an agreement with the families of some of these with some of the sandy hook families who agreed to forego 100% of whatever they would have earned from this. because, remember, alex jones owes these families nearly $1.5 billion because of that defamation suit. and so the onion is arguing that their bid is actually worth $7 million because it has they have they have gotten this credit for the families. now the other bid comes from what's called first united american companies. this is a company that part of its business is to sell some of these alex jones branded supplements. so it's affiliated with him. they put $3.5 million in cash on the table. and they're saying that's obviously the better bid. they called the onions bid a flagrantly non-compliant bank, the court appointed trustee christopher murray, obviously felt very differently and said that the other bid from the onion was a better bid. now ben collins, he's the ceo of the onion he said in a statement last week. the long and short of it, we won the auction and you're not going to believe this. the previous

infowars folks, folks are not taking this well. he says they expected all of this buying the site was always going to be fun later on, but annoying right away and he says the fun part is still to come the trustee in this case also filed an interesting motion responding to some of these allegations, calling them half truths. now, i do have to say judge christopher lopez, the bankruptcy judge in this case, he held a status hearing last week on this. he seemed a little bit perturbed with how the process worked out, but he said they will be holding evidentiary hearing next week to try to get to the bottom of what happened. sara. >> wow, a lot going on there. thank you so much. appreciate it. a new hour of cnn news central starts right now >> new testimony revealed from the investigation into matt gaetz. still, president-elect trump says he will not reconsider gaetz as his pick for attorney general. everyday low prices now everyday medium to high prices. walmart ceo

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$10,000 for sex while he was a sitting member of congress. question two what will gaetz say to senators today? he and jd vance are headed to capitol republican key republican senators. the very republican senators who will decide his cabinet fate some who have publicly expressed skepticism about the man his past and his qualifications to run the justice department. and question three who will donald trump select today? another round of job announcements overnight and another round of job announcements still to come. one of the big ones still lingering out there. treasury secretary. let's start with alayna treene this hour. she's joining us. elena, what's the latest? >> well i do want to start with some of the gaetz drama, because that's going to be some of the biggest things we see today when the vice president elect jd vance, takes him, as well as pete hegseth, donald trump's pick to run the department of defense. >> two meetings around capitol hill. i'm told those meetings are going to be taking place

today and tomorrow. and what's really interesting is that vance is planning to sit in on those meetings when matt gaetz goes to meet with some of these key senators who are going to be involved in his senate confirmation process. the vice president elect is going to be there as well. and it's another sign of just how much donald trump is not backing away from some of his more controversial picks. i'd note, as well, that we know that elise stefanik and doug collins, donald trump's picks for the u.n. ambassador, as well as the to lead the veterans affairs department respectively, they will be on capitol hill meeting with senators as well. but vance is not sitting in on those meetings. he is only sitting in on the ones where we know that both of these men have pretty controversial pasts and allegations that are resurfacing. now, one thing that's very clear again, though, is that donald trump is digging in on matt gaetz. we know, and we have reported that he's been personally lobbying senators, calling them up to tell them that he wants their

support. and he was asked about this yesterday as well. i want you to listen to what donald trump told reporters mr. president, are you reconsidering the nomination of matt gaetz? >> no that we're all watching for and you alluded to this is what will the house ethics committee do? >> are they going to release their report. and could that change really the trajectory for matt gaetz and any sort of reconsideration on donald trump's behalf? now again, as of now attorney general is the most important role to donald trump. and he really wants matt gaetz in there. we have reported we have learned that if he has to sacrifice other potential cabinet picks, he doesn't want matt gaetz to be the one that he is sacrificing how these meetings go today and tomorrow now, as for the broader cabinet that we are really seeing fleshed out at a very quick pace, we saw yesterday, donald trump announced three big picks. we'll start with howard lutnick. he was named to run the commerce department a big

move because he was really gunning for the treasury department. we know that he has been in kind of a behind the scenes fight with scott bessent, another hedge fund manager, a big wall street name for the treasury role. he also named linda mcmahon to run the education department, and doctor mehmet oz, a former senate candidate to be the head for the centers for medicaid and medicare services. so a lot more picks, but still more to come. kate for sure. >> and you're keeping track of it all for us. thank you so much, elena. it's good to see you, sarah. >> all right. with me now to discuss cnn's senior political analyst, mark preston. i want to go back to some of those extraordinary scenes that we saw of donald trump standing beside elon musk, watching his latest spacex rocket take off what does this growing relationship between trump and musk, who is the richest man in the world, mean for americans and the world? >> well, you know i was talking to a republican consultant, the

other day, and we really were really going in depth on this, this whole relationship, this amazing relationship, interesting relationship bizarre relationship that we see between elon musk and donald trump. and this consultant said you know, it's almost like we have entered the new era of the american oligarch. you know, we think of how these wealthy individuals run russia. of course, you know vladimir putin giving them wide latitude to do what they want. but it's not really fair to say that, i think, because overall, we have seen the wealthy been very much involved in government. but to your point built on american taxpayer money low interest loans given by the government policies that not only promoted the use of clean energy, but the $7,500 tax credit that people remember when they bought their electric vehicle their tesla. well, that helped boost his sales. so across the board, as much as elon musk is incredibly a

dismissal of the federal government that helped him become the richest person in the >> and no doubt some conflicts of interest are certainly going to to potentially play into this. i want to ask you about, you know, we saw that mehmet oz has been tapped for heading medicare and medicaid when asked about his health care plan, though, during the debate trump said he had a concept of a plan. so when you consider the people that he is trying to put up for the head of the hhs, rfk jr. and medicare and medicaid, i mean will they end up having a great deal of power and making the decisions? because there really is no plan or guideline to follow that's the first. >> that's the first thing. there is no plan he says he has a plan, right? we've heard him say this about major policy initiatives in the past. he doesn't have a plan. but to your point, yes, it does mean that those who are crafting the policy, that's why there's so much concern about robert. you know, robert kennedy jr.,

because of his views on vaccines and and some of his other conspiratorial thoughts about covid and what have you know, somebody who was a doctor but really made his name, you know, through oprah and television and, you know, he's had some controversial things in the past as well, with some of the supplements that he's been selling. but they're going to be the ones who are going to be basically regulating the health care industry for the next four years, and perhaps beyond depending on what policies they put into place and how long those policies will last. >> i do want to just take a step back here and look at donald trump from the perspective of what we saw in 2016, where there was a lot of chaos, a lot of turnaround and what we are seeing as he is preparing to head into office seeing at this point, do you think that donald trump is going to be more effective and push through many or most of his plans, considering how much he has learned about how government works?

>> 100%. listen, this is a trump administration that is being built around folks that understand all the inner workings of government. and donald trump, you know, came into office back in 2016. you know, he was surrounded by folks that understood government, but not to the level that they had been able over the last eight years. and i will say this about donald trump, too, as we're heading like, look, this could all change. and what i say now could change in a minute or seconds. who knows? but donald trump has been very disciplined. if you've noticed, no crazy tweets. you know through the middle of the through the middle of the night. now, you might say that some of the folks that he's picked are crazy or what have you but still, the donald trump even of a few weeks ago when the donald trump now is a little bit different. but again, we've seen this before, we've seen this play out before. and i'm sure he's going to go back to being the donald trump that we know. >> mark preston, it's always a pleasure thank you so much for joining us this morning john. >> all right. this morning a key vote in texas will decide if public school curriculum

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for a final vote in texas after more than half the state's school board already voted to keep it. >> the through five reading and english materials that could be used next, school year. critics say the materials disproportionately focus on christianity more than other religions. cnn's rosa flores in houston with the latest here. good morning rosa john. have been high here in texas. we have video of protests that have already happened in austin people for and against. but let me start with the facts here, because what the state board of education is doing in austin is they are voting on a menu of curriculum for public schools here in the state of texas one of those items on the menu is curriculum created by the state of texas, by the texas education agency. it's called bluebonnet learning and it has received a lot of criticism. now, critics say

the bible, that it focuses too much on christianity and not on other religions as well. now there's been a lot of criticism about this but there's people both for and against who? who have been outspoken, who have spoken out before the state board. some of them say that this is an issue of the separation of church and state. other people have said that public schools should not turn into sunday schools and other individuals say that there's nothing wrong with some of these biblical references in these materials here are people talking on both sides of the issue. take a listen they promote particular religious views over others, and in doing so, they violate parents rights to determine the religious upbringing of their children. >> it is the first amendment right to have access to this information. >> attacking these materials merely because of their academic study of the bible and denying students the freedom to learn and create a learning environment that is hostile to

christianity and religion education agency about this criticism and the t says that religious content is a small portion of the material they sent us an email saying, quote, other faith traditions are predominantly mentioned throughout the product. for example, judaism is mentioned in materials highlighting, and you see multiple examples there, including the holocaust and the diary of anne frank. governor greg abbott supports this of course. he also issued a statement saying, in part, that these materials allow our students to better understand the connection of history, art community, literature and religion. the final vote on this is on friday. but john here is the crux of this entire story public schools in the state of texas have the power to decide what they what they teach students. they decide the curriculum. but here's the thing. the state of texas is providing a very big incentive

for these schools to use the state created curriculum. this very controversial curriculum because the state would give each school district $40 per student and an additional $20 per student if they decide to choose this curriculum. that's a total of $60, and you and i know that many public schools have had many budget woes, and this is a pretty big incentive for them to choose the state product. >> yeah, i mean schools all need that kind of money. all right, rosa flores, thank you very much kate. >> there are new warnings today from america's largest retailer, walmart. if donald trump follows through with his tariff plan, saying some prices will go up and why comedian jay leno is bruised up and wearing an eye patch now he's talking about a scary incident he had you want answers? >> astute political analysis.

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diddy, but this is a really interesting lawsuit that i have been reporting on. so as you said, an anonymous celebrity we do not know who they are. the only thing that we know is that this is a male celebrity who lives in los angeles. they have filed an extortion lawsuit against attorney tony buzbee, who is one of the leading attorneys. really leading the charge representing many victims of sean diddy combs. buzbee has said that he represents over 100 victims, so far. he has filed at least 20 lawsuits against combs, and now this celebrity is saying that they are unfairly being roped into the combs. and they say that this is just a money grab. now, we do know that in the federal indictment that authorities said that they do not believe that combs acted alone, that they have accused him of running a criminal enterprise. and when i interviewed buzbee last month, he said that there are celebrities that he believes to be involved. now,

again, those celebrities have not been named, and we do not know who this celebrity john doe is. but this is what part of the lawsuit says. sarah. they said that buzbee is shamelessly attempting to extort exorbitant sums from him, or else publicly file wildly false, horrific allegations against him, and that is the whole purpose of this lawsuit is that they say they are not going to pay up, and they don't want his name to be revealed, which they say would be unfair and unjust you know, as all this is happening, of course, combs is still in jail on criminal charges. >> obviously broke this news of the five new lawsuits that are civil in nature that have been brought against diddy combs what what do these accusers what are they saying happened to them? >> yes so, sarah, overnight, five new accusers, five new lawsuits. there are three john doe's and two jane doe. so all

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i should note i looked up every other one of trump's choices to be in his cabinet. this is the only one in which less than a majority say yes. >> the bottom line is the conventional wisdom suggests that matt gaetz's chance to be trump's attorney general are in big big trouble. >> one thing i know from social media the last few weeks is the betting markets apparently know everything that there. they know more than political scientists, than political consultants. the betting markets are always right according to social media, the betting markets aren't always right, though i should point out they did nail that trump was going to win the election a few weeks ago, and when you have stuff like this in which you don't necessarily have polling, i think they're a good gauge of the conventional wisdom. >> and at this point, the gauge of conventional wisdom is that gaetz' nomination is in big trouble. >> so matt gaetz has many issues, one of which, chuck rocha, who's a democratic strategist. i was on with him the other night he said. one of matt gaetz's biggest problems is that senators think he's an a-hole. that was his words there. why do they think that? yeah.

>> you know, look matt gaetz just loves to make enemies on capitol hill. i mean matt gaetz's voting record among gop house members, this congress number one for most anti-establishment remember, he helped lead the effort to overthrow kevin mccarthy as the house speaker. he has called the senate, i think like the swampiest thing in the world or something like that. he's gone after individual senators. it turns out that it's not always good to make enemies on capitol hill when you need their votes to be confirmed, and he has in fact, gone out of his way to insult folks. so it's not a real big surprise that there are a lot of senators who might be saying, hey, why the heck should we help this guy out it is worth noting that this may be seen as one of his main qualifications from trump's perspective, by some, by some people, it is worth noting, okay, this nomination in general seems to rile people up quite a bit. >> yeah. >> you know, look, the politics of getting confirmed are mostly about what's going on on capitol hill, but it's also about public pressure. and if nothing else, matt gaetz has certainly ginned up a lot of public interest in his nomination so this is google

searches for trump's cabinet picks. over the last seven days, gaetz has been the most searched by far, by far he has gotten up 1,300% from the median trump pick so he's generating a lot of public pressure. that public pressure may be felt by those who are potentially voting to confirm. matt gaetz in the united states senate. i should note, while the public, you know perception of him could be positive or negative, based upon all those folks who are searching for him, the initial polling data suggests that he is the least popular of trump's picks. in fact, the only one that's underwater in terms of net favorability ratings. so at this particular point, mr. berman, what are we dealing with? we're dealing with somebody who's not exactly popular on capitol hill to begin with. and then you might be dealing with a lot of public pressure from those outside of capitol hill saying, wait a minute, we don't want this guy to necessarily be the ag. >> so there's that. all right, harriet, thank you very much for all of that kate. >> thank you. gentlemen. joining us right now is cnn political commentator and democratic strategist maria cardona cardona. and former national spokesperson for the republican national committee,

madison gesiotto it's like, it's as if i haven't said your name. 1 million times over the course of our work together. maria apologies. it's you know, it's the morning madison. let's let's jump in on this. jumping off of all of the numbers that harry and john just went through with regard to matt gaetz here's the addition that i wanted to ask you about in terms of are his chances getting better or worse as the days progress? is the attorney representing the two women who testified before the house ethics and say they were underage when having sex with gaetz when that started, the attorney told cnn last night a little bit more about what they gave to and told the committee house at the new york event they provided selfies that representative gaetz sent them they testified that they sent representative gaetz nudes from time to time at his request, and also on their own accord. >> they're also numerous text messages, group messages between them as well but you have to understand that my

clients are only two out of the over dozen witnesses that testified. i was present for two of those. and so what i'm telling you is just a fraction of the evidence that's available point that this nomination becomes more of a problem than it is worth for the president elect, even though he's continuing to publicly back him you know, i'd be shocked to meet anybody today that thinks the chances are getting better for gaetz you know, going through the senate and getting approved originally, i think a lot of the talk was about collins and murkowski maybe a third person. >> i mean, now you go down the list, think of, you know almost a quarter of the senators that i think would be likely to go against this nomination if it were to even get to a vote. mcconnell, young cassidy obviously not maga senators very institutionalist. you have curtis, who is the new senator and romney seat who was heavily criticized by gaetz. >> i would say would would be likely to go against it ernst has made some comments as well. >> a couple other senators not running for reelection, a very

big question marks on what they would do. >> and then obviously, this is before we even have any of this information. while it may not come out right now, i think it is going to come out. it's just a matter of when and how in regards to the house ethics committee report, they will be meeting today of course, five republicans, five democrats on that committee that will make a decision whether they will release it either publicly or to the senate. again, the senate can't compel the release, but information is going to be released. and so i think this is not only an uphill battle, it seems that it's it's not looking likely at all at this point. >> yeah. and we're hearing more and more republican senators saying we'd like to see that report when, when, when they've got it which is which is when you're saying it publicly it is a message. here's the other thing maria john king is continuing his all over the map series, and this time he went back to iowa, talking to voters who initially said they would not vote for donald trump. but then did and, but, but and now are glad that they did. one of those voters is betsy sarcone she says that she decided to vote for donald trump on the

economy and wanting change. listen to what she says now about trump's nominees not necessarily excited about it i'm worried. >> i wouldn't say i'm worried. i voted for change as did the majority of the people and that's what we're going to get. so i don't think worrying about it every day is going to do me any good an interesting perspective from one of these voters. >> this is what voters voted for. what do you say well let's go back to, i think the original question that we all had going into the election, which was what was going to be the top issue, and it turns out that the top issue in what voters voted for, for change was on the from all of these nominees is anything but. >> yes, that that voter is right. they are going to get change, but is it going to be the change that voters wanted and that voters asked for my

sense is given from the nominees that that have up until now been the ones that donald trump has picked? it's not the kind of change that voters have asked for. i feel badly for this woman who i think is trying to make the best of what she is seeing is now coming across tv screens in the news which is, as we just discussed matt gaetz with all of these icky, disgusting allegations against him and then several others on down the line. you know, rfk jr. linda mcmahon dr. oz, you know, all of these folks who have very little experience and indicate a wholly unserious approach to the most important policy questions and issues that this administration is going to deal with. i think that voters are very concerned about what, in fact it was that they voted for versus what it is that they're going to get.

>> but change voting for change. this is definitely is this is what they what they see what the result of it, you know, tbd. no one knows. but that is one thing that we know voters did that we heard from her and and other voters saying why they went for donald trump. and on the issue of the economy, madison, we now have walmart, america's largest retailer and also lowe's now warning that prices on some of their products are likely to go up if donald trump follows through on his promised tariffs. i want to read for you the quote from walmart's cfo saying, we never want to raise prices this is an interview we did with cnbc on tuesday. he says our model is everyday low prices, but there probably will be cases where prices will go up for consumers. and what he's talking about is all because of tariffs. is this one promise that you hope that donald trump does not keep well, i don't think it's necessarily going to be those blanket tariffs that a lot of people are talking about, or

may be expecting. >> i think you may see some instances when we deal with countries like china where you see tariffs implemented. again, this is also to protect the american worker and in the long term bring prices down as a whole. and so i think we'll wait to see what happens. of course when it comes to the economy, this is something and obviously as maria mentioned, people voted for president trump as a result of this they saw the economy under the biden administration. they weren't happy they wanted their prices to go back to what they were paying in 2019. they wanted their wages to continue to go up. obviously, wages weren't outpacing the rate of inflation. and this was a problem for many american families. and they continue to deal with it today. they can't afford to live the way that it is. and people are making very difficult decisions. when i was running for congress back in 2022, i talked to so many moms, so many families here in ohio that said, we're going to the grocery store and having to choose between orange juice and other things because we just simply can't afford all the things we used to buy and gas and our, you know, all of our bills, car insurance going up at the time as well. and so it's very difficult to watch and hear from americans who are

struggling to live. and so we want to see those prices come down. but when you talk about that mandate for change, i think it goes past the economy obviously, the economy was top of mind for voters on november 5th, but i think there's this underlying sentiment among americans that, you know what? we aren't treated the same as the elites in washington you know, this is part of why trump obviously won in 2016, and they want to feel like they have a larger voice in their government because for so long they were promised by both republicans and democrats to get the job done. and so many of the very conventional d.c. elites that continue to get put in these positions weren't getting the job done for them. and so i think while cautiously optimistic a little bit nervous in general, i think they're very excited for the change that's to come. and the real answer will be in one year from now, are their lives better and has this change happened? have we drain the swamp in washington? >> yeah we're in a world where there's no unanimity. there seems to be almost unanimity on the question of what i was asking about, which is tariffs, which is they're going to raise prices on the goods that america needs, especially the american americans, who i mean, we all shop at walmart. and that's exactly where you do

not and cannot. a lot of people see prices go up right now when they are struggling to buy the things that you're just talking about. so stand by to stand by. it's good to see you guys. thank you so much really appreciate it sarah all right. >> this morning the popular manufacturer of natural personal care products, tom's of maine is getting a warning from the fda inspectors say they uncovered several violations of the company's manufacturing plant, including bacteria in water used to make toothpaste and mold. cnn's health reporter jacqueline howard has the details. jacqueline, what ultimately, is this going to be recalled or what's happening with this toothpaste sarah, what we warning letter, the agency says that it has also found bacterial growth in some toothpaste products. >> it's mentioned a black mold like substance near manufacturing equipment. so there are some significant violations here. and we do know

that some of the bacteria mentioned in this warning can cause human infections. so that's concerning to see as well. but i will say the company, tom's of maine did tell cnn in a statement that they are, quote, working with the fda and are remedying the issues raised in their may inspection of the tom's manufacturing plant in sanford, maine. so that's what the company is saying. and for now, sarah, these are warnings. so we will not see any recall as of yet but again, tom's of maine is a major brand and consumers looking for natural products are often seeking out tom's of maine products. so this is getting a lot of attention right now. >> what else did the fda find when they were looking at tom's >> so the main findings were the bacterial growth and again, that black mold like substance. but what we can expect to

happen next because tom's of maine did say that they are addressing these violations they have 15 working days to respond in writing to the fda. and we do know that what will happen next is the fda will receive this response and then decide on how best to move forward. so that's what we can expect to see in the days to come. but again, the company says they're addressing these violations. and the fda right now it seems, is waiting for that official response all right. >> thank you so much, jacqueline howard, for your reporting there, john. >> so this morning you can buy a house for just $1 if you're willing to move to a rural village in a foreign country, it's not going to look like that. trust me. and a broken wrist a missing fingernail and an eye swollen shut. jay leno's new serious injuries after apparently falling down a >> the pros have i got news for you are pretty obvious. >> yeah, but what are the cons?

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>> they have always been afraid of russian escalation and they've overestimated the chances of that. >> it's what led us to be so cautious in our aid to ukraine, to this point. >> it is a good thing if there's any risk at all. you know, just let people work from home for a couple of days let the risk pass by but i don't think there was anything particularly new or risky here. and the idea that russia would deliberately target an american embassy is, to me rather farfetched. i think they know the consequences of that would be very grave along the lines of what you were saying. >> obviously, the biden administration has been careful over the last thousand days not to push russia too far, but we learned overnight that today the biden administration will approve sending anti-personnel landmines to ukraine. now, this is a first. these are specific mines that apparently wear out. essentially, the idea is to not leave active landmines behind for generations, as we've seen somewhere some places around the world, but still sending mines is something new and different what difference will

that make and would it be a provocation to russia yeah, well first off, it's very important people to understand that landmines are a defensive weapon that they are meant to prevent an opposing army from advancing by making it difficult to do so. >> so what this is all about is russia has been making gains in eastern ukraine over the past few months, and this is an effort to give the ukrainians some more defensive capability to slow or stop that advance. as for the type of landmine, you're absolutely right. they're self deactivating. that means after a few weeks or months, they will not be a danger to civilians. but it's important that ukraine actually be able to slow this russian advance right now why right now? >> i mean, the way you say that, it makes it sound like you think that there is a time frame here, is that time frame january 20th, when donald trump gets inaugurated i think there's >> i think the right now is

basically because russia is seeking to advance right now. why is russia doing that? i think vladimir putin knows that his own military is in can't get the weapons, can't get the ammunition, can't get the troops. it's borrowing from north korea getting drones from iran. so i think he is trying to grab what he can right now as he looks at 2025 and the possibility of some kind of stabilization of the war you said you think the united states is overestimated. >> what it would take to provoke vladimir putin or think there is anything that would, you know obviously nuclear weapons is not something the united states would do. but short of that, is there anything that the united states that could give ukraine right now that you think would provoke a disproportionate response from putin the fight directly, which we are not, even though putin claims we are, he knows full well we're not fighting in this war if we were to do that, then that would bring us into direct conflict with russia. >> that's one thing. if there were any kind of deep invasion

into russian territory, serious attacks on moscow. okay, hitting, you know that's also possible. but frankly, i don't think there's anything there right now that would cause a major reaction from russia, largely because they don't have many options. as i said, their military is deeply stretched. they can't both be on offense and defense at the same time. they're bringing in north korea so i don't think there's much there that putin can really do. we just he says these things to deter us not because he can do much. >> all right. ambassador kurt volker, always great to have you on. thank you very much, sir. all right. >> on our decade bomb cyclone is slamming the pacific northwest and parts of canada with hurricane force winds, drenching rain and snow. at least one person has died, and hundreds of thousands of people are without power. the worst of the storm is expected to hit parts of northern california on thursday, with the rare level four risk of excessive rainfall. all right

comcast is expected to announce today that it will spin off the majority of its cable properties, including msnbc and cnbc. sources tell us under the new arrangement comcast is expected to keep nbc its peacock streaming service. nbc sports and universal theme parks among other properties. the wall street journal first reported these major spin off plans. all right jay leno, man look at that. he is recovering after a fall that left him with a broken wrist a missing fingernail, severe bruises. you can see them there on his face and a patch over his shut. the former tonight show host told reporters he was walking to a restaurant and decided to take a shortcut down a steep hill when he took a tumble. leno saying, quote he hit a bunch of rocks on the way down, but that it isn't a big deal. although that looks like a big deal. he performed his comedy show, by the way, though just three hours later. and this morning, a rural village

in italy selling homes to americans for just a dollar. we've seen this before a whole village on the island of sardinia is looking to boost its population. that's why they're offering these great deals. the village launched a website writing looking to embrace a more balanced lifestyle while securing new opportunities. question mark. it is time to start building your european escape into stunning paradise of sardinia. the village mayor told cnn that he is convinced americans are the best people to help revive his community. kate i got to go. i got to go buy a building for a dollar. i'll see you later. >> i mean, look if we split it, it's 5050. i mean, like i'm. i'm good with splitting it 50 over 50 with you. jon. can go buy his own place, but i feel like this could be. >> it could be our next door neighbor for a buck. >> i mean, we can take the show on the road we do it once in a while. this could be great. >> i agree, let's um. let's talk about this. maybe we won't be here for the rest of the week, and we'll just go

deal with that. maybe. >> maybe not. as we love to say stand by. to stand by to find out all right. also new. this morning. there's a new warning from america's largest retailer. the cfo of walmart saying that if president elect donald trump follows through with his promise to across the board tariff plan prices are likely to go up for consumers. cnn's vanessa yurkovich is joining us now with much more on this. this has been much discussed, but it's important especially when it's coming from walmart. what are they saying? >> very important coming from walmart but a lot of corporate america is weighing in on this. trump's tariffs haven't even gone into effect yet. but just the talk of it is forcing corporate america to reevaluate raising prices and china. just to remind our viewers, the tariffs are up to 60% of tariffs on china chinese imports and up to 20% on other countries. so the cfo of walmart, david riley, telling cnbc, just yesterday, yesterday that, quote, our model is everyday low prices. but there will probably be cases where

where prices will go up for consumers not something that consumers want to hear especially when they're trying to shop deals at walmart. but again, this is not just walmart. this is a host of other companies, including steve madden, which said that they're going to move up to 45% of their business out of china to try to avoid these tariffs. also black and decker. this is a tool company. they said that if these tariffs go into effect they're going to see a hit of line and then you have columbia. this is the sportswear company. they are saying that they're already buying stuff for next fall just to try to avoid these tariffs. so you have a lot of companies already making preparations we know that president-elect trump could change his mind. the tariffs could be less. they could be more. but just the threat of that is going to have a significant impact for consumers. >> here's the thing, though, where there may be, i'll call it squishiness or vagaries around some of donald trump's policies during the campaign