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that's why you're getting these chants at football stadiums and at talladega. the average american is fed up with being browbeaten by a bunch of crazy left-wing radicals. >> sean: mr. speaker, always great to have you. thank you, sir.t- also developing tonightys flip-flop fauci acting as a full-fledged card carrying member of this new radical extreme democratic socialistle party. not even trying to hide it. he is not only to ruin christmas once again and suggesting maybe you can together with your friends and family after all. he's also trying to claim that covid isn't spreading at the southern border. okay. that's a lie. by the way, also coming to the defense of gavin newsom on vaccine mandates and thinks that you need to give up your freedoms and just let him make the decision for you. because he's telling americans that we needri to give up our personal freedoms for the so-called greater good. if you have any doubt where fauci stands politically, we will dispel that doubt. >> you have a responsibility to society. i think each of us particularly in the contex

holiday shopping >>> and nascar star bubba wallace talking to us about his history-making triumph at talladega >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening the day after that worldwide outage reminded us just how powerful facebook has become, a company whistle-blower described to a senate committee just how dangerous she believes the social network has become the company's former product manager warning that facebook's products harm children, stoke division, weaken our democracy, and much more frances haugen's testimony and the company's own studies form the backbone of the latest effort to rein in the social network. a moment some senators compared to big tobacco's reckoning over the dangers of smoking. facebook, however, pushing back against accusations it places profits above safety hallie jackson has details. >> reporter: facebook under fire tonight >> the company's leadership knows how to make facebook and instagram safer but won't make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people. >> reporter: whistle-blower frances ha

a lot of kids, i wanted to bring my kids to talladega, i didn't get to go. >> this is why i don't like i agree. >> laura: let's think of something that's funny but not profane. we'll work on that. >> i agree we shouldn't use these moments in communal togetherness for political protests. we have objected to this in the past. when their businesses are enclosed and they can't find employees invited and is talking about spinning trillions on social programs, it's liable to set people off. that's why they are using these platforms. they don't feel they have a voice. there is a neutral fog or poll which reveal 71% of americans oppose the tax increases. onerous vaccine and mask mandates and scenes like this from the biden administration. this justice department official slips on a mask because he wasn't wearing one to walk out on the podium to take the mask off. this is virtue signaling theater for the cameras and it erodes confidence in anything that they are saying. >> laura: we say that it erodes confidence too much. that's a wordy way of saying it's a fraud. they are frauds and their comm

talladega, at the ryder cup, football games nationwide. take a look. [all chanting] >> [bleep] joe biden! >> sean: and that is not the only anti-biden chant of that is trending across the country. let's go branded, that is another favorite among americans because of this special moment on nbc of a nascar driver winning a big race, brandon brown after his big victory at talladega report actually thinks they are cheering brandon but when you listen closely, no, they are not. take a look. >> such an unbelievable moment. >> brandon, you also told me -- as you can hit the chants from the crowd. >> [bleep] >> "let's go brandon." >> sean: they were not chanting let's go brandon at all. the american people have the right to be angry at joe biden, the world is paying the price. inflation, in other words, that is a $2,100 annual tax on every single household in the country regardless of income. compliments of joe biden terrific economic policies. the cost of eggs, meat, poultry fish is up 20%, on top of meat and processed meat, guess what, a predictor that steak

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we showed you the talladega rainout. it's pushed from alabama into georgia.ms. we're watching heavy rain. there's even thunderstorms. there will be torrential rain as you go throughout the morning drive. we have a flash flood watch up all through alabama, north georgia, panama city, pensacola, tallahassee. over the next two days, the rainfall total is going to be hefty. the system is not going to move. 1 to 2 inches locally. we could see up to 4 inches of rain in alabama and especially georgia. we'll have to watch the mountains of north georgia including asheville. 60 degrees in boston. there could be early morning drizzle that will dry out during the day. same with new york city. middle of the country still unbelievably warm. 90 in san antonio. we'll have a couple of 90s all the way to the canadian border through dakota, which is rare. 79 and sunny today. no problems, nice, in the northeast. but the rain continues from atlanta to st. louis. we've got a great baseball game tomorrow too. the dodgers and cardinals. back-to-back fantastic wild-card games. >> yea

this win coming at talladega. that's where a noose was found in his garage in june of last year.t the noose was at the end of a garage pull that was there before wallace was assigned to that garage. >>> monday night football in los angeles, late 35 minutes due to lightning in the area. check out jon gruden's reaction to that news. he looked up thinking, aren't we inside at sofi stadium? despite being in l.a., it was like a home game for the raiders, not the chargers. quieting the raiders fans in the first half, throwing three touchdown passes. the raiders made a game of it in the fourth quarter, but austin putting the game away with an 11-yard touchdown run. chargers win 28-14. arizona cardinals now the lone unbeaten team left in the nfl. >>> jaguars coach urban meyer apologizing after video of him in a club in ohio went viral over the weekend. >> i apologize to the team and staff for being a distraction. stupid. i owned it, you know, just stupid -- should not have put myself in that kind of position. >> urban meyer stayed at home as opposed to flying back to florida. 0-4 under m

lows of the week, including history on the racetrack as bubba wallace speeds through the turns at talladega to become the first driver to become a major nascar race in nearly 20 years. >>> and the return of cheer dad. going viral again for his moves up in the bleachers. >>> up next, our sunday focus on the growing pressure around facebook as internal documents and a new whistleblower argue the company is looking the other way while it causes harm to its users and to the country. >> this is not a freedom of speech issue. this is a freedom of reach issue. this is a question more of how does information go viral? and are there ways to minimize harmful ♪ ♪ i can turn anyone into a beach bum. i bring families together for a living. i make memories for people i don't know yet. i know this view is too good not to be shared. i am a vrbo host. ♪ ♪ plaque psoriasis, the burning, itching. the pain. with tremfya®, adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...can uncover clearer skin and improve symptoms at 16 weeks. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infec

. >> bubba wallace now officially the winner at talladega. >> when bubba wallace made racing historyretty familiar to sports fan. he's the first driver for 2311 racing owned by michael jordan and denny hamlin. denny, you were there. you were there at talladega. >> i started getting emotional when i saw the emotion they had. >> wallace became the second black driver to win a nascar race, the first since wejtds scott in 1963 when michael jordan was just nine months old. >> what does it mean for michael jordan to win at this level as a black man in nascar? >> it's very rare, but it also inspires me that you're making a difference in a sport that no one really thought could even happen. i feel gratitude, but i feel energized. let's keep this thing rolling. let's have other bubba wallaces winning. >> bubba wallace goes to racetracks and gets boo 'ed. why do you think that is in 2021? >> this sport needs to change. it's started the progress. maybe people are not cheering for him, but he has to dig within himself. you're fighting from within to achieve something, and when you achieve it, it

wallace had just driven through a crash at the talladega speedway and was in the lead when the rain stopped the race, giving him the victory. >>> and more now on the showdown in washington over president biden's spending plans. hanging in the balance, the expanded child tax credit that millions of families have benefitted from this year stephanie ruhle on the fight to extend it in our series "the great divide." >> reporter: for jennifer in north carolina, it is a life changing $500 a month. >> the child tax credit money has really helped us with our medical expenses i have two special needs kids. >> reporter: the expanded payments that began in july as part of the american rescue plan impacted tens of millions of families immediately. >> if my kids need this for schooling, i got it. if i need gas to take them to here and there, i got it >> that went to an air-conditioner, which was so helpful. i was worried about my son becoming dehydrated. >> i bought my son's school supplies i bought pullups and wipes for my daughter. >> reporter: the credit expires at the end of this year unless congress

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. >> nascar's race was cut short by rain earlier today in talladega, alabama.ba wallace was declared the winner, his first career win. he becomes the first black driver to win a cup series race since wendle scott, back in 1963. now, as for why i am here at the olympic club today, it is the 26th annual chinese hospital charity golf tournament, and i did have one highlight. check out this hot on the 16 whole. yeah. i earned myself an ice cold refreshing fresca come after a putt like that. >> [ laughter ] >> i jumped up and down for that one. that is the greatest part of my entire life, and we caught it on camera. >> that was fantastic. >> forget the fresca, go in the oh club and have some brown water. >> anchorman has a pretty good idea. i like that. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ working at recology is more than a job for jesus. it's a family tradition. jesus took over his dad's roue when he retired after 47 year. now he's showing a new generation what

. >> hearing the distinction during a rain-shortened race at talladega, it it came a year after the infamousat the same track. wallace said it's moment like this that you appreciate. >> he also brought his dog asher in for the celebration, requesting pictures for him in victory lane. >>> and finally, the ambitious squirrel and his stunning nut collection. >> a man in north dakota says the squirrel packed 175 pounds of black walnuts inside the engine of his chevy truck while he was away on a trip. >> and get this, it's not the first time it's even happened. he says he's tried everything, he says he's tried everything, even spraying spices in th my dvt blood clot left me with questions... was another around the corner? or could i have a different game plan? i wanted to help protect myself. my doctor recommended eliquis. eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot. almost 98 percent of patients on eliquis didn't experience another. and eliquis has significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. don't stop eliquis

bubble wallace has become only the 2nd black man who in a nascar cup series raced with victory at the talladega, super speedway on sunday. already the only black driver in the sport he has faced unwanted attention at times after nascar had band confederate flags at its events. of the rain stoppage wallace was declared the winner at the yellow wood $500.00 windows. scott was the 1st vector i was for an alaska cup series race all the way back in 1963, michigan's kids out there that want to have an opportunity and whatever they want to achieve and be the best and what they want to do. and i was always going to stick trudy or your path and not let the nonsense get to you. and i stay strong, the humble the hungry in plenty times where i want to give up and you surround yourself with the right people and it's more like this. how you appreciate. staying in the states, the los angeles charges beat the las vegas rate is 282 teen austin, a killer help themselves to 2 touchdowns. as the l. a side end of the rate, as unbeaten started the season. both teams have now 13, and last one to start over in philade

lifted off his shoulders on his 100 and 43rd stopped, wallace was leading the yellow at 500 avenue talladega super speedway when rain. it stopped the race was like attempts to dry the tracks in any 45 minutes. it was cooled off, and wallace was given the victory. he's the 1st black driver to win the, at nascar elite cub level since window school in 1900. 63. this is all those kids out there that want to have an opportunity and whatever they want to achieve and be the best of what they want to do. and i'm going to stick true to your your path and not let the nonsense get to you. and they strolled, the whole thing hungry plenty of times where i wanted to give up and you surround yourself with the right people and it's more like to say your pursuit. baseball is biggest rivals the boston red sox and the new york yankees go head to head later on tuesday with best seasons on the line. the when will go? hi, i'm a wild card game will dictate to advance is it to the next round of the m l b. playoffs awaiting the when the tampa bay raise and the best of 5 division series. it's very exciting and obviou

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holiday shopping >>> and nascar star bubba wallace talking to us about his history-making triumph at talladeganouncer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening the day after that worldwide outage reminded us just how powerful facebook has become, a company whistle-blower described to a senate committee just how dangerous she believes the social network has become the company's former product manager warning that facebook's products

talladega bubba wallace took the lead.en when the race was stopped for rain again, he headed to the pits as the leader and the race, already delayed by a day was then declared over and official they gave wallace is first win in nascar's major series and 143 starts made him the first african american to win on the circuit since wendell scott in 1963. wallace congratulated by, among others, fellow driver and team owner denny hamlin. and want to leave you with tonight, you know, normally see these guys all doing this type of thing, all in unusual roles. that's the punter, throwing to a non receiver written by a receiver on 1/4 down in the in the raider charger game tonight. now the raiders did lose the game, but hunter renfroe, normally receiver puts a pretty good lick on there. we've seen guys going for it more this year on fourth down in the nfl, almost a record pace, and we normally see. and the play didn't work out there for the chargers, but they did win the game. it was impressive none of them all right. thanks so much,

bubble wallace making history at talladega winning a nascar playoff race, the first african-american to win since 1963. watch this headed into victory lane. bubba's first win in the cup series and the first for the racing team launched by denny hamlin. >> william shatner is one week from blasting off into space on board. origins. jeff bezos confirming the 90-year-old will be on for the october 12th light. >> star trek's captain kirk calling it a miracle, his journey will last 11 minutes as he soars past the internationally recognized boundary of space. that is perfect. >> you are going. >> i want to go. >> make it happen. 14 after the hour, the biden administration wants to talk about trade deals with china but what about the business deal between a chinese firm and hunter. >> to let the american people know if hunter -- >> i have to move on. you should talk to his representative. >> we get live reaction to the exchange, joe concha, joey jones and stuart varney all coming up on "fox and friends first". ♪♪ highway to hell ♪♪ highway to hell ♪♪ this halloween, xfinity rewards is offeri

bubba wallace with the talladega triumph. >> let's go!e nascar driver's historic win at the super speed way, celebrating with his best friend. >>> and racing to the big screen. james bond himself is here live. craig. daniel craig, in times square for his 007 send-off. >> i like the way you said that. maybe looking for somebody to take over. good morning, america. it is great to be with you on this tuesday morning. and there is some big news this morning for one of the luckiest people in the world. we have a powerball winner. you're looking live where the lucky ticket was sold for nearly $700 million. none of us look like we're familiar with that spot so i know it's not us. >> pretty far away. >>> breaking vaccine news. johnson & johnson submitted their booster shot for fda approval. there's some promising data there and we'll give you details coming up. >>> we begin with that oil spill disaster. we're learning officials were aware of it hours before the energy company reported it. this as investigators target a possible cause for the rupt

you were there at talladega.row. >> i started getting emotional when i saw the emotion that they had. you get more proud and happy for them than what you do for yourself>> reporter: wallace bet the second black driver to win a nascar race, the first since wendell scott in 1963 when michael jordan was just nine months old what does it mean for michael jordan to win at this level as a black man in nascar? >> it's very rare, but it also inspires me that you're making a difference in a sport that, you. know, no one really thought could even happen. i feel gratitude, but i feel energized, too let's keep this thing rolling. let's have other bubba wallaces winning. >> reporter: bubba wallace goes to racetracks and he gets booed. why do you think that is in change and it has started the progress of changing you know, and maybe people are not cheering for him but he has to dig within himself. you're fighting from within, you know, to achieve something and when you achieve it, it's far more gratifying than you can even ima

if you saw talladega this weekend, no one is listening to this man.ng a mask, if you're outdoors, whatever decision you're making and you make them at this point you have to start to tell the american people the science. look. i took my husband to the suns game. pop-up surprise in july. we wore masks in the arena. that was the one time the sans won. it's ridiculous to think someone who can't see greater society. look at the games, football games, indoor games, basketball games. look at all the things that are going on that are uniting people. why can't he find a way to look at that and say we are coming together. if i were you, based on the science, why don't you try it this way. by all means love and hugs. my dad passed away on christmas day in 2020. i will live for the rest of my life knowing that i may be listened to some things that were not based on science. i got fully vaccinated as fast as i can but it was too late for him. >> kayleigh: i spent an entire year away from my grandmother because the pandemic. she passed away i never got to give a l

he got his first career win monday at talladega and the win made him the first black driver to win aere was a lot of firsts yesterday for myself, my family, but there is a lot of people on our team. it was our first win for them as well and that makes it so much more special. you get a lot of boos, and i'm just out here trying to be who i am. and you know people say they're making noise, whether or not it is cheering or booing their making noise, but it's difference when you get booed for the reasons i get booed, but that is part of it, all of the fans there, appreciate you guys, love you guys, it means a lot. >> congrats, bubba. that will do it for me this hour, andrea mitchell reports starts this hour. >> it is good to be with you, this is mitchell reports" and i'm jeff bennet. a bad week continues for facebook. facing glitches that kept users

earlier this month, nascar driver, bubba wallace, won his first cup series race of his career at talladega. in doing so, he became the first black driver in almost 60 years to take a victory lap at the sport's top level. this bleacher report by coy wire. >> sports are tough. any sport, i can imagine, the top level is tough. it took me 143 races, i believe, to get my first win. that's a long time. i've been winless since 2014. nothing motivated me more than having a zero in that column. >> you felt like quitting at times. what were some of the factors that led into that? >> being winless. getting chewed up and spit out each and every weekend. i appreciate the people who still believed in me. the people behind the scenes pushing me to be better and then people at the shop. i necessarily didn't have that confidence, but it's nice hearing other people, make you feel good and it brings confidence for you. so surround yourself with the right people. >> you're not just any other athlete. how heavy has that crown weighed on you? >> it's what my pinned tweet is all about. i'm going to be labeled at

if it was a different topic, we might run a clip from the evil racecar driver from "talladega nights,c that matches american sentiment on the american right. but this is too serious to do that. maybe another time. but replacement theory is from france, i'm serious about that. conservative writer and right wing politician reno kamoo, who literally lives in a ten-story tower. you can see his lifestyle right there. he drew on the ugly history i just explored with you to, in his view, warn white people in france or other white majority countries as what he sees, quote, as a great replacement of the original population with newer arrivals, mostly from africa, those immigrants that he is afraid of. this is one face of modern white supremacist pseudo science, claiming to draw on books and policy and humanity back in a supposed attack on a white ruling class who he argues, who he alleges, who he warns are about to become the victims. >> the people and civilization can happen. i think the crime against humanity in the 21st century is the great replacement. >> you think it is the crime of human

was in the lead with his number 23 car co-owned by nba legend michael jordan when the race to the talladegauper speed way was in the rain. the first black competitor to win the cup series since 1963, when nascar hall of fame driver wendell scottie m emerged victorious. >>> what a night for justin herbert becoming the first quarterback in the super bowl era to complete 500 passes before his 20th start. the 23-year-old really rising to the challenge and delivering big time. in total three touchdown passes. charges win at 28 points to 14. >>> all eyes on the major league baseball biggest rivalry this tuesday, the clash of the titans as the boston red sox and the new york yankees go head to head at fenway park. this a one and done american league wild card game. with that it's right back to you. >> thanks very much, patrick. now, when a global outage left facebook and its family of apps inaccessible to its billions of users for hours on monday, the internet had a field day. the #instagramdown trended on twitter and people around the world use the the outage to poke fun and share frustration. lo

five laps before a second rain stoppage today at talladega.n the race was stopped for rain, he headed to the pits as the leader. the race, already delayed by a day was then declared over an official that gave wallace his first win in nascar's major series in 143 starts. and made him the first african american to win on the circuit since wendell scott in 1963 laws, congratulated by, among others, fellow driver and team owner denny hamlin. and we leave you with one tonight in case you missed it. new orleans at the new york giants yesterday with the saints broadcasters at the mic. snap power right taste keeps it up around the five yard line inside the five yard line breaks a tackle still on his feet facing bill that's going to be a touchdown. oh by yourself, that was against the new york giants, not at the new york giants. no question incredible individual effort. by saints quarterback taysom hill, the first of his 28 yard touchdown runs. but despite all that the saints fell in overtime to the giants, who won for the first time this year. we've s

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. >>> coming up, the man behind that historic moment in nascar cup series bubba wallace won at talladegall celebrate with bubba >> and a little more with william shatner, too >> oh, that's right. buckle up for that and hoda, we're looking for something that you have fun for us tomorrow. >> two musicians, their kids are in musical theater they kept getting turned down when they were trying to make music. they made this hit it's a netflix hit, the unofficial tiktok musical. it's a musical >> is it scandalous? >> they're climbing the charts they're incredible >> they wrote music. you have to hear them sing together it's pretty amazing. >>> let's get a check of the weather. >> we're looking at cloudy and cool weather through the northeast, flood watches through the gulf, record high heat out in the plains. storms in the so. tore more flooding possible through the southeast, fire strong storms in the southwest tomorrow more flooding possible through the southeast, fire risk firing up through the plains sunshine in the northeast and >>> good tuesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's g