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thanksgiving in the white house, and he has a message for his successor on those massive tariffs. >> president-elect donald trump is promising on day one plus under threat various picks for trump's incoming administration allegedly targeted by bomb threats and swatting incidents. the latest on this fbi investigation and a recipe for disaster. this thanksgiving. so soon after such a divisive election, it really could serve up some awkward political conversations around that dinner table. >> how to cut through some of that tension and try to keep things festive. we're following those stories and many more, all coming in right here on cnn news central we are so grateful to share this thanksgiving with you. >> happy thanksgiving, and welcome to cnn news central. i'm boris sanchez boris sanchez alongside alex marquardt, and for brianna keilar today. great to be with you, alex. this holiday marks president biden's final

thanksgiving as commander in chief. but today, the president isn't just giving thanks. he's also offering advice and a warning to president elect trump. >> cnn's arlette saenz is live in nantucket, massachusetts, where the first family is spending the thanksgiving holiday. so, arlette, what did the president say well alex, before president biden even gets to his thanksgiving dinner, he did make some news here in nantucket as he urged president-elect donald trump to reconsider the tariffs he's talked about imposing on imports from countries like mexico and canada. >> president biden said that those tariffs could potentially jeopardize relations with some of the united states closest allies. now earlier this week, trump said he wants to move forward with imposing 25% tariffs on all imports from mexico and canada until the two countries do more to try to curb the flow of drugs and migrants into the united states. these comments from president biden are quite significant as they mark the first substantive criticism

that he has made of the president elect and his policies since the november 5th election. here is what biden had to tell reporters a bit earlier today. >> i hope he rethinks it. i think it's a counterproductive thing to do. you know, look, one of the things you've heard me say before that we we have an unusual situation in america. we're surrounded by the pacific ocean the atlantic ocean and two allies, mexico and canada. and the last thing we need to do is begin to screw up those relationships these comments from president biden really serve as a reminder that he and president-elect trump have wildly different views when it comes to issues like trade, the economy and also relationships with allies. >> biden during the campaign and democrats had criticized president trump's proposals relating to tariffs, saying that they would increase prices here at home for americans. and now the president is warning

that it could threaten the way that the u.s. interacts with allies like mexico and canada, going forward. he gave that advice to trump saying he thinks it's something that he should reconsider when he takes office. >> yeah that is something that they have really kept under wraps, at least publicly, since the election. arlette saenz traveling with the president there for the holiday. thank you so much. >> and today the fbi is investigating multiple bomb threats and so-called swatting incidents that have targeted a number of donald trump's picks to serve in his incoming administration. >> and we're now getting a clearer picture of just how widespread those threats were. >> meantime, we're learning new information about trump's call with mexico's president, claudia sheinbaum their first talks since trump promised to slap a 25% tariff on all products from mexico and canada. cnn's steve contorno is live for us in west palm beach, florida, not far from mar-a-lago. steve, let's start with these threats against trump's cabinet picks. we're getting new information about additional picks that were targeted

that's right boris. >> and, alex, we have now confirmed that as many as eight people that donald trump has nominated to serve in his cabinet or his administration have been on the receiving end of these bomb threats or swatting incidents. it includes people like his choices for defense secretary pete hegseth un ambassador elise stefanik and john ratcliffe. his choice to lead the cia. the fbi says that it is taking these incidents seriously. obviously there have not been any that have turned out to be more than a threat. although the incidents were seriously serious enough and coordinated enough that president biden was made aware of what was happening, and he was updated yesterday about the incidents from his national security team. we have also seen in the last 24 hours calls from donald trump's allies for the rhetoric to be toned down and suggesting that the attacks of

a personal nature against president-elect trump are partly to blame for what is happening. i will point out that the president elect put out a thanksgiving message on social media today that said, quote happy thanksgiving to all including to the radical left lunatics who have worked so hard to destroy our country. boris and alex. >> steve, talk to us about this call between trump and sheinbaum, because they both described the calls as positive. but when you get into the details, they seem to disagree on some of the key aspects. specifically on immigration yeah, there couldn't be a bigger disconnect in the description of these two calls coming from president-elect trump and the mexican president. >> trump has almost seemingly declared victory in the immediate aftermath of this call. in fact an aide for donald trump posted to social media that one call and this is

fixed essentially is what she said saying that that mexico had agreed to all but close the border in response to these threats of a 25% tariff. now the mexican president said that this call was positive and she was very complimentary of the conversation that she had with president-elect trump. however she was also clear to point out that the status quo is not changed, that the border in her mind has already been affected immensely by the policies that they have put in place with president biden. and what's also unclear is whether or not what donald trump believes happened or what the mexican president believes happened was enough to resolve the 25% tariff threat that trump has warned is coming once he is installed as president. and i reached out to the trump transition team to ask if the comments that they had yesterday satisfied trump to get rid of that 25% tariff, and i did not receive a response

from the trump transition team. boris and alex steve contorno, please keep us posted. >> if you do get a response. joining us now to discuss is lance trover, republican strategist and former spokesperson for doug burgum's, 2024 presidential campaign and democratic strategist maria cardona. thank you both for being with us. happy thanksgiving. lance, what what do you make of these differing details from trump and the mexican president? she is making it clear that no policy changes have actually taken effect. but trump is declaring victory for policy changes. >> yeah, i'm going to take the side of our president elect and not the president of mexico. that has allowed tens of millions of illegal immigrants to flow into this country over the course of the last several years. and look when it comes to these tariffs, it's donald trump has many tools in his toolbox. that's not the only tool. i would also just caution mexico and say look, i don't think you should underestimate americans tolerance for getting this border situation under

control, for getting this fentanyl crisis under control. i saw it firsthand when i was out on the campaign trail with doug burgum people whose families have been devastated by the fentanyl epidemic in this country. so if i were the president of mexico, i would get to the table and bring some real solutions and help work this problem out and be ready for january 20th, because it is a brand new day in this country. it is going to be a much different administration when donald trump takes office. >> maria, how do you square this difference of the readouts between the two sides? i mean, they both start with this complementary language the call was wonderful. it was excellent. but then there are clear differences when it comes to migration as somebody who has been involved in the immigration debate for more than two decades, i'm going to take the side of the mexican president who actually understands how immigration work works, who actually understands how borders work, and that you can't close a border especially to your number one trading partner.

>> and by the way, because donald trump never lies right? uh, look, it's so rich that trump and his allies are now declaring victory for something that actually happened under the biden administration and the biden-harris diplomacy. mexico has been cooperating for months on immigration, which is why now, today, under the biden-harris administration, you have less encounters of undocumented immigrants at the border than you did when donald trump was in office. so let's just underscore that. and that is because the biden-harris administration has put a lot of thought and a lot of negotiation and a lot of diplomacy and a lot of conversation with our neighbors to the south about what needs to be done. donald trump, frankly, you know, we should have just seen it right after the election. his people were saying, oh, now the economy is great. so now republicans think that biden nomics worked and that the biden-harris economy

is terrific. so this is this i think is just par for the course for what we're going to see for four years, which is gaslighting, lying, and conspiracy theories. under donald trump. >> yet again, i want to ask you guys about these growing threats against the incoming members of trump's administration. this is what republican senator markwayne mullin had to say. take a listen it's extremely concerning. >> and at the same time, president biden and vice president kamala harris, they're going to have to come forth and tell their group to calm down, to not take it this far because they're the ones that fed the fire and they're also the ones that can kill the fire maria, i want to come back to you because senator mullen, there is is accusing the biden administration of of fueling this. >> how do you respond yeah, that's that's not just ridiculous, but it's dangerous, frankly and look, none of this

is acceptable on on either side. >> but what does he mean by their side? they're people we don't know who did this. and it should be investigated. and anybody who is caught being guilty of this should be punished. this is not acceptable at all this kind of violence and these kinds of threats are absolutely not acceptable. but you also can't ignore the kind of violent language that donald trump has used that elon musk has used, that the right has used to go after government workers who are innocent to go after democrats themselves to go after, frankly, people who are, uh, interested in keeping our democracy. let's not forget who caused the insurrection four years ago that attacked our capitol and who encouraged his own supporters to go and make sure that the election results were not certified. that was not democrats. that was the president elect, donald trump. so let's not take that away and let's focus on making

sure that everyone turns down the heat in this very divided, very polarized era. it's thanksgiving day for god's sake. can we just not say that everyone needs to bear their kind, their their side of responsibility in the kind of rhetoric that we have these days? and donald trump is not exempt? >> lance, on the senator's comments. there's no indication that they came even from within the united states. it's still being investigated. is it useful to point the finger at president biden and vice president harris who since the election have essentially allowed the peaceful transfer of power to donald trump and seem to be open to assisting in the transition this is an area where maria and i are going to partially agree. >> i mean, this is a stark reminder of the dangerous times in which we live, and a stark reminder that you know, it's tough to be a public servant in this day and age. but i think the law and i agree the rhetoric should all be toned down. no one of any political

party should have to go through something like this at all, ever. and i think the law enforcement is to be commended for acting swiftly. and i commend the white house for reacting and unequivocally saying this was bad stuff, too. so um, yeah, again, no one of any political party should ever have to deal with this. >> lance and maria happy turkey day to you both. enjoy you as well. >> boris and alex still ahead on cnn news central russia retaliating moscow targeting critical energy infrastructure in ukraine. >> and what vladimir putin says was a response to strikes on russian territory using u.s. made missiles. we're following the latest and bird flu fears on the rise after the virus was found in a batch of raw milk out in california. >> stay with cnn. we'll be right back who should be the 2024 cnn hero of the year? >> it's your chance to weigh in. discover the life changing work this year's honorees are

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details. that's inc. talc. com i'm oren liebermann at the pentagon and this is cnn just as winter is setting in, russia is now targeting a critical necessity for ukrainians. >> yeah it is a major issue more than a million homes were left in the dark after russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles aimed at ukraine's energy facilities. the assault forced some residents to take shelter in metro stations and injured at least five people. >> the president of russia, vladimir putin, is saying that the attack was a response to ukraine's strikes using american made missiles inside of russia. cnn's chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh, has this report from ukraine yeah, a million homes without power in ukraine after

this significant russian bid to cripple ukraine's energy infrastructure. >> yet again, constantly, moscow's target and regions across the country reporting temporarily or for longer stints of time being without power. q101 missiles fired by russia fast moving, able to get through a lot of ukrainian air defenses and clearly russia pushing hard to do as much damage as it can as we get into the darker colder freezing months of winter, a bid to cripple ukrainian morale already. i think it's fair to say, damaged by the relentless nature of drone strikes, we've been seeing city after city hit by waves of these iranian made shahid drones, 188 drones in total fired by russia, a record, say ukrainian officials in the previous night. and that is, i think, just adding to a sense of how much the kremlin is throwing at this conflict in these months ahead. we've been seeing on the front lines deep

concern from troops that they simply don't have the infantry, the manpower to slow the russian advances in the east, particularly around the town of pokrovsk and indeed that's been reflected by biden officials in the white house, hinting that ukraine really needs to drop its recruitment age down from 25 to 18 to simply get more bodies on the front line. and indications, as well, too, of the likelihood of some sort of peace deal being requested for ukraine to sign up to by the incoming trump administration. his possible choice for an envoy to ukraine, keith kellogg, hinting in previous writings that he'd like to see a freeze imposed upon the conflict and the front lines. many. we spoke to though, on the front lines concern about what damage russia could indeed do in simply the months until january, when trump takes office so fast, is there progress on the front lines? we were shown maps by some ukrainian commanders that they said were already out of date because russia had pushed through what was indicated as the front lines in that

particular area so deeply concerning. time here but very powerful missile strikes impacting the lives of ordinary ukrainians as we begin to head into the freezing months of winter. nick paton walsh, cnn central ukraine our thanks to nick paton walsh for that report. >> let's bring in the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor. he's also the vice president for russia and europe at the u.s. institute of peace. ambassador taylor, thank you so much for being with us. lots going on on the ukraine front. we just had that huge attack from russia, the russian president saying that that is in response to these atacms missiles, these american long range missiles being used to strike inside of russia. is this the kind of escalation that the biden administration has long feared? one of the reasons they didn't want to give those atacms to ukraine. and is this part of the fear that russia could, in fact, do more against ukraine? >> no, i don't think this is what the administration had been fearing, alex. they had

been concerned about other forms of escalation. this conventional and this. putin says this is a response to the use of atacms in russia. clearly not the case. i mean, number one, we know what what putin has in mind, what he's been doing for let's let's be clear, 1009 days, he's been trying to dominate ukraine. he's been trying to take over ukraine. or another way he said it is to wipe ukraine off the map. so this business about this big attack being a response to atacms it makes no sense. it's nonsense and the ukrainians are determined to continue to fight in order to to get the russians back on their heels and part of that fight, according to the u.s., is this distinct lack of manpower. >> there is real growing tension that we've seen between washington and kyiv in the past 24 hours. ukrainian officials reacting angrily to the biden administration, saying that ukraine needs to lower the recruitment age to 18 from 25,

where it is right now. those manpower issues, they say, are critical and the biggest priority as russia, as you know well is taking more and more territory every day why would lowering that recruitment age be such a controversial argument in ukraine alex, i've talked to ukrainians. >> you've talked to ukrainians. you know what their responses are to this. it's it's a different it's a different culture. it's a different attitude toward 18 to 25 year olds. um and the united states army and military has had views about how ukraine should fight this war. the ukrainians are fighting the war, and they say they know how to do this. so when they hear that the that the advice from the united states is to is to draft 18 to 25 year olds, that it does not go over well. and the reason is the cultural difference is and and and ukrainian women in particular

have told me this it it's they're angry um to that the thought that an 18 year old would be their 18 their son um would be it's like alex, i was trying to think of what the analogy would be for us. it would be as if we were drafting 15 year olds. that's the way the ukrainians did it is they're young men. um, that and they feel very they feel passionately about this. it's a raw issue. um, and so for us to tell the ukrainians how they need to get more people, they understand they need more soldiers and they're going to work to get that. >> clearly, a major fear that the youngest generation could be significantly impacted. ambassador taylor, i want to ask you about these new remarks from president putin. he praised trump as a, quote, intelligent and experienced person. he went on to say that the biden administration is trying to create difficulties for trump with regards to russia. what do you make of putin's flattery of trump well

putin is is reacting to the steps that the current administration has taken which may be supported by the new administration. >> that is letting the ukrainians use these longer range missiles um, deep into russia. that puts russia on the back foot, as i said, that puts russia in the position of being more on the defensive is why they're responding to this kind of this kind of action so to the degree that the two administrations can work together, um, that puts putin at a disadvantage well, certainly lots of changes coming on the policy front when it comes to ukraine. >> as president trump takes office in january. ambassador bill taylor, you and i will be talking a lot between now and then and certainly in the days after. so thank you so much and happy thanksgiving. >> thank you alex. >> and to you ahead on cnn news central. he was the biden administration's chief science officer during covid 19. now, doctor david kessler is raising serious concerns about the rise in bird flu. so

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top health officials, including the president, the president's chief science officer this week wrote this in a new york times op ed quote if the bird flu virus begins to transmit efficiently among humans, it will be very difficult to contain according to the johns hopkins assessment, and the likelihood of a pandemic is very high the incoming trump administration needs to be prepared. there have been 55 cases of bird flu so far reported in people. nearly all of them are folks working with poultry or on farms, though it's still not clear how one child in california became infected. joining us now is cnn medical analyst doctor jonathan reiner. doctor reiner, thank you so much for sharing your thanksgiving with us. how dangerous is bird flu in raw milk so raw milk is basically unpasteurized milk and, you know, whereas pasteurized milk, the typical milk we buy at the supermarket has been pasteurized. >> that is safe really from any

pathogen. >> raw milk however, is basically untreated. >> and if the cow, the dairy cow has this h5n1 flu virus, it can be transmitted through raw milk. >> so do not drink raw milk. >> there have been over 600 dairy curds in the herds in the united states that have been infected by this virus, so it is not safe to drink raw milk. >> what are the potential benefits of raw milk? in other words, why are so many people becoming attracted to it? it's been endorsed even by rfk jr.. yeah, i think it's mostly a fad, and i don't really think there are any tangible benefits from drinking raw milk. >> and i certainly would not give it to children but what i think the concern is going forward is we are not ready for another pandemic. you know, we're still sort of recovering from from covid 19, right now,

h5n1 n1 has almost entirely infected, uh poultry, wild birds and dairy cattlethe a pro to jump to humans in any kind of meaningful way the 55 people that you mentioned in the united states that have been infected almost all of them have had direct contact with either poultry or wild birds or dairy cattle. there is a one child who is recovering with an unclear exposure to the virus. but if the virus does mutate and these viruses mutate all the time, and if it develops a beneficial mutation to the virus that allows human to human transmission in an efficient way it has a great potential to become a pandemic and the u.s. needs to be prepared for that. we need to be producing more vaccine

towards this specific type of virus. we need to be using mrna technology to specifically target the strains circulating of this virus, and we need to put together the other infrastructure, creating a large stockpiles of antivirals like like oseltamivir, which is which is tamiflu. and there needs to be a sense of urgency. and the new administration is going to have to deal with this when they take office. >> doctor how would you compare a human infection of bird flu to that of of covid 19, if you could sort of put it into context for us, what are the symptoms and how do they compare well, many of the symptoms are are similar to any kind of virus and in almost all of the people who've been infected so far, they've had very mild symptoms basically, such as conjunctivitis or sore throat. >> however, you can get deep respiratory uh, involvement with this virus and that can be

deadly. and as the virus mutates, the ability of the virus to attach to and infect respiratory cells can, can change and can increase, and that is the concern. uh in a prior small outbreak uh, in 1998, uh, 18 people were infected and six of those people died uh, thankfully the mortality rate for for human infection in this country with this outbreak has been very low. but again, you know, we can't be complacent and we need to prepare for the worst case scenarios because we know the worst case scenarios can and have happened. >> doctor jonathan reiner, appreciate the expertise. thanks for joining us. my pleasure. coming up elon musk and vivek ramaswamy have big plans to shake up how the government is run. but legally, do they actually have the power

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otherwise known as doge. cnn has learned that they plan to use recent supreme court rulings as an argument to overturn many federal rules. joining me now is harry litman, a former u.s. attorney and deputy assistant attorney general. harry, thank you so much for for joining us. there's a lot to ask you about in terms of the plans here. musk and ramaswamy are looking to these two supreme court rulings to try to make their jobs easier. walk us through, if you would, the court's decisions in west virginia versus epa and loper bright enterprises versus raimondo. those two cases and why ramaswamy and musk are zeroing in on those two. >> sure. >> and happy thanksgiving, alex. >> thanks for having me. >> so in both those cases, they are major cases. >> but in both of them, the supreme court is telling congress nothing to do with the executive branch. >> congress, in one case, you have to be more precise in your guidance to agencies or we, the

court will take it over in another. >> if this is a really major question we're not sure what that means yet again, you can't just do this unless you're more specific. so it's all about putting congress through its paces. it has, sorry to say not one iota to do with executive power doesn't doesn't begin purport in anybody's thoughts. give them the power that they're looking at you think that and we're talking very basic stuff. who makes the laws in the country? and you think that maybe when we were all taking third grade social science, those guys were already doing computer science, and they just they missed that lesson that day but, you know, they've got this machete to wield to take out $2 trillion. that's the entire discretionary spending of the federal government. and they're not even pointed in the right direction it's like, you know, pin the tail on the donkey so the cases that they are purporting to rely on, it's not a kind of controversial

position or a legal question. give them zero, zero zero power to do anything and to your point, it's not that easy, right? >> you can't just come in and slash regulations. federal departments are bound by all kinds of rules. there is an administrative process that they would need to go through right including a process for getting rid of rules. >> they're at least talking to the right person in the meeting that you talked about, alex, they've got to go to congress, which under article one still makes the laws in this country but that's right. they just can't. willy nilly because they know donald trump just say this regulation is done and that regulation means this congress has to decide. and under the administrative rules, unless they completely get rid of them and even then, it would still fall to congress they can't do anything. only congress could create their agency in the first place and

get rid of or try to get rid of these regulations. and to do it, they'd have to go jump through hoops notice process. everything is going to be lawsuits. that's of course, you know, the united states. but that's exactly right. they can't get out of the box with what they want to do unless congress passes many laws, starting with even the creation of their new fangled agency. >> so this new fangled agency, as you call it, has a rather cutesy acronym doge, standing for the department of government efficiency. it will not actually be a government department so how much will that actually limit their authority? do you think they could be? um creative enough or disruptive enough to find a way to circumvent those normal processes that you were talking about look, that's certainly the effort to be both creative and disruptive. >> they've got a very bad start. if they're relying on these cases. but we've seen

trump and the people in his circle think about how do you get around the law? how do you get around the constitution? that's been the whole game with the nominees, right? can we get rid of the normal background process? so i wouldn't put it past them to be creative persuasive is another matter. but you always have to say a big thing like this, a big development will go to the u.s. supreme court they have surprised us and pleased trump before. and they might. but under the current legal landscape, no, they don't have any power. they have to do what congress says all right. >> well, interesting times ahead. certainly. harry litman wishing you a very happy thanksgiving. i hope that cheesecake that you're working on turns out very nicely thank you very much alex. >> all right. take care. all right. >> bye bye coming up past the turkey. but hold the political talk. the election may be over but maybe not for some folks around that thanksgiving table today. how to navigate any of those tense moments? that's coming up

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people to be able to share their emotions around this election and where we're going from this particular political time, because there are vast implications, of course, for where our country is going. >> so people want to talk about that. >> so i think it's really important at the dinner table that if you are the host, that you're also the cruise director. >> you have to set ground rules at the table, such as respectful exchanges are welcome. but demonizing people, um, would not be welcome. you can talk about policies, but don't talk so much about people. no talking over one another, no name calling, no yelling, no ganging up on someone if they happen to have a political affiliation where they may be the only person at that table with that particular bent, and yet, when someone has a different point of view of what is provocative, what's not provocative what's offensive, what's not offensive and they express those views, how do you

steer the conversation in a more positive direction? well, i think it's really important as the cruise director and the host that you be able to help people find the commonalities. it's not so much the differences because we know there are vast differences, but how do we come together where we are in the country now? family and friends, these are the people that you want to be able to share these emotions with. so if things start getting very, very heated, it's important to be able to pivot away, be able to state what the lesson is that is learned, what the commonality happens to be, and then go on to another subject another political subject, or some other subject, such as pass the peas. right. um but also we have to allow people to agree to disagree. and when we do that, we know that people are not personalizing things as much. and so it's really important to be able to steer

them in a way to keep the conversations as much as we can and we can't always do that. boris and alex, but try to keep it as positive as possible bottom line is we probably won't go in too deep only because this can be such an explosive topic at this particular time jeff, we only have a couple of moments left, but these are existential questions. >> in many occasions. these tensions are so deep set. so how do you recommend more broadly healing that and getting people to to sort of talk to each other more well, i think first of all, this whole idea of fact checking that people thought were not a good thing is absolutely excellent and needed at the dinner table so that people can deal with the truth yes, we can deal with the truth, but more importantly, i think we should be sensitive to diverse and marginalized people and others who have been affected by this very divisive political election and what's going to

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