liz kreutz has the latest. >> reporter: an urgent search for the person who intentionally started this massive inferno under a los angeles freeway. >> we still are looking for anyone that wishes to come forward with any information around this suspect. >> reporter: cal fire releasing these images over the weekend of a person of interest in the arson that caused one of the city's busiest highways to shut down, creating a logistical nightmare for drivers and business owners in downtown lame l.a. and beyond. the suspect described as approximately 6 foot man, weighing between is 70 and 170 0 pounds, he appears to have a visible burn on his left leg as the manhunt continues, for many residents, a welcome thanksgiving surprise. just in time for holiday travel, the damaged stretch of inte interstate 10 reopening days and even weeks earlier than previously expected. >>it was a week or so agatho tht we were here >> reporter: kamala harris praised the construction teams working around the clock over the last eight days. >> the work that happened here is extraordinary and the estimates were that

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jose >> liz kreutz, thank you >>> tomorrow could be the biggest test in history for the airlines withhat's expected to be the busiest air travel day ever, but with storms already hitting parts of the country, will the weather cooperate for your trip home george solis has a preview >> reporter: this weekend travelers heading home from the holiday, throw in an extra curveball, with snow and rain in the forecast amid heavy traffic on the roads >> there's one thing in the world you have no control over, it's the weather you just -- you just do what you got to do. >> reporter: 14 million people under winter weather alerts from texas to new york. and tonight kansas in the bull's-eye where gusty winds and as much as 8 inches of snowfall may pave the way for treacherous terrain. some roads already blanketed >> slippery travel for today. >> reporter: out west in wyoming, police saying icy conditions led to this thanksgiving 19 day pile-up on a major highway. officials say four drivers ended up in the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries >> the snow has intensified here. >> reporter: in n

to be by their son's side. >> and our thanks to liz kreutz for that report. >>> the former minneapolis police officer convicted in the murder of george floyd is in the hospital this morning after being stabbed at the arizona prison where he is currently serving a 21-year sentence an attorney for derrick chauvin says his family has not been given any updates since the incident a prison spokesperson did not respond for comment. a law enforcement source tells nbc news that chauvin was seriously injured in the attack, but he is expected to survive. >>> george santos is fighting for his political life this morning. the house could vote as early as tomorrow on whether to expel the embattled republican after an investigation found evidence of flagrant ethics violations but he is not going down quietly. our brie jackson is live in d.c. with the latest. hi, brie good morning santos sounded despient over the weekend. >> that's right. george santos lashed out at his colleagues on social security on friday, but also appeared to accept his fate, saying he expects to be voted out of congress this we

it's a common and dreaded injury, but is surgery always the best way to repair a torn acl liz kreutzrising study. >> reporter: it's happened to soccer legend megan rapinoe, nfl quarterback daniel jones, even aspiring mixed martial arts fighter, mark zuckerberg acl tears are one of the most common and debilitating injuries for both professional and recreational athletes, between 100,000 and 200,000 a year in the u.s. >> you can see it's completely torn. >> reporter: for years knee experts considered surgery the go-to option, but a recent study in "the british journal of sports medicine" found that 90% of ruptured acls treated without surgery showed signs of healing three months later indicating nonsurgical treatment could be an effective alternative. >> what we have seen is people begin to question whether this should always be done. >> reporter: dr. bob sallis at kaiser permanente fontana medical center in california has seen firsthand the benefits of nonoperative treatment. >> surgery can always go wrong it's not a perfect procedure, and, in fact, we know that about one in three peo

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liz kreutz, nbc news, los angeles. >>> a major new development concerning oscar pistorius.ble amputee olympic sprinter nearly 11 years after pistorius fatally shot reeva steenkamp through a locked bathroom door at his home in south africa. he's been granted parole in january. he maintains he mistook her for an intruder. steenkamp's mother says she's not convinced he's been rehabilitated. >>> you've likely seen the headlines. a recent wave of lawsuits against famous and powerful men alleging sexual misconduct, all filed under a new york law but that window is now closing. our senior legal correspondent laura jarrett is with us. explain how this law works. the cases had to be filed by today? >> yes, lester, the reason you see that wave of allegations suddenly coming to light is because of the time is almost up. a law that started last november gave survivors a one-year window to file their civil lawsuits for sexual assault. cases that normally would be too old to be brought in court. this is the same law used by writer e. jean carroll to win her $5 million judgment against th

guys. >> liz kreutz, thank you. >>> let's get one more check on the holiday travel forecast from angie. to chicago. we have a couple of delays with deicing is albuquerque and columbus, ohio. central plains could see difficulty today. kansas city is having issues there and i-70. as we get into tomorrow, it is rain and snow in the midwest to the gulf coast and it will be troublesome for the airport. detroit and minneapolis are spots to watch if you are heading out. boston and new york with heavy rain working in. the west coast looks amazing. it will be nice from salt lake city to san francisco. plenty of sunshine for folks there. temperatures will be on the >>> good morning. it is 6:16 and chilly in san rafael, and clear skies and 32 as you are wake up bright and early on this saturday morning. we will start to see the sunshine coming about, but it is a struggle to come about reaching low 60s this afternoon. we will continue to see the cool nights around the bay area with some areas under a freeze warning. we will see the >>> and that's the look at the forecast. guys. >> angie, thank you

nbc's liz kreutz is on the ground in l.a. i used to live there. i know the i-10 all too well.ening right now? >> reporter: hey, chris. yeah, this is a big mess for a lot of people in l.a. officials say this is not something that's going to be fixed and reopened in a couple days. they say right now investigators are checking to see whether they need to demolish this two-mile stretch of the highway and rebuild it or simply do repairs. this massive fire engulfed highway. it is a major highway for computers into downtown l.a. 300,000 people travel on this freeway every single day. here is what the l.a. mayor warned commuters this morning. >> as we made clear yesterday, this was a huge fire, and the damage will not be fixed in an instant. losing this stretch of the 10 freeway will take time and money from people's lives and businesses. it's disrupting in every way. >> reporter: officials have said traffic was heavier than normal for a monday morning. this morning another big concern is thanksgiving is coming up, travel is already a mess here in l.a. for commuting during thanksgivin

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. >> we have liz kreutz with more. >> it seems like nothing can stop taylor swift except the weather.♪ >> reporter: taylor swift has no problem making history. the superstar breaking a grammy record with the seventh song of the year nomination. the more for any artist ever. ♪♪ >> reporter: swift also tying barbra streisand for the album of the year nomination. the singer riding a career high cements her billionaire status as she takes her eras tour global. >> welcome. >> reporter: the international leg anticipated to make it the first concert tour to cross $1 billion in sales. in buenos aires, swift debuted new looks and sent the crowd into a frenzy singing in spanish. and chose a song about finding new love as her number which may be about travis kelce who arrived on friday to see her perform her second concert there. but severe weather forced the singer to postpone the show until sunday. taylor and travis getting a night off, but leaving fans in limbo. make your flight or the show. how do you choose? >> indeed. it is a difficult one. >> reporter: this fan had tickets to all three ni

i want to bring in nbc's liz kreutz. a lot of information revealed here. >> yeah, that's right. the big unknown even after this press conference right now is what led up to this incident and this altercation. law enforcement essentially coming out, pleading for more video because they say that they don't know those minutes leading up to what happened before mr. kessler fell to the ground. we do know from an autopsy now that they have just said that he did die from blunt force trauma, that he had injuries to the back of his head, consistent with a fall. but they also say he had injuries to his face and they are not ruling out he may have been hit in the face in some way. but, again, they don't know what led up to this situation. as you mentioned, another headline we did learn, there is a suspect right now, a 50-year-old man, and that law enforcement did detain this person yesterday. they then searched his home. they have a search warrant there, but they did release him and he's currently not under arrest. so the big question is what led up to this altercation, police are continui

nbc news correspondent liz kreutz is with in l.a.ffic, this could make it even worse, any sense of how it's going today and when it might reopen. >> reporter: kate, this is a critical freeway here in l.a., 300,000 people travel on this freeway every single day, so a big impact here and right now, officials say they cannot give a time line on when it's going reopen. it will be closed indefinitely. not something they can reopen in couple of days. what they're doing right now is looking at the structural damage from this fire, they're investigating whether or not they actually might have to demolish the entire two-mile portion of this freeway and then rebuild it spirely or simply repair it, that's what they're doing right now, so we're waiting to get an update from officials. >> what are drivers being told, liz. >> reporter: drivers are being told to simply avoid the area if they can or to work from home, to not go into downtown l.a. right now, or if they have to take public transportation, this is causing a travel mess, thanksgiving is

liz kreutz is following this. what are they saying today about these murder charges. >> reporter: we know that eight students between the ages of 13 and 17 have been arrested and police say they will be charged with murder. nbc news has learned four of those students will be arraigned and they'll be tried as adults. still to be determined whether the four other students will be tried as adults or juveniles. police are still working to identify two others. it's just hour rick. this began as a fight over a stolen head phones. decided to meet in a back alley of the school and that's when the brawl began. a group of students taking over and mobbing jonathan lewis, the victim, kicking and stomping on him until he became unconscious. a passer by found him and he was taken to the hospital and a coroner he died of blunt-force trauma, homicide. >> disturbing details there, liz. have we heard anything from the slain teen's family. >> reporter: so his father is speaking out and saying his son was a loving, caring young man w

nbc news correspondent liz kreutz has been following this story. this investigation so far. >> reporter: police have arrested a 50-year-old this morning, he was arrested for unvoluntary manslaughter, being held on $1 million bail, we know that he was part of pro-palestinian professor -- and -- we're aware of the recent arrest of loay analji. now police had previously said that 50-year-old suspect they had identitied actually stayed at the scene of the investigation and he was cooperating he had called 911 when paul kessler fell. >> liz, in an interesting twist -- even though an arrest has been made police are still encouraging the public to come forward more about this altercation. >> reporter: still a lot of questions. police say they want anyone with any video to come forward here and they had previously said that witnesses were giving them conflicting statements making it incredibly difficult to move ahead with this case, still unclear what new information police have received that led them to make this arrest now, notably police haven't arreste

all of this was caught on surveillance video and nbc's liz kreutz has the details liz, this was incredible but thankfully, a 3-year-old girl is alive and well this morning, all thanks to one very brave teenager who recently learned cpr in school. this morning, a california teenager is being called a hero after performing life-saving cpr on a three-year-old relative who nearly drowned in the family swimming pool on thanksgiving. >> it's a thanksgiving miracle. >> reporter: the terrifying incident all captured on this home security camera, as the family was making breakfast, little maxine unknowingly snuck into the backyard and got into the pool about four minutes later, the toddler's uncle found her floating face down unresponsive. >> she's pretty much lifeless and almost like a doll, wet doll. >> reporter: he began frantically screaming for help that's what kirsten add kinson said her 15-year-old daughter madison jumped into action and started performing cpr >> madison was just pumping away for a couple of minutes. and finally maxine starts to open her eyes and starts to breathe. and the e

. >> nbc's liz kreutz with that report.test in the israel-hamas war as more hostages are set to be released from captivity. plus, democratic members of the oversight committee, congressman dan goldman and jared moskowitz will be our guests and we'll talk about, among other things, hunter biden, who has a new legal plan, as he takes on his adversaries, betsy woodruff swan and eugene daniels will join us with their new reporting on how hunter's counteroffensive will play out in courtrooms just as president biden ramps up his re-election campaign. "morning joe" will be right back. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ [bell ringing] and doug says, “you can customize and save hundreds on car insurance with liberty mutual.” he hits his mark —center stage— and is crushed by a baby grand piano. are you replacing me? with this guy? customize and save with liberty bibberty. he doesn't even have a mustache! oh, look! a bibu. [limu emu squawks.] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ at bombas we make the comfiest socks, un