was unaware of the mayhem unfolding. you didn t hear those screams? no, man it s so crazy because i m an artist, too any time you can or something like that, you want to stop the show. reporter: and this week with hundreds of lawsuits filed seeking billions in damage, scott denied legal liability and asked for several claims to be dismissed 21-year-old axel acosta died in the chaos. this is all part of a culture that travis scott created himself and now he tries to pretend he was surprised he s a victim he s no victim. i have a responsibility to figure out what happened here. i have a responsibility to figure out the solution reporter: tonight travis scott breaking his silence, but not satisfying critics miguel almaguer, nbc news. we turn now to our series one nation overdosed. amid the pandemic, the u.s. set another tragic record, more
country voted to form a union. it happened in buffalo, new york, where union organizers said workers were embolden as they worked through the pandemic workers at another starbucks in buffalo voted not to unionize. a third store still uncertain. china is facing international outrage after an independent tribunal accused the government of committing genocide against the muslim uyghurs in a new report out today keir simmons with more now from london. reporter: tonight china s human rights record condemned again just days after the u.s. announced a diplomatic boycott of the beijing games. in this court-like setting in london today, a judgment from an international tribunal. the prc has committed genocide. reporter: uyghur muslims, a minority group from western china, have been speaking out witness after witness saying things like punishments including savage beatings, sleep and food deprivation police officers took the children away by
and, tom, back to the boosters for teens. there is not complete agreement among doctors about the need for them. not at all, including dr. paul offit on the fda s advisory panel for vaccines he doesn t think teenagers need boosters he doesn t think they will get that sick right now from covid or the mutations he s more concerned about heart inflammation with teenage boys than he is really about covid. but, again, we have full approval now from the fda and the cdc, lester. tom costello, thank you. we re tracking the first big winter storm of the season sweeping across the country winter weather alerts are up across 17 states from the west coast to the great lakes. up to three feet of snow forecast in some areas. by the start of the weekend, it is expected to bring severe weather to the southeast and mid-atlantic i want to turn now to the crisis in ukraine with fears of a potential russian invasion president biden holding another high stakes call. this time with ukraine s presi
to a chinese prison. i should stay strong i have three children. reporter: while we were with her, she gets a call from him in prison. what did he say? he said he was really scared. reporter: families divided by chinese authorities who accuse uyghurs of trying to create a separate country. these issues are purely china s domestic affairs the chinese embassy in washington told us we are firm in upholding national sovereignty, security and development interests. their statement ending stop making irresponsible remarks. are you scared no. reporter: why not i think the worst is happening already and it can t be worse than this. reporter: the u.s. has already accused of china of genocide. while this week more countries joined america s diplomatic boycott of the beijing games. lester keir, thank you. coming up, after a
in his first interview since that deadly concert in houston last month, rapper travis scott is expressing anguish and addressing victims families here s miguel almaguer. my intentions, you know, wasn t to you know, wasn t to harm their family at all. reporter: in his first interview since the tragedy at his concert, travis scott expressed remorse but said he s not to blame. the travis scott show or, you know, an actual show, you know wasn t the bottom line factor of what happened here. reporter: in a lengthy conversation, scott spoke with tv and radio host saying he did everything he possibly could on the night of november 5th. while headlining his own festival, 10 were killed during a crowd surge and hundreds injured. but the show in houston went on for more than 30 minutes as the rapper says he