leave that up on the screen for a second. if i were in the room when this was being crafted and if the idea was to have nothing at all to do with the militia, right? wouldn't you just -- you'd strike that. if you wanted simply people to have the right to keep and bear arms, you would get rid of the first half of the sentence and you would say, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. but that's not what they did. they kept it together. a well regulated militia. okay? so it's pretty damgz clear to me this is militia speak. and if you are not living in an era of a middle litia, you don'e that unfettered right. that's the conclusion. hope you had a great thanksgiving. thank you for watching. i will see you back here next saturday.

good morning. it's 10:00 a.m. and saturday, november 26th. i'm sara sidner in for amara walker. >> good morning.n newsroom. thanks for joining us. >> well, it could be a stormy saturday for the millions of travelers trying to get home after the thanksgiving holiday. aaa estimates 55 million people traveled for thanksgiving. those numbers are nearing pre-pandemic levels. good for the economy. might be rough on travelers at airports. they are facing a huge surge on sunday. >> yeah. mother nature could corm indicate the return home for people in the air and on the road. nearly 900 flights already delayed across the united states. that number only expected to climb. let's go to the cnn weather center with meteorologist allison chinchar who has been tracking the latest developments for us. allison, where is this weather headed? >> really you have a lot of

different spots because we have multiple different systems. we have heavy rain, severe thunderstorms and snow. it just depends where you are going to or coming from that could cause some travel problems. the main system across the center portion of the country we have the heavy rain and even the chance for severe thunderstorms. but that's going to be sliding into the northeast in the yeks 24 hours. our secondary system in the western half of the country is going to be sliding back into the center portion of the country. for some areas you are going to get hit both days with travel problems as we continue to go through the next 24 to 48 hours. here is a look at the areas where we anticipate delays for today in terms of the air. dallas, memphis, atlanta, kansas city, even out into the west, places like seattle as well as salt lake may also be looking at the potential for delays today. the main focus on the roadways is going to be towards the gulf coast region. houston finally starting to see a lot of the heaviest rain

showers wrap up but still raining in dallas. same for oklahoma city. starting to see that heavy line shreveport towards new orleans and towards little rock. this is not a very fast moving system. it also has a tremendous amount of moisture, which means that the potential for flooding does exist from houston all the way over through pensacola and up into little rock. similar geographical area looking at the potential for severe thunderstorms today as well. sheer through the rest of the day, by tonight and early sunday it's spreading into the ohio valley portions of the midwest. the eastern portion of that southeast region. cities like atlanta, charlotte, but also cincinnati, chicago, cleveland looking at heavy rain at times. by tomorrow, especially tomorrow morning in the afternoon, now you are starting to focus more that have concern into the northeast. so, yes, unfortunately, that means new york, philadelphia, washington, d.c., guys, all of those cities have the potential for delays as well.

>> allison, even though that is depressing, your hair is living me life. i love the curls. thank you so much for that. shoppers have spent billions shopping for deals since thanksgiving morning and the spending spree is expected to continue through cyber monday. >> yeah, inflation, though, means less bang for your buck. we want to bring in a guest who is an expert at retail analysis. we have dana tessly with us. she is a retail analyst and ceo of the telsey advisory group. thank you for sharing part of your weekend with us, dana. obviously, inflation a major concern around the country for shoppers. but it doesn't appear that it's stopping people from actually going out and spend, right? >> exactly. thank you for having me. it is not stopping people from spending. keep in mind this is a long holiday season. christmas is on a sunday. people haven't celebrated the

holidays for nearly two years. you have the big travel statistics before. people are gathering. what they are doing, they are buying occasion apparel and searching for value. with the high inventory levels that retailers had, consumers know there is goods out there, there is goods out there for a deal, and they are going to keep getting deals all holiday season long. >> yeah. so, obviously, last year one of the major concerns was supply chain issues caused by the pandemic. it left a lot of stores with fewer items to sell. do you think that retailers have fully rebounded from the pandemic? >> it's a world of difference between this year and last year. as you said, last year you went in the stores, there wasn't enough goods on the shelves. consumers knew they had to shop early. this year a complete reversal. there is more than enough goods. retailers have tonov goods through the season. they are over-inventoried. goods arrived at the wrong time. retailers have too much. the promotion pass are there.

especially in the areas that cater to some of the lower to middle income consumers, that's where you are going to find some of the biggest deals. >> so that's what i wanted to ask you about. what retail categories do you think we are going to see really succeed this holiday season and which ones do you think might disappoint? >> the ones that are going to succeed, where consumers are going for gatherings, people are buying cosmetics giving they are going out, want to look their best. they are buying occasion oriented apparel. that's working. there continues to be no stopping of luxury goods. and where there is headwinds right now, some of the teen apparel areas. the teens don't have the flexibility of income and as much spending power certainly as their parents. so they have pulled back and they are looking to go out on experiences and go out and have fun maybe rather than buying goods itself. i think you are going to see some of the best deals with some of the teen apparel retailers and some of the mid-tier retailers out there.

>> interesting. we will keep that in mind. notably, a lot of folks are dipping into their savings, using credit to make a lot of big-ticket purchases. is that something you would recommend or do you think it's probably better for consumers to hold off on that kind of spending, especially considering some of the economic uncertainty in the future? >> keep in mind consumers got a lot of stimulus dollars. they spent those stimulus dollars. they have savings. right now the job market, if you want a job, you can get a job. so all depends on what the consumer's priorities are. you have to watch your savings and be careful, especially at a time when daily living expenses are moving higher. gasoline, rent are all higher today than they were a year or two ago, so you have to be able to satisfy your daily living needs first. >> i have also seen some intense debate online. some folks are saying that black friday doesn't really exist any more, now you can find deals online all the time.

so folks are actually suggesting that customers should wait until december to make some of their holiday purchases. where do you fall in that argument? >> here's what i'm thinking. i think the black friday deals began at the beginning of the week or even before then. when we had the second amazon day in october and you had target, walmart, old navy participating in big discounts, the deals were there. you had more retailers participating in more deals this past week because it's black friday. but with christmas on a sunday, the deals are only going to be maintained if not increased and with christmas on a sunday you'll have that friday and saturday shop, too. it's up to the consumer how they want to shop and when they want to shop. but i believe they are going back to stores. i think it's a social occasion. they have fun doing it. at least i do. it's a victory to carry a shopping bag. and i think we are going to see in-person shopping matter for holiday 2022. >> it is something of a victory

it feel like you got what you went out to get, right? especially with so many other people are come sepeting for th same item. dana, thank you for the time. >> thank you. the spending spree is expected to continue through cyber monday as shoppers hunt for deals and discounts. let's go to cnn's gloria pazmino in new york. let's see that beautiful christmas spirit out there, holiday spirit. what are you hearing from shoppers where you are right now? >> reporter: well, i don't know when you guys like to do your holiday shopping, but if you are like one of millions of americans you are going to try to do some of that holiday shopping this weekend. macy's right here behind me just opened its doors a few minutes ago and there was a little bit of a crowd lined up outside those doors waiting to get in. now, the national retail federation put out some numbers on this just a couple of days ago and it shows that there will

be a significant increase this year in the number of people that will be out there shopping. 166 million americans expected to go out there and do their holiday shopping. that's an increase from the previous year when there was 158 million. so we are seeing that increase despite what you were just discussing, the pfact that the economy is very much in flux and that inflation and higher prices are still very much a concern for a lot of people. but all points, all signs so far point to the fact that this will be a relatively strong shopping season considering everything else about the economy. now, this weekend black friday was yesterday, now it's saturday. some people may have more time off. they are hitting those stores. today there is an estimate that at least 60 million people will go out there and shop. we spoke to one of those shoppers just few minutes ago who told me that this is a tradition for him and, yes, he

is a little bit thinking about the economy, but he is still out here making sure his tradition takes place and spending that money. >> we come every year on the wednesday before thanksgiving and we leave on saturday. we shop a lot around the city. we do macy's, bloomingdale's. >> reporter: considering inflation and some things have gone up and some may be struggling, is that in the back of your mind? >> no, not at all. i don't mind spending money. it's once a year and you only live once. >> reporter: that's one way of looking at it. you only live once, it's the holidays, you want to spend that money if you are able to do so. activities are picking up here this morning. a decent crowd of shoppers just rushed into those doors and we expect to see more of that throughout the day. sara, boris. >> gloria pazmino, looking forward to see what you get sara

and i for the holidays. thanks, gloria. so we have a thanksgiving miracle to tell you about. a 28-year-old guy who was rescued after he fell overboard on a carnival cruise ship and spent hours and hours, up to 15 hours, floating in the gulf of mexico. he is now recovering and in stable condition this morning. >> unreal. and take a look at this video released by the u.s. coast guard showing the moment that authorities finally located him in the water. he can be seen bobbing in the water desperate for help before being hoisted to safety. nadia romeo has been following this for us. >> reporter: this is remarkable. if you think of someone going overboard on a cruise ship that they are a goner, but a u.s. coast guard member said never underestimate the will to live. and perhaps that's what we're dealing with here in this case. so let's talk about the timeline. this was supposed to be a cruise

with family for this young man and his sister to go on a cruise starting from new orleans and their first stop was cozumel, mexico. sounds like a great way to spend thanksgiving. the sister says the last time she saw her brother was about 11 or so on wednesday night outside of a bar on the cruise ship and she didn't think much of it until she didn't see him and alerted that to the cruise ship authorities on thanksgiving day at around noon. first things first, you got to search that big old cruise ship. no sign of him. then they contacted the coast guard. the coast guard spent hours trying to find him. helicopters, airplanes, by boat, all looking for this man, and then they spot him in the water, pulled him out by helicopter. he was still alive and able to tell them, yeah, i'm the guy that was on that cruise ship you have been looking for. listen to the u.s. coast guard talk about that moment. >> i'll be honest with you. 17-year career, this case is

unlike anything i have been a part of. it blows the normalcy out of the water here. and really just shows the will to live is something that you need to account for in every search and rescue case. >> reporter: he is in the hospital right now suffering from hypothermia, from shock, dehydration, all the things you might expect. the coast guard said that the water was about 70 degrees. so it wasn't freezing cold as you might imagine for this time of year because it was in the gulf of mexico. but still how long was he actually in the water? how did he survive all of this time? we are hoping that he so chooses to speak with the media to answer some of those many, many questions. sara, boris. >> it is amazing. that water is like bathwater during the summer. so that certainly helped. thank you so much. ♪ what a feeling ♪ ♪ keep believing ♪

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won a grammy, golden globe, academy award all for that song. >> here is the thing. i have to admit that, like, i had the leg warmers and the outfit. and i sang "fame" -- i'm still singing it, fyi. it was really part of the soundtrack of my childhood and i was surprised today to see this. and really saddened. she is only 63 years old. she is young in the world that we live in today. she gave us so much. those songs are iconic. so at least we have that to remember. and she will live forever through her music. >> no question about that. our hearts go out to her family members and her fans. irene cara, 63 years old. stay with cnn. we will be back after a quick break. ♪ introducing the new sleep number climate360 smart bed.

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. georgia is on a lot of people's minds today. early voting is underway in parts of the state after the state supreme court refused to black counties from offering early voting. the ruling is a victory for democrats, including senator raphael warnock in his runoff against republican herschel walker. >> eve a mckenna is live from sandy springs, georgia. eva may be qualified for residency given how much time she spent there recently. republicans have argued that allowing early voting was unlawful. the court disagreed and people are now heading to the polls? >> reporter: that's right, boris. more than two dozen counties here in georgia offering early in-person voting today, including several sites here in fulton county. we are in sandy springs this

morning. that is a suburb of atlanta and it is, arguably, here where herschel walker has to drive up his numbers with moderate and independent voters he failed to capture in the general election. walker for his part not holding any campaign events this weekend. none listed. we reached out to his campaign though for an update. senator warnock though is going to be joined here in a little bit by senator cory booker. and getting a big name next week as well when former president barack obama returns to the campaign trail. warnock enters this final stretch here with a significant fundraising advantage. from october 20th through november 16th, senator warnock ra raised $52 million to walker's 21 million. >> the georgia governor brian kemp was focused on his own campaign before the midterm elections, but it looks like we have seen now some campaigning

for herschel walker. what created that change in him? >> reporter: well, it's not entirely clear, but they did not campaign together in the general election. governor kemp though joining herschel walker on the campaign trail now. and this is important because governor kemp outpaced herschel walker in the general election by about 200,000 votes. so about 200,000 georgians voted for kemp but did not vote for walker on that same ticket. so he is out on the trail now, and even appears in an ad in support of walker. let's take a look. >> families are struggling because of biden's inflation and washington won't change unless we make them. georgia's doing better than the rest of the country because we stood up for hard working families. herschel walker will vote for georgia, not be another rubber stamp for joe biden. that's why i'm backing herbal a herschel and i hope you join me

in voting for him, too. >> reporter: kemp's get out the vote operation in full force in support of walker as well. but they will have to contend with a pretty robust get out the vote operation on the democratic side as well. both sides running out of time here. early voting underway, but the last day georgians have to vote december 6th. >> eva mckend, you have been all over this story. thank you so much for joining us this morning, this saturday. georgia's runoff election is just a week and a half away, as you heard. control of the senate is not on the line this time, but the stakes are still really high. joining us now is laura baron lopez, a cnn political analyst and white house correspondent for the pbs news hour. when the georgia supreme court refused to stop counties from holding early voting today what does that mean and how significant is it? will it be good for democrats? >> potentially because of the

fact that democrats have really focused on early voting as much as possible, as well we saw they focused on absentee voting in the general election. their ability to mobilize their base as well as voters around early voting is something that republicans have struggled with a little bit more in states across the country, including in georgia. but one other thing that i wanted to point out that could also influence this runoff race is the recent ruling by the georgia supreme court on abortion. saying that they were going to immediately reinstate the six-week abortion ban, and we saw where abortion was a huge factor across the country in the general election. so it could very well be an influencing deciding factor for voters heading into this runoff. >> what do you make of governor kemp, you know, going on the stump now for him? do you think that's going to give herschel walker a boost? >> reporter: it certainly is helping walker with the get out the vote machine that governor kemp has. he handed all of that along with

his data analytics over to senator minority leader mitch mcconnell and that super pac, mcconnell's super pac is helping walker. that flip is striking because of the fact that after the 2020 election walker directly criticized governor kemp and walker is a known election denier and kemp during the general election had tried to distance himself from former president trump and the lies around the 2020 election but now appears to be wholeheartedly embracing a candidate who repeatedly spread election denial lies about the 2020 election. >> it seems kemp was worried about making sure he got elected first and now it seems he is standing up for herschel walker. there is now information that cnn uncovered basically cnn's learned that herschel walker is getting a tax break that's intended for his primary home in texas. does he need to explain this to voters or will it matter to

those who are already very much on his side? >> reporter: those on his side it may not matter much to the hard-core republican base. but it certainly could be a deciding factor for independent voters that he is trying to win over that voted for kemp but didn't vote for him in the general election. we saw that in pennsylvania these accusations of not having true local ties to the state that you are running in in the case of dr. oz hurt his candidacy for senate in pennsylvania and this could very well be politically detrimental to walker because of the fact that voters may view it as him still having this primary residencesy in texas versus the state that he is running in, in georgia. >> full credit. cnn k files unearthed that. i want to ask you what the stakes are. a lot of people say the democrats now have control of the senate, but this is a six-year term. so 2024 is not that far away.

what are the stakes with these two democrat and republican running for this senate seat right now? >> it's true that this won't determine senate control. democrats have already maintained control over the senate. but what this does do is it influences how big that majority is. if it is a 51-50 senate? favor of democrats, they have the majority on committee assignments, to have subpoena power, which is something that democrats haven't had in a 50-50 senate. of course, if republicans are able to win this seat and maintain that 50-50 senate, then it makes it harder for president biden to potentially pass some must-pass bills. it also makes it so they don't have subpoena power or the ability to really have the majority on these very influential committee assignments. >> laura baron lopez, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. still ahead, an update to a

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i want to update you on top stories this morning. almost a month afternoon the death of 25-year-old north carolina native shanquella robinson while vacationing in mexico, prosecutors have issued

an arrest warrant for one of her friends. >> authorities also say her death was not an accident. but the result of a, quote, direct attack that involved one of her female friends. and this morning we are learning new details about the gunman in tuesday's deadly mass shooting at a chesapeake, virginia, walmart. police have released a note the shooter had on his phone entitled "death note" discussing people he says harassed or betrayed him and hinting at what was to come. he shot and killed six people. the youngest just 16 years old at the store where he worked as an overnight supervisor. the suspect used a gun that he legally bought the very same day and then finally turned that gun on himself. meantime, a remarkable rescue in new york city. take a look at this dramatic police body cam video that shows a good samaritan and a team of nypd officers pushing on to the subway tracks. a man had accidentally fallen

from the platform and was laying on the tracks just before that happened. an incoming train arrived. they were able to hoist him on the platform safely. the man was taken to a local hospital where he is listed in stable condition, fortunately, with only minor injuries. and new this morning, investigators in the fatal stabbings of four university of idaho students say they are now reviewing more than 260 digital media submissions along with over 1,000 tips received from the public. >> yeah, but the campus community remains on edge because authorities still don't have a suspect in custody. they don't have a murder weapon. they don't have a motive in mind. it's still a wide open case. we are live in los angeles this morning. camilla, what are authorities saying about this case? >> reporter: boris, sara, it really is unbelievable to think that two weeks later you are still hearing no motive, no

weapon, no suspect. of course, these students and this community is worried. they are scared. they are frustrated. but police say there is just still so much to be done here in addition to all of the tips that you mentioned, more than 1,000, and they have already done 150 interviews, they are still processing that crime scene. it takes time to review the blood, the footprints, the tire marks. all of that stuff is going to take some time. and police saying, look, when you look at the totality of all of this, you understand why this case is so complex and why it's taking so long. they are also saying they'd rather take their time and be right in order to do justice to these victims and the families. in terms of the timeline, things have stayed pretty much the same. we know that kaylee and mattie were out on saturday night, went it a sports bar. then they went to a food truck. they got home at around 1:45 or

2:00 this morning. they got a ride home from someone that brought them home. and then the other two, xana and ethan, were out at a party, coming home around 1:45 in the morning. they are believed to have been killed early morning hours sunday, november 13th. then we also know that they were likely killed during those early morning hours. then what happens is that the 911 call, that comes in at around noon on sunday. police say there were multiple friends in the house when they called 911. they are ruling a lot of these people out, but they still say there is so much to be done here. >> camilla ver nal, thank you so much. i know this has been hard on the whole community, but speespecia for the families. >> thank you. still to come this morning, elon musk says he is ready to bring back banned twitter accounts starting next week. up next, we will talk to an expert who says that musk's move

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elon musk says he will begin restoring previously banned twitter accounts next week after posting a twitter poll musk declared amnesty begins next week. this is the second time that musk used a twitter poll to make a major decision related to the platform. remember earlier this month he restored former president donald trump account but he has faced sharp criticism for his actions. online activists, safety and national security experts and others argue that restoring the accounts could lead to online harassment and real-life danger. joining us to discuss is alejandra, a clinical instructor at harvard law cyber law clinic and lgbtq activist and researcher. you know, shortly after taking

over twitter, elon musk said that he would create a content moderation council and no major content decisions like, you know, re-adding accounts that had been suspended would be made until it was in place. but as far as we know, there is no evidence that this council is in place, right? >> no, absolutely not. in fact, on twitter he actually said that there was some kind of deal between him and civic society groups that he would use a moderation council to bring back accounts, but then he blamed civic society groups for allegedly going after his advertisers and advertising revenue. so, therefore, he blamed them and went ahead and brought back trump's account along with a plethora of other accounts. but there is no indication that there was actually any sort of deal. this is just him tweeting this out. the indications are that this is what he wanted to do all along, especially given the account

that he brought back first, babylon b, there was a report in "the washington post" showed that was his concern on the day he took over. within hours of taking over twitter he was asked about reinstating them, one of the main reasons for buying taylor swift it's been cited. >> how concerned are you that he is making these critical decisions based on twitter polls? >> right. he said that his -- the saying he keeps using -- but he keeps leaving out the rest of the quote which says it's the voice of madness. there is no indication any of these polls are scientific. they are entirely driven by bots and others and his followers that dropped without warning. essentially, this is just being driven by random posts that he is putting up with polls. and so the more dangerous aspect is that he said that he is going to bring back accounts that

haven't engaged in any unlawful behavior or spam. well, in the united states unlawful behavior basically means anything except for directly inciting violence or other kinds of potential speech that may break the law, which is usually very, very small subset. so, for instance, any account that has posted an actvist's address underneath them, others engaged in direct and hate speech, you know, calling for the death of a certain minority group, that is all legal speech and any account previously suspended for stating those things could be immediately brought back. he is saying there is a manual review, but given how many accounts have been suspended over the years, it could take a team years to probably manually review every single account and there is no disclosure on the mechanism and what review process other than what he stated on twitter and there is no nuance to it.

>> yeah. it seems that would be especially challenging given that he laid off half of the staff. so the team that was in place before only about half of it is there. i wanted to ask about a recent twitter exchange you had with elon musk considering the danger posed by in general amnesty. he says that the suspended accounts will be slowly reinstated, any incitement of violence will result in suspension. how confident are you in that process and what do you make of the argument that not that many americans, not that many people are on twitter. whatever happens there, wouldn't have much much effect in real life. what would you say to that? >> this comes after him responding to tim poole on twitter and tim poole on wednesday was blaming the club q victims, essentially for their own deaths. he stated, quote, unquote, that they were engaged in a grooming

event. so, therefore, he is essentially justifying the murders of lgbtq people at club q. that with tweet is still up. the next day elon musk joked around with him and responded to one of his tweets. so i have no confidence that the kinds of incitement of to violence is going to be taken serious, particularly against lgbtq people. if you have even what is going on at lgbtq events, drag events throughout the summer and fall, so much of this violence has been organized on twitter. tiktok in particular created a mega drag threat back in june and several of the events were disrupted by proud boys, actual neo-nazis and far-right krishl nationalists that were coming off, sometimes even armed to these events, particularly in texas. there have been a plethora of violent events. there was the donut shop in oklahoma that was attacked for

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it. >> amanda, we mentioned the to or die game for the united states against iran on tuesday. what are you looking for in that match? >> reporter: well, it was an amazing atmosphere last night. i was able to be there and the u.s. man of the match, christian pulisic, says he hopes he and his team did their fans proud at home. they outplayed england. it may have been a draw but they have the better of chances. now it is all about iran, a match which has so much importance on and off the field. >> amanda davis, thank you so much. sounds really exciting out there. and a quick programming note for you. settle in for cnn for the stories behind everything we love to watch at christmastime. the holidays on screen premiers tomorrow night at 8:00.

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