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archaeologists are still unlocking the secrets of king tut s tomb. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone we re heading into the final weekend of campaign 2022. now four days before the election that will decide which party will control the levers of power in washington down the stretch, democrats who have faced headwinds over a fragile economy got a brief reprieve in the form of strong jobs numbers. 261,000 jobs added last month while the drama builds in those key georgia races. warnock versus walker. and pennsylvania, fetterman versus oz. oprah winfrey offering a late endorsement in that contest today the importance of that state to both parties made clear as presidents biden, trump and obama hit the ground in pa over the weekend on behalf of their candidates. peter alexander is there tonight. reporter: tonight the political power players, presidents past and present prepared to converge on pennsylvania. as republicans blame democrat ....
tonight. snow in colorado leading to a 100 car pileup. we re tracking it all. twitter laying off as many as half its employees under new owner elon musk. and why musk says twitter has seen a massive drop in revenue. rising tensions with north korea. the threat that led south korea to scramble fighter jets. the highest flu hospitalization rate in the u.s. in more than a decade. and new hope for treating rsv in infants. crime on the ballot. my report on cashless bail. is there really a link to increased crime? and 100 years after its discovery, archaeologists are still unlocking the secrets of king tut s tomb. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. we re heading into the final weekend of campaign 2022. now four days before the election that will decide which party will control the levers of power in washington. down the stretch, democrats who have faced headwinds over a fragile economy got a brief reprieve in the form of strong ....
They are likely dialing up the pressure because they are nervous about it. they are worried about the patriot system. their weapons are dependent on us not having the capability to counter them. reporter: they warned of other drawbacks with the patriot system. they say although they are capable of defending themselves, they could be taken out by russia. the missiles could fall into the hands of the russians who could try to reverse engineer them. all right. coming up, federal health officials warning about a triple threat this holiday season. the flu, rsv and covid-19. the flu hospitalization rate for this point in the season is higher than it s been in more than a decade. details straight ahead. water. skip the rinse with f finish quantum. its activelift technology provovides an unbeatable clean on 24 hour dried-on staiains. skip the rinse with finish to save our water. ....
The virus has caused 150,000 hospitalizations and 9,300 deaths. the number of flu vaccines distributed at this point continues to lag behind the past two years. the cdc finds covid is also showing signs of a winter comeback. 14% of the u.s. is in a high transmission covid area, but that s higher than last week. cnn s medical correspondent is with us now. let s start with the flu numbers. they show young children are being hit hard. what do they show? yes, victor, new cdc data suggests flu activity is still high but may be declining in some areas. last week about 23,500 people were admitted with the flu, which was a slight drop from the week before. overall, the flu hospitalization rate is the highest in a decade. the hospitalization rate is highest among seniors and young kids under 5, as you mentioned. ....
In reno, nevada, valerie is grateful her 2-month-old daughter emily, once seriously ill with rsv is back home from the icu. she might die crossed my head. it s really scary, especially for the little one. reporter: jennifer has been a registered nurse for 20 years. she has never seen this many respiratory illnesses at once. it s hard for the staff. it s hard for families. it s just a tricky situation that we haven t seen before. reporter: the cdc says the flu hospitalization rate is at its highest level in more than a decade. gabe gutierrez, thank you. we are watching a winter storm developing in the west that will bring heavy rain, snow and strong wind gusts to the western third of the country this weekend. heavy snow expected in the northwest tonight, up to five feet in the sierra nevadas. another storm will move across the great lakes tomorrow with snow and rain moving ....