contaminated waste over that train derailment that was sent to other places without warning. the famous creator of dilbert his shocking comments leading to hundreds of papers nationwide to pull the comic strict. plus, hours to liftoff. a new crew is headed to the international space station after mishaps in spaces on the space station. and the amazing celebration for a team manager who got his big moment on the court. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening. that strong storm that dumped rain and snow on california is h heading east now the same scene across new mexico today 11 million people are at risk for wind gusts for 80 and 110 miles per hour, and tornadoes are likely across oklahoma. and in california, after historic snow, now raging rivers. the ground so saturated, rock slides are the concern, like this one northwest of l.a. dana griffin starts us off tonight. reporter: tonight, the remnants of a massive storm that battered the re
coast of italy this morning. the wooden sailing boat was carrying people to europe from nations including afghanistan and iran a new classified government report about the origins of covid-19 is igniting debate tonight the u.s. energy department weighing in on whether the virus was born in a lab. its conclusion a odds with what other agencies have said our monica alba has the details. reporter: tonight, nbc news learning the department of energy has concluded covid-19 likely came from a lab leak in china. according to two sources with direct knowledge, key lawmakers on the house and senate intelligence committees were recently briefed by top intelligence officials on a classified report, which cited new information, leading the energy department to back the theory with low confidence. symbolic of a larger divide within the intelligence community on how the virus started. with agencies differing on whether the novel coronavirus may have leaked from a laboratory or through
the scripps lab privately tells fauci after discussions with his colleagues, some of covid-19 s features potentially look engineered, and the genome is inconsistent with expectations from evolutionary theory. meaning the virus may have been genetically manipulated. fauci reacts immediately and organizes an all-hands-on-deck conference call with colleagues, he tells the deputy director of the agency of the urgency, it s essential that we speak this a.m., keep your cell phone on. read this paper as well as the email i will forward to you now, you will have tasks today that must be done. later that day, he confirms a study into experiments to the novel coronavirus may not have gone through proper biosafety review and oversight, he tells fauci their staff will try to determine if we have any distant