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Today’s Top Stories from NBC News MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2021 Good morning, NBC News readers.
Kenosha, Wisconsin, is on edge ahead of closing arguments in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. American journalist Danny Fenster has been freed from a Myanmar prison and is heading home. Plus, what to expect from President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping's virtual summit later today.
Here's what we're watching this Monday morning. 
Ahead of closing arguments in the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the city of Kenosha is on edge and bracing for a verdict in the controversial case.
Rittenhouse, 18, is charged with reckless homicide, intentional homicide and attempted intentional homicide after he gunned down two men and wounded a third during protests after the police shooting of Jacob Blake last year.
Wisconsin has dispatched 500 National Guard troops to be on standby as a precaution to ensure public safety during the conclusion of the trial.
Some experts believe the case's closing arguments and verdict will be a pivotal moment for America.
"All signs are this is going to be the case that vindicates white people," said John Eason, an assistant sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He added, "If the peak of the country’s social justice reckoning was George Floyd, then this is the pendulum swinging back."
Rittenhouse's mother spoke out ahead of the trial's conclusion, arguing that it was his life or the shooting victims' lives.
"If he didn’t have that gun, my son would’ve been dead," Wendy Rittenhouse said in an interview with NBC's "Nightly News." Monday's Top Stories
American journalist Danny Fenster, sentenced only days ago to 11 years hard labor in Myanmar, has been freed and is on his way home, according to former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson. 
Biden and Xi meet virtually on Monday for perhaps their most consequential summit to date — one that comes as both leaders face complicated political situations at home and an escalating rivalry between superpowers that’s drawing comparisons to a new Cold War. 
As Europe finds itself "back at the epicenter" of the Covid-19 pandemic once again, experts say it should serve as a warning to the U.S. and other countries about the coronavirus’s unremitting nature. 
Pop star Britney Spears may finally be freed from her conservatorship, but observers and fans worry that society will fall back into the same behavior that helped put her there more than 13 years ago. Also in the News
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In this week’s Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist, comedian Michael Che talked about his long road to becoming a writer and "Weekend Update" co-anchor on "Saturday Night Live," including selling T-shirts out of the trunk of his car to make ends meet.
This week's show included mocking Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for picking a fight with the "Sesame Street" character Big Bird.
See highlights from "SNL" here and watch Che's full interview here. 
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