almost 2 million new cases reported last week here is nbc kathy park >> reporter: millions in austria on lockdown for the next 10 days on an order from the government as the country tries to slow the spread it will be very consistently controlled anyone 12 and older who haven't been vaccinated have been told to stay home only allowed to leave for work, food and exercise. a fine of nearly $1,600 american dollars. 65% of the population is fully vax narted o vaccinated. one of the epicenters at the start of the pandemic. germany facing a rise in cases clashes with protests and police >> a lot of migrants coming from eastern europe to western and central europe many of them are not vaccinated. >> the surge also worrying health experts in the u.s. >> i think europe is a bell weather of what is to come super spreading events come after thanksgiving and christmas holidays get your third shot. >> so everyone can enjoy the holidays even if the virus isn't taking a break kathy park nbc news. >>> time for a look ahead with january -- janessa webb. >> we had a tough weekend with tornadoes from ne

kathy park has the story. >> reporter: tonight millions of unvaccinated austrians on lockdown for at least the next ten days. an order from the government as the country tries to slow the spread of the coronavirus. it will be very consistently controlled. anyone 12 and older who hasn't been vaccinated are being told to stay home. only allowed to leave for food, work, and exercise. violators could face a fine up to 1,450 euros roughly more than $1,600 u.s. prompting a flurry of last-minute vaccinations this weekend. if everybody gets vaccinated i also do. 65% of austria's population is fully vaccinated. one of the lower rates in western europe. the entire region back at the epicenter of the pandemic according to the world health organization. neighboring germany now reporting record daily infections. more than 50,000. with cases reaching peak pandemic levels in the netherlands, officials launched a partial lockdown saturday. sparking tense clashes among protesters and police. what would you say is contributing to this surge in europe? >> there's a lot of migrants coming from eastern e

back to you. >> good advice, kathy park, thanks so much. mentioned the storm we'll have the thanksgiving week forecast in a few minutes from now as well. >>> let's lighten things up and check the weekend morning boost and head back to joe fridayer joe fryer for that. what do you have? >> after leading the men's basketball team to victory, a junior, dexter dennis, proved he's a star on and off the court. that's dennis p. take a look, 30 minutes after the game. not celebrating with his teammates, instead sticking behind to help pick up trash left in the stands. normally a three hour job for custodial staff. nobody asked him to do it. video of the inspiring moment has been bouncing around online. dennis said quote he didn't do it for attention, the act gives me perspective in life. it could always be worth. what an inspirational young man. >> that's such a good message, too. especially as we head into the holidays, recognize how grateful we are, inspite of the challenges we've all spaced over the last couple of years. >> joe fryer, thanks for

joining me now with the latest on the ground in new york city is nbc's kathy park. kathy, we have 20,000 unvaccinated, 9,000 not showing up for work today. what's the effect on staffing, firehouses, trash collection, which can very quickly become a problem in the city? >> reporter: hey, garrett, yeah, so union leaders for days now have been warning of the potential staffing crisis come monday when this vaccine mandate officially takes hold. but the mayor has assured new yorkers that things are moving ahead without any sort of issues. they've always had contingencies in place, so they had asked for mandatory overtime and extra shifts to fill in any sort of gaps. this morning he said there aren't any problems that they're noticing. he also touted the vaccination numbers. over the weekend thousands of more people got that first dose of the vaccine. and across the board, across the agencies, we saw the vaccination numbers go up. but as you mentioned, there is certainly resistance. some holdouts, especially among first responders, specifically among firefighters. and the

kathy parks joining us from laguardia. and joining us right now with reaction is sarah nelson, the president of the association of flight attendants, cwa. great to see you. thank you for joining us. what have you heard about this particular incident in atlanta and how common is it for tsa agents to find guns in carry-on luggage? >> this has been much more common this past year. we have 4,500 incidents across the country and 450 incidents in atlanta. this is incredibly disrupting, obviously. this shutdown operations for a couple of hours, and made a lot of people really terrified here. and it's something that the transportation security officers have to deal with in their workplace. that's why we really encourage people, as you're packing for your holiday travel, to start packing from an empty bag, so you don't inadvertently bring something that's a prohibited item. >> that's good advice. >> and on that note, you mentioned the actual number, but according to the tsa, officers detected a record number of firearms at airport

nbc's kathy park has the buzz. >> reporter: jack knows how to keep the egg nog flowing they have been serving the treat since 1990. >> we will go through 100 pound ofic and 80 gallons of cream to ma tick emake the eggnog. >> reporter: this year the bottleneck in the supply chain is impacting everything you see on the assembly line. >> this is our tapping machine it's one of my biggest fears of the supply chain it typically would be a four-to-six lead time as well. that has been extended to four-to-six months >> the plant monger with the company since 1999 says one missing link or an equipment malfunction could spill over into a major disaster. say you don't run out of labels, what do you do >> we cannot produce. >> reporter: even if have you the product? >> even if we have the product so then you are talking about drunk product down the drain. >> reporter: that's worst case scenario >> that's worst case. >> reporter: they learned to maneuver around disruption, thanks to early planning. >> we did some really good planning up front. the challenges within our semi chain are old enough th

kathy park has more. >> reporter: one of the busiest travel days of the year spiraled into moments of panic at atlanta's international airport. flights temporarily grounded and hundreds diving for cover saturday afternoon when a passenger's gun went off at a security check point. >> everybody is running. >> reporter: officials say the passenger identified as 42-year-old kenny wells, lunged toward the weapon and grabbed it in his bag accidentally discharging the gun. >> people just came flying through and were like, run, run, run. then people were just running. >> reporter: tonight wells is still on the run with multiple warrants out for his arrest including possession of a firearm by convicted felon. the chaotic scene happening as millions across the country were flying to their destination saturday the tsa screening more than 2 million people for the third consecutive day. do you usually travel around thanksgiving? >> i try to except of course last year with covid i didn't go. i'm going this year. >> reporter: the tsa saying operations will stay smooth ahead of monday's vaccine manda

kathy park is joining us live from pfizer's headquarters in new york. good morning. >> reporter: hey, peter. good morning to you. pfizer's ceo says the anti-viral pill has the potential to save millions of lives and is now on track to be submitted to the fda for emergency use authorization. while there's progress when it comes to treating the virus, there's still ongoing pushback when it comes to vaccine mandates at work. this morning new hope that the pandemic that's killed more than 750,000 people in this country could be fading fast. former fda commissioner and current pfizer board member scott gottlieb. >> the end of the pandemic, at least as it relates to the united states is in sight right now given all the tools we have to combat this disease. january 4th this pandemic may well be over. >> reporter: his comments coming hours after pfizer announced the results of its new anti-viral pill which cuts the risk of hospitalization or death by 89% when given within three days of symptoms to high risk adults. >> saving millions and millions of lives. >> r

nbc news correspondent kathy park is an atlanta with more. kathy >> kendis, lindsey, good morning to you both. it is one of the busiest travel weeks of the year and one of the busiest airports in the world. an accidental discharge of a firearm sent travelers scrambling for safety. >> thanksgiving travel off to a chaotic start at atlanta's hartsfield-jackson international airport. >> guys, i'm in the airport. and i don't know what's happening. but everybody's running. >> security was inspecting a passenger is by containing a loaded firearm. the passenger lunged for the weapon, accidentally discharging it before fleeing the airport. sending hundreds running, scrambling, and ducking down for cover. panic outside, to. with crowds waiting for updates. the faa issued a ground stop. dozens of flights were delayed. atlanta's airport routinely leads the nation in gun confiscation's. you record 450 firearms this year alone. all of this playing out with millions on the move ahead of a busy holiday travel week. >> it's going to feel like that old thanksg

. >>> taking the ice at the winter olympics, kathy park is here to introduce us to a remarkable young woman, abby ross. >>> just ahead a few minutes from now, kevin hart live in studio this morning. kevin is going to join us to talk about this dramatic role that he's taken on in a new crime thriller. it's a mini series. >> looking forward to that. >>> plus, you guys talked to tiktok star andrew garfield and tomorrow lin-manuel miranda will be here. >> i want to say hi to paula from new orleans turning -- how old? 70? happy birthday, darling. hang on, let me come over here. i'm looking for tom. where is tom? tom is celebrating how many years? >> 80 years. >> 80 years old. tom, we're so happy to see you. where is your sister, rosa? rosa, how are you? and you're celebrating your 50th anniversary. where is your husband? >> this is my husband right here. >> there's a lot of families -- >> my best friend. >> i'm not going to let her go. >> y'all have a beautiful family. where are you from? >> thank you. from lubbock, texas. >> we're so happy that you're spending both celebrations with us. t

nbc's kathy park is live outside pfizer's headquarters. kathy, talk about the pros and cons. >> reporter: good morning. pfizer says this pill could potentially save millions of lives. as you mentioned, the trials were so successful trials were suddenly stopped short and the data will besubmitted to the fda for approval. you heard pfizer's ceo. he hopes to have the information handed over to the fda before thanksgiving. fit's given within three days of symptoms appearing given to those at high risk, it can cut the risk of hospitalization or death by 89%. that is pretty significant here. we heard from scott gottlieb who's a former fda commissioner and also sits on the pfizer board. he said this is just another tool to help us get out of the pandemic. take a listen. >> the bottom line is we have an overwhelming tool to help us get out of covid. i think the bottom line is it's the end of the end of the pandemic. at least it's in sight given all the tools we have to combat this disease. >> reporter: and gottlieb went on to say that he is optimi

nbc's kathy park is following the story. kathy? >> reporter: hey, ali. good morning to you. it is one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, and at one of the busiest airports in the world. an accidental discharge of a firearm sent passengers scrambling. fortunately, things are back to normal this morning, but they are still looking for the man who set off that gun. thanksgiving travel off to a chaotic start at atlanta's hartsfield-jackson international airport. >> you guys, i'm in the airport. and i don't know what's happening. everybody's running. >> reporter: security was inspecting a passenger's bag containing a loaded firearm. the passenger lunged for the weapon, accidentally discharging it before fleeing the airport. sending hundreds running, scrambling, and ducking down for cover. >> get down! >> reporter: panic outside, too. with crowds waiting for updates. the faa issued a ground stop. dozens of flights were delayed. atlanta's airport routinely leads the nation in gun confiscations. a record 450 firearms this year alone. all of this playing out with millions on th

. >> kathy park, thank you. >>> and thank you for being with us this hour. chuck will be back tomorrow with more "meet the press daily." tune in to our "meet the press" election night special tomorrow night hosted by chuck and kristen welker at 9:00 eastern streaming on nbc news now. msnbc coverage conditions with chris jansing live in virginia right now. >>> good to be with you. i'm chris jansing. hello on an extraordinarily busy day of news, from abortion rights at the supreme court to president biden at a climate summit in scotland. but we begin here at the beautiful boat house in richmond, virginia, where we've come today because it's the eve of a cliffhanger election and the outcome here will have reverberations across the country as we head into the 2022 midterms. it's a rapidly intensifying race for governor that's so much closer than anyone predicted between former virginia governor democrat terry mcauliffe and republican newcomer glenn youngkin. right now the average of a slew of polls shows this contest is within the margin of error. youngkin has b

nbc's kathy park has more on the bottleneck that's leading to some empty liquor store shelves. >> reporter: this store in philadelphia knows how to keep the eggnog flowing. >> we will go through 100,000 pounds of eggs, 80,000 gallons of cream, to make just half a million gallons of eggnog. >> reporter: while there is no shortage of the bench itself, packaging of product, and getting them out in time without delay is a different story. this year, the supply chain bottleneck is impacting just about everything you see on this assembly line. >> this is our capping machine. the caps have been one of my biggest fears with the supply chain. and typically it would be a four to six-week lead time when all is well. that's been extended to four to six months. >> jim logan says one missing link or even an equipment malfunction could spill over into a major disaster. >> reporter: say that you don't run out of labels, what do you do? >> we cannot produce. >> reporter: even if you have the product? >> even if you have the product. so then you're talking about dumping product down the drain. and that's wo

kathy park is following the story from laguardia up in new york city. i know you've been following what's taking place in atlanta. we know millions of folks traveling across this country right now, atlanta is a hub. a lot of people connecting through atlanta, not only domestically but internationally. that airport for the last hour or so has been on lockdown and now we're learning the details of exactly what took place. walk us through what you know and kind of the trickle effect that you're seeing up here. >> reporter: yeah, yasmin, obviously, it was certainly a chaotic scene when people heard a gun ring out at the airport. we have learned that a passenger who was going through a main security checkpoint had a firearm, and during this process, just a short amount of time, was trying to reach the weapon and then that is when the gun went off and we have also learned from sources that the passenger who has still not been identified is still on the loose, and right now, authorities are trying to apprehend this individual, but you see the images right now

kathy park is here with more on this troubling story >> good morning, guys. since suni's incredible olympic run, she's been making news off the bars on to red carpets from appearances at the met galla in new york and to l.a. for "dancing with the stars. but recently in an interview, she described a low point when she says he found herself becoming the victim of a racist attack gymnast suni lee became a household name after grabbing gold at the tokyo olympic games. proudly representing her family and the community. but this morning, suni says she's been the victim of an attack while in los angeles to appear on "dancing with the stars" telling pop sugar, while waiting for an uber after a nice out with her girlfriends who are all of asian descent, they were targeted by a group yelling racial slurs one passenger displayed her arm with pepper spray as the car sped off i was so mad, but there was nothing i could do because they skirted off. lee's attorney confirming the story to nbc news. anti-asian violence has risen in america during the covid-19 pandemic sparked

park has that part of the story >> reporter: good morning to you. ever since the signoff from the cdc this weekend, major pharmacy chains like cvs to get a booster for those 18 and older and with growing concerns about another surge, health officials say it's not too late to get vaccinated with covid boosters now available to every adult in the country, this morning, some states are looking to raise the bar on vaccine status. the governors of connecticut and new mexico say three shots, including a booster, are needed to be considered fully vaccinated >> if you are vaccinated more than six months ago, you're not fully vaccinated >> reporter: top health experts say similar federal guidance could come further down the line >> i think eventually, this will be considered a three-dose vaccine, but i would be hard pressed to believe cdc is going to make that recommendation anytime soon >> reporter: the debate coming amid a race to boost immunity before thanksgiving. >> if you're vaccinated, and hopefully you'll be boosted, too, and your family is, you can

but first, kathy park joins us from the finish line of this year's new york city marathon. >> reporter: the marathon is back and chances are runners will feel a similar chill in the air when they take off sunday morning. it's a brisk 40 degrees out here in central park. and, yeah, if you check the calendar, we're still in the first week of november, but many of us are getting an early taste of winter. this morning, a blast of cold air gripping much of the country. >> bring it on. bring it on, mother nature. >> reporter: 34 million under frost and freeze alerts stretching from texas to new england. >> i think the writing is on the wall. you can feel it in the air. >> reporter: northern states felt the freeze first and then the chilly temps swept through the plains and the mid-atlantic. >> a little sad that winter is coming. >> reporter: this week, louisville, cleveland, nashville all had temperatures at or below freezing for the first time this season. it goes so cold in east tennessee, mist turned to snow at the great smoke mountains. a nearby mountain lodge capturing the first flakes

they had their bath and i understand from our staff that they actually ordered dining from kathy to park their corn and soybean specialty. >> look at pretty cute. the president scheduled to pardon peanut butter and jelly tomorrow afternoon. pretty chatty too. >> the german shepherd in florida is doing a lot more than just playing with a tennis ball in rolling around in the grass, even though that's what it looks like. he's doing gunter the dog is. apparently meeting with real estate agents who are selling his miami mansion. but his handlers bought from madonna gunther inherited this vast fortune, including the 9 bedroom waterfront home once owned by madonna from his grandfather. at least that's what the handlers who oversee the estate say. >> when i was first introduced to the property and the guy who introduced me tells me about, you know, this dog gunther who purchase madonna's home equity talking gunther wyatt and then i got to know got there. i got to know his handlers. and it was just fascinating. the life that they live and the way that they've really i kept kept true to to their t

they had their bath and i understand from our staff that they actually ordered dining from kathy to park their corn and specialty. without further those are turkeys. some presid nt biden who is going to actually officially a part in them later today. so we're celebrating. >> hey, these 2 turkeys don't get get to live. >> weird. it's we're going make anything like the turkeys. and we've been showing our company, left ponders at like 50 pounder day 5 6 straight to. be right back. and we're talking about thanksgiving. that's the big story today. travel is underway. i'll say it's the biggest travel day of the holiday today. more on that in a live report from sfo. also, aaa says a lot of folks are going to be the roads to at record levels. >> for thanksgiving. we're going to take a look at gas prices and how much are expecting to pay. >> we'll be live there as well. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ deposit, plan and pay with easy tools from chase. simplicity feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. ♪ don't worry mom, we'll be there soon. "we?!" is this "the one". well... let's say i found the o

they had their bath and i understand from our staff that they actually ordered dining from kathy to park their corn and soybean specialty. without for its peanut butter and jelly bean of originalism names and they're not going to be on a plate this present vital part later. however, i do it. i actually got a demonstration of the folded sheets. so i have to i mean, getting at getting at. >> so james says i take the i go like this. i'm show you how you pull the sheet. that's incorrect. he actually has a fancy way just going to break that you're going to see. >> miraculously he creates almost a little gift. it's like a president. you take the 2 corners use to come into each other. >> fold it over. and then you start the folding process. >> in on the it comes across and it makes a perfect square. i do it much better at home that's the process to make. >> fuld. the chief come you know, it's possible. we'll be right back >> haha. ♪ 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 ♪ the

kathy park has the latest. >> reporter: millions of unvaccinated australians are on lockdown in order for the government as a country tries to slow the spread of the coronavirus. >> it will be very consistently controlled. anyone 12 and older who has not been vaccinated are being told to stay home. only allowed leave for food, work and exercise. violators could face a fine up to 1,450 euros, as roughly more than 1600 u.s. dollars. >> if everybody gets vavaccinat, i also do. 65% of austria's population is fully vaccinated. the entire region is back at the epicenter of the pandemic. record daily infections, more than 50,000. with cases reaching peak pandemic levels in the netherlands. officials launched a partial lockdown on saturday. sparking tense clashes among protesters and police. >> what would you say is contribuing to the surge in europe. >> a lot of migrants and many of them are not vaccinated. >> i think europe is a bell weather of what's to come, super spreading events always happen after thanksgiving and christmas holidays. take as many medications as you can and please get y

park . >> thank you for clarifying, supervisor peskin. you are muted. >> to see you miss farrell. neither here nor there but i want to start with one thing that i, it's maybe not important but it's important to me at least which is i was around and actually a member of the board of supervisors when there was no parks alliance. so forthe record , this fantasy and this narrative that the parks alliance has been around for 50 years is not true and i mean, i know that we keep repeating it you'll start to believe it is true but it is not true and i know that because i have not been on the board of supervisors for the years on and off for 20 but when i started and well into my tenure there was no parks alliance there was a friends rack andpark and a neighborhood parks counsel but no parks alliance . it had a different board of directors.it had different staff and had a different mission .there was a merger of those two organizations became the parks alliance that it wasn't 50 years ago but maybe t

park . >> thank you for clarifying, supervisor peskin. you are muted. >> to see you miss farrell. neither here nor there but i want to start with one thing that i, it's maybe not important but it's important to me at least which is i was around and actually a member of the board of supervisors when there was no parks alliance. so forthe record , this fantasy and this narrative that the parks alliance has been around for 50 years is not true and i mean, i know that we keep repeating it you'll start to believe it is true but it is not true and i know that because i have not been on the board of supervisors for the years on and off for 20 but when i started and well into my tenure there was no parks alliance there was a friends rack andpark and a neighborhood parks counsel but no parks alliance . it had a different board of directors.it had different staff and had a different mission .there was a merger of those two organizations became the parks alliance that it wasn't 50 years ago but maybe t