older people or people working from home. Other cities have taken similar measures and lockdowns have been lifted in some cities. This could again be a sign that China is moving away from zero covid. If so, it would be a big change for Chinese leadership, NBC's Kelly Kobia. Thank you very much Kelly and now there is a problem: many women are too familiar with period products. Arch is so expensive that I met with three teenagers in Virginia who are working to provide their community with these much-needed products for free.

Check out our menstrual pantry supplying free paths and tampons to our community. An uncomplicated errand: buy tampons. LED Ariana Gala to an extraordinary idea. I picked up like a box of tampons and I just liked it. I thought this is so expensive that the 14-year-old girl recruited her two friends, Ramsay Warner and Isabel Butcher, to launch a free pantry outside a church in Vienna, Virginia, the pantry empties pretty quickly, which shows how we've received many donations. and support in that way and we have also been surprised by how much the community has used it since September, when friends filled this two and a half foot high wooden cabinet with donated pads and tampons, we were shocked because, as we are girls and as If we knew how important they are, I'm trying to buy more things with my own money, but it's crazy that switching to buying my own pads and tampons is such a big financial thing and it's a challenge that many face. the inability to purchase menstrual products to manage your period Jennifer Gaines of the Alliance for Period Supply says period poverty is widespread in the U.S. and uniquely affects low-income, marginalized communities and access to education Students who do not have access to these products will miss school, one in five teens say they have trouble purchasing period products, and four to five students say they have skipped class or know someone who did because of Adding to the high price of a box of tampons is state sales tax, 22 U.S. states still charge a sales tax on menstrual products, according to a study sponsored by the nonprofit Thank.

Activists are pushing for a zero percent tax rate on tampons, but some lawmakers disagree with the idea of ​​a 2021 bill to eliminate Wyoming's tax on menstrual products failed after lawmakers argued that all hygiene items should be included. State Sen. Tom James told the Casper Star Tribune that he segregates and favors one sex over others. 17 states and Washington DC have laws requiring free menstrual products in schools, two of which require them in Overseas Homeless Shelters New Zealand and the city of Seoul offer school period products for free. Scotland makes history in September and becomes the first country to offer free term products to everyone they definitely modeled after.

You know what we can do here in the United States and that's why we can't stop having this conversation by simply ending the damn contacts away from political debates. Ariana Ramsey and Isabel are making an impact where they can, hoping the vintage pantries empower people to take their own steps zinclair Samoa NBC News' important work there and the upcoming Iowa caucuses were always a crucial first stop for presidential candidates, but maybe not in 2024. We'll tell you where the new starting line could be. Hi, I'm Halle, it's good to be with you. There's another legal filing tonight and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way and let's get to the point where they started voting on the Compact Act, if you're like Hallie, stop talking, this Washington bill would basically give health care. to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because Scott.

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Now we will go on air with breaking news and this is an important moment, whenever it happens, anywhere. You're now streaming NBC News for free Hi, I'm Halle, it's good to be with you tonight. There's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way, let's get to the point they started with in the full act. If you're like Kelly, stop talking about Washington, this bill would basically provide healthcare to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because I'm trying to make this as non-existent in DC as possible.

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A senior Democratic National Committee official The White House tells NBC News it's safe to say Michigan is President Joe Biden's preference. Joining us now to talk about this is NBC News digital senior national political reporter Jonathan Allen, it's like that. It's good to see you, so let's get into it. What is the case for Iowa losing first place in the presidential primaries or caucuses? Well, I mean, the first thing about Iowa is that it's almost all white and the Democratic Party is racially diverse, Iowa is not. They necessarily reflect the balance of urban, suburban and rural areas that exist in other states where Democrats could have early primaries.

Of course, Iowa is a red state, not one that is particularly competitive in the recent presidential election, which means that Iowa nominees might not We won't be able to continue that far into the future, of course, we just learned, actually, in the last hour or so, that the president has made a recommendation to the DNC rules and bylaws committee which puts South Carolina first and then next. that with New Hampshire and Nevada on the same day Nevada, should say then Georgia, then Michigan, so Michigan, as we reported, will be in the early window for the first time, if the rules and bylaws committee blesses what the president has given them saying.

I do it and most of those members were put there by him and then the entire Democratic National Committee approves it, but there could be a big fight before that happens. I mean, a great fight. I heard you mention that South Carolina might lose its top spots as well. Yeah, I mean it's certainly a possibility because the president has pushed for these states, Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina, to remain in the top five. It seems likely that everyone can do it. You know, of course, the addition. there of Georgia and Michigan on that five-win primary map like Biden would do, you know, I think what you're really going to see here is how hard New Hampshire fights this, what other allies South Carolina might have.

Doesn't it meet some of the criteria that the president and the party had set for an early state in terms of, certainly, it has a huge African-American population and therefore it meets that diversity threshold that the president was talking about, but it doesn't ? It really doesn't meet the criteria.competitiveness in a battleground state, which is another thing I had talked about. South Carolina, of course, goes exclusively to the Republicans in the general election, but what it does do is put a huge fortress in the path of anyone who might think that. They could be a rival to Joe Biden for the Democratic primary nomination in 2020.

South Carolina, as you may remember, was his big Touchstone state where he turned his campaign around and led to his primary victory, so he's now saying uh a la The rest of the Democrats, if they want to come, come get me, if they want to beat me, they have to go through me in South Carolina, essentially in my home political territory, and there they raised important points about diversity, because The demographics of the country are very correct. is changing and the policy should maybe reflect that I also know that right now Michigan and Minnesota are the top contenders for first in the nation, so could you quickly walk us through the pros and cons of each of them?

They're not very different, they're both relatively competitive, and in general elections at the presidential level, I mean, Minnesota is a little bit less competitive. Minnesota, of course, has a large metropolis and, or two, Minneapolis, and St Paul, Michigan, of course, with Detroit. As it's made in Metropolis, there are some similarities between them, uh, again, as I was talking about before, of large urban areas, major suburbs and a lot of rural grass, and yes, there is that kind of geographical balance, you know, within each of those states. which I think was interesting for the president for his party.

Michigan, of course, has had a special place in the lore of presidential politics since the Democrats became Reagan Republicans in the 1980s, so I think Michigan just having one is on track for many reasons, including having some supporters on the rules and bylaws committee and, you know, President Biden has a real affinity for that state, so you know, if he gets his way, Michigan will be one of the first states in Minnesota. I won't, but again there's still a fight over that and Jonathan, I have to ask how this will affect the schedule of the Republican races.

It's a great question because in some of these states there may be some need for state legislatures to change. primary dates and of course in order to do that you normally have to have control of both chambers of your state legislature and the governor's official came to some kind of agreement, you know Democrats don't immediately affect Republicans, but some of what the Democrats are doing could have an effect on what the Republicans do in New Hampshire, for example, there is a law that says the New Hampshire primary has to be the first primary and there have to be seven days before any other primary and, of course, the recommendation that Biden has made is that New Hampshire would not be the first primary in South Carolina and that New Hampshire would share a date with Nevada, so, you know, as a result of That, New Hampshire has to decide if they're basically going to do it.

Tell the president to push it and go ahead and set the primary date before South Carolina, or you know, or you don't, but Republicans in that state are likely to favor any plan that keeps New Hampshire in first place. We know you'll keep us posted, thanks below, we'll introduce you to a boy who calls his autism his superpower. NBC's Lester Holt tells us how that led to him being named Sports Illustrated's 2022 Sports Kid of the Year celebrating 75 years of Meet the Press, TV's longest-running news show, is happening now, look what's on the headlines around the world for breaking news.

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An extreme accident. The terrifying moment a base jumper crashes into a cliff face in Utah. His parachute gets caught and leaves him dangling. -air how Crews was able to get him to safety and why they say this could have been much worse the main story starts right now foreigner good night what the police are doing in Idaho almost three weeks after the horrific murder of four college students still not There is no suspect in custody, no police sketch or murder weapon was found, and now, to make matters worse, contradictory statements from local authorities have added even more confusion to an already painful situation.

These are the names and faces of the four lives that could end tragically on November 13. Authorities once again say they believe their killings were targeted despite a local prosecutor saying otherwise. The community at the University of Idaho gathered for an emotional vigil last night. Thousands showed up to pay their respects. The unmistakable pain on the faces of the tightly packed crowd. The tight-knit community was shocked before this tragedy occurred, the city had not recorded a single murder since 2015. Steve Gonzalez speaking to that crowd in honor of his daughter Kaylee, our team spoke with him moments ago, which is now revealing about Kaylee's death and what she's calling for. police will ask tonight NBC's Morgan Chesky starts us off with that interview and this story tonight new questions about the murders of four University of Idaho students authorities say they still believe the killings were targeted rejecting a claim made by a prosecutor local, is it fair? say that he believes this was targeted, but doesn't know if it was the location or the individual.

Yes, that's correct at this point in the investigation, we really haven't come to a conclusion as to whether it was the people involved or one individual, multiple individuals or the location. We have not made that determination yet, but the victims' families are frustrated that no suspect has been named and no murder weapon has been found. Steve Gonzales' daughter, Kaylee, was murdered along with her best friend. How does it feel like three weeks here and knowing that whoever did this? your daughter is still out there it's ridiculous it's angry you know this amount of time and I can't even get them to say this is a man we can't have that kind of closure with that guy who's still on the streets how afraid are you of let this case go cold?

Well, the city likes to mention the fact that there is very little crime, so there is not much practical knowledge. This is what we are dealing with. This is what we have. These are the circumstances. We find out, let's make the best of it and move on, but I, the lead investigator, is a real stud, he really knows what he's doing so I trust him, but he can't present evidence if it's not there so I'm very worried. . The police are nowturning to the public to help complete a detailed timeline, but victims' families want more to be done.

I don't know why they pay you if you don't communicate anything, you have to figure out a It's a way to build a case from what you publish and still protect detailed information that only the killer will know, but you have to help the community help you. Morgan Chesky joins us now from Moscow, Idaho Morgan, as you reported up here. story that can be resolved his family decided not to have a public funeral for his daughter, what did Steve tell you about that? Yes Tom, I asked that same question, heartbreaking answer. He's so worried that whoever did this might try to blend into the crowd at a public funeral that the family has decided to postpone for the time being, he says that thought even entered his brain when he was speaking to the crowd at that vigil last night, several thousand. of people in front of him, he says he was disgusted by the fact that this killer could be bold enough to try to enjoy some kind of joy in this traumatic aftermath that took his daughter and Morgan, according to that theory, did they think that the murderer or murderers and I know you got to that in your story are part of the university community other students or believe that possibly this person is from the city yes Tom, I spoke with the investigators at this time, the rest incredibly tight they have been able to rule out to several individuals as possible suspects as this investigation progressed, uh, but when you asked, ask investigator Point Blank, he says we don't have a suspect, we don't have a suspect description, we don't even have a person of interest at this time. and that's why he said it's so important for the public if I have any kind of lead or potential evidence to go to the police as they build that timeline to try to retrace the steps of each of these four young students to try to uncover Where were they in those hours before going to that house where They were later found dead.

You were at the vigil. What are the students like at this moment? What is your way of thinking? Are they living in Terror? They are certainly constantly aware of what has happened here. Some are choosing to accept the school's offer. for remote learning for the rest of the semester we heard from another parent who said that he didn't feel it was right for his daughter to come here knowing that even though there was a chance that something could go horribly wrong, there were law enforcement. In almost every direction you look around campus and we are told that the FBI has come here to help with the investigation so that the local Moscow Police Department can focus on patrolling this community.

An example of how aware this city is of what has happened is that the number of calls for suspicious activity or disturbances has doubled in the last few weeks, yes that is logical. Okay, Morgan Chesky takes us outside of Morgan. We welcome more information about this ongoing investigation. I want to bring in former Boston Police Department Commissioner Ed Davis. and it's been a day of confusing statements from the police to the apartment and to a local prosecutor and the question that was confusing the public and the families is whether the victims here were attacked or whether the residence was attacked and they basically had to go back to the police department and to say yes, they think this was a crime, some kind of crime where there was a target, but it seemed so confusing, it's confusing, thanks Tom, you know I've been looking at this. since since it happened and uh it's unfortunate that there's a lack of coordination between the comments that the prosecutors are making and the police are generally in unison uh but this may be due to the fact that they don't do many homicide investigations in this community , this is an unusual occurrence for them and they are quite overwhelmed and insecure due to the national attention this case is attracting, so they have to act. together you have to sit at a table and determine what the evidence is and then make a decision about what you can share and you know the convincing comments from the victim's father are exactly on the right track we investigate.

I was personally involved in several hundred and in homicide investigations we would give the victims' families more information than we would give to the press. um it's important for them to understand that you're doing everything you can do and you really have to keep them on board and If I can, if I could stop you right there, but one of the things that stood out to me during Morgan's interview with Fr. was that he said the lead investigator was, I think he used the word, he called him a stud, which he was. He seemed to be a serious investigator but at the same time he said that he couldn't make up evidence and that to me sounded like something that maybe had been shared with them, that there wasn't much evidence at this time at the crime scene. and it's frustrating for a family to have to deal with the fact that there may not be an easy solution to a crime like this.

These crimes sometimes take time. There is a lot of evidence that they can pursue and it is not unusual for the The lead investigator to develop a very strong relationship with the family, but it is necessary to keep the family informed. Do you think there's any chance the police will know who did this? Do you think they have solid leads and just won't let the family know? or the public knows it, but it doesn't seem to be the case, but police departments in the past may have been very strict with information as time goes on, we have learned that involving the community in the conversation, for example, posting videos, uh, evidence. that you have to get help from the community is a very effective way to connect people to the case and not, and let them know that you are on it, but departments that don't have a lot of experience will get laid. and cover and that could be the case with what's happening here and Ed just from what we know what's been reported what the police have revealed no murder weapon has been found it doesn't look like concrete evidence has been collected um the Students who were on the second floor were murdered, there were some students on the first floor who were not murdered, this is not a high crime area and yet they have no idea who did this, did any of that put together some kind of Profile? for you, but what it tells me is that it has been reported that there are hundreds of physical pieces of evidence in a violent crime like this, commonly there is transfer of bodily fluids between the victim and the suspect, so DNA is the best they can focus on right now if you don't have a suspect, okay, Ed Davis, for us here tonight on the main story, Ed, we appreciate your analysis.

We want to move on now to the 10th confrontation between Tampa police and former NFL star Antonio Brown's officers attempting to arrest Brown on assault and domestic violence charges stemming from an alleged domestic dispute NBC Sam Brock has those details tonight The Tampa police say they are trying to arrest former NFL player Antonio Brown by making multiple attempts outside this home to execute an arrest warrant for assault and domestic violence the department told NBC News citing not communicating with officers police that is the latest twist in the 34-year saga that has gone far beyond the Gridiron The charges stem from an incident Monday involving Brown and the mother of four of his children, according to court documents Brown threw a shoe into the woman who hit her in the ponytail, the victim had no injuries, but believed the shoe was intended for her head in the same document that police describe upon learning that Brown threw the woman's belongings out of the house and He then threatened over the loudspeaker saying that if she entered the house, he would shoot her in front of the police.

He also says the children didn't want to go inside because they were afraid of their father when he gets into a destructive mood after the incident, a petition to remove Brown's guns and ammunition under a Florida judge rejected a risk protection order citing lack of action physical. How is it possible that there wasn't enough evidence to take away his guns, but there is enough evidence to potentially prosecute him for domestic violence? The judge got this wrong in Florida. The statute that allows these risk protection orders gives a number of factors that can be considered by the court.

Several of them Antonio Neo Brown is a risk not only for himself but for the members of the community and obviously for the mother of his son. children, according to the petition, had two firearms in the house, a pistol and a rifle. NBC News has not been able to reach Brown's legal team for comment, as tonight he remains a wanted man by Tampa police, okay, Sam, who joins us live tonight, pick him up. From there, we have some idea where Antonio Brown is tonight, so we believe he is in the house, although the police will not leave a record of whether he is or not.

Sources told NBC News that he is in there and Tom is not. a confrontation they are not characterizing it more as a stalemate they tell us at this time there are no police cars that are marked outside the house but there are unmarked cars and the idea here is that it seems that they are going to wait but the Tampa police he tells me that they are not going to risk the officer's safety for a misdemeanor and a warrant there unless he escalates the situation himself so really this will continue until he leaves the house yeah it looks like they are Maybe let's go to wait for him to surrender and there is also the issue of weapons, as you reported that the court documents also say that there have been other incidents of domestic violence in the past, so the woman who is at the center of the petition to judge to take Antonio's guns away Brown says she has also been a victim of him before, but the reason she didn't do it was because she was worried that the house she was in was owned by his company.

According to this woman, they would take away and they would also take away all the financial help he is providing, so at least what this does is conceivably establish a pattern of behavior that seems to fit the profile of what we know about Antonio Brown. up, okay, Sam Brock for us tonight, Sam, we appreciate that the representative was formerly known as Kanye West, causing more public outcry tonight over anti-Semitic comments, yes, appearing with a hood over his face talking to the theorist of alt-right conspiracy Alex Jones on Infowars. a session alongside white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who was also at that dinner with President Trump last week.

NBC News correspondent Valerie Castro joins us now and Valerie, this is something where we had a hard time figuring out exactly how we were going to report this because a lot of what she said was so vile that it's been a difficult decision, but the comments he has made seem to be intensifying in nature: he blatantly stated tonight that he loves and sees good things about Hitler, that he likes Nazis, and even went so far as to mock the Ari brothers. and Rahm Emanuel prominent Jewish figures and today there was strong condemnation from the Jewish community.

Jonathan Greenblatt, the executive director of the Anti-Defamation League, tweeted in response to the comments, saying that in part he is a cruel anti-Semite. His comments today on Infowars aren't just vile. and defensively put Jews in danger, the Republican Jewish Coalition also issued a statement saying, in part, given his praise for Hitler, it cannot be overstated that Kanye West is a vile repellent bigot who has attacked the Jewish community with Nazi-style threats and attacks. The smear conservatives who have mistakenly pandered to Kanye West need to make it clear that he is a pariah, enough is enough. NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Garrett Hake asked House Minority Leader Kevin Party for his reaction.

He called Yay's comments disgusting and unbelievable and said it concerns the entire nation. to report behavior like this, but what is the next step? I know Adidas already abandoned him, his talent agency abandoned him, but you can still listen to his music properly and on social media a lot of people are disagreeing with that and they are asking music services like Spotify Apple Music to no longer make that music is available. We reached out to both services tonight but haven't heard back yet, so I guess the question is and we'll get into this. More in our next segment, but you know, at one point I thought maybe others also thought that Kanye would eventually apologize, but it's not like he's doubling down on him, he's tripling down.

Is there any way out of this, especially with the Jewish community, so I spoke to a rabbi? that a long time ago on the phone and he said, look, in the Jewish faith there is a belief that people can correct their mistakes and that they can work to heal the mistakes that they have made, but he says this is not a single person who does. He was offended, he is quite a person. group of people on a very large platform that has a large audience and those comments now have the potential to incite violence,possible hate crimes against the Jewish community, so he says, while he hopes that he does realize that what he is saying is dangerous and inflammatory, it is not as simple as asking for forgiveness from a person or an individual, yes, the big two fears is that it will lead to more violence against the Jewish people and also that it will normalize this type of House of Commons, okay Valerie Castro, we appreciate that with the latest anti-Semite. rant for yay the questions are still what happens to artists r to help us solve that question entertainment journalist and a friend of top story shagoon joins us now shagun thank you very much for joining top story you know we've been talking about this since the beginning and now I'm at a point where I don't think there's any way back from this.

This is now the third rail and I don't think Kanye West will ever apologize. I don't think he wants to apologize. My question for you is what's going on with Kanye West and all the art he's created up to this point. Well, I think it's simple, Tom, if you have some kind of moral compass or if you have some kind of personal code of ethics. he chooses to enjoy his music or enjoy the fashion he created that says enough about you that I don't need to be around you. Kanye West has shown you who he is to quote Maya Angelou when someone shows you who they are, believe them. and I just don't understand why we go to a fashion designer and a musician for political reasons or, you know, religious reasons or any kind of experience that isn't fashion and music.

I don't look to Kanye for leadership or direction any more than I would look to Marc Jacobs or Tom Ford in the fashion world, but when you're in public, in Arena, you obviously have a huge platform and people follow you and listen to you, so you have to be careful. what you're saying absolutely Tom, but I think what's being missed is that I think because Kanye West is black, somehow people think that he speaks for black people and he doesn't, this is an individual that has a problem that has chosen to go on air on any platform that puts a microphone in front of it and whatever the reasons are or whatever is going on right now, I think it's not even so much about canceling if you're a company, the CEO of a corporation or a human being if you have any kind of moral fiber you don't participate in what Kanye is cooking it's very simple I don't eat at that restaurant I don't shop at that store I don't pray at that church Kanye has shown you he has shown us repeatedly who it is and what it's about and it's nonsense and we need to get away from that, but do you think we should?

We were actually talking and you might remember this conversation we had, this was before all the comments. were made, we were talking about how many collab deals Kanye was doing in the last few months and how he was appearing on so many different tracks for new artists for top artists in the hip-hop industry. My question to you is: do you see those? collaborations happening again, I mean, are people trying to forget this and move on or is it over forever? The artists that were doing collaborations with him or uh cladding doing collaborations with him are looking with open eyes and ears at what he's saying and it's for me it's very simple when you sleep with dogs you wake up with fleas he's surrounding himself with supremacists white people, hatemongers and people who spread filth and promote hate if you are another artist and your art is about hate, antisemitism, racism and ignorance and If you want to make a record with this guy, then you are telling us who you are Also, that's how simple it is for me.

If I had an album with Kanye, I wouldn't release it, actually. I would tell myself I would tell the world that this is not who I am and this brother does not speak for me and the music I make is not representative of what this man is putting out there and that has to be said correctly. these artists I don't think Kanye can come back because standing next to him with a microphone is putting your arm around the face type of ugliness that he's putting his arm around and to me that's wrong. I think maybe you're right.

We will be talking about the final chapter of Kanye West. Well, we thank you as always for joining the main story. We want to move on now to another story we've been following for the past few days: the royal drama overshadowing Prince William and Kate's visit to the US. Harry and Megan Mock Their New Documentary as a Racially Charged Scandal and Falls across the pond our cure Simmons tonight sitting with the woman who accuses Prince William's godmother of racism tonight the Prince and Princess of Wales visited a nonprofit in Boston in hopes that vulnerable young people I Let God Down, the British charity executive and Gozie Fulani speaking out about the treatment she received from Prince William's godmother at an event at Buckingham Palace this week.

I've been there for five minutes when this lady approaches me and the first thing she does is grab my hair and move it. I think I don't know who she is, but she has already felt she has the right to physically put her hand on me to move my hair so she can see my name tag, then she says she was interrogated for eight minutes about her ethnicity Eddie I'm Boring and I'm British, yes, but what is your nationality? A spokesperson for Prince William has said there is no place for racism in our society. Do you think that's what I believe?

Do I believe or do I know? I know what racism is Lady Susan Hussey, who is close to Queen Elizabeth, has stepped down from the role of her assistant to Camilla, Queen Consort. Where am I safe? When are we going to confront this type of behavior instead of excusing it? British newspapers call it a real disaster. and now no one sees what's happening behind closed doors Harry and Megan release this trailer for their Netflix documentary I had to do everything I could to protect my family tonight we contacted Netflix and the Duke and Duchess's representatives about the moment with no response, well Kier Simmons joins us again live tonight from Boston.

There's a lot to talk about tonight. I want to go back to your interview. You've covered the Royals for a long time, maybe even more than a decade. I want to ask about the accusation. and then suddenly Swift resigning is normal for the royal family, is that moment normal or was it incredibly quick, essentially it was damage control in effect, but that's exactly it Tom, and it was quick because you know how this goes to a fundamental question that they We are facing something that is about the culture of the royal family, about the history of the royal family, but it goes back to colonialism, of course, and can they change the way they are perceived?

Can they be modernized if you want to put it that way? That's the real question for them and for something like this to happen, sometimes you know, Tom, something happens and it's just a personal moment between two people, but it seems to say a lot and I think that's what you're dealing with here. She was in the Inner Circle, she was the late Queen's assistant for a long time, so she will leave people with questions. I think the royal family of the Palaces knew they had to act quickly, in an interesting way, although we have not heard from the Prince.

William addressed it directly here in Boston. I think there were questions about whether he should or not. What they tried to do is keep the focus on their causes and their journey here, but I have to say, as you know, Tom, it's been difficult these last few days, yes, and I want to ask you because what I realized in covering the Queen Elizabeth's funeral, which you know very well, is that when it comes to logistics, the Royals don't make mistakes, they can make mistakes in their personal lives. in their public lives, but when it comes to Logistics, they really stick to the script's schedule and I preface this because how does this Netflix trailer come out the same week that Harry's brother is there with the princess?

I mean, you can't tell. oh it was just an accident it almost seems like it had to be done on purpose that's a great question Tony you and I were in London together for the late queen's funeral of course yes they are good at logistics but also remember. although they're making decisions around a family with all the family dynamics and that's what I really think it's about, I mean, listen when that Netflix promo dropped, it was about 10 minutes away from airing on The Today Show we watch. and we were just speechless, it's well, oh my God, now I'll let the people watching figure out the moment, but it's quite extraordinary, isn't it?

And I think, frankly, when there are some, okay, there have been some resolutions of sorts, but when basically there are some between two brothers, then that's going to be a problem for this family and I think maybe you saw the story today, maybe Maybe Netflix decided that at the time Prince Harry had the ability to veto it, I don't know, I mean ultimately. Again, I'll let the people watching decide what they think about the fact that this trailer comes out just as William and Catherine, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are here in Boston trying to reintroduce themselves to the American people, yes, here and like want.

You may not want to compete for the headlines, tomorrow there will be a big headline, right, the princess's prince's meeting with our president, yes, the prince and princess's meeting with the president, I mean, extraordinary, I think that might be what can change the narrative. kinda I gotta say you know local television here in Boston, in a lot of the magazines they really focus on a lot of things that happened here that we haven't been able to focus on because of all the controversy, you know, just uh the meeting with the community. local, all that kind of stuff.

I think they'll be hopeful that that meeting with the president tomorrow and then this big gala focused on Prince William's work on the environment, all of that will change the narrative tomorrow, but some of this. It's out of their control as we've seen this week and that's the problem for them, okay? Kier Simmons. First of all, we appreciate your time and reports. Now we turn to the economy, on some positive signs. Americans spent more than $35 billion online at the start of this holiday shopping season, but consumers are feeling the impact of higher prices and, of course, higher interest rates, now that the FED is signaling that it can alleviate those rate hikes.

NBC's Tom Costello has the latest on this mixed economic picture in just over two weeks. until Hanukkah, three until Christmas and the latest data suggests Americans are still spending with 40-year high inflation continuing to ease October consumer spending that just showed the biggest increase since June, even as families pay more for rental, food and new car retailers.reports that nearly 200 million people flock to stores from Thanksgiving to Cyber ​​Monday in Atlanta Whitney and Joe Novak own kazoo toys and say they buyers are sensitive to inflation but still buying we have had a good year or we are positive, I mean, we keep people. employees, we're not worried that toys are one of those nice industries where we're not going to have the huge roller coaster of ups and downs.

Supply to Anthony. Kids will always want October toy inflation to be six percent, slightly lower than September. Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell now says the Fed could soon slow the pace of its interest rate increases aimed at controlling inflation. The time to moderate the pace of rate increases could come as soon as its members meet, which could mean a half-point rate increase in two weeks. Instead of another three-quarter point increase, meanwhile gas prices now average 347 per gallon, a drop of 28 cents in a month. Third quarter GDP is even stronger than initially reported. We're kind of waiting for the recession like they're waiting for Godot.

It hasn't happened yet, um, and with each passing month, the economy proves more resilient. Consumers continue to spend. Tomorrow we will get the November employment report. 200,000 new jobs are expected and the FED will use that statistic to decide if it can really do it. slow the pace of those rate hikes in December Tom, okay Tom, while we wait for the FED decision. I want to bring in Curtis Dube, the chief economist of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, to help us break it all down. Curtis, the first question is very simple. Are we heading towards a recession or a recovery?

Well, that's the question everyone wants an answer to, but I thought it was interesting that you had the image of the base jumper stuck on the side of the mountain. I think that's basically what the FED is trying to do. to take the economy through really dangerous times and the juxtaposition of what we are going through is that there is a lot of weakness in the economy but at the same time there are a lot of strings attached, it is a double edged sword, it means that we could get through this period in the that, although we lower inflation in a way that is not so bad, perhaps we will overcome what is called asoft landing, but at the same time it makes these vegetable jobs more difficult because if the demand remains strong.

If revenues continue to increase, prices will continue to be high, so it will be harder for them to lower prices, so it's really really unknown, we don't know, this is a very unique situation, you know, I know there are a lot of signs contradictory, but I also want to be very honest with our viewers and here in the main story we have always tried to break down the economy in a way that we can all understand, we talk about Christmas spending, we talk about consumers still buying products, but also Talk about the record high credit card debt Americans are carrying right now and the spending that has gotten completely out of control since the pandemic.

Spending has been heavy. Consumption has been strong. I'm not too worried about the increase and credit card debt. It has been growing, but it went down a lot during the pandemic and compared to revenue, it is still at very manageable levels. Now it will probably continue to increase. That is the problem that will continue to increase from now on. What has been propping up spending the most has been the The savings were enormous, they were about $2.7 trillion above trend during the pandemic, they have decreased a lot during this year, they have decreased every month, but there is still lots of savings that they can continue spending.

Those consumers can continue spending using those balances. instead of increasing credit, talk to me about layoffs, we are hearing layoffs and I will say it again, the news is mixed, there are companies that are having a lot of layoffs or companies that are staying silent, there are companies that are having hiring freeze what is the perspective right now when it comes to layoffs and whether people should worry about their own jobs. I'm not worried about layoffs, but we are still adding jobs, we still have many more openings than unemployed workers to serve. fill them with more than 4 million, the gap is that there are more than 4.4 4.3 million vacant positions, more than unemployed workers, the layoffs have been very targeted at specific industries and I believe that companies take advantage of periods of economic slowdown and the recession potential to get leaner and more efficient, eh, so, but to me it's still not a sign of economic weakness, the labor market is still too strong, the FED would like to see it weaken a little to help lower the Inflation, finally, cars are rising, incomes are rising, wages are disappearing before you are gone. you know you have a theory about this, secondhand pessimism, talk to me briefly about what this means, if you can, yeah, I'm sure it's really interesting, we go back to that unique circumstance that we find ourselves in, which is that if you look at any survey, whether of consumers or Companies tell you that things are bad, that the economy is not good, it is not good now, it is not going to be good in the future, but consumers continue to spend and companies continue to hire, increasing salaries and investing, so they are catching the pessimists second hand, because when you look at their own personal circumstances, they think things are pretty good, okay Curtis rises from the US Chamber of Commerce.

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Association witnessed the scary accident on Saturday, he's in a bad place, he definitely took a little hit, oh no, oh my gosh, Mitch Edwards saw it all, he and his 12 year old son can be heard on the video shocked at how that they witnessed, oh oh. No, my goodness, who am I telling our affiliate KSL? It could have been much worse if the jumper's parachute hadn't caught on a ledge, saving him from falling further. Someone from search and rescue went up the cliff, but that was surprising because there was no obvious route to get there, so they had to put up protection, you know, pins to be able to get there.

The family watched the Grand County Sheriff's Office search and rescue team work to lower the jumper and estimated it took about two hours for someone. Miraculously he got there and then, you know, he grabbed the guy, but he tied him up with another rope and lowered him to the ground. He was able to say, "Hey, I'm fine, my leg hurts a lot." The Sheriff's Office told KSL their rope team managed. to save the man and that he was airlifted to a hospital. Logenez tells us the jumper now has a broken leg. They were able to get him from a cliff to a helicopter and to a hospital within a couple of hours.

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Aerial images from New York show the bus on the side of a house, you can see another vehicle overturned next to it, authorities. They say 22 people were on board when the bus went off the road while rounding a curve, several students on the driver were hospitalized, but all are expected to be okay. 30 are investigating whether speed was a factor there and the Senate has avoided that potentially crippling. rail strike bipartisan bill will force union railroad workers to accept a deal negotiated by the White House months ago; However, it did not add the amount of paid sick leave that unions had requested to the bill, now heading to President Biden for his signature.

Biden had urged Congress to work quickly to avoid a supply chain catastrophe before the holidays, right now, the man once known as the king of cryptocurrencies is on an apology tour. Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman has been cleared to speak out following the historic financial collapse of his company. Gabe Gutierrez has this weeks after the collapse of his huge cryptocurrency exchange FDX Sam Bankman released is on an apology tour what are his lawyers telling you about him right now? Are they suggesting that it is a good idea for you to speak up? uh no, they're not, but the 30-year-old former billionaire says he had no intention of committing fraud and says management failures and sloppy accounting caused FDX to implode in early November.

Crypto outlet Outlet Coindesk reported on potential problems with banker Freed's other company, Alameda, a hedge fund that soon worried investors would demand money from him. of FTX causing what amounted to a bank run, forcing The Exchange into bankruptcy through the I um, I have made many mistakes or things that I would give anything to be able to do again um, I never intended to commit fraud against anyone who Congress is now investigating the collapse of FTX. These events uncovered an alarming lack of internal controls and egregious governance failures. The key question is whether FTX misappropriated customer funds when it made loans to banker Freed's hedge fund.

I'm not knowingly mixing funds, but many of ftx investors won't buy it if it has screwed so many people. Manny Bautista says he can't access his FTX assets worth around 35,000 and he's driving for a ride-sharing service to make ends meet, what do you think should happen to him? I think you should go to jail and there should be some way for users to get their funds back. HeFreed banker was once estimated at more than $20 billion. he says he now has a hundred thousand and a credit card Tom, we are out of the triple demek RSV and covid and the flu that are circulating throughout the country, more than 80 percent of the hospital beds are now full and, according to Health and Services Humans, the flu It has already taken its toll, the CDC estimates that there have been at least 6.2 million cases of flu so far this season with almost 3,000 deaths.

The flu hospitalization rate this year is the highest in 12 years. I want to bring NBC Medical News Contributor Dr. Natalie Azer and Dr. Azar. I want to start with the flu, so there have been 12 pediatric deaths so far. It's so high for this time of year. I mean, you feel terrible for all those families involved. It's high for this time. of the year and you know we haven't had a lot of flu in recent years, Tom, if we compare it to the 2019 to 2020 season, there were close to 200 pediatric flu deaths and that was extraordinarily high and, more importantly, 80 percent hundred of those children. those who died were not vaccinated and less than half had an underlying medical condition, so I know a lot of people think well, just like with covid, that the flu is not as serious for children as it can be and vaccination absolutely helps to save lives in both children and children. adults anecdotally in my family we have had very serious cases of flu we have colleagues who have very serious cases of flu is the flu that is circulating right now at least in the northeast or on the east coast is more powerful than the flus we have seen in the past, so the two strains that are predominantly circulating right now are H1N1 and H3N2, they are strains that we always see, they are not necessarily more virulent this year than in the past, but they can cause serious illness. of course, especially in the vulnerable populations that we now know very well, yes, when we talk about the triple democracy, we are obviously talking about the covid flu and RSV, they are all respiratory diseases.

We have this graph here which is quite interesting and We see some overlaps there, what are the overlaps? Basically, I would tell people that if you think of it as a respiratory illness that affects the upper respiratory tract, you know that sneezing, a runny nose, a sore throat, even a cough, can be. However, in all three, the only thing that really stands out about the flu is that high fever that usually comes on with a very stormy start and a little gem from some pediatricians at my hospital that gave me a clue about this is that I tend to see a lot of gastrointestinal symptoms with RSV and covid , so diarrhea bothers less with RSV, but at the end of the day you can't really tell the difference and you can treat covid and you can treat the flu, um, but there's no treatment necessarily for RSV Are these respiratory diseases connected in some way and the coveted vaccines we have been taking for the last year?

Do they have any effect? Do they help us in any way against RSV or does the flu indirectly work well? Viruses themselves aren't really related at all, but it's a truism in medicine in general that if you get sick with a respiratory illness, you're at higher risk of developing another respiratory illness because your lungs have already taken a hit, so you go crazy more susceptible to other infections in general and in particular to pneumonia caused by bacteria is a well-known side effect and result of the flu that always worries us, which is why hospitals are understaffed and because of that, in part, now overwhelmed, when should people be diagnosed with the flu, when should they go to the hospital, when is it time to call an ambulance or go to the emergency room, so a couple of things that I think are true for all of these illnesses, if you have a sustained fever, say 102 or higher, if you have difficulty breathing or chest pain and then that kind of lightheadedness or dizziness because you just can't eat or drink, you can become dehydrated, those are definitely the things you want to worry about. is that the trick is with your little ones who don't talk yet and can't communicate, so we look for things like not being able to feed themselves, being very irritable, using, you know, flaring their nostrils, using their neck to help them breathe those little Things to look for in your kids who can't tell you they're having trouble breathing.

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Bianca Bad Bunny is as successful as I mentioned. Take a look at this. He is the most streamed artist on Spotify as of 2020. The Billboard and Apple Music artist of the year, what does it say about the global appeal of both his music and in general? You know, I think the bad bunnies on the rise, especially as we've seen in the last few years, is that you really can't underestimate the impact of not just Latin music. but Latinos around the world I think because he, you know, acts in Spanish, sings in Spanish and you know he predominantly does interviews in Spanish, people think that he's still, you know, in a different classification in a different world, far from mainstream music, but in any case, especially the year 2022 has really shown that no matter what language you speak, music transcends, yes, and I think it's also important to point out that with streaming people can choose their songs and you can listen to them over and over again, it's not like playing radio at all, I think really. you know, the demise of radio being replaced by streaming has really shown what people really want to listen to, we don't have DJs choosing anymore, you know what our top 10 is, top 40, whatever, you know, it's really people's choice and like we I've seen over the last three years that people want to hear about Bunny, yeah, and besides Bad Bunny, we also talk about Taylor Swift and Drake, they both had pretty big years, they were both big news and , absolutely, and you know something that I find very interesting. that even though Bad Bunny Drake Taylor Swift probably has three really different audiences, honestly, their common denominator is that women really drive his streams, his concerts, or his music video views.

I mean, all these people have a really strong fan base that is made up of women, that's really showing their power in the streaming business and the Harry Styles song, since it was the most streamed song in the world on Spotify, does it? How much does the success of a song have to do with it? Do you think with the fan base you were talking about and to what extent? It has to do with the song, you know what, I think it's a bit of both. Harry definitely has one of the most devoted fanbases I've ever seen, whether it's thereal life in shows on social media showing support, but I do believe. as it was, it was probably their most palatable song yet for the general public, for an American audience that's really leaning into, you know, a modern, slightly sexy but still a little bit safe, adult, contemporary feel that Honestly, it really works for him and the numbers prove it. and then Bianca you are very brave because now we are going to display your list of the most listened to your Spotify list if we can if we can put it on the screen now this is what Bianca listened to the most this year Bad Bunny of course Beyonce Jack Harlow Rosalía Jack Carlo, I should mention that you had a great album this year and Mariah Carey, so let's talk about Mariah first.

Let's start at number five. Was this a Greatest Hits kind of thing? Did you get into the Christmas spirit? What was happening there? Mariah is one of my favorite artists. I was also very lucky to be able to interview her this year to mark Butterfly's 25th anniversary, but she's someone I'm with. I'm constantly listening if you know she's going back to Emancipation, to Mimi, to the '90s hits, and of course right now with her Holiday Hits as well. Bianca Bettencourt from Harper's Bazaar. Thank you so much for joining tonight's feature story. I'm Tom Yamas in New.

York, stay put, more news on the way breaking news tonight Congress managed to avoid a railroad strike that could have crippled the U.S. economy before the holidays The Senate voted to impose a deal on railroad unions a day after he cleared the chamber but rejected the paid sick leave for workers that unions wanted the bill now goes to President Biden for his signature also tonight the president hosts his first state dinner for France's Emmanuel Macron what the two leaders said today about Ukraine the big victory for the Department of Justice a federal appeals court overturn the Master's special review of classified documents seized at Mar-A-Lago but at the end of the fight the bus schoolboy crashed into a house pinning a car beneath him several students injured police outside Antonio Brown's home trying to arrest the former NFL star domestic violence allegations he faces William and Kate visit Boston but face a backlash at home our interview with a woman who says William's godmother interrogated her with racist questions NBC News investigates possible cancer-causing chemicals in a neighborhood of a major US city and the young athlete beating the odds to become Sports Illustrated's Sports Kid of the Year this is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening everyone President Biden hails a Senate vote this afternoon that will steer the country away from the economic hit of a major railroad strike the Senate today late to stop a threatened Dec. 9 strike in its tracks a day after the House gave its go-ahead to the bill imposing a labor contract previously negotiated by the White House, President Biden in a statement saying we have saved this country a Christmas Catastrophe in our grocery stores, in our workplaces, and in our communities, but Congress imposed a deal that left many union members with a bad taste in their mouths tonight.

Peter Alexander is in Washington, where the president is also engaging in high-level foreign diplomacy tonight as President Biden prepares. for the pomp and pageantry of his first state dinner with a foreign leader French President Emmanuel Macron a domestic crisis now averted Late today the Senate approves a deal to avoid a crippling rail strike that the White House warned it could have triggered on its own a recession A joint resolution is approved. The bipartisan bill is the first time in 30 years. Congress is intervened to stop a railway strike. It will force union railroad workers to accept a deal negotiated by the White House months ago that includes a 24-fold wage increase over five years, but only one pay increase. sick day right now workers don't get any some unions rejected the deal because today the president was pressured why didn't he push for more paid sick time I negotiated a contract no one else could negotiate the only thing that was left out was yes or It wasn't paid leave, you know, I've been trying to get paid leadership not just for railroad workers for everyone tonight a vote in the Senate to include additional paid leave failed.

Freight driver Dan Banks in Ohio says railroad crews deserve a lot more, my brothers and sisters in the crew room with me were just shark teeth, one of those fell out, they pushed another one right on the spot, no, it's almost a beat for the presidents of Ukraine, Biden and my Crone, tonight showing a united front against Russian aggression. Mr Biden says he has no plans to contact Russian President Vladimir Putin but, opening the door to a face-to-face meeting, I am willing to talk to Mr Putin if indeed there is interest in him from society and he is looking for a way to end the war. has not done so yet and Peter tonight the mixed legal headlines for the Biden administration are less correct and a victory for the justice department and the appeals court has now ended the Special Master's independent review of thousands of seized documents of former President Trump's Mar-A. -Lago Estate also tonight is a setback for President Biden's proposed student debt forgiveness program.

The Supreme Court will not block an injunction and will hear arguments in February. Lester is fine, Peter Alexander, well watched tonight, thank you. Some new encouraging economic signs today include healthy spending by Americans. We're heading into the holidays despite high inflation and higher interest rates and new signs that the Federal Reserve may ease those rate hikes. Here's Tom Costello, just over two weeks until Hanukkah, three until Christmas and the latest data suggests Americans are still spending at the highest inflation in 40 years. The continued decline in consumer spending in October shows the biggest gain since June, even as families pay more for rent, groceries and new cars.

Retailers report nearly 200 million people flock to stores from Thanksgiving to Cyber ​​Monday in Atlanta. Whitney and Joe Novak own kazoo toys and say Shoppers are sensitive to inflation, but they still buy. We have had a good or positive year. I mean, we keep people employed. We're not worried that toys are one of those nice industries where we're not going to have big ups and downs. roller coaster Supply band I mean, kids are always going to want toys Inflation in October was a slightly lower six percent than in September, so Chairman Jay Powell now says the Federal Reserve could soon slow the pace of inflation. their interest rate increases aimed at controlling inflation.

Moderating the pace of rate increases may occur as soon as members meet, which could mean a half-point rate increase in two weeks instead of another three-quarter point increase, while gasoline now averages 347 per gallon, a drop of 28 cents in a month. GDP in the third quarter. even stronger than initially reported, we're like waiting for the recession like they're waiting for Godot, it hasn't happened yet um and with each passing month the economy proves to be more resilient, consumers are still spending tomorrow, we will. get November jobs report 200,000 new jobs expected data the FED will use when deciding whether it can really slow the pace of big hikes in December Lester Tom Costello thanks a rather disturbing scene today in the suburb just north of the city of New York when a school bus crashed into a house after colliding with two parked cars, police say the bus driver and seven children were injured, most of the injuries were minor.

Fortunately, two five-year-old children suffered injuries that were more serious but not life-threatening in Tampa, Florida, tonight. More trouble for former NFL star Antonio Brown as police try to arrest him on misdemeanor charge stemming from alleged domestic dispute Sam Brock has late details tonight Tampa police say they are trying to arrest former NFL player Antonio Brown making multiple attempts outside this home to execute a domestic violence arrest warrant, the department told NBC News citing failure to communicate with police officers, is the latest twist in the 34-year saga that has gone much further. Beyond the Gridiron, the charges stem from an incident Monday involving Brown and the mother of four of his children.

According to court documents, Brown threw a shoe at the woman and hit her in the ponytail. The victim was not injured, but he believed the shoe was intended for her head. In the same document, police describe Brown throwing the woman's belongings out of the home. and then threatened over the loudspeaker saying that if she entered the house she would shoot him in front of the police. He also says that the children did not want to come in because they were afraid of his father when he gets into a destructive mood after the incident. A petition to remove Brown's guns and ammunition under a risk protection order was rejected by a Florida judge citing lack of physical action.

How is it possible that there wasn't enough evidence to take away his guns but there is enough evidence to potentially prosecute him for domestic crimes? violence the judge was wrong on this the Florida statute that allows these risk protection orders gives a series of factors that can be considered by the court he knew several of them Antonio Brown is a risk not only to himself but to the members of the community and obviously the mother of his children, according to the petition, he had two firearms in the house, a pistol and a rifle. NBC News has not been able to reach Brown's legal team for comment, as tonight he remains a wanted man by Tampa police, so Sam What do we know about the steps police are willing to take in this situation?

Yes, Lester Tampa. Police tell me right now that they are not going to risk officer safety over a misdemeanor warrant. Now, obviously, that could change if Brown escalates the situation. women and children police say they are no longer in the house Lester Sam Brock thank you Anticipation builds tonight for Team USA's World Cup knockout round match on Saturday as the hero of the victory Tuesday talks about his injury and next big game. Here's Megan Fitzgerald counting down to Team USA's highest-stakes game in years. Superstar Christian Pulisic has a message for fans. I will do everything in my power to work with this medical team to make sure I can play.

Pulisic was injured. During Tuesday's game against Iran, he scored the winning goal and also had the opportunity to get past the defender and I was able to do that and, you know, I paid a little bit of the price for it, the price of a pelvic injury. which kept him out of the second half. Pulisic then shared this image from the hospital where he was anxiously watching the last few minutes of the game on a phone, they were checking my blood sugar and everything and I was flying through the roof, but it was not for nothing, it was just me stressed watching the match.

Pulisic says he is recovering, but the US team says his condition remains day-to-day. I think Christian Pulisic will play in this game. This is what he has been waiting for all his life. That fighting spirit is exactly what Team USA will need in the knockout round. I hope that people who see it, you know, especially at home in the United States, can see wow, these guys are really giving everything for each other for this country and that's what really makes us. special Team USA will be the underdog in the game against Holland on Saturday, if they win it will be the first time the team has advanced to the quarterfinals since 2002 Lester, okay Megan, thanks, he was known as the king of cryptocurrencies, but now.

Released Sam Bankman apologizes for historic financial collapse as potentially more than a million investors fight to get their money back as Gabe Gutierrez reports Congress is now investigating weeks after the collapse of his massive FDX cryptocurrency exchange Released Sam Bankman is in a apology tour what are the Lawyers who tell you now are suggesting that it is a good idea for you to speak out. No, they are not, but the 30-year-old former billionaire says he had no intention of committing fraud and says management failures and sloppy accounting caused FDX. to implodeIn early November, crypto outlet Outlet coindesk reported on potential problems with banker Freed's other company, Alameda, a hedge fund that soon became concerned that investors were demanding their money from FTX, sparking what amounted to a bank run. and forced The Exchange into bankruptcy through the I um.

I have made many mistakes or there are things that I would give anything to be able to do again. I never tried to commit fraud against anyone. Congress is now investigating the collapse of ftx. These events uncovered an alarming lack of internal controls. and egregious governance failures, the key question is whether FTX misappropriated client funds when it made loans to banker Freed's hedge fund. I'm not knowingly mixing funds, but many of FTX's investors won't buy it if it has screwed over so many people. Manny Bautista says he can't access his FTX assets worth about $35k and he's driving for a ride-sharing service to make ends meet, what do you think should happen to him?

I think he should go to jail and there should be some way to have him. Users get their funds back. The freed banker was once worth more than $20 billion. He says that now he has a hundred thousand and a credit card. Lester, it's okay, Gabe, thanks. In 60 seconds we'll hear from the woman at the center of a royal scandal over racism what she says about the disturbing questions she was asked by Prince William's godmother on Kate's visit to the US as controversy rages in her home in the UK tonight the woman who says Williams' godmother asked her a series of racist questions during an event speaking to our cure Simmons British charity executive Ngozi Fulani speaking about her treatment Prince William's godmother at an event at Buckingham Palace this week.

I've been there for five minutes when this lady approaches me and the first thing she does is grab my hair and move it. I think I don't know who she is, but she has already felt she has the right to physically put her hand on me to move my hair so she can see my name tag, then she says she was interrogated for eight minutes about her ethnicity Eddie I'm Boring here and I'm British, yes, but what's your nationality? A spokesperson for Prince William has said there is no place for racism in our society. Do you think that's what I believe?

Do I believe or do I know? I know what racism is Lady Susan Hussey, who is close to Queen Elizabeth, has resigned from her role as consort to Queen Camilla. Where am I safe? When are we going to confront this type of behavior instead of excusing it? British newspapers call it a real disaster. And now there's this, no one sees what's happening. Behind closed doors, Harry and Megan release this trailer for their Netflix documentary. I had to do everything I could to protect my family tonight. We reached out to Netflix and the Duke and Duchess' representatives about the timing, with no response, tomorrow the prince and princess will meet.

The president remains focused on his causes, not the controversy. Lester Simmons, thank you. The danger of the volcano in Hawaii is the flow of lava towards a key highway and a neighborhood where cancer is common. They are chemicals both above and below the earth. The next cause is our investigation. New Image Lava eruption from Mauna Loa from the world's largest active volcano is now threatening to cut off the main highway on the Big Island of Hawaii tonight and health concerns are rising for residents as the volcano spews ashes and acid gases into the air. to an NBC News investigation into potentially carcinogenic chemicals found in a Houston neighborhood that residents are uncovering to hold one of the country's largest railroad companies accountable Priscilla Thompson reports she loved to cook and she loved to rap in the shower Latonya Payne still holds on to memories of her son Corinthian since he died of leukemia last year at just 13 years old it was hard he was coughing up blood from his lungs he was on dialysis they tried everything and nothing worked two months after his death Latonya was diagnosed with breast cancer breast during The second time our community has suffered from this group of cancer in 2019.

State health officials found higher rates of certain cancers in adults in Houston's Fifth Ward. A year later, another bombshell in area children contracted leukemia at a rate nearly five times the state average in the second report. from the State Department of Health was even more disturbing because it involved children, but they never listed a cause. For years, the historically Black and Latino community has blamed higher cancer rates on the rail yard now owned by Union Pacific, which is located blocks from many homes. Decades ago, workers used creosote to preserve wooden sleepers. That site closed in 1984, but the chemical the CDC believes causes cancer leaked into the soil and groundwater beneath more than a hundred homes and businesses, according to the Texas.

Department of State Health Services is this environmental racism yes, it should be happening in some community no Union Pacific declined NBC's interview request, but says over the past 25 years they have implemented remediation efforts in the area, including the facility of over 120 wells eliminating impacts soil and groundwater monitoring this house here Mr Dunn died of cancer this lady here her husband died for the Council Sandra Edwards lost her grandfather to bone cancer a decade ago I received a Ziploc bag full of Fifth Ward obituaries everything Cancer everything counts Edwards is a community activist why stay I have no other place to go this is what I can afford and my family worked hard to keep this house in September a significant discovery the Department of Health Houston found another probable carcinogen in the area dioxin this time in the soil surface The fact that we are finding dioxin in the soil surface where residents may be exposed is what is so alarming.

Union Pacific says in part that dioxin levels in the city's samples are far below state requirements and that attributing the contamination solely to its site is unreasonable. and inaccurate attorneys representing neighborhood families say thousands have filed lawsuits against Union Pacific, including Latonya Payne, as compensation won't take away the crying of the night, but justice will be when those in hand be held accountable Priscilla Thompson NBC News Houston Here's how autism became his superpower and helped a young golfer become Sports Kid of the Year. It's finally in the pages of Sports Illustrated even as his own clothing line, but for an inspiring young athlete, golf is much more than a right-shoulder-down game.

The game of golf opened a new world for 11 year old Bono Carter, the first experience playing golf was really amazing and I just liked hitting the golf ball before I started playing. Carter had difficulties, he says he was bullied at school and that he had trouble socializing. Carter has a form of autism Carter's type of autism is high-functioning Asperger's. He is able to communicate, but his social skills are not where they should be. Medical experts say that some children with Asperger's tend to focus all their energy on one thing at a time. Carter used that to his advantage on the golf course.

Golf definitely helped me with my anger management and when I was having a bad day I would just go to the golf course and that made me feel good. Golf really saved his life because now he had something to do. I hope something he was good at Carter was just named sports kid of the year. He hopes to one day play in the PGA and has his own clothing line. Part of the profits Carter donates to an organization that helps families and children with autism and It feels amazing to be able to help other children because I really want to help other people if they need help.

A young role model hoping to inspire other kids like him and I will continue to be a good advocate and tell people to stay positive. Nightly News to learn more about Carter's story, tune in to this Saturday's Nightly News Kids edition here on NBC thanks for watching everyone. I'm Lester Holt, take care of yourselves and each other. Good night almost for Dateline premium. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts. Watch NBC. Nightly News with Lester Holt or listen wherever you get your podcasts, the news is happening now, look at what's making headlines around the world when it happens, wherever you are, it's here now, the big variable is storm surge, is it?

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We hope your family watches Nightly News Kids Edition NBC News streaming free now breaking news tonight Congress managed to avoid a railroad strike that could have crippled the U.S. economy before the holidays. The Senate voted to impose an agreement on the railroad unions a day after clearing the house, but rejected the paid sick leave for workers that the unions wanted. the bill now goes to President Biden for his signature also tonight the president hosts his first state dinner for France's Emmanuel Macron what the two leaders said today about Ukraine the big win for the Justice Department a federal appeals court that overturns the special review of classified documents seized at Mar-A-Lago, but at the end of the fight, the school bus crashed into a house, pinning a car underneath, several students injured police outside the Antonio Brown's house while trying to arrest the former NFL star, the domestic violence accusations he faces William and Kate visiting Boston but facing backlash at home our interview with a woman who says Williams' divine mother interrogated with racist questions NBC News investigates possible cancer-causing chemicals in a neighborhood of a major US city and the young athlete beating the odds to become SportsIllustrated's Sports Kid of the Year, this is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, good evening everyone.

President Biden tonight welcomed a Senate vote this afternoon that will steer the country away from the economic hit of a major railroad strike that the Senate proposed today to stop. a December 9 strike threat underway a day after the House gave its go-ahead to the bill imposing a labor contract previously negotiated by the White House, President Biden in a statement saying we have saved this country a Christmas catastrophe in our grocery stores in our workplaces and in our communities, but Congress imposed an agreement that left many union members with a bad taste in their mouths tonight. Peter Alexander is inWashington, where the president is also engaging in high-level foreign diplomacy tonight.

President Biden prepares for the pomp and pageantry of his first state dinner with a foreign leader French President Emmanuel Macron a domestic crisis now averted tonight Senate approves deal to avert devastating rail strike the White House warned that could have triggered a recession on its own joint resolution passes bipartisan bill First time in 30 years that Congress is intervened to stop a railroad strike will force union railroad workers to accept a deal brokered by the White House It has been including a 24-day pay increase over five years for months, but right now only one paid sick day workers receive none.

Unions rejected the deal as they pressed the president today on why he didn't push for more paid sick time. I negotiated a contract that no one else could negotiate. The only thing that was left out was whether it was paid leave. I've been trying to get paid leave not just for railroad workers for everyone tonight, a vote in the Senate to include additional paid leave failed. Freight driver Dan Banks in Ohio says railroad crews deserve much better. My brothers and sisters in the crew room with me were just shark teeth. one of those falls, they push another right in the wrong place, it's almost a blow to the presidents of Ukraine, Biden and Macron, tonight, showing a united front against Russian aggression.

Mr. Biden says he has no plans to contact Russian President Vladimir Putin, but opens the door to a face-to-face meeting. I am prepared to talk to Mr. Putin if there is indeed interest in his partnership and he is looking for a way to end the war, it hasn't yet and Peter tonight is a mix legal headlines for the Biden administration minus that's right and a victory for the justice department and the appeals court has now completed the special independent review of the Master of thousands of documents seized from former President Trump's Mar-A-Lago property also tonight a setback for President Biden's proposed student debt forgiveness program Supreme Court will not block court order and will hear arguments in February Lester is well Peter Alexander well watched tonight thanks to some new encouraging economic signs today, including healthy spending by Americans heading into the holidays despite high inflation and higher interest rates and new signs that the FED may ease those rate hikes here's Tom Costello just over two weeks until Hanukkah three until Christmas and the latest data suggests Americans are still spending with 40-year high inflation continuing to ease October consumer spending just out shows the biggest gain since June, even as families pay more for rent, food and new cars.

Retailers report nearly 200 million people flock to stores from Thanksgiving to Cyber ​​Monday in Atlanta. Whitney and Joe Novak own kazoo toys and say buyers are sensitive to inflation, but we've still had purchases. a good or positive year, I mean, we'll keep people employed, we're not worried, toy is one of those nice industries where we're not going to have the huge rollercoaster of ups and downs. Supply band, I mean, kids are always going to want toys, inflation in October was six percent, slightly lower than September. Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell now says the Fed could soon slow the pace of its interest rate hikes aimed at controlling inflation.

The time to moderate the pace of rate increases may come as soon as the members meeting which could mean a half-point rate hike in two weeks instead of another three-quarter increase, meanwhile gas prices now average 347 per gallon, a drop of 28 cents in one month. Third quarter GDP is even stronger than initially reported. like they're waiting for the recession like they're waiting for Godot, it hasn't happened yet um and with each passing month the economy proves to be more resilient consumers continue to spend tomorrow we'll get the November jobs report 200,000 new jobs expected data that the FED will use when deciding whether it can really slow the pace of big hikes in December Lester Tom Costello thanks a rather disturbing scene today in the suburb just north of New York City when a school bus crashed into a house after colliding with two parked police cars say the busThe driver and seven children were injured, most of the injuries were minor.

Fortunately, two five-year-old boys suffered injuries that were more serious but not life-threatening in Tampa, Florida tonight, more trouble for former NFL star Antonio Brown as police attempt to arrest him. a misdemeanor charge stemming from an alleged domestic dispute Sam Brock has late details tonight Tampa police say they are trying to arrest former NFL player Antonio Brown making multiple attempts outside this home to execute an arrest warrant for assault, domestic violence, the department told NBC News that citing failure to communicate with police officers is the latest twist in the 34-year saga that has gone far beyond the Gridiron charges stemming from an incident Monday involving Brown and the mother of four of his children, according to court documents Brown threw a shoe at the woman Hitting her in the ponytail, the victim was not injured, but believed the shoe was intended for her head.

In the same document, police describe learning that Brown threw the woman's belongings outside the home and then threatened over the loudspeaker that if she entered the home, he would shoot her in front of police. He also says that the children didn't want to come in because they were afraid of his father when he gets into a destructive mood. After the incident, a request to remove Brown's guns and ammunition under a risk protection order was denied. by a Florida judge citing lack of physical action How is it possible that there was not enough evidence to take away his guns but there is enough evidence to potentially prosecute him for domestic violence?

The judge got this wrong: the Florida statute that allows these risks. protection orders gives a series of factors that can be considered by the court that heard it, several of them Antonio Neo Brown is a risk not only for him but for the members of the community and obviously for the mother of his children according to the petition he presented. He kept two firearms in the house, a pistol and a rifle. NBC News has not been able to reach Brown's legal team for comment as tonight he remains a wanted man by Tampa police, so Sam, what do we know about the steps police are willing to take in this case? situation, yes, Lester Tampa police are telling me right now that they are not going to risk officer safety over a misdemeanor warrant.

Now obviously that could change if Brown escalates the situation, as for the woman and children, police say they are no longer at Lester's home. Sam Brock thanks him for the anticipation building tonight for Team USA's World Cup knockout round match on Saturday as the hero of Tuesday's victory talks about his injury and next big game . Here's Megan Fitzgerald counting down to Team USA's highest-stakes game in years, superstar Christian Pulisic has a message for fans. I'm going to do everything in my power to, you know, work with this medical team and make sure I can play. Pulisic was injured during Tuesday's game against Iran when he scored the winning goal and The opportunity was there too, just to get past the defender and get the ball and, uh, I was able to do that and, you know, I paid the price a little bit.

Therefore, that price was a pelvic injury that kept him out of the second half. Pulisic then shared this. photo from the hospital where I was anxiously watching the last minutes of the game on a phone they were checking me you know my blood sugar level and everything and I was flying through the roof but it wasn't for nothing it was just me stressed watching the Pulisic game says he's improving, but the US team says his status remains day-to-day. I think Christian Pulisic will play in this game. This is what he has been waiting for all his life.

That fighting spirit is exactly what Team USA will need. Knockout Round I hope that people watching, you know, especially at home in the United States, can see wow, these guys really give it their all for this country and that's what really makes us special. Team USA will be the underdog in the game against the Netherlands on Saturday, if they win it will be the first time the team has advanced to the quarterfinals since 2002 Lester, okay Megan, thanks, he was known as the king of cryptocurrencies, but now released Sam Bankman apologizes for a historic financial collapse as potentially.

More than a million investors are fighting to get their money back as Gabe Gutierrez reports that Congress is now investigating weeks after the collapse of his massive FDX cryptocurrency exchange. Sam Bankman Free is on an apology tour. What are his lawyers telling you about him right now? Are you suggesting this is a good idea? It's not your idea to talk, no they're not, but the 30-year-old former billionaire says he had no intention of committing fraud and says management failures and sloppy accounting caused FDX to implode. I was wrong at the beginning of November. Crypto Media Outlet reported coindesk Potential problems with banker Freed's other company, Alameda, a hedge fund that soon worried investors demanding their money from FTX, sparking what amounted to a bank run and forcing The Exchange to the bankruptcy.

Hey, I've made a lot of mistakes or there are things I would do. give anything to be able to do it again um, I never tried to commit fraud against anyone. Congress is now investigating the collapse of FTX. These events uncovered an alarming lack of internal controls and egregious governance failures. A key question is whether FTX misappropriated customer funds. when he gave loans to banker Freed's hedge fund, I'm not knowingly mixing funds, but a lot of ftx investors don't buy it because it screwed so many people. Manny Bautista says he can't access his FTX assets worth about 35,000 and he's driving for a ride-sharing service to make ends meet, what do you think should happen to him?

I think he should go to jail and there should be some way for users to get their funds back. The freed banker once estimated to be worth more than 20 billion dollars, he says he now has a hundred thousand left and a credit card. Lester, it's okay, Gabe, thanks. In 60 seconds we'll hear from the woman at the center of a real scandal about racism what she says about those disturbing questions she was asked. Prince William's godmother we're back now with William and Kate's visit to the US. As the controversy continues at home in the UK tonight, the woman who says Williams' godmother asked her a series of questions racists during an event is talking about our cure Simmons British charity executive and gozi philani speaking about the treatment she received from Prince William's godmother at an event at Buckingham Palace this week.

I've been there for five minutes when this lady approaches me and the first thing she does is grab my hair and move it. It seems to me that I don't know who she is, but she has already felt that she has the right to physically put her hand on me to move my hair so she can see my name tag. She then says she was questioned for eight minutes about her, Eddie's, ethnicity. I'm bored here and I'm British, yes, but what is his nationality? A spokesperson for Prince William has said there is no place for racism in our society.

Do you think that's what I thought? Do I believe or do I know? I know what racism is, ma'am. Susan Hussey, close to Queen Elizabeth, renounced her role as consort to Queen Camilla. Where am I safe from this? When are we going to confront this type of behavior instead of excusing it? The British newspapers call it a real disaster and now there is no one. see what's happening behind closed doors Harry and Megan release this trailer for their Netflix documentary I had to do everything I could to protect my family tonight we contacted Netflix and the Duke and Duchess' representatives about the moment with no response tomorrow the prince and princess will meet with the president staying focused on their causes, not the controversy Lester Simmons, thank you, danger is coming from the volcano in Hawaii, lava flows towards a key highway and a neighborhood where cancer is common , there are chemicals both above and below the earth, the cause of our investigation is below, watch NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt or listen wherever youget your podcasts watch NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt or listen wherever you get your podcasts celebrating 75 75 years of Meet the Press, the longest-running television show for Dateline premium, subscribe now on Apple podcasts Mr.

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President Biden tonight welcomes a vote in the Senate this afternoon that will move the country away from the economic crisis. Major rail strike hit by the Senate today to stop a threatened Dec. 9 strike in its tracks, a day after the House gave its go-ahead to the bill imposing a labor contract previously negotiated by President Biden from the White House in a statement that said: We have spared this country a Christmas catastrophe in our grocery stores, in our workplaces and in our communities, but Congress imposed a deal that left many union members in bad shape. taste in my mouth tonight.

Peter Alexander is in Washington, where the president is also engaging in high-level foreign diplomacy. tonight President Biden prepares for the pomp and pageantry of his first state dinner with a foreign leader French President Emmanuel Macron a domestic crisis now averted this afternoon the Senate approves a deal to avoid a crippling rail strike that would White House warned that it could have single-handedly triggered a recession joint resolution passes bipartisan bill first time in 30 years that Congress has intervened to stop a railroad strike will force railroad workers to accept a deal negotiated by the The White House has been including a salary increase of 24 in five years for months, but at this moment there is only one paid sick day, workers do not receive any.

Some unions rejected the agreement so today they pressed the president why he didn't push for more paid sick time. I negotiated a contract, no one else could negotiate the only thing left. The question was whether this was paid leadership, you know, I've been trying to get paid leadership not just for railroad workers, for everyone, tonight a vote in the Senate to include additional paid leave failed. Freight driver Dan Banks in Ohio says railroad crews deserve so much more, my brothers. and my sisters in the crew room with me were just shark teeth, one of those falls out, they push another one right in place, no, they don't miss a beat with the presidents of Ukraine, Biden and Macron, tonight showing a united front against Russian aggression.

Biden says he has no plans to contact Russian President Vladimir Putin, but he opens the door to a face-to-face meeting. I am prepared to talk to Putin if there is indeed interest in him from society and he is looking for a way. to end the war, has not yet done so and Peter tonight are mixed legal headlines for the Biden administration, minus that is correct and a victory for the justice department. and the appeals court has completed the independent review of the Special master of thousands of documents seized from former President Trump's Mar-A-Lago property. Also tonight, in a setback for President Biden's proposed student debt forgiveness program, the Supreme Court will not block a court order and will hear arguments. in February Lester, very good, Peter Alexander, well watched tonight, thank you, some new encouraging economic signs today, including healthy spending by Americans heading into the holidays despite high inflation and higher interest rates, and new signs that the FED may ease those rate hikes, here's Tom Costello.

Hanukkah is more than two weeks away, Christmas is three, and the latest data suggests Americans are still spending while inflation, the highest in 40 years, continues to ease October consumer spending that just showed the biggest increase. since June, even as families pay more for rent, groceries and new cars, retailers report. Nearly 200 million people flock to stores from Thanksgiving to Cyber ​​Monday in Atlanta. Whitney and Joe Novak own kazoo toys and say buyers are sensitive to inflation, but still buying we've had a good year or we're positive, I mean we keep people employed. We're not worried that toys are one of those nice industries where we're not going to have the huge rollercoaster of ups and downs.

Offer band. I mean, kids will always want toy inflation in October to be a slightly lower six percent than in September. Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell now says the Fed could soon slow the pace of its interest rate increases aimed at controlling inflation. The time to moderate the pace of rate increases could come as soon as its members meet, which could mean a half-point rate increase in two weeks. Instead of another three-quarter point increase, meanwhile gas prices now average 347 per gallon, a drop of 28 cents in a month. Third quarter GDP is even stronger than initially reported.

We're kind of waiting for the recession like they're waiting for Godot. It hasn't happened yet um and with each passing month the economy proves more resilient consumers continue to spend tomorrow we'll get the November employment report 200,000 new jobs expected data the FED will use when deciding if it can really slow the pace of big hikes in December Lester Tom Costello thanks Quite a disturbing scene today in the suburb just north of New York City when a school bus crashed into a house after colliding with two parked cars, police say the bus driver and seven children were injured most of the time.

Injuries were minor, thankfully two five-year-old boys suffered injuries that were more serious but not life-threatening in Tampa, Florida tonight, more trouble for former NFL star Antonio Brown as police attempt to arrest him for a misdemeanor stemming from an alleged domestic dispute. Sam Brock has late details tonight Tampa police say they are trying to arrest former NFL player Antonio Brown making multiple attempts outside this home to serve a domestic violence warrant, department tells NBC News cite failure to communicate with police officers, is the latest twist in the 34-year saga that has gone far beyond the Gridiron The charges stem from an incident Monday involving Brown and the mother of four of his children, according to documents Brown threw a shoe at the woman hitting her in the ponytail.

The victim had no injuries, but believed the shoe was intended for her head in the same document police describe when they learned Brown threw the woman's belongings. outside the house and then threatened over the loudspeaker saying that if she entered the house, he would shoot her in front of the police. He says that the children didn't want to come in because they were afraid of his father when he gets into a destructive mood after the incident. A Florida judge denied a request to remove Brown's guns and ammunition under a risk protection order citing lack of physical action.

How is it possible that there wasn't enough evidence to take away his guns but there is enough evidence to potentially prosecute him for domestic violence? The judge was wrong on this. The Florida statute that allows these risk protection orders gives a number of factors that can be considered by the court. Several of them Antonio Brown is a risk not only to himself but to members of the community and obviously to the mother. According to the petition, one of his children kept two firearms in the house, a pistol and a rifle. NBC News has not been able to contact Brown's legal team for comment, as tonight he remains a man wanted by Tampa police.

So Sam, what do we know about the steps the police are willing to take in this situation? Yes, Lester Tampa Police are telling me that right now. They're not going to risk the security officer for a misdemeanor warrant now, obviously, that could change if Brown escalates the situation. As for the women and children, police say they are no longer in the house. Lester Sam Brock. Thanks, anticipation is building tonight for the team. The USA match in the World Cup knockout round on Saturday as the hero of Tuesday's victory talks about his injury and the next big game.

Here's Megan Fitzgerald counting down to Team USA's highest-stakes game in years. Superstar Christian Pulisic has a message for fans. I will do everything in my power to work with this medical team to make sure I can play. Pulisic was injured during Tuesday's game against Iran when he scored the winning goal and he also had the opportunity to beat the defender of the ball and uh, I was able to do that and, you know, I paid a little bit of the price for it, that price was a pelvic injury that kept him out of the second half.

Pulisic then shared this photo from the hospital where he was anxiously watching the last few minutes of the game on a phone they were checking my you know my blood sugar and everything and I was flying through the roof but it wasn't for nothing it was just me Stressed out watching the game Pulisic says he is recovering, but Team USA says his condition remains day to day. I think Christian Pulisic will play in this game. This is what he has been waiting for all his life. That fighting spirit is exactly what theteam USA will need in the knockout round.

I hope people see it. Know? especially at home in the United States, I can see wow, these guys really give their all for this country and that's what really makes us special. Team USA will be the underdog in the game against the Netherlands on Saturday if they win. It will be the first time the team advances to the quarterfinals since 2002 Lester, okay Megan, thanks, he was known as the king of cryptocurrencies, but now Sam Bankman, released, apologizes for a historic financial collapse while potentially more More than a million investors are struggling to get their money back, as Gabe Gutierrez reports that Congress is now investigating weeks after the collapse of his massive FDX cryptocurrency exchange.

Released Sam Bankman is on an apology tour. What are his lawyers telling you about him right now? Are they suggesting that it is a good idea for you to speak up? It's not, but the 30-year-old former billionaire says he had no intention of committing fraud and says management failures and sloppy accounting caused FDX to implode in early November. Crypto outlet Outlet Coindesk reported potential issues with banker Freed's other company, Alameda, a hedge. The fund soon became concerned that investors were demanding their money from FTX, triggering what amounted to a bank run and forcing The Exchange into bankruptcy.

I have made many mistakes or they are things that I would give anything to be able to do again. I never tried to commit fraud against anyone. Congress is now investigating the collapse of FTX. These events uncovered an alarming lack of internal controls and egregious governance failures. The key question is whether FTX misappropriated client funds when it made loans to Freed Bank's hedge fund. He's not knowingly mixing funds, but many of FTX's investors don't believe it if he's screwed so many people. Manny Bautista says he can't access his assets with FTX valued at approximately 35,000 and is looking for a ride-sharing service to do At the end of the month, what do you think should happen to him?

I think he should go to jail and there should be some way for users to get their funds back. The freed banker was once worth more than $20 billion, he says it's now down to one. a hundred thousand a credit card Lester, okay Gabe, thanks, in 60 seconds we'll hear from the woman at the center of a royal scandal over racism what she has to say about those disturbing questions Prince William's godmother asked her, hey, I'm Hallie, I'm It's good to be with you tonight, there's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way, let's get to the point where they started herd law, if you're like Kelly, stop talking about Washington, this bill would basically give health care to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible.

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We'll tell you why, so Barack Obama is back on the campaign trail. We will head to Georgia, where the former president is demonstrating. for Senator Warnock plus the mayor of New York announces a new plan to involuntarily hospitalize people with mental illnesses we will talk with a mental health professional about the pros and cons and the future of sports Lester Holt introduces us to the child athlete of the year thank you We start this hour with a dinner after a three-year hiatus, the White House is hosting its first official state dinner for the French president. Emmanuel Macron and his wife Bridget Macron, the two leaders have just appeared for a session of photos on the grand staircase a few moments ago.

State dinners are a well-known political tradition in DC, a way to honor visiting world leaders and their families. They haven't happened in a while due to the pandemic which makes today's dinner extra special and the menu alone says it all, we're talking enough Maine lobster caviar cheeses to make our mouths water, although I can't eat cheese, but that's okay, Biden and Macron. I whetted my appetite in the hours before dinner, holding a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office earlier this afternoon, followed by a joint press conference in which the two countries' commitment to Ukraine took center stage. central.

I knew Russia was, but I didn't anticipate it. being as brutal as they have been and what they have been doing today, we reaffirm that, as I said, we will remain united against this brutality, we will never urge the Ukrainians to reach a compromise that will not be acceptable to them because they are very brave and They defend precisely the lives of our nation and our principles. NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Peter Alexander joins me now. Peter, it's good to see you, so let's get in here. The state dinner returns after a three-year hiatus. with the latter hosted by former President Trump for Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and President Trump also hosted a state dinner for Macron in 2018, which we know how this state dinner, the first of the Biden presidency, is different. , and what message you are trying. to ship right now, well we're already seeing some of the celebrities arriving here this afternoon Jennifer Garner John Legend Chrissy Teigen President Biden is touting the unbreakable partnership between the US and France, America's oldest ally , which is what they're celebrating as they head to the state dinner tonight and just to get your mouth watering, here Zinc Clay they're going to be serving Maine Lobster California wine and organ cheese.

However, it is notable that it was almost two years into the Biden presidency before they hosted a night like this. Although the pandemic allows, there will be almost 400 attendees here tonight, although the tone of this visit is very different from when former President Trump hosted President Macron after abandoning the Paris Climate Agreement and repeatedly attacking the alliance of NATO, of course, today, the two leaders emphasized. The places where they find an agreement among themselves affirm their united front against Russia's war in Ukraine and it is an important point. Peter is right. The state visit comes at a time of tension in this prehistoric alliance between France and the US, specifically though related to Mr Macron's disapproval. of the inflation reduction law focuses largely on the domestic interests of the US.

First, one could say how exactly that affects France and other international allies. Well, the French president today really toned down some of his recent criticism about this inflation reduction law that gives among other things some government money to help support US clean energy programs to move the macaroni said yesterday that would fragment the West President Biden tonight did not apologize for it acknowledged France's concern saying that any failure could be corrected Mr Macron called for the need for the United States and France to succeed together emphasizing that both countries have a shared vision for the Progress to come, but I think it was a place of tension as they headed into that press conference today where they each took questions from French and American journalists, but at the end of the day it was one that they both seemed interested in. in trying to put aside and, of course, a big topic of discussion today, as you mentioned, was the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Both sides agreed and reaffirmed their support for Ukraine's sovereignty. Do you fully agree? in plain sight when it comes to the invasion of Russia or there are areas of disagreement, you know exactly. I think that on this issue the real news was given today by President Biden, who said that he has no plans to contact Vladimir Putin, but also expressed his willingness to meet with Putin, if the Russian president shows interest in ending this war in Ukraine, something the president says Putin has not done to this point. French President Emmanuel Macron has met with Putin on multiple occasions, as you know since the war began, but President Biden has had no direct contact with Putin at that time and made it clear again today that he would not accept that kind meeting with Putin on his own if he did.

President Biden says it would happen only after consulting with NATO allies in Clay something to keep an eye on hard-hitting topics about what looks like a tasty dinner NBC's Peter Alexander from the White House thanks Peter and staying in Washington willaverted a rail strike that could have been devastating on Capitol Hill the Senate voted overwhelmingly today to ratify the tentative agreement between the railroad companies and their workers is the same deal that President Biden negotiated two months ago and has been pressing lawmakers to support, among other things, includes wage increases and more health benefits, something that is not included although paid sick leave despite the objections of several railroad unions President Biden defended that decision today I negotiated a contract that no one else could negotiate The only thing left out was whether or not it was paid leave.

I will continue to fight for paid leave not just for railroad workers, but for all American workers, NBC Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitelli joins me now Ali, good to see you, so the paid sick leave issue was actually voted on separately as an amendment in the Senate and a completely different bill in the House, so tell us how. This all played out today, yes, exactly, there's a reason why both the House and the Senate did it this way: it's because paid sick leave was one of the key points of this deal for progressive Democrats who wanted that these workers received seven days of paid work. sick leave instead of the zero they have now, which is why we saw them do it in two parts, because while it was almost certain that the actual agreement to ratify the underlying agreement would be agreed upon in both the House and the Senate, it was less Of course what would happen to paid leave and that's why they did it separately and we finally saw how this shook up today several Democrats who said no to the underlying bill because it didn't include paid leave, but some interesting dynamics on the Republican side have a In fact, a handful of Republicans voted for the amendment in the Senate that would have included paid leave, of course, it wasn't enough and that's why it failed.

Many people have been talking about this online, many of them are not happy about this, especially when you come out of a panda. These are essential workers on the rails and now they say they will not get the seven days of paid sick leave. This was the reason it somewhat crossed partisan lines, but there is also a question at this point of what this could mean if the issue is revisited in the coming months in the next Congress. We know that during Reconstruction, top Democrats were trying to push for a national agreement. paid sick and family leave policy that didn't come out, but now when you see that there are five or six Republicans willing to vote for this, it opens the door.

Potentially, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was certainly thinking about that when we saw her after the vote. Obviously, paid leave is essential for workers across America and I think this vote was very instructive because six Republicans voted in favor of paid leave for these railroad workers, which means I think there is a will to work in the new Congress on a real national payday plan so we can We will see if Gillibrand is right that there could be a new push for a standalone package on paid sick and family leave or if this was just one of those times when circumstances They lent themselves to Republicans joining this effort, but not necessarily in the future.

Absolutely time will tell and Ali, I know this isn't the first time we've discussed a rail strike and I imagine it won't be the last, so what's next and when will this deal land on the president's desk? as soon as possible because Congress did something here that was quite surprising to those of us who cover Congress, and that is that they acted very quickly, it only took them a matter of days to pass these bills, ratify the underlying agreement and avoid a shutdown of the railway now. That's not to say that there wasn't a lot of reluctance on the part of the Democrats in the sense that they were perhaps undermining the Union's ability to negotiate, but at the same time they all agreed that this was a crisis that could not be resolved. bear if one was in the United States and they were affected by the economic consequences that this attack would have had, so there was that agreement.

President Biden will want to sign it as soon as possible, but at this point the crisis prevented important analysis. NBC's Ali Vitale, thank you and meanwhile in Georgia, the Senate runoff elections are just a few days away tonight. President Obama is campaigning in an effort to carry Democratic Senator Rafael Warnock to victory and cross the finish line. Democrats have already won control of the Senate, but President Obama says this election remains crucial. an extra senator gives Democrats more breathing room on important bills, prevents one person from delaying everything, and also puts us in a better position in a couple of years when there are another elections but the Senate map will tilt toward Favor Republicans and joining us now live from Atlanta is NBC's Von Hilliard Vaughn.

It is not lost on me that, in contrast to what we just heard and saw, a former president is trying to mobilize voters for a Democratic candidate who is exactly defending Herschel Walker. Actually, not many people, Mike Pompeo, the secretary of state, came out on Herschel Walker's behalf, but you don't see a former Republican president here. I think it's notable and speaks to where Georgia has gone politically that it is a former Democratic president of the United States who is trying to galvanize voters here in the final days of this runoff. Herschel Walker is making stops here across the state these past few days, but Democrats are eager to replicate what they did in 2020 and 2021.

As you may recall, the runoff for John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock was actually a month after This round, the runoff took place on January 5th, but Democrats turned out in greater proportion, particularly black voters, too low in greater proportion than Republicans and white voters here in the state of Georgia. in the 2021 runoff and that is exactly why former President Barack Obama said he is asking people once again to do it again and get out again because he said the successes in the movements achieved that the Democrats were able to obtain in Congress and signed President Biden's law was only due to Georgia's efforts in the 2021 runoff.

He said they need them again this time and Vaughn, we've seen a lot from Warnock, but where exactly has Herschel Walker been? lately? You know he's hitting a lot of these. more rural places uh he was in Marjorie Taylor Green's hometown last night in Rome, he was also in Dalton, Georgia yesterday, these are the types of conservative voters when you look at the map here you can see that this is the support base that he There is I have to point out frankly that Georgia is arguably still a very conservative state. You saw Brian Kemp, the Republican governor, win his re-election pretty easily against Democrat Stacey Abrams by eight percentage points and that's why that's where you've seen a willingness of Georgians to vote for Republicans who just aren't coming close to people like Donald Trump, something that Herschel Walker actually did himself, and that's where Herschel Walker is now trying to use people like Brian Kemp instead of Donald Trump, uh Brian.

In fact, Kemp has cut a television ad that is airing around the state and is trying to boost Herschel Walker's candidacy, suggesting that he would like to have a partner in the US Senate who is a Republican coach instead. to have two Democrats, so he said last minute play here could potentially be a savior if in fact Herschel Walker was able to make up that difference with Raphael Warnock here in the runoff and Vaughn. I would be remiss not to talk about The Daily Beast's news. It was pretty salacious what exactly is going on with Walker today?

This is a Herschel Walker candidate facing an avalanche of accusations from women alleging he paid them to get abortions. His own son has alleged that his father threatened his family. from his ex-wife, who has said the same thing and now the latest Daily Beast report here from reporter Roger Sullenberger describes a woman on the record who says that from a five-year romantic relationship she had with him starting from 2005, there were multiple episodes in which he threatened her in one particular episode in which he physically, in her words, attacked her, put his hand on her chest and neck and then shook his fist in the air in her direction .

There were several women who spoke on the background to The Daily. According to this report, Beast described the story of Raphael or should I say Herschel Walker committing infidelity and the actions that the base had led them to believe was an unstable individual, of course these are again growing accusations against Herschel Walker but there are also the reality that he is just five days away from a competitive runoff and could very well beat the likes of the incumbent Democrat and win a six-year term to the US Senate using disturbing allegations during a critical time in which we will be .watching NBC's Von Hillier thank you very much in case you haven't checked your calendar it's the first day of December and there is widespread snow at least in the Pacific Northwest approximately 5 million people remain under winter advisories as the bad weather is expected As weather continues throughout the weekend, NBC News meteorologist Bill Cairns is here to give us the latest from Bill on what's going on.

It was a snow day for the kids in Spokane. They had 10 inches of snow in Spokane. Oh my gosh, I know just north of there in Lucerne as much as two feet, so yeah, there were some areas if you love snow. I'm sure the kids were happy with that. Some of the teachers probably had the day off too. So here's that storm. It has stopped snowing in much of Washington state, including Idaho. We actually saw a lot of things, a few snowflakes in the Seattle area as well, it wasn't enough for them to accumulate and cause a lot of travel problems, which was nice, but that storm has moved south and tonight we We will see stuck in areas where -80 as Donner passed heading from Sacramento to Reno towards Lake Tahoe, the higher elevations are being nailed and this is what we need.

I mean the rainy season and the snow season runs from November until about almost May and then it just dies down and it's dry most of the summer and we all know how bad the drought is so it's essential in the winter months accumulate the snow cover, then it will melt and go to the reservoirs and this is great. Although it rains a lot, no. It doesn't make it easy to travel through the central parts of the state and by the time we're done, we have two storms, the one I just showed you, and then another one that we're going to deal with as we go through Friday and Saturday. which lasts until Sunday, this is a combination of both, how much moisture is going to fall, so even the snow melts and the liquid equivalent about two or three inches, so that's good, some of the highest totals maybe they could be between five and five. six inches of snow in almost all mountain regions is going to come, so if you have plans to ski, don't spend the Christmas holidays until, you know, January 1, New Year's, these are the golden mountains of Colorado, from Steamboat to Aspen.

The veil down Telluride will take you into the Wasatch Range here, Provo will get good snow. Jackson Hole will also get between 6 and 12 inches, but it's actually the mountains of California and the central Sierra that have the best chance of getting high totals at around 6 million million people are under winter storm warnings and watches, they are mostly high elevations, if you drive at lower elevations you will be fine tomorrow, the other thing is the storm moves towards the On the plains we are going to have a high wind event, don't be surprised this time tomorrow morning Last night we showed you some photos of 18-wheelers rolling over because we're going to have high wind warnings from New Mexico all the way.

Interstate 70 in Colorado is going to be one of the worst places and that's how we stop waiting for that second storm, so around 5 p.m. m. tomorrow, the storm is just off the Pacific Northwest coast, windy and rainy conditions along the coast, won't be until Friday night and Saturday as it moves south, picks up some moisture even in Los Angeles, north of there we might get a little rain, not a high impact storm like we're facing, but that one will stay with us all weekend, so here's your weekend. The forecast for a light rain event to pass through northeastern areas isn't really high impact, it just ruins your outdoor plans for Saturday andthen as we go through the storm we just tracked on Friday, it leaves the coast on Saturday and moves. a little bit closer to the coast and then Sunday is when it really starts to cause some problems with heavy snow in the high elevations again and also some rainy weather in areas of California, at this point it doesn't look like Los Angeles is going to become significant.

It's raining, but any rain in LA is always a big deal, it'll just be a little bit and you'll notice it after that rainy day on Saturday in the Northeast. Sunny and cool but cool weather in much of the eastern half of the country, so clay. You know, it's hard to deal with a high-impact storm for the West, but we desperately need it. We need more of these storms all winter long. It's always hard to balance, but it looks like we'll be using our trainer this weekend. Bill, thank you foreignly three. Weeks after four University of Idaho students were murdered in their home, there is no suspect, no motive, but now there is growing confusion after conflicting messages from local authorities and police now reaffirm that the four students were in fact part of an attack aimed at the Moscow police.

Clarifying after authorities appeared to suggest otherwise last night, a police spokesperson told NBC News that we remain consistent in our belief that this was indeed a targeted attack, but we have not concluded whether the target was the residence. or its occupants, one of the victim's parents spoke. to Fox News about today's confusion. I don't like it one bit. I mean, these guys are professionals, they sat in a room and this is what they came out with and they keep making statements to create more questions than answers. we now from Moscow Idaho are NBC News correspondent Morgan chesky Morgan, good to see you, given the seriousness of this case, why are we getting mixed messages?

Yeah, that was a question I asked an Idaho State Police spokesperson saying clay and he said I wanted to clarify this ongoing discussion about the use of the word target by saying they believe this is a targeted attack, but it's still too early in this investigation to say if the people inside or the target or if the house itself were clarified. They clarified this statement because a local prosecutor had stated that it could be the house that was attacked, causing much confusion in this ongoing investigation. , so as it stands right now, authorities are not saying that this is not a targeted attack, but that it still is.

Too early to say what exactly the target was, I mean, definitely confusing and Morgan without a suspect in hand, how can authorities make any assessment? What are the latest updates on the status of the investigation, especially given the seriousness of the crime? Well, we know. Moscow police are working with the Idaho State Police and the FBI. This is a joint research in the future. Investigators tell me they are making progress, but the public needs to be aware that they cannot share critical details at this time and that is why they are calling anyone in this community who was in that area to see if they have any evidence. potential, digital evidence on their phones, or any information they can share on how to retrace those four young victims' final steps and times.

Before returning home they said that no matter how irrelevant it may seem, it may seem crucial to putting together this absolutely heartbreaking puzzle, but in terms of the information that is emerging about the ongoing information that they are collecting, there is not a lot and it is certainly generating frustration here in this community since, as you mentioned, no suspect was named, not even a person of interest was named and no murder weapon was recovered other than the fact that investigators say it was a knife fixed blade, zinc clay and Morgan, you talked about frustration. in the community and I know that you joined us last night before the vigil held at the University of Idaho and we just heard from Kaylee González's father how other family members of the victims and their peers are responding to this uncertainty, what is the feeling in the community at this time.

Certainly, I am still absolutely heartbroken and I think the lack of an arrest compounds the fact that, at least for now, the parents, when they spoke at that very somber vigil last night, made it very clear that they wanted to celebrate the lives of these four young men. . students and not insist on the tragic way in which they were taken, these individuals said, these relatives of the victims are asking for justice and the vigil closed with a prayer hoping that those responsible for finding this individual, these individuals have all the information they they need. We need to hold that person accountable definitively keeping those families in that community in our prayers Morgan Chesky thank you thank you and still ahead crypto and Congress expert tells lawmakers it's time for crypto regulations how to avoid a crash like the one we just experienced watch with FTX and later this hour, a doorbell you have to see to believe now tonight continues after this as we look at the latest city turned crime scene, we see the things left behind, can you tell us how the NBC News exclusive to stay at the top? of breaking news and the biggest stories of the day with NBC News daily.

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There's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way, but let's get to your point. I started with the pack law, if you're like Hallie, stop talking. Washington needs this bill to basically provide health care to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because I'm trying to make this as non-existent as possible in DC. The biggest kind of anger we've seen now in politics I saw you looking I think your microphone Daniel, you can do it on the slide, live TV, man, the big variable, the storm surge, why was it important for you to be here?

Sometimes the news can be difficult and overwhelming. for children to understand Ukraine in Russia, could you help me understand it? To help make sense of it all, we've created a newscast just for them. We hope your family checks out the Nightly News Kids edition. Welcome again. I'm Zinclair Samoa, the surprising collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange has created new momentum for cryptocurrency legislation. The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee held a hearing on the matter today, and Chairwoman Debbie Stabe, now a Democrat from Michigan, says her bill would create adequate oversight of the crisis created by FTX. need for a full government approach to regulate this market, some of the risks of cryptocurrency trading have been highlighted in recent weeks, but we have known about them for years.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Testimony Urged Lawmakers to Institute Regulatory Framework for Crypto Training Soon or Else As I've Said Publicly Many Times Before, I Firmly Believe We Must Move Quickly towards a thoughtful regulatory approach to establish safety barriers in these rapidly growing and evolving risk markets or they will remain an unsafe place. company to customers and could present an increasing risk to the broader financial system. NBC technology reporter Mackenzie Segolas joins me now for more. Mackenzie, it's good to see you, so let's dig in because there's a lot here, so let's start with the FTX debacle itself, saying Sam Bankman.

Released, the FTX CEO appeared yesterday for an interview with the New York Times and, indeed, our own Andrew Sorkin and agreed that he made a lot of mistakes, so let's listen first. I've made a lot of mistakes or things he would do. give anything to be able to do it again um, I never tried to commit fraud on anyone. I was surprised by what happened this month and you know, rebuilding it. Where are there things you wish you had done differently? Is it really like that? You may not foresee the way all this will play out, but it gives us a summary of what exactly happened and how you have been handling the situation, so in a matter of days, FTX went from being one of the crypto exchanges largest on the planet, with 32 billion dollars, bankrupt. and began in early November with leaked financial information that eroded trust in FTX and its sister company, a hedge fund called Alameda Research, and that spooked clients who began raking in billions of dollars from the exchange and ultimately In the end, free of embankments, they simply did not have enough money in the company's coffers to fulfill all those withdrawal requests now we learned later that SBF had moved a large amount of money into client funds to place it is that it should not have liked that hedge fund Alameda now SPF blamed the collapse of ftx on things like poor risk management Andrew Ross Sorkin was to blame for not watching his Empire closely enough, but did not attempt to commit fraud, a distinction he returned to He repeatedly, you know, basically throughout the entire conversation he downplayed his knowledge, which is a stark contrast to this carefully cultivated image of a crypto genius that he had just a month ago and you say carefully cultivated image and it's not lost on me that I imagine that Your lawyers probably don't want you to talk if you are speaking against the advice of your lawyers.

And do we think we'll see him testify before Congress? Yeah, I mean, he's openly said that this goes directly against what he heard from the Council and all of these public speeches that he's given lately in terms of whether we'll hear from him on Capitol Hill today was the first of many planned hearings, the The main meeting with the House Financial Services committee begins on December 13, where lawmakers are expected to summon new FTX CEO John Ray, possibly SBF himself, meanwhile, is giving SBF. he is giving lawmakers, prosecutors and investigators plenty to work with. He was on Good Morning America.

Yesterday he had that conference on the deal book and in the last month he has had no qualms about giving these pre-print interviews and in each of those conversations he continues to make the same basic defense, which is the classic bad businessman strategy. Basically, I did a lot of things. of mistakes but I'm not a criminal because I didn't intend to do anything bad well, a lot of eyes on this Mackenzie sagalos from cnbc thank you very much, now let's move on to some breaking news, there has been a setback for former president Trump. Regarding the documents seized at Mar-A-Lago, a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to end special review of the materials.

As you may recall, that's something Trump personally requested over the summer. The judges wrote a quote in part. The law is clear, we cannot write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the warrant is executed, it is still unclear whether Trump will appeal the decision and more headlines will appear tonight, including the reason for Biden's student loan forgiveness plan. is headed to the Supreme Court and recreational marijuana is now legal in one state, we'll tell you where and the road to the White House in 2024 is still ahead. May no longer starts in Iowa, where Democrats plan to meet first and why is ahead. now, tonight, don't go anywhere foreign, now look at what's making headlines around the world for going on air with breaking news, this is an important moment, whenever it happens, wherever you are.

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This is Tesla's first expansion beyond the passenger vehicle market. If you live in Rhode Island and are over 21 years old, you can now legally purchase recreational cannabis. The state passed legislation for this in May, but it finally went into effect today. Five hybrid stores were the first to accept recreational sales in addition to medical marijuana on Hawaii's Big Island. Lava from the Mauna Loa volcano is still flowing. Officials there say it slowed significantly. If the lava continues at its current rate, it could still flow onto a crucial highway next week and today in Boston Prince William and Kate continue their journey to the United States.

The couple in Boston will present the Earth Shot Awards for innovation in environmental issues tomorrow. However, the trip has been largely overshadowed by the resignation of the prince's godmother. She allegedly made racist comments this week to a black woman who was at Buckingham Palace as part of a reception. The royals are expected to meet with President Biden tomorrow. Closing arguments began today in the Trump organization's tax fraud trial, where the company is accused of a sweeping 15-year scheme to allegedly compensate top executives unofficially. Former President Trump himself does not face any criminal charges here, but it is unknown to what extent he was aware of this alleged scheme.

Still unclear investigative correspondent Tom Winter has his final closing arguments today in the trial against the Trump organization, the former president's business based here in New York City and on trial for its alleged role in the attack plot with its CFO Alan Weisselberg and he was the main name. and the character raised in these closing arguments today by both the defense and the prosecution the defense was first saying look, this is what it's all about, in their words, the greed of Alan Weisselberg, this is someone who wanted to get rich, he had the opportunity to get all these benefits as a result of his work for the Trump organization Apartments, luxury cars, even school tuition for his grandchildren, but he didn't pay the taxes and they say that's up to him in the temporary gap for the Trump organization.

He is the tax preparer who testified in this case. Donald Bender and his company, whom they paid two and a half million dollars a year to make sure they were on the right side of the law, also did not support them. This is not something they said involves the former president. or his family this is the greed of one man in the greed of others in the organization the prosecution in its closing arguments today says no, no, not so fast, the law says that someone needs to be in a high management position and who could being in that position more than the CFO of the Trump organization and that, in fact, this was for the benefit of the Trump organization several hundred thousand dollars not only in Medicare payroll tax payments that did not have to be paid by the Trump organization but also in raises that they didn't have to give to their employees because they were all receiving all these tax-free benefits at the end of the day after the jury left, perhaps a key development in the sense that the defense wanted that the prosecution stopped the discussions of the former president and his family at his closing. arguments that the prosecution said not so fast you mentioned the former president in your closing arguments we can address that about whether or not he could have known about this now former president Donald Trump is not charged in this case he is not going to jail even if the Trump organization is convicted, but we will have to see what role the former president plays as closing arguments continue tomorrow.

Thanks to Tom for that report and earlier this week to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. announced a new plan to allow involuntary hospitalization of people suffering from mental illness in the city. The plan would allow police and first responders to take them off the streets and Metro officials could then take these people to nearby hospitals even if they pose no threat to others The mayor's office says the plan is a response to the crisis mental health services, these New Yorkers and hundreds of people like them urgently need treatment and often refuse it when it is offered.

The very nature of their illnesses prevents them. Realizing that they need intervention and support, some advocates for the homeless They condemn the advertisement and call it a quote. Reliance on ineffective policing and involuntary transportation and treatment of mentally ill people. Join us to talk about what this means as a psychotherapist and award-winning reporter. Dr. Robbie Ludwig thank you very much for being here this is very important thank you for having me I agree with you, yes, so I wanted to ask you first of all how mental health professionals are responding well to this. I think there is gratitude from the mayor.

Adams doesn't look away and realize that there is a mental health crisis and there is a problem with homelessness and he is trying to address it so that there is an appreciation of whether this will work or not. I think there needs to be an expanded idea of ​​how we handle this situation and so on, what concerns people are expressing when it comes to this new plan. Well, first of all, people who have mental illnesses have rights, so their civil liberties cannot be taken away if they don't have them. danger to themselves or others and you hospitalize them, they could leave immediately or let's say they get treatment, they have to, they can really only stay there for 72 hours and then where do they go?

So this is really an issue of housing and accessibility to treatment. I know that if you're going to bring them to the hospital, it's just going to be a revolving door that we've seen before, and I think the part that stands out is the involuntary hospitalization. Yes, how effective it is. Practically good, it is effective for 72 hours. but after that not so much because people go out and if they don't have a home they go back to the streets, if they don't have mental health professionals and access to them, then they have no way to receive ongoing care, so I think The Problem will highlight that the homeless mentally ill have nowhere to go and that we need to find them accommodation, we need to find them treatment so that they can maintain a healthy or healthier lifestyle and I mean you are touching on the fact that this is not necessarily a long term sustainable solution , we're talking about a lot of problems, so I'm sure experts and people watching are wondering what the solution is, what would be a better alternative if it weren't like that.

This is a start and I think the good thing about Mayor Adams is that when you look at homelessness it's easy to lose hope and give up on the situation, so he at least wants to address it, but we need more housing, we need more treatment. available within the housing and we need it accessible for these people, so it will be an expense and it will be more of a political question, how do we create housing for this population to get them off the streets and give them treatment? that they need and maybe help them be productive for society and I mean, it seems like you're touching on the fact that this has more to do, it's more than just mental health, there are multiple factors that are contributing to this if anyone is looking and It's like what do I do if I meet someone who is dealing with a mental illness or crisis and is homeless, what would you say to them?

Well, I mean, I think you know it's a good question: Are there caseworkers that maybe can be assigned and where? Where is your housing currently that maybe they can access, but that's a complicated process and one that homeless people typically can't do on their own, so it requires people who know what's available in the city absolutely. for these people? Well, these are really important ideas, thank you very much for joining us to talk about this today. Chinese officials say they are taking steps to relax their strict and coveted zero mandates, a decision that comes after days of widespread nationwide protest, the type in China is rarely NBC.

Kelly Kobia has more Chinese authorities have signaled that they may be reversing their zero-Covid policy, there are signs that some quarantine and testing rules will be relaxed and the government could be about to roll out a massive vaccine campaign for its older population in this moment. After those unprecedented protests across the country demanding an end to lockdowns and also, in some cases, demanding more political freedom, China's coveted zero policy sometimes involves daily testing, mass lockdowns and severe quarantines in hotels or camps, Beijing has already said that daily testing is no longer necessary. for older people or for people working from home, other cities have taken similar measures and lockdowns have been lifted in some cities, this again could be a sign that China is moving away from zero covid, if so it would be a big change for the Chinese leadership.

That's NBC's Kelly Kobia. Thank you very much Kelly and now there is a problem: many women are too familiar with period products. Arch is so expensive. I met with three teens in Virginia who are working to provide their community with these much-needed products for free. look at our vintage pantry, a hassle-free errand, buying tampons. LED Ariana Gala had an extraordinary idea. I picked up like a box of tampons and just told him I thought this was too expensive. The 14-year-old girl recruited her two friends, Ramsay Warner and Isabelle Butcher. to launch a free period pantry outside a church in Vienna, Virginia, the pantry empties pretty quickly and shows how much new there is for products, we have received a lot of donations and support that way and we have also been surprised how much the community has used it community since September, the friends who filled this two and a half foot high wooden cabinet with donated pads and tampons, it shocked us because, like we were girls and we knew how important they are, I'm trying to, you know, buy more things with my own money, but it's crazy that switching to buying my own pets and tampons is such a big financial deal and is a challenge that many face.

Poverty is the inability to purchase menstrual products to manage a period. Jennifer Gaines of the period Supply peer alliance says poverty is widespread in the U.S. and uniquely affects low-income and marginalized communities and access to education students who do not have access to these products will miss school, says one in five teens have trouble paying for menstrual products and four to five students say they skipped class or know someone who did because of it , according to a study sponsored by thinks and a nonprofit that adds the high price of a box of tampons to the state sales tax. 22 US states still charge a sales tax on menstrual products Activists are pushing for a zero percent tax rate on tampons, but some lawmakers take issue with the idea that a bill 2021 law to eliminate Wyoming's tax on menstrual products fails after lawmakers argued that all hygiene items should be taxed. be included state senatorTom James told the Casper Star Tribune that it segregates and favors one sex over 17 other states and Washington, D.C., have laws requiring free menstrual products in schools, two of which require them in homeless shelters in the foreigner New Zealand and the city of Seoul offer free menstrual products for free Scotland made history in September and became the first country to offer free menstrual products to everyone they definitely modeled.

You know what we can do here in the United States, so we can't stop having this conversation by simply ending the tampon tax, far from being a policy. discussions Ariana Ramsey and Isabel are having an impact where they can expect period pantries to expand, spread awareness about poverty theory and inspire others to take their own action zinclair Samoa NBC News the important work there and in the future, Iowa caucusesThey were always crucial first stops for presidential candidates, but maybe not in 2024. We'll tell you where the new starting line could be. God over the latest city turned crime scene.

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A senior White House official tells NBC News it's safe to say Michigan is President Joe Biden's preference and he's joining us now. Speaking on this is NBC News digital senior national political reporter Jonathan Allen. It's so good to see you, so let's go inside. What is the case with Iowa losing the top spot in the presidential primary or caucus? Well, I mean, the first thing about Iowa is that it's almost all white and the Democratic party is racially diverse, Iowa doesn't necessarily reflect the balance of urban, suburban and rural areas that exist in other states, where Democrats could have early primaries. and of course, Iowa is a red state, not one that's particularly competitive in the recent presidential election, which means Iowa's nominees may not be able to make it that far in the future, of course, we just found out, really in the eleventh hour, that the president has made a recommendation to the rules and bylaws committee of the Democratic National Committee that put South Carolina first and then followed with New Hampshire and Nevada on the same day Nevada.

It should say next Georgia, then Michigan, so Michigan, as we reported, will be in the early window for the first time, uh, if the rules and bylaws committee blesses what the president has told them to do and most of those members were put there by him and then the entire Democratic National Committee approves it, but there could be a big fight before that happens, I mean a big fight I heard you mentioned that South Korea also loses its top spots, yeah, I want To say that is certainly a possibility because the president has pushed for these states, Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina, to remain in the top five, it seems likely that they will all be able to do that, you know, the addition of Georgia and Michigan in that primary map of the first five stages, like Biden would do, you know, I think that's what you're really going to see here.

How hard is New Hampshire fighting this? What other allies could I have? Doesn't South Carolina meet some of the criteria that the president and the party had set for an early state in terms of, certainly, it has a huge African-American population? and so it reaches that diversity threshold that the president was talking about, but it doesn't actually meet the criteria for competitiveness in a battleground state, which is another thing that he had talked about. South Carolina, of course, in the general election is exclusively for Republicans, but what it does is put a huge fortress in the path of anyone who might think they could be a rival to Joe Biden for the Democratic primary nomination. in 2020.

South Carolina, as you will remember, was his great reference state where he turned his campaign around. which led to his victory in the primary and now he's telling the rest of the Democrats that if they want to come after me, if they want to beat me, they have to go through me in South Carolina, essentially in my home political turf and You made an important point there about diversity, because the demographics of the country are changing and policy should perhaps reflect that. I also know that right now Michigan and Minnesota are the top contenders for first in the nation, so can you explain quickly? the pros and cons of each of them, sure, and you know they're not very different, they're both relatively competitive, and in general elections at the presidential level, I mean, Minnesota is a little less competitive.

Minnesota, of course, has a large metropolis and uh or or two twin cities Minneapolis and St Paul uh Michigan, of course, with Detroit as its main metropolis, there are some similarities between them uh, again, what I was talking about before you met large urban areas, major suburbs and a large amount of rural territory, etc. Yeah, there's that kind of geographic balance, you know, within each of those states, which I think was interesting for the president and his party. Michigan, of course, has had a special place in the lore of presidential politics since the Democrats became Reagan.

The Republicans, uh, in the 1980s, so, you know, I think Michigan just had an inside track for a lot of reasons, including having some supporters on the rules and bylaws committee and, you know, President Biden had an affinity real for that state, so you know if he gets his way Michigan will be or one of the first states in Minnesota won't, but again there's still a fight over that and Jonathan. I have to ask how this will affect the schedule of the Republican race. It's a great question because in some of these states, there may be some need for the state legislatures to change the dates of the primaries, and of course, in order to do that, you generally have to have control of both houses of the state legislature and the House. governor's office or cut. some kind of agreement, you know, the Democrats don't immediately affect the Republicans, but part of what the Democrats are doing could have an effect on what the Republicans do in New Hampshire, for example, there is a law that says that the New Hampshire primary must be held. the first primary and it has to be seven days before any other primary and of course the recommendation that Biden has made is that New Hampshire would not be the first primary in South Carolina and that New Hampshire would share a date with Nevada, so um you know, as a result of that, New Hampshire has to decide whether they're going to basically tell the president to push it and go ahead and set the date for their primary before um South Carolina either you know it or you don't. that, but the Republicans in that state are likely to be in favor of any plan that keeps New Hampshire first, we know you'll keep us informed, thanks, so we'll introduce you to a kid who calls his autism his superpower .

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After a domestic dispute with the mother of his children, weapons police say he might have in that house with him Kanye praises Hitler, the highly controversial rapper who launches another hate-filled tirade. A strange appearance with right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones provoking Swift. The backlash is that this is the point of no return for yay Royal, the resignation of Palace AIDS chief executive officer, who quit after a charity executive criticized her for making racist comments tonight, and accuser meets face to face Face with our Kier Simmons to tell his side of the story. and Harry and Megan stealing William and Kate's attention as they tour the US the new trailer that just dropped more recession or recovery the promising economic signs tonight consumer spending is rising gas prices are falling but With inflation still near a 40-year high, is this really a turning point?

We'll look at what it means for you and your wallet. An extreme accident. The terrifying moment a base jumper crashes into a cliff in Utah. His parachute gets caught leaving him dangling in the air. Like Crews? Were they able to get him to safety and why do they say this could have been so much worse main story starts right now foreigner good night what are police doing in Idaho almost three weeks after the horrific murder of four college students? There are still no suspects in police custody and no murder weapon was found and now, to make matters even worse, contradictory statements from local authorities that have added even more confusion to an already painful situation, these are the names and faces of the four lives that could be tragically cut short on November 13, the authorities once again. saying they believe their murders were targeted despite a local prosecutor saying otherwise the community at the University of Idaho gathered for an emotional vigil last night thousands of people showed up to pay their respects the unmistakable pain on the faces of the crowd that left this community united Shocked before this tragedy occurred, the city had not recorded a single murder since 2015.

Steve González speaking to that crowd in honor of his daughter Kaylee, our team spoke with him a few moments ago, which He is now revealing about Kaylee's death and what he is asking the police to do. Tonight, NBC's Morgan Chesky opens us up with that interview and this story. Tonight, new questions about the murders of four University of Idaho students. Authorities say they still believe the killings were targeted, rejecting a claim made by a local prosecutor. Is it fair to say that? I believe this was targeted, but you don't know if it was a location or an individual.

Yes, that is correct. At this point in the investigation, we really haven't come to a conclusion as to whether it was the people involved or one individual, multiple individuals or the location that we have. We have not made that determination yet, but the victims' families are frustrated that no suspect has been named and no murder weapon has been found. Steve Gonzales' daughter, Kaylee, was murdered along with her best friend. How does it feel for three weeks here and knowing that whoever did this to his daughter? he's still out there, it's ridiculous, it's angry, you know, this amount of time and I can't even get them to say this is a man, we can't have that kind of closure with that guy who's still on the streets, how scary has. you from this case are getting cold, well the city likes to mention the fact that there is very little crime, so there is not much practical knowledge there, this is what we are dealing with, this is what we have, these These are the circumstances we find. make the best of it and let's move on, but me, the lead investigator, is a real stud, he really knows what he's doing so I trust him, but he can't present evidence if it's not there so I'm very worried that the police are now. turning to the public to help complete a detailed timeline, but victims' families want more to be done.

I don't know why they pay you if you don't communicate anything, you have to find a way to build. a case outside of what you publish and still protect detailed information that only the killer will know, but you have to help the community help you, okay. Morgan Chesky joins us now from Moscow, Idaho Morgan, as you've reported here on the main story that may resolve his family decided not to have a public funeral for his daughter, what did Steve tell you about that? Yes, Tom, I asked that same question. Heartbreaking response. He's so worried that whoever did this might try to blend in with a crowd at a public funeral. the family has decided to wait for now.

He says that thought even entered his brain as he spoke to the crowd at last night's vigil, several thousand people in front of him. He says he was disgusted by the fact that this killer could be brave enough to try to enjoy some kind of joy in this traumatic aftermath that took his daughter and Morgan, according to that theory, did they think the killer or killers and I know that you came to that in your story, are they part of the university community? students or believe that possibly this person is from the city. Yes, Tom, I spoke to investigators just now.

The remaining incredibly tight lips have been able to rule out several individuals as possible suspects as this investigation has progressed, but when I asked, ask the investigator Point Blank says we don't have a suspect, we don't have a description of the suspect, we don't even have a person of interest right now and that's why he said it's so important to the public if they have any kind. of potential clues or evidence to go to the police while they build that timeline to try to retrace the steps of each of these four young students to try to discover where they were in those hours before going to that house where they were later found .

Dead, you were at the vigil, what are the students like right now? What is your mentality? Are they living in Terror? Certainly, they are constantly aware of what has happened here. Some are choosing to accept the school's offer for remote learning. For the rest of the semester we heard from another parent who said that he didn't feel it was right for his daughter to come here knowing that, although there was a chance that something could go horribly wrong, there are law enforcement in almost every country. In the direction you look around campus and we are told that the FBI has come here to assist with the investigation so that the local Moscow Police Department can focus on patrolling this community.

An example of how aware this city is of what has happened is that the number of calls for suspicious activity or disturbances has doubled in the last few weeks, yes, that's logical, okay, Morgan Chesky takes us outside of Morgan, he We welcome more information about this ongoing investigation. I want to bring in former commissioner of the Boston Police Department, Ed Davis, and it's been a day of confusing statements from the police department and a local prosecutor and what confused the public and the families is whether the victims here were attacked or whether their residence was attacked and they basically had to go back to the police department and they say yes, they believe this was a crime, some type of crime where there was a target, but it seemed so confusing, it's confusing, thanks Tom, you know I've Been watching this since it happened. and it is unfortunate that there is a lack of coordination between the comments that the prosecutors and the police make, they are usually at the same pace, but this may be due to the fact that they do not do much Homicide Investigations in this community.

This is something unusual for them and they are quite overwhelmed. I'm sure that because of the national attention this case is generating, they have to get their act together. they have to sit at a table and determine what the evidence is and then make a decision about what they can share and you know that the convincing comments from the victim's father are exactly on the right track. We investigate. I was personally involved in several hundred In homicide investigations we would give victims' families more information than we would give to the press. Well, it's important for them to understand that you're doing everything you can do and you really have to keep them on board and if I can if I could stop you right there, but one of the things that stood out to me during Morgan's interview with the father was who said the lead investigator was I think he used the word, he called him a stud, which he was.

He seemed to be a serious investigator, but at the same time he said that he couldn't make up evidence and that to me sounded like something that maybe had been shared with you, that there wasn't much evidence at this point at the crime scene, right? It's frustrating for a family to have to deal with the fact that there may not be an easy solution to a crime like this. These crimes sometimes take time. There are many trials they can pursue and it is not unusual for most. researcher to develop a very strong relationship with the family, but the family must be kept informed.

Do you think there's any chance the police will know who did this? Do you think they have solid leads and are just not letting the family or the public know what the case is, but police departments in the past may have been very strict with information as time goes on, we have learned You involve the community in the conversation, for example, posting videos, evidence that you need to get help. community is a very effective way to connect people to the case and know and let them know that you are on it, but departments that don't have a lot of experience will hide and cover and that could be the case of what is happening here and Ed just from what we know what has been reported what the police have published no murder weapon was found it does not appear that concrete evidence was collected the students who were on the second floor were murdered there were some students on the first floor they weren't murdered this is not a high crime area and yet they have no idea who did this, they don't do any of that.

He tells me that it has been reported that there is hundreds of physical evidence in a violent crime like this. There is commonly transfer of bodily fluids from the victim and suspect, so DNA is the best they can focus on. now, if you don't have a suspect, okay, Ed Davis first tonight here on the main story Ed, we appreciate the analysis from him. We now want to move on to the tenth confrontation between Tampa police and former NFL star Antonio Brown's officers attempting to arrest Brown for assault and domestic matters. violence charges stemming from alleged domestic dispute NBC Sam Brock has those details tonight Tampa police say they are trying to arrest former NFL player Antonio Brown making multiple attempts outside this home to execute an assault warrant , domestic violence, the department told NBC News that citing failure to communicate with police officers is the latest twist in the 34-year saga that has gone far beyond the Gridiron charges stemming from an incident Monday involving Brown and the mother of four of his children, according to court documents Brown threw a shoe at the woman Hitting her in the ponytail, the victim was not injured, but believed the shoe was intended for her head.

In the same document, police describe learning that Brown threw the woman's belongings outside the home and then threatened over the loudspeaker that if she entered the home, he would shoot her in front of police. He also says that the children didn't want to come in because they were afraid of his father when he gets into a destructive mood. After the incident, a request to remove Brown's weapons and ammunition under a warrant was denied.risk protection. by a Florida judge citing lack of physical action How is it possible that there was not enough evidence to take away his guns but there is enough evidence to potentially prosecute him for domestic violence?

The judge got this wrong: the Florida statute that allows these risks. protection orders gives a series of factors that can be considered by the court that heard it, several of them Antonio Neo Brown is a risk not only for him but for the members of the community and obviously for the mother of his children according to the petition that presented. He had two firearms in the house, a pistol and a rifle. NBC News has not been able to reach Brown's legal team for comment as he remains a man wanted by Tampa police tonight, okay Sam, who joins us live tonight, pick it up from there .

Any idea where Antonio Brown is tonight, so we believe he is in the house, although the police will not record whether he is or not. Sources told NBC News that he is in there and Tom, this is not a confrontation, they are not. characterizing it more as a stuck buddy, we're told that right now there are no marked police cars outside the house, but there are unmarked cars and the idea here is that it looks like they're going to wait, but the Tampa police tell you. He told me that they are not going to risk the officer's safety for a misdemeanor and a warrant there unless he himself makes the situation worse, so really this is going to continue until he leaves the house, yeah, it looks like maybe they are going to wait to surrender, possibly and there is also the issue of weapons, as you reported, the court documents also say that there have been other domestic violent incidents in the afterlife on the right, so the woman who is at the center of the petition to try to take guns away from Antonio Brown says she has also been a victim of him before, but the reason she did not pursue the matter was because she was concerned that the house she was standing in is owned by his company, according to this woman, would be taken away from him and all the financial assistance he is providing would also be taken away, so at least what this does is conceivably establish a pattern of behavior that seems to fit. with the profile of what we know about Antonio Brown Tom, okay, Sam Brock for us tonight, Sam, we appreciate that the one reported to be known as Kanye West is causing more public outcry tonight for anti-Semitic comments, yes, he appears with a hoodie in the face talking to the extreme right.

Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is sitting pretty next to white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who was also at that dinner with President Trump last week. NBC News correspondent Valerie Castro joins us now and Valerie, this is something we struggled with to figure out how we were going to do it. report this exactly because so much of what he said was so vile that it has been a difficult decision but the comments he has made seem to be escalating in the nature that he blatantly stated tonight that he loves and sees good things about Hitler, that he likes Nazis and he even went so far as to mock the brothers Ari and Rahm Emanuel, prominent Jewish figures, and today there was strong condemnation from the Jewish community.

Jonathan Greenblatt, executive director of the Anti-Defamation League, tweeted in response to the comments saying that in part he is a vicious anti-Semite. Today's comments on Infowars are not only vile and defensive, they put Jews in danger. The Republican Jewish Coalition also issued a statement saying in part, given his praise of Hitler, that it cannot be overstated that Kanye West is a vile bigot who has targeted the Jewish community with Nazi-style threats and smears, conservatives who have mistakenly pandered to Kanye West need to make it clear that he is a pariah, enough is enough. NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Garrett Hake asked House Minority Leader Kevin Party for his reaction, calling Yay's comments disgusting and unbelievable. and he said it's up to the entire nation to call out behavior like that, but what's the next step?

I know Adidas already dropped him from his talent agency, but you can still hear his music properly and on social media a lot. Many people disagree with that and are asking music services like Spotify, Apple Music, to no longer make that music available. We reached out to both services tonight, but we haven't heard back yet, so I guess the question is: We're going to delve into this in our next segment, but you know, at some point I thought maybe others also thought that Kanye would eventually He would apologize, but it's not that he's doubling his bet, he's tripling it.

Is there anything that can be recovered from this, especially with the Jewish community, so I spoke to a rabbi not long ago on the phone and he said, look, in the Jewish faith there is a belief that people can correct their mistakes and that They can work to heal the mistakes they have made, but he says this is not the case. one person who did offend, this is a whole group of people on a very large platform that has a large audience and those comments now have the potential to incite violence, potential hate crimes against the Jewish community, so say while you wait that he does realize that what he is saying is dangerous and inflammatory, it is not as simple as asking for forgiveness from a person or an individual, yes, the two big fears are that it will lead to more violence against the Jewish people and also that normalizes this type of commons, okay, Valerie Castro.

We appreciate it with yay's latest anti-Semitic rant, the questions remain what happens to artists r to help us resolve that question. Entertainment journalist and friend of Top Story. Shagun Olowogu joins us now. Shagun. Thank you very much for joining Top Story. Know? We talked about this from the beginning and now I'm at a point where I don't think there's any way back from this. Now it's the third rail and I don't think Kanye West will ever do it. Sorry, I don't think he wants to apologize. My question is what is wrong with Kanye West and all the art he has created up to this point.

Well, I think it's simple, Tom, if you have some kind of moral compass. you have any kind of personal code of ethics and you choose to enjoy his music or enjoy the fashion that he created that says enough about you that he doesn't need to be around you. Kanye West has shown you who he is to quote. Maya Angelou, when someone shows you who they are, believe them and I just don't understand why a fashion designer and a musician go to them for politics or religion or any kind of experience other than fashion and music like me.

I don't look for more leadership or direction in Kanye than in Marc Jacobs or Tom Ford in the fashion world, but when you're in public, in the Arena, obviously you have a huge platform and people follow you and listen to you, so you have to be aware of what you're saying, absolutely Tom, but I think what's being missed is that I think because Kanye West is black, somehow people think that he speaks for black people and not Isn't this an individual that he has a problem that he's chosen to broadcast on whatever platform puts a microphone in front of him and whatever the reasons are or whatever he's going through right now, I think it's not even that much? about canceling if you are a company, the CEO of a corporation or a human being, if you have any kind of moral fiber, you do not participate in what Kanye is cooking, it's very simple, I don't eat at that restaurant, I don't shop at That store I don't pray in that church.

Kanye has shown you, he has repeatedly shown us who he is and what he is about and it's bullshit and we need to get away from that, but do you think we should? We were actually talking and maybe you remember it. This conversation we had was before all the comments were made. We were talking about how many collab deals Kanye was doing in the last few months and how he was appearing on so many different tracks for new artists and for top hip artists. hops industry, my question to you is: do you see those collaborations happening again?

I mean, are people trying to forget this and move on or is it over for good? The artists that were doing collaborations with him or, uh, doing collaborations with him, are looking with open eyes and open your ears to what he says and it's to me it's very simple when you sleep with dogs you wake up with fleas he's surrounding white supremacist hate mongers and people who spread filth and promote hate if you're another artist and your art is about hate, antisemitism, racism and ignorance and if you want to make a record with this guy then you're telling us who you are Also, that's how simple it is for me if I had a record with a crime.

In fact, I wouldn't turn it off, I would tell myself, I would tell the world that this is not who I am and this brother does not speak for me and the music I make is not representative of who this man is. coming to light and that has to be said well, these artists I don't think Kanye can come back because standing next to him with a microphone is putting your arm around the same type of ugliness that he is putting his arm around and to me that is wrong , I think you may be right, we may be talking about Kanye West's final chapter.

Okay, we thank you as always for joining the main story. We want to move on now to another story that we have been following for the past few days. drama that overshadows Prince William and Kate's visit to the US Harry and Megan mock their new documentary as a racially charged scandal and Falls across the pond are Kier Simmons sitting down tonight with the woman accusing Prince William's godmother of racism. Very well, tonight it is the prince and the princess. from Wales visited a nonprofit organization in Boston that helps vulnerable youth. I let my guard down. A British charity executive and Gozie Fulani spoke out about the treatment he received from Prince William's godmother at an event at Buckingham Palace this week.

I was there five minutes when this lady arrived. It's up to me and the first thing she does is grab my hair and move it, I'm like I don't know who she is but she has already felt like she has the right to physically put her hand on me to move my hair so she can see my badge with my name and then says she was questioned for eight minutes about her ethnicity Eddie, I'm bored and I'm British, yes, but what's your nationality? A spokesperson for Prince William has said that there is no place for racism in our society, right?

I think that's what I believe or I know I know what racism is Lady Susan Hussey, who is close to Queen Elizabeth, has resigned from her role as Assistant to Camilla, Queen Consort Where am I safe from this? When are we going to face this type of violence? behavior instead of excusing it British newspapers are calling it a real disaster and now no one sees what's happening behind closed doors Harry and Megan release this trailer for their Netflix documentary I had to do everything I could to protect my family tonight we We approached Netflix and the Duke and Duchess' representatives about the timing with no response, okay, Kier Simmons joins us again live tonight from Boston.

There's a lot to talk about tonight. I want to go back to your interview. You've covered the Royals for a long time. maybe even more than a decade. I want to ask about the allegation and then suddenly Swift resigning is normal for the royal family is that moment normal or was it incredibly quick, essentially it was damage control in effect but that's exactly it Tom and it was quick because you know how this goes to a fundamental question that they face, which is about the culture of the royal family, about the history of the royal family, but it goes back to colonialism of course, can they change the way they are perceived?

Can they be modernized, if you want to put it that way? That's the real question for them and for something like this to happen, sometimes you know, Tom, something happens and it's just a personal moment between two people, but it seems to say a lot. and I think that's what you're dealing with here, she was in the Inner Circle, she was an assistant to the late Queen for a long time, so she's going to leave people with questions. I think the Palace royal family knew they needed to act quickly, interestingly, although we haven't heard Prince William address it directly here in Boston.

I think there were questions about whether or not he should, what they've tried to do is keep the focus on their causes and their journey. here, but I have to tell you that, as you know, Tom, it has been difficult these last few days, yes, and I want to ask you because what I realized in covering Queen Elizabeth's funeral, which you know very well, is that when It's about logistics, royals don't. They make mistakes, they can make mistakes in their personal lives in their public lives, but when it comes to Logistics, they really stick to the script's schedule and I'll preface this because how does this Netflix trailer come out the same week that Harry's brother is there with the princess, I mean, you can't say oh, it was just an accident, it almost seems like it had to be done on purpose, that's a great question, Tommy, you and I were together in London for thefuneral of the late queen, of course, yes.

They do it, they're good at logistics, but they also remember that they're making decisions around a family with all the family dynamics and that's what I really think this is about, I mean, listen when that Netflix promo dropped, it was about 10 minutes away from going on air on The Today Show we saw it and our jaws dropped, it's like oh my god, now I'm going to let the people watching figure out the moment, but it's pretty extraordinary, isn't it? And I think, frankly, when there are some well, there have been some types of resolutions, but when there are basically some between two brothers, then that's going to be a problem for this family and I think maybe you saw it today, maybe Netflix decided that in the moment when Prince Harry had the ability to veto it, I don't know, I mean, ultimately, it's again.

I'm going to let the people watching decide what they think about the fact that this Trader comes out just as William and Catherine, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are here in Boston trying to reintroduce themselves. for the American people, yes, here, and as they may or may not want to compete for the headlines, there will be a big headline tomorrow, right, the princess's prince's meeting with our president, yes, the prince and princess's meeting with the President, I mean, extraordinary, I think. that could be what can change the narrative a little bit. I have to say that the local television here in Boston, in a lot of the magazines, they really focus on a lot of things that happened here that we haven't been able to focus on because of all the controversy, you know, the meeting with the local community, all that kind of thing, I think they'll be looking forward to that meeting with the President tomorrow and then this big Gala focused on Prince William's work on the environment. that will change the narrative tomorrow, but some of this is out of their control, as we've seen this week, and that's the problem for them, okay, Kier Simmons.

First, we appreciate your time and reporting, now we are addressing the economy in a positive way. Signs Americans spend more than $35 billion online at the start of this holiday shopping season, but consumers are feeling the impact of higher prices and, of course, higher interest rates, now that the FED is signaling that it can ease those rate increases. NBC's Tom Costello has the latest on this mixed economic picture. Hanukkah is just over two weeks away, Christmas is three, and the latest data suggests Americans are still spending while inflation, the highest in 40 years, continues to ease October consumer spending that just showed the highest increase since June, even as families pay more for rent, groceries and new car retailers.

He reports that nearly 200 million people flock to stores from Thanksgiving to Cyber ​​Monday in Atlanta. Whitney and Joe Novak own kazoo toys and say buyers are sensitive to inflation, but still buying we have had a good or positive year, I mean we keep people employed. We're not worried that toys are one of those nice industries where we're not going to have the huge rollercoaster of ups and downs. Supply to Anthony. Kids will always want toy inflation in October to be six percent, slightly lower than President Jay said in September. Powell now says the Federal Reserve could soon slow the pace of its interest rate increases aimed at controlling inflation.

The time to moderate the pace of rate increases could come as soon as its member meets, which could mean a half-point rate increase in two weeks instead of another three-quarter point increase, meanwhile, Gasoline prices now average 347 per gallon, a drop of 28 cents in a month. Third quarter GDP is even stronger than initially reported. We're kind of waiting for the recession like they're waiting for Godot. That hasn't happened. However, um and with each passing month the economy proves to be more resilient consumers continue to spend tomorrow we will get the November employment report. 200,000 new jobs are expected and that statistic will be used by the Fed to decide if it can really slow the pace of those rate hikes in December Tom, okay Tom, while we wait for the Fed's decision, I want to bring in Curtis Dube, the chief economist of the U.S.

Chamber of Commerce, to help us break it all down. Curtis, the first question is very simple, are we? Are we headed towards a recession or a recovery, well that's the question everyone wants an answer to, but I thought it was interesting that you had the image of the base jumper stuck on the side of the mountain. I think that's basically what the FED is trying to do. taking the economy through really dangerous times and the juxtaposition of what we're going through is that there is a lot of weakness in the economy but at the same time there are a lot of strengths, it's a double edged sword, it means that we could get through this period where , while we lower inflation in a way that is not so bad, maybe we will overcome what is called a soft landing, but at the same time it makes these vegetable jobs more difficult because if demand stays strong if incomes continue to grow prices will still be high, so it will be harder for them to lower prices, so we don't really know, we don't know, this is a very unique situation, you know, I know there are a lot of mixed signals out there, but also I want to be very honest with our viewers and here in the main story we have always tried to break down the economy in a way that we can all understand, we talk about Christmas spending, we talk about consumers still buying products, but also Talk about the record of credit card debt that Americans have right now and the spending that has gotten completely out of control since the pandemic.

Spending has been heavy. Consumption has been strong. I'm not too worried about the increase and credit card debt. It has been growing, but it went down a lot during the pandemic and compared to revenue, it is still at very manageable levels. Now it will probably continue to increase. That is the problem that will continue to increase from now on. What has been propping up spending the most has been the The savings were enormous, they were about $2.7 trillion above trend during the pandemic, they have decreased a lot during this year, they have decreased every month, but there is still lots of savings that they can continue spending.

Those consumers can continue spending using those balances. instead of increasing credit, talk to me about layoffs, we are hearing layoffs and I'll say it again, the news is mixed, there are companies that are having a lot of layoffs, that are companies that are staying silent, there are companies that are having a lot of layoffs. With hiring frozen what is the outlook right now when it comes to layoffs and whether people should be worried about their own jobs. I'm not worried about layoffs, but we are still adding jobs. We still have many more vacancies than unemployed workers. to fill them, more than 4 million, the gap is that there are more than 4.4 4.3 million vacant positions, more than unemployed workers, the layoffs have been very targeted at specific industries and I believe that companies take advantage of periods of slowdown economic and the potential for recession to lose weight and become more efficient, then, but for me not yet, it is not a sign of economic weakness, the labor market is still too strong, the FED would like to see it weaken a little to help lower Inflation, finally, cars are going up, incomes are going up, wages are disappearing before you're gone.

I know you have a theory about this, secondhand pessimism, tell me briefly about what this means, if you can, yeah, I'm sure it's really interesting, we go back to that unique circumstance that we find ourselves in, which is that if you look at any survey, whether they are consumers. or companies tell you that things are bad, that the economy is not good, it is not good now, it is not going to be good in the future, but consumers continue spending and companies continue hiring, raising wages and investing, for example. what they are catching the pessimists second hand, because when they look at their own personal circumstances they think things are pretty good, okay Curtis rises from the US Chamber of Commerce we appreciate your analysis tonight we still had an update on that teen shot in a McDonald's parking lot in Texas, the officer who shot at his car now indicted the charges he faces tonight plus the extreme accident a base jumper who crashed into a cliff in Utah what witnesses say they saw from the ground and the railway strike prevented the agreement that was just reached to stop a labor strike on its tracks stay with us main story just starting this Thursday night abroad, the news can be difficult and overwhelming for children to understand Ukraine and Russia.

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It could have been much worse if the jumper's parachute hadn't caught on a ledge. saving him from falling further, someone from search and rescue went up the cliff, but that was surprising because there was no crack or obvious route to get there, so they had to put up protection, you know, pins to get there. The family saw the Great The county Sheriff's Office search and rescue team was working to lower the jumper, estimating it took about two hours. Someone miraculously got there and then caught the guy, but tied him with another rope and lowered him to the ground. able to say hello, I'm fine, my leg hurts a lot.

The Sheriff's Office told KSL that its rope team managed to save the man and that he was airlifted to a hospital. Logenez told us the jumper now has a broken leg and they were able to rescue him. from a cliff to a helicopter to a hospital in a couple of hours, that's truly remarkable, super impressive work by Stephen Romo NBC News, okay, when we return from the medical emergency at a high school in California, seven students they rushed to the hospital with symptoms of an overdose what authorities say they might have taken stay with us right now on nbc news now we start with the latest news that just came in what's happening now?

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Cantu was on life support for weeks after the October shooting, but he is now recovering at his home. 10 students in Los Angeles were treated for what officials call a suspected cannabis overdose Authorities say the student Students ranging in age from 12 to 14 were found in mild to moderate distress at a high school at least seven people were taken to the hospital and three were released at the scene officials say overdose likely involved Edibles several students injured in school bus crash in Rockland County Aerial footage from New York shows the bus on the side of a house, you can see there, another vehicle overturned next to it, authorities say 22 people were on board when the bus veered off the road while turning several students in the driver were hospitalized, but all are expected to be okay authorities are investigating whether speed was a factor there and the Senate has averted that potentially crippling rail strike.

The bipartisan bill will force union railroad workers to accept a deal negotiated by the White House months ago, however, it did not add the amount of leave. paid sick leave that the unions had requested. The bill now heads to President Biden for his signature. Biden had urged Congress to work quickly to avoid a supply chain catastrophe before the holidays. Right Now, The Man Once Known As The King Of Cryptocurrencies Is On An Apology Tour, Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman Released Speaking After His Company's Historic Economic Collapse, Gabe Gutierrez Has This Week After the collapse of his huge cryptocurrency exchange, FDX, released Sam Bankman is on an apology tour, what are his lawyers telling him right now?

Are they suggesting that it is a good idea for you to speak up? Uh, not at all, but the 30-year-old former billionaire says he had no intention of committing fraud and says management failures and sloppy accounting caused FDX to implode in early November. Crypto outlet Outlet Coindesk reported on potential problems with banker Freed's other company, Alameda, a hedge fund that soon worried investors would demand their money from FTX, prompting what amounted to a run. The bank forced The Exchange to file bankruptcy under the I um, I've made a lot of mistakes or they're things that I would give anything to be able to do again um, I never tried to commit fraud against anyone that Congress is now.

In investigating the collapse of ftx, these events uncovered an alarming lack of internal controls and egregious governance failures. A key question is whether FTX misappropriated client funds when it made loans to banker Freed's hedge fund. I'm not knowingly mixing funds, but many of the ftx investors are not buying. If he's screwed over so many people, Manny Bautista says he can't access his FTX assets worth about thirty-five thousand dollars and he's driving for a ride-sharing service to make ends meet, what do you think? should it happen to you? I think he should go to jail and there should be some way for users to get their funds back.

The freed banker was once estimated to be worth more than $20 billion. He says it's now down to a hundred thousand. A credit card. Tom, we're out of the triple. demek RSV and covid and flu are circulating throughout the country, more than 80 percent of hospital beds are now full and, according to Health and Human Services, the flu has already taken its toll and the CDC estimates that there have been at least 6, 2 million flu cases so far this season with nearly 3,000 deaths flu hospitalization rate this year highest in 12 years I want to bring on NBC News medical contributor Dr.

Natalie Azer and Dr. Random I want to start with the flu, so there have been 12 pediatric deaths so far is such a high number for this time of year. I mean, you feel really bad for all those families involved, it's high for this time of year and you know we haven't had much flu in recent years, Tom. If we compare it to the 2019 to 2020 season, there were close to 200 pediatric flu deaths and that was extraordinarily high and, more importantly, 80 percent of the children who died were not vaccinated and less than half had an underlying medical condition, so I know a lot of people think well, just like with covid, that the flu is not as serious for children as it can be and vaccination absolutely helps save lives in both children and adults.

Anecdotally, we've had really bad cases of the flu in my family. I have colleagues who have really bad cases of flu - the flu that's circulating right now, at least in the Northeast or on the East Coast, is more powerful than the flus we've seen in the past, so the two strains that are circulating predominately right now are Both H1N1 and H3N2 are strains that we always see, they are not necessarily more virulent this year than in the past, but they can cause serious illness, of course, especially in the vulnerable populations that we now know very well, yes , when we talk about the triple demic we are talking about, obviously, the coveted flu and RSV, they are all respiratory diseases.

We have this graph up here, which is quite interesting and we see some overlaps there, what are the overlaps, so I would basically tell people that If you think of it as a respiratory disease that affects the upper respiratory tract, you know that sneezing, Runny nose, sore throat, even cough, can be in all three, the only thing that really stands out about the flu is its high level. The fever usually appears with a very stormy onset and a bit of Perla from some pediatricians in my hospital. What gave me a clue is that we tend to see a lot of gastrointestinal symptoms with RSV and Covid, so diarrhea is less bothersome with RSV. but at the end of the day you can't really tell the difference and you can treat covid and you can treat flu, but there is no treatment necessarily for RSV, are these respiratory diseases connected in some way and do we do the coveted vaccines?

I have been taking it for the last year. Do they have any effect? Do they help us in any way against RSV or indirectly do they do well with the flu? So the viruses themselves aren't really related at all. But it is a truism in medicine in general. that if you get sick with a respiratory illness, you are at greater risk of developing another respiratory illness because your lungs have already taken a hit, so you become more susceptible to other infections in general and particularly to pneumonia caused by bacteria, is a well known disease and uh you know a side effect and outcome of the flu that we always worry about so the hospitals are understaffed and because of that in part they are now overwhelmed when should people if They are diagnosed with the flu, when should they go to the hospital, when?

Is it time to call an ambulance or go to the emergency room? A couple of things that I think are true for all of these illnesses: If you have a sustained fever, say 102 or higher, if you have difficulty breathing or chest pain and then that kind of lightheadedness or dizziness because you just can't eat or drink. , you can get dehydrated, those are definitely the things you need to worry about, the trick is with your little ones who don't talk yet and can't communicate so we look for things like not being able to feed being very irritable using you know widening the nostrils using their necks to help them breathe those little things that you can look for in your kids that can't tell you that they're having trouble breathing, okay, it's good to know that Dr.

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Spotify released the other most streamed artists in the world this year. Bad Bunny topped the list, of course, followed. by Taylor Swift Drake The Weeknd and BTS I want to bring in Harper Bazaar digital culture editor Bianca Bettencourt, who interviewed Bad Bunny just a few months ago for Harper's Bazaar. Bianca Bad Bunny is as successful as I mentioned. Take a look at this. He is the most streamed artist on Spotify since 2020, Billboard and Apple Music Artist of the Year, what does this say about the global appeal of both his music and reggaeton in general? I think bad bunnies are on the rise, especially as we've seen in recent years. it's really that you can't underestimate the impact of not only Latinx music but Latinos around the world, um, I think because he, you know, performs in Spanish, sings in Spanish and you know he predominantly does interviews in Spanish, people think it's still, you know, in a different classification in a different world away from mainstream music, but if anything, especially the year 2022 has really shown that no matter what language you speak, music transcends, yeah, and I think it's also important to note that with streaming people can choose their songs.

I can listen to them over and over again, it's not like playing radio at all. I think you really already know. The demise of radio being replaced by streaming has really shown what people really want to listen to. We don't have DJs choosing, do you know which one is ours? top 10 top 40 whatever you know, it's really The People's Choice and as we have seen for the last three years people want to hear about Bunny, yes, and in addition to Bad Bunny we also talk about Taylor.Swift and Drake also had years pretty big, both years made big news and, you know, something that I find very interesting is that, although Bad Bunny Drake Taylor Swift probably has three really different audiences, honestly, their common denominator is that women really drive their streams their concerts, see music videos, I mean all these people have a very strong fan base that is made up of women who are really showing their power in the streaming business and the Harry Styles song as it was the most streamed song in the world on Spotify .

A lot of the success of a song has to do with the fan base you were talking about and how much of it has to do with the song. You know, I think it's a little bit of both. Harry definitely has one of the most devoted fanbases I've seen, whether in real life, on shows on social media, showing their support, but I think it was probably his most enjoyable song yet to the general public, for an American audience, it's really leaning into that. You know, modern, slightly sexy, but still a little confident, adult, contemporary, he feels like, honestly, it really works for him and the numbers prove it, and then Bianca, you're so brave because now we're going to expose your most played list, your Spotify list if we can if we can put it on the screen now this is what Bianca listened to the most this year Bad Bunny of course Beyonce Jack Harlow Rosalia Jack Carlo I should mention she had a huge album this year and Mariah Carey so let's talk about Mariah first, okay, let's get started. at number five it was kind of a smash hit.

Did you get into the Christmas spirit? What was happening there? Mariah is one of my favorite artists. I was also very lucky to be interviewed this year to commemorate her 25th anniversary. butterfly, but she's someone that I listen to constantly, whether you know it goes back to Emancipation, to Mimi, to the hits of the '90s and of course right now with her Holiday Hits as well. Bianca Bettencourt from Harper's Bazaar. Thank you very much for joining top. Tonight's story I'm Tom Yamas in New York stay put more news now on the way something like breaking news tonight Congress successfully averted a railroad strike that could have crippled the US economy before the holidays The Senate voted to impose a deal on actual unions a day after it cleared the house but rejecting the paid sick leave for workers that unions wanted, the bill now goes to President Biden for his signature.

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President Biden tonight welcomes a Senate vote this afternoon that will move the country away from the economic blow of a major railroad strike that the Senate introduced today to stop a threatened Dec. 9 strike, a day after the House gave its OK. good to the bill that imposes a labor contract previously negotiated by the White House. President Biden in a statement says we have spared this country a Christmas catastrophe in our grocery stores, in our workplaces and in our communities, but Congress imposed a deal leaving many union members with a bad taste in their mouths tonight. Peter Alexander is in Washington, where the president also participates.

In some high-level foreign diplomacy tonight, President Biden prepares for the pomp and pageantry of his first state dinner with a foreign leader. French President Emmanuel Macron, a domestic crisis now averted, tonight, the Senate approves a deal to avoid a crippling rail strike that the White House warned could have triggered a recession on its own. The joint resolution is approved. The bipartisan bill is the first time in 30 years that Congress has intervened to stop a railroad strike. It will force union railroad workers to accept a deal negotiated by the White House months ago that includes a 24 pay increase over five years, but only one paid sick day right now workers are getting none some unions rejected the deal because of that today the president was pressured why didn't he push for more paid sick time I negotiated a contract that no one else could Negotiate the only thing that was left out was whether it was a paid benefit.

You know, I've been trying to get paid leave not just for railroad workers for everyone. Tonight, a Senate vote to include additional paid leave failed. Freight driver Dan Banks in Ohio says Rail Crews deserve so much more, my brothers and sisters in the crew room with me were all just shark teeth, one of them falls push another right on the spot, no they don't lose the beat with the presidents of Ukraine, Biden and Macron, tonight. showing a united front against Russian aggression Mr Biden says he has no plans to contact Russian President Vladimir Putin but he opens the door to a face-to-face meeting.

I am prepared to talk to Mr. Putin if indeed there is interest in him. society and is looking for a way to end the war, he hasn't done so yet and Peter tonight there are mixed legal headlines for the Biden administration. Less that is correct and a victory for the justice department and the appeals court has now ended the Master's special independent review. of thousands of documents seized from former President Trump's Mar-A-Lago property also tonight a setback for President Biden's proposed student debt forgiveness program Supreme Court will not block court order and will hear arguments in February Lester is fine Peter Alexander well watched tonight thanks Some new encouraging economic signs today include healthy spending by Americans ahead of the holidays despite high inflation and higher interest rates, and new signs that the FED can ease those rate hikes.

Here's Tom Costello, just over two weeks until Hanukkah, three until Christmas and the last one. Data suggests Americans are still spending with 40-year high inflation continuing to ease October consumer spending that just showed the biggest increase since June, even as families pay more for rent, groceries and new cars. Retailers report that nearly 200 million people flock to stores from Thanksgiving through Cyber. Monday in Atlanta Whitney and Joe Novak own Kazoo toys and they say buyers are sensitive to inflation, but we still buy, we've had a good or positive year, I mean, we keep people employed, we're not worried, the Toy is one of those nice industries where "We're not going to have the huge rollercoaster of ups and downs that fight.

Anthony's kids are always going to want toy inflation in October to be six percent,slightly lower than that of September. Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell now says the Fed could soon slow the pace of its interest rate increases aimed at controlling inflation. The time to moderate the pace of rate increases may come as soon as as members meet, which could mean a half-point rate increase in two weeks instead of another three-quarter point increase, meanwhile gas prices are now averaging 347 a gallon lower 28 cents in a month Third quarter GDP is even stronger than first reported, we're kind of waiting for the recession like they're waiting for Godot, it hasn't happened yet, um, and with every month that passes, the economy shows that they are more resilient consumers continue to spend tomorrow we will have the November employment report 200,000 new jobs expected data that the Federal Reserve will use when deciding if it can really slow the pace of the big increases in December Lester Tom Costello thanks a rather disturbing scene today in the suburb just north of New York City when a school bus crashed into a home after hitting two parked cars, police say the bus driver and seven children were injured, most of the injuries were minors, fortunately two five-year-old children suffered major injuries.

Serious but not life-threatening in Tampa, Florida tonight, more trouble for former NFL star Antonio Brown as police attempt to arrest him on a misdemeanor charge stemming from an alleged domestic dispute Sam Brock has late details tonight Tampa Police says they are trying to arrest former NFL player Antonio Brown makes multiple attempts outside this home to execute a domestic violence arrest warrant and the department tells NBC News citing not communicating with police officers. It's the latest twist in the 34-year saga that has gone far beyond the Gridiron. of a Monday incident involving Brown and the mother of four of his children, according to court documents, Brown threw a shoe at the woman which hit her in the ponytail, the victim was not injured but believed the shoe was intended for his head in the same document described by the police.

Brown threw the woman's belongings out of the house and then threatened over the speaker that if she entered the house she would shoot her in front of police. He also says the children didn't want to go in because they were afraid of their father. When he gets into a destructive mood after the incident, a Florida judge denied a petition to remove Brown's guns and ammunition under a risk protection order, citing lack of physical action. How come there wasn't enough evidence to take him away? weapons, but there is enough evidence to potentially prosecute him for domestic violence.

The judge was wrong. The Florida statute that allows these risk protection orders provides a number of factors that can be considered by the court. He knew several of them. Antonio Brown is a risk. not only himself but also the members of the community and obviously the mother of his children. According to the petition, he kept two firearms in the house, a pistol and a rifle. NBC News was unable to reach Brown's legal team for comment tonight. He is still a wanted man by Tampa police, so Sam, what do we know about the steps the police are willing to take in this situation?

Yes. Lester Tampa Police tell me right now that they are not going to risk officer safety over a misdemeanor warrant. That could change if Brown escalates the situation as for the women and children, police say they are no longer in the home. Lester Sam Brock thank you. Anticipation is building tonight for Team USA to play in the World Cup knockout round on Saturday as Tuesday's hero. win talks about his injury and the next big game here's Megan Fitzgerald counting down to Team USA's highest-stakes game in years Superstar Christian Pulisic has a message for fans. I'll do everything in my power to, you know, work with this medical team and uh, make sure I can play.

Pulisic was injured during Tuesday's game against Iran when he scored the winning goal and my chance was there too, just to get past the defender and I was able to do that, you know. he somewhat paid the price, that price being a pelvic injury that kept him out of the second half. Pulisic then shared this photo from the hospital where he was anxiously watching the final minutes of the match on a phone, they were checking my, you know, my blood sugar level. and everything and I was flying through the roof but it wasn't for nothing it was just me stressed watching the game pulisic says he is improving but the US team says his condition is still day to day I think Christian Pulisic will play in This game This is what you've been waiting for your whole life That fighting spirit is exactly what Team USA will need in the knockout round.

I hope that people who watch, you know, especially at home in the United States, can see wow, these guys really give it their all. for each other in this country and that's what really makes us special. Team USA will be the underdog in the game against the Netherlands on Saturday, if they win it will be the first time the team has advanced to the quarterfinals since 2002. Lester, it's okay, Megan. thanks, he was known as the king of cryptocurrencies, but now released Sam Bankman is apologizing for a historic financial collapse, as potentially more than a million investors fight to get their money back from him, as Gabe Gutierrez reports.

Congress is now investigating weeks after its massive FDX cryptocurrency exchange. collapsed Free Sam Bankman is on an apology tour what are your lawyers telling you right now? Are they suggesting that it's a good idea for you to talk? uh no, they're not, but the 30-year-old former billionaire says he had no intention of committing fraud and says management failures and sloppy accounting caused FDX to implode in early November. Crypto outlet Outlet Coindesk reported on potential problems with banker Freed's other company, Alameda, a hedge fund that soon worried investors would demand their money from FTX, sparking what amounted to a run. in the bank forced The Exchange to declare bankruptcy.

I have made many mistakes or they are things that I would give anything to be able to do again. I never intended to commit fraud against anyone Congress is now investigating. The collapse of ftx these events uncovered an alarming lack of internal controls and egregious governance failures. The key question is whether FTX misappropriated client funds when it made loans to banker Freed's hedge fund. I'm not knowingly mixing thoughts, but many of the ftx investors don't believe it. If he has screwed over so many people, Manny Bautista says that he can't access his assets with FTX valued at approximately 35,000 and that he is driving for a ride sharing service to make ends meet, what do you think should it happen to you?

I think he should go to jail and there should be some way to have users recover the funds from him. The freed banker once estimated at over 20 billion dollars, says he now has a hundred thousand left and a credit card. Lester, it's okay, Gabe, thanks. In 60 seconds we will hear from the woman in the center of a royal palace. Scandal about racism what she says about those disturbing questions that Prince William's godmother asked her. We're back now with William and Kate's visit to the US as controversy rages at home in the UK tonight the woman who says Williams' godmother asked her a series of racist questions during an event is speaking out about our cure Simmons British charity executive Ngozi Fulani speaking about the treatment she received from Prince William's godmother at an event at Buckingham Palace this week.

I was there five minutes when this lady approached me and the first thing she does is grab my hair and move it. I think I don't know who she is, but she has already felt that she has the right to physically put her hand on me to move my hair so she can see my name tag. she then she says that they questioned her for eight minutes about her ethnicity Eddie, I'm bored here and I'm British, yes, but what's your nationality? A spokesperson for Prince William said there is no place for racism in our society, do you think that's what it was?

Do I believe or know what racism is? Lady Susan Hussey, who is close to Queen Elizabeth, has stepped down from her role as consort to Queen Camilla. Where am I safe from this? When are we going to confront this type of behavior instead of excusing it? The British newspapers call it a real disaster and now no one sees what is happening behind closed doors. Harry and Megan release this trailer for their Netflix documentary. You may have to do everything you can to protect my family. Tonight we contacted Netflix and the representatives of the duke and duchess about the moment without response tomorrow the prince and princess will meet with the president staying focused on their causes and not on the controversy Lester Simmons thanks for the danger of the volcano in Hawaii is that lava flows toward a key highway and a neighborhood where cancer Chemicals are common both above and below ground.

The cause of our investigation is the following. New image is tonight of the lava eruption on Mauna Loa from the world's largest active volcano that now threatens to cut off the main highway on the big island of Hawaii and is increasing health. concerns for residents as volcano spews ash and acidic gases into the air, we now turn to an NBC News investigation into potentially cancer-causing chemicals found in a Houston neighborhood and residents are fighting to hold one of the largest railroad companies accountable. largest in the country, reports Priscilla Thompson. he loved to cook and he loved to rap in the shower Latonya Payne still holds on to the memories of her son Corinthian since he died of leukemia last year at just 13 years old it was difficult he coughed up blood from his lungs he was on dialysis I tried everything and nothing worked two months after his death.

Latonya was diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time. Our community suffers from this cluster of cancers in 2019. State health officials found higher rates of certain cancers in adults in Houston's Fifth District. A year later, another child bomb. in the area contracting leukemia at a rate almost five times the state average, the second report from the State Department of Health was even more disturbing because that involved children, but they never listed a cause, they never listed the cause for years, the historically black and Latino community. has blamed higher cancer rates on the rail yard now owned by Union Pacific, which is located blocks from many homes.

Decades ago, workers used creosote to preserve wooden sleepers. That site closed in 1984, but the chemical the CDC believes causes cancer seeped into the soil and groundwater remaining under more than a hundred homes and businesses according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Is this racism environmental? Yes, should it be happening in some community? No. Union Pacific declined NBC's interview request, but says that over the past 25 years they have implemented remediation efforts in the area, including installing more than 120 wells, removing impacted soil and monitoring groundwater. This house here, Mr. Dunn, died of cancer. This lady here, her husband died in the Council.

Sandra Edwards lost her grandfather to bone cancer a decade ago. I have a Ziploc bag full of Fifth Ward obituaries, everything cancer, everything counts. Edwards is a community activist. Why should she stay? I have no other place to go. This is what I can afford and my family worked hard to keep this house in September as a top find in Houston. The Health Department found another possible carcinogen in the area: the toxin, this time in the soil surface. The fact that we are finding dioxins on the surface of the soil where resonance can be exposed is what is so alarming.

Union Pacific says in part the dioxin levels in the city's samples are far below state requirements and that attributing the contamination solely to its site is unreasonable and inaccurate. Lawyers representing neighborhood families say thousands have filed lawsuits against Union Pacific, including Latonya Payne, as if compensation won't stop the crying in the night, but justice is when those here are held accountable Priscilla Thompson NBC News Houston Below How Autism Became His Superpower and Helped a Young Golfer Become Sports Kid of the Year is finally in the pages of Sports Illustrated even as his own clothing line, but for one inspiring young athlete, the Golf is much more than a game with your right shoulder down, playing golf, preparing a new world for 11-year-old Carter, a bonus, the firstGolfing experience was really amazing and I just like hitting the golf ball.

Before starting to play, Carter had difficulties, he says that he was bullied at school and that he had problems interacting socially. Carter has a form of autism. Carter's type of autism is high-functioning Asperger's. He is able to communicate, but his social skills are not where medical experts should be. They say that some children with Asperger's tend to focus all their energy on one thing at a time. Carter used that to his advantage on the golf course. Golf definitely helped me with my anger management and when I was having a bad day I would just go to the golf course. and that made me feel good.

Golf really saved his life because now he had something to look forward to. Something he was good at. Carter was just named sports kid of the year. He hopes to one day play in the PGA and has his own clothes. Part of the profits Carter donates to an organization that helps families and children with autism and it feels amazing that he can help other children because I really want to help other people if they need help. A young role model hoping to inspire other children. like him and I'll continue to be a good advocate and some people stay positive that's Nightly News for more of Carter's story tune in to this Saturday's Nightly News Kids edition here on NBC thanks for watching everyone.

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There's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way. Let's get to the point where they started with the herd law if you're like Kelly stop talking Washington eats this bill it would basically give health care to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because Scott I'm trying to do this like It's not DC like it's possible The kind of rising anger we've seen now in politics I saw you looking I think your mic Daniel you're trying to do it on the slide Live TV man okay the news is happening now look what is making headlines around the world by going on the air with breaking news this is a big moment whenever it happens wherever you are NBC News streaming free now breaking news tonight Congress successfully averted a railroad strike that could have paralyzed the US economy before the holidays the Senate vote imposing a deal on the railroad unions a day after the house was cleared, but rejecting the paid sick leave for workers that the unions wanted, the project bill now goes to President Biden for his signature.

Also tonight the president hosts his first state dinner for Frenchman Emanuel Macron. The two leaders today said Ukraine was the big victory for the Justice Department, a federal appeals court that overturned the special review of classified documents seized at Mar-A-Lago, but the end of the fight, the school bus that crashed into a house, pinned a car underneath several students injured police outside Antonio Brown's home while trying to arrest the former NFL star domestic violence allegations he faces William and Kate visit Boston but face a backlash at home our interview with a woman who says Williams' divine mother interrogated her racist questions NBC News investigates potentially carcinogenic chemicals in a neighborhood of a major US city and the young athlete beat the odds to become SportsIllustrated's Sports Kid of the Year.

This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. Good night all. President Biden tonight hails a Senate vote this afternoon that will steer the country away from the economic blow of a major railroad strike that the Senate introduced today to stop a threatened Dec. 9 strike in its tracks, a day after the House gave its approval to the bill that imposes an employment contract. previously negotiated by President Biden of the White House in a statement saying that we have saved this country a Christmas catastrophe in our grocery stores, in our workplaces and in our communities, but Congress imposed a deal that left many union members with a bad taste in their mouths tonight.

Peter Alexander is in Washington where the president is also engaging in high-level foreign diplomacy tonight as President Biden prepares for the pomp and pageantry of his first state dinner with a foreign leader French President Emmanuel Macron a domestic crisis now averted this afternoon the Senate approves a deal to prevent a devastating railroad strike that the White House warned could have single-handedly triggered a recession the joint resolution is approved the bipartisan bill the first time in 30 years Congress intervenes to Stopping a railroad strike will force union railroad workers to accept a deal negotiated by The White House months ago included a pay increase of 24 over five years, but now only one paid sick day workers receive none.

Some unions rejected the deal because today, the president was pressed why he didn't push for more paid sick time. I negotiated a contract that no one else could negotiate the only thing left out was whether it was a paid perk. You know, I've been trying to get paid leave not just for railroad workers for everyone tonight. The Senate vote to include additional paid leave failed. Conductor Dan Banks in Ohio says railroad crews deserve much better. My brothers and sisters in the crew room with me were all just Sharp Teeth. One of those falls pushes another right into place.

There is no, they don't miss a beat. The presidents of Ukraine, Biden and Macron, tonight show a united front against Russian aggression. Mr. Biden says he has no plans to contact Russian President Vladimir Putin, but he opens the door to a face-to-face meeting. I am prepared to talk to Mr. Putin, if indeed there is an interest in society and he is looking for a way to end the war which he has not yet done and Peter tonight the mixed legal headlines for the Biden administration are less correct and a victory for the Justice Department and the appeals court has now ended the Special Master's independent review of thousands of documents seized from former President Trump's Mar-A. -Lago Estate also tonight is a setback for President Biden's proposed student debt forgiveness program.

The Supreme Court will not block an injunction and will hear arguments in February. Lester is fine, Peter Alexander, well watched tonight, thank you. Some new encouraging economic signs today include healthy spending by Americans. We're heading into the holidays despite high inflation and higher interest rates and new signs that the Federal Reserve may ease those rate hikes. Here's Tom Costello, just over two weeks until Hanukkah, three until Christmas and the latest data suggests Americans are still spending at the highest inflation in 40 years. The continued decline in consumer spending in October shows the biggest gain since June, even as families pay more for rent, groceries and new cars.

Retailers report nearly 200 million people flock to stores from Thanksgiving to Cyber ​​Monday in Atlanta. Whitney and Joe Novak own kazoo toys and say Shoppers are sensitive to inflation, but they still buy. We have had a good or positive year. I mean, we keep people employed. We're not worried that toys are one of those nice industries where we're not going to have big ups and downs. roller coaster Supply band I mean, kids are always going to want toys Inflation in October was six percent, slightly lower than in September. Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell now says the Fed could soon slow the pace of its interest rate increases aimed at controlling inflation.

Moderating the pace of rate increases may occur as soon as members are reunited, which could mean a half-point increase in two weeks instead of another three-quarter increase. Meanwhile, gas prices now average 347 per gallon, a one-month drop of 28 cents in the third quarter. GDP is even stronger than initially reported, we're kind of waiting for the recession like they're waiting for Godot, it hasn't happened yet, um, and with each passing month the economy proves more resilient, consumers are still spending tomorrow . We will receive the November employment report 200,000 new jobs expected, data that the FED will use when deciding if it can really slow the pace of the big increases in December.

Lester Tom Costello, thank you. Quite a disturbing scene today in the suburb just north of New York City when a school bus crashed into a house after hitting two parked cars, police say the bus driver and seven children were injured, most Of the injuries were minor, fortunately two five-year-old children suffered injuries that were more serious but not life-threatening in Tampa, Florida. more trouble tonight for former NFL star Antonio Brown as police try to arrest him on misdemeanor charge stemming from alleged domestic dispute Sam Brock has late details tonight Tampa police say they are trying to arrest former NFL player NFL Antonio Brown making multiple attempts outside this home to execute an arrest warrant for assault, domestic violence, department told NBC News citing failure to communicate with police officers, latest twist in 34-year saga that has gone far beyond the Gridiron, the charges stem from an incident Monday involving Brown and the mother. of four of her children, according to court documents, Brown threw a shoe at the woman and hit her in the ponytail.

The victim was not injured, but he believed the shoe was intended for her head. In the same document, police describe learning that Brown threw the woman's belongings outside her home and then threatened her over the loudspeaker, saying that if she entered the house she would shoot her in front of police. He also says the children didn't want to go in because they were afraid of his father when he gets into a destructive mood after the In the incident, a Florida judge denied a request to remove Brown's guns and ammunition under an orderof risk protection citing lack of physical action.

How is it possible that there was not enough evidence to take away his guns, but there is enough evidence to potentially prosecute him for domestic violence the judge was wrong on this the Florida statute that allows these risk protection orders provides a number of factors that can be considered by the court knew several of them Antonio Neo Brown is a risk not only for him but for the members of the community and obviously the mother of his children, according to the petition, he kept two firearms in the house, a pistol and a rifle. NBC News has not been able to reach Brown's legal team for comment as he remains a wanted man by Tampa police tonight.

So Sam, what do we know about the steps the police are willing to take in this situation? Yes, Lester, Tampa Police are telling me right now that they are not going to risk officer safety over a misdemeanor warrant. Now, obviously, that could change if Brown escalates the situation. As for the women and children, police say they are no longer in the house. Lester Sam Brock, thank you. Anticipation is building tonight for Team USA's World Cup knockout round match on Saturday as the hero of Tuesday's victory talks about his injury and what's next. big game here's Megan Fitzgerald counting down to Team USA's highest stakes game in years Superstar Christian Pulisic has a message for fans.

I will do everything in my power to work with this medical team and make sure I can play with Pulisic. I was injured during Tuesday's game against Iran when he scored the winning goal. My opportunity was there too, just to get past the defender and I was able to do that and, you know, I paid a little bit of the price for it, that price for a pelvis. injury that kept him out of the second half. Pulisic later shared this image from the hospital where he was anxiously watching the final minutes of the game on a phone.

They were checking me, you know, my blood sugar and everything, and I was flying through the roof, but. It wasn't for nothing, it was just me stressed out watching the game. Pulisic says he is recovering but the US team says his condition is still day to day. I think Christian Pulisic will play in this match, this is what he has been waiting for all his life. life, that fighting spirit is exactly what Team USA will need in the knockout round. I hope that people who watch, you know, especially at home in the United States, can see wow, these guys are really giving everything for each other for this country and that's what really makes America special.

Team USA will be the underdog in the game against the Netherlands on Saturday. Okay, if they win, it will be the first time the team has advanced to the quarterfinals since 2002. Lester, okay, Megan, thank you. He was known as the king of cryptocurrencies. but now released Sam Bankman apologizes for historic financial collapse as potentially more than a million investors fight to get their money back as Gabe Gutierrez reports Congress is now investigating weeks after the collapse of his huge FDX cryptocurrency exchange Freed Sam Bankman is on an apology tour what are your lawyers telling you right now?

Are they suggesting that it is a good idea for you to speak up? Not at all, but the 30-year-old former billionaire says he had no intention of committing fraud and says management failures and sloppy accounting caused FDX to implode in early November. Crypto outlet Outlet Coindesk reported on potential problems with banker Freed's other company, Alameda, a hedge fund that soon worried investors would demand their money from FTX, sparking what amounted to a bank run and forcing The Exchange to bankruptcy. there's the I um, I made a lot of mistakes, those are things I would give anything to be able to do again, um, I never tried to commit fraud against anyone.

Congress is now investigating the collapse of ftx. These events uncovered an alarming lack of internal control. egregious governance failures and controls The key question is whether FTX misappropriated client funds when it made loans to banker Freed's hedge fund. I'm not knowingly mixing thoughts, but many of the FTX investors don't believe it, they can just ruin so many people, Manny Bautista. says he can't access his assets with FTX worth about thirty-five thousand dollars and he's driving for a ride-sharing service to make ends meet, what do you think should happen to him? I think he should go to jail and there should be something. way for users to recover their funds The released banker was once estimated to be worth more than $20 billion.

He says that now he has a hundred thousand and a credit card. Lester, it's okay, Gabe, thanks. In 60 seconds we'll hear from the woman at the center of a royal scandal over racism what she says about those disturbing questions Prince William's godmother asked her now we're back with William and Kate's visit to the US. as controversy rages at home in the UK tonight the woman who claims to be Williams' godmother asked her a series of racist questions during an event is speaking out about our cure Simmons a British charity executive ngozi Fulani speaking out about her treatment by Prince William's godmother at an event at Buckingham Palace this week I'm there for five minutes when this lady arrives it's up to me and the first thing she does is grab my hair and move it, I'm like I don't know who she is but she has already felt like she has the right to physically put her hand on me to move my hair so she can see my name tag and then she says she was interrogated for eight minutes about her ethnicity Eddie.

I'm bored here and I'm British, yes, but what is your nationality? A spokesperson for Prince William has said that there is no place for racism in our society, right? I think that's what I believe or I know I know what racism is Lady Susan Hussey, who is close to Queen Elizabeth, has resigned from her role as Assistant to Camilla, Queen Consort Where am I safe from this? When are we going to face this type of violence? behavior instead of excusing it British newspapers are calling it a real disaster and now no one sees what's happening behind closed doors Harry and Megan release this trailer for their Netflix documentary I had to do everything I could to protect my family tonight we we approached Netflix and the representatives of the duke and duchess about the moment without response tomorrow the prince and princess will meet with the president staying focused on their causes, not on the controversy Lester Simmons, thank you, the danger of the volcano in Hawaii is that lava flows towards a key highway and a neighborhood where cancer is common there are chemicals both above and below ground the cause of our investigation is the following sometimes the news can be difficult and overwhelming for children to understand Ukraine and Russia can you help me understand what is going on to help make sense of it all?

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There's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way, let's get to the point they started with in the full act, if you want. Kelly stops talking. This bill from Washington would basically provide health care to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because I'm trying to make this as non-existent as possible in DC. The kind of rising anger we've seen now in politics. I saw you looking. I think your mic Daniel, you're trying to do it on the slide Live TV, man, okay, sometimes the news can be difficult and overwhelming for kids to understand, so we've created a newscast just for them.

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The bill now goes to President Biden for his signature. Also tonight the president hosts his first state dinner for Emmanuel of France. macron what the two leaders said today about Ukraine the big victory for the Department of Justice a federal appeals court overturned the special review of classified documents seized at Mar-A-Lago but the end of the fight the school bus was crashed into a house pinning a car under him several students injured police outside Antonio Brown's home trying to arrest former NFL star domestic violence allegations facing William and Kate visit Boston but face backlash at home our interview with a woman who says Williams God mother was interrogated her with racist questions NBC News investigates potentially carcinogenic chemicals in a neighborhood of a major US city and the young athlete beating the odds to become the sports kid of the year from SportsIllustrated, this is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, good night everyone.

President Biden tonight welcomed the Senate's vote this afternoon that will move the country away from the economic blow of a major railroad strike that the Senate launched today to stop a threatened Dec. 9 strike in its tracks, a day after the House gave his approval of the bill that imposes a labor contract previously negotiated by the White Party. House Speaker Biden in a statement said we have spared this country a Christmas catastrophe in our grocery stores, in our workplaces and in our communities, but Congress imposed a deal that left many union members with a bad taste in their mouths tonight.

Peter Alexander is in Washington, where the president is also. engage in high-level foreign diplomacy tonight is as President Biden prepares for the pomp and pageantry of his first state dinner with a foreign leader French President Emmanuel Macron a domestic crisis now averted tonight Senate approves deal to prevent a crippling railroad strike that the White House warned could have triggered a recession on its own joint resolution passes bipartisan bill first time in 30 years Congress intervenes to stop railroad strike will force railroad workers to accept a deal negotiated by the White House months ago including a pay increase of 24 over five years, but right now only one paid sick day, workers receive none.

Some unions rejected the deal because today, the president was pressed why he didn't push for more paid sick time. I negotiated a contract, no one else could negotiate the only thing that was left out was whether or not it was paid leave, you know, I've been trying to get paid leave not just for railroad workers for everyone tonight, a vote in the Senate to include additional paid leave failed, fear of driver Dan Banks. in Ohio says the railroad teams deserve a lot more my brothers and sisters in the racing room with me we're all just shark teeth one of those falls out they push another one right on the spot there's no, they don't miss a beat in Ukraine Presidents Biden and Macron tonight show a united front against Russian aggression.

Mr. Biden saysthat he has no plans to contact Russian President Fatima Putin, but opens the door to a face-to-face meeting. I'm prepared to talk to Mr. Putin if there is in fact there is an interest in his partnership and he is looking for a way to end the war, he hasn't done that yet and Peter tonight there are mixed legal headlines for the Biden administration. Unless that is correct and a victory for the justice department and the appeals court is already over. Special Master's independent review of thousands of documents seized from former President Trump's Mar-A-Lago estate also tonight is setback for President Biden's proposed student debt forgiveness program Supreme Court will not block order judicial and will hear arguments in February Lester is fine Peter Alexander, well watched tonight, thank you, some new encouraging economic signs today, including healthy spending by Americans heading into the holidays despite high inflation and interest rates higher, and new signs that the FED can ease those rate increases.

Here's Tom Costello, just over two weeks until Hanukkah. until Christmas and the latest data suggests Americans are still spending with 40-year high inflation continuing to ease October consumer spending that just showed the biggest increase since June, even as families pay more for rent, groceries and new cars, retailers report nearly 200 million people flocking to their homes. stores from Thanksgiving to Cyber ​​Monday in Atlanta Whitney and Joe Novak own kazoo toys and say shoppers are sensitive to inflation but still buying we've had a good year or are we positive I mean, we keep people employed, we don't care about toys.

It's one of those nice industries where we're not going to have the huge roller coaster of ups and downs. Offer band. I mean, kids will always want toy inflation in October to be six percent, slightly lower than what September Fed Chairman Jay Powell is saying now. The Federal Reserve could soon slow the pace of its interest rate increases aimed at controlling inflation The time to moderate the pace of rate increases could come as soon as its members meet, which could mean a rate hike half a point in two weeks instead of another three-quarters Meanwhile, gas prices are increasing by points on average, 347 per gallon, a drop of 28 cents in one month.

Third quarter GDP is even stronger than initially reported. We're like waiting for the recession like they're waiting for Godot, it hasn't happened yet, um and and every month that passes the economy proves to be more resilient consumers continue to spend tomorrow we will have the November employment report 200,000 new jobs expected data that the FED will use when you decide if you can really slow down the pace of the big climbs in December Lester Tom Costello, thanks, quite a disturbing scene today in the suburb just north of New York City when a school bus crashed into a house after colliding with two parked cars, police say the bus driver and seven children were injured, most of the injuries were minor, fortunately two five. 10-year-old boys suffered more serious but non-life-threatening injuries tonight in Tampa, Florida.

More trouble for former NFL star Antonio Brown as police attempt to arrest him on a misdemeanor charge stemming from an alleged domestic dispute. Sam Brock has late details tonight. Tampa Police say they are trying to arrest former NFL player Antonio Brown by making multiple attempts outside this home to serve a domestic violence arrest warrant and the department told NBC News citing failure to contact officers. police, is the latest twist in the 34-year-old man's case. A saga that has gone far beyond the Gridiron, the charges stem from an incident Monday involving Brown and the mother of four of his children, according to court documents.

Brown threw a shoe at the woman, hitting her in the ponytail. The victim had no injuries but believed the shoe was aimed at her head in the same document, police describe that Brown threw the woman's belongings out of the house and then threatened over the loudspeaker saying that if she entered the house I would shoot him in front of the police. He also says the children didn't want to go inside because they were afraid of their father when he gets into a destructive mood. After the incident, a Florida judge denied a petition to remove Brown's guns and ammunition under a risk protection order citing lack of action.

There is not enough evidence to take away his weapons, but there is enough evidence to potentially prosecute him for domestic violence. The judge was wrong. The Florida statute that allows these risk protection orders provides a number of factors that can be considered by the court. He met several of them. Antonio Neo Brown is a risk not only for him but for the members of the community and obviously for the mother of his children. According to the petition, he had two firearms in the house, a pistol and a rifle. . NBC News has not been able to reach Brown's legal team for comment as he remains a wanted man by Tampa police tonight, so Sam, what do we know about the steps police are willing to take in this situation?

Yes, Lester Tampa Police tell me they are not going to go at this time. risking the officer's safety for a misdemeanor warrant now, obviously, that could change if Brown escalates the situation, as for the woman and children, police say they are no longer in the house. Lester Sam Brock, thank you. Anticipation is building tonight for Team USA's match in the knockout round. of the World Cup on Saturday as the hero of Tuesday's victory talks about her injury and the next big game, here's Megan Fitzgerald counting down to Team USA's highest-stakes game in years. Superstar Christian Pulisic has a message for fans.

I will do everything in my power. to be able to work with this medical team and make sure that I can. I can play. Pulisic was injured during Tuesday's game against Iran when he scored the winning goal and the opportunity was there too, simply to get past the defender and get the ball. You were able to do that and, you know, he kind of paid the price for it, that price was a pelvic injury that kept him out of the second half. Pulisic later shared this image from the hospital where he was anxiously watching the final minutes of the game on a phone.

They were checking my blood sugar and everything and I was flying through the roof, but it wasn't for nothing, it was just me stressing out watching the game. Pulisic says he is improving, but the US team says his condition remains day to day. I think Christian Pulisic will play in this game. This is what he has been waiting for all his life. That fighting spirit is exactly what Tusa will need in the knockout round. I hope that people who watch, you know, especially at home in the United States, can see wow. The guys really know that they are giving everything for each other for this country and that's what really makes us special.

Team USA will be the underdog in the game against Holland on Saturday, if they win it will be the first time the team has advanced to the quarterfinals since 2002 Lester, okay Megan, thank you, you were known as the king of cryptocurrencies, but now a released Sam Bankman is apologizing for a historic financial collapse as potentially more than a million investors fight to get their money back, as Gabe Gutierrez reports. Congress is now investigating Weeks after the collapse of his massive FDX cryptocurrency exchange, Sam Bankman Free is on an apology tour. What are your lawyers telling you right now?

Are they suggesting that it's a good idea for you to talk? uh no, they're not, but the 30-year-old former billionaire says he had no intention of committing fraud and says management failures and sloppy accounting caused FDX to implode. I screwed up at the beginning of November. Crypto outlet Outlet Coindesk reported on potential problems with banker Freed's other company, Alameda, a hedge fund that soon worried investors demanding their money from FTX caused what amounted to a bank run and forced The Exchange to file for bankruptcy. bankruptcy. Hmm, have I made a lot of mistakes or are they things I would give anything to be able to do again, um, I never tried. and commit fraud against anyone Congress is now investigating the collapse of ftx these events uncovered an alarming lack of internal controls and egregious governance failures the key question is whether FTX misappropriated client funds when it made loans to the hedge fund of the banker Freed.

I'm not knowingly mixing funds, but many of the ftx investors don't believe it if it has screwed so many people. Manny Bautista says he can't access his assets with FTX valued at around 35,000 and is looking for a ride sharing service to make ends meet, what do you think he should? He passed on what I think he should go to jail and there should be some way for users to get their funds back. The freed banker was once estimated to be worth more than $20 billion. He says it's now down to a hundred grand and a credit card.

Lester. Alright Gabe, thanks in 60 seconds we'll hear from the woman at the center of a royal scandal over racism what she has to say about those disturbing questions Prince William's godmother asked her Mr. Secretary, when is this going to get better? job soon you were going to fight crime have you been successful? Can you inform us about the status of the negotiations? the news is happening now look what's making headlines around the world by going on air with breaking news this is an important moment whenever it happens anywhere you are streaming NBC News for free now sometimes the news can be difficult and overwhelming for children to understand, so we have created a newscast just for them.

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This bill out of Washington would basically provide health care to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible. kind of anger we've seen now in politics I saw you looking I think your microphone Daniel you're out there trying to do it on the slide Live TV okay hey I'm Halle it's good to be with you tonight there's another legal Presenting today and I want to take some out Of the bad things, let's go to the point where they started voting on the Covenant Law. If you're like Kelly, stop talking.

This Washington bill would basically provide health care to exposed veterans. to these toxic chemicals because Scott, I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible. The kind of rising anger we've seen now in politics. I saw you looking I think your mic Daniel you trying to do it on the slide Live TV man okay for Dateline premium subscribe now to Apple podcasts sometimes the news can be difficult and overwhelming to understand for children, that's why we have created a newscast just for them, we hope your family watches the Nightly News Kids, Meet the Press edition. Chuck Toddcast and Insider's take on politics and more with some of my favorite reporters.

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This is a significant moment when it happens wherever you are. NBC News streams free. Now one crisis has been avoided, but another has been created. Congress imposes labor deal on railroad unions that does not include paid sick leave for workers President Biden is expected to sign it, but will there be a union reaction nearly three weeks after the horrific murders of four college students? Idaho authorities are releasing conflicting information. Tampa Police Trying to Arrest Former NFL Player Antonio Brown at His Home for Alleged Domestic Assault in Appeals Court Seen in Major Setback for Former President Trump Ends Masters Special Review of Mar-A-Lago seizure sees growing health concerns for residents and tourists flocking to ash and toxic gases released by Hawaii's maunaloa eruption is Friday, December 2 early today starts right now good morning.

I'm Phillip Mena, I'm glad you could be with us. I'm Francis Rivera. We're just hours away from a major November jobs report. Economists expect 200,000 new jobs to be added. The report will be the last to affect the Federal Reserve's decision on the next round of interest rate increases. This comes as President Biden says the country has avoided a Christmas catastrophe as the Senate votes to halt a threatened Dec. 9 rail strike. Our Peter Alexander begins our coverage Senate passes deal to avert devastating rail strike that White House warned could have single-handedly triggered recession joint resolution passes bipartisan bill for first time in 30 years Congress is intervened to stop a railroad strike will force the railroad Union workers will accept a deal negotiated by the White House months ago that includes a 24 pay increase over five years, but right now they are only paid one paid sick day.

Some unions rejected the agreement because the president was pressured why he did not press. to get more paid sick time, I negotiated a contract that no one else could negotiate, the only thing that was left out was whether it was paid leave, you know, I've been trying to get paid leave, not just for railroad workers, for everyone the Senate voted to include. additional paid leave failed Freight driver Dan Banks in Ohio says railroad crews deserve so much more my brothers and sisters in the crew room with me we're all just shark teeth one of those falls off they push another one right on the spot where there is no Don't miss a beat about Ukrainian presidents Biden and Macron showing a united front against Russian aggression.

Mr. Biden says he has no plans to contact Russian President Vladimir Putin, but he opens the door to a face-to-face meeting. I'm ready to talk. with Mr. Putin if in fact there is interest in the society in him and he is looking for a way to end the war, he has not done so yet and our thanks to Peter for that report. President Biden hosted his first state dinner and nearly two years into his term after a hiatus due to the coveted pandemic, the Glamorous Gala honored the US's oldest ally, France, as the Bidens welcomed the President Emmanuel Macron and his wife.

Today we are still united by the greatest of causes: democracy, freedom, equality, opportunities and freedom. We are together against. oppression and injustice, we stand up for each other in our democratic values ​​to which Washington Lafayette dedicated his life. The dinner was held inside a pavilion on the south lawn and was an opportunity for leaders to toast each other and strengthen ties that have been frayed by trade. and national security disputes and on the menu butter-poached Maine lobster beef with shallot jam and American artisan cheeses Grammy and Ask-winning musician John Batiste performed for a crowd of more than 300 attendees, including notable guests included Jennifer Garner Julia Louis-Dreyfus John Legend and his wife, Chrissy Teigen, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour Late Show host Stephen Colbert and Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Russian forces are attacking eastern Ukraine by bombing their son in the same city they withdrew from three weeks ago, according to the Ukrainian military. His country's foreign minister says he needs American Patriot missile systems to protect critical infrastructure from Russian bombing. This would be in addition to the $1.2 billion in so-called Nasim systems that the United States has already promised for Ukraine and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has condemned what Putin called the brutalization of the people of Ukraine at the same U.S. Summit. NATO in Romania The NATO Secretary General also promised support to non-members Moldova, Georgia and Bosnia.

He was known as the king of cryptocurrencies, but now released former FTX CEO Sam Bankman is on an apology tour. After the historic financial collapse of his company, NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports weeks after the collapse of his huge cryptocurrency exchange, FDX, released Sam Bankman is on an apology tour, what are his lawyers telling him in this moment? Are they suggesting that it is a good idea for you to speak up? He's not at all, but the 30-year-old former billionaire says he had no intention of committing fraud and says management failures and sloppy accounting caused FDX to implode in early November.

Crypto outlet Outlet Coindesk reported on possible problems with banker Freed's other company, Alameda. a hedge fund soon became concerned that investors were demanding their money from FTX, causing what amounted to a bank run and forcing The Exchange into bankruptcy through the I um, I've made a lot of mistakes or things that would give any thing to be able to do. Again, I never attempted to commit fraud against anyone. Congress is now investigating the collapse of FTX. These events uncovered an alarming lack of internal controls and egregious governance failures. The key question is whether FTX misappropriated client funds when it made loans to Freed Bank. hedge fund I don't know, leeco mixes thoughts, but many of the ftx investors don't believe it if he has screwed so many people.

Manny Bautista says he can't access his FDX assets worth approximately 35,000 and is driving around. He shares service to make ends meet, what do you think should happen to him? I think he should go to jail and there should be some way for users to get their funds back. The freed banker once estimated at more than 20 billion dollars, says it is now reduced to a hundred thousand and a credit card my thanks to Gabe for that report just three weeks after the horrific murder of four University of Idaho Still No Suspects in Custody Thursday Police Reaffirm Murders Were Part of a Targeted Attack Just a Day After Authorities Appeared to Suggest Otherwise Here's NBC's Morgan's Bold New Question About the Idaho Murders four students from the University of Idaho.

Authorities say they still believe the killings were targeted, rejecting a claim made by a local prosecutor. Is it fair to say that I think this was targeted, but you don't know if it was a location or an individual. Yes, that is correct. At this point in the investigation, we really haven't come to a conclusion as to whether it was the people involved or one individual, multiple individuals or the location that we have. I haven't made that determination yet, but the victims' families are frustrated that no suspect has been named and no murder weapon has been found.

Steve Gonzales' daughter, Kaylee, was murdered along with her best friend. How does it feel to be three weeks here and know whoever did this to your daughter? Still out there it's ridiculous, it's angry, you know, this amount of time and I can't even get them to say this is a man, we can't have that kind of closure with that guy who's still on the streets, how afraid are you? If this case is going cold, well, the city likes to bring up the fact that there is very little crime, so there isn't much practical knowledge there. This is what we are dealing with.

This is what we have. These are the circumstances we found. Best of all and let's move on but me the lead investigator is a real stud he really knows what he's doing so I trust him but he can't present evidence if it's not there so I'm very worried. Police are now turning to the public to help complete a detailed timeline, but victims' families want more to be done. I don't know why they pay you if you don't communicate anything, you have to figure out a It's a way to build a case off of what you post and still protect detailed information that only the killer will know, but you have to help the community help him you and our thanks to Morgan for that report.

Tampa police say they have made multiple arrest attempts. Authorities for former NFL star Antonio Brown were outside Brown's home Thursday trying to execute an arrest warrant for assault, domestic violence. Court documents reveal that the charges stem from an incident on Monday involving Brown and the mother of four of his four children. A Florida judge denied a request to remove Brown's guns and ammunition from the home under a risk protection order earlier this week. Tampa police said they will not risk officer safety over a misdemeanor, but that could change if Brown escalates the situation. NBC News has not been able to contact Brown's legal authority. comment team we have new images of the eruption on Mauna Loa lava from the world's largest active volcano now threatens to cut off the main highway on the Big Island of Hawaii.

There are also growing health concerns for residents as a volcano spews ash and acidic gases. in the atmosphere affecting air quality well as we start Friday we have some winter weather alerts to warn you about NBC News neurologist Michelle Grossman has the details for us happy Friday Michelle happy Friday guys it's great to see them and yes, millions. are waking up to the Lords of Winter, they are spreading west to the Intermountain West and the Northern Plains to the Upper Midwest, six million people affected, where you see the pink, which is your winter storm warning and We could see up to two feet of snow in In some places it is also very windy today, we could see winds gusting up to 85 miles per hour in some places, so 30 million people affected by wind alerts high wind warning that is in the purple strong wind warning that is in the darkest blue until the snowfall. it's widespread as far west as the northern plains, the upper midwest, where you see those pinks and purples, that's where we expect the highest amounts, especially along the Sierra Nevada mountains, up to two feet is expected of snow there and also some heavy rain in California once.

Again, that's until Saturday, here's a look at the day's big weather story, here's a closer look at your day ahead, all right, happy Friday, we're seeing some really cold temperatures across the Northern Plains , the Intermountain West, teens 20s to 30s, much warmer ahead. from a front where we're looking at 50 and 60 degrees, it'll also be warm in Southern Plains 73 in San Antonio okay TGIF and we'll take a look at the weekend forecast in a moment okay Michelle thanks. I love the color you're using there, I don't know how far it is from magenta, it's more of a fuchsia, but if you were looking for colorful inspiration in the New Year, Pantone has the shade for you, revealed thecolor connoisseurs. that the Art Basel in Miami that the color of the year 2023 is Viva magenta not far from the one worn by Michelle the reddish tone that was welcomed in a Pantone Wheelhouse in 2019 was selected after being called an unconventional tone for an unconventional moment I like it good color a friend of Florida Congressman Matt Gates is sentenced to 11 years in prison in a sex trafficking case in addition to a major new legal ruling involving the special master in the document The seas at Mar-A-Lago are in back in 60 seconds The news is happening now watch what's making headlines around the world every time it happens wherever you are it's here now for Dateline premium subscribe now to Apple podcasts the big variable storm surge how much water finally will be pushed in how many of you were there at least like 11. why Was it important for you to be here, but our main story tonight guys okay Meet the Press Chuck toddcast and Insider insight about politics and more with some of my favorite reporters, get it for free wherever you get your podcasts, hey, it's Halle, it's Good to be with you tonight.

There's another legal presentation today. And I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way and let's get to the point where they started with the crowded event. If you're like Kelly, stop talking. Washington needs this bill to basically give health care to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible. The kind of rising anger we've seen now in politics. I saw you looking for, I think your microphone, Daniel, you're trying to do it on the live slide. TV Man, OK, Meet the Press Chuck Toddcast and Insider's take on politics and more with some of my favorite reporters, get it for free wherever you get your podcasts, Mr.

Secretary, when will this get better? He soon came to this job. fight crime, have you been successful? Can you inform us about the status of the negotiations? Meet the Press Chuck Toddcast and Insider's take on politics and more with some of my favorite reporters. Get it for free wherever you get your new foreign podcasts this morning. A big blow. According to former President Trump, a Fed, a federal appeals court ended the so-called special review of the documents the FBI seized at Mar-A-Lago. Trump successfully sought the review in September, when a district court said an independent official should rule. that seized documents, the Justice Department could see a panel of judges now rejecting that decision stating that we cannot write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block a government after the execution of the warrant.

Two of the judges on the panel were appointed by Mr. Trump himself, neither he nor the Justice Department have responded to requests for comment about the former Florida tax collector whose arrest led to a federal investigation into a Congressman Matt Gates was Sentenced to 11 years in prison Thursday Joel Greenberg, a former friend of Gates, pleaded guilty last year. to six counts, including sex trafficking of a minor, identity theft, wire fraud and conspiracy to bribe a public official. He also agreed to cooperate with federal investigators as part of his plea deal. Greenberg apologized during his sentencing hearing and joined residents of Seminole County, where he was located. a tax collector and his family Gates has denied all allegations of wrongdoing and has not been charged.

The Biden administration is giving $75 million to three Native American tribes affected by climate change in Alaska, the New Talk Village and the Napakiak Native Village along with The Quinault Indian Nation in Washington will each receive $25 million to move to Higher Ground. The tribes are found in coastal regions that are being eroded by rising sea water. The $75 million is part of a $135 million commitment to help relocate eight other affected tribal communities. The FDA may soon make it easier for gay and bisexual men to donate blood. The agency could relax the current rule that prohibits men who have had sex with another man in the past three months from donating.

Restrictions began in the 1980s over fears of HIV transmission and the policies have since been criticized for being outdated. The FDA is considering using a more personalized assessment to evaluate at-risk donors. The exact criteria are still being decided while a new study is evaluated after the break. YouTube comes out with its top 10 US songs streamed in 2022 and more. an all-ages duet between an entertainment legend and the original American Idol stay on top of the latest news and the biggest stories of the day with NBC News daily. Thank you very much for joining us. I'm Morgan Radford and Vicki Nguyen.

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Now, I would say that she is never more popular than now. She is on our show, as far as you know, there is news on our show at least once a week. yes, more Power Tour I love them both, the highlight of a Thursday night shootout between the Bills and the Pats and Foxboro and Lester Holt introduces us to a young golfer whose autism became his own superpower. Next up is watching NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt or listening anywhere. you get your podcasts, sometimes the news can be difficult and overwhelming for kids to understand, that's why we've created a newscast just for them, we hope your family checks out the Nightly News Kids edition news that's happening now, see what makes headlines around the world every time it happens wherever you are, it's here now the big variable is the storm surge, how much water will eventually be pushed inland, how many of you were there at least like 11.

Why was it It's important for you to be here, but our main story tonight, guys, okay? Yeah, hey, it's Halle, it's good to be with you tonight. There's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way, but let's get to the point where they started the herd act, if you want. Kelly stop talking Washington needs this bill to basically provide healthcare to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because Scott, I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible. I saw the kind of growing anger we've seen now in politics. you're looking for I think your mic Daniel you're trying to do it on the slide Live TV man okay okay the cast of Meet the Press Chuck Todd and Insider's take on politics and more with some of my favorite reporters get it free on any place you get your podcasts for Dateline premium subscribe now on Apple Podcasts Sometimes the news can be difficult and overwhelming for kids to understand Ukraine and Russia.

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New England with those beautiful red uniforms maintained the advantage heading into the second, but everything was billed from there. Josh Allen broke away from the Pats defense throwing a pair of touchdowns before halftime and putting the game out of reach. Buffalo wins 24-10. Well, let's review your weekend now with NBC meteorologist Michelle Grossman, hello again, Michelle, hey guys, and you're going to need the umbrella. In the Northeast, we are seeing rain from New England to the Gulf Coast portions of the Carolinas. states that another Pacific storm will bring snow at higher elevations, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains, rain at lower elevations, especially in California, we will be back Mr.

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Brazil and Portugal have already advanced, but all the other teams still have a chance to move on and Team USA makes it to the knockout stage where tomorrow the Americans play against the Netherlands at 10am. Eastern Time. Well, now there is a young golfer who, at only 11 years old, appears in the pages of Sports Illustrated and has his own clothing line, but for Carter, extra golf is much more than a game. I sat down with Lester Holt. The game of golf opened a new world for 11-year-old Carter. Bonus. The first experience playing golf was really incredible.

I liked to hit the golf ball before I started playing. Carter was struggling. He says he was bullied at school. and he has trouble socializing Carter has a form of autism Carter's type of autism is high-functioning Asperger's. He is able to communicate, but his social skills are not where they should be. Medical experts say that some children with Asperger's tend to focus all their energy on one thing. At one point, Carter used that to his advantage on the golf course. Golf definitely helped me with my anger management and when I was having a bad day I would just go to the golf course and that made me feel good.

Golf really saved his life because now he had something to look forward to something he was good at Carter was just named Sports Kid of the Year he hopes to play in the PGA one day and has his own clothing line part of the profits Carter donates to a organization that helps families and children with autism, it's amazing to be able to help other children because I really want to help other people if they need help. A young role model hoping to inspire other kids like him and I will continue to be a good advocate and tell people. to stay positive and our thanks to Lester for introducing us to Esther Carter and introducing us to that stroke, which is amazing.

I can't wait to share that story with my kids. What an inspiration he is, yes he sure is and he said he wants to help. a lot of people and I think he will when I was a kid. I used to read Sports Illustrated Sports. Those are kids all the time and whoever that kid of the year was read all about them to see who they were and a lot of people go. to know about him and to know what he is like, what he is like in life and that is a beautiful thing, have a great weekend, we will all see each other on Monday, the foreigner imposes an agreement on the railway unions a week before it occurred A likely strike is in place, but Congress is rejecting the paid sick leave that workers were demanding.

The stars were out for the first State Dinner at the White House honoring the president of France, plus big-name attendees and a little history about what these big nights mean to the U.S. court of appeals. It represents a major setback for former President Trump, who ends the Masters' special review to seize Mar-A-Lago records. World Cup highlights as the United States prepares for the round of 16 round of 16 in about 30 hours from now and brings nine to five to your Friday. and one of the best duets of the classic tune with the original American Idol and Dolly Parton herself today begins right now.

Good morning. I am Philip Mena and I am Francis Rivera. We're just hours away from a major November jobs report. In the wake of a wave of layoffs across the board in several industries as companies adjust their results this morning, Wall Street and Main Street are watching what happens on the hiring front. NBC's Tom Costello joins us now to make sense of it all. Good morning this The economy is a cause for concern for doctors and I say this as we wait for the November employment report to be released later this morning. Two hundred thousand new jobs are expected, but we actually want to see a slowdown in hiring, because we've already had more. job openings than workers to fill them, that means wages are rising, which fuels the inflationary cycle, so the Federal Reserve, which sets interest rates, would like to see fewer new job openings and, in fact, , they want to see the unemployment rate rise because that would hopefully slow the economy slow down inflation so sometimes it's not always good news for Main Street which the FED hopes will have a bigger and broader impact on the economy again .

The November jobs report will be released this morning. It occurs when the economy is quite good. strong, it is faster than expected in the third quarter unemployment remains at its lowest level in 50 years and that is despite the highest inflation in 40 years due to the Federal Reserve raising rates, so this is what it is about here of a very complicated calculation that even veteran economists are scratching their heads as we wait for this. November employment report that will tell us if the FED can perhaps slow the pace of interest rate increases later in the month. Okay, Tom, thanks.

The Senate passed the bill to avoid a major hit to the economy by imposing a labor contract. to stop a threatened nationwide rail strike, but the deal is leaving many union members disappointed here's Peter Alexander, Senate approves deal to prevent a devastating rail strike that the White House warned could have triggered a recession by the joint resolution alone passes bipartisanship The bill, the first time in 30 years that Congress has intervened to stop a railroad strike, will force union railroad workers to accept an agreement negotiated by the White House months ago that includes a pay increase of 24 in five years, but right now they only receive one paid sick day. none, some unions rejected the deal because of that, the president was pressed why he didn't push for more paid sick time.

I negotiated a contract, no one else could negotiate, the only thing that was left out was whether or not it was paid leave, you know. I've been trying to get paid leadership not just for railroad workers for everyone, the Senate vote to include additional paid leave failed. Freight driver Dan Banks in Ohio says railroad crews deserve much better. My brothers and sisters in the crew room with me were all just shark teeth one of those falls out they push another right on the spot there is hardly a blow to the presidents of Ukraine Biden and Macron showing a united front against Russian aggression The Mr.

Biden says he has no plans to contact Russian President Vladimir Putin but opens the door to a face-to-face meeting. I am prepared to talk to Mr. Putin if indeed there is interest in his society and he is looking for a way to end the war. He still hasn't done it. Thanks to Peter. for that report new legal troubles for former NFL star Antonio Brown Tampa police trying to arrest Brown Thursday on a misdemeanor charge stemming from an alleged domestic dispute NBC's Sam Brock has the details Tampa police say they're trying to arrest former NFL player Antonio Brown multiple attempts outside this home to execute an arrest warrant for assault, domestic violence, the department told NBC News citing failure to communicate with police officers is the latest twist in the 34-year saga that has gone far beyond the Gridiron, charges stemming from an incident Monday involving Brown and the mother of four of his children, according to court documents, Brown threw a shoe at the woman who hit her in horsetail.

The victim was not injured, but he believed the shoe was intended for her head. In the same document, police describe learning that Brown threw the woman's shoe. belongings from the house and then threatened her over the loudspeaker saying that if she entered the house she would shoot her in front of the police. He also says that the children didn't want to go in because they were afraid that their dad would get into these. destructive moods after the incident a Florida judge denied a petition to remove Brown's weapons and ammunition under a risk protection order citing lack of physical action how is it possible that there was not enough evidence to take the weapons away but there is enough evidence to potentially prosecute him for domestic violence the judge was wrong on this the Florida statute that allows these risk protection orders provides a number of factors that can be considered by the court met several of them Antonio Neo Brown is a non-risk only for himself but for the members of the community and obviously for the mother of his children, according to the petition, he kept two firearms in the house, a pistol and a rifle.

NBC News has not been able to reach Brown's legal team for comment that he remains a man wanted by Tampa Police Tampa Police tell me they are not going to risk the safety of officers by trying to execute a warrant for a crime minor. Now they say that if Brown's behavior worsens, so could his response, since her mother and her children have not returned to that house since. the sambrock incident NBC News federal judges dealing a blow to former President Trump with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ending Masters' so-called special review of documents the FBI seized at Mar-A-Lago.

Trump successfully sought that review in September, when a district court said an independent official should decide which documents to seize, the Justice Department could see a panel of judges now rejecting that decision, saying we can't write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the warrant is executed. Two of those judges on the panel were appointed by Trump himself, and neither he nor the Justice Department have responded to requests for comment about the former Florida tax collector whose arrest led to a federal investigation into a congressman. Matt Gates was sentenced. to 11 years in prison Thursday Joel Greenberg, a former friend of Gates, pleaded guilty last year to six charges, including sex trafficking of a minor, identity theft, stalking, wire fraud and conspiracy to bribe to a public official.

He also agreed to cooperate with federal investigators as part of his plea deal. Greenberg apologized during his sentencing. he audience and the residents of Seminole County, where he was a tax collector and was family. Gates has denied all allegations of wrongdoing and has not been charged. Two of the best in Europe are already out of the World Cup. Germany needed a victory and then some to advance. it would be Costa Rica 4-2, but fell behind Spain in the group on goal difference. It is the second consecutive tournament in which the Germans are eliminated in the group stage and Belgium arrived at the World Cup ranked number two in the world, but after a goalless draw Croatia moves on. and Belgium goes home, the last of the group stage begins later this morning.

Brazil and Portugal are already in, they have advanced, but all the other teams still have a chance to move forward and the US team begins the knockout phase of the tournament tomorrow, the Americans. play in the Netherlands at 10 a.m. ET now to the NFL, where the Bills and Patriots kick off December with a Thursday night showdown Matt Jones and Marcus Jones connected for the first touchdown of the Games late in the first quarter New England with its red Throwbacks maintained the lead in the second but it was all bills from there Josh Allen escaped the Pats defense throwing a pair of touchdowns before halftime and putting the game out of reach Buffalo wins 24-10 The week of the conference championship in football college begins tonight with USC and Utah playing for the Pac-12 title in Las Vegas, undefeated TCU tries to punch its playoff berth against top-ranked Kansas State.

Georgia will try to do the same against LSU. Michigan faces Purdue for the Big Ten Championship in Indianapolis and Clemson battles the North. Carolina for ACC control okay let's take a look now at Friday's weather with NBC meteorize Michelle Grossman happy Friday Michelle happy Friday guys it's a pleasure to see you and we're seeing uh Millions under winter alerts wind alerts It's also good to see that we'll also see some rain in California. We could see some flooding there, so six million people will be affected by a winter warning. We are seeing winter storm warnings. Winter storm warnings.

Winter storm watches. And we could see up to two feet of snow in some places 30 millionaffected by a wind advisory we have high wind warnings we could see winds gusting up to 85 miles per hour and here is your forecast for snowfall that will extend from the northwest to parts of California to the plains and also the upper midwest it looks like that we're We're not going to see much in the upper Midwest, the higher mountains where you see the pinks and the purples, and that would be in California, Nevada, the higher elevations there could see up to two feet of snow and then we're talking of rain too.

Another coastal storm moving toward the coast today will bring more rain to California, so we could see possible flooding, especially in burned areas, and the higher amounts, up to two inches in some places, is a look at the big story. weather of the day. Here's a Take a closer look at your day ahead, okay we're seeing a big temperature split on the Northern Plains 14 in Bismarck, ahead of a front we're seeing temperatures in the 50s and then we're mild in the south . 68 degrees in Oklahoma City 73 in San Antonio, alright guys, we've made it to Friday, that means we're going to take a look at the weekend forecast in a moment.

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Pomp, pomp and politics. A glamorous gala event. and a long-standing White House tradition dating back to 1874, the first state dinner in history, when Ulysses S Grant hosted the Kulakawa King of Hawaii for more than 20 courses at dinner, the king was reportedly the first sitting monarch to visit the White House since then, hundreds Numerous state dinners have been held with highlights such as in 1976 when the Fords honored Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip during the bicentennial of the American Revolution, a few years later The Carters invited the leaders of Israel and Egypt after the signing of the Camp David Agreement.

Agreements and in 1987 former President Ronald Reagan welcomed Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev after they signed a historic nuclear weapons agreement. The grander the dinner, the more important the relationship, and that's the goal of the White House dinner to honor a former ally. to highlight an emerging democracy or to celebrate a joint agreement, the hope that what happens now will bear fruit later Macron is not going to change on some important issue just because Biden offers him a good dinner, but the idea is that he will will put you in a difficult situation. Better mood when the tough negotiation happens today and beyond, often nights like these go beyond politics and beyond Washington to Hollywood.

It doesn't have to be a formal state dinner either. In 1985 the Reagans hosted Prince Charles and Princess Diana, a moment that became a global sensation when actor John Travolta danced with the princess of the world on a screen and at other official state dinners, other celebrities were also seen Frank Sinatra Beyonce Elton John Stevie Wonder All performing for high-profile guests who often include lawmakers ambassadors corporate bigwigs donors and diplomats and occasionally celebrities with connections to the country being honored, but with any big party comes the perhaps inevitable Party Crasher even in At the White House in 2009, two Reality TV stars managed to bypass layers of security and gain access to one of the most secure buildings in the world when they showed up and entered a state dinner hosted by the Obamas in honor of India's prime minister.

The director of the Secret Service at the time testified before Congress shortly after the incident. In this case, I fully acknowledge that proper procedures were not followed and that human error occurred in the execution of our duties. Anna, thanks to Ali for all that background. info yeah i didn't know much about that okay next a country hit will have a resurgence kelly clarkson dolly parton duet clip you should listen to at work let's say friday cnbc's karen show starts with a preview, sometimes the news. It can be difficult and overwhelming for children to understand, which is why we have created a newscast just for them.

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CNBC's Karen Cho joins us now. with more information on what to expect here tomorrow Karen Philip Francis good morning yes we are all on the edge of our seats waiting for 8:30 ET to arrive for that not fun payroll report the economy is now expected to have added 200,000 jobs in November that's a slowdown from 261,000 in October and when it comes to wages and don't forget we've seen heat on that front, we expect average wage growth to slow to 0.3 percent month over month from 0.4 in October. Now, the FED got rid of its own friend with a key speech this week, but said the economy needed to create more than a hundred thousand jobs per month, otherwise it risks contributing to a further tightening of the labor market.

But it's still not enough to lower that level, the government said this week. With the unemployment rate at 3.7 percent, near a 50-year low, job openings have outnumbered workers by about 4 million. Of course, the labor market has changed structurally with the pandemic. the labor force and there has been a sharp drop in immigration or contributing to that change now economists anticipate that in the coming months we will see a further contraction in payrolls, but we are certainly looking for a ray of hope for the markets that have really been now . waiting for something else to unlock another rally for you, yes, hoping for that Santa rally to come true, good Karen, thanks Michelle has your forecast for the weekend ahead below and beyond, two WWII vets who shaped history receive France's highest award.

Honor, Mr. Secretary, when is this going to get better? You came early to this job, you were going to fight crime, have you been successful? Can you tell us about the status of the negotiations? Hi, I'm Hallie, it's good to be with you tonight, there's another legal filing. Today I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way and get to the point where they have started a vote on the pack law. If you're like Hallie, stop talking. This bill from Washington would basically give health care to veterans who have been exposed. to these toxic chemicals I just got I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible The kind of rising anger we've seen now in politics I saw you looking I think your microphone Daniel, you're trying to do it on the live slide TV man, it's okay to celebrate 75 years of Meet the Press, the longest running TV news show is happening now, look what's making headlines around the world for going on air with breaking news, this is an important moment when it happens, wherever you are.

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Proceeds from the event will go to United 24, a donation platform launched by Ukrainian President Zielinski. Okay, let's get back to Michelle for the weekend weather. Hi Michelle. Hi guys. If she has vacation plans tomorrow, maybe see some Christmas lights, this could be wet from New England to the Northeast Mid-Atlantic. Also in parts of the Gulf Coast it is cold in the Northern Plains, in theUpper Midwest, temperatures in the 20s, teens and then. We are looking at another Pacific storm that is bringing snow to higher elevations and some rain to lower elevations that could lead to some flash flooding or some flooding in parts of California through tomorrow as we head into Sunday.

We are seeing breezy and cold conditions in the Northern Plains, the Midwest, the Ohio Valley to the Northeast and more heavy snow in parts of the West, again with you, okay, thanks Michelle. World War II veterans awarded France's highest honor for their service in Valor in Saving France for Dateline premium subscribe now to Apple Podcasts and meet the press. Chuck Ed and Insider's take on politics and more with some of my favorite reporters.