breaking overnight 9-year-old ezra blunt becomes the tenth victim to die from injuries sustained at the astroworld music festival in houston. the fate of kyle rittenhouse will, soon, rest in the hands of the jury after closing arguments today. and our gabe gutierrez speaks to the mother of the defendant. infrastructure day at the white house for president biden as gasoline prices skyrocket and inflation soars right along with just about everything else. covid cases in europe soar to one of the worst since the start of the pandemic.

plus, a key country imposes a major lockdown we are live in rome. queen elizabets over the monarch continue to grow, as we begin a new week "early today" starts right now good monday morning, i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin with breaking news out of houston surrounding the astroworld concert tragedy. 9-year-old ezra blunt has died from injuries sustained during that crowd surge at the show he becomes the youngest fatality his parents have hired personal injury attorneys, including ben crump and others the counsel previously filed a lawsuit alleging concert organizers failed at crowd control during the festival organized by travis scott. according to a statement by crump and his colleagues, blunt was placed in a medically-induced coma in an attempt to save his life after he suffered brain, kidney, and liver trauma they also expressed condolences to his family. reading in part, ezra's death is

absolutely heartbreaking we are committed to seeking answers and justice for the blunt family but tonight, we stand in solidarity with the family, in grief and in prayer. travis scott's attorney said that he didn't know there was a mass-casualty event. and in a statement friday, we ce to support and assist local authorities in their ongoing investigation so that, both, the fans who attended and their families can get the answers they want and deserve. in kenosha, authorities are bracing for a possible verdict in the kyle rittenhouse trial. in just a few hours, the jury will hear closing arguments from lawyers, and then begin to decide the fate of the 18-year-old. nbc's gabe gutierrez sat down with his mother. >> reporter: frances and phillip, good morning. as the closely-watched trial nears its conclusion, we are hearing from kyle rittenhouse's mother, who says she's scared ahead of a possible verdict. with lawyers preparing closing arguments in the kyle rittenhouse trial, we sat down with his mother, wendy

rittenhouse. when you saw your son on the witness stand, what went through your head? >> fear. overwhelm. i was a nervous wreck. my stomach was in knots. kyle did a good job. um, when he broke down, i broke down >> reporter: knowing what he knows now. knowing that it was that chaotic situation, do you think you should have -- do you think he would have gone down there again? >> probably not. >> the now 18-year-old faces six charges related to the night he shot three people with an ar-15 style rifle, killing two during protests following the police shooting of a black man, last summer in kenosha, wisconsin the most serious charge is intentional homicide if convicted, rittenhouse could face life in prison. the judge has indicated he will allow the jury to consider at least some lesser charges. >> the fact that the prosecution, in this case, is

asking for lesser-included offenses may signal that they are not feeling that confident about their first-degree or top-level homicide charges >> reporter: worried about the potential for violence, the governor has authorized about 500 national guard troops, should local authorities ask for their help the case has attracted intense scrutiny, dividing americans who see rittenhouse either as a vigilante looking for trouble or a patriot protecting kenosha from rioters rittenhouse's mother says her son is being treated for ptsd. >> what do you say to people who look at this case and think this teenager had no business bringing a military-style weapon to this chaotic scene? >> a lot of people shouldn't have been there. you know and he brung that gun for protection and to this day, if he didn't have that gun, my son would've been dead. >> reporter: are you anticipating looking forward to,

dreading the verdict how would you describe what -- what your feelings are going into this week >> i'm scared. >> reporter: later today, 12 jurors will be randomly selected from the 18 that have heard the case so far. it's possible deliberations could begin by tonight frances and phillip. >> gabe, thank you former-president trump adviser steve bannon has been charged by the justice department with contempt of congress for refusing to answer questions from the house committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol. according to law enforcement, the former-trump adviser is expected to turn himself in to authorities today, and appear in court this afternoon the indictment is making history. no one has been prosecuted before for contempt of congress when executive privilege was asserted if convicted, he could face up to a year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000. with a flick of a pen, president biden will have paved the way for a massive infrastructure investment today.

the white house says former-new orleans mayor, mitch lan ddrieu will head the bipartisan plan. he played a key role in helping the city bounce back after hurricane katrina. nbc's chris pollone has the latest and, chris, this is a hard-fought win for the president. >> reporter: frances, it is, and the president will take a victory lap later on today at the white house. holding a signing ceremony, which he's invited, both, democrats and republicans to attend the bill sends out $1.2 trillion to modernize the nation's roads, bridges, railway, and airports, and also pays to fix lead pipes and expand broadband internet to places that can't get it what it doesn't do, however, is address the economic reality of rising consumer prices california has just set a new record for its highest-average gas price. some democrats are calling for the president to release part of the country's reserve oil to ease some of the supply crunch >> when fuel is in a crunch,

everything's dominos but we can put our finger on the scale with something called the spr. the strategic petroleum reserve. we're here today 'cause we need immediate relief at the gas pump, and the place to look is the strategic petroleum reserve. >> reporter: it will be a long and packed day for the president. tonight, holding a virtual meeting with the leader of china. the president plans to discuss fair trade practices, human rights issues, and taiwan. but the white house is downplaying expectations, saying that they don't expect any major breakthroughs. frances. >> a lot on the president's plate to start off this week chris, thank you a terror attack in the uk. british police arrested three men suspected of blowing up a taxi outside of a women's hospital in liverpool. what was meant to be a morning of remembrance turned into a day of tragedy the blast killed the passenger and injured the driver access to the hospital has been restricted, and homes nearby have been evacuated out of

prec precaution british counterterrorism unit is nos queen elizabeth has another health setback that has taken her out of the public's eye according to buckingham palace, she sprained her back and it forced her to miss a remembrance ceremony and service to commemorate britain's war dead nbc's matt bradley has more. >> reporter: the world's longest-reigning monarch, missing again. queen elizabeth skipped an annual remembrance day ceremony honoring britain's war dead. a statement from buckingham palace said the queen is suffering from a back sprain, was disappointed, and declined to attend with great regret. the palace careful to say the sprain is new and unrelate today a string of sick days that have raised concerns about the 95-year-old queen's health over the past month she spent the night of october 20th in a london hospital after staying home from an important two-day trip to northern ireland. on october 26th, buckingham pams

announced the queen would not be attending the cop26 climate change conference in glasgow, scotland. >> people always fear the worst. she is 95 years old but in this instance, it does seem to be a back-related issue, rather than anything more sinister >> reporter: but she was able to record a message urging leaders to take ookz action on the environment. >> none of us live forever but we are doing this not for ourselves but for our children and our children's children. >> reporter: at the beginning of the month, while on rest from her royal duties, the queen was seen driving herself around her windsor castle estate. she's head of state and head of the british armed forces. >> she honors those who have given their lives, in some ways, just as she has done >> reporter: a commitment to service the queen has promised to fulfill until the day she dies well, despite all this, we just heard from british prime minister boris johnson he said he actually had an audience with the queen as recently as last week and he wanted to reassure the nation that she is doing very well. frances, phillip. >> matt, thank you

football now patrick mahomes turned up. the lights in las vegas for a sunday night football showdown >> announcer: mahomes. ton of time. escapes. goes to the end zone it's williams there and he makes the grab >> the raiders would bring the game within three, just after halftime but mahomes countered with three touchdowns to put it out of reach. he would finish the game with five touchdowns through the air and the chiefs are leaving las vegas winners, 41-14 around the league, aaron rodgers returned to the packers after his positive-covid test and he threw for nearly 300 yards but couldn't find the end zone green bay's defense kept the seahawks grounded, and a.j. dylan's score in the fourth helped lead the packers to a 17-nothing win cam newton was back in a panthers uniform for the first time since 2019. and the former number one overall pick rushed for that touchdown in his very first play

back he also threw for a score in carolina's 34-10 win over the cardinals. tom brady and the buccaneers had a tough time navigating the washington football team' defense. throwing a pair of picks on the day. the game on the line, washington went on a 19-play, ten-minute drive and antonio gibson's touchdown iced it. washington defeats the bucs, 29-19. and with ben roethlisberger out after being placed on street steelers covid reserve list, neither the lions nor the steelers could find the uprights or the end zone during overtime. detroit still clawing for their first win of the season but they walk away with a 16-16 tie deandre swift was among week 10's top performers and stefan digs torched the jets for 162 yards in buffalo's 45-17 win cleanup is underway after reports of tornados in the northeast. four tornados touched down around connecticut on saturday the strongest, being an ef-1

bringing heavy winds and causing trees to uproot. and residents on long island reported marble-sized hail coming d wther service confirmed three tornados did touch down on saturday the strongest, reaching wind speeds of up to 110 miles an hour okay from tornados in the northeast, to snow out west and frigid temperatures ahead let's bring in nbc meteorologist janessa webb happy monday, janessa. >> happy monday, guys. happy monday, everyone you know, it was a wicked weekend if you were across the northeast. things are starting to die down but if you are a great lakes, midwest, different story it's feeling like winter and a winter wonderland across northeast ohio to detroit this morning due to that lake enhancement. even some areas of snow for pennsylvania to interior new york good news, no winter alerts that are currently in place where we do have alerts is freeze warnings and advisories across atlanta this morning and northern georgia 7 million people impacted with

southwest into central texas san antonio, in the lower 80s. chilly temperatures, across the east coast but i have a heat wave that's building for the pacific northwest. we will talk about that, coming up. >> yeah, we got to see those temperatures those are incredible all right. thank you, janessa time now to fast forward into your monday leaders from over 570 native american tribes are set to take part in the first tribal nation summit since 2016. the white house says the president will announce plans to improve health and safety of native americans at that summit. ghislaine maxwell returns to court as jury selection begins in her sex trafficking trial she has spent the last 16 months in solitary confinement in brooklyn. and we're welcoming a new puppet on sesame street.

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here first of all, the vaccination rate there are countries in europe, like italy where i remember now, that has a 95% vaccination rate. that means that the larjt majority of the adult population is fully vaccinated but there are other countries, especially in eastern europe, like romania and bulgaria where the vaccination varies between 25 and 35% and cases are soaring, surging over there, of course. well, it's not all about vaccination rate, the authorfies say. there are some countries where the vaccination rate is good, decent, like in germany, netherlands, and belgium where cases are also rising. why? the authorities, once again, say that it's about, on one side, the relaxation of anti-covid measures and on the other side, a complacency among the population about wearing masks or keeping social distance. so a combination of factors. all those countries talking about reintroducing those measures with austria going as far as imposing a lockdown on all the unvaccinated guys >> just imagine how that would play out here in the u.s.,

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