difference. 2018 is on the horizontal. >> all of these were masked to look at some stay-at-home mom in the midwest. nice to see you. >> we turn it over to "new day" right now. >> capitol police are looking is into he said, she said. >> a congressman admit he used bad judgment before a nude photo of his was leaked. >> we're starting a conversation. sexual assault violence, i think we're awakening people's consciousness. donald trump airing his grievances in a series of tweets. >> he's waging these divisive cultural wars. >> mr. trump, you're the commander in chief. stop this kind of absolute

foolishness. >> the balloons being inflated ready for macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> this is a magical atmosphere. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> this is a special holiday edition of "new day". it is thursday, november 23rd. 6:00 here in new york. alisyn is off. she's all about the turkey. erica hill, thank you for making the time to be here. >> thanks for having me. >> let's look at the parade route, shall we. obviously such a huge day. last night the city was in that area central park west, blowing up the balloons. they now have faster pumps that pump them up. >> so they're inflated quicker? >> he yeah. i grew up going to that. >> we used to take our kids every year. >> now it's getting even better.

>> let's get to the news. the "washington post" is moving the line on these cases that we're seeing with people in prominent positions and allegations of sexual up pro bright. there is a congressman. there is a picture of him on the internet. there is an unnamed woman who tells the "washington post" that joe barton threatened to go to the police if he released pictures. he said, yes, i am because i am the victim of revenge porn. on the other side, a very different issue we should not lose sight of. an aide for conyers said he harassed her. the congressman is refuse to go resign. there is a house ethics panel investigating a settlement that he did make in 2015 with another former staffer accusing him of

sexual harassment. >> and the flurry of allegations have lawmakers wrestling with how to handle these controversies. and to expose details, settlements at the expense of taxpayers. and president trump is spending his first thanksgiving as commander in chief at his florida estate. will he once again air his grievances or perhaps on this thanksgiving offer his own message of thanks? we have it all covered. we begin live in washington with our top story >> reporter: good morning, erica. sexually explicit photo of joe barton surfaced on the internet this week on an announce mouse twitter account. barton has apologized for the lewd photos but also raised the possibility that he's the victim of revenge porn.

a bar ton spokeswoman said he did not release the image himself and he does not know who did. a young woman has come forward saying barton did indeed send her lewd photos and messages when they had two sexual encounters over the course of five years. the woman told the post that she slept with him last in 2014. she said, "i was in it for the poll tux connection." she shared a secretly recorded phone call with the paper. according to the post in that call, barton warned her against using the explicit images in a way that would negatively affect his career, vowing he would go to the capitol hill police over her threats. she said she took the phone call as a threat. barton said it was to stop her from releasing the photos as revenge porn. in a statement barton says, the

dallas "morning news" has identified a potential crime against me and the transcript may be evidence. this woman said we had a con is sensual relationship. i offered to take the matter to capitol hill police to open the investigation. today they reached out to me and offered to launch an education, and i have accepted. because of the pending investigation, we will have no further comment. also this morning, democratic congressman john conyers is facing new harassment allegations, a former staffer, melanie sloane was verbally harassed by conyers. while some doesn't think she was sexually harassed, she thinks his behavior was inappropriate. he called her into his office when he was in his underwear. the congressman is not going to

resign but the house ethics committee is also investigating a reported settlement with an unidentified former employee over claims of sexual harassment in 2015. chris and erica. >> thank you very much. happy thanksgiving to you. let's discuss. is jackie kucinich and david drucker. all right. so let's deal with the provacative top you can. why is he in the conversation with conyers and al franken? we don't know who this unknown source, i'm sure the "washington post" knows, but undisclosed. do you see them all fitting in the same bucket? >> well, that's a really good question. >> only kind we ask, brother. only kind we ask. >> dressing on the outside. stuffing on the inside. >> in a very unfortunate sort of

way. congressman barton, number one, if you're a public official, don't take selfies that are damaging. you can't do the same sorts of things that nonpublic officials can do even if it's not wrong. especially in the apparent post-weinstein era we are now living in. there is very little room to maneuver with any hint that you might have done anything inappropriate in a sexual manner. there is a difference between a consensual relationship that goes wrong and sexual harassment or assault clearly. and i think the democrats in particular have to reckon with john conyers. otherwise we lose the political and moral high ground if somebody likes roy moore wins the senate race in alabama. this is not the last of what we've seen from all of this. i feel like it's just the beginning of a tidal wave of

allegations that will come out against many members of congress. things like this, jackie knows this as well, have been going on for years. because working on capitol hill is almost like working for a family business. >> right. right. >> nobody has talked about it. and if you live in a family business and you're unhappy with how someone treated you, you did not run to the press because it's a family issue. >> and also, the rules there are designed to protect each individual family business, to use drucker's analogy. staffers don't have the same rights that maybe someone with a similar position working in the private industry. talking about this conyers situation, perhaps this will lead to reforms that will empower some of the staffers that haven't had a whole lot of recourse. >> erica and i were talking about this before. this is a tricky one. we're leading with barton.

take what david was saying. barton is a republican, not a democrat. so they're leading with it, we're leading with it. why? what do you make of it? what we're talking about right here right now is conyers changed what happened on capitol hill, the settlements, accountability, the settlements you and i are paying for which is nuts. define the next. now we find our way to barton. david will say, well, there's a higher standard. says who, though? who is the bedroom police? are we the morality stuff. weinstein versus barton? >> they shouldn't be in the same conversation. >> i don't know that they're in the same conversation. what we're looking at here when it comes to the barton, we're hearing two different stories.

there are slightly different timelines. we know from both parties it was consensual. that's important. that changes part of this conversation. but we're looking at is this a case of revenge porn potentially, which is not -- there is a texas state law that could have been violated. oar is there pressure by the lawmaker to have her keep quiet. if you're an elected official, you're held to a higher standard. and the standards are changing. >> strong points. >> i think they're in the same conversation politically. sex and politics, whether or not the sex was consensual or not, all ends up in a political discussion about what can keep you in office or get you thrown out of office. morally there is a difference between a consensual relationship and is sexual harassment in the workplace.

we should keep those straight. we have seen over the years members of congress get caught cheating on their spouses in a consensual relationship. often that got them thrown out by voters who felt this isn't the kind of leader we want leading us. it all depends. >> i really think it is. that's a big question of whether voters decide to keep someone or throw them out. if lawmakers seem to be a family values person or has been anti-gay and is posting on a gay site. that has happened in congress. the hypocrisy issue is really i think what gets these guys in issue. if it is a matter of the bedroom, just a bad guy to their spouse or bad woman to their spouse. that's one thing. but if they are being hypocritical, voters don't like that. that's when they will get themselves in trouble. >> i remember barton back from the clinton days where he was one of the view on the republican side who was saying i

don't care what he does. i think he said i don't give a fig leaf. but i don't want him lying under oath. it was a brave position and unpopular with his party at the time. i'm saying, to jackie's point, every moment we spend talking about who is doing whatever freaky thing they're doing in their personal life, okay, there should be a higher standard for them. fine. we're now talking about what jackiey is talking about. who knew about them? what avenues to dignity should the women have. we're not talking about that when we're listen to go this. that involves our laws, morals. and the media has the temptation to find the next, and the new. we need to drill down on that because that matters. >> and if you want to make people care at least in conversations i had the past few days about this $17 million in settlements. which, again, we don't know which settlements were for sexual harassment claims.

they're for all different claims. >> right. >> that is a major issue. so not only changing how they're handled but also the transparency and knowing where your money is being spent. >> have you had any lawmaker say i know about that. nobody knew that anybody had ever settled a case. nobody ever knew about this. >> john conyers claimed he didn't know about one of the cases settled against him. it was implying congress made an agreement to satisfy somebody so they would go away. he indicated that, hey, i would have denied done anything if anybody would have told me. i think there is a lot left to find out about this. you're right, these are the issues that are important not to lose sight of. >> david, appreciate it. your first thanksgiving as a family, jackie. good to you. >> lots to be thankful for.

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estate. so far we have seen the president airing grievances on twitter. how about today on thanksgiving, will we get a different message? joe is johns is live with the latest. what do you know? happy thanksgiving. we are thankful for you, my friend >> reporter: happy thanksgiving to you, chris. is and thankful for you as well. look, this is a situation here in south florida where they want to call this a working vacation, if you will. but all signs point to a roughly uneventful first family feast. though the last 24 hours were marked by a harsh attack by the president on a private citizen. for any other white house, this would have been shocking. for this president, just another day. >> it's my prayer that on this thanksgiving we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump vowing to unify the

nation before taking office. mr. trump spending his first thanksgiving as commander of chief in florida airing his grievances in a series of tweets, insisting he deserved credit for the release of three ucla players arrested in china for shopliftng. >> if he said he helped, that's good for his mind. if you helped, you shouldn't have to say anything. >> reporter: mr. trump said he is a fool and poor man's version of don king after he refused to thank the president for bringing home his son. and blasting commission or roger goodell for a new idea of keeping teams in the locker room during the national anthem. the defensive embattled senate nominee roy moore is putting him at odds with members of his own party, who called for moore to drop out. mr. trump all but endorsing moore. >> is an accused child molester

better than a democrat? >> he denies it. look, he denies it. he totally denies it. he says it didn't happen. and you have to listen to him also. >> reporter: despite the president's comments, the rnc and national republican senate oral committee refusing to send money to moore's campaign. trump now insists he wants moore to win to advance his agenda. a critical vote needed to pass his tax reform bill. >> we don't need a liberal person in there, a democrat. >> reporter: the president is expected to give the traditional salute to the troops from the commander in chief today. that will be a teleconference a few hours from now. not clear if we will see the president any other time this day, although it is is not outside the realm of possibility. chris and erica? >> all right, joe, thanks. i want to bring back david

drucker and jackie kucinich. running through all the tweets that wefdz conversations about the last 24 hours, which is interesting if you juxta pose that with the president's message. i want to listen to that last thanksgiving. >> it's my prayer that on this thanksgiving we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country strengthened by shared purpose and very, very common resolve. in declaring this national holiday, president lincoln called upon americans to speak with one voice and one heart. that's just what we have to do. >> one voice, one heart, shared purpose. what we are accustomed to hearing from the commander in chief. this thanksgiving, that purpose is thanking the president perhaps? is that where we're going, david? >> look, i think the president would benefit and would have benefited post campaign given the low expectations, especially

because of the divisive nature of his leadership had he followed through on that message. he would not have lost any credibility with the base of his party that really likes the aggressive way that he politics. and i think people and voters that are skeptical of him would say it is really nice to see someone who can turn away from the campaign and try to unify the country. it is hard for any leader to unify the country the way many wish they would on both sides of the aisle. the president would be in a much better place politically had he followed through. instead, what he has chosen to do is really politic toward the base of his party. he used politics that gave rise to him in the political party. it helped to win the republican nomination. that has put him in awe place where the base of the party is all he can ever depend on. i don't think tup he could

change and it would be believable and it would really expand his base of support. so i think he is where he is. i think that is authentically trump. looking back, i think it will be a missed opportunity. how the country feels about his leadership i think matters. i think that's what we saw with president obama and one of the reasons trump won. even though they liked him and re-elected him, there were still feelings about his policies that led them to look at trump. >> look, on a day like today, there is a layup for the president here. it doesn't take a huge leap of logic or political calculation to just say something positive and unifying. what do we start telling our kids when it comes to thanksgiving? what are you thankful for? maybe if the president thinks about it that way, what am i thankful for, it will he will bo

act like the man that he is, the biggest man in the room. even when you look deep in his base no one, except for a small slice of his base, is happy with how he chooses his fights what it comes to his online life. if he thinks about what he is thankful for this career, maybe that creates a new avenue for him. >> yeah. i feel like we're back to the happy thanksgiving to the haters and the losers of the trump twitter feed. i don't think we ever really advanced before that. >> that was is funny, jackie. >> i'm not criticizing it at all. but one of the things that's happening here, when you look at his legislative agenda, the president doesn't have a lot to be thankful for. if he keeps the people that are most devout for him angry about what's going on in the nfl, lavar is ball, who should be thankful for the president.

the only people who knew who lavar ball before he engaged with the president was sports fans. he probably does owe the president a thank you on that. as long as his base is distracted with some of these other issues, they're not angry about how tax reform hasn't gone anywhere. health care hasn't gone anywhere. some of his big agenda items have stalled in the senate. he's ruined some relationships with key senators who would have been able to help him push this through. that's on him. he can rage about congress all he wants. when you pick fights with the people who you really need to drive your agenda is that doesn't really help you do it. >> i feel like a broken record. but in all seriousness to both your points, if he continues to solely play to this base, if he doesn't have the connections, if he doesn't have these legislative wins, what is to keep him going for the next

three years. >> i think he thrives on this. he thrives on the fight. one of the reasons he's had trouble pivoting away from the campaign, which he will never do and i should have never used that word. my apologies to everybody is because this is what he knows. it's true, by the way, for all presidents. jackie knows this. when politicians win doing a certain thing, they think that thing worked. and they keep working it until they lose. so if republicans have a really bad day in 2018, it's possible the president may rethink a little. the question is whether there will be anything left in the well for him to go back to to reset his administration. it is is something bill clinton was able to do in 1994, but it may not be available to this president. >> politics is off the art of reinvention. there is space for what got you here may not get you there, whatever your goal is. it is a special day. we are thankful for all of these

beautiful and smart people who come on this show and make "new day" what it is. we have a new one added to the family. put up a pick of the ridiculously gorgeous evelyn june allen. >> that is one cute baby. >> thank you. >> jackie kucinich in her spare time making that sweater and cap. >> i did. i did. >> congratulations to you. what a special thanksgiving. >> very much so. thanks, guys. it is thanksgiving as well. a lot to be thankful for. not just evelyn june. it is of course 91st annual macy's thanksgiving day parade kicking off in just a few hours. that guy will thankfully not be on anyone's table. security of course as tight as it's ever been. we will take you live to the parade route next.

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heavy security in place in new york ahead of the 91st macy's thanks giving day parade. the day is all about fun. balloons soaring high above the city in just a matter of hours. jason carroll is live along the parade route where i'm sure it is already a little bit busy. >> it is getting busy. 200,000 people expected to line the parade route. as you were talking about, increased police presence expected at the macy's thanksgiving day parade. nypd saying they will have police at every single block. current terrorism unit will be out. concrete barriers, we will see at every block along the route

as well. as long as comment vehicles to prevent unauthorized vehicles coming into or out of the parade route. a lot of folks coming out here aren't thinking about that. what they are thinking about is coming out, having a good time, being with family and friends. coming all the way from arkansas. >> that's right. arkansas. little rock and newport, arkansas. >> welcome, arkansas. >> thank you. we are so happy to be here. >> what do you think of our sorry so far? >> we love it. our son is going to school here, so we're visiting him. >> well, we welcome you. and you came all the way from 71st street around the block. >> exactly. >> you have one of the best seats in the house. >> yeah. we live just around the corner and have never been. >> you have never been? >> we watch it not from the front row. >> a lot of folks coming out to see the balloons, to see the bands. thank you, minnesota.

we'll get you in next time. i love minnesota. but you guys, a lot of folks coming out just to enjoy the day. a chance to be with family and be thankful. back to you. >> very nice. there's olaf. >> i was like olaf is a dope. he's a big deal. i get it. he deserves a balloon. >> you like grinch. >> you know me so well. >> and the president giving us a positive message. we need it, and he did it. happy thanksgiving. your country is starting to do really well. jobs coming back, highest stock market ever, military getting really strong. we will build the wall. v.a. taking care of our vets. great supreme court justice. record cut in regs.

lowest unemployment in 17 years. did he match the mandate laid out by e. hill earlier? >> i believe he laid out a number of things he's thankful for. yeah. >> all right. so how about thankfulness for the weather. is mother nature going to cooperate for the parade today? cnn meteorologist chad everett myers. thankful for you, my brother. >> thankful for you. you know, 36 and partly cloudy. everybody should be thankful today. not even a windchill factor. the balloons will fly. we always talk about it over 20 miles per hour the balloons can't fly. we will be 4. 36 degrees during parade time. mini advance were stocked. i know people are still traveling. west is hot, the east is cool. 87 in l.a.

sunny in d.c., 48. >> happy thanksgiving. >> we are learning about life inside north korea from the soldier who made that daring escape under fire from his former comrades. that is next.

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joining us now is gordon chang, with "the daily beast", author of nuclear showdown, north korea takes on the world. happy thanksgiving to you. >> happy thanks to you. >> what do you take from this video, the conditions and the implications? >> well, first of all, the north korean army doesn't seem they can shoot straight. >> thank god. >> yeah, they put five bullets anymore. under normal conditions they should have killed him. their actions are uncoordinated. they're looking for leadership. you have a guy falling down. this is an army which should be much better trained. north korea's best soldiers are along the demille tearized zone. and the best of the best are where this occurred. it is is unimpressive performance on the part of the north koreans. >> lucky for this man what you are saying is true. on who knows what would happen otherwise. what you saw with respect to the

line, you say this is a reflection of a miss perception of what an armistice is about in this situation. explain. >> first of all, there are three violations of the armistice. they fire increase the military demarkation line which divides north korea and south korea. one of their soldiers goes into south korea. at least the three times they denounced the armistice. the north korean foreign minister in new york says something inconsistent with the armistice. they said they can should down planes in international airspace. inconsistent. they are not observing it the armistice. what we have on our part is unilateral declaration that we will follow rules that the north koreans aren't following. and we can see it from the video. >> now it's thanksgiving. i don't know if i should bring this up but it's pretty

compelling. one of the things they find with this soldier when they start looking at him is this incredibly disgusting presence of parasitic worms. one of them was literally like ridiculously long. if you want to see it, it's on the screen right now. i've never seen anything like this before. this is something we try to scare our kids about. like if you swallow gum, what happens. what does that indicate to you what they found inside this guy? >> one of the tapeworms was 11 inches long. the thing here is that the drought in north korea is probably worse than we new. here you have a soldier who should be well fed because he is in the joint security area. but he's malnourished. he has dozens of parasites in his intestines. this indicates the military is probably not as strong as we think and the drought is much worse than people have estimated. and it shows essentially a north korea weaker than we think. the other thing about this

video, why is this the first time this has been released, the video of a defection? i think for the first time we have a white house now that wants to undermine north korea. because it shows, first of all, the violations. but it also shows the north koreans in a really unimpressive display of muilitary action. >> thanksgiving. day of reflection, obviously. where do you think things are heading in terms of what's going on with north korea and the united states and what we hope is a burgeoning alliance against their threatening and menacing behavior? >> i think within nine months or so we will see president trump strangulation campaign really start top work. we already have stories that officials in pyongyang are not getting their rations from a special distribution channel. that is absolutely stunning. we know the north koreans are accelerating loyalty payments.

those are informal taxes. that shows a money flow problem. i think it is starting to work. the north koreans are going to be desperate. that's also the same time, chris, they will perfect their missiles and nukes. so you have the two events occurring at the same time. north koreans becoming confident in their arsenal and becoming desperate because we have shut off all money to north koreans. >> thank you very much. happy thanksgiving to you. >> happy thanksgiving, chris. >> disgraced gymnastics doctor pleading guilty to molestation charges.

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a former usa gymnastics team doctor larry nassar pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct, admitting using his authority to sexually abuse underaged girls. >> for all of those involved, i'm so horribly sorry is. this turned into a forest fire out of control. and i pray for the girls 6th day for doing this to allow them to heal. i want this community to heal. i have no animosity towards anyone. i just want healing. it's time. >> joining me now rachel van hollander, a former gymnast and the first woman to come forward to say she was abused by nassar. good to have you back with us this morning. when you hear those words from larry nassar, he wants you to heal. what do you think about all

those things he just said in. >> i think it shows his mental state. he made it look like something he did very guilty so the community moved forward. he is a conscious mat manipulator, conscious mat tpha tphars sift. >> you came forward quite courageously i would say and have since then a number of people have come forward as well. give us a sense why you think this was able to happen to so many people for so long? >> you know, it's really the same old story. the same you see at penn state, you see in the catholic church. it's people in authority who e

silence victims, who ignore red flags. who just utterly fail the children under their protection. you see both dynamics at usa gymnastics and michigan state university. as far as usa gymnastics is concerned, this is much, much deeper than larry nassar. it details usa gymnastics in reporting sexual abuse. we had a policy of not reporting. they had files on 54 abusive coaches over a 10-year coaches. steve penny testified under oath and defended this policy of not reporting saying he wanted to quote, unquote avoid a witch-hunt.

>> usa gymnastics have said we're committed to further developing a culture that has safe spot as a top priority throughout the organization. that's what we're hearing from them, from michigan state. the plea deal and conviction of larry nassar represents another step towards justice for the victims. we have heard from gabby douglas most recently this week. ali reisman. she tweeted out talking about his plea deal. frankly saying she's beyond disgusted that a usa gymnastics doctor was able to prey upon so many over such a long time. we can't be confident in won't happen again. which is exactly what you have spoken to, rachel. as you point out, parentsen trust their children from a very young age. and you were one of them.

what do you see see that could actually change. the way things are reported? what needs to change? >> there is 100 page report that details things usag should have done differently. you see the examples over and over again too. athletes came forward in 1997, early 2000s. in 2014 who were saying this is what larry is doing. something is wrong. they assure these young girls, no, this is medical treatment. the dean mocked my statements. they laughed about how my testimony was the cherry on the cake of his day. he sent an e-mail to say good luck. i'm on your side. that's the attitude you see towards sexual assault. both organizations said we're

going forward. we want to be a safe place. until they acknowledge what they have done wrong, i have no hope that they are really moving forward. in regards to that usag report that details 100 pages worth of things they should have done differently, the recommendations are very common sense. one is to report child abuse, a mandatory reporting policy. if you are in a child-focused organization and you have to pay an investigator to come in and tell you you need to report the sexual abuse of little children, you have no business being on that board. >> i couldn't say it better myself. rachel, we appreciate you speaking out this morning. appreciate everything you have done to bring this story to light. we'll continue to stay on it as well. thank you. >> thank you. >> important interview. can't lose sights of those kind of stories. >> she is an incredibly brave woman. >> thank you people like that. >> on this thanksgiving day. >> we have a lot of big stories, including a texas congressman

saying he is the victim of revenge porn. an explicit photo of him now on social media. who put it there. why they put it there and his plans to fight back. >> as chris pointed out, it is thanksgiving but wouldn't be complete if not for the thanksgiving day parade. >> angry bird. i wonder if the bird walking across your screen should be angry or at least scared.

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him. >> this country is divided by fear. >> can retailers end 2017 on awe high note? >> black friday is certainly not dead. sit definitely changing. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. good morning and happy thanksgiving. welcome to a special holiday edition of "new day". alisyn is off. erica hill joining me. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> thankful for you. >> thankful for you, chris cuomo. >> apologizing after an explicit photo circulated on social media. this is different than others you have heard. there is an unnamed woman involved. we think the "washington post" would know her name, but she's reporting this. the congressman joe barton threatened to go to