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 he's been promising when it came to tariffs. i mean, it was for perspective. it's like the level not seen since the depression, right? >> right. and don't forget, in his first term he put a ton of tariffs in place. so you already have so much of and that's the that's the backdrop against which the history that walmart is talking about right. >> right. >> they're already experiencing tariffs on so many of the products that they import already. and for the average american consumer, this is going to cost us $2,600 more each year just to keep up with the tariffs. that's not nothing for americans who already feel like they're still struggling with the high cost of living. $2,600 is christmas presents shopping for people who are buying for their whole entire family christmas dinner. so it's going to make an impact. we'll just have to see how much and what trump does with this promise. >> thank you so much vanessa. a new hour of cnn news central starts now

the house ethics committee today releases its report into ex congressman matt gaetz after we learned that overnight, two women testified he paid them $10,000 for sex. >> happening now. the defense is about to present its case in the trial for the man accused of killing georgia nursing student laken riley, who they may call to the stand. and thanksgiving is just around the corner. i know, because i'm hosting a whole thanksgiving special that morning. but aside from that new data on how much all the food will cost. i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. this is cnn news center to go down on capitol hill. >> really? a flurry of high stakes meetings with president elect donald trump's embattled pick for attorney general

potentially now just hours away from the release of a potentially damaging ethics report today, the house ethics committee will meet to decide whether or not they will release their report into now former congressman matt gaetz. a report we learned overnight now includes testimony from two women who say gaetz paid them more than $10,000 for sex. all this as gaetz soon holds meetings of his own with gop senators on the hill. this, alongside incoming vice president jd vance. let's bring in alayna treene allen. a huge focus, of course, on gaetz today. and there's also a lot of new laundry list of what you may call unconventional names that are dropping for post. what is the latest on this? as we are watching this pressure campaign from gaetz himself and from jd vance and from donald trump that's right. >> i'll quickly start with what's going on with matt gaetz, because there's a lot of pressure happening from trump world to the hill, right now,

particularly on the republican senators who are going to be involved in his cabinet picks, confirmation processes and donald trump has made very clear in personal phone calls to many of these senators that he wants gaetz to be confirmed, that he wants their support i find it fascinating. we were the ones who broke the news yesterday that jd vance is going to personally be sitting in on the meeting with matt gaetz, but also in some of these meetings with senators and pete hegseth donald trump's pick for department of defense. i think overall, there is no question that they are really trying to lobby these these members to get behind donald trump and donald trump has made clear that he is digging in. he has no plans to back away from his choice in matt gaetz, which of course, remember, is the most important role for donald trump attorney general is the role that donald trump believed was the most important in his next administration. and that is why he is really 100% in on making sure matt gaetz gets through. but i do want to talk about

these cabinet positions that we learned of overnight, because we are really seeing donald trump move on this at a pace that is pretty unheard of we have not seen, you know, barack obama or joe biden move at such a pace. now, we learned that linda mcmahon and we were the first to report this as well, is going to be the education secretary there's a lot of interesting things when it comes to his choice in mcmahon. one, she is the co-chair for his current transition process, but she was also very close with donald trump over the years. she was served in his first term as the head of the small business administration. she also was a former ceo of wwe, which she founded with her husband vince mcmahon and also she in the years since has been very loyal to donald trump. she was serving on the board of the america first policy institute, which was kind of called as a white house in waiting. very unclear exactly whether or not she has the credentials for the education department but really

keep in mind that donald trump has talked about wanting to dismantle it over the entire campaign trail. so there's going to be a lot of changes at the education department that she will be overseeing. another big topic of course, is doctor mehmet oz to lead the center for medicaid and medicare services. another pretty unconventional choice with that sarah, you got that right. >> alayna treene, thank you so much. appreciate your reporting kate. >> very clearly, a lot happening with trump's cabinet picks, especially when it comes to this one. matt gaetz, let's get over to capitol hill. that's where lauren fox is standing by. there's a lot more action that's going to be coming. lauren, the house ethics committee is set to meet today. gaetz and jd vance are making the rounds in the senate today. what are you hearing from lawmakers? >> yeah, actually i watched as senator jd vance came to capitol hill. in tow. was matt gaetz, who he is going to be pushing for today to be donald trump's next attorney general. joining them was marco rubio, a fellow republican senator who has now been nominated to be

the next secretary of state, the three of them looking really jovial as they came to capitol hill on the senate side. and i will just let you know that these are a set of high stakes there's a lot of questions that republican senators have when it comes to whether or not they will be willing to vote for matt gaetz to be the next attorney general. we are told that they are going to have a slew of meetings having conversations with senators. obviously, the fact that two colleagues are up here today with gaetz says a lot about potentially the relationships that those two men have in the senate. the depth of those relationships and the kind of argument that they may be able to make to their colleagues about why they think gaetz should have this job now we also know that the house ethics committee across the capitol is going to be meeting today, and we expect that they are going to have some discussions about how to proceed on this ethics report into matt gaetz. we do not know whether report. we don't know if they will have a vote today to release this report, but just a really high stakes

to the nomination of matt gaetz to be the next attorney general of the united states. kate. >> yeah, a lot, a lot is going to be happening, and you're going to be chasing it all for us. lauren, thank you very much, john. >> all right. with us now is congressman sean casten a democrat from illinois. congressman, thank you so much for being with us you have signed had about 100 people sign it to the ethics committee saying they should release this report on matt gaetz. why did you send this letter thank you. >> this letter could not be more important. >> and the issue couldn't be more important. we world looking at the united states and saying are you a country of laws? are you a country of equal protection of the law? and they're asking those questions because the incoming president of the united states is a convicted felon, the incoming president of the united states is currently challenging almost $200 million in civil penalties including one for an adjudicated rape. we in

congress have an obligation to say we are a country of laws, and that has come to a crux in the question of are we going to allow the attorney general, the enforcer of our laws in the country, to get a pass into the senate without even acknowledging that he is currently under an ethics investigation specifically for trafficking young women across state lines allegedly and and statutory rape of a minor. these are these are really important questions the ethics committee has that report. they have taken witness testimony. and if we are a country of laws, we need to make that information public so that the senate can carry out their advice and consent clause. >> what will it tell you? what will it tell you if the ethics committee decides not to release it >> um i have every confidence that the that the democrats on the ethics committee are supported as, as you know, the ethics committee is evenly divided between democrats and

republicans and the question that i think all of these pics are raising trump is basically daring the republican party. will you stand up for american values if that means standing up to me, or will you fold like a montgomery chair and the question before those members, particularly the republican members of the ethics committee, is, are you going to stand up in this moment speaker johnson says hey, look, gaetz is no longer in congress, so we don't have to release this report. >> it's not the ethics committee's job to do so what do you say to speaker johnson um look, speaker johnson's willingness to bow before trump is, well known. >> it's disappointing but understand there is a precedent for this. as recently as 2011, congressman massa, a democrat, i would point out from new york, was charged with a with a sexual with sexual misconduct, was being investigated by the ethics committee, resigned in

order to dodge that and the ethics committee went ahead and completed their work. so this is not violating a precedent. but but largely the precedent that's here. let's be very clear, is that someone charged with statutory rape and trafficking of a minor across state lines has been nominated for attorney general. i wish that president had not been set, but having set that precedent, we need to respond accordingly and it is tragic that speaker johnson is unwilling to do so. >> he matt gaetz, has not not been charged with those things in fact, the justice department, i apologize, alleged fair. fair. well, okay. yeah and to be clear, the justice department did investigate and decided specifically not to charge in that case there are allegations with the ethics committee was looking into they have a report. i do understand the standards in congress are different than the standards for the justice department. you were bringing up donald trump's history and what you consider to be the rule of law. wasn't that on the ballot? i mean, isn't that what the

american people just decided to return to the white house all public information. >> and the voters have made a decision that does not make it right. you know, we have had any we have had any number of presidents in our past who have been on various shades of morality, who have won elections. we have proceeded as a country because people fought to make to make what is right also political and also morally. you know, that moral value has driven our country forward um, you know, i women should vote. our founders didn't think that african americans should vote. the emancipation proclamation was an unconstitutional act that does not make them wrong. the fact that after abraham lincoln, we brought in governments that rolled back reconstruction does not make them right. history will judge us by whether we do the right thing in this moment. not whether or not we win elections.

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get underway specifically with her. this is a huge murder case in the 90s. what are the chances? what are you hearing about this well, i think people are shocked the parole board. >> but this was two life sentences that possibility of parole after 30 years and 30 years. is right now, today, in that courtroom before the parole board in south carolina. you know, this case riveted the country because it was a young mother. so innocent, so naive looking. two children were in her car. her kids, three year old michael three month old, 14 months old alex and they were strapped to the car seats in the back of the car. and her story was that they were abducted. they were kidnaped. we would call it a carjacking. now, with the children in the back seat, there was an artist rendering. it was a black man that she said kidnaped them. so the country was focused for nine days to try to find out where the kids were. were they

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trying to lie and cover it up i still think she she should have got the death penalty. and this was a death penalty case, but the jury actually voted for life. you know, kate, the parole board is going to look at any disciplinary action she had in prison. and i found this on the department of corrections isn't there stuff there? >> stuff? >> yes most recently august of this year, she communicated with crime. now that is being reported out as saying it was a documentary producer that she was speaking with. but officially communication with victims or witnesses to the crime. she lost her privileges. and then there was a use of possible narcotics in 2015, there was unauthorized use of an inmate's pen. in 2012, no attempted escapes at all. so you look at these and you say, well, these are minor, but the parole board will look at them. this is not a perfect record. they will look at the crime.

they will look at the heinous aspect of the crime. they will look at her cover up. they will look at strapping the children in their car seats in the back seat so they couldn't escape. even if they realized what was happening the three year old wouldn't be able to take the 14 month old and get him out so it's going on right now. it is now started. >> we understand. okay so we will hear. yeah. jean, thank you so much. thank you. wow, sarah we have breaking news to share with you. >> the defense has just arrested in the murder trial of the man accused of killing georgia nursing student lincoln riley. the defendant jose ibarra faces murder charges along with several other charges. cnn's rafael romo let's get straight to him in athens, georgia now, there is no jury in this case. so this then goes to the judge. how soon might that happen it can be very very soon. >> sarah, as early as this morning. and you just mentioned that the defense rested. and let me tell you to be perfectly clear, after introducing only

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for more than 150 million americans. i mean, we're talking about health care for low income americans, low income americans, older americans children and other vulnerable populations. and dr. oz has a huge following. he hosted a talk show about health for more than a decade. he ran unsuccessfully for senate in 2022, losing to now senator john fetterman, who said this about the oz announcement i'm going to be very, very clear if dr. oz agrees to protect and preserve medicaid and medicare medicare. >> i'm the dude. you know, that's the most important thing for me. our politics are obviously different, and we do have a history but i don't have any bitterness. i don't hold anything against him and making the announcement the president elect said that mehmet oz quote, has been at the forefront of healthy living for decades. >> but oz has faced criticism in the past, including from capitol hill, for some of the health claims that he promoted

on his show. joining us right now to talk about this is a former secretary of health and human services under president obama, kathleen sebelius. thanks for coming in, secretary. what do you think of dr. oz as the head of cms said, cms is is really the nerve center for one of the largest health programs in the world. >> and about half of america depends on one of those programs, medicare medicaid, the marketplaces children's health insurance to go to the doctor or get their medications, pay for their services. dr. oz had a distinguished career as a cardiac surgeon, and then he became a tv doc. and that career is a little more muddied. he was accused of promoting various kinds of alternative medications that were proven to not really have any beneficial value and be paid highly by the companies he was working with. so i think i

think the jury is a bit out i'm concerned not necessarily about doctor really know what they are, but about the fact that incoming vice president jd vance has already talked about dismantling parts of the affordable care act so that people would once again be put in risk pools based on their health, experience which cuts the heart out of getting rid of the preexisting condition protection. so issues like that, i think, come within the jurisdiction of cms. what drugs to be approved to be paid for by medicare. and again dr. oz has promoted hydroxychloroquine in the last pandemic, which was proven to be not only not effective against covid, but dangerous to people. more people died having been treated than not treated so i think there's some issues that congress really should talk about when his nomination comes

before them. >> and you have previously said that you do not think that rfk jr. is qualified. i think you think he's quite dangerous, actually, to run hhs, which, as i really does get to how big the job is of a health and human services secretary over overseeing. you've got cms, you've got fda, you've got cdc, you've got the alphabet soup of what when it comes to public health in america today. how bad do you think this is having rfk running it from your experience heading it up dangerous thing about the nominee for secretary is his view on vaccines. >> and when you have an incoming potentially incoming secretary who declares without hesitation that there is no safe and effective vaccine that is enormously dangerous and life threatening for people in this country. and

is growing vaccine skepticism which bobby kennedy has helped to fuel not only here but around the world. we have a number of children who now are not vaccinated. states are granting broader exceptions for kids to go to school or childcare without vaccination. you know, i have an 11 month old grandson, kate, and he is not old enough yet to get the measles three dose vaccine which means he's very vulnerable to getting measles, which was almost entirely eliminated in this country. that causes blindness. it causes brain bleeds. these are not minor illnesses for children. we see now we have whooping cough back in this country. so just that view of bobby kennedy's, i think is extraordinarily dangerous from the leader of the largest health system in america. um and i think what influence he could have over what cms does,

over what drugs they approve for medicare, what they pay for issues, are they going to cut, try to cut back on benefits? the good news is most of the public programs are protected by congress. the benefits are set by congress. the law about medicare and medicaid has been in place since the mid 60s. um with the affordable care act since 2010. so these programs are pretty solidly embedded in law. but there's a lot of discretion within cms and a lot of interaction with the health system and states around the country before hhs, you were the governor of kansas for years as an elected democrat. >> just looking at this election, what is the message that you think democrats need to learn from this broad victory by donald trump well, i think there is some appropriate the beginning of some

appropriate soul searching going on i'm really interested in as a citizen in a democracy about the number of people who just didn't turn up at all for this election. >> it's a it's a frightening idea that we have many individuals who voted in 2022, who just didn't come out want to know why they feel like their voices and their votes aren't important. um, that's step one. step two is is to talk to folks who shifted from voting for president joe biden in 2020 to voting for donald trump. what are the issues? so we can learn something really going back and talking to voters. and then i think we need to be very humble about what has occurred and go on really a national kind of listening tour with constituencies who are either unengaged or disengaged, who

feel like the democratic party no longer speaks for them. what are the issues that are most of concern to themselves and their families? what did they hear from democrats? what did they hear from republicans? and i think that will be very illuminating. >> um to say the least, a national focus group is kind of what it sounds, what, you know what it sounds like you're talking about um, secretary, governor, it's great to see you. thanks for coming in, john all right. >> this morning, how a crucial vote in texas will determine if public elementary schools will include the bible in their lesson plans business differently from the other guys. >> we design and test our own tools and sell them directly to you. >> no middlemen just quality tools. >> you can trust at prices you'll love. >> did you know you could sit with good, even if you have insurance? >> i'm on medicare.

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also cannot share the immigration status of staff members students or their families. essentially, preparing for the very real reality in the position that ice were to show up to schools. this is one of a handful of motions that the la unified school district board passed to protect students. they also put in other measures in place to protect lgbtq students, among others. here's what the board president had to say and their families and all of our personnel that you are welcome here and that we will do everything in our power to protect your right to go to school or to work in this district moments before this, the l.a. city council had unanimously voted to put that sanctuary city ordinance in place, which essentially prohibits any city staff members from assisting immigration enforcement unless

required by state law. so the second populous city in the country, now putting up a fight for the incoming administration ahead of president trump going into office john. >> sure. to create tension with the new administration. veronica amir tal, thank you very much, sarah. >> all right. in texas education officials backed a new controversial public school curriculum for k through five that incorporates materials drawn from the bible into reading and english language arts materials. here is some of what that might look like for a student. and the teachers. kindergartners would learn the golden rule tied to the sermon on the mount. fifth graders poetry lessons would include psalms. the new curriculum would be optional, but school districts would receive a big financial incentive to adopt it this move has already, of course, drawn protests. while proponents are arguing that the bible is a fundamental part of american history. joining us now to discuss is religious studies professor at smu mark chancey thank you so much for

coming in. i want to talk to you about this curriculum itself. is there anything in it that you are deeply concerned about oh, yes absolutely. >> and thank you so much for the opportunity to talk about it. uh many of these lessons that talk about religion, uh, handle the subject matter in a very inappropriate way. and that's unfortunate because public schools need to teach about religion, religious literacy is an important part of cultural literacy and students need to know about religion to function in a religiously diverse democracy and that's why these lessons are really a missed opportunity, because they very strongly privilege, uh christianity over every other tradition. there are more lessons about christianity than any other tradition. there are more lessons about the christian bible than about any other religious text. there are more lessons about jesus than about any other religious figure. and when these lessons tell bible stories, they often

do it in a very literalistic fashion that i think will have the effect of promoting religious claims to our state's youngest children now we're talking about teaching bible stories to five year olds who are very likely to take those stories literally in ways that perhaps their families don't. these are religiously diverse students so my question is why the state of texas wants to teach bible stories to the young impressionable children of other people's families. >> i do want to ask you you were asking this question why they want to teach it. why is this such a big priority right now for conservatives? and clearly the board agreeing with them when, for example, texas ranks below the national average for for reading and is ranked 29 out of 50 states in k through 12 education. >> well, that is really an excellent question. these lessons are being promoted as a way to improve reading. so

these are seen as a way to correct that problem. but they are being used as a backdoor way to increase discussion of christianity. and i would argue to promote christianity as the most important tradition. i would also note that the board is definitely not united on this. uh, the preliminary vote was only 8 to 7 in favor of these lessons, and that eighth vote was the vote of a political appointee by not been filled by the governor then this program would have failed. >> yeah. the seven included several republicans who voted against it but it passed with the eighth person since texas ranks in the bottom ten in the u.s. for spending per student. do you see it as coercive to offer $40 per student to adopt which is voluntary? they say so i would emphasize cash rather

than outright coercion. >> uh districts that approve these lessons will receive $60 per student. and and cash strapped texas public schools, where unfortunately our state does not adequately fund our schools despite having, uh budgetary resources to do so. and in that situation, a lot of districts are going to use this. so it's a very, very strong incentive that i think many districts are just not going to be able to walk away from. that's what makes it so curious that there is this inappropriate treatment of religion in there. it clearly looks like a backdoor way to increase coverage of one tradition. above all others, and a very religiously diverse state. >> professor mark chancey, thank you so much for coming on and explaining your your side of this as a as a person who does teach religious curriculum. appreciate it. kate. >> so hosting thanksgiving

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according to the american farm bureau, who puts out this survey every year for 38 years now, says that includes 12 ingredients that you would normally have in your thanksgiving dinner. that's the cost of on average, about $5.80 per person. it's good news because it's a decrease from last year, down 5% from last year. but of course up 19% compared to pre-pandemic for that very much so turkeys this year 16 pound turkey a little more than $25, down 6% from last year. and that helped bring the overall cost down. but of course americans are grappling with higher costs of living. grocery prices are up 22% since president joe biden took office in 2021, and inflation rose last month on an annual basis to 2.6%, up from 2.4%. so while the thanksgiving dinners may be a little bit cheaper, you're going to feel

it in other ways for sure. >> i feel like i would add my shopping math to this, right? like it's like it's overall you're still paying more for groceries but the turkey is cheaper. so it's great. what are the most expensive and the most affordable items? when you're looking at a thanksgiving dinner? >> yeah. so the 12 items that they look at, maybe we start with the cheapest to make people feel good sweet potatoes down 26.2% this year with the marshmallows or without without the marshmallows but that's good news. whole milk you use that in a lot. down 14.3%. that's because weather has been better for dairy farmers and the cows get better hay and vegetables across the board fell frozen peas down 8.1%, but what is going to cost you this year cranberries up 11.8%. but that's falling more in line with traditional prices for cranberries. about 235 for a bag of cranberries dinner rolls and stuffing, though that both of those up over 8%. that's because of labor costs for food

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