♪ good morning, everyone. do not adjust your television sets. you will notice when we get closer that kaitlan and i happened to wear the exact same thing. >> this is what happens when poppy is off. there's no one here to make sure we're not dressed alike. >> we walked into the studio and everyone cracked up. did you have a good thanksgiving? >> i did. did you? >> yes. it is friday, november 25th and poppy is off today. president biden calling for a ban on assault weapons after the latest mass shootings. an arrest warrant has been issued in mexico after a woman was killed. and this morning half of

kyiv is without power. we are just hours away from david versus goliath in the world cup. the usa is not the team to win against england. president biden railing against assault weapons in the wake of the most recent mass shootings in virginia and colorado. >> the idea we still allow semiautomatic weapons to be purchased is sick. it has no redeeming value. not one. not a single rationality for it except for profits for the manufacturers. >> so what, if anything, can the president get done before republicans take control of the house come january? let's bring in jeremy diamond this morning for us live at the white house. hello, jeremy. what can the president get done? >> reporter: not much, to be

honest. president biden is vowing to ban assault weapons weather in the lame duck session or after that but the fact of the matter is the president doesn't have the votes. remember that president biden during the midterm campaigns he urged voters to elect more democrats to congress to be able to pass the assault weapons ban. the reality is while democrats are going to be losing the house of representatives, even now with that majority in the house, the senate, they just don't have the 60 votes to get over the filibuster to pass that ban on assault weapons. no question that the president is sincere in his desire to want to get this done but the white house sees political value in talking about this and consistently calling for the ban on assault weapons. they see it as something that's broadly popular with the american public and something that's galvanizing for the democrats and the democratic base. >> and i understand the

president and first lady called the club q owners yesterday? >> reporter: yes. calling and reiterating his support for the community as well as their commitment. reiterating his commitment to fighting against gun violence and also against hate against the lgbtq community. that's something that we've heard president biden talk about over these last several days in terms of violence against the lgbtq community. and also, of course, talking about wanting to change the nation's gun laws. we know earlier in the week the president spoke with richard fierro, the hero who tackled the gunman in that nightclub and saved potentially multiple lives. don? >> jeremy diamond joining us at the white house this morning. thank you, jeremy. this morning authorities in mexico have gotten an arrest warrant and have started the extradition after a 26-year-old was found dead last month in a place she and six of her friends

rented. this had been a bit of a mystery at the beginning after she was found dead. what are we learning this morning? >> reporter: kaitlan, a lot of people across social media have been wondering about this. this went viral before we got tho part of the investigation. there were videos for weeks showing this woman being beaten by friends we can't show you the video because we have not been able to authenticate the video. but her father said it is his daughter hit over and over and dragged through a room inside the villa. it's that video that people started asking for help. the fbi got involved and the mexican authorities said this was a direct aggression. she suffered spinal cord injury from the beating and people wanted to know why six friends could go to have a good time and end up in violence. listen to one of her friends.

>> i'm glad that it's getting the attention that it needs. because i wish it was like this from day one. i'm more so disappointed that she was around people she thought was her friends. >> reporter: the big conversation really is about how this moves forward. what happens next. the name of the friend has not been released just yet and the details are still murky. but this happened over a month ago and there's a lot of people paying attention to the idea that this 25-year-old woman could go away on vacation to mexico, get hit several times, there's video all over the internet and it took this much time to make things move. >> just so awful for her family. ryan young, thank you. today, black friday, usually the biggest shopping day of the year, despite high inflation and low consumer confidence, american shoppers boosted spending in october, a sign of a strong economy but retailers did put out the special deals

earlier in the week this year, this time around. we're joined now from macy's flagship store in new york city. i can't believe the store is open, and i think i see -- i saw some shoppers streaming in already. >> reporter: more than that, don. more than just some shoppers, i couldn't believe it either. a couple hundred shoppers were waiting outside the door here at this iconic macy's in harold square in new york city, waiting out in the cold, in the dark. everybody thought the in-shopping experience for black friday was over, i think this store shows that's not the case. executives greeting shoppers as they walk in this morning. contrary to what everybody may believe, i shop online, i'm a big online shopper so are a lot of other people, but the national retail federation says today, black friday, 115 million people across the country will shop and more than half, don, will shop in store. >> what about inflation. we're dealing with the threat of

that inflation, not the threat but the actual inflation. what does it have on shopping this time around? >> reporter: you make a very good point. inflation is kind of the elephant in the room, isn't it? that's what's really hindering people in what they spend. you're probably going to see people spend less because they're sticking to budgets. but you'll see they're going to be not just more cautious but more value oriented. they'll be finding things that really mean something for the people they love. but economists i'm talking to say they don't think it's going to hold back spending. shopping is expected to increase this year. spending expected to increase 8% over last year, to total about 940 to $960 billion this year. i don't think inflation is going to be the grinch that steals the holiday. i think it's going to weigh on shoppers and people are going to stick to their budgets not buy as much but buy the things that matter.

>> you better get going because i see a sign that says take an extra 20% off whatever you buy, alisyn. >> absolutely. there goes my stuff. >> that's okay. we're done. get some shopping in there. thank you. this morning just under a million people are under winter storm alerts. a new storm from the south may cause some travel headaches going into the weekend. for more on what you need to know, let's get to meteorologist chad myers live in cnn's weather center. i hope you had a nice thanksgiving but traveling today what should you expect? >> i'm going to call this slick friday, not black friday because there's a lot of rain across the eastern one-third of the country right now and even snow in parts of new mexico and texas. the live radar under the airport delays we have none, zero airport delays. but we expect some on sunday. look at the temperatures, so nice to be out, even if you're out shopping. i did a lot of mine online, that's the place to do it, especially underneath all this

rain, why drive out there and get wet in the parking lot. this is the day on sunday that we're worried about, everybody trying to come home and the orange planes across the northeast mean moderate to severe airport delays possible when the weather is right over your particular airport. so keep that in mind, kaitlan. >> i have a football game in alabama that i'm going to tomorrow, i made sure to pack my rain jacket, chad myers. thank you. >> get ready to lose. >> okay, don. all right. so you just heard don talking to alisyn about what it is looking like on black friday. what are americans spending their money on? we'll bring you data in real time to tell you. >> we'll take you live to qatar ahead of one of the most anticipated matchups in the world cup. the u.s. versus england. i'd like to thank our sponsor liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. contestants ready? gogo! only pay for w what you need.

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today is the day. today is the day. the u.s. men's national soccer team will face one of the sport's power houses, talking about england here. the last time the two teams met in the world cup was in 2010, they tied 1-1. the only time the united states beat england at the world cup was in 1950. which is considered to be one of the biggest upsets in world cup history. could the u.s. do it again? i know some folks who know. they're going to tell me what the odds are. joining me now jonathan craig and joshua robynson, co-authors of the book messy versus rinaldo, one rivalry, two goats and the era that remade the world's game. that's a long title for a book, guys. and it's early this morning. we appreciate you joining us. i would ask you who's going to win but i won't.

this is a significant match. this is historic, right? >> yeah. a huge, huge match. probably the most anticipated in the world cup so far. and a real chance for the u.s. team to make a statement going up against england, one of the tournament favorites. no getting away from it, america heads into this match as a big underdog. but as you mentioned they have never lost to england at the world cup, met twice before, the famous win in 1950, the english sports writers thought it was mistaken when the scores came in, thought england won 10-nil but it was 1-nil u.s. so it looks good for the u.s. >> is this anno men here? >> the u.s. needed the three points from the opening game against wales but if they lose it's still not over. it's a nearly must win game for them. it's tough to qualify with four

points, if they won the third game but they know what they have to do tonight. >> they're playing for a win, not a tie, correct? they need this -- or are they playing for -- >> that's right. yeah, no, england won its opening game, the u.s. drew with wales, only two teams from the four in the group get through. so the u.s. really needs to get a win tonight to head into the final round of games. >> a lot of people are going to be looking to these two teams, especially everything going on over there regarding social issues, lgbtq, the arm bands, whatever, what do you think is going to happen when we see these two teams? do you think we'll see some protest or something that will recognize what is going on? >> both of these teams have been pretty quiet about their plans going into this game. we know that they scrapped plans to wear a one love arm banned

because fifa threatened to punish any captain who wore it with a yellow card. and england did kneel before their first game i think they'll do that again as a general statement about social injustice. >> what's it like on the ground there? both of you are there covering it. all these matches happening, everyone is watching, but with the issues don is talking about. what's it like to be on the ground? >> i think to a large degree we're sort of shielded from a lot of that, you know, stuff over here that they're sort of fifa machine that you go through as a reporter and it keeps you, you know, mostly in the sort of sanitized media centers and stadiums where you don't really see much of that. but, you know, it's -- it's --

it's been fine. you know, the organization of the tournament so far has been good. you know, no logistical issues. you know, just remains to be seen what happens with the protests. >> one thing we do know is there is this sort of adjusting on the fly. wales, we found out yesterday, the rainbow clothing and flags into their game today. so it's very much a trial and error situation here. >> we'll watching. appreciate it. good luck, have fun. don't forget that part. >> thanks. well, the coast guard -- have you seen this story? >> it's wild. >> fascinating. hoisting a man to safety after he fell overboard a cruise ship but he was in the water for a while. how they tracked him down that's straight ahead. ukrainians are forced to make do without after russian air strikes have knocked out

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half of kyiv is in the dark this morning after russian strikes knocked power out of much of the country. bad weather now slowing down repair crews racing to restore that power as ukrainians are told to prepare for more blackouts. that means there could be more remarkable scenes like this one. doctors in kyiv performing heart surgery basically by flashlight because their hospital had no lights. these images coming out of what life is like for these

ukrainians now as they are dealing with what russia is doing, which is basically this terror campaign as you heard the nato secretary general describe it as. they're just remarkable. >> yeah. extraordinary scenes. this came from the head of medical services at the kyiv heart institution. this was a child undergoing emergency open heart surgery. the operation was under way when the lights went out. you can see from the images the doctors kept going, used head lamps and continued with the surgery. they worked through the night according to the head of medical services and they did not lose a single patient. more extraordinary is the fact this was not an isolated incident. we can show you another image from another hospital in dnipro in central southern ukraine. there there was an operation on a 23-year-old man, similar scenario, the lights went out, but he said that patient made

it. it shows that russia's attacks on the power system is creating these life and death scenarios. >> i understand you have reporting on the efforts to restore power in the region, what's the latest? >> reporter: we heard from the electricity trance mtransmitter in the country, they say they've restored 70% of demand, up from 50% yesterday evening so they've been working through the night. the nuclear plants which for the first time in decades were taken off line off the grid but the attacks are back online. ramping up their own electricity generation. but they're being hampered by bad weather. i want today point out the satellite images we have now. on the left january of this year, on the right november. you can see the lights have been taken out across the country. this underscores the challenge that ukraine now faces but of course those scenes from those medical facilities show they have no choice but to keep

trying to restore electricity, even as the risk remains it's going to get knocked back out again. >> can we put those images up. you can see from space how bad the blackouts and how severe they are. this is remarkable to see the side by side images of that of what the ukrainians are dealing with, emergency services are dealing with, and the fact that winter is setting in and they're dealing with this. it's remarkable. >> it's ramping up as well. the attacks started on substations throughout the grid. now they're attacking the generation capacity itself with the nuclear plants, hydro electric plants and all as winter starts to set in. people are dealing with it on a day-to-day basis, conserve energy, save water and for regular people they keep doing it even when the water comes back because they feel it can disappear at any moment. >> thank you. ahead we are going to speak to the nato secretary general

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of course, thanksgiving was a little different this year, your cousin super into crypto last thanksgiving not so chatty anymore. i saw due to rising prices of turkey and other meats, a lot of people served plant-based alternatives. if you want to know why arby's and taco bell are open on thanksgiving, that's why. >> we have that dilemma. >> i would go to taco bell. >> appetizers it was beef and pork, but we have a lot of vegetarians. >> not your holiday. we saw alisyn out at the famous macy's in harold square,

"miracle on 34th street" that macy's. it's early but we've had a lot still shopping on black friday. we're tracking purchases across the country in real time. this is with the data and trends. we'll go to harley. good morning to you. >> spotify is another great company. >> what did i say? shopify? >> it's totally different. >> i have shopping on the brain. >> you can listen to music while you shop. >> it's -- that's like a partnership made in heaven. thanks for having me. >> i'm a little foggy this morning. >> it's okay. >> happy belated thanksgiving so glad you could join us. what are the trends showing? what are we seeing? >> this black friday, cyber monday, it seems less frantic,

less supply chain issues, more stores open and better capacity planning. so we're seeing more stability than before. if you go back to last year, shop fie saw during the four days, 47 million shoppers shop across our stores, they sold about $6.3 billion of sale. and we saw peak of $3.1 million happen per minute on black friday. that was the peak. so far today, it's still very early, black friday has really just begun. but yesterday peak sales were about 1.52 million per minute at 6:04 p.m. last year. up from 1.49 at the peak last year for thanksgiving. we're seeing the average cart price is up, seeing the average cart price around $109, compared to $105 last year. if you think about what product cat govegories are doing well, are hitting it out of the park, apparel, health and beauty, home

and garden, and -- >> what are those again? you said what? >> apparel and accessories. health and beauty. home and garden, food and beverage and electronics. >> e welcolectronics, that's lo thought it would be higher. >> it's just low relative to the others. if you look at the top trend products right now, three out of four are cosmetics. the fourth is our place, which is the always plan, which is an amazing cooking plan. so you are seeing cosmetics get a lot of attention right now. the other thing that's important to see here is physical retail is back. point of sale, like physical retail sales made by shopify have grown 26% since last year so consumers are going into the stores. if you go right now, anyone can

see this, go to data stories, you see a live map of what is happening across global commerce. shopify has millions of stores, 10% of ecommerce goes through it. at 6:30 in the morning est, 3 million shoppers shopping across shopify shotores. there's a lot of attention. >> obviously the big conversation about the economy every day is inflation and the concerns that people have and the poor economic outlook that so many americans have. is that not reflected in what you see in the shopping habits from consumers today? >> i actually, i heard this on your show wednesday. you folks were talking about the consumer sentiment index, so it was expected to be 54.9 points, wednesday was reported 57.8 points.

so it's higher than people thought. we've seen positive predictions for the holiday season. it's too early to say what's going to happen here already seeing numbers slightly up from last year, based on thanksgiving peak sales per minute. i think one of the other major takeaways from the season is, this black friday, cyber monday period is no longer a weekend, it's a season. a lot of consumers were shopping earlier looking for discounts. the trend is intentionality. we are seeing that consumers are buying in an intentional way. they want to buy from their favorite brands, find discounts and support their favorite brands and buy direct as much as possible. >> kaitlan was saying about black friday that you thought it was not just a day -- >> it's changed so much. my family when i was younger we'd get up early, go physically to go to the stores. >> you line up. >> yes. you don't see that anymore -- >> people killing themselves for televisions remember? >> yeah.

it was crazy. >> you had the doors open, everyone tramples on each other. you may see it today, but you're seeing less of it. part of it is we extended the black friday, cyber monday into more of a season. when you layer on top of that the propensity for consumers, i'm buying my favorite brands right now. i want to support the brands i love the most. lucky for me they're shopify brands but there's intentionality around great value and voting with your wallets for those brands to exist. >> it's amazing. i keep looking at the wall to look at all the -- this is amazing how you guys track this stuff. you can do the united states, you can do worldwide, other countries. what about worldwide, we're an international show. what's happening in the united states is that worldwide? >> we're an international company we have millions of

stores in more than 175 countries we are the dominant commerce player for large brands and people getting started. so we have merchants in 175 countries and this is reflective around the world. now black friday really started as a u.s. thing. it really was something that started in the u.s. but it really has migrated all over the world. canada today, it's a big day in canada as well. so again it's everywhere and not just four days but this is going to be the day to watch. if you're interested in geeky, n nerdy, retail data check it out. you'll see everything and it's happening in hyper real time. it's cool. >> we want to know where the sales are. >> harley, thank you so much for breaking that down. >> have a great holiday season, see you soon. also this morning this is twitter -- every day there's a headline about what's happening. this time elon musk is saying he's going to restore banned

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it's a hard and fast rule, the day after thanksgiving. >> i put up our christmas tree on tuesday. >> that's not too bad. >> what's your favorite christmas movie? >> i agree about "national lampoon's christmas vacation". we always watch it. you know the couple that's the neighbors next door that are above all the craziness and fancy. my family makes fun of me and said that's me. why is the carpet all wet, todd? if my family is watching this, they say i'm margot. i'm like, that's so unfair. >> i'm a little more traditional. >> i know. i picked a funny one. >> "it's a wonderful life". i always cry and i feel like i live in -- i mean, i love it. it is the best movie, i cry every year and i know what's going to happen. what's the other one? "miracle on 34th street" the one with natalie wood. >> that's a good one.

>> the courtroom scene -- do you know the movie? >> it's like santa claus doesn't exist -- i'm not giving it away. but if it's recognized -- >> it's been out for decades. >> if the u.s. government recognizes that santa claus is real, then santa claus is real. and then they bring in all the mail that people sent to santa and said that's it, he is santa claus. and then the other one is "scrooge, the christmas carol" the black and white one. the other ones are not real. >> it's funny how people rewatch christmas movies. they never get hold. we're going to watch the will fe feral, ryan reynolds one that just came out. >> do you like like animated. you're a bit older than me, the animated ones like rudolph?

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way. >> you might remember that moving eulogy from reverend rustle levinson jr. for george hw bush that was from 2018. now the reverend is reflecting on the firsthand experience he had spending so much time, intimate time with the president and his wife, barbara and their relationship with faith. it's in his new book. and the reverend russell levinson jr. is joining us now. we're so grateful you're getting up with us from birmingham, alabama. >> we have the book. it's such a beautiful book. >> it's amazing. >> and the photo on the cover, i mean, it's just fantastic. i cannot -- i haven't had a chance to read it, i cannot wait to read it. happy belated thanksgiving. >> you're going to love it. it's so interesting. i love what you said that given you had this first hand experience with them you had a responsibility to share the wisdom that you learned from them and you saw them talk about so much.

>> yeah, when -- it's good to be on with you. i was there to catch the end of the last segment and you forgot "the bishop's wife". >> that's right. we missed it. it's good. >> yeah, you know, my wife and i said we were fortunate enough to live in the university of george h.w. bush and barbara bush for 11 1/2 years. and that's what the book is about. it's really about our experience of knowing them and getting to know them and getting to watch them, which inspired the title really. it's my witness box moment for 11 1/2 years of watching the way in which they lived their lives, lived with others, and treated others. and really i think really born of their true and ernest faith which carried them all the way to the end. which is, as you just pointed out, kaitlan, i was there for

both of them as they died and was able to plan their funerals with them. but they were wonderful, dignified, decent, godly people. not perfect, quick to say, nobody is. that's my boss' job. but everybody around them, particularly the last several years, got to watch really them grow in their faith such that when it came to the end they were at peace and charity with everybody around them. >> you know, it's interesting, because presidents have to deal so much -- deal with so much when they're in office, with world affairs. so they have to make really tough decisions. but think, you can tell me if i'm wrong or not, you can judge someone, a president or former president, first lady, by their time after they are in office. what they choose to do with their time. the people they choose to spend their time with, the causes they choose to take up. when you talk about the dignity, the testimonials in your book

are from people from all walks of life, different political backgrounds, different ethnicities, says a lot about the bushes. >> you played that clip from the funeral, which i appreciate. but i will say, when we were moving through those funerals, barbara's funeral in houston and the president's funeral in d.c. and houston, what you saw is a coming together in a remarkable way of parties and people, and perspectives that, you know, so rarely happens in the time in which we live right now. and i think that was also perhaps one of the reasons for writing the book. there's several moments when i come back to the book when i say how they were able to bring people together. who would have guessed that president bush and president clinton would have had this remarkable friendship to reach out and offer service on the heels of several crises, natural

disasters. but they really -- i mean, particularly the bushes, felt like there weren't really lines in concrete, there were lines in the sand and you brushed those aside when the need for the greater good was there. and that was really, i think, the shape of his presidency. he did so much in a bipartisan way. and as you say, don, when they left office, they could have just hung up their coats and retired quietly. but they serve and gave right up until the end and i think that's one of the lessons that i learned, the way to live your life right up to the end in such a powerful and fruitful way. >> what about the lessons that political leaders now could have? because you know, anyone can look at the climate in the united states and see that it's incredibly troubled. i think you said that you know, part of the book is talking about having godly, dignified leaders of character is not only possible but it's necessary. >> yeah. i think so.

you know, i think it's important to note, and i say this again in the book, i don't -- you know, we're not -- we never like to thee low jen in chief. i don't think the president from what i know or watched, or barbara, used their faith to further their political aims or goals. i think they were shaped by their faith, grew up in the faith, they were shaped by their relationship with their lord and their faithfulness in such a way that that played out in their -- in his policy making and the way in which they took on very important service initiatives throughout the country. i think if you look at the chief ethic of the christiane faith, which is what they were adhering to, that chief ethic is love and charity and kindness. i don't think they saw political

opponents, i don't think they ever saw them as enemies. i think they saw them as opponents. but i think often they found a way to work together with those folks and i think that sprung out of their faith. i think when we do choose people to lead us, we want people who don't use their faith to further their aims, but they are informed and shaped by their faith to make a difference in the world. and look at what he did in those four years he had in office and the 11 years or so that i knew them. so many service initiatives that i saw, again, up until the end of their lives. >> yeah. >> thank you. the book is called "witness to dignity, the life and faith of george h.w. and barbara bush" a beautiful book. >> thank you so much for coming on with us. >> god bless. >> be well. it was a thrilling thanksgiving day for football fans, including poppy harlow, who was at the vikings game last night.

an andy scholes has the latest on the game day highlights. hello to you, poppy is happy this morning. >> i saw her instagram she was having the time of her life last night as were all the vikings fans. they were pumped up, their first ever thanksgiving day game that they got to host. they were taking on the patriots. now in the third quarter a controversy. new england thought they had a touchdown here, mac jones to hunter henry. looks like a great catch, called it a touchdown but upon review, they said it was incomplete. the ball hit the ground. patriots couldn't believe it, henry saying afterwards he thought he had his hands under it the whole time. pats settled for a field goal. kirk cousins to adam thielen, vikings take the win, 33-26. bills playing in detroit for the second time in five days. before the game, check this out. >> oh my god!

>> so that fan had a sign that said all i want for christmas is to play catch with stephon diggs. diggs in the holiday spirit, grabbed that fan took him onto the field and played catch with him. that's awesome. diggs coming up huge in the game after a detroit field goal tied the game up with just 23 seconds left, josh allen a missile to diggs, set up the bills for a game winning field goal. beat the lions, 28-25. and finally the cowboys trying to snap a three game turkey day losing streak. dak prescott to jake ferguson. leaps over the giants defender like a hurdle. sets up a two-yard touchdown run to put the cowboys up by 15. and look at the celebration, jumping in the salvation army bucket and a