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more, all coming in right here to cnn news central pick for attorney general matt gaetz, who withdrew from consideration after facing scrutiny over allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use says he will not be returning to congress next year. >> just hours after gaetz dropped his bid for ag trump picked another fierce loyalist for the position. former florida attorney general pam bondi. bondi has a long time relationship with the president elect. she represented trump during his first impeachment trial, and is one of the lawyers who promoted trump's 2020 false election fraud claims. we're also told trump is expected to now name former georgia senator kelly loeffler as his new secretary of agriculture he's also meeting with loeffler this afternoon at mar-a-lago, we find cnn's kristen holmes not far from mar-a-lago in west palm beach,

florida. let's start kristen, with trump's new attorney general pick, pam bondi. what are you hearing on that front well, look, republicans that i'm they are relieved that he came up with somebody who they think is confirmable. >> now it does also please his maga base because of the fact that she has said that she wants to dismantle the department of justice. she is also said that she believes you could use the department of justice for retribution. so she has echoed the same story lines we have heard from matt gaetz, the same narrative we have heard from president elect donald trump and trump clearly believes that pam bondi is someone who will help him execute this plan. just a reminder, donald trump wants to gut the department of justice, and he wants to move it completely under the executive and completely under power of the white house. and thus him once he takes office, he wanted somebody who would go along with that. so it's not all that surprising that he picked pam bondi because she has been such a we have heard her say now. it was interesting today we did

hear from matt gaetz in an interview for the first time since he withdrew his name, and since donald trump named pam bondi as the next nominee for attorney general, he talked a little bit about why he withdrew his name. take a listen and again, while our discussions were going well, i found myself having to do two jobs at one time. >> charlie and you got a front row seat to this i had a full time job explaining to senators that maybe a tweet i sent about them was rash and not reflective of how i would serve as attorney general. and at the same time, i was having to build out the department of justice with the right human talent, the right bondi confirmation won't have some of the sharp edges had said a lot of polarizing and negative things about a number of senators that he likely did have to explain in those meetings, we also know that there were a lot of other concerns as well. >> i spoke to a number of allies of donald trump's who

believed that there could be more information coming out of that ethics report. they also believed that there were more witnesses than they had previously known about who had possibly talked to the committee. that would then be in that ethics report. and it became more and more clear every moment that he did not have the votes to get confirmed. so while he might have also had to defend some of his mean tweets, we know there were other things looming in the background. >> sharp edges, huh? kristen holmes from west palm beach, florida. thank you so much brianna. >> donald trump's sentencing in his criminal hush money case is now officially on hold. today, the judge overseeing the case confirmed that he's postponing the sentencing indefinitely. cnn's paula reid is with us now. maybe we saw this coming, but this is a big move. tell us what happened. it is. we knew unofficially that the sentencing wasn't going to happen next week because earlier this week, the district attorney's office said they would be okay with postponing the sentencing until even after trump is out of the white house. but what they weren't okay with is dismissing this

case. and just a few days ago, trump's team made it clear that they're going to continue to try to get not just the sentencing delayed, but the entire case thrown out they're going to argue that under the constitution as president elect, trump should not be subject to any state level proceedings. now, it's unclear if that is going to work, but they have other irons in the fire. they've also argued that the supreme court's recent immunity decision means that this case should be tossed, because there was some evidence that came in during that trial where trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records that they argue would be barred by the immunity decision because the supreme court said, not only can you charge people for official acts, you also can't use their official acts as evidence. so they're referring to things like hope hicks testimony. now, the judge there are also federal level appeals trying to get this case tossed. so what we got today was a calendar for next steps he gave the trump attorneys until december second to file their arguments. now, they had asked for a deadline of

december 20th. and it's notable that they were given until december 2nd, because that is also when jack smith, the special counsel, has said that he would reveal how he is going to wind down the federal cases. and trump's lawyers said they wanted to see those arguments. the federal arguments before making their state case because they want to incorporate some of jack smith's reasoning in this argument clearly, judge merchan didn't want to give them a lot of time to contemplate that. so it looks like the judge is appearing to try to maybe make a decision before the new year. but it's unclear what the fate of this new york conviction will be if it will hang over trump while he's in the white house or if judge merchan or even a federal judge might find grounds to dismiss it. all right, we'll see what is waiting for him on the other side of this for years. paula reid, thank you so much. we do appreciate it. let's talk about some of these headlines with former fox host geraldo rivera. he is currently news nation's correspondent at large. geraldo. thanks so much for being with us >> nice to join you. >> thank you very much. >> i first want to get your

thoughts on gaetz and his withdrawing from contention. are you surprised that trump didn't end up going to the mat politically for him i am relieved. >> tremendously relieved. >> i don't know if i am particularly surprised matt gaetz is a toxic stinker of a of a legislator. i think that he would have been a horrible choice at the department of justice. he's barely a lawyer. he's never prosecuted anything. you know he has a couple of hours in his in a family firm down in florida his, you know, his sex with the underage alleged sexual encounters with the underage young lady, the 17 year old in florida and the threesomes, and then the new york times releasing, you know, the diagrams of how he paid off scores of these ladies, allegedly with a paypal and venmo. he's just a lowlife. i don't know, you know how the president picked him i will

never know. seems that it was an impetuous choice. you know, there are a lot in that potential cabinet, brianna, that are very controversial, but at least they are arguably competent. not like this guy, this guy who tried single handedly to destroy the house of representatives, you know going after, you know the speaker, kevin mccarthy is a relief and pam bondi and compared to matt gaetz is the best choice you could possibly make. i mean, whatever the relative quality of these two people is, is profound. and i wish her the best i've known her for years, interviewed her many times. she was a regular on my at large show on the weekends and off and run into in the green room at hannity. she's a real prosecutor, a county prosecutor, you know with vast experience yes, she's coial with trump university and a bunch of other things that i've heard you

mention. but she's you question her independence, you may not like her politics, but that's and to that point, geraldo, do you think she's independent i that is i think that's a fair question. and i think that we have to watch and and see you know, i'm i'm not sure. will she be merrick garland? no. on the other hand, she's she's tough on crime. i you know, i think that she'll do an excellent job from the prosecutorial point of view politically, i don't know if she'll go along with with trump on everything. she certainly is a close friend of the president elect but i hold out hope for her. and i i rely on her, you know she was when she was reelected brianna, she got 55% of the vote. so the people of florida have have judged her and decided that she was doing a good job. brianna. >> so i do want to ask you, i

mean with gaetz gone now, there's more focus on these other picks, and there are a lot of critics of trump's defense secretary pick, pete hegseth, who say that he's unqualified. people like congressman jason crow, jake hawkins senator tammy duckworth, among many other veterans. last week, you said of your former colleague that i think it would be a very, very steep learning curve for major hegseth. but i think that if anyone can do it, he can do it. and you said some very positive things about him i wonder, has your opinion changed at all since this police report from the 2017 uncharged investigation into a sexual assault allegation against him came out >> i did not know about that 2017 alleged sex assault. i think that it certainly merits investigation and significance in terms of his confirmation. but i go back to't

i don't retract that at all. i know pete, a major pete, pretty well over the years and fox and friends weekend and you know, have socialized with he and his wife jennifer and i. i think that deference for the fact that he is a legitimate combat veteran. twice awarded the bronze star, one of the foremost advocates for veterans in our country. he's very popular among that community. can can he run a business with know, but i do know that everybody you know, that has any center right kind of feelings believe that the defense department has gone to too ordinary, too woke is the term that they that they use too much with d e i and, you know, not enough with ferocity and and and lethality and and

and war fighting capabilities. so maybe pete will inspire that while keeping obviously the care the, the treatment of of gi's foremost in his concern. my wife erica and i disagree with the with pete on his his opposition to women in combat. you mentioned senator tammy duckworth, a helicopter pilot lost both of her legs in combat a tulsi gabbard, a colonel with combat experience, also a combat veteran. she will be his colleague in the cabinet if both are confirmed so i think i think that pete is wrong headed and in some of these big, big issues but i also think i go back to what i said before. i think major pete is one of those guys. you know, brianna you just you just trust them. i don't like the tattoos and all that stuff, but you know, i have tattoos too that's

interesting um, and it is interesting to get your perspective as someone who's spent a lot of time with him but i also want to ask you about dan bongino this. >> he's been floated his secret service director. the possibility of i mean, there you go. and i just want to be clear for our viewers who aren't familiar, you two sparred a lot on fox, and man, am that how would you feel about him being secret service director feel. >> i feel more fiercely combative with than than dan bongino. if he were to walk into a bar and i was having a beer, you know we probably square off we disagree on everything. you know, we, you know i think he has his own set of facts. i think he's, you know, a provocateur but i go back, i go back to what i said about major pete. i have no issue at all with his with his honesty his credibility, his

character, his his patriotism, his love of the secret service. i think all those things are positive for bongino and, you know, i think that in some ways, all of these could name others as well dr. oz are great on tv. they they are bigger than life. they're great communicators. i see where the president elect is going with this cabinet. can they do the job? you know, the day to day, the administrative stuff, running these businesses and they are giant businesses, even though they're government agencies, you know i guess we'll we'll see some will, some won't. but with bongino, you know i would let me put it this way. if i was a target and bongino was on the job, i feel that bongino would keep me safe. he would do the job brianna, that is very interesting, geraldo. >> it's always great to have you. geraldo rivera, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you delighted. thank

you very much i appreciate it. >> still to come pushing christianity in public schools. the texas state board of education just approved a new public school curriculum that incorporates bible stories into elementary school teachings. we're going to be joined by a board member who voted against the measure. plus, new images reveal secret oil transfers from moscow to pyongyang as thousands of north korean troops are sent to fight for russia in ukraine and then later a massive seven week search operation. a wisconsin kayaker, presumed dead, has been discovered to actually be alive and having faked his death. but officials aren't sure where he is exactly. we're going to explain, as they're trying to get him home. coming up on cnn news central you want answers? >> astute political analysis. >> we have questions how biden set the right answer stayed awake. >> why did trump pull out of 60 minutes? >> i love pulling out. this is

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( 800) 451-9356. that's thanksgiving in america live thursday at eight on cnn education voted to adopt a controversial new curriculum for public schools, allowing christian bible lessons to be taught in public elementary schools. >> the new curriculum follows republican led efforts in neighboring states to give religion specifically christianity more of a presence in public schools. the new learning material passed on a very narrow 8 to 7 vote. this afternoon. we're joined now by stacey child. she's a member of the texas board of education who actually voted no on today's referendum. stacey, thank you so much for sharing part of your afternoon with us what's your reaction to today's decision i'm not shocked. >> honestly. i knew that the vote would be tight and i knew that the materials would be passed today. it was in this

vein that i tried my best over the past few months to make it as culturally relevant and as sound for not just black students, but different types of races and religions. but unfortunately, we weren't successful it is optional for schools to introduce this curriculum, but it's on an incentive basis in other words, they'll receive additional funding if they do so what percentage of schools there do you think will adopt this bible infused curriculum a lot of the districts that don't understand how heavily christianity is infused in these sets of materials will be looking at the financial implications you get up to $60 per child if you opt into this bluebonnet learning just for lr. so if i'm a superintendent of a district, i'm going to get the best bang for my buck and i'm going to opt in to bluebonnet so there are huge financial financial

implications as a result to districts choosing this material. >> stacey, the supporters of this curriculum will argue that it's not just stories in the bible that are infused into the curriculum it's also stories from islam from hinduism, from polytheism. do you? it doesn't seem like you agree with that argument. they're making absolutely not. >> i saw one reference to the pillars of islam. i saw one reference to a hindu story, but if i may get into the details, just briefly, christianity is referenced three times in the kindergarten curriculum, four times in first grade, 17 times in second grade, 190 times in third grade, 81 times in fourth grade, and 66 times in fifth grade. and no one can convince me that if this goes to court, that someone can't challenge the fact that christianity is splattered all across this set of materials for some folks,

they may not find that objectionable. >> the people that i've talked to in your state and others who might say, what's wrong with introducing christianity in classrooms? what would you say to them yeah, i think if you say that by being a christian, i am a moral person that is what the court would call excessive entanglement. >> take a second grade lesson in the bluebonnet materials on william william wilberforce, for example wilberforce was a great abolitionist who spoke against slavery in the united states and in the materials. they talk about how he was a christian, and it was because of his christian faith. he took a moral stance against slavery. and then they asked the students, do you think that william wilberforce was a moral person why was he moral? and they expect the students to answer. he was moral because of his faith. so if i'm a student, i now think i need to be like william wilberforce. i need to be a christian, and i

need to have faith because that makes me moral. that's wrong i do want to ask you about a neighbor of texas, and that is oklahoma. >> their education chief has ordered a copy of the bible for every classroom in the state, a decision that is being challenged in court. do you expect that this curriculum in texas is going to be might lead the effort to overturn that decision yeah, i absolutely think this is going to be challenged in court. >> i suspect that the aclu will be the one to lead the effort, but look, i represent district four in houston, texas. i represent the most diverse place in texas. i represent muslims, people of the sikh faith. right? people that even have no faith or that are agnostic. these people should see themselves reflected in the material just as much as a christian. so yes, i think that this is going to get challenged tremendously in court and quickly. >> stacy, with an incoming administration that has tapped

linda mcmahon potentially to lead the department of education, a conservative leaning supreme court republicans holding both chambers of congress, how do you think that kind of leadership at the federal level may impact? what's going on in texas, and how that challenge may go yeah, i think some depending on the legal team that these people have, they'll have a hard time i see what's going on nationally but i still think people should fight. >> i think they're going to have a struggle. i think the way that the courts are stacked all across the united states up to the supreme court, they're going to have a struggle. but despite that i think anybody worth their muster anybody like myself, who cares about their law license and the oath that they said that they will defend the constitution of the united states should believe in the separation of church and state and they should act in that vein stacey childs, we appreciate you sharing your perspective with us. >> thanks so much for joining us thank you. up next, north korean troops seen wearing

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inside of ukraine. >> they were spotted in the southern city of mariupol and also in the eastern region of kharkiv, dressed in russian uniforms. cnn chief national security correspondent nick paton walsh is in kyiv, the capital for us. nick tell us more about this >> to be honest, what's most extraordinary about the presence of north korean troops on the front line is how little we've known about what they are up to so far. now we did learn today from ukrainian security source that they have in the southern port city of mariupol, which is interesting. they don't appear to be infantry there, but they appear to be there in some sort of technical advisory capacity and then also two, there have been reports most likely intercepts indications from ukrainian forces up in the kharkiv region that north korean troops have been spotted in that direction too. but the vast preponderance of their 11 000 strong force appears to be inside russia. in

kursk being involved in russia's bid to that part of the russian border region. now, the same ukrainian security source said that that north korean unit is operating quite separately from the rest of the russian forces. they're sort of doing their own thing with their own food, their own accommodation. obviously, ukraine spending a lot of time trying to assess what this new, comparatively small contribution from the russian ally of north korea is indeed doing to contribute towards that fight. but it certainly provides you a window as to how russia is looking for extra manpower, as it has been from the beginning of this war, to try and bolster its ranks with some reluctance it's felt from the russian elite to look towards the middle classes of moscow and saint petersburg to bolster their very sharply diminished numbers because of the huge casualty rate they seem to be absorbing on the front lines brianna. >> and, nick, what can you tell us about putin's new vow to continue testing this hypersonic ballistic missile? that was used in yesterday's

attack on ukraine yeah, the two big questions about what hit the dnipro at 5 a.m. >> are, can russia do it again? and what was it now? what it was we appear to be getting more answers. vladimir putin has said it was hypersonic non-nuclear. that's pretty much backed up by what the ukrainians have said. they've also said it was about mach ten, exceptionally fast. and they've also said that they believe ukraine defense officials here that russia was testing an experimental prototype. what they call the kether. and they believe that russia, as of october, had two prototypes and perhaps this one of those was tested on the dnipro. they hope they have less, but there are certain signs potentially this is russia trying to flex its technological muscles that it has more in its toolkit to use in this increasing war of escalation. brianna you said mach ten. >> i'm sorry what was the

speed? >> yeah. i mean exceptionally fast potentially no. forgive me. i'm not a physicist, but i think it's 7000km an hour. i mean three kilometers a second. vladimir putin claimed when he spoke from the kremlin so exceptionally quickly. and the point the kremlin is trying to make is that these weapons are able to evade all kinds of western air defense, regardless supplied by the west for ukraine to defend kyiv here. so heightened anxiety here certainly yeah, certainly. >> it really puts into context what we're seeing in these pictures. nick thank you so much for that update for us from kyiv. we appreciate it. a missing kayaker accused of faking his own death just revealed he's alive. what he won't say is where he is or whether he's coming home to his wife and his kids. we're going to talk with the sheriff who helped track him down next week and ask questions like, what does a comedy show doing on cnn that's too much fun.

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my apartment. i am >> ryan borgwardt speaking barely above a whisper in this video he says was recorded november 11th. these are his first comments since disappearing in august. police now believe the husband and father of three is alive and living in eastern europe, with no plans to come back to the u.s., though green lake wisconsin sheriff mark pardoll says borgwardt talks to investigators regularly. >> our biggest concern that we had was if he was safe and well we asked him a number of questions that pertain to him and his family that he would only know and then we asked him for a video of himself. >> the search for borgwardt began this summer after he failed to return home from a day of kayaking and fishing. law enforcement found his capsized kayak car and other belongings, but no trace of him. >> while we might have stopped the search on green lake, that

didn't stop our search continuing to look for life now says he planned an elaborate escape. >> borgwardt told investigators he paddled his kayak and a child sized boat out into the lake overturned the kayak and dumped his phone in the water, paddled the inflatable boat to shore, got out an e-bike and rode through the night to madison. there, he boarded a bus, went on to detroit, and eventually crossed into canada and hopped on a plane to europe. >> in our communications we are expressing the importance of his decision to return home clean up the mess that he has created, a digital forensic search of borgward's laptop revealed that he replaced the hard drive and cleared his browser history. >> on the day of the disappearance pardoll says investigators found that the 44 year old moved funds to a foreign bank, changed his email communicated with a woman in uzbekistan, purchased airline cards and took out a $375,000

life insurance policy in january. now that borgwardt has been found alive, law enforcement is laying out potential charges. the information that the green lake county has at this point leads us to an obstructing charge. boris and brianna, the other thing here is that the sheriff in green lake, wisconsin, says that restitution charges. in fact, he thinks because this took so long to investigate and incurred so much costs, that the restitution numbers here could be between 35 and $40,000. boris so much for that report. >> joining us now is the green lake county sheriff, mark pardoll. sir, thank you so much for being with us. as of last night, your office didn't know where exactly this guy was in eastern europe. do you have any clarity on that now? do you have a sense of where he is? at least no, we do not do you have

a sense of why he did this >> um, he just felt that it would be beneficial to his family um, and himself and that's why he staged his death. but we don't know exactly the reason why. >> sheriff we're showing images of what the search was like for this man. it took a lot of hours. a lot of resources that had to be focused on this. how upset are you that he faked his death >> the word not upset. it was just a complete surprise. um, something that i never, ever experienced. a case like this before i have a very strong

department and we stuck together for the purpose of trying to find him in our lake and you did for weeks, which is, um astonishing that the revelation that he wasn't there came to light. >> how has it been for his family? how has it been for his wife and three kids going from worried that he is gone, that he has died to realizing that actually, no, he's faked his death and he's left them >> and, uh you know, trying to uh, figure out reasons why. um, why he would do that. and just a just a roller coaster. uh, like you stated, you know, he was drowned, presumed drowned, and then we knew that, uh, that

didn't happen. and now we know that he is, uh, he's. well, and and safe sheriff, do you know if he's spoken to his loved ones why he's not telling you where he is or his reticence to come home which, you know, you and others have implored him to do concerns that if he does come back, uh, it's going to be hard to live. uh, no one will accept him. um, but, uh, the community has, uh stated before that they're willing to forgive and they all know what get him back with his children and hopefully that he can

patch, patch up, uh, things between them. >> you've said that borgwardt could face as much as $40,000 in restitution charges if he doesn't return. would his family be on the hook for that there. >> and if he ever did try to return um we would certainly be waiting for him can you give are there any assurances i mean, it seems like. >> and correct me if i'm wrong here, sheriff, that it seems he's gotten in touch. so it seems that he may have a desire obviously, to come home under some circumstances. he does have some reticence. is he looking for assurances? is that the sense that you get. he's looking for some kind of

think that deep down inside um, he's having some challenges with that. >> we continue to, uh focus on his emotional strength and try to pull at his heart strings. uh, the importance of, uh, coming home to his kids sheriff mark podell with us. >> appreciate you sharing this aspect of the story you're welcome stay with cnn news central we'll be right back watch cnn's coverage of thanksgiving parades around the country with special appearances by chef bobby flay. >> jennifer hudson, t.i. and more john berman and erica hill host, cnn. thanksgiving in america. live coverage starts at eight on cnn it's better than ever to the

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flood risk here because there's so much water on the ground. any more rainfall will certainly be bad for the area that's already saturated and the wind is going to bring trees down. probably bring that power outage number up, but snow into the higher elevations. and, you know what next week is? it is thanksgiving ski season. and there will be fresh snow man made. yes, but also some fresh snow coming down here in the form of the powder that we'd love to see at least a foot, maybe two, in some of the higher elevations, we will take that snow the people in the northeast, though they're seeing the snow as well. got to be very careful. it is still snowing across parts of pennsylvania into parts of new york. i've seen some accidents out there and seen some pictures of some very slow travel. be careful. >> yeah, we saw snow in d.c. this morning. it didn't stick, but it sort of surprised me a little. not going to lie chad myers, thank you so much. we do appreciate it, boris. >> you're welcome. it is that time of year. and over the next few weeks, we're going to be introducing you to our top five cnn heroes this week's hero has

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>> yes. >> can i get talent is right un your nose free lunch. >> but there is such a thing as a free coffee. if you're willing to dance for it. that is the deal. at this coffee shop in eastern massachusetts. and so far, lots of people are this now viral tiktok customers busting out to the rhythm of the more than 7 million views so far, an untold number of free cups of coffee. people would give me coffee to not dance, i'll tell you that. >> we've been waiting for you to show your moves here. >> i did it once. that was it. >> right now, no more now. >> it's the lead with jake tapper, starting right now