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the numbers of illegal crossings decrease they'll keep their agents in place. >> our thanks to morgan chesky for that report. >>> jury sleelection is expected to begin today in the case of two paramedics involved in the death of evlijah mcclain. they are accused of giving him an illegal dose of ketamine. police forcibly restrained mcclain, even though he was not armed or accused of commit tinga crime. paramedics gave him the ketamine to calm him down >>> george santos could be expelled from congress by the end of the week of the lawmaker the must vote on a new resolution within two days he has lost more support in the house after an ethics report found he deceived campaign donors >> the political class in washington, d.c. they want to send me home. if they think this was a fair process, how it should be done, fan they'r and if they're confident this is a constitutional way of doing it, god bless their hearts. >> if it passes, he would be the sixth member of the house to ever be removed this way of the. >>> rosalynn carter will be laid to rest in plains, georgia today. it comes after an emoti

morgan chesky is in dallas with the details. >> reporter: it is a day that has been circled on the calendar of many a family, and the thanksgiving rush definitely upon us at dallas love field airport. they are experiencing a surge in travelers that is not expected to look up for at least the next week right now 30 million estimated americans expected to take to the skies this holiday season, we expect the busiest days to be tuesday, wednesday ahead of thanksgiving and another big surge on sunday, with the tsa anticipating millions of people making that flight home. same rules still apply plan ahead, sign up for any innovat notification that you can, that way you don't bring the whole family to the airport only to turn around should you have to make on-the-fly travel adjustments. and the tsa telling everyone make show you know what can you pack in your bag and what can you check. surprisingly enough, can you bring a turkey and sides on board with you, but any sort of liquid, if you have to spread it, they say, go ahead and check that in your bag as it stands right now, though, a lot of peopl

morgan chesky is there for us tonight. morgan, what more do we know? >> reporter: lester, good evening. that explosion setoff a shelter in place for about 5 miles surrounding this plant that was just lifted within the last few hours. and while tonight while officials say the fire inside the plant's been contained, they say there is still the risk of flare-ups. a frightening eruption over shepherd, texas. >> there's some type of chemical plant that's blown up. they're requesting our assistance. >> reporter: plumes of black smoke billowing from a chemical plant this morning after an explosion shaking the small town about an hour north of houston, injuring one employee. >> it's pretty scary not knowing what's burning out there. >> reporter: sending a fiery plume so high the black smoky haze could briefly be seen on satellite. authorities issued an immediate 5-mile shelter in place evacuating an area school as crews shutdown a state highway. >> local fire crews will remain on site throughout the night to monitor any possible fires that may pop up. >> repor

morgan chesky reports. >> some time after 9:00 he took the pill that took his life. >> alexander neville 2020. the california teen was 14 years old, just barely out of middle school. >> you feel like a complete failure, right? we're beating ourselves up all of the time. >> his mother amy confessing she didn't even know what fentanyl was. >> that blindsided us. no one was talking about fentanyl at the time. >> her son thought he was taking oxycodone, but a toxicology. >> reporter:ed that one fatal pill was laced with fentanyl. >> it was a life or death situation, and i didn't realize that. >> a threat that's now made its way to cleveland, texas. >> a sobering show and tell at a middle school. >> ready? that's it. you just saved a life. >> in a cafeteria where kids each lunch, parents learning how to use narcan to save their children from fentanyl poisoning. >> at first i was, like, no because let's not have this because it's going to give a gateway for these children to go ahead and say hey, there's something to save me. let's just try it anyway. >> and now? >> and now, we need it. >> tha

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morgan chesky is near the border in san antonio, texas, and joins us now. officials have said time and time again cross spoog the u.s. is dangerous and at times begged people not to make the journey. what are officials saying right now. >> reporter: we're waiting to see the official numbers from this month of november, but when you talk to law enforcement on the border and relief workers here in san antonio, they say that these numbers are similar, the amount of people reminding them of what happened back in september, that's when we reported from the border, that was the second highest month of recorded migrant encounters since they started keeping track, so we're anticipating the numbers to really prove this surge, but as it stands right now as you mentioned those border crossings impacted. the reasons behind people coming individual, are different for every individual, every family, we did speak to one venezuelan family dangerous as the four-month journey to make it here to san antonio shelter they would much rather to have done that instead of staying i

but nbc's morgan chesky is in san antonio to talk about this and more. is continues to grow. >> reporter: yeah, jose, you're absolutely right. what is interesting is the official numbers of encounters with migrants for november aren't in yet, but anecdotally, what we're hearing from different law enforcement is that there is a significant problem in place here. we're just across the street from the san antonio migrant resource center. they're at capacity. they have been at capacity for months now. and this is all part of what authorities are calling a shift in migration trends that's impacting the entire country. >> you got it. you got it. >> reporter: a race to save lives. texas state troopers pulling an unconscious migrant mother and her frightened kids to safety. the marine unit confirming everyone here survived. each encounter adding to what officials are calling a shift in migration trends. at san antonio's migrant center, they have been over capacity for months. how many were you planning for? >> we made plans for 700 people a day. >> reporter: now?

morgan chesky is following this for us and joins us lye.trickland spent hours on the stand detailing his relationship with armstrong and the victim in this case anna mo wilson. what did we hear? >> reporter: the court took a break today, and we're having a chance to take a deeper zbooif what strickland testified to for hours when we walked into that packed austin courtroom, and we had a chance to hear directly from him the extent of his relationships with both caitlin armstrong, now accused of murder, his ex girlfriend he lived with at this time, and anna moriah wilson, strickland testifying he only dated her in a break with strickland that only lasted a few months. and went on to describe armstrong as someone he didn't believe was jealous or even someone who could become angry, describing her as mild tempered. however, important to point out that he did admit to changing the name of anna moriah wilson in his phone out of concern that it would bother armstrong to know that he was still in contact with her. and he also detailed several text

nbc's morgan chesky reports on how one texas middle school is fighting back. >> sometime after 9:00 heis life. >> alexander nevel died of fentanyl poisoning in 2020. the california teen was 14 years old, just barely out of middle school. >> you feel like a complete failure, we're beating ourselves up over it all the time. >> reporter: his mother amy confessing she didn't even know what fentanyl was. >> death blind sided us. no one was talking about fentanyl at the time. >> reporter: according to amy, her teenage son thought he was taking oxycodone, but a toxicology report later revealed that one natal pill was laced with fentanyl. >> it was a life or death situation and i didn't realize that. >> reporter: a threat that's made its way to cleveland, texas. a sobering show and tell at a middle school. >> ready, that's it. you just saved a life. >> reporter: in a cafeteria where kids eat lunch, parents using how to learn narcan to potentially save their own child from fentanyl poisoning. >> it's incomprehensible. >> reporter: here for her three kids and free narcan. >> at first, i was like

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morgan chesky is there with a wlook with a look at what happened. >> reporter: a frightening explosion over sheppard, texas. >> reporter: plumes of black smoke billowing from a chemical plant. injuring one employee. >> pretty scary, not knowing what's burning out there. >> reporter: the explosion sending a fiery mplume so high the black smokey haze could briefly be seen on satellite. authorities issuing a paid five-mile shelter in place. >> local crew also remain on site through the night to monitor any fires that may pop out. trr >> reporter: county emergency management says the mplant houss chemicals known to be toxic. >> the company tried to reassure residents. >> we'll make sure that any remediation work is done in the right way so there's though effect on the community. >> reporter: reassurance, but few here are breathing easy. morgan chessky, nbc nurks shepherd, texas. >>> texans are waking up to rain this morning. it won't stay there for long. angie lassman is tracking that system. >> you're exactly right. we've got some rain to deal with across parts of the south. it's much-nee

morgan chesky has more and a warning, some of these images are tough to watch. >> you got it. you got it >> reporter: frantic rescues on the rio grande [ speaking a global language ] >> come here, sweetie. >> reporter: dps marine units pulling frightened migrant children from the water, body cams capturing parents too weak to move troopers reviving this mother with cpr. the rescues are part of what customs and border protection is calling a shift in migration trends impacting both texas and arizona. >> this is the biggest day i've ever seen. >> reporter: the area near tucson so overwhelmed, cbp saying they had to divert agents from one crossing to help process thousands of migrants, while in eagle pass, texas, cbp suspended u.s.-bound traffic on a bridge so they could free up even more agents in san antonio -- >> how concerned are you that you can't keep up with the capacity >> we are very concerned. >> reporter: the migrant resource center now over capacity forcing hundreds to sleep in their parking lot. [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: this man brought to tears

overnight reaction to a guilty verdict in the closely watched murder of a texas yoga instructor morgan chesky is at the courthouse for us in austin. hey, morgan. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. nearly two weeks o testimony resulting in two hours of deliberation. coming up, the key piece of evidence helping a jury find kaitlyn armstrong guilty in the death of pro cyclist anna moriah wilson. >>> and then ahead with millions of americans set to shop for thanksgiving this weekend, we will take you behind the scenes at america's largest grocery chain. an exclusive look at the revolutionary ways walmart is keeping with record demand up >>> coming up, the star of "the crown". >> she will be right here live to talk about the show's final season, its take on the people's princess and those controversial scenes but, first, your local news. ♪♪ each curve of the bottle, each drop, sourced and bottled for the perfect taste. ♪♪ curating an experience, that's timeless. saratoga, the official water of bravo's top chef world all stars. (buzz) are you guys telling secrets? mine is that honey nut cheerios can

nbc's morgan chesky is with us from san antonio. an, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. our crew has seen vans with migrant, men women and children arrive at this san antonio shelter all night long. this really is a snapshot of what's happening all across the country. if they can't get in, since this shelter is at capacity, i want to show you the alternative, just beyond our camera, this is the scene. dozens of families sleeping on sidewalks, trying to get whatever shelter they can. all part of what authorities are calling a migration trend, impacting states nationwide. >> you got it. you got it. >> reporter: a race to save lives on the rio grande. texas state troopers pulling an unconscious migrant mother and her frightened kids to safety. the marine unit confirming everyone here survived. but each encounter, adding to what officials are calling a shift in migration trends. at san antonio's migrant resource center, officials say they've been at or overcapacity for months. when this shelter opened, how many people wer

nbc news correspondent morgan chesky has been following this trial closely. ere, with three names repeatedly coming up in this trial, kaitlin armstrong, anna "month" wilson and collin strickland. >> reporter: strickland dated both of these women at different times. he was living with kaitlin armstrong before and after the brief relationship he acknowledged with anna "month" wilson that took in fall of 2021. he ended updating armstrong yet again. wilson shot three times in an austin days before she was set to compete in texas bicycle race. we know strickland was also a very high class cyclist as well. armstrong more of a recreational cyclist and it was because of this tumultuous relationship, that left no doubt in their eyes the only suspect, the only person who have killed anna "mo" wilson was kaitlin armstrong. >> morgan with the latest from outside the courthouse, thank you. >>> coming up, taking a knee. acl tears one of the most common and debilitating injury, is surgery always necessary? why doctors are suggesting patients don't go under the knife. >>> hun

nbc's morgan chesky joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning.cked courtroom and shared the extent of his relationships with the two women. prosecutoring staying firm that arm strong killed wilson. >> the man in the middle of an alleged, when he took the stand in his ex-girlfriend's, accused of killing pro cyclist, anna mo wilson. >> the last thing she did on this earth was scream in terror. those screams were followed by ah! ah. two gunshots. >> reporter: strickland in a closely watched appearance at the high stakes trial getting into altercations with the media at the courthouse. strickland testifying that he had been romantically involved with wilson while he and armstrong were on a break. when they got back together, strickland said he remained in contact with wilson. admitting he chose to save wilson's number under a fake name to avoid contact with armstrong. new text messages coming to light from may of last year. hours before her murder, wilson and strickland texting about their plans for the evening. strickland writing, want to go swimmin

morgan chesky joins us live. and meteorologist bill karins is here in studio with what you need to know before departing for your trip. what did they need to know traveling to their destination. >> reporter: overachievers here, a steady surge of travelers come through today. they anticipate 40,000 travelers or so to be coming through here on wednesday, about quadruple what they would anticipate on a regular workday. the upcoming sunday, anticipated to be the heaviest travel days. look at some of these numbers here, everyone going back home on sunday, almost 3 million passengers of that 30 million that are expected to travel this holiday season, that's why the tsa is urging everyone, if you're going to be bringing some sides along, bring in your carry-on, if you can spray it or spread it that's something to go in checked bag. surprisingly any turkey or meat or sides, stuffing, casseroles, that green bean casserole i'm a fan of i can bring that with me on a flight this thursday or any day this week rather, in addit

. >> morgan chesky, appreciate it. >>> that wrapping up the hour for me.ell reports," the polls are open. it's election day in virginia, kentucky and ohio. results will be a indicator of what voters want. the abortion issue looms large. steve kornacki joins me to break it all down at the big board. >>> we mark one month since the horrific hamas attack. earlier today, families of the hostages met with speaker johnson and lawmakers on capitol hill. >> it has been 30 days. every day is like eternity to me. i can't wait any longer, because i know that he was shot.

. >> the "today" show's morgan chesky is there this morning to get a first look at the exhibit. can see the whole story at 7:00 a.m. right after "today in the bay." >>> 5:46 right now. president biden and the fcc want to make cutting the cord easier. >> scott mcgrew has been following this. this is part of the president's effort to get rid of the junk fees. >> yeah, junk fees. cable companies, dish companies often charge customers a fee if they end their agreements early, sign up for two years of service but you want to change providers after a year, there's going to be a fee. president biden not speaking about that today. he and the first lady are off to nantucket for the thanksgiving holiday. but he and the administration did direct the federal communications commission to take the lead on the cuts. the fcc proposed a new rule tuesday, there's a period of public comment for and against, and the fcc says it should be easier for consumers to switch services if they wish if that rule passes. >>> mike inouye has been talking about gas prices, he's got one at costco in almost the h

morgan chesky, nbc news, arlington. >> go rangers. >>> we have sad news today in sports world, legendarylege basketball coach bobby knight has died at the age of 83, a giant in the college sports world. led indiana university to three national championships. including one that capped an undefeated season for the hoosiers. jesse kirsch has more. when bobby knight was coaching, his sideline antics were often as wild as the action on the floor. the legendary college basketball coach, known for his fiery temper, got the most out of his players, but at times with questionable methods. the man who would become known as the general began his coaching career at army, but he'll be remembered for his nearly three-decade run at indiana university, where his hoosiers won three national titles. >> my first thought is what these kids have done. >> reporter: including the last men's team to go undefeated in 1976. despite the trophies, knight's time at iu was marred by controversy, from repeated offensive comments to this outburst at a game in 1985. >> looky here. looky here. bobby knight just threw his

>> morgan chesky, appreciate it. >>> that wrapping up the hour for me. you can reach me on social media. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the polls are open. it's election day in virginia, kentucky and ohio. results will be a indicator of what voters want. the abortion issue looms large. steve kornacki joins me to break it all down at the big board. >>> we mark one month since the horrific hamas attack. earlier today, families of the hostages met with speaker johnson and lawmakers on capitol hill. >> it has been 30 days. every day is like eternity to me. i can't wait any longer, because i know that he was shot. >> is prime minister netanyahu going to yield to president biden's calls for brief humanitarian pauses in the air war to protect palestinian civilians? he and the u.s. are ruling out growing demands for a complete cease-fire. >> i don't think there's going to be a general cease-fire. it's not that i don't think. i think it will hamper the war ef

. >> morgan chesky, thank you for bringing us that reporting from the border.ow to burlington, vermont, where the parents of two of the three college students of palestinian descent who were shot last week, have just arrived from the middle east. ali wartani was eager to see his son hasham who doctors say will never walk again due to the bullet that hit his spine. >> i hope i will not collapse when i see him. i have no words. i hope he will walk again. >> nbc's shaquille brewster is joining us from burlington, vermont, with more now. shaq, how are those students? how are their families doing? >> reporter: hi there, ana, two of the parents are back here in burlington, it was an emotional return, as you saw some of that video as they arrived at the airport here. you heard the parents of hisham. he's still in the hospital right now with that bullet, recovering from that bullet to his spine. doctors saying that he may not walk again, and that's part of that emotional return that you saw. we also know that the parents of keenan have also come here to burlington. he

nbc's morgan chesky is right there at rangers home in arlington, texas. hey, morgan, good morning. >> reporter: guys, it is a great morning here in dallas and arlington and across ranger nation. everyone is saying the same thing, it's on the front page of the paper, finally the texas rangers have finally done it. and understand the journey, you have to go back to 1961 when they were the washington senators. it has taken two cities, five home ballparks and six decades. but last night, the rangers clinched their world series title. >> it's happened! the texas rangers win the world series! >> reporter: this morning, for the first time in franchise history, the texas rangers are world series champions! the rangers winning the last three straight games against the arizona diamondbacks to take the series, capping off an unprecedented, perfect post-season run on the road. overnight in arlington, fans going wild inside globe life ballpark. even some crowd surfing. while in downtown dallas, there was plenty of bubbly to go around. >> i cannot imagine this series be

nbc news correspondent morgan chesky has a look at the mystery that continues to hang over kennedy'ss the words still stun. >> president kennedy died at approximately 1:00 central standard time. >> reporter: america's young, inspiring president, gunned down by a man the warren commission would later claim acted alone, firing three shots from this sixth floor window in a book depository. >> we have to learn why the death of this one man so impacted the nation and the world. >> reporter: steven fagan is curator at the sixth floor museum at dealey plaza, giving today a first look at a new twibt, two days in texas, marking the somber anniversary. >> this particular artifact has never been displayed before. >> reporter: sharing how a trauma surgeon ditched protocols in an effort to save the president. >> he didn't have a chance to change into surgical scrubs so he was wearing his dress shirt which was stained with the president's blood. >> reporter: jfk's personal possessions, letters, books, even a boat, now all coveted pieces of history. >> his death changed things. it really did. it ch