good morning, everyone. it's thursday, november 24th, you know what that means. >> happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving to you. kaitlan is off. we're a little tired because we're in a new york state of mind. >> we went to billy joel last night. >> but we have to get to the news. overnight we learned the identity of the man who opened fire on his co-workers at a virginia walmart. what we don't know still is why he did it. he rejected a request to

speak to the house january 6th committee, now the justice department wants former vice president mike pence to testify in the investigation of former president trump. will he cooperate? another day, another elon musk controversy. the self-described chief twit, seemingly defending the officer who shot a black teenager. and another upset at the world cup, japan defeating germany. new details about the mass shooting in a chesapeake, virginia. the store's overnight manager firing on employees in a break room, killing six people before taking his own life. this morning we're hearing from people who witnessed the horror. diane gallagher is live for us in chesapeake, virginia with the det details. hello, to you, what do you know? >> reporter: police are spending this thanksgiving trying to determine why a man that walmart said worked for the company

since 2010 came into the store and killed his colleagues. this is as victims' families are working to cope with their loss and the survivors are still trying to process exactly what they expierced. harrowing stories of survival after another mass shooting. >> the only thing that made it real was the vibrations in your chest and the ringing from the gun going off. and it just kept going and going, going. jessie, a new employee at the chesapeake, virginia walmart hid under a table until she came face-to-face with the shooter. >> he just had the gun up to my forehead. and it's just really hard. he told me to go home. >> reporter: the city of chesapeake identifying the shooter as 31-year-old andre

bing. walmart confirms he was an overnight lead. he entered the break room just as employees were clocking in for their shift. >> just left the break room, came in, started capping people up in there, started shooting. >> reporter: investigators were seen searching the alleged shooters home, and saying he was armed with several magazines and a pistol. there were around 15 to 20 people in the break room when he entered. >> he didn't say a word, look at anyone, say anything specific. he just looked around the room and shot. there were people dropping to the floor. >> reporter: six employees were shot and killed, including a 16-year-old. police believe the gunman died from a self-inflicted wound. according to police two employees were found dead in a break room. another in the front of the store. and three victims were taken to

local hospitals but later died. six others were injured. jaylen jones was in the break room and shot multiple times, including in his back, his mother told cnn affiliate wtkr. >> he was on a ventilator, he wasn't able to breathe on his own from the gun shot wounds he sustained. now he's talking. he's just glad to be alive. >> reporter: in our conversations with survivors, employees and former employees, they all describe the shooter as having exhibited odd or threatening behavior at work. described him as mean or just a l loner saying he enjoyed having power over other employees in his position. we reached out to walmart asking if there's any disciplinary record reflecting this but they have not responded to our requests. now to the tragedy, the

other mass shooting this week in colorado. the denver post publishing an editorial calling on congresswoman lauren boebert to stop the intolerance. she's facing criticism for her comments about guns and the lgbtq community before that shooting. boebert is well known for her hard line position on guns. ♪ >> hi, i'm lauren, i'm a newly elected congresswoman from colorado. even though i now work in one of the most liberal cities in america, i refuse to give up my rights, especially my second amendment rights. >> alexandria ocasio-cortez replied you can't thoughts and

prayers your way out of this. the denver post goes on to accuse boebert of elevating hate speech against the lgbtq community including bashing inclusive classroom practices and speaking out against gay characters on television. boebert responded on a local radio show saying it was disgusting to try to blame the shooting on her and it was, quote, completely false to say she attacked that community. the justice department wants to hear from mike pence in his jaary 6th prosecutors reached out to the former vice president for testimony in the probe against donald trump and his effort to stay in power. cnn has learned that pence is open to testifying. paula reid joins us from washington now. good morning to you. what's the latest? >> reporter: this thanksgiving, federal prosecutors appear to be most thankful for mike pence's

new book where he describes in detail his interactions with former president trump around january 6th. he could be key as they continue to look into the president's actions in and around the insurrection and his attempts to undermine the election. in his memoir, pence describes trump tweets attacking him that day as reckless and goes into great criticism of the president's handling of january 6th. we expect federal prosecutors were going to have follow-up questions for him. it's notable this outreach did come before the new special counsel, jack smith, was appointed to overtake the investigations. it's unclear how his appointment will change any of the conversation or this outreach. >> what do you think the likelihood of him giving testimony? >> it's possible. he said he's open to it.

several of his aides have testified before the january 6th committee and answered questions from federal prosecutors. when it comes to the justice department it's going to be difficult for the vice president to resist answering questions from them. one thing that could get in the way is that the former president tries to invoke privilege. he's done that with other witnesses, been largely unsuccessful, but it's something that could delay the process. with the special counsel we know there's a keen desire to move it along as quickly as possible. so the probes don't run into the 2024 cycle. rain clouds moving across the south, skies clear on the east coast, chad myers is in the weather center with your thanksgiving forecast. how are we looking? >> really good, actually. very few places across the country right now or later today below freezing. raining across parts of the mid south, but really the northeast

corder looks good. snoop pi dressed as an astronaut today. probably in the 40s, the best weather i can remember for a parade in many years. tomorrow there will be showers across parts of the south. traveling on saturday, heavy rainfall across i-40, even i-10. as we work our way into the afternoon, some of the areas could see some flooding with a slight risk of that flooding with 3 to 4 inches of rain possible. and snow for the i-40 across parts of amarillo or slightly farther out to the west. your heavy rain across the deep south over the next couple days. flying out on sunday, i-95 corridor airports could be slow. so far we haven't seen santa on radar but we're sure he'll make it to the parade. >> for sure he will. my hometown, minneapolis, going there this afternoon, palmy 38.

that is tropical. >> i know. >> that is tropical, don't you know. >> growing up in nebraska we used the extra deck as our refrigerator because it was always freezing out there. today not the case. >> you know who's going to make it to the parade, though? snoopy, he has to make it. it's not a parade without snoopy, crowds are gathering in new york city ahead of the annual macy's day thanksgiving parade. brynn gingras is live on the parade route. i've had this assignment before, i like this part better than the actual parade. it's a great assignment. >> i worked in new york news for 10 years i never worked the parade. i'm like a little kid right now. i'm so excited. i need to echo chad, the weather is perfect. no drama. these balloons are flying today. this is the beginning of the

parade, central command, so many people in the area just getting ready to get this parade kicked off. you can see the turkey with the macy's star, that's going to start us off. these are, of course, the stars of the show. the balloons, that's little yoda, baby yoda. and then, of course, they line up this whole entire street. they were inflated last night. the parade is actually getting started earlier this year because there's so many balloons. there's baby shark, diary of a whimpy kid. of course baby yoda. so many exciting events about to take off at 8:45 today. if you can believe it. >> i'm going to make everybody mad. >> why? ♪ baby shark ♪ >> i thought he was going to say something bad. >> reporter: i feel like the whole parade is going to break out in baby shark at some point. >> brynn and i have little kids

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panel. some critics criticized for him wearing it. he mentioned being on the ground in ferguson over the shooting of brown. elon musk then erased the post. musk replaced the deleted tweet with a follow-up link containing a link to the department of justice report on brown's death. musk said that hands up don't shoot was made up, the whole thing was a fiction. this needs some context. >> hands up -- >> don't shoot. >> hands up -- >> don't shoot. >> so the phrase hands up, don't shoot became a national rallying cry in 2014 in solidarity with michael brown, the teenager who

some said had his hands up in surrender when he was shot by darin wilson. it was concluded in the report that brown was shot when he was moving towards the officer. this is what musk referenced in the tweets. the doj did not find grounds to charge the officer but it did find evidence of racial discrimination in ferguson at the hands of the city's police department and municipal court. the doj in its report pointed to the statistics for proof. black people in ferguson are twice as likely to be searched in vehicle stops than whites. though whites were found to have contraband at a higher rate. at least 85% of those pulled over or ticketed were black and the justice department said it was money not public safety that the department focused on. and black citizens paid the

highest price. so remember, hands up don't shoot became a nationwide symbol. it was about the pattern of police shootings and brutality in this country and hashtag stay woke, which musk mocked, was how twitter wanted called out racial -- how they wanted to call out racial injustice. poppy? >> don, thank you for that. it's important to have the facts. to major developments in the stadium tunnel ambush. remember this a few weeks ago at the university of michigan. seven michigan state football players have been charged with assault. video shows them attacking two michigan players after the game last month. jason carol is here with more details. i remember the morning after it happened, we were stunned, and now charges. >> a lot of people were surprised that. and michigan state football players had been suspended because of what happened.

many remember the video of what happened in the fight that broke out, you saw it there a few moments ago. at one point it shows an msu player swinging his helmet apparently striking one of the michigan players. six msu players now facing misdemeanor charges of aggravated assault, a seven player, kerry crump, now facing a felony. >> this was a gut punch but he's going to get through it. while you're getting up, having your turkey, think about seven young men whose lives have been upended by these criminal charges. in kj's case, a felony charge because he allegedly used his helmet as a weapon to strike at the other player. >> the investigation into the matter took weeks and included

the university of michigan police, michigan state police, and representatives from the big ten, the university of michigan division of public safety which also took part released a statement saying at the conclusion of the investigation, it's submitted to the prosecutor's office a request for criminal charges against several individuals, all student athletes on the michigan state football team. meanwhile, the interim president of michigan state saying in a statement, while we do not condone the actions taken by some football players on october 29th we will support our student athletes through this process. adding consequences are part of the learning environment. it should also be noted that none of the players from michigan have been charged. cnn did reach out to the m surks players but we did not hear back from them on that. >> that video is crazy. >> it is crazy. it's important that you played what the defense attorney said there. but i'm interested in what one

of the defense attorneys seemed to lay out as sort of their strategy here. >> an attorney representing one of the other msu players says it's unclear if any of the msu players caused the injuries. this is his point of view. he also released a statement, this is an attorney, david diamond, saying in part i reviewed similar altercations on and off the field at both the collegiate and professional levels and cannot find criminal filings. he's referring to when you see fights break out on the field at a hockey game, basketeball gamed you don't see charges filed. >> but this may change things. >> who's your money on today? >> what do you think he's going to say. >> minnesota -- >> how do i not know this. >> back in the day, minnesota -- >> i understand that you are going to be clinging some pots today.

>> i am. i can burn in the kitchen. i make a great macaroni and cheese. >> do you want to tell the world the truth. >> my mom knows i'm not a mac and cheese fan. >> when he said that yesterday my jaw is still on the floor. >> i can't believe it. why don't you like it? >> it's not my thing. >> a texture thing? >> a texture thing. but my mom does spaghetti and cheese. >> careful what you say about katherine's cooking. she's watching. >> she's watching and it's good. but i'll eat a little bit of that. >> you're making mac and cheese. >> i am. >> bring me some i'll try it and make that face. >> he still can't believe it. ahead we'll have a preview of the big thanksgiving day game, including the vikings. >> and the other football, why fifa is now investigating the mexico football association after their draw against poland.

we'll talk about all the world cup headlines with sports journalist jason carol, i'm sorry grant wall. there's grant wall, he's live in qatar for us.

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do you see the beautiful shot of new york city. >> sun coming up. new york state of mind. >> i love new york city. >> i love new york. i was thinking that last night. thanksgiving, it's a day for family, food, lots of football. three big nfl games on tap

today. first the bills and lions, then the giants and the cowboys. and for dessert it's the patriots against my minnesota vikings and god willing i will be there. andy, i cannot wait. i cannot wait for 8:20 -- >> she's rooting on the giants. >> i am going to be in mandela ba barnesmen -- i am going to be in minnesota at that game. >> first time minnesota has got to host a game on thanksgiving. i know a lot of people there looking forward to that. we have a great slate. for years after stuffing yourself, the lions game that was the one you wanted to doze off during because they're never any good. the lions are fun this year, though, they score points, won three in a row. the over/under for this game is 54.5. the odds makers are expecting lots of touchdowns. former super bowl mvp von

miller, he's played in many games but is pumped to play in his first thanksgiving game. >> it's a dream of mine, you watch the thanksgiving game, the cowboys, commanders, lions and bears. you have thanksgiving dinner and go outside and play flag football in the back yard. these are the moments you dreamed of. >> the moment that everybody is sitting at home, probably bellies full or about to get their bellies full watching football. i remember that as a kid. >> so after that lions bills game we get an nfc east show down between the giants and cowboys. the cowboys have been playing on thanksgiving since 1966, but they've lost three in a row. they did beat the vikings last week. we'll see if they carry that momentum into today's game against new york. speaking of the vikings. for the first time ever getting

to host a thanksgiving game. vikings looking to rebound from the blow out loss to the cowboys they get the patriots home tonight, patriots have won three straight thanksgiving games, including the butt fumble game. it's ten years ago. >> explain yourself. >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> what are you talking about? >> it's one of the most famous plays. where mark sanchez ran into his lineman, ran the ball, the patriots picked it up and ran it for a touchdown. i remember exactly where i was when the butt fumble. >> of course you do. >> i remember exactly where i was when the butt fumble. >> bring it belichick and thanks to my husband for getting these tickets, and delta please have my flight on time. that's all i need today. thank you, andy. there was another upset at the world cup, japan beat

four-time world cup champions germany in an exciting come from behind victory. the final score was 2-1. could the u.s. be the next underdog to topple a tournament favorite? they play england tomorrow. grant wall, the legendary grant wall is the founder of grantwall.com. i'm glad because his name is grant wall. earlier saudi arabia set up argentina. yesterday japan upsetting germany. no way it's been this full of surprises ever? upsets, no? >> there have been a couple. 2002 there were a ton of surprises. the u.s. got to the quarter finals that year. so maybe they're hoping they can do that again. but absolutely crazy to see saudi arabia beat argentina, my team that i predicted would win the tournament. and then japan beating germany.

not quite as big an upset because japan is, they're a solid team but germany is a four-time world champion, like you said. that's why you love the world cup is nothing is ever guaranteed. seeing lots of surprises in this ku tournament and it's a lot of fun. >> you had argentina? >> i did. it's my adopted country and i feel like this is lionel messi's chance to win one. they've gone 36 games without a loss and lost to saudi arabia, which is not viewed as a world power. it was cool to see how many saudi fans were her in qatar celebrating this big moment for their country and their sport. >> obviously it matters who wins the world cup but i feel it's going to be known for what these teams did off the field and standing up for human rights in the face of the government, the regime. talk to us about what the german players did. >> yeah. so the german players had a

protest in their team photo before their game against japan, where the starting 11 put their hands over their mouths to communicate that they were being silenced. and i thought this was a really powerful gesture. it was in response to fifa threatening to give yellow cards to any team captain that was going to wear the one love multi-colored arm band. nine european countries are going to do it, they all pulled back because no one wants to get a yellow card at the world cup, you can get suspended for a second yellow card at a game. this was i thought an appropriate response to what fifa did. in my opinion what fifa did to really go over the top and threatening severe sanctions for a basic show of support for human rights is crazy. >> yeah. >> you got detained for wearing the rainbow shirt. gees. >> i did. and it's -- the response to that

has been really interested, too. and really positive from so many places. and, you know, the response on social media has been a little more varied, especially from the islamic world. same sex relationships are illegal in qatar and fifa said to everybody you'll be fine wearing a rainbow shirt, having a rainbow flag. clearly that hasn't been the case on the ground. >> a lot of grant wall love out there i noticed. can we share who you -- are you celebrating thanksgiving with her or is she not with you or no? >> oh, my wife. former cnn correspondent and contributor. she is not here, unfortunately. we'll connect later on zoom. we already had thanksgiving dinner out here today in qatar.

u.s. soccer had all the fixings, turkey, all sorts of stuff and it was really fun. >> turkey, not the country, the meal, the bird. >> grant, thank you friend. >> thank you to you and celine, she's a cnn contributor, doctor, she's amazing. >> thank you so much. happy thanksgiving to you. appreciate it. >> happy thanksgiving. a troubling old photo of cowboys owner jerry jones has resurfaced it shows him in the crowd as a group of white students protested against integration in arkansas. how he and others are responding. and cnn talks with ukrainian civilians who mounted a fierce resistance against russian occupation in the kherson region.

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system this morning as russia targets the nation's energy infrastructure. citizens there mounting a fierce resistance, though, doing whatever they can to disrupt these attacks in many areas. cnn's sam kiley met with those resistance fighters behind the enemy lines in the city of kherson. >> reporter: archie killed twice while he was a teenager. if i'm the guy, he stops to pee, what do you do? oh, god, i got a chill then. he says he left his victim to bleed on the grass in the pitch dark. archie struck again moments later, another drunk russian soldier. another throat cut. he acted alone but now he was one of kherson's resistance fighters. >> translator: they're wasted. it had only been a few days since they entered the city. i finished the first one immediately and caught up with

the other one and caught up on the spot. i threw away the knife and the blood covered jacket in march. >> reporter: he was only 19 he said he drove around the city gathering intelligence to send to the armed forces. >> translator: at least ten russians were slaughtered every night. i wasn't the only in kherson. >> reporter: for eight months ukrainian partisans waged a psychological war against the russians. >> translator: as a result of the sneaky terrorist attack today our colleague, my friend has died. >> reporter: he would die in the final days of russia's occupation of kherson city, which ended three weeks ago. kherson was the only regional capital to fall to russia.

but its population made sure that the invaders were unwelcome from the start. that's incoming. in the last hour or so that we've been here in kherson, there have been a constant shelling backwards and forwards. almost all of that shelling will ultimately rely on somebody on the ground telling the gunner where to drop those bombs. he was a young father. this warehouse is wrecked because of him. >> translator: the russian military kept here around 20 to 30 vehicles. there were armored trucks, abcs and the russians lived here. i was passing by this place and i saw the vehicles. >> reporter: he communicated on his phone app with his handler, code name the smoke. >> i turned on the camera and pointed it at the building and the camera was filming.

i deleted the video because if they stop me and check my videos and pictures, there would be questions. >> reporter: less than a day later russian vehicles were a mess as ukraine rained missiles down on the newly identified target. it was a crucial step in destroying russia's capacity to hold onto the city. with the russians now on the eastern side of the dnipro river they're close and still control 60% of the province, which they claim is now part of russia. no doubt there are many ukrainians among them who are prepared to prove them wrong and to kill. do you feel sorry for the guys you killed? >> no. >> reporter: sam kiley kherson city. ahead for us the u.s. economy as you know facing serious headwinds new evidence that americans may be slowing down their spending.

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as the holiday shopping season kicks off, "the washington journal" is reporting that many americans aren't planning to buy as many gifts as in past years because of high inflation, the cost of everything from groceries to clothing to shoes, toys, it has all increased. so joining us is a senior writer for "the washington journal" and author of a brand new book about the treasury secretary janet yellen. thank you so much good to see you. so you have a lot going on.

you have charitable organizations, donations are dropping. let's talk about just today. thanksgiving is going to cost a lot more, the cost of a turkey and all the dressing and so, it's going to cost a lot. that's going to affect folks. >> right. and because thanksgiving is going to cost so much on thursday, black friday is expected to be not quite as crazy out at those shopping malls and the electronic stores. people are talking about cutting back this year. so we say, one survey in our story that deloit does, in one year, the typical americans buy 16 gifts for others, this year cutting down to nine. if you're not on the inner circle you're probably going to be out on one of your friend's gift lists this year. >> i'm still trying to decide if

don is on the inner circle of nine. >> i think he will be by next year. if not this year. >> i'm on everybody's naughty list. >> you're on the good list here. i loved your story because i loved how many families you talked to. there's one family that basically told your kids you pick one gift, because the choice was do we eat, right, do we have enough food? i think that's a message -- i know the stores aren't going to like this, but that's a great message for like every family. >> there's -- you know, the headline is kind of depressing. but like you say, the families i think have good stories to tell. kids can't expect that they're going to get everything they want, is one, which might be a lesson in life. another family that we have in our story talks about how well, you know, maybe this isn't a bad thing because we focus on what really matters this holiday

season. for christmas they're going out to a cabin with extended family members, sit by a campfire, cook marshmallows, maybe see the first snow for the year. the lesson that they takeaway is that, you know, we're trying to focus on what really matters this holiday, which is spending time with people we love as opposed to binging on sweaters we might wear once a year. >> turkey prices are up some 20%, and that's reflective of other costs as well, john. >> yeah. i think the one price that isn't up this year is cranberry us. >> we have a debate about cranberries. it's a big thing. in another paper, we won't say the name. about the evolution of cranberries. i'm not a cranberry -- >> that's my favorite part of thanksgiving. >> go ahead we interrupted you. >> it might have been your show i learned that fact.

prices are going up everywhere. but here's another wrinkle, which is that because companies are so overstocked with inventory that they build up during the pandemic when there were all these supply chain issues, a lot of companies are trying to get rid of stuff. so americans have been slammed by high prices, not just for food but also for gasoline, certainly for the last couple of years. right now, a lot of retailers are trying to get people back into their stores with heavy discounting. so the surprise this year could be that this inflation that slammed everybody for the last 24 months might all of a sudden disappear. you might find that prices for televisions are deep discounted. prices for clothing. so we might see a reversal in the trends that are causing people to be cautious about spending. >> we know everybody is feeling it, but we want to wish you a happy thanksgiving. thank you for appearing. especially on this day.

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♪ it's a little bit funny this feeling inside ♪ >> what an amazing thing to see on fifth avenue in new york city. that is elton john lighting up the big apple literally on the heels of the rocket man's final u.s. stop of his farewell yellow brick road tour, he made one last surprise to unveil sachs

fifth avenue window. ♪ you can tell everybody this is your song ♪ ♪ it may be quite simple but now that it's done ♪ ♪ i hope you don't mind ♪ ♪ hope you don't mind ♪ ♪ that i put down in words how wonderful life is while you're in the world ♪ >> you guys got to cut to don, because he's singing here with his like flashlight in the air. ♪ how wonderful life is when you're in the world ♪ >> i want everybody to hear you. >> your mom texted yesterday, happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving. >> stop touching. >> she texted me that i touched you too. >> we had so much fun last

night. love elton john. but this is what we were doing last night, that's why we are so whacky this morning. >> don treated us to billy joel concert. amazing seats. there's tim your wonderful fiance and then we got to go backstage and meet him. >> him and his wife and kids. >> it was kaitlan's first time at msg. >> madison square garden. >> she changed me, got me a cheese burger. >> kaitlan hung out too long last night, she didn't show up today. >> no, that's not true, she always had today off so i can have tomorrow off. >> i have neither day off. i'm not bitter at all. >> thank you. we had a ball. >> don't touch. don't touch. >> we have a lot of news. >> "cnn this morning" continues right now. ♪