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welcome to "cnn newsroom". we are following an incredible and improbable rescue in the gulf of mexico. a cruise ship passenger is alive and responsive after going overboard and floating alone in the water for hours. the man's sister says that she last saw him wednesday night. they were on board the carnival valor. it was around 11:00 p.m.. they were sailing from new orleans to mexico. cruise officials searched the ship thursday afternoon. they discovered the passenger was gone. the coast guard launched a m multi-crew search effort by air and sea. a man spotted the man and pulled him to safety. let's go to nick valencia. he joins me. what more are you learning about the passenger and this rescue? >> reporter: this is a remarkable story and all the more remarkable here when you consider this 28-year-old man could have been floating alone in the gulf of mexico for more than 12 hours, perhaps 15 hours.

realistically, it could have been up to 20 hours. we just got the timeline from the coast guard. they tell us he was a passenger on the cruiseship, the carnival "valor." they had left bound for mexico on a five-day cruise. he was at the bar with his sister. she says he at one point said he was going to bathroom, and he never came back. she goes to bed, wakes up, notifies the crew that he's missing. they check the vessel, and it's two hours later that the carnival cruise notified the coast guard. search and rescue was launched. the boat stopped and retraced its route trying to contribute to the search and rescue operation. he was spotted floating in the water by a boat carrier. listen to a lieutenant from the u.s. coast guard describe what kind of condition he was in when he was found. >> he was able to identify his name, confirm that he was the individual that fell overboard. he was showing signs of hypothermia, shock, dehydration. but like i said, he was

ambulatory, communicative, but gave really no clear indication of why he fell overboard. >> what do you think might have made the difference? how is he able to survive? >> will to live. i think for this particular case, we were out there doing what we practiced, what we joined the coast guard to do. and the fact that he was able to keep himself afloat and above the surface of the water for such an extended period of time is just something you can't take for granted. and it's certainly something that will stick with me forever. >> stick with a lot of us forever. the man is listed in stable condition at a local hospital in new orleans. that same lieutenant with the coast guard telling us that the family was unable to get off the vessel, so they continued on to mexico. but this individual, victor, is going to have a story for the rest of his life. we're told that the u.s. coast guard is going to release video of this rescue operation later this afternoon. we can't wait to get the details to you. >> up to 20 hours, unbelievable. hopefully we get to hear him tell his own story one day soon. nick valencia, thank you. there are new developments today in the shooting at a virginia walmart. the man who murdered six of his

coworkers bought his hand gun the day of the shooting. that new detail is coming from chesapeake city officials who also revealed the man left what they're calling a death note. they killed himself after he started shooting inside the walmart breakroom. brian todd has been covering every development of this story. >> reporter: victor, the so-called death note that officials found on the shooter's phone could advance the investigation of his possible motive. according to the city of chesapeake, the note discusses god, the holy spirit, and how the author felt his colleagues at work were mocking him. quote, the associates gave me evil, twisted grins, mocked me, and celebrated my downfall the same day. that's why they suffer the same fate as me. i wish i could have saved everyone from myself. my god, forgive me for what i'm going to do. end quote. this note also addresses how the author wished his parents had paid closer attention to what he

called his, quote, social deficits, and he felt he was being led by satan. the note said the attack was not planned. the shooter, identified as 31-year-old andre bing, used a 9 millimeter hand gun, that it was purchased locally on the same morning of the attack. victor? >> chesapeake police have now released the name of the underaged victim who was killed. what do you know about this 16-year-old? >> victor, according to a tweet from the city of chesapeake, the 16-year-old who was killed is identified as fernando chavez barone. according to the chesapeake police, none of the names that are redacted in the so-called death note belong to any of the actual victims killed in this attack. victor? >> brian todd covering that shooting and the aftermath in virginia. brain, thank you very much. let's go to colorado now and supporters of the club q community. they say they were determined to show that love always wins. so, they held their annual thanksgiving dinner at pikes peek church.

club q is still a crime scene since saturday's shooting that left five people dead. more than 150 people were rorltedly expected at the club q thanksgiving. organizers say they received more donation of food than they ever expected. >> so many people are coming together because they care about this community. they care about what's coming out of this community. they're not looking at it as black, white, gay, straight. they are looking at it as, this is my community. >> the community support has also extended to one of the club q heroes. you remember richard fair row. he and his wooif owned a brewery. in a thanksgiving day message, they thanked supporters and said they're being flooded with company t-shirt offers. our local affiliate also reported that dozens of people showed up there at the brewery on wednesday hoping to patronize

the business, but it was closed. >> we are overwhelmed by the love and support everyone is giving us, and we feel it. all the comments, just an outpouring of love, and it's beautiful. and we just want to thank everyone. >> we are very, very, very, very grateful for every one of you. you're part of the family now. our intent is to field everybody's request and get everybody assured. it may take us a year, it may take us ten days. who knows. let's go now to other shopping. people are rushing to find black friday deals despite inflation driving up prices. the national retail federation expects more than 166 million people in this country will do some shopping this weekend. now, that's a significant increase from last year. cnn's business correspondent

alison kosik is at the harold square macy's in new york city. what are the expectations for this weekend, and what are you seeing? >> reporter: despite persistent inflation, the expectation is that black friday will be one of the biggest shopping days of the year. with 115 million people just today across the country expected to go out and shop, with half of them -- actually more than half -- 67%, expected to shop inside stores, like the one behind me, as you said, macy's here at harold square. we got new data from adobe analytics showing that consumers got a big jump on the holiday season on thanksgiving itself. they weren't only eating turkey, they were shopping a lot too. it turns out that consumers spent more than $5 billion in one day talking about thanksgiving. now, shoppers i've been talking with, they've been saying that this year requires more of a strategy for shopping, since inflation is really in focus.

and it's cutting some of their spending power. so, many shoppers that i talked to said they're sticking to budgets. they're using discounts and deals to figure out which gifts to give to their loved ones and friends. still, the national retail federation is pretty upbeat about how this holiday shopping season will end up, saying that they believe that americans will spend 8% more than last year, adding up to 940 to $960 billion for the months of november and december. victor? >> people still spending that money. amazon -- let me ask you about this -- the biggest online retailer facing some strikes and protests at the start of the holiday shopping season. what can you tell us about it? >> reporter: the tradition on black friday is usually just to go out and shop. the tradition for a lot of amazon workers is to protest and strike. they're calling this a global day of action. this is happening for the third year in a row. amazon workers not just here in the u.s. but in 30 other countries are protesting.

they're demanding better pay. they're demanding better working conditions. they're specifically adding safety at warehouses and fulfillment centers. that is one of key issues. the idea here is to have this one big global event on a day that is really focused on shopping, the very essence of what happens at amazon. and there has been a lot of unionization, at least movement toward unionization, especially here in new york. earlier this year, a warehouse on staten island became the first fulfillment center to unionize. and for its part, amazon does defend its safety record. victor? >> all right, alison kosik in the middle of it all. alison, good to see you. thank you very much. her zog is a retail analyst and chief research analyst at h square research. black friday has become this catchall for every sell in the month of november. it near starts in october.

are there good deals to get today? >> i think you're absolutely right. this black friday really started september 30th. if you want to go even further back, it started in july with amazon prime day. and according to an oracle study, consumers have been preparing to the tune of 77% of the people that we interviewed, for black friday, for holiday shopping. they've been getting really organized, to alison's point, they've been doing a lot of research. but there are deals to be had, mostly because a lot of these retailers have a lot of extra inventory. and that's the one thing that retailers don't want to go into the next year with, tons of inventory. you remember that backlog that we had seen last year with all the supply chain blood, all those containers on the coast of new jersey and long beach in california. all of that merchandise now in the stores. so, consumers are seeing discounts, you know, all the way up to 95%. victor, i just saw an ad in my

email. it was shocking but actually makes complete sense. >> i almost went out today -- almost. but i don't really have anything to buy. how many people go out just because it's tradition? it's because it's the thing to do? >> you know, i think a lot of people. and obviously we heard alison talk about the nrf number of around 166 million people going out and shopping. now, that's online and going to brick and mortar stores, but it's become a national past time. but i have to say, i really think that we're going to start seeing a lot of the numbers online starting to overshadow what's happening offline. we were looking at another study from data catalyst institute. a lot of the rural small businesses are extremely optimistic. these are the small businesses that have platforms, online platforms, like amazon, etsy, even gold belly, to get their product out. and to just give you a fact, some of these rural small

businesses are making gross sales revenue online from their web stores and third party marketplaces to the tune of almost $65,000. this is trumping all the brick and mortar sales and a lot of the wholesale sales as well. >> inflation is still high. we've talked a lot about how inflation is impacting grocery sales. but people are still going out and spending money on black friday on these gifts or things for themselves. explain that. >> inflation is certainly there, and i think there's a lot of fomo that is attached to spending. and we were saying this has become a national pastime. there was a happiness study that came out there oracle and they were saying 49% of people have not felt happiness in two years. when you start incorporating that and you incorporate this national tradition of going out and shopping, people just want to stick together. they want to be with their families. they want to have fun. so, when you incorporate that into shopping and then you have this extended way of paying, a

lot of these consumers -- around 71% of them -- are going into stores and getting this payment plan and utilizing that. some, 25% of them, have just used that. so, i think when it comes very easy to spend money, people go ahead and do it. >> are we back to the pre-pandemic in-person sales? because a lot of people, of course, went online in 2020 and 2021. >> there's definitely a distinction between how we shopped prior to the pandemic and how we shopped postpandemic. now that things are so easy to get sent to our homes, i think people are just completely taking advantage of that. and that's a good thing. i always say, you know, i'm also a professor at parsons. i always say to my students, if i can't -- if i have to walk across the room and get my wallet, that car is abandoned for me. i need to be on my sofa with that phone, making that purchase, or it's not happening. and i think i'm not alone with that. people just want it very easy. they want to shop in one place,

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. mexican authorities issued an arrest warrant and started extradition proceedings for a friend of the north carolina college student who was found dead inside her vacation rental last month. investigators say shan quell la robinson was vacationing with six friends in mexico when she died in -- this is a quote -- a direct attack, not an accident. now we're hering from the robinson family. ryan young is with me now. talk to us about what you're learning from investigators, and who's this friend? >> reporter: victor, that is the big question here because you think if six friends travelled with you to mexico and something happened, one of them would come forward and tell your family exactly what happened. it seemed like that's not been the case so far. we know the fbi is involved in this investigation. and according to wbtv, our charlotte affiliate, we're told the mother was initially told by those friends that she died because of alcohol-related issues. you imagine when they found out that the cause of death might

have been because of a spinal fracture and her neck being broken, there were a lot of questions. there is a video online, victor, that i can only describe to you right now because we have not authenticated the video. but we have talked to her father, and he identified his daughter in that video. but you can see it plays out for over a minute where she's being hit constantly, and someone's actually recording it with a cell phone. so, there's so many questions about that. listen to the mother talk about not only her pain but the idea the story hasn't always matched up. >> on saturday evening they called and said she wasn't feeling well and they was gone call a doctor. the doctor hadn't arrived yet, but they said she had alcohol poisoning. we received an autopsy report on thursday, and it said that her neck had been broke. >> victor, you know this just doesn't match up. and a lot of people on social media have been talking about this. i'm not sure you've got the same

situation with your dms. people have been asking us, why haven't we been doing more about this story since late october. now we're starting to get information because prosecutors in mexico are starting to move the ball forward with this warrant. we still don't have a name for the person they want to arrest or whether or not that person's in custody. and what about the other friend who is apparently witnessed this or whoever shot the video. so many questions here. but at the end of the day, you have a 25-year-old who travelled to mexico with friends she went to college with and ended up dead. >> you're right. i've been tagged the in a lot of photos and tweets with pictures of or just the name of shanquella robinson, asking for more coverage of this. investigators said this was, as you said, a direct attack. are they giving much more, any more, about the details of the cause of death? >> no. and when you watch this video, you can see her being hit over and over again. and then someone called a doctor to the situation. so, it would be interesting to figure out when they lay out

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been under lockdown. the deadly fire sparked outrage. widely circulated videos show that covid lockdown measures very likely delayed firefighters from getting to the scene. state media claims that people in the compound were allowed to leave the building. however, videos show fire trucks unable to get close to the scene because the compound entrance was partially blocked. the video shows it's blocked with fences, tents, and metal barriers that are normally used as part of covid measures. the video shows smoke and flames coming from a high floor of the building, but the water failing to reach to the fire. what adds to the tragedy is that those who died in the fire likely spent their last three months largely confined to that building, if not entirely. this tragedy really struck a chord with a public here because these scenes of suffering and tragedy have played out over and over again since the start of the pandemic. so many stories of people struggling to get enough food,

necessities, and emergency care in lockdown. three years into these harsh policies, frustrations are more frequently turning into protests, which are normally rare in authoritarian china. last week in the southern city, some residents revolted during lockdown by tearing down barriers and marching through the streets. then there were violent clashes this week. but still there is no end in site to zero covid. victor? >> selina wang for us there,. thank you so much. let's talk with dr. f. perry wilson, associate professor at yale university school of medicine and author of the upcoming book "how medicine works and when it doesn't." dr. wilson, good see the you again. let's start with this record number of new daily cases in china. despite all of the lockdowns and the mitigations, why is this happening? >> well, china's quite literally the last place on earth where the majority of the population has not been infected with covid. and so there's a huge

susceptible population. the vaccination program in china has been okay, but using vaccines that might not be as potent as the vaccines that are available in the west. and furthermore, and potentially more concerning, the distribution of vaccination in china is almost exactly the reverse of what you see in the u.s., where older people are less likely to be vaccinated than younger people. and that's a real recipe for disaster, because as we all know by now, covid is much more severe the older people are. so, i think there might be a lot of pain, a lot of hurt coming in the future. >> there's probably a political answer to this as well. but from a public health perspective, are they overreacting in some of these ways that they're trying to lock down the population? zero covid, apparently from what we're seeing in these numbers, just is not possible. >> i mean, i won't speak to the politics, but i will say that they're really trying to hold back the tide here on two fronts. number one, they're dealing with

variants of the coronavirus now that are eight to ten times more transmissible than the original coronavirus. so, maybe it would have been possible back when this all started years ago, to attain some zero covid. it's not now. the level of contagion is simply too high. the second thing they have to fight against is the will of the people to tolerate these policies. and despite, you know, conditioning by what amounts to a totalitarian regime, you can see that, you know, humanity can only be pushed so far before they start to push back. and i think this is a losing battle for the government of china at this point. >> let's bring it home now. 50 million plus people travelled for thanksgiving. most of the time spent indoors with family and friends. what are you expecting our national covid case picture will be a week or two out from the thanksgiving weekend? >> it's a great question, and i don't have a great answer. you know, we know that there are new variants spreading, the bq.1

and 11 variants, which are probably more transmissible and can evade vaccination. i would expect we would see an increase in cases with people gathering indoors like this. the big dwquestion is will our level of vaccination keep the people hospitalized and dying with covid steady. if we can keep the hospital beds open for people with other conditions, we might be able to get through this patch. >> how clear will the picture be considering that a lot of people are relying on at-home testing now. they're testing themselves, not calling the health department. and also we're not getting those daily reports from cities and states like we did at the peek of the pandemic. >> yeah, i mean, most of my colleagues and i have really stopped looking at case numbers at all, as indicators of where we're going on the pandemic curve. we're looking at those

hospitalizations and deaths to tell us what's going on? >> always good to have you. thank you, sir. severe weather may threaten your travel plans this holiday weekend depending upon where you are. storms are moving through the southern u.s. right now, with more on the way. let's go to jennifer gray in the cnn weather center for us. what should we expect over the next couple of days? >> yeah, you're right. we do have a storm system that's basically developing across the south, and that's going to impact not only the so south/southeast but a huge chunk of the east coast as well. we've had some showers this morning across the eastern seaboard. those are clearing out. if today is your day to travel, you're in luck. if you're lating until later in the weekend, you are going to have problems. we have rain and snow developing across west texas right now. so, things are looking good. friday, current airport delays, not bad. but once this system starts to intensify, it's really going to spread rain not only all the way through the south -- here's saturday, the mississippi river valley. but then it strengthens and goes

through the ohio valley, the southeast on sunday. so, your airport delays are really going to be centered across the south for tomorrow. but then by the time we get into sunday, then we're going to start seeing more airport delays, could see some pretty moderate delays across places like d.c., new york, and boston, victor, by the time we get into sunday. so, if your travel plans are delayed and you're not getting out until sunday, you may have to wait at the airport a little bit once these storms reach you. could cause some delays there, victor. >> oh, great. i'm flying back on sunday evening. thank you, jennifer. >> you're welcome. just the messenger. >> just what i needed. jennifer gray, thank you. >> thanks. zblnch. fresh off its decision to end its partnership with kanye west over anti-semitic remarks, adidas is launching an investigation into alleged workplace misduct, ahead.

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vanessa vur cave itch is with us. >> reporter: they are currently investigating right now. a "rolling stone" report laid out they received this anonymous letter from high level employees at yeezy that was sent to the executive board at adidas laying out this misconduct and also encouraging the board to investigate kanye west and address these issues and, quote, the toxic and chaotic environment that kanye west created. some of these alleged misconduct allegations include verbal abuse, bullying, offensive remarks, particularly aimed at women, and also sexual harassment. the letter exclusively obtained by "rolling stone," also lays out that adidas knew about kanye west's behavior, did nothing about it, and ignored it. now we have adidas coming out with a statement on this. and it reads in part, quote, it

is currently not clear whether the accusations made in an anonymous letter are true. however, we take these allegations very seriously and have taken the decision to launch an independent investigation of the matter immediately to address the allegations. and of course kanye west and adidas had a very successful partnership for about ten years, until the company decided to end that partnership because of anti-semitic remarks that kanye west made. also right now, kanye west does not have a publicist, and he does not have a lawyer representing him in this matter. however, we did reach out to an associate of kanye west and the brand yeezy to try to get comment on these allegations. we have not heard back yet. but of course kanye west is back on twitter. he can make a statement publicly on this, which he is known to do on past issues. but, victor, we haven't heard anything from west just yet.

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right now, a huge showdown at the world cup. the u.s. battling england. the brits are favored, but the upset factor has been dominant this year. we're live at dueling cross-atlantic pub watches. anna stewart at a pub in london. andy, you're up first. how's the crowd there? >> reporter: hey, victor. we just stopped a corner kick, so it's good news here in downtown atlanta. the fans, i tell you what, they are just waiting for any reason to erupt. it actually just went to halftime, so all the fans are

getting a nice break. i tell you what, lots to cheer about for team usa so far. they outplayed england in this game. on their side of the field the entire time. the fans here so pumped for this game, victor. been waiting eight years, didn't make the world cup last time around. some of the fans i talked to have been here since 9:00 in the morning. capacity here is about 600 people. there's a line around the building of people wanting to be in here to watch this game in this moment. here with mike right here. mike, what do you think of the first half so far? >> hey, you can only win if you get shots on goal. we're shooting it out there, trying to kick it, trying to get it in. you do it enough times, it'll go in. i feel good about our chances. >> thanks, mike. pace yourself. > victor, a lot of the fans i've been talking to have been pointing to the revolutionary war in 1776, the upset back in 1950 as reasons of why the u.s. is going to win today. not only -- not sure how

rational that is. but they're optimistic here. and by the first half they have reason to be. >> they're referencing -- i heard 13 colony reference there. that's what they're leaning on? i did hear during the mic check chants of "i believe we can win," so that's good. anna, let me come to you >> all right. so i would say about 45 minneapolis or go, there was excitement, especially in england. this is the spiritual home. they have been throwing gold when they score. it is 0-0 in hard time. what do you think is happening so far? are you getting worried now? >> i came in a lot more confident than i am now. i'm not going to lie, yeah. i thought we had this one in the bag, but usa's looking hot. >> what was your prediction going boointo this in terms of goals and what now? >> i was thinking 2-1, 2-0

maybe. i would be happy with a draw. >> oh. don't say that too loudly around here. i don't think people are going to like that. >> we're flying the flag. >> we're still flying flags, con victor. did you know that the last two games between england and the u.s. in the world cup have not ended in an england victory. >> i hope not. i mean, i would like to see them pick it up in the second half. maybe they'll get a little team chat, come back home for them. >> yes. fighting on. it's not over yet, and i cannot -- it's not over until it's over and i think we'll get the mood picking up again. >> i don't know if there's ever a bad time to get a beer. anna, let me stay with you. there are some u.s. players who play in the premier league there in the uk. do they have any fans today?

>> there are no american friends that i have seen here, and if there are any, they are keeping themselves incredibly well hidden. i feel like this would be an interesting place as an american, but you know what? there are lots of burger bars around, and when the match is over, we may have to dry our eyes. who knows? for now, the focus is england. >> okay. perfect pitch there. andy, back to you, and remind us of what is at stake here. >> well, you know, quite a bit, victor. the united states, the men's soccer team, you know, we haven't had much to talk about for a very long time. we didn't make the world cup four years ago. i think there's just been a lot of buildup. i wouldn't call it aggression, but these fans want something to go nuts about. it ended in a 1-1 tie. as long as the u.s. doesn't get blown out in this game which is looking like a great possibility

now considering it's 0-0, it's all going to come down to that iran game earlier next week. these fans want to win this game today very badly. there's a good contingent of england fans here that's making this pub, victor, a great atmosphere because they go back and forth and back and forth. pulisic almost made that goal, and this place went nuts. here's hoping the u.s. fans get more to cheer about than the england fans. >> thank you both. have fun. we'll check back with you later. the coast guard is calling it a thanksgiving miracle. details on the incredible res k of a man who went overboard on a cruise ship anand survived 2 20 hours in the gulf of mexico. all across the country, people are working hard to build a better future.

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how many times have you heard drink eight glasses of water each day every day to stay properly hydrated? we've all heard it for years. is it true? there's a new study that says somebody made that up. let's bring in cnn's senior medical correspondent elizabeth co cohen. what are the facts around how much water we need? >> you know, victor, it's so interesting. no one knows exactly where that eight cups of day comes from. some people think it was a 1945 government recommendation that

got misunderstood. so it was ages ago, and it was misunderstood. so not clear where it came from, but it's basically sort of an adage at this point when you go to the cdc website, they don't have any particular amount. they don't say get x number of glasses of water and we don't get all of our water from drinks. we get a lot from the food that we eat, but this new study is so interesting. what these researchers did is they looked at 5,600 study participants from all over the world. they gave them water to drink and the water had isotopes in it so that they could follow how much was being used by their bodies and how much was being excreted out, and they had some interesting findings. what they found was that what people used every day, it ranged from four cups a day for some people to 25 cups a day for others. that's a huge difference. that's why the cdc doesn't make a single recommendation. everyone is so different. one of the biggest differences here is the amount of physical activity. that's going to make a big

difference. gender makes a difference. men use up more water than women do. size, your weight also makes a difference, and so does climate if you live in a hot and humid place. you are going to need more water. so for that reason, the cdc doesn't make a specific recommendation. this study found human beings need such a wide variety, differences in amounts. >> how do i know if i'm getting enough? >> that is the question, right? so i wish i could dgive you a number, but we can't. we're going to put a stop to that eight cups a day. what you can do, victor, and i hate to be graphic, but you can look at your urine. look at your pee. look at the color. the cleveland clinic does a wonderful job of laying out what color you should be looking for. if your pee is, like, a pale kind of straw color, that's great. you are well hydrated. if it's sort of an amber or honey color, that means you're dehydrated and you need to be

drinking more. if your urine is more of a syrup color, the color of brown ale, that's not good. if it stays that color, you could have a medical problem and you need to see your doctor. that's really the only way to try to get a feeling for how much you need. just take a look. it'll tell you a lot. >> all right. we will pay attention then. elizabeth cohen, thank you very much. >> okay. hey there. i'm victor blackwell. welcome to "cnn newsroom." it is good to have you. the official start of the holiday shopping season now across the country, and despite inflation driving up prices, people are still out there, hunting for the best black friday deals. turnout at a mall in chicago reached capacity today. forced entrances to temporary close and police to direct traffic. the retail federation expects 166 million people will shop this weekend. that's a